♪♪
OK, Crusaders!
Back to the business of earnin' our Cutie Marks.
Any suggestions?
No! We've tried everything!
We've run out of ideas.
Are you kiddin' me, Crusaders? We can do better than that!
♪♪
♪ We've been searching for our cutie marks ♪
♪ for a while now ♪
♪ trying to find out how we fit in ♪
♪ so many ways we've tried before ♪
♪ but we keep on trying more ♪
♪ Cause the Cutie Mark Crusaders don't give in! ♪
♪ We'll make our mark! One way or another ♪
♪ We'll make our mark on the day that we discover ♪
♪ the ultimate reward of our cutie marks! ♪
Now that's more like it!
Cutie Mark Crusaders! HELP!
What's wrong, Pip Squeak?
I'm running for Student Pony President!
I was hoping you three would be my campaign managers.
We've never tried getting our Cutie Marks in campaign managing
What do you say, Crusaders?
YEAH! HA!
♪ My little pony, my little pony ♪
♪ Aaaahhh ♪
♪ 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! ♪
♪ To have my little pony ♪
♪ Do you know you're all my very best friends? ♪
♪♪
So, Pip? How would you help the school
if you were elected Student Pony President?
Our playground equipment took quite a beating
during Twilight's battle with Tirek!
If I'm voted in as Student Pony President,
I'll go to the School Board and right this wrong!
(cheers)
Well, I think that's a ridiculous waste of money.
It's just like when Twist proposed to repair the window
that Discord destroyed.
She just wanted to repair it
like a plain old schoolhouse window!
But you all know voting for me was the best choice
because I convinced the School Board
to give that window visual appeal!
'Course it doesn't hurt that her mother, Spoiled Rich,
is President of the School Board!
Exactly! Which is why when Diamond Tiara is voted
Student Pony President,
the school will be putting a statue of her
in the center of our schoolyard!
Silver Spoon! That was my big announcement for when I won!
I was only trying to help.
I don't need that kind of help.
Haven't we all had enough of Diamond Tiara?
Do we really need a big statue of her?
Especially where our playground equipment should be?
[chattering]
A vote for Pip is a vote for the playground!
A vote for Diamond Tiara is a Vote for MORE Diamond Tiara!
♪ It's time to make a change This is our chance! ♪
♪ Don't be afraid to do what's right! He's it, vote for pip! ♪
♪ We've got an opportunity To have fun again! ♪
♪ A vote for Pip and you can join the fight! ♪
♪ It's time for a new leader It's time to make a change ♪
♪ We're here to fight for what we believe Vote for Pip! ♪
♪ It's finally time we beat her and play a better game ♪
♪ Cause when we vote together, ♪
♪ there's nothing that we can't achieve! ♪
♪♪
♪ I don't believe what I am hearing! ♪
♪ I'm the only one you should be cheering! ♪
♪ Pip Squeak, try Pip's weak, don't you think? ♪
♪ But a diamond is perfection. it's natural selection ♪
♪ So your vote better be for me, not the weakest link! ♪
♪ We'll let the voting decide! ♪
♪ Everypony has their little secrets (I know you do) ♪
♪ A vote for me will help you keep them safe! ♪
Like your creepy super strength
Or your mane extension, a little thing I won't mention!
♪ Or those freakish large teeth in your face! ♪
Come on now, Ponies, don't listen to her!
♪ You got to vote for change! It's time for a new leader ♪
♪ End all the tyranny, vote now and we can beat her! ♪
♪ It's now another day and we believe in what's right! ♪
♪ Vote for Pip, vote for Pip! Our Victory is in sight! ♪
Stop! Everypony who hasn't voted, listen up!
♪ Pip makes promises he can't keep, but I can do more! ♪
♪ You could really use a new book bag ♪
♪ Cause I'll make things happen ♪
♪ that none of you here can afford to do, like ever! ♪
♪ Wouldn't you like a little something sweet? ♪
♪ Here's a parasol to hide you from the heat! ♪
♪ Who says that I can't be nice? ♪
♪ But first there's one thing an itsy-bitsy little string ♪
♪ And voting for me is the price! ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I've a tiny suggestion! That you should be aware ♪
♪ You could probably win this election ♪
♪ If you SHOW THEM ALL YOU REALLY-- ♪
I don't recall asking you to speak!
[gasp]
Well, if that's how you treat your best friend,
then I choose Pip Squeak!
