In the first film, Twilight travels through a magic mirror to the human world with Spike when Sunset Shimmer steals her crown containing the Element of Magic. Twilight appears as a main character in the first two My Little Pony: Equestria Girls films. Main article: List of My Little Pony: Equestria Girls animations After her coronation, she starts the Council of Friendship, which consists of her and her friends, who meet once a moon. Though initially panicked, Twilight gains more confidence over the season, especially after defeating her past enemies: Sombra, Chrysalis, Lord Tirek, and Cozy Glow. In the season nine premiere, Celestia and Luna decide to step down from the throne, letting Twilight take over. After the events of My Little Pony: The Movie, Twilight opens a school of friendship that accepts all creatures, including hippogriffs, changelings, griffins, yaks, and dragons. She later becomes the 'Princess of Friendship', with the responsibility to spread friendship across Equestria.Īfter stopping her cult and convincing her to make friends, Twilight becomes Starlight Glimmer's teacher on friendship. After to helping defeat villains such as Discord, the spirit of chaos, Queen Chrysalis, the leader of the changelings, creatures which can shapeshift, and King Sombra, a dark unicorn seeking to take over the Crystal Empire, and fixing a spell by famed wizard Star Swirl the Bearded, Twilight graduates from her studies with Celestia and becomes an alicorn and a princess. Twilight decides to stay in Ponyville with her friends and send letters about friendship to Celestia. The six defeat a villain known as 'Nightmare Moon', who is Celestia's sister Luna, and discover they represent artifacts known as the 'Elements of Harmony', with Twilight representing the element of magic. There, she becomes close friends with five other ponies: Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie. She travels to the town of Ponyville with her dragon assistant Spike due to Celestia's request for her to make friends. Main articles: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (season 1), My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (season 2), My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (season 3), My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 4), My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 5), My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 6), My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 7), My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 8), and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 9)Īt the start of the series, Twilight is a bookworm and Princess Celestia's protégé she has a talent for magic and is a unicorn. Twilight garnered praise for her humility, relatability and maturity. The creative team also interpreted each of the characters' personalities into various things, such as Twilight's purple color signifying her royalty and mystical awareness. The ponies travel on adventures and help others around Equestria while working out problems that arise in their own friendships.įaust originally envisioned the characters to be relatable and unique with different personalities and flaws, unlike previous girls' shows. Each of the ponies represent a different facet of friendship, and Twilight discovers herself to be a key part of the magical artifacts known as the 'Elements of Harmony'.

Twilight and her dragon assistant Spike become close friends with five other ponies: Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie.

Her mentor, Princess Celestia, guides her to learn about friendship in the town of Ponyville. She is voiced by Tara Strong while her singing voice is provided by Rebecca Shoichet.īased on the first generation or 'G1' unicorn toy Twilight and created by Lauren Faust, in Friendship Is Magic, she is depicted as a studious, bookish anthropomorphic unicorn (later an alicorn). Princess Twilight Sparkle, commonly known as Twilight Sparkle, is a fictional character who appears in the fourth incarnation (also referred to as the fourth generation or 'G4') of Hasbro's My Little Pony toyline and media franchise, beginning with My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (2010–2019).

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