# Green Isn't Your Color > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Green_Isn't_Your_Color > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Green_Isn't_Your_Color.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Isn't_Your_Color > Source revision: 1333015288 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 20th episode of the 1st season of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic "Green Isn't Your Color" My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episode Fluttershy poses for a photo shoot. Episode no. Season 1 Episode 20 Directed by Jayson Thiessen James Wootton Written by Meghan McCarthy Original air date March 18, 2011 (2011-03-18) Running time 22 minutes Episode chronology ← Previous "A Dog and Pony Show" Next → "Over a Barrel" My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic season 1 List of episodes "**Green Isn't Your Color**" is the twentieth episode of the [first season](/source/My_Little_Pony%3A_Friendship_Is_Magic_season_1) of the [animated television series](/source/Animated_series) *[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic](/source/My_Little_Pony%3A_Friendship_Is_Magic)*. It originally aired on [The Hub](/source/Discovery_Family#As_Hub_Network_(2010–2014)) on March 18, 2011. The episode was written by [Meghan McCarthy](/source/Meghan_McCarthy). In this episode, [Fluttershy](/source/Fluttershy) becomes an unexpected fashion model when a famous photographer chooses her over [Rarity](/source/Rarity_(My_Little_Pony))'s designs, which leads to jealousy and conflicted feelings between the friends while [Twilight Sparkle](/source/Twilight_Sparkle) struggles with keeping their secrets. ## Plot External videos Green Isn't Your Color (full episode) — Official upload of the episode onto YouTube My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Equestria Toyline Cutie mark Elements of Harmony Pony Spin-offs My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (2013–2020)(List of animations) My Little Pony: Pony Life (2020–2021)(List of episodes) Characters Mane Six Twilight Sparkle Rainbow Dash Pinkie Pie Applejack Fluttershy Rarity Supporting Spike Princess Celestia Princess Luna Princess Cadance Shining Armor Discord Starlight Glimmer Trixie Zecora Antagonists Queen Chrysalis Lord Tirek Cozy Glow Minor Derpy Hooves Background Six Cheese Sandwich Quibble Pants The Wonderbolts Aunt Holiday and Auntie Lofty Equestria Girls Sunset Shimmer Seasons & episodes Season 1 (2010–2011) "Friendship Is Magic" "The Ticket Master" "Applebuck Season" "Griffon the Brush Off" "Boast Busters" "Dragonshy" "Look Before You Sleep" "Bridle Gossip" "Swarm of the Century" "Winter Wrap Up" "Call of the Cutie" "Fall Weather Friends" "Suited for Success" "Feeling Pinkie Keen" "Sonic Rainboom" "Stare Master" "The Show Stoppers" "A Dog and Pony Show" "Green Isn't Your Color" "Over a Barrel" "A Bird in the Hoof" "The Cutie Mark Chronicles" "Owl's Well That Ends Well" "Party of One" "The Best Night Ever" Season 2 (2011–2012) "The Return of Harmony" "Lesson Zero" "Luna Eclipsed" "Sisterhooves Social" "The Cutie Pox" "May the Best Pet Win!" "The Mysterious Mare Do Well" "Sweet and Elite" "Secret of My Excess" "Hearth's Warming Eve" "Family Appreciation Day" "Baby Cakes" "The Last Roundup" "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000" "Read It and Weep" "Hearts and Hooves Day" "A Friend in Deed" "Putting Your Hoof Down" "It's About Time" "Dragon Quest" "Hurricane Fluttershy" "Ponyville Confidential" "MMMystery on the Friendship Express" "A Canterlot Wedding" Season 3 (2012–2013) "The Crystal Empire" "Too Many Pinkie Pies" "One Bad Apple" "Magic Duel" "Sleepless in Ponyville" "Wonderbolts Academy" "Apple Family Reunion" "Spike at Your Service" "Keep Calm and Flutter On" "Just for Sidekicks" "Games Ponies Play" "Magical Mystery Cure" Season 4 (2013–2014) "Princess Twilight Sparkle" "Castle Mane-ia" "Daring Don't" "Flight to the Finish" "Power Ponies" "Bats!" "Rarity Takes Manehattan" "Pinkie Apple Pie" "Rainbow Falls" "Three's a Crowd" "Pinkie Pride" "Simple Ways" "Filli Vanilli" "Twilight Time" "It Ain't Easy Being Breezies" "Somepony to Watch Over Me" "Maud Pie" "For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils" "Leap of Faith" "Testing Testing 1, 2, 3" "Trade Ya!" "Inspiration Manifestation" "Equestria Games" "Twilight's Kingdom" Season 5 (2015) "The Cutie Map" "Castle Sweet Castle" "Tanks for the Memories" "Slice of Life" "Amending Fences" "Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?" "Made in Manehattan" "Crusaders of the Lost Mark" "The Hooffields and McColts" "The Cutie Re-Mark" Season 