SEASON ONE
1	1	"Friendship Is Magic"[nb 1] (Part 1)	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by James Wootton)	Lauren Faust	October 10, 2010
An antisocial unicorn named Twilight Sparkle learns of a prophecy that states the evil Nightmare Moon will return during the upcoming Summer Sun Celebration after one thousand years of imprisonment in the moon. Twilight tries to warn her mentor Princess Celestia of the impending danger but she dismisses her and instead sends her to Ponyville to check on the preparations for the celebration and make friends with the ponies there. Twilight reluctantly meets five ponies in charge of the preparations: Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie. At the celebration, Nightmare Moon appears in place of a missing Princess Celestia and decrees everlasting night.
2	2	"Friendship Is Magic"[nb 2] (Part 2)	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by James Wootton)	Lauren Faust	October 22, 2010
After Nightmare Moon decrees eternal night, Twilight and her new friends venture deep into the Everfree Forest to find the Elements of Harmony, a set of artifacts used to defeat Nightmare Moon in the past. Nightmare Moon creates obstacles to stop the six ponies, but each of Twilight's friends helps the group overcome them using her own strengths. Once they find the Elements, Nightmare Moon appears and shatters them. Twilight realizes that she and her new friends embody the six Elements—honesty (Applejack), kindness (Fluttershy), laughter (Pinkie Pie), generosity (Rarity), loyalty (Rainbow Dash) and magic (herself)—and the six wield them to defeat Nightmare Moon thus returning her to her original form as Princess Celestia's younger sister Princess Luna. Princess Celestia returns, forgives Luna and orders Twilight to stay in Ponyville in order to continue studying the magic of friendship.
3	3	"The Ticket Master"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by James Wootton)	Amy Keating Rogers and Lauren Faust	October 29, 2010
Princess Celestia sends Twilight two tickets for the upcoming exclusive Grand Galloping Gala. Upon learning of the tickets, each of Twilight's friends insists she should be the one to go with Twilight, and the five start giving her special treatment to earn her favor. Twilight is unwilling to pick any one friend over another and she politely returns the tickets to the princess despite her friends' apologies for their selfishness. To everyone's surprise, the princess replies by sending back enough tickets for Twilight and all of her friends.
4	4	"Applebuck Season"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by James Wootton)	Amy Keating Rogers	November 5, 2010
Apple harvesting season is upon Sweet Apple Acres, but with her brother Big McIntosh injured the task of bucking apples from their trees falls upon Applejack alone. Applejack insists she can do it herself, and refuses the help of Twilight Sparkle and her friends. She quickly becomes weary from the work, but still upholds promises to help with other tasks around town. In her sleep-deprived daze, however, her assistance goes awry and wreaks havoc on Ponyville. Twilight intervenes and insists Applejack let her friends help, but it is not until after Applejack collapses that she finally relents, and the task of harvesting is quickly completed.
5	5	"Griffon the Brush-Off"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by James Wootton)	Cindy Morrow	November 12, 2010
Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash discover they share a common interest in playing harmless practical jokes on other ponies. Later, Rainbow Dash's childhood friend Gilda, a griffin, arrives, and Pinkie finds herself left out of Rainbow Dash and Gilda's activities. When Pinkie sees Gilda acting rudely towards the other ponies around town, she becomes determined to cheer her up with a party. At the party, Gilda becomes the victim of several practical jokes, and she blames Pinkie for them. However, Rainbow Dash admits to setting up the pranks. Gilda becomes frustrated and flies off, leaving Rainbow Dash to reaffirm her friendship with Pinkie.
6	6	"Boast Busters"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by James Wootton)	Chris Savino	November 19, 2010
"The Great and Powerful" Trixie arrives in town and boasts being a powerful unicorn, outdoing stunts performed by Twilight Sparkle's friends with her magic. Spike tries to have Twilight stand up for her friends, but Twilight refuses, believing the rest of town will dislike her due to her own powerful magic. In an attempt to prove Trixie's power to Spike, the colts Snips and Snails lure a giant "Ursa Minor" bear into town for her to vanquish. Trixie tries to stop the bear, but her magic is too weak. Instead, Twilight is able to use her own magic to lull the bear to sleep and return it to its cave. As Trixie flees, the town thanks Twilight for her help, and she realizes that they readily accept her magical talent.
7	7	"Dragonshy"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by James Wootton)	Meghan McCarthy	November 26, 2010
A dragon has taken to a nearby cave, and his smoky breath threatens to cover Ponyville. Twilight Sparkle and her friends are tasked with removing the dragon, specifically expecting that Fluttershy's affinity with animals will be useful. However, as they make the trek up the mountain, Fluttershy reveals her paralyzing fear of dragons, making the journey difficult for the others. At the cave, Fluttershy refuses to enter, and the others try their own means to evict the dragon, only to get knocked against a rock, hurting them in the process. Fluttershy becomes enraged and scolds the dragon for hurting her friends, causing the dragon to cower and cry in shame. Fluttershy is able to ask the dragon to leave of his own accord, leaving Ponyville smoke-free.
8	8	"Look Before You Sleep"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by James Wootton)	Charlotte Fullerton	December 3, 2010
Applejack and Rarity have an argument over their respective approaches to work as they prepare for a thunderstorm. Their arguing causes them to be stuck outside when the storm hits, but Twilight Sparkle invites them into the library to spend the night. Twilight decides to throw her first slumber party, much to Applejack and Rarity's regret. The hostility between Applejack and Rarity increases with each activity, with Twilight oblivious to the conflict. As they prepare to go to sleep, a lightning bolt threatens to send a tree branch into a nearby home. Applejack lassos it in time to stop it, accidentally dragging it into Twilight's bedroom in the process. Amid the mess, Applejack and Rarity work together to get rid of the branch and clean up the mess, overcoming their differences. They later apologize to each other, and enjoy the rest of the slumber party with Twilight.
9	9	"Bridle Gossip"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by James Wootton)	Amy Keating Rogers	December 10, 2010
Twilight Sparkle finds that the rest of Ponyville are frightened of the mysterious zebra Zecora who lives in nearby Everfree Forest, and insists their fears are unfounded. An encouraged Apple Bloom goes off to follow Zecora to her home, and the others quickly follow once they notice her missing. They recover Apple Bloom just as she enters a field of blue flowers, where Zecora warns them off. The next day, Twilight and her friends find themselves suffering from strange problems, leading the others to conclude Zecora has cursed them. They find Apple Bloom missing again, and assume Zecora took her. They race to Zecora's hut and confront her, only to find her and Apple Bloom making a potion to cure them of the afflictions, which were caused by the Poison Joke flowers they had stepped in the day before. Once cured, Twilight and her friends convince the townsfolk to be more trusting of Zecora.
10	10	"Swarm of the Century"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by James Wootton)	M.A. Larson	December 17, 2010
Twilight Sparkle anxiously prepares Ponyville for a visit by Princess Celestia. During her preparations, Fluttershy finds a cute creature called a Parasprite and takes it back into town. The other ponies are enraptured by the creature despite its strange ability to reproduce quickly, and each adopt their own except for Pinkie Pie, who immediately starts to look for musical instruments. The next day, Ponyville is flooded with Parasprites that have begun eating everything in town. Twilight and the others try to get rid of them without success, and are frustrated by Pinkie's search for instruments. As the Parasprites start eating the town itself, Pinkie arrives as a one-pony band and leads the creatures out of town just as Princess Celestia arrives. With the town emptied of Parasprites, Twilight and her friends apologize to Pinkie for doubting her behavior and promise to listen to her ideas and perspectives in the future.
11	11	"Winter Wrap Up"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by James Wootton)	Cindy Morrow	December 24, 2010
Twilight Sparkle is eager to participate in Ponyville's "Winter Wrap-Up", where the citizens help prepare the land for spring without using magic. Twilight tries to help out where she can, but finds herself struggling without magic. As she frets about her inability to help, she overhears the various team leaders arguing over the timing of their activities and worrying that they will not complete the Wrap-Up in time. Twilight steps in, offering her skills in organization to get the Wrap-Up back on track. The Wrap-Up is successfully completed on time, and the town gives Twilight the job of official Wrap-Up coordinator.
12	12	"Call of the Cutie"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by James Wootton)	Meghan McCarthy	January 7, 2011
Apple Bloom becomes worried when two stuck-up classmates, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, get their cutie marks and taunt Apple Bloom as a "blank flank" for lacking hers. Apple Bloom starts striving to find her own talent and get her own mark, asking advice from her sister Applejack and her friends. Despite her efforts, she remains without her cutie mark. She finds herself caught within the Cute-ceañera celebration for Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, and tries to leave before she is ridiculed. Just as she is discovered and teased by her classmates, two other fillies who lack cutie marks, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle, stand up for Apple Bloom, assuring that she still has lots of potential in her life; the rest of the partygoers soon take more interest in Apple Bloom and her new friends than Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. After the party, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo form the "Cutie Mark Crusaders" to earn their cutie marks together.
13	13	"Fall Weather Friends"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by James Wootton)	Amy Keating Rogers	January 28, 2011
After a friendly game of horseshoes, Applejack and Rainbow Dash start boasting to the other about their athletic prowess. They begin an informal series of "Iron Pony" challenges to determine who is better, but Rainbow Dash, enabled by her wings, soon takes the edge. Applejack insists on one last event to decide the winner, the "Running of the Leaves" marathon, with the stipulation that Rainbow Dash keep her wings tied down. At the marathon, Twilight Sparkle decides to participate despite her lack of athleticism. As the race starts, Applejack and Rainbow Dash take an early lead, and try to trick each other to keep their lead. As they near the end, they start to get more physical, and end up fighting across the finish line. To their surprise, they come in last while Twilight beats them in fifth place using her slow-and-steady pace. The two realize their feuding is futile, so they accept their defeat and agree to keep to more friendly competitions.
14	14	"Suited for Success"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by James Wootton)	Charlotte Fullerton	February 4, 2011
When Twilight Sparkle brings an old dress to Rarity to repair for the upcoming Grand Galloping Gala, Rarity insists on making her and her friends new dresses. Rarity's designs for her dresses do not go over well with her friends, so she agrees to remake the dresses with their input. She soon finds that her friends' demands are excessive and outlandish, but she does not question them. She is later shocked to learn that Spike has arranged for the famous fashion designer Hoity Toity to come see the new dresses. As the show proceeds, Hoity Toity and the audience are disgusted by Rarity's over-the-top dresses, and Rarity believes her career is ruined. Feeling guilty, Rarity's friends complete her own Gala dress following her designs as an apology, and convince Hoity Toity to attend a second show using the original dresses, impressing him.
15	15	"Feeling Pinkie Keen"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by James Wootton)	Dave Polsky	February 11, 2011
Twilight Sparkle learns that the rest of town believes that Pinkie Pie has a "Pinkie Sense", in which her body reacts in different ways as warnings to certain events. Twilight insists that this cannot be possible and attempts to understand how the Pinkie Sense works, though she ends up in a number of pratfalls from this. When Pinkie asserts that there is a "doozy" of an event in the nearby bog where Fluttershy is, Twilight, Spike, Pinkie, and Applejack take off to save Fluttershy. They find Fluttershy safe, but are soon chased by a hydra. They all escape safely, but Pinkie asserts that her sense is still going off and the "doozy" has yet to happen. Exhausted, Twilight finally gives up on trying to understand the Pinkie Sense. Pinkie's Sense disappears, and Pinkie asserts that Twilight's revelation was the "doozy". Twilight accepts that the Pinkie Sense is real, and that she should stop worrying about its origins.
16	16	"Sonic Rainboom"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by James Wootton)	M.A. Larson	February 18, 2011
Rainbow Dash is set to perform in the Young Flyers Competition in Cloudsdale, planning to perform a "Sonic Rainboom" (a mix of a sonic boom and rainbow effect) to win it. Fluttershy confides with her friends Rainbow Dash has only been able to pull off the Sonic Rainboom once before, and that Rainbow Dash is nervous about her performance. Determined to attend the competition and support Rainbow Dash, Rarity receives wings through a difficult spell courtesy of Twilight Sparkle, while an easier spell allows the others to walk on clouds. In Cloudsdale, Rarity finds the pegasi enchanted by her wings and, spurred by a comment, enters the competition herself. At the competition, Rainbow Dash blunders the early stages before preparing for the Sonic Rainboom, while Rarity stuns the audience by flying high into the sky and showing off her wings. However, Rarity's wings disintegrate in the sunlight, causing her to plummet to the ground; the Wonderbolts in attendance try to save her, but she knocks them out with her floundering. Rainbow Dash sees Rarity in trouble and dives to the ground, pulling off the Sonic Rainboom and saving Rarity and the Wonderbolts in time. Rainbow Dash safely returns them all to Cloudsdale, where she is cheered on and named by Princess Celestia as the champion of the competition.
17	17	"Stare Master"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by James Wootton)	Chris Savino	February 25, 2011
With Rarity engrossed in work, Fluttershy offers to watch over the Cutie Mark Crusaders for the night. She finds the fillies to be rambunctious and hard to control. At night, the Crusaders find that one of Fluttershy's chickens has escaped into the Everfree Forest, and they go out to retrieve it. Fluttershy soon discovers them missing and follows the hoofprints of the Crusaders. She eventually comes across the petrified form of Twilight Sparkle and her chicken, and realizes that a cockatrice is around. She finds the fillies and warns them of the danger, but they soon come face-to-face with the cockatrice. As the cockatrice starts to turn Fluttershy to stone, she gives it an intense stare and demands that it reverse its spell. The cockatrice eventually relents, negating the petrification of her, Twilight, and the chicken, and disappears; the Crusaders cheer for Fluttershy and call her the "Stare Master". The next morning, Rarity comes to retrieve the Crusaders, and is surprised that they quickly fall in line with a simple request from Fluttershy.
18	18	"The Show Stoppers"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by James Wootton)	Cindy Morrow	March 4, 2011
Applejack donates her old clubhouse to the Cutie Mark Crusaders. From there, the Crusaders start to try to find ways to get their cutie marks, but each time ends in comical failure. Twilight Sparkle and Cheerilee suggest the three enter the school's talent competition. The Crusaders agree to perform a musical number, but each wanting to do something that they are not skilled in: Apple Bloom wanting to dance, Sweetie Belle wanting to do the props and costumes, and Scootaloo wanting to write and sing. At the show, they blunder disastrously through the song, confusing the crowd. To their surprise, they win the prize for best comedy act; despite this, they still do not earn their cutie marks.
19	19	"A Dog and Pony Show"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by James Wootton)	Amy Keating Rogers	March 11, 2011
Rarity enlists Spike to help recover gems for a large order of dresses. As they work, Rarity is abducted by Diamond Dogs, who want her to dowse for gems in their caves. Spike races back to get the others to help rescue Rarity. Meanwhile, Rarity is able to use her wiles to trick the Dogs into treating her in a royal manner. By the time Spike and others find Rarity, the dogs are willing to let Rarity leave with large quantities of gems, not wanting to suffer under her anymore. The others help pull the gems back to Ponyville, while Rarity comments that one does not always need strength to win over one's enemies.
20	20	"Green Isn't Your Color"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by James Wootton)	Meghan McCarthy	March 18, 2011
The famous fashion photographer Photo Finish comes to Ponyville to see Rarity's dresses that she has made for the Gala. Rarity begs for Fluttershy to help model the fashions; despite her dislike of attention, Fluttershy agrees. Photo Finish is more taken by Fluttershy's shyness than Rarity's dresses, and declares Fluttershy to be an ideal model, leading her to stardom. Twilight Sparkle becomes privy to Fluttershy's fear of disappointing Rarity and Rarity's jealousy of Fluttershy's success, but Pinkie warns her that telling these secrets to others can ruin her friendships, and Twilight frets over how to correct the situation. Eventually, Fluttershy and Rarity admit their secrets to each other, relieved that they agree, and Fluttershy gives up her modeling career.
21	21	"Over a Barrel"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by James Wootton)	Dave Polsky	March 25, 2011
Applejack and her friends deliver an apple tree to the foundling frontier town of Appleloosa. They find that the ponies of the town are in conflict with a nearby buffalo tribe, who have previously used the land set aside for the apple trees as a running ground for them. Twilight Sparkle and her friends work to establish peace between the two sides, but Pinkie Pie's song, performed at an inappropriate time, leads the two sides to declare war on each other. The buffalo charge at the town, who fire on the buffalo with apple pies. When the buffalo chieftain is hit with a pie, he discovers the pie is tasty and quickly puts an end to the battle. The two groups agree to an amicable solution: the ponies leave a trail for the buffalo to run through the apple grove, while the buffalo get to enjoy apple pies made from the fruits.
22	22	"A Bird in the Hoof"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by James Wootton)	Charlotte Fullerton	April 8, 2011
Princess Celestia visits Ponyville along with her seemingly sick pet bird, Philomena. Fluttershy, worried about the bird's health, secretly takes Philomena to her cottage and tries to help her, but everything she does seems to worsen the bird's condition. When Twilight Sparkle discovers this, she gets involved in helping cure Philomena, and learns that the Princess's guards are looking for it. Eventually Philomena escapes, leading Twilight and Fluttershy on a chase through town. The chase ends when Philomena falls from the top of a statue, bursting into flames and falling as a pile of ash into Fluttershy's hooves just as the Princess arrives. Fluttershy profusely apologizes, ready to take any punishment, before the Princess reveals that Philomena is a phoenix. Philomena rises from the ashes as a powerful bird, and at Princess Celestia's insistence, apologizes to Fluttershy for having fun with her.
23	23	"The Cutie Mark Chronicles"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by James Wootton)	M.A. Larson	April 15, 2011
Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle, believing they can determine how to get their cutie marks by learning how the older ponies in town got them, seek out and learn how Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Twilight Sparkle earned their cutie marks. The six friends realize that Rainbow Dash's first Sonic Rainboom triggered events by which each of them earned their cutie marks, and realize they are closer than they originally thought.
24	24	"Owl's Well That Ends Well"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by James Wootton)	Cindy Morrow	April 22, 2011
Twilight Sparkle realizes that Spike, being a baby dragon, is unable to stay awake to help her with her astronomy studies, but finds help with a new pet owl, Owlowiscious. Spike becomes jealous of Owlowiscious, thinking the owl wants to replace him as Twilight's assistant. Later, Twilight finds a book damaged by Spike's fire breath and scolds him for hiding it from her, and later still expresses disappointment when he tries to frame Owlowiscious for killing a toy mouse. Convinced that Twilight no longer wants him, Spike runs away from home into the Everfree Forest and finds a cave full of gems. He realizes too late that the cave belongs to an adult dragon, but Twilight and Owlowiscious soon arrive and save him. Twilight admits to Spike that she only needs Owlowiscious for additional help at night, and the two reconcile while Spike makes friends with Owlowiscious.
25	25	"Party of One"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by James Wootton)	Meghan McCarthy	April 29, 2011
After inviting her friends to and throwing a birthday party for her pet alligator Gummy, Pinkie decides to throw a day-after party to continue the celebrations. She finds that her friends all seem to be busy. Suspicious of their behavior, Pinkie follows her friends and discovers that they are actively avoiding and hiding something from her in Applejack's barn. Pinkie becomes depressed, thinking the five no longer consider her a friend. She throws her own party using inanimate objects when Rainbow Dash retrieves her and brings her to a party at the barn. Pinkie thinks her friends are throwing a party to get rid of her, only to realize it is actually her own birthday party, which she had forgotten. Pinkie quickly becomes elated and joins the celebration with her friends.
26	26	"The Best Night Ever"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by James Wootton)	Amy Keating Rogers	May 6, 2011
The night of the Grand Galloping Gala in Canterlot has finally arrived. At the Gala, Twilight Sparkle and her friends quickly separate to enjoy the Gala in their own ways, but each soon finds their experience fall well short of their expectations. As events mount, the friends' actions lead to a mass of chaos in the grand ballroom. They regroup later at a donut shop and express their disappointment with the night's events, but are soon joined by Princess Celestia, who explains that she had invited Twilight and her friends to liven up the normally boring Gala, and is happy with what happened. Everyone agrees the night to be the "best night ever".
SEASON TWO
27	1	"The Return of Harmony" (Part 1)	Jayson Thiessen	M.A. Larson	September 17, 2011	0.48[3]
The spirit of chaos and disharmony known as Discord escapes from his stone imprisonment following an argument between the Cutie Mark Crusaders to which Princess Celestia summons Twilight and her friends to use the Elements of Harmony in order to recapture him. Unfortunately, they find the Elements missing and Discord teases them with a riddle. Believing the Elements to be at the center of the Canterlot garden hedge maze, Twilight leads her friends there but Discord manipulates them by separating them in the maze and brainwashing all but Twilight into polar opposites of their usual selves, with Rainbow Dash flying away in the belief that Cloudsdale is in trouble. Feeling triumphant, Discord thinks he has bested Twilight and continues to spread chaos across all of Equestria.
28	2	"The Return of Harmony" (Part 2)	Jayson Thiessen	M.A. Larson	September 24, 2011	0.48[3]
Twilight leads her friends to a chaos-affected Ponyville where she recognizes the true answer to Discord's riddle and finds the Elements in the library. However, without Rainbow Dash they fail to work and Twilight is finally broken by Discord's spell. As she packs to leave Ponyville however, Spike coughs up letters from Princess Celestia which are all Twilight's old friendship reports. Twilight's lifted spirits break Discord's spell on her and she uses it to return her friends to normal, including Rainbow Dash. The six successfully turn Discord back into stone using the Elements and are welcomed by Princess Celestia as heroes for defeating Discord.
29	3	"Lesson Zero"	James Wootton	Meghan McCarthy	October 15, 2011	
Twilight realizes she has until sunset to write her weekly friendship report to Princess Celestia and worries she will face terrible punishment if she's late. Spike and her friends dismiss her fears but she refuses to listen. After failing to find anyone in town with a friendship problem, she decides to cause one herself using an old doll infused with a spell to make the Cutie Mark Crusaders fight over it so that she can break up the fight. However, the fight gets out of control and the influence of the doll spreads across town. As the sun sets, Princess Celestia arrives to reverse the spell. Fearing the worst, Twilight is relieved when the princess says that she would not have punished her in any way, and decrees that Twilight, or any of her friends, only have to send friendship reports when they have something to write about.
30	4	"Luna Eclipsed"	James Wootton	M.A. Larson	October 22, 2011	
Princess Luna, who had been saved by Twilight Sparkle and her friends from her evil alter persona, Nightmare Moon, visits Ponyville on the festival of Nightmare Night, which centers around Nightmare Moon. The residents all panic at her appearance and outdated mannerisms, but Twilight helps her to acclimate her to the festival. Despite this, Pinkie Pie and several children still run away at her approach, angering her into threatening to cancel the celebration forever. Twilight learns from Pinkie that she is just having fun being scared, so she uses this to show Princess Luna that the children love her but want to have fun being scared on that night. Heartened by this revelation, Princess Luna happily joins in the rest of the festival.
31	5	"Sisterhooves Social"	James Wootton	Cindy Morrow	November 5, 2011	
Sweetie Belle is staying with Rarity while their parents are on vacation. Not used to Rarity's work, Sweetie Belle gets in the way and ruins Rarity's efforts. When Apple Bloom tells Sweetie Belle about the upcoming Sisterhooves Social race, Sweetie Belle tries to get Rarity to participate, but her sister refuses. Sweetie Belle then angrily declares that Rarity is no longer her sister, and goes to stay with Apple Bloom and her older sister Applejack, considering Applejack to be a better sister. Rarity realizes her selfishness and works out a plan with Applejack and Apple Bloom for the social. At the race, Rarity switches places with Applejack using a mud pit. When Sweetie Belle finds out that Rarity actually raced with her, she is overjoyed and the two make up.
32	6	"The Cutie Pox"	James Wootton	Amy Keating Rogers	November 12, 2011	
When visiting Zecora's hut to receive medicine for her chipped tooth, Apple Bloom finds a "Heart's Desire" flower which can make "talent come into view". While Apple Bloom believes it could help her finally discover her special talent, she instead becomes afflicted with the Cutie Pox, an ailment that causes various cutie marks to appear on her body, and forcing her to continually perform the talents they represent. Zecora arrives to find where her Heart's Desire went, and upon seeing Apple Bloom, provides her with the cure after Apple Bloom admits to taking the flower. Apple Bloom apologizes and realizes she cannot rush finding her talent.
33	7	"May the Best Pet Win!"	James Wootton	Charlotte Fullerton	November 19, 2011	
After seeing the rest of her friends out in the park on a playdate with their pets, Rainbow Dash (with the help of Fluttershy) tries to find herself an animal to be her pet using a series of contests. However, Fluttershy insists that a tortoise compete in the competition as well. After a series of events, Rainbow Dash challenges the four flying finalists to a race through Ghastly Gorge, the one crossing the finish line with her to be her new pet. In the race, Rainbow Dash's wing is caught under a rock, but the tortoise, who had continued to race, arrives to help free and take her to the finish line. Rainbow Dash is proud to call the tortoise her new pet and names him Tank due to his tenacity.
34	8	"The Mysterious Mare Do Well"	James Wootton	Merriwether Williams	November 26, 2011	
Rainbow Dash's flying abilities make her a hero around Ponyville, but she lets the publicity go to her head, and her friends are concerned. Later, Rainbow Dash finds she is being upstaged by a masked hero, Mare Do Well, who appears to be a winged unicorn. Angered by the competition, Rainbow Dash chases Mare Do Well only to discover that all of her friends had a role in playing Mare Do Well. They had worked out this plan to help show Rainbow Dash the dangers of letting praise go to one's head, and she thanks them for revealing her folly.
35	9	"Sweet and Elite"	James Wootton	Meghan McCarthy	December 3, 2011	
Rarity is in Canterlot to design a dress for Twilight's upcoming birthday. When members of the elite class snub her Ponyville background, she is convinced that she can demonstrate high fashion. She runs into another upper-class unicorn, Fancy Pants, who invites her to a high class event. This soon builds to many more invitations to other fancy events for Rarity, leaving her torn between attending the events or finishing the half-completed dress. She decides to stay in Canterlot to mingle with the upper class and is surprised when Twilight and her friends arrive, having moved the birthday party to Canterlot. At Twilight's party, Rarity attempts to sneak out to a fancy garden party next door, but when her friends discover this, they decide to join the party as well. The socialites are initially shocked by their behavior, but Rarity stands up for her Ponyville friends. Fancy Pants finds her friends "charmingly rustic" and compliments Rarity on Twilight's simple dress, assuring her more orders from the other upper class.
36	10	"Secret of My Excess"	James Wootton	M.A. Larson	December 10, 2011	
Spike celebrates his first birthday in Ponyville, and is surprised at the number of gifts he has received from his new friends. However, this triggers a hoarding instinct in him, and the next day, Twilight is shocked to find he has grown larger. Twilight learns that as a dragon becomes more greedy, it will grow to larger and larger sizes. Spike's greed soon runs out of control, and as a giant dragon, he kidnaps Rarity and climbs a nearby mountain. When Spike sees Rarity wearing a fire ruby gemstone, he remembers when he had willingly given it to Rarity before his birthday. The generous thoughts reverse his growth, returning him to normal. Despite the damage his rampage has done to Ponyville, Rarity still thinks of Spike as the most generous dragon she knows.
37	11	"Hearth's Warming Eve"	James Wootton	Merriwether Williams	December 17, 2011	
Twilight and her friends are asked by Princess Celestia to be the principal actresses in a holiday pageant on the origins of Hearth's Warming Eve. The play shows that before Celestia's rule, the three races of ponies did not live in harmony. When a severe winter ruins most of the food, the three leaders and their assistants set off to find a new land untouched by winter. By chance, they all come to the same spot and the leaders start bickering again. The hostility feeds the ghostly Windegos, the creatures responsible for the winter, causing the land and the leaders to freeze over. The assistants find that they share a common bond and their friendship creates a great fire that vanquishes the Windegos and thaws out the land and their leaders. Putting their differences aside, the three tribes name the new land Equestria and work together to make it thrive.
38	12	"Family Appreciation Day"	James Wootton	Cindy Morrow	January 7, 2012	
Apple Bloom is scheduled to bring a family member to school for Family Appreciation Day, but with the lucrative Zap Apple harvest nearing, only Granny Smith is available, and Apple Bloom worries that she will be embarrassed by Granny's antics in front of her class, particularly Diamond Tiara. She, along with the other Cutie Mark Crusaders, try a number of tactics to stall Granny, but to no avail. To their surprise, Granny Smith recounts how she, as a filly, had discovered the Zap Apple trees and their unusual magic properties, leading to the formation of Ponyville. The rest of the class is awed by the story, and when Diamond Tiara tries to dismiss it, Apple Bloom stands up for Granny Smith. In the end, Apple Bloom has a new appreciation of her grandmother's eccentric ways while Diamond Tiara is forced to participate by her father as punishment for insulting Granny Smith, his most important produce supplier.
39	13	"Baby Cakes"	James Wootton	Charlotte Fullerton	January 14, 2012	
Mr. and Mrs. Cake give birth to a pair of twins: Pound Cake (a pegasus) and Pumpkin Cake (a unicorn). A month after their birth, the Cakes are forced to ask Pinkie Pie to babysit the pair while they cater an event. Pinkie, initially elated to be able to play with the babies, finds they are much more difficult to tend to, but she refuses to accept Twilight's help, believing that she can show responsibility. However, when the twins later exhibit their flying and magic abilities, Pinkie can no longer control them and breaks down in tears. The twins realize their mistake and cheer Pinkie up. Mr. and Mrs. Cake return to find everything is fine, and offer Pinkie to be their go-to babysitter in the future, which Pinkie accepts after hearing the twins say her name.
40	14	"The Last Roundup"	James Wootton	Amy Keating Rogers	January 21, 2012	
Applejack goes to the Equestria rodeo with plans to donate her winnings to repair the town hall. However, when she fails to return and only sends a note that she will be back later, Twilight and her friends go off to look for her, finding her working on a cherry farm in Dodge Junction. Applejack refuses to answer their questions of why she did not return, but after suffering from Pinkie Pie's hyperactivity, she agrees to tell them the next day. That morning, they find Applejack is trying to escape. After a chase, they catch up with her to discover that while she had won events at the rodeo, none of her wins were first place, and she instead hoped to earn money as she had no prize money to return with. Her friends assure that they would rather have her back home than a fixed town hall, and Applejack happily returns to Ponyville.
41	15	"The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000"	James Wootton	M.A. Larson	January 28, 2012	
Cider season has arrived, but the Apples cannot make apple cider fast enough by traditional methods to satisfy everyone. The Flim Flam Brothers arrive with their "Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000", claiming they can make as good a cider in a faster time. When the Apples refuse to accept a lopsided partnership, Flim and Flam instead challenge them to a cider making contest for rights to sell cider to Ponyville. The contest starts with the brothers in a strong lead, but Applejack's friends offer their help to speed up production. Their lead quickly diminishing, Flim and Flam disable the quality control to speed up their machine. The brothers ultimately win the contest with the most barrels of cider, but the cider is undrinkable and they quickly flee town. With all of their cider made in the contest, the Apples celebrate with everyone else in town.
42	16	"Read It and Weep"	James Wootton	Cindy Morrow	February 4, 2012	
Rainbow Dash ends up in the hospital with a broken wing. Twilight offers her a book from the Daring Do novels, but Rainbow Dash refuses, considering reading to be an "egghead" hobby. However, she is eventually overcome with boredom and she starts reading, soon becoming engrossed in the adventure story. Just as she nears the conclusion, she is discharged from the hospital. Worried about revealing her newfound reading hobby to anyone else, she tries to sneak into the hospital to get the book, but ends up being chased around town by the hospital staff at night, waking up her friends. Rainbow Dash admits to enjoying the book, and Twilight is only happy to share her copies with her.
43	17	"Hearts and Hooves Day"	James Wootton	Meghan McCarthy	February 11, 2012	0.32[4]
After their consideration, the Cutie Mark Crusaders attempt to create a relationship between their schoolteacher Cheerilee and Apple Bloom's older brother Big McIntosh, for Hearts and Hooves Day with a love potion. However, they discover too late that the recipe is for a love poison, making the two unable to do anything else beyond thinking about the other. The Crusaders barely manage to keep the two out of eyesight of each other for an hour, breaking the spell. They apologize to Cheerilee and Big McIntosh, and as punishment, the three take up Big McIntosh's chores for the entire day.
44	18	"A Friend in Deed"	James Wootton	Amy Keating Rogers	February 18, 2012	
Pinkie Pie attempts to befriend a new Ponyville resident named Cranky Doodle Donkey, but he refuses to become friends with her no matter how hard Pinkie tries. When Pinkie inadvertently sets fire to Cranky's scrapbook, Cranky demands she leave him alone and refuses to accept her apology. However, his outcries and the scrapbook give Pinkie an idea to which she reunites Cranky with another donkey that lives in Ponyville named Matilda. Cranky is amazed to see his love after having lost track of her after a Grand Galloping Gala years ago to which he happily thanks Pinkie and finally calls her his friend, much to Pinkie's elation.
45	19	"Putting Your Hoof Down"	James Wootton	Story by : Charlotte Fullerton
Teleplay by : Merriwether Williams	March 3, 2012	
Fluttershy is told by Pinkie Pie and Rarity that she is too much of a doormat, letting others take advantage of her. She attends a self-help seminar by a minotaur named Iron Will where she learns to become more assertive in her actions, but these lessons change Fluttershy's personality dramatically beyond recognition. When Pinkie and Rarity try to convince her to be less assertive she insults them, making them run off in tears; Fluttershy becomes ashamed of herself and hides in her cottage. When Iron Will comes around to collect payment on the seminar, Pinkie and Rarity try to stop him, fearing that Fluttershy will crumble at his demand. Instead, to their surprise, Fluttershy explains she is not satisfied with Iron Will's course, and refuses to pay as per his guarantee. Iron Will is stunned but accepts this reason, and Pinkie and Rarity praise Fluttershy for being assertive while remaining herself.
46	20	"It's About Time"	James Wootton	M.A. Larson	March 10, 2012	
Twilight is briefly visited by her bedraggled future self, who tries to warn her about something that would happen next Tuesday morning, but her interruptions prevent "Future Twilight" from explaining what to be prepared for before she disappears. Twilight fears the worst and tries to take steps to prevent it. However, while nothing bad happens, Twilight suffers minor injuries that mirror her future self's look. Convinced the only way to prevent the disaster is to stop time, she, Pinkie, and Spike go to the Canterlot library to look for time-stopping spells. When Tuesday morning arrives, nothing happens. Using a time travel spell found by Pinkie, Twilight travels back a week to tell her past self that she has nothing to worry about, realizing too late that this is the warning "Future Twilight" tried giving her to begin with.
47	21	"Dragon Quest"	James Wootton	Merriwether Williams	March 17, 2012	
After observing the Great Dragon Migration with the Mane 6, Spike starts to question his dragon roots. He then sets out to join the dragon migration on a quest of self discovery but Twilight, Rarity and Rainbow Dash know he will need help and tail him in a hastily made dragon costume. At a volcano, Spike joins teenage dragons who challenge him to prove he is a dragon. With some help from the ponies, Spike shows off his worth. Later, the dragons attempt to raid a nest of phoenix eggs using Spike to lure the phoenixes away. Spike returns to find an unhatched egg remaining but refuses to smash it. The ponies reveal themselves and help rescue Spike and the egg. Later in Ponyville, Spike hatches the egg, naming the new phoenix chick "Peewee" and promising to take good care of it.
48	22	"Hurricane Fluttershy"	James Wootton	Cindy Morrow	March 24, 2012	
Ponyville's pegasi are challenged to create a tornado to move water from their reservoir to Cloudsdale for the cloud-making machine. Rainbow Dash wants all the pegasi to improve their speed to beat the record, but finds that Fluttershy suffers from public anxiety from her time at flight school. Fluttershy tries to train on her own with her animal friends; while she does improve, her performance is far worse than the other pegasi, and she runs off. On the day of the attempt, a number of pegasi have come down with a flu, and they barely have enough to ensure that the tornado can be made successfully. After a botched first attempt, their second tornado falls just short of the necessary speed. Twilight convinces Fluttershy to try to help. Fluttershy is able to dispel her fears long enough to give enough speed to complete the tornado. Rainbow Dash and the other pegasi cheer Fluttershy on as their hero.
49	23	"Ponyville Confidential"	James Wootton	M.A. Larson	March 31, 2012	
The Cutie Mark Crusaders join the school newspaper in their attempts to earn their cutie marks. Diamond Tiara, the paper's editor, wants the paper to be more exciting and has the Crusaders write a gossip column under the pen name "Gabby Gums". The column becomes a huge success, but Diamond Tiara makes the Crusaders conjure untruths and expose embarrassing secrets of all the other townsponies, including their own friends and families. Realizing that getting their cutie marks is not worth the pain and misery they spread by not valuing others' privacy, the Crusaders try to quit but Diamond Tiara threatens to publish humiliating photos of them if they fail to find another story. When Rarity discovers the truth about Gabby Gums, the three fillies are shunned by all of Ponyville, making their search for stories difficult. The fillies come up with a plan to write an apology letter to the town, successfully submitting it without Diamond Tiara's knowledge to publish at the deadline. The townsfolk accept their apology, while Diamond Tiara is demoted to operating the printing press.
50	24	"MMMystery on the Friendship Express"	James Wootton	Amy Keating Rogers	April 7, 2012	
Pinkie Pie is in charge of guarding the Cakes' dessert for a competition in Canterlot. She and her friends share the train with three rival bakers who have brought their own entries. Overnight, the Cakes' dessert is partially eaten. Pinkie immediately accuses the other bakers, but Twilight instead shows her how to investigate, and finds clues that point to their friends, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Rarity, each admitting to taking a taste. The other bakers' desserts are similarly eaten, but Pinkie, using Twilight's advice, deduces the bakers had eaten each others' desserts after hearing Pinkie's delicious descriptions of them. The collected group use the remains of the desserts to create a single entry that wins the competition.
51	25	"A Canterlot Wedding" (Part 1)	James Wootton	Meghan McCarthy	April 21, 2012	0.49[5]
The ponies are summoned to plan a wedding for Shining Armor, Twilight's older brother and captain of the royal guard at Canterlot, and Princess Cadance, her childhood foalsitter. Twilight becomes suspicious of Cadance when the princess fails to remember her, and even more so when Cadance continually puts down all of her friends. When her friends refuse to listen to Twilight's accusations, Twilight attempts to warn Shining Armor, only to witness Cadance place a seemingly evil spell on him. Twilight accosts Cadance at the wedding rehearsal, causing her to break down in tears. Shining Armor, furious at Twilight, bans her from the wedding, while her friends and Princess Celestia leave her to reflect on her actions. When Twilight tries to apologize to Cadance, the princess uses a magic spell that teleports her underground, leaving with a malicious grin.
52	26	"A Canterlot Wedding" (Part 2)	James Wootton	Meghan McCarthy	April 21, 2012	0.48[5]
After being trapped in an underground cavern by Princess Cadance, Twilight encounters another Cadance and learns that the princess who Shining Armor is about to marry is actually an impostor. Twilight and the real Cadance escape in time to stop the wedding, where Cadance exposes the impostor as Queen Chrysalis, the shapeshifting leader of the changelings. Chrysalis reveals her plan to invade Canterlot, having taken over Shining Armor's mind and weakened his magic shield that protects the city. She is able to defeat Princess Celestia, and her horde of changelings prevent Twilight and her friends from retrieving the Elements of Harmony to stop her. As Chrysalis revels in her victory, however, Twilight frees Cadance, who subsequently frees Shining Armor from the queen's spell. Together, Shining Armor and Cadance use their magic to conjure a new shield that repels the queen and her minions. The wedding goes on as scheduled, and Twilight is heralded as a hero by her brother and friends for trusting her instincts.
season three
53	1	"The Crystal Empire" (Part 1)	James Wootton	Meghan McCarthy	November 10, 2012	0.58[3]
Princess Celestia learns of the reappearance of the Crystal Empire, which had disappeared over a thousand years ago as the last act of the evil King Sombra prior to his banishment; Celestia fears Sombra will return and use the power of the empire to take over Equestria. She summons Twilight Sparkle and directs her to join her friends, Princess Cadance, and Shining Armor at the empire to help protect it as a test of her abilities. At the empire, Cadance attempts to maintain a spell to prevent the shadowy form of King Sombra from entering. Twilight and her friends talk with the residents of the empire, and learn of a Crystal Fair which used to enlighten the hearts of the empire and protect it from the king. Only too late does Twilight realize that the missing Crystal Heart is the centerpiece of the fair and a necessary artifact to protect the city.
54	2	"The Crystal Empire" (Part 2)	James Wootton	Meghan McCarthy	November 10, 2012	0.58[3]
With Cadance's magic weakening, Twilight instructs her friends to continue the fair to raise the spirits of the crystal ponies while she goes to look for the Crystal Heart by herself, assured this is the test Princess Celestia alluded to; however, she allows Spike to come long. The pair pass several traps King Sombra had placed in the castle and eventually come to the Crystal Heart, just as Cadance's magic gives out and Sombra races to reclaim the empire. Twilight moves to recover the heart but walks into a trap, telling Spike to take the heart in her place. On his way down, Spike falls, but he and the heart are saved at the last moment by Cadance and Shining Armor. The crystal ponies pour their emotions into the heart, recreating the protective spell on the empire and obliterating King Sombra. Twilight returns to Celestia, convinced she has failed her test, but the princess tells her that she has passed, knowing when to give up her personal goals for the greater good.
55	3	"Too Many Pinkie Pies"	James Wootton	Dave Polsky	November 17, 2012	
Pinkie Pie is torn between spending fun time with all her friends, leading her to locate the Mirror Pool, which allows her to make a clone of herself. When she finds herself further conflicted over which friends to spend time with, she and her clone return to the pool and reiterate the process, but the clones begin to clone themselves further. The mass number of Pinkies, intent on only having fun, overwhelm Ponyville, and Pinkie becomes depressed that her friends cannot figure out who the real Pinkie is. Twilight puts the clones to a test of watching paint dry, zapping away those that lose attention, and assuring that the last remaining Pinkie is the real one.
56	4	"One Bad Apple"	James Wootton	Cindy Morrow	November 24, 2012	
Apple Bloom's cousin Babs Seed visits Ponyville. Though Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo try to welcome her into the Cutie Mark Crusaders, Babs instead joins Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon in teasing and hounding the Crusaders. The Crusaders try to get back at her by booby-trapping a parade float that they trick Babs into driving, but learn from Applejack after the deed that the reason Babs is visiting is that she herself was bullied by others back in Manehattan. The Crusaders save Babs, and together apologize for their actions. Babs joins the Crusaders and defends her new friends from Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon at the train station before returning home.
57	5	"Magic Duel"	James Wootton	M.A. Larson	December 1, 2012	
Looking for revenge from being shown up by Twilight during her last visit to Ponyville, Trixie acquires the magical Alicorn Amulet that gives her great power. She subsequently outdoes Twilight in a magical duel, evicting her from town. Twilight's friends discover that the amulet also corrupts its user and that only the user can remove it, and send word to Twilight. Challenging Trixie to a rematch, Twilight secretly arranges with Zecora and her friends to perform simple illusions disguised as more powerful magic with a fake charm, making Trixie take off the amulet willingly to try the charm, breaking its spell on her. Once the amulet is secured, Trixie apologizes for her behavior.
58	6	"Sleepless in Ponyville"	James Wootton	Corey Powell	December 8, 2012	
Scootaloo joins Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle and their sisters on a camping trip, hoping to show off her skills to her idol, Rainbow Dash. After a night of telling scary tales by a campfire, Scootaloo has nightmares, but refuses to let anyone else know, worried this will ruin her image with Rainbow Dash. During another nightmare, she encounters Princess Luna, who tells her that her fears are not that of the scary stories but of disappointing Rainbow Dash, and she should face that fear. After Rainbow Dash saves her from falling over a waterfall, Scootaloo admits her fears to Rainbow Dash. To her surprise, Rainbow Dash admits that she used to be scared of the same stories as a young filly, and agrees to become Scootaloo's older sister figure.
59	7	"Wonderbolts Academy"	James Wootton	Merriwether Williams	December 15, 2012	
Rainbow Dash is accepted into the Wonderbolt Academy, led by Spitfire, and quickly becomes friends with Lightning Dust, another pegasus who is as fast and skilled as her, but is more reckless. Rainbow Dash is surprised to find she is assigned as "wingpony" to Lightning Dust and becomes concerned when her aggressive approach endangers the other cadets. When Lightning Dust decides to create a tornado during a cloud-clearing exercise, the tornado threatens to harm Rainbow Dash's friends, who have come by to give her a care package. Once she saves her friends, Rainbow Dash decides to quit the academy, disgusted by the Wonderbolts' apparent approval of Lightning Dust's recklessness. However, Spitfire agrees with Rainbow Dash and persuades her to stay by stripping Lightning Dust of her rank and promoting Rainbow Dash to cadet team leader.
60	8	"Apple Family Reunion"	James Wootton	Cindy Morrow	December 22, 2012	
The Apple family reunion is approaching, and Applejack offers to take over the event's organization from Granny Smith after going through photos of past reunions. Though Applejack's planned activities are in the spirit of the reunion, the events are long and rigorous, leaving all the guests exhausted. When a wild hay ride destroys a barn, Applejack realizes that she has focused too hard on the event planning and not on the real purpose of the reunion: to be with friends and family. She gets an idea and has everyone join in to help rebuild the barn, which everyone is happy to help contribute to, thus making the reconstruction a memorable event of the reunion.
61	9	"Spike at Your Service"	James Wootton	Story by : Dave Polsky
Teleplay by : Merriwether Williams	December 29, 2012	
When Applejack saves Spike from a timberwolf attack in the Everfree Forest, he insists on helping her around the farm in order to repay a life debt that is customary to dragons. His efforts only make trouble for her and the other ponies, and they set up a fake timberwolf attack for Spike so that he can save Applejack from, thus making him feel satisfied with his debt. Their ruse draws a pack of real timberwolves, which Applejack easily crushes, but the pieces form into a single giant beast and she gets caught in a rockslide. Spike causes the timberwolf to fall apart by throwing a rock down its throat, and frees Applejack. Afterwards, Applejack convinces Spike to give up his debt.
62	10	"Keep Calm and Flutter On"	James Wootton	Story by : Teddy Antonio
Teleplay by : Dave Polsky	January 19, 2013	
Princess Celestia orders Twilight and her friends to release and reform Discord, believing Fluttershy will know how to do it best. While Twilight and the rest of the Mane Six are incredulous at the thought, Fluttershy remains steadfast and attempts to befriend Discord. When the others find that Discord created chaos behind their backs, they demand Fluttershy to use her Element of Harmony to return him to stone, but Fluttershy stands firm and promises not to use her Element against him as a sign of their newfound friendship. When Discord refuses to relent, however, she angrily walks away, still refusing to use her Element against him but also ending their friendship. Realizing that he never had a friend before in his life, a remorseful Discord realizes that he truly does value Fluttershy's friendship and doesn't want to lose it; with this revelation, Discord reverts his chaos and regains Fluttershy's trust, voluntarily offering to permanently use his powers for good, much to the Mane Six and Princess Celestia's delight.
63	11	"Just for Sidekicks"	James Wootton	Corey Powell	January 26, 2013	
When Spike runs out of gems to use for a cake, he comes up with a scheme of pet-sitting for the Mane 6 while they are off to the Crystal Empire in exchange for gems. Unfortunately, Spike finds the task daunting than he expected and has no time to mix the gems into his cake in which ends up spending his gems as an attempt to restrain the pets. When he along with the pets and the Cutie Mark Crusaders accidentally board the Friendship Express to the Crystal Empire, Spike fears being exposed as a fraud when he admits to the pets that he put himself over their needs. The pets then cooperate and stay quiet until the Express returns to Ponyville where Spike happily returns the pets to their owners. However, he absentmindedly eats the last gem before using it for his cake.
64	12	"Games Ponies Play"	James Wootton	Dave Polsky	February 9, 2013	
Occurring in the same storyline as "Just for Sidekicks", Princess Cadance asks Twilight and her friends to help prepare the Crystal Empire for the arrival of the games inspector Ms. Harshwhinny, hoping to have the city host the next Equestria Games. With the inspector due to arrive earlier than expected, Cadance must spend time preparing herself styling her ceremonial headdress with Rarity's help, and asks the other five to greet and give a tour to the inspector. The six friends mistake a tourist as the inspector and give her a grand tour, while the real Ms. Harshwhinny finds herself subject to a number of accidental missteps. By the time the friends realize their error, Ms. Harshwhinny has met with the tourist and learns of how great a time she had. Despite her own misfortunes, Ms. Harshwhinny announces the Crystal Empire as the next host city.
65	13	"Magical Mystery Cure"	James Wootton	M.A. Larson	February 16, 2013	
Princess Celestia gives Twilight the notebook of Star Swirl the Bearded, which contains an unfinished spell that she thinks Twilight can complete. When Twilight recites the spell, it causes her friends—through the Elements of Harmony—to have their cutie marks and respective destinies switched, resulting in disasters around Ponyville. Twilight finds a means to convince each of her friends of their proper place with the aid of the elements, restoring her friends to normal, and is able to complete Star Swirl's spell by accounting for her friendships. When she does so, Twilight is teleported by the Elements to an ethereal place, where Princess Celestia congratulates her on completing her journey, and helps her transform into an alicorn and crowns her as a new princess. Twilight's ascension is celebrated by her friends and across Equestria.
SEASON FOUR
66	1	"Princess Twilight Sparkle" (Part 1)	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by Jim Miller)	Meghan McCarthy	November 23, 2013	0.73[10]
Twilight Sparkle struggles to adjust to her new wings and duties as a princess while she prepares for the Summer Sun Celebration away from her friends. Shortly after consoling Twilight that night, Princess Celestia is attacked by a black vine. Twilight awakens the next morning to find that Celestia and Luna have disappeared, leaving the sun and moon hanging in the sky, now split between day and night. In addition, the castle guards inform her of an overgrowth of black plants from the Everfree Forest near Ponyville. Returning to Ponyville to gather the Elements of Harmony, Twilight and her friends suspect Discord is responsible and summon him for answers, but he professes innocence. The ponies consult Zecora who, having abandoned the forest, gives Twilight a potion she says will help her learn what is causing the havoc. After drinking the potion, Twilight finds herself in an unfamiliar castle with Princess Luna, who transforms into Nightmare Moon.
67	2	"Princess Twilight Sparkle" (Part 2)	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by Jim Miller)	Meghan McCarthy	November 23, 2013	0.71[10]
Twilight realizes that Luna's transformation is a vision of the past caused by Zecora's potion. Further flashbacks allow her to witness Celestia and Luna's discovery of the Elements of Harmony at the mystical Tree of Harmony in the Everfree Forest. Twilight and her friends enter the forest with the Elements, believing the tree to be in danger. Twilight is soon sent away by her friends as they grow concerned for her safety, but rejoins them after Discord mocks her for putting herself before her friends. Finding the tree entangled by evil vines, Twilight deduces that it needs the Elements to survive and returns them to the tree, eradicating the plants and freeing the princesses. The tree then sprouts a flower containing a chest with six keyholes, mystifying the ponies. Back in Ponyville, Discord admits to sowing the evil plants shortly before his original defeat in a delayed plot to plunder the tree's magic; he claims to have deliberately withheld this so Twilight would learn how to be a proper leader. The Summer Sun Celebration then commences, with Twilight participating before her cheering friends.
68	3	"Castle Mane-ia"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by Jim Miller)	Josh Haber	November 30, 2013	0.46[11]
Twilight goes to Celestia and Luna's old castle to research the chest from the Tree of Harmony, finding a diary kept by the sisters that explains the workings of the castle. Meanwhile, Applejack and Rainbow Dash challenge each other to stay the night in the castle, which they believe is haunted by the Pony of Shadows, while Rarity takes Fluttershy along to the castle to look for old tapestries to repair. The four inadvertently get into several hijinks of traps and devices triggered by themselves, as well as an unknown pony playing on the castle's organ, thought to be the Pony of Shadows. Twilight finds the four in a state of panic and calms them down, and together they find the organ player to be Pinkie Pie, who had followed her friends to the castle, thinking there would be a party.
69	4	"Daring Don't"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by Jim Miller)	Dave Polsky	December 7, 2013	0.40[12]
Upon learning that the next Daring Do book has been delayed, Rainbow Dash insists that she and her friends help the author of the books, A.K. Yearling, to finish the book faster. Arriving at Yearling's cabin, the Mane Six witness the author fighting a group of thugs and discover her to be Daring Do herself. Rainbow Dash is eager to help Daring Do and follows her but Daring Do insists she works alone and turns her away. In her excitement, Rainbow Dash inadvertently ruins Daring Do's plan to retrieve a mystical ring from the thugs resulting in Daring Do getting captured by her nemesis Ahuizotl, who takes the ring to a nearby temple in order to activate a doomsday device. Rainbow Dash and her friends then come to Daring Do's rescue and together they destroy the temple and thwart Ahuizotl's plans. As a result, Daring Do appreciates Rainbow Dash's help and writes her into her next book as thanks.
70	5	"Flight to the Finish"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by Jim Miller)	Ed Valentine	December 14, 2013	0.57[13]
The fillies and colts in Ponyville compete under Rainbow Dash's coaching to be the town's flag carrier for the upcoming Equestria Games. The Cutie Mark Crusaders put together an impressive routine that showcases how all three races of pony live harmoniously in Ponyville. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, who are also vying, attempt to sabotage the event by pointing out Scootaloo's inability to fly at her age. Annoyed, Scootaloo changes the routine to focus more on her flying and spends all her time practicing, exhausting Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle. Scootaloo eventually loses hope of ever flying and drops out. When Rainbow Dash finds out, she takes Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle back to Scootaloo's home, and re-enforces the idea that their presentation is not about her ability to fly, but the friendships between the three of them. Scootaloo rejoins her friends, and they win the competition.
71	6	"Power Ponies"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by Jim Miller)	Meghan McCarthy,
Charlotte Fullerton, and Betsy McGowen	December 21, 2013	0.68[14]
Spike finds himself unneeded while the ponies clean up the royal sisters' castle, so he goes off to read a Power Ponies superhero comic issue, unaware that it possesses magical powers. When he reaches the end and reads the cryptic text on the last page, he and the ponies are sucked into the comic book. In the comic, the ponies assume the personas of the Power Ponies, while Spike is their bumbling sidekick, Hum Drum, to his chagrin. The ponies learn they must defeat the supervillain Mane-iac to escape the comic, but their clumsiness with their newfound powers leaves all but Spike trapped. As the Mane-iac threatens them with her doomsday weapon, the ponies assert that Spike always comes through for them when they need him. Spike is able to use the distraction to trap the Mane-iac's henchmen and free the others, allowing them to stop the Mane-iac and safely return to Equestria.
72	7	"Bats!"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by Jim Miller)	Merriwether Williams[nb 2]	December 28, 2013	0.53[16]
Applejack discovers that vampire fruit bats have infested Sweet Apple Acres, and rallies her friends to get rid of them before her orchard is destroyed. Fluttershy argues the long-term benefits posed by the bats' eating habits, but Applejack dismisses her. Fluttershy reluctantly helps her friends round up the bats, and uses her Stare to keep them in place while Twilight applies a spell that eradicates their appetite for apples. The next morning, Applejack finds that her crops are still being eaten despite Twilight's spell still being in effect. During a stakeout, she and her friends identify the culprit as Fluttershy, who has turned into a bat/pony hybrid as an unintended side-effect of the spell. Fluttershy's friends lure her to a mirror using Applejack's prized apple intended for a county fair as bait, immobilizing her with her own Stare and allowing Twilight to reverse the spell. Applejack builds a sanctuary for the bats per Fluttershy's suggestion and apologizes for ignoring her.
73	8	"Rarity Takes Manehattan"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by Jim Miller)	Dave Polsky	January 4, 2014	0.53[17]
Rarity participates in a fashion competition in the city of Manehattan, bringing her friends for support. She loans samples of her fabric to fellow competitor Suri Polomare out of generosity, only to find the next day that Suri and her aide Coco Pommel have used the fabric to recreate her entire line. Fearing she will be accused of copying Suri, Rarity pressures her friends into missing all their planned activities in order to help make another fashion line. Rarity's new line wins at the show, but she notices her friends' absence and is overcome with remorse. She reconciles with her friends while Suri lies that Rarity lost the show so as to keep the trophy for herself. Rarity later receives her trophy from Coco, who says that Rarity's generosity has inspired her to quit working for Suri; Coco also gives her a spool of rainbow-colored thread, and is offered a new job with one of Rarity's connections in return.
74	9	"Pinkie Apple Pie"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by Jim Miller)	Natasha Levinger	January 11, 2014	0.50[18]
Pinkie Pie finds a genealogy scroll that suggests she and the Apple family are related, but the text confirming it is smudged beyond legibility. Applejack suggests a trip to their relative Goldie Delicious to find out for sure, and cautions the rest of her immediate family to be on their best behavior for Pinkie. Though the trip starts out uneventful, complications arise once their wagon breaks down and forces them to travel down a river, where bickering between the Apples further stymies their travels until they are eventually redirected over a waterfall. The Apples and Pinkie nevertheless make it safely to Goldie's cabin, but find that the necessary text in her family record book is also scrubbed out. Despite Pinkie's disappointment, Applejack considers her to still be family for being able to put up with their fighting and, like her own immediate ones, work out their differences for the better.
75	10	"Rainbow Falls"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by Jim Miller)	Corey Powell	January 18, 2014	0.51[19]
