My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: Season 3

2012 · 13 episodes · ★ 8.1

What Season 3 of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

Season 3 puts Twilight Sparkle and her friends up against a bully and a kingdom in danger. Celestia sends Twilight to the icy north to keep King Sombra from seizing the Crystal Empire, and the unicorn searches for an artifact capable of defeating the tyrant. Spike joins her on a mission that tests his reserved nature. In Ponyville, the problems are more everyday. Pinkie Pie clones herself for fun, the Cutie Mark Crusaders welcome an unfriendly cousin, and Scootaloo has to admit she is scared. Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Fluttershy also face their own conflicts.

13episodes

Nov 10, 2012Aired

Feb 16, 2013last episode

4.8 hrtotal runtime

Season 3 Episodes

3x01 The Crystal Empire (1)
Nov 10, 2012 · 22 min
Northern Equestria's Crystal Empire has reappeared after being afflicted with a curse that made it vanish for 1,000 years. Princess Celestia asks Twilight Sparkle and her friends to protect the empire from disappearing again.
Writing: Meghan McCarthy
3x02 The Crystal Empire (2)
Nov 10, 2012 · 22 min
After Princess Celestia commissions her to keep Crystal Empire from vanishing again, Twilight realizes that she must find the missing Crystal Heart in order to restore the empire's reputation and strength before it disappears again.
Writing: Meghan McCarthy
3x03 Too Many Pinkie Pies
Nov 17, 2012 · 22 min
Overwhelmed with having to choose just one friend to spend time with, Pinkie Pie uses a magic mirror to clone herself.
Written by: Dave Polsky
3x04 One Bad Apple
Nov 24, 2012 · 22 min
The Cutie Mark Crusaders are crushed when Babs Seed rejects their invitation to become a fellow Crusader and instead become a bully.
Written by: Cindy Morrow · Starring: Brynna Drummond
3x05 Magic Duel
Dec 1, 2012 · 22 min
Wearing a mysterious amulet, Trixie returns to Ponyville for her "unfinished business" with Twilight Sparkle.
Written by: M.A. Larson · Starring: Lee Tockar, Richard Ian Cox, Kathleen Barr
3x06 Sleepless in Ponyville
Dec 8, 2012 · 22 min
Over a campfire, Rainbow Dash decides to share some imaginative and spooky tales, causing Scootaloo to have frightening, vivid nightmares; Scootaloo wants to get rid of her nightmares but doesn't want the others to think she is spineless.
Written by: Corey Powell
3x07 Wonderbolts Academy
Dec 15, 2012 · 22 min
Rainbow Dash receives an invitation to attend the Wonderbolt Academy but questions whether she is Wonderbolt material.
Written by: Merriwether Williams · Starring: Kelly Metzger, Britt Irvin
3x08 Apple Family Reunion
Dec 22, 2012 · 22 min
Granny Smith agrees to let Applejack lead the Apple Family reunion but Applejack loses sight of what is truly important.
Written by: Cindy Morrow · Starring: Brynna Drummond, Terry Klassen
3x09 Spike at Your Service
Dec 29, 2012 · 22 min
After Applejack saved Spike, he insists on fulfilling the Nobel Dragon Code by repaying her with excessive help around the farm.
Writer: Merriwether Williams
3x10 Keep Calm and Flutter On
Jan 19, 2013 · 22 min
Princess Celestia has decided that the rambunctious Discord needs to be tamed and commissions the ponies for the job; Fluttershy believes that Discord deserves a second chance but she faces opposition as the only one who thinks so.
Written by: Dave Polsky · Starring: John de Lancie
3x11 Just for Sidekicks
Jan 26, 2013 · 22 min
Spike finds himself in over his head after convincing Twilight and her friends to let him pet-sit all of their critters in exchange for a few gems.
Written by: Corey Powell
3x12 Games Ponies Play
Feb 9, 2013 · 22 min
In the hopes of proving that the Crystal Empire is more than worthy of being selected as the next venue for the upcoming Equestria Games, Princess Cadance commissions Twilight to work her magic with the deciding Games Inspector.
Written by: Dave Polsky
3x13 Magical Mystery Cure Season Finale
Feb 16, 2013 · 22 min
Twilight Sparkle wakes up one day to find that all her friends' cutie marks have been switched! Can she fix something as bad as an altered destiny?
Directing: James Wootton · Written by: M.A. Larson