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My Little Pony: Rainbow Roadtrip is the second and only other hour-length special for My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. It was first unveiled on May 6, 2019 on the June 2019 Discovery Family highlights. A preview of this special aired on June 22, 2019, on the same day when the Season 9 episode "Between Dark and Dawn" premiered. The special itself made its broadcast debut a week later, on June 29, and last aired on May 28, 2023 at 12:30 p.m.

The animation style is the same as in My Little Pony: The Movie, and was done by Boulder Media, rather than DHX.

Synopsis[]

The Mane Six hop a balloon for Hope Hollow, where Rainbow Dash has been invited to be the guest of honor at the town's Rainbow Festival. But when they crash land in town, there's nopony there to greet them. The mystery grows when the sun rises to reveal the entire town and the ponies in it have been drained of color! While Twilight Sparkle tries to discover what malicious magic caused the town to fade, her friends help the townsponies plan a new rainbow festival, making friends along the way, and restoring the hope missing from Hope Hollow.

Books[]

A book based on this special was published by Celeste Sisler on June 25, 2019.

Home media[]

The special was once planned to be released on Netflix on July 29, 2019, but was canceled for unknown reasons. It has also never been released for purchase on digital, but was released on DVD in the UK on February 10, 2020, and in South Korea on March 17, 2021, but never in North America.

As of January 1, 2024, it still remains unreleased in most of Northern and Western Europe and parts of Asia, likely due to Hasbro's extreme force on its ownership of Discovery Family that prevented Netflix from releasing the 2019 specials.

Music Videos[]

MLP The End of the Rainbow
The End of the Rainbow
(July 22, 2019)
MLP Living in Color
Living in Color
(August 5, 2019)

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