It's a minor point, but Celestia's pancakes mimic the fruit Luna decided to have at breakfast the previous day. She cares.

That truly is a minor detail but actually really cool

@@eddog6666 Luna eats a pineapple and the next day it’s pineapple on top of pancakes… I didn’t notice it on the first watch but it’s definitely in your face to the point it’s easy to miss haha

@@nic558 What would Celestia have done on a third day?  Would she have made banana <i>peel</i> pancakes?  Of course, Luna dropping the banana and eating the peel was a situation similar to when someone's unwrapping something while also half-paying attention to something else, and then throwing out the thing in the wrong hand.  Just goes to show how out of it she was that she didn't even do so much as a double take when she ate the trash and dropped the food.  Eating a pineapple, peel and all speaks for itself in that manner, but...

@@nic558 What would Celestia have done on a third day?  Would she have made banana _peel_ pancakes?  Of course, Luna dropping the banana and eating the peel was a situation similar to when someone's unwrapping something while also half-paying attention to something else, and then throwing out the thing in the wrong hand.  Just goes to show how out of it she was that she didn't even do so much as a double take when she ate the trash and dropped the food.  Eating a pineapple, peel and all speaks for itself in that manner, but...

@@devonm042690 LMAO, right? Like I understand Luna. When we’re exhausted we do stuff wrong but the BANANA PEEL AND PINNEAPPLE just as it is? Jesus


It was already a popular theory before this, but Daybreaker's line 'deep inside you know how powerful you are' really seemed to cement the idea that Celestia had a Superman-esque 'world of cardboard' situation with the land under her protection.  It would certainly explain how she lost to Chrysalis back in Season 2 without absolutely shredding her image as a protector.  It would also explain her continued reliance on the Elements of Harmony, and more specifically Twilight.  Celestia can defeat threats to her ponies on her own, but at what cost?

@@theAstarrr I would say it's more that Daybreaker represents all that Celestia holds back for the sake of her kingdom and subjects.  Not just her power either.  Who knows how much fury, frustration, pride, and even lust she keeps tightly stamped down.  And yes, I know, kid's show about pretty ponies and ew lust and all that, but I mean that only so far as the problems that would arise if Celestia had someone as important to her as a lover for her enemies to use against her.

The same cost with Luna… she’d lose herself to her resentment, anger, pride, and her mental state would be broken… yikes

So, to understand Celestia and Luna's dynamic together, look no further than noticing similarities between Superman and Batman....?
Thats a neat concept!
Funny enough, i can imagine Luna getting mad about the name "Martha".

Yes I always believed she was holding back and also she would have defeated any threat but she knows that the power of friendship can defeat anything so she let the main six deal with this


One of the best episodes of the series. The dynamic between Luna and Celestia was amazing and this is the first episode about these two together. The Twilight moments were great, Starlight was awesome as well and not only we got action but we also got Daybreaker. Fans had done evil Celestia fan fics for years and seeing this shocked them.


Can we take a moment to appreciate that, in the middle of a battle between superpowered goddesses, Starlight is so damn powerful that her shield protects her when she's not even trying?

@@urneit No, pretty sure it's Starlight's. Celestia left to find Luna and came back to find her already shielded

@@TheKyrix82 I always figured it was Celestia's because Luna's magic is a darker blue which the shield matched. We don't see every moment of an event in these episodes, maybe she quickly casted the shield before she went to get Luna.

Edit: Celestia casted a shield to protect herself and Starlight from Daybreaker's big sun attack, I guess the shield just stayed up.

@@DerCharacter Then Celestia would have been maintaining it the entire time. Celestia wasn't used to Luna's magic, meanwhile Starlight has frequently shown that level of casual power

@@TheKyrix82I'm sorry for replying this late even though it's been a year, but Luna said in the episode that only her(the power to govern the dream realm) magic is the only magic that can be used/have effect in the dream realm, so that shield surrounding Starlight is in fact casted by Celestia

It was implied at 18:37

@@faturramadhani4770 Actually, she only says the magic she has NOW doesn't work in the dream realm. Meaning Celestia's normal magic is useless there. It's been shown time and time again that Starlight isn't 'normal' by any metric. As in, if she and Twilight had swapped places as foals, Starlight would likely be even MORE powerful as an alicorn than Twilight was.

