Okay before I begin with "Friendship is Magic part 1" I gotta say Nightmare Moon is an awesome villain. She's right up there with the original Tyrak and Lavan. Yes I know she's not evil anymore but I like her as is. Anyway the episodes reviews by me will be done 3 episodes a day (Since Discovery Family does the whole 3 episodes in the morning and afternoon). So here we go.
Friendship is Magic part 1:
Part 1 opens up with a story about 2 alicorns. We don't know their names but apparently 1 was banished to the moon. Now that's an opening if I ever seen one. Imagine "Rescue at Midnight Castle" having a backstory (Not that it needs one to be good mind you).
The reason why the one alicorn was banished is because she got jealous of her older sister. Why? Well the ponies played all day during her sister's time and slept during her time. She got so jealous she became our villain of this 2 part story "Nightmare Moon". We also hear of "The elements of harmony" this serie's very own "Rainbow of Light".
We then hear a voice finishing up the story and turn to one of our heroins of this series. Her name? Twilight Sparkle. By the way this is how every episode of this series begins. We get a bit of the story then the opening theme. Pretty cool.
Anyway our purple unicorn goes to find out more about this "Nightmare Moon" and walks past some ponies who talk about her while she's walking. They want her to join them at a ceremony but she says no that she has to study which makes them wonder if she does anything except study.
We see her running toward what looks like a library where we see a baby dragon. His name is Spike. He sends letters from Twilight Sparkle to Celestia and also brings them to her. How? Well what do dragons do best? Breathe fire. Yeah that's how he sends them and receives them.
She asks him to find a book. He finds it and she reads more about Nightmare Moon. Also I want to point out this is not our Spike from "My little pony and friends" which we'll get to that eventually in a later episode. She reads that Nightmare Moon might return on the "Summer Soltice". Or just the longest night.
Twilight Sparkle tells Spike to make a letter to Princess Celestia. By the way this is our princess. She raises the sun and the moon (For now anyway). Twilight Sparkle tells him this in a language that would make Windwhistler proud. After he sends it he gets a letter from Celestia telling Twilight Sparkle not to believe in such fairytales and make friends. This doesn't make sense till later I might add.
As they go to Ponyville Spike continues the letter and they go to the Summer celebration to see how things are going. The first to greet her is Pinkie Pie. Let me add that since Disney's version of Pinkie Pie Hasbro changed her just a tiny bit. She's more enthusiastic and fun loving. She runs off so that didn't go well (Or did it?)
The next pony she meets is Applejack and her apple family. They want her to try everything they made which is made with... what else apples. She tries to leave but this makes little Apple Bloom sad. She agrees to stay for lunch.
The next up is Rainbow Dash controller of the weather. We see her Tigger jump Twilight Sparkle which causes them to land in a mud puddle. She takes care of that fast. I also want to add they changed Rainbow Dash from a fashion loving pony to an adventure loving pegasi.
She's supposed to be taking care of the cloudy skies but she says she's practicing for the wonderbolts. A team of pegasi who are awesome at their job. Twilight Sparkle uses a ploy to get her to clear the skies.
The next to meet her is Rarity who's in charge of the fashion part of the festival. By the way Spike has a crush on her after these episodes. She sees Twilight Sparkle's messy mane and decides to spruce her up. They try on different looks for her. Including the statue of liberty look. She tells Rarity that she's from Canterlot which makes her swoon over that fact.
Fluttershy is our next pony. She's a soft-spoken pegasi who never ever speaks up unless excited or you make her really mad. Basically she's a cross between Sweet Stuff and Shady. She loves animals and is teaching the birds to sing on cue. Twilight Sparkle scares the birds away which makes Fluttershy kinda her timid self till she meets Spike.
She follows them till Twilight Sparkle goes to the library.
We then come to a darkened library and as the lights turn on we see Pinkie Pie who has taken the time to make a "Welcome to Ponyville" party. Pinkie Pie your silly. She tells Pinkie Pie that libraries are supposed to be quiet but Pinkie Pie still decides to throw her a party.
Twilight Sparkle goes to her new room and sees the moon has changed and she decides to go to the summer festival.
They try to introduce Celestia.... but here comes Nightmare Moon which ends part 1.
