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{{TV|title = [[My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]] - Season 6|image = [[File:Title01.wmv 000096250.jpg]]|network = [[Discovery Family]]|originalrun = March 2016 – February 2017}}[[My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic/Season 6|Season 6]] of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was the second season of the show's second era. Starting with this season, we have a new main character -- Starlight Glimmer.
 
{{TV|title = [[My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]] - Season 6|image = [[File:Title01.wmv 000096250.jpg]]|network = [[Discovery Family]]|originalrun = March 2016 – February 2017}}[[My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic/Season 6|Season 6]] of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was the second season of the show's second era. Starting with this season, we have a new main character -- Starlight Glimmer.
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Discovery Family temporarily stopped broadcasting of Season 6 on a daily basis as of May 1, 2019, thus only allowing Seasons 7 and 8 to continue airing on weekday afternoons. A few episodes of this season last aired on April 3, 2019, three days before the [[My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic/Season 9|Season 9]] premiere. The season was brought back on reruns in September 2021.
   
 
==Previews==
 
==Previews==
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==Episodes==
 
==Episodes==
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
 
!
 
! width=30%|Title
 
!Synopsis
 
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;"|1
 
| style="text-align:center;"|The Crystalling, part 1
 
| style="text-align:center;"|Twilight and the rest of the Mane Six head to the Crystal Empire for the "Crystalling" of Cadence and Shining Armor's new baby while Twilight takes the opportunity to present Starlight with her first friendship lesson. Unfortunately neither Starlight's lesson nor the baby visit go as planned.
 
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;"|2
 
| style="text-align:center;"|The Crystalling, part 2
 
| style="text-align:center;"|As Starlight tries to pick up the pieces of the failed reunion with her old friend, Twilight and the rest of the Mane Six struggle to save the Crystal Empire from an eternal winter.
 
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;"|3
 
| style="text-align:center;"|The Gift of the Maud Pie
 
| style="text-align:center;"|While in Manehattan looking for the ideal location for her new store, Rarity has to help Pinkie Pie find the perfect gift for her sister, Maud -- without Maud finding out.
 
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;"|4
 
| style="text-align:center;"|On Your Marks
 
| style="text-align:center;"|
 
With their cutie marks finally acquired, the Cutie Mark Crusaders struggle with the question of what to do now. Apple Bloom suggests they embrace their destinies, but she and her friends don't exactly agree on how.
 
 
This is the very first episode not starring the Mane Six ponies or Spike. However, it would take place during the events of The Gift of the Maud Pie (with editing). How it actually could have worked out can be seen by clicking [[The Crusaders Meet Maud Pie|here]].
 
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;"|5
 
| style="text-align:center;"|Gauntlet of Fire
 
| style="text-align:center;"|Spike is forced to compete in a dangerous Gauntlet for the title of Dragon Lord in order to save his friends.
 
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;"|6
 
| style="text-align:center;"|No Second Prances
 
| style="text-align:center;"|When Starlight Glimmer starts becoming friends with a fellow formerly-bad pony, Twilight tries to stop her.
 
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;"|7
 
| style="text-align:center;"|Newbie Dash
 
| style="text-align:center;"|Rainbow Dash finally achieves her dream of becoming a Wonderbolt, but makes a disastrous first impression with the team and gets saddled with a mortifying nickname she is determined to change.
 
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;"|8
 
| style="text-align:center;"|A Hearth's Warming Tail
 
| style="text-align:center;"|It's Hearth's Warming Eve and everypony is excited. Everypony except for Starlight Glimmer. Twilight decides that to cure Starlight of her holiday blues, she will read her one of her favorite Hearth's Warming Eve stories, "A Hearth's Warming Tale."
 
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;"|9
 
| style="text-align:center;"|The Saddle Row Review
 
| style="text-align:center;"|When Rarity opens her flagship store in Manehattan, a tell-all article threatens to expose how badly her friends almost ruined the Grand Opening.
 
