My Little Pony Equestria Girls
Twilight is first mentioned byPinkie Piein the film when she brings up the notion of pony Twilight having a "twin sister who lives in the city."
Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks
Twilight Sparkle appears after the ending credits, piecing together strange events occurring atCanterlot High Schooland talking to her dogSpike.
Equestria Girls: Friendship Games
In the thirdEquestria Girlsfilm, Twilight's human counterpart is revealed to be attendingCrystal Prep Academyand is a member of the Wondercolts' rival team, theShadowbolts. This version of Twilight is portrayed as being rather awkward and curious and treated as an outcast by many of her classmates.
Throughout the film, Twilight attempts to track and measure strange energy readings at Canterlot High, recording all of her findings on a tack board in a secret room at Crystal Prep. She gathers this research in hopes of being accepted into an independent study program, and she only competes with the Shadowbolts to conduct further observations on the weird energy.
Twilight carries a pendant-shaped device intended to detect the strange readings. However, it also drains magic away, causing each ofSunset Shimmer's friends to lose their ability to pony up. In addition, it causes dimensional rifts to appear throughout theGames. WhenPrincipal Cinchdiscovers this, she pressures Twilight to release the magic from her device to win the Games for Crystal Prep. Once she does, the magic engulfs her, and she transforms into a monstrous creature obsessed with magic. After her transformation, Twilight uses her powers to open additional rifts toEquestria. Using Twilight's device, Sunset channels the released magic to transform herself. Following an explosive battle, Sunset offers Twilight her hand in friendship, and Twilight accepts. Twilight apologizes for all the trouble she caused, and Sunset and her friends forgive her.
Later, Twilight decides to forego her independent study application and transfer to Canterlot High to learn about the magic of friendship. At the end, PrincessTwilight Sparklefrom Equestria appears out of the portal, stunned to see her human friends joined by a girl who looks like her. Human Twilight only nervously waves "hello" to her pony counterpart.
In the film's alternate ending, Twilight stays at Crystal Prep, and she and Spike are on much friendlier terms with the Shadowbolts.
Equestria Girls: Legend of Everfree
Twilight appears as the primary central character of the fourthEquestria Girlsfilm. Suffering from anxieties and recurring nightmares, she fears her evil Midnight Sparkle alter ego will one day return and take over her body, her friends serve as steady moral support.
InLegend of Everfree, Twilight goes with her Canterlot High friends toCamp Everfree, where she is paired up with Sunset Shimmer in the Sapphire Tent and develops a crush on camp co-directorTimber Spruce. While at the camp, Twilight's magic undergoes a transformation, and develops the ability to levitate and telekinetically move objects.
Throughout the film, Twilight struggles to confront the dark magic inside her, and she believes she is responsible for several magic disturbances around camp. However, these are later revealed to be Timber's sisterGloriosa Daisy's doing. With the help of her friends, Twilight overcomes her fears and proves to be the key in defeating Gloriosa. She also helps organize the fundraiser to save Camp Everfree from closing and becomes considerably close to Timber Spruce, accepting a date from him in the end.
Equestria Girls: Dance Magic
In the half-hour specialDance Magic, Twilight helps her friends raise money to renovate Camp Everfree. WhenRarity's idea for a music video is copied by the Shadowbolts, Twilight helps Rarity sneak into Crystal Prep Academy to directly confront them. She also takes part in theDance Magicmusic video near the end of the special.
Equestria Girls: Movie Magic
In the half-hour specialMovie Magic, Twilight accompanies her friends to the set of theDaring Domovie, expressing an interest in seeing the detailed movie props made by A. K. Yearling. She is also briefly mistaken for an actress in thePower Poniesmovie, cast as theMasked Matter-Horn. In the end, Twilight plays a central detective-like role in exposingJuniper Montage's thievery and deception, and she is cast as an extra in the Daring Do film.
Equestria Girls: Mirror Magic
In the half-hour specialMirror Magic, Twilight becomes trapped with her friends inlimbowhen Juniper Montage acquires a hand mirror enchanted with Equestrian magic. WhenStarlight Glimmersucceeds in convincing Juniper to let them out, Twilight and the rest of her friends forgive and accept Juniper as a new friend. Twilight, as well as Sunset and Starlight, is especially forgiving of Juniper, having previously been corrupted by magic inFriendship Games.
Equestria Girls: Summertime Shorts
In the music videoMad Twience, Twilight portrays a mad scientist building an android mate for Spike. She is also a primary focus inMonday Blues, where she and Sunset Shimmer try to get to school through the pouring rain. InEpic Fails, she recalls her most embarrassing moment of performing a chemistry experiment that explodes in her face. InGood Vibes, she works at an electronics store and uses her powers to fixDJ Pon-3's turntable afterBulk Bicepshelps her with a heavy load of boxes. She has supporting or minor roles inPet Project,Subs Rock,Leaping Off the Page, andGet the Show on the Road. InThe Canterlot Movie Club, she appears on the poster of the Daring Do movie.