6 (2016) "A Hearth's Warming Tail" "The Times They Are a Changeling" Season 7 (2017) "The Perfect Pear" Season 8 (2018) "Grannies Gone Wild" Season 9 (2019) "The Last Crusade" Series finale Media Films & specials My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever (2018) My Little Pony: Rainbow Roadtrip (2019) Music Theme song "This Day Aria" Movie Soundtrack "Rainbow" "Off to See the World" Games My Little Pony: Twilight Sparkle, Teacher for a Day Gameloft video game Collectible card game Other media Home video releases IDW comics Issues My Little Pony/Transformers Brony fandom Fan works (list) 15.ai Voiceverse NFT plagiarism scandal A Brony Tale Bronies (documentary) Derpibooru Equestria Daily Fimfiction Fallout: Equestria Friendship Is Witchcraft Legends of Equestria Love & Ponystep Ponysona PONY.MOV Them's Fightin' Herds Fandom people 15 hotdiggedydemon Jenny Nicholson Odyssey Eurobeat Sethisto The Living Tombstone Vylet Pony Fan culture Analysis Brony music Bronyspeak Charity Criticism Fan art Clop Ponysona Fan fiction Military bronies /mlp/ Online communities My Little Pony conventions BABSCon BronyCAN BronyCon Czequestria Everfree Northwest GalaCon Ponyville Ciderfest RuBronyCon TrotCon UK PonyCon Vanhoover Pony Expo v t e [Rarity](/source/Rarity_(My_Little_Pony)) and [Fluttershy](/source/Fluttershy) meet at the Ponyville [spa](/source/Spa) for their weekly get-together. Rarity mentions that [fashion photographer](/source/Fashion_photographer) Photo Finish will be taking pictures of her outfits at Carousel Boutique and asks Fluttershy to [model](/source/Model_(person)) them. During the [photo shoot](/source/Photo_shoot), Photo Finish disapproves of Rarity's directed poses but becomes interested every time Fluttershy draws back in disappointment after each shot. The session ends abruptly, and Photo Finish declares she has found her next fashion star and schedules another photo shoot for the next day, though she rejects Rarity's designs and reveals that Fluttershy is actually her new star instead of Rarity. Photo Finish features Fluttershy in a fashion show that brings her instant stardom, and she soon appears in advertisements and [fashion magazines](/source/Fashion_magazine) across [Equestria](/source/Equestria). Rarity grows increasingly jealous of the attention her friend receives, while Fluttershy secretly loathes the modeling career and tries to evade the constant attention from [fans and photographers](/source/Paparazzi). Both ponies confide their true feelings to [Twilight](/source/Twilight_Sparkle) separately at the spa: Rarity admits her jealousy and desire to see Fluttershy's career fail, and Fluttershy reveals she hates being a model but continues because she believes Rarity wants her to succeed. Twilight promises to keep both secrets but becomes frustrated by the conflicting information. Hoping to help both her friends, Twilight devises a plan to use magic during Fluttershy's next fashion show to make her perform clumsy and uncouth behaviors on the [runway](/source/Runway) that will ruin her reputation. However, when Rarity witnesses Fluttershy's seemingly awkward performance, she praises it as a revolutionary new modeling style that wins over the audience and makes Fluttershy even more popular. In the [dressing room](/source/Dressing_room) after the show, Rarity finally confesses her jealousy but explains she couldn't watch her friend fail at something she loved, and Fluttershy reveals her hatred of modeling and her assumption that quitting would disappoint Rarity. The friends recognize their mutual misunderstanding and reconcile. Fluttershy refuses Photo Finish's upcoming photo shoots and walks out with Rarity to return to their normal lives. Having managed to keep her friends' secrets throughout the ordeal, Twilight accidentally blurts out [Spike](/source/Spike_(My_Little_Pony))'s crush on Rarity when the pressure of secret-keeping finally overwhelms her. [Pinkie Pie](/source/Pinkie_Pie) expresses disappointment in her failure to maintain all the confidences entrusted to her. ## Reception Sherilyn Connelly, the author of *Ponyville Confidential*, gave the episode an "A-" rating.[1] In her review of the episode in *[SF Weekly](/source/SF_Weekly)*, she defended Rarity's character against criticisms of reinforcing negative female stereotypes. She argued that Rarity's interest in fashion represents her career as a designer rather than mere vanity, and praised her strong work ethic as an example of encouraging young girls to be "creative, hard-working, and career-minded." Connelly remarked that Rarity is the one who breaks the silence between the friends, and observed the episode's moral lesson about the importance of telling good friends how you feel.