Rainbow Dash leads the Ponyville team for a relay race to qualify for the Equestria Games. At the tryouts, she finds the Cloudsdale team is composed of the Wonderbolts Spitfire, Fleetfoot, and Soarin, and begins to doubt her less skilled teammates. After Soarin crashes and injures his wing, Spitfire and Fleetfoot goad Rainbow Dash into filling in for him. Rainbow secretly splits practice between her friends and the Wonderbolts, but Twilight soon discovers Rainbow Dash's two-timing and urges her to choose a team. Rainbow instead feigns injury to avoid making a decision, but learns while in the hospital that even though Soarin' has recovered, the Wonderbolts still want her as a replacement. Angered by their treatment of Soarin, she reasserts her loyalty to Ponyville and rejoins her friends while also getting Soarin back on his old team. Rainbow Dash qualifies Ponyville for the games, and Spitfire respectfully gives her a Wonderbolt pin.
76	11	"Three's a Crowd"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by Jim Miller)	Meghan McCarthy and Ed Valentine	January 25, 2014	0.48[20]
Princess Cadance visits Ponyville to spend the day with Twilight, who anticipates quiet bonding time with her sister-in-law. To her dismay, however, they are approached by Discord, who appears to have come down sick with the "blue flu" to which he begs the two to take care for him while Fluttershy is away. His list of increasingly outlandish demands grate on Twilight's nerves until he finally asks them to make a cure from a flower that grows at the edge of Equestria. The princesses recover the flower and fight off a giant Tatzlwurm guarding it, only to find upon returning that Discord faked his illness in order to test how far Twilight was willing to go for his well-being. Despite this, Cadance injects by pointing out that she actually enjoyed their adventure as a change of pace from her boring royal duties. Following this, The Tatzlwurm then reappears and sneezes on Discord, causing him to actually fall sick as karma for his actions.
77	12	"Pinkie Pride"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by Jim Miller)	Story by : Jayson Thiessen
Teleplay by : Amy Keating Rogers	February 1, 2014	0.46[21]
A party planner named Cheese Sandwich arrives in Ponyville on the same day Pinkie Pie is planning a "birth-iversary" party celebrating Rainbow Dash's birthday and anniversary of her move to Ponyville. The townsfolk, including Pinkie's friends, are entranced by Cheese's partying and allow him to plan the festivities instead, leaving Pinkie dejected. Refusing to be outdone, Pinkie challenges Cheese to a "goof-off" to determine who will headline the party. However, Pinkie soon notices the strain that her prideful behavior is putting on Rainbow, and forfeits the match. Pinkie's friends go and apologize for making her feel neglected, but she instead counters that she's at fault; however, Cheese arrives and reveals it was Pinkie who first inspired him to become a party planner as a colt. Pinkie and Cheese work together to throw Rainbow a spectacular party before Cheese departs, leaving Pinkie his favorite rubber chicken as a parting gift.
78	13	"Simple Ways"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by Jim Miller)	Josh Haber	February 8, 2014	0.55[22]
Rarity is elected to host the Ponyville Days festival, which she hopes will attract the attention of Trenderhoof, a trend-setter whom she has been smitten by. Upon his arrival, Rarity takes Trenderhoof on a tour of Ponyville, but she becomes aghast when Trenderhoof falls for Applejack and her farming ways. Rarity forgoes her festival duties to help out on the farm in the hopes of attracting Trenderhoof's attention, but is unable to sway him. As a last ditch effort, Rarity changes her festival's elegant theme to a farming one, dressing and speaking like a farmer herself. Annoyed by her antics, Applejack impersonates Rarity in retaliation, causing Rarity to realize her own foolish behavior, apologize, and return to her original theme in time for the festival.
79	14	"Filli Vanilli"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by Jim Miller)	Amy Keating Rogers	February 15, 2014	0.58[23]
Big McIntosh loses his voice the day before he is to sing bass with the Pony Tones vocal quartet for a benefit concert. Despite her crippling stage fright, Fluttershy agrees to sing his part backstage while Big McIntosh lip-syncs, taking a Poison Joke brew made by Zecora to recreate her masculine "Flutterguy" voice. The concert goes on perfectly, and Fluttershy insists she continue singing for Big McIntosh out of sight as she enjoys being able to sing. After Big McIntosh recovers his voice, Fluttershy asks to perform one last time, but accidentally reveals herself during the concert. She runs off in embarrassment, but her friends convince her that facing her worst fear was not as bad as she had imagined because the audience loved her performance. Fluttershy agrees to perform privately for her friends with the Pony Tones, and agrees to permanently join the band once she fully overcomes her stage fright.
80	15	"Twilight Time"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by Jim Miller)	Dave Polsky	February 22, 2014	0.47[24]
The Cutie Mark Crusaders are taking lessons under Twilight's mentorship in a weekly event called "Twilight Time". The three decide to take Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon as guests to their next lesson, wanting to one-up Diamond Tiara's showmanship at school, though the two are more excited about meeting the princess. Soon, all of the Crusaders' classmates befriend the three, hoping to meet Twilight themselves. As the pressure mounts on the Crusaders, they are forced to bring them all to the next Twilight Time, where they realize that with all the attention they have received, they have forgotten to practice for their lessons. Twilight is disappointed to learn the Crusaders have taken advantage of her popularity and adjourns Twilight Time; however, the Crusaders apologize for what they've done. Twilight forgives them and lets them continue their studies in secret from the other children.
81	16	"It Ain't Easy Being Breezies"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by Jim Miller)	Natasha Levinger	March 1, 2014	0.64[25]
Fluttershy and her friends help a flock of fairy-like Breezies migrate through Ponyville by creating a breeze the Breezies need to fly on to reach their distant home before the portal to it closes in a few days' time. When a group inadvertently gets separated from the rest of the flock, Fluttershy takes them in for the short while they need to rest before setting out again. The other Breezies enjoy being in Fluttershy's care, and Fluttershy, not wanting to disappoint them, lengthens their stay. An abrasive Breezie named Seabreeze desperately takes off on his own and runs into trouble with a swarm of bees, but Fluttershy comes to his aid by talking sternly to the bees. Realizing the dangers Ponyville poses for the Breezies, Fluttershy firmly convinces them to depart. Finding the group too small to ride the breeze, Twilight uses a spell to transform her and her friends into Breezies, allowing the collective group to reach the Breezies' home in time. Seabreeze gives Fluttershy a flower and their thanks as the portal closes.
82	17	"Somepony to Watch Over Me"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by Jim Miller)	Scott Sonneborn	March 8, 2014	0.63[26]
Apple Bloom's family agrees that she is old enough to stay alone at the farm while the three of them go on various errands, including pie deliveries, across Equestria. Shortly after leaving, Applejack has second thoughts and returns home, her sudden appearance startling Apple Bloom into making an accidental mess. Believing Apple Bloom caused the mess on her own, Applejack remains home to incessantly surveil her and childproof the entire farm. Annoyed with Applejack's pampering, Apple Bloom gets Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo to cover for her while she sneaks off and makes Applejack's pie deliveries for her to prove herself capable of being on her own. She encounters a hungry chimera in a swamp and does her best to protect herself and the pies until Applejack, upon discovering the ruse, arrives and rescues her. Surprised to see her sister managed to save the pies, Applejack stops babying Apple Bloom, and the two finish the delivery together.
83	18	"Maud Pie"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by Jim Miller)	Noelle Benvenuti	March 15, 2014	0.52[27]
Pinkie Pie is eager for her friends to meet her visiting older sister Maud, whom she says has much in common with each of them. When Maud arrives, however, Pinkie's friends find her to be a dull pony with an unusual interest in rocks and, despite their best efforts, fail to find any common interest with her. Upset by her friends' inability to befriend Maud, Pinkie decides to help them by constructing an obstacle course that combines all of their interests, including a giant pile of rocks for Maud. While demonstrating the course, Pinkie is nearly crushed by a boulder, but Maud rescues her. Pinkie's friends realize that Maud cares for Pinkie as much as they do; they apologize to both sisters and offer their friendship to Maud over their shared bond, which she accepts.
84	19	"For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by Jim Miller)	Dave Polsky	March 22, 2014	0.66[28]
Sweetie Belle asks Rarity to help with her costumes for a stage play she put together herself. After the play, Sweetie Belle finds that Rarity's dresses garnered more praise than the play itself, and accuses Rarity of upstaging her on purpose. The night before Rarity is to deliver outfits to singer Sapphire Shores in Canterlot, Sweetie Belle spitefully sabotages one of the pieces. Later that night, Sweetie Belle is visited in her dreams by Princess Luna, who uses visions of the past, present, and future to show Rarity's pure intentions to Sweetie Belle, and the horrific downward spiral she will undergo if Sweetie Belle's sabotage goes unchecked. Awakening to find Rarity has left for Canterlot, Sweetie Belle rushes after her with Apple Bloom and Scootaloo, and manages to repair the outfit with Luna's help before Rarity can present it. Sapphire is pleased with the dresses, and Sweetie Belle reconciles with Rarity.
85	20	"Leap of Faith"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by Jim Miller)	Josh Haber	March 29, 2014	0.55[29]
The Flim Flam brothers return to Ponyville, selling a "miracle curative tonic" they claim can relieve any pony's ailments. After seeing one pony named Silver Shill get better on the spot after taking the drink, Granny Smith buys a bottle and finds herself able to pursue her old swimming hobbies from her youth. Applejack investigates the brothers' stage to discover that the tonic is a placebo, and that Silver Shill is an actor and accomplice of the brothers. Flim and Flam guile her into keeping quiet in order to spare Granny Smith's newfound happiness, and use her reluctant approval to increase the tonic's popularity. After Granny Smith and Apple Bloom compete in a swim meet, Applejack saves Granny Smith from performing a dangerous high dive stunt. Realizing the harm her lies are causing, Applejack exposes the brothers' scheme, running them out of town. Silver Shill is touched by Applejack's honesty and gives her the single coin he earned while working for the brothers, promising to change his ways.
86	21	"Testing Testing 1, 2, 3"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by Jim Miller)	Amy Keating Rogers	April 5, 2014	0.58[30]
Twilight worries that Rainbow Dash is unprepared for a test on the history of the Wonderbolts as part of her entrance exam to join the Wonderbolts Reserves. She tries to tutor Rainbow Dash using standard academic methods, but Rainbow proves too bored and restless to pay any attention. Their friends offer to help Rainbow Dash study through other unique means, only for Rainbow Dash to become overwhelmed by their clashing methods and arguing on whose method is best. While flying with her to try to cheer her up, Twilight discovers that Rainbow Dash is able to subconsciously memorize anything going on around her while she is airborne. Under Twilight's direction, everyone in Ponyville reenacts the Wonderbolts' history as Rainbow Dash obliviously flies over the town, allowing her to retain everything and ace the exam.
87	22	"Trade Ya!"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by Jim Miller)	Scott Sonneborn	April 19, 2014	0.51[31]
The ponies attend the Rainbow Falls Traders Exchange, splitting off into pairs. Fluttershy helps Rainbow Dash acquire a rare Daring Do book through a lengthy series of trades, culminating with an exchange with an orthros for the book, but requiring Fluttershy to help housetrain the creature for an extended period. Regretting her eagerness in the trade, Rainbow Dash nullifies the exchange and trades the orthros for a bird whistle, which she gives to Fluttershy. Meanwhile, Rarity and Applejack pool their goods to trade, but begin fighting over specific items they each want that would require trading away their entire stash. The two eventually get each other more affordable items similar to what they want. Finally, Pinkie Pie tries to help Twilight trade off old books by making them out to be more valuable than they are, when Twilight decides to keep the books for their treasured memories. At the end of the day, the girls happily recount their tales on their way back home.
88	23	"Inspiration Manifestation"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by Jim Miller)	Corey Powell and Meghan McCarthy	April 26, 2014	0.39[32]
Rarity believes her creativity is lost when a puppet stage she designed is rejected by her customer. Spike, concerned for Rarity, finds an old book in the royal sisters' castle containing a spell that allows her to create anything she imagines on a whim. Rarity is slowly taken over by the book's magic and begins making troublesome glamorizations around Ponyville to suit her creative visions. Spike reluctantly supports Rarity, fearing he will lose her favor if he tries to stop her. Eventually, however, he takes the book away from her in the hopes of keeping her from using the spell, but she remains possessed by the book's dark magic. Finally, Spike musters the courage to tell Rarity what he truly feels about her behavior, which returns her to normal.
89	24	"Equestria Games"	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by Jim Miller)	Dave Polsky	May 3, 2014	0.41[33]
Spike is chosen as the torch lighter for the Equestria Games in recognition of his role in saving the Crystal Empire. At the opening ceremony, Spike succumbs to performance anxiety and is unable to ignite his fire breath. To save him from embarrassment, Twilight discreetly uses her magic to light the torch for him. When Twilight tells him the truth, he tries to find other ways to help in the ceremonies, but his failures make him feel even more humiliated. During an ice archery event, one arrow goes off its mark and into a cloud, creating a giant mass of ice that threatens to crush a section of the stadium. Spike jumps in and is able to melt the ice in time with his fire breath. Spike is hailed as a hero again and is allowed to perform the games' closing ceremony, restoring his self-confidence.
90	25	"Twilight's Kingdom" (Part 1)	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by Jim Miller)	Meghan McCarthy	May 10, 2014	0.68[34]
Twilight Sparkle laments her unfulfilling duties as a princess, but Celestia, Luna, and Cadance affirm that she will have a duty to serve. News arrives that Tirek, a powerful centaurian foe from Equestria's past, has escaped from Tartarus and is draining magic from ponies to grow stronger. Celestia sends Discord to capture Tirek, and Discord convinces Twilight to try to open the chest from the Tree of Harmony, which the ponies believe contains a means to defeat Tirek. In reviewing their shared journal, Twilight discovers her friends have each been challenged over their respective Elements of Harmony and rewarded with a gift from someone they inspired. These gifts turn out to be five of the six keys needed to open the box, but Twilight has yet to have a similar encounter. Meanwhile, Tirek convinces Discord to join forces with him, and together they plunder more of Equestria's magic.
91	26	"Twilight's Kingdom" (Part 2)	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by Jim Miller)	Meghan McCarthy	May 10, 2014	0.79[34]
As Tirek continues to drain ponies' magic, the princesses give Twilight their own magic so as to hide it from Tirek, who is unaware of Twilight's existence. Tirek captures the other princesses and, learning of Twilight, turns towards Ponyville. There he drains the power from Twilight's friends, and betrays Discord by stealing his magic as well. Twilight faces against Tirek in a destructive battle that ends in a draw. Tirek offers Twilight the freedom of her friends in exchange for her magic, to which she agrees, ordering Discord's release as well. Remorsefully, Discord gives her a medallion he had received from Tirek in mock alliance. The medallion becomes the final key needed for the chest, which opens to bestow Twilight and her friends with a new power that allows them to reimprison Tirek, free the princesses, and restore every other pony's magic. The chest then transforms into a new castle for Twilight to reign alongside her friends as the Princess of Friendship.
SEASON FIVE
92	1	"The Cutie Map" (Part 1)	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by Jim Miller)	Story by : Meghan McCarthy
Teleplay by : Scott Sonneborn and M.A. Larson	April 4, 2015	0.51[35]
As Twilight Sparkle settles into her new castle, she and her friends discover a map that shows trouble across Equestria. Traveling to one point, they find a town where all the ponies have the same cutie mark, an equal sign. The friends suspect something is wrong with the townfolk, particularly after meeting their leader, Starlight Glimmer. Starlight shows that all the ponies living there have given up their cutie marks and special talents, as they believe that they can achieve true friendship by being of equal skill. Twilight and her friends secretly meet with other ponies who desire their cutie marks again, and travel to a vault where the marks are kept. Upon arrival, the six are lured into a trap and Starlight is able to take their marks.
93	2	"The Cutie Map" (Part 2)	Jayson Thiessen (co-directed by Jim Miller)	Story by : Meghan McCarthy
Teleplay by : Scott Sonneborn and M.A. Larson	April 4, 2015	0.57[35]
Without their cutie marks, the six friends are trapped in the village while Starlight Glimmer waits for them to accept their fate. The friends send Fluttershy, who has been the most open to the townspeople, to act as though she has accepted Starlight's ways in order to help the others escape. That night, Fluttershy sneaks out and discovers that Starlight never gave up her cutie mark, using makeup to mask her real one. When Starlight frees the others the next day, Fluttershy exposes Starlight's ruse to the townsfolk by splashing water on her. As Starlight flees with the six's marks, the townsfolk reclaim their own marks and chase Starlight down, successfully recovering the six marks. Starlight manages to escape, while everyone returns to the town to celebrate getting their individuality back.
94	3	"Castle Sweet Castle"	Jim Miller	Joanna Lewis and Kristine Songco	April 11, 2015	0.42[36]
Twilight Sparkle's friends learn that she has been avoiding her castle because she does not feel at home there. The five offer to decorate the castle, arranging Spike to take Twilight for a day around Ponyville. In their first attempt, the five end up cluttering the castle with their own clashing styles. They try to remove pieces one by one, but only end up satisfied when everything is emptied out, making no progress. Realizing that they all miss Twilight's old home at the destroyed Golden Oak Library, the five fashion the tree's roots into a chandelier adorned with gems to remind Twilight of her old memories from Ponyville and inspire her to make new ones. Twilight returns to the castle and is moved by her friends' gift, finding that they have each also decorated a different room in the castle themselves.
95	4	"Bloom & Gloom"	Jim Miller	Josh Haber	April 18, 2015	0.54[37]
After learning that Babs Seed has earned her cutie mark and is no longer a Cutie Mark Crusader, Apple Bloom begins to worry about getting her own cutie mark. That night, she has a series of nightmares in which her mark appears only for her to either dislike her talent or become cast out by her friends and family. In each dream, a shadowy figure helps remove her cutie mark which only makes the dreams worsen. Princess Luna then appears in the dream and shows Apple Bloom that Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo have been having similar dreams about their cutie marks, teaching the Crusaders not to fear who they are or what others think of them. The three affirm that they will always remain friends by deciding to help Babs face her own anxieties about her cutie mark.
96	5	"Tanks for the Memories"	Jim Miller	Cindy Morrow	April 25, 2015	0.65[38]
Rainbow Dash is excited to spend her first winter with her pet tortoise Tank until she learns from Fluttershy that Tank has to hibernate for the winter. Refusing to let Tank hibernate, Rainbow Dash tries to stop winter from coming but cannot hold back the efforts of the hard-working weather ponies. Rainbow Dash then gets an idea to sabotaging the weather factory in Cloudsdale, but inadvertently instead creates a blizzard that speeds up winter. After the rest of her friends arrive at her home to help her cope with saying goodbye to Tank, Rainbow Dash finally agrees to let Tank hibernate.
97	6	"Appleoosa's Most Wanted"	Jim Miller	Dave Polsky	May 2, 2015	0.50[39]
Applejack forbids the Cutie Mark Crusaders from participating in a rodeo at Appleloosa after a local outlaw named Trouble Shoes is spotted ruining an upcoming show. Despite this, the Crusaders run off on their own to bring Trouble Shoes to justice in the hopes of earning their cutie marks in the rodeo. When they find Trouble Shoes, they learn that he is actually a kindhearted yet clumsy pony who causes trouble by accident to which he blames his bad luck on his cutie mark. He agrees to lead the Crusaders back to town, but he is caught and arrested by Sheriff Silverstar and his posse who accuse Trouble Shoes of kidnapping the Crusaders. The Crusaders then break Trouble Shoes out of prison and disguise him as a rodeo clown so he can enter the rodeo like he always wanted, convincing him to view his cutie mark more positively. Trouble Shoes is exposed during his performance, but since the other ponies are entertained by his clumsy routine they all forgive him and allow him to permanently perform for them after the Crusaders admit they ran away.
98	7	"Make New Friends but Keep Discord"	Jim Miller	Natasha Levinger	May 16, 2015	0.31[40]
As the Grand Galloping Gala nears, Discord is displeased that Fluttershy already invited another friend named Tree Hugger instead of him. Refusing to show his jealousy, Discord creates his own plans to go to the Gala by bringing a slimy creature called the Smooze as his guest. During the Gala, Discord attempts to get Fluttershy to talk to him over Tree Hugger but finds attending to the Smooze to be distracting and stuffs it away in a closet filled with gems and gold. The Smooze then digests the treasures and grows to immense size with its form flooding the Gala to which Tree Hugger lulls it back to a harmless state with soothing music. Finally snapping, Discord angrily threatens to send Tree Hugger into a different dimension but Fluttershy reprimands him for his behavior. Afterwards, Discord apologizes to both Fluttershy and Tree Hugger, reverts the Smooze to normal and they all enjoy the rest of the gala together.
99	8	"The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone"	Jim Miller	Amy Keating Rogers	May 23, 2015	0.59[41]
The Cutie Map sends Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie to the griffon city of Griffonstone. When the two arrive, they find the once thriving city is derelict ever since the golden Idol of Boreas, the city's symbol of power, was stolen by a monster and fell into a chasm. The two also meet Rainbow Dash's former friend Gilda who is still resentful from her past visit to Ponyville. Rainbow Dash goes to recover the lost idol, believing it will restore Griffonstone's former glory, while Pinkie remains to help the griffons rediscover friendship, starting by helping Gilda improve her scone recipe. When Rainbow Dash gets stuck in the chasm, Pinkie is able to convince Gilda to help rescue her. Gilda spots the missing idol teetering on a nearby ledge, but she opts to save Rainbow Dash instead, and the idol falls into the chasm. Gilda and Rainbow Dash make up, and Gilda is able to use Pinkie's friendship idea to help more griffons become more friendly than before.
100	9	"Slice of Life"	Jim Miller	M.A. Larson	June 13, 2015	0.43[42]
Cranky Doodle Donkey and Matilda are scheduled to be married, but realize the invitations that were sent out across Equestria have it set for that day due to Muffins' printing error. The two race to reschedule the event for the day while at the same time the Mane 6 fight off a bugbear attacking Ponyville. During this, the episode highlights various other residents of Ponyville as they prepare for the wedding, such as Doctor Hooves, Muffins, DJ Pon-3, Octavia, Lyra, Bon Bon and Steven Magnet. Eventually, despite the tribulations the wedding goes off on time and the bugbear is defeated with Mayor Mare (officiating the wedding) commenting on how Ponyville is filled with many varied and interesting characters with their own stories.
101	10	"Princess Spike"	Jim Miller	Story by : Jayson Thiessen and Jim Miller
Teleplay by : Neal Dusedau	June 20, 2015	0.26[43]
Twilight is left exhausted and falls asleep after hosting a large delegation in Canterlot, and Princess Cadance asks Spike to make sure no one disturbs Twilight. When the delegates begin making complaints to Twilight, Spike makes his own decisions on Twilight's behalf instead of waking her. He soon becomes power hungry and tries to complete Twilight's other tasks in her place. However, his poor decisions quickly lead to a chain of disasters across Canterlot, causing the angered delegates to go and confront the princess. Spike manages to keep them out of Twilight's room, but Twilight awakens refreshed and discovers the problems he has caused. Spike apologizes to the delegates, and they help him fix a ceremonial statue made from gemstones as a sign of forgiveness.
102	11	"Party Pooped"	Jim Miller	Story by : Jayson Thiessen and Jim Miller
Teleplay by : Nick Confalone	June 27, 2015	0.37[44]
A friendship summit with visiting yaks turns into a disaster when the ponies fail to replicate the yaks' traditions, angering them into declaring war. Feeling pressured by her inability to appease the yaks, Pinkie Pie decides she must bring something from their native land of Yakyakistan to make them feel at home. She embarks on a journey across Equestria and receives help from various ponies, but when she reaches Yakyakistan's gates, she accidentally slides all the way back home on a sled. Pinkie despairs over her wasted effort, but she is inspired by her friends' appreciation of her hard work to share the ponies' own tradition of friendship with the yaks, who are touched and make peace with the ponies.
103	12	"Amending Fences"	Jim Miller	M.A. Larson	July 4, 2015	0.28[45]
Twilight becomes distraught after Spike innocently reminds her of the neglectful friend she used to be before moving to Ponyville, so she returns to Canterlot to rekindle her old friendships. Although most of her friends are happy to reconnect with her, Twilight learns that her anti-social friend Moondancer has become a total recluse ever since Twilight shirked off her first party the day before her move. When Moondancer rebuffs all of Twilight's efforts to help her re-embrace friendship, Twilight enlists Pinkie Pie to throw another party as an apology. The gesture instead enrages Moondancer, who expresses her heartbreak over being dismissed by her friend. Realizing Twilight has invited others who already care for her however, Moondancer is convinced to forgive Twilight and finally accept her friendship.
104	13	"Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?"	Jim Miller	Story by : Jayson Thiessen and Jim Miller
Teleplay by : Scott Sonneborn	July 11, 2015	0.42[46]
Princess Luna's dreams are inhabited by the Tantabus, a parasitic smoke monster that turns her dreams into nightmares. During a dream where Luna (as Nightmare Moon) battles Twilight and her friends, the Tantabus escapes into the six ponies' dreams. Luna enters each pony's dream to catch the Tantabus before it can grow powerful enough to spread its influence into the waking world. Unfortunately, it infects all of Ponyville when Pinkie Pie dreams of sharing ice cream with the whole town, requiring Luna to merge every pony's dreams into one. Despite the townsfolk's efforts to help contain the Tantabus, it grows in size when Luna blames herself for creating it as self-punishment for her actions as Nightmare Moon. Realizing her guilt is what empowers the Tantabus, Luna is able to stop it by forgiving herself. With the Tantabus gone, Luna is finally able to sleep peacefully.
105	14	"Canterlot Boutique"	Denny Lu	Amy Keating Rogers	September 12, 2015	0.43[47]
Rarity achieves her dream of opening her own boutique in Canterlot. She makes a variety of dresses, but her business-savvy manager Sassy Saddles focuses on marketing one particular dress, which becomes extremely popular. Sassy tasks Rarity with mass-producing the dress under strict regulations, which causes Rarity to lose her passion for dressmaking. Feeling miserable despite her success, Rarity decides to close the boutique with a going-out-of-business sale of all her unsold designs, which prove to be just as successful as her original dress. This reinvigorates Rarity and convinces her to keep the store open under the management of Sassy, who is inspired to follow Rarity's example in dressmaking.
106	15	"Rarity Investigates!"	Denny Lu	Story by : Meghan McCarthy, M.A. Larson, Joanna Lewis, and Kristine Songco
Teleplay by : Joanna Lewis and Kristine Songco	September 19, 2015	
Rainbow Dash is accused of sending Spitfire away on a fake errand to replace her in a Wonderbolts aerial display and fly alongside her idol Wind Rider. Seeing this, Rarity investigates the crime to prove her friend's innocence, but her constant habit of acting out a film noir mystery makes Rainbow Dash doubt her friend. Eventually, Rarity is successfully able to identify the true culprit as Wind Rider, who confesses to framing Rainbow Dash in order to protect his flight speed record. Spitfire then discharges Wind Rider from the Wonderbolts as punishment to which Rainbow Dash is allowed to take his place in the display.
107	16	"Made in Manehattan"	Denny Lu	Noelle Benvenuti	September 26, 2015	
Applejack and Rarity are summoned by the map to the city of Manehattan, where they find their friend Coco Pommel in need of help reviving her neighborhood's community theater. Unable to find any volunteers to assist, the two offer to help Coco by themselves. Applejack takes up the task of repairing the derelict theater at the local park, but she fails to finish before her scheduled time. She instead builds a small stage outside the park, where they attract passersby with a play depicting the original theater's creation. The play is a success and inspires the citizens of Manehattan to do more for their community.
108	17	"Brotherhooves Social"	Denny Lu	Dave Polsky	October 3, 2015	
Occurring in the same storyline as "Made in Manehattan", Apple Bloom is disappointed that Applejack cannot participate in the Sisterhooves Social competition with her since she left for Manehattan. Seeing this, Big McIntosh then decides to enter the competition in Applejack's place by disguising himself as Apple Bloom's fake female cousin Orchard Blossom, much to Apple Bloom's embarrassment. During the competition, Big McIntosh inadvertently wreaks havoc in his eagerness to win Apple Boom a blue ribbon eventually resulting in the two getting disqualified. They later reconcile after Big McIntosh admits that he misses being idolized by Apple Bloom as much as Applejack.
109	18	"Crusaders of the Lost Mark"	Denny Lu	Amy Keating Rogers	October 10, 2015	0.30[48]
The Cutie Mark Crusaders help their classmate Pipsqueak win their class's student president election against Diamond Tiara, who is berated by her mother Spoiled Rich for failing to live up to their family's social image. Feeling sorry for Diamond Tiara, the Crusaders offer to help her change her ways so she can earn her classmates' support. When they learn Pipsqueak is unable to fulfill any of his promises as student president, Diamond Tiara attempts to replace him to regain her mother's favor. With the Crusaders' persuasion, however, Diamond Tiara stands up to her mother and lends her family's funds to the school instead. Upon dedicating themselves to helping others understand their talents, the Crusaders simultaneously earn their cutie marks and celebrate with their friends and family.
110	19	"The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows"	Denny Lu	Gillian M. Berrow	October 17, 2015	0.33[49]
Princess Cadance and Shining Armor are arriving in Ponyville in a few days, and Pinkie Pie learns from the Cakes that the couple are going to surprise Twilight Sparkle and the others with news that they are having a foal. Pinkie promises to keep the news a secret, but becomes stressed over maintaining it as she helps with the visit's preparations. When the couple finally arrives, Shining Armor sets up a scavenger hunt for Twilight and the others to receive a surprise award and Pinkie, barely able to contain the secret, aggressively answers the riddles until they meet Shining Armor and Cadance at Sugarcube Corner. The couple reveal the surprise, delighting Twilight and relieving Pinkie of her burden.
111	20	"Hearthbreakers"	Denny Lu	Nick Confalone	October 24, 2015	
Pinkie Pie invites Applejack and her family to spend Hearth's Warming together at the Pie rock farm. The Apples quickly discover that the Pies have very different traditions around the holiday and are much less joyful than what they are used to. Applejack tries to liven the mood by introducing her family's traditions to the Pies, but in her haste, she causes Holder's Boulder—a giant rock the Pies hold dear—to fall into a quarry. Ashamed, Applejack and her family decide to leave. On the train ride back, Granny Smith informs Applejack that Holder's Boulder is a centerpiece of the farm and part of their traditions. Applejack returns to the farm with her family to apologize to the Pies for forcing her traditions onto them and helps them push Holder's Boulder back to its proper place. The two families reconcile their differences and continue to enjoy the holiday.
112	21	"Scare Master"	Denny Lu	Natasha Levinger	October 31, 2015[nb 1]	0.40[50]
Fluttershy is forced to go out on Nightmare Night to buy food for Angel instead of shutting herself in her cottage as usual. She decides to use this as an opportunity to join her friends in the festivities, putting together a horror attraction to avoid letting her overly fearful nature ruin the fun for them. Her first attempt falls short of their expectations, but with the help of her animal friends, she adds a terrifying section to the Apple family corn maze to surprise her friends. Fluttershy's plan succeeds too well, causing her friends to believe they are actually in danger. Although the others are impressed when they realize the truth, Fluttershy realizes she is uncomfortable with scaring others and decides to stop forcing herself to do what she dislikes.
113	22	"What About Discord?"	Denny Lu	Neal Dusedau	November 7, 2015	
Twilight returns from a three-day break of reorganizing her library alone with Spike, only to find that her friends have spent a memorable and hilarious bonding activity with Discord. Refusing to admit her jealousy at being left out, Twilight focuses on understanding how her friends could become so close to Discord by trying to recreate their weekend as an "experiment". When this fails, Twilight convinces herself that Discord has put her friends under a spell but the potion she forces them to drink in order to prove it has no effect. Finally snapping, Twilight admits to her friends that as the Princess of Friendship she believes she has no right to feel jealous. Her friends then forgive her and playfully ignore Discord after he reveals he intentionally convinced them to leave her out in order to teach her this lesson.
114	23	"The Hooffields and McColts"	Denny Lu	Joanna Lewis and Kristine Songco	November 14, 2015	0.48[51]
Twilight and Fluttershy are called by the map to a valley within the Smokey Mountains in order to stop a feud between two neighboring families known as the Hooffields and the McColts. With the valley in shambles from the feud, Twilight believes that this is a simple friendship problem and tries to get both sides to discuss the matter. However, the feud has gone on for so long meaning neither side remembers how the feud started and their misunderstandings of Twilight's plan only worsen the fighting. Fluttershy learns that the animals in the area have no food or shelter due to the feud, which started over a petty argument between the two families' ancestors over a nature preserve. Upon realizing that their fighting is pointless, the two families make peace and help to restore the valley's wildlife together.
115	24	"The Mane Attraction"	Denny Lu	Amy Keating Rogers	November 21, 2015	0.29[52]
When a charity concert is being held at Sweet Apple Acres featuring Countess Coloratura the most famous pop singer in Equestria, Applejack reveals that Coloratura to be her childhood friend who was nicknamed "Rara" but when Coloratura arrives Applejack is confused to see she appears to be an overly demanding diva, unlike the humble pony Applejack knew. Applejack discovers behind the scenes that Coloratura is still the same, charitable pony as always and that her demands come from her manager Svengallop, who uses her fame for his benefit. After Applejack and her friends expose Svengallop's greed to Coloratura, he leaves her to manage the performance on her own. Encouraged by Applejack, Coloratura sings a passionate ballad where she embraces her true self, amazing her fans.
116	25	"The Cutie Re-Mark" (Part 1)	Denny Lu	Josh Haber	November 28, 2015	0.30[53]
Starlight Glimmer returns to take revenge against Twilight for ruining her utopian society. To do this, she alters Star Swirl the Bearded's time travel spell so it allows her to travel back in time to the point Rainbow Dash performed her first Sonic Rainboom which allowed her friends to obtain their cutie marks at the same time. Twilight and Spike follow after her, but fail to stop her from sabotaging the race. The two return to an alternate present to find that Equestria is at war with King Sombra, yet the Cutie Map remains and grants Twilight and Spike access to reuse Star Swirl's spell each time they fail to stop Starlight.
117	26	"The Cutie Re-Mark" (Part 2)	Denny Lu	Josh Haber	November 28, 2015	0.33[54]
Twilight and Spike become trapped in a time loop as they repeatedly fail to stop Starlight from altering the past, which creates progressively worse versions of Equestria dominated by Queen Chrysalis, Nightmare Moon and other villains. Finally, they forcibly take Starlight with them to a wasteland to show how her actions are ravaging Equestria. Starlight refuses to believe them and shows them her own childhood, revealing that she was separated from her friend Sunburst, the day he earned his cutie mark and left to study magic in Canterlot. Understanding Starlight's fear of losing friends because of their talents, Twilight convinces her to give friendship another chance and they return to the unaltered present together. After deliberating with her friends, Twilight decides to take Starlight on as her own student and the rest of the Mane 6 accept her as a friend.
SEASON SIX
118	1	"The Crystalling" (Part 1)	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Josh Haber	March 26, 2016	0.38[9]
Twilight Sparkle and her friends are invited to the Crystal Empire to attend the Crystalling, a magical ceremony honoring the birth of Princess Cadance and Shining Armor's foal. Twilight brings her new pupil Starlight Glimmer to the empire to reconnect with Sunburst, her estranged childhood friend, as part of her first friendship lesson. Starlight, however, is anxious to keep Sunburst from learning of her past villainy and tries to avoid the reunion. The two eventually meet, and following an awkward conversation with him, Starlight assumes Sunburst to be a successful wizard who has moved on from their friendship. Meanwhile, Twilight and her friends are shocked to discover the foal is an alicorn filly with powerful, uncontrollable magic. The filly's cries shatter the Crystal Heart that protects the Empire, leaving the city exposed to a deadly snowstorm.
119	2	"The Crystalling" (Part 2)	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Josh Haber	March 26, 2016	0.37[9]
The ponies desperately search for a spell to restore the Crystal Heart and save the Crystal Empire from the arctic snow. Starlight believes Sunburst is capable of such a feat, but when she goes to retrieve him, he despairingly admits he is not a powerful wizard as she believes. Starlight reveals her own past mistakes to him, and the two reconcile. Using the knowledge he gained from his schooling, Sunburst determines that the alicorn filly's Crystalling will repair the heart, stave off the storm, and bring her magic under control. Shining Armor and Cadance choose Sunburst as the filly's crystaller so he can help Starlight and the princesses with the Crystalling, and by the end of the ordeal, name their daughter Flurry Heart to mark the occasion.
120	3	"The Gift of the Maud Pie"	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Story by : Michael P. Fox, Wil Fox, and Josh Haber
Teleplay by : Michael P. Fox and Wil Fox	April 2, 2016	0.21[10]
Pinkie Pie joins Rarity on a business trip to Manehattan for an annual sightseeing tour and gift exchange with her sister Maud. As Rarity keeps Maud distracted, Pinkie tries to buy a fancy pouch for Maud's pet rock Boulder, hoping to be able to give a gift as good as the ones Maud always gets for her. The pouch store is closed, but Rarity spots a stallion with the very pouch that Pinkie wants; he trades it for Pinkie's party cannon. After Maud gives Pinkie her gift—confetti for the cannon—she learns what Pinkie has done and returns the pouch for the cannon, telling Pinkie not to treat their gift exchange like a competition.
121	4	"On Your Marks"	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Story by : Dave Polsky
Teleplay by : Josh Haber and Dave Polsky	April 9, 2016	0.30[11]
Finally having their cutie marks and understanding their purpose in life, the Cutie Mark Crusaders set out to help other ponies who lack or are discontent with their own cutie marks. They are unable to find many cutie mark problems, however, so the three split up to pursue their own interests in the meantime. Feeling alone and indecisive, Apple Bloom takes up ballet and encounters Tender Taps, a blank flank colt who suffers from performance anxiety despite his talent for tap dancing. The Crusaders help Tender Taps overcome his fear and earn his cutie mark, themselves realizing that they can use their experiences apart to help others.
122	5	"Gauntlet of Fire"	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Joanna Lewis and Kristine Songco	April 16, 2016	
Spike and numerous other dragons are summoned to the Dragon Lands to participate in the Gauntlet of Fire, a perilous challenge designed to dub the new Dragon Lord. Spike initially has no interest in competing, but changes his mind upon realizing that the other competitors—including Garble, who holds a grudge against Spike and his friends—are eager to use the position to pillage Equestria. Receiving support from Twilight and Rarity, Spike saves the life of Princess Ember, the daughter of the current Dragon Lord Torch, who has secretly entered the gauntlet to prove herself a worthy leader. Initially reluctant, Ember teams up with Spike and helps him claim the scepter that determines the winner, forcing Garble to stand down when he attacks his friends. Spike then passes the scepter onto Ember, declaring her the true Dragon Lord.
123	6	"No Second Prances"	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Nick Confalone	April 30, 2016	0.26[12]
Twilight instructs Starlight to make a new friend in Ponyville to invite to a dinner party with Princess Celestia. After her other efforts come up short, Starlight meets Twilight's former adversary Trixie and relates with her over their mutual search for forgiveness for their past villainy. Twilight disapproves of their friendship, doubting Trixie's intentions despite previously forgiving her. Appalled by Twilight's lack of trust, Starlight opts to skip the dinner to act as Trixie's assistant for a magic stunt. When Twilight confronts the two before the show, Trixie thoughtlessly brags that she has been using her friendship with Starlight in an act of revenge against Twilight, devastating Starlight. Noticing Trixie's heartbreak over deceiving her friend, Twilight convinces Starlight to give Trixie another chance. Starlight helps Trixie complete her stunt just in time, and the three ponies make amends.
124	7	"Newbie Dash"	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Story by : Dave Polsky and Dave Rapp
Teleplay by : Dave Rapp	May 7, 2016	0.19[13]
Rainbow Dash finally joins the Wonderbolts after one of its members retires. During her first day of flight practice, Rainbow Dash makes a novice mistake and crashes into a trash can, leading her teammates to calling her "Rainbow Crash", a nickname previously used by bullies. Hurt by this nickname, Rainbow Dash tries to find other ways to change the others' impression of her by mimicking her friends, to no avail. When the Wonderbolts perform a show in Ponyville, Rainbow Dash enlists Scootaloo's help to perform an unscheduled stunt to impress them, but it backfires and results in her suffering an even more disastrous crash. After the show, the Wonderbolts explain to Rainbow Dash that they all have humiliating nicknames, and that they already regard her highly for her past accomplishments. They keep her on the team, though Spitfire puts her on a month-long probation for her actions.
125	8	"A Hearth's Warming Tail"	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Michael Vogel	May 14, 2016	
On Hearth's Warming Eve, Twilight reads Starlight her favorite holiday story, A Hearth's Warming Tail (a pastiche of A Christmas Carol), to help her better appreciate the season. In the story, Snowfall Frost (Starlight) is a cold-hearted unicorn who despises Hearth's Warming, so she brews a magic potion meant to erase the holiday from existence. Her actions draw the attention of three spirits, who intend to dissuade her from casting the spell by showing her visions of various Hearth's Warming scenes. First, the Spirit of Hearth's Warming Past (Applejack) reminds Snowfall of the holiday spirit she abandoned in her youth to focus on her studies. Next, the Spirit of Hearth's Warming "Presents" (Pinkie Pie) helps Snowfall understand the spirit of friendship that the holiday represents. Finally, the Spirit of Hearth's Warming Yet to Come (Princess Luna) reveals that Snowfall's spell would leave Equestria defenseless against the windigos' eternal winter, which convinces Snowfall to change her ways. After the story ends, Starlight similarly realizes the importance of Hearth's Warming and joins her friends in the festivities.
126	9	"The Saddle Row Review"	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Nick Confalone	May 21, 2016	0.25[14]
Rarity and her friends are interviewed for a newspaper review of Rarity's new boutique in Manehattan. While Rarity believes the store's grand opening was a perfect success, her friends candidly recount their numerous blunders and last-minute solutions that they hid from Rarity during preparations. With their mistakes exposed in the review, the ponies fear Rarity's disappointment in them for almost ruining the opening. To their surprise, the review ends with a glowing assessment of Rarity and her friends' individual contributions that have helped ensure the store's success.
127	10	"Applejack's "Day" Off"	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Story by : Neal Dusedau, Michael P. Fox, and Wil Fox
Teleplay by : Michael P. Fox and Wil Fox	May 28, 2016	0.23[15]
Rarity wishes to spend time with Applejack at the spa, but Applejack is too busy to make good on her promises. Twilight and Spike agree to do Applejack's chores per her exact instructions, freeing up an hour for Applejack to spend with Rarity. To Rarity's annoyance, Applejack spends most of this time fixing the spa's plumbing, which has been inadvertently causing larger problems around the spa. Applejack returns to the farm to find that Twilight and Spike have not yet completed their task due to too many unnecessary steps in Applejack's instructions. Twilight, Spike and Rarity help Applejack streamline her workload, finally allowing her to take the rest of the day off.
128	11	"Flutter Brutter"	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Story by : Meghan McCarthy
Teleplay by : Dave Rapp	June 4, 2016	
Fluttershy's younger brother Zephyr Breeze moves into their parents' house after his attempt to become a mane therapist goes wrong. Fluttershy convinces Zephyr to move out, only for him to move into Fluttershy's cottage. She tries to help him find a job, but he manages to find ways to avoid doing any work, so she kicks him out. Later feeling sorry for Zephyr when he takes up living in the woods, Fluttershy understands that he feels unable to do anything because of his fear of failure. Receiving encouragement from Fluttershy to keep trying despite his frustrations, Zephyr commits to becoming a mane stylist and eventually graduates from his class.
129	12	"Spice Up Your Life"	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Michael Vogel	June 11, 2016	
Pinkie Pie and Rarity are called to Canterlot by the reactivated Cutie Map to solve a friendship problem. There they find the Tasty Treat, a struggling Indian-style restaurant where the owner, Coriander Cumin, and his chef daughter, Saffron Masala, are too busy arguing with each other to help their business. Pinkie and Rarity decide to help give the restaurant a positive review from well-known food critic Zesty Gourmand, but because of their conflicting views—Rarity encouraging Coriander to conform to Zesty's specific standards, and Pinkie encouraging Saffron to be unique—their efforts fail to impress Zesty. Undeterred, the duo manage to reconcile their differences to bring an audience of ponies to the restaurant in defiance of Zesty's dictatorial opinions about food, renewing Coriander and Saffron's passion for cooking.
130	13	"Stranger Than Fan Fiction"	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Josh Haber and Michael Vogel	July 30, 2016	0.25[16]
Rainbow Dash attends a Daring Do convention where she meets another avid fan named Quibble Pants. The two quickly become friends until Quibble Pants criticizes the newer Daring Do books as unrealistic, which upsets Rainbow Dash, who secretly knows Daring Do is real. Daring Do approaches Rainbow Dash for help looking out for Dr. Caballeron, who is following her in her search for a priceless artifact in a jungle temple. After Rainbow Dash runs into Quibble Pants again and makes a scene, Caballeron abducts them both and takes them into the jungle. Quibble Pants believes their adventure to the temple is all a staged role-play until a fantastic creature nearly eats them. Daring Do arrives and saves the two, finally convincing Quibble Pants that her stories are true. He and Rainbow Dash help Daring Do find the artifact and escape the temple, after which Daring Do gets rid of Caballeron and directs the two to safety. As they return to the convention, Quibble Pants admits that he still dislikes the newer books, but has come to respect what Rainbow Dash admires about them, mending their friendship.
131	14	"The Cart Before the Ponies"	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Story by : Ed Valentine and Michael Vogel
Teleplay by : Ed Valentine	August 6, 2016	
Ponyville holds its annual Applewood Derby, a kart race where the school children are to drive their own self-made vehicles with the help of older ponies. The Cutie Mark Crusaders enlist Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Rarity to assist with their karts, but the mares get carried away in their excitement for the derby and completely ignore the different design ideas that the fillies want to try, and eventually take over as drivers. During the race, the mares crash into each other and destroy their karts in a pile-up. The Crusaders yell at Applejack, Rarity and Rainbow Dash for ruining the derby, causing the three mares to apologize while also telling the fillies not to assume that their elders always know best. The mares help the fillies rebuild their karts the way they want, sitting out to let the Crusaders enjoy the derby.
132	15	"28 Pranks Later"	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Story by : Meghan McCarthy
Teleplay by : F.M. De Marco	August 13, 2016	0.20[17]
Rainbow Dash begins a pranking spree around Ponyville, irritating her friends, who find her jokes unfunny and hurtful. Failing to reason with Rainbow Dash, the townspeople send Pinkie Pie—the only pony not offended by the pranks—to convince her to stop. Instead, Rainbow Dash divulges her plan to prank the entire town with joke cookies made to turn their mouths rainbow-colored, feeding one to Pinkie as a demonstration. Later, Pinkie falls sick with an appetite for more joke cookies while Rainbow Dash helps sell them around town. That night, Rainbow Dash checks on Pinkie to find that the cookies have turned her and everyone else in town into cookie-craving zombies. Once a terrified Rainbow Dash apologizes for her prank, the townspeople reveal the entire outbreak to be an elaborate prank devised by Pinkie to teach her to stop taking her jokes too far.
133	16	"The Times They Are a Changeling"	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Story by : Kevin Burke, Michael Vogel, and Chris "Doc" Wyatt
Teleplay by : Kevin Burke and Chris "Doc" Wyatt	August 20, 2016	0.27[18]
During a visit to the Crystal Empire, Twilight, Starlight and Spike find the city in a state of panic over a changeling sighting. After getting lost during the search effort, Spike is rescued by the changeling, Thorax, from falling down a chasm. Realizing that Thorax only wants to make friends despite facing prejudice from other ponies, Spike introduces a disguised Thorax to the city as a longtime friend named "Crystal Hoof". When Spike shows Princess Flurry Heart to him, however, the baby's love overwhelms Thorax, which causes him to drop his disguise; Spike struggles to stand up for Thorax as his friends chase the changeling away. Feeling guilty, Spike reunites with Thorax and defends him against the other ponies, professing that Thorax is his friend and deserves another chance like anyone else. His impassioned plea touches the other ponies, who welcome Thorax into their community.
134	17	"Dungeons & Discords"	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Nick Confalone	August 27, 2016	0.28[19]
Discord becomes lonely when Fluttershy embarks on a trip to Yakyakistan with her friends. Feeling sorry for Discord, Spike and Big McIntosh invite him to their get-together to cheer him up while the others are away. To Discord's disappointment, their evening involves playing a tabletop role-playing game called Ogres & Oubliettes; he quickly grows bored and attempts to take over the evening with his own ideas of fun. When Spike and Big Mac remain adamant in playing their game, Discord angrily teleports them to a dimension where the game's monsters and danger are real. Fed up, the two eject Discord from the game, leaving him dejected once more. The two quickly feel guilty and allow him to stay, finding that his real-life version of their game is much more entertaining. The other ponies return to find the three enjoying a toned-down version of the game.
135	18	"Buckball Season"	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Jennifer Skelly	September 3, 2016	
Applejack is challenged by her cousin Braeburn to a game of "buckball" in Appleloosa. While recruiting new players for Ponyville's team, she and Rainbow Dash are surprised to find that Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy are much better players than they are, and let the two take their place; Snails is also recruited for his unexpected ball-catching skills. Applejack and Rainbow Dash put the two through rigorous training exercises, causing Pinkie and Fluttershy to feel pressured and lose their edge. When Applejack and Rainbow Dash try encouraging them by gathering all of Ponyville to cheer them on, Pinkie and Fluttershy fear disappointing the town and refuse to play. Applejack and Rainbow Dash realize their competitiveness has ruined the sport for Pinkie and Fluttershy, who play best when having fun. To rebuild their confidence, Applejack and Rainbow Dash convince the two to help them practice. Pinkie and Fluttershy regain their love of the sport, motivating them to win the game against Appleloosa.
136	19	"The Fault in Our Cutie Marks"	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Story by : Josh Haber and Meghan McCarthy
Teleplay by : Ed Valentine	September 10, 2016[nb 1]	
The Cutie Mark Crusaders are approached by Gabby, a griffon who is obsessed with cutie marks and desires one for herself. Not knowing if it is possible for griffons to have cutie marks, the Crusaders try anyway by taking Gabby through a list of helpful activities to see if she gets one. Although Gabby excels at everything she attempts, no cutie mark appears, and the Crusaders despair that their task is impossible. Feeling sorry for the Crusaders, Gabby surprises them by revealing a fake cutie mark she has "earned", but the three soon discover the truth when she suddenly tries to leave. The fillies determine that, despite her lack of a mark, Gabby still has a purpose in life by helping others, and they name her an honorary member of the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
137	20	"Viva Las Pegasus"	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Story by : Kevin Burke, Michael Vogel, and Chris "Doc" Wyatt
Teleplay by : Kevin Burke and Chris "Doc" Wyatt	September 17, 2016	
The Cutie Map sends Applejack and Fluttershy to a popular Las Pegasus resort run by a generous pony named Gladmane. The two have trouble finding a friendship problem to solve until they encounter con artist brothers Flim and Flam in the middle of a feud. Fluttershy speculates that their mission is to help the brothers reconcile, but Applejack refuses out of her family's bitter history with the two. Searching for problems elsewhere, they discover that Gladmane has been starting arguments between his employees, including Flim and Flam, in a ploy to gain their trust and continued services at the resort. Applejack reluctantly helps end Flim and Flam's argument, realizing the brothers' conniving ways are necessary to stopping Gladmane, and the four devise an elaborate scheme that tricks Gladmane into publicly exposing his plans. Although the mission is a success, Flim and Flam promptly take over the establishment to resume their scamming business together.
138	21	"Every Little Thing She Does"	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Michael Vogel	September 24, 2016	0.21[21]
Twilight notices that Starlight's progress with her friendship lessons has been slacking, so she assigns her with several activities to do with their five friends while she and Spike are away in Canterlot for the day. Desperate to complete all her lessons at once to impress Twilight, Starlight hypnotizes the five ponies into carrying out their individual activities, but Starlight's poor directions cause them to make a total mess of the castle. Upon returning, Twilight lifts the spell on the five and admonishes Starlight, saying that the true purpose of the activities was to get to know her friends more. After Starlight apologizes to them, the five help her clean up the castle, and Starlight manages to complete her lessons in one day.
139	22	"P.P.O.V. (Pony Point of View)"	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Story by : Kevin Burke, Michael P. Fox, Wil Fox, and Chris "Doc" Wyatt
Teleplay by : Michael P. Fox and Wil Fox	October 1, 2016	0.19[22]
A furious Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Applejack return from a disastrous boating trip, refusing to speak to each other. Twilight and Spike question the three over what went wrong, each giving a contradictory story that ends with their boat capsizing: Rarity blames Applejack for ruining her luxury cruise idea by steering the boat into a storm; Pinkie Pie blames Rarity for getting rid of her party snacks; and Applejack blames both Rarity and Pinkie Pie for disrupting her planned seafaring treasure hunt. After comparing the stories, Twilight notices a common thread in the form of a plate of cucumber sandwiches falling into bubbling water. She brings the three on another cruise and proves that a cucumber-eating sea monster is responsible for sinking the boat. The three realize they have been fighting for no reason, and they promise to talk out their differences in the future.
140	23	"Where the Apple Lies"	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Story by : Meghan McCarthy and Dave Rapp
Teleplay by : Dave Rapp	October 8, 2016	0.27[23]
After Apple Bloom tells a white lie to hide a mistake, her family tells her a story of an even bigger fiasco caused by a series of lies told by Applejack. In a flashback, Granny Smith disapproves of a rash business deal Applejack makes with Filthy Rich, who threatens to end business with the Apple family when Applejack tries to back out. Because her family relies on the Rich family's funds, Applejack stops Filthy Rich by falsely claiming that Granny is sick. To keep him from learning the truth, Applejack makes up a story that Granny is hospitalized with apple blight. When he and his future wife Spoiled Milk go to visit her, Applejack convinces Granny to come to the hospital in a doctor's disguise and leaves her reluctant brother Big McIntosh to pose as Granny, who obliviously prepares to perform public surgery on him. This forces Applejack to tell everyone the truth, resulting in her present value of honesty.
141	24	"Top Bolt"	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Story by : Joanna Lewis, Meghan McCarthy, and Kristine Songco
Teleplay by : Joanna Lewis and Kristine Songco	October 15, 2016[nb 2]	
The map calls Rainbow Dash and Twilight to the Wonderbolt Academy to solve a friendship problem between two trainees: the talented Sky Stinger and his seemingly less skilled partner Vapor Trail. While observing the two, Rainbow Dash and Twilight recognize that Vapor Trail, who dislikes being the center of attention, has been silently providing wind support for Sky Stinger, who fails to notice his own poor flight performance without her. Rainbow Dash and Twilight attempt to train the two separately while keeping Sky Stinger from finding out Vapor Trail's actions to maintain his confidence. When he cockily refuses to cooperate, Vapor Trail blurts the truth to him, which ruins their friendship. Realizing they have approached the problem the wrong way, Rainbow Dash and Twilight persuade the two to help each other, successfully allowing them to pass the academy entrance exam.
142	25	"To Where and Back Again" (Part 1)	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Josh Haber and Michael Vogel	October 22, 2016[nb 3]	0.26[26]
Starlight is invited to attend a festival at her former village. Remembering her cruel dictatorship of the town, Starlight fears the villagers have not fully forgiven her, so she brings Trixie to accompany her. The villagers happily put Starlight in charge of the festivities, but she feels overwhelmed and flees. She and Trixie return to Ponyville to find Twilight and her friends being strangely dismissive of Starlight's misfortune at the village, despite earlier showing their support. During a nightmare that night, Princess Luna alerts Starlight that the changelings have replaced herself and all of Equestria's protectors, including Twilight and her friends, in their plan to conquer Equestria; Thorax also approaches to warn Starlight and Trixie of his kind's occupation of the Crystal Empire. Discord, the ponies' last remaining powerful ally in Equestria, transports himself, Starlight, Trixie and Thorax to the changelings' kingdom, where their friends are being held.
143	26	"To Where and Back Again" (Part 2)	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Josh Haber and Michael Vogel	October 22, 2016[nb 4]	0.24[26]
Starlight, Trixie, Thorax and Discord mount a rescue of their friends from the Changeling Kingdom, where their magic is negated by the power of Queen Chrysalis's enchanted throne. The others turn to Starlight to lead them; though hesitant, Starlight manages to direct the others in misguiding the changeling drones they encounter. When Discord is caught in a trap of Fluttershy impersonators, Trixie sacrifices herself to his impostor so Starlight and Thorax can find and destroy Chrysalis's throne. Thorax attempts to distract Chrysalis by disguising himself as Starlight, but Chrysalis sees through his deception and begins forcefully draining the love he has accumulated from the Crystal Empire. Encouraged by Starlight, Thorax willingly gives Chrysalis his love, causing a powerful burst of magic that metamorphoses him into a new form. His transformation inspires the other changelings to do the same, destroying the throne and freeing all of Starlight's captured friends. Rejecting Starlight's offer of redemption, Chrysalis vows revenge and flees. Thorax becomes the hive's new leader while Starlight returns to her village's festival with her friends.
SEASON SEVEN
144	1	"Celestial Advice"	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Joanna Lewis and Kristine Songco	April 15, 2017	0.25[1]
Starlight Glimmer, Trixie, Thorax, and Discord are awarded medals of honor for defeating Queen Chrysalis and bringing harmony to the Changeling Kingdom. During the celebration reception, Twilight Sparkle realizes she has nothing left to teach Starlight because of her accomplishment, so she turns to Princess Celestia, her own former mentor, for advice. Twilight considers following Celestia's example by sending Starlight to study away from Ponyville, and she becomes fraught with worry as she shows Celestia various scenarios of Starlight's studies that all end in disaster. Celestia breaks into laughter, admitting that she had the same anxieties over sending Twilight away out of fear of growing distant from her student. Twilight feels assured and announces Starlight's graduation to the party goers. To Twilight's joy, Starlight decides not to leave Ponyville until she feels she is ready to do so.
145	2	"All Bottled Up"	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Joanna Lewis and Kristine Songco	April 15, 2017	0.21[1]
While Twilight and her friends are away on a friendship retreat, Starlight remains at the castle to help Trixie practice her unicorn magic. Trixie carelessly uses a teleportation spell on Twilight's Cutie Map table, sending it to an unknown location. Starlight's rage causes a red cloud of magic to spew from her horn, which she contains in a glass bottle for fear of hurting Trixie. During their search for the map, Starlight's anger at Trixie's carefree behavior continues to mount until the bottle accidentally breaks and releases the cloud, which infects other nearby ponies and makes them attack Trixie. Starlight is able to dispel the cloud by venting her anger to Trixie, who apologizes. The two find the map at the spa where they first met, and return it to the castle just as Twilight and her friends arrive.
