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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 2010 - 2011
Episode 1
Friendship Is Magic - Part 1 (Mare in the Moon)
Sun, Oct 10, 201023 mins
In the magical land of Equestria, a studious, antisocial unicorn named Twilight Sparkle learns of a prophecy that states the evil Nightmare Moon will return during the upcoming Summer Sun Celebration after a thousand years imprisoned in the moon. She tries to warn her mentor Princess Celestia, the benevolent alicorn ruler of Equestria, of the impending danger, but she dismisses her warnings and sends her and her baby dragon assistant Spike to Ponyville to supervise the preparations for the celebration and make some friends. As a result, Twilight reluctantly meets five ponies in charge of the preparations: Applejack, a country earth pony who works on her family's apple farm; Rainbow Dash, a tomboyish pegasus who helps control the weather; Rarity, a glamorous unicorn who designs fashion; Fluttershy, a shy pegasus who communicates with animals; and Pinkie Pie, a hyperactive earth pony who loves throwing parties. At the celebration, Nightmare Moon appears and decrees everlasting night.
Episode 2
Friendship Is Magic - Part 2 (Elements of Harmony)
Fri, Oct 22, 201023 mins
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 them, but each pony 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 represent the six Elements - Honesty (Applejack), Kindness (Fluttershy), Laughter (Pinkie Pie), Generosity (Rarity), Loyalty (Rainbow Dash) and Magic (herself) - and they wield them to defeat Nightmare Moon, returning her to her original form as Princess Celestia's younger sister, Princess Luna. Celestia returns, forgives Luna and allows Twilight to stay in Ponyville in order to continue studying the magic of friendship.
Episode 3
The Ticket Master
Fri, Oct 29, 201023 mins
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 her, and they 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 Celestia despite her friends' apologies for their selfishness. To everypony's surprise, Celestia replies by sending back enough tickets for Twilight and all of her friends.
Episode 4
Applebuck Season
Fri, Nov 5, 201023 mins
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 herself. Applejack insists she can do it herself, and stubbornly refuses to let her friends help. She quickly becomes weary from the work, but still upholds promises to help with other tasks around town. In her sleep-deprived daze, her assistance goes awry and wreaks havoc on Ponyville. Twilight intervenes and tells Applejack that she really needs help, but when Applejack sees that she only harvested half of the apples, she finally gives in, and lets her friends help with the harvest.
Episode 5
Griffon the Brush Off
Fri, Nov 12, 201023 mins
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, to which 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.
Episode 6
Boast Busters
Fri, Nov 19, 201023 mins
While Twilight practices her magic skills, a unicorn magician called "The Great and Powerful" Trixie arrives in Ponyville and boasts about being a powerful unicorn, outdoing stunts performed by Twilight's friends with her magic. Spike tries to get Twilight to stand up for her friends, but she refuses, believing the rest of town will hate 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.
Episode 7
Dragonshy
Fri, Nov 26, 201023 mins
A dragon has taken shelter in a nearby cave, and his smoky breath threatens to cover Ponyville. Twilight 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.
Episode 8
Look Before You Sleep
Fri, Dec 3, 201023 mins
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 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 them 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. Between 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.
Episode 9
Bridle Gossip
Fri, Dec 10, 201023 mins
Twilight finds out that the rest of Ponyville are frightened of the mysterious zebra Zecora who lives in the 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 that Zecora has cursed them. They find Apple Bloom missing again, and assume that 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.
Episode 10
Swarm of the Century
Fri, Dec 17, 201023 mins
While Twilight anxiously prepares Ponyville for a visit by Princess Celestia, 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 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.
Episode 11
Winter Wrap Up
Fri, Dec 24, 201023 mins
Twilight is eager to participate in Ponyville's "Winter Wrap-Up," where the townsfolk 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 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.
Episode 12
Call of the Cutie
Fri, Jan 7, 201123 mins
Applejack's little sister Apple Bloom is driven to get a "cutie mark" after most of her classmates receive one.
Episode 13
Fall Weather Friends
Fri, Jan 28, 201123 mins
Rainbow Dash and Applejack find themselves in an increasingly overheated athletic rivalry.
Episode 14
Suited for Success
Fri, Feb 4, 201123 mins
When Rarity's dressmaking instincts are overruled by her friends' esoteric specifications, the ridiculous results threaten to ruin her prospects with a famous fashion designer.
Episode 15
Feeling Pinkie Keen
Fri, Feb 11, 201123 mins
Twilight Sparkle is obsessively determined to discover the secret of Pinkie Pie's uncannily accurate intuitions.
Episode 16
Sonic Rainboom
Fri, Feb 18, 201123 mins
Rainbow Dash is preparing for the Best Young Flyer competition, so Twilight Sparkle casts a spell that gives Rarity temporary wings and the rest of them the ability to walk on clouds like Pegasi.
Episode 17
Stare Master
Fri, Feb 25, 201123 mins
Fluttershy's ill-considered offer to let the rambunctious Cutie Mark Crusaders sleep over at her house drives her to distraction and then danger.
Episode 18
The Show Stoppers
Fri, Mar 4, 201123 mins
The Cutie Mark Crusaders enter a talent contest, but their refusal to play their individual talents leads to a hilarious disaster.
Episode 19
A Dog and Pony Show
Fri, Mar 11, 201123 mins
When Rarity is kidnapped by Diamond Dogs, she makes them regret it even as her friends try to rescue her.
Episode 20
Green Isn't Your Color
Fri, Mar 18, 201123 mins
Rarity's use of a reluctant Fluttershy as her model to impress a fashion photographer backfires when the photographer only becomes interested in using her friend.
Episode 21
Over a Barrel
Fri, Mar 25, 201123 mins
Twilight Sparkle and her friends find themselves in the middle of a territorial conflict between a pony town and a bison tribe.
Episode 22
A Bird in the Hoof
Fri, Apr 8, 201123 mins
Fluttershy takes it upon herself to treat Princess Celestia's ailing bird without permission.
Episode 23
The Cutie Mark Chronicles
Fri, Apr 15, 201123 mins
The Cutie Mark Crusaders ask Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, Twilight, Pinkie, and Rainbow Dash how they got their cutie marks.
Episode 24
Owl's Well That Ends Well
Fri, Apr 22, 201123 mins
When an owl becomes Twilight Sparkle's nighttime assistant to ease Spike's workload, the insecure baby dragon becomes jealous.
Episode 25
Party of One
Fri, Apr 29, 201123 mins
Pinky Pie takes her friends' apparent avoidance of her personally to a manic degree.
Episode 26
The Best Night Ever
Fri, May 6, 201123 mins
Twilight Sparkle and her friends finally attend the Grand Galloping Gala, which disastrously doesn't live up to their expectations.
