List of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episodes

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is an animated television series based on Hasbro's My Little Pony franchise. The series follows a studious pony named Twilight Sparkle (Tara Strong), her dragon assistant Spike (Cathy Weseluck) and her friends, Applejack (Ashleigh Ball), Rarity (Tabitha St. Germain), Fluttershy (Andrea Libman), Rainbow Dash (Ball) and Pinkie Pie (Libman). They go on adventures and help others around Equestria, solving problems with their friendships.

First aired on The Hub (later renamed Discovery Family), each season comprises 26 episodes, with the exception of season 3, which has 13 episodes. During the course of the series, 222 episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic aired, including two specials over nine seasons, between October 10, 2010, and October 12, 2019.^[1] Other media released during and after its run included a feature-length film and 6 clip shows.

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is a co-production of DHX Media/Vancouver in Canada and Allspark in the United States. Internationally, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic aired on Treehouse TV in Canada, Boomerang in the United Kingdom until 2012 and on Tiny Pop and Pop, two British free-to-air children's television channels owned and operated by Sony Pictures Television, from September 2013,^[2] Okto in Singapore,^[3] Cartoon Network and later Boomerang with Eleven airing repeats in Australia and TV2 in New Zealand,^[4] ntv7 and Astro Ceria in Malaysia, e-Junior in the United Arab Emirates,^[5] Tooniverse in South Korea, GMA Network (first season only) and TV5 (seasons 1-3) in the Philippines ^[6][7] and TV Tokyo (seasons 1–2) in Japan. The series garnered positive reviews from critics^{[nb 1]} and received a Hugo Award nomination for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form for the episode "The Cutie Map".^[12]

Series overview

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released	Network
1	26		October 10, 2010 (2010-10-10)	May 6, 2011 (2011-05-06)	The Hub/Hub Network
2	26		September 17, 2011 (2011-09-17)	April 21, 2012 (2012-04-21)
3	13		November 10, 2012 (2012-11-10)	February 16, 2013 (2013-02-16)
4	26		November 23, 2013 (2013-11-23)	May 10, 2014 (2014-05-10)
5	26		April 4, 2015 (2015-04-04)	November 28, 2015 (2015-11-28)	Discovery Family
6	26		March 26, 2016 (2016-03-26)	October 22, 2016 (2016-10-22)
7	26		April 15, 2017 (2017-04-15)	October 28, 2017 (2017-10-28)
Film			October 6, 2017 (2017-10-06)		—
8	26		March 24, 2018 (2018-03-24)	October 13, 2018 (2018-10-13)	Discovery Family
Holiday special			October 27, 2018 (2018-10-27)
9	26		April 6, 2019 (2019-04-06)	October 12, 2019 (2019-10-12)
Special			June 29, 2019 (2019-06-29)
Clip shows	6		April 20, 2020 (2020-04-20) (AUS)	May 25, 2020 (2020-05-25) (AUS)	—

Episodes

Season 1 (2010–11)

Main article: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 1)

Each episode is directed by Jayson Thiessen with James Wootton as co-director.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code [13]
1	1	"Friendship Is Magic"[nb 2][nb 3] (Parts 1 and 2)	Lauren Faust	October 10, 2010 (2010-10-10)	101
2	2			October 22, 2010 (2010-10-22)	102
3	3	"The Ticket Master"	Amy Keating Rogers & Lauren Faust	October 29, 2010 (2010-10-29)	103
4	4	"Applebuck Season"	Amy Keating Rogers	November 5, 2010 (2010-11-05)	104
5	5	"Griffon the Brush Off"	Cindy Morrow	November 12, 2010 (2010-11-12)	105
6	6	"Boast Busters"	Chris Savino	November 19, 2010 (2010-11-19)	106
7	7	"Dragonshy"	Meghan McCarthy	November 26, 2010 (2010-11-26)	107
8	8	"Look Before You Sleep"	Charlotte Fullerton	December 3, 2010 (2010-12-03)	108
9	9	"Bridle Gossip"	Amy Keating Rogers	December 10, 2010 (2010-12-10)	109
10	10	"Swarm of the Century"	M.A. Larson	December 17, 2010 (2010-12-17)	110
11	11	"Winter Wrap Up"	Cindy Morrow	December 24, 2010 (2010-12-24)	111
12	12	"Call of the Cutie"	Meghan McCarthy	January 7, 2011 (2011-01-07)	112
13	13	"Fall Weather Friends"	Amy Keating Rogers	January 28, 2011 (2011-01-28)	113
14	14	"Suited for Success"	Charlotte Fullerton	February 4, 2011 (2011-02-04)	114
15	15	"Feeling Pinkie Keen"	Dave Polsky	February 11, 2011 (2011-02-11)	115
16	16	"Sonic Rainboom"	M.A. Larson	February 18, 2011 (2011-02-18)	116
17	17	"Stare Master"	Chris Savino	February 25, 2011 (2011-02-25)	117
18	18	"The Show Stoppers"	Cindy Morrow	March 4, 2011 (2011-03-04)	118
19	19	"A Dog and Pony Show"	Amy Keating Rogers	March 11, 2011 (2011-03-11)	119
20	20	"Green Isn't Your Color"	Meghan McCarthy	March 18, 2011 (2011-03-18)	120
21	21	"Over a Barrel"	Dave Polsky	March 25, 2011 (2011-03-25)	121
22	22	"A Bird in the Hoof"	Charlotte Fullerton	April 8, 2011 (2011-04-08)	122
23	23	"The Cutie Mark Chronicles"	M.A. Larson	April 15, 2011 (2011-04-15)	123
24	24	"Owl's Well That Ends Well"	Cindy Morrow	April 22, 2011 (2011-04-22)	124
25	25	"Party of One"	Meghan McCarthy	April 29, 2011 (2011-04-29)	125
26	26	"The Best Night Ever"	Amy Keating Rogers	May 6, 2011 (2011-05-06)	126

