''My Little Pony: Pony Life'' is an

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that aired on

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from November 7, 2020 to May 22, 2021. Based on

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's ''

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'' franchise, the series, a successor/

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to 2010's '' My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' and the fourth animated series based on the franchise overall, was produced by

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, in collaboration with

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. ''Pony Life'' has some of the writers and most of the voice cast returning from ''Friendship Is Magic'', but it also features a different art style and a

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narrative. The series, unlike ''Friendship Is Magic'', has an 11-minute episode in two five-minute segments.

Premise

The main setting of ''Pony Life'' is Sugarcube Corner, a bakery operated by Pinkie Pie that she and her friends from ''Friendship Is Magic'', Applejack, Rainbow Dash,

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, Rarity and Fluttershy often use as a hangout. The series explores comedic, slice of life stories that they experience, primarily at Sugarcube Corner. The series uses an art style based on Japanese chibi.

Trivia

Though ''Pony Life'' is a reboot, this series has no continuity with ''Friendship Is Magic''; this allows for the existence of new characters such as Pinkie Pie's brother Octavio Pie, as well as the adapting out of certain other characters from the original series.

Voice cast

Main cast

The main voice actors from '' My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' reprise the Mane Six characters in ''Pony Life'', with the exception of

Cathy Weseluck Cathy Weseluck is a Canadian actress and comedian who frequently works with Ocean Productions in Vancouver, British Columbia and is known for her roles as Near in '' Death Note'', Cybersix/Adrian Seidelman in ''Cybersix'', and Spike in '' My Littl ...

, who voiced Spike in its predecessor. *

Tara Strong Tara Lyn Strong (née Charendoff; born February 12, 1973) is a Canadian-American actress. She is known for her voice work in animation, websites, and video games. Strong's voice roles include animated series such as ''The New Batman Adventures ...

Ashleigh Ball Ashleigh Adele Ball (born March 31, 1983) is a Canadian voice actress and musician, known for performing with the rock band Hey Ocean!, as well as voicing characters in several toyetic movies and television series, notably the ''Barbie'' film ...

as Applejack and Rainbow Dash *

Andrea Libman Andrea Eva Libman (born July 19, 1984) is a Canadian actress whose most popular on-screen appearances are in ''Little Women'', '' Andre'', and a guest role on ''The X-Files''. She is also known for providing voice acting in various animated show ...

as Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie *

Tabitha St. Germain Tabitha St. Germain, formerly known as Paulina Gillis Germain and also known as Tabitha or Kitanou St. Germain, is a Canadian actress and comedian. She is known for a variety of roles across many different shows. She has been actively doing voi ...

as Rarity and Spike

Supporting cast

Nicole Oliver Nicole Lyn Oliver (born February 22, 1970) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles as Princess Celestia and Cheerilee in '' My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' and Zoe Trent in ''Littlest Pet Shop''. Early life Oliver was born i ...

as Princess Celestia and Cheerilee *

Kyle Rideout Kyle Rideout (born November 9, 1984) is a Canadian actor, writer, and director. He co-owns a production company called Motion 58 with business partner Josh Epstein. He co-wrote and directed the short films Hop the Twig and Wait for Rain as well a ...

as Dishwater Slog *

Trevor Devall Trevor Devall (born November 10, 1972) is a Canadian-American voice actor and podcaster. He worked for various other studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for years, before he relocated to Los Angeles, California, US in 2013. Early life ...

as Fancy Pants * Madeleine Peters as Scootaloo *

Michelle Creber Michelle Nicole Creber (born September 7, 1999) is a Canadian actress and singer who is best known as the voice of Apple Bloom (and the singing voice of Sweetie Belle until 2013) in the TV series '' My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic''. Biog ...

as Apple Bloom *

Claire Corlett Claire Margaret Corlett (born July 9, 1999) is a Canadian actress, known most notably for her nine years of voice work on the family fantasy/comedy animated television series '' My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'', for which she provided the ...

