My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 5)

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic season 5
Country of origin United States
Canada
No. of episodes 26
Release
Original network Discovery Family
Original release April 4, 2015 (2015-04-04) – November 28, 2015 (2015-11-28)

The fifth season of the animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, developed by Lauren Faust, originally aired on the Discovery Family channel in the United States. The series is based on Hasbro's My Little Pony line of toys and animated works and is often referred by collectors to be the fourth generation or "G4" of the My Little Pony franchise. Season 5 of the series premiered on April 4, 2015 and concluded on November 28, 2015, on Discovery Family, an American pay television channel partly owned by Hasbro.

The show follows Princess Twilight Sparkle, a studious alicorn pony, as her mentor Princess Celestia guides her to learn about friendship in the town of Ponyville. Twilight continues to learn with her close friends Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie. Each represents a different face of friendship, and Twilight discovers herself to be a key part of the magical artifacts, the "Elements of Harmony". The ponies share adventures and help out other residents of Ponyville, while working out the troublesome moments in their own friendships.

Development

Concept

Teasers for the season were provided by the show staff at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con, including episodes centered around Twilight coping with the loss of the original library, the entire Pie family, Princess Luna dealing with a nightmare, and a 100th special episode focusing on the background characters. The staff also showed a brief animatic video from the first planned episode, showing the ability of Twilight's castle[1] to direct the main characters to friendship problems around Equestria. Episodes showing more of the castle,[2] about the six main characters,[3] Pinkie Pie "breaking the fourth wall",[4] Rainbow Dash saying "woah woah woah",[5] and "confetti explosions"[6] were to be expected.

The show's fifth season[7] features Twilight continuing her journey of becoming a princess in Equestria with the help of her friends; they discover that her new castle includes a magical map that highlights troubles across Equestria for them to resolve. In the two-part premiere, they come across a town indicated on the map where all of its pony citizens have an equals sign as their cutie mark and odd, creepy smiles.[8]

On February 25, 2015, it was announced at Australia's 2015 PonyCon that the show would have a second Christmas-themed episode.[9] Another episode featured the Smooze, a gelatinous villain from the Generation 1 1986 film, My Little Pony: The Movie.[10]

Production

In an interview with World Screen, Stephen Davis announced that the series was going into its fifth season.[11] On May 7, 2014, the series was renewed for a fifth season consisting of 26 episodes,[12] with a tentative broadcast slated for April 4, 2015.[13]

On June 17, 2014, Business Wire released a press release confirming that it would premiere sometime in the fourth quarter of 2014,[14] but it was later revised by Hasbro.[15] At BronyCon 2014, G.M. Berrow announced that she wrote an episode, which focused on Pinkie Pie.[16]

Promotion

First half

From November 17 to December 22, 2014, the official My Little Pony YouTube channel released six weekly teaser trailers for the upcoming fifth season, each featuring one of the Mane Six as well as giving a premiere date on early 2015.[17] Some scenes from "The Cutie Map" were teased in Rainbow Dash's and Rarity's recap videos for the season 5 teasers.[18][19]

On January 19, 2015, a new trailer was released at PoNYCon in Brooklyn on February 16 by Friendship Is Magic season four directors Jayson Thiessen and Jim Miller;[20] on that day, Thiessen and Miller shared some concept art of various characters and settings for this season,[21] as well as a trailer[22] that was originally planned to premiere at the convention[23] was shown.

On March 5, 2015, Entertainment Weekly released another trailer revealing a new villain with commentary on the fifth season from Hasbro's executive director Brian Lenard and co-executive producer Meghan McCarthy.[10]

Under the approval of Discovery Family and Hasbro, BABSCon showed the entire two-part season five premiere commercial-free on the same day as it premiered on the East coast of the United States on April 4, 2015.[24]

On April 7, 2015, Tina Guo revealed via Instagram that the one-hundredth episode involved Octavia [Melody] having an Electric Cello Dubstep situation and that the episode would on June 13, 2015.[25]

On April 27, 2015, writer Amy Keating Rogers revealed via Twitter that she left the Friendship Is Magic writing staff due to her new full-time job as a writer at Disney.[26] She also confirmed that she had written four episodes for this season,[27] one of which would feature a character voiced by Broadway actress Lena Hall.[28]

Second half

On July 9, 2015, Hasbro corrected via Twitter that the second half of this season would premiere sometime later in 2015,[29] not the sixth season.[30] A month later, on August 11, 2015, it was revealed by Zap2it that the season's second half would premiere on September 12, 2015.[31]

At the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con, it was revealed that Starlight Glimmer would return in the two-part Season 5 finale.[32]

After the episode "Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?", Jayson Thiessen stepped down as Supervising Director in order to focus on the show's feature-length film, however he served as a Consulting Director. Jim Miller was then promoted as the show's new Supervising Director, while Denny Lu serves as the show's director.