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;"|10
 
| style="text-align:center;"|Applejack's "Day" Off
 
| style="text-align:center;"|While Rarity struggles to get Applejack to relax at the spa, Twilight and Spike find covering her "simple" farm chores to be a more difficult job than they thought.
 
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;"|11
 
| style="text-align:center;"|Flutter Brutter
 
| style="text-align:center;"|When Fluttershy's self-absorbed brother starts freeloading off their parents, she encourages him to move out, but he moves in with her instead, forcing Fluttershy to stand up to her brother and help him get over his fear of failure.
 
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;"|12
 
| style="text-align:center;"|Spice Up Your Life
 
| style="text-align:center;"|Pinkie Pie and Rarity are called to Canterlot by the map to solve a friendship problem. They discover a father and daughter whose relationship is strained as they struggle to keep their restaurant open. Pinkie and Rarity both want to help, but have different ideas on what "help" means.
 
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;"|13
 
| style="text-align:center;"|Stranger Than Fan Fiction
 
| style="text-align:center;"|Rainbow Dash attends the Daring Do Convention in Manehattan and meets a pony who hates Daring Do as much as she loves it. The two of them get wrapped up in a real life Daring Do adventure and need to settle their differences if they have any chance of surviving.
 
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;"|14
 
| style="text-align:center;"|The Cart Before the Ponies
 
| style="text-align:center;"|The Cutie Mark Crusaders are excited for the chance to race in the annual Applewood Derby -- until their teammates Rarity, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash take over the competition.
 
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;"|15
 
| style="text-align:center;"|28 Pranks Later
 
| style="text-align:center;"|When Rainbow Dash's pranking gets out of hand, everypony decides to give her a taste of her own medicine -- zom-pony style!
 
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;"|16
 
| style="text-align:center;"|The Times They Are a Changeling
 
| style="text-align:center;"|Spike travels with Twilight and Sunburst back to the Crystal Empire to visit Flurry Heart, only to discover that the entire Empire is in a panic due to the reported presence of Changeling spy.
 
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;"|17
 
| style="text-align:center;"|Dungeons & Discords
 
| style="text-align:center;"|When the Mane 6 leave town, Discord decides to join Spike and Big Mac's "top secret" Guys' Night. Much to Discord's dismay, it turns out to be an evening of fantasy role-playing.
 
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;"|18
 
| style="text-align:center;"|Buckball Season
 
| style="text-align:center;"|Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy surprise everyone when they turn out to be Ponyville's best Buckball players, so Applejack and Rainbow Dash agree to coach them against Appleoosa. But when the pressure's on, and the fun goes out of the game, Ponyville's newest star athletes lose their competitive edge –- and it looks like they're about to lose the biggest Buckball game in history!
 
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;"|19
 
| style="text-align:center;"|The Fault in Our Cutie Marks
 
| style="text-align:center;"|The Crusaders encounter a problem that might be impossible for them to solve when an enthusiastic young griffin asks them to help her get a Cutie Mark of her own.
 
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;"|20
 
| style="text-align:center;"|Viva Las Pegasus
 
| style="text-align:center;"|The Map sends Applejack and Fluttershy to Las Pegasus where they find Film and Flam working in a resort called Gladmane's, where suspicious dealings are going on.
 
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;"|21
 
| style="text-align:center;"|Every Little Thing She Does
 
| style="text-align:center;"|Starlight Glimmer is excelling at her magical studies with Twilight Sparkle, but she has been avoiding her friendship lessons. Feeling pressure to impress her teacher, Starlight attempts to tackle several friendship problems at once, with questionable results.
 
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;"|22
 
| style="text-align:center;"|PPOV (Pony Point of View)
 
| style="text-align:center;"|When Applejack, Rarity and Pinkie Pie all return from a boat trip angry at each other, Twilight, after hearing three very different versions of the events, must discern the truth to save their friendships.
 
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;"|23
 
| style="text-align:center;"|Where the Apple Lies
 
| style="text-align:center;"|When Apple Bloom tells a white lie to make cover up a mistake, Applejack shares the embarrassing story of how she came to value honesty after telling a series of lies that almost destroyed the farm and landed the whole Apple family in the hospital.
 
