Slice of Life

Slice of Life is an upcoming episode of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic. It is the ninth episode of the fifth season and the show's one hundredth episode overall, celebrated as a landmark episode. The episode does not feature the Mane Six, and focuses on the rest of Ponyville as it readies for a wedding. The phrase, "slice of life", refers to works of fiction that depict mundane everyday events.

Production and development
The show's crew first publicly discussed the episode on a My Little Pony panel at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con, where they mentioned the episode's focus on background ponies and an appearance by Coco Pommel. The episode is celebrated as a landmark episode in a season 5 trailer and in the Hasbro Investor Event at the 2015 New York Toy Fair. Storyboards included in the trailer very briefly feature Cranky Doodle Donkey and Matilda.

Composer William Anderson stated on his DeviantArt account that he is working on some "CAHHRAZY stuff" for this episode and that "Jayson [Thiessen] and Jim [Miller] really threw some fun opportunity my way." Cellist Tina Guo worked alongside with Anderson on the music for the episode.

Staff working on the episode who attended PonyCon AU in Australia divulged some details about the episode. The episode does not feature the leading characters, and background ponies are heavily featured. Some background ponies have personalities close to the ones that were established by fanon, while others have different personalities. Leading director Jayson Thiessen hinted that "right around halfway look fo [sic]" on Twitter in late April 2015.

From Zap2it
"As Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie and Rarity battle a monster, the rest of Ponyville rushes to make it to a wedding on time."