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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: Season 1

26 episodes Premiered Oct 10, 2010 Updated Jul 18, 2026

Shy unicorn Twilight Sparkle and her five pony pals have adventures that teach them about the most powerful magic of all: the magic of friendship.

Season overview

Shy unicorn Twilight Sparkle and her five pony pals have adventures that teach them about the most powerful magic of all: the magic of friendship.

Episodes

S1·E1

Friendship is Magic (1)

Oct 10, 2010 · 22 min

Twilight Sparkle, a reclusive student of Princess Celestia, is tasked with supervising a special event in Ponyville and to make five new friends in the process.

S1·E2

Friendship is Magic (2)

Oct 22, 2010 · 22 min

The evil Nightmare Moon is free from her imprisonment, vowing to shroud the world in eternal night, and Princess Celestia has gone missing. Twilight and the her friends must find s

S1·E3

The Ticket Master

Oct 29, 2010 · 22 min

Twilight receives two tickets from Princess Celestia to the Grand Galloping Gala. All five of her best friends want to go, but she can only choose one.

S1·E4

Applebuck Season

Nov 5, 2010 · 22 min

With her big brother hurt, Applejack volunteers to harvest the apple crop in her family's orchard all by herself. However, she is too prideful and stubborn to accept any help from

S1·E5

Griffon the Brush-Off

Nov 12, 2010 · 22 min

Pinkie Pie bonds with Rainbow Dash over their shared love of pranks, but when Rainbow's old friend Gilda the Griffon visits, Pinkie Pie becomes a third wheel, and notices that Gild

S1·E6

Boast Busters

Nov 19, 2010 · 23 min

A new unicorn called "The Great and Powerful" Trixie arrives in Ponyville, claiming to be the greatest magical pony in Equestria. Spike believes Twilight may be the one unicorn to

S1·E7

Dragonshy

Nov 26, 2010 · 22 min

As a sleeping dragon's smoke begins clouding Equestria's skies, Twilight Sparkle is tasked with getting it to leave. She and all her friends head to the dragon's lair, dragging alo

S1·E8

Look Before You Sleep

Dec 3, 2010 · 22 min

When a thunderstorm forces Applejack and Rarity to seek shelter in her library, they're invited by Twilight Sparkle to have a slumber party. However, their clashing personalities a

S1·E9

Bridle Gossip

Dec 10, 2010 · 22 min

Twilight encounters the mysterious zebra Zecora, who occasionally visits Ponyville and is rumored to be a witch. When she and her friends display a range of bizarre symptoms the ne

S1·E10

Swarm of the Century

Dec 17, 2010 · 22 min

Everypony is making sure things are perfect for an upcoming visit by Princess Celestia to Ponyville, especially Twilight Sparkle, but trouble arises when a swarm of parasprites, ad

S1·E11

Winter Wrap Up

Dec 24, 2010 · 22 min

As winter comes to its scheduled end, Ponyville prepares for the annual cleanup to make way for spring. Twilight Sparkle wants to help, even without her magic (to respect Ponyville

S1·E12

Call of the Cutie

Jan 14, 2011 · 22 min

A young pony earns their cutie mark upon discovering their special talent and life's purpose. Apple Bloom's worry about her still-missing cutie mark causes her to try to earn it be

S1·E13

Fall Weather Friends

Jan 28, 2011 · 22 min

Applejack and Rainbow Dash take part in a marathon event known as the Running of the Leaves, in which Dash must compete without the use of her wings. Can they both ensure a clean r

S1·E14

Suited for Success

Feb 4, 2011 · 22 min

Rarity makes dresses for her friends for the upcoming Grand Galloping Gala, but they don't turn out to but what her friends expected. She strains herself catering to their demands,

S1·E15

Feeling Pinkie Keen

Feb 11, 2011 · 22 min

Twilight learns that Pinkie Pie has an unusual ability to sense happenings in the immediate future, known around Ponyville as "Pinkie Sense." Not willing to accept these prediction

S1·E16

Sonic Rainboom

Feb 18, 2011 · 22 min

Rainbow Dash is preparing herself for an upcoming contest, with a day with the famous Wonderbolts as the grand prize, and is sure that an old move she claimed to have pulled off lo

S1·E17

Stare Master

Feb 25, 2011 · 22 min

Fluttershy has great experience with all kinds of animals, but it is an entirely different story when she offers to take care of Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle for the n

S1·E18

The Show Stoppers

Mar 4, 2011 · 22 min

After entering a talent competition, the Cutie Mark Crusaders believe the event will help them discover what they are meant to do in life. They hope that winning the contest will h

S1·E19

A Dog and Pony Show

Mar 11, 2011 · 22 min

To create jewel-encrusted clothing at the request of a famous pony, Rarity decides to find a new lode of gems with Spike's assistance. But when a group of creatures called the Diam

S1·E20

Green Isn't Your Color

Mar 18, 2011 · 22 min

When Rarity meets a famous fashion photographer, she realizes that this is her chance to promote her newest dresses, but her idea backfires when the pony is more interested in Flut

S1·E21

Over a Barrel

Mar 25, 2011 · 22 min

The ponies separate and are caught in a dispute between a western town's settler-ponies and the native buffalo herd. Both sides have claimed the land as their own, and neither side

S1·E22

A Bird in the Hoof

Apr 8, 2011 · 22 min

During a visit from Princess Celestia, Fluttershy sees the Equestrian royal's sick pet bird Philomena. She secrets the poor creature home and tries to take care of it, but finds th

S1·E23

The Cutie Mark Chronicles

Apr 15, 2011 · 22 min

Every pony with a cutie mark has a different story to tell about how they earned it. Taking a break from searching for their special talents, the Cutie Mark Crusaders decide to ask

S1·E24

Owl's Well That Ends Well

Apr 22, 2011 · 22 min

Spike meets an owl Twilight befriends to help her with their work. He soon feels threatened over the possibility that it will take his spot as the unicorn's trusted assistant. Driv

S1·E25

Party of One

Apr 29, 2011 · 22 min

After a successful birthday party for Gummy, her pet alligator, Pinkie Pie invites her friends for an "After Birthday" party the next day. However, they claim to have other errands

S1·E26

The Best Night Ever

May 6, 2011 · 22 min

After much anticipation, Canterlot's Grand Galloping Gala has finally begun. As Twilight and her friends take part in the festivities, only one question remains: Is it everything t