TODAY'S THE DAY, CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS!
I CAN JUST FEEL IT.
TODAY'S THE DAY WE ARE ALL GONNA GET
OUR CUTIE MARKS IN... BOWLING!
WHOO-HOO!
[ Muffled ] WHOO!
PLEH!
I MEAN, YAY!!
WHY, AFTER TODAY,
WE WON'T EVEN BE THE CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS ANYMORE.
WE'LL BE THE... THE THREE STRIKES!
THAT MAKES US SOUND LIKE WE STRUCK OUT.
HMM.
HOW ABOUT THE PIN TWINS?
BUT THERE ARE THREE OF US.
OKAY, THEN. UM, THE BOWLING DOLLS!
THE BOWLING DOLLS. THAT'S IT.
PERFECT.
ALL RIGHTY, THEN. LET'S BOWL THEM OVER.
[ BOWLING PINS RATTLE ]
[ CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY ]
[ ZIP! ]
PEH!
[ PONIES CHEERING ]
COOL! A BOWLING CUTIE MARK!
I DID IT! I DID IT!
BLANK?
[ PONIES CHEERING ]
BUT...BUT... BUT WHAT ABOUT MY BALL?
♪ MY LITTLE PONY ♪
♪ AH-AH-AH-AH ♪
♪ MY LITTLE PONY ♪
♪ I USED TO WONDER WHAT FRIENDSHIP COULD BE ♪
♪ MY LITTLE PONY ♪
♪ UNTIL YOU ALL SHARED ITS MAGIC WITH ME ♪
♪ BIG ADVENTURE ♪ ♪ TONS OF FUN ♪
♪ A BEAUTIFUL HEART FAITHFUL AND STRONG ♪
♪ SHARING KINDNESS ♪ ♪ IT'S AN EASY FEAT ♪
♪ AND MAGIC MAKES IT ALL COMPLETE ♪
♪ YEAH, MY LITTLE PONY ♪
♪ DO YOU KNOW YOU'RE ALL MY VERY BEST FRIENDS? ♪
THAT BOWLING SURE WAS FUN,
EVEN IF ALL I GOT WAS GUTTER BALLS.
YEAH. AT LEAST YOU'RE ABLE TO KEEP YOUR BALL IN YOUR LANE.
I DON'T THINK MR. KINGPIN
IS EVER GONNA LET ME PLAY AGAIN.
[ SCREECH! ]
HEY, MAYBE I COULD GET MY CUTIE MARK IN DEMOLITION!
[ BOTH LAUGH ]
AW, COME ON, APPLE BLOOM.
I KNOW JUST WHAT YOU NEED
TO PUT THE BLOOM BACK ON YOUR APPLE.
A TREAT FROM SUGARCUBE CORNER WILL CHEER YOU UP.
NO, IT WON'T.
[ TOOT! ]
[ BOING! ]
A PARTY WILL CHEER YOU UP!
[ TOOT!! ]
NO, IT WON'T.
[ THUD! ]
A LOVELY NEW CHAPEAU WILL CHEER YOU UP.
NO, IT WON'T.
COME ON, APPLE BLOOM! IT'S JUST A CUTIE MARK.
OR LACK OF A CUTIE MARK!
Shh! THAT'S NOT HELPING!
APPLE BLOOM, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?!
APPLE BLOOM, COME BACK!
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER, REVS ]
WHOA!
OOH! UH! OOH! OH! UGH!
OHH!
WELL, WHO IS IT THAT WE HAVE HERE?
WHY, IT'S APPLE BLOOM, MY DEAR.
OH!
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU, YOUTH?
AH, YOU'VE GONE AND CHIPPED YOUR TOOTH.
COME WITH ME.
I HAVE JUST THE TRICK THAT WILL FIX YOU UP QUITE QUICK.
Apple Bloom: [ Lisping ] I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING, ZECORA,
AND STILL NO CUTIE MARK.
I'M GONNA BE AS OLD AS GRANNY SMITH
AND STILL HAVE A BLANK FLANK.
YOUR FRUSTRATION IS WELL UNDERSTOOD,
BUT ONE MUST BE PATIENT FOR ALL THINGS GOOD.
