My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks, or simply known as Rainbow Rocks, is a 2014 Canadian–American Flash animated fantasy musical film based on Hasbro's Equestria Girls toy line and media franchise, which is a spin-off of the 2010 relaunch of My Little Pony. The film was directed by Jayson Thiessen and Ishi Rudell and written by Meghan McCarthy, and was produced by DHX Media's 2D animation studio in Vancouver, Canada for Hasbro Studios in the United States, as a sequel to the original Equestria Girls (2013). The film premiered in select theaters across the United States and Canada on September 27, 2014, which was followed by broadcast on Discovery Family, a joint venture between Discovery, Inc. and Hasbro, on October 17, 2014, and then a home media release on October 28, 2014.
Like the first film, Rainbow Rocks re-envisions the main characters of parent franchise, normally ponies, as teenage human characters in a high school setting. Set between the television series' fourth and fifth seasons, the film's plot involves Twilight Sparkle returning to Canterlot High School to compete in a Battle of the Bands alongside the human counterparts of her friends – including former school bully/former student of Princess Celestia, Sunset Shimmer – to save the school from a trio of Sirens from Equestria.
Cast[]
| Character | Actor | ||
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Twilight 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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Spike
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Cathy Weseluck | |
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Adagio Dazzle
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Kazumi Evans | |
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Octavia Melody
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Sonata Dusk
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Maryke Hendrikse | |
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Aria Blaze
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Diana Kaarina | |
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Flash Sentry
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Vincent Tong | |
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"Brawly Beats"
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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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Photo Finish
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Trixie
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Kathleen Barr | |
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Snips
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Lee Tockar | |
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Snails
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Richard Ian Cox | |
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Maud Pie
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Ingrid Nilson | |
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Apple Bloom
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Michelle Creber | |
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Big McIntosh
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Peter New | |
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"Blueberry Cake"
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Eva Tavares | |
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"Cherry Crash"
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Paula Berry | |
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"Captain Planet"
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David Mongar | |
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Micro Chips
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James Kirk | |
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"Fuchsia Blush"
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Kaylee Johnson | |
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"Lavender Lace"
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Delivery Pony
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Brian Drummond | |
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Sci-Twi
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Tara Strong | |
| Shorts only | |||
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Mrs. Cup Cake
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Tabitha St. Germain | |
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Granny Smith
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Flim
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Samuel Vincent | |
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Flam
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Scott McNeil | |
Shorts[]
A series of eight animated shorts was released on Hasbro Studio's YouTube channel in 2014 to promote the film. The shorts were created by the Friendship Is Magic crew to tie into the film, and are considered "prequels" to the film's events, detailing how each of them discovered that they could awaken Equestrian magic within them by playing their respective instruments.
The first eight shorts made their television debut on Discovery Family on May 30, 2015.
Hasbro later released three Rainbow Rocks music videos on March 31, 2015: "Friendship Through the Ages", "Life Is a Runway", and "My Past is Not Today"; but were reuploaded two days later on April 2, 2015.
| № | Short title | Release | ||
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| PRELUDE | ||||
| 1 | Music to My Ears | March 24, 2014 | ||
| 2 | Guitar Centered | April 4, 2014 | ||
| 3 | Hamstocalypse Now | April 11, 2014 | ||
| 4 | Pinkie on the One | April 25, 2014 | ||
| 5 | Player Piano | May 9, 2014 | ||
| 6 | A Case for the Bass | May 23, 2014 | ||
| 7 | Shake Your Tail! | June 6, 2014 | ||
| 8 | Perfect Day for Fun! | June 19, 2014 | ||
| ENCORE | ||||
| 9 | My Past Is Not Today | March 31, 2015 April 2, 2015 (re-release) | ||
| 10 | Friendship Through the Ages | |||
| 11 | Life Is a Runway | |||
International versions[]
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Abaza | Сара кIвдыртш хвыц: Экъвэстрйа аранчваквы - Джьащахъва хъвшвамгIа |
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Armenian | Իմ փոքրիկ պոնի. Էկվեստրիայի աղջիկներ – Ծիածանագույն ժայռեր |
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Macedonian | Моето мало пони: коњички девојки 2: карпи од виножито |
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Scottish Gaelic | My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks |
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Vietnamese | Những cô gái Equestria Girls: Ban nhạc Cầu Vồng |
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Welsh | Fy Merlen Bach Merched Marchogaeth: Creigiau Enfys! |
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