Rarity Takes Manehattan

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Rarity Takes Manehattan is the eighth Season 4 episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. It is also Rarity's key episode.

Synopsis[]

Rarity goes to Manehattan for Fashion Week and loses her sense of generosity after she gives another designer some fabric and the designer uses it to copy Rarity's entire fashion line.

Production timeline[]

April 25, 2012	A "Manehattan" episode began development, listed as #406 in the episode order.
May 1, 2012	Episode pushed back to #408, with Power Ponies taking its place.
July 20, 2012	Premise written by Merriwether Williams. Episode titled "Rarity Takes Manehattan".
August 1–7, 2012	Outline written.
August 10–September 10, 2012	First draft of the script written.
September 21–November 6, 2012	Script revised.
January 8, 2013	Last-minute revisions to the script.
January 14, 2013	The song "Generosity" first composed and performed.
February 5, 2013	More last-minute changes to the script.
February 21, 2013	Voice recording in session.
May 30, 2013	Animatic submitted for review.
October 2, 2013	Rough cut of animated episode submitted for review.
October 22, 2013	Musical score added.
November 18, 2013	Completed production.

Broadcast history[]

This episode was known to air on the following dates and times:

Date	Time	Notes
January 4, 2014	10:30 AM
January 5, 2014	10:30 AM
January 6, 2014	4:00 PM
January 10, 2014	5:00 PM
January 11, 2014	10:00 AM
January 12, 2014	10:00 AM
February 8, 2014	7:00 AM
February 24, 2014	4:30 PM
April 4, 2014	4:30 PM