UGH! I'VE HEARD THAT FROM EVERY PONY I KNOW
AND NOW FROM EVERY ZEBRA I KNOW.
I'M JUST TOO IMPATIENT TO BE PATIENT.
I JUST WANT MY CUTIE MARK AND I WANT IT NOW!
[ BOOM! ]
[ ZIP! ]
FOR YOUR CUTIE MARK, YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT.
WE MUST FIX THAT TOOTH BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.
NOW, DRINK DOWN EVERY LITTLE DROP,
AND THIS MIXTURE WILL MEND THAT CHIP ON TOP.
[ GULP! GULP! ]
[ DING! ]
[ Normal voice ] OH, MY STAR APPLES. YOU DID IT, ZECORA!
GOLLY.
YOU HAVE TONICS THAT HEAL ALL SORTS OF AILMENTS --
"BAD BONES, BAD BACK, BAD BREATH."
YES, LITTLE ONE. IT IS TRUE.
I HAVE MANY A HEALING BREW.
AND NOT ONLY STUFF THAT FIXES THE BAD,
BUT STUFF THAT BRINGS THE GOOD.
"GOOD HEALTH, GOOD HAIR," GOOD HEAVENS!
HMM.
I BET YOU CAN MIX UP A BREW TO FIX ANYTHING.
THERE ARE MANY MIXTURES IN THIS ROOM,
BUT NONE FOR WHAT YOU WANT, DEAR APPLE BLOOM.
A MAGIC POTION DOES NOT HOLD THE KEY FOR A CUTIE MARK.
TIME IS THE ONLY REMEDY.
FINE.
[ RATTLE ]
WHATCHA GOT GOING ON THERE?
I AM BREWING UP ANOTHER MIX
FOR A ROOSTER AND HIS CHICKS.
IT SEEMS THE ROOSTER HAS LOST HIS CROW,
MAKING MORNINGS VERY SLOW.
HEY! I'VE SEEN THAT FLOWER BLOOMING IN PONYVILLE.
WHAT IS IT?
IT IS ONE WE CALL HEART'S DESIRE.
A DASH WILL IGNITE THE ROOSTER'S FIRE.
WITH HEART'S DESIRE, HIS TALENT COMES INTO VIEW,
AND HE'LL GIVE A MIGHTY COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO!
ZOWIE!
HEART'S DESIRE, HUH?
AY, ME. BUT WHAT IS THIS?
I'VE RUN OUT OF AMETHYST.
I MUST GO GET THIS PURPLE FLOWER
FOR MY BREW TO HAVE FULL POWER.
YEAH, YOU GO. YOU GO.
[ LAUGHTER ]
I'M SO HUNGRY.
YEAH, I CAN'T WAIT --
Both: UHH!
APPLE BLOOM! YOU GOT YOUR CUTIE MARK!
[ DING! ]
UM, APPLE BLOOM, WHAT IS IT?
YEAH? IS IT AN "O"?
IS YOUR TALENT SPELLING?
OR IS IT A RING? ARE YOU A JEWELRY-MAKER?
OR IS IT A POWDERED DOUGHNUT? 'CAUSE THAT SOUNDS DELICIOUS!
NO. IT'S A LOOPTY-HOOP!
[ GASPS ]
A WHAT, NOW?
A LOOPTY-HOOP.
AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS CALLED IT.
APPLEJACK MADE IT FOR ME FROM AN OLD RAIN BARREL
WHEN I WAS LITTLER.
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT LOOPTY-HOOPING WOULD END UP
BEING MY SPECIAL TALENT?
WOW, APPLE BLOOM! THAT'S AMAZING!
THAT'S IT? THAT'S YOUR TALENT?
SPINNING A HOOP AROUND YOUR WAIST?
PUH-LEASE.
OH, YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET.
[ PONIES CHEERING ]
APPLE BLOOM, YOU'RE A SUPER-DUPER LOOPTY-HOOPER!
THANKS, AMBER PONY.
[ SCHOOL BELL RINGS ]
ALL RIGHT, MY LITTLE PONIES. TIME FOR CLASS.
OH, WOW.
WOW.
APPLE BLOOM?
