The BEST episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic season 2

Every episode of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic season 2!

Princess Celestia sends her star pupil, the bookish unicorn Twilight Sparkle, to Ponyville to improve her socialization skills. Twilight quickly makes five new four-legged friends: Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Rarity. Each instilled with the respective spirits of magic, honesty, loyalty, laughter, kindness and generosity, the animals learn that by working together they can achieve the most important element of all: harmony.

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A Canterlot Wedding (2)
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8.62
449 votes

#1 - A Canterlot Wedding (2)

Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/21/2012

Shining Armor and Princess Cadance are set to be married, but Twilight Sparkle has just discovered a dark secret about the bride-to-be.

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The Return of Harmony (1)
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8.58
554 votes

#2 - The Return of Harmony (1)

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/2011

A chaos-causing creature named Discord escapes from his stone prison. Twilight and her friends must stop him by using The Elements of Harmony... if they can find where Discord has hidden them.

Directors: James Wootton
Writer: M.A. Larson
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A Canterlot Wedding (1)
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8.51
438 votes

#3 - A Canterlot Wedding (1)

Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/21/2012

Twilight Sparkle is upset that her older brother, Shining Armor, didn't tell her that he's getting married. Twilight is relieved to learn that he is marrying Princess Cadance, but becomes suspicious when Cadance doesn't remember her. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Season 2: Adventures in Canterlot, Song #10: "B.B.B.F.F" My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Season 2: Adventures in Canterlot, Song #11: "B.B.B.F.F - Reprise Version" Songs in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Season 2: Adventures in Canterlot, Episode 26: A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2 My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Season 2: Adventures in Canterlot, Song #12: "This Day Aria" My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Season 2: Adventures in Canterlot, Song #13: "This Day Aria - Reprise Version" My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Season 2: Adventures in Canterlot, Song #14: "Love is in Bloom" My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Season 2: Adventures in Canterlot, Song #14: "Love is in Bloom - Extended Version" - (Exclusive Song in My Little Pony: Frendship is Magic - Season 2 - DVD Box Set | Released By Shout! Factory)

Directors: James Wootton
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The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000
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8.33
321 votes

#4 - The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/28/2012

The Flim Flam brothers challenge the Apples to a Cider Making Contest and the winner of the showdown gets to take Sweet Apple Acres, so with the farm in peril, the Apple ponies must come together and muster all their cider making skills. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Season 2, Song #5: "The Flim Flam Brothers Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 Song"

Directors: James Wootton
Writer: M.A. Larson
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The Return of Harmony (2)
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8.29
494 votes

#5 - The Return of Harmony (2)

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/2011

Twilight's friends have been corrupted by Discord, and all of Equestria is about to fall into total chaos. Twilight remembers about the riddle of finding the stolen Elements of Harmony. However, even after obtaining them, can she and her friends defeat their most powerful foe yet with almost all hope lost?

Directors: James Wootton
Writer: M.A. Larson
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Sweet and Elite
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8.24
449 votes

#6 - Sweet and Elite

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/3/2011

Twilight arranges for Rarity to stay with the Princess during a visit to Canterlot, but after Rarity gets to hobnob with Canterlot's social elite, she must choose between important social connections and spending time with her friends. My Little Pony; Friendship is Magic - Season 2, Song #2: "Becoming Popular"

Directors: James Wootton
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Luna Eclipsed
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8.22
424 votes

#7 - Luna Eclipsed

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/2011

It's Nightmare Night and the macabre celebrations are in full swing when Luna herself shows up in Ponyville, determined to change her frightening public image.

Directors: James Wootton
Writer: M.A. Larson
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The Last Roundup
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8.20
341 votes

#8 - The Last Roundup

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/21/2012

After reading a note from Applejack stating that she will not return to Ponyville after competing in the Equestria Rodeo Competition in Canterlot, the friends go on a journey to find her.

Directors: James Wootton
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May the Best Pet Win!
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8.10
461 votes

#9 - May the Best Pet Win!

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/2011

Rainbow Dash hosts a flying race to see who will be her pet. My Little Pony; Friendship is Magic - Season 2, Song #1: "Find a Pet Song"

Directors: James Wootton
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Read It and Weep
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8.09
388 votes

#10 - Read It and Weep

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/4/2012

After mocking it as an 'egghead' pursuit, Rainbow Dash discovers the joys of reading while laid up in Ponyville Hospital. Can she finish her book before her friends discover her secret?

Directors: James Wootton
Writer: Cindy Morrow
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It's About Time
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8.03
397 votes

#11 - It's About Time

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/10/2012

When Twilight Sparkle receives a strange and vague warning about impending doom and disaster from her future self, she drives herself nearly mad in an attempt to stall a cataclysmic event, but her uncertainty makes finding answers difficult.

