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Episode A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1
Character(s) Twilight Sparkle
Backup:
Pinkie Pie
Applejack
Rainbow Dash
Rarity
Fluttershy
Sung by Rebecca Shoichet
Backup:
Shannon Chan-Kent
Ashleigh Ball
Kazumi Evans
Andrea Libman
Length 1:35
Season Season 2
Episode Transcript A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1
International versions
B.B.B.F.F. (Reprise)
Episode A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1
Character(s) Twilight Sparkle
Sung by Rebecca Shoichet
Length 0:18
Season Season 2
Episode Transcript A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1
International versions

B.B.B.F.F.[1][2] (Big Brother Best Friend Forever) is a song that is featured in the episode A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1. Twilight Sparkle first sings it when she explains to her friends that her brother, Shining Armor, was the only pony she trusted as a friend before she was sent to Ponyville. Later in the episode, when she was afraid she had "lost a brother" because of an argument, she sings a somber, much shorter reprise. The song is notable in being Twilight's first solo song. Meghan McCarthy, the lyrics writer, stated that she was inspired by the relationship her daughter has with her older brother.[3]

This song is BMI Work #14903596.

Contents

DevelopmentEdit

The song's composer, Daniel Ingram, used a cadence known as a "deceptive cadence" rather than an "authentic cadence" to finish the reprise as an "inside joke".[4] The non-reprisal version ends on an authentic cadence, D flat major, rather than a deceptive one (B minor). In a (now deleted) tweet, Daniel Ingram mentions that Rebecca Shoichet was lightly autotuned to produce a "harmonizing effect."

LyricsEdit

Filly Twilight and Shining hug S2E25
Twilight and Shining Armor hugging.
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[Twilight Sparkle]
When I was just a filly, I found it rather silly
To see how many other ponies I could meet
I had my books to read, didn't know that I would ever need
Other ponies to make my life complete
But there was one colt that I cared for
I knew he would be there for me
My big brother, best friend forever!
Like two peas in a pod, we did everything together
He taught me how to fly a kite (Best friend forever!)
We never had a single fight (We did everything together!)
We shared our hopes, we shared our dreams
I miss him more than I realized
It seems...
[Rest of main six]
Your big brother, best friend forever
Like two peas in a pod, you did everything together
[Twilight Sparkle]
And though he's, oh, so far away
I hoped that he would stay
My big brother best friend
Forever...
Forever...

RepriseEdit

[Twilight Sparkle]
He was my big brother, best friend
Forever...
And now, we'll never do anything
Together...

ReferencesEdit

  1. Daniel Ingram stating the names for Season Finale songs. (2012-04-21). Retrieved on 2012 April 22.
  2. Daniel Ingram correcting the title's punctuation. (2012-05-11). Retrieved on 2012 May 11.
  3. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic visits Comic-Con International. Access Hasbro. Retrieved on 2012 July 17.
  4. Daniel Ingram (2012-04-22). Ingram responding to an inquiry about B.B.B.F.F.. Retrieved on 2012 April 22.
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