@@TheKyrix82but at 17:17 you can see Celestia casting the shield. Also if you argue about Celestia having no experience in wielding Luna magic that's only half correct, cause she only have trouble with daybreaker. Other than that the stuff she can do with her own magic(like casting a shield, telekenis, ect) should be easy for her

@@TheKyrix82for example in 13:50 she literally have no problem lifting the moon, which would be hard if she have no control of Luna's magic. And lifting the moon is hard cause y'know only Celestia and Luna the only ones that have been doing these for years

@@TheKyrix82and even after they retired, no other ponies have the magic to replace them. They we're in fact replace by an artifact, which again show that Celestia in this particular scenes would have no problem in creating a barrier  protection that can withstand dream magic for a couple of minutes while she goes and get Luna for help, in which Luna herself can't do that apparently because The only magic that "works" On the dream realm was wield by Celestia at the time

@@faturramadhani4770 Lifting the moon isn't exclusive to Luna. Celestia did it herself for a thousand years. And before the Princesses, unicorns used to form groups to raise the sun and moon.

@@TheKyrix82 yes but like the comparison? Lifting THE moon and casting a barrier for five minutes like.. Tell me which one is harder

@@faturramadhani4770The artifact was basically training wheels. It's been shown several times that Princess Twilight, at the START of her time as an Alicorn has the potential to surpass the sisters. And It's been shown that, in terms of raw power, Starlight is Princess Twilight's equal, if not superior. And the terrifying thing is, until Season 6 Starlight was entirely SELF TAUGHT. Twilight was coached by the most powerful pony in Equestria and groomed as a successor, and Starlight just...did it.

@@TheKyrix82 you're talking about Starlight and Experience that's she great because she is self taught, hear me out I agree with the statement however my original comment was about Celestia in this Scene, don't get me wrong Starlight can very much surpass the Princesses magic potential if she was also lived a couple hundred moons. What I was saying is in the original comment that you shouldn't not dismiss that the one doing magic here is Celestia not Starlight. <br>It doesn't matter if Starlight was self taught or not cause this scene is showing her weakness, and that's character development. It's kinda annoyed me because while yes Starlight is powerful and all that, meanwhile Celestia that IS the one doing magic here, gets comment on like "Starlight is so powerful she's protected herself in the dream realm" While obviously Celestia is protecting her psychie

@@TheKyrix82 you're talking about Starlight and Experience that's she great because she is self taught, hear me out I agree with the statement however my original comment was about Celestia in this Scene, don't get me wrong Starlight can very much surpass the Princesses magic potential if she was also lived a couple hundred moons. What I was saying is in the original comment that you shouldn't not dismiss that the one doing magic here is Celestia not Starlight.
It doesn't matter if Starlight was self taught or not cause this scene is showing her weakness, and that's character development. It's kinda annoyed me because while yes Starlight is powerful and all that, meanwhile Celestia that IS the one doing magic here, gets comment on like "Starlight is so powerful she's protected herself in the dream realm" While obviously Celestia is protecting her psychie


Me: (Seeing Twilight freaking out over the Royal Sisters) “And this is why the map didn’t call you for this mission, Twilight.”


At least Starlight’s interaction with the two sisters are adorably hilarious. Would this count as more atonement?


18:15 Luna: "I've seen a lot, but I haven't seen this before."
When Princess Luna says she's seen a lot in ponies' dreams, she's not joking.

18:15 Luna: "I've seen a lot, but I haven't seen _this_ before."
When Princess Luna says she's seen a lot in ponies' dreams, she's not joking.


It's really nice that Celestia made Pineapple pancakes after she saw Luna eat a Pineapple the morning before


Funny thing about unicorn magic colors.  A lot of people think it matches their eye color.  The problem with that is that it doesn't explain Celestia, Luna, Starlight, Flurry Heart, Sunburst, and Sunset, possibly among others.  The magic aura matches the color of their cutie mark, or in cases like Twilight, Shining Armor, and Starlight, the color of their cutie mark's primary component.  The Starburst for Twilight and Shining, and the tail of Starlight's comet-like cutie mark.  Luna's magic is blue because the night sky part of her cutie mark is only black in order to properly stand out on her coat, which is a shade of blue much closer to her magic color.  That and the black night sky is a representation of a dark blue sky, for which her magic is a better fit.

Another exception would be Fancy Pants, whose gold aura matches the three crowns on his flank rather than his eyes.