Season 2 (2011–12)

Main article: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 2)

Each episode is directed by James Wootton.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code [14]	US viewers (millions)
27	1	"The Return of Harmony" (Parts 1 & 2)	M.A. Larson	September 17, 2011 (2011-09-17)	201	0.48[15]
28	2			September 24, 2011 (2011-09-24)	202	N/A
29	3	"Lesson Zero"	Meghan McCarthy	October 15, 2011 (2011-10-15)	203	N/A
30	4	"Luna Eclipsed"	M.A. Larson	October 22, 2011 (2011-10-22)	204	N/A
31	5	"Sisterhooves Social"	Cindy Morrow	November 5, 2011 (2011-11-05)	205	N/A
32	6	"The Cutie Pox"	Amy Keating Rogers	November 12, 2011 (2011-11-12)	206	N/A
33	7	"May the Best Pet Win!"	Charlotte Fullerton	November 19, 2011 (2011-11-19)	207	N/A
34	8	"The Mysterious Mare Do Well"	Merriwether Williams	November 26, 2011 (2011-11-26)	208	N/A
35	9	"Sweet and Elite"	Meghan McCarthy	December 3, 2011 (2011-12-03)	209	N/A
36	10	"Secret of My Excess"	M.A. Larson	December 10, 2011 (2011-12-10)	210	N/A
37	11	"Hearth's Warming Eve"	Merriwether Williams	December 17, 2011 (2011-12-17)	213	N/A
38	12	"Family Appreciation Day"	Cindy Morrow	January 7, 2012 (2012-01-07)	211	N/A
39	13	"Baby Cakes"	Charlotte Fullerton	January 14, 2012 (2012-01-14)	212	N/A
40	14	"The Last Roundup"	Amy Keating Rogers	January 21, 2012 (2012-01-21)	214	N/A
41	15	"The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000"	M.A. Larson	January 28, 2012 (2012-01-28)	215	N/A
42	16	"Read It and Weep"	Cindy Morrow	February 4, 2012 (2012-02-04)	216	N/A
43	17	"Hearts and Hooves Day"	Meghan McCarthy	February 11, 2012 (2012-02-11)	217	0.32[16]
44	18	"A Friend in Deed"	Amy Keating Rogers	February 18, 2012 (2012-02-18)	218	N/A
45	19	"Putting Your Hoof Down"	Story by : Charlotte Fullerton Teleplay by : Merriwether Williams	March 3, 2012 (2012-03-03)	219	N/A
46	20	"It's About Time"	M.A. Larson	March 10, 2012 (2012-03-10)	220	N/A
47	21	"Dragon Quest"	Merriwether Williams	March 17, 2012 (2012-03-17)	221	N/A
48	22	"Hurricane Fluttershy"	Cindy Morrow	March 24, 2012 (2012-03-24)	222	N/A
49	23	"Ponyville Confidential"	M.A. Larson	March 31, 2012 (2012-03-31)	223	N/A
50	24	"MMMystery on the Friendship Express"	Amy Keating Rogers	April 7, 2012 (2012-04-07)	224	N/A
51	25	"A Canterlot Wedding" (Parts 1 & 2)	Meghan McCarthy	April 21, 2012 (2012-04-21)	225	0.49[17]
52	26				226	0.48[17]

Season 3 (2012–13)

Main article: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 3)

