*[[Trixie]] exiles [[Twilight Sparkle]] from Ponyville and conjures a glass-like dome around the town to prevent her re-entry in [[Magic Duel]].
*[[Trixie]] exiles [[Twilight Sparkle]] from Ponyville and conjures a glass-like dome around the town to prevent her re-entry in [[Magic Duel]].
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===Canterlot High and human world===
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In the movie ''[[My Little Pony Equestria Girls]]'', [[Twilight Sparkle]] and [[Spike]] travel by means of a magic mirror to a [[human]] world. The only humans in the franchise are found in this place, and the only locations visited there are the [[Canterlot High]] school, a coffee shop (similar to [[Sugarcube Corner]]), and a clothing shop, in the city of Canterlot – a different place than [[Canterlot]], the capital city of Equestria, in a different dimension.
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In the ''[[My Little Pony Equestria Girls|Equestia Girls]]'' movies, [[Twilight Sparkle]] and [[Spike]] travel by means of a magic mirror to what appears as a [[human]] world (although the term human is never used). The only human-like beings in the franchise are found in this place.
Given the sole known access pointis in Equestria, this world is technically found inside the kingdom.
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The place where most if not all the action in this world takes place is the city of Canterlot; this is a different place than [[Canterlot]], the capital city of Equestria, in the world of ponies.
Given the sole known access points to the human world are in Equestria, the human world is technically found inside the kingdom.
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In the first movie, the only locations visited in the human world are the [[Canterlot High]] school, a coffee shop (similar to [[Sugarcube Corner]]), and a clothing shop, all in the city of Canterlot.
The most featured and almost exclusively sole mentioned overall place is Equestria. The term is usually used in the media to refer to the realm of ponies in the franchise. Other uses of "Equestria" refer to an entire world.
Regardless, the show takes place exclusively in places comprised in Equestria, a "kingdom"[1] under the rule of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. The most prominent of these places are:
Ponyville, where the main characters live and most of the plot unfolds, founded by Earth ponies
Canterlot, capital and main city of Equestria, where most unicorns live
Cloudsdale, an aerial city built on clouds where only Pegasi are found
The stories feature many other places. Most are found in Equestria, and are developed in this article. Some links may be found at the bottom of this article.
Ambiguity
No known places in the franchise, as of the episode Magical Mystery Cure, is explicitly presented as not being part of Equestria; when taking the most general term.
Some places may or may not be considered part of the kingdom of Equestria.
Entrance to the Everfree Forest
The Everfree Forest is shunned by ponies, and is off-limits in matters of creature and weather control. Moreover, when Fluttershy's banishment from Equestria is envisioned in A Bird in the Hoof, she is pictured in a place matching visually the Everfree Forest.
However, a place called "the ancient castle" of the Princesses is found deep within, and a few characters go to and from this place freely. It is also near the center of Equestria, according to the official map released in April 2013.
Equestria itself, as well as the surrounding lands, aren't exactly Equestria until the foundation of the country, related in the episode Hearth's Warming Eve.
Equestria does not represent the entirety of what is considered 'the Pony Nation', according to the lyrics of Apples to the Core in Pinkie Apple Pie.
Twilight says in the episode Bridle Gossip that zebras come from a land far away, not precising whether it is or not part of Equestria.
The Buffalo lands, first seen in Over a Barrel, have their own chief and their denizens have a territorial battle with the newly arrived Equestrian settlers of Appleloosa in said episode.
Representatives of Saddle Arabia with Princess Celestia
Saddle Arabia is said to be visited by Princess Celestia during the episode Magic Duel. Two envoys are seen at the end of the episode, with the Princess then in Ponyville.
Aquastria, only featured in the book Under the Sparkling Sea, has its own ruler, the merlion king Leo, cousin of Princess Celestia, who formally invites the main characters to his underwater realm. The kingdom and its inhabitants, mermares and seaponies, seen in the book, are not mentioned in other media.
King Leo "sits on the Cosmic Council alongside his cousin, Princess Celestia."[4]
Three places are suggested to have an anthem: the Crystal Empire,[5] Ponyville and Cloudsdale.[6]
Breezie's Cave
In the episode It Ain't Easy Being Breezies, Fluttershy says that the Breezies gather pollen from "western Equestria". They are transported by an artifical breeze in the episode, and go through Ponyville, then a snowy place, then an arid one, up to a cave above a canyon river, near a waterfall. in this cave, an ephemerous portal leads to the Breezies' home.
Astres
Celestial objects play a major role in the media. No planet is clearly mentioned, but a few globes appear throughout the show.
Because Princess Luna was supposedly banished out of Equestria when left on the moon, astres are considered as not being part of Equestria in this article. However, this point is not precisely explained in the media.
The sun and moon
Princess Celestia raises the sun at dawn...
In the episode Friendship is Magic, part 1, Twilight Sparkle tells that Princess Celestia raises the sun at dawn and lowers it to make place for the night, brought by her sister Princess Luna who raises the moon and stars, before lowering them for the day to come; at least before she loses her responsibilities for a thousand years before the show's time.
...And Princess Luna brings out the moon and stars to begin the night.
The moon is where Princess Luna, who turned into the "wicked mare of darkness" Nightmare Moon, is banished for 1000 years by Princess Celestia, who then takes her responsibilities over the satellite. This ends in Friendship is Magic, part 1, when "the stars [...] aid in her escape" and Nightmare Moon comes back to Equestria. After the events of Friendship is Magic, part 2, Luna takes back her place as co-ruler of Equestria alongside her sister, and it is hinted that the role of raising the moon at dusk is also given back to her by Celestia; this point is however never precised.
It is visited for the first time during the second arc of IDW Main Series comic books. It features a land ruled from a fortress by a nightmarish power, which disappears at the end of the arc, changing the appearance of some of the place's unique denizens.
In It's About Time, Twilight Sparkle mentions a fourteenth moon when she is monitoring the skies.
Exile
The moon, mentioned above, is not the only place where characters are pictured banished' or in exile. These places are therefore supposedly outside of Equestria, although this is never precised.
Trixie exiles Twilight Sparkle from Ponyville and conjures a glass-like dome around the town to prevent her re-entry in Magic Duel.
Human world
In the Equestia Girls movies, Twilight Sparkle and Spike travel by means of a magic mirror to what appears as a human world (although the term human is never used). The only human-like beings in the franchise are found in this place.
The place where most if not all the action in this world takes place is the city of Canterlot; this is a different place than Canterlot, the capital city of Equestria, in the world of ponies.
Given the sole known access points to the human world are in Equestria, the human world is technically found inside the kingdom.
In the first movie, the only locations visited in the human world are the Canterlot High school, a coffee shop (similar to Sugarcube Corner), and a clothing shop, all in the city of Canterlot.
↑Chapter 1, "A Crown Achievement", of the chapter bookTwilight Sparkle and the Crystal Heart Spell (previewable on Google Books), states that "The citizens of Equestria, including the newly recovered Crystal Empire, were living in a time of happiness and prosperity".
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