146	3	"A Flurry of Emotions"	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Sammie Crowley and Whitney Wetta	April 22, 2017	0.22[2]
Shining Armor and Princess Cadance appoint Twilight to babysit Flurry Heart while they attend an art show to take a break from raising their infant daughter. Twilight gladly accepts the chance to spend time with her niece, despite her commitment to visiting sick foals at the hospital. When Twilight runs late for her appointment, she takes Flurry along to remain on schedule, proving to be too busy to give Flurry necessary attention. This causes Flurry to act out and cause problems everywhere they go, culminating with her wreaking havoc around the hospital while searching for her stuffed snail toy. Twilight scolds and frightens Flurry, but she recognizes her own negligence towards her niece, however, and apologizes to her. Meanwhile, Shining Armor and Cadance begin to miss Flurry Heart and leave the art show early. They return to the castle to find Twilight spending quality time with her while Spike takes Twilight's place at the hospital. Twilight apologizes for all the trouble that was caused.
147	4	"Rock Solid Friendship"	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Nick Confalone	April 29, 2017	
After Maud Pie earns her "rocktorate" in rock science, Pinkie Pie takes her sister on a tour of Ponyville in the hope that she will move in with her. Unimpressed with Ponyville's selection of rocks and minerals, Maud agrees to stay if she can make a friend who understands her passion for rocks. She meets Starlight, and the two become fast friends as they unearth a beautiful grotto near Ponyville together. However, Pinkie fails to notice their friendship and constantly tries forcing them to get along. Maud becomes annoyed with Pinkie's interference and inconsideration, and decides to move to Ghastly Gorge by herself instead. Starlight scolds Pinkie for her inhospitality, causing the latter to realize her folly, apologize to Maud for her behavior and selfishness, and promise to never interfere again. This convinces Maud to give Ponyville a second chance, where she reunites with Starlight and sets up her new home in the underground grotto.
148	5	"Fluttershy Leans In"	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Gillian M. Berrow	May 6, 2017[nb 1]	
When Ponyville's animal clinic is overrun with sick and injured animals, Fluttershy decides to help by following her dream of building a wildlife sanctuary. Her friends recommend three experts to assist with the project: Wrangler, an animal handler; Hard Hat, a construction worker; and Dandy Grandeur, an interior decorator. However, each expert disagrees with Fluttershy's vision, and they begin work on an entirely different structure without her consent, which proves to be unfit for the animals. Outraged at the experts for ignoring her directions, Fluttershy sends them away. After her friends apologize on behalf of the experts, she conspires with her friend, Big Daddy McColt, to use his building experience to complete the sanctuary her way, which is named "Sweet Feather Sanctuary".
149	6	"Forever Filly"	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Michael P. Fox and Wil Fox	May 13, 2017[nb 2]	
Rarity feels nostalgic for her sisterly bonding with Sweetie Belle, so she decides to spend the day together with her. However, all of Rarity's planned activities are things Sweetie Belle has outgrown, which Rarity fails to notice as Sweetie Belle reluctantly humors her. After finally growing annoyed with Rarity and leaving her, Sweetie Belle joins Apple Bloom and Scootaloo in helping another filly, Zipporwhill, reconnect with her pet dog, who has similarly grown disinterested in playing with her. Sweetie Belle figures out that Zipporwhill has been treating her grown dog like a puppy, and encourages her to find new ways to play. Rarity overhears this and apologizes to Sweetie Belle for not thinking about and treating her like her age. The sisters agreeing to try new activities together.
150	7	"Parental Glideance"	Denny Lu and Tim Stuby	Josh Hamilton	May 20, 2017[nb 3]	
Scootaloo interviews Rainbow Dash's parents, Bow Hothoof and Windy Whistles, for a school report about her idol. The two are ecstatic when Scootaloo tells them that Rainbow Dash is now a Wonderbolt, and immediately visit their daughter to cheer for her. However, Rainbow Dash is mortified by her parents' overenthusiastic support, confiding in Scootaloo that she deliberately hid her induction from them for this reason. When her parents begin celebrating every mundane thing she does, Rainbow Dash snaps and angrily sends them away. Disappointed in her behavior, Scootaloo shows Rainbow Dash her report and helps her realize that her parents' lifelong support has built her into the confident and talented pony she is now. Rainbow Dash realizes that she had not been a good daughter after all: she apologizes to her parents - her way of doing so by performing a private Wonderbolts show for them to express her newfound appreciation. They forgive her.
151	8	"Hard to Say Anything"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Becky Wangberg	May 27, 2017[nb 4]	0.19[7]
The Cutie Mark Crusaders discover that Big McIntosh has a crush on Sugar Belle from Starlight's village. They encourage Big Mac to confess his feelings, but he is interrupted by Feather Bangs, a pompous stallion who also has affections for Sugar Belle. The Crusaders help Big Mac compete against Feather Bangs using grand, romantic gestures, but Sugar Belle is overwhelmed by their advances and rejects both stallions. Dejected, the Crusaders help Big Mac prepare a more meaningful gift for Sugar Belle by building her a new bakery display case like she always wanted. Sugar Belle is delighted and accepts Big Mac's feelings, while the Crusaders decide to help the brokenhearted Feather Bangs find new love with his own admirers.
152	9	"Honest Apple"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Kevin Lappin	June 3, 2017[nb 5]	
Rarity selects Applejack to serve as a judge for an upcoming fashion show. Applejack accepts, figuring that she simply needs to give her honest opinion. Before the show, Applejack is mystified by the other judges and stylists' fashion sense and heavily criticizes their design choices, bluntly telling them her belief that fashion is ridiculous. The offended fashion ponies storm out, forcing the show to be cancelled. When Applejack tries defending her opinions, Rarity takes her to a pony who unapologetically disregards apples, making Applejack realize how mean she was with her hurtful comments. Gathering the fashion ponies, Applejack apologizes - both to them and Rarity - for almost ruining the show, and manages to get the show uncancelled. When given the deciding vote during the show, Applejack finds new admiration in the stylists' hard work and names all of them the winner. Applejack now has a liking for fashion.
153	10	"A Royal Problem"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Joanna Lewis and Kristine Songco	June 10, 2017[nb 6]	0.15[10]
The Cutie Map summons Starlight to solve a feud between Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, who feel unappreciated by each other. When the sisters argue over whose royal duties are more difficult, Starlight impulsively casts a spell that temporarily switches their cutie marks and abilities, intending to make them swap roles to change their perspective. The sisters agree to Starlight's idea, initially confident in their new responsibilities, before quickly discovering their respective hardships: Luna finding it taxing to keep up appearances in public throughout the day; and Celestia realizing the loneliness of guarding Equestria at night. While observing her subjects' dreams, Celestia finds Starlight suffering from a nightmare where the sisters' feud has escalated into a battle between Nightmare Moon and Celestia's own evil alter ego, Daybreaker. With both sisters admitting their jobs are equally challenging, Celestia dispels Starlight's nightmare with Luna's support. The sisters finally reconcile, ending their feud.
154	11	"Not Asking for Trouble"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	May Chan	June 17, 2017[nb 7]	
Pinkie Pie is invited to the rustic village of Yakyakistan, where she partakes in the yak holiday of Yikslurbertfest to prove her understanding of yak culture. During their customary stomping ritual, Pinkie and the yaks accidentally cause an avalanche that buries the entire village in snow, leaving them without food or shelter. Unable to dig the snow away on their own, Pinkie offers to gather her friends to assist the yaks, but the proud Prince Rutherford stubbornly rejects any outside help and opts to wait for the snow to melt instead. Pinkie disregards the prince and rallies her friends to secretly remove the snow while they sleep. Awakening the next morning to find the snow gone, Rutherford and the yaks commend Pinkie for helping them without their asking, and make her an honorary yak.
155	12	"Discordant Harmony"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Michael P. Fox and Wil Fox	August 5, 2017[nb 8]	
After joining Fluttershy for another tea party, Discord realizes he has never invited her for tea before, and extends the invitation. While shopping for supplies, Discord encounters Pinkie Pie, who suggests that he should make sure to have a party that would make Fluttershy feel comfortable. Discord takes it upon himself to change himself and his home in his realm to be much more normal in appeal to Fluttershy. When Fluttershy arrives, she sees that Discord is fading away, unable to make chaos. She rectifies the situation by creating chaos for him, which helps to restore him to normal. She reminds him that they get along so well because they are so different, and she was hoping to have a tea party under Discord's chaotic setting rather than one like her own. The two enjoy a chaotic tea party together.
156	13	"The Perfect Pear"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Joanna Lewis and Kristine Songco	August 5, 2017[nb 9]	
Apple Bloom encounters a kindly old pear merchant named Grand Pear in the market. When she tells Applejack and Big McIntosh about it, they tell her about a long-standing feud between the Apple and Pear families that Granny Smith refuses to talk about. Visiting Goldie Delicious for more information, the siblings discover that their mother, Buttercup, was Grand Pear's daughter named Pear Butter. Through stories told by friends of their parents, the siblings learn about the star-crossed romance between Pear Butter and their father, Bright Mac, which is complicated by Grand Pear's plans to move his family away from Ponyville. Bright Mac and Pear Butter hold a secret wedding ceremony that is discovered by their disapproving parents as soon as they are married. Pear Butter asserts her place with the Apple family and cuts ties with Grand Pear when he refuses to accept their love. In the present, the Apple siblings arrange a meeting between Granny Smith and the now remorseful Grand Pear, allowing their estranged grandparents to apologize to them for hurting the family. After the reconciliation, the family gathers to honor their parents.
157	14	"Fame and Misfortune"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	M.A. Larson	August 12, 2017	
After an encounter with two feuding fillies, Twilight decides to publish her and her friends' shared friendship journal to teach other ponies the lessons written inside. The journal becomes a success, but draws unintended reactions from readers: Rarity loses popularity for her supposed selfishness; Pinkie Pie is laughed at for her every word; Rainbow Dash is followed by fans who fixate solely on her entries; Fluttershy is criticized for her inconsistent assertiveness; Applejack is swamped by admirers who consider themselves a part of the Apple family; and Twilight is regarded as less interesting due to her princesshood. Confronted by a mob of critics who bicker over which pony is the best, the six friends try to convince them that their flaws are what make their friendship strong, but the mob ponies only continue to argue. Twilight bemoans the journal's misinterpretation until Starlight finds the two fillies from before, who tell Twilight that the journal was able to help them become better friends, which satisfies the six friends, allowing them to embrace.
158	15	"Triple Threat"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Josh Hamilton	August 19, 2017	
Spike invites Dragon Lord Ember to Ponyville for an official friendship meeting, forgetting that he has already invited Thorax for a get-together on the same day. When both guests arrive, Spike fears the two will not get along and decides to keep them separate. After this happens, the Cutie Map unexpectedly alerts Spike of a friendship problem in Ponyville, and he begins avoiding Ember and Thorax to find it. Ember angrily confronts Spike for his suspicious behavior, causing Thorax to threaten her in Spike's defense. Spike is forced to reveal his deception to both of his friends, deeply upsetting them. Eventually, however, two help each other work out their respective leadership problems. In the end, Ember and Thorax become friends and forgive Spike after he apologizes, fulfilling his friendship mission.
159	16	"Campfire Tales"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Barry Safchik and Michael Platt	August 26, 2017	
The Cutie Mark Crusaders' big-little sister camping trip with Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash is ruined when a swarm of ravenous fly-ders infest the camp. Taking refuge in a cave, the older mares decide to pass the time by telling folktales about each of their favorite legendary heroes to the fillies. First, Applejack tells the story of Rockhoof, a scrawny stallion who digs a trench to save his village from a volcanic eruption, growing in size and strength. Next, Rarity's tells the story of Mistmane, a unicorn sorceress who sacrifices her beauty to lift a curse of ugliness on her embittered friend. Finally, Rainbow Dash tells of Flash Magnus, a pegasus soldier who braves terrifying dragons with a fireproof shield to rescue his comrades. After the fly-ders leave, the fillies are inspired by the tales to make the best of their camping trip.
160	17	"To Change a Changeling"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Kevin Lappin	September 2, 2017	
During a visit to the Changeling Kingdom, Starlight and Trixie are attacked by Thorax's unreformed brother, Pharynx, who refuses to adopt the hive's new, peaceful ways. The other changelings feel uneasy around Pharynx and elect that he be banished from the hive for his ceaseless bullying. Failing to reason with Pharynx, Starlight and Trixie agree that he must leave, but when they confront Thorax over the issue, he is reluctant because Pharynx would always defend him from being teased by the other changelings. Starlight is inspired to lure a maulwurf—a giant bear-mole creature—to the hive, expecting Pharynx to come to Thorax's rescue in an act of brotherly love, only to find that Pharynx has already left willingly. Starlight, Trixie, and Thorax find him fending off the maulwurf to protect the hive, proving that he still cares for the changelings' safety. After working together to defeat the monster, Pharynx is accepted by the other changelings and transforms.
161	18	"Daring Done?"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Gillian M. Berrow	September 9, 2017[nb 10]	
Rainbow Dash is distressed when she and Pinkie Pie discover that A.K. Yearling has announced her retirement from writing the Daring Do book series, thus ending her adventures as the titular hero. When the two confront her, Yearling explains that she has grown disheartened over the collateral damage her heroics have caused in the city of the legendary hero Somnambula, resulting in her being despised by the townsfolk. The two take Yearling to make amends, only to discover that her nemesis Dr. Caballeron has been taking advantage of Daring Do's tarnished reputation to commit thefts and blame them on her. When Rainbow Dash speaks in Daring Do's defense, Caballeron holds her hostage and lures Daring Do into a trap. Encouraged by Pinkie not to lose hope, Yearling rescues Rainbow Dash and ends her retirement, regaining public support by exposing Caballeron's deception and using her wealth to repair the city damages.
162	19	"It Isn't the Mane Thing About You"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Josh Haber	September 16, 2017	
Rarity gets her mane ruined by Pinkie Pie's sticky party string before an important photo shoot. Zecora gives Rarity specially made shampoo, but Rarity accidentally takes an identical remover potion intended for Pinkie's mess instead, and she loses most of her mane in the shower. While Zecora works on a remedy, Rarity is devastated when other ponies fail to notice her as she hides her mane out of shame. Zecora later tells Rarity that a magical fix for her mane is impossible, and her friends cannot make her a suitable wig in time, so she reluctantly cancels the shoot. Reminded by her friends that her mane does not define who she is, Rarity refashions her thinned mane into a punk-inspired look and confidently returns to her daily routine. Months later, after Rarity's mane has fully grown back, she is delighted to discover her friends had arranged a paparazzi shoot with her in her punk style, starting a new fashion trend.
163	20	"A Health of Information"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Sammie Crowley and Whitney Wetta	September 23, 2017[nb 11]	
While helping Fluttershy gather supplies in a swamp, Zecora contracts a rare and terrible disease called swamp fever that threatens to eventually turn her into a tree, for which no cure is known. Holding herself responsible for Zecora's condition, Fluttershy vows to heal her as quickly as possible. After much sleepless research, Fluttershy finds a special, remedial bee honey first discovered by her idol, the legendary healer Mage Meadowbrook. By this time, Fluttershy contracts swamp fever as well, but she continues to push herself for Zecora's sake until she ultimately passes out for three days due to extreme exhaustion during a confrontation with the territorial bees. A rested Fluttershy reflects that her careless determination has only endangered Zecora, so she enacts a careful plan to extract the honey using Meadowbrook's mask as a disguise. After successfully treating Zecora and herself, Fluttershy apologizes for her impulsiveness, and has learned to do things carefully and logically.
164	21	"Marks and Recreation"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	May Chan	September 30, 2017	
The Cutie Mark Crusaders open a day camp where "blank flank" foals may try new activities and discover their special talents. Rumble, the younger brother of Wonderbolt Thunderlane, refuses to participate and reveals his desire to remain a blank flank, as he is convinced that cutie marks limit ponies to only performing their talents. He quickly rallies the other campers to his side, splitting off into a new camp where they avoid doing anything that would produce a cutie mark, which quickly bores the campers. The Crusaders learn from Thunderlane that Rumble does not fear being labeled, but rather getting a cutie mark that could potentially keep him from achieving his dream of becoming a Wonderbolt himself. The three invite Thunderlane to participate in the camp's activities with the campers and prove how he excels in other things besides flying, helping Rumble overcome his fear of trying different things.
165	22	"Once Upon a Zeppelin"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Brittany Jo Flores	October 7, 2017	
Twilight learns that her parents have won a free zeppelin cruise for the whole family and, at Spike's insistence, joins them to take a break from her royal duties. Shortly upon boarding, Twilight discovers the cruise to be a themed vacation experience hosted by Iron Will where the other passengers pay to spend time with her, invading her family's privacy. Not wanting to disappoint anybody, Twilight agrees to personally attend to the passengers so the rest of her family can enjoy their planned activities. In doing so, however, she misses a rare celestial event she had planned to see and is heartbroken, and she hurts Star Tracker in the process. Cadance consoles Twilight, telling her the importance of setting time aside for herself. After Twilight apologizes to the passengers and Star Tracker, they agree to respect her boundaries and turn against Iron Will for manipulating them and almost ruining their time together, forcing him to abandon the cruise and allowing Twilight to spend the rest of her vacation in peace.
166	23	"Secrets and Pies"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Josh Hamilton	October 14, 2017	
Pinkie Pie has been giving homemade pies to Rainbow Dash for years, and is shocked to find that Rainbow Dash has apparently thrown her latest one away. After investigating around Ponyville and Wonderbolt headquarters, Pinkie realizes that Rainbow Dash has never actually eaten any of her pies and has been lying about enjoying them. After several attempts to get Rainbow Dash to eat a pie, Pinkie finally catches her getting rid of one and publicly accuses her of deception. Rainbow Dash admits to Twilight and Applejack that she dislikes all pies, not just Pinkie's, and has only been lying to spare Pinkie's feelings, but they tell her that she did hurt her. Rainbow Dash bakes a huge, disgusting pie and prepares to eat it in front of Pinkie as an apology, but Pinkie, seeing this, forgives her before she can finish, now understanding the lengths to which Rainbow Dash would go to make her happy.
167	24	"Uncommon Bond"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Josh Haber and Kevin Lappin	October 21, 2017[nb 12]	
Sunburst comes to visit Ponyville, exciting Starlight with the opportunity to spend time with him for the first time since their childhood. To her dismay, Sunburst has little interest in their old activities and finds more in common with her other friends, bonding with Twilight over antiquing, Trixie over stage magic, and Maud over geology. Starlight attempts to reach out to him through their shared interest in magic by casting a spell to recreate their childhood, but her effort only makes Sunburst feel uncomfortable, convincing Starlight that he no longer wants to be her friend. Sunburst decides to make it up to her by creating a new variation of their favorite board game with help from her friends, showing her that they can still enjoy each other's company without common interests. With their friendship reaffirmed, Sunburst leaves Ponyville with an antique barrel containing a journal marked with Star Swirl the Bearded's insignia.
168	25	"Shadow Play" (Part 1)	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Story by : Josh Haber
Teleplay by : Josh Haber and Nicole Dubuc	October 28, 2017[nb 13]	
Sunburst shares his discovery of Star Swirl's secret journal with Twilight and her friends, which reveals how the sorcerer and Equestria's other legendary heroes—known as the Pillars of Old Equestria—sacrificed themselves to defeat the monstrous Pony of Shadows one thousand years ago. While researching the six heroes' disappearance, Twilight and company deduce that the Pillars are still alive in the timeless realm of limbo, where they have imprisoned themselves alongside the Pony of Shadows for the past millennium. Against Starlight's reservations, Twilight is convinced that freeing Star Swirl, her lifelong idol, would benefit Equestria with his knowledge. To do this, each of Twilight's friends obtains one of the Pillars' magical artifacts scattered across the land, gathering them to the site of the sealing ritual. Although they succeed in releasing the Pillars, doing so inadvertently brings the Pony of Shadows back as well.
169	26	"Shadow Play" (Part 2)	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Story by : Josh Haber
Teleplay by : Josh Haber and Nicole Dubuc	October 28, 2017[nb 14]	
The Pony of Shadows retreats to the darkest corners of Equestria to recover his lost strength after his thousand-year captivity. Rebuked by Star Swirl for unleashing Equestria's greatest threat, Twilight resolves to redeem herself by helping him and the other Pillars return the Pony of Shadows to limbo, this time by sacrificing the Elements of Harmony—originally created by the Pillars to maintain harmony in Equestria—in the heroes' place. The Cutie Map directs the ponies to the monster's location; Starlight, noting that the map only summons them for friendship missions, learns from the Pillars that the Pony of Shadows was once their friend named Stygian, whom they cast out for attempting to steal their artifacts. When the ponies use the Elements on the Pony of Shadows, Twilight and Starlight see Stygian in the monster's body and reach out to him, learning that his supposed betrayal was actually an attempt to help the Pillars protect Equestria as their equal. The Pillars realize their error and help the six friends use the Elements to separate Stygian from the shadow creature, which is re-imprisoned. Star Swirl apologizes for the all trouble he caused with his pride. With their friendship restored, Stygian and the Pillars remain in the present era to explore Equestria.
SEASON EIGHT
170	1	"School Daze" (Part 1)	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Michael Vogel and Nicole Dubuc	March 24, 2018
Following their adventure to save Equestria from the Storm King (shown in My Little Pony: The Movie), Twilight Sparkle and her friends return home to discover that the Cutie Map has expanded to cover lands beyond Equestria. Twilight receives approval from the Equestria Education Association (EEA) to open a school to teach the benefits of friendship, with her friends serving as teachers and staff. She also welcomes five students from other species to attend: Gallus, a sarcastic griffon; Yona, a clumsy yak; Smolder, a cocky dragon; Ocellus, a timid changeling; and Silverstream, an excitable hippogriff. The students initially enjoy the school, but grow bored by the EEA's strict teaching guidelines. They decide to skip class and become friends, but accidentally wreak havoc during an evaluation conducted by EEA head Chancellor Neighsay. Convinced that the non-pony students are dangerous, Neighsay immediately shuts the school down.
171	2	"School Daze" (Part 2)	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Michael Vogel and Nicole Dubuc	March 24, 2018
A depressed Twilight mulls over her School of Friendship being unaccredited until Starlight Glimmer encourages her to try again without following the EEA's rules. She and her friends attempt to convince the other species' leaders to let their students return to the school, only to learn that the students have all run away from home, unwilling to part with each other. The ponies discover that Sandbar has been hiding the other students at the Castle of the Two Sisters in the Everfree Forest, where they rescue them from being attacked by a horde of pukwudgies. The students agree to give the school another chance after the ponies assure them things will be different. Chancellor Neighsay confronts Twilight for her unauthorized re-opening of the school, but Twilight asserts her authority as Princess of Friendship and writes her own set of school rules to supersede those of the EEA. Twilight's friends use unique teaching methods to make the school more appealing, and the leaders allow their students to continue their studies in Equestria.
172	3	"The Maud Couple"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Nick Confalone	March 31, 2018
Pinkie Pie learns that her sister Maud is dating a stallion named Mudbriar, who has an interest in sticks similar to Maud's interest in rocks, and is as outwardly dull and blunt as she is. Although Maud and Mudbriar are happy together, Pinkie fails to notice their similarities, finding Mudbriar's personality and quirks to be annoying and strange. Unable to comprehend their relationship, Pinkie eventually becomes convinced that Maud prefers Mudbriar over her and flees to her family's rock farm in despair. After her sisters Limestone and Marble help Pinkie realize that Maud's happiness with Mudbriar is all that matters, Pinkie returns and makes peace with Mudbriar, putting up with him for Maud's sake.
173	4	"Fake It 'Til You Make It"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Josh Hamilton	April 7, 2018
Rarity leaves Fluttershy in charge of her boutique in Manehattan while she is out of town for a fashion show in Canterlot. Fluttershy is intimidated by the pushy customers, so Rarity advises her to wear an outfit to boost her confidence. Taking Rarity's advice to heart, Fluttershy begins dressing up and acting out different characters to match her customers' personalities, which helps the store's sales. However, she takes her role playing so far that she begins driving customers away with her rude behavior, getting rid of her raccoon helpers as well. The raccoons bring Fluttershy's friends to help, but she kicks them out of the store. Her friends then turn to Rarity, who fires Fluttershy, bringing her back to her senses. Fluttershy apologizes to her friends, and Rarity assures her that she already has the inner strength needed to succeed.
174	5	"Grannies Gone Wild"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Gillian M. Berrow	April 14, 2018
Rainbow Dash is eager to ride the Wild Blue Yonder, a famous roller coaster in Las Pegasus, before it permanently closes. Applejack agrees to take over Rainbow Dash's classes at the School of Friendship if she chaperones Granny Smith and her elderly friends for their annual Las Pegasus vacation, strictly instructing Rainbow Dash to never let them overexert themselves or leave her sight. Rainbow Dash reluctantly accepts, and attempts to convince the grannies to rest in their hotel so she can have time for herself. However, the grannies sneak off while Rainbow Dash discovers the coaster's long waiting line, forcing Rainbow Dash to spend most of the day following them and interfering with their exciting activities, much to their annoyance. When Rainbow Dash apologizes for ruining their fun and explains she is only following Applejack's instructions, the grannies laugh over Applejack's overprotectiveness and invite Rainbow Dash to ride the coaster with them, using their VIP passes to skip the line.
175	6	"Surf and/or Turf"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Brian Hohlfeld	April 21, 2018
The Cutie Map summons the Cutie Mark Crusaders to the hippogriffs' kingdom on Mount Aris, where half of its citizens have decided to live in the underwater city of Seaquestria as seaponies. The young hippogriff Terramar cannot decide whether he belongs on land with his father or underwater with his mother. The Crusaders are unable to agree among themselves—Sweetie Belle arguing for the mountain's captivating landscape while Scootaloo favors the fun of swimming with the sea creatures—which makes Terramar even more indecisive. The three arrange a gathering of hippogriffs and seaponies at the shoreline for Terramar, whose parents tell him he is not limited to choosing one place to live. Encouraged, Terramar settles on living as both a hippogriff and a seapony.
176	7	"Horse Play"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Kaita Mpambara	April 28, 2018
Twilight organizes a stage play honoring the anniversary of Princess Celestia's first raising of the sun. Learning that Celestia has never been in a play despite her love of theater, Twilight offers her the lead role, to Celestia's glee. As Rainbow Dash excitedly spreads the word of Celestia's involvement across Equestria, however, Twilight is mortified by Celestia's poor acting skills and fears that Celestia will humiliate herself in front of her subjects, but she keeps it to herself to avoid hurting Celestia's feelings. When the day of the play arrives and Celestia's performance has not improved, Twilight panics and unwittingly vents her frustrations with Celestia in front of her, causing Celestia to storm off. Twilight apologizes to Celestia for lying and admits she only intended to repay Celestia for her years of guidance. Celestia agrees to help Twilight salvage the play by directing the other actors from backstage, making it a success.
177	8	"The Parent Map"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Dave Rapp	May 5, 2018
Starlight and Sunburst are unenthused to learn the Cutie Map has summoned them to their childhood home of Sire's Hollow, due to their strained relationship with their parents: Firelight, Starlight's over-affectionate father, and Stellar Flare, Sunburst's domineering mother. They are further dismayed when their mission appears to be settling a feud between the two parents, but find this is not the case after ending the fight quickly. Starlight and Sunburst try to avoid their parents as much as possible while they look for their real mission, only for their parents to continually meddle with their search. After finally snapping at their parents for their unwanted interference, Starlight and Sunburst realize their estrangement from them is the problem they were summoned to solve. The two complete their mission by apologizing to their parents, who agree to give them more independence.
178	9	"Non-Compete Clause"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Kim Beyer-Johnson	May 12, 2018
Applejack and Rainbow Dash compete with each other to receive the "Teacher of the Month" award at the School of Friendship. Twilight selects them to lead a field trip together to teach their students about teamwork, but their constant bickering over which activities they should do creates problems. Persuading Twilight to give them another chance, the two continue the trip by letting the other take the lead, which takes up more of their focus than teaching their students. When their polite argument over making a bridge leaves them stuck over a river, the students work together to save them. The students vouch for them as teacher of the month by telling Twilight that the two were arguing on purpose to teach them the incorrect way of working as a team, but Twilight catches on to the truth, causing Applejack and Rainbow Dash to argue all over again.
179	10	"The Break Up Break Down"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Nick Confalone	May 19, 2018[nb 1]
On Hearts and Hooves Day, Big McIntosh sends to Sugar Belle a romantic package that is lost in the mail, being sent to Sweetie Belle by mistake. When Big Mac notices Sugar Belle at Sugarcube Corner later, he overhears her talking with Mrs. Cake about ending a relationship with someone, and concludes that she means to break up with him. Spike and Discord attempt to console the heartbroken Big Mac, with Discord suggesting he assert himself by breaking up with her before she has the opportunity. After he does so, breaking her heart, Big Mac realizes he has only been letting out his frustrations and returns to her to have a proper conversation over their breakup. Sugar Belle reveals she never received Big Mac's package and had actually planned to end her business relationship with her cousin so she could begin working in Ponyville, never intending to leave Big Mac. Realizing their miscommunication, the two get back together.
180	11	"Molt Down"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Josh Haber	May 26, 2018[nb 1]
Spike begins experiencing bizarre body changes such as pimple-like blemishes, losing control of his fire breath, and emitting foul stenches. Smolder explains that Spike is molting, which all dragons undergo during adolescence; she adds that the molting process typically causes dragons to be kicked out of their homes, which Spike worries is the case when Twilight tells him to leave the Castle of Friendship to keep him from accidentally burning their belongings. When he visits Zecora for a solution, his smell unwittingly attracts a predatory roc that catches Zecora, and Rarity. Spike molts all of his skin to find he has grown a pair of wings, which allows him to fend the roc off and rescue his friends. Afterward, Twilight assures Spike that she has no intention of getting rid of him, and promises to help him get used to his changes.
181	12	"Marks for Effort"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Nicole Dubuc	June 2, 2018[nb 1]
Bored with their ordinary classes, the Cutie Mark Crusaders attempt to enroll at the more exciting School of Friendship, but Twilight turns them away, saying they have already mastered the curriculum. The Crusaders later meet a young student from the school named Cozy Glow, who is struggling with her homework, and figure that helping her would be just as good as attending Twilight's school. Cozy Glow aces her assignment under their tutelage, and asks them to help her prepare for an upcoming test. When Cozy Glow fails the test and explains the Crusaders' involvement, however, Twilight believes the Crusaders intentionally gave her poor guidance and bans them from the school grounds. Later, Cozy Glow confesses that she failed her test on purpose to make Twilight consider accepting the Crusaders as students like they wanted. After Cozy Glow apologizes to the Crusaders, Twilight withdraws their ban and gives them honorary diplomas, granting them positions at the school as official friendship tutors.
182	13	"The Mean 6"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Michael Vogel	June 9, 2018[nb 1][nb 2]
Queen Chrysalis creates evil clones of Twilight and her friends to seize control of the Elements of Harmony and exact revenge against Starlight. Chrysalis and the clones search for the Elements in the Everfree Forest, where the real ponies and Starlight are on a camping trip. Wandering off from each other, the ponies encounter their clones, who mistreat and insult them. Mistaking the clones for their actual friends, the real ponies get into a heated argument when they eventually regroup. However, Twilight quickly manages to resolve the argument, and they happily resume their trip. Meanwhile, Chrysalis and the clones find the Tree of Harmony, but the Elements destroy the clones when they attempt to use them to betray Chrysalis, who once again swears revenge against the oblivious ponies.
183	14	"A Matter of Principals"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Nicole Dubuc	August 4, 2018[nb 3]
The Cutie Map calls the Mane 6 to a mission far away from Ponyville. Twilight leaves Starlight Glimmer to run the school and do a scavenger hunt while they're gone. Discord appears and offers to help out, but Starlight refuses. A resentful Discord begins to unleash chaos on the school with Starlight trying to control each situation. She gets fed up with his antics, and banishes Discord from the school grounds with her magic. The scavenger hunt goes underway afterwards, but Discord, manifesting as a ghost, sabotages it. Starlight realizes what she did to Discord was wrong in turning down his offer to help, and apologizes to him. She unbanishes Discord and offers him the position of vice headmare. He accepts it and helps re-do the scavenger hunt. However, the Mane 6 return and Twilight reveals that Discord created a fake friendship mission to send them away, but thanks Starlight for helping run the school.
184	15	"The Hearth's Warming Club"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Brian Hohlfeld	August 4, 2018[nb 4]
As the School of Friendship is about to go on winter break, a cloaked figure covers the Hearth's Warming Eve decorations in purple goo. Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, and Spike chase the figure into the students' dormitory but do not see it leave, leading them to conclude that one of these six is responsible. The guilty party will have to stay over the break for extra friendship lessons; if none of them confesses, all of them will stay and miss the holidays. As the students begin cleaning up and Rainbow calls them in for questioning, they describe the way their respective cultures celebrate the holidays. None of them confesses, leading to accusations and arguments that eventually spur Gallus to admit that he pulled the prank; he wanted to stay on campus with his friends instead of going home to Griffonstone and its dreary celebration. Having overheard, Twilight thanks him for his honesty but says that he must still face punishment. The other students volunteer to stay with Gallus, and Twilight invites the entire group to celebrate Hearth's Warming with her and her friends.
185	16	"Friendship University"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Chris "Doc" Wyatt and Kevin Burke	August 11, 2018[nb 5]
When Twilight learns that a new friendship school has opened in Las Pegasus, she and Rarity travel there to check it out. The school, Friendship University, is run by Flim and Flam and has enrolled Starswirl the Bearded, to Twilight's shock, and Chancellor Neighsay grants it full accreditation. Twilight and Rarity begin to investigate, with Rarity taking classes and Twilight sneaking into the brothers' office to search for evidence that the school is a fraud. They catch her in the act and threaten to publish a photo of the break-in to ruin her reputation; Twilight acquiesces at first in the face of Starswirl's disapproval, but Rarity persuades her not to give up. The two mares soon discover that the brothers are charging high fees for the worksheets needed to complete the coursework (based on a stolen copy of Twilight's own curriculum) and planning to use the money to expand their Las Pegasus resort. When Starswirl learns of the scheme, he intimidates them into refunding the students' money and shutting down Friendship University. He promises to attend the School of Friendship if he needs lessons in the future, but Twilight and Rarity are left wondering how Flim and Flam could have gotten the lesson plans.
186	17	"The End in Friend"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Gillian M. Berrow	August 18, 2018[nb 6]
While helping Twilight Sparkle teach a class on compromise, Rainbow Dash and Rarity get into an argument on how to spend their day off. Twilight and the students accompany them for a practical demonstration, but neither shows much interest in the other's pursuits (buckball and fashion) and they get so annoyed with each other that they declare their friendship to be at an end. Starlight Glimmer tries in vain to reconcile them, then receives word that a magical artifact has been stolen from the School of Friendship. Rainbow and Rarity are dispatched to track it down, but continue to aggravate one another as they follow the artifact's trail to a swamp. Working together, they cross safely to the far shore, follow the trail up a mountainside, and find a secret passage that leads back to campus. There they learn that Twilight, Starlight, and Spike faked the theft to remind them of their friendship. Having developed a new appreciation for each other's interests, Rainbow and Rarity leave to go shopping for some new buckball playing gear (for Rainbow) and fan attire (for Rarity).
187	18[11]	"Yakity-Sax"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Michael P. Fox and Wil Fox	August 25, 2018[nb 7]
Pinkie Pie has taken up the yovidaphone, a popular instrument in Yakyakistan, but her inept practicing becomes an annoyance to the residents of Ponyville. Her friends let her keep at it, hoping that she will improve; however, her playing remains as bad as ever and starts to interfere with their daily lives. She abandons the instrument at their urging, outwardly cheerful but secretly heartbroken. When the others realize her true emotional state, they try in vain to re-engage her in activities that she enjoys and is good at. A few days later, they learn from Maud that Pinkie is moving to Yakyakistan and travel there to find her listening to a performance by a yovidaphone master. The music depresses her even further, since she is convinced she will never play that well. With a bit of encouragement from her friends, Pinkie plays the master's yoviaphone, and even though her playing is as discordant as before, she regains her happy temperament and earns an ovation from the yaks in the audience, since the master explains that the whole point of the yovidaphone is to bring joy to those who play it.
188	19	"Road to Friendship"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Josh Haber	September 1, 2018[nb 8]
After a successful magic show in Ponyville, Trixie decides to do a tour in Saddle Arabia and take Starlight along. The two get along well at first, but start to get on each other's nerves once they reach the desert village of Somnambula. Starlight's reckless spending leaves them short of money, and they have to spend the night in Trixie's cramped wagon since all the inns are full. They aggravate each other all night long, and the next day degenerates into an exchange of insults. The next day, Starlight trades Trixie's wagon for a larger one without telling her; furious, Trixie sends her home with it and tries to continue the tour alone. Starlight eventually returns to apologize for making the trade, and the two persuade its original owner – a Saddle Arabian unicorn named Hoo'Far, who had enjoyed the show in Ponyville – to return Trixie's wagon by embarrassing themselves in front of him for the sake of friendship. Returning to Ponyville, Trixie and Starlight are happy for at least having made the attempt and for learning that they should not do it again.
189	20	"The Washouts"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Nick Confalone	September 8, 2018[nb 9]
When Rainbow Dash learns that Scootaloo has taken an interest in a stunt team called the Washouts, she fears that she may lose her number-one fan. The team's show is filled with dangerous tricks that impress Rainbow in spite of herself, and she discovers that all the members have been thrown out of the Wonderbolts – including her old rival Lightning Dust. Their refusal to follow basic safety protocols worries Rainbow, but neither she nor Wonderbolt captain Spitfire can disabuse Scootaloo of her fascination with the Washouts. In a fit of rebellion, Scootaloo joins the team so she can have a chance to do something amazing despite being unable to fly. Lightning pressures her into doing an extremely dangerous, untested ramp jump on a rocket-powered scooter, but Rainbow saves her just in time and the scooter drags Lightning away into the sky. The two apologize to one another, Scootaloo for not seeing the danger Lightning put her in and Rainbow for letting her ego get in the way of being a good role model, and Rainbow starts a new fan club in Scootaloo's honor.
190	21	"A Rockhoof and a Hard Place"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Kaita Mpambara	September 15, 2018[nb 10]
After Rockhoof causes damage to the site of his old village during an archaeological dig, Twilight Sparkle hires him as a teacher at the School of Friendship. Although the students are captivated by his story of fighting an Ursa Major, he inadvertently disrupts classes all over campus while telling it and fighting what he thinks is an out-of-control fire. Twilight and her friends try to find Rockhoof a job in Ponyville, without success, and she and Applejack take him to visit the other Pillars of Equestria and see how they have adapted to modern society. The visits leave Rockhoof more dejected, and after accidentally steering a hippogriff naval vessel aground, he decides to have Twilight turn him into a statue. Yona persuades him to reconsider by reading him an essay on heroism she wrote for class, and he finds that the entire town is eager to hear the rest of his Ursa Major story. Recognizing that Rockhoof can serve as a living connection to Equestria's past, Twilight appoints him as the realm's Keeper of Tales.
191	22	"What Lies Beneath"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Michael Vogel	September 22, 2018[nb 11]
The Young Six's worries over an upcoming exam are worsened by Cozy Glow's comments that friendship goes against the non-pony students' nature. A light shining from a floor grate in the School of Friendship's library leads them to a network of caverns, where an image of Twilight Sparkle puts them to a series of tests that they must pass in order to escape. Each student is confronted with his/her worst fear, but they help each other to overcome these and prove to the phantom Twilight – actually the Tree of Harmony – that they do understand the nature of friendship. Once they return to the library, exhausted from the night's adventure, Cozy Glow apologizes for her earlier words and arranges for them to get an extension on their exam.
192	23	"Sounds of Silence"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Gregory Bonsignore	September 29, 2018[nb 12]
On a friendship mission to the Peaks of Peril, Applejack and Fluttershy find a village inhabited by Kirin, who do not speak or show any emotion. A talkative outcast Kirin named Autumn Blaze explains to Applejack that an argument between Kirin once caused them to turn into angry, fiery creatures called Nirik and burn down their village. They bathed in a magic stream that cooled their emotions, but also silenced their voices; Autumn later found a flower that allowed her to speak again, but the village became irritated with her chatter and exiled her. Applejack and Fluttershy argue over the wisdom of giving the cure to the others, leading the Kirin to carry them toward the stream, but Autumn arrives as a Nirik to stop them. Reverting to Kirin form, she convinces the others that they can channel any anger they feel into non-destructive outlets. After a group of squirrels leads Applejack and Fluttershy to the flowers that Autumn used for the cure, the Kirin regain their voices and welcome Autumn back to the village.
193	24	"Father Knows Beast"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Josh Haber	October 6, 2018[nb 13]
As Twilight Sparkle starts to worry that Spike's upbringing among ponies may have held him back in exploring his dragon heritage, an adult male dragon named Sludge crash-lands in Ponyville. Spike takes him back to the Castle of Friendship so he and the Mane Six can help him recover from his injuries, and Sludge reveals that he is Spike's father and has been trying to find him for years. As Spike and Sludge spend time together, Sludge persuades Spike to give up his comfortable lifestyle in the Castle, while secretly planning to move in and enjoy its luxuries for himself. Spike accuses Twilight of being jealous that he has a real parent in his life, but Smolder is unimpressed with Sludge's loafing and tells Spike that dragons should not act that way. With her help, Spike tricks Sludge into thinking that both of them are going to move out of the Castle and into a cave. Sludge admits that he is not Spike's father and leaves, and Spike apologizes to Twilight and acknowledges her as his family.
194	25	"School Raze" (Part 1)	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Nicole Dubuc	October 13, 2018[nb 14]
After a malfunctioning spell endangers the students, the ponies discover that magic has been failing across Equestria. Upon Cozy Glow's suggestion, the Mane 6 and Spike travel to Tartarus to check on the magic-eating centaur Lord Tirek. Tirek reveals he has been keeping contact with a protege to help him exact a revenge plot to trick the group into trapping themselves in Tartarus. At the school, Cozy Glow assumes the role of headmare at the school despite Twilight appointing Starlight. Chancellor Neighsay then seizes control from her and detains the Young Six believing them to be responsible for the failing magic. Feining a change of allegiance to escape, Sandbar seeks the help of the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Underneath the school, they discover that Cozy Glow has been using the school's magical artifacts to imprison Starlight and drain magic from Equestria, intent to rule it as the Empress of Friendship.
195	26	"School Raze" (Part 2)	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Josh Haber	October 13, 2018[nb 15]
At the School of Friendship, Cozy Glow, Tirek's protege, turns the student population against Neighsay, trapping him in his office and regaining control of the school. Sandbar frees the Young Six who then free Neighsay and formulate a plan to remove the magical artifacts to shut down the spell but Cozy Glow convinces the other students that they are responsible for the disappearing magic. In the ensuing struggle, the Young Six get trapped in the spell's vortex but are rescued by the Tree of Harmony's magic. Removing the artifacts, the spell is shut down and magic everywhere is restored. Having escaped Tartarus by coercing Tirek's help, the Mane 6 prevents Cozy Glow's escape and Twilight tries to explain to her that gaining power is not the purpose of friendship. A remorseful Neighsay returns control of the school to Twilight learning that non-ponies are equally capable of friendship. Now imprisoned in Tartarus, Cozy Glow asks Tirek if he wants to be friends with her.
SEASON NINE
197[7]	1	"The Beginning of the End" (Part 1)	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Joanna Lewis and Kristine Songco	April 6, 2019
Twilight Sparkle and her friends are left in charge of Equestria after receiving news that Princesses Celestia and Luna are retiring. As a result, an overwhelmed Twilight is easily taken aback by this new task. Meanwhile, an ancient evil ram named Grogar summons Queen Chrysalis, King Sombra, Lord Tirek, and Cozy Glow, proposing that they all work together in order to defeat the Mane Six. Sombra, however, rejects Grogar’s offer and ventures out by himself to the Crystal Empire to reclaim it. Although he succeeds in this by enslaving every pony - including Princess Cadance, Shining Armor and Flurry Heart - the Mane Six arrive and defeat him easily with their elements. Twilight and her friends venture back to the Tree of Harmony to return the elements, but Sombra suddenly appears and destroys the tree and elements.
198	2	"The Beginning of the End" (Part 2)	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Joanna Lewis and Kristine Songco	April 6, 2019
King Sombra explains that his plan to reclaim the Crystal Empire was merely a ruse to trick the Mane Six into going after him there when in reality he took advantage of it to find and destroy the source of their powers. He traps them in the cave and moves on by claiming Ponyville, mind controlling all of its inhabitants and sending them all to lay siege on Canterlot. The six manage to escape and head their way to the kingdom, but are blocked by living plants from the Everfree Forest. Princesses Luna and Celestia arrive alongside Starswirl the Bearded to do their part in stopping it as the six ponies quickly head to Canterlot. Confronting Sombra, the ponies are unable to fight back without the elements. Discord appears and easily outdoes his magic attacks, but is fake injured by a full blast heading towards Fluttershy upon intercepting it. After a sentimental speech from Discord, the Mane Six come together saying they are embodiments that represent friendship and that can never be taken away. Following this, Sombra is defeated once more. The Princesses congratulate the ponies in their victory while Celestia apologizes for pushing their position too quickly onto them, stating that they will be ready when the time is right. Meanwhile, Grogar uses Sombra's defeat as a warning to the other villains to do things his way.
199	3	"Uprooted"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Nicole Dubuc	April 13, 2019
The Young Six are visited by a spiritual embodiment of Twilight, who says that the Tree of Harmony needs them. After they find out from Twilight herself that the tree has been destroyed, they decide to memorialize it; however, they have conflicting and opposing plans to honor the Tree, resulting in a big mess within the cave where it once stood. Yona urges the others to remember the Tree as the thing that united them as friends, to which the group use its remains to build a tree house. Much to their surprise, a new tree bursts upward from the cave floor, tearing a hole in the ceiling and creating a new and even larger tree house on the grounds of the Castle of the Two Sisters. The spirit of the Tree appears before them, saying that the tree house can serve as a sanctuary for them and for future generations, and Twilight realizes that the Tree is still alive and adapting to be whatever Equestria needs.
200	4	"Sparkle's Seven"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Story by : Ashleigh Ball, Andrea Libman, Tabitha St. Germain, Tara Strong, and Cathy Weseluck
Teleplay by : Josh Haber and Nicole Dubuc	April 20, 2019
Shining Armor summons Twilight to Canterlot to settle their foalhood "Sibling Supreme" sibling rivalry competition once and for all. Having implemented a new set of security measures around Canterlot Castle, he challenges Twilight to breach them and steal a toy crown from the throne room. Twilight devises a plan with her friends, only for Shining Armor to boast via letter that he has already guessed it, prompting Rarity to suggest that each member of the Mane Six do the opposite of what he expects. After their plans all fail, Spike urges Twilight to go ahead with her original strategy; they successfully reach the throne room, only to be intercepted by Shining Armor and Princesses Celestia and Luna. As Shining Armor gloats over his victory, though, Spike suddenly reveals that he has the crown — passed to him by Luna, who had secretly agreed to help him following a disagreement with Celestia about improving castle security. Twilight and Shining Armor award the crown to Spike and acknowledge him as a little brother.
201	5	"The Point of No Return"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Gillian M. Berrow	April 27, 2019
While going through a box of her old things sent by Princess Celestia, Twilight finds a library book she borrowed years ago but never returned. Accompanied by Spike, she hurries to the Canterlot Library with the intent of returning it, but finds that the old librarian, Dusty Pages, no longer works there. Both Twilight and Dusty had had perfect records in borrowing and maintaining books, respectively, and Twilight fears that the loss of this book cost Dusty her job. She and Spike track Dusty down to a retirement community and find her participating in several of its activities, but she firmly refuses to take the book or have anything to do with the library ever again. She explains that she was so worried about keeping her perfect record that she never had a chance to enjoy life; after the book went missing, she quit voluntarily and began to find happiness. Returning to Canterlot, Twilight pays the overdue fines and keeps the book as a reminder that there are more important things in life than trying to be perfect.
202	6	"Common Ground"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Josh Haber	May 4, 2019
While visiting Appleloosa to cheer on the Ponyville team in a buckball tournament, Rainbow Dash encounters Quibble Pants, who has started dating a unicorn mare named Clear Sky. Wind Sprint, her pegasus daughter by a previous husband, enjoys the sport; Quibble knows nothing about it but buys her a buckball almanac and lets Rainbow Dash try to mold him into a sports enthusiast and athlete in an attempt to win her approval. Rainbow's plan culminates in having Quibble, Wind and Snips play an exhibition game against Ponyville, but Quibble embarrasses himself badly with his ineptitude, prompting an exasperated Wind to storm off the field. He later apologizes to both Sky and Wind for trying too hard to impress them, and all three reconcile and settle down to enjoy the tournament with help from the almanac and Wind's knowledge of buckball.
203	7	"She's All Yak"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Brian Hohlfeld	May 11, 2019
The School of Friendship is hosting a party called the Amity Ball and Sandbar asks Yona if she wants to be his "Pony Pal" to the dance, which Yona agrees but thinks that she needs to act more like a pony to impress Sandbar, prompting herself to seek Rarity's advice on how to behave like a pony. Through several tactics, ranging from Rarity making her a dress and teaching her how to speak properly, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash teaching her how to dance and Applejack and Pinkie Pie making her a dish to bring to the dance, Yona becomes a well-sophisticated "pony". However, while attending the dance, Yona ends up embarrassing herself when her enhancements become their own obstacles and thus exits the dance ashamed. Sandbar catches up to her and says that he invited her to the dance because he likes her for the yak she is. Touched by his words, Yona and Sandbar arrive back to the dance, the Mane Six apologize for turning Yona into something she isn't, and Twilight declares them as the winners of the Pony Pal Contest.
204	8	"Frenemies"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Michael Vogel	May 18, 2019[nb 3]
Grogar tasks Chrysalis, Cozy Glow and Tirek with retrieving a magic bell that was taken from him and hidden at the top of Mount Everhoof, but warns them that they must work together to accomplish the task. Scoffing at Cozy's plan to team up, Chrysalis and Tirek move ahead separately. However, Cozy fails to talk her way past a guard in an avalanche zone while Chrysalis is unable to fly up the mountain due to the high winds. That evening, they argue with each other and Tirek - who has already recognized the futility of climbing the mountain alone - but begin to get along over their shared hatred of Twilight Sparkle and her friends. They reach the peak by working together and Tirek temporarily borrows Chrysalis's magic to open a force field protecting the bell so that Cozy can grab it. Despite their success, they spurn the possibility of becoming friends and hide the bell from Grogar, intending to use it to eventually betray him.
205	9	"Sweet and Smoky"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Kim Beyer-Johnson	May 25, 2019[nb 4]
Accompanied by Fluttershy and Spike, Smolder takes a week off from class to visit and attempt to cheer up her brother in the Dragon Lands. To Spike and Fluttershy's dismay, however, her brother turns out to be Garble, who still delights in bullying Spike. Fluttershy and Smolder separately confront him and his friends over their behavior and Fluttershy later finds that Garble secretly enjoys writing beat poetry, but is afraid to perform in public due to his fear of being ridiculed by his friends. Meanwhile, Dragon Lord Ember is worried that a clutch of dragon eggs is taking far too long to hatch; Spike discovers that the ground is too cold to let the eggs develop and realizes that Garble's friends have been draining an underground lava reservoir so that they can surf and swim. Encouraged by Smolder, Garble performs his poetry for the other dragons, causing them to laugh so hard that they produce a fire hot enough to hatch the eggs. Ember proclaims that her subjects will start to celebrate their differences rather than make fun of them, and she and several other dragons ask Garble to teach them about writing poetry.
206	10	"Going to Seed"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Dave Rapp	June 1, 2019[nb 5]
The Apple family mobilize to bring in an enormous apple harvest, and Granny Smith calls in Cousin Goldie Delicious for additional help. Goldie tells Apple Bloom the story of the Great Seedling, a spirit that bestows bountiful crops on those who can catch it. Apple Bloom becomes determined to catch the Seedling to Applejack's dismay and annoyance; she had tried to catch it when she was young, but got caught in one of her own traps and felt guilty for being unable to help with the harvest. Apple Bloom persuades Applejack to rekindle her old determination and help set up traps, leaving an extremely tired Big Macintosh to do more and more of the harvesting on his own. An apparition begins to chase the sisters through the orchards one night; it is revealed to be Big Mac, who has been harvesting in his sleep in order to keep up with the workload. The harvest is finished ahead of schedule thanks to his night work, and Applejack comes to appreciate the importance of taking time off to have fun occasionally.
207	11	"Student Counsel"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Josh Haber	June 8, 2019[nb 6]
Starlight Glimmer tries to spend the day with Trixie, but has to keep leaving in order to help students seeking her advice at the School of Friendship. She finally tires of the workload, sends the students home for spring break, and closes the campus so she and Trixie can attend a party at Maud Pie's cave. Silverstream's brother Terramar arrives with news that she never made it home to Mount Aris, and he and Starlight find notes indicating that she had been doing research on cockatrices. Terramar, Starlight, Trixie, Sunburst, Maud, and Mudbriar enter the Everfree Forest in search of Silverstream, but a flock of cockatrices gives chase and petrifies Mudbriar. As the group take shelter at the Castle of the Two Sisters, Starlight realizes that Silverstream must be at the crystal treehouse on its grounds. The group finds her there, safe and working on her research with the help of a cockatrice she has tamed and named Edith. She apologizes for not informing anyone of her plans, Mudbriar recovers from his petrifaction, and Starlight resolves not to let her professional responsibilities take over her life.
208	12	"The Last Crusade"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Nicole Dubuc	June 15, 2019[nb 7]
While the Cutie Mark Crusaders are hanging out at Scootaloo's house, she gets a postcard saying that her parents, Snap Shutter and Mane Allgood, are coming home. The two travel extensively to study exotic wildlife, leaving Scootaloo in the care of her aunts Holiday and Lofty, among others. Scootaloo is overjoyed to see them, but they shock her with their plans to take her with them as they move to Shire Lanka for a new job. The Cutie Mark Crusaders devise several strategies to keep Scootaloo in Ponyville, but Snap and Mane push ahead with their plans and sell their house in preparation for the move. During a visit to Holiday and Lofty, the Crusaders find that they have inspired Lofty to break through her creative drought and give a Crusader theme to a quilt she has been making. They return to Ponyville and Scootaloo leads her parents to a town-wide celebration of the Crusaders' success. Snap and Mane let Scootaloo stay in Ponyville, realizing that the trio's work is as important as their own, and Holiday and Lofty decide to move to town so they can look after her.
209	13	"Between Dark and Dawn"	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Gail Simone	June 22, 2019[nb 8]
Invigorated by their fight against the Everfree Forest in "The Beginning of the End," Princesses Celestia and Luna start to take an active role in solving problems around Ponyville. They soon become a nuisance, though, and Twilight Sparkle persuades them to take a vacation and leave the Mane Six and Spike in charge of Equestria, the sun, and the moon for the duration. The group becomes overwhelmed with planning a royal ceremony until Twilight realizes the importance of delegating the work to experts so she and her friends can address more important issues. Meanwhile, tensions rise between Celestia and Luna over what sort of activities they should try, leading them to split up and take separate vacations. They eventually reconcile, admitting that they overreacted, and return to Canterlot to help Twilight move the sun and moon properly.
210	14	"The Last Laugh"[14]	Denny Lu and Mike Myhre	Michael P. Fox and Wil Fox	August 3, 2019
Pinkie Pie seeks help from Cheese Sandwich to find her purpose in life.
COMICS
No.	Title	United States release date	United States ISBN
01	My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic - Volume 1	May 15, 2013	ISBN 978-1613776056

