Princess Celestia sends her star pupil, the bookish unicorn Twilight Sparkle, to Ponyville to improve her socialisation skills. Twilight quickly makes five new four-legged friends: Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Rarity.
The Mane Six travel to Hope Hollow for the Rainbow Festival, but soon discover that the entire town has been drained of colour. Can they solve the mystery behind this washed-out world?
Twilight Sparkle and Spike travel to Ponyville to meet Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Fluttershy. (S1, ep 1)
It's up to Twilight and her new pony friends to help the Princess, but it won't be easy. (S1, ep 2)
Twilight Sparkle receives two tickets from Princess Celestia to the Grand Galloping Gala, and all of her friends want to go. (S1 ep 3)
It's Applebuck season in Ponyville and a short-handed Applejack is determined to complete the harvest all by herself. (S1, ep 4)
Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash play pranks on the other ponies. Dash's old friend Gilda the Griffon shows up too. (S1, ep 5)
The arrival of Trixie, a boastful pony with magical skills, irritates the ponies who turn to Twilight to challenge her. (S1, ep 6)
Fluttershy must convince a sleeping dragon to leave town before the plume of black smoke it's producing covers all of Equestria! (S1, ep 7)
The ponies gather at Twilight's for a slumber party. Rarity and Applejack quarrel and threaten to ruin the party. (S1, ep 8)
When the ponies are afflicted with bizarre and humorous sicknesses, they accuse a mysterious zebra of placing a curse on them. (S1, ep 9)
Parasprites, furry little multiplying creatures, descend upon Ponyville and begin to devour everything. (S1, ep 10)
Twilight Sparkle does her best to prepare for the upcoming Winter Wrap-Up without relying on her magic to help. (S1, ep 11)
Apple Bloom has not received her cutie mark yet, so she aggressively searches out her purpose in life so she can get it. (S1, ep 12)
When Rainbow Dash and Applejack compete against each other in the annual Running of the Leaves, competition turns sour. (S1, ep 13)
Rarity offers to make dresses for her friends for the upcoming gala. (S1, ep 14)
Amazed with Pinkie Pie's ability to predict the future, Twilight Sparkle follows her around. (S1, ep 15)
Twilight uses her magic to give Rarity wings so that she can watch Rainbow Dash compete in a race. (S1, ep 16)
Fluttershy offers to babysit the Cutie Mark Crusaders. (S1, ep 17)
The Show Stoppers: The Cutie Mark Crusaders sign up for a talent show, hoping to discover their true life meaning and earn their cutie marks. (S1, ep 18)
While hunting in the woods for gems for a new dress, Rarity is taken by a group of greedy Diamond Dogs. (S1, ep 19)
Green Isn't Your Colour: Rarity recruits Fluttershy as a model in hopes of impressing a famous designer with her dresses! (S1, ep 20)
The ponies try to settle a land dispute between the Apple-loosans and a herd of buffalo fighting over the same territory. (S1, ep 21)
Without asking permission, Fluttershy borrows the Princess's sick bird in order to heal it. (S1, ep 22)
The Cutie Mark Crusaders seek out Twilight and the other ponies to learn how they got their cutie marks. (S1, ep 23)
When Twilight becomes friends with an owl who helps her around the house with chores, Spike becomes jealous. (S1, ep 24)
Confused and discouraged, Pinkie Pie is on a mission to find out why her friends are avoiding her most recent party invitation. (S1, ep 25)
Expectations are high for the Grand Galloping Gala. (S1, ep 26)