An exception to your theory is Sweetie Belle


A few notable differences between this episode's first draft and what we got.  First, the original draft had the town hall meeting as a scene.  It was cut for obvious reasons.  A funny bit about that removed scene is that the mayor of Phillydelphia was a pony named Cream Cheese.  Next, Starlight's nightmare before Celestia stepped in was Starlight running from something that remained unseen.  The biggest change was Luna's dream, which was almost entirely different.  In the original draft she started with a manic smile, and had a bunch of different smiles floating around her (think the Cheshire Cat mid-entrance) that she was trying on in the mirror, with caricatures of the school ponies she felt she let down criticizing them all, and her muffled 'I do' response was due to her trying to speak through the fake smile she wore.  The last change I feel worth mentioning is a sentence cut from Luna's speech that assured and empowered Celestia.  In the episode, she says 'In order to defeat Daybreaker, you need only trust in your strength, as I do'.  The original draft had that speech starting with 'In the dream realm, you're as powerful as you believe yourself to be'.


(9:17) Celestia’s “what” can terrify anypony. The way she speaks in parts of this episode, makes her sound like her going into Zoe Trent-mode.


This is my favorite episode in the show, while its not the most emotional, the story is written so well, it has so many great moments including epic ones in the dream. The way the nightmare  plays reflects the last few days starlight had with the flowers, pancakes etc...

It was great to see nightmare moon again and of course daybreaker is awesome.


Daybreaker is my theory as to what transpired in the final alternate timeline that Twilight pulled Starlight into, in the S5 finale.  THis was my second favorite episode this season!  Soon enough, I'll get to my number one favorite . . . and then probably be crying, again . . . for, like, the sixth time to the episode.


4:12 "Did you just bite out of a pineapple?"
Luna's bite is just as fierce as her bark, and she can bark with the Royal Canterlot Voice!

4:12 "Did you just *bite* out of a pineapple?"
Luna's bite is just as fierce as her bark, and she can bark with the Royal Canterlot Voice!


This was a legendary episode, and obviously not the only one of this season. Daybreaker's reveal made quite a few jaws drop. I still remember all the fan reactions to that. Also, we get to see some.. interesting dreams when Celestia entered the dream realm.


This is definitely one of my favorite episodes of season 7 and the series in general

My top 3:
3. Episode 10 (Celestia and Luna conflict)
2. Episode 14 (“We’re not flawless…”)
1. Episode 13 (AJs parents)


Now this is one of my most favorite episodes of the season! The fandom has longed for a Celestia and Luna episode (including me) and this one was well received. Adding Starlight into the mix was great too. While Twilight’s moments were amusing, I still take off points from her for being nosey in Starlight’s business. Aside from that, the biggest highlight of this episode for me was Celestia’s evil alter ego, Daybreaker. From the moment she made her series debut, my entire body went cold and I could not utter any words because I was so taken by her design and presence. I give major props to Nicole Oliver for her delivery in this dark side of Celestia, she was amazing! So yeah, definitely one of the best episodes of the show in my opinion and great reaction too!


15:45 "Nightmare... Celestia?"
When it first appeared on an MLP trading card years ago, her evil persona was called Nightmare Star.


Luna was powerless in the dream because she's not actually a part of it. The dream was Starlight's and Luna's magic gave Celestia power to interact with it but Luna herself was only a visitor. If Celestia had combined their dreams Luna could have had influence but I don't think she knows how to do that.


Not sure how much you saw of the different dream bubbles, but aside from Daring Do, Fluttershy, Pinkie, and the Muffin Queen, there was also DJ-Flurry in the house mixing it up for Momma, Discord having a pillow fight with his slimy new friend from Season 5, baby Applejack being held by two pairs of hooves, each with a color/design we don't see until three episodes later (hint, hint), a re-enactment of Pony Girl, Doctor Whooves reliving a memory of one of his past lives (He's freaking out because he's looking at a weeping angel, and seems to be struggling not to blink), and Flim and Flam celebrating like Scrooge McDuck in a huge pile of money.

Is it odd that I wonder who was having that DJ Flurry Heart dream?


Daybreaker is so awesome. I want more posters being made for her.


14:04 "I didn't know Celestia's magic was blue.  I thought it was yellow... Oh, their cutie mark is switched.  I didn't know that would switch the magic aura."
In most cases, the magical aura of a unicorn or princess matches the primary color of his/her cutie mark. (Though in this case, it looks slightly off because only the black outline of Luna's cutie mark showed up on Celestia's flank.)

A unicorn's magic aura and cutie mark are connected. Remember back in season 4 when they lost their magic, their cutie marks disappeared too.

@@Viola_mlp And yet cutie marks did not disappear when a certain naughty character was causing magic to disappear from Equestria.  Perhaps there is some minimal level of magic that will support cutie marks, and they only disappear in its <i>complete</i> absence?