International broadcast

The fifth season premiered in mid-2015 on Treehouse TV in Canada and debuted on November 2, 2015 on Boomerang in Australia.[33][34]

Cast

Main

Recurring

Minor

Guest stars

Single role

Multiple roles

Episodes

Like the show's first, second and fourth seasons, the season contains 26 episodes. The first half of the fifth season began on April 4, 2015 (with the two-part premiere "The Cutie Map") and ended on July 11, 2015 (with the episode "Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?"). The remaining 13 episodes began airing with "Canterlot Boutique" on September 12, 2015 and ended on November 28, 2015 (with the two-part finale "The Cutie Re-Mark").

No. in
series		 No. in
season		 Title Directed by Written by Original air date U.S. viewers
(in millions)
921"The Cutie Map" (Part 1)Jayson Thiessen (and co-directed by Jim Miller)Meghan McCarthy (story)
Scott Sonneborn and M.A. Larson (teleplay)		April 4, 2015 (2015-04-04)0.51[35]
As Twilight Sparkle and her friends get used to her new castle, they discover a map that shows trouble across Equestria. Traveling to one point, they find a town where all the ponies have the same cutie mark, an equals sign. All of the ponies except Fluttershy suspect something is wrong with the town's creepy smiles and over-the-top joy, particularly after meeting their leader, Starlight Glimmer. Starlight shows that all the ponies living there have given up their cutie marks, leaving them stored in a nearby cave, as by being equal with no special talents, they all can achieve friendship better. Twilight and her friends secretly meet with other ponies who recognize that Starlight's vision for the town is not normal and ask for their help. When the six try to retrieve the cutie marks, they are lured into a trap and Starlight is able to take their marks.
932"The Cutie Map" (Part 2)Jayson Thiessen (and co-directed by Jim Miller)Meghan McCarthy (story)
Scott Sonneborn and M.A. Larson (teleplay)		April 4, 2015 (2015-04-04)0.57[35]
Without their cutie marks, the six ponies are trapped in the village while Starlight waits for them to accept their fate. The six send Fluttershy, who has been the most open to the townspeople, to act as though she has accepted Starlight's ways in order to help the others escape. That night, Fluttershy sneaks out and discovers that Starlight has never given up her cutie mark, using paint to mask her real one, and has taken her friends' cutie marks to her house with larger plans for Twilight's mark. When Starlight frees the others the next day, Fluttershy exposes Starlight's ruse to the townsfolk by splashing water on her. As Starlight flees with the six's marks, the townsfolk reclaim their own marks and chase Starlight down, successfully recovering the six marks. Starlight manages to escape, while everyone returns to the town to celebrate getting their individuality back.
943"Castle Sweet Castle"Jim MillerJoanna Lewis and Kristine SongcoApril 11, 2015 (2015-04-11)0.42[36]
Twilight's friends learn that she has been avoiding her castle because she doesn't feel at home there. The five offer to decorate the castle, having Spike take Twilight for a day around Ponyville. In their first attempt, the five end up cluttering it with their own clashing styles. They try to remove pieces one by one, but only end up satisfied when everything is emptied out, making no progress. Realizing that they all miss Twilight's old home at the destroyed Golden Oak Library, the five fashion the tree's roots into a chandelier adorned with gems to remind Twilight of her old memories from Ponyville and inspire her to make new ones. Twilight returns to the castle and is moved by her friends' gift, finding that they have each also decorated a different room in the castle themselves.
954"Bloom & Gloom"Jim MillerJosh HaberApril 18, 2015 (2015-04-18)0.54[37]
After learning that Babs Seed has earned her cutie mark and is no longer a Cutie Mark Crusader, Apple Bloom begins to worry about getting her own cutie mark. That night, she has a series of nightmares in which her mark appears, only for her to either dislike her talent or become cast out by her friends and family. In each dream, a shadowy figure helps remove her cutie mark, which only makes the dreams worsen. Princess Luna appears in the dream and shows Apple Bloom that Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo have also been having similar dreams about their cutie marks, teaching the Crusaders not to fear who they are or what others think of them. The three affirm that they will always remain friends, deciding to help Babs face her own anxieties about her mark.
965"Tanks for the Memories"Jim MillerCindy MorrowApril 25, 2015 (2015-04-25)0.65[38]
