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*The Hub Network was replaced by [[Discovery Family]] on October 13, 2014, shortly after The CW discontinued its Saturday morning cartoon block, Vortexx. Since then, most shows including My Little Pony were moved from the Hub Network to Discovery Family, and the show's second era that began with Season 5 has always originally aired on this network. |
*The Hub Network was replaced by [[Discovery Family]] on October 13, 2014, shortly after The CW discontinued its Saturday morning cartoon block, Vortexx. Since then, most shows including My Little Pony were moved from the Hub Network to Discovery Family, and the show's second era that began with Season 5 has always originally aired on this network. |
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*The final marathon of episodes aired on Discovery Family from December 23–30, 2019. The last episode to air was "The Last Problem" at 4:30 p.m. on December 30. |
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*[[My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic/Fates|List of fates]] |
*[[My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic/Fates|List of fates]] |
Revision as of 20:42, 5 April 2021
Synopsis
"Get your muzzle out of those books and make some friends!" That's what Princess Celestia tells Twilight Sparkle. She may be the smartest unicorn in Equestria, but Twilight Sparkle gets an "incomplete" in friendship. There's more to life than learning magic, after all -- so she goes to Ponyville on a mission to make friends. There she meets five special ponies who take her on exciting adventures and teach her the most powerful magic of all ... the magic of friendship!
Overview
In each episode, the Mane Six ponies (or in other cases, other characters) go on adventures in Equestria and learn lessons in friendship. Each season starts off with a two-part story (comprising of two episodes), with most focusing on Twilight Sparkle. Originally in Season 1, Twilight writes all the letters to Princess Celestia about friendship. In Seasons 2-3, her pony friends (and Spike) write the letters to her. From the Season 3 finale onwards, Twilight graduates from being a student of Princess Celestia and becomes an Alicorn princess, then by the end of the show's first era (2010-2014) in the Season 4 finale, acquires her own castle, the Castle of Friendship.
The second generation of this show, which starts off with Season 5, introduces Starlight Glimmer, who learns lessons in friendship of her own throughout Season 6, then begins having adventures with her new friends in Season 7. To educate various ponies and creatures in Equestria, the School of Friendship is introduced for Season 8. Finally, Twilight and her friends defeat evil for good in Season 9, and many years later, Twilight becomes the new ruler of Equestria.
Cast
Character's name | Voice actor | Singing voice actor | Sonic/Kirby counterpart |
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Twilight Sparkle | Tara Strong | Rebecca Shoichet | Amy Rose |
Pinkie Pie | Andrea Libman | Shannon Chan-Kent | Sonic |
Rainbow Dash | Ashleigh Ball | Ashleigh Ball | Sally Acorn |
Applejack | Ashleigh Ball | Ashleigh Ball | Bunnie |
Fluttershy | Andrea Libman | Andrea Libman | Tails |
Rarity | Tabitha Germain | Kazumi Evans | Rouge |
Spike | Cathy Weseluck | Cream | |
Apple Bloom | Michelle Creber | Charmy | |
Sweetie Belle | Claire Corloett | Marine | |
Scootaloo | Madeleine Peters | Sticks | |
Big McIntosh | Peter New | Knuckles | |
Cheese Sandwich | Weird "Al" Yankovic | ||
Maud Pie | Ingrid Nilson | ||
Zephyr Breeze | Ryan Beil | ||
Starlight Glimmer | Kelly Sheridan | Blaze | |
Trixie | Kathleen Barr | Shadow | |
Discord | John de Lancie | King Dedede | |
Princess Celestia | Nicole Oliver | Vanilla | |
Princess Luna | Tabitha Germai | Lady Like | |
Princess Cadance | Britt McKillip | Commander Vee | |
Shining Armor | Andrew Francis | Meta Knight |
Production timeline
Production Phases for Episodes/Films | ||
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Phase 1 | Premise | The fundamental concept that drives the plot of the episode. |
Phase 2 | Outline | An extended telling of the episode. If the premise is approved, the episode moves on to this stage. |
Phase 3 | 1st Draft | The first full script for the episode. |
Phase 4 | 2nd Draft | The first revisions made to the script. |
Phase 5 | Polish | A much more improved version of the script. |
Phase 6 | Locked Polish | Last minute changes before the script is finalized. |
Phase 7 | Voice Recording | All the voices to be used in the episode are recorded. |
Phase 8 | Animatic | A full storyboard for the whole episode. |
Phase 9 | Post-Production | Rough cuts of the final animation are delivered. |
Phase 10 | Final Cut | Production officially concludes. |
Production Phases for Songs | ||
Phase 1 | First Lyrics | New lyrics are written for a song. |
Phase 2 | First Demo | The first composition of a song. |
Phase 3 | Unmixed Demo | The final vocals are first composed, but the song itself is not yet finalized. |
Phase 4 | Final Mix | The song is officially finalized. |
Date | Event |
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December 17, 2008 | Lauren Faust wrote the first full script for an early version of "The Ticket Master". |
May 19, 2009 | The Mane Six was originally going to be the Mane Nine -- Twilight Twinkle, Applejack, Cherilee, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle. |
May 27, 2009 | Lauren Faust, the first of only two available writers for the show back then, wrote the script for unreleased Animation Test titled "My Little Pony Adventures" (codenamed "MLPTST"). This Animation Test was to feature Twilight Twinkle, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie. |
June 9, 2009 | The full animatic for the Animation Test was completed. Tara Strong performed all the voice talents for all three characters. |
July 9, 2009 | The rough cut for the Animation Test was completed. Twilight's final design was first used here. |
July 10, 2009 | The Animation Test finished production. However, it wasn't unveiled online until the show ended 10 years later. |
