Swarm of the Century

Swarm of the Century is the 10th episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. It premiered on the Hub Network on December 17, 2010, and was also available for streaming at HubWorld.com in December 2010 and January 2011.^[1]

Synopsis[]

Parasprites, furry little multiplying creatures, descend upon Ponyville and begin to devour everything and it's up to the ponies to find a solution.

Production[]

This episode started off as "Pied Piper Pinkie" on November 6, 2009. Three days later, on November 9, it was added to the writing schedule as episode #13, then moved up to episode #10 on November 13. For a short time (from November 30 to December 1), Pied Piper Pinkie was listed as #9 in the writing schedule, but it immediately later moved back to episode #10.

An outline was written from December 4–9, 2009 by M.A. Larson, when the episode was officially titled "Swarm of the Century" after the outline was finished.

Larson wrote the first full script from December 14, 2009 through January 6, 2010, and made revisions to it from January 11–21. Voice recording occurred on March 1.

Storyboarding began on March 15, 2010, and the completed animatic was submitted for review on May 26, 2010.

The client cut was submitted for review on September 15, 2010.

The musical score was added to the episode on October 6, 2010.

Production was officially complete on November 10, 2010.

Broadcast history[]

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

Date	Time	Notes
December 17, 2010	1:30 PM
December 19, 2010	8:00 AM
December 20, 2010	1:30 PM
April 24, 2011	11:00 AM
June 27, 2011	6:30 PM
July 16 and 18, 2011	8:30 AM
August 20 and 22, 2011	8:00 AM
September 1, 2011	6:30 PM
September 8, 2011	8:00 AM 1:30 PM
October 5, 2011	8:00 AM 1:30 PM
October 28, 2011	8:30 AM 12:00 PM
December 22, 2011	8:30 AM 12:00 PM
January 17, 2012	8:30 AM 12:00 PM
June 27, 2012	11:30 AM
September 12, 2012	11:30 AM
November 28, 2012	1:30 PM
December 26, 2012	9:30 AM
January 17, 2013	12:30 PM
March 13, 2013	12:30 PM
March 25, 2013	9:30 AM
May 16, 2013	9:00 AM
May 28, 2013	12:30 PM
July 3, 2013	1:30 PM
July 27, 2013	10:30 AM
October 1, 2013	2:00 PM
November 4, 2013	1:30 PM
December 5, 2013	2:00 PM
January 17, 2014	1:00 PM
March 3, 2014	4:00 PM
May 2, 2014	11:30 AM

International titles[]

Spanish	La Plaga del Siglo
Portuguese	A Praga do Século
Japanese	パクパクパニック
Korean	빌붙이말썽요정 대소동
Chinese	搗蛋精
Thai	หนองนํ้าแห่งศตวรรษ