My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks

For other films in the franchise, see My Little Pony Equestria Girls (franchise)#Films.

For the eleven shorts that coincide with this film's release, see /Animated shorts.

For the song, see Rainbow Rocks (song).

For the soundtrack albums, see My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and My Little Pony Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks CD.

My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jayson Thiessen Ishi Rudell (co-director)
Produced by	Sarah Wall Devon Cody
Written by	Meghan McCarthy
Music by	William Anderson (score) Daniel Ingram (songs)
Release date(s)	September 27, 2014 (limited theatrical run) October 17, 2014 (Discovery Family) October 28, 2014 (DVD/Blu-ray release) Additional releases:       October 25-26, 2014 (United Kingdom, theatrical release)[1] October 26, 2014 (France, TiJi) October 30, 2014 (Guatemala, AlbaCinema cinemas) October 30, 2014 (Panama, Cinepolis cinemas) October 30, 2014 (Uruguay, Movie cinemas) November 1-2, 2014 (Chile, CineHoyts cinemas) November 7-16, 2014 (Colombia, Cinépolis cinemas)[2] November 7-16, 2014 (México, Cinépolis cinemas) November 8, 2014 (Poland, teleTOON+)[3] November 8, 2014 (Ukraine, PlusPlus)[4] November 8, 2014 (Canada, Family Channel) November 8-9, 2014 (Italy, The Space Cinema)[5] November 9, 2014 (Brazil, Discovery Kids)[6] November 14, 2014 (Finland, Tennispalatsi)[7] November 15, 2014 (Colombia and Mexico, Discovery Kids) November 15, 2014 (Australia, Event Cinemas)[8] November 15, 2014 (Spain, Disney Channel) November 16, 2014 (Italy, Boomerang)[9] November 17, 2014 (Czech Republic, TV Barrandov) November 21, 2014 (Latin America, Discovery Kids) November 22, 2014 (Peru, Cineplanet cinemas) November 22, 2014 (Turkey, Disney Channel)[10] November 29, 2014 (Argentina, Discovery Kids) November 29, 2014 (Latin America, Discovery Kids) November 29, 2014 (Romania, Minimax) November 29, 2014 (Serbia, Minimax) November 29, 2014 (Slovenia, Minimax) November 29, 2014 (Hungary, Minimax)[11] December 6, 2014 (Germany, Disney Channel)[12] December 8, 2014 (Portugal, Canal Panda) December 24, 2014 (United Kingdom, Pop) March 19, 2015 (United Arab Emirates, e-Junior)[13] March 23, 2015 (Region 2 home media release)[14] September 19, 2015 (Russia, Carousel) October 12, 2015 (Japan, Netflix) October 18, 2015 (Thailand, Esplanade Cineplex Ratchadapisek)[15] January 6, 2016 (South Korea, Netflix) April 30, 2016 (Mexico, Canal 5) December 26, 2017 (Indonesia, rtv)
Running time	73 minutes (unedited) 68 minutes (edited for TV)
Studio	Hasbro Studios DHX Media
Distributed by	Screenvision (US theatrical) Discovery Family (television) Shout! Factory (home media)
Song(s)	Rainbow Rocks Better Than Ever Battle Bad Counter Spell Shake Your Tail Under Our Spell Tricks Up My Sleeve Awesome As I Wanna Be Welcome to the Show Rainbooms Battle Shine Like Rainbows
See also
credits • transcript • gallery • allusions animation errors • statistics • speculation
Chronology
Previous Rainbow Rocks animated shorts Next Friendship Games animated shorts

My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks is the second installment in the Equestria Girls film franchise and the sequel to My Little Pony Equestria Girls. It features a Battle of the Bands storyline and was released theatrically on September 27, 2014. The film takes place after the season four finale, as well as the animated shorts Music to My Ears, Guitar Centered, Hamstocalypse Now, Pinkie on the One, Player Piano, and A Case for the Bass, and before the season five premiere.

Development and production

As revealed in the audio commentary of the DVD, Equestria Girls was not initially planned to become a franchise and the thought of a sequel did not cross Meghan McCarthy's mind. Additionally, Sunset did not become a main character until the second draft of the script.^[16]

This film was announced by Hasbro as part of a press kit at the 2014 International Toy Fair.^[17] When asked about the film on an AMA for Reddit, Tara Strong also confirmed it saying, "It'll be adorable."^[18]

On February 13, 2014, Meghan McCarthy tweeted that she worked on the film in Summer 2013.^[19][20]

On the same day as McCarthy's tweet, songwriter Daniel Ingram tweeted that there would be a total of twelve songs in the film, the greatest number of songs yet featured in a Friendship is Magic episode or Equestria Girls film.^[21]

The film's opening credits were storyboarded by Tony Cliff.^[22] The illustrations shown during the ending credits were drawn by Katrina Hadley.^[23] The storybook depiction of the sirens was illustrated by Rebecca Dart.^[16]

The DVD commentary also points out that the midnight snack scene between Twilight and Sunset was actually added late into the film's production.^[16]

As revealed in the commentary, Rarity's line "past...ahem...booboos" was ad libbed by Tabitha St. Germain. Also, Snips and Snails' freestyle rap was genuine freestyling courtesy of Lee Tockar and Richard Ian Cox.