Rainbow Dash is excited to spend her first winter with her pet tortoise Tank until she learns from Fluttershy that Tank has to hibernate for the winter. Rainbow Dash tries to stop winter from coming, but cannot hold back the efforts of the hard-working weather ponies. Rainbow Dash gets the idea to sabotage the weather factory in Cloudsdale, but inadvertently ends up creating a blizzard that speeds up winter. After the rest of her friends arrive at her home to help her cope with saying goodbye to Tank, Rainbow Dash agrees to let Tank hibernate.
976"Appleoosa's Most Wanted"Jim MillerDave PolskyMay 2, 2015 (2015-05-02)0.50[39]
Applejack forbids the Cutie Mark Crusaders from participating in a rodeo at Appleloosa when Trouble Shoes, a local outlaw, is spotted ruining an upcoming show. The Crusaders run off on their own to bring Trouble Shoes to justice, wanting to earn their cutie marks in the rodeo. When they find Trouble Shoes, they discover he is a kindhearted yet clumsy pony who causes trouble by accident, blaming his bad luck on his cutie mark. He agrees to lead the Crusaders back to town, but he is caught by Sheriff Silverstar and his posse, who accuse Trouble Shoes of kidnapping the Crusaders. The Crusaders break Trouble Shoes out of prison and disguise him as a rodeo clown so he can enter the rodeo like he always wanted, convincing him to view his cutie mark more positively. Trouble Shoes is exposed during his performance, but the other ponies are entertained by his clumsy routine and forgive him after the Crusaders admit they ran away.
987"Make New Friends but Keep Discord"Jim MillerNatasha LevingerMay 16, 2015 (2015-05-16)0.31[40]
As the Grand Galloping Gala nears, Discord is dismayed to learn that Fluttershy has already invited another friend, Tree Hugger, instead of him. Refusing to show his jealousy, Discord makes his own plans to go to the Gala, taking along his friend, the Smooze, a slime-like creature that grows by eating gems. At the Gala, Discord again tries to get Fluttershy to talk to him over Tree Hugger, but finds attending to the Smooze to be distracting and stuffs it away in a closet filled with gems and gold. The Smooze digests the treasures, and soon its form floods the Gala, but Tree Hugger lulls it back to a harmless state with soothing music. Infuriated, Discord threatens to send Tree Hugger into a different dimension, but Fluttershy reminds him that everyone can have different friends to talk about different things with. Discord apologizes to both Fluttershy and Tree Hugger and reverts the Smooze to normal, and the Gala continues, much livelier than before.
998"The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone"Jim MillerAmy Keating RogersMay 23, 2015 (2015-05-23)0.59[41]
The cutie mark map sends Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie to the griffon city of Griffonstone. When the two arrive, they find the once thriving city is derelict ever since a golden idol, the city's symbol of power, was stolen by a monster and fell into a chasm. The two also meet Rainbow Dash's former friend Gilda, who is still resentful from her past visit to Ponyville. Rainbow Dash goes to recover the lost idol, believing it will restore Griffonstone's former glory, while Pinkie remains to help the griffons rediscover friendship, starting by helping Gilda improve her scone recipe. When Rainbow Dash gets stuck in the chasm, Pinkie is able to convince Gilda that she still thinks of Rainbow Dash as a friend, and the two work to rescue her. Gilda spots the missing idol teetering on a nearby ledge, but she opts to save Rainbow Dash instead, and the idol falls into the chasm. Gilda and Rainbow Dash make up, and Gilda is able to use Pinkie's friendship idea to help more griffons become more friendly than before.
1009"Slice of Life"Jim MillerM.A. LarsonJune 13, 2015 (2015-06-13)0.43[42]
Cranky Doodle Donkey and Matilda are scheduled to be married tomorrow, but realize the invitations that were sent out across Equestria have it set for today due to Muffins' printing error. The two race to reschedule the event for the day, while at the same time Twilight Sparkle and her friends fight off a bugbear attacking Ponyville. During this, the episode highlights various other residents of Ponyville as they prepare for the wedding, such as the Doctor, Muffins, DJ Pon-3, Octavia, Lyra, Bon Bon, and Steven Magnet. Eventually, despite the tribulations, the wedding goes off on time and the bugbear is defeated, with Mayor Mare, officiating the wedding, commenting on how Ponyville is filled with many varied and interesting characters with their own stories.
10110"Princess Spike"Jim MillerJayson Thiessen and Jim Miller (story)
Neal Dusedau (teleplay)		June 20, 2015 (2015-06-20)0.26[43]
