My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic A Matter of Principals (Season 8, Episode 15)
TV-Y
TV Episode | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

A Matter of Principals (Season 8, Episode 15)

TV-Y

TV Episode | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

When Twilight leaves Starlight in charge of the School of Friendship, Discord is frustrated that he wasn't asked, so he does what he can to make Starlight's new role impossible.

Directors

Denny Lu | Mike Myhre | Jim Miller

Writers

Lauren Faust (developed for television by) | Nicole Dubuc (written by)

Producers

Devon Cody | Josh Haber

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Edit Released

Updated Jul 29, 2018

Release date

Aug 4, 2018 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

21 wins & 48 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
16 cast members

Name	Known for
Kelly Sheridan Starlight Glimmer (voice) Starlight Glimmer (voice) See fewer	Inuyasha (2000)
John de Lancie Discord (voice) Discord (voice) See fewer	Crank: High Voltage (2009)
Cathy Weseluck Spike (voice) Spike (voice) See fewer	My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (2010)
Tara Strong Twilight Sparkle (voice) Twilight Sparkle (voice) See fewer	Batman: The Killing Joke (2016)
Katrina Salisbury Yona (voice) Yona (voice) See fewer	My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (2010)
Devyn Dalton Ocellus (voice) Ocellus (voice) See fewer	The BFG (2016)
Lauren Jackson Silverstream (voice) Silverstream (voice) See fewer	Far Cry 5 (2018)
Kathleen Barr Trixie Lulamoon (voice) Trixie Lulamoon (voice) See fewer	Dragon Tales (1999)
Gavin Langelo Gallus (voice) Gallus (voice) See fewer	Our Holiday Story (2024)
Vincent Tong Sandbar (voice) Sandbar (voice) See fewer	The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (2022)
Ashleigh Ball Applejack / Rainbow Dash (voice) Applejack / Rainbow Dash (voice) See fewer	My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (2010)
Andrea Libman Pinkie Pie / Fluttershy (voice) Pinkie Pie / Fluttershy (voice) See fewer	My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (2010)
Shannon Chan-Kent Smolder (voice) Smolder (voice) See fewer	Woke (2020)
Richard Newman Cranky Doodle Donkey (voice) Cranky Doodle Donkey (voice) See fewer	Beast Wars: Transformers (1996)
Trevor Devall Iron Will (voice) Iron Will (voice) See fewer	Guardians of the Galaxy (I) (2015)
Tabitha St. Germain Rarity (voice) Rarity (voice) See fewer	My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (2010)