Like the previous season, James Wootton directed each episode.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code [18]	US viewers (millions)
53–54	1–2	"The Crystal Empire"	Meghan McCarthy	November 10, 2012 (2012-11-10)	301/302	0.58[19]
55	3	"Too Many Pinkie Pies"	Dave Polsky	November 17, 2012 (2012-11-17)	303	0.43[20]
56	4	"One Bad Apple"	Cindy Morrow	November 24, 2012 (2012-11-24)	304	0.49[21]
57	5	"Magic Duel"	M.A. Larson	December 1, 2012 (2012-12-01)	305	0.37[20]
58	6	"Sleepless in Ponyville"	Corey Powell	December 8, 2012 (2012-12-08)	306	0.39[20]
59	7	"Wonderbolts Academy"	Merriwether Williams	December 15, 2012 (2012-12-15)	307	0.51[22]
60	8	"Apple Family Reunion"	Cindy Morrow	December 22, 2012 (2012-12-22)	309	0.37[22]
61	9	"Spike at Your Service"	Story by : Dave Polsky Teleplay by : Merriwether Williams	December 29, 2012 (2012-12-29)	310	0.43[23]
62	10	"Keep Calm and Flutter On"	Story by : Teddy Antonio Teleplay by : Dave Polsky	January 19, 2013 (2013-01-19)	311	0.42[22]
63	11	"Just for Sidekicks"	Corey Powell	January 26, 2013 (2013-01-26)	308	0.32[24]
64	12	"Games Ponies Play"	Dave Polsky	February 9, 2013 (2013-02-09)	312	0.39[25]
65	13	"Magical Mystery Cure"	M.A. Larson	February 16, 2013 (2013-02-16)	313	0.49[26]

Season 4 (2013–14)

Main article: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 4)

Each episode is directed by Jayson Thiessen with Jim Miller as co-director.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code [27]	US viewers (millions)
66	1	"Princess Twilight Sparkle" (Parts 1 & 2)	Meghan McCarthy	November 23, 2013 (2013-11-23)	401	0.73[28]
67	2				402	0.71[28]
68	3	"Castle Mane-ia"	Josh Haber	November 30, 2013 (2013-11-30)	403	0.46[29]
69	4	"Daring Don't"	Dave Polsky	December 7, 2013 (2013-12-07)	404	0.40[30]
70	5	"Flight to the Finish"	Ed Valentine	December 14, 2013 (2013-12-14)	405	0.57[31]
71	6	"Power Ponies"	Meghan McCarthy, Charlotte Fullerton & Betsy McGowen	December 21, 2013 (2013-12-21)	406	0.68[32]
72	7	"Bats!"	Merriwether Williams	December 28, 2013 (2013-12-28)	407	0.53[33]
73	8	"Rarity Takes Manehattan"	Dave Polsky	January 4, 2014 (2014-01-04)	408	0.53[34]
74	9	"Pinkie Apple Pie"	Natasha Levinger	January 11, 2014 (2014-01-11)	409	0.50[35]
75	10	"Rainbow Falls"	Corey Powell	January 18, 2014 (2014-01-18)	410	0.51[36]
76	11	"Three's a Crowd"	Meghan McCarthy & Ed Valentine	January 25, 2014 (2014-01-25)	411	0.48[37]
77	12	"Pinkie Pride"	Story by : Jayson Thiessen Teleplay by : Amy Keating Rogers	February 1, 2014 (2014-02-01)	412	0.46[38]
78	13	"Simple Ways"	Josh Haber	February 8, 2014 (2014-02-08)	413	0.55[39]
79	14	"Filli Vanilli"	Amy Keating Rogers	February 15, 2014 (2014-02-15)	414	0.58[40]
80	15	"Twilight Time"	Dave Polsky	February 22, 2014 (2014-02-22)	415	0.47[41]
81	16	"It Ain't Easy Being Breezies"	Natasha Levinger	March 1, 2014 (2014-03-01)	416	0.64[42]
82	17	"Somepony to Watch Over Me"	Scott Sonneborn	March 8, 2014 (2014-03-08)	417	0.63[43]
83	18	"Maud Pie"	Noelle Benvenuti	March 15, 2014 (2014-03-15)	418	0.52[44]
84	19	"For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils"	Dave Polsky	March 22, 2014 (2014-03-22)	419	0.66[45]
85	20	"Leap of Faith"	Josh Haber	March 29, 2014 (2014-03-29)	420	0.55[46]
86	21	"Testing Testing 1, 2, 3"	Amy Keating Rogers	April 5, 2014 (2014-04-05)	421	0.58[47]
87	22	"Trade Ya!"	Scott Sonneborn	April 19, 2014 (2014-04-19)	422	0.51[48]
88	23	"Inspiration Manifestation"	Corey Powell & Meghan McCarthy	April 26, 2014 (2014-04-26)	423	0.39[49]
89	24	"Equestria Games"	Dave Polsky	May 3, 2014 (2014-05-03)	424	0.41[50]
90	25	"Twilight's Kingdom" (Parts 1 & 2)	Meghan McCarthy	May 10, 2014 (2014-05-10)	425	0.68[51]
91	26				426	0.79[51]

Season 5 (2015)

