My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rollercoaster of Friendship

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).

My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rollercoaster of Friendship
Genre
Created byHasbro
Based onMy Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
by Lauren Faust
Written byNick Confalone
Directed by
  • Ishi Rudell
  • Katrina Hadley
Voices of
Composer(s)William Anderson
Country of origin
  • United States
  • Canada
Original language(s)English
Production
Executive producer(s)
Producer(s)
  • Angela Belyea
  • Colleen McAllister
Editor(s)Nick Confalone
Running time44 minutes
Production company(s)
  • Hasbro Studios
  • DHX Media Vancouver
Release
Original networkDiscovery Family (TV edit)
YouTube (unedited)
Original releaseJuly 6, 2018 (2018-07-06)

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

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
OverallEpisode TitleOriginal airdateDurationOverall duration
1All Bite & No ParkAugust 31, 201810:1610:16
2Frenemy RequestSeptember 7, 20189:5020:06
3Applejack InvestigatesSeptember 14, 20189:4829:54
4Captured ImagesSeptember 21, 20187:1737:11
5No FilterSeptember 28, 201810:5748:08

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
  1. "My Little Pony - Equestria Girls Specials". Amazon UK. 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
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