Summary

Prologue: Equestrian magic

The film opens at a café in the human world. The numerous café patrons argue among themselves as a strange green mist swirls around their feet. In the corner booth, three girls in hoods sing and absorb the green mist into the red gems on their necklaces. The purple-haired girl Aria Blaze grumbles that she's "tired of fast food" and needs a meal. The orange-haired girl Adagio Dazzle laments that the energy in "this world" isn't the same as that in Equestria.

As the blue-haired girl Sonata Dusk joins the conversation and gets into a light argument with Aria, Adagio notices an explosion of light in the distance. She races out of the café and watches the magical rainbow energy burst into the sky, grinning evilly when she realizes what it is. She explains to Aria and Sonata that Equestrian magic has found its way into the human world, and they're going to use it to make everyone adore them.

Sunset Shimmer's efforts

Six moons^[16] later, at Canterlot High School, the students are busy making banners in the auditorium for the school's upcoming musical showcase. Sunset Shimmer offers to help the Cutie Mark Crusaders with their banner, but they decline, much to Sunset's disappointment. When Pinkie Pie calls Sunset over to join her and her friends, the other present students glare at and gossip about Sunset, making her uncomfortable. Rarity quickly changes the subject and shows Sunset the banner they made for the showcase (which Pinkie used cake frosting on instead of paste).

Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna then enter, and Celestia says how pleased she is by the amount of student participation in the showcase. However, when she mentions the Fall Formal, the students glare at Sunset again and Sunset hides her face in humiliation.

Later, in the school band room, Sunset laments how she'll never live her past mistakes down. Her friends, now in a five-part band called the Rainbooms, say they've forgiven her and cheer her up with a rehearsal of Better Than Ever. As they sing, the five bandmates sprout pony ears and wings and longer hair, which disappear when they stop playing. Rarity and Applejack express disbelief at the strange phenomenon, but Rainbow Dash cares little, letting her band leader egotism show.

Flash Sentry enters, having heard the band's playing from outside the room, and compliments their sound. When Rainbow criticizes Rarity and Applejack's playing, they give an annoyed look. Flash asks if "any friends from out of town" will be coming to the showcase. The Rainbooms tell him they're not sure if Twilight will be present, and Flash awkwardly excuses himself. Rarity is amused by Flash's behavior, but she stops herself when she remembers that he and Sunset used to date. Sunset admits that she never liked Flash romantically and further regrets her past actions. As Applejack cheers her up, a speaker announcement by Vice Principal Luna summons Sunset Shimmer to the school foyer. Sunset leaves the room, having promised to give a tour to some new students and the Rainbooms go back to rehearsing. Fluttershy asks if they can sing a song she wrote, to which Rainbow Dash replies that they'll get to it later.

Enter the Dazzlings

At the school entrance, Sunset Shimmer meets with the new girls - Adagio, Aria, and Sonata - and shows them around the school. During the tour, they pass by a flyer for Canterlot High's musical showcase; Sunset talks about the event, and the girls are intrigued, with Sonata nearly revealing their true nature. When Sunset notices the three's gem necklaces and reaches for Adagio's, Adagio grabs Sunset's wrist in sudden offense. Adagio catches herself and apologizes, explaining that their pendants mean a lot to them and they don't want anything to happen to them. The three girls walk off, leaving Sunset to ponder their strange behavior.

Later in the cafeteria, Sunset joins her friends and mentions that there is something "off" about the new girls, worrying that they know about the events of the Fall Formal. Outside the cafeteria doors, Adagio, Aria, and Sonata have a brief argument before they enter. With their beguiling voices and a rousing song, the girls convince the students of Canterlot High to turn the musical showcase into an all-out Battle of the Bands. As they sing, tensions rise among the students, causing them to argue. As each vows victory in the competition, green mist forms around them, which Adagio, Aria, and Sonata absorb into their pendants. Only Sunset Shimmer and her friends are unaffected by the song.

A mesmerized school

Sunset Shimmer and the Rainbooms suspect that Adagio, Aria, and Sonata are using dark magic on the students and go to alert the principals. However, Celestia and Luna believe the girls, now calling themselves the Dazzlings, are innocent and even praise them for their Battle of the Bands idea. For a brief moment, the principals' eyes glow green, indicating that they have also fallen under the Dazzlings' spell.

The Rainbooms deduce that the magic that causes them to transform while playing music also makes them immune to the Dazzlings' spell. With the rest of the school under the Dazzlings' control, the friends consider getting Princess Twilight to return and help. The closed portal prevents her from returning, but Sunset Shimmer has an idea. In her locker, she finds an old book with her cutie mark on the cover and explains that she used it to write messages to Princess Celestia, which would appear in a book in Celestia's library. Hoping to get a message to Princess Twilight, Sunset opens the book and begins to write, starting with the three words she hadn't written in a long time...

"Dear Princess Celestia..."