Princess Twilight is left exhausted and falls asleep after hosting a large delegation in Canterlot and Princess Cadance asks Spike to make sure no one disturbs Twilight. When delegates begin making complaints to Twilight, Spike makes his own decisions on Twilight's behalf instead of waking her. He soon becomes power hungry and tries to complete Twilight's other tasks in her place. His poor decisions quickly lead to a chain of disasters across Canterlot, causing a mob of angry delegates to go and confront Twilight. Spike manages to keep them out of Twilight's room, but Twilight awakens refreshed and discovers the problems Spike has caused. Spike apologizes to the delegates, and they forgivingly help him fix a ceremonial statue made from gemstones to show Spike that no matter how big or small their role, they can work together to create something beautiful.
10211"Party Pooped"Jim MillerJayson Thiessen and Jim Miller (story)
Nick Confalone (teleplay)		June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27)0.37[44]
A friendship summit with visiting yaks turns into a disaster when the ponies fail to replicate the yaks' traditions, angering them into declaring war. Feeling pressured by her inability to appease the yaks, Pinkie Pie decides she must bring something from their native land of Yakyakistan to make them feel at home. She embarks on a journey across Equestria and receives help from various ponies, but when she reaches Yakyakistan's gates, she accidentally slides all the way back home on a sled. Pinkie despairs over her wasted effort, but she is inspired by her friends' appreciation of her hard work to share the ponies' own tradition of friendship with the yaks, who are touched and make peace with the ponies.
10312"Amending Fences"Jim MillerM.A. LarsonJuly 4, 2015 (2015-07-04)0.28[45]
Twilight is distraught after Spike remarks on the bad friend she used to be before moving to Ponyville and becoming the Princess of Friendship, so she returns to Canterlot with Spike to make amends with her old friends. Although most of her friends are happy to reconnect with her, Twilight learns that Moondancer, a friend who shares her interest in studying, has become a complete recluse since Twilight moved away shortly after declining to attend a party meant to help Moondancer become more social. Moondancer rebuffs all of Twilight's efforts to help her embrace friendship, angry and heartbroken over being dismissed by her friend. With Pinkie Pie's help, Twilight invites Moondancer to another party to meet other friends she has already made, which convinces her to finally accept Twilight's apology and friendship.
10413"Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?"Jim MillerJayson Thiessen and Jim Miller (story)
Scott Sonneborn (teleplay)		July 11, 2015 (2015-07-11)0.42[46]
Princess Luna's dreams are inhabited by the Tantabus, a parasitic smoke monster that turns her dreams into nightmares. During a dream where Luna turns back into Nightmare Moon and is defeated by Twilight and her friends, the Tantabus escapes into the six ponies' dreams. Luna enters each pony's dream to catch the Tantabus before it can grow powerful enough to spread its influence into the waking world. Unfortunately, it infects all of Ponyville when Pinkie Pie dreams of sharing ice cream with the whole town, requiring Luna to merge every pony's dreams into one in order to find it. Despite the townsfolk's efforts to help contain the Tantabus, it grows in size when Luna blames herself for creating it as self-punishment for her actions as Nightmare Moon. Realizing her guilt is what empowers the Tantabus, Luna is able to stop it by forgiving herself. With the Tantabus gone, Luna is finally able to sleep peacefully.
10514"Canterlot Boutique"Denny LuAmy Keating RogersSeptember 12, 2015 (2015-09-12)0.43[47]
Rarity achieves her dream of opening her own boutique in Canterlot. She makes a variety of dresses, but her business-savvy manager Sassy Saddles focuses on marketing one particular dress, which becomes extremely popular. Sassy tasks Rarity with mass-producing the dress under strict regulations, which causes Rarity to lose her passion for dressmaking. Feeling miserable despite her success, Rarity decides to close the boutique with a going-out-of-business sale of all her unsold designs, which prove to be just as successful as her original dress. This reinvigorates Rarity and convinces her to keep the store open under the management of Sassy, who is inspired to follow Rarity's example in dressmaking.
10615"Rarity Investigates!"Denny LuMeghan McCarthy, M.A. Larson, Joanna Lewis, and Kristine Songco (story)
Joanna Lewis and Kristine Songco (teleplay)		September 19, 2015 (2015-09-19)0.31[48]
Rainbow Dash is accused of sending Spitfire away on a fake errand to replace her in a Wonderbolts aerial display and fly alongside her idol Wind Rider. Rarity investigates the crime to prove Rainbow's innocence, but her constant habit of acting out a film noir mystery makes Rainbow Dash believe she isn't taking things seriously. Despite this, Rarity is successfully able to identify the true culprit as Wind Rider, who confesses to framing Rainbow Dash to protect his flight speed record. Spitfire discharges Wind Rider from the Wonderbolts and allows Rainbow Dash to take his place in the display.
