- 2.1 The photo shoot
- 2.2 Fluttershy's rise to stardom
- 2.3 At the spa
- 2.4 The next fashion show
- 2.5 Revealing the truth
Production [ ]
The episode was #2 in the We Heart Ponies Fan Favorite Mare-a-thon, in the leadup to Hearts and Hooves Day.
Summary [ ]
The photo shoot [ ]
Rarity and Fluttershy meet at the spa for a weekly get-together. Rarity mentions that fashion photographer Photo Finish will be taking pictures of her outfits at Carousel Boutique and presses Fluttershy to model them for her, to which she hesitantly consents.
Later on at the boutique, Rarity puts finishing touches on a stylish dress with the help of Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Twilight Sparkle, and Spike. Spike reveals to Pinkie and Twilight that he has a crush on Rarity and has them promise not to tell anyone. When Twilight treats the revelation lightly, Pinkie warns against breaking a friend's trust, and Twilight affirms her promise to keep the secret.
Photo Finish arrives for the photography session, and Rarity directs Fluttershy to pose with "attitude and pizzaz" before each photo. Photo Finish disapproves of the poses but shows interest every time Fluttershy subsequently draws back in disappointment. The session abruptly ends after a few photos, and as Rarity is left guessing what went wrong, Photo Finish declares she has found the next fashion star and announces another photo shoot at the park the next day.
Fluttershy's rise to stardom [ ]
Rarity and Fluttershy arrive at the park the following day with a number of outfits prepared for the photo shoot. Photo Finish rejects Rarity's designs, however, indicating that her new "star" is actually Fluttershy. When Fluttershy tries to back out, Rarity insists that she take this opportunity for her sake. Later, when Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle visit her at the Carousel Boutique, Rarity requests to be left alone.
Photo Finish features Fluttershy in a fashion show that brings her instant stardom, and she soon appears in advertisements and fashion magazines. Rarity grows jealous of the attention while Fluttershy tries to evade it, at one point taking refuge at the Carousel Boutique after being chased by fans across town. Rarity feigns feeling happy for her, and the two agree to meet at the spa later before Photo Finish pulls Fluttershy away to another event. Sweetie Drops and Berryshine enter the shop hoping to see Fluttershy but only end up angering Rarity when they claim they’ve never heard of her.
Photo Finish gives a press interview about how happy she is with her new model. When Fluttershy tries to remind her of the spa meetup with Rarity, Photo Finish instead remembers they are due to appear at a ballet opening and carts her off.
At the spa [ ]
After waiting some time at the spa, Rarity assumes that Fluttershy is not coming and confesses to Twilight Sparkle her jealousy and desire to see her friend's modeling career fail. Rarity makes Twilight promise not to divulge her true feelings and then leaves the spa. Fluttershy arrives a moment later and, frustrated about missing the meetup, confides in Twilight that she hates being a model but continues because of Rarity's initial insistence. As Twilight is about to disclose Rarity's secret, Pinkie Pie appears and reminds her of the consequence of breaking a promise.
Later, Fluttershy tells Twilight she wishes ponies didn't like her as much so Photo Finish wouldn't want her to model. This gives Twilight the idea to use her magic behind the scenes during a fashion show to make Fluttershy act unattractively. She shares her idea with Pinkie and swears her to secrecy.
The next fashion show [ ]
At the next fashion show, Fluttershy lets Twilight use magic to make her perform various clumsy and uncouth behaviors on the runway. Photo Finish is aghast at the performance, and the audience begins to boo and jeer. Rarity arrives and, unaware of Twilight's plan, starts lauding Fluttershy's actions as a new kind of modelling. Rarity's flashy outfit wins over the audience members, and the room erupts in applause, leaving Twilight and Fluttershy dismayed.