— Sunset Shimmer

Back in Equestria

In Ponyville, at the Castle of Friendship, Twilight and her friends lounge about in the throne room when a stallion arrives with a delivery of books from Princess Celestia. One of the books, with Celestia's cutie mark on the cover, appears to glow and vibrate. Twilight opens it and discovers Sunset's call for help.

Twilight determines from Sunset's warning that the Dazzlings are actually Equestrian sirens. Long ago, the sirens used their eerie songs to turn ponies against one another and fed on the negative energy from their hatred and distrust, which made them powerful enough to control minds. But before they could conquer Equestria with their magic, Star Swirl the Bearded banished them to another world—the world where Sunset Shimmer now lives with the human counterparts of Twilight's Ponyville friends.

Twilight wishes to go and help her human friends, but the Crystal Mirror's closure prevents her from doing so. Pinkie Pie proposes that the same magic that allows Sunset Shimmer to send messages from the human world to Equestria should allow the portal to be opened. With a bunch of mechanical parts, and using the book as a battery, Twilight is able to energize and reopen the portal. Her friends want to accompany her, but Twilight tells them they can't because it would be confusing to have two copies of her friends in the same place. Spike can still go along, however, and he and Twilight soon charge into the portal.

Return to Canterlot High

Back at the school, Rainbow starts to lose hope that Twilight will come, when Twilight and Spike suddenly shoot out of the portal. Her human friends meet her in a group hug. Later at Mr. and Mrs. Cake's Sweet Shoppe, the friends all catch up, with Spike revealing Twilight's new status as the Princess of Friendship. Once Twilight learns of what they're up against, she comes up with a plan to ambush the Dazzlings at the pre-Battle of the Bands party being held in the school gym.

At the band meetup, Twilight bumps into Flash Sentry and stammers in his presence. Once the Dazzlings arrive, Twilight and her friends declare their evil plans finished and attempt to stop them with a magic of friendship attack. However, nothing happens, allowing the Dazzlings to feed on even more of the competitors' negativity. Having humiliated themselves, Twilight and her friends excuse themselves, but the Dazzlings decide to keep an eye on them, calling them "special".

Twilight and the others regroup outside the school and try to figure out what went wrong. They reason that, since they can only channel their magic when playing music, only a counter-spell in the form of a song will break the Dazzlings' spell, making the Battle of the Bands the perfect venue. They also decide Twilight should be the Rainbooms' new lead singer, much to Rainbow Dash's chagrin. Before Twilight retires to the school library like she did during her last visit to Canterlot High, Pinkie Pie proposes a slumber party at her house.

That evening, as her friends enjoy themselves around her, Twilight has considerable difficulty writing a counter-spell. Later, after everyone falls asleep, she works on it in the kitchen and is soon joined by Sunset Shimmer. As the two bond over the similar problems they each face, Sunset is startled when Pinkie's sister Maud comes in to get a snack for Boulder.

"I still can't get over the fact that she's related to Pinkie Pie."

— Sunset Shimmer

The next day, the Rainbooms practice their musical counter-spell in the barn next to Applejack's house. Unfortunately, Twilight's singing is so off-key that Rainbow Dash only manages a small bit of transformation. Before long, hostility continues to grow between the Rainbooms regarding Rarity's costumes and Rainbow's insisting that the band is hers. With the Battle of the Bands starting soon, the Rainbooms soon agree to perform other songs and stall for time until Twilight can complete her spell. In addition, they decide to keep their magic a secret from the Dazzlings for as long as possible.

The Mane Event

The Battle of the Bands gets underway, with Snips and Snails performing a hip-hop duet that earns only confused looks from the audience and reprimanding from Principal Celestia when they drop the microphones. When the time comes for the Rainbooms to perform, Rarity takes the stage in a hippie-inspired outfit with metal fringes. During their performance of Shake Your Tail, other competitors try to sabotage them: Photo Finish and the Snapshots manipulate Rarity's movement with a magnet, and Snips and Snails take advantage of Fluttershy's stage fright by holding a spotlight over her.

The Rainbooms manage to advance to the next round, but they continue to squabble over petty issues. Later, even Flash Sentry starts to show hostility toward Twilight, considering her to be an enemy because she is on a rivaling band. As they part ways, a heartbroken Twilight walks away in tears. At the other end of the hallway, Sunset confronts the Dazzlings about their evil schemes, but the Dazzlings play to Sunset's fragile emotions and make her feel useless in her friends' eyes.

In the following montage set to the Dazzlings' Under Our Spell, competing bands are eliminated one by one, from the Crusaders to Bulk Biceps to Lyra Heartstrings and Sweetie Drops to even Flash Sentry. In the semifinals, the Rainbooms face Trixie and the Illusions to decide who faces the Dazzlings in the final round.

As Trixie and her band perform Tricks Up My Sleeve, Twilight still has yet to finish her counter-spell song, so Rainbow Dash takes over as lead singer and the Rainbooms perform Awesome As I Wanna Be. However, Rainbow Dash gets carried away and starts to transform, prompting Sunset Shimmer to leap in and cut the song short. The crowd is convinced that Sunset hasn't changed, adding more fuel to the fire of hatred for the Dazzlings to feed on.