♪ Vote! ♪
♪ Stand strong and don't be afraid! ♪
♪ Vote Pip! ♪
♪ Ponies! Let's free ourselves from the past ♪
♪ Vote! He's it, vote for Pip! Vote! ♪
♪ Let honour win out against the tyranny! ♪
♪ And Make a change that will last! ♪
♪ Vote for Pip! ♪
♪ It's time for a new leader It's time to make a change ♪
♪ We're here to fight for what we believe! ♪
♪ Vote for Pip! ♪
♪ It's finally time we beat her and play a better game ♪
♪ Cause when we vote together, ♪
♪ there's nothing that we can't achieve! ♪
♪ Vote for Pip! ♪
The votes have been counted.
The Student Pony President is...Pip Squeak!
Huh?
[cheer]
Oh, my gosh, Crusaders! Pip won!
I couldn't have won without the hard work
of my campaign managers, the Cutie Mark Crusaders!
Campaign Manager Cutie Marks!
Guess you're not as good as you thought, Blank Flanks!
In fact, I demand a recount!
Trust me, Diamond Tiara. Pip won.
I'll be the judge of that, Miss Cheerilee!
WHAAAAAAAAT??!
ONE VOTE?
SILVER SPOON? YOU didn't vote for me?
No, I didn't!
But you're my best friend!
Am I? Cause I tried to help by mentioning
your "surprise statue"
and suddenly I wasn't even allowed to speak!
You could have actually won this election
if you'd just listened to me. You wanna know how?
Sorry. I'm not allowed to speak.
[shriek]
What? I don't have to follow her drama anymore.
I know Diamond Tiara's been pretty awful,
but we should probably make sure she's OK.
Just 'cause she's never cared about anypony else's feelings
doesn't mean we shouldn't care about hers.
♪♪
Diamond Tiara, why are you making that face?
That is not the face of a winner.
Because I didn't win.
What? You mean I hefted all these party supplies
to celebrate nothing?
Sorry, Mother.
It's bad enough you lost to that transplant from Trottingham.
But imagine if you'd lost to one of those Blank Flanks!
As a rich pony, you must always think of your social standing!
That starts here in Ponyville and reaches all over Equestria.
Don't ever forget that, Diamond Tiara! Ever!
♪♪
♪ If I'm a diamond, then why do I feel so rough? ♪
♪ I'm as strong as a stone, even that's not enough ♪
♪ There's something jagged in me and I've made such mistakes ♪
♪ I thought that diamonds were hard, ♪
♪ though I feel I could break. ♪
♪ Would you believe, ♪
♪ that I've always wished I could be somepony else ♪
♪ Yet I can't see, what I need to do ♪
♪ to be the pony I want to be. ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I've been told my whole life, what to do, what to say ♪
♪ Nopony showed me that there might be some better way ♪
♪ And now I feel like I'm lost, I don't know what to do ♪
♪ The ground is sinking away, I'm about to fall through ♪
♪ Would you believe, ♪
♪ that I've always wished I could be somepony else ♪
♪ Yet I can't see, what I need to do ♪
♪ to be the pony I want to be. ♪
♪♪
♪ To be the pony I want to be ♪
Is it weird that I feel bad for her?
If it is, then I'm weird too.
She wants to change, but she doesn't know how.
Seems like she could use a friend or two
to help her figure it out.
[bell rings]
[chatter]
Hey, Diamond Tiara! Wait up!
What do you three want? To gloat? Rub in my defeat?
Actually, we wanted to invite you to our clubhouse
to hang out.
Really?
Yeah. For real.
Well, thanks to you all,
I don't have any important Class President business to attend to
or anything. So, I might as well.
That sounds like a yes.
So, do you three just sit around here plotting out different ways
to try and get your Cutie Marks?
Actually, yeah.
You three are...really lucky.
We are?
Yeah. You get to explore all these options,
learning who you really are
before you're stuck with something you don't understand.
But you've done that, right?
Yeah! Cause I have my Cutie Mark!
And I'm not struggling at all to figure out
who I'm supposed to be and what I'm supposed to be doing
with this mark that's already on my flank.
Uh, are you sure about that?
That's a weird question.
Not really since we kind of overheard you yesterday.
Were you trying to get your Cutie Mark in spying?
Is that on your little chart?
No! We were just worried about you when you lost the election
and then you lost your friend and then your mom yelled at you.
We know you wanna change and we think we can...
HEEEEELP!
Cutie Mark Crusaders!
I was at the School Board Meeting and they didn't approve
my request for the new playground equipment.
Why not?
There's no money in the budget!
So I checked my Peggy Bank to see if I had enough bits,
but my little Peggy wasn't nearly full enough.
