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''My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever'' (also known as ''My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever!'' and ''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: Best Gift Ever'') is a double-length Christmas-themed special based on the
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'' My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'', taking place in-between seasons eight and
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. It premiered on October 27, 2018 on
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. In this special, Twilight and her friends do a "Hearth's Warming Helper" to get just one Hearth's Warming present for another pony, to which they race all over Equestria to find the perfect gift.


Plot

With Hearth's Warming Eve approaching, Twilight and her friends decide to hold a " Hearth's Warming Helper" so that each of them only has to find a gift for one other friend. For Pinkie Pie's gift, Twilight finds a recipe for a legendary magic pudding that is dangerous if prepared incorrectly. She becomes stressed trying to both prepare it and entertain Shining Armor, Princess Cadence and Flurry Heart, who have come to visit for the holiday. Unbeknownst to them, Flurry Heart adds extra ingredients that cause the pudding to boil over. Pinkie travels to Yakyakistan seeking advice for Twilight's gift. Prince Rutherford directs her north to the home of a trio of magical flying reindeer, Aurora, Bori and Alice. They claim to give her the "perfect gift" whose significance she will understand later. Rarity orders a special hat as her gift to Applejack, but it is misdelivered to a nut farm. She travels there to collect it, but the resident farmer couple believes it to be a gift for their budding fashion designer son, Pistachio. Deducing the hat was not for him, he offers to return it, but Rarity insists he keep it so as to encourage his passion. Spike swaps his recipient with Fluttershy so that he can give a gift to Rarity. He tries to craft a gift himself as a way to acknowledge her artistic creativity, but eventually falls asleep from exhaustion after several failed attempts. Fluttershy, now tasked to find a gift for Rainbow Dash, travels with Applejack, who has Spike, to Rainbow Falls to shop for their gifts. There they find Flim and Flam swindling unwitting shoppers into buying cheaply-made dolls. They manage to expose their plot, but only after buying several of the dolls and using up their gift money. Discord bothers Rainbow Dash against half-heartedly buying a meaningless gift for Fluttershy. Upon his suggestion, she catches a cute creature called a Winterchilla, unaware that it turns into a monstrous Winterzilla after dark. The group meet up at Twilight's castle to find it is flooded with the unstable pudding, and as they attempt to flee, the Winterzilla blocks their exit. Pinkie, realizing that her present is the pudding's remaining ingredients, uses them to stabilize it. Fluttershy manages to calm and befriend the Winterzilla, which Discord reveals to have been his plan all along. The group all apologize for the disappointing gifts they ended up giving each other. Using a homemade guitar, Spike sings a song as his gift to Rarity, hoping his uninspiring gift did not ruin her holiday. Rarity is nonetheless appreciative and the group realizes that the best gift they can give to each other is their friendship.


Production

A song animatic from the special was shown at the 2018 My Little Pony 2018
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panel. A promo for the special originally had a layering error involving the reindeer's flight over Twilight's castle. Supervising director Jim Miller confirmed on Twitter that this was fixed. Additionally, Miller also counted this special as an episode.


Music

Like the previous three Hearth's Warming episodes, the songs were composed by Daniel Ingram with lyric writing shared between Ingram and Michael Vogel. * "One More Day" – Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Spike and choir * "The True Gift of Gifting" – Spike and Twilight Sparkle; backing vocals Fluttershy, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Pinkie Pie and choir


