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Meghan McCarthy is an American screenwriter, lyricist, film and television Film producer, and creative executive best known as the showrunner of the animated television show . She is also known for her work on Class of 3000 and Fish Hooks. Since June 2015, she has been the Head of Storytelling for the entire My Little Pony and Littlest Pet Shop brands, helping to "create expansive worlds and characters".
McCarthy was a part of the original Friendship Is Magic crew, and was promoted as showrunner and story editor during season 2 after the departure of series creator and previous showrunner Lauren Faust. Overall, she was directly involved in the writing of 35 episodes, and wrote the lyrics of 25 ; she also wrote the screenplays and lyrics of the spin-off films and , and .
In addition, McCarthy has written and helped produce the spin-off films, and its . She was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for "Outstanding Original Song - Children's and Animation" for her lyrics in the Friendship Is Magic episode "Sweet and Elite".
On November 3, 2017, Hasbro Studios and Paramount extended their relationship with an exclusive five year production deal for Allspark Pictures and Allspark Animation for original and toy based films. Both Allspark units are newly formed (Allspark Pictures formerly was a financing label) with the film unit head by Greg Mooradian and the animation unit head by Meghan McCarthy. Paramount and Hasbro would also work together on TV series. Following Hasbro’s purchase of Entertainment One in 2019, though, Allspark would later close down and be absorbed into the newly-acquired production company.
| 2004–2006 | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends | ||||
| 2006–2007 | Class of 3000 | Also staff writer and story editor Wrote 6 episodes | |||
| 2010–2019 | Writer from 2010-2016 Showrunner from 2012-2016 Story editor from 2012-2015 Co-executive producer from 2013-2015 and 2018–2019 Wrote 35 episodes, 25 songs | ||||
| 2011–2013 | Fish Hooks | 27 episodes | |||
| 2017–2019 | |||||
| 2018–2019 | |||||
| 2018 | |||||
| 2019–2021 | |||||
| 2019 | |||||
| 2021 | Centaurworld | Story editor | |||
| 2025 | Bearbrick | Writer Showrunner executive producer |
| 2010 | 1 | "Dragonshy" |
| 2011 | "Call of the Cutie" | |
| "Green Isn't Your Color" | ||
| "Party of One" | ||
| 2 | "Lesson Zero" | |
| "Sweet and Elite" | ||
| 2012 | "Hearts and Hooves Day" | |
| "A Canterlot Wedding" (Part 1) | ||
| "A Canterlot Wedding" (Part 2) | ||
| 3 | "The Crystal Empire" (Part 1) | |
| "The Crystal Empire" (Part 2) | ||
| 2013 | 4 | "" (Part 1) |
| "Princess Twilight Sparkle" (Part 2) | ||
| "Power Ponies" | ||
| 2014 | "" | |
| "Inspiration Manifestation" | ||
| "Twilight's Kingdom" (Part 1) | ||
| 'Twilight's Kingdom" (Part 2) | ||
| 2015 | 5 | "The Cutie Map" (Part 1) |
| "The Cutie Map" (Part 2) | ||
| "Rarity Investigates!" | ||
| 2016 | 6 | "Flutter Brutter" |
| "28 Pranks Later" | ||
| "The Fault in Our Cutie Marks" | ||
| "Where the Apple Lies" | ||
| "Top Bolt" |
| 2013 | Wrote 3 songs | ||||
| 2014 | Wrote 8 songs | ||||
| 2016 | |||||
| 2017 | Wrote the song "Open Up Your Eyes" | ||||
| 2021 |
| 2010 | "Hop Skip and Jump" | "Dragonshy" |
| 2011 | "Cupcake Song" | "Call of the Cutie" |
| "Pinkie Pie's Singing Telegram" | "Party of One" | |
| "Becoming Popular (The Pony Everypony Should Know)" | "Sweet and Elite" | |
| 2012 | "The Perfect Stallion" | "Hearts and Hooves Day" |
| "B.B.B.F.F." | "A Canterlot Wedding" | |
| "B.B.B.F.F. (Reprise)" | ||
| "This Day Aria" | ||
| "This Day Aria (Reprise)" | ||
| "Love Is in Bloom" | ||
| "The Failure Song" | "The Crystal Empire" | |
| "The Ballad of the Crystal Empire" | ||
| "The Success Song" | ||
| 2013 | "Equestria Girls" | |
| "Time to Come Together" | ||
| "This Is Our Big Night" | ||
| 2014 | "You'll Play Your Part" | "Twilight's Kingdom" |
| "Let the Rainbow Remind You" | ||
| "Better Than Ever" | ||
| "Battle" | ||
| "Bad Counter Spell" | ||
| "Under Our Spell" | ||
| "Tricks Up My Sleeve" | ||
| "Awesome as I Wanna Be" | ||
| "Welcome to the Show" | ||
| 2017 | "Open Up Your Eyes" |
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