10716"Made in Manehattan"Denny LuNoelle BenvenutiSeptember 26, 2015 (2015-09-26)0.34[49]
Occurring in the same storyline as "Brotherhooves Social", Applejack and Rarity are summoned by the map to the city of Manehattan, where they find their friend Coco Pommel in need of help reviving her neighborhood's community theater. Unable to find any volunteers to assist, the two offer to help Coco by themselves. Applejack takes up the task of repairing the derelict theater at the local park, but she fails to finish before her scheduled time. She instead builds a small stage outside the park, where they attract passersby with a play depicting the original theater's creation. The play is a success and inspires the citizens of Manehattan to do more for their community.
10817"Brotherhooves Social"Denny LuDave PolskyOctober 3, 2015 (2015-10-03)0.31[50]
Occurring in the same storyline as "Made in Manehattan", Apple Bloom is disappointed that Applejack is called away to Manehattan before the two can participate in the Sisterhooves Social competition together. Big McIntosh decides to enter the competition in Applejack's place by disguising himself as Apple Bloom's female cousin "Orchard Blossom", much to Apple Bloom's embarrassment even while he fools almost no one at the event. Big McIntosh inadvertently wreaks havoc at the competition in his eagerness to spend time with Apple Bloom, eventually resulting in the two getting disqualified. They later make amends after Big McIntosh admits that he misses being idolized by Apple Bloom as much as Applejack.
10918"Crusaders of the Lost Mark"Denny LuAmy Keating RogersOctober 10, 2015 (2015-10-10)0.30[51]
The Cutie Mark Crusaders help their classmate Pipsqueak win their class's student president election against Diamond Tiara, who is berated by her mother Spoiled Rich for failing to live up to their family's social image. Feeling sorry for Diamond Tiara, the Crusaders offer to help her change her ways so she can earn her classmates' support. When they learn Pipsqueak is unable to afford any of his promises as student president, Diamond Tiara attempts to replace him to regain her mother's favor. With the Crusaders' persuasion, however, Diamond Tiara stands up to her mother and lends her family's funds to the school instead. After dedicating themselves to helping others understand their talents, the Crusaders simultaneously earn their cutie marks and celebrate with their friends and family.
11019"The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows"Denny LuGillian M. BerrowOctober 17, 2015 (2015-10-17)0.33[52]
Princess Cadance and Shining Armor are arriving in Ponyville in a few days, and Pinkie Pie learns from the Cakes that the couple are going to surprise Twilight Sparkle and the others with news that they are having a foal. Pinkie promises to keep the news a secret, but stresses about maintaining it as she helps with the visit's preparations. When the couple finally arrive, Shining Armor sets up a scavenger hunt for Twilight and the others to receive a surprise award and Pinkie, no longer able to contain the secret, aggressively answers the riddles until they meet Shining Armor and Cadance at Sugarcube Corner. The couple reveal the surprise, elating Twilight and relieving Pinkie of her stress.
11120"Hearthbreakers"Denny LuNick ConfaloneOctober 24, 2015 (2015-10-24)0.38[53]
Pinkie Pie invites Applejack and her family to spend Hearth's Warming together at the Pie rock farm. The Apples quickly discover that the Pies have very different traditions around the holiday and are much less joyful than what they are used to. Applejack tries to liven the mood by introducing her family's traditions to the Pies, but in her haste, she causes Holder's Boulder—a giant rock the Pies hold dear—to fall into a quarry. Realizing she has ruined the holiday, Applejack and her family decide to leave, but on the train ride back, Granny Smith learns that Holder's Boulder is a centerpiece of the farm and part of their traditions. Applejack returns to the farm with her family to apologize to the Pies for forcing her traditions onto them and helps them push Holder's Boulder back to its proper place. The two families reconcile their differences and continue to enjoy the holiday.
11221"Scare Master"Denny LuNatasha LevingerOctober 24, 2015 (2015-10-24) (Canada)
October 31, 2015 (2015-10-31) (USA)		0.40[54]
Fluttershy is forced to go out on Nightmare Night to buy food for Angel instead of shutting herself in her cottage as usual. She decides to use this as an opportunity to join her friends in the festivities, putting together a horror attraction to avoid letting her overly fearful nature will ruin the fun for them. Her first attempt falls short of their expectations, but with the help of her animal friends, she adds a terrifying section to the Apple family corn maze to surprise her friends. Although her friends enjoy it, Fluttershy realizes she is uncomfortable with scaring others and decides to stop forcing herself to do what she dislikes.
