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1058:Magic Duel
944:characters
577:Begin 2015
531:Begin 2015
519:Begin 2015
507:Begin 2015
494:References
478:Home media
419:Background
382:Pinkie Pie
378:Fluttershy
284:(season 1)
237:Lee Tockar
171:2010-10-22
160:2010-10-10
128:Written by
96:back into
87:Pinkie Pie
75:Fluttershy
1320:Pony Life
924:Equestria
840:2041-8426
655:SF Weekly
399:manticore
362:Applejack
339:Equestria
228:Peter New
71:Applejack
1479:Category
1458:See also
1425:BronyCon
1327:episodes
1232:Season 9
1217:Season 8
1202:Season 7
1187:Season 6
1144:Season 5
1094:Season 4
1037:Season 3
1008:Season 2
979:Season 1
971:Episodes
765:Archived
735:Archived
693:Archived
660:Archived
602:Archived
556:Archived
263:—
260:Previous
175:(Part 2)
164:(Part 1)
105:Episode
67:(centre)
52:episodes
1418:Bronies
1277:Rainbow
454:The Hub
370:pegasus
343:unicorn
318:unicorn
269: →
258:←
169: (
158: (
1397:Fandom
1378:Issues
1366:Comics
1264:(2017)
1245:Finale
1234:(2019)
1219:(2018)
1204:(2017)
1189:(2016)
1146:(2015)
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468:'s
388:Part 2
374:Rarity
345:named
333:Part 1
85:, and
79:Rarity
1405:15.ai
1338:Games
956:music
355:Spike
1430:Clop
879:IMDb
870:IMDb
847:2021
836:ISSN
801:ISBN
773:2021
743:2021
701:2021
668:2021
635:2021
610:2021
564:2021
472:RPG
438:demo
328:Plot
267:Next
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828:doi
488:DVD
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