# Look Before You Sleep > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Look_Before_You_Sleep > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Look_Before_You_Sleep.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_Before_You_Sleep > Source revision: 1348744358 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 8th episode of the 1st season of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic "Look Before You Sleep" My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episode Applejack (center) is visibly disgruntled at receiving a makeover at Twilight Sparkle's (right) slumber party. Episode no. Season 1 Episode 8 Directed by Jayson Thiessen James Wootton Written by Charlotte Fullerton Original air date December 3, 2010 (2010-12-03) Running time 22 minutes Episode chronology ← Previous "Dragonshy" Next → "Bridle Gossip" My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic season 1 List of episodes "**Look Before You Sleep**" is the eighth 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 December 3, 2010. The episode was written by Charlotte Fullerton. In this episode, [Applejack](/source/Applejack_(My_Little_Pony%3A_Friendship_Is_Magic)) and [Rarity](/source/Rarity_(My_Little_Pony)) have a conflict over their different approaches to work while preparing for a thunderstorm, leading to an impromptu slumber party at [Twilight Sparkle](/source/Twilight_Sparkle)'s library where they must learn to work together. ## Plot External videos Look Before You Sleep (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 While working to prune trees in preparation for a rainstorm, [Applejack](/source/Applejack_(My_Little_Pony%3A_Friendship_Is_Magic)) and [Rarity](/source/Rarity_(My_Little_Pony)) fall into a heated disagreement about each other's methods and approaches to the task. When rain begins to fall, they argue over suitable shelter until [Twilight Sparkle](/source/Twilight_Sparkle) invites them to stay in the Golden Oak Library for the duration of the storm. With [Spike](/source/Spike_(My_Little_Pony)) away on royal business, Twilight finds herself alone for the evening and sees the situation as a perfect opportunity to host her very first slumber party. Applejack and Rarity show little enthusiasm for spending an entire evening in each other's company but find themselves unable to leave due to the worsening weather conditions outside. Following a book about sleepovers, Twilight initiates a series of slumber party activities for the group to enjoy together. They tell [ghost stories](/source/Ghost_stories), make [s'mores](/source/S'mores), and play [truth or dare](/source/Truth_or_dare), but Applejack and Rarity continue to bicker throughout the activities. The situation reaches a breaking point when a [pillow fight](/source/Pillow_fight) escalates into a pillow war, with Twilight caught in the middle. Twilight suggests they call it a night and the three head to bed. In the upstairs bedroom, Applejack and Rarity continue their feud by fighting over control of the bedsheets, which prompts an exasperated Twilight to chastise them for ruining her slumber party with their relentless arguing. Just then, lightning strikes a nearby tree and causes it to topple towards a neighboring house. Applejack attempts to use her [lasso](/source/Lasso) to stabilize the falling tree but accidentally pulls it through Twilight's bedroom window instead. As the two ponies blame each other for the incident and Twilight desperately searches her slumber party book for guidance, Applejack realizes the need for cooperation to solve their problem. She apologizes to Rarity and accepts responsibility for the situation, which prompts Rarity to accept the apology and work together with her to clear the tree from the room. With their differences finally settled, the three friends conclude the evening with a peaceful game of [Twenty Questions](/source/Twenty_Questions). Twilight officially declares the slumber party a success. ## Reception and analysis Sherilyn Connelly, the author of *Ponyville Confidential*, gave the episode an "A+" rating[1] and called it "the first truly great episode".[2] She praised the uniqueness of the episode as a [bottle episode](/source/Bottle_episode), and wrote that the decision to do so was "fitting for a story which could be performed on stage"; "it’s also the talkiest episode to date, but every word counts as Rarity and Applejack verbally slash at each other like characters in a [Eugene O'Neill](/source/Eugene_O'Neill) play."[3] In her review of the episode in *[SF Weekly](/source/SF_Weekly)*, she wrote, "Twilight concludes that ponies with nothing in common (say, [butches and femmes](/source/Butch_and_femme)) can get along, if they embrace each other's differences. It's not a lesson that Twilight needed to learn, exactly, but she's the only one writing the letters—for now."[4] In a critical analysis of the episode, author Jen A. Blue examined "Look Before You Sleep" through the lens of [kyriarchy](/source/Kyriarchy) and [intersectionality](/source/Intersectionality), particularly around how the episode explores how [gender](/source/Gender) intersects with other [social identities](/source/Social_identity). Blue interpreted the three main characters as representatives of different [social groups](/source/Social_groups): Rarity as someone with "conscious affectations of someone trying to rise above [middle-class](/source/Middle-class) beginnings," Applejack as representing rural values despite her family's actual wealth and power, and Twilight as a member of the "pony [intelligentsia](/source/Intelligentsia)." Blue wrote that Twilight's use of a slumber party rulebook was an attempt to unite the clashing characters through "common [femininity](/source/Femininity)", but criticized it as "declaring and enforcing a set of arbitrary rules that constrain femininity." When Applejack risks [social status](/source/Social_status) by asking Rarity for help, Blue understood this as showing how external forces can temporarily break down [normative constraints](/source/Normative_social_influence) and allows characters to work together as equals. Blue noted that the episode's ending hints at potential future conflicts when Rarity and Applejack compete over "who is more sorry," which Blue described as "possibly a [ponified](/source/Ponified) version of the so-called '[Oppression Olympics](/source/Oppression_Olympics).'"[5] ## Home media The episode is part of the Season 1 DVD set, released by [Shout Factory](/source/Shout!_Factory), on December 4, 2012.[6] ## 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 (2017)](#CITEREFConnelly2017), p. 91 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Connelly (2017)](#CITEREFConnelly2017), p. 92 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Connelly, Sherilyn (2012-02-29). ["My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Season 1, Episodes 7 and 8"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120416140507/http://blogs.sfweekly.com/exhibitionist/2012/02/my_little_pony_recap_season_1_episodes_7_8.php). *[SF Weekly](/source/SF_Weekly)*. Archived from [the original](http://blogs.sfweekly.com/exhibitionist/2012/02/my_little_pony_recap_season_1_episodes_7_8.php) on 2012-04-16. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Blue-S1_5-0)** Blue, Jen A. (2013-08-31). "Honey, Rarity thinks everything's uncouth. (Look Before You Sleep)". *My Little Po-Mo: Unauthorized Critical Essays on My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season One*. pp. 94–100. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["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 - ["Look Before You Sleep"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1832716/) 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 [Look Before You Sleep](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_Before_You_Sleep) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_Before_You_Sleep?action=history)). 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