11322"What About Discord?"Denny LuNeal DusedauNovember 7, 2015 (2015-11-07)0.44[55]
Twilight returns after spending three days reorganizing her library alone with Spike to find her friends have spent a memorable and hilarious bonding activity with Discord. Refusing to admit her jealousy at being left out, Twilight focuses on understanding how her friends could become so close to Discord, trying to recreate their weekend as an "experiment". When this fails, Twilight convinces herself that Discord has put her friends under a spell, but the potion she forces them to drink to prove it has no effect. Finally, Twilight apologizes to her friends and admits that as the Princess of Friendship, she believes she has no right to feel jealous. Her friends forgive her and playfully ignore Discord after he reveals he intentionally convinced them to leave her out in order to teach her this lesson.
11423"The Hooffields and McColts"Denny LuJoanna Lewis and Kristine SongcoNovember 14, 20150.48[56]
Twilight and Fluttershy are called by the map to a valley within the Smokey Mountains to stop a feud between two neighboring families, the Hooffields and the McColts. With the valley in shambles from the feud, Twilight believes that this is a simple friendship problem and tries to get both sides to discuss the matter. However, the feud has gone on for so long, neither side remembers how the feud started, and their misunderstandings of Twilight's plan only worsen the fighting. Fluttershy learns that the animals in the area have no food or shelter due to the feud, which started over a petty argument well in the past. Upon recalling their origins and realizing their fighting is pointless, both sides agree to stop fighting and help to restore the valley's wildlife together.
11524"The Mane Attraction"Denny LuAmy Keating RogersNovember 21, 20150.29[57]
A charity concert is being held at Sweet Apple Acres featuring Countess Coloratura, the most famous pop singer in Equestria. Applejack reveals she knew Coloratura when they met at camp as fillies, and knew she could sing well when they performed a song they wrote together for the campers. When Coloratura arrives, Applejack is confused to see she appears to be an overly demanding diva, unlike the humble pony Applejack knew. Applejack discovers behind the scenes that Coloratura is still as the same, charitable pony as always, and that her demands come from her manager Svengallop, using her fame for his benefit. After Applejack and her friends reveal Svengallop's greed, Coloratura fires him on the spot. Without her manager to make a spectacle of her performance, Coloratura instead sings a more passionate ballad that the crowd loves, and then invites Applejack to join her on stage with the Cutie Mark Crusaders to finish the concert with the song they wrote at Camp Friendship.
11625"The Cutie Re-Mark" (Part 1)Denny LuJosh HaberNovember 28, 20150.25[58]
Starlight Glimmer returns to take revenge against Twilight Sparkle for ruining her utopian society. To do this, she alters Star Swirl the Bearded's time travel spell so it allows her to travel back in time to the point Rainbow Dash performed her first Sonic Rainboom, which allowed her friends to obtain their cutie marks at the same time. Twilight and Spike follow after her, but fail to stop her from sabotaging the race. The two return to an alternate present to find that Equestria is at war with King Sombra, yet the Cutie Map remains and grants Twilight and Spike access to reuse Star Swirl's spell. They fail to stop Starlight a second time, and return to another future ruled by Queen Chrysalis.
11726"The Cutie Re-Mark" (Part 2)Denny LuJosh HaberNovember 28, 20150.33[59]
Twilight and Spike become trapped in a time loop as they repeatedly fail to stop Starlight from altering the past, which creates progressively worse versions of Equestria dominated by Nightmare Moon, Lord Tirek, Discord, and the Flim Flam brothers. Finally, they forcibly take Starlight with them to a wasteland to show how her actions are ravaging Equestria. Starlight refuses to believe them and shows them her own childhood, revealing that she was separated from her friend Sunburst the day he earned his cutie mark and left to study magic in Canterlot. Understanding Starlight's fear of losing friends because of their talents, Twilight convinces her to give friendship another chance, and they return to the unaltered present together. After deliberating with her friends, Twilight decides to take Starlight Glimmer on as her own student and accept her as one of their friends.

