My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic · Season 1
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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Season 3 (2012-13)
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Season 4 (2013-14)
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Season 5 (2015)
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Season 6 (2016)
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Season 7 (2017)
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Season 8 (2018)
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Season 9 (2019)
Part 1 (aka Mare in the Moon)
[first lines of the series]
Once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria, there were two regal sisters who ruled together, and created harmony for all the land. To do this, the eldest used her unicorn powers to raise the sun at dawn; the younger brought out the moon to begin the night. Thus, the two sisters maintained balance for their kingdom and their subjects, all the different types of ponies. But as time went on, the younger sister became resentful. The ponies relished and played in the day her elder sister brought forth, but shunned and slept through her beautiful night. One fateful day, the younger unicorn refused to lower the moon to make way for the dawn. The elder sister tried to reason with her, but the bitterness in the young one's heart had transformed her into a wicked mare of darkness: Nightmare Moon. She vowed that she would shroud the land in eternal night. Reluctantly, the elder sister harnessed the most powerful magic known to ponydom: the Elements of Harmony. Using the magic of the Elements of Harmony, she defeated her younger sister, and banished her permanently in the moon. The elder sister took on responsibility for both...
...sun and moon...
[Twilight Sparkle, or always simply known as Twilight, a light-purple unicorn with a dark blue mane and tail with pink and purple streaks, looks up from the book, thinking]
...and harmony has been maintained in Equestria for generations since. Hmm... Elements of Harmony. I know I've heard of those before... but where?
There you are, Twilight! Moondancer is having a little get-together in the west castle courtyard, you want to come?
Oh, sorry, girls. I got a lot of studying to catch up on. [she rushes off]
[to Lemon Hearts] Does that pony do anything except study? I think...she’s more interested in books, than friends.
[In a library, Twilight's assistant, Spike, a purple and green dragon, takes orders from her]
Take a note please, to the princess.
Okey-dokey!
"My dearest teacher, my continuing studies of pony magic have lead me to discover that we are on the precipice of disaster."
Hold on! "Prece... prece...." [beat]
.."Threshold."
"Threi..." [another beat]
Um, "brink"?
[one last beat]
Ugh, "that something bad is about to happen"!
[reading Celestia's response] "My dearest, most faithful student Twilight, you know that I value your diligence, and that I trust you completely..."
Mm-hmm.
"...But you simply must stop reading those dusty old books!"
[Gasps in shock]
[commercial break, later on chariot]
"My dear Twilight: There is more to a young pony's life than studying. So I’m sending you to supervise the preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration in this year’s location: Ponyville. And, I have an even more essential task for you to complete: make some friends."
[groans]
Look on the bright side, Twilight, the Princess arranged for you to stay in a library! Doesn’t that make you happy?
[pauses, brightening up] Yes, yes, it does. You know why? Because I’m right. I’ll check on the preparations as fast as I can, then get to the library to find some proof of Nightmare Moon’s return.
Then when will you make friends, like the Princess said?
She said to check on preparations. I am her student, and I’ll do my royal duty, but the fate of Equestria does not rest on me making friends.
Maybe the ponies in Ponyville have interesting things to talk about!
[Pinkie Pie, or always simply known as Pinkie, a pink pony with a dark pink balloon-like mane and tail with a three-balloon cutie mark, stops by]
C'mon Twilight, just try!
[beat] Uh… Hello?
[Pinkie gasps then zips away]
[beat]
Well, that was interesting alright.
Pfft! Please. They’d never accept a pegasus who can’t even keep the sky clear for one measly day!
Hey, I could clear the sky in ten seconds flat!
Prove it.
[Rainbow Dash, a sky-blue pegasus with a rainbow-colored mane and tail with a rainbow lightning bolt cutie mark, kicks every cloud out of the sky at warp speed]
Loop-the-loop around, and wham! [kicks last cloud] What'd I say? Ten. Seconds. Flat.
Decorations...beautiful.
Yes, the décor is coming along nicely. This oughta be quick. I’ll be at the library in no time. Beautiful, indeed.
Not the décor... [looks at Rarity, a white pony with a different shaded-purple curly mane and tail] Her!
No...no...no...oh!...Goodness, no...hmmm...
How are my spines? Are they straight?
[Twilight rolls her eyes]
[Twilight meets Fluttershy, a yellow pegasus with a pale pink mane and tail with a three-butterfly cutie mark. Fluttershy's voice is soft-tone]
I’m Twilight Sparkle. What’s your name?