Revealing the truth [ ]
In a dressing room after the show, as Twilight Sparkle listens to Fluttershy vent in frustration, Rarity enters and confesses her jealousy but explains she couldn't watch her friend fail at something she loved. Fluttershy reveals her distain for modelling and her assumption that it would disappoint Rarity to quit. Recognizing their mutual misunderstanding, the friends become reconciled. Photo Finish enters and announces six photo shoots scheduled for the next day, only for Fluttershy to refuse all of them and walk out with Rarity. Having just managed to stop herself from sharing her friends' secrets, Twilight blurts out Spike's affection for Rarity, prompting Pinkie Pie to appear and express disappointment.
Later on at the spa, Twilight dictates a friendship report to Spike about how it's important to keep secrets, but that you shouldn't be afraid to share your true feelings with a good friend. Spike is initially upset that Twilight revealed his secret but forgives her when she apologizes. When asked to send the report, Spike claims he is busy as he fans Rarity in the sauna.
Quotes [ ]
For more quotes, see the episode's transcript. Pinkie Pie: Twilight! You promised Spike you wouldn't say anything. He trusts you. And losing a friend's trust is the fastest way to lose a friend forever! Twilight Sparkle: But. Pinkie Pie: For-EV-er! Photo Finish: Tomorrow, a photo shoot in de park. I GO! Rarity: Give me a moment and I'll, uh, put a little something together. Photo Finish: Yes. that will not be necessary. Rarity: But. but. how are you going to help me "shine across Equestria" if I don't design something new for these pictures? Photo Finish: I am not going to help you shine across Equestria. I am going to help her shine. She is my star. Photo Finish: So how do you feel? Excited? Overjoyed? Thrilled beyond your wildest dreams? Fluttershy: . Nervous. Photo Finish: Nervous? Don't be ridiculous. You're only facing a large crowd of ponies, who will be watching your every move and silently judging you. Rarity: I'm the one who should be mobbed by strangers wherever I go! Twilight Sparkle: Rarity! Fluttershy is your friend. Rarity: I know, I know. And I should be happy for her, but instead I'm just. jealous! Oh, please promise you won't tell her I feel this way. Please, please, pleasepleasePLEASE! Twilight Sparkle: You have my word. Losing a friend's trust is the fastest way to lose a friend. Pinkie Pie: For-EVER! Twilight Sparkle: Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my— ARGH! Twilight Sparkle: Promise me you won't tell anyone? Pinkie Pie: [pantomimes] Twilight Sparkle: So you do promise or you don't? Pinkie Pie: Uh, yes! Obviously, that's why I zipped my mouth closed, then locked it with a key, then dug a hole, then buried the key, then built a house up top the hole where I buried the key, then moved into the house on top of the hole. [squee] Twilight Sparkle: Obviously. Twilight Sparkle: Spike has a crush on Rarity! Pinkie Pie: [sigh] And you were doing so well.
Gallery [ ]
| Season one | |||
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| Episode 1 Friendship is Magic, part 1 | Episode 2 Friendship is Magic, part 2 | Episode 3 The Ticket Master | Episode 4 Applebuck Season |
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| Episode 5 Griffon the Brush Off | Episode 6 Boast Busters | Episode 7 Dragonshy | Episode 8 Look Before You Sleep |
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| Episode 9 Bridle Gossip | Episode 10 Swarm of the Century | Episode 11 Winter Wrap Up | Episode 12 Call of the Cutie |
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| Episode 13 Fall Weather Friends | Episode 14 Suited For Success | Episode 15 Feeling Pinkie Keen | Episode 16 Sonic Rainboom |
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| Episode 17 Stare Master | Episode 18 The Show Stoppers | Episode 19 A Dog and Pony Show | Episode 20 Green Isn't Your Color |
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| Episode 21 Over a Barrel | Episode 22 A Bird in the Hoof | Episode 23 The Cutie Mark Chronicles | Episode 24 Owl's Well That Ends Well |
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| Episode 25 Party of One | Episode 26 The Best Night Ever | ||
| Season two | |||
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| Episode 1 The Return of Harmony Part 1 | Episode 2 The Return of Harmony Part 2 | Episode 3 Lesson Zero | Episode 4 Luna Eclipsed |