Better Together/Choose Your Own Ending
She is a main focus helping her friends study for their final exams inThe Finals Countdown, going on a date with Timber Spruce inStar Crossed, looking afterPrincipal Celestia's garden inMy Little Shop of Horrors, and dreading leaving school inThe Last Day of School. InQueen of Clubs, Twilight appears in the CHS chemistry, wig, and robotics clubs. She is also a main focus in the beach shortsX Marks the Spot,Unsolved Selfie Mysteries,The Salty Sails, andFriendship Math, and has supporting or minor roles inSchool of Rock,A Fine Line,Overpowered,Road Trippin,Super Squad Goals,Outtakes,Pinkie Pie: Snack Psychic,Five to Nine, andSo Much More to Me.
She briefly appears inReboxing with Spike!, outraged that Spike used her credit card to buy some very expensive pet products. InStreet Magic with Trixie!, she secretly helpsTrixiewith her show by levitating all of her magic supplies to impress the audience. She is a main focus inTwilight Under the Stars, in which she attends the Canterlot Celestial Society Members' Social where Timber Spruce and Pinkie Pie help her talk to her favorite scientist,Rosette Nebula. She makes supporting or minor appearances inSchedule Swap,Five Stars,FOMO,I'm on a Yacht,Run to Break Free,Festival Filters, andFestival Looks.
In the Choose Your Own Ending shorts, Twilight is cast as Selfie Soot's mother in the school play. She is the main focus ofText SupportandStressed in Show, and she is one of three possible endings inBest Trends Forever,All the World's Off Stage, andOpening Night. She also makes minor appearances inFluttershy's Butterflies,Rarity Investigates: The Case of the Bedazzled Boot, andHappily Ever After Party.
In thesecond season, Twilight is a main focus inThe Road Less Scheduled, where she follows a friend's agenda at the Starswirled Music Festival after her own gets destroyed. She is a possible ending inInclement Leatherand makes supporting appearances inWake-Up!andLost and Pound. She is also mentioned inSock It to Me.
Equestria Girls: Forgotten Friendship
InForgotten Friendship, Twilight Sparkle and her friends are members of the Canterlot High Yearbook club. Along with the rest of the school, her good memories of Sunset Shimmer are erased byWallflower Blushusing the Memory Stone. Consequently, her only remaining memory of Sunset is when she yelled at her during the Friendship Games. Her regard for Sunset gets worse when Sunset accidentally destroys the selfie drone she built and she and her friends accordingly act with hostility towards Sunset for much of the special while enjoying their friendships with each other. After seeing Sunset jump in front of a blast from the Memory Stone intended to erase their memories of high school, she and her friends use their geode powers to destroy the Memory Stone and restore the school’s memories. They later win the "Best Friends" yearbook superlative.
Equestria Girls: Rollercoaster of Friendship
InRollercoaster of Friendship, Twilight and her friends go to the Equestria Land theme park, where Rarity gets a job as the fashion designer forVignette Valencia's grand opening light parade, and her and her friends' band get booked as the parade's headlining act. While exploring the park, Twilight and Sunset unsuccessfully playFlim and Flam's rigged ring toss game by using her knowledge of physics. As with most of her other friends, Twilight gets transported into an empty white room at the park by Vignette's enchanted smartphone, butApplejackand Rarity help them escape. Twilight and her friends eventually defeat Vignette by destroying her phone, and they take their place as the parade's headliner.
Equestria Girls: Spring Breakdown
InSpring Breakdown, Twilight organizes a cruise trip for herself and her friends to celebrate spring break, but the trip is soured byRainbow Dash's obsession with fighting Equestrian magic. When Twilight, Sunset, and Rainbow discover a second portal to Equestria on an island in the middle of the ocean, she goes through, transforms into a glasses-wearing unicorn (causing her to freak out), and meets her Equestrian princess counterpart again. The three borrow the Staff of Sacanas from the princess and use it to dispel a magical thunderstorm born fromthe Storm King's magic. Twilight acknowledges her and her friends' new roles as superheroes, and they use their powers to save the ship's passengers when it starts to sink.
Equestria Girls: Sunset's Backstage Pass
InSunset's Backstage Pass, Twilight Sparkle attends the Starswirled Music Festival with her friends. She is unknowingly caught in a time loop and repeats that day for the next three weeks. During several loops, she helps Sunset and Pinkie in trying to solve the mystery of the time loop, citing it as a "snag in the fabric of spacetime". In a later repeat, she and her friends are kicked out of the festival when Pinkie provokes a security guard. In the final repeat after the time loop is broken, Twilight and her friends spectatePostCrush's concert as they perform with Sunset and Pinkie.
Equestria Girls: Holidays Unwrapped
In "Blizzard or Bust", Twilight and her friends attempt to fool Principal Celestia into declaring a snow day. In "Saving Pinkie's Pie", she takes part in a big snowball fight. In "The Cider Louse Fools", she helps Applejack and her family foil the Flim Flam brothers' annual holiday prank. In "Winter Break-In", after Sunset leaves her storage space key in her locker at school, Twilight comes up with the simple plan of asking Principal Celestia to unlock the school doors. In "Dashing Through the Mall", as part of a Secret Santa-like gift exchange, Twilight gives a Shadow Spade novel to Rarity and receives a stuffed parakeet from Sunset Shimmer. In "O Come, All Ye Squashful", she is roped into taking an embarrassing costume picture with her friends after a misunderstanding with Applejack.
