My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (2017 television specials) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids My Little Pony: Equestria Girls |
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| Created by | Hasbro |
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| Composer(s) | William Anderson |
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| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 3 (list of episodes) |
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| Producer(s) | Angela Belyea |
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| Running time | 22 minutes |
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| Original network | Discovery Family |
| Original release | June 24 – July 8, 2017 |
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (also known as My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Magical Movie Night on home media release and My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Tales of Canterlot High on Netflix) is a series of Canadian-American Flash animated television specials based on Hasbro's toyline and media franchise of the same name, which in turn is a spin-off of the 2010 relaunch of Hasbro's My Little Pony toyline. The series focuses on the main characters from the television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, re-envisioned as humans teenagers attending high school. A total of three 22-minute specials aired in the United States on Discovery Family from June 24 to July 8, 2017.
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Premise
The three specials follow the daily lives and adventures of Canterlot High School's top students – Twilight Sparkle, Sunset Shimmer, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash and Rarity – following the events of My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Legend of Everfree.
Cast
Main Character Voices
- Tara Strong as Twilight Sparkle (speaking)
- Rebecca Shoichet as Twilight Sparkle (singing)
- Ashleigh Ball as Rainbow Dash & Applejack
- Andrea Libman as Pinkie Pie & Fluttershy
- Tabitha St. Germain as Rarity (speaking)
- Kazumi Evans as Rarity (singing)
- Cathy Weseluck as Spike
- Rebecca Shoichet as Sunset Shimmer
Supporting Character Voices (In Order of Appearance)
- Sharon Alexander as Sour Sweet
- Sienna Bohn as Sugarcoat
- Britt Irvin as Sunny Flare
- Shannon Chan-Kent as Lemon Zest
- Andy Toth as Canter Zoom
- Ali Liebert as Juniper Montage
- Kira Tozer as Chestnut Magnifico
- Charles Zuckerman as Stalwart Stallion
- Kelly Sheridan as Starlight Glimmer
Additional Voices
- Ashleigh Ball
- Andrea Libman
- Tabitha St. Germain
- Rebecca Shoichet
- Andy Toth
- Charles Zuckerman
- Kelly Sheridan
Specials
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| 1 | "Dance Magic" | Ishi Rudell | G.M. Berrow | June 24, 2017 | |
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Desperate to raise funds to help repair Camp Everfree, Rarity finds out about a music video contest with a sufficient cash prize, and convinces her friends to enter and spend their existing funds on costume materials. The students of Crystal Prep Academy are also entering, in order to rent a yacht for their spring dance, and trick Rarity into sharing her music video theme idea with them. After buying the materials, Rarity discovers the Crystal Prep students rehearsing with similar outfits, and realizes they have stolen her idea. Pressed for time and unable to think of a new theme, Rarity despairs until she overhears the Crystal Prep students worrying that they have no song prepared for their music video. At Rarity's proposition, the two groups set their rivalry aside and collaborate on a single video that wins the contest, allowing both groups to split the prize and meet their goals.
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| 2 | "Movie Magic" | Ishi Rudell | Noelle Benvenuti | July 1, 2017 | |
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The girls are invited to a behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming Daring Do movie by director Canter Zoom as a reward for their camp fundraiser. During their visit, the movie's production is jeopardized when lead actress Chestnut Magnifico encounters scheduling conflicts, a set piece falls apart during shooting, and several author-approved props are stolen. The girls determine that someone is sabotaging the movie, and pursue a cloaked suspect running loose with the stolen props around the studio. The girls eventually catch the hooded culprit and correctly deduce her to be Juniper Montage, Canter's niece and production assistant, who is envious of Chestnut and hoped to make her quit by delaying the movie so she could take her place. Juniper is banned from the studio as punishment, and with the production issues settled, the girls are given minor roles in the movie as repayment for their efforts.
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| 3 | "Mirror Magic" | Ishi Rudell | Rachel Vine and Dave Polsky | July 8, 2017 | |
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Sunset Shimmer runs out of pages in her magic journal to write to Princess Twilight in Equestria, so she returns home to pick up a new one. There Sunset meets Starlight Glimmer, Twilight's student, who is curious about the human world and persuades Sunset to take her for a visit. Meanwhile, Juniper Montage happens upon a hand mirror that is enchanted with Equestrian magic, showing her reflection as a famous and beloved movie star. Feeling resentful towards the girls for upstaging her, Juniper discovers the mirror can also trap objects and people inside it, which she uses on Sunset's friends in a fit of anger. Sunset also becomes trapped in the mirror after returning with Starlight. The combined magic of the girls' geode pendants morphs Juniper into a giant monster. The mirror falls and cracks during Juniper's rampage, causing the world inside the mirror to collapse into a void. Understanding Juniper's desire for friendship, Starlight persuades her to release the girls before they fall into the void. Juniper returns to normal and is forgiven by the girls, while Princess Twilight gives Starlight permission to stay a while longer to experience the human world.
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Other media
International release
The three specials had a weekly release in Poland on Teletoon+ from May 14 through May 28, 2017.
Home media
The three specials were released on a one-disc Region 1 DVD on August 8, 2017 by Shout! Factory under the title My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Magical Movie Night. Under the title My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Tales of Canterlot High, the specials were also made available on the Netflix video streaming service on October 1, 2017.
See also
In Spanish: My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (miniserie) para niños
