
Twilight Sparkle awakens one morning to find that her friends' cutie marks and duties around Ponyville have swapped: Rarity's creativity in doing Rainbow Dash's weather control causes havoc around town Rainbow is unable to tame Fluttershy's animals Fluttershy's attempts to throw Pinkie Pie's parties disappoint Ponyville's residents, who become grumpy and tetchy Pinkie has difficulties working on Applejack's farm, where her apple trees are now bare and blackened and Applejack's dressmaking skills are awful, forcing her to close Rarity's boutique. Similarly, a significant fraction of the show's fandom called the transformation a "jump the shark" moment.

Praise was given for the story, while its musical format, believing it took away from the story element, and Twilight's transformation into an alicorn were criticized. The Hub heavily emphasized the event while promoting the episode in a coronation-themed advertising sweepstakes campaign, which included a special concert event featuring Miss America 2013 winner Mallory Hagan, and a nine-episode marathon that preceded the episode's premiere.Īired on February 16, 2013, on The Hub, the episode became the network's highest-rated telecast among kids aged 2–11. Part of the episode focuses on Twilight Sparkle becoming a princess and transforming into an alicorn. In the episode, the destinies and cutie marks of Twilight Sparkle's friends get switched around, forcing Twilight to create a magic spell of her own in order to correct it. Directed by James Wootton, it was written by M.A.

" Magical Mystery Cure" is the thirteenth and final episode of the third season of the animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and the sixty-fifth episode of the series overall. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 3)