The Return of Queen Chrysalis:

    Issue 1 (released November 28, 2012)[1]
    Issue 2 (released January 2, 2013)

	

    Issue 3 (released February 6, 2013)
    Issue 4 (released March 6, 2013)

The Changeling Queen Chrysalis plans to exact revenge on Twilight Sparkle for her defeat by absorbing her magic. Twilight and her friends discover that changelings have captured and replaced the citizens of Ponyville, and are able to rescue all of them except the Cutie Mark Crusaders, whom Chrysalis has imprisoned in her kingdom. Chrysalis challenges the six friends to save the fillies in three days time. Unable to contact Princess Celestia, Twilight worries that the deadline coincides with the passing of the Secretariat Comet, which will amplify her magic. En route, Chrysalis uses her changelings to cause rifts between the six and separate them. The six overlook the fight and reach Chrysalis, who traps Twilight's friends with the fillies. Chrysalis decides to make Twilight her pupil instead of absorbing her magic, threatening to kill her friends if she does not accept. Twilight opts to save her friends and, empowered as the comet flies overhead, defeats Chrysalis and her minions with a powerful burst of magic, and traps them in her castle. Twilight and the freed ponies are rejoined outside by Princess Celestia and Spike, who have been battling a horde of giant cockatrices in Canterlot.

