The Angry Birds and the Equestria Girls: Matt and the Rainbooms

The Angry Birds and the Equestria Girls: Matt and the Rainbooms is a comic book,which is the second issue of The Angry Birds and the Equestria Girls franchise and the sequel to Stella Through the Mirror. It takes place before and during the events shown in the second film. Like the franchise that spawned it,it is labeled with the Angry Birds Legends banner,making it non-canon to the Angry Birds Movie Universe. It is also non-canon to the second film.

Plot
Continuing where Stella Through the Mirror left off,Red and the other Angry Birds travel to the new dimension through the mirror portal. Red sees that the "strange new world" has some things to offer for the birds. They go to Canterlot High School and while there,they see posters of the school's upcoming event,the Musical Showcase. Matt sees what was going on in the band room and he saw Rainbow Dash,Applejack,Pinkie Pie,Fluttershy,and Rarity, who formed a rock band called "The Rainbooms" to participate in the showcase. Red yanks Matt out of the room and tells Matt about the Rainbooms. Red said that it is a great opportunity for Matt because Matt can sing and gets the girls to sign up Matt to be with them.

Meanwhile,in the hallways of the school,Matt tells Stella the story of how he joined the Rainbooms and she tells him that she also signed up for the band. Next to them, Sunset Shimmer,the bully from the first story,has reformed and gives a school tour to three new students – Adagio Dazzle,Sonata Dusk,and Aria Blaze – and informs them of the showcase, unaware that they possess magical singing voices. Calling themselves "The Dazzlings", the trio perform a song that turns the other students aggressive and competitive towards each other, convincing them to turn the friendly showcase into a Battle of the Bands. Sunset,her friends,Matt,Stella,Red,and the other Angry Birds are protected from the song by a magic shield. After,Matt introduces himself to the Dazzlings,in which they immediately become friends. Sunset and Stella then remember a book that magically copies whatever Sunset writes into another kept by Princess Celestia, her former mentor in Equestria, which they use to send a message requesting Twilight Sparkle's help. Matt walks to Sunset then talks to her about what happened when he and the other birds weren't here and she tells him that she used to bully the girls and got turned into a demon and tried to defeat Twilight,her friends,and Stella.

Receiving Sunset's message,Twilight and Spike return to the parallel world. Twilight,the girls,Matt,and Stella attempt to use the magic of their friendship to lift the Dazzlings' spell, but it takes no effect. Concluding that they must perform a musical counter-spell, the girls,Matt,and Stella enter the Battle of the Bands to give Twilight time to complete the spell, though Twilight's poor songwriting proves fruitless. The Rainbooms face hostility and sabotage from the bewitched bands throughout the competition, which raises existing tensions among Twilight's friends over certain aspects of their band which makes Matt nervous about what's going on. Red whispers to the other birds that the show was taking a long time and he really want to see the Rainbooms' performance against the Dazzlings.

Desperate for time in the semifinal round against Trixie's band, Rainbow Dash performs an egotistical song to substitute the counter-spell and nearly transforms. This forces Sunset to ruin her performance to keep her from exposing their plan to the Dazzlings, which the other students mistake for an act of bullying, furthering their hatred of her. Despite this, the Dazzlings intervene to allow the Rainbooms' advancement to the final round, goading Trixie into trapping the Rainbooms beneath the stage to take their place. Isolated for hours, Twilight's friends and Stella snap and enter a heated argument, allowing the Dazzlings to absorb their magic. Sunset and Matt, realizing that their constant infighting is interfering with Twilight's spell, convince the girls to resolve their differences, while Twilight reasons that simply playing together as friends will make the counter-spell work.

Spike rescues the girls,Matt,and Stella with assistance from DJ Pon-3, a student who blocks out the Dazzlings' music with her headphones. DJ Pon-3 provides a sound system that the Rainbooms use to engage the Dazzlings in a musical battle. Overwhelmed by the Dazzlings' projected siren forms, the Rainbooms are then joined by Sunset. With her help,the Rainbooms are able to destroy the pendants that provide the Dazzlings with their singing abilities, rendering the trio tone-deaf. Returning to its harmonious state, the school drives the powerless Dazzlings away and praises the Rainbooms. Red congratulates Matt on defeating the Dazzlings,in which Matt will miss.Twilight and Spike then return to Equestria. Sunset finds acceptance from the rest of the school and uses Princess Celestia's book to remain in contact with Twilight. Red,Matt,and Stella hang out with the five girls and perform one last song with them.

Characters

 * Red
 * Matt Tilda
 * Bomb
 * Matilda
 * Stella
 * Terence (non-speaking cameo)
 * Hal (non-speaking cameo)
 * Bubbles (non-speaking cameo)
 * Female Red
 * Twilight
 * Pinkie Pie
 * Rainbow Dash
 * Applejack
 * Fluttershy
 * Rarity
 * Sunset
 * Adagio
 * Sonata
 * Aria
 * Trixie
 * Celestia
 * Luna
 * DJ Pon-3

CD audio play adaptation
A CD audio play adaptation of the comic book is being developed with some of the Angry Birds cast and the Equestria Girls cast reprising their roles. Like the first,some characters are either silent or have the actors and actresses reprise their roles through archival audio.

Cast for the adaptation
Damien Tran as Red/Matt/Female Red

Kevin Michael Richardson as Bomb

Jessica DiCiccio as Matilda

Tara Strong as Stella/Twilight

Rebecca Shoichet as Sunset

Ashleigh Ball as Rainbow Dash/Applejack

Andrea Libman as Pinkie Pie/Fluttershy

Tabitha St. Germain as Rarity/Luna

Kathleen Barr as Trixie

Cathy Weseluck as Spike

Kazumi Evans as Adagio

Cherami Leigh as Sonata

Natilie Palamides as Aria

Nicole Oliver as Celestia