Simple Ways
- Studio
- Studio B Productions, Hasbro Studios
- Animation studio
- DHX Media Vancouver, Top Draw Animation
- Distributor
- The Hub
Synopsis
Rarity is elected to host the Ponyville Days festival, which she hopes will attract the attention of Trenderhoof, a trend-setter whom she has been smitten by. Upon his arrival, Rarity takes Trenderhoof on a tour of Ponyville, but she becomes aghast when Trenderhoof falls for Applejack and her farming ways. Rarity forgoes her festival duties to help out on the farm in the hopes of catching Trenderhoof's eye, but is unable to sway him. As a last ditch effort, Rarity changes her festival's elegant theme to a farming one, dressing and speaking like a farmer herself. Annoyed by her antics, Applejack impersonates Rarity in retaliation, causing Rarity to realize her own foolish behavior and return to her original theme in time for the festival.
Characters
Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Jayson Thiessen
- Co-director
- Jim Miller
Producing
- Producer
- Sarah Wall, Devon Cody
- Executive Producers
- Kirsten Newlands, Stephen Davis, Meghan McCarthy, Jayson Thiessen
Writing
- Writer
- Josh Haber
Voices
- Voice
- Tara Strong (Twilight Sparkle), Ashleigh Ball (Applejack, Rainbow Dash), Andrea Libman (Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy), Tabitha St. Germain (Rarity, Princess Luna), Cathy Weseluck (Spike), Nicole Oliver (Princess Celestia), Rebecca Shoichet (Twilight Sparkle [Singing Voice])
Music
- Music
- William Anderson
- Main Title Theme
- Daniel Ingram
- Songs
- Daniel Ingram
Crew
- Storyboards
- Tom Sales, Johnny Castuciano
- Developed for Television by
- Lauren Faust
- Story Editor
- Meghan McCarthy
- Theme Song by
- Daniel Ingram
- Voice Director
- Terry Klassen
- Storyboard Supervisor
- Jim Miller
- Storyboard Revisionists
- Hanna Lee, Nabie-Ah Yousuf
- Art Director
- Ridd Sorensen
- Character Designers
- Rebecca Dart, Kora Korsicka
- Prop Designers
- John Beveridge, Ted Wilson
- Location Designer
- Phil Caeser
- Color Artists
- Alexandra Jones, Geoff Manson
- Cleanup Artist
- Justin Pulles
- Character Builds Supervisor
- Jared Bennett
- Character Builders
- Jacqueline Robinson, Gregory Roth
- BG Builds Supervisor
- Chris Mizzoni
- Offline Editor
- Mark Kuehnel
- Online Editor
- Mark Kuehnel
- Layout Supervisors
- John Cantile, Tim Stuby, Jayron Zolfaghari
- Key Layout Artists
- Greg Adams, Lee Beer, Tim Bennett, Matthew Herring, Graeme MacDonald, Stephanie Mahoney, Richard Rose, Randy Santa Ana, Dominik Vosser
- Layout Artists
- Paul Brown, Kaylea Chard, Kuan-Fu Chen, Lawrence Chung, Kristen Dingman, Dan Dinnedahl, Holly Giesbrecht, Rex Liwanag, Choom Lam, Dennis Levesque, Mario Bong Macarayan, Danil MacGregor, Fernanda Ribiero, Kristi Rose, Kat Stenson, Simon Streatfeild, Wataru Uno, Sebastian Zegers
- Animation Directors
- Denny Lu, Ishi Rudell
- Animation Revisionists
- Jeff Boldt, Rex Liwanag, Daniel MacGregor
- AFX Artist
- Ben Galewitz
- Production Managers
- Angela Belyea, Ashley Irving-Scott
- Production Coordinators
- Chris Bevacqua, Lesley Crawford
- Post Production Coordinator
- Chris Bevacqua
- Recording Engineer
- Adam McGhie
- Sound Editors
- Todd Araki, Marcel Duperreault, Jason Frederickson, Adam McGhie, Roger Monk CAS
- Re-Recording Mixers
- Todd Araki, Marcel Dupperreault
- Foley Recordist & Editor
- Kirk Furniss
- Layout Supervisor (Top Draw)
- Chito Bernardo
- Background Supervisor (Top Draw)
- Hubert Vitug
- Production Management (Top Draw)
- Gemma Santos, Ruel Balan, Irene Brois, Leilani Monzales
- Technical Staff (Top Draw)
- Sonny Yabut
- Animation Directors (Top Draw)
- Lean Lagonera, Jun Lampano
- Asst. Animation/Retakes Supervisor (Top Draw)
- Gerry Guinto, Junnie Victorino