    Katie Cook (story)
    Andy Price (art)
    Heather Breckel (coloring)

	

    Robbie Robbins (lettering, 1–2)
    Neil Uyetake (lettering, 3–4)

	

    Bobby Curnow (editor)

02	My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic - Volume 2	October 16, 2013	ISBN 978-1613777602

Nightmare Rarity:

    Issue 5 (released March 27, 2013)
    Issue 6 (released April 24, 2013)

	

    Issue 7 (released May 15, 2013)
    Issue 8 (released June 12, 2013)

Twilight Sparkle and her friends have been suffering from nightmares for a week, and decide to hold a slumber party together to figure out what is going on. During the night, Rarity is abducted by a dark miasma. The others learn from Princess Luna that Rarity has been taken by the same forces that transformed her into the evil Nightmare Moon to serve as their queen. Accompanied by Luna and Spike, the five friends venture into the forces' domain to rescue Rarity. When they arrive, they find that Rarity has been transformed into the nightmare forces' new queen, Nightmare Rarity, after being convinced that her friends care little for her. The friends are overwhelmed by the nightmare forces and locked up. Twilight urges Luna to return to Ponyville to prepare the citizens there. Spike manages to elude Nightmare Rarity as she departs for Ponyville with her forces, and rescues the others. Luna and the other citizens of Ponyville defend themselves against Nightmare Rarity, giving enough time for Twilight, Spike, and the others to arrive. Using the power of their friendship, the friends revert the corrupted nightmare creatures into docile moon creatures. They turn this and their thoughts of Rarity to Nightmare Rarity, and finally dispel the evil spirit. Luna and the moon creatures thank the ponies for their help before leaving, while Rarity is thankful for her friends' support.

    Heather Nuhfer (writer)
    Amy Mebberson (art)
    Heather Breckel (coloring)

	

    Neil Uyetake (lettering)

	

    Bobby Curnow (editor)

03	My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic - Volume 3	January 13, 2014	ISBN 978-1613778548

Zen and the Art of Gazebo Repair:

    Issue 9 (released July 31, 2013) (SDCC variant: July 18, 2013)
    Issue 10 (released August 28, 2013)

	

Neigh Anything:

    Issue 11 (released September 25, 2013)
    Issue 12 (released October 30, 2013)

Zen and the Art of Gazebo Repair: Big McIntosh embarks to the hardware store for nails to repair the farm's gazebo. He is waylaid by several of Ponyville's citizens as he goes through the Summer Wrap-Up fair, only to find that the hardware store is in ruins from the antics of the Cutie Mark Crusaders trying to build their own fireworks launcher. Big Mac returns to the fair to locate the hardware store owner, Lugnut, continuing to be waylaid by the other activities of the fair. Although Big Mac is flustered at having wasted the day, Zecora reminds him to think of the happy memories he had from the events. Big Mac eventually finds the store owner, who reports that Apple Bloom had taken all the nails on the farm for their launcher, and gives him the nails he needs as well as a promise for delivery of lumber the next day. Big Mac returns to the farm to find the gazebo in ruins from another errant launch from the Crusaders' launcher. However, in the concluding photos, the gazebo is repaired by Big Mac with the help of Lugnut and the Crusaders.

Neigh Anything: Shining Armor and Princess Cadance relate the story of how they meet as high-school students at Canterlot Academy to Twilight Sparkle and her friends. Shining during school is a nerd who is stricken by Cadance's beauty and kindness and, with his other nerdy friends, vows to ask her to the upcoming dance before the top school's athlete Buck Withers can. Shining and his friends try to win Cadance over with a rock song, and then try to sabotage Buck during the championship polo match, but both plans backfire. Shining watches heartbroken when Buck asks Cadance to the dance. Cadance, who is also infatuated with Shining on the chance meeting, ditches Buck at the dance at the first chance she gets to catch up to Shining and affirm their shared love. Cadance and Buck are crowned the dance's Queen and King, but as Buck brags and openly humiliates Shining, Cadance, their friends, and the rest of the student body reveal how much of a bully he has been to them, and to cheers from the crowd, Buck is hoisted to the rafters while Shining and Cadance share their first dance and kiss.

    Katie Cook (writer)
    Andy Price (art)
    Heather Breckel (coloring)

	

    Neil Uyetake (lettering)

	

    Bobby Curnow (editor)

	My Little Pony: Omnibus, Vol. 1	October 21, 2014[2]	ISBN 978-1631401404
Collection of Issues 1 through 12 of the comics.
04	My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic - Volume 4	May 20, 2014[3]	ISBN 978-1613779606

Friendship Ahoy!:

    Issue 13 (released November 20, 2013)
    Issue 14 (released December 18, 2013)

	

TBA:

    Issue 15 (released January 15, 2014)
    Issue 16 (released February 5, 2014)

Friendship Ahoy!: The six ponies go to the beach for a vacation, where Fluttershy reluctantly prepares to return a rescued fish named Gil to the ocean. A pirate ship soon washes ashore, its captain Hoofbeard disembarking in search of a crew to help him find a certain treasure. The ponies accept, with Fluttershy hoping to find Gil again after losing him in the waves, eventually reuniting with him. Over the course of the voyage, the ponies learn that Hoofbeard was mutinied upon by his original crew after becoming obsessed in his search for the "treasure", and grow increasingly suspicious of his intentions. Once he leads them to a windless portion of the seas, the ponies mutiny in an effort to return home. They are attacked en route by a pod of mermares, one of whom Fluttershy realizes is Hoofbeard's "treasure" named Jewel, while the others are trying to keep the two apart. Fluttershy convinces Hoofbeard and the mermares to make amends by returning Gil to the sea. Twilight casts a spell on Hoofbeard, giving him gills and fins to be with his beloved, and the mermares help the ponies return home.

Issues 15-16: Twilight finds her books are being eaten by a magical bookworm, while the rest of Ponyville find strange pods around the town. Twilight, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity magically enter the books to try to stop the bookworm and repair the damage but become sidetracked when they find themselves enacting various stories and over-embellish the original tales. Eventually, they are trapped in a white void, believing that the worm has completely eaten all their books. Meanwhile, in Ponyville, Applejack and Fluttershy find that the fictional characters from the books are emerging from the pods and plan to take over their world. Twilight and her friends realize they can create their own stories to lure the bookworm to them, while Applejack, Fluttershy, and Spike, trapped by the evil characters, send a message via a comic book to Twilight about their plight. Twilight shows the bookworm the damage its voracious eating has done to their friends, and the bookworm offers to help fix everything. Twilight, her friends and the bookworm return to Ponyville, and the bookworm's recollection of the stories returns the library to normal and wipes the fictional characters away.

    Heather Nuhfer (story)
    Brenda Hickey (art, coloring)
    Heather Breckel (coloring)

	

    Neil Uyetake (lettering)

	

    Bobby Curnow (editor)

05	My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic - Volume 5	September 16, 2014	ISBN 978-1631401053

Reflections:

    Issue 17 (released March 19, 2014)
    Issue 18 (released April 30, 2014)

	

    Issue 19 (released May 28, 2014)
    Issue 20 (released June 25, 2014)

Twilight and her friends investigate Princess Celestia's week-long disappearance beyond a magic mirror created by Star Swirl the Bearded. The ponies learn through Star Swirl's notes that he and Celestia traveled to many different universes through the mirror until Celestia began recklessly using it to visit one particular world. Celestia returns from the mirror and explains that she has been visiting an alternate Equestria ruled by a benevolent King Sombra, whom she is in love with. She sends the Element bearers to this world to help Sombra defeat her and Luna's evil counterparts. When they fight the evil princesses, however, the six discover that Celestia's overuse of the portal causes any harm they inflict to the evil princesses to affect the good princesses as well. Eventually, their confrontation causes both worlds to begin merging entirely, bringing the good princesses to battle their counterparts. Celestia requests the others to seal herself and the evil Celestia by combining the Elements of Harmony with Sombra's crystal magic. Instead, Sombra sacrificially uses the Elements to absorb the evil of his world's princesses, restoring balance to both worlds. Everyone returns to their original worlds and the mirror is destroyed, with a single piece kept by Celestia in memory of Sombra.

    Katie Cook (story)
    Andy Price (art)
    Heather Breckel (coloring)

	

    Neil Uyetake (lettering)

	

    Bobby Curnow (editor)

06	My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic - Volume 6	January 20, 2015[4]	ISBN 978-1631402036

Manehattan Mysteries:

    Issue 21 (released July 16, 2014)
    Issue 22 (released August 13, 2014)

	

TBA:

    Issue 23 (released September 3, 2014)

Discord in Time:

    Issue 24 (released October 8, 2014)

Manehattan Mysteries: Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, Apple Bloom, and Babs Seed visit Manehattan to watch a magic show hosted by Trixie. The magician makes the prized Ostlerheimer Diamond disappear as part of her act, but when she fails to reproduce the diamond, the police accuse her of theft. Applejack and her friends become entangled in the crime when the diamond reappears in Applejack's hat, and they go on the run with Trixie, who explains her magic act had been a trap to lure out a diamond thief named Rough Diamond. The ponies set out to clear their names by catching the real thief at an art museum. They discover a clue to Rough Diamond's identity and her next target and sneak into the museum to trap her, only to find themselves caught by the police. Babs, who has taken a liking to Trixie due to similarly troubled pasts, realizes one of the officers is acting strangely. The group provides enough of a distraction to reveal the officer as Rough Diamond in disguise, having used her position in the police to frame Trixie for the theft. Trixie thanks Babs for her help, and she returns to the stage to finish off her performances.

Issue 23: Angel Bunny wakes to find Fluttershy missing and the rest of her animals running wild in the cottage. Getting no help from them or the woodland creatures, he goes to Ponyville only to find it empty of ponies. Angel finds the pets owned by the rest of the Mane Six, and Winona follows Fluttershy's scent and leads the group to the town's dam. There they discover a water sprite, whose singing has hypnotized the ponies into doing its bidding to tear down the dam. In order to prevent Ponyville from being flooded, Angel organizes the pets to lead an attack on the sprite. Winona and a growth-enhanced Opalescence scatter the ponies so that Angel and Gummy - flown in by Owlowiscious and Tank - can distract the sprite long enough to break its spell on the ponies. The sprite apologizes, explaining that it was only trying to help weaker sprites reach the ocean. As the ponies start working to find a new way for the sprites to make their journey, the pets are grateful for having had the chance to work together.

Discord in Time: As Fluttershy is getting ready to take the Cutie Mark Crusaders on an animal-watching field trip, a meteorite lands in her front yard. Discord emerges from it to visit her, but he has arrived one week ahead of their scheduled time. Tagging along with the group, he quickly becomes bored and offers to take them into Equestria's past so they can see much more exciting creatures. Their first stop is the civilization of Anugypt, very similar to ancient Egypt, whose ruler Anubis captures the group over an old grudge against Discord. They escape with the help of an army of cats, whose leader is a friend of Discord's, and flee through several other time periods before arriving in the prehistoric era. Here, a roc snatches up the Crusaders before Discord can react, and Fluttershy chastises him for always using his powers just to have fun, rather than to help others. Realizing his mistake, he calls in a favor from an animal friend of his in this time and saves the fillies. Discord understands that he still has much to learn about being a good friend and returns the group to the present day, first making sure that Fluttershy gets to see the beauty of the prehistoric creatures.

    Ted Anderson (story) (Issues 21–22)
    Jeremy Whitley (story) (Issues 23–24)
    Agnes Garbowska (art, coloring) (Issues 21-22)
    Diana Leto (art, coloring) (Issue 21)
    Amy Mebberson (art, coloring) (Issue 23)
    Brenda Hickey (art) (Issue 24)

	

    Bill Forster (coloring) (Issues 21-22)
    Sara Richard (coloring) (Issue 23)
    Heather Breckel (coloring) (Issue 24)
    Bobby Curnow (editor) (Issues 21-24)

	My Little Pony: Omnibus, Vol. 2	October 1, 2015[5]	ISBN 978-1631404092
Collection of Issues 13 through 24 of the comics.
07	My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Volume 7	June 2, 2015[6]	ISBN 978-1631403248

The Good, the Bad and the Ponies:

    Issue 25 (released November 19, 2014)
    Issue 26 (released December 24, 2014)

	

The Root of the Problem:

    Issue 27 (released January 28, 2015)
    Issue 28 (released March 18, 2015)

The Good, the Bad and the Ponies: The Mane 6 travel to Canter Creek, where Chili Pepper, one of AJ's relatives, lives and who has implored the Mane 6 to come up. They meet up with Sheriff Tumbleweed, who says that the town is being ravaged by Cattle Rustlers who really want to gain control of the Peppers' ranch, and do this by intimidating the townsponies and make them give them their food; as such, ponies like Chili Pepper and others have already left town, figuring there's no hope. When the Cattle Rustlers, led by Longhorn, arrive after the Mane 6, AJ attempts to stand her ground only to be outpowered by Longhorn. They come up with a plan with the help of the other townsfolk, but before they can set it in motion, the Cattle Rustlers create a cow stampede that damages more of the town, and even more of the ponies flee, Sheriff Tumbleweed gives up hope and leaves his badge behind, which AJ takes up and promises to end the Cattle Rustler threat for good. The next day, after learning of AJ's persistence, Longhorn files official paperwork that as the owners of the ranch have abandoned it, the Cattle Rustlers are due to become rightful owners as long as they remain camped on the property for 7 days. Twilight deems the paper all legitimate and within Equestrian law, but AJ comes up with a plan to dupe the Cattle Rustlers, While Twilight and Fluttershy pose as town officials, noting small mistakes in the signing of the document, forcing Longhorn to leave camp to fix it, the others, along with help of some of the braver townsponies inspired by the Mane 6, distract the other, more dimwitted Rustlers long enough to move their entire camp piece by piece so that it's outside the ranch's property. On the last day, Longhorn and the other Rustlers find the Mane 6 rebuilding the barn, and believing they are still on the ranch property, proceed to destroy it. However, AJ points out that where they are is no longer on the ranch, and thanks to a few favors Twilight was able to pull with the Princesses, had gotten the barn marked as a historical landmark. Since the Rustlers now have committed a crime within Equestrian law, Twilight willingly steps in with her magic to reconstruct the barn as the town's new jail for the Rustlers. With the threat ended, AJ returns the sheriff's badge to Tumbleweed, who has been re-invigorated by the Mane 6. The Mane 6 ride off into the sunset.

The Root of the Problem: When Ponyville is threatened by creatures and plants from the Everfree Forest, the Mane 6 enter it to find that the sentient deer, led by King Aspen and Prince Bramble, have taken to using the forest to take over Equestria. King Aspen points out how part of the forest is being razed by the minotaur business tycoon, Well-To-Do, for the construction of a theme park, and his activities have rendered the plants nearby unable to grow, and so they see their actions as taking back what is rightfully theirs. Twilight and her friends offer to try to negotiate with Well-To-Do, but the minotaur assets his activities are all within Equestrian law, if not morally suspect. One night, Bramble sneaks off to try to figure out what is going on, noticing that a smoothie mix used for the park has plant growth powers, but he is kidnapped by Well-To-Do. The minotaur forces King Aspen to agree to work for Well-To-Do as a park mascot to return Bramble, and Blackthorn, Aspen's second-in-command, decides it is time to fight back, and with help from Fluttershy convincing the creatures of Everfree and the other deer and ponies, they lay an attack on the construction site. Bramble sees more of the smoothie mix and directs their army to knock it over. The mix causes the forest to quickly grow back, ravaging the site, freeing Aspen, and quickly ending the battle. Well-To-Do asserts that he will be back with more equipment, and Aspen realizes that he can't stop him, but the Everfree creatures might, upon which the minotaur is eaten by a hydra. With the situation resolved, the deer apologize to the ponies and offer to help restore Ponyville and other areas affected back to normal.

    Katie Cook (story)
    Andy Price (art)
    Andy Price, Agnes Garbowska (art, coloring) (Issues 25–26)
    Andy Price, Tony Fleecs, Sara Richard (art, coloring) (Issues 27–28)

08	My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Volume 8	October 20, 2015[7]	ISBN 978-1631404467

Ponymania XXIX:

    Issue 29 (released March 25, 2015)

Ponyville Days:

    Issue 30 (released May 20, 2015)
    Issue 31 (released June 10, 2015)

	

Night of the Living Apples:

    Issue 32 (released July 22, 2015)
    Issue 33 (released August 19, 2015)

Ponymania XXIX: Cheerilee and the Mane Six visit Manehattan to watch Cheerilee's twin sister, Cherry Blossom, compete in a wrestling tournament. The two have not seen each other for years, and Cheerilee is nervous about seeing Cherry again. At a welcoming tea party organized by Rarity, the sisters get into an argument and Cheerilee storms out; Cherry follows, but trips and injures her leg severely enough to leave her unable to wrestle in the championship match against her rival, Iron Hock. However, since Cherry wears a mask in the ring, she realizes that Cheerilee could take her place for the match. Cherry and fellow wrestler Cloverleaf train Cheerilee, and Rarity boosts Cheerilee's confidence by pointing out that both sisters strive to cheer up children in their own ways. Cheerilee defeats Iron Hock to win the championship, then wins a surprise tag team match with a masked Rarity as her partner. Cheerilee and Cherry reconcile, and Cloverleaf reveals herself as Iron Hock, having played a role in the plan to bring the two back together.

Ponyville Days: As Twilight takes an overnight trip to Canterlot on royal business, the Ponyville residents gather to prepare for the annual Ponyville Days festival celebrating the founding of the town. Mayor Mare announces that a commemorative plaque will be placed at the site of the town's first structure and that the youngest filly in that family will be crowned Ponyville Days Princess. An argument quickly springs up between Applejack and Filthy Rich over which family should receive the honors. Granny Smith had cultivated the unique Zap Apple strain at Sweet Apple Acres, but Filthy's grandfather had opened a shop to sell the fruit, causing the new settlement to prosper. Since the Carousel Boutique now stands on the site of that first shop, Rarity takes Filthy's side; the town quickly splits into two factions, with Applejack's faction threatening to secede from Ponyville. By the time Twilight returns from her trip, the argument has deteriorated into a melee of flying pies and pioneer outfits. She had spent her time in Canterlot raising interest in the festival but is now ready to cancel it due to all the strife. However, a crowd of tourists is already on its way to Ponyville, leaving her at a loss as to what to do. She decides to visit her friends and other leading citizens individually, persuading them to each focus on one aspect of the festival and work separately from one another. The sheer size of the crowd quickly overwhelms the town, throwing all the events into chaos, and Twilight begs everypony to help each other out as best they can so that the visitors will be happy. The advice works, and even Applejack and Rarity put their differences aside and turn Sweet Apple Acres into a campground for the visitors, using Rarity's unsold pioneer outfits to make tents. As the festival draws to a close, Twilight presents a plaque to each of them - one to mark Ponyville's first residence at Sweet Apple Acres, the other for its first commercial building at what is now the Carousel Boutique.

Night of the Living Apples: After Celestia banished Nightmare Moon from Equestria, the latter sent debris from their battle into space in a fit of rage, vowing to return. In the present day, the debris, now tainted by Nightmare's magic, lands at Sweet Apple Acres and affects the apples there, making them sentient. When Applejack goes outside to investigate, she is attacked by them. The next day, the rest of the Mane 6, Spike, and the Cutie Mark Crusaders discover what has happened and are quickly captured despite their attempts to escape. The apples prove impervious to magic and easily conquer Ponyville; not even Luna can stop them. The Apples soon make plans to conquer all of Equestria, starting with Appleoosa. In hiding from the apples, Twilight temporarily turns Pinkie Pie into an apple to infiltrate Sweet Apple Acres and rescue a captured Spike. Pinkie also discovers an apple prisoner, named Good Apple, who does not share his fellow apples' desire for conquest. Pinkie is forced to leave both Spike and Good Apple behind after her cover is blown. Upon learning of this, Applejack wonders if the vampire fruit bats could be of any help, but Fluttershy expresses doubt of being able to communicate with them. Fortunately, Twilight has a solution. Using hypnosis, Twilight reawakens the thirst for apples Fluttershy gained during the period she was a pony/vampire fruit bat hybrid within her, causing her to transform back into Flutterbat.

However, as she is still unstable, they secure Flutterbat under the watchful eyes of the Cutie Mark Crusaders, and Twilight uses a spell to transform herself and the other Mane 6 into vampire bat ponies, with more control of their sense. They fly off and begin to fight against the apples, freeing Spike and Good Apple. They learn that while they might be able to get rid of the meteor, that will not stop the sentient apples. While they are gone, Flutterbat, still struggling to keep control of her Fluttershy self, manages to break her bonds. As the other Mane 6 struggle against the mass of apples, Flutterbat arrives, having successfully contacted the vampire fruit bats, and they begin sucking the apples dry. With the tide turning against them, the lead apple has the others form a giant Spike-like monster to destroy Ponyville, Twilight, Pinkie and Spike let the others tackle the monster while they seek out the meteor. Twilight senses the magic from Celestia and Luna's battle centuries ago and uses some of it to super-charge Spike's fire breath, which he uses to power Pinkie's party cannon to launch the meteor into the depths of space. Meanwhile, as the giant apple monster ravages Ponyville, Rainbow Dash manages to put on a burst of speed to crash through the monster, replacing the bad apple leader that powers the apples with Good Apple. Good Apple is able to convince the others to stop attacking, and the situation is quickly resolved. With Celestia and Luna's help, the apples are relocated to a remote part of Equestria to allow them to develop their own society hidden away from other beings. Good Apple insists that the bad apple leader come with them, and Celestia reflects that everyone can have a bad side but it is knowing how to overcome that is what makes a pony a better being.

Issue 29:

    Ted Anderson (story)
    Jay Fosgitt (art)
    Jay Fosgitt, Kathryn Longua (art, coloring)

Ponyville Days:

    Christina Rice (story)
    Agnes Garbowska (art)
    Paul Abtruse (cover artist)

Night of the Living Apples:

    Thom Zahler (story)
    Tony Fleecs (art, cover artist)

09	My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic - Volume 9	March 22, 2016	ISBN 978-1631405563

Siege of the Crystal Empire:

    Issue 34 (released September 16, 2015)
    Issue 35 (released October 21, 2015)

	

    Issue 36 (released November 18, 2015)
    Issue 37 (released December 16, 2015)

A cloaked pony starts showing up in Equestria, convincing the Flim-Flam Brothers, Iron Will, Lightning Dust, Queen Chrysalis, and the Changelings to stand by her in exchange for things they want the most. Meanwhile, the Mane 6 have been assigned to help in the preparation for the next Crystal Faire. One by one, the villains sneak in and distract them; Lightning Dust gets Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy to chase after her while the Flim-Flam Brothers and Changeling army distract Applejack and Twilight once again faces Chrysalis. Iron Will tries to make off with the heart, but he gets shot by a party cannon courtesy of Pinkie Pie and Rarity and crashes into Chrysalis, defeating her as Applejack manages to tie up the Flim-Flam Brothers. Rainbow and Fluttershy manage to catch Lightning Dust and all the villains are imprisoned. When Shining Armor investigates Iron Will's bag, he finds it to be empty and Chrysalis admits to the whole scuffle being a diversion. Meanwhile, the cloaked figure makes her way down to King Sombra's study, where she is revealed to be Radiant Hope, Sombra's best friend from their childhood. Discovering Sombra's horn on the ground and that his essence still lives within it, she casts a spell that restores him to his original form. Radiant Hope's history is then more fully detailed, including how she left Canterlot after the Crystal Empire's disappearance and entered into an alliance with Sombra's people, the Umbrum or shadow ponies. With the Crystal Heart in Hope's possession, Sombra launches an attack to retake the empire, freeing the villains to aid him. Princesses Celestia and Luna then arrive in response to Cadance's summons and engage Sombra and Chrysalis, but Hope acts to prevent them from harming Sombra, allowing him to turn them into stone. Upon discovering that Sombra intends to release the umbrum hidden away centuries before, Chrysalis flees with her Changelings after Sombra retreats to his study, while Lightning Dust, Iron Will, and the Flim-Flam Brothers begin to realize that they may have been in over their heads. Before leaving, Chrysalis inadvertently frees Twilight, whose magical abilities are restored by the inert magic of friendship from Shining Armor, Spike, and the rest of the Mane 6. Meanwhile, Cadance confronts Hope and she takes her to the umbrum's home, where Cadence's love magic reveals them to be the monsters they really are; the umbrum having deceived Hope into serving them. Cadence and Hope manage to escape and end up in Sombra's study, where the Mane 6, Spike, and Shining Armor arrive to confront him. Hope, still believing there to be good inside of Sombra, takes a magic blast from Twilight to save Sombra and is knocked out. Enraged, Sombra opens a secret door in the study and unleashes the umbrum at long last. With the umbrum, Sombra finally retakes the Empire, capturing Twilight, Cadance, and Shining Armor while the rest of the heroes escape. After Shining Armor is turned to stone, Sombra visits a recovering Hope, who resents him for his decisions. As Twilight and Cadance are about to be turned to stone in the dais where the Crystal Heart once stood, the rest of the Mane 6 return with reinforcements which include Derpy, Discord, and the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Realizing that Hope will never be happy with him so long as he remains with the umbrum, Sombra reactivates the Crystal Heart (hidden in Hope's saddlebag since the beginning of the story) and uses it to banish the umbrum back to their homeland. Without the presence of their dark magic, Celestia, Luna, and Shining are freed from their stone imprisonment. As Sombra is about to be killed by the Crystal Heart's energies, the princesses turn him into a unicorn so he can be with Hope. Sombra apologizes for everything he's done and he and Hope leave to find the pieces of Princess Amore, the former ruler of the Crystal Empire, who was turned into a crystal statue back when Sombra originally became ruler of the Crystal Empire, hoping to restore her so Sombra can make amends with her.

    Jeremy Whitley (story)
    Andy Price (art)
    Sara Richard, Andy Price (cover artist)

	My Little Pony: Omnibus, Vol. 3	June 21, 2016[8]	ISBN 978-1631406294
Collection of Issues 25 through 37 of the comics.
10	My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic - Volume 10	August 16, 2016	ISBN 978-1631406881

Don’t You Forget About Us:

    Issue 38 (released January 13, 2016)
    Issue 39 (released February 10, 2016)

TBA:

    Issue 40 (released March 16, 2016)

	

Rainbow Dash and the Very Bad Day:

    Issue 41 (released April 13, 2016)

A Pinkie Pie Story That Pinkie Pie Kinda Sorta Remembers:

    Issue 42 (released May 11, 2016)

Don't You Forget About Us: Cherilee, along with Applejack and Rarity, lead the students on a wilderness hike. The Cutie Mark Crusaders, Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, Snips, and Snails wander away from the main group and find themselves lost. The conflict between the Crusaders and Diamond Tiara prove no luck to find their way back, and then they are further chased off the main path when a bear finds them. After the group takes shelter and waits for the bear to leave, they try to figure out how to get back. Unfortunately, Sweetie Belle, Snips, and Snails' magic is too weak to send off a signal flare, and Scootaloo is unable to fly high enough to get a lay of the land. Apple Bloom leads the Crusaders to climb higher; Snips and Snails follow, not wanting to be around Diamond Tiara. When Silver Spoon decides to go with the others, Diamond Tiara eventually relents and races to catch up with the others. She trips and falls over a cliff-face, hanging for her life off a tree branch. The others all try to rescue her, and Apple Bloom ends up falling over the edge as well, handing onto Diamond Tiara. After pulling them back up, the group takes shelter in a cave for the night where the CMC start to find some understanding with the others. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon claim that because they come from the richest families in Ponyville, they have to keep up their appearances, while Snips and Snails complain that they aren't as stupid as everyone thinks they are. The next morning, Apple Bloom and Diamond Tiara see a rare and legendary bird fly past them and moments later, Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Bulk Biceps, and the Wonderbolts arrive and rescue the full group, bringing them back to Ponyville where they are welcomed with open arms.

Issue 40: Twilight tells the Mane 6 how she first met Spike. On her first day as a student at Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns, she was introduced to the same baby dragon she had hatched during her entrance exam. Celestia asked Twilight to take care of him when she is unable to, which soon proves to be a difficult task. Taking care of the baby resulted in a bad shift in Twilight's grades and making her feel overly stressed. Things came to a head when the dragon disrupted an open house banquet. Twilight took the dragon back to their room and after venting out her frustrations in a rant, the dragon began talking to her and Twilight ended up bonding with him over it. Twilight's parents came to check on her and Twilight decided to name the dragon "Spike" due to his attempts at saying "Smarty Pants", the name of Twilight's doll.

Rainbow Dash and the Very Bad Day: Rainbow Dash eagerly wakes up one day, excited for the next Daring Do book to be released. But on her way to the book's opening in Ponyville with Tank, she runs into a wall of cloud bricks, which gets her angry with the construction worker on duty. Her newly acquired bad mood soon spreads all around Ponyville and even to Shining Armor, his old group of high school friends, and the Royal Sisters. Zecora, the only one unaffected by everyone's bad mood, urges Tank to try and snap Rainbow out of it. This results in Rainbow yelling at Tank and making him cry. Seeing Tank cry snaps Rainbow out of it and she apologizes to him and her friends for her bad mood. Soon, everyone starts apologizing to each other, erasing their bad moods, and the Mane 6 hold a book reading party in the park.

A Pinkie Pie Story That Pinkie Pie Kinda Sorta Remembers: Pinkie asks Rarity to help her write a children's book as a gift to someone, the book itself being a parody of The Emperor's New Clothes. They both set to work, but their conflicting ideas for how to make the story from the art style to how it originally was written begin to irritate Rarity. They are eventually able to finish the book and much to Rarity's shock, Pinkie reveals that it was for her as a way of celebrating the day they met. Rarity is touched by the thought and gladly accepts, though Pinkie admits she may have had more fun making it.

Don't You Forget About Us:

    Christina Rice (story)
    Agnes Garbowska, Sara Richard, Mary Bellam, Diana Leto, Lea Hernandez (art, cover artist)

Issue 40:

    Ted Anderson (story)
    Brenda Hickey, Sara Richard, Jennifer Myer (art, cover artist)

Rainbow Dash and the Very Bad Day/A Pinkie Pie Story That Pinkie Pie Kinda Sorta Remembers:

    Katie Cook (story)
    Andy Price (art)

11	My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic - Volume 11	January 10, 2017	ISBN 978-1631408151

Ponies of Dark Water:

    Issue 43 (released June 15, 2016)
    Issue 44 (released July 27, 2016)
    Issue 45 (released August 31, 2016)

	

Election:

    Issue 46 (released September 28, 2016)
    Issue 47 (released October 19, 2016)

Ponies of Dark Water: After saving a country from Ursas, the Mane 6 discover a series of springs that has erupted from the ground and decide to reward themselves by spending time in the water. The next day, Twilight suddenly begins draining the IQ of the Ponyville citizens to make herself stronger and smarter. The following day, Spike and the Cutie Mark Crusaders discover that all of the Mane 6 are acting strangely; Applejack is acting like a mean-spirited business magnate, Twilight declares herself empress of Ponyville, Rainbow Dash keeps flying around creating Sonic Rainbooms, and Rarity plans to usurp Twilight as ruler of Ponyville. The group reasons that the water in the springs turned them into darker versions of themselves. Celestia gets word of what has happened and sends Luna in to help Spike and the CMC investigate the situation. She arrives in time to help them as Applejack is terrorizing them, but when Luna tries to sap the dark magic out of her, it fails and she runs off. Spike and Luna head into Ponyville to find the rest of the Mane 6 while the CMC head into the Everfree Forest to find Zecora, but run into an army of animals led by Fluttershy. They're chased to Zecora's hut, where they tell her what's happening and escape as Fluttershy and her animals close in on them. Luna finds Rarity and a fight ensues that spills into the theater where Pinkie Pie, dressed as a clown, is holding several citizens hostage. Rarity leaves to depose Twilight as "Empress of Ponyville" as Pinkie wrecks the theater with her party cannon (now using actual ammunition) and Zecora and the CMC arrive. Learning that Spike was also exposed to the water, but is strangely unaffected, Zecora decides to examine him while Pinkie collects water from the springs and starts throwing it in balloons at the Ponyville citizens, turning them evil as well. Unfortunately, one of the balloons hits Luna, transforming her back into Nightmare Moon. Using Spike's scales, Zecora manages to create an antidote for the water, and they, along with the CMC, use it to turn Pinkie Pie, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash back to normal. Using the antidote, Rainbow creates a storm that turns the townspeople, Fluttershy, and her animals affected by the evil water back to normal, including Luna. She tricks Rarity into drinking the water, but Twilight, having absorbed all the intelligence in Ponyville, sees through the deception and reveals Luna has already been cured by the storm and she predicted the whole situation. So Pinkie Pie uses the element of surprise on Twilight and manages to cure her with the antidote. Twilight returns all the IQ she stole from Ponyville's citizens and the Mane 6 set to work repairing the damage they caused. Visiting the springs, Zecora determines that years of exposure to Equestrian magic have tainted it, so she casts a spell that turns it to normal. Luna then takes her leave, commenting that had the Mane 6 been united after being tainted by the water, they would have been purely unstoppable.

Election: The playground Mayor Mare opened is destroyed by an earthquake. After many complaints from Ponyville, Filthy Rich decides to run for mayor, promising to make some changes when he's elected. The Mane Six (joined by Starlight Glimmer) realized they haven't had an election in years, and decide it's right to finally have one. Twilight decides to help Mayor Mare and Rarity decides to help Filthy Rich but both decline. At the debate, it's also revealed that Cheerilee, Time Turner and Lyra Heartstrings decided to run for mayor too. Unfortunately, their method of improving ponies live's were not all that inspiring. In the end, Filthy Rich is elected as mayor, but things don't go well for Ponyville. More earthquakes are happening, Fluttershy's cottage is full of noise from nearby construction workers, taxes are raised, and the new playground falls apart. The Mane six try to go to Ms. Mare for help but she says she's retired. At a town meeting, a stressed out Filthy Rich is pummeled by tomatoes. Ms. Mare comes and tells everypony what it really takes to be a mayor. Suddenly, a Tatzlwurm appears, revealing itself to be the cause of the earthquakes. Ms. Mare develops a plan use noise vibrations to get rid of it. She then helps Filthy Rich with his resigning papers so she can be mayor again.

Ponies of Dark Water:

    Thom Zahler (story)
    Tony Fleecs (art)
    Tony Fleecs, Diana Leto, Sara Richard, Andy Price (cover artists)

Election:

    Ted Anderson (story)
    Agnes Garbowska (story art and main cover), Sara Richard (secondary cover), Caitlyn "Pixel Prism" Vilbrandt (retailer incentive cover)

	My Little Pony: Treasury Edition: Ponies of Darkwater	November 1, 2017	—
Collection of Issues 43 through 45 of the "Ponies of Darkwater" Arc in an oversized treasury.
12	My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic - Volume 12	June 13, 2017	ISBN 978-1631409035

Chaos Theory:

    Issue 48 (released November 9, 2016)
    Issue 49 (released December 21, 2016)
    Issue 50 (released February 1, 2017)

	

From the Shadows:

    Issue 51 (released February 22, 2017)
    Issue 52 (released March 22, 2017)
    Issue 53 (released May 3, 2017)

Chaos Theory: The Mane 6 and Starlight Glimmer go stargazing on the night of a rare astrological event called the Cosmic Convergence Conjunction. At first, Discord appears and tries to tag along and make himself the center of attention, but leaves after Applejack tells him off. After the Conjunction begins, Starlight notices a weird glow and the group finds that Discord has transformed into an unusual-looking egg. The egg is taken back to the castle where it hatches while Twilight examines it. Discord emerges wearing a fancy suit and a monocle and bearing combed hair and a moustache. He explains that he was affected by the Conjunction and now is a being of pure order; Twilight promptly dubs him "Accord" after he disowns his original name. The Mane 6 (with the exception of Fluttershy) immediately take to Accord, deciding to put him to good use helping Ponyville. Asked by Mayor Mare to finish the construction of a hotel that two architects are fighting over, Accord uses his magic to make them agree, which disturbs Starlight as the action reminds her of her past villainy. The next day, the Mane 6, Spike, Accord, and Starlight are invited to a dinner with Celestia and Luna, during which Starlight calls out Accord's actions from the previous day, telling him that he can't force others to agree. Accord disagrees, telling them that while he cannot make every pony the same, he can use his magic to make them think the same way. He then uses his magic to brainwash all the Canterlot Castle servants and declares his intent on turning Equestria into a land of pure order. While Starlight, Celestia, and the rest of the Mane 6 set about evacuating Canterlot as Accord's magic begins to affect the city's citizens, Twilight and Luna enter Accord's mind to find it nothing like Discord's; it is devoid of color and organized like a stereotypical office. Twilight discovers the true Discord in a snow globe and learns that Discord becoming Accord had nothing to do with the Conjunction; he transformed himself into Accord voluntarily, feeling that the Mane 6 didn't appreciate his chaotic nature. All three of them are then overrun by the Accord clones running amok inside Accord's mind. Starlight's group soon finds that Accord doesn't just aim to turn all of Equestria into a land of pure order by brainwashing other ponies, but rather he's turning them into him. As the group heads to the train station to evacuate the citizens unaffected by Accord's magic, Luna and Twilight arrive, both under Accord's control. With Twilight and Luna under Accord's control, Celestia, Starlight Glimmer, and the rest of the Mane Six flee on the train to Ponyville. While on the train, Starlight tries to lift Celestia's spirits by reminding her about the "Reflections" incident and the recent "Dark Water" incident. Returning to Ponyville, they find that it has yet to be taken over and Celestia orders Spike to retrieve the Elements of Harmony from the Tree of Harmony. Accord soon arrives after learning teleportation magic. When hoping that she can still bond with the element of magic, Celestia puts it on, but since the Elements of Harmony make order when there's none, and Accord is a creature of pure order, he spreads his magic to the Mane Six and Celestia. With Starlight being the only pony left uncontrolled, she tries to convince Accord by playing a game that of if there is a good reason that Accord has controlled them, that Starlight joins him by choice. But Starlight convinces him that he has no friends and that friendship isn't order, so Accord agrees to become Discord again, and they all celebrate the 50th issue of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. The story is followed by a ten-page short story about Discord giving Celestia a day as a normal pony by turning her into a pegasus.

From the Shadows: After returning from a film with her friends, Twilight Sparkle and Spike return to her castle to find a strange unicorn stallion rifling through her books. Before she can stop him, the unicorn teleports away with three books. As her friends help her to reshelve the books, Twilight finds that three of the books are seemingly ordinary books about Equestria's history. The Mane Six have their doubts as to his intentions, so decide to track them down. Using an enchanted map, the Mane Six and Spike travel to another town before the path of the stallion disappears. The group splits up to try to find info. From the various townsponies, they find that the stallion is Shadow Lock, a unicorn with the ability to erase the text from books and make anyone that had read those books forget what was in them, and now is headed for the town's library. The group race there, disrupting Shadow Lock as he pursues more books. In response, he uses his magic to bring to life monsters from the various books. Shadow Lock explains to Twilight that there is an ancient evil from Equestria's past so dangerous that it cannot be spoken of. Ergo, he is trying to erase its memory from present-day existence. After Shadow Lock flees, Twilight manages to send the monsters back into the books they came from. The Mane 6 decide to split up and protect various places that Shadow Lock could strike next: the Ponyville schoolhouse, a Canterlot newspaper, and a Colonial Whinniesburg re-enactment. Shadow Lock strikes all but the re-enactment, erasing the history articles in each other location. Twilight later explains that Spike has prepared a backup plan: luring Shadow Lock to the Canterlot Museum where a History of Equestria exhibit is on display. Twilight leads him into a trap in the archives and acknowledging that Shadow Lock doesn't want to hurt anyone, she offers him a truce, unaware that Shadow Lock has imprisoned Spike and the rest of the Mane 6 in different eras in the past based on the museum exhibits. Confronted, Shadow Lock admits that about a year prior he discovered that he was related to a villain from a thousand years in Equestria's past. Not wanting to have that known, he studied magic that would allow him to erase that name (and any memories associated with it) from books around Equestria to avoid having to face that past. Meanwhile, the rest of the Mane 6 and Spike figure out that Shadow Lock's magic has stuck them in short, repeating time loops based on the museum exhibits, and find ways to escape the magic. They join Twilight and Shadow Lock as he is revealing his faults, and they give him the idea from when they were trapped that if he doesn't face his history, he will be doomed to repeat it. Shadow Lock admits the error of his ways and promises to try to research his ancestor, in case that should ever come to pass. As the ponies start to return home, Twilight reveals that Shadow Lock never shared with her the name of this villain.

