This page is a revision as of June 4, 2015.
My Little Pony: Alicorns Ponies is an American–Canadian animated television series produced by DHX Media and Hasbro Studios and premiered on the network The Hub on February 6, 2012. The series focuses on Twilight Sparkle hoping to become an Alicorns one day and hoping that she could be exactly like the Princess sisters, Princesses Celestia and Luna. The series was criticized for its dark humour, meaning it had dark comedy in it. When the series premiered, it premiered after an episode of the 2010 series Pound Puppies. The series was created by Megan McCarthy, who worked on My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic for the rest of the series.
The story begins when Twilight Sparkle is hoping to become an Alicorn one day (she became one in the season 3 finale Magical Mystery Cure) and hoping that she can become like Princesses Celestia and Luna one day. But that told her that she needs to try harder to become one, so she asks her friends (Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie (full name Pinkamina Diane Pie), Rarity, Fluttershy, and Applejack). She tells them that she can't become one because she's too young, so they end up in a time frame and go somewhere far from Equestria. With that, she persuades Rarity not to use her unicorn horn. Rarity then asks Lord Tirek, who killed Twilight Sparkle once in The Adventures of Twilight Sparkle and he agrees Rarity to get wings. Rarity does not know where to get wings from, so she then asks everyone else. They all said yes, and at the end they finally got wings (even though Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy already had wings). The rest of the series is about Twilight Sparkle and her friends having wings and that they can fly.
Megan McCarthy wanted to create a series specifically about flying ponies. The idea for the show first came up in 2009, when she decided to produce specifically for that. Megan wanted the characters to be the same as My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic but the characters in the series were not used with Flash. Instead they were used in Traditional/Flash animation for later seasons of the show. The series was produced by DHX Media and Hasbro Studios but unlike Friendship Is Magic, it was not produced by Studio B Productions. The title for the show was originally going to be My Little Pony: Twilight Sparkle Adventures. However, Hasbro told Megan to change the title, and she then decided to call it My Little Pony: Alicorn Ponies. As of January 2015, the series is in its fourth season of production.
Overall 84 episodes were produced with a fifth season to arrive on Discovery Family in Q4 2015.
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
First aired | Last aired | Network | |||
1 | 26 | October 10, 2010 | May 6, 2011 | The Hub/Hub Network | |
2 | 26 | September 17, 2011 | April 21, 2012 | ||
3 | 13 | November 10, 2012 | February 16, 2013 | ||
4 | 26 | November 23, 2013 | May 10, 2014 | ||
5 | 26 | April 4, 2015 | November 28, 2015 | Discovery Family | |
6 | 26 | March 26, 2016 | October 22, 2016 | ||
7 | 26 | April 15, 2017 | October 28, 2017 | ||
Film | October 6, 2017 | — | |||
8 | 26 | March 24, 2018 | October 13, 2018 | Discovery Family | |
Holiday Special | October 27, 2018 | ||||
9 | 26 | April 6, 2019 | October 12, 2019 | ||
Special | June 29, 2019 | ||||
Clip Shows | 6 | April 20, 2020 | (AUS)May 25, 2020 | (AUS)— |
My Little Pony has produced many toys for the series. The popularity of the series meant that by 2014, its playsets, books, toys, and more was attracting many people to the merchandise, with the series producing 4 specials and 2 movies, double that of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. The series has also produced a few shorts, most of which focus on Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Applejack about flying like they really are. Also a crossover between this and Pound Puppies aired on The Hub at 8:30AM at Eastern Central Time on October 7, 2012, just a few days before the 2012 series Littlest Pet Shop premiered.
This page is a revision as of June 4, 2015.
My Little Pony: Alicorns Ponies is an American–Canadian animated television series produced by DHX Media and Hasbro Studios and premiered on the network The Hub on February 6, 2012. The series focuses on Twilight Sparkle hoping to become an Alicorns one day and hoping that she could be exactly like the Princess sisters, Princesses Celestia and Luna. The series was criticized for its dark humour, meaning it had dark comedy in it. When the series premiered, it premiered after an episode of the 2010 series Pound Puppies. The series was created by Megan McCarthy, who worked on My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic for the rest of the series.
The story begins when Twilight Sparkle is hoping to become an Alicorn one day (she became one in the season 3 finale Magical Mystery Cure) and hoping that she can become like Princesses Celestia and Luna one day. But that told her that she needs to try harder to become one, so she asks her friends (Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie (full name Pinkamina Diane Pie), Rarity, Fluttershy, and Applejack). She tells them that she can't become one because she's too young, so they end up in a time frame and go somewhere far from Equestria. With that, she persuades Rarity not to use her unicorn horn. Rarity then asks Lord Tirek, who killed Twilight Sparkle once in The Adventures of Twilight Sparkle and he agrees Rarity to get wings. Rarity does not know where to get wings from, so she then asks everyone else. They all said yes, and at the end they finally got wings (even though Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy already had wings). The rest of the series is about Twilight Sparkle and her friends having wings and that they can fly.
Megan McCarthy wanted to create a series specifically about flying ponies. The idea for the show first came up in 2009, when she decided to produce specifically for that. Megan wanted the characters to be the same as My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic but the characters in the series were not used with Flash. Instead they were used in Traditional/Flash animation for later seasons of the show. The series was produced by DHX Media and Hasbro Studios but unlike Friendship Is Magic, it was not produced by Studio B Productions. The title for the show was originally going to be My Little Pony: Twilight Sparkle Adventures. However, Hasbro told Megan to change the title, and she then decided to call it My Little Pony: Alicorn Ponies. As of January 2015, the series is in its fourth season of production.
Overall 84 episodes were produced with a fifth season to arrive on Discovery Family in Q4 2015.
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
First aired | Last aired | Network | |||
1 | 26 | October 10, 2010 | May 6, 2011 | The Hub/Hub Network | |
2 | 26 | September 17, 2011 | April 21, 2012 | ||
3 | 13 | November 10, 2012 | February 16, 2013 | ||
4 | 26 | November 23, 2013 | May 10, 2014 | ||
5 | 26 | April 4, 2015 | November 28, 2015 | Discovery Family | |
6 | 26 | March 26, 2016 | October 22, 2016 | ||
7 | 26 | April 15, 2017 | October 28, 2017 | ||
Film | October 6, 2017 | — | |||
8 | 26 | March 24, 2018 | October 13, 2018 | Discovery Family | |
Holiday Special | October 27, 2018 | ||||
9 | 26 | April 6, 2019 | October 12, 2019 | ||
Special | June 29, 2019 | ||||
Clip Shows | 6 | April 20, 2020 | (AUS)May 25, 2020 | (AUS)— |
My Little Pony has produced many toys for the series. The popularity of the series meant that by 2014, its playsets, books, toys, and more was attracting many people to the merchandise, with the series producing 4 specials and 2 movies, double that of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. The series has also produced a few shorts, most of which focus on Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Applejack about flying like they really are. Also a crossover between this and Pound Puppies aired on The Hub at 8:30AM at Eastern Central Time on October 7, 2012, just a few days before the 2012 series Littlest Pet Shop premiered.