Directors: James Wootton
Writer: M.A. Larson
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Hurricane Fluttershy
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8.03
304 votes

#12 - Hurricane Fluttershy

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/24/2012

Fluttershy struggles to overcome her fear of public humiliation so she can help Rainbow Dash and the other pegasi create a tornado powerful enough to lift the water required for rainy season in the cloud-producing city of Cloudsdale.

Directors: James Wootton
Writer: Cindy Morrow
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Sisterhooves Social
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8.02
459 votes

#13 - Sisterhooves Social

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/5/2011

After fighting about what it means to be a sister, Sweetie Belle disowns Rarity and tries to join Applejack's family. Rarity might be able to win her back at The Sisterhooves Social, but only if she learns something about being a sister first.

Directors: James Wootton
Writer: Cindy Morrow
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MMMystery on the Friendship Express
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7.92
308 votes

#14 - MMMystery on the Friendship Express

Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/7/2012

A cake Pinkie Pie is guarding for a contest is ruined on the way to Canterlot and an investigation begins.

Directors: James Wootton
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Ponyville Confidential
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7.91
300 votes

#15 - Ponyville Confidential

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/31/2012

In order to become the gossip columnist for their school paper, the Cutie Mark Crusaders adopt the name "Gabby Gums," but when they land the job, their happiness is cut short by the pain they cause to other ponies with their hurtful stories.

Directors: James Wootton
Writer: M.A. Larson
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A Friend in Deed
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7.90
393 votes

#16 - A Friend in Deed

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/18/2012

When Pinkie Pie meets Cranky Doodle Donkey, she becomes flummoxed about what to do when the donkey refuses her usual offer of lifelong friendship, so she must decide what to do next about the first creature ever to do such a thing. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Season 2, Song #7: "The Smile Song" My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Season 2, Song #8: "The Cranky Doodle Donkey Song" My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Season 2, Song #9: "The Welcome Wagon Song"

Directors: James Wootton
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The Cutie Pox
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7.89
385 votes

#17 - The Cutie Pox

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/2011

Apple Bloom finally gets her Cutie Mark! But joy turns to panic as she gets a second, then a third, then a dozen cutie marks.

Directors: James Wootton
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Putting Your Hoof Down
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7.80
369 votes

#18 - Putting Your Hoof Down

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/3/2012

When Fluttershy becomes tired of being pushed around for too long, she decides to seek some assertiveness training from self-help guru Iron Will. With the help of her new teacher, she quickly transforms her unsure ways.

Directors: James Wootton
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Baby Cakes
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7.80
343 votes

#19 - Baby Cakes

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/2012

Pinkie Pie tries babysitting The Cakes Parents' twin toddlers but finds it harder than she thought. My Little Pony; Friendship is Magic - Season 2, Song #4: "The Wiggle Your Snout Song"

Directors: James Wootton
Lesson Zero
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7.74
446 votes

#20 - Lesson Zero

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/2011

Hyper-organized Twilight panics when she can’t find a lesson about friendship for her weekly letter to Princess Celestia.

Directors: James Wootton
Hearth's Warming Eve
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7.72
423 votes

#21 - Hearth's Warming Eve

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/2011

The six friends are in a play about the founding of Equestria for the Hearth's Warming Eve's holiday pageant. My Little Pony; Friendship is Magic - Season 2, Song #3: "The Hearth's Warming Eve Carol Song."

Directors: James Wootton
Hearts and Hooves Day
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7.70
394 votes

#22 - Hearts and Hooves Day

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/11/2012

The Cutie Mark Crusaders create a strong love potion in the hopes of making Miss Cheerilee and Big Macintosh fall in love, but when they discover the serious side effects of their concoction, they quickly regret their actions. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Season 2, Song #6: "The Perfect Stallion"

Directors: James Wootton
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Family Appreciation Day
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7.69
310 votes

#23 - Family Appreciation Day

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/2012

Apple Bloom doesn't want Granny Smith to embarrass her by speaking in her class.

Directors: James Wootton
Writer: Cindy Morrow
The Mysterious Mare Do Well
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7.63
425 votes

#24 - The Mysterious Mare Do Well

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/2011

There is a new hero in Ponyville who is masked and stealing Rainbow Dash's thunder.

Directors: James Wootton
Dragon Quest
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7.57
318 votes

#25 - Dragon Quest

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/17/2012

Spike joins The Great Dragon Migration to discover his true identity, but it might not be what he really needs.

Directors: James Wootton
Watch Now:Apple TV