August 5, 2009 | Lauren Faust wrote a second draft for The Ticket Master. |
September 10, 2009 | A "My Little Pony Adventures" show bible existed. This bible included premises for what were initially to be the first nine episodes of the show: The Ticket Master, Griffon the Brush Off, The Cutie Mark Chronicles, Applebonk Season, Bring on the Thunder, Dragonshy, A Dawg and Pony Show, Fancy Meeting You Deer, and Nothing More to Sea. |
October 21, 2009 | Season 1 officially began pre-production with the first outline for one of the nine episodes listed above, along with the script for a new pilot episode. |
February 18, 2010 | The My Little Pony theme song was first composed and performed, not long before the very first full animatic. |
July 9, 2010 | Season 2 started development, in which what were supposed to be the last two Season 1 episodes ("Seeds of Chaos") moved to this season. |
March 29, 2011 | Season 1 officially wrapped up production. |
April 25, 2011 | Season 3 started development. |
March 23, 2012 | Season 2 officially wrapped up production. |
April 10, 2012 | Season 4 started development. |
January 10, 2013 | Season 3 officially wrapped up production. |
October 8, 2013 | Season 5 started development. |
April 4, 2014 | Season 4 officially wrapped up production. |
October 10, 2014 | Season 6 started development, as so did a motion picture film. |
November 9, 2015 | Season 5 officially wrapped up production. |
December 2, 2015 | Season 7 started development, in which initially, it was going to be a reboot, but that concept was rejected. |
May 13, 2016 | A recolored version of the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic logo was first revealed. This logo went into permanent effect starting with Season 7. |
August 8, 2016 | Season 8 started development. |
August 22, 2016 | Season 6 officially wrapped up production. |
August 8, 2017 | Season 9, the final season, started development. |
August 29, 2017 | Season 7 officially wrapped up production. |
March 21, 2018 | The last new writer for the show, Ariel Shepherd-Oppenheim, wrote the premise for "A Horse Shoe-in". |
April 12, 2018 | The final episode order was finalized, with the announcement of The Last Problem. |
May 31, 2018 | Season 8 officially wrapped up production. |
September 2018 | The last voice recordings were done. |
February 16, 2019 | Season 9 was confirmed to be the final season, resulting in a total of 221 episodes for the entire series (222 if you count "Best Gift Ever"). |
June 21, 2019 | The show officially wrapped up production, with the final episodes of Season 9. |
In Other Languages
Language | Title |
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Spanish | My Little Pony: La Magia de la Amistad |
Portuguese | My Little Pony: A Amizade é Mágica |
Japanese | マイリトルポニー:トモダチは魔法 |
Chinese | 彩虹小馬:友情就是魔法 |
Korean | 마이 리틀 포니: 우정은 마법 |
Thai | มายลิตเติ้ลโพนี่ มิตรภาพอันแสนวิเศษ |
List of episodes
- Main article: List of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic episodes
Broadcast history
- All My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic installments were originally broadcast on the Hub Network since its launch on October 10, 2010. Episodes were released simultaneously on iTunes since February 15, 2011. It was also available on Netflix since April 1, 2012.
- The Hub Network was replaced by Discovery Family on October 13, 2014, shortly after The CW discontinued its Saturday morning cartoon block, Vortexx. Since then, most shows including My Little Pony were moved from the Hub Network to Discovery Family, and the show's second era that began with Season 5 has always originally aired on this network.
- The final marathon of episodes aired on Discovery Family from December 23–30, 2019. The last episode to air was "The Last Problem" at 4:30 p.m. on December 30.
- At least three months after the show ended, Seasons 1, 6 and 7 were withdrawn from Discovery Family's rerun schedule, and Season 5 was only seen occasionally within summer 2020, before returning on a regular basis. Season 1 was also brought back on April 16, 2021.
Home video timeline
- Main article: List of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic DVDs
Weblinks
My Little Pony G4 Official Website (Version 1)
- http://www.hasbro.com/mylittlepony (September 28, 2010–December 10, 2011)
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Official Website (Version 2)
- http://www.hasbro.com/mylittlepony (December 10, 2011–January 6, 2013)
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Official Website (Version 3)
- http://www.hasbro.com/mylittlepony (January 11, 2013–March 31, 2014)
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Official Website (Version 4)
- http://www.hasbro.com/mylittlepony (April 4, 2014–July 2015)
- http://mylittlepony.hasbro.com (July 2015–February 25, 2017)
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Official Website (Version 5)
- http://mylittlepony.hasbro.com (February 26, 2017–2019)
Other sites
- http://mlp.wikia.com (launched on December 12, 2010)
- http://www.equestriadaily.com (launched on January 19, 2011)
Gallery
Production
The Show
Characters
Main characters | |||||||||||
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Twilight Sparkle |
Pinkie Pie |
Fluttershy |
Rainbow Dash | ||||||||
Rarity |
Applejack |
Spike | |||||||||
Season 1 characters | |||||||||||
Cutie Mark Crusaders (Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo) |
Princess Celestia |
Princess Luna |
Granny Smith | ||||||||
Big McIntosh |
Trixie |
Cheerilee |
Spitfire and Soarin | ||||||||
Season 2 characters | |||||||||||
Discord |
Princess Cadance |
Shining Armor |
Daring Do | ||||||||
Season 4 characters | |||||||||||
Cheese Sandwich |
Maud Pie |
Flash Sentry | |||||||||
Season 5 characters | |||||||||||
Starlight Glimmer | |||||||||||
Season 6 characters | |||||||||||
Flurry Heart |
Zephyr Breeze | ||||||||||
Background characters |
Videos
See also
- List of bonus material
- Cast and crew
- List of credits
- List of fates
- Unreleased episodes
- The complete map of Equestria Girls