@@Viola_mlp And yet cutie marks did not disappear when a certain naughty character was causing magic to disappear from Equestria.  Perhaps there is some minimal level of magic that will support cutie marks, and they only disappear in its _complete_ absence?

@@theAstarrr Thanks, although in this case I wasn't worried about protecting the reactor.  He's already seen the whole series.


Well Celestia is the exception to any pony being able to do anything in a dream. Like Luna said back in season 5 Celestia has no power in the dream realm

I really don't think that's what she meant by that. Far more likely Luna just meant that she was the only one who had any power over someone else's dream. During the shared dream sequence, it was all of Ponyville's dream, so therefore could everyone in Ponyville affect it.

However, Celestia wasn't there in that episode, so its likely she just didn't know about the whole 'you can do anything in a dream thing'.

@@Flufux And Luna was the one who made that possible by creating that shared dream. She outright states that she is the only one with power over the dream realm.

@@Flufux And *Luna* was the one who made that possible by *creating* that shared dream. She outright states that she is the only one with power over the dream realm.

@@Flufux I think it might mean Celestia is very limited in the dream realm including what her imagination can do. I mean I'm sure she can still have dreams she just can't do anything about it. Kind of like how Luna was in this episode. She was feeling guilty about the School Pony's and couldn't just magic OR imagine them away. And I'm sure she must have some idea of what she can and can't do in a dream considering how long she's been around.<br>I actually kind of like it though as its nice that Celestia does have some weakness and Luna has a place where she can truly shine.

@@Flufux I think it might mean Celestia is very limited in the dream realm including what her imagination can do. I mean I'm sure she can still have dreams she just can't do anything about it. Kind of like how Luna was in this episode. She was feeling guilty about the School Pony's and couldn't just magic OR imagine them away. And I'm sure she must have some idea of what she can and can't do in a dream considering how long she's been around.
I actually kind of like it though as its nice that Celestia does have some weakness and Luna has a place where she can truly shine.


This is a fantastic episode. The cutie mark swapping is a great concept. It's great to see more character expansion on Celestia and Luna. Daybreaker is just fantastic.


I never realized Celestial put 🍍 in the pancakes the morning after Luna ate a 🍍!<br>Good catch!

I never realized Celestial put 🍍 in the pancakes the morning after Luna ate a 🍍!
Good catch!


9:26 "It's like a Freaky Friday situation."
Or Saucy Saturday, in this case.  (That's when these episodes normally premiere.)


1:19 "Twilight always gets jealous of where the others are going."
Well in this case, getting sent to see Celestia and Luna, I'd think you'd be jealous, too.  :)

1:19 "Twilight always gets _jealous_ of where the others are going."
Well in this case, getting sent to see Celestia and Luna, I'd think you'd be jealous, too.  :)


Day breaker is awesome. I was waiting to get to this reaction. Great reaction to her .I just wish we could have seen more of her such a great design.


Dude, you and Starlight are practically always on the same wavelength, it's AMAZING🤩


this episode almost made me cry, I don't know if it did for anyone else


Dream walking is Lunas cutie mark talent. That's why no pony else can do it.


I enjoy the fact that Celestia said 'and you will never exist again' rather than 'and you will never exist'. Implying that at some point in the past, Daybreaker did exist. Of course, nowhere in the comics, the show, or- I don't think anyway- the books is this phrasing explored. But it's an interesting little detail.

I always took it like "you will never exist again even in dreams" since she's technically a byproduct of that, and not in the sense that she was Daybreaker at some point. It's an interesting "What if?" though

Still Luna knew the name of her sister's evil avatar to be "Daybreaker" without ever being told.<br>Did she already knew it already?

Still Luna knew the name of her sister's evil avatar to be "Daybreaker" without ever being told.
Did she already knew it already?


16:57
When Celestia pushed both Nightmare Moon and Day Breaker,She could push Nightmare Moon harder than Day Breaker.(Which you can see when she pushed them, Nightmare Moon got out of screen but Day Breaker Didn't)I think which is a great touch to explain that who's stronger than whom here;
Celestia's stronger than Luna,
Nightmare Moon's stronger than Celestia;
And Day Breaker's stronger than both Celestia and Nighmare Moon.
So i guess their power grows when they turn evil-
(And here's the same thing : 16:57


Idk if anyone mentioned this (it's been 3yrs idk) but Daybreaker was in the comics! Twilight and the gang travel through a mirror (not the mirror to the human dimension) to a dimension where everyone who was evil is good and all who are good are evil. So the main 6 get arrested and come into contact with a good king Sombra who recognizes that this main 6 are different (i think him and our Celestia had a thing so he knows about the mirror and their dimension) and so he asks them for their help in the fight against Daybreaker.


oh yeah, back to the updates! Can't wait to watch your other reactions too!