Main article: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 5)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date [52]	Prod. code [52]	US viewers (millions)
92–93	1–2	"The Cutie Map"	Jayson Thiessen[nb 4]	Story by : Meghan McCarthy Teleplay by : Scott Sonneborn & M.A. Larson	April 4, 2015 (2015-04-04)	501/502	0.51[53]
94	3	"Castle Sweet Castle"	Jim Miller	Joanna Lewis & Kristine Songco	April 11, 2015 (2015-04-11)	503	0.42[54]
95	4	"Bloom & Gloom"	Jim Miller	Josh Haber	April 18, 2015 (2015-04-18)	504	0.54[55]
96	5	"Tanks for the Memories"	Jim Miller	Cindy Morrow	April 25, 2015 (2015-04-25)	505	0.65[56]
97	6	"Appleoosa's Most Wanted"	Jim Miller	Dave Polsky	May 2, 2015 (2015-05-02)	506	0.50[57]
98	7	"Make New Friends but Keep Discord"	Jim Miller	Natasha Levinger	May 16, 2015 (2015-05-16)	507	0.31[58]
99	8	"The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone"	Jim Miller	Amy Keating Rogers	May 23, 2015 (2015-05-23)	508	0.59[59]
100	9	"Slice of Life"	Jim Miller	M.A. Larson	June 13, 2015 (2015-06-13)	509	0.43[60]
101	10	"Princess Spike"	Jim Miller	Story by : Jayson Thiessen & Jim Miller Teleplay by : Neal Dusedau	June 20, 2015 (2015-06-20)	510	0.26[61]
102	11	"Party Pooped"	Jim Miller	Story by : Jayson Thiessen & Jim Miller Teleplay by : Nick Confalone	June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27)	511	0.37[62]
103	12	"Amending Fences"	Jim Miller	M.A. Larson	July 4, 2015 (2015-07-04)	512	0.28[63]
104	13	"Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?"	Jim Miller	Story by : Jayson Thiessen & Jim Miller Teleplay by : Scott Sonneborn	July 11, 2015 (2015-07-11)	513	0.42[64]
105	14	"Canterlot Boutique"	Denny Lu	Amy Keating Rogers	September 12, 2015 (2015-09-12)	514	0.43[65]
106	15	"Rarity Investigates!"	Denny Lu	Story by : Meghan McCarthy, M.A. Larson, Joanna Lewis & Kristine Songco Teleplay by : Joanna Lewis & Kristine Songco	September 19, 2015 (2015-09-19)	515	N/A
107	16	"Made in Manehattan"	Denny Lu	Noelle Benvenuti	September 26, 2015 (2015-09-26)	516	N/A
108	17	"Brotherhooves Social"	Denny Lu	Dave Polsky	October 3, 2015 (2015-10-03)	517	N/A
109	18	"Crusaders of the Lost Mark"	Denny Lu	Amy Keating Rogers	October 10, 2015 (2015-10-10)	518	0.30[66]
110	19	"The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows"	Denny Lu	Gillian M. Berrow	October 17, 2015 (2015-10-17)	519	0.33[67]
111	20	"Hearthbreakers"	Denny Lu	Nick Confalone	October 24, 2015 (2015-10-24)	520	N/A
112	21	"Scare Master"	Denny Lu	Natasha Levinger	October 31, 2015 (2015-10-31)	521	0.40[68]
113	22	"What About Discord?"	Denny Lu	Neal Dusedau	November 7, 2015 (2015-11-07)	522	N/A
114	23	"The Hooffields and McColts"	Denny Lu	Joanna Lewis & Kristine Songco	November 14, 2015 (2015-11-14)	523	0.48[69]
115	24	"The Mane Attraction"	Denny Lu	Amy Keating Rogers	November 21, 2015 (2015-11-21)	524	0.29[70]
116	25	"The Cutie Re-Mark" (Parts 1 & 2)	Denny Lu	Josh Haber	November 28, 2015 (2015-11-28)	525	0.30[71]
117	26					526	0.33[71]

Season 6 (2016)

Main article: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 6)