YES, MISS CHEERILEE?
I WANT YOU TO TAKE YOUR LOOPTY-HOOP INTO THE YARD...
AND GIVE US ALL A LESSON ON YOUR AMAZING LOOPTY-HOOPING!
All: YAY!
OH. OH!
WHOA! UGH!
DON'T WORRY, GALS.
KEEP AT IT, AND YOU MIGHT GET TO BE HALF AS GOOD AS ME!
GRRR!
[ BOING! BOING! ]
GREAT JOB, GIRLS!
YOU'RE TOO KIND, APPLE BLOOM.
YEAH, WE STINK.
NAH. YOU JUST NEED A LITTLE PRACTICE.
SOON YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HOOP AND BOP!
[ BOING! BOING! BOING! ]
AND HOP.
[ Muffled ] HOOP AND SKIP.
AND HOOP AND FLIP!
[ PONIES CHEERING ]
[ CHUCKLES ]
SHOW US SOME MORE, APPLE BLOOM.
WELL, ALL RIGHT.
JUST A FEW MORE TRICKS. BUT BE WARNED.
THESE ARE ADVANCED MOVES, NOT FOR BEGINNERS.
GOT THAT, DIAMOND TIARA?
[ ZIP! ] GRRR!
I CALL THIS ONE THE HOOPLA!
[ WHIR! ]
[ TWINKLE! ]
HUH?
[ THUD! ] OOH!
ANOTHER CUTIE MARK? HA!
I GUESS THAT LAST TRICK WAS A LOT OF HOOPLA.
THOSE CUTE MARKS ARE FAKE!
[ ALL GASP ]
WHAT? NO, THEY'RE NOT!
MISS CHEERILEE, HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF A PONY
WITH TWO CUTIE MARKS?
Miss Cheerilee: I MUST SAY THAT I NEVER HAVE,
BUT MAYBE APPLE BLOOM HAS TWO SPECIAL TALENTS.
OH, YEAH?
THEN LET'S SEE YOU DO THAT.
SPIN PLATES. YEAH!
[ ALL GASP ]
TWO CUTIE MARKS?
TWO TALENTS?
AW, YEAH!
OUR FRIEND IS THE MOST SPECIAL PONY EVER!
ALL RIGHT, EVERYPONY. YOU READY FOR A REAL SHOW?
[ CHEERING ]
[ SNORING ]
[ WHOOSH! ]
[ BOING! ]
[ PONIES CHEERING ]
[ WHISTLES ]
[ ZIP! ]
[ PONIES CHEERING ]
YEEHA, LITTLE SIS!
CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING NOT JUST ONE, BUT TWO CUTIE MARKS!
OH, WE'RE MIGHTY PROUD OF YOU. RIGHT, BIG MACINTOSH?
YE-E-P.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT.
HAVE YOU, BIG MAC?
NO.
RIGHT AWAY YOU WERE A-HOOPING AND A-HOPPING
AND KICKING AND SPINNING!
REMINDED ME OF WHEN I WAS A SPRY YOUNG FILLY.
[ SPROING! ]
UGH! CHARLIE HORSE! CHARLIE HORSE!
[ BOING! ]
OOH! THAT'S BETTER.
WHY, APPLE BLOOM.
I THINK YOU'RE READY TO HIT THE RODEO CIRCUIT RIGHT NOW.
ACTUALLY, I'M READY TO HIT THE HAY RIGHT NOW.
I'M PLUM TUCKERED. I'LL SEE Y'ALL IN THE MORNING.
NIGHT.
OH, MY. LITTLE APPLE BLOOM HAS FINALLY BLOSSOMED.
HASN'T SHE, BIG MAC?
YE-E-P.
[ HOOFBEATS TAPPING ]
UGH. UGH.
OHH!
WHAT IN TARNATION IS THAT?
[ TAPPING CONTINUES ]
APPLE BLOOM, WHAT IS ALL THAT AWFUL...
...TAPPING?
[ GASPS ] THREE CUTIE MARKS?
HELP ME!
COME HERE, YOU!
OW! OW! OW.
WHOA!
I'M SORRY, APPLEJACK!
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT STOP!