Chaos Theory:

    Ted Anderson (story)
    Andy Price (art)
    Jeremy Whitley (short story)
    Jay Fosgitt (short story)

From the Shadows:

    James Asmus (writer)
    Tony Fleecs (artist)

	My Little Pony: Omnibus, Vol. 4	March 13, 2018[9]	ISBN 978-1684051410
Collection of Issues 38 through 50 of the comics.
13	My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic - Volume 13	December 26, 2017	ISBN 978-1684050291

Angel's Big Day:

    Issue 54 (released May 24, 2017)

Wings Over Yakyakistan:

    Issue 55 (released June 21, 2017)
    Issue 56 (released July 12, 2017)

	

Apinkalypse Now:

    Issue 57 (released August 9, 2017)

The Vines That Bind:

    Issue 58 (released September 13, 2017)

Angel's Big Day: Taking place at the same time as the season 7 episode Fluttershy Leans In, Fluttershy has Angel Bunny look after some animals while she and her friends take part in building the animal sanctuary. Unable to keep them under control at first, Angel recruits the rest of the Mane 6's pets and the CMC to help him. At first, they all try to control the animals as one group, but the effort proves unsuccessful. Angel eventually gets the idea to have everyone split up into groups, which has much more success. When she returns from building the sanctuary, Fluttershy congratulates Angel on a job well done, only for Angel to discover that he will have to put up with the animals for a few more days.

Wings Over Yakyakistan: Since Pinkie became an honorary yak in Not Asking for Trouble, Prince Rutherford has become more interested in learning about other cultures. After the Wonderbolts perform a stunt show for the yaks, the dragons begin attacking Yakyakistan. Taking cover in a nearby cave, Spitfire shows reluctance to fight back, but Rainbow and her parents use a story about Rainbow's first flight competition to inspire her to be brave. With renewed confidence, Spitfire leads the Wonderbolts, Rainbow, and Pinkie in aiding the yaks against the dragons. However, even with the rest of the Mane 6, Spike, and Starlight showing up as reinforcements, the yaks are outnumbered, forcing everyone to retreat. Spike expresses confusion over the situation; he thought that with Ember now leading the dragons as Dragon Lord, the dragons would become kinder. However, much to everyone's shock, they discover that Ember herself is leading the invasion. As it turns out, Ember is angry with the Yaks for breaking a "sacred bond" between them, but she refuses to reveal what that is. With everyone else not willing to talk to the dragons about it due to the dragons having a mostly bad reputation among ponies, Spike goes to Ember and convinces her to tell him what the sacred bond is. As it turns out, long ago, the dragons and yaks fought over the land which would become Yakyakistan, causing damage to it. Eventually, yak Prince Ulysses and Dragon Lord Scintilla made an agreement and Ulysses helped Scintilla find what became the Dragon Lands, while he took the land which became Yakyakistan. In return, Ulysses made Scintilla an honorary yak. Now that Pinkie Pie is an honorary yak, Ember feels that this bond has been violated. The next day, Spike manages to stop the two sides from fighting and calls out the ponies for making generalizations about the dragons, the dragons for reinforcing that view by attacking Yakyakistan, and the yaks for breaking the sacred bond. Prince Rutherford admits that he didn't understand the ancient scroll recounting Ulysses and Scintilla's conflict because of the lousy artwork. Apologies are made and the dragons help to rebuild Yakyakistan. Pinkie offer to give up her honorary yak title, but Ember lets her keep it, commenting that it's time to let go of the past and look to the future.

Apinkalypse Now: Following the episode "Discordant Harmony", Fluttershy takes Discord to visit her animal sanctuary. Unknown to either of them, Pinkie chases Gummy through the portal to Discord's realm and begins to enjoy herself. Eventually, the dimension begins to change to suit Pinkie's style. Back in Equestria, Discord finds that he isn't able to use his powers, so Fluttershy takes him to Twilight and Starlight for help. Twilight and Starlight eventually get the idea to open the portal to Discord's realm by using Discord himself as a conduit and learn about what's happened to Pinkie. Twilight rounds up the rest of the Mane 6 and with Discord, they head into Discord's realm with Starlight acting as an anchor so they can get back. They find that in Discord's absence, the Chaos Dimension locked onto Pinkie's creativity and mischief, explaining why everything is so different. They eventually find Pinkie and learn that she's gone mad with power as a result of her taking over the Chaos Dimension. Pinkie turns herself into an alicorn and prepares to turn Equestria into a land of eternal partying. Realizing that Pinkie's not strong enough to keep her chaos powers outside of the Chaos Dimension, Discord challengers her to a "Cuckoo Cook-Off", where the two conjure up random things to fight each other with and the first one to run out of ideas loses. Discord ultimately wins and Pinkie goes back to normal before Discord sends them all home.

The Vines That Bind: Following the episode "A Health of Information", Twilight, Fluttershy, Zecora, and Cattail discover a series of love notes between Mage Meadowbrook and a pony named Aqua Vine, written around the time where Mage was looking for a flower called the Magenta Bloom, which can possibly cure almost any ailment. They head to Fillydelphia, where Aqua Vine lived, to deliver the notes to the Fillydelphia Hall of Records and learned that a descendant of Aqua's runs a local greenhouse. The descendant reveals Aqua was looking for the Magenta Bloom along with Mage but did it through research instead of directly trying to look for it like Mage did. Now the descendant has started to narrow down where it is and that it will be in bloom within the next couple of weeks. During the search, Cattail is asked about his family history and he tells a story about how Mage cured an entire town of a plague. They eventually make it to where the flower is located: the Coastal Cliffs, where fierce winds prevent Twilight from flying up to retrieve it. Fluttershy and Zecora start to note that Twilight is heavily fixated on the possibilities that the Magenta Bloom could bring, with Fluttershy suggesting that Twilight might want to leave something lasting the way Mage did. Mage was obsessed with finding the Bloom, as well, but she never found it prior to her disappearance. Once the group reaches the top of the cliffs where the pollen and salt blown from the waters are worse, Twilight falls off and is unable to see. After the group pulls her back up, Twilight berates herself for her foolishness, but the others assure her that she has something Mage didn't: friends to help her. The next morning, the group makes a more coordinated attempt to reach the flower and Twilight manages to grab it off the cliffs. As they head back home, Fluttershy assures Twilight that she only had the best of intentions at heart for finding the Bloom and that she can always count on her friends.

Angel's Big Day:

    Rob Anderson (story)
    Jay Fosgitt (art)

Wings Over Yakyakistan:

    Christina Rice (story)
    Agnes Garbowska (art)

Apinkalypse Now:

    Thom Zahler (story)
    Tony Fleecs (art), Sara Richard (variant cover)

The Vines That Bind:

    Thom Zahler (story)
    Agnes Garbowska (art)

14	My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Volume 14	June 5, 2018	ISBN 978-1684052462

Pie in the Sky:

    Issue 59 (released October 4, 2017)

The Stars on Our Ponies:

    Issue 60 (released November 8, 2017)

	

Convocation of the Creatures!

    Issue 61 (released December 6, 2017)
    Issue 62 (released January 31, 2018)

All in Marederation:

    Issue 63 (released February 21, 2018)

Pie in the Sky: Following the events of the episode "Secrets and Pies," Pinkie Pie comes to believe that Rainbow Dash's dislike of pie stems from the fact that she has yet to find one that she actually likes. Pinkie bakes hundreds of pies and makes Rainbow Dash sample one after the other, trying to find a recipe she likes, but Rainbow Dash eventually gets fed up and storms off. After talking with Twilight Sparkle, she decides to turn the tables by making Pinkie do things that are boring to her: watching Rainbow Dash practice flying drills, re-reading old Daring Do novels she has already read, and "chillaxing" quietly in the sun. Pinkie eventually realizes that just because two ponies might like different things, neither should try to force their own preferences on the other. She gives away all the spare pies and offers a chocolate cake to Rainbow Dash, who happily accepts it as an apology.

The Stars on Our Ponies: The Cutie Mark Crusaders prepare for the first overnight camp-out they've planned for the Cutie Mark Day Camp they opened in "Marks and Recreation". Rarity informs the fillies that Fancy Pants is bringing her niece, Gilded Lily, to the camp, which Rarity sees as an opportunity for the CMC to expand their client base and make business in Canterlot. During the camp, the CMC take notice of Lily's lack of enthusiasm in outdoor activities. They figure that Fancy Pants is putting a lot of pressure on her to represent her family in Canterlot. During a stargazing activity, Lily helps the CMC in pointing out several constellations, resulting in her getting her cutie mark. Lily is horrified by this and privately explains to Scootaloo her fear that her cutie mark will not help her represent Canterlot's social elite as Fancy Pants wishes. When Scootaloo argues that she should learn to do things for herself, Lily points out who Scootaloo always defers to what Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle want to do. The following day, Scootaloo tells her friends that she wants to start a new branch of the CMC dedicated to extreme sports. When Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle think she's leaving the CMC, Scootaloo explains that while she loves being a crusader, it doesn't mean that they have to do the same things together all the time. Later, the CMC help Lily talk to Fancy Pants about her cutie mark, but Fancy Pants assures Lily that her mark will help make her influential in her own way. Weeks later, the CMC are invited to a fundraiser at the Canterlot Observatory hosted by Lily and Fancy Pants, while Scootaloo prepares for the first Extreme Sports Cutie Mark Camp, accompanied by her fellow crusaders.

Convocation of the Creatures!: Princesses Twilight, Celestia and Cadance, and Celestia's aide Raven attend the Convocation of the Creatures, a gathering of delegates from Equestria and the neighboring lands. As the Convocation begins, Raven and the aides to the other species' leaders go to work updating the extensive document archives in the library of the meeting hall, choosing to ignore what they see as a boring political summit. Twilight, however, enjoys the cultural events and persuades the archivists to take a break from their work and join the festivities. The archivists do enjoy themselves, but one of them has found an ancient treaty stating that a large portion of what is now Equestria (including the site of Canterlot) had once belonged to the griffons. Since Equestria apparently never paid for the land under the terms of the treaty, it is technically griffon territory again. With the Equestrian delegation at a loss as to what to do, griffon delegate Goldstone offers two choices: Equestria can either cede the land to Griffonstone and relocate all the ponies who reside there, or pay the agreed-upon sum plus interest – a total that would bankrupt the government. Celestia agrees to return the land, but asks for a brief delay so that Twilight, Raven, and the other archivists can search the files in hopes of finding an alternative. They discover an addendum to the treaty stating that Equestria did indeed pay the griffons for the land, but Goldstone – eager to increase his personal land holdings by forcing Equestria to cede the territory – tries to seize and destroy it. They escape past him and his guards, passing the document among themselves and using the events of the Convocation as distractions, and Raven brings the document to Celestia and the chief griffon delegate just in time. With the crisis resolved and Goldstone arrested on charges of treason, the Equestrian delegation returns home; Raven promises to keep in touch with the other archivists and decides to leave the adventuring to Twilight and her friends.

All in Marederation: A party at Sugarcube Corner is broken up by the arrival of a group calling itself the Anti-Sugar League. Their leader, Temperance Flowerdew, proclaims that sugar is a danger to public health and public morals and wants to ban all sweets. The movement begins to gain ground in Ponyville, with boycotts and protests cropping up all over town; sales at Sugarcube Corner plunge, and Sweet Apple Acres is also affected because Applejack sells her pies in Ponyville. Pinkie Pie tries to throw Temperance a party to change her attitude, but Temperance convinces her that her parties have added to the problem by making ponies sick. Twilight Sparkle receives a letter that leads her to a secret speakeasy at Sweet Apple Acres, where ponies are now gorging themselves on sweets. Returning to town, she is shocked to find that Pinkie has joined the Anti-Sugar League. Pinkie explains that Temperance grew up in a home where sugar was forbidden; she gave in to temptation one day and ate herself sick, and ever since then she has crusaded to ban sugar as bad for ponies' health. Twilight shows Temperance the unhappy ponies around town who have either over-indulged or gone without sugar, and tells her that health is a matter of happiness as well as nutrition. Temperance dissolves the Anti-Sugar League, now understanding the importance of moderation, and enjoys some of the treats at the party Pinkie throws for her.

Pie in the Sky/The Stars on Our Ponies:

    Christina Rice (story)
    Agnes Garbowska (art, cover)
    Heather Breckel (colors)

Convocation of the Creatures!:

    Ted Anderson (story)
    Andy Price (art)
    Heather Breckel (colors)
    Andy Price, Sara Richard (covers)

All in Marederation:

    Christina Rice (story)
    Brenda Hickey (art)
    Heather Breckel (colors)
    Brenda Hickey, Sara Richard, Joe Vaughn (covers)

15	My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic - Volume 15	November 6, 2018	ISBN 978-1684053575

Everything Old:

    Issue 64 (released March 21, 2018)

Queen for One Less Day:

    Issue 65 (released April 18, 2018)

Applewood Follies:

    Issue 66 (released May 16, 2018)

	

Tempest's Tale:

    Issue 67 (released July 4, 2018)
    Issue 68 (released July 25, 2018)

Everything Old: Joining Fluttershy on a trip to Manehattan where her friend is attending an animal shelter seminar, Rarity discovers with horror that fashions have cycled back through to what was popular in her early designer days, something she finds repulsive. As Rarity despairs over feeling forced to follow the trend she hates, Fluttershy finds her own difficulties at the seminar when she learns about aspects of running a shelter she was ignorant of. The two eventually meet up with Rarity's friend Coco Pommel, and as the two from Ponyville share their concerns Rarity is inspired. With help from her friends, she recreates her old designs using the experience she has now accumulated, with Fluttershy serving as a model. Rarity then returns the favor by encouraging Fluttershy to share her own new ideas with other shelter owners about supporting new projects. With that encouragement, Fluttershy proposes new programs at the seminar to encourage newcomers into the field and finds the attendees are most impressed and receptive to her ideas.

Queen for One Less Day: In preparation for her annual trip around Equestria, Princess Celestia dons a magical amulet that allows her to transform herself into a Pegasus so she can go about unrecognized. After a number of stops, she arrives in Ponyville, only for her amulet to be stolen by a filly named Scarlet Petal, leaving Celestia trapped in her powerless Pegasus form. Scarlet takes the amulet to her "aunt" Shadowfall, who employs both Scarlet and her brother Winter Comet as thieves, only to discover the amulet's properties; she then flees Shadowfall after being ordered to surrender the amulet. Celestia goes to Twilight for help, and after convincing her of her identity they set off to find Scarlet before the amulet's changeling magic corrupts her. In an ensuing confrontation with Shadowfall, Scarlet realizes that her guardian was just using her and her brother and returns the amulet to Celestia. With her true form and powers restored, Celestia arrests Shadowfall and takes in the youngsters, and decides to travel Equestria in her true form from now on before destroying the amulet.

Applewood Follies: Rarity informs her friends at the Castle of Friendship that a movie is being made based on their Friendship Journal and arranges for them to attend the premiere, though Twilight is unable to attend due to running the School of Friendship. Wormer Horsehooves, the film's director, is frustrated in his efforts to make the film seem true to the events described in the journal, and asks Rarity and the others if they will help to direct it. However, Rarity's recollections of various events clash with those of the others, and in the end, the five each decide to direct their own film. The end result is a horrendous hodgepodge that is received as a comedy by the audience.

Tempest's Tale: Some time after My Little Pony: The Movie, Tempest Shadow bids farewell to Twilight Sparkle in Ponyville and sets out to find a place for herself. After traveling across Equestria, receiving mixed receptions from its inhabitants and doing her best to offer help where she can, Tempest takes the suggestion of a new acquaintance and travels to the Crystal Empire. Following an awkward meeting with Princess Cadance, Tempest agrees to help the arctic patrol with a series of disturbances on the Empire's borders. Her assigned partner proves to be Glitter Drops, one of the two childhood friends who were with her when her horn was broken. While Glitter is ecstatic to see Tempest, Tempest is less enthusiastic; the tension between them continues to build until Tempest accuses Glitter of abandoning her. Discovering a trail that seems to lead to the perpetrator of the recent troubles, Tempest pursues it on her own only to run into an Ursa Minor, the same type of creature that broke her horn.

Confronted with the Ursa, Tempest finds herself unable to move, but Glitter Drops quickly acts to scare the creature away. Enraged to be saved by the pony she feels abandoned her, she nearly attacks Glitter Drops, who then tearfully admits to having carried the guilt for Tempest's broken horn for years. Tempest apologizes for her own anger, and the two rekindle their friendship as they trail the Ursa, which they discover has been separated from its mother, an Ursa Major. Glitter Drops is able to use her magic to lure the Ursa home, but admits to Tempest that both she and their other friend Spring Rain struggled at Princess Celestia's magic school and that she eventually dropped out. Tempest then returns to Princess Cadance, whom she realizes intended for her to reunite with her old friend, and thanks her.

Everything Old:

    Thom Zahler (story)
    Andy Price (art)
    Heather Breckel (colors)
    Andy Price, Sara Richard (covers)

Queen For One Less Day:

    Thom Zahler (story)
    Andy Price (art)
    Heather Breckel (colors)

Applewood Follies:

    Ted Anderson (story)
    Tony Flecs (art)
    Heather Breckel (colors)

Tempest's Tale:

    Jeremy Whitley (story)
    Andy Price (art)
    Heather Breckel (colors)

16	My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic - Volume 16	April 9, 2019	ISBN 978-1684054282

TBA:

    Issue 69 (released August 8, 2018)

TBA:

    Issue 70 (released September 5, 2018)

Happy Haunts:

    Issue 71 (released October 3, 2018)

	

TBA:

    Issue 72 (released November 7, 2018)

TBA:

    Issue 73 (released December 19, 2018)

Issue 69: After experiencing disappointment that her parties can't last forever, Pinkie Pie eats the legendary Golden Apple from Sweet Apple Acres. Infused with its magical powers, she begins granting ponies' wishes around Ponyville in hopes of making them happy, but ends up causing chaos instead. Twilight and the others attempt to convince her of the error of her ways, and eventually succeed after Pinkie starts to recognize the consequences of her powers. After organizing an effort to put out a fire caused by her actions, Pinkie wishes for her powers to disappear, which also undoes all the wishes she made. She then throws a party to apologize to her friends for all the chaos.

Issue 70: The Golden Horseshoe Gals (featured in the Season 8 episode "Grannies Gone Wild") invite Rainbow Dash to a game night, which proves to be a bingo game that Applejack has been hosting for years. Seeing how bored everypony is, Rainbow invents a variant called "Extreme Bingo," hiding the number balls all over Ponyville for the Gals to find so they can fill out their cards. The Gals have fun searching for the balls, over Applejack's objections, but Rainbow begins to realize that some of her hiding places were a little too extreme. The last few balls are hidden in the Castle of the Two Sisters, and as a storm moves in, Applejack insists that they need to end the game for their own safety. However, Granny Smith sneaks away to keep playing; when she falls from a crumbling staircase, Rainbow flies in to save her. Rainbow and Applejack apologize to the Gals, respectively for not thinking of their safety and for not treating them as grown mares capable of deciding how to spend their time, and the group decides to plan smaller adventures in the future.

Happy Haunts: Twilight’s new students experience Nightmare Night in Ponyville for the first time! Big scares are in store, but things start to get downright dangerous when they wander into a very haunted Castle of the Two Sisters! [10]

Issue 72: Following the events of the episode "The Perfect Pear," Applejack comes across an apple pie recipe devised by her mother, Pear Butter (a.k.a. Buttercup) while cleaning out the attic with Apple Bloom and Granny Smith. Granny says it was the best pie she ever had, and Applejack recruits Pinkie Pie to help her re-create the recipe even though they are puzzled about the last ingredient being listed simply as "love." When their first attempt falls short of Granny's recollection, Mrs. Cake suggests that Applejack get her ingredients from the same sources Buttercup used. These merchants share their fond memories of Buttercup and her husband, Bright Mac, with Applejack and her siblings. After the next attempt also comes up short, Applejack mulls over the stories and figures out the last ingredient. She successfully re-creates the pie for Granny, but keeps Buttercup's final touch a secret: a pear mixed in with the apples, symbolizing her love for both the Apple and Pear sides of her family.

Issue 73: A mysterious amulet winds up in Fluttershy's animal sanctuary and she unknowingly steps on it. Soon enough, she begins to act like the animals she comes into contact with, soon attracting the attention of her friends and all of Ponyville. Realizing that she's being affected by magic, Twilight goes to the library with Spike for research, while Applejack, Pinkie, and Rainbow head to Fluttershy's cottage, where they find Zephyr Breeze and tell him what is happening. They find a timberwolf with a broken paw at the sanctuary and find that it's acting like Fluttershy. Furthermore, they deduce that Fluttershy is now acting like a timberwolf and head into town to find her. There, they stop her from attacking Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle and give chase. Twilight deduces that Fluttershy is being affected by the Animalulet, a long-lost relic created by Star Swirl the Bearded and she and Spike ask Rarity to help find it. Applejack, Rainbow, and Pinkie corral Fluttershy back to the sanctuary just as Rarity finds the gem. Twilight notes that the only way to free Fluttershy from the amulet's influence is to destroy it, but doesn't know how. Spike then eats the gem, causing Fluttershy and the animals she swapped traits with to return to normal, although Spike temporarily starts acting like random animals as a side effect caused by the amulet. One week later, Fluttershy releases the timberwolf into the wild back to its family, commenting that the experience gave her more insight into caring for her animals, but she wouldn't want to do it again.

Issue 69:

    Paul Allor (writer)
    Toni Kuusiste (art)
    Heather Breckel (colors)

Issue 70:

    Jeremy Whitley (writer)
    Toni Kuusiste (art)
    Heather Breckel (colors)

Happy Haunts

    Ted Anderson (writer)
    Andy Price (art)
    Heather Breckel (colors)

Issue 72

    Thom Zahler (writer)
    Agnes Garbowska (art)
    Heather Breckel (colors)

Issue 73

    Thom Zahler (writer)
    Toni Kuusiste (art)
    Heather Breckel (colors)

17	My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic - Volume 17	September 3, 2019	ISBN 978-1684055265

TBA:

    Issue 74 (released January 23, 2019)

Cosmos:

    Issue 75 (released March 5, 2019)
    Issue 76 (released March 20, 2019)
    Issue 77 (released May 1, 2019)
    Issue 78 (released May 29, 2019)

Issue 74: One day, Yona, Silverstream, and Sandbar are having a bad hair day, so Fluttershy takes them to Zephyr Breeze for some mane therapy. After Zephyr fixes their hair up, he expresses worry that he is unqualified for his job. To help him with his stress, Fluttershy takes him to a mane styling conference, bringing along Sandbar, Silverstream, and Yona so they can observe friendships in a professional environment. There, Zephyr meets Pixie Cut, a long-time mane stylist who encourages Zephyr not to judge himself so harshly. Zephyr manages to cheer up at first, but then panics when Silverstream signs him up to put on a mane styling demonstration. As he tries to calm himself down again, Pixie goes onstage to demosntrate a mane style on Yona, which earns her high praise of judges. When Zephyr goes backstage to congratulate her, he sees her having a panic attack. Pixie admits her calm demeanor onstage was a front to hide her fear of speaking in front of large crowds, despite her experience, but she goes out anyway because if she lets her fear rule her, she'll never succeed. Inspired, Zephyr goes through with the demonstration and receives praise from the judges for his work, one of whom tells Zephyr that he has a bright future ahead of him.

Issue 75: Centuries ago, Discord and another draconeqqus named Cosmos created chaos together. When Cosmos began to show an obsessive love for him and take her love for chaos too far, Discord turned to the Royal Sisters, Queen Novo, King Aspen, and the King of Abyssnia to help banish her from Equestria and then erases their memory of her existence. In the present day, Rarity finds a mysterious necklace with a purple star on it and gives it to Twilight. After she puts it on, Twilight begins to hear a voice telling her to "find the rest". Later, the necklace projects an image to the Mane 6 and Spike of a heart-shaped constellation called the Andalusian, an arrangement of stars that appeared and disappeared centuries ago. Twilight realizes that her necklace is one of the six stars that made up the constellation and the others fell to Equestria years ago. She becomes obsessed with finding the rest of the stars and the Mane 6 decide to recruit some of their friends to help find them. Unknown to all, however, Cosmos is possessing Twilight through the necklace, and she plans to gather the stars together so she can regain her true form and be with Discord again.

To find the remaining stars, scattered in different locations in and out of Equestria, the group splits up. Pinkie and Big Mac head to Klugetown, Rainbow, Rarity, and Spike to the Crystal Empire, Zecora and the Cutie Mark Crusaders to Griffonstone, Fluttershy to the Everfree Forest, and Applejack and Twilight to Canterlot. At Canterlot, Twilight ignores Applejack's suggestion at telling Celestia and Luna about what they're doing and heads to a secret underground chamber housing several forbidden artifacts, one of which is the second Andalusian star. Applejack soon realizes that Twilight is being controlled and with her cover blown, Cosmos attacks and fights Applejack, eventually locking her inside a cage made from earth using Twilight's magic. Meanwhile, Fluttershy tells Discord about the quest and Discord informs Fluttershy about who Cosmos is and that the Andalusian stars fell back to Equestria because a shooting star knocked them out of the sky. Discord found one of the stars and buried it to ensure Cosmos would never come back.

Fluttershy convinces Discord to dig up the star he found and take it to Celestia, since he knows more about Cosmos than anyone else. However, once they get to Canterlot, Discord and Fluttershy find that not only is Twilight being possessed by Cosmos, but so is Celestia. Cosmos then steals the third star and uses it to possess Luna, speaking through all three princesses at once. Cosmos wishes to reunite with Discord and keep causing chaos, but upon learning that Discord has been reformed, Cosmos turns Fluttershy into a pony/butterfly hybrid to distract Discord and keep him from warning the others. Discord escapes with Fluttershy while Cosmos waits for the remaining three stars to be found.

Issue 76: In a flashback, Cosmos, while spreading chaos across Equestria with Discord, set a school full of foals and fillies on fire. Discord rescued them, which earned him Cosmos' wrath. It was this incident that compelled Discord to turn to Celestia, Luna, and the other rulers to help him banish Cosmos. In present-day Klugetown, Pinkie and Big Mac meet up with Capper and retrieve the fourth Andalusian star after Pinkie drags Big Mac through a local tournament. In Griffonstone, Zecora and the CMC find the fifth star, but Zecora begins to suspect that something is not right about their mission. When both groups return to Canterlot, the Cosmos-controlled princesses are waiting for them. In the ensuing struggle, Capper is turned into a kitten and he and the CMC are imprisoned in the same cell as Applejack. Cosmos then uses the two stars the two groups found to possess Big Mac and Zecora. Almost back at full strength, Cosmos decides to go after the final star herself.

Issue 77: In the chaos dimension, Discord tells Fluttershy how he first met Cosmos. More than a thousand years ago, Cosmos fell out of the sky and landed in front of Discord. The two quickly bonded over their shared love for chaos and wreaked havoc across Equestria, with Discord keeping the princesses busy with illusions so that they wouldn't interfere. Over time, however, Discord came to realize that Cosmos was too chaotic even for his liking and helped the royal sisters banish her back to the stars. Fearing that someone may want to use her power, Discord erased everyone's memory of Cosmos and took the fall for her actions, which eventually resulted in his imprisonment. Although she understands why Discord now fears Cosmos, Fluttershy nevertheless convinces him that they have to go back and help their friends, to which Discord reluctantly agrees. When they return, they find Canterlot castle transformed by Cosmos' magic and Applejack, Pinkie, and the CMC imprisoned. After freeing them, they head off to the Crystal Empire, where Rarity, Spike, and Rainbow have teamed up with Cadance to find the final star - they are still unaware of what is happening. They find the star in a market, but as soon as Cadance touches it, she becomes possessed by Cosmos. Cosmos arrives moments later and merges together with the four princesses, Big Mac, and Zecora into a more powerful form. Discord, Fluttershy, Applejack, Pinkie, and the CMC arrive quickly afterwards and Cosmos expresses delight in seeing Discord again.

Issue 78: TBA

Issue 74:

    Ted Anderson (writer)
    Kate Sherron (art)
    Heather Breckel (colors)

Cosmos:

    Katie Cook, Andy Price (co-writers)
    Andy Price (art)
    Heather Breckel (colors)

My Little Pony: Micro-series (February–December 2013)
See also: My Little Pony (IDW Publishing) § Micro-series (February–December 2013)

This is a list of My Little Pony: Micro-series issues.
No.	Title	United States release date	United States ISBN
01	Twilight Sparkle	February 20, 2013	—
Twilight Sparkle is sent by Princess Celestia to help the injured Royal Archive librarian, Summer Mane, to shelve books. Summer is reluctant for help until Twilight lies about her possibly being replaced if she doesn't accept the help. Summer's demands for shelving are strict, and orders Twilight to stay out of her office. Despite Summer's coldness, Twilight finds she and Summer share a love of books, including the solitary work of author Jade Singer, who since disappeared after its publication. One day, Twilight is caught peeking into Summer's office, and Summer orders her away until Twilight reveals that she has known Summer to be really Jade Singer for some time. Jade admits she hid herself away at the Archives, afraid to release another book that would fail to meet the expectations from her first, but Twilight explains that as Celestia's student, she has to live with that every day but is supported by her Ponyville friends and offers the same friendship to Jade. Inspired, Jade publishes her next book with great success, and Celestia thanks Twilight for helping her old friend.

    Thomas Zahler (story, art, lettering)
    Ronda Pattison (coloring)

	

    Bobby Curnow (editor)

02	Rainbow Dash	March 20, 2013	—
Two cloud gremlins bring in a thundercloud during Ponyville's Summerfell Festival, and when Rainbow Dash tries to dispel it, the gremlins are able to stop her, injuring her wings in the process. A month later after Rainbow's wings are healed, with the cloud still over Ponyville and depressing its residents, Rainbow Dash tries other means to get rid of the gremlins, but they are able to feed off the negative emotions in town. Inspired, Rainbow pushes herself to dangerous speeds to create a Sonic Double Rainboom, cheering up the residents and breaking the gremlins' spell, allowing Rainbow to finally get rid of the cloud. However, this severely injures her wings, and she believes she won't fly again. Applejack gets her to help with selling apple dishes made from apples infused with the magic from the Double Rainboom and tricks Rainbow into showing that she can fly again, cheering the pegasus up.

    Ryan K. Lindsay (story)
    Tony Fleecs (art)

	

    Neil Uyetake (lettering)

	

    Bobby Curnow (editor)

03	Rarity (a.k.a. "How Rarity Got Her Groovy Back")	April 24, 2013	—
Prior to a big fashion show in Canterlot, Applejack arranges a rural spa retreat for Rarity to help her relax. The spa, run by hippies Wheat Grass and Flax Seed is more like a farm, where Rarity reluctantly helps them with manual labor to collect natural materials they use to make "spiritual enhancers" which Rarity finds to be great health and beauty products. However, as she reaches her breaking point and demands a refund, she learns that the farm is in danger of being sold to Flim and Flam to make way for a new Filthy Rich megastore. Rarity gets the idea to help commercialize their health and beauty products to raise money to help keep the farm, premiering the new line alongside her fashion show in Canterlot with great success for both endeavours.

    Katie Cook (story)
    Andy Price (art)
    Heather Breckel (coloring)

	

    Neil Uyetake (lettering)

	

    Bobby Curnow (editor)

04	Fluttershy	May 29, 2013	—
Princess Celestia announces an art contest in Canterlot. Fluttershy, who secretly is highly adept at creating fantastic knitted works, wants to enter but fears rejection of her art from her friends and the judges, but Angel Bunny helps to convince her to go. She disguises herself at the contest. The Canterlot elite snub all of the works, including Fluttershy's. Fluttershy tries to defend her work as something that she loves, but the elite ignore her reasoning. Rarity, who has been with the elite, recognizes Fluttershy and tells her to be proud of her work and stand up for it. When Princess Celestia herself arrives to judge the works, she loves Fluttershy's artwork and awards her the top prize; the Canterlot elite quickly agree with Celestia's assessments. Fluttershy realizes she can share her knitting skills with her friends without worrying about being judged.

    Barbara Kesel (story)
    Tony Fleecs (art)

	

    Neil Uyetake (lettering)

	

    Bobby Curnow (editor)

05	Pinkie Pie	June 19, 2013	—
Pinkie Pie wins tickets to see a show by her idol, the famous clown Ponyacci. She and Twilight Sparkle go to the show but while waiting in line, Pinkie finds an older depressed pony whom Pinkie cannot cheer up. They enjoy the performance by Ponyacci and Pinkie goes to look for him backstage, only to find that Ponyacci was the older pony they met earlier. He reveals that his sadness was from this show being his last, as he is retiring from being a clown due to his age. Pinkie comes up with an idea to perform a large routine for Ponyacci to convince him to return to show business. Her display does not change Ponyacci's mind, though he does offer her several bits of advice for improving her own acts. Pinkie comes across the idea of Ponyacci opening a clown training school, allowing him to still be part of the profession he enjoys, and he readily agrees with that. Though Twilight suggests Pinkie take part in the school, Pinkie is more satisfied with helping Ponyacci continue to realize his dream.

    Ted Anderson (story)
    Ben Bates (art)

	

    Neil Uyetake (lettering)

	

    Bobby Curnow (editor)

06	Applejack	July 10, 2013	—
As Applejack and her family prepare numerous apple products for the Hearths Warming Eve season, they find their precious crop of apples are being transformed into squashes by the legendary Sass Squash monster, which Granny Smith had once witnessed as a filly. Applejack promises to go capture the beast on her own, refusing her family's desire to help. The Sass Squash proves too elusive for Applejack, causing her traps to backfire on her, and Applejack soon accepts she'll need the help of her family. As Granny runs into the forest to lure out the creature with pots and pans, Applejack, Apple Bloom, and Big Macintosh prepare a trap. The Sass Squash soon appears and is captured, but the three are surprised to find the "creature" is really Granny in a large suit. She had made the suit as a way to bring their family together during the hard work of the season as a way to break from the chore. As they settle back into routine, Applejack is surprised to find a photo of a younger Granny having met the real Sass Squash, while elsewhere, Granny leaves a freshly baked pie for the creature, thanking it for its work over the last few days.

    Bobby Curnow (story)
    Brenda Hickley (art)
    Heather Breckel (coloring)

	

    Neil Uyetake (lettering)

	

    Bobby Curnow (editor)

	My Little Pony: Pony Tales, Vol. 1	November 13, 2013	ISBN 978-1-61377-740-4
Collection of Issues 1 through 6 of the micro-comics.
07	The Cutie Mark Crusaders	August 21, 2013	—
The Cutie Mark Crusaders discover a young Mimicker, a creature able to take the form of any non-pony object, while on a hike, and decided to call it Imp and have her join their club. They try to help Imp practice her mimicking abilities, but they get a bit too excited and start having her try more complex items. Imp soon runs away, and the fillies realize that they have only been considering themselves and not Imp's feelings. They soon find Imp and apologize, and realizing that it would be better to return Imp to where they found her, and consider the possibility of being friends once they all have matured.

    Ted Anderson (story)
    Ben Bates (art)

	

    Neil Uyetake (lettering)

	

    Bobby Curnow (editor)

08	Princess Celestia	September 11, 2013	—
When a banquet gets out of hand and causes the food to become enchanted at Princess Celestia's school, the elderly teacher Inkwell steps in to stop it with powerful magic that scares the fillies. The Pony-Teacher Association, led by the haughty Floribunda, demand Celestia force Inkwell into retirement, but Celestia considers Inkwell a long-time friend and a key professor at the school despite her age. Celestia finds a line in the bylaws that allows her to pick the test to prove Inkwell's competency. At the meeting the next day, Celestia challenges Inkwell to transform an ugly frog into something beautiful, but Inkwell refuses, already considering the frog beautiful. Floribunda and the other parents start to complain until Celestia points out that when they were fillies in school, Inkwell provided the same confidence for them during rough times. The parents withdraw their request and apologize to Princess Celestia and Inkwell.

    Georgia Ball (story)
    Amy Mebberson (art)

	

    Neil Uyetake (lettering)

	

    Bobby Curnow (editor)

09	Spike	November 13, 2013	—
Spike is jealous of his friends having pets, and when he spots an ad for "Sea Beasts" in a comic book, he races to order them, hoping to raise them as pets. The Beasts, as delivered, are unimpressive, but Spike gets an idea and feeds them magical growth formula. They do grow and Spike is able to teach them tricks, but rewards them with more of the growth formula, causing them to replicate and start to ruin the library, Spike stepping in before two sides go to war with each other. Spike is inspired and starts to teach the Beasts from the library books, but falls asleep mid-lesson due to exhaustion. The Beasts continue to read on their own, and by the time Spike wakes up, the Beasts have grown peaceful and intelligent, and thank Spike for raising them before they embark to explore the world on their own.

    Rob Anderson (story)
    Agnes Garbowska (art)

	

    Neil Uyetake (lettering)

	

    Bobby Curnow (editor)

10	Luna	December 18, 2013	—
Princess Luna describes her excitement from her duties the night before to Princess Celestia, who thinks the events were otherwise mundane compared to her daylight tasks. Luna takes this as a challenge and offers to rule Canterlot for the day. Celestia puts her in the capabilities of her aide Kibitz that keeps Luna to a tight schedule of otherwise boring administrative activities. As the day progresses, Luna's sleepiness and boredom begin to take its toll, and when Kibitz tries to adhere to the demanding schedule, Luna foregoes it, and continues to do the royal duties but at her own pace. Celestia, who secretly spent the day at a spa, returns and congratulates an exhausted Luna for handling the day shift, before retiring for the night and letting Luna return to her night duties.

    Katie Cook (story)
    Andy Price (art)
    Heather Breckel (coloring)

	

    Neil Uyetake (lettering)

	

    Bobby Curnow (editor)

	My Little Pony: Pony Tales, Vol. 2	February 18, 2014	ISBN 978-1-61377-873-9
Collection of Issues 7 through 10 of the micro-comics.
My Little Pony: Friends Forever (January 2014–April 2017)
See also: My Little Pony (IDW Publishing) § Friends Forever (January 2014–April 2017)

This is a list of My Little Pony: Friends Forever issues.
No.	Title	United States release date	United States ISBN
01	The Pie's the Limit (Applejack and Pinkie Pie)	January 22, 2014	—
Pinkie Pie and several others enter an Equestria baking contest, while Applejack, there to deliver catering for the event, is mistaken as the final competitor, Marine Sandwich, who vows revenge on the contest. As the contest proceeds, Pinkie and Applejack find one of the competitors, Toffee Truffle, is trying to win to reopen a favorite Dodge City restaurant, and Pinkie and Applejack agree to try to lose to help Toffee win. Going into the last event, Marine suddenly barges in and uses a fondant thrower to cover the other contestants and audience. Pinkie, Applejack, and Toffee use Toffee's desserts to clog the device and stop Marine's rampage. The judges award Toffee the grand prize for both a tasty and practical dessert, much to Pinkie and Applejack's delight.

    Alex de Campi (story, lettering)
    Carla Speed McNeil (art)
    Jenn Manley Lee, Bill Mudrow (coloring)

	

    Bobby Curnow (editor)

02	Cutie Mark Crusaders and Discord	February 26, 2014	—
The Cutie Mark Crusaders have run out of ideas for how to get their cutie marks. Finding Discord outside, they ask for his help in creating scenarios with his magic for them to try. Discord creates a reality bubble and starts inventing situations for the Crusaders, but slowly becomes annoyed at their antics and makes more fantastical situations. He is unaware that the stronger magic is causing the reality bubble to grow and overtake Ponyville. After numerous attempts, the Crusaders admit that even with Discord's help, they still won't likely get their cutie marks, and show their appreciation for his help, offering to make him an honorary Crusader. Discord is touched by the offer and dispels the bubble, apologizing to the town for putting them in jeopardy.

    Jeremy Whitley (story)
    Tony Fleecs (art)
    Lauren Perry (coloring)

	

    Neil Uyetake (lettering)

	

    Bobby Curnow (editor)

03	Spike and Celestia	March 12, 2014	—
Spike asks Princess Celestia for help for getting Twilight a new telescope as a birthday gift for her. Celestia's astrologer can make one, but needs crystals to make the lens from a distant mountain. To Spike's surprise, Celestia cancels her duties for the day to come with him and help. During their travels, Spike complains that he is not an adventurer like Twilight and her friends, but Celestia asserts that he can be if he wants. Despite various dangers they encounter, Celestia encourages Spike to help save them instead of using her own abilities. The two make it safely to the mountain and retrieve a lens, though when they get trapped in a cave after a volcanic eruption, Celestia steps in to remove the obstacle blocking their way, noting that at times the teacher needs to help the student. They return safely to Canterlot, and Spike is able to give Twilight her new telescope, while he later gets a letter from Celestia thanking him for the adventure and assuring their friendship.

    Ted Anderson (story)
    Agnes Garbowska (art)

	

    Neil Uyetake (lettering)

	

    Bobby Curnow (editor)

04	Twilight Sparkle and Shining Armor	April 9, 2014	—
Twilight Sparkle travels to the Crystal Empire to spend some quality time with her older brother, Shining Armor, and recounts their childhood game of "monster hunters" they used to play. At the Empire, Shining is overwhelmed by business for the kingdom while his wife Cadance is away, and apologizes to Twilight. That night, one of Twilight's books is stolen, and she learns that several other books have gone missing, with the other residents fearing a ghost exists. Twilight and Shining, doubtful of this claim, stumble onto a secret passage into the depths of the castle originally created by King Sombra, and decide to go "monster hunting" once again to find the culprit. Avoiding numerous traps, they come across a crystal bard creature, who had been captured by Sombra to read to him in its soothing voice, but managed to escape; Sombra had laid the traps to try to recapture it. Finding the crystal bard with all the missing books, which it liked to read from and had only intended to borrow, Shining and Twilight explain that Sombra is long gone and offer the bard the task of helping in the royal library. Twilight and Shining finish out their visit peacefully.