The directors for each episode are Denny Lu and Tim Stuby.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code [72]	US viewers (millions)
118	1	"The Crystalling" (Parts 1 & 2)	Josh Haber	March 26, 2016 (2016-03-26)	601	0.38[73]
119	2				602	0.37[73]
120	3	"The Gift of the Maud Pie"	Story by : Michael P. Fox, Wil Fox & Josh Haber Teleplay by : Michael P. Fox & Wil Fox	April 2, 2016 (2016-04-02)	603	0.21[74]
121	4	"On Your Marks"	Story by : Dave Polsky Teleplay by : Josh Haber & Dave Polsky	April 9, 2016 (2016-04-09)	604	0.30[75]
122	5	"Gauntlet of Fire"	Joanna Lewis & Kristine Songco	April 16, 2016 (2016-04-16)	605	N/A
123	6	"No Second Prances"	Nick Confalone	April 30, 2016 (2016-04-30)	606	0.26[76]
124	7	"Newbie Dash"	Story by : Dave Polsky & Dave Rapp Teleplay by : Dave Rapp	May 7, 2016 (2016-05-07)	607	0.19[77]
125	8	"A Hearth's Warming Tail"	Michael Vogel	May 14, 2016 (2016-05-14)	608	N/A
126	9	"The Saddle Row Review"	Nick Confalone	May 21, 2016 (2016-05-21)	609	0.25[78]
127	10	"Applejack's "Day" Off"	Story by : Neal Dusedau, Michael P. Fox & Wil Fox Teleplay by : Michael P. Fox & Wil Fox	May 28, 2016 (2016-05-28)	610	0.23[79]
128	11	"Flutter Brutter"	Story by : Meghan McCarthy Teleplay by : Dave Rapp	June 4, 2016 (2016-06-04)	611	N/A
129	12	"Spice Up Your Life"	Michael Vogel	June 11, 2016 (2016-06-11)	612	N/A
130	13	"Stranger Than Fan Fiction"	Josh Haber & Michael Vogel	July 30, 2016 (2016-07-30)	613	0.25[80]
131	14	"The Cart Before the Ponies"	Story by : Ed Valentine & Michael Vogel Teleplay by : Ed Valentine	August 6, 2016 (2016-08-06)	614	N/A
132	15	"28 Pranks Later"	Story by : Meghan McCarthy Teleplay by : F.M. De Marco	August 13, 2016 (2016-08-13)	615	0.20[81]
133	16	"The Times They Are a Changeling"	Story by : Kevin Burke, Michael Vogel & Chris "Doc" Wyatt Teleplay by : Kevin Burke & Chris "Doc" Wyatt	August 20, 2016 (2016-08-20)	616	0.27[82]
134	17	"Dungeons & Discords"	Nick Confalone	August 27, 2016 (2016-08-27)	617	0.28[83]
135	18	"Buckball Season"	Jennifer Skelly	September 3, 2016 (2016-09-03)	618	N/A
136	19	"The Fault in Our Cutie Marks"	Story by : Josh Haber & Meghan McCarthy Teleplay by : Ed Valentine	September 10, 2016 (2016-09-10)	619	N/A
137	20	"Viva Las Pegasus"	Story by : Kevin Burke, Michael Vogel & Chris "Doc" Wyatt Teleplay by : Kevin Burke & Chris "Doc" Wyatt	September 17, 2016 (2016-09-17)	620	N/A
138	21	"Every Little Thing She Does"	Michael Vogel	September 24, 2016 (2016-09-24)	621	0.21[84]
139	22	"P.P.O.V. (Pony Point of View)"	Story by : Kevin Burke, Michael P. Fox, Wil Fox & Chris "Doc" Wyatt Teleplay by : Michael P. Fox & Wil Fox	October 1, 2016 (2016-10-01)	622	0.19[85]
140	23	"Where the Apple Lies"	Story by : Meghan McCarthy & Dave Rapp Teleplay by : Dave Rapp	October 8, 2016 (2016-10-08)	623	0.27[86]
141	24	"Top Bolt"	Story by : Joanna Lewis, Meghan McCarthy & Kristine Songco Teleplay by : Joanna Lewis & Kristine Songco	October 15, 2016 (2016-10-15)	624	N/A
142	25	"To Where and Back Again" (Parts 1 & 2)	Josh Haber & Michael Vogel	October 22, 2016 (2016-10-22)	625	0.26[87]
143	26				626	0.24[87]

Season 7 (2017)

Main article: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 7)

