When Twilight casts a spell that switches her friends' cutie marks and destinies, the only way to reverse the spell is by inventing her own magic.When Twilight casts a spell that switches her friends' cutie marks and destinies, the only way to reverse the spell is by inventing her own magic.When Twilight casts a spell that switches her friends' cutie marks and destinies, the only way to reverse the spell is by inventing her own magic.
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- Twilight Sparkle
- (voice)
- Spike
- (voice)
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- Pinkie Pie
- (voice)
- …
- Rarity
- (voice)
- Applejack
- (voice)
- …
- Shining Armor
- (voice)
- Twilight Sparkle
- (singing voice)
- Pinkie Pie
- (singing voice)
- Rarity
- (singing voice)
- Directors
- Writers
- Lauren Faust
- M.A. Larson
- Bonnie Zacherle(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe episode was originally made to be the finale of the show.
- GoofsAt Twilight's coronation, when Cadance is first shown she has her mane in the style Rarity put it in during "Games Ponies Play". When she comes with Shining Armor to greet Twilight, her mane is in its normal style.
- Quotes
Twilight Sparkle: A little while ago, my teacher and mentor Princess Celestia sent me to live in Ponyville. She sent me to study friendship, which is something I didn't really care much about. But now, on a day like today, I can honestly say I wouldn't be standing here if it weren't for the friendships I've made with all of you. Each one of you taught me something about friendship, and for that, I will always be grateful. Today, I consider myself the luckiest pony in Equestria. Thank you, friends, thank you, everypony.
- Crazy creditsInstead of the traditional end credits music; the song a true true friend plays over the end credits.
- SoundtracksMorning in Ponyville
Music by Daniel Ingram
Lyrics by M.A. Larson (as M.A. Larson)
Performed by Rebecca Shoichet
Orchestrated by Steffan Andrews
"Magical Mystery Cure" is one of 'My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic's' most controversial season finales. Have seen a lot of love for it, from those that loved the character writing, interaction, music, visuals and emotional impact. But also a good deal of complaints, from those that found it too rushed, too over-plotted, too heavily reliant on the music (this is not for anybody that dislikes musicals, love them myself actually) and of course the whole Twilight Sparkle Alicorn controversy. For me, there are certainly better season finales of the show than "Magical Mystery Cure" and despite having such potential to it is not one of the best episodes of the show. As far as Season 3 goes, it's in the better/high middle end while not being fully realised. For me, it was a good episode with so much to love, but it should have been amazing and just wasn't.
Do have to agree with those, and it seems to be the general consensus, that felt that "Magical Mystery Cure" felt rather rushed, especially in the middle act and the climax also could have done with a couple of minutes longer.
This would have been prevented if the episode was a two parter, which was most likely the original intention. With so much story content, it did feel like two episodes worth of content in one.
However, "Magical Mystery Cure" is one of the best looking Season 3 episodes along with "Sleepless in Ponyville" and "Too Many Pinkie Pies", one of the most imaginative looking too (again along with those two). There is a lot of atmosphere in the colours, everything looks smooth and the backgrounds are ambitious yet very richly detailed without trying to do too much. The music is a big star here, there are seven songs overall and they all work in having emotion, upbeat energy, adding to characters and not distracting from the story or momentum. For me the standout song was "(I've Got to) Find a Way", which tugs at the heart-strings and inspires. The writing has humorous stretches but also a lot of touching ones, and some clever continuity nods. Twilight's "but what should I do now? Is there a book about being a princess that I should read" is one of the most poignant quotes of the season.
Didn't ever find the story dull at least and it really connected to it emotionally, admittedly more so than most Season 3 episodes. Which was why it did disappoint me somewhat that the episode wasn't even better than it was. The whole thing with the Cutie Marks was creatively handled, the switching of duties between characters being an inspired move (i.e. Fluttershy trying to do Pinkie Pie's job). Actually didn't have anywhere near as big a problem with the Alicorn controversy that rattled many, yes it did need more time to be fully explored (and doing the episode in two parts would have definitely solved this). But re-watching the whole season recently, it did strike me that there was some foreshadowing early on, though not in your face, so the plot point wasn't as come out of nowhere feeling in the way it did when first watching the episode. It did well setting things up for what was to come. Absolutely loved Twilight's character development, some find her too unapologetic here but to me she resonated with me and felt real and not a stereotype or anything. The voice acting is very good indeed, with the performance of the episode belonging to Rebecca Shoichet's singing for Twilight. Forgot to mention that the singing is pretty darn good here, Shoichet's rendition of "(I've Got to) Find a Way" is powerhouse level.
Summarising, good season finale with exceptional qualities but if it was in two parts, slowed down and had a little less going on this could have been amazing and one of the best of the entire show. 7/10
- TheLittleSongbird
- Aug 5, 2020
Details
- Runtime22 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1080i (HDTV)
- 480i (SDTV)