Trixie's dirty tricks

Through the Dazzlings' manipulation of the principals, the Rainbooms advance to the final round instead of the Illusions. An embittered Trixie is later approached by Adagio and given the idea of removing the Rainbooms from the competition so the Illusions can take their place in the finals.

During the Rainbooms' mic check on the stage where the finals are to take place, Trixie and the Illusions arrive to carry out their plan: a lever opens a trap door on the stage, and the Rainbooms fall inside. Spike, the only one not to become trapped, rushes off to find help.

That night, the Illusions perform in the finals following the Rainbooms' supposed forfeit. Afterward, the Dazzlings take the stage for their final performance and continue feeding off the crowd. Below the stage, tempers and tensions finally boil over between the Rainbooms and a five-way argument breaks out, allowing the Dazzlings on stage to feed on their hatred.

Sunset notices what's happening and finally intervenes, pointing out that their arguing has warped the magic of friendship into something that the Dazzlings can feed on. Twilight is ashamed that she hadn't realized it sooner, and Sunset tells her no one is supposed to have all the answers, but friends can help you find them. The Rainbooms thus make amends and finally come to a compromise, and Spike arrives to rescue them with the help of DJ Pon-3, whose headphones shielded her from the Dazzlings' spell.

Welcome to the Show

The Dazzlings continue feeding on the crowd on stage and transform, giving them pony ears, tails, and translucent wings. As the Rainbooms watch from atop a hill, wondering how their song can reach the crowd, DJ Pon-3 arrives with further assistance: a car that converts into a DJ station. The Rainbooms start to play their counter-spell song over the Dazzlings' song and take on half-pony forms with colors similar to that of the Mane Six's Rainbow Power. Refusing to be stopped, the Dazzlings summon astral versions of their true siren forms and manage to overpower the Rainbooms.

As the Rainbooms fall, Twilight's microphone rolls next to Sunset Shimmer's feet, and Twilight says they need her help. Sunset finds new resolve and, upon removing her jacket, starts to sing. Before long, the rest of the Rainbooms join her, and their combined magic creates a rainbow shockwave that weakens the Dazzlings and severs their spell over everyone, much to Adagio's disbelief. The magic of friendship builds inside Sunset, granting her a half-pony form of her own. All the students then join in, and as the Dazzlings look on in shock and horror, the magic coalescing in the sky takes the form of a giant Alicorn that destroys their astral projections as well as their gem pendants.

With their power sources destroyed, the Dazzlings are unable to even sing and re-cast their spell. The enraged students boo, jeer, and pelt them with fruits and vegetables, forcing them to flee in shame and disgrace. Flash, now free of the Dazzlings' influence, meets Twilight in a happy and warm embrace. However, Trixie, still upset about her competition loss, makes it clear she isn't done with the Rainbooms yet. As for Sunset, with Twilight now having to return home to Equestria, Rainbow allows Sunset to join the band in Twilight's stead—especially after Sunset reveals she can play the guitar.

Dear Princess Twilight

Before Twilight leaves, she promises to visit whenever she can now that the portal can be opened at any time. Later, as the girls tune up their instruments, Sunset uses her old journal to write the friendship lesson she learned to Princess Twilight, ending it with the closing statement:

"Your friend, Sunset Shimmer."

— Sunset Shimmer

As the film closes, Sunset picks up her guitar and joins her bandmates in a performance of Shine Like Rainbows. During the credits, Sunset is seen having now been accepted by the rest of the school, as the Cutie Mark Crusaders help her with her books and walk with her and Bulk Biceps helps her get Angel down from a hard-to-reach perch.

Epilogue: The other Twilight

In a post-credits scene, the human world's version of Twilight Sparkle is seen documenting strange events that are all connected to Canterlot High. She confides in her dog Spike that "something strange [is] going on at that school..."

Cast

• Tara Strong: Twilight Sparkle and Sci-Twi
• Ashleigh Ball: Rainbow Dash and Applejack
• Andrea Libman: Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie
• Tabitha St. Germain: Rarity, Vice Principal Luna, and Photo Finish
• Cathy Weseluck: Spike
• Rebecca Shoichet: Sunset Shimmer, Twilight Sparkle's singing voice, and "Ringo" (uncredited)
• Kazumi Evans: Adagio Dazzle, Octavia Melody (uncredited), and Rarity's singing voice
• Marÿke Hendrikse: Sonata Dusk
• Diana Kaarina: Aria Blaze
• Vincent Tong: Flash Sentry, "Brawly Beats" (uncredited), "The real Sunset Shimmer is back!" (uncredited)
• Kathleen Barr: Trixie Lulamoon
• Nicole Oliver: Principal Celestia
• Lee Tockar: Snips
• Richard Ian Cox: Snails
• Michelle Creber: Applebloom
• Claire Corlett: Sweetie Belle (credit only)
• Brian Drummond: Delivery Pony
• Ingrid Nilson: Maud
• Peter New: Big Mac
• Shannon Chan-Kent: Pinkie Pie's singing voice
• Madeline Merlo: Sonata Dusk's singing voice
• Shylo Sharity: Aria Blaze's singing voice
• Eva Tavares: "Blueberry Cake" (uncredited)
• Paula Berry: "Cherry Crash" (uncredited)
• David Mongar: "Captain Planet" (uncredited)