There was a IDW comic about changing places. It got "decanonized" by this episode.<br>While I like this episode I liked the comic even more.

There was a IDW comic about changing places. It got "decanonized" by this episode.
While I like this episode I liked the comic even more.


15:35 This is the final evolution of Flaming Twilight


Day Breaker looks like a Pokémon gone evil. Ponyta's evolved form.


8:54 Well on the bright side, at least she didn’t replaced them with equal signs. (Laughs nervously) (SmurfVlogs Pony Bro I Guess and viewers staring) I’m just gonna shut up now...(grinning nervously)


something that makes me angry is Luna stayed up and Celestia slept much more


why do all the sad Princess luna or celestia episodes giving me the feels


I have seen nightmare moons transformation but i wonder how celestias look like


I've always had this question. Now hear me out. We know that Celestia can raise the sun but after the banishment of Luna, she also had to raise and lower the moon as well. Does that mean that with enough practice, Luna could learn how to raise the sun if needed? I mean she can already have stars in the skies and the sun is a type of star.
Or is that the real reason Luna got sent to the moon in the first place? Celestia didn't like that her sister brought up that question.

Ok is it just me or does Luna even have a throne to sit in or is it tiny?

At 8:25. I like to think that if this wasn't resolved how it was (before the cutie mark swap) Luna would just make sure her sister has nightmares for a couple of nights straight and then ask her one morning how her dear sister slept.


17:36 - 18:05 This whole scene is creepy.


20:10 Why is the corridor suddenly longer and looks like a fake, painted on paper?


funny how dream nightmare moon I feel so bad for her


I didn't get your notifications- how upsetting. I've been waiting for those reaction videos ._.


Hi can someone tell me what the nightmare moon said at minute 16:49 to minute 16:59 please because i just wanted to know. 😊😊❤❤

"You cannot stop me sister, unless you plan on smiling me to smithereens!"<br>something along those lines.

"You cannot stop me sister, unless you plan on smiling me to smithereens!"
something along those lines.


You're lucky to have not had a teeth falling out dream. They're pretty awful.


The princesses are disgustingly arrogant


01:40 Oh really? ;> Forgetting something that happened 1000 years ago? ;>
02:46 SNAKES!!!! :S
02:52 That, my friend, is fangasm fuel ;)  It's Twillerina :)  And you didn't have to wait too long before people started 3D-printing those :D
03:23 Yes, exactly like that ;)
09:20 TO THE MOOOOOOOOONNNNN!!! :D
09:55 Imagine what that royal guard must have been thinking when hearing those deep breathing noises from behind the door ;J
13:25 To be fair, Luna had it harder, having to take two shifts in a row :q
13:50 Haven't you been doing this for the last thousand years though? :q
13:56 Here, let me improve this for you:  https://derpibooru.org/1441954  :)
14:04 It was, but they switched their cutie marks, and now they have each other's magic.
14:50 It's confirmed: Starlight Glimmer's dreams are YouTube Poops :)
15:35 Didn't see this coming, did you? ;>
16:34 This is a perfect sum up of what Harmony is :>
20:20 They look more like PAINCAKES :D

01:40 Oh really? ;> Forgetting something that happened 1000 years ago? ;>
02:46 SNAKES!!!! :S
02:52 That, my friend, is fangasm fuel ;)  It's Twillerina :)  And you didn't have to wait too long before people started 3D-printing those :D
03:23 Yes, exactly like that ;)
09:20 TO THE MOOOOOOOOONNNNN!!! :D
09:55 Imagine what that royal guard must have been thinking when hearing those deep breathing noises from behind the door ;J
13:25 To be fair, Luna had it harder, having to take two shifts in a row :q
13:50 Haven't you been doing this for the last thousand years though? :q
13:56 Here, let me improve this for you:  https://derpibooru.org/1441954  :)
14:04 It was, but they switched their cutie marks, and now they have each other's magic.
14:50 It's confirmed: Starlight Glimmer's dreams are YouTube Poops :)
15:35 Didn't see _this_ coming, did you? ;>
16:34 This is a perfect sum up of what Harmony is :>
20:20 They look more like PAINCAKES :D