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;"|24
 
| style="text-align:center;"|Top Bolt
 
| style="text-align:center;"|Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle are sent to the Wonderbolt Academy to help two friends, Vapor Trail and Sky Stinger, solve a friendship problem that would keep them from getting into the Academy.
 
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;"|25
 
| style="text-align:center;"|To Where and Back Again, part 1
 
| style="text-align:center;"|Without the help of Twilight Sparkle and the Mane Six, Starlight Glimmer assembles an unlikely team of heroes to defend Equestria from the return of one of its greatest threats.
 
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;"|26
 
| style="text-align:center;"|To Where and Back Again, part 2
 
| style="text-align:center;"|To rescue her friends and save Equestria, Starlight Glimmer leads an unlikely squad of rescuers against one of the ponies' oldest and greatest foes.
 
|}
 
 
==Production timeline==
 
Premises for Season 6 began on October 10, 2014.
 
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" width=100%
 
|-
 
!Title
 
!Outline
 
!First draft
 
!Recorded
 
!Animatic
 
!Completed
 
|-
 
|The Crystalling, part 1
 
| rowspan=2|11/7/2014
 
| rowspan=2|12/2/2014
 
|3/18/2015
 
|7/27/2015
 
|1/8/2016
 
|-
 
|The Crystalling, part 2
 
|3/25/2015
 
|8/5/2015
 
|1/15/2016
 
|-
 
|The Gift of the Maud Pie
 
|11/21/2014
 
|12/17/2014
 
|4/1/2015
 
|8/20/2015
 
|1/22/2016
 
|-
 
|On Your Marks
 
|11/24/2014
 
|12/15/2014
 
|4/8/2015
 
|8/24/2015
 
|1/29/2016
 
|-
 
|Gauntlet of Fire
 
|11/10/2014
 
|12/5/2014
 
|4/15/2015
 
|9/4/2015
 
|2/5/2016
 
|-
 
|No Second Prances
 
|11/26/2014
 
|12/17/2014
 
|4/22/2015
 
|9/10/2015
 
|2/17/2016
 
|-
 
|Newbie Dash
 
|1/14/2015
 
|2/4/2015
 
|5/6/2015
 
|9/16/2015
 
|2/29/2016
 
|-
 
|A Hearth's Warming Tail
 
|1/30/2015
 
|3/3/2015
 
|4/29/2015
 
|9/25/2015
 
|3/6/2016
 
|-
 
|The Saddle Row Review
 
|1/15/2015
 
|2/11/2015
 
|5/20/2015
 
|10/9/2015
 
|3/14/2016
 
|-
 
|Applejack's "Day" Off
 
|1/15/2015
 
|2/4/2015
 
|6/3/2015
 
|10/14/2015
 
|3/23/2016
 
|-
 
|Flutter Brutter
 
|3/11/2015
 
|4/7/2015
 
|6/24/2015
 
|10/21/2015
 
|3/30/2016
 
|-
 
|Spice Up Your Life
 
|3/10/2015
 
|4/13/2015
 
|6/10/2015
 
|10/29/2015
 
|4/4/2016
 
|-
 
|Stranger Than Fan Fiction
 
|2/23/2015
 
|3/20/2015
 
|5/27/2015
 
|11/3/2015
 
|4/15/2016
 
|-
 
|The Cart Before the Ponies
 
|3/20/2015
 
|4/13/2015
 
|7/2/2015
 
|11/10/2015
 
|4/26/2016
 
|-
 
|28 Pranks Later
 
|4/7/2015
 
|5/8/2015
 
|7/22/2015
 
|11/12/2015
 
|5/2/2016
 
|-
 
|The Times They Are a Changeling
 
|3/16/2015
 
|4/10/2015
 
|7/8/2015
 
|11/19/2015
 
|5/11/2016
 
|-
 
|Dungeons & Discords
 
|3/24/2015
 
|5/1/2015
 
|7/15/2015
 
|12/2/2015
 
|5/19/2016
 
|-
 
|Buckball Season
 
|4/9/2015
 
|5/19/2015
 
|8/12/2015
 
|12/17/2015
 
|5/24/2016
 
|-
 
|The Fault in Our Cutie Marks
 
|4/29/2015
 
|5/26/2015
 
|8/19/2015
 
|12/9/2015
 
|5/30/2016
 
|-
 
|Viva Las Pegasus
 
|5/4/2015
 
|6/8/2015
 
|8/26/2015
 
|1/4/2016
 
|6/8/2016
 
|-
 
|Every Little Thing She Does
 
|4/24/2015
 
|5/19/2015
 
|7/29/2015
 
|12/15/2015
 
|6/17/2016
 
|-
 
|P.P.O.V. (Pony Point of View)
 
|4/28/2015
 
|5/28/2015
 
|9/2/2015
 
|1/21/2016
 
|6/24/2016
 
|-
 
|Where the Apple Lies
 
|5/20/2015
 
|6/10/2015
 
|9/9/2015
 
|1/12/2016
 
|6/30/2016
 
|-
 
|Top Bolt
 
|5/19/2015
 
|6/10/2015
 
|9/16/2015
 
|1/25/2016
 
|7/5/2016
 
|-
 
|To Where and Back Again, part 1
 
| rowspan=2|6/26/2015
 
| rowspan=2|9/1/2015
 
|9/30/2015
 
|2/9/2016
 
|7/15/2016
 
|-
 
|To Where and Back Again, part 2
 
|10/7/2015
 
|2/17/2016
 
|7/21/2016
 
|}
 
Canceled episodes include:
 