Publicity and branding

Previews

On February 13, 2014, Entertainment Weekly published an article about the film. Details about its plot were limited; however, the article included a trailer showcasing several clips and a new song by Daniel Ingram, all from the animated shorts.^{[24][25][26][27]}

As part of the San Diego Comic-Con International "Hasbro Studios: My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic and My Little Pony Equestria Girls" panel on July 25, 2014, "Guests from Hasbro Studios My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic airing on the Hub Network in the U.S. and My Little Pony Equestria Girls share details of the making of the popular animated series and a sneak peek into the new My Little Pony Equestria Girls Rainbow Rock[sic] movie coming this fall."^[28]

On July 24, 2014, Yahoo! TV posted not only a new trailer for the film, but also a song performed by the Dazzlings.^[29] In the teaser, Rainbow Dash was removed from the shot where Sunset says, "I turned into a raging she-demon."

On September 10, 2014, Shout! Factory, through Equestria Daily, revealed a new 30-second trailer including more footage of both pony and human Twilight.^[30] Two days later on September 12, a 50-second trailer was released on YouTube.^[31] Six days later on September 18, a full theatrical trailer was released on Yahoo! TV;^[32] the trailer was uploaded to Hasbro's YouTube channel four days later.^[33]

Sneak peeks

On August 18, 2014, Hasbro posted a two-minute-long clip of the film featuring the Dazzlings on their animated shorts YouTube channel;^[34] a week later on August 25, another clip was released.^[35] Four days later on August 29, a third five-minute long clip was published.^[36] A week later on September 5, a fourth was released.^[37]

Live-action music videos

On February 20, 2014, Hasbro released a live-action music video on their official website depicting six young females as the Rainbooms in a rock band. Like the similar Magic of Friendship music video released to tie-in with the first movie, the Rainbow Rocks music video uses a rock version of Equestria Girls (Cafeteria Song) and shows the Mane Six's human counterparts in animated form doing the "EG Stomp".^[38]

On August 4, 2014, Hasbro released a second live-action music video depicting the Rainbooms as well as the Dazzlings and DJ Pon-3 in a rock competition. The rock version of Equestria Girls from the previous video plays with lyrics from Under Our Spell, Shine Like Rainbows, and the Rainbow Rocks title song included.^[39]

Release

Theatrical

Like Equestria Girls before it, this film was distributed to American and Canadian theaters in limited release on September 27, 2014. It also received a 'Purple Carpet' premiere at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, which was attended by the cast and crew as well as some celebrities such as Jamie Foxx, Modern Family's Ariel Winter, and Academy Award nominee Quvenzhané Wallis.^[40]

Rainbow Rocks was released on October 25 and 26, 2014 in the United Kingdom.^[1] The film was released on November 15, 2014 in Australia.^[8]

Home media

My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks was released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 28, 2014, a little over a month after the theatrical release. Special features include a new featurette, the first eight animated shorts that were released on YouTube, three sing-along songs, and audio commentary by screenwriter Meghan McCarthy, director Jayson Thiessen, co-director Ishi Rudell, VP of Development at Hasbro Mike Vogel, and executive director of Hasbro Brian Lenard.^[41][42] There are also three store exclusives for the DVD only. The Target edition includes a bracelet, a $4 coupon for one MLP toy, and the original Equestria Girls DVD. The Walmart edition includes a music CD, a digital copy of the film, and the same $4 coupon. The Kmart edition includes a "backstage pass" and the coupon.^[43] Upon initial release, the DVD version of the film had an error in which chapters 5 and 6 play in reverse when the DVD is played from the main menu ‘Play’ listing.^[44] Shout! Factory has a listing on their site where a free replacement disc can be sent.

A Region 2 Rainbow Rocks DVD by Primal Screen Entertainment was released on March 23, 2015 for various countries, including France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom.^[14]

Alongside Equestria Girls and Friendship Games, this film was released in a box set on October 13, 2015 in Region 1.^[45]

Television

For list of changes to Discovery Family's initial television broadcast of Rainbow Rocks, see /Television edits.

The film made its TV debut on the newly rebranded Discovery Family on October 17, 2014. On November 8, 2014, it made its premiere on Family Channel in Canada. On November 15, 2014, it made its premiere on Disney Channel in Spain. An Italian dub of the film premiered on the Boomerang channel in Italy on November 16, 2014.^[9] In the UK, the film premiered on Pop on December 24, 2014 with no cuts.

