
The next day, the Mane Six have a grooming day for their pets at Carousel Boutique, but they have trouble staying awake after not getting enough sleep the previous night.

happen!" - Princess Luna A shared nightmare Princess Luna wakes up in her bed, the entire experience having been a dream, but she expresses deep concern: The Mane Six gather around the confused Luna for a group hug. Nightmare Moon appears to resist it at first, but when the Tantabus tears open a hole in reality and escapes, the Mane Six's magic successfully returns Princess Luna to normal. To combat this threat, the Mane Six channel the magic of Rainbow Power and fire upon Nightmare Moon with beams of multicolored light. As the Tantabus eclipses the sun, Luna suddenly transforms into Nightmare Moon. Luna speaks with a small sphere of black smoke, calling it the Tantabus, and tells it that she's ready. The episode opens at the Castle of the Two Sisters, with the Mane Six racing toward Princess Luna. The scene when Luna explains the origins of the Tantabus reappears in Memories and More. As a result, "My Little Pony" began trending worldwide on Twitter. On July 19, 2016, then Republican National Committee chief strategist Sean Spicer used a quote from the episode to refute allegations of plagiarism against Melania Trump's 2016 Republican National Convention speech. Marcel Duperreault, Todd Araki, Jason Fredrickson, Kirk Furniss, Adam McGhie, Christine Church, and Roger Monk won a 2016 Leo Award for Best Sound in an Animation Program or Series for their contribution to this episode. Princess Luna's bedroom was designed by Phil Caesar. Larson's website had previously listed season five episode thirteen with the title "From Seapony to Shining Seapony" on June 27, 2015, Larson tweeted "Who do you trust more: me or zap2it?" and later tweeted that the correct answer is Zap2it. The plot of this episode was first revealed at San Diego Comic-Con 2014.