*'''A Day Without Sprinkles '''(premise submitted on December 16, 2014)
 
*'''Gallop's Book of Pony Records '''(premise submitted on February 26, 2015)
 
*'''Life of Pie '''(premise submitted on April 9, 2015)
 
==Release Dates==
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
!Episode title
 
!Episode title
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!Portuguese (Brazil)
 
!Portuguese (Brazil)
 
|-
 
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| style="text-align:center;"|The Crystalling, part 1
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| style="text-align:center;"|[[The Crystalling]], part 1
 
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|March 26, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|March 26, 2016
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|July 20, 2016
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| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"|August 29–September 2, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|September 24, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|September 24, 2016
 
|-
 
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;"|The Crystalling, part 2
 
| style="text-align:center;"|The Crystalling, part 2
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|The Gift of the Maud Pie
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| style="text-align:center;"|[[The Gift of the Maud Pie]]
 
| style="text-align:center;"|April 2, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;"|April 2, 2016
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|August 24-26, 2016
 
 
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"|September 27-30, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"|September 27-30, 2016
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|On Your Marks
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| style="text-align:center;"|[[On Your Marks]]
 
| style="text-align:center;"|April 9, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;"|April 9, 2016
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|Gauntlet of Fire
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| style="text-align:center;"|[[Gauntlet of Fire]]
 
| style="text-align:center;"|April 16, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;"|April 16, 2016
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|No Second Prances
+
| style="text-align:center;"|[[No Second Prances]]
 
| style="text-align:center;"|April 30, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;"|April 30, 2016
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|September 5-6, 2016
+
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|September 5-7, 2016
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|Newbie Dash
+
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Newbie Dash]]
 
| style="text-align:center;"|May 7, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;"|May 7, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|October 3-4, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|October 3-4, 2016
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|A Hearth's Warming Tail
+
| style="text-align:center;"|[[A Hearth's Warming Tail]]
 
| style="text-align:center;"|May 14, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;"|May 14, 2016
| style="text-align:center;"|August 31, 2016
 
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|The Fault in Our Cutie Marks
+
| style="text-align:center;"|[[The Saddle Row Review]]
| style="text-align:center;"|September 10, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;"|October 22, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;"|January 4, 2017
 
