Equestria Girls: Spring Breakdown

Equestria Girls: Spring Breakdown is the third special in the Equestria Girls series of short films, after Equestria Girls: Rollercoaster of Friendship and Equestria Girls: Forgotten Friendship and 8th installment in the series in total, not counting mini-series, cartoons and shorts.

Story
The students of Canterlot High are on a cruise ship, excited for spring break. They all want to relax, except for Rainbow Dash, who fantasizes about fighting evil Equestrian magic. The others are not so keen and split up to pursue their own interests. Rainbow Dash, in her excitement to convince the others to look for danger with her, inadvertently ruins their fun. After a conversation with Trixie, Rainbow Dash gets the idea of attempting to attract danger using the girls' Equestrian magic. She suggests that during the show they were scheduled to put on, they "pony up". Despite this, the others are still not so keen, annoyed at her for ruining their fun. However, during the show, the girls "pony up" anyway. Suddenly, a storm rolls in and a power outage occurs at the whole ship. Rainbow Dash is keen to blame this on evil magic and tries to convince the others to support her search, however, they decide to split up and work rationally.

Rainbow Dash is left alone on the deck and sees a strange light in the ocean. She quickly forces the girls to join her on the deck and relays the information to them. However, as she has now ruined their fun for the second time and has been on the lookout for evil the whole time, the girls don't believe her.

The next day, Twilight Sparkle and Sunset Shimmer go to look for Rainbow Dash, only to discover that she has left the cruise on a lifeboat to try and find evil on her own. After telling the others about the situation, Twilight and Sunset decide to follow Rainbow Dash onto a remote island, where they find her stuck in quicksand. While attempting to save her, they are attacked by a plant monster to which Sunset recognizes the magic as Equestrian and pushes Rainbow Dash under the sand, before jumping in with Twilight. The sand turns out to have been covering a portal to Equestria. As ponies in Equestria, Sunset and the others sneak into the castle to find Princess Twilight Sparkle.

At the same time, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rarity are still on the cruise, trying to survive the storm. Unaware of the danger their friends are in, Sunset, Twilight and Rainbow Dash are catching up with Princess Twilight, who shows them an artifact from her battle with the Storm King. Rainbow Dash recognizes his symbol as the one she saw in the sea earlier. Realizing the danger their friends are in, Princess Twilight sends them back to the human world with the staff that had been used to defeat the Storm King. Using the staff, Twilight, Sunset and Rainbow Dash get rid of the storm. However, the ship is now sinking and the people on it are still in danger.

The girls reunite and together rescue the people from the cruise, bringing them to the island. Now stranded, Sunset comes up with the idea to bring them all home via the portal to Equestria. The special ends as everyone from the cruise, now ponies, enter Princess Twilight's castle and ask for her help.

Continuity

 * The film has several references to Equestria Girls: Choose Your Own Ending, primarily the storyline with Rarity as Selfie Soot as she tries to get closer with Ragamuffin.
 * The film serves as a pseudo-sequel to My Little Pony: The Movie, as the Storm King's presence fuels much of the films drama. The Staff of Sacanas also makes another appearance.

Minor character interactions

 * Wiz Kid and Curly Winds further prove their friendship near the end, as the ship is sinking and Curly picks up Wiz Kid and carries him to safety.
 * Victoria is seen holding Water Lily's hand while they were escaping, further implying they're related. Likewise, Lily Pad is seen near the two when they end up on the beach, hinting that they may all be family.
 * The blue fat man was seen in the same bedroom with Technicolor Waves, implying he may be her father or uncle. He was also seen with her on the raft, meaning they're probably close.
 * Golden Grove was seen hugging a woman with a hat, meaning they may be friends.

Songs

 * "All Good"

Crew

 * "All Good"
 * Music and lyrics by: Jessica Vaughn, Jess Furman, Ethan Roberts