My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rollercoaster of Friendship
| My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rollercoaster of Friendship | |
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| Created by | Hasbro |
| Based on | My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic by Lauren Faust |
| Written by | Nick Confalone |
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| Composers | William Anderson John Jennings Boyd and Lisette Bustamante (song) |
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| Original language | English |
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| Editor | Nick Confalone |
| Running time | 44 minutes |
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| Network | Discovery Family (TV edit) YouTube (unedited) |
| Release | July 6, 2018 |
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rollercoaster of Friendship is a 2018 Canadian–American Flash animated one-hour television special based on Hasbro's My Little Pony: Equestria Girls toyline and media franchise, which is a spin-off of the 2010 relaunch of Hasbro's My Little Pony toyline. Written by Nick Confalone and directed by Ishi Rudell and Katrina Hadley, it is the second one-hour Equestria Girls special, following Forgotten Friendship (2018), and preceding Spring Breakdown (2019), Sunset's Backstage Pass (2019), and Holidays Unwrapped (2019).
The special aired on Discovery Family on July 6, 2018.
Synopsis
Rarity takes a summer job as a costume designer for a new amusement park to which this hinders her friendship with the other girls, particularly Applejack.
Voice cast
- Tara Strong as Twilight Sparkle
- Rebecca Shoichet as Twilight Sparkle (singing voice)
- Rebecca Shoichet as Sunset Shimmer
- Ashleigh Ball as Rainbow Dash and Applejack
- Andrea Libman as Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy
- Tabitha St. Germain as Rarity and Granny Smith
- Kazumi Evans as Rarity (singing voice)
- Tegan Moss as Vignette Valencia
The special also features minor speaking roles with James Kirk as Micro Chips, Sam Vincent as Flim and Scott McNeil as Flam.
Release
Rollercoaster of Friendship premiered on Discovery Family as part of its "Summer Surprises" programming block on July 6, 2018. Much like its predecessor Forgotten Friendship, the special was edited down into a 50-minute original cut of five episodes on Hasbro's YouTube channel. Its first episode was uploaded on August 31, 2018 and its last episode on September 28.
Episodes
| Overall | Episode Title | Original airdate | Duration | Overall duration |
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| 1 | All Bite & No Park | August 31, 2018 | 10:16 | 10:16 |
| 2 | Frenemy Request | September 7, 2018 | 9:50 | 20:06 |
| 3 | Applejack Investigates | September 14, 2018 | 9:48 | 29:54 |
| 4 | Captured Images | September 21, 2018 | 7:17 | 37:11 |
| 5 | No Filter | September 28, 2018 | 10:57 | 48:08 |
Home media and streaming
On October 1, 2018, the special was made available for streaming on Netflix in the United States alongside Forgotten Friendship.
Bundled with Forgotten Friendship, the special was also released on DVD on November 1, 2018 in the United Kingdom.[1]
References
- ^ "My Little Pony - Equestria Girls Specials". Amazon UK. 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