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| Episode 5 Sisterhooves Social | Episode 6 The Cutie Pox | Episode 7 May the Best Pet Win! | Episode 8 The Mysterious Mare Do Well |
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| Episode 9 Sweet and Elite | Episode 10 Secret of My Excess | Episode 11 Hearth's Warming Eve | Episode 12 Family Appreciation Day |
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| Episode 13 Baby Cakes | Episode 14 The Last Roundup | Episode 15 The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 | Episode 16 Read It and Weep |
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| Episode 17 Hearts and Hooves Day | Episode 18 A Friend in Deed | Episode 19 Putting Your Hoof Down | Episode 20 It's About Time |
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| Episode 21 Dragon Quest | Episode 22 Hurricane Fluttershy | Episode 23 Ponyville Confidential | Episode 24 MMMystery on the Friendship Express |
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| Episode 25 A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1 | Episode 26 A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2 | ||
| Season three | |||
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| Episode 1 The Crystal Empire - Part 1 | Episode 2 The Crystal Empire - Part 2 | Episode 3 Too Many Pinkie Pies | Episode 4 One Bad Apple |
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| Episode 5 Magic Duel | Episode 6 Sleepless in Ponyville | Episode 7 Wonderbolts Academy | Episode 8 Apple Family Reunion |
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| Episode 9 Spike at Your Service | Episode 10 Keep Calm and Flutter On | Episode 11 Just for Sidekicks | Episode 12 Games Ponies Play |
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| Episode 13 Magical Mystery Cure | |||
| Season four | |||
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| Episode 1 Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 1 | Episode 2 Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 2 | Episode 3 Castle Mane-ia | Episode 4 Daring Don't |
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| Episode 5 Flight to the Finish | Episode 6 Power Ponies | Episode 7 Bats! | Episode 8 Rarity Takes Manehattan |
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| Episode 9 Pinkie Apple Pie | Episode 10 Rainbow Falls | Episode 11 Three's A Crowd | Episode 12 Pinkie Pride |
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| Episode 13 Simple Ways | Episode 14 Filli Vanilli | Episode 15 Twilight Time | Episode 16 It Ain't Easy Being Breezies |
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| Episode 17 Somepony to Watch Over Me | Episode 18 Maud Pie | Episode 19 For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils | Episode 20 Leap of Faith |
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| Episode 21 Testing Testing 1, 2, 3 | Episode 22 Trade Ya! | Episode 23 Inspiration Manifestation | Episode 24 Equestria Games |
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| Episode 25 Twilight's Kingdom - Part 1 | Episode 26 Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2 | ||
| Season five | |||
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| Episode 1 The Cutie Map - Part 1 | Episode 2 The Cutie Map - Part 2 | Episode 3 Castle Sweet Castle | Episode 4 Bloom & Gloom |
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| Episode 5 Tanks for the Memories | Episode 6 Appleoosa's Most Wanted | Episode 7 Make New Friends but Keep Discord | Episode 8 The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone |
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| Episode 9 Slice of Life | Episode 10 Princess Spike | Episode 11 Party Pooped | Episode 12 Amending Fences |
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| Episode 13 Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep? | Episode 14 Canterlot Boutique | Episode 15 Rarity Investigates! | Episode 16 Made in Manehattan |
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| Episode 17 Brotherhooves Social | Episode 18 Crusaders of the Lost Mark | Episode 19 The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows | Episode 20 Hearthbreakers |