Um, I’m [whispers] Fluttershy...
I’m sorry, what was that?
Um, my name is [whispers quieter] Fluttershy...
Didn’t quite catch that.
[squeaks]
Well, um, it looks like your birds are back. So I guess everything’s in order. Keep up the good work.
[squeaks]
OK...?
[Pinkie comes to greet Twilight at the welcome party]
Surprise! Hi, I’m Pinkie Pie, and I threw this party just for you! Were you surprised? Were you, were you?! Huh, Huh, Huh?!!
[Deadpan] Very surprised. Libraries are supposed to be quiet.
[giggles] That’s silly! [Twilight shakes her head and rolls her eyes in annoyance] What kind of welcome party would this be if it were quiet? I mean, duh, Booooring! You see, I saw you when you first got here, remember? You were all, "Hello," and I was all— [gasps] Remember? You see, I never saw you before, and if I never saw you before, that means you’re new. ’Cause I know everypony, and I mean everypony, in Ponyville. And if you’re new, it meant you hadn’t met anyone yet, and if you haven’t met anyone yet, you must not have any friends, And if you don’t have any friends, then you must be lonely, and that made me so sad. And I had an idea, and that’s why I went -- [gasps] I should throw a great big, ginormous, super-duper spectacular welcome party and invite everyone in Ponyville! See? And now you have lots and lots of friends!
Isn’t this exciting? Are you excited? ’Cause I’m excited, I’ve never been so excited, well, except for the time that I saw you walking into town and I went — [gasps] But I mean, really, who can top that?
Oh, my beloved subjects. It’s been so long since I’ve seen your precious little sun-loving faces.
What did you do with our Princess?!?
[Rainbow Dash starts to fly off but Applejack, an orange earth pony with a blonde mane and tail each in a low ponytail while wearing a brown stetson, stops her]
Whoa there, Nelly!
Why, am I not royal enough for you? Don’t you know who I am?
Ooh, ooh! More guessing games! Um...Hokey Smokes! How about...Queen Meanie? No...Black Snooty! Black Snooty!
Does my crown no longer count, now that I have been imprisoned for a thousand years? Did you not recall the legend? Did you not see the signs?
I did! And I know who you are, you're the Mare in the Moon: Nightmare Moon!
Well well well, a pony who remembers me. Then you also know why I'm here...
You're here to... to... [gulps]
Remember this day little ponies, for it was your last. From this moment forth...the night...will last... forever! [laughs evilly]
I read all about the prediction of Nightmare Moon. Some mysterious objects called the Elements of Harmony are the only things that can stop her, but I don't know what they are, where to find them... I don't even know what they do!
[finds a book] "The Elements of Harmony: A Reference Guide".
How did you find that?
[singsong] It was under "E"!
Oh. [reading about the Elements of Harmony] There are six Elements of Harmony, but only five are known: Kindness, Laughter, Generosity, Honesty, and Loyalty. The sixth is a complete mystery. It is said the last known location of the five Elements was in the ancient Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters. It is located in what is now...
The Everfree Forest!
alright. Oh, Rarity, your beautiful tail!
Oh, it's fine, my dear. Short tails are in this season. Besides, it'll grow back.
So would the mustache.
You think you can destroy the Elements of Harmony just like that? Well, you’re wrong—because the spirits of the Elements of Harmony are right here!
[The shattered elements begin floating toward the ponies.]
What? [Gaunson: we’ll looks like you lost. Do your part twilight
Applejack, who reassured me when I was in doubt, represents the spirit of...Honesty! Fluttershy, who tamed the manticore with her compassion, represents the spirit of...Kindness! Pinkie Pie, who banished fear by giggling in the face of danger, represents the spirit of...Laughter! Rarity, who calmed a sorrowful serpent with a meaningful gift, represents the spirit of...Generosity! And Rainbow Dash, who could not abandon her friends for her own heart’s desire, represents the spirit of...Loyalty! The spirits of these five ponies got us through every challenge you threw at us!
You still don’t have the sixth Element! The spark didn’t work!
But it did. A different kind of spark. [To the others] I felt it the very moment I realized how happy I was to hear you, to see you, how much I cared about you. The spark ignited inside me, when I realized that you all...are my friends!
[The sixth element appears]
You see, Nightmare Moon, when those Elements are ignited by the spark, that resides in the heart of us all, it creates the sixth Element: The Element of...Magic!
These quotes come from Wikiquote's My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic pages and are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.