- Production Legal (DHX Media/Vancouver)
- Sarah Tarry
- Production Finance (DHX Media/Vancouver)
- Steven Thibault
- Production Accountant (DHX Media/Vancouver)
- Rebecca Guo
- Assistant Accountants (DHX Media/Vancouver)
- Regina Guia, Kurt Unger
- IT Manager (DHX Media/Vancouver)
- Zorion Terrell
- Technical Support (DHX Media/Vancouver)
- Danyul Carmichael, Kevin Kwok, Mark Lin
- Production Finance (Hasbro Studios)
- Mary Beth Bambridge, Cynthia Turkington, Jason Zhang
- Production Legal (Hasbro Studios)
- Mike Eisner, Michael Jaffa, Deborah Uluer
- Production Management (Hasbro Studios)
- Kathryn Page, Jeff Curtis, Sophia Hussain
- Technical Operations (Hasbro Studios)
- Bradford Keatts
- Development
- Michael Vogel, Michael Ross, Eliza Hart
- Current Series
- Linda M. Steiner, Brian Lenard, Robert Fewkes
- Creative Consultants
- Matt Mattus, Mark Wiesenhahn
- HUB Creative Supervision
- Donna Ebbs, Carin Davis, Tegan Molloy
Companies and other credits
- Voice Casting & Production: Voicebox Productions Inc
- Dialogue Recording: Dick & Roger's Sound Studio
- Audio Post Production & Mix: Dick & Roger's Sound Studio
- Layout/BG & Animation Services: Top Draw Animation Inc
Production notes
Flash animation.
This TV series is scheduled to run for 78 episodes.
"Get your muzzle out of those books and make some friends!" That's what Princess Celestia tells Twilight Sparkle. She may be the smartest unicorn in Equestria, but Twilight Sparkle gets an "incomplete" in friendship. There's more to life than learning magic, after all - so she goes to Ponyville on a mission to make friends. There she meets five special ponies who take her on exciting adventures and teach her the most powerful magic of all... the magic of friendship!
The show's main focus is on girls 6 to 8 years old (but girls from 3 to 11 like the ponies). As they watch the show, girls learn about their own lives through the colorful, four-legged citizens of Equestria. The ponies have very different personalities and behaviors, and most girls identify with at least one of them.
Every week, the ponies introduce girls to important concepts in two main areas: 1) interpersonal skills - managing ourselves, engaging with others, and working together to make things happen. 2) history-social science thinking skills - thinking about culture, heritage and environments, as well as civic participation. The show addresses important questions and lessons, just as little girls are starting to think about them.
This TV series is scheduled to run for 78 episodes.
"Get your muzzle out of those books and make some friends!" That's what Princess Celestia tells Twilight Sparkle. She may be the smartest unicorn in Equestria, but Twilight Sparkle gets an "incomplete" in friendship. There's more to life than learning magic, after all - so she goes to Ponyville on a mission to make friends. There she meets five special ponies who take her on exciting adventures and teach her the most powerful magic of all... the magic of friendship!
The show's main focus is on girls 6 to 8 years old (but girls from 3 to 11 like the ponies). As they watch the show, girls learn about their own lives through the colorful, four-legged citizens of Equestria. The ponies have very different personalities and behaviors, and most girls identify with at least one of them.
Every week, the ponies introduce girls to important concepts in two main areas: 1) interpersonal skills - managing ourselves, engaging with others, and working together to make things happen. 2) history-social science thinking skills - thinking about culture, heritage and environments, as well as civic participation. The show addresses important questions and lessons, just as little girls are starting to think about them.