
She even admits to herself and her friends that she only dated Flash Sentry to make herself more popular. With the exception of the Rainbooms, the rest of Canterlot High bears resentment toward her and she even resents herself for the actions she'd taken as what she refers to as a "raging she-demon". Sunset Shimmer re-appears as the deuteragonist, reformed from her villainous ways in the first film. Sunset, Snips, and Snails are later tasked by Vice Principal Luna with rebuilding the part of the school they had destroyed during their attack. She admits to not knowing anything about friendship, to which Twilight says her friends can teach her. Temporarily given pony-like characteristics, they use the magic of friendship to defeat Sunset Shimmer and return Snips, Snails, and the rest of the students to normal.Īs everyone recovers, a beaten and repentant Sunset is reduced to tears and apologizes to everyone she's hurt. Twilight is able to evoke the powers of the Elements of Harmony when her friends move to protect her from Sunset Shimmer's attack. She reveals that she never intended to destroy the portal and plans to invade and conquer Equestria with her army of teenagers. With her newfound powers, Sunset transforms Snips and Snails into similar-looking minions and brainwashes the other students at the school. As Twilight's friends commend her bravery and sacrifice, Sunset snaps and attacks her.ĭespite Twilight and her friends' efforts, Sunset succeeds in getting the crown and puts it on, and a dark magic aura transforms her into a demon. Twilight refuses to give the crown up, stating that her being stuck in the human world would be worth stopping Sunset. But Twilight's friends help to counter these ploys by improving Twilight's reputation, and Flash Sentry, Sunset Shimmer's ex-boyfriend, helps prove Twilight's innocence.Īt the Fall Formal, when Twilight is named princess and given the crown, Sunset has Snips and Snails kidnap Spike and threatens to destroy the portal to Equestria unless Twilight gives her the crown. She has Snips and Snails record embarrassing videos of Twilight struggling to get used to the human world and releases the videos online, and she doctors photos to frame Twilight for ruining the dance decorations. She discovers that Fluttershy found the crown and turned it over to Principal Celestia, much to Sunset's annoyance.Īfter learning that Twilight will be competing against her for the title of Princess of the Fall Formal, Sunset employs various ways to hinder and humiliate Twilight. In this other world, Sunset has been living as a human and student at Canterlot High School for some time.

However, when she didn't get what she desired as quickly as she wanted, she turned cruel and dishonest, eventually abandoning her studies to pursue her own path. Princess Celestia reveals that Sunset was a former student of hers who began her studies not long before Twilight did. She then follows the crown shortly after. She steals Twilight Sparkle's element of magic crown and during a tussle with Twilight, the crown is thrown into the Crystal Mirror that acts as a portal to another world. In the first Equestria Girls movie, Sunset Shimmer takes on the role as the main antagonist. 1.17 My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.