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| Episode 21 Scare Master | Episode 22 What About Discord? | Episode 23 The Hooffields and McColts | Episode 24 The Mane Attraction |
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| Episode 25 The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 1 | Episode 26 The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 2 | ||
| Season six | |||
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| Episode 1 The Crystalling - Part 1 | Episode 2 The Crystalling - Part 2 | Episode 3 The Gift of the Maud Pie | Episode 4 On Your Marks |
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| Episode 5 Gauntlet of Fire | Episode 6 No Second Prances | Episode 7 Newbie Dash | Episode 8 A Hearth's Warming Tail |
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| Episode 9 The Saddle Row Review | Episode 10 Applejack's "Day" Off | Episode 11 Flutter Brutter | Episode 12 Spice Up Your Life |
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| Episode 13 Stranger Than Fan Fiction | Episode 14 The Cart Before the Ponies | Episode 15 28 Pranks Later | Episode 16 The Times They Are A Changeling |
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| Episode 17 Dungeons & Discords | Episode 18 Buckball Season | Episode 19 The Fault in Our Cutie Marks | Episode 20 Viva Las Pegasus |
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| Episode 21 Every Little Thing She Does | Episode 22 P.P.O.V. (Pony Point of View) | Episode 23 Where the Apple Lies | Episode 24 Top Bolt |
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| Episode 25 To Where and Back Again - Part 1 | Episode 26 To Where and Back Again - Part 2 | ||
| Season seven | |||
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| Episode 1 Celestial Advice | Episode 2 All Bottled Up | Episode 3 A Flurry of Emotions | Episode 4 Rock Solid Friendship |
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| Episode 5 Fluttershy Leans In | Episode 6 Forever Filly | Episode 7 Parental Glideance | Episode 8 Hard to Say Anything |
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| Episode 9 Honest Apple | Episode 10 A Royal Problem | Episode 11 Not Asking for Trouble | Episode 12 Discordant Harmony |
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| Episode 13 The Perfect Pear | Episode 14 Fame and Misfortune | Episode 15 Triple Threat | Episode 16 Campfire Tales |
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| Episode 17 To Change a Changeling | Episode 18 Daring Done? | Episode 19 It Isn't the Mane Thing About You | Episode 20 A Health of Information |
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| Episode 21 Marks and Recreation | Episode 22 Once Upon a Zeppelin | Episode 23 Secrets and Pies | Episode 24 Uncommon Bond |
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| Episode 25 Shadow Play - Part 1 | Episode 26 Shadow Play - Part 2 | ||
| Season eight | |||
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| Episode 1 School Daze - Part 1 | Episode 2 School Daze - Part 2 | Episode 3 The Maud Couple | Episode 4 Fake It 'Til You Make It |
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| Episode 5 Grannies Gone Wild | Episode 6 Surf and/or Turf | Episode 7 Horse Play | Episode 8 The Parent Map |
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| Episode 9 Non-Compete Clause | Episode 10 The Break Up Break Down | Episode 11 Molt Down | Episode 12 Marks for Effort |
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| Episode 13 The Mean 6 | Episode 14 A Matter of Principals | Episode 15 The Hearth's Warming Club | Episode 16 Friendship University |
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| Episode 17 The End in Friend | Episode 18 Yakity-Sax | Episode 19 Road to Friendship | Episode 20 The Washouts |
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| Episode 21 A Rockhoof and a Hard Place | Episode 22 What Lies Beneath | Episode 23 Sounds of Silence | Episode 24 Father Knows Beast |
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| Episode 25 School Raze - Part 1 | Episode 26 School Raze - Part 2 | ||
| Season nine | |||
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| Episode 1 The Beginning of the End - Part 1 | Episode 2 The Beginning of the End - Part 2 | Episode 3 Uprooted | Episode 4 Sparkle's Seven |
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| Episode 5 The Point of No Return | Episode 6 Common Ground | Episode 7 She's All Yak | Episode 8 Frenemies |
