My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Forgotten Friendship, also titled Most Likely to Be Forgotten and Sunset Shimmer's Saga, is the first of two hour-long Equestria Girls specials.
Storyline
In this special, Sunset Shimmer discovers that she's been erased from her friends' memories and must race to find the magic and the perpetrator responsible.
Production
Sandbar, appearing both in this special and in My Little Pony Friendship is Magic season eight, was previewed in a 2018 "MY LITTLE PONY SERIES" image within Hasbro 2017 Investor Day webcast presentations from August 3, 2017.
A novelization of the special, titled A Friendship to Remember, was published on December 5, 2017.
Quincy the turtle is named after Ryan Quincy, creator of the Disney XD animated series Future-Worm!, which Nick Confalone also writes for.
Flash Sentry's cameo in the special is "a remnant of an early draft where Wallflower was driving away in a crowded parking lot instead of walking to [the] garden." According to Katrina Hadley, "[t]he confrontation was supposed to be in front of a crowd", but it was decided it wasn't needed and might look too dangerous for younger viewers
According to the special's writer, Nick Confalone, the special takes place before My Little Pony The Movie.
The special was added to the Discovery Family GO! mobile app on February 22, 2018, in its television broadcast format, but removed on March 25.
"10 episodes of the Equestria Girls adventures", including Forgotten Friendship and Rollercoaster of Friendship, are to be released via a 220-minute "My Little Pony - Equestria Girls Specials" Region 2 DVD on October 22, 2018.
Sound Effects Used
- Sound Ideas, COUNTRY, DAY - BIRDS, CRICKETS, STEADY BREEZE, AMBIENCE (Heard in intro.)
- Sound Ideas, TWIRL - TWIRLING OBJECT APPROACHING, SPIN (Heard in intro.)