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;"|The Saddle Row Review
 
 
| style="text-align:center;"|May 21, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;"|May 21, 2016
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|September 1-2, 2016
+
| style="text-align:center;"|September 9, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|October 5-7, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|October 5-7, 2016
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|Applejack's "Day" Off
+
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Applejack's "Day" Off]]
 
| style="text-align:center;"|May 28, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;"|May 28, 2016
  +
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=3|September 12-14, 2016
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|Flutter Brutter
+
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Flutter Brutter]]
 
| style="text-align:center;"|June 4, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;"|June 4, 2016
| style="text-align:center;"|September 5, 2016
 
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|Spice Up Your Life
+
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Spice Up Your Life]]
 
| style="text-align:center;"|June 11, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;"|June 11, 2016
| style="text-align:center;"|August 29, 2016
 
 
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"|November 21-25, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"|November 21-25, 2016
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|Stranger Than Fan Fiction
+
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Stranger Than Fan Fiction]]
 
| style="text-align:center;"|July 30, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;"|July 30, 2016
| style="text-align:center;"|October 16, 2016
+
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=4|November 1-4, 2016
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|The Cart Before the Ponies
+
| style="text-align:center;"|[[The Cart Before the Ponies]]
 
| style="text-align:center;"|August 6, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;"|August 6, 2016
| style="text-align:center;"|October 22, 2016
 
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|28 Pranks Later
+
| style="text-align:center;"|[[28 Pranks Later]]
 
| style="text-align:center;"|August 13, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;"|August 13, 2016
| style="text-align:center;"|November 2, 2016
 
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|The Times They Are a Changeling
+
| style="text-align:center;"|[[The Times They Are a Changeling]]
 
| style="text-align:center;"|August 20, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;"|August 20, 2016
| style="text-align:center;"|November 4, 2016
 
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|Dungeons & Discords
+
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Dungeons & Discords]]
 
| style="text-align:center;"|August 27, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;"|August 27, 2016
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"|November 7-11, 2016
+
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2|November 7-8, 2016
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|January 2-3, 2017
+
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"|January 2-6, 2017
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|Buckball Season
+
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Buckball Season]]
 
| style="text-align:center;"|September 3, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;"|September 3, 2016
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|Viva Las Pegasus
+
| style="text-align:center;"|[[The Fault in Our Cutie Marks]]
  +
| style="text-align:center;"|September 10, 2016
  +
| style="text-align:center;"|October 30, 2016
  +
|-
  +
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Viva Las Pegasus]]
 
| style="text-align:center;"|September 17, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;"|September 17, 2016
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|January 5-6, 2017
+
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=3|November 9-11, 2016
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|Every Little Thing She Does
+
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Every Little Thing She Does]]
 
| style="text-align:center;"|September 24, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;"|September 24, 2016
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|P.P.O.V. (Pony Point of View)
+
| style="text-align:center;"|[[P.P.O.V. (Pony Point of View)]]
 
| style="text-align:center;"|October 1, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;"|October 1, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"|January 9-13, 2017
 
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"|January 9-13, 2017
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|Where the Apple Lies
+
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Where the Apple Lies]]
 
| style="text-align:center;"|October 8, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;"|October 8, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"|November 14-17, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"|November 14-17, 2016
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|Top Bolt
+
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Top Bolt]]
 
| style="text-align:center;"|October 15, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;"|October 15, 2016
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|To Where and Back Again, part 1
+
| style="text-align:center;"|[[To Where and Back Again]], part 1
 
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|October 22, 2016
 
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|October 22, 2016
 
|-
 
|-
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===Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook===
 
===Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook===
Two months after baby Flurry Heart was introduced in the first episode of Season 6, a short video clip of her was uploaded to YouTube. Later, starting on July 18, 2016, a brand new mini-series called "Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook" was released on YouTube. The episodes are:
+
Two months after baby Flurry Heart was introduced in the first episode of Season 6, a short video clip of her was uploaded to YouTube. Later, starting on July 18, 2016, a brand new mini-series called "Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook" was released on YouTube.
  +
#The Royal Wedding (July 18, 2016)
 
