Princess Luna enlists the Mane Six to hunt down a magical force that turns dreams into nightmares.Princess Luna enlists the Mane Six to hunt down a magical force that turns dreams into nightmares.Princess Luna enlists the Mane Six to hunt down a magical force that turns dreams into nightmares.
Tara Strong
- Twilight Sparkle
- (voice)
Tabitha St. Germain
- Princess Luna
- (voice)
- …
Ashleigh Ball
- Rainbow Dash
- (voice)
- …
Andrea Libman
- Fluttershy
- (voice)
- …
Cathy Weseluck
- Spike
- (voice)
Brian Drummond
- Filthy Rich
- (voice)
- …
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDuring the Final dream sequence, Fluttershy briefly turns into "Flutterbat", a fan favorite form of hers from the season 4 episode "Bats" Rainbow Dash and Applejack also turn into their "Power Ponies" forms and Spike becomes his warrior dream form from "A Dog and Pony show"
- Quotes
Princess Luna: [bursts into Carousel Boutique] Which of you saw the creature of blue smoke in your nightmare?
Fluttershy: Wow, that was fast
Twilight Sparkle: We all did.
Spike: Not me!
Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity: We know!
- ConnectionsReferenced in DC Super Hero Girls: #LivingTheNightmare (2020)
- SoundtracksFight Song
Directed by James Lees
Lyrics by Rachel Platten, Dave Bassett and Jon Levine
Music by Jon Levine
Performed by Rachel Platten
Featured review
A pony night's dream
It is always very difficult to follow on from such a brilliant episode in a season and show high point in "Amending Fences", especially with a premise this good and with the chance to see an underused character return and take the lead this time. "Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?" is an episode that seems to have divided the fandom, some liked it a lot and appreciated Luna's development while others considered it a missed opportunity.
Can see both sides in this case. There is a lot to admire about "Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?" and it serves well as a mid-season finale (it would have worked too as a season finale), but a great concept to me didn't feel fully explored and the execution would have fared a lot better if the episode slowed down, didn't try to do as much and was also in two parts. Luna's development though was appreciated and it was great to see her play a bigger role.
"Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?" has many great things. The animation is very good throughout, especially in the shared dream sequence and it has a lot of atmosphere in the climax. The music is similarly great, especially in Rainbow Dash's dream. The writing balances humour and pathos pretty well on the whole, Luna's conflicting emotions are touchingly done and did find myself very amused by Rainbow Dash's dream and the smart references in the shared one.
Furthermore, while the story is very flawed a few of the dreams are interesting (although admittedly they are not the most imaginative ones in the world). The best being Rainbow Dash's and the "Slice of Life Part 2"-like shared dream sequence. There is emotion and the Tantabus is a suitably ominous threat. It is not a dull episode, quite the opposite, and the characters are mostly written well and excellently voiced as usual. Tabitha St Germain especially.
As said earlier on in the review, "Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?" did suffer from its pace and that it did feel underdeveloped. Some felt that it would have been better as a two parter, and that is an opinion very strongly agreed with. The episode did feel very rushed, especially later on and Luna's conflict could have been introduced earlier and played more of a role. The dreams generally felt too short. Personally found the ending too anti-climactic and melodramatic.
While the moral was a beautiful one on paper and a deep one, it could have been explored with more depth and nuance in the episode itself and like the climax overall it felt too hastily written. Pinkie Pie definitely could have kept her explanation of Luna's role in her dream to herself, that was not in good taste and considering Luna's conflict pretty tone deaf. Plus while the action was fun there could have been room for more intimacy.
In summary, pretty good episode but there are far better Season 5 episodes. A small 7/10
Can see both sides in this case. There is a lot to admire about "Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?" and it serves well as a mid-season finale (it would have worked too as a season finale), but a great concept to me didn't feel fully explored and the execution would have fared a lot better if the episode slowed down, didn't try to do as much and was also in two parts. Luna's development though was appreciated and it was great to see her play a bigger role.
"Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?" has many great things. The animation is very good throughout, especially in the shared dream sequence and it has a lot of atmosphere in the climax. The music is similarly great, especially in Rainbow Dash's dream. The writing balances humour and pathos pretty well on the whole, Luna's conflicting emotions are touchingly done and did find myself very amused by Rainbow Dash's dream and the smart references in the shared one.
Furthermore, while the story is very flawed a few of the dreams are interesting (although admittedly they are not the most imaginative ones in the world). The best being Rainbow Dash's and the "Slice of Life Part 2"-like shared dream sequence. There is emotion and the Tantabus is a suitably ominous threat. It is not a dull episode, quite the opposite, and the characters are mostly written well and excellently voiced as usual. Tabitha St Germain especially.
As said earlier on in the review, "Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?" did suffer from its pace and that it did feel underdeveloped. Some felt that it would have been better as a two parter, and that is an opinion very strongly agreed with. The episode did feel very rushed, especially later on and Luna's conflict could have been introduced earlier and played more of a role. The dreams generally felt too short. Personally found the ending too anti-climactic and melodramatic.
While the moral was a beautiful one on paper and a deep one, it could have been explored with more depth and nuance in the episode itself and like the climax overall it felt too hastily written. Pinkie Pie definitely could have kept her explanation of Luna's role in her dream to herself, that was not in good taste and considering Luna's conflict pretty tone deaf. Plus while the action was fun there could have been room for more intimacy.
In summary, pretty good episode but there are far better Season 5 episodes. A small 7/10
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- TheLittleSongbird
- Dec 27, 2020
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- Runtime23 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1080i (HDTV)
- 480i (SDTV)
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