Cast

*
Tara Strong Tara Lyn Strong (; born February 12, 1973) is a Canadian and 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 Powerpuff Girls'', '' The Fair ...
as
Twilight Sparkle Princess Twilight Sparkle is a fictional character who appears in the fourth incarnation of Hasbro's ''My Little Pony'' toyline and media franchise, beginning with '' My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' (2010–2019), and later in the fra ...
**
Rebecca Shoichet Rebecca Shoichet ( ) is a Canadian voice actress who has voiced in English dubs of Japanese anime and other shows for Ocean Productions in Vancouver, having moved there from Victoria in 2000. She took over Saffron Henderson's role of Sota Hig ...
 as Twilight Sparkle (singing voice) * Tabitha St. Germain as Rarity, Flurry Heart, and Derpy **
Kazumi Evans Kazumi Evans (born September 14, 1989) is a Canadian actress. She began her career as a contestant on the CBC's '' Triple Sensation''. As a voice actress, she has voiced Saffi on ''Bob the Builder ''Bob the Builder'' is a British anima ...
 as Rarity (singing voice) *
Ashleigh Ball Ashleigh Adele Ball (born March 31, 1983) is a Canadian voice actress and singer. She is known for voicing characters in several toyetic movies and television series, notably the ''Barbie'' film series, ''Bratz'', ''Johnny Test'', '' Care Bea ...
as Rainbow Dash and Applejack *
Andrea Libman Andrea Libman is a Canadian actress. She is known for providing voice acting in various animated shows, such as voicing the characters of Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy in the Discovery Family series '' My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' and it ...
as Pinkie Pie and
Fluttershy Fluttershy is a fictional character who appears in the My Little Pony (2010 toyline), fourth incarnation of Hasbro's ''My Little Pony'' toyline and media franchise, beginning with ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' (2010–2019). She is a c ...
**
Shannon Chan-Kent Shannon Chan-Kent (born September 23, 1988) is a Canadian voice and stage actress. She is known for her roles as Silver Spoon and Smolder and the singing voice of Pinkie Pie in ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'', Misa Amane in the Englis ...
 as Pinkie Pie (singing voice) *
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 Discovery ...
as Spike *
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, '' Monster Rancher'' as Genki, '' ...
as Shining Armor *
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 i ...
as Princess Cadance *
John de Lancie John Sherwood de Lancie, Jr. (born March 20, 1948) is an American actor, best known for his role as Q in various ''Star Trek'' series, beginning with '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' in 1987 and leading up to the third season of '' Star Tre ...
as Discord * The Flim Flam Brothers ** Sam Vincent as Flim **
Scott McNeil Scott McNeil is an Australian actor based in Canada, known for his live-action work as well as his roles in animation. His voice roles include Ace the Bat-Hound in '' Krypto the Superdog'', Voltar in '' League of Super Evil'', Jetfire, Backstop ...
as Flam *
Garry Chalk Garry Chalk (born 1952) is a Canadian actor. He has provided the voices for Optimus Primal of '' Beast Wars: Transformers'' and '' Beast Machines: Transformers'', as well as Optimus Prime in the anime English dubs of '' Transformers: Armada'' ...
as Prince Rutherford and Oak Nut * Ingrid Nilson as Limestone Pie, Maud Pie, Marble Pie, and Butternut * Sean Thomas as Pistachio * Gift Givers of the Grove ** Asia Mattu as Aurora ** Alison Wandzura as Bori ** Meaghan Hommy as Alice Apple Bloom ( Michelle Creber), Scootaloo (Madeleine Peters), Sweetie Belle (
Claire Corlett Claire Margaret Corlett Brown (born July 9, 1999) is a Canadian actress, known most notably for providing the voice of Sweetie Belle in the animated television series '' My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic''. She is the daughter of voice acto ...
), Big McIntosh, Sugar Belle, Granny Smith, Grand Pear, Igneous Rock Pie, Cloudy Quartz, and Parcel Post (Sam Vincent) sing during "One More Day", but are uncredited.


Release

The special premiered on October 27, 2018 on
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. The special is available on
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as of November 25, 2018 in the United States and Canada.


Home media

The special was released on DVD on November 26, 2018 in the United Kingdom and distributed by Hasbro Trinity.


Merchandise and other media

The holiday special is adapted into three storybooks from September to October 2018, the book ''A Perfectly Pinkie Present!'', ''Board Book'' and ''A Present for Everypony''.


Animated shorts

The special was accompanied by three animated shorts.


References


External links

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