My Little Pony: Vriendschap is betoverend

My Little Pony: Vriendschap is betoverend
Details
Countries	Netherlands Belgium
Language	Dutch
Seasons	9
Episodes	222 (list of episodes)
Recording studio	SDI Media The Netherlands SDI Media Belgium
Channels	Kindernet (season 1 only) (formerly) Nickelodeon (seasons 1-4) (formerly) RTL Telekids (seasons 5-9) RTL 8 (seasons 5-9) (formerly) VTM Kids (formerly) VTM Kids Jr. (formerly)
Services	Netflix (formerly) Videoland YouTube
Release	September 2011 – August 25, 2019

My Little Pony: Vriendschap is betoverend is one of two Dutch dubs of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. The dub first premiered on Kindernet and Nickelodeon (during its Nick Jr. block) in the Netherlands in the beginning of September 2011. It also airs on RTL Telekids, and RTL 8 during its Telekids block. In the Flanders, the show ran on VTM Kids (previously VTMKzoom) from September 28, 2011, to September 21, 2018. Since January 12, 2019, the dub aired on its sister channel, VTM Kids Jr.

Co-produced by Iyuno Netherlands and Belgium (the latter also produced the French dub), this is the first and main Dutch dub of the show. A demo dub of the episode "The Ticket Master" was produced and was released on DVDs in 2011, featuring a similar voice cast. This dub was followed in late 2016 by a second Dutch dub, sharing the same scripts and some of the voice cast, that has previously aired on JimJam.

Vriendschap is betoverend was available on Netflix. The Dutch VOD service Videoland hosts two seasons of the dub, simply titling it "My Little Pony"; through there, the last episodes were released, although accidentally, on August 25, 2019, causing this dub to be the first to complete its run, before the original version as well. Two DVDs were released in the Netherlands featuring three episodes, distributed by Bright Vision Entertainment. On May 20, 2021, the official Dutch My Little Pony YouTube channel began uploading full episodes of the dub.

Cast

Character		Actor
	Twilight Sparkle	Anneke Beukman
	Rainbow Dash	Karina Mertens
	Rarity	Amaryllis Uitterlinden (S1-S4)
		Daphne Paelinck (S5-S9E25)
		Jolijn Antonissen (S9E26)
	Pinkie Pie	Melise de Winter
	Applejack	Meghna Kumar (S1-S4)
		Cathy Petit (S5-S9)
	Fluttershy	Lizemijn Libgott
	Spike	Christa Lips
	Diamond Tiara
	Prinses Celestia	Donna Vrijhof
	Maud Pie
	Twist
	Prinses Luna Nightmare Moon	Marjolein Algera (first voice)
		Jannemien Cnossen (second voice)
	Pipsqueak	Marjolein Algera
	Gilda
	Prinses Cadance	Nicoline van Doorn
		Isabel Commandeur (season 9)
	Apple Bloom	Mieke Laureys
	Scootaloo	Edna Kalb
	Sapphire Shores
	Sweetie Belle	Jannemien Cnossen
	Cheerilee
	Starlight Glimmer
	Big McIntosh	Ewout Eggink (seasons 1-3)
		Wiebe Pier Cnossen (seasons 4-8)
		Frans Limburg (season 9)
	Discord Twist (S2 only)	Fred Meijer
	Flim
	Flam
	Hondo Flanks
	Trixie	Nine Meijer
	Prins Blueblood	Just Meijer
	Fido
	Burgemeester van Ponyville	Maria Lindes
	Granny Smith
	Snips	Thijs van Aken
	Snails	Ewout Eggink
	Spitfire	Lotte Horlings
	Mevrouw Cake
	Braeburn	Dieter Jansen
	Soarin
	Rover
	Babs Seed	Marlies Somers
	Hoity Toity	Rolf Koster
	Spot
	Rumble	Jip Bartels
	Chrysalis	Liesbeth De Wolf
	First Folio (S9E5)
Receptionist Pony (S9E5)
	Cozy Glow	Roos van der Waerden
	Flurry Heart	Cathy Petit
	Grogar	Johan De Paepe
Meathead Pony (S9E5)
Old Stallion (S9E5)
	Shining Armor	Joey Schalker
	Sombra	Frans Limburg
Random Pony (S9E4)
Saturnus (S9E4)
Concièrge (S9E26)
	Tirek	Sander de Heer
Server Pony (S9E4)
	Starswirl	Rob van de Meeberg
	Zephyr Breeze	Frank Mercelis
	Smolder	Sara Garcia Santacreu
Spur (S9E22)
	Gallus	Sander van der Poel
	Silverstream	Peggy Vrijens
	Ocellus	Daphne Paelinck
		Jolijn Antonissen (S9E26)
	Sandbar	Boyan van der Heijden
Chique Pony (S9E26)
	Yona	Aagje Dom
	Thorax	Andres Vercoutere
Bakker (S9E26)
	Apple Rose (S9E5)	Paula Majoor
Librarian Pony (S9E5)
	Muffins	Jolijn Antonissen
	Moondancer
	Luster Dawn	Priscilla Knetemann
	Dusty Pages (S9E5)	Marloes van den Heuvel
	Ticket Taker Pony	Frank Hoelen
Biscuit (S9E22)		Jaap Strijker
Title voice-over		Anneke Beukman

Technical staff
Translator		Kiki Koster (season 9)
Marjolein Spijkers
Bianca Steenhagen
Dubbing directors		Jannemien Cnossen (season 9)
Karina Mertens (season 9)
Technician		Freek Wennekes
Dubbing project follow-up		Dominique Sais

Demo DVD dub

As with other dubs of the show, a Dutch demo dub of three episodes was issued and sold on DVDs in 2011, featuring a different voice cast for the main characters. When the finalized dub was being produced, this episode was re-recorded with the new cast for consistency.

Unlike other demo dubs of the show, the first 3 episodes were dubbed for this purpose, instead of just the one ("The Ticket Master").

The opening theme that was used in this demo dub was reused for the final product.

Character		Actor
	Twilight Sparkle	Merel Burmeister
	Fluttershy	Veerle Burmeister
	Pinkie Pie	Melise de Winter
	Applejack	Meghna Kumar
	Rainbow Dash	Iris van Kempen
	Rarity	Donna Vrijhof
	Spike	Cynthia de Graaff

Credits

S9E1

S9E2

S9E3

S9E4

S9E5

S9E6

S9E7

S9E8

S9E9

S9E10

S9E11

S9E12

S9E13

S9E14

S9E15

S9E16

S9E17

S9E18

S9E19

S9E20

S9E21

S9E22

S9E23

S9E24

S9E25

S9E26

Notes

• When the dub started airing on Nickelodeon in early September 2011, it initially went largely unnoticed by not being shown in most TV guides, or even on Nickelodeon's own website.
• The Dutch opening theme was accidently used in an episode of the German dub.
• On August 25, 2019, a service that hosted the show, Videoland, accidently leaked the final nine episodes in the last season of the show, which also means of the dub, long before these episodes were meant to air in the US. It was later confirmed to be accidental, as they only intended to release the first 13 episodes. These episodes were pulled the next day.
  • This would mark the first dub to completely finish its run, followed shortly by Ukrainian and Polish.

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