Bridle Gossip

"Bridle Gossip" is the ninth episode of the first season of the animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. The episode was written by Amy Keating Rogers and directed by James Wootton. In this episode, the residents of Ponyville become fearful and suspicious when Zecora, a zebra from the Everfree Forest, arrives in town. When the main characters suffer from various magical afflictions after an encounter in the forest, they initially blame Zecora before learning the true cause and the dangers of prejudice and jumping to conclusions.