Trade Ya

The ponies attend the Rainbow Falls Traders Exchange to exchange goods, splitting off into pairs. Fluttershy helps Rainbow Dash through a series of trades to acquire a rare Daring Do book, culminating in trading an orthros, but requiring Fluttershy to help housetrain the creature for an extended period. Regretting her eagerness in the trade, Rainbow nullifies the exchange and trades the orthros for a bird whistle, which she gives to Fluttershy. Meanwhile, Rarity and Applejack pool their goods to trade, but begin fighting over specific items they each want that would require trading away their entire stash. The two eventually get each other more affordable items similar to what they want. Finally, Pinkie Pie tries to help Twilight trade off old books by making them out to be more valuable than they are, when Twilight decides to keep the books for their treasured memories. At the end of the day, the girls happily recount their tales on their way back home.

Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity

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.