The Mean 6

The Mean 6 is the thirteenth episode of season eight of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic and the one hundred and eighty-second overall. It marks season eight's midseason finale. The title is a play on "the Mane 6", the term used to collectively refer to the series' six pony main characters.

Production
An animatic of the episode was screened at Hasbro's HASCON convention on September 9, 2017. The convention's panel schedule misidentified the episode as "the Season 8 premiere".

An episode clip was presented at the American International Toy Fair on February 7, 2018.

The episode dubbed in Finnish was released early on Ruutu's on demand service on May 16, 2018.

The episode aired on Tiny Pop  three days before premiering on Discovery Family.

Discovery Family Channel
"Queen Chrysalis returns and is ready to exact her revenge on Starlight Glimmer and the Mane 6!"

Tiny Pop, Sky, and Virgin
"Queen Chrysalis returns, ready to exact her revenge on Starlight Glimmer and the Mane 6!"

Zap2it
"Queen Chrysalis returns, ready to exact her revenge on Starlight Glimmer and the Mane 6."