    Rob Anderson (story)
    Amy Mebberson (art)
    Heather Breckel (coloring)

	

    Neil Uyetake (lettering)

	

    Bobby Curnow (editor)

	My Little Pony: Friends Forever, Vol. 1	July 8, 2014[11]	ISBN 978-1613779811
Collection of Issues 1 through 4 of the "Friends Forever" series.
05	Fluttershy and Zecora	May 21, 2014	—
Fluttershy wakes up one day to find that all her animal friends can speak normally with her, shocking her. As no other pony seems to have heard the animals talk, Fluttershy thinks she is going crazy and goes to talk to Zecora. Zecora can find nothing wrong with her and starts to suspect the animals. Fluttershy runs off after one of the critters to find that they have been planning a large tea party for her, and she gladly joins in, telling them her tales of adventure. Zecora concludes someone enchanted the animals, who is revealed to be Discord. Discord only wanted to give the animals the temporary ability to talk as a gift to Fluttershy to show his friendship for her, which Fluttershy happily accepts.

    Thomas Zahler (story)
    Tony Fleecs (art)
    Heather Breckel (coloring)

	

    Neil Uyetake (lettering)

	

    Bobby Curnow (editor)

06	Trixie and Rainbow Dash	June 18, 2014	—
Rainbow Dash is summoned to a distance kingdom to perform, and is surprised to find Trixie there as ruler of the Diamond Dogs. Trixie is trapped there as their ruler after mistakenly leading the Dogs to believe that she can douse for gems whereupon they made her their queen, using a magical crown that prevents her from leaving. Rainbow learns that the crown's magic is only powered by the faith the Dogs have in their rulers, and together with Trixie, create a plan that puts the Dogs' faith in Trixie in question and giving Rainbow enough time to distract the Dogs during the show to help Trixie escape.

    Thomas Zahler (story)
    Agnes Garbowska (art)
    Amy Mebberson (coloring)

	

    Bobby Curnow (editor)

07	Luna and Pinkie Pie	July 23, 2014	—
Princess Luna worries that she is not funny enough for the upcoming "Chuckle-lot" festival. She first goes to Twilight for help but Twilight instead suggests Luna learn from Pinkie. Pinkie helps Luna to show aspects of practical jokes and slapstick comedy both around Ponyville and in Canterlot. However, when it comes to preparing the routine the next day, Luna is worried that she will be mocked in trying to outdo her sister. Pinkie reminds her that comedy is not only about making others laugh, but being able to laugh at yourself. At the festival, Luna appears and gives Celestia a gift, which turns out to be loaded with a cream pie. A pie fight soon breaks out among the guests. Luna slips and falls in the creme and crashes into Celestia. After a pause she realizes the humor of the situation and laughs at herself along with everyone else, accepting Pinkie's advice.

    Jeremy Whitley (story)
    Tony Fleecs (art)
    Amy Mebberson (coloring)

	

    Bobby Curnow (editor)

08	Applejack and Rarity	August 20, 2014	—
Applejack is told by Granny Smith that their cousins on the west coast need to buy some of their apples, and when Applejack tells Rarity this, she wants to come along in part to see the sights of Applewood in the west and sightsee along the way. Their travels become muddled when Rarity's sightseeing causes them to mistakenly get on the wrong train and go on a detour. They continue to get into transportation problems, all while Rarity is enjoying the trip much to Applejack's anger. Soon, Rarity learns that this was a business deal, and that Applejack's sales plan is woefully underthought, and she helps Applejack to develop a better plan and focusing on getting to Applewood. Once safely there, Applejack thanks Rarity for her help and takes her to a day at the Whinney Land amusement park before going to meet her cousins. However, her cousins are just as surprised to see her; meanwhile Granny Smith realizes she misread the letter and that it was their east coast cousins that needed the apples.

    Katie Cook (story)
    Andy Price (art)
    Heather Breckel (coloring)

	

    Bobby Curnow (editor)

	My Little Pony: Friends Forever, Vol. 2	December 2, 2014[12]	ISBN 978-1631401596
Collection of Issues 5 through 8 of the "Friends Forever" series.
09	Granny Smith and the Flim Flam Brothers	September 10, 2014	—
While helping the rest of the Apple family to sell their produce at an Apple convention, Granny Smith finds that the dubious con artist brothers, Flim and Flam, are no longer worker together despite trying to sell the same product at different sides of the con. She finds out that, weeks prior, the two had fallen in love with Marian, a librarian from Dodge Junction, but as they each tried to win her heart, their bickering caused her to turn them both down, and the two went their separate ways. Granny realizes that she had caused a similar brotherly separation when she was younger that was never repaired, and despite Flim and Flam's past altercations with the Apples, helps to bring the two brothers back together by the end of the con.

    Christine Rice (story)
    Tony Fleecs (art)
    Amy Mebberson (coloring)

	

    Bobby Curnow (editor)

10	Fluttershy and Iron Will	October 22, 2014	—
Fluttershy's friends are alerted that Iron Will is back in town and looking for her, and they race to her cottage to help protect her from him. However, Fluttershy is more than happy to see what Iron Will wants, where they learn that he's been kicked out of his maze by his wife for being too assertive and is looking for Fluttershy's help to calm down. She is happy to help, and tries to put him through several situations to help learn patience and understanding. Fluttershy suggests a bit of time at the spa but when Rainbow Dash comes in and teases Iron Will for finding his "inner pony", he storms off to Everfree Forest. Fluttershy follows the minotaur to the forest, where he reveals that the reason he was kicked out was that his son, who he is proud of, has been taking too many of his assertive mannerism and has been using that against his mother and his teachers at school. Fluttershy helps to remind him that while being assertive can be good, that there's a time and a place for it, and if he can show more care around his family, his son will pick up on his good habits as well. Iron Will is impressed by this advice, and before he goes, treats Fluttershy and her friends to a meal.

    Christine Rice (story)
    Agnes Garbowska (art)
    Amy Mebberson (coloring)

11	Spitfire and Rainbow Dash	November 12, 2014	—
Rainbow Dash travels to Cloudsdale for a very important mission under Spitfire's orders, abandoning her plans with Scootaloo. She is surprised to find that Spitfire needs her to help teach a class of pegasus colts and fillies to fly. As Spitfire struggles to get the students to respect her, Dash suggests that she take the same approach with them that she uses to command and train the Wonderbolts. The attempt ends in disaster when all the foals break down in tears under her haranguing, but Dash barges in with news of a rogue tornado closing in on the school. Spitfire expertly brings it under control, earning a round of cheers from the students, and realizes that Dash set up the tornado in order to give her a chance to win their respect and admiration. With the students now clamoring eagerly for more lessons, Spitfire thanks Dash for helping build her confidence as a teacher. When Dash returns to Ponyville, she apologizes to Scootaloo for breaking their earlier plans and takes her on a flying trip.

    Ted Anderson (story)
    Jay P. Fosgitt (art)

12	Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle	December 10, 2014[13]	—
The annual street vendor fair has come to Ponyville, and just as Twilight and Spike are about to go enjoy the wares, Pinkie barges into the castle asking for Twilight's help in breaking her addiction to a snack known as Phenomnomenons. Twilight first tries to use aversion therapy techniques, but Pinkie is too easily drawn by the snack to stay in one place. Next Twilight locks up the castle and constructs an elaborate system to trap Pinkie if she tries to escape, but Pinkie's hyperactivity allows her to avoid the traps and break out. She begins to gorge herself on Phenomnomenons and urges Twilight to try them; the first bite overwhelms her, and both eat until they are sick. Realizing that Pinkie must decide to quit on her own, Twilight feigns an emotional breakdown due to the failure of her plans. Pinkie rushes to her aid, forgoing the snacks, and Twilight points out that she has resisted her urge through force of will. Pinkie successfully wills herself not to eat a Phenomnomenon offered to her, then thanks Twilight for her help before going off in search of a different snack.

    Barbara Kesel (story)
    Brenda Hickey (art)
    Amy Mebberson (art, coloring)

	My Little Pony: Friends Forever, Vol. 3	April 14, 2015[14]	ISBN 978-1631402432
Collection of Issues 9 through 12 of the "Friends Forever" series.
	My Little Pony: Friends Forever Omnibus, Vol. 1	November 15, 2016	ISBN 978-1631407710
Collection of Issues 1 through 12 of the "Friends Forever" series.
13	Rarity and Babs Seed	January 7, 2015	—
Rarity and Sweetie Belle are about to go to Manehattan, with Sweetie planning to visit Babs Seed while Rarity works on some outfits for Sapphire Shores. However, Sweetie comes down with an ear infection, and Rarity is forced to go on her own. As she is preparing the outfits in Manehattan, Babs stops by, disappointed that Sweetie had to miss the trip. Rarity offers to take her around town instead, but her choice destinations - a spa, a hair stylist, and a clothing shop - are of no interest to Babs, who thanks her for the effort but decides to go home. Later, during a fitting, Sapphire listens to Rarity's account of the day and suggests that she should find a way to encourage Babs' interests even if she does not share them, as Rarity's parents did for her when she was young. Inspired by this advice, Rarity surprises Babs with tickets and post-game passes to a roller derby event that evening. Babs meets one of her favorite athletes, who reveals that her own mother did not understand her interest in the sport at first but is now one of her biggest fans. Once Rarity returns to Ponyville, she and Sweetie send Babs a custom-made roller derby outfit and write in their journal about the importance of letting children follow their own interests and supporting them along the way.

    Jeremy Whitley (story)
    Agnes Garbowska (art)

14	Princess Luna and Spike	March 4, 2015	—
Princess Luna asks Spike to help her stop an arson crime spree in the city of Fillydelphia. En route, she explains that the unicorn police believe dragons from the city's Dragon Town district are responsible and asks Spike to find out whatever he can. Once they arrive, the police show them a trail of slime leading from the site of the latest fire. Spike considers this to be unnatural for dragons and starts to canvass the neighborhood, while Luna works with the police. None of the dragons Spike questions prove cooperative except for Mina, an excitable young female who runs a comic shop. Mina explains that Fillydelphia's ponies and dragons have a long-standing resentment and understands why the police are blaming the dragons. She thinks that a unicorn may be responsible for the fires, but Luna and the police dismiss this theory; frustrated at having found no new leads of her own, Luna leaves Spike to continue investigating alone. Spike notices a fresh slime trail leading from the sewers to a building and follows it to find a fire snail. He captures it, but not before it ignites the slime and sets the building ablaze. As the fire spreads, Spike persuades the police to let the dragons help by evacuating nearby buildings to prevent injuries, and Luna returns in time to wake the sleeping residents so they can get out safely. With the dragons cleared of any wrongdoing, the police agree to make sure the fire snails do not cause any more trouble, and Luna apologizes to the dragons for distrusting them. Spike takes her to meet Mina, who is a huge fan of reformed comic villains, and promises to visit the dragons of Fillydelphia again as he and Luna start for home.

    Jeremy Whitley (story)
    Agnes Garbowska (art)
    Amy Mebberson (art, coloring)

15	Mayor Mare and Applejack	March 25, 2015	—
Applejack gets a citation about the height of her barn and goes to the town hall to try to have it voided. After some initial runaround, Mayor Mare arrives and promises to help her, taking her on a tour of the offices. Applejack is stunned to see how dysfunctional the government appears to be, but the Mayor assures her everything is working, and offers to let her observe some of the functions and perhaps offer ideas for improvement. Applejack is able to solve many of the problems stalling the departments. As the day nears its end, there is a sudden commotion outside, as Sweetie Belle's magic is turning ponies into fruits and vegetables. Applejack is stunned, but the Mayor quickly and calmly orders her assistant to manage and solve the problem. The spell is quickly reversed and everyone is turned back to normal. Applejack is surprised by the Mayor's aptitude in the situation, and the Mayor explains that she learned from her past that she needed to learn how to make the various types of ponies all work together to run Ponyville successfully, and hopes that Applejack will follow in her footsteps, being as practical as she is. The Mayor reveals this was her plan for the day all along and voids the barn height citation.

    Bobby Curnow (story)
    Brenda Hickey (art)
    Amy Mebberson (art, coloring)

16	Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon	May 13, 2015	—
Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon want to beat the Cutie Mark Crusaders in the Ponyville schoolhouse's annual scavenger hunt, but only groups of three can enter. Diamond's father, Filthy Rich, hires the famous filly detective Prancy Drew as their teammate. Prancy is able to quickly decipher the hunt's clues, but due to luck and coincidence, the Crusaders end up close behind; even Silver's attempt to throw them off track does not slow them down for long. Prancy injures her leg on the final sprint to the finish line, but Diamond leaves her behind as she and Silver complete the course. The Crusaders help Prancy across the line, but end up losing the contest due to a technicality in the rules. Diamond and Silver win first prize, tickets to a bluegrass concert they have no interest in attending, but Filthy loves the music and drags them along. For second place, the Crusaders receive tickets to a second concert, donated by the band after they saw how many teams had signed up, and have a much more enjoyable time. Diamond and Silver realize that there is more to life than winning.

    Jeremy Whitley (story)
    Jenn Blake (art)
    Amy Mebberson, Jenn Blake (cover artist)

	My Little Pony: Friends Forever, Vol. 4	September 1, 2015[15]	ISBN 978-1631403774
Collection of Issues 13 through 16 of the "Friends Forever" series.
17	Twilight Sparkle and Big Macintosh	June 3, 2015	—
As Twilight struggles to resolve the steadily growing pile of friendship problems being sent to her, she begins to feel stress and lose sleep. At Spike's urging, she talks to other ponies around town to see how they handle stress. Applejack, about to start a delivery run to Canterlot, suggests that she talk to Big Macintosh. However, his taciturn responses give Twilight no insight into how he maintains his composure. She casts a spell on him that will let her enter his mind and see its workings. She is surprised to find Big Mac's mind laid out as a well-organized apple farm, with ideas slowly growing and ripening as fruit on the trees. There are also several alternate versions of Big Mac, each representing a different aspect of his personality. His curiosity becomes intrigued by Twilight's own stress and pulls her, himself, and the other Big Macs into her mind, which appears as a vast but disordered library. The Big Macs suggest that she needs to take some time off from her problems and try to concentrate on one thing at a time. Twilight ends the spell, returning herself to the real world, and offers to help Big Mac with his chores so she can clear her mind. Once the work is done, she returns to her castle and gets back to work, seeing new ways to solve the friendship problems.

    Ted Anderson (story)
    Brenda Hickey (art)
    Amy Mebberson (cover artist)

18	Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash	July 1, 2015	—
Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy receive invitations to a flight camp reunion in Cloudsdale. While Rainbow Dash is excited to attend, Fluttershy decides at first to stay home, remembering how the other foals bullied her for her weak flying skills. Rainbow persuades her to go, promising to stand by her if the other pegasi give her a hard time. When they arrive, though, Rainbow finds herself accepting multiple challenges to race and show off her stunts. Left on her own, Fluttershy happens across Cirrus Cloud, the reunion organizer, who had been one of her worst bullies at camp. Cirrus says that she has a surprise planned for Fluttershy at that night's party, but Fluttershy begins to think that she is being set up for a cruel prank. Several other pegasi act strangely and hurry off at her approach, worsening her fear, and she hides under a table as soon as the party starts. She confesses to Rainbow that she never felt at ease in Cloudsdale, and that returning to let everypony laugh at her all over again is painful for her. Rainbow apologizes for failing to keep her promise and reassures Fluttershy that her friends in Ponyville are the only ones whose opinions really matter. Fluttershy emerges and, with Rainbow by her side, goes onstage to receive Cirrus' surprise - an apology, an aerial display, and a special award in recognition of all she has accomplished since moving to Ponyville.

    Christina Rice (story)
    Jay P. Fosgitt (art)
    Amy Mebberson (cover artist)

19	Rarity and the Cake Family	August 5, 2015	—
After attending a wedding catered by the Cakes, Rarity sees the potential of she joining business forces with the Cakes. The Cakes are worried but agree to see what happens. Rarity heads to Canterlot to get some fabric, where she runs into Touring Wind, an influential fashion magazine editor. Touring Wind has heard of Rarity and welcomes the chance to see her outfits and makes time in her busy schedule to come to Ponyville a few days from now. Rarity is a bit panicked but believes she can do it, until she gets back to Ponyville and finds that the Cakes have accepted catering another wedding the day after Touring Wind's visit. The ceremony is for AJ's cousins, Ginger Gold and Apple Crisp, who want a rather simple wedding. Rarity, knowing she can't work to impress Touring Wind and design for the wedding in the limited time, pushes the Cakes and the wedding couple to go with a much fancier ceremony. The day of Touring Wind's visit comes and Rarity goes to see her at the train station. When they get back to Sugarcube Corner, however, they find that Ginger Gold has come down with an allergic reaction to the strawberries Rarity insisted they use for the cake, and that the giant cake Rarity demanded is on the verge of collapse. Touring Wind walks out, and works out how to get back to Canterlot as soon as possible. Rarity breaks down, but is surprised at how calm the Cakes are taking the situation, having prepared a quick remedy for Ginger and cleaned up the mess the Cake had made. They explain that having twins helps them keep their cool in tough situations, as well as to be extra prepared and had prepared the batter and frosting for the simpler cake that the couple wanted in the first place. The next day, the Cakes are able to stop Touring Wind from leaving, and invite her to attend the wedding. After Spike causes the trains to become delayed, Touring Wind has little reason to decline. At Sweet Apple Acres, she finds that Rarity has developed a fashionable yet simple dress for Ginger, and that the Cakes' new wedding cake Touring Wind promises to write this up in her magazine, and Rarity apologizes to the Cakes for going overboard, but they remind her that her confidence is part of the reason why they love her.

    Christina Rice (story)
    Brenda Hickey (art)
    Amy Mebberson (cover artist)

20	Discord and Princess Luna	September 9, 2015	—
Discord is having a hard time sleeping, and when his powers activate unintentionally during one bad nightmare, wreaking havoc on Ponyville, Twilight Sparkle calls in the help of Princess Luna to see what is wrong with Discord's dreams. After zapping him to sleep, Luna finds that while Discord's mind is as chaotic as his normal self, his inner psyche tries to latch him down, forcing him to think in an orderly, business-like fashion. Luna helps to free Discord from this, helping to escape this to see what is really going on with Discord. They come to a hallways of doors, which one particular door is locked up with numerous warning signs on it. Luna wants to investigate that one, but Discord refuses to, instead going into other doors marked with the cutie marks of the Mane 6. In each of these, his actions, while well-intentioned, turn into catastrophe for that pony. Luna suspects what is behind the locked door, finding that it belongs to Fluttershy. Inside, in a more tranquil setting, the two watch as another version of Discord prepare to take Fluttershy and the Cutie Mark Crusaders on another wild adventure. Luna realizes Discord cares deeply for Fluttershy, but Discord notes that he had cared for others in his past, such as Tirek, and it always turned out bad. Luna notes that caring for others is not a bad quality, and can help empower others to do good. Discord takes this to heart, and lets his concerns about harming Fluttershy go. Later, Discord helps to repay Luna's favor by joining her during her nightly duties.

    Jeremy Whitley (story)
    Brenda Hickey (art)
    Amy Mebberson (cover artist)

	My Little Pony: Friends Forever Vol. 5	December 17, 2015[16]	ISBN 978-1631404887
Collection of Issues 17 through 20 of the "Friends Forever" series.
21	Spike and Zecora	October 7, 2015	—
A strange ailment strikes every pony in Ponyville, and Spike, immune to whatever it is, rushes out to Zecora in the Everfree Forest to get her help. Zecora collects a number of potions and tools to help out, as well as a bird named Avery, trained by Fluttershy, that can help to intercept any coughs directed her way. In town, Zecora goes to work to try to understand the illness. She sees that it has traveled as far as Sweet Apple Acres, and tries to understand how it could travel so far so far. After they see the Apples, Spike recognizes he is a different species from the ponies, which likely has made him immune to whatever it is; but this also leads to both realizing how far they are from others of their kind and feel a bit of homesickness. They stop at Fluttershy's cottage, but she has been so sick that she's been unable to feed her animals properly, and just has laid out stashes of food for them. Avery is distracted by a pile of birdseed that when Fluttershy coughs on Zecora, he is not there to block it. Fearing Zecora is now infected, they race off to isolate Zecora, but surprisingly, she does not come down with anything, and now they suspect that zebras are also immune. With this, the two set to work to try to find anything pony-related that might caught it, but still cannot find a solution. The two take a break to have a meal, and discuss the results. Shortly, Zecora suddenly feels ill and has caught whatever the ponies have had. Spike deduces that it is not an infection but something on the hay that Zecora and the rest of the town would have eaten, while he had his normal gem diet. Quickly discovering the fungus that has covered the town's hay supply, Spike begins to prepare a broth to help cure Zecora. By the time the Canterlot Disease Corps have arrived, every pony is cured. Spike goes off to thank Zecora for her help, and he offers to visit her more and invites her to visit him in town.

    Ted Anderson (story)
    Agnes Garbowska (art)
    Amy Mebberson (cover artist)

22	Princess Celestia and Pinkie Pie	November 4, 2015	—
Twilight and Pinkie are invited to Canterlot by request of Princess Celestia. Once there, they learn that Princess Luna's birthday is coming up, and Celestia wants Twilight to give a toast speech for her sister, while Pinkie is to help bake a cake for Luna. Pinkie offers several suggestions, but Celestia asks her to come up with something both grand and fun at the same time, and gives her run of the royal kitchen to create something with help of her head chef Chase Palomino. Pinkie takes to the task with gusto, but when Celestia starts taking a keen interest in how she's doing, Pinkie starts panicking that her creations won't live up to Celestia's expectations. When Celestia checks up on her again, she finds Pinkie has starting talking to her imaginary friends. Celestia quickly helps to talk Pinkie back to normal, and explains why this cake is so important to her: that she still feels guilt over banishing her sister to the moon a thousand years in the past, and really wants to make sure this celebration goes well. Pinkie realizes what Celestia is looking for and is inspired for a new cake design, offering Celestia to help out. At the birthday party, Luna is initially dismissive of the cake, but when she realizes that it is how Celestia shows her love for her, she knows how much it meant to her and gratefully hugs her sister, while Twilight congratulates Pinkie on a job well done.

    Christina Rice (story)
    Jay Fosgitt (art)
    Amy Mebberson, Jay Fosgitt (cover artist)

23	Applejack and Fluttershy	December 2, 2015	—
Applejack and Fluttershy are spending a quiet weekend camping in woods near Ponyville when a swarm of eager ponies arrive, excitedly looking for something. They find out from one of the lead searchers, Nosey News, that they are looking for the legendary "pigasus", a pig that can fly, which she had claimed was recently photographed in the area. Both AJ and Fluttershy avoid getting caught into the search, but the presence of the other ponies intrudes on their camping. When they return to their tent, they are surprised to encounter the real pigasus, which Fluttershy quickly helps to calm down, and both quickly agree that they have to keep quiet about it, as the other ponies would want to drag it away and take it out of its natural habitat. However, they know the other ponies will likely ask them if they have seen it. AJ, knowing Fluttershy will likely crumble at the first hint of aggression, offers to try to lie to the others, even though it both goes against her Element as well as knowing that a lie can hurt the one that tells it. AJ goes to address the crowd of ponies, but manages to dodge the various questions without lying, but this only serves to make the crowd suspicious, and they start to approach their tent. AJ arrives first, and tries to keep the other ponies at bay, and when Nosey asks her directly if she had seen the pigasus, AJ is on the verge of telling the truth when something bursts out of the tent and flies away. The ponies follow it, only to find it was Fluttershy, taking a fly in her sleeping bag. Nosey berates her for fooling them, telling her it will ruin her scheme. Nosey realizes she just admitted to faking the picture of the pigasus, and the other ponies chase her out of the forest, while AJ, Fluttershy and the pigasus watch from their quiet camping spot.

    Ted Anderson (story)
    Tony Fleecs (art)
    Amy Mebberson, Tony Fleecs (cover artist)

24	Gilda and Rarity	January 6, 2016	—
Rarity is surprised when Gilda shows up at her boutique and sheepishly asks for her help in designing the new team uniforms for Griffonstone's boffyball team, who have managed to make it into a playoff games. More than happy to help, Rarity returns with Gilda to Griffonstone and finds that the team struggles with coordination, particular from a fumbling Firegem. Due to a lack of other griffons that have trained in the sport and that haven't come down with a flu that has been going around, Firegem tries to contribute despite Coach Klaus' reprimands for his poor performance. Rarity tries to take sympathy on him, but Gilda assures her he's okay. The next day, as the game against the yaks is about to start, the griffons find they are down yet another player, and would forfeit without a substitute. Rarity offers to take the spot, having watched enough of the practice to get the gist of the sport. The game goes about as expected, with the griffons unable to score against the yaks. Firegem has been getting trounced by the yaks, and Coach Klaus flies off the ground in anger, resulting in his eviction from the game. Gilda, now the assistant coach, decides to change their strategy to put Firegem out of harms' way and try a risky play that assures they will score a point. Rarity manages to use her head, literally, to make the scoring play. The game ends shortly thereafter, with the yaks having won, 53–1. Though the griffons knew they wouldn't win, scoring at least one point helps to encourage them for the next season, now with new uniforms supplied by Rarity. Rarity returns to her boutique, and surprises one of her customers with her newfound knowledge of the sport of boffyball.

    Georgia Ball (story)
    Jay Fosgitt (art)
    Amy Mebberson, Jay Fosgitt (cover artist)

	My Little Pony: Friends Forever, Vol. 6	April 26, 2016[17]	ISBN 978-1631405969
Collection of Issues 21 through 24 of the "Friends Forever" series.
	My Little Pony: Friends Forever Omnibus, Vol. 2	May 9, 2017	ISBN 978-1631408823
Collection of Issues 13 through 24 of the "Friends Forever" series.
25	Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle	February 3, 2016	—
Rainbow Dash wakes up one day to discover that here wings have suddenly vanished. She immediately goes to Twilight Sparkle who finds out her wings have been taken by three unicorns who are planning on using them to make themselves Alicorns. They make their way to them but are eventually captured. Rainbow comes up with a plan to link herself with Twilight so she can fly her. The two of them do a Sonic Rainboom and destroy the unicorn's spell. Rainbow gets her wings back and, as punishment for their crimes, Twilight puts a spell on the three unicorns that temporarily renders them magicless.

    Barbara Kesel (story)
    Brenda Hickey (art)
    Tony Fleecs, Brenda Hickey (cover artist)

26	Shining Armor and Prince Blueblood	March 16, 2016	—
Shining Armor is planning on going to a Yakyakistan trade agreement with Princess Cadence. However, Cadence has to go with the other princesses for something else so Princess Celestia sends her nephew, Prince Blueblood, with Shining over his protests. At first, the trip doesn't go well, Shining is disgusted at Blueblood such as his use of luxuries such as using a palanquin to get there instead of walking even if the soldiers carrying him have no complaints. However, Shining's negotiations with the violently temperamental Yaks go disastrously until Blueblood takes over the task. At that switch, Blueblood's dealings with the Yaks are handled with masterful skill and Shining comes to accept that despite Blueblood's faults, he has his good qualities worth respecting. With the mission successful, the stallions reconcile as Blueblood joins Shining on the march home considering he has filled the palanquin with gifts for Shining's wife.

    Jeremy Whitley (story)
    Tony Fleecs (art)
    Tony Fleecs, Sara Richard (cover artist)

27	Pinkie Pie and Granny Smith	April 6, 2016	—
Pinkie offers to help Granny Smith when she breaks her hip during cider season since she might be related to the Apples. She can't buck out any apples, so offers to take Granny Smith to do some groceries instead, much to Granny's dismay. Granny continues to be stubborn the whole trip, but Pinkie tries to make the situation easier. Granny then blames Pinkie when some cherries go missing. Realizing that Pinkie will simply not go away, Granny gives in to her help and they come across Sweet Apple Acres' very first apple tree. AJ decides that Granny has had enough of Pinkie and sends her away. At the Ponyville retirement village, Granny notices an old pony socializing with an annoying friend and realizes how badly she treated Pinkie. Granny apologizes to Pinkie, knowing she was trying to help and Pinkie readily accepts the apology.

    Christian Rice (story)
    Agnes Garbowska (art)

28	Princess Luna and the Cutie Mark Crusaders	May 4, 2016	—
A number of fillies and colts, including the Cutie Mark Crusaders, are invited to a sleepover at the Royal Palace in Canterlot. Unfortunately, Princess Celestia is called away to handle a diplomatic crisis and Princess Luna is pressed to substitute for her as host. Although unsure about dealing with children, she is warmly welcomed by them and the Crusaders assist her with the activities. Unfortunately, one filly, Thestra, is bullied by two others and runs away into the palace interior. Princess Luna and the Crusaders find her and Thestra confesses that she is unsure about her recently earned cutie mark, which is a macabre skull and crossbones. They are then put upon by a mirrorca, an aggressive flying monster whose reflective skin deflects magic blasts. However, Thestra's special talent allows her to make any living being transparent except for its skeletal structure; when she uses this skill on the mirrorca, Luna is able to defeat it. Luna and the Crusaders hail Thestra as a hero and make several suggestions for her talent's practical applications.

    Jeremy Whitley (story)
    Jay P. Fosgitt (art)

	My Little Pony: Friends Forever, Vol. 7	October 4, 2016	ISBN 978-1631407079
Collection of Issues 25 through 28 of the "Friends Forever" series.
29	Rarity and Maud Pie	June 8, 2016	—
Rarity meets with Maud at a rock convention where they learn that a series of caves beneath the Crystal Mountain range has recently been uncovered. Rarity convinces Maud to explore them, but Buried Treasure, a rock scientist student who has tried to take credit for every rock discovery Maud has made, challenges them to find the caves before she does. Rarity convinces Maud to go along with it and she complies. Along the way, Rarity tells Maud to try and express herself more, though Maud claims she does. Once they make it inside the caves, Buried Treasure destroys a bridge over a large chasm, separating them. Rarity accidentally reads Maud's diary and discovers that Maud does indeed express herself more than what she let on. Maud manages to find a shortcut to the caves and they beat Buried Treasure. Rarity and Maud thank each other for helping one another and Maud sits down with her diary to talk to the rocks.

    Ted Anderson (story)
    Brenda Hickey (art)

30	Twilight Sparkle and Princess Cadance	June 29, 2016	—
Twilight visits Cadance in the Crystal Empire for the official dedication of the Court of the Crystal Princess. During the visit, Cadance starts to lose her self-confidence as she believes that she doesn't get as much as respect as a princess like Twilight, Celestia, or Luna and it begins to cause the Crystal Heart to lose power. On the day of the court's dedication, Twilight convinces Cadance that the Crystal Ponies don't look up to her because of her looks, but because she is thoughtful, accepting, and accessible of them, and that her personality inspires them in her own special way. Her spirits lifted, Cadance dedicates the court to the entire Crystal Empire and the Crystal Heart regains its full power.

    Christina Rice (story)
    Agnes Garbowska (art)

31	Rainbow Dash and Little Strongheart	August 17, 2016	—
While out flying with Fluttershy and Tank, Rainbow notices a smoke signal in the shape of her cutie mark and leaves to investigate. It was sent by Little Strongheart, who has called her to help stop a snowstorm that is threatening the crops on the buffalo lands. Chief Thunderhooves tells them the story of the Rainbow Crow, who once brought the sun's warmth to the lands at the cost of becoming soot-black and losing its ability to sing. The buffalo have a ritual to bring back the warmth by burning the feathers it left behind, but they have used their last one. Thunderhooves sends Rainbow to get some more, with Strongheart leading the way. As they travel, they argue over the value of Strongheart's traditions versus Rainbow's direct approach to solving problems. Rainbow flies up to the Rainbow Crow's nest, only to find that she has lost a necklace she was supposed to offer in tribute, but the Rainbow Crow gives her some of its feathers in exchange for a hair from her mane. On the way back, Rainbow offers to talk to Princess Celestia about adjusting the sun, but Strongheart explains that the buffalo traditions help the tribe stay connected to its past. They watch as the feather-burning ceremony creates a spectacular light show.

    Tony Fleecs (story)
    Tony Fleecs, Sara Richard, Heather Breckel (art)
    Tony Fleecs, Sara Richard (cover)

32	Fluttershy and Daring Do	September 21, 2016	—
Fluttershy's plan to spend a quiet week at home is ruined by the arrival of Daring Do, who needs her animal expertise to help find the legendary lost treasure of Queen Parabola. The key to locating it is the rare Map Spider, but Daring says she is allergic to them. Fluttershy finds one at the bottom of a deep pit in a cavern, but surfaces to find Daring fighting with a gang of thugs led by Dr. Caballeron. He escapes with all the Map Spiders in the cavern except for the one Fluttershy has found. She and Daring use it to find Parabola's castle, but are captured by Ahuizotl, tied up, and dropped into a bottomless pit. Daring admits to Fluttershy that she is not allergic to spiders, only afraid of them, and thanks Fluttershy for the bravery she has shown throughout the expedition. Daring overcomes her fear and allows the Map Spider to crawl over her and untie them, and the two ambush Ahuizotl, Caballeron, and the thugs. Daring collapses a stone column on top of Ahuizotl, and Fluttershy releases the Map Spiders to scare off Caballeron and the thugs so the two mares can find the treasure.

    Ted Anderson (story)
    Jay Fosgitt, Heather Breckel (art)
    Tony Fleecs, Jay Fosgitt (cover)

33	Applejack and Cherry Jubilee	October 12, 2016	—
Applejack volunteers to help at Cherry Jubilee's ranch in Dodge Junction after most of the crew falls ill. The troupe of a traveling Wild West show is also sick, and Applejack offers to let them set up camp so they can recover. When she tells Cherry that performer Buffalo Bull is among them, Cherry becomes furious and orders his co-star Calamity Mane to get the troupe off the ranch. Applejack persuades Cherry to let them stay the night, but Cherry refuses to explain her anger. That night, Calamity takes Applejack to see Bull, who has recognized Cherry from her yelling and becomes angry as well. The next morning, Applejack checks old newspapers at the local library and races back to confront Cherry - who had previously performed with Bull as Calamity Mane. She had left the ranch on which she grew up in order to go on the road with him, and the two found success and love together. When he proposed marriage in Dodge Junction, though, she panicked and fled, eventually settling down after Bull left her there. She is bitter because he found another mare to take the "Calamity Mane" identity, but Applejack points out that she might not have built a life for herself if he had not proposed and she had not run off. Cherry storms into Bull's wagon to tell him off, but softens as he begins to reminisce about their time together. The two forgive each other, and once the troupe has recovered, she makes a guest appearance at their show.

    Christina Rice (story)
    Tony Fleecs, Heather Breckel (art)
    Tony Fleecs, Sara Richard, Trish Forstner (cover)

	My Little Pony: Friends Forever, Vol. 8	February 28, 2017	ISBN 978-1631408397
Collection of Issues 29 through 33 of the "Friends Forever" series.
34	Pinkie Pie and Cheese Sandwich	November 23, 2016	—
A family once built a house, had it enchanted with a protection spell, and lived happily there for many years. Eventually, though, the ponies all moved out and the house was left empty. In the present, Pinkie Pie flees from the house, which has grown legs and is now moving on its own. She becomes trapped inside and finds Cheese Sandwich and several foals here as well; they were captured while Cheese was throwing a birthday party for them. Pinkie decides to keep the party going and, noticing that the house reacts positively to the ponies' fun, theorizes that they can party their way out. The plan fails, and the house heads for Ponyville once Pinkie says that they may need a bigger crowd. She finds a photo album filled with pictures of the original family's parties and realizes that the house misses them and has come to life in search of new ones thanks to the protection spell. She and Cheese strike a deal with the house to turn it into an endless traveling party, as long as it lets ponies leave whenever they want.

    Thom Zahler (story)
    Agnes Garbowska, Lauren Perry (art)
    Tony Fleecs, Agnes Garbowska, Jenn Blake (cover)

35	Twilight Sparkle and Starlight Glimmer	December 14, 2016	—
Even though Starlight Glimmer has just done two friendship lessons for Twilight Sparkle, Twilight recruits her to help sort the books in the library at the Castle of the Two Sisters as another one. As they, Spike, and Owlowiscious start on the job, strange vines begin to blow dust throughout the library. Twilight and Starlight get into a heated argument, while Spike finds a picture of the vines in a book and learns that they create and feed on hostility. He races back to Twilight and Starlight with the book to keep the vines from stealing it, but they merge into a giant plant monster. Starlight temporarily transforms herself, Spike, and Owlowiscious to giant size to fight it off and buy time. Twilight finds and casts a spell that combines and focuses the magic between herself and Starlight, allowing the four to defeat the monster. The book was written by Star Swirl the Bearded, and the monster - a Squirm-Spore - had been trying to destroy the spell. When Star Swirl first encountered it, he had to cooperate with a manticore to stop it and nullify its hostility-causing effects. Starlight resolves to try harder to work with other ponies, and Twilight agrees not to put so much pressure on her about friendship lessons.

    Rob Anderson (story)
    Jay Fosgitt, Heather Breckel (art)
    Tony Fleecs, Jay Fosgitt, Nidhi Chanani (cover)

36	Rainbow Dash and Soarin'	January 25, 2017	—
As the Mane Six prepare to take time off for the first snow of winter, Spitfire arrives in Ponyville with a mission for Rainbow Dash to track down Soarin'. Troubled over his recent difficulty in Wonderbolt performances, he has gone to a distant mountain outpost in order to prove to himself that he still deserves his spot on the team. The outpost is used for delivery runs of a rare medicinal plant, and the weather makes flying extremely risky. Just after Rainbow arrives, Soarin' returns from a delivery and crashes into the trees; he is annoyed that Spitfire did not come for him herself. The next morning, he does an early-morning run, intent on mastering the mountain, and returns just before the weather worsens and a rush order comes in. Rainbow and Soarin' volunteer for the job, and as they fight through the blizzards, Soarin' admits that his mistakes make him feel as if he has wasted all the hard work and practice he put in to become a Wonderbolt. Rainbow reassures him that the team would not be the same without him, and they finish the run once the weather clears. Returning to the outpost, they are surprised to find Spitfire waiting for them. Soarin' forgives her for the way she has treated him in the past, and all three enjoy a peaceful flight before starting for home.

    Christina Rice (story)
    Tony Fleecs, Heather Breckel (art)
    Tony Fleecs, Sara Richard, Low Zi Rong (cover)

37	Rarity and Trixie	February 15, 2017	—
During a weekend visit to Manehattan, Rarity is asked to design costumes for Sapphire Shores' latest show while Sweetie Belle spends time with Babs Seed. Rarity finds the venue in a state of chaos, due to the show being scaled up for a larger-than-expected crowd, and Sapphire wants her to work with Trixie, who is in charge of special effects. Trixie insists that she has changed her ways from the first two times she visited Ponyville, and Rarity reluctantly agrees to work with her. The two concentrate only on their respective areas at first, but the lack of communication leads to Sapphire's dress catching fire during a rehearsal. Sapphire is furious with Trixie, but Rarity stands up for her and admits fault in not listening to her opinions. The two unicorns work all night to redesign the costumes and effects. The show is a smash success, and Rarity parts on good terms with Trixie before picking Sweetie up for the trip home.

    Jeremy Whitley (story)
    Agnes Garbowska, Heather Breckel (art)
    Tony Fleecs, Agnes Garbowska, Melody Often (cover)

38	Princess Celestia and Princess Luna	April 19, 2017	—
Celestia and Luna have a chance to participate in the Sisterhooves Social, which they have wanted to do for years, but must take care of a long list of chores first. As they race to complete the tasks, their contrasting personalities and the stress of working long hours causes them to get on each other's nerves. They have two potions made and infused into berries, one to remove their powers so they can compete fairly, the other to restore those powers after the Social. The inhibitor makes them unusually testy due to spices that were slipped into it without their knowledge, and they become so intent on competing that they forget to feed their pets, Philomena and Tiberius. During the Social, they repeatedly try to humiliate each other in the events and eventually switch partners with Rarity and Sweetie Belle. They are interrupted by Philomena and Tiberius, who have eaten the berries with the restorer and are now giant-size. Celestia and Luna work together to bring their pets under control and take Rarity's advice to heart, resolving to embrace each other's differences instead of competing over them.

    Andy Price (story)
    Andy Price, Heather Breckel (art)
    Andy Price, Tony Fleecs, Sara Richard, Diana Leto (cover)

	My Little Pony: Friends Forever, Vol. 9	July 11, 2017	ISBN 978-1631409189
Collection of Issues 34 through 38 of the "Friends Forever" series.
	My Little Pony: Friends Forever Omnibus, Vol. 3	January 9, 2018	ISBN 978-1684050505
Collection of Issues 25 through 38 of the "Friends Forever" series.
My Little Pony: FIENDship is Magic (April 2015)

This is a list of My Little Pony: FIENDship is Magic issues.
No.	Title	United States release date	United States ISBN
01	Sombra	April 1, 2015	—
Cadance and Twilight find a diary left behind by Sombra. They learn he was found as an orphan colt by the Crystal Empire, and though teased by other foals and fillies, was friended by a filly named Radiant Hope. During their time together, they both gazed on the Crystal Heart - Radiant saw herself as a princess, while Sombra saw himself become evil; Princess Amore, the leader of the Crystal Empire at the time, told him to not worry too much about the vision. The two planned to go to the Crystal Faire together, but on the day of the Faire, Sombra's body was unable to move, Radiant Hope staying by his side. They tried to do this for several more years, but the force that held his body became stronger, and Radiant Hope discovered her talent of restorative magic and prevented Sombra from dying. When Radiant Hope is offered an opportunity to study under Princesses Celestia and Luna, Sombra knew that the vision was coming true. He ran away, but came across a strange crystal form in the wilderness that revealed he was a creation of umbrum forces waiting beneath the palace, and that the Crystal Heart was trying to destroy him. Recognizing his true nature, Sombra tries to destroy the crystal but Amore stops him. In his anger, he turns her into crystal and shatters her, which Radiant Hope cannot undo. Sombra subsequently took over the Crystal Empire, while Radiant Hope warned the princesses about his turn, eventually sealing his fate. In the present, after Twilight and Cadance leave the study, Sombra's disembodied horn makes its way down the staircase, revealing to still contain Sombra's essence.

