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 focuses on the background ponies of Ponyville as they ready for a wedding while the Mane Six are busy fighting a monster. 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. Meghan McCarthy said in a Q&A session in PonyCon Australia 2015 that the episode will not focus on the Main 6 but rather on background ponies. Leading director Jayson Thiessen hinted that "right around halfway look fo [sic]" on Twitter in late April 2015.

The episode is celebrated as a landmark episode by Hasbro and its affiliates   Storyboards included in season five's teaser trailer briefly feature Cranky Doodle Donkey and Matilda.

Crew
Composer William Anderson wrote 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. Amy Keating Rogers had been assigned to write this episode, but due to scheduling conflicts she swapped episodes with M.A. Larson who had been assigned to write The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone.

From Discovery Family
"With Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie and Rarity busy battling a monster, the rest of Ponyville scrambles to make it to a wedding on time."

From Verizon FiOS
"Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie and Rarity battle a monster." [sic]

Affiliate
"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."

WWW
"Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie and Rarity battle a monster." [sic]