My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Friendship Games, or simply known as Friendship Games, is a 2015 Canadian–American flash animated musical sports fantasy television film sequel to 2014's My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks, directed by Ishi Rudell and written by Josh Haber. It was produced by DHX Media's 2D animation studio in Vancouver, Canada for Hasbro Studios in the United States, as part of Hasbro's Equestria Girls toy line and media franchise, itself a spin-off of the 2010 relaunch of My Little Pony. The film received a television network premiere on Discovery Family, a joint venture between Discovery Communications and Hasbro, on September 26, 2015, with a home media release on October 13 that year; it also had a limited theatrical run in the United Kingdom and Australia beginning in late October 2015.
Like the first two Equestria Girls films, Friendship Games re-envisions the main characters of parent franchise, normally ponies, as teenage human characters in a high school setting. The film's story centers around a sports competition between the students of Canterlot High School and their rivals at Crystal Prep Academy, one of whom is Twilight Sparkle's human counterpart, who has been investigating the magical activity around Canterlot High.
A fourth Equestria Girls film, subtitled Legend of Everfree, was released on Netflix on October 1, 2016.
Cast[]
| Character | Actor | ||
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Sci-Twi/Midnight Sparkle
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Tara Strong | |
| Rebecca Shoichet (singing voice) | |||
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Sunset Shimmer
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Rebecca Shoichet | |
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Rainbow Dash
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Ashleigh Ball | |
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Applejack
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Pinkie Pie
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Andrea Libman | |
| Shannon Chan-Kent (singing voice) | |||
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Rarity
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Tabitha St. Germain | |
| Kazumi Evans (singing voice) | |||
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Fluttershy
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Andrea Libman | |
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Sweetie Drops
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Spike
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Cathy Weseluck | |
| Frank Welker (barking and growling) | |||
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Principal Abacus Cinch
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Iris Quinn | |
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Principal Celestia
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Nicole Oliver | |
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Vice Principal Luna
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Tabitha St. Germain | |
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Dean Cadance
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Britt McKillip | |
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Shining Armor
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Andrew Francis | |
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Flash Sentry
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Vincent Tong | |
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Bus Driver
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Sour Sweet
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Sharon Alexander | |
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Sugarcoat
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Sienna Bohn | |
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Indigo Zap
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Kelly Sheridan | |
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Sunny Flare
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Britt Irvin | |
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Lemon Zest
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Shannon Chan-Kent | |
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Twilight Sparkle
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Tara Strong | |
| Shorts only | |||
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Lyra Heartstrings
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Ashleigh Ball | |
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Photo Finish
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Tabitha St. Germain | |
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Sandalwood
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Vincent Tong | |
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Micro Chips
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James Kirk | |
Shorts[]
A series of animated prequel shorts for Friendship Games, similar to those produced for Rainbow Rocks, was announced on February 13, 2015. Like the Rainbow Rocks shorts, these are also separate from the film. A total of five shorts were released; the first four of these, paired with a 10-minute preview of the film, aired on Discovery Family on August 29, 2015.
| № | Short title | Release | ||
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| SHORTS | ||||
| 1 |
The Science of Magic |
August 1, 2015 | ||
| 2 | Pinkie Spy | August 8, 2015 | ||
| 3 | All's Fair in Love & Friendship Games | August 15, 2015 | ||
| 4 | Photo Finished | August 22, 2015 | ||
| 5 | A Banner Day | August 29, 2015 | ||
International versions[]
| Language | Title | |
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Armenian | Իմ փոքրիկ պոնի. Էկվեստրիա աղջիկներ – Բարեկամության խաղեր |
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Macedonian | Моето мало пони: Девојки со коњаници 3: Игри на пријателство |
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Scottish Gaelic | My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Geamannan Càirdeas |
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Welsh | Fy Merlen Bach Merched Marchogaeth: Rhyfeddod vs Cysgod |
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