WELL, I KNOW SOMEPONY WHO MIGHT.
THREE CUTIE MARKS. THREE TALENTS.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT.
I WAS JUST READING SOMETHING ABOUT UNUSUAL EQUINE ILLNESSES.
WHAT WAS IT?
Spike: "PERPLEXING PONY PLAGUES," PERHAPS?
YES, SPIKE. YOU'RE AMAZING.
YES, WELL, I DO HAVE SOME TALENTS.
"HAY FEVER, THE TROTS." [ GASPS ]
"CUTIE POX"!
All: CUTIE POX?!
"CUTIE POX. THIS PUZZLING PONY PLAGUE
"AFFLICTED A POPULATION OF PONIES
BACK IN THE PALEO-PONY PERIOD."
SAY THAT 10 TIMES FAST.
[ THUD! ]
"RANDOM CUTIE MARKS APPEARED ALL OVER THE PONIES' BODIES,
"CAUSING THEM TO PERFORM
ALL THE TALENTS THAT CAME WITH THEM."
JUST LIKE ME!
YES, BUT WHAT'S THE CURE? WHAT'S THE CURE?!
IT SAYS HERE THERE'S NO KNOWN CURE.
All: NO KNOWN CURE?!
THE CAUSE OF THE BREAKOUT WAS NEVER DISCOVERED,
AND THE CUTIE POX DISAPPEARED AS MYSTERIOUSLY AS THEY ARRIVED.
OH, NO!
[ TWINKLE! ]
SACRE BLEU!
[ SPEAKING FRENCH ]
[ GASPS ]
QU'EST-CE QUE C'EST?
[ SPEAKING FRENCH ]
MY SISTER'S SPEAKING IN FANCY!
SHE NEEDS HELP.
I KNOW SHE NEEDS HELP.
WE CAN'T JUST WAIT FOR THIS TO GO AWAY.
WE GOT TO FIND SOME PONY TO MIX UP A CURE -- AND FAST!
Apple Bloom: TOUTE DE SUITE!
NOT SOME PONY, SOME ZEBRA!
ZECORA!
HURRY! HURRY!
[ SPEAKING FRENCH ]
[ TWINKLE! ]
[ ZIP! ]
[ RATTLE! ]
[ TWINKLE! ]
[ ZIP! ]
[ TWINKLE! ]
[ ZIP! ]
[ UP-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ TWINKLE! ]
[ ZIP! ]
[ ROAR! ]
[ TWINKLE! ]
SHE'S CURSED.
HEXED!
ENCHANTED!
NO, SHE'S NOT.
[ SIGHS ] OH.
SHE JUST HAS SOME WEIRD, MYSTERIOUS DISEASE
WITH NO KNOWN CURE CALLED CUTIE POX.
All: CUTIE POX?!
[ ALL SCREAMING ]
[ BIRD SCREECHES ]
[ WIND HOWLING ]
I THOUGHT I HAD REMOVED THEIR FEAR
THE LAST TIME THAT I VISITED HERE.
BUT DOORS ARE BARRED AND SHUTTERS SHUT.
GUESS I SHOULD HAVE STAYED INSIDE MY HUT.
ZECORA! APPLE BLOOM HAS CUTIE POX!
WE WERE JUST ON OUR WAY TO SEE IF YOU HAD A CURE.
BUT MAGICALLY YOU'RE HERE.
WAS YOUR ZEBRA SENSE A-TINGLING?
MY ZEBRA SENSE DID NOT BRING ME 'ROUND.
IT WAS A SPECIAL FLOWER THAT I NEEDED FOUND.
I THOUGHT I'D PICKED ENOUGH TO FIX
ALL THE POTIONS I HAD TO MIX,
BUT AFTER MY VISIT FROM APPLE BLOOM,
SOME HAD MYSTERIOUSLY LEFT MY ROOM.
APPLE BLOOM, WHAT DO YOU SAY?
DID THIS FLOWER JUST WALK AWAY?
[ TWINKLE! ]
I, UM...
[ ZIP! ]
A CUTIE POX CURE I HAVE FORSOOTH.
FOR HEALING POWER IS IN THE SEEDS OF TRUTH.
