My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Forgotten Friendship

My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Forgotten Friendship is a 2018 Canadian–American Flash animated one-hour television special based on Hasbro's My Little Pony: Equestria Girls toyline and media franchise, which is a spin-off of the 2010 relaunch of Hasbro's My Little Pony toyline. Written by Nick Confalone and directed by Ishi Rudell and Katrina Hadley, it is the first one-hour Equestria Girls special, followed up with Rollercoaster of Friendship (2018), Spring Breakdown (2019), Sunset's Backstage Pass (2019), and Holidays Unwrapped (2019).

My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Forgotten Friendship
Genre
Created byHasbro
Based onMy Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
by Lauren Faust
Written byNick Confalone
Directed by
  • Ishi Rudell
  • Katrina Hadley
Voices of
ComposerWilliam Anderson
Country of origin
  • United States
  • Canada
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Angela Belyea
  • Colleen McAllister
EditorNick Confalone
Running time44 minutes (TV edit)
50 minutes (unedited)
Production companies
Release
Original networkDiscovery Family (TV edit)
YouTube (unedited)
Original releaseFebruary 17, 2018 (2018-02-17)

The special aired on Discovery Family on February 17, 2018.

Synopsis

Sunset Shimmer discovers that her friends' memories of her have been mysteriously erased; she promptly returns to Equestria where she reunites with her former mentor Princess Celestia and seeks help from Princess Twilight Sparkle to find the cause before the memories vanish forever.

Voice cast

The special also features minor speaking roles with James Kirk as Micro Chips, Ingrid Nilson as Maud Pie and Ashleigh Ball as Nurse Redheart.

Release

Forgotten Friendship premiered on Discovery Family on February 17, 2018. The following month, the special was edited down into a 50-minute original cut of five episodes on Hasbro's YouTube channel. Its first episode was uploaded on March 9, 2018 and its last episode on April 6.

Episodes
OverallEpisode TitleOriginal airdateDurationOverall duration
1A Friendship to RememberMarch 9, 201810:1610:16
2HomecomingMarch 16, 20189:5720:13
3Wiped OutMarch 23, 20189:2129:34
4Good Cop, Great and Powerful CopMarch 30, 20189:2839:02
5UnforgettableApril 6, 20189:5048:52

Home media and streaming

On October 1, 2018, the special was made available on the Netflix video streaming service in the United States alongside Rollercoaster of Friendship.

It was bundled with Rollercoaster of Friendship and released on DVD on November 1, 2018 in the United Kingdom.[1]

Merchandise

A novelization by author Perdita Finn, titled A Friendship to Remember, was published on December 5, 2017.[2]

References
  1. "My Little Pony - Equestria Girls Specials". Amazon UK. 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  2. "My Little Pony: Equestria Girls: A Friendship to Remember". Hachette Books Group. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
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