  +
In each episode, Pinkie Pie tells a random story about the events of the show for two minutes non-stop, for a total of 20 minutes. The episodes are:
#Foal Sitting 101 (July 18, 2016)
 
  +
<gallery>
#All About Alicorns (July 18, 2016)
 
  +
File:Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook Ep. 1.jpg|1. The Royal Wedding (July 18, 2016)
#Cutie Mark Magic (August 5, 2016)
 
  +
File:Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook Ep. 2.jpg|2. Foal Sitting 101 (July 18, 2016)
#Saving the Crystal Empire (August 8, 2016)
 
  +
File:Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook Ep. 3.jpg|3. All About Alicorns (July 18, 2016)
#Hearth's Warming Eve (March 20, 2017)
 
  +
File:Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook Ep. 4.jpg|4. Cutie Mark Magic (August 5, 2016)
#Nightmare Night (October 28, 2016; re-uploaded on March 24, 2017)
 
  +
File:Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook Ep. 5.jpg|5. Saving the Crystal Empire (August 8, 2016)
#Equestria: A Land of Harmony (March 31, 2017)
 
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#The Crystalling (April 7, 2017)
 
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File:Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook Ep. 7.jpg|7. Nightmare Night (October 28, 2016)
#The Magic of Friendship (April 14, 2017)
 
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File:Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook Ep. 8.jpg|8. Equestria: A Land of Harmony (March 31, 2017)
In each episode, Pinkie Pie tells a random story about the events of the show for two minutes non-stop, for a total of 20 minutes.
 
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File:Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook Ep. 9.jpg|9. The Crystalling (April 7, 2017)
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File:Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook Ep. 10.jpg|10. The Magic of Friendship (April 14, 2017)
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===Behind-the-Scenes Promo===
 
===Behind-the-Scenes Promo===
 
On August 18, 2016, a Discovery Family promo containing interviews from Meghan McCarthy appeared on YouTube, also including footage from the episode "Dungeons & Discords".
 
On August 18, 2016, a Discovery Family promo containing interviews from Meghan McCarthy appeared on YouTube, also including footage from the episode "Dungeons & Discords".

Revision as of 01:31, 14 September 2021

Season 6 of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was the second season of the show's second era. Starting with this season, we have a new main character -- Starlight Glimmer.

Discovery Family temporarily stopped broadcasting of Season 6 on a daily basis as of May 1, 2019, thus only allowing Seasons 7 and 8 to continue airing on weekday afternoons. A few episodes of this season last aired on April 3, 2019, three days before the Season 9 premiere. The season was brought back on reruns in September 2021.

Previews

Sneak peek
(January 28, 2016)
Teaser trailer
(March 7, 2016)
Trailer
(July 1, 2016)
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My Little Pony Season 6 - Royal Baby Trailer - Cadance HD Version

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MLP Friendship is Magic Season 6 Official Teaser Trailer

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MLP Friendship is Magic Season 6 Official Trailer

Episodes

Episode title English (US) Spanish (LA) Portuguese (Brazil)
The Crystalling, part 1 March 26, 2016 August 29–September 2, 2016 September 24, 2016
The Crystalling, part 2
The Gift of the Maud Pie April 2, 2016 September 27-30, 2016
On Your Marks April 9, 2016
Gauntlet of Fire April 16, 2016
No Second Prances April 30, 2016 September 5-7, 2016
Newbie Dash May 7, 2016 October 3-4, 2016
A Hearth's Warming Tail May 14, 2016
The Saddle Row Review May 21, 2016 September 9, 2016 October 5-7, 2016
Applejack's "Day" Off May 28, 2016 September 12-14, 2016
Flutter Brutter June 4, 2016
Spice Up Your Life June 11, 2016 November 21-25, 2016
Stranger Than Fan Fiction July 30, 2016 November 1-4, 2016
The Cart Before the Ponies August 6, 2016
28 Pranks Later August 13, 2016
The Times They Are a Changeling August 20, 2016
Dungeons & Discords August 27, 2016 November 7-8, 2016 January 2-6, 2017
Buckball Season September 3, 2016
The Fault in Our Cutie Marks September 10, 2016 October 30, 2016
Viva Las Pegasus September 17, 2016 November 9-11, 2016
Every Little Thing She Does September 24, 2016
P.P.O.V. (Pony Point of View) October 1, 2016 January 9-13, 2017
Where the Apple Lies October 8, 2016 November 14-17, 2016
Top Bolt October 15, 2016
To Where and Back Again, part 1 October 22, 2016
To Where and Back Again, part 2

