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My Little Pony: Equestria Girls is a 2013 Canadian–American animated fantasy musical-comedy film and a spin-off of the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic animated television series. Written by Meghan McCarthyand directed by Jayson Thiessen, the film premiered across limited screens in the United States and Canada on June 16, 2013, with worldwide home media release that began on August 6, 2013, which was followed by broadcast on the Hub Network, a joint venture between Discovery Communications and Hasbro, on September 1, 2013.

The film re-envisions the main characters of the series, normally ponies, as teenage human characters in a high school setting. Set between the show’s third and fourth seasons, the film’s plot involves the pony Twilight Sparkle pursuing her stolen crown into an alternate world where she transforms into a human, teenage girl. While learning how to behave as a human, Twilight encounters human counterparts of her pony friends, who help her in her search for her crown. The film’s release is tied in with the expansion of the My Little Pony toy line to include teenage human versions of the main characters, and also commemorates the 30th anniversary of the launch of the original My Little Pony toy line.

A sequel titled Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks was released on September 27, 2014, at various theaters across the United States and Canada. A third film titled Equestria Girls: Friendship Games premiered on American and Canadian television nearly a year later on September 26, 2015. A fourth installment, titled My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Legend of Everfree, is in development and is set for a 2016 release.