Stage adaptation

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A stage adaptation of this film is currently on tour in the Eastern Hemisphere, produced by DMS Productions and Hasbro International Inc., directed and choreographed by Jamie Neale with book and additional lyrics by Hugh Osborne.^[46]

Merchandise

Book versions

Two chapter books, one an expansion of the prequel animated shorts^[47] and the other "The third exciting adventure in the Equestria Girls series! The girls rock a new story about friendship at Canterlot High. The follow-up to Through the Mirror and Rainbow Rocks", were posted on Hachette Book Group's website and enlist the books for respective April 8, 2014 and October 7, 2014 releases.^[48][49]

Toys

Rainbow Rocks merchandise was showcased at the 2014 American International Toy Fair, including pony and human versions of the main cast and human versions of Octavia Melody, DJ Pon-3, Sunset Shimmer, Adagio Dazzle, Sonata Dusk, and Aria Blaze.

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack was originally announced as being released on September 9, 2014.^[50] The following day, Hasbro explained there was an "unforeseen delay" in the release of the soundtrack.^[51] It was released a day later on September 10.^[52] The soundtrack contains nine of the eleven songs with one bonus track.

Quotes

For more quotes, see the film's transcript.

Dialogue in a Hasbro image

Pinkie Pie: Hey Twilight! Lets[sic] make some Music!

Twilight Sparkle: Hey Pinkie! I'm ready to ROCK!

^[53][54]

Dialogue from the film

Aria Blaze: Ugh! I wish we'd never been banished to this awful place!

Adagio Dazzle: [sarcastically] Really? I love it here!

Sonata Dusk: For realsies? Because I think this place is the worst.

Aria Blaze: I think you're the worst, Sonata.

Sonata Dusk: Oh, yeah? Well, I think you're—

Adagio Dazzle: Ergh! I'll tell you one thing, being stuck here with you two isn't making this world any more [through clenched teeth] bearable.

Rarity: Quite the eye-catching advertisement, if I do say so myself.

Pinkie Pie: And it smells like cake!

Fluttershy: It does? [sniff, sniff]

Pinkie Pie: I used frosting instead of paste!

Sunset Shimmer: A demon. I turned into a raging she-demon.

Pinkie Pie: And tried to turn everyone here into teenage zombies for your own personal army!

Aria Blaze: We have been known to sing from time to time.

Sonata Dusk: Hello? We sing, like, all the time! It's how we get people to do what we want.

Adagio Dazzle: [growls]

Sonata Dusk: Wha-What did I say?

Adagio Dazzle: What you meant to say was that being in a musical showcase sounds like a great way to meet other students.

Sonata Dusk: Ohhhh, yeah. Th-What she said I meant to say. That's what I meant. To say.

Aria Blaze: [scoffs] And what you would have said if you weren't the worst.

Sonata Dusk: You are!

Adagio Dazzle: You'll have to excuse them. They're idiots.

Aria Blaze and Sonata Dusk: Hmph.

Applejack: So how was the tour?

Sunset Shimmer: I don't know. I mean, these girls, they were... There was something off about them.

Pinkie Pie: Like, off like this? Or off like this? Or... Oh, oh! Like—

Rainbow Dash: Maybe we should just let her tell us.

Adagio Dazzle: This is it, girls. The moment we've been waiting for.

Sonata Dusk: Lunch?!

Adagio Dazzle: [groan] The chance to get our true Equestrian magic back.

Sonata Dusk: Oh. Right.

Sonata Dusk: But we can get lunch after though, right? It's Taco Tuesday!

Pinkie Pie: Ohhhh. They're that kind of "off".

Rainbow Dash: So let's take them down! It's not like we haven't tangled with dark magic before and totally whooped its sorry butt! Uh, no offense.

Sunset Shimmer: [sighs] None taken. Again.

Fluttershy: But that was when Twilight was here. There may be some kind of magic inside us, but it only comes out when we play music. I sure don't know how to use it to... whoop anybody's butt.

Twilight Sparkle: The way Sunset Shimmer described them, I think these new girls sound an awful lot like... the sirens.

Pinkie Pie: Not the sirens! [whispering loudly to Fluttershy] I don't actually know what that is!

Rainbow Dash: I hate to burst your bubble, Twilight, but the connection between their world and Equestria will still be totally cut off for a super long time.

Pinkie Pie: Okay, first of all, if there was bubble-blowing going on, why wasn't I told about it?! And secondly, if the connection is totally cut off, how was Sunset Shimmer able to get a message to Twilight?

Twilight Sparkle: [gasps] Pinkie, you're a genius!

Pinkie Pie: Yeah, I get that a lot. [to Rainbow Dash] Now about those bubbles...

Twilight Sparkle: Now that we're all back together, we can use that magic on the sirens. Just like when we were able to use it on Sunset Shimmer when she turned into that horrifyingly awful winged monster! No offense.

Sunset Shimmer: [disgruntled] None taken. Heh. I'm used to it.

Adagio Dazzle: [mock surprise] Oh, no! No one's mingling! It's like there's some kind of underlying tension that could bubble to the surface at any minute!

Sonata Dusk: It's the fruit punch, isn't it? I knew I used too much grape juice!

Adagio Dazzle: It's not the fruit punch! It's us!

Aria Blaze: But the punch is awful, too.

Sonata Dusk: What do you know about good fruit punch?

Aria Blaze: More than you!

