My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: Season 8
Season 8 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 7.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 8 Progress Shield
School Daze (1)
Mar 24, 2018 · 22 min
When the Friendship Map grows bigger to reflect the world beyond Equestria, the Mane Six realize they'll need a way to spread the message of friendship far and wide. Luckily, Twili
School Daze (2)
Mar 24, 2018 · 22 min
Twilight must reunite her students to stand up for what's right when the Friendship School gets closed by the EEA.
The Maud Couple
Mar 31, 2018 · 22 min
Pinkie Pie's super-best-friend-sister bond is challenged when Maud gets a boyfriend that Pinkie can't stand.
Fake It 'Til You Make It
Apr 7, 2018 · 22 min
Fluttershy vows to look after Rarity's Manehattan boutique while she's away and takes on a series of characters in order to cope with the intimidating clientele.
Grannies Gone Wild
Apr 14, 2018 · 22 min
Rainbow Dash agrees to accompany Granny Smith and a group of elder ponies to Las Pegasus so she can ride a roller coaster before it closes.
Surf and/or Turf
Apr 21, 2018 · 22 min
The Cutie Mark Crusaders are called by the Cutie Map to Mount Aris to help a Hippogriff find where he belongs - either with his seapony or Hippogriff relatives.
Horse-Play
Apr 28, 2018 · 22 min
Princess Celestia's dream of being in a play is fulfilled when Twilight casts her in one, but realizes that her talents lie elsewhere.
The Parent Map
May 5, 2018 · 22 min
When Starlight Glimmer and Sunburst are called by the Cutie Map to visit their old hometown, they discover that their parents are having a friendship problem.
Non-Compete Clause
May 12, 2018 · 22 min
Applejack and Rainbow Dash compete with each other to see who gets to be Teacher of the Month.
The Break Up Breakdown
May 19, 2018 · 22 min
When Big Mac overhears Sugar Belle talking to Mrs. Cake, he starts to believe that Sugar Belle is going to break up with him.
Molt Down
May 26, 2018 · 22 min
Spike goes through a process that dragons suffer from that might kick him out of the house.
Marks for Effort
Jun 2, 2018 · 22 min
The Cutie Mark Crusaders try many attempts to attend Twilight's School of Friendship, despite making it clear that they've already mastered the curriculum.
The Mean 6
Jun 9, 2018 · 22 min
When the ponies decide to go on a camping trip, Queen Chrysalis creates evil clones of the Mane 6 to help her steal the Elements of Harmony so she can use their power to get reveng
A Matter of Principals
Aug 4, 2018 · 22 min
When Twilight leaves Starlight in charge of the School of Friendship, Discord is frustrated that he wasn't asked, so he does what he can to make Starlight's new role impossible.
The Hearth’s Warming Club
Aug 4, 2018 · 22 min
Preparations for Hearth's Warming Eve are ruined, and while Twilight tries to figure out who's behind it, the students bond over shared memories of their home.
Friendship University
Aug 11, 2018 · 22 min
When Twilight discovers there's another school of friendship, she and Rarity go to investigate and are shocked to discover that Twilight's idol and Pillar of Old Equestria, Starswi
The End in Friend
Aug 18, 2018 · 22 min
Rarity and Rainbow Dash begin to question why they are friends when they can't find anything they both like to do together.
Yakity-Sax
Aug 25, 2018 · 22 min
Pinkie Pie has a new hobby that she absolutely loves - playing the Zenithrash. But when her friends discourage her from playing due to her lack of skill, it causes a series of even
Road to Friendship
Sep 1, 2018 · 22 min
When Trixie is invited to bring her magic show to the far off land of Saddle Arabia, she can think of nopony better to bring along than her great and powerful assistant, Starlight-
The Washouts
Sep 8, 2018 · 22 min
When Scootaloo becomes enamored with The Washouts, a touring group of stunt ponies, Rainbow Dash is concerned for her safety and worries that Scoot's day as her number one fan are
A Rockhoof and a Hard Place
Sep 15, 2018 · 22 min
When Rockhoof, heroic Pillar of the past, is having trouble fitting into the modern world, Twilight and her friends strive to help him find a new purpose.
What Lies Beneath
Sep 22, 2018 · 22 min
The students of Twilight's School of Friendship are cramming for "History of Magic in Equestria" exam in the school library when they discover a part of the school that no pony els
Sounds of Silence
Sep 29, 2018 · 22 min
Fluttershy and Applejack journey to the edge of Equestria on a Friendship Quest to help a group of creatures named Kirin who are so afraid of hurting each other's feelings, they've
Father Knows Beast
Oct 6, 2018 · 22 min
When a strange dragon crash lands in Ponyville claiming to be Spike's father, Spike is ready to do anything his "dad" says in order to learn how a to be a "real" dragon.
School Raze (1)
Oct 13, 2018 · 22 min
When the magic of Equestria mysteriously begins to fail, Twilight leads her friends on a quest for answers, leaving the School of Friendship open to attack from a dangerous masterm
School Raze (2)
Oct 13, 2018 · 22 min
While Twilight and the rest of the Mane Six try to escape Tarturus, Cozy Glow furthers her plot to take over the School of Friendship with only Twilight's students and the CMCs to