    Jeremy Whitley (story)
    Brenda Hickey (art)
    Heather Breckel (colorist)

	

    Bobby Curnow (editor)
    Neil Uyetake (lettering)

02	Tirek	April 8, 2015	—
Prince Tirek goes against his father, King Vorak, and visits the hermit Sendak the Elder, despite his brother Scorpan tagging along. Sendak shows that he has returned from Equestria with a unicorn to study, planning on how to use the unicorn magic for himself. Sendak warns that he knows Tirek has a thirst for power, but his young, untamed magic would be too dangerous to use on the unicorn. Tirek and Scorpan return before their parents can find out, though Vorak is suspicious that Tirek has visited Sendak and tells him not to do. Tirek sneaks out alone that night to Sendak, and after restraining the hermit, attempts to drain the magic from the unicorn. As Sendak warned, Tirek's magic causes a massive explosion that collapses Sendak's home. Tirek flees without stopping to help. The next morning, Tirek is brought to Vorak, who learned of the destruction of Sendak's place, and while Sendak is alive, Vorak plans to send him to work the mines for the rest of his life, and arranged a delegation to Equestria to return the unicorn to Princess Celestia. Tirek admits no knowledge of the events of the previous night, but Vorak senses that Tirek has a thirst for power. Later, Tirek begins to plot on how he will dispose his father and take over Equestria.

    Christina Rice (story)
    Tony Fleecs (art)
    Heather Breckel (colorist)

	

    Bobby Curnow (editor)
    Neil Uyetake (lettering)

03	Sirens	April 15, 2015	—
(See My Little Pony: Equestria Girls#Comics.)
04	The Dream Team (Nightmare Moon)	April 22, 2015	—
Shortly after her banishment to the moon by Princess Celestia, Nightmare Moon comes across the nyx, creatures that can enter and manipulate the dreams of ponies to help them rest easier. Feigning friendship with Doran, one of the nyx, Nightmare Moon learns how to do this herself and soon converts the nyx to become her nightmare forces. She tries to enter Celestia's dreams but the Princess' mind is well-protected. Instead, Nightmare Moon attempts to sway the population via dreams to make them think Celestia is a tyrant. Celestia is able to dispel this, but weakens her mind's defenses, allowing Nightmare Moon to enter her mind. There, Nightmare Moon plays on Celestia's emotions, but after showing her Princess Luna trapped and alone, Celestia is emboldened by the love for her sister and ejects Nightmare Moon from her mind. The nightmare forces claim they cannot return Nightmare Moon to Celestia's mind, though secretly vow to protect the princess. Nightmare Moon continues to plot how to use her nightmare powers to her benefit.

    Heather Nuhfer (story)
    Tony Fleecs (art)
    Heather Breckel (colorist)

	

    Bobby Curnow (editor)
    Neil Uyetake (lettering)

05	The Many Tales of Queen Chrysalis (Queen Chrysalis)	April 29, 2015	—
The Mane 6 visit the imprisoned Queen Chrysalis after learning she has become depressed and lethargic. They discuss her involvement with Equestria's past, recounting her overthrow of the pegasus city of Timbucktu and the unicorn civilization of Trot. Defeated by Princess Celestia and imprisoned in a volcano, she outwitted a passing dragon in order to escape with her minions. When the Mane 6 reach her cell, she offers to tell the story of her origin in exchange for a book. Ignoring the others' warnings, Twilight enters the cell with the book, only to find that this Chrysalis is actually a minion in disguise. The real Chrysalis lunges from the shadows and explains that she and her species were born from a mutated carnivorous tree that grew in a magic swamp; they broke loose when Star Swirl the Bearded drove a nail into the tree to hang up a warning sign. As the prison guards and Twilight's friends rush to her aid, Chrysalis and her minions overpower them and escape from the prison.

    Katie Cook (story)
    Andy Price (art)
    Heather Breckel (colorist)

	

    Bobby Curnow (editor)
    Neil Uyetake (lettering)

	My Little Pony: FIENDship is Magic	June 17, 2015	ISBN 978-1631403392
Collection of Issues 1 through 5 of the "FIENDship is Magic" series.
My Little Pony: Legends of Magic (April 2017–March 2018)
See also: My Little Pony (IDW Publishing) § Legends of Magic (April 2017–March 2018)

This is a list of My Little Pony: Legends of Magic issues.
No.	Title	United States release date	United States ISBN
01	Star Swirl the Bearded	April 12, 2017	—
Princess Celestia gives Sunburst access to a study used by her mentor, Star Swirl the Bearded, so he can research the history of Equestria. He finds a book written by Star Swirl, describing his tutelage of Celestia and Princess Luna when they were younger.

Jealous of Celestia's faster progress, Luna steals a spellbook and uses it to create a dimensional portal to a parallel world. A force pulls her through, accompanied by a voice promising to make her stronger than Celestia, and the portal closes. Once Star Swirl re-opens it, Celestia races in ahead of him and rescues Luna from a group of rock creatures who are trying to turn her into Nightmare Moon. The creatures merge into a giant monster, and Star Swirl arrives to battle it so the sisters can return to the portal. All three escape to Equestria, and Celestia apologizes to Luna for making fun of her instead of watching out for her.

Sunburst gives the book to Celestia and Luna so they can remember Star Swirl's old lesson on the importance of compassion in a leader. He then reaches for a different title, Rockhoof and the Mighty Helm.

    Jeremy Whitley (story)
    Brenda Hickey, Heather Breckel (art)
    Brenda Hickey, Zachary Sterling, Derek Charm (cover)

02	Rockhoof and the Mighty Helm	May 17, 2017	—
Sunburst finds a book written by Star Swirl the Bearded about Rockhoof, an earth pony who saved a town from a volcanic eruption by digging a trench to divert the lava. The book tells the story of what happened after this event, and Princess Luna asks Sunburst to read it to her.

Rockhoof is invited to join the "Mighty Helm", a team of ponies tasked with protecting the town. He has trained for years in the hope of joining them, and he carries this dedication into his formal duties at first. However, he spends night after night celebrating with the other members, and he steadily falls out of shape. When the volcano threatens to erupt again, Helm captain Steela Oresdotter sends Rockhoof and two other ponies to investigate. They find a crab-like creature called a Cherufe at the peak, muttering and throwing fireballs; Rockhoof tries to fight, but he is no match for the Cherufe and all three return to the town.

Steela relieves Rockhoof of duty for angering the Cherufe, and he resumes his old training regimen on his own. Once he gets back into shape, he and Steela climb the volcano again and find that the Cherufe always throws its fireballs at the same point within the crater. Rockhoof digs at this spot and unearths the creature's baby, which has been trying to make its way home from underground. The volcano settles down, and Rockhoof learns to take his work seriously but make time for occasional relaxation with friends.

Luna asks Sunburst to tell her another story later, but he decides that he should perhaps read the next one by himself.

    Jeremy Whitley (story)
    Brenda Hickey, Heather Breckel (art)
    Brenda Hickey, Zachary Sterling, Caytlin Vilbrandt (cover)

03	Mistmane	June 7, 2017	—
After reading the tale of Rockhoof to Princess Luna, Sunburst decides to read the next story to himself. The story in question is about Mistmane, a unicorn who gave up her legendary beauty to save her friend. Directed by the book, Sunburst visits the gardens of Canterlot Castle to read about her later adventures in old age.

While traveling with several animals, Mistmane discovers that something is interfering with the construction of Canterlot Castle by damaging the crew's equipment and dismantling their work. She persuades the crew to take the day off and let her stay for the night, promising to find the cause. That night, she encounters a young Princess Luna and the two discover that the local animals are trying to tear down the castle. Luna tries to confront them directly, but Mistmane suggests that she observe their body language instead. The two learn that the animals are afraid of losing their homes to the castle construction. With their help, Luna re-designs the castle to accommodate their concerns, unaware that Mistmane has already left, and Celestia and Star Swirl approve the plans the next morning. Much later, after the castle is completed, Star Swirl sees a figure walking in the gardens and believes it to be Mistmane, but the figure suddenly disappears before he can be sure.

In the present, Sunburst thinks he sees Mistmane in the gardens, but it turns out to be a group of animals. Reminding himself that Mistmane is only a legend, he returns to the library to read another story, Flash Magnus and the Royal Legion.

    Jeremy Whitley (story)
    Brenda Hickey, Heather Breckel (art)
    Brenda Hickey, Zachary Sterling, Paul Abtruse/Eddy Swan (covers)

04	Flash Magnus and the Royal Legion	July 5, 2017	—
Sunburst's studies are interrupted by the arrival of Starlight Glimmer, who is angry at him for not coming to see her during her visit to Canterlot. She persuades him to read her the story of Flash Magnus, a pegasus who once stopped a dragon attack using only his shield, and he goes to Star Swirl's books to tell of his later exploits.

Flash is a member of the Royal Legion, a pegasus brigade tasked with protecting Cloudsdale. His commander, Captain Ironhead, brings news that an accident at the weather factory has created a massive storm that is currently drifting over griffon territory toward the city. Ironhead and his four fastest soldiers, including Flash, depart to stop the storm but are intercepted by the griffon Blackbeak, who accuses the pegasi of creating it as a weapon and insists that the griffons will stop it themselves. Ironhead orders his team to retreat back over the border, but Flash defies him and leads the other three in a rescue effort to save the young griffons in a village about to be hit by the storm. When the griffons' efforts prove futile, Ironhead and his troops work together to break up the storm. Flash and his colleagues are honored for their bravery, and Flash becomes a hero to the griffons.

Sunburst explains that this incident led to pegasi and griffons taking flight training together. Not entirely convinced of the accuracy of Star Swirl's account, Starlight decides to do a little research of her own once she returns to Ponyville. Sunburst offers to take her to dinner as a way of making up for ignoring her, and she happily accepts.

    Jeremy Whitley (story)
    Brenda Hickey, Heather Breckel (art)
    Brenda Hickey, Zachary Sterling, Caytlin Vilbrandt (cover)

05	The Legend of Somnambula and the Snake	September 6, 2017	—
While walking through Canterlot Castle with a book from Star Swirl's study, Sunburst runs into Pinkie Pie, who is setting up a party for Princess Luna's pet opossum Tiberius. She recognizes the title - The Legend of Somnambula and the Snake - and says that the story is one of her favorites. She asks Sunburst to read it to her, but does it herself after he refuses to do voices for the characters.

Somnambula, a pegasus, had become famous for saving Prince Hisan, the son of a kingdom's ruler, from an evil Sphinx. Years later, Hisan asks for her help in dealing with an enormous snake, big enough to eat his palace. It swallows the last of Hisan's guards, then Somnambula herself when she tries to reason with it. Leaving a piece of her luminous glopaz necklace inside the mouth, she ventures deeper into the snake's gut and finds several groups of survivors. From their successive descriptions of its size, she realizes that it has been growing. She gives each group a piece of glopaz and sends them toward the mouth, then finds a bitter old wizard at the tail. He explains that he had tried to stop an ordinary snake from eating his potion ingredients by putting a curse on a stone; when the snake swallowed this, it began to grow out of all proportion and swallowed him. Somnambula finds the stone, brings the wizard up to the mouth, and levers the snake's jaws open wide enough to throw the stone out and let everypony escape unharmed. The snake shrinks back to normal size, and Hisan learns to trust Somnambula and never give up hope in a dire situation.

After Pinkie finishes the story and goes on her way, Sunburst decides to read the next story by himself once his nerves have settled down and selects another book, Mage Meadowbrook and the Abandoned City.

    Jeremy Whitley (story)
    Brenda Hickey, Heather Breckel (art)
    Brenda Hickey, Zachary Sterling, Caytlin Vilbrandt (cover)

06	Mage Meadowbrook and the Abandoned City	September 27, 2017	—
Sunburst leaves Canterlot to return to the Crystal Empire, taking some of Star Swirl's books with him. During the trip, he settles down to read about the famous healer Mage Meadowbrook and her adventures after curing an epidemic of swamp fever in her home village.

While traveling throughout Equestria to help ailing ponies, Meadowbrook enters the town of Mareidian only to find it seemingly empty. She takes shelter from a storm at an inn, but discovers a horde of shambling zombie ponies inside and flees into the streets again. Grabbing her bag of supplies, she flees to a frog-infested barn that houses the town's food supply. Meadowbrook realizes that a poisonous secretion from the frogs' skin, intended to deter predators, has contaminated the food and caused the zombie affliction. She brews a potion using the secretion, lures the zombies into the barn, and douses them with the potion to return them to normal.

As Sunburst's train reaches the Crystal Empire, he notices a book set with Star Swirl's cutie mark in his luggage. Upon reading a passage about the virtues represented by the ponies of legend, Sunburst flies into a panic and decides that he needs to see Twilight Sparkle in Canterlot.

    Jeremy Whitley (story)
    Brenda Hickey, Heather Breckel (art)
    Brenda Hickey, Zachary Sterling, Abigail Starling (cover)

	My Little Pony: Legends of Magic, Vol. 1	November 21, 2017	ISBN 978-1684050598
Collection of Issues 1 through 6 of the "Legends of Magic" series.
07	TBA	October 18, 2017	—
Back in the Crystal Empire, Sunburst is going over all his research when he receives a knock at the door; opening it, he finds that a new book has been left on his doorstep. The account proves to have been written by Stygian, a unicorn scholar whose interests included the sea-life of Equestria. One day as he traversed a beach near to his home, he encountered the Dazzlings (antagonists of My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks), who asked him to take them to his village. Gaining a sense of their villainous intentions he departs, and is soon attending to errands for an elderly pony in the village.

Later that night, Stygian goes out searching for the pony he was assisting and the finds that the town is deserted, all the inhabitants having been drawn to a concert and ensnared by the Dazzlings' music. Blaming himself for not warning the townsponies, he decides that-as he cannot defeat the invaders himself-he needs to seek out help. To that end, he sets out to find the most legendary ponies in Equestria, and begins by traveling to the island home of Rockhoof.

    Jeremy Whitley (story)
    Tony Fleecs, Heather Breckel (art)
    Tony Fleecs, Brenda Hickey, Nicoletta Baldari (cover)

08	TBA	November 15, 2017	—
Stygian meets Rockhoof and attempts to recruit him to help against the Sirens, but the heroic pony is occupied with his own village's difficulties. The village relies on magical filter fish to keep its drinking water clean, but the river in which the fish travel is being menaced by lumber bears that even the Mighty Helm cannot challenge lightly. Stygian proposes a plan to divert the local river away from the forest occupied by the bears, allowing the Mighty Helm to deal with the beasts without having to defend the fish at the same time. Rockhoof digs a channel with Stygian's help, while Captain Steela Oresdotter of the Mighty Helm handles the lumber bears. The plan succeeds; Rockhoof nearly drowns in the diverted river, but Stygian saves him just in time.

Grateful to Stygian, Rockhoof agrees to join his quest, and the pair set out to gain the aid of Mage Meadowbrook. However, upon arriving in her home, the pair are attacked by unusually aggressive animals. Meadowbrook saves them by luring the animals into a trap, and a comment by Stygian gives her a clue as to the cause of their aggression. Only the plant-eating creatures have been affected, leading her to conclude that a newly arrived fungus is responsible. As she begins to brew an antidote, the affected creatures begin to close in on the trio.

    Jeremy Whitley (story)
    Tony Fleecs, Heather Breckel (art)
    Tony Fleecs, Brenda Hickey, Jennifer Hermandez (cover)

09	TBA	December 27, 2017	—
Stygian and Rockhoof work to keep the infected animals of Hayseed Swamp out while Meadowbrook develops a cure for their condition. Rockhoof's strength allows him to hold off the attackers, until Stygian's efforts to subdue them with Meadowbrook's concoctions cause some of the animals to become too strong. Luckily, Meadowbrook completes her antidote and administers it to the creatures, restoring them to their usual peaceful natures. Grateful for the help of her new friends, Meadowbrook joins in their expedition.

The trio then set out in search of Flash Magnus, hoping that his speed will be an asset in the battle with the Sirens. They eventually arrive at the training camp of the Cloudsdale Royal Legion, only to learn that war with the dragons is imminent and that Flash Magnus is at the front.

    Jeremy Whitley (story)
    Tony Fleecs, Heather Breckel (art)
    Tony Fleecs, Brenda Hickey, Monica "Hollulu" Grover (cover)

10	TBA	January 24, 2018	—
Stygian's party interrupts a confrontation between Flash Magnus and one of the invading dragons, and Rockhoof is able to convince Flash to come down and listen to them. While Stygian argues with the Pegasus, Meadowbrook realizes that a number of the dragons are ill. She quickly diagnoses their condition and provides a treatment, allowing the dragons to return home and preventing war between them and the Pegasi. Flash Magnus is left free to join the party, which Stygian reveals is meant to be composed of ponies representing various crucial elements.

The party makes its way into a desert region where they are attacked by what appear to be mummy ponies, but the behavior of the creatures seems off. Somnambula then arrives and reveals that the majority of the mummies are in fact illusions produced by a cursed object. Working together, the five ponies are able to destroy the artifact and free its victim, Prince Hisan, and Somnambula eagerly joins the group. Unbeknownst to them, their next intended recruit-Mistmane-has come under attack from her own greenhouse plants.

    Jeremy Whitley (story)
    Tony Fleecs, Heather Breckel (art)
    Tony Fleecs, Brenda Hickey, Low Zi Rong (cover)

11	TBA	February 28, 2018	—
Searching for Mistmane, Stygian and the legendary ponies assembled thus far reach her greenhouse, which they discover is locked from the inside. The members of the group attempt various means of breaking in, only to find that Mistmane's plants are actively attempting to keep them out. Meadowbrook manages to trick the plants into allowing them access by offering them a growth potion, which works until an oblivious Flash Sentry mentions the object of their search. They then locate Mistmane and "rescue" her-only to learn that the plants were not attempting to harm her at all, but rather wished her not to leave.

With the guidance of Mistmane, the group then sets out to recruit the final member of their group: Star Swirl the Bearded. Finding him in Canterlot, Stygian is overawed to meet his idol, and the two quickly bond over common interests. After revealing the situation of his home village, Stygian acquaints Star Swirl with his new teammates.

    Jeremy Whitley (story)
    Tony Fleecs, Heather Breckel (art)
    Tony Fleecs, Brenda Hickey (cover)

12	TBA	March 28, 2018	—
Having joined the other legendary ponies, Star Swirl bids farewell to Princesses Celestia and Luna before meeting his teammates at the Castle of the Two Sisters. He becomes acquainted with the others as they make their way to Stygian's village, though the scholarly unicorn begins to feel that the group dynamic has changed. When Stygian attempts to propose a means of weakening and then reasoning with the Sirens, Star Swirl butts in with his own plan. He feels that he and the other five heroes have the power to deal with the threat, and seems to regard the villains as irredeemable.

Stygian reluctantly agrees to Star Swirl's plan to banish the Sirens, and remains on the sidelines while they engage the enemy. After Star Swirl sends them to another dimension (leading into the events of Rainbow Rocks) Stygian resolves to find his own way of becoming a hero. Back in the present, Sunburst tracks down Stygian and refutes his assertions that he wasn't a hero, given all that he did to bring the Pillars of Old Equestria together to save his homeland. Grateful, Stygian offers Sunburst the chance to read his second journal, while Sunburst questions whether or not Equestria's greatest villain may not be Star Swirl himself due to his failure to comprehend friendship.

    Jeremy Whitley (story)
    Tony Fleecs, Heather Breckel (art)
    Tony Fleecs, Brenda Hickey (cover)

	My Little Pony: Legends of Magic, Vol. 2	May 22, 2018	ISBN 978-1684051588
Collection of Issues 7 through 12 of the "Legends of Magic" series.
My Little Pony: The Movie Prequel (June–September 2017)

This is a list of My Little Pony: The Movie Prequel issues.
No.	Title	United States release date	United States ISBN
01	The Storm King	June 28, 2017	—
The Storm King recounts his latest triumph, the looting of the cat kingdom of Abyssinia. Instead of overthrowing its king and queen, he simply takes everything of value by force, with an eye toward any magical items. Among the hoard is the Misfortune Malachite, a necklace that carries great power but also curses its owner to suffer eventual ruin. The Storm King ignores the Abyssinian rulers' warning and departs, gloating to his second-in-command Strife that he has succeeded in his conquests because he does not let the idea of friendship distract him from his goals. Strife later betrays the Storm King to a crew of parrot sky pirates and sabotages the ship to make pursuit impossible, explaining that he has his own goals to pursue.

    Ted Anderson (story)
    Neil Uyetake (lettering)
    Andy Price, Heather Breckel (art)
    Andy Price, Tony Fleecs, Kaori Matsuo (cover)

02	Captain Celaeno and the Pirates	July 26, 2017	—
Two moons prior to the events of issue #1, the sky pirates and their captain, Celaeno, loot one of the Storm King's ships but find its cargo to be of low value. Celaeno knows that her fleet needs supplies and repairs, but she is unwilling to risk the safety of her crew on bigger heists. They receive a message from Strife, informing them of his plans to sabotage the Storm King's vessels after the raid on Abyssinia. Celaeno and her crew plunder the fleet and take Strife with them, but find two Abyssinian stowaways on one of their ships. She offers them a position on the crew, surprising Strife with her generosity. The Storm King attacks and captures the pirates, having quickly repaired his ship, and launches Strife overboard. He offers Celaeno a chance to join him, but she refuses as the job would require her to abandon her crew; instead, he forces all of them to work for him as cargo haulers. One of Celaeno's ships breaks away, piloted by the stowaways and carrying the Misfortune Malachite.

    Ted Anderson (story)
    Andy Price (art)
    Andy Price, Tony Fleecs, Kaori Matsuo (cover)

03	Capper of Abyssinia	August 23, 2017	—
The two Abyssinian stowaways, Capper and Chummer, crash their stolen ship in the desert and find the Misfortune Malachite in the wreckage. They take it with them, hoping to be able to trade it for supplies, and come across the crime-ridden settlement of Klugetown. The two had grown up on the streets of Abyssinia as orphans, stealing to survive and looking out for each other, and Chummer is eager to resume that life. Capper, however, wants stability and a chance for them to simply live as friends. Their street hustling attracts the attention of Verko, the crime boss of Klugetown, who offers to trade them a fully stocked airship for the Malachite even though he knows about its curse. Adopting Verko's ruthless attitude, Chummer double-crosses Capper and Verko, steals the ship, and keeps the Malachite. Capper climbs aboard to fight Chummer, but he is knocked overboard as the ship catches fire. Verko blames Capper for costing him a fortune on the broken deal, and Capper bitterly muses that Chummer was never his friend.

    Ted Anderson (story)
    Andy Price (art)
    Andy Price, Tony Fleecs, Kaori Matsuo (cover)

04	Tempest of Equestria	September 6, 2017	—
Tempest Shadow, a unicorn unable to properly use magic due to her broken horn, finds the Misfortune Malachite in the wreckage of Chummer's stolen ship. She takes it, evading an attempt by the Storm King's troops to recover it, and flees to Klugetown. There, she overhears rumors that the Storm King is on the hunt for any magical artifacts he can find; she also hears warnings from the Malachite itself to beware its power. She slips out of town as part of a caravan, then leaves its leader Rambler to deal with the Storm King's troops when they ambush it - only to come face to face with the Storm King himself. He offers to make her his second-in-command, heal her horn, and restore her magic in exchange for the Malachite. She accepts the deal and tells him of the magic contained within Equestria, and he destroys the Malachite in order to eliminate its curse as a possible distraction during his conquest.

    Ted Anderson (story)
    Andy Price (art)
    Andy Price, Tony Fleecs, Kaori Matsuo (cover)

	My Little Pony: The Movie Prequel	August 29, 2017	ISBN 978-1684051076
Collection of Issues 1 through 4 of "The Movie Prequel" series.
My Little Pony: Ponyville Mysteries (May 2018-September 2018)
See also: My Little Pony (IDW Publishing) § Ponyville Mysteries (May 2018-September 2018)

This is a list of My Little Pony: Ponyville Mysteries issues.
No.	Title	United States release date	United States ISBN
01	My Little Pony: Ponyville Mysteries #1	May 30, 2018	—
The Cutie Mark Crusaders are volunteering at Ponyville Hospital when they overhear an altercation between Head Nurse Neightingale and Nurse Redheart. They learn that medical supplies have been stolen and that Neightingale is holding Redheart responsible, and offer to help her discover the true culprit. Their investigation leads to the discovery that Neightingale, Redheart, and Distemper the janitor are the only ones with keys to the supply closet from which the items have been stolen. Despite Redheart's vouching for Distemper's integrity, his refusal to cooperate with their investigation and an incident in which he helps a patient with some bandages he had on hand lead the Crusaders to suspect him.

Neightingale suspends him on their recommendations, but another theft occurs the following day leading to Redheart's suspension as well. While visiting Fluttershy, however, the Crusaders learn that it is nesting season for the Equestrian social weaver bird, and between this and feathers seen near a small window in the supply closet deduce the truth. Redheart and Distemper are soon cleared, and Neightingale and the Crusaders both apologize for their rash actions. The Crusaders then decide to start a detective agency, and quickly receive their first clients in the form of several bowler ponies.

    Christina Rice (story)
    Agnes Garbowska (art and cover A)
    Philip Murray (cover B)

02	My Little Pony: Ponyville Mysteries #2	June 20, 2018	—
The bowler ponies from the end of the previous issue-Jeff Letrotski and Walter-inform the Cutie Mark Crusaders that someone has been stealing all the pins from the Ponyville bowling alley. Not only are they unable to practice for an upcoming tournament, but Walter's chance to break the record of a pony named Kingpin is in jeopardy. After questioning the other team members, the Crusaders believe that a rival team may be behind the theft. However, visits to Cloudsdale, Canterlot, and Dodge Junction to interview those cities' teams leave them with no fresh clues as to motive or opportunity.

At school the next day, the tired Crusaders notice that their classmates Snips and Snails are equally fatigued, just before Jeff arrives to report another bowling-pin theft. They visit the alley again and meet Kingpin, who says that although he is happy to see somepnony try to break his record, his grandson - Snips - thinks otherwise. The Crusaders discover that Snips stole the pins with Snails' help in order to keep Kingpin's record intact. With the mystery solved, the tournament goes on as planned and the alley is renamed in Kingpin's honor.

03	My Little Pony: Ponyville Mysteries #3	July 18, 2018	—
During a Filly Guide campout, Scootaloo's aunts Holiday and Lofty show the Cutie Mark Crusaders and their friends how to make Sumyums, a s'more-like treat involving prickly pears. Granny Smith interrupts with news of a fire at the Ponyville Retirement Village. The damage is soon contained, but rumors that it may have been deliberately set prompt the Crusaders to investigate the following day.

They question Diamond Tiara, whose father Filthy Rich wants to put up a hotel on the site, and resident Sand Trap, who had criticized the Retirement Village in the past. Both deny any involvement in starting the fire, and the Crusaders question other residents but make no headway. Fire Streak, the town's fire chief, warns them not to enter the lucnchroom where the fire started, but they ignore him and sneak in during the night. There they find the remains of a campfire and residue of prickly pear and peanut butter.

The next day, when Holiday and Lofty tell Scootaloo that Filly Guides used to make Sumyums using peanut butter, she realizes who is responsible. Pearly Stitch, a resident who had been a Filly Guide in her youth, admits to setting the fire to make Sumyums because she missed the taste of them. Fire Streak berates the Crusaders for risking their safety, but the residents thank them and Holiday and Lofty organize a "throwback" Filly Guide outing with Pearly as their guest.

04	My Little Pony: Ponyville Mysteries #4	August 2018	—
On a visit to the Ponyville Day Spa with Rarity and Rainbow Dash, the Crusaders learn that the spring the spa gets its water from has apparently dried up. They head out into the Everfree Forest to investigate, and find the spring dammed with a pipeline leading away from it. The pipe apparently ends at Sweet Apple Acres, making it appear as though the Apple family is stealing the spring water for their own uses. Upon questioning the Apples, they learn that hybrid trees (like the apple-pear tree planted by Apple Bloom's parents in the episode "The Perfect Pear") require a large amount of water.

Getting no answers from the Apples as to the water, the Crusaders talk the case over at Sugarcube Corner and inadvertently spread the news that the Apples are suspects in the case. This leads the townsponies to treat the Apples with suspicion, refusing to buy their products. The Crusaders discover that Flim and Flam are in town selling hybrid fruits, and another check of the pipeline reveals an additional buried section that leads to their tree. The brothers hurriedly leave town, the Apples' family name is cleared, and the water flow to the spa is restored.

05	My Little Pony: Ponyville Mysteries #5	September 2018	—
The Crusaders have their biggest case yet when a priceless artifact belonging to superstar Songbird Serenade is stolen! [18]

	My Little Pony: Ponyville Mysteries	January 15, 2019	ISBN 978-1684053933
Collection of Issues 1 through 5 of "Ponyville Mysteries."
My Little Pony: Nightmare Knights (October 2018-March 2019)
See also: My Little Pony (IDW Publishing) § Nightmare Knights (October 2018-)

This is a list of My Little Pony: Nightmare Knights issues.
No.	Title	United States release date	United States ISBN
01	My Little Pony: Nightmare Knights #1	October 10, 2018	—
Powerless and threatened by a great evil, Princess Luna discovers she can’t count on her sister or any of the usual heroes of Equestria. Running out of time and with nowhere to turn, Luna assembles a team specially suited to save the day… a team of former villains! [19]

02	My Little Pony: Nightmare Knights #2	November 21, 2018	—
Princess Luna assembles her team of ne’er-do-wells: Capper, Tempest Shadow, Trixie and Stygian! Will they all be able to work together and find a way into the most dangerous place any of them have ever been? A classic heist story with endearing heart! [20]

03	My Little Pony: Nightmare Knights #3	December 12, 2018	—
04	My Little Pony: Nightmare Knights #4	January 16, 2019	—
05	My Little Pony: Nightmare Knights #5	March 13, 2019	—
One-shots
See also: My Little Pony (IDW Publishing) § One-shots
For the Equestria Girls-specific issues, see My Little Pony: Equestria Girls § Comics.

This is a list of My Little Pony one-shots.
No.	Title	United States release date	United States ISBN
	My Little Pony: Annual 2013	October 30, 2013	—
(See My Little Pony: Equestria Girls#Comics.)
	My Little Pony: Annual 2014	September 24, 2014	—
The Power Ponies stop three of Maretropolis' villains and send them to Balkham Asylum, earning the praise of the city. However, once the heroes have returned to their tower headquarters, private disagreements between them start to boil over, much to the dismay of their sidekick Humdrum. The captured villains ally themselves with two other inmates, Smudge and the Mane-iac, and a sixth – the fugitive Shadowmane – breaks them out of the asylum and joins the team as well. The Power Ponies' squabbles foil their attempts to stop the gang, and they are captured and their powers transferred to the gang.

Humdrum frees the Power Ponies, who fear that they will be unable to stop the gang from ravaging Maretropolis in a crime spree. He tells them of a television show that teaches the strength of friendship and puts them through an intensive training course to help them become friends with each other again. When they go up against the gang, though, they are captured just as easily as before. Once they escape this trap, they rewire the power-transferring machine and trick the villains into distrusting each other. The villains, caught off guard by their own infighting, lose their stolen abilities to the Power Ponies and are quickly subdued and arrested. The Power Ponies ask Humdrum about the show that gave him the idea about friendship, and at the tower, he shows them an episode of the animated series My Little Donkey.

In a short side story, the Mane-iac escapes from prison and finds her old lair and hair-dryer superweapon in ruins. Amid the rubble, she unearths a magic mirror that transports her to the human world seen in the Equestria Girls film. She retains her pony form in this world and soon encounters her human counterpart; the two do not recognize each other at first and fight briefly, but they soon realize that they are identical except for the species difference. They reminisce over their past criminal schemes and agree that they can work together in their separate worlds to achieve their evil goals. After Pony Mane-iac returns to her own world, this entire story is revealed to be part of a comic book that Human Rainbow Dash is reading; she is puzzled over the existence of Pony Mane-iac.

    Ted Anderson (story)
    Ben Bates (art & coloring)
    Neil Uyetake (lettering)

	

    Bobby Curnow (editor)
    Heather Breckel, Lauren Perry (coloring)

	My Little Pony: Equestria Girls Holiday Special	December 17, 2014	—
(See My Little Pony: Equestria Girls#Comics.)
	My Little Pony Holiday Special	December 2, 2015	—
Trying to get home from Canterlot, Twilight Sparkle and Spike find themselves stuck at the train station in a blizzard. Twilight hunts for a book in her saddlebags to pass the time but cannot find it, not knowing that her father borrowed it without telling her. All she can find are several Hearth's Warming books for foals on sale at the station, so she settles in to read to Spike.

    The Flying Reindeer: In this story, all the ponies are reindeer instead. Rainbow Dash's flying skill leads Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon to ostracize her. Princess Luna crashes into Rainbow while hauling a cartload of gifts and injures a wing, so she presses a less-than-enthusiastic Rainbow into helping finish the deliveries. Luna urges Rainbow to appreciate the uniqueness of her flying ability.
    The Toy and the Mouse: Rarity receives a gift of an ornate, soldier-shaped nutcracker doll and falls asleep with it next to her Hearth's Warming tree. The doll turns into a real prince at midnight, but when the Mouse King shows up, Rarity becomes disgusted and storms out of the story.
    'Twas the Night of Hearth's Warming Eve: A poem narrated by Big McIntosh. He settles down to bed on the night before the holiday, but is awakened by a noise that proves to be Applejack and Apple Bloom trying to build a present for him. The sisters ineptly carry the end result across the farmyard and drop it down the chimney, leaving Macintosh barely enough time to extinguish the fireplace in the living room. The present turns out to be a scale model of the farmhouse, which touches him deeply.

The rest of Twilight's friends break through the snowdrifts around the station, having had no word from her. She has missed Pinkie Pie's Hearth's Warming Eve party, so they have brought the party to her.

    Katie Cook (story)
    Katie Cook, Andy Price, Agnes Garbowska, Brenda Hickey, Heather Breckel (art)
    Brenda Hickey, Agnes Garbowska, Katie Cook (cover artist)

	My Little Pony: Guardians of Harmony Annual 2017	March 1, 2017	—
Six 8-page stories that center around a changeling invasion of Equestria.

    Shadowbolts: Rainbow Dash plans to spend time distracting Pinkie Pie so that Cheese Sandwich can plan a party for her. Applejack arrives with news that Queen Chrysalis and her changelings are attacking the Crystal Empire. Rainbow starts off toward Canterlot to rendezvous with the Wonderbolts, but two Shadowbolts intercept her and challenge her to a race. They try to knock her off course, but she uses their own tricks to trap them in a log. Finding that they are actually changelings sent to distract her, Rainbow hurries to Canterlot.
    Pinkie Pie: In Ponyville, Cheese goes to work planning a birthday/anniversary party for Pinkie at Twilight Sparkle's request. He is surprised at the arrival of Pinkie, who was supposed to meet up with Rainbow, and the changelings abduct and replace him as she looks over his party cannon. The duplicate Cheese attacks Pinkie, but the real one warns her of the deception and she uses his cannon to free him and knock the duplicate out. The two team up to drive the changelings back, then get to work on planning Pinkie's party together.
    Shining Armor: In the Crystal Empire, Princess Cadance tells Shining Armor to stay in the castle and keep Flurry Heart safe. He comes across a book about Princess Amore, who created many powerful spells and hid them in the caverns beneath the castle, and goes looking for them. In the caverns, he finds an injured Fluttershy and insists on helping her rather than look for the spells, saying that everypony's life deserves to be protected. The image of Fluttershy is replaced by one of Amore, who had set up this scenario as a test; having passed, Shining gains access to her laboratory and finds a potion with a dragon's image swirling within.
    Twilight Sparkle: In Ponyville, Sweetie Drops tries to get Lyra to safety, but Lyra calls her a terrible friend and says she has always hated her. This Lyra is a changeling impostor; the real Lyra drives her away, and Twilight takes her and Sweetie Drops back to the Castle of Friendship. Twilight's cutie mark summons her to the Cutie Map, which sends her to the top floor and a door that can only be opened by two ponies whose friendship has survived the harshest of tests. Lyra and Sweetie Drops are able to open it, behind which Twilight finds the Armor of Friendship to use in saving Ponyville.
    Wonderbolts: In Canterlot, Princesses Celestia and Luna have summoned Spitfire and Soarin' for a meeting. They are assigned to take the Wonderbolts north and defend the Crystal Empire. Soarin' rounds up the rest of the team but cannot find Rainbow Dash, and Spitfire equips them with a set of glider prototypes that will let them reach the Empire quickly. As soon as they arrive, though, they find themselves severely overmatched.
    Big Spike: In Ponyville, the Mane Six and Spike gather just as a letter from Celestia arrives, warning them that Chrysalis and her forces are coming their way. Shining Armor arrives with the potion he took from Amore's lab; after sampling it, Twilight casts a spell to equip him and the rest of the Mane Six with armor. Spike insists that she needs to cast it on him as well, but she ignores him as the others prepare to fight. They are quickly overwhelmed, and Twilight grants Spike's request. The spell turns him into a giant, and he is able to rout the changelings with ease and save Ponyville.

    Christina Rice, Jeremy Whitley (stories)
    Tony Fleecs, Jay Fosgitt, Andy Price, Heather Breckel (art)
    Jay Fosgitt, Andy Price (cover artists)

	My Little Pony: Deviations	March 8, 2017	—
This issue is part of Deviations, a five-week series in which each issue explores an alternate timeline in a different IDW universe.

After filly Twilight Sparkle takes her entrance exam to Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns, Princess Celestia decides not to mentor her, since she is already showing great magical talent. Instead, she takes on Prince Blueblood as her personal student in order to help him overcome his struggles with schoolwork and socialization. However, he becomes even more arrogant over the years, to the point that Celestia hurriedly sends him to Ponyville to oversee the plans for the Summer Sun Celebration and make some friends. Blueblood takes an unscheduled side trip to Manehattan first; by the time he arrives in Ponyville, Nightmare Moon has already escaped from the moon and is threatening the town. He antagonizes Applejack, Fluttershy, and Rarity and disrupts Rainbow Dash's efforts to contain Nightmare Moon, allowing her to break loose. When Pinkie Pie tries to defuse the situation with a joke, Blueblood derides her humor, annoying her to the point that she tells Nightmare Moon to be quiet so she can scold him. Nightmare Moon comes to see how disagreeable Blueblood really is and, not wanting to be compared to him, abandons her plan for eternal night and reverts to Princess Luna. The Mane Five befriend her, and she launches both Blueblood and his pet dog Bunny to the moon.

In a short side story, Blueblood quickly grows bored with being alone on the moon and orders Bunny to construct a society for him. Bunny surreptitiously arranges the buildings to spell the word HELP, which Celestia can see from Canterlot. She arrives on the moon and is greatly surprised to find Blueblood "ruling" over crowds built from moon rocks as a self-proclaimed emperor.

    Katie Cook (story)
    Katie Cook, Agnes Garbowska (art)
    Katie Cook, Agnes Garbowska, Sara Richard (cover artists)

	My Little Pony Holiday Special 2017	December 13, 2017	—
The Flim Flam Brothers arrive in Ponyville and unveil their plan to turn Hearth's Warming into an entire shopping holiday season. They invent the story of Windy the Windigo, who brings snow to ponies who show her kindness, and start selling merchandise based on the character in all the shops. Twilight Sparkle and Applejack disapprove of the marketing gimmicks that they believe are cheapening the holiday's meaning, but Pinkie Pie, Spike, and Apple Bloom enjoy the displays and have fun making up lists of the presents they want to receive. To counter the brothers, Twilight announces that since Windy is so generous with the winter weather she brings, they should honor her by not charging for their Windy-themed merchandise. Realizing that they will quickly go broke if they take her suggestion, the brothers hastily pack up and leave Ponyville.

Angry at Twilight and Applejack for ruining the festive mood, Pinkie, Spike, and Apple Bloom leave. Twilight and Applejack wander to Sweet Apple Acres, where they see the three enjoying the company of Granny Smith and Big McIntosh, and realize that their insistence on tradition and factual correctness has caused the rift. Both sides apologize to each other, now understanding that ponies can appreciate the same holiday in different ways, and go inside to rejoin the Apples' gathering. As Twilight and Applejack privately admit to each other that they are starting to believe in Windy, snow begins to fall – courtesy of Rainbow Dash.

    James Asmus (story)
    Brenda Hickey (art)
    Andy Price, Brenda Hickey (cover artists)

	My Little Pony: Legends of Magic Annual 2018	April 18, 2018	—
Some time after his first team up with the other Pillars of Equestria and Stygian, Star Swirl shows Princesses Celestia and Luna a collection of magical mirrors he intends to use to travel to other worlds. Unfortunately, the open gateways allow a force of monstrous creatures to attack, and Star Swirl ends up separated from the princesses with his mirrors destroyed. He manages to take himself back to Equestria and reunites with the other Pillars and Stygian, and is persuaded to let them join in his attempt to rescue Celestia and Luna. Using a temporary portal, the group is able to travel to the world where Celestia and Luna have been taken, which is the same world Luna was taken to in Legends of Magic #1. Splitting up, the group find that the ecosystem is wholly corrupted, and it proves to be an alternate Equestria dominated by its Pony of Shadows.

The Pony of Shadows reveals that Luna and Celestia became Nightmare Moon and Daybreaker in this world, and he intends to bring about the same corruption in the kidnapped princesses and use their power to conquer all worlds. He also recognizes all the Pillars-having previously destroyed his world's Star Swirl-but is confused by the presence of Stygian. While the Pillars fight against the Pony of Shadows' monsters, Stygian is able to rescue the princesses due to an inexplicable ability to command those same creatures. Returning home, the Pillars celebrate their victory, and Star Swirl promises to be more careful in future interdimensional studies. Meanwhile, the Pony of Shadows, having heard Stygian's name prior to his foes' escape, sheds his dark cloak and is revealed to be an alternate Stygian, so long immersed in darkness that he had forgotten his former identity.

    Jeremy Whitley (story)
    Brenda Hickey (cover artist)

	My Little Pony: IDW 20/20	January 23, 2019	—
This issue is part of IDW 20/20, a five-week series in which each issue is set in a different IDW universe, 20 years earlier or later than its respective time frame.

Wearing the Elements of Harmony, the Mane Six are in Canterlot to greet a visiting Abyssinian delegation and watch an airshow by Rainbow Dash. A lightning strike during her Sonic Rainboom finale transports them into the past, at the moment when each of them got their cutie marks (see the Season 1 episode "The Cutie Mark Chronicles"). They meet their younger selves and gather in Ponyville, where they discover a sealed portal that can take them back to their own time; however, it can only be opened with the Elements, lost in the time jump. Twilight and Rarity sense their presence in two different directions, and the twelve split up to find them, with three mares and three fillies in each group. As they collect the Elements, the mares tell the fillies about some of their adventures and emphasize the importance of friendship and teamwork. All twelve are able to open the portal by working together, whereupon Princess Celestia arrives and casts a spell to erase everypony's memories of the day in order to avoid any damage to the timeline. The spell wears off as soon as the Mane Six return to the present, allowing them to remember meeting their filly selves and the start of their friendship.

    Ted Anderson (story)
    Toni Kuusisto (art)
    Heather Breckel (colors)
    Toni Kuusisto, Tony Fleecs (cover artists)