Sonata Dusk: Do not!

Aria Blaze: Do too!

Twilight Sparkle: Alright, girls, let's do this! Friendship is magic!

[awkward silence]

Rainbow Dash: Uh, weren't there rainbows and lasers and stuff last time?

Spike: [to Twilight] You, uh... really need to go ahead and do that whole "magic of friendship" thing now.

Pinkie Pie: [to Twilight] So what do you wanna play? Triangle? [ding] Sousaphone? [fwomp!] Theremin? [plays theremin] Soooo magical.

Maud Pie: Boulder was hungry.

Sunset Shimmer: I still can't get over the fact that she's related to Pinkie Pie.

Twilight Sparkle: You and me both!

Spike: Eh, that sounded... way better than the last... five times you've played it. Heh heh.

Big McIntosh: Nnope.

Twilight Sparkle: We really need to stop bumping into each other like this.

Flash Sentry: [to bandmates] Uh, you guys hear something?

Bandmates: ["Nope", etc.]

Twilight Sparkle: I said, we have to stop—

Flash Sentry: There it is again. So annoying.

Pinkie Pie: [about Trixie Lulamoon] She's gone! Oh, wait, there she is.

Adagio Dazzle: [chuckle] Told you someone would give them a shove.

Sonata Dusk: She didn't shove them. She pulled a lever.

Aria Blaze: [groans] Go back to sleep, Sonata.

Trixie Lulamoon: Trixie's okay!

Sci-Twi: No doubt about it, Spike. There's definitely something strange going on at that school...

Puppy Spike: [barks]

Gallery

My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks image gallery

See also

• List of Equestria Girls characters
• My Little Pony Equestria Girls Wiki

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v • e Episodes, films, and animated shorts

Season one
Episode 1 Friendship is Magic, part 1	Episode 2 Friendship is Magic, part 2	Episode 3 The Ticket Master	Episode 4 Applebuck Season
Episode 5 Griffon the Brush Off	Episode 6 Boast Busters	Episode 7 Dragonshy	Episode 8 Look Before You Sleep
Episode 9 Bridle Gossip	Episode 10 Swarm of the Century	Episode 11 Winter Wrap Up	Episode 12 Call of the Cutie
Episode 13 Fall Weather Friends	Episode 14 Suited For Success	Episode 15 Feeling Pinkie Keen	Episode 16 Sonic Rainboom
Episode 17 Stare Master	Episode 18 The Show Stoppers	Episode 19 A Dog and Pony Show	Episode 20 Green Isn't Your Color
Episode 21 Over a Barrel	Episode 22 A Bird in the Hoof	Episode 23 The Cutie Mark Chronicles	Episode 24 Owl's Well That Ends Well
	Episode 25 Party of One	Episode 26 The Best Night Ever

Season two
Episode 1 The Return of Harmony Part 1	Episode 2 The Return of Harmony Part 2	Episode 3 Lesson Zero	Episode 4 Luna Eclipsed
Episode 5 Sisterhooves Social	Episode 6 The Cutie Pox	Episode 7 May the Best Pet Win!	Episode 8 The Mysterious Mare Do Well
Episode 9 Sweet and Elite	Episode 10 Secret of My Excess	Episode 11 Hearth's Warming Eve	Episode 12 Family Appreciation Day
Episode 13 Baby Cakes	Episode 14 The Last Roundup	Episode 15 The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000	Episode 16 Read It and Weep
Episode 17 Hearts and Hooves Day	Episode 18 A Friend in Deed	Episode 19 Putting Your Hoof Down	Episode 20 It's About Time
Episode 21 Dragon Quest	Episode 22 Hurricane Fluttershy	Episode 23 Ponyville Confidential	Episode 24 MMMystery on the Friendship Express
	Episode 25 A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1	Episode 26 A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2

Season three
Episode 1 The Crystal Empire - Part 1	Episode 2 The Crystal Empire - Part 2	Episode 3 Too Many Pinkie Pies	Episode 4 One Bad Apple
Episode 5 Magic Duel	Episode 6 Sleepless in Ponyville	Episode 7 Wonderbolts Academy	Episode 8 Apple Family Reunion
Episode 9 Spike at Your Service	Episode 10 Keep Calm and Flutter On	Episode 11 Just for Sidekicks	Episode 12 Games Ponies Play
Episode 13 Magical Mystery Cure

Season four
Episode 1 Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 1	Episode 2 Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 2	Episode 3 Castle Mane-ia	Episode 4 Daring Don't
Episode 5 Flight to the Finish	Episode 6 Power Ponies	Episode 7 Bats!	Episode 8 Rarity Takes Manehattan
Episode 9 Pinkie Apple Pie	Episode 10 Rainbow Falls	Episode 11 Three's A Crowd	Episode 12 Pinkie Pride
Episode 13 Simple Ways	Episode 14 Filli Vanilli	Episode 15 Twilight Time	Episode 16 It Ain't Easy Being Breezies
Episode 17 Somepony to Watch Over Me	Episode 18 Maud Pie	Episode 19 For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils	Episode 20 Leap of Faith
Episode 21 Testing Testing 1, 2, 3	Episode 22 Trade Ya!	Episode 23 Inspiration Manifestation	Episode 24 Equestria Games
	Episode 25 Twilight's Kingdom - Part 1	Episode 26 Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2