In South Korea, this season premiered on December 29, 2017. Two new episodes aired on Disney Junior every Friday at 9:00 a.m. through March 30, 2018.

Character appearances

01 - Twilight Sparkle 02 - Pinkie Pie 03 - Fluttershy 04 - Rainbow Dash 05 - Rarity 06 - Applejack
Episodes they each appeared in 21 15 14 17 17 17
Episodes they each appeared in but didn't speak 0 3 2 3 3 4
Episodes they each did not appear in 5 8 10 6 6 5

Pairs

Appearances in the same episode Absences in the same episode
01 - Twilight Sparkle 02 - Pinkie Pie 14 3
01 - Twilight Sparkle 03 - Fluttershy 14 4
01 - Twilight Sparkle 04 - Rainbow Dash 16 3
01 - Twilight Sparkle 05 - Rarity 16 3
01 - Twilight Sparkle 06 - Applejack 16 2
02 - Pinkie Pie 03 - Fluttershy 14 9
02 - Pinkie Pie 04 - Rainbow Dash 14 6
02 - Pinkie Pie 05 - Rarity 15 7
02 - Pinkie Pie 06 - Applejack 15 6
03 - Fluttershy 04 - Rainbow Dash 14 7
03 - Fluttershy 05 - Rarity 13 6
03 - Fluttershy 06 - Applejack 15 7
04 - Rainbow Dash 05 - Rarity 15 5
04 - Rainbow Dash 06 - Applejack 16 5
05 - Rarity 06 - Applejack 16 5


All of the Mane Six was originally scripted in Applejack's Day Off, but as of the March 20, 2015 polish draft, Fluttershy and Pinkie were cut from that episode.

DVDs

Four volume DVDs were released from 2016 to 2017, and ending with the complete season boxset on November 7, 2017.

Video Clips

Explore Equestria

Name of location Upload date
Manehattan April 18, 2016
Ponyville April 18, 2016
Cloudsdale April 25, 2016
The Crystal Empire May 4, 2016
Canterlot May 16, 2016
Equestria May 25, 2016

Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook

Two months after baby Flurry Heart was introduced in the first episode of Season 6, a short video clip of her was uploaded to YouTube. Later, starting on July 18, 2016, a brand new mini-series called "Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook" was released on YouTube.

In each episode, Pinkie Pie tells a random story about the events of the show for two minutes non-stop, for a total of 20 minutes. The episodes are:

Behind-the-Scenes Promo

On August 18, 2016, a Discovery Family promo containing interviews from Meghan McCarthy appeared on YouTube, also including footage from the episode "Dungeons & Discords".

Intro to Cutie Marks 101

On February 2, 2017, an "Intro to Cutie Marks 101" video was uploaded to YouTube. In this video, Twilight explains how the magical power from the ponies' cutie marks works.

Days of Ponies' Past

The last official Season 6 clip was uploaded on April 12, 2017, just three days before the premiere of the next season. It contains four minutes of "recap" clips from the first six seasons.

Friendship Fridays

The last YouTube video from the My Little Pony Official channel was this Friendship Friday trailer, uploaded on November 29, 2016. All further videos were then uploaded by Hasbro.

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'Magical Friendship Moments Every Friday!' Official Trailer MLP Friendship is Magic

The first clip uploaded by Hasbro's YouTube channel to celebrate Friendship Friday was seen on July 1, 2016. From then on for the next 3 1/2 years, one or two clips were uploaded almost every Friday morning at 10:00 AM EST.