as Sweetie Belle *

Peter New Peter New is a Canadian actor and screenwriter, best known for his roles as Big McIntosh in ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' and Sunil Nevla in ''Littlest Pet Shop (2012 TV series), Littlest Pet Shop''. In 2007, New's script "The Bar" wo ...

as Discord and Big McIntosh *

Kathleen Barr Kathleen Barr is a Canadian voice actress. She is best known for voicing Marie Kanker and Kevin in ''Ed, Edd n Eddy'' and Trixie Lulamoon and Queen Chrysalis in '' My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic''. She also voiced Henri Richard Maurice Du ...

as Trixie Lulamoon *

Chanelle Peloso Chanelle Peloso (born January 21, 1994) is a Canadian television actress known for her role as Hailey Yarner in '' The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco'', for which she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a ...

as Potion Nova *

Lili Beaudoin Lili Beaudoin is a Canadian actress. She won a Betty Mitchell award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Drama in 2017. She voices Crick from ''Beat Bugs'', Plaid Stripes and Kettle Corn from '' My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'', ...

as Minty * Jesse Inocalla as Octavio Pie *

Richard Ian Cox Richard Ian Cox (born October 3, 1973) is a Welsh-born Canadian actor, comedian and online radio host. He is best known for his voice work for English language dubs of anime, mainly for ''Inuyasha''. Cox gained prominence for playing the cha ...

as Snails *

Ian Hanlin Ian Stuart Hanlin is a Canadian voice actor based in Vancouver. Originally from Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, he is known for his voice roles of Sunburst in '' My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'', Lance Richmond in ''Nexo Knights'', Acronix in ...

as Snips * Michael Dobson as Bulk Biceps * Luc Roderique as Herd Happily and Curtain Call *

Peter Kelamis Peter Kelamis (born December 11, 1967) is an Australian-Canadian actor, stand-up comedian and impressionist. He is known for playing Tail Terrier in ''Krypto the Superdog'', Dr. Adam Brody in ''Stargate Universe'', Goku in Ocean's English dubs ...

as Saddle Bags * Laara Sadiq as Natalie *

Rebecca Shoichet Rebecca Shoichet ( ; born February 16, 1975) is a Canadian voice actress and singer who has voiced in English dubs of Japanese anime and other shows for Ocean Productions in Vancouver. She took over Saffron Henderson's role of Sota Higurashi in ...

as Twilight Sparkle (singing voice), The Pulverizer *

Britt McKillip Britt Analisa McKillip (born January 18, 1991) is a Canadian actress and singer. Her credits include the film ''Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktacular'' and its sequel ''Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy'', and her role as Reggie Lass in th ...

as Princess Cadance * Bethany Brown as Lightning Chill * Connor Parnall as Echo * Ana Sani as Sugar Snap * Samuel Vincent as Flim *

Scott McNeil Scott McNeil is an Australian-born Canadian actor. He currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. One of the best-known Canadian voice actors of all time, McNeil has provided voices to many characters in animated shows, most notabl ...

as Flam *

Andrew Francis Andrew Michael Scott Francis is a Canadian actor. He has appeared in many television shows and films including '' My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'' as Shining Armor, '' MegaMan NT Warrior'' as MegaMan.EXE, ''Hero 108'' as Lin Chung, ''Lam ...

as Shining Armor * Tina Grant as Chamomilia

Episodes

Production and release

''My Little Pony: Pony Life'' was originally slated to premiere on

in the United States on June 13, 2020, but it was postponed to a later date in the summer of that year. However, on October 12, 2020, a promo revealed that the show would be premiering on Discovery Family on November 7, 2020. Clips of several episodes have also been uploaded to the MLP YouTube channel. On September 10, 2020, it was officially announced that it would be released on YouTube at an unspecified date, listed as coming "soon". On September 17, 2020, it was reported that a second season was in production. The second season premiered on April 10, 2021. The series premiered on

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in Australia on September 21, 2020. In the United Kingdom, the series premiered on

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on September 1, 2020. The second season premiered on the network on April 2, 2021. On May 22, 2021, production had quietly ceased with no official announcement of an official end or cancellation, marking the end of G4.

Notes

References

External links

Hasbro's official Pony Life profiles
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