The Shadowbolts are major false antagonists (excepting Abacus Cinch) of My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Friendship Games.
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Friendship Games[]
In the film My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Friendship Games, Crystal Prep Academy's Shadowbolts compete against Canterlot High School's Wondercolts in the quadrennial Friendship Games competition. The team consists of Jet Set, Upper Crust, Neon Lights, Suri Polomare, Trenderhoof, Royal Pin, Sunny Flare, Sour Sweet, Indigo Zap, Sugarcoat, Lemon Zest, and the human world's Twilight Sparkle. The former six take part only in the Academic Decathalon, while the latter six move on to the Tri-Cross Relay and Capture-the-Flag events after getting the best scores for their team.
Throughout the film, the Shadowbolts display egotistic and snobbish behavior toward both the students of Canterlot High and each other—with the exception of Twilight Sparkle. They deny Twilight a seat on the Crystal Prep Academy bus, antagonize the Wondercolts during the gymnasium party, and show a lack of enthusiasm at their fellow students' success. However, they briefly mingle more sociably with the Wondercolts during the party before Principal Cinch intervenes, and they end up on much friendlier terms with the Wondercolts by the end of the film.
Dance Magic[]
In the half-hour special My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Dance Magic, Sour Sweet, Sunny Flare, Sugarcoat, and Lemon Zest of the Shadowbolts compete against the Rainbooms in the "Chance to Prance" music video contest. The Shadowbolts even go so far as to steal Rarity's music video concept. However, where the Rainbooms have an original song but no choreographed dance moves, the Shadowbolts have choreographed dance moves but no original song. In the end, the two teams declare a truce and enter the music video contest as one unified group.