Friendship Is Magic (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic)

"Friendship Is Magic"
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episodes
Twilight Sparkle (centre), Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie (clockwise from top right) find the spark of friendship and activate the Elements of Harmony to turn Nightmare Moon back into Princess Luna
Episode nos.	Season 1 Episodes 1 and 2
Directed by	Jayson Thiessen
Written by	Lauren Faust
Produced by	Sarah Wall Devon Cody Stephen Davis (executive) Kirsten Newlands (executive) Lauren Faust (executive)
Featured music	"Laughter Song" by Daniel Ingram, lyrics by Lauren Faust
Original air dates	October 10, 2010 (2010-10-10) (Part 1) October 22, 2010 (2010-10-22) (Part 2)
Running time	44 minutes (combined)
Guest appearances
Tabitha St. Germain as Nightmare Moon/Princess Luna Nicole Oliver as Princess Celestia Michelle Creber as Apple Bloom Peter New as Big McIntosh Lee Tockar as the sea serpent
Episode chronology
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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 1)
List of episodes

"Friendship Is Magic" is the collective name for the series premiere of the animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. The episodes follow Twilight Sparkle, a studious, antisocial unicorn, who reluctantly travels to the town of Ponyville at the insistence of her mentor, Princess Celestia. There, she meets five ponies—Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie—with whom she becomes close friends. Together, the six defeat Nightmare Moon, a villain who has returned after a thousand years of imprisonment in the moon, with magical artifacts known as the "Elements of Harmony". Many of the creatures that appear in these episodes have designs that convey humor or silliness. Aired in two parts, on October 10 and October 22, 2010, the episodes received positive reviews from critics.