My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rollercoaster of Friendship is a 2018 animated one-hour television special which is a part of Hasbro's My Little Pony: Equestria Girls toyline and media franchise, itself a spin-off of the 2010 relaunch of the main My Little Pony toyline. The special was animated using Adobe Animate, written and edited by Nick Confalone, and directed by Ishi Rudell and Katrina Hadley, and was produced by DHX Media's 2D animation studio in Vancouver, Canada for Hasbro Studios in the United States. Premiered on Discovery Family (a joint venture between Discovery, Inc. and Hasbro) on July 6, 2018, 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).
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| 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 |
| Release | July 6, 2018 |
Synopsis
editRarity takes a summer job as a costume designer for a new amusement park. Meanwhile, the chief costume designer, Vignette Valencia, is once seen trying to have a salad, and when she tries to post a picture on social media, her phone sucks the salad into it. Vignette wonders how it is possible, and likes the new feature. Rarity meets Vignette and designs costumes for a special parade at the amusement park. On the day of the parade, she invites her friends, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Sunset Shimmer and Twilight Sparkle. Vignette then decides to put up the Rainbooms on the parade.
When Fluttershy meets with Vignette, Vignette puts up her suggestion on Fluttershy's look for the parade. But Fluttershy disapproves of it and is zapped into the phone unexpectedly by Vignette. Applejack looks for Fluttershy, but cannot find her. Soon, Vignette puts up her suggestion on Rainbow Dash's parade look, but she disapproves it and is also zapped up into the phone. The two end up in a white place with the salad that Vignette zapped up in the beginning. Applejack then sees footage that exposes Vignette's true colours to her. She now looks for Rarity to warn her about Vignette but she does not believe her, which turns into a confrontation after Vignette denies any sort of such zapping, upsetting them both. In the mean time, she zaps up Pinkie Pie, Sunset and Twilight when they disapprove of some over-the-top looks. They are all locked in the white place and meet Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, sharing each other's stories and trying to get out. Vignette prepares for the parade by projecting fake versions of the Rainbooms and designing them the way she wants. She then reveals her plan to Rarity and tries to zap her, but got away
Rarity finds Applejack and tells her that they cannot let Vignette perform at the cost of losing their friends. They phone call their friends, and when Applejack opens a door, they find her friends trapped in a room in the park. Believing Vignette will teleport anything she does not like into the room, they head to the parade to stop her. All the Rainbooms use Equestrian Magic and release a Rainbow Laser to free Vignette's phone from the Zapping Magic. Vignette feels devastated, and tells that she did this because she had the philosophy of "BYBB" (Be Yourself But Better). Rarity then explains that we must not be better at the cost of harming our friends. Vignette then reveals that despite having so many fans, she does not have any friends. Rarity and Applejack offer friendship, and things end on a happy note with the Rainbooms performing the song "Photo Booth" at the parade, led by Rarity and Applejack, and having loads of fun at the amusement park.
Cast
edit- Tabitha St. Germain as Rarity
- Ashleigh Ball as Applejack and Rainbow Dash
- Rebecca Shoichet as Sunset Shimmer, Costume Designer in a special appearance in the song "Photo Booth"
- Tara Strong as Twilight Sparkle
- Andrea Libman as Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy
- Tegan Moss as Vignette Valencia
- James Kirk as Micro Chips
- Sam Vincent as Flim
- Scott McNeil as Flam
- Richard Newman as Security Guard
Featured Singers
edit- Kazumi Evans as Rarity
- Rebecca Shoichet as Twilight Sparkle
Release
editRollercoaster of Friendship premiered on Discovery Family (a joint venture between Discovery, Inc. and Hasbro) as part of its "Summer Surprises" programming block on July 6, 2018.
Home media and streaming
editOn YouTube, Hasbro's official channel released the special in five parts. Its first episode was uploaded on August 31, 2018 and its last episode on September 28. 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
edit- ^ "My Little Pony - Equestria Girls Specials". Amazon UK. August 15, 2018. Retrieved August 15, 2018.