Songs

No. in
series		 Episode Song Lyrics by Sung by
92 "The Cutie Map" (Part 1) "In Our Town" Daniel Ingram Starlight Glimmer and crowd
94 "Castle Sweet Castle" "Make This Castle a Home" Daniel Ingram, Joanna Lewis, and Kristine Songco Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie
96 "Tanks for the Memories" "I'll Fly" Cindy Morrow and Daniel Ingram Rainbow Dash
105 "Canterlot Boutique" "Rules of Rarity" Amy Keating Rogers and Daniel Ingram Rarity
108 "Brotherhooves Social" "Sisterhood" Daniel Ingram Apple Bloom and Big McIntosh[lower-alpha 1]
109 "Crusaders of the Lost Mark" "We'll Make Our Mark (Prelude)" Daniel Ingram and Amy Keating Rogers Cutie Mark Crusaders
"The Vote" Cutie Mark Crusaders, Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon and crowd
"The Pony I Want to Be" Diamond Tiara
"Light of Your Cutie Mark" Daniel Ingram Diamond Tiara and the Cutie Mark Crusaders
"The Pony I Want to Be (Reprise)" Diamond Tiara
"We'll Make Our Mark" Daniel Ingram and Amy Keating Rogers Cutie Mark Crusaders, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Applejack
115 "The Mane Attraction" "Equestria, the Land I Love" Amy Keating Rogers Countess Coloratura[lower-alpha 2]
"The Spectacle" Amy Keating Rogers and Daniel Ingram Countess Coloratura
"The Magic Inside"
"Equestria, the Land I Love (Reprise)" Amy Keating Rogers Countess Coloratura and the Cutie Mark Crusaders
117 "The Cutie Re-Mark" (Part 2) "Friends Are Always There for You" Josh Haber and Daniel Ingram Starlight Glimmer and the Mane Six

Song notes

  1. ↑ Disguised as Orchard Blossom.
  2. ↑ As a filly in Applejack's flashback.

References

  1. ↑ Thiessen, Jayson (2014-05-13), "[Official name of Twilight's new castle in Season 5 confirmation]", (Self-published) (Twitter), retrieved 2014-05-16.
  2. ↑ Thiessen, Jayson (2015-01-18), "@platypusbrony we will see more of the new castle revealed...", (Self-published) (Twitter), retrieved 2014-01-19.
  3. ↑ Thiessen, Jayson (2015-01-18), "@platypusbrony there will be episodes...", (Self-published) (Twitter), retrieved 2014-01-19.
  4. ↑ Thiessen, Jayson (2015-01-18), "@platypusbrony Pinkie Pie will break the 4th wall", (Self-published) (Twitter), retrieved 2014-01-19.
  5. ↑ Thiessen, Jayson (2015-01-18), "@platypusbrony Rainbow Dash will say "woah woah woah"", (Self-published) (Twitter), retrieved 2014-01-19.
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