Denny Lu directs each episode, although there are different co-directors.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Co-directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code [88]	US viewers (millions)
144	1	"Celestial Advice"	Tim Stuby	Joanna Lewis & Kristine Songco	April 15, 2017 (2017-04-15)	701	0.25[89]
145	2	"All Bottled Up"	Tim Stuby	Joanna Lewis & Kristine Songco	April 15, 2017 (2017-04-15)	702	0.21[89]
146	3	"A Flurry of Emotions"	Tim Stuby	Sammie Crowley & Whitney Wetta	April 22, 2017 (2017-04-22)	703	0.22[90]
147	4	"Rock Solid Friendship"	Tim Stuby	Nick Confalone	April 29, 2017 (2017-04-29)	704	N/A
148	5	"Fluttershy Leans In"	Tim Stuby	Gillian M. Berrow	May 6, 2017 (2017-05-06)[nb 5]	705	N/A
149	6	"Forever Filly"	Tim Stuby	Michael P. Fox & Wil Fox	May 13, 2017 (2017-05-13)[nb 6]	706	N/A
150	7	"Parental Glideance"	Tim Stuby	Josh Hamilton	May 20, 2017 (2017-05-20)[nb 7]	707	N/A
151	8	"Hard to Say Anything"	Mike Myhre	Becky Wangberg	May 27, 2017 (2017-05-27)[nb 8]	708	0.19[95]
152	9	"Honest Apple"	Mike Myhre	Kevin Lappin	June 3, 2017 (2017-06-03)[nb 9]	709	N/A
153	10	"A Royal Problem"	Mike Myhre	Joanna Lewis & Kristine Songco	June 10, 2017 (2017-06-10)[nb 10]	710	0.15[98]
154	11	"Not Asking for Trouble"	Mike Myhre	May Chan	June 17, 2017 (2017-06-17)[nb 11]	711	N/A
155	12	"Discordant Harmony"	Mike Myhre	Michael P. Fox & Wil Fox	August 5, 2017 (2017-08-05)	712	N/A
156	13	"The Perfect Pear"	Mike Myhre	Joanna Lewis & Kristine Songco	August 5, 2017 (2017-08-05)	713	N/A
157	14	"Fame and Misfortune"	Mike Myhre	M.A. Larson	August 12, 2017 (2017-08-12)	714	N/A
158	15	"Triple Threat"	Mike Myhre	Josh Hamilton	August 19, 2017 (2017-08-19)	715	N/A
159	16	"Campfire Tales"	Mike Myhre	Barry Safchik & Michael Platt	August 26, 2017 (2017-08-26)	716	N/A
160	17	"To Change a Changeling"	Mike Myhre	Kevin Lappin	September 2, 2017 (2017-09-02)	717	N/A
161	18	"Daring Done?"	Mike Myhre	Gillian M. Berrow	September 9, 2017 (2017-09-09)[nb 12]	718	N/A
162	19	"It Isn't the Mane Thing About You"	Mike Myhre	Josh Haber	September 16, 2017 (2017-09-16)	719	N/A
163	20	"A Health of Information"	Mike Myhre	Sammie Crowley & Whitney Wetta	September 23, 2017 (2017-09-23)	720	N/A
164	21	"Marks and Recreation"	Mike Myhre	May Chan	September 30, 2017 (2017-09-30)	721	N/A
165	22	"Once Upon a Zeppelin"	Mike Myhre	Brittany Jo Flores	October 7, 2017 (2017-10-07)	722	N/A
166	23	"Secrets and Pies"	Mike Myhre	Josh Hamilton	October 14, 2017 (2017-10-14)	723	N/A
167	24	"Uncommon Bond"	Mike Myhre	Josh Haber & Kevin Lappin	October 21, 2017 (2017-10-21)[nb 13]	724	N/A
168	25	"Shadow Play" (Parts 1 & 2)	Mike Myhre	Story by : Josh Haber Teleplay by : Josh Haber & Nicole Dubuc[nb 14]	October 28, 2017 (2017-10-28)[nb 15]	725	N/A
169	26					726

My Little Pony: The Movie (2017)

Main article: My Little Pony: The Movie (2017 film)

Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
My Little Pony: The Movie	Jayson Thiessen	Story by : Meghan McCarthy & Joe Ballarini Screenplay by : Meghan McCarthy, Rita Hsiao & Michael Vogel	September 24, 2017 (2017-09-24) (New York City) October 6, 2017 (2017-10-06) (general)

Season 8 (2018)

Main article: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 8)

Directors for each episode are Denny Lu and Mike Myhre

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code [103]
170	1	"School Daze" (Parts 1 & 2)	Michael Vogel & Nicole Dubuc	March 24, 2018 (2018-03-24)	801
171	2				802
172	3	"The Maud Couple"	Nick Confalone	March 31, 2018 (2018-03-31)	803
173	4	"Fake It 'Til You Make It"	Josh Hamilton	April 7, 2018 (2018-04-07)	804
174	5	"Grannies Gone Wild"	Gillian M. Berrow	April 14, 2018 (2018-04-14)	805
175	6	"Surf and/or Turf"	Brian Hohlfeld	April 21, 2018 (2018-04-21)	806
176	7	"Horse Play"	Kaita Mpambara	April 28, 2018 (2018-04-28)	807
177	8	"The Parent Map"	Dave Rapp	May 5, 2018 (2018-05-05)	808
178	9	"Non-Compete Clause"	Kim Beyer-Johnson	May 12, 2018 (2018-05-12)	809
179	10	"The Break Up Break Down"	Nick Confalone	May 19, 2018 (2018-05-19)	810
180	11	"Molt Down"	Josh Haber	May 26, 2018 (2018-05-26)	811
181	12	"Marks for Effort"	Nicole Dubuc	June 2, 2018 (2018-06-02)	812
182	13	"The Mean 6"	Michael Vogel	June 9, 2018 (2018-06-09)	813
183	14	"A Matter of Principals"	Nicole Dubuc	August 4, 2018 (2018-08-04)	814
184	15	"The Hearth's Warming Club"	Brian Hohlfeld	August 4, 2018 (2018-08-04)	815
185	16	"Friendship University"	Chris "Doc" Wyatt & Kevin Burke	August 11, 2018 (2018-08-11)	816
186	17	"The End in Friend"	Gillian M. Berrow	August 18, 2018 (2018-08-18)	817
187	18	"Yakity-Sax"	Michael P. Fox & Wil Fox	August 25, 2018 (2018-08-25)[nb 16]	818
188	19	"Road to Friendship"	Josh Haber	September 1, 2018 (2018-09-01)	819
189	20	"The Washouts"	Nick Confalone	September 8, 2018 (2018-09-08)	820
190	21	"A Rockhoof and a Hard Place"	Kaita Mpambara	September 15, 2018 (2018-09-15)	821
191	22	"What Lies Beneath"	Michael Vogel	September 22, 2018 (2018-09-22)	822
192	23	"Sounds of Silence"	Gregory Bonsignore	September 29, 2018 (2018-09-29)	823
193	24	"Father Knows Beast"	Josh Haber	October 6, 2018 (2018-10-06)	824
194	25	"School Raze" (Parts 1 & 2)	Nicole Dubuc	October 13, 2018 (2018-10-13)	825
195	26		Josh Haber		826