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| Episode 9 Sweet and Smoky | Episode 10 Going to Seed | Episode 11 Student Counsel | Episode 12 The Last Crusade |
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| Episode 13 Between Dark and Dawn | Episode 14 The Last Laugh | Episode 15 2, 4, 6, Greaaat | Episode 16 A Trivial Pursuit |
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| Episode 17 The Summer Sun Setback | Episode 18 She Talks to Angel | Episode 19 Dragon Dropped | Episode 20 A Horse Shoe-In |
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| Episode 21 Daring Doubt | Episode 22 Growing Up is Hard to Do | Episode 23 The Big Mac Question | Episode 24 The Ending of the End - Part 1 |
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| Episode 25 The Ending of the End - Part 2 | Episode 26 The Last Problem | ||
| Clip shows | |||
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| Episode 1 A-Dressing Memories | Episode 2 Cakes for the Memories | Episode 3 Memnagerie | Episode 4 Deep Tissue Memories |
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| Episode 5 Harvesting Memories | Episode 6 Memories and More | ||
| Season one | |||
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| Episode 1 Princess Probz | Episode 2 The Best of the Worst | Episode 3 How Applejack Got Her Hat Back | Episode 4 Cute-pocalypse Meow |
| Episode 5 Bad Thing No. 3 | Episode 6 Pinkie Pie: Hyper-Helper | Episode 7 The Trail Less Trotten Death of a Sales-Pony | Episode 8 Bighoof Walking The Fluttershy Effect |
| Episode 9 The Fast and the Furriest Disappearing Act | Episode 10 Badge of Shame Discord's Peak | Episode 11 A Camping We Will Go Campfire Stories | Episode 12 Friendship Gems Dol-FIN-ale |
| Episode 13 Potion Mystery Sick Day | Episode 14 Meet Potion Nova! Pony Surfin' Safari | Episode 15 All Bottled Up All That Jitters | Episode 16 I, Cookie Keynote Pie |
| Episode 17 Ponies of the Moment One Click Wonder | Episode 18 Zound Off Unboxing Day | Episode 19 Don't Look a GIF Horse in the Mouth The Root of It | Episode 20 The Mysterious Voice The 5 Habits of Highly Effective Ponies |
| Episode 21 Game Knight Director Spike's Mockumentary | Episode 22 Whoof-dunnit Dear Tabby | Episode 23 Pie vs. Pie Superb Six | Episode 24 The Debut Taunt Flutterdash |
| Episode 25 The Rarity Report The Great Divide | Episode 26 The Great Collide Sportacular Spectacular Musical Musak-ular | ||
| Season two | |||
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| Episode 1 Cute Impact The Crystal Capturing Contraption | Episode 2 The Comet Section Cotton Candy-Colored Glasses | Episode 3 Close Encounters of the Balloon Kind The Tiara of Truth | Episode 4 Terrorarium Bubble Trouble |
| Episode 5 Time After Time Capsule The Great Cowgirl Hat Robbery | Episode 6 Planet of the Apps Back to the Present | Episode 7 Magical Mare-story Tour Life of Pie | Episode 8 The Rarest of Occasions Portal Combat |
| Episode 9 What Goes Updo Communication Shakedown | Episode 10 Lolly-Pop Little Miss Fortune | Episode 11 Playwright or Wrong The Shows Must Go On | Episode 12 The De-Stress Ball Mad Props |
| Episode 13 Magic is Ahoof Journey to the Center of the 'Cord | Episode 14 One Last Wish Wild Heart Beats | ||
| Make Your Mark | |||
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| Episode 1 Izzy Does It | Episode 2 Growing Pains | Episode 3 Portrait of a Princess | Episode 4 Ali-Conned |
| Episode 5 The Cutie Mark Mix-Up | Episode 6 The Traditional Unicorn Sleep-Over | Episode 7 Hoof Done It? | Episode 8 Have You Seen This Dragon? |
| Episode 9 Top Remodel | Episode 10 The Jinxie Games | Episode 11 Sunny Side Up | Episode 12 The Manesquerade Ball |
| Episode 13 A Little Horse | Episode 14 Missing the Mark | Episode 15 Cutie Blossom Bash | Episode 16 Family Trees Pt. 1 |
| Episode 17 Family Trees Pt. 2 | Episode 18 Father of the Bridlewood | Episode 19 Mane Smelody | Episode 20 Nightmare on Mane Street |
| Episode 21 The Isle of Scaly | Episode 22 Roots of All Evil Pt. 1 | Episode 23 Roots of All Evil Pt. 2 | |
| Feature films | |||
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| Equestria Girls | Rainbow Rocks | Friendship Games | Legend of Everfree |
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| My Little Pony The Movie | A New Generation | ||