[2] In a critical analysis of the episode, author Jen A. Blue praised the character development achieved through exploring three previously underutilized pairings: Rarity–Fluttershy, Twilight–Fluttershy, and Rarity–Twilight. Blue wrote that while Fluttershy's portrayal did not reveal new insights, the decision by the showrunners to keep her consistently shy and reluctant to express feelings throughout the episode was "an excellent call" that avoided making her anxiety appear inauthentic. She compared Twilight to her in "[Look Before You Sleep](/source/Look_Before_You_Sleep)", in which she blindly followed rules while ignoring evidence, treating Pinkie Pie as an expert on friendship despite Pinkie's flawed advice about promise-keeping. Blue commented that determining which promises should be broken requires social nuance "beyond any of the Mane Six at this point." Regarding Rarity, Blue observed that while the character "can be awful" based on previous episodes, this episode revealed "a much more appealing side" through her believable jealousy and ambition when Fluttershy receives the attention Rarity feels she deserves.[3] Jamie Kingston of *[WomenWriteAboutComics](/source/WomenWriteAboutComics)* praised how the episode dealt with the theme of jealousy.[4] ## Home media The episode is part of the Season 1 DVD set, released by [Shout Factory](/source/Shout!_Factory), on December 4, 2012.[5] ## See also - [List of *My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic* episodes](/source/List_of_My_Little_Pony%3A_Friendship_Is_Magic_episodes) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Connelly (2017)](#CITEREFConnelly2017), p. 77 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Connelly, Sherilyn (2012-04-11). ["My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Season 1, Episodes 19 and 20"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120416140530/http://blogs.sfweekly.com/exhibitionist/2012/04/my_little_pony_recap_season_1_episodes_19_20.php). *[SF Weekly](/source/SF_Weekly)*. Archived from [the original](http://blogs.sfweekly.com/exhibitionist/2012/04/my_little_pony_recap_season_1_episodes_19_20.php) on 2012-04-16. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Blue-S1_3-0)** Blue, Jen A. (2013-08-31). "P.S.: Obviously Spike did not have to learn a lesson, because he is the best, most awesome friend a pony could ask for. (Green Isn't Your Color)". *My Little Po-Mo: Unauthorized Critical Essays on My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season One*. pp. 194–198. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Kingston, Jamie (2014-07-07). ["Throwing Popcorn: My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic"](https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2014/07/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic/). *[WomenWriteAboutComics](/source/WomenWriteAboutComics)*. Retrieved 2025-07-08. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic: Season 1"](https://www.amazon.com/My-Little-Pony-Friendship-Magic/dp/B0096W47NO). [Amazon.com](/source/Amazon.com). 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2012-12-04. ### Bibliography - Connelly, Sherilyn (2017-04-01). [*Ponyville Confidential: The History and Culture of My Little Pony, 1981-2016*](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Ponyville_Confidential/E3VPDgAAQBAJ). McFarland. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4766-6209-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4766-6209-1). ## External links - ["Green Isn't Your Color"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1850768/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episodes Seasons 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Season 1 "Friendship Is Magic" "The Ticket Master" "Applebuck Season" "Griffon the Brush Off" "Boast Busters" "Dragonshy" "Look Before You Sleep" "Bridle Gossip" "Swarm of the Century" "Winter Wrap Up" "Call of the Cutie" "Fall Weather Friends" "Suited for Success" "Feeling Pinkie Keen" "Sonic Rainboom" "Stare Master" "The Show Stoppers" "A Dog and Pony Show" "Green Isn't Your Color" "Over a Barrel" "A Bird in the Hoof" "The Cutie Mark Chronicles" "Owl's Well That Ends Well" "Party of One" "The Best Night Ever" --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Green Isn't Your Color](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Isn't_Your_Color) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Isn't_Your_Color?action=history)). 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