Holiday special (2018)

Main article: My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever

My Little Pony Best Gift Ever is a double-length Christmas-themed special that aired in between the eighth and ninth seasons of the series. It was followed by a series of three supplementary animated shorts that were uploaded to YouTube on December 11, 2018 (2018-12-11).

Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever	Denny Lu & Mike Myhre	Michael Vogel	October 27, 2018 (2018-10-27)
The Mane Six and Spike try to find each other the best gift ever for Hearth's Warming.

Season 9 (2019)

Main article: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 9)

On February 17, 2018, at the American International Toy Fair, a ninth season was announced by Hasbro.^[105] In a TV Kids Guide by Gaumont, it was confirmed that season nine will have 26 episodes.^[106] At the following year's Toy Fair in New York, it was confirmed that this will be the final season of the series.^[107] It premiered on April 6, 2019. Among highlights include the series' 200th episode as well as the return of "Weird Al" Yankovic and Patton Oswalt as Cheese Sandwich and Quibble Pants, respectively.^[108]

As with the previous season, Denny Lu and Mike Myhre direct each episode.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code [109]
196	1	"The Beginning of the End" (Parts 1 & 2)	Joanna Lewis & Kristine Songco	April 6, 2019 (2019-04-06)	901
197	2				902
198	3	"Uprooted"	Nicole Dubuc	April 13, 2019 (2019-04-13)	903
199	4	"Sparkle's Seven"	Story by : Ashleigh Ball, Andrea Libman, Tabitha St. Germain, Tara Strong & Cathy Weseluck Teleplay by : Josh Haber & Nicole Dubuc	April 20, 2019 (2019-04-20)	904
200	5	"The Point of No Return"	Gillian M. Berrow	April 27, 2019 (2019-04-27)	905
201	6	"Common Ground"	Josh Haber	May 4, 2019 (2019-05-04)	906
202	7	"She's All Yak"	Brian Hohlfeld	May 11, 2019 (2019-05-11)	907
203	8	"Frenemies"	Michael Vogel	May 18, 2019 (2019-05-18)	908
204	9	"Sweet and Smoky"	Kim Beyer-Johnson	May 25, 2019 (2019-05-25)	909
205	10	"Going to Seed"	Dave Rapp	June 1, 2019 (2019-06-01)	910
206	11	"Student Counsel"	Josh Haber	June 8, 2019 (2019-06-08)	911
207	12	"The Last Crusade"	Nicole Dubuc	June 15, 2019 (2019-06-15)	912
208	13	"Between Dark and Dawn"	Gail Simone	June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22)	913
209	14	"The Last Laugh"	Michael P. Fox & Wil Fox	August 3, 2019 (2019-08-03)	914
210	15	"2, 4, 6, Greaaat"	Kaita Mpambara	August 10, 2019 (2019-08-10)	915
211	16	"A Trivial Pursuit"	Brittany Jo Flores	August 17, 2019 (2019-08-17)	916
212	17	"The Summer Sun Setback"	Michael Vogel	August 24, 2019 (2019-08-24)	917
213	18	"She Talks to Angel"	Nick Confalone	August 31, 2019 (2019-08-31)	918
214	19	"Dragon Dropped"	Josh Haber	September 7, 2019 (2019-09-07)	919
215	20	"A Horse Shoe-In"	Ariel Shepherd-Oppenheim	September 14, 2019 (2019-09-14)	920
216	21	"Daring Doubt"	Nicole Dubuc	September 21, 2019 (2019-09-21)	921
217	22	"Growing Up is Hard to Do"	Ed Valentine	September 28, 2019 (2019-09-28)	922
218	23	"The Big Mac Question"	Josh Haber & Michael Vogel	October 5, 2019 (2019-10-05)	923
219	24	"The Ending of the End" (Parts 1 & 2)	Nicole Dubuc	October 12, 2019 (2019-10-12)	924
220	25		Michael Vogel		925
221	26	"The Last Problem"	Josh Haber	October 12, 2019 (2019-10-12)	926

Rainbow Roadtrip (2019)

Main article: My Little Pony: Rainbow Roadtrip

My Little Pony: Rainbow Roadtrip is a 60-minute special that aired on Discovery Family during the season nine mid-season hiatus between episodes 13 and 14. It was produced by the Irish animation studio Boulder Media rather than DHX and features the same animation style used in the 2017 movie.

Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
My Little Pony: Rainbow Roadtrip[110]	Gillian Comerford	Kim Beyer-Johnson	June 29, 2019 (2019-06-29)
Rainbow Dash has been invited to a festival at Hope Hollow as a guest of honor.

Animated shorts (2019)

A series of five animated shorts were published weekly to the My Little Pony YouTube channel in early 2019 in the months prior to the season nine premiere.

No.	Title	Written by	Storyboard by	Original release date
1	"Rarity's Biggest Fan"[111]	Gillian M. Berrow	Aynsley King	January 29, 2019 (2019-01-29)
Rarity sets out to create a constantly flowing mane-style for herself, similar to Princesses Celestia and Luna.
2	"Ail-icorn"[112]	Kim Beyer-Johnson	Chelsea Woolman	February 5, 2019 (2019-02-05)
Twilight Sparkle comes down with a horn allergy that causes her to sneeze out bursts of uncontrolled magic.
3	"Teacher of the Month"[113]	Katherine Chilson	Aynsley King	February 12, 2019 (2019-02-12)
Shortly after the events of the season eight episode Non-Compete Clause, after Fluttershy wins her sixteenth Teacher of the Month award, Applejack and Rainbow Dash ask her for advice on how to improve their chances with the students.
4	"Starlight the Hypnotist"[114]	Gillian M. Berrow	Chelsea Woolman	February 19, 2019 (2019-02-19)
Starlight Glimmer tries to cure Twilight's entomophobia; but she ends up flying a kite every time she sees a ladybug.
5	"Sundae, Sundae, Sundae"[115][116]	Gillian M. Berrow	Aynsley King	February 26, 2019 (2019-02-26)
Pinkie Pie and the Cakes open up an ice cream museum at Sugarcube Corner on a hot day.

Clip shows (2020)

Clip show episodes of the series are being released exclusively through the 9Now video-on-demand service in Australia. These episodes replace the words "Friendship is Magic" in the series logo with "Friendship is Forever" in the opening sequence, and they feature various clips of episodes from seasons one through nine alongside brand new animation. These episodes were written by Josh Haber and directed by Denny Lu and Mike Myhre.

No.	Title	Original release date
1	"A-Dressing Memories"	April 20, 2020 (2020-04-20)
Rarity reminisces about her past moments of generosity while making the dress for Twilight Sparkle's princess coronation.
2	"Cakes for the Memories"	April 27, 2020 (2020-04-27)
Pinkie Pie reminisces about her past moments of laughter while making the cakes for Twilight Sparkle's princess coronation.
3	"Memnagerie"	May 4, 2020 (2020-05-04)
Fluttershy reminisces about her past moments of kindness while Twilight Sparkle assists her in overseeing rehearsals for the animal presentation for Twilight's princess coronation.
4	"Deep Tissue Memories"	May 11, 2020 (2020-05-11)
Rainbow Dash reminisces about her past moments of loyalty (and awesomeness) with Twilight Sparkle at the Ponyville Day Spa.
5	"Harvesting Memories"	May 18, 2020 (2020-05-18)
Applejack reminisces about her past moments of honesty without revealing her true intentions to Twilight Sparkle.
6	"Memories and More"	May 25, 2020 (2020-05-25)
Starlight Glimmer, Spike, and the rest of their friends make last-minute memory additions to Twilight Sparkle's scrapbook present in time for her coronation.

Notes

1. On Rotten Tomatoes, season 1 has an approval rating of 100% based on 10 reviews^[8] while season 2 consists of two positive reviews,^[9] season 3 comprises a negative review and season 4 consists of a positive review.^[10][11]
2. Part 1 listed as "Mare in the Moon" on Hasbro's website.
3. Part 2 listed as "Elements of Harmony" on Hasbro's website.
4. Co-directed by Jim Miller.
5. This episode aired on April 30, 2017 in Canada (Treehouse TV).^[91]
6. This episode aired on May 6, 2017 in Canada (Treehouse TV).^[92]
7. This episode aired on May 7, 2017 in Canada (Treehouse TV).^[93]
8. This episode aired on May 13, 2017 in Canada (Treehouse TV).^[94]
9. This episode aired on May 14, 2017 in Canada (Treehouse TV).^[96]
10. This episode aired on May 20, 2017 in Canada (Treehouse TV).^[97]
11. This episode aired on May 21, 2017 in Canada (Treehouse TV).^[99]
12. This episode was published on YouTube on September 3, 2017.^[100]
13. This episode aired on October 15, 2017 in Canada (Treehouse TV).^[101]
14. Josh Haber was credited as the sole writer during this episode's early airing in Canada. During the original airing on Discovery Family and on subsequent airings, the credit was to both Josh Haber and Nicole Dubuc.
15. This episode aired on October 21, 2017 in Canada (Treehouse TV).^[102]
16. This episode aired on July 20, 2018 as part of Discovery Family's "Summer Surprises" programming block, however this article will use the order provided by The Futon Critic to keep consistency.^[104]