W-WELL, THEN, GIVE THEM TO HER. QUICK!
THESE SEEDS MUST BE PLANTED IN THE GROUND.
WITH THE TRUTH, THEY'LL GROW, AND THE CURE IS FOUND.
COME AGAIN?
THE SEEDS OF TRUTH DO HOLD THE CURE,
BUT ONE MUST SPEAK WORDS TRUE AND PURE.
HUH. WELL, THEN, LET'S GET TO IT!
ALL RIGHT. THEY'RE PLANTED.
NOW, SOMEPONY TELL THE TRUTH!
[ TWINKLE! ]
WHOA!
NO, NO, NO!
WHO-O-A!
SOMEPONY! ANYPONY!
Apple Bloom: WHOA! WHOO!
YESTERDAY I TOLD MRS. CAKE THAT I ATE TWO CORN CAKES,
BUT I REALLY ATE THREE.
OKAY, SIX! I ATE SIX CORN CAKES!
[ SOBS ]
MAKE IT STOP! OH, MAKE IT STOP!
Apple Bloom: UHH! OH, I CAN'T STAND IT ANYMORE!
IT'S ME! I ADMIT IT!
I DIDN'T EARN MY CUTIE MARK! THEY'RE ALL FAKE!
I FIGURED THE HEART'S DESIRE
WOULD HELP ME GET WHAT I WANTED MOST.
SO WHEN ZECORA LEFT HER HUT, I MIXED UP A SPECIAL POTION
AND PUT THE REST OF THE HEART'S DESIRE IN IT.
[ TINKLING ]
All: WHOA!
[ GULP! ]
[ GULPS, SIGHS ] [ THUD! ]
APPLE BLOOM! ARE YOU OKAY?
I'M GREAT.
AND I'VE NEVER BEEN HAPPIER TO BE A BLANK FLANK.
BUT I'M AWFUL SORRY I LIED, ESPECIALLY TO YOU GALS.
I WAS SO DESPERATE FOR MY CUTIE MARK,
I JUST GOT CARRIED AWAY.
AND I'M REALLY SORRY I SNUCK THOSE FLOWERS FROM YOU, ZECORA.
WHY, I WOULDN'T BLAME YOU
IF YOU NEVER WANTED ME TO COME BY AGAIN.
NOW, APPLE BLOOM. DO NOT BE SILLY.
YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME, MY LITTLE FILLY.
WITH EACH MISTAKE, YOU LEARN SOMETHING NEW,
GROWING UP INTO A BETTER YOU.
APPLE BLOOM, WOULD YOU MIND WRITING TO PRINCESS CELESTIA
AND TELLING HER WHAT YOU LEARNED?
I'D BE HAPPY TO, TWILIGHT. SPIKE?
READY.
"DEAR PRINCESS CELESTIA,
"WAITING FOR WHAT YOUR HEART DESIRES CAN BE REALLY HARD.
"SO YOU MAY TRY TO TAKE A SHORTCUT.
"WELL, THIS DISHONESTY NEVER WORKS
"BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T EARN WHAT YOUR HEART DESIRES.
"THE ONLY CURE IS BEING HONEST WITH YOURSELF AND OTHERS,
AND THAT'S SOMETHING EVERY HEART DESIRES."
[ FOOSH! ]
I SURE AM PROUD OF YOU, SIS.
SEEMS LIKE YOU FINALLY LEARNED
THE IMPORTANCE OF PATIENCE.
YEP. ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT.
WELL, I'VE WAITED LONG ENOUGH.
[ POING! ]
ACTUALLY, THAT WAS WAY TOO LONG.
WHAT?!
SO WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO TODAY TO EARN OUR CUTIE MARKS?
WELL, I WAS THINKING.
FOR A PONY WHO'S NEVER MIXED UP A POTION BEFORE,
YOU SURE STIRRED UP SOMETHING FIERCE.
YEAH. SO WHAT IF YOUR TALENT IS POTION-MAKING?
[ Chuckling ] OH, MY GOSH! TOTALLY!
LET'S GO TALK TO ZECORA...NOW!
YEAH! WHOO-HOO!
♪ MY LITTLE PONY ♪
♪ FRIENDS ♪