Part 2:
Part 2 opens up with a look at parts of part 1. (You know "Last time on my little pony").
As the episode opens up we see Nightmare Moon fighting off the guards and all the ponies. Twilight Sparkle goes to find the elements of harmony but not without help. They head to Everfree Forest. Thanks to Pinkie Pie finding the book of course. Of course the sixth can only be found by a spark.
Okay I'm gonna split this up into parts of the ponies figuring out their elements.
Applejack:
As they enter the Everfree Forest they all fall down a landslide. Applejack catches Twilight Sparkle only to tell her to let go. Twilight Sparkle hesitates asking her if she's nuts. Applejack tells her to trust her and she lets go and is caught by Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. A black cloud is seen and it attacks a creature.
Fluttershy:
As they continue on a manticore is seen. Despite Fluttershy telling them to wait they start attacking it. She finally gets their attention and she pulls a thorn from the manticore's foot. The manticore thanks her. The black cloud is seen again.
Pinkie Pie:
As they continue on Rarity says she needs a break from the drab decor. It turns dark and.... Oh my gosh there's monsters. What's Pinkie Pie doing? She tells everyone that there is nothing to be afraid of and breaks out into a song.
The song is "Giggle at the Ghostly" which fits perfectly with the situation and her demeanor. They realize she's right. This is our first song of this series by the way.
Rarity:
As they continue they hear someone crying. Its a big dragon who says that a cloud cut off a piece of his mustache. Rarity feels sorry for him and takes a scale off him we think she's gonna put him out of his misery but instead cuts a piece of her tail off to make him a new mustache. He thanks them and helps them across.
Rainbow Dash:
They come to a bridge that's out so Rainbow Dash decides to go across but are interrupted by what appear to be wonderbolts but instead are the followers of Nightmare Moon the shadow bolts. They offer her a chance to join them but she refuses and reties the bridge so the others can get across.
Twilight Sparkle:
They go across the bridge and see the elements but before Twilight Sparkle can activate them she vanishes. She then finds herself in a room with Nightmare Moon and the elements. She faces off against Nightmare Moon for the elements of harmony but before she activates them Nightmare Moon breaks them.
Twilight Sparkle figures out that its not just her who can activate them. Applejack with her honesty, Fluttershy with her kindness, Pinkie Pie with her laughter, Rarity with her generosity, Rainbow Dash with her loyalty and she represents the element of magic. The elements activate and they unleash their powers on Nightmare Moon.
As they come to they see the elements are now around their necks and represent their cutie marks.
Princess Celestia comes in and congratulates them and tells Twilight Sparkle that she knew Twilight Sparkle couldn't do it alone that's why she told her to make friends. She then says she hopes Nightmare Moon can learn this too which she is now a small alicorn.
It turns out that the sisters in the prophecy was Celestia and her sister Luna. Luna goes over to Celestia and tells her she's sorry. This of course is the little alicorn that we see where Nightmare Moon stood. Pinkie Pie throws a party celebrating the reuniting of Celestia and Luna.
Celestia tells Twilight Sparkle that she is welcome to come to Canterlot with her but she tells her that she wants to stay in Ponyville. Celestia says that she can under one condition: She is to write to Celestia every week about what she learned. This ends the episode.
Good Points (Only 1 bad point because its awesome):
-Both parts had parts with our villain.
-"Giggle at the Ghostly" was very silly which fit Pinkie Pie's attitude very well.
-In part 2 every pony showed how their element chose them. Very good.
-Spike swooning over Rarity was funny.
-Fluttershy's reaction to Twilight and Spike really was cute.
-Every pony's element fit them.
-Apple Bloom. That's all I gotta say. She was cute.
Bad Point:
-After this episode we don't get to see much of Luna. Why? I love Princess Luna
. Its not till season 2 in an episode entitled "Luna Eclipsed" we get to see her again
Above all good episode. Not bad for a series opener. This season is why I made a power ponies story based off FiM. This series is awesome. The episodes get a 10/10. The 1 point is just a small thing because I just want to see Luna again and we don't till season 2. Next up is "The Ticket Master". Don't forget to watch over the weekends for my "My little pony and friends" reviews.