Season five
Episode 1 The Cutie Map - Part 1	Episode 2 The Cutie Map - Part 2	Episode 3 Castle Sweet Castle	Episode 4 Bloom & Gloom
Episode 5 Tanks for the Memories	Episode 6 Appleoosa's Most Wanted	Episode 7 Make New Friends but Keep Discord	Episode 8 The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone
Episode 9 Slice of Life	Episode 10 Princess Spike	Episode 11 Party Pooped	Episode 12 Amending Fences
Episode 13 Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?	Episode 14 Canterlot Boutique	Episode 15 Rarity Investigates!	Episode 16 Made in Manehattan
Episode 17 Brotherhooves Social	Episode 18 Crusaders of the Lost Mark	Episode 19 The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows	Episode 20 Hearthbreakers
Episode 21 Scare Master	Episode 22 What About Discord?	Episode 23 The Hooffields and McColts	Episode 24 The Mane Attraction
	Episode 25 The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 1	Episode 26 The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 2

Season six
Episode 1 The Crystalling - Part 1	Episode 2 The Crystalling - Part 2	Episode 3 The Gift of the Maud Pie	Episode 4 On Your Marks
Episode 5 Gauntlet of Fire	Episode 6 No Second Prances	Episode 7 Newbie Dash	Episode 8 A Hearth's Warming Tail
Episode 9 The Saddle Row Review	Episode 10 Applejack's "Day" Off	Episode 11 Flutter Brutter	Episode 12 Spice Up Your Life
Episode 13 Stranger Than Fan Fiction	Episode 14 The Cart Before the Ponies	Episode 15 28 Pranks Later	Episode 16 The Times They Are A Changeling
Episode 17 Dungeons & Discords	Episode 18 Buckball Season	Episode 19 The Fault in Our Cutie Marks	Episode 20 Viva Las Pegasus
Episode 21 Every Little Thing She Does	Episode 22 P.P.O.V. (Pony Point of View)	Episode 23 Where the Apple Lies	Episode 24 Top Bolt
	Episode 25 To Where and Back Again - Part 1	Episode 26 To Where and Back Again - Part 2

Season seven
Episode 1 Celestial Advice	Episode 2 All Bottled Up	Episode 3 A Flurry of Emotions	Episode 4 Rock Solid Friendship
Episode 5 Fluttershy Leans In	Episode 6 Forever Filly	Episode 7 Parental Glideance	Episode 8 Hard to Say Anything
Episode 9 Honest Apple	Episode 10 A Royal Problem	Episode 11 Not Asking for Trouble	Episode 12 Discordant Harmony
Episode 13 The Perfect Pear	Episode 14 Fame and Misfortune	Episode 15 Triple Threat	Episode 16 Campfire Tales
Episode 17 To Change a Changeling	Episode 18 Daring Done?	Episode 19 It Isn't the Mane Thing About You	Episode 20 A Health of Information
Episode 21 Marks and Recreation	Episode 22 Once Upon a Zeppelin	Episode 23 Secrets and Pies	Episode 24 Uncommon Bond
	Episode 25 Shadow Play - Part 1	Episode 26 Shadow Play - Part 2

Season eight
Episode 1 School Daze - Part 1	Episode 2 School Daze - Part 2	Episode 3 The Maud Couple	Episode 4 Fake It 'Til You Make It
Episode 5 Grannies Gone Wild	Episode 6 Surf and/or Turf	Episode 7 Horse Play	Episode 8 The Parent Map
Episode 9 Non-Compete Clause	Episode 10 The Break Up Break Down	Episode 11 Molt Down	Episode 12 Marks for Effort
Episode 13 The Mean 6	Episode 14 A Matter of Principals	Episode 15 The Hearth's Warming Club	Episode 16 Friendship University
Episode 17 The End in Friend	Episode 18 Yakity-Sax	Episode 19 Road to Friendship	Episode 20 The Washouts
Episode 21 A Rockhoof and a Hard Place	Episode 22 What Lies Beneath	Episode 23 Sounds of Silence	Episode 24 Father Knows Beast
	Episode 25 School Raze - Part 1	Episode 26 School Raze - Part 2

Feature films
Equestria Girls	Rainbow Rocks	Friendship Games	Legend of Everfree
My Little Pony The Movie

Specials
Dance Magic	Movie Magic	Mirror Magic	Forgotten Friendship
		Spring Breakdown
Rollercoaster of Friendship	Best Gift Ever	Spring Breakdown

Animated shorts
Rainbow Rocks shorts	Friendship Games shorts	Summertime Shorts	Equestria Girls: Better Together (season 1)
Equestria Girls: Better Together (season 2)	Equestria Girls: Choose Your Own Ending	Equestria Girls Minis	Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook
Rarity's Peek Behind the Boutique	Fundamentals of Magic	My Little Pony Established 1983	Friendship is Magic shorts