Twilight gets her wings in the episode "Magical Mystery Cure," which is the thirteenth and final episode of the third season of the animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. In this episode, Twilight Sparkle accidentally casts a spell that switches the Cutie Marks and destinies of all her friends, and the only way she can reverse the spell is by writing her own magic. Part of the episode focuses on Twilight Sparkle becoming a princess and transforming into an alicorn. Twilight awakens in an ethereal place where she is greeted by Princess Celestia, who congratulates her and declares Twilight is ready for a new stage in her life. Twilight undergoes a transformation and returns as a winged unicorn known as an alicorn.