My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Sunset's Backstage Pass is a 2019 Flash animated one-hour television special based on Hasbro's My Little Pony: Equestria Girls toyline and media franchise, which is a spin-off of the 2010 relaunch of Hasbro's My Little Pony toyline. Written by Whitney Ralls and directed by Ishi Rudell and Katrina Hadley, it is the fourth one-hour Equestria Girls special, following Forgotten Friendship (2018), Rollercoaster of Friendship (2018), Spring Breakdown (2019), and preceding Holidays Unwrapped (2019). This was also the first of the one-hour Equestria Girls specials not to be written by Nick Confalone, who wrote and edited the previous three, but he remained on as editor. Same for Holidays Unwrapped, which was not written by Confalone, but he remained on as editor The special aired on Discovery Family on July 27, 2019. Plot The Equestria Girls travel to the Starswirled Music Festival, a two-day live music event. Sunset Shimmer and Pinkie Pie are excited at the prospect of a reunion performance by PostCrush, their favorite pop duo, comprising vocalist/guitarist Kiwi Lollipop (K-Lo) and drummer Supernova Zap (Su-Z). Throughout the first day, Sunset deals with a number of minor annoyances, many of which involve an easily distracted Pinkie. The two are expelled from the festival after Pinkie destroys a churro vendor's cart, and Sunset angrily rejects Pinkie's attempted apology. As she sits despondently on a hilltop overlooking the site, a blast of magical energy suddenly washes over her. When Sunset wakes up the next morning, she finds that she is reliving the first day of the festival. She tries to keep Pinkie from being sidetracked, but Pinkie again breaks the churro cart and gets both of them expelled. On the next repetition of the day, Sunset leaves Pinkie behind and gets a front-row spot to see PostCrush perform, unaware of Pinkie's heartbreak and the other girls' disapproval of her decision. Sunset is shocked to discover that she is still reliving the same day time after time, despite having achieved her goal, and blames Pinkie for the situation. She commandeers the recreational vehicle in which she and her friends are camping and tries to flee the site, but it breaks down and leaves her stuck in the time loop. The next day, Sunset sends a message to Princess Twilight Sparkle in Equestria. Twilight replies by telling Sunset the time loop is caused by a magical Equestrian artifact called