Don't worry, Pip!
We'll meet you back at school!
And help you find a solution!
Thanks, Cutie Mark Crusaders!
Oh, I already have a solution.
Our new Student Pony President
is going to be kicked out of office and I'll be reinstated!
Where is she going?
Where do you think! C'mon, after her!
Wait, I'm coming too!
♪ Cutie Mark Crusaders, get out of my way! ♪
♪ Those ponies need to know the truth ♪
♪ and they'll hear it from me! ♪
♪♪
♪ Stop! Diamond Tiara, this is not the way! ♪
♪♪
♪ We know you're better than this hostility. ♪
♪♪
♪ You don't even know me at all ♪
♪ Don't understand the meaning of my fault ♪
♪ What the family would think if I ever fail at anything! ♪
♪♪
♪ I'm a diamond that means you never break! ♪
♪ No matter what the cost of the path I take! ♪
♪ Whatever I have to do to win in the end! ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Stop! This is not the answer! ♪
♪ Wait! And it's plainly seen! ♪
♪ Listen! You can redeem yourself, ♪
♪ but by something other, not by being mean! ♪
♪ We know you want friends who admire you! ♪
♪ You want to be the star with all the power too! ♪
♪ But there's a better way! There's a better way! ♪
♪ There's so much more still left to learn about yourself! ♪
♪ See the light that shines in you! ♪
♪ We know you can be somepony else! ♪
♪♪
♪ You can stop right now and try another start! ♪
♪ You'll finallly free yourself from the dark! ♪
♪ And see the light, and see the light of your cutie mark! ♪
♪♪
Everypony! I have an announcement!
♪♪
Diamond Tiara!
Think hard about the choice your makin' right now!
You can be a better pony!
Diamond Tiara!
I just happen to be here for the School Board Meeting
and this is what I see when we adjourn? My daughter
associating with confused, insignificant, low-lifes?
Socializing with their kind is not how you move up
in Equestria! Come, Diamond Tiara!
No, Mother!
Excuse me?
You've spent your life acting like a high horse
and raised me to follow in your hoofprints.
At first, I thought this was fine,
but then I finally realized I wanted something you don't have,
FRIENDS!
[gasps]
That's enough, Diamond Tiara!
Step away from those BLANK FLANKS!
These are the Cutie Mark Crusaders
and they are my friends!
You need to stop calling them such mean and hurtful names.
They are working harder to get their Cutie Marks
than anypony I've ever seen.
And they will get them exactly when they discover
their true talent, which I guarantee will be amazing!
Now, will you please deliver this to Father?
Yes, of course, dear.
I have to thank you, Crusaders.
Obviously, I've known since I got my Cutie Mark
that my talent is getting other ponies to do what I want.
I just asked my father if he could donate the money
for the new playground equipment.
[excited chatter]
I know you were worried for a second there, weren't you?
Huh, well, I think it's all going to work out just fine,
Mr. President!
♪ We'll build a playground for all of us to enjoy! ♪
♪ So full of games, there's enough for each girl and boy! ♪
♪ I wanna help and do everything that I can! ♪
♪ I'm here to show you a change. Listen up, here's the plan! ♪
Bring it in. That's right, keep it coming!
Hey there, you with the amazing strength?
Can you help them move that merry-go-round across the lawn?
Thank you so much!
And you with the Super Teeth...
We need you to help with that teeter-totter!
You got it! That's the spirit!
♪♪
♪ There's so much I can do to help everypony else! ♪
♪ I see the light that shines in me! ♪
♪ I know I can be my better self ♪
♪♪
♪ I can free the past! Cause now the future's bright for me! ♪
♪ My cutie mark has set me free! ♪
♪ To do what's right and be the pony I want to be! ♪
♪♪
♪ And be the pony I want be! ♪
I've been thinkin', Crusaders.
We spend an awful lot of time fussin' and frettin',
tryin' to discover our true talent.
But when we take a little time off,
we end up helpin' other ponies figure out their true talent.
Yeah, and I think that's way more important
than worrying about our Cutie Marks, don't you?
Absolutely! I don't care if I ever get my Cutie Mark
as long as I get to hang out with my best friends.
So, whaddaya say, Crusaders?
Wanna just focus on helping others find their Cutie Marks?
YEAH!
♪♪
[whoosh]
♪♪
Whoa!
What happened!
What's going on?
It's your Cutie Marks! They're amazing!
WE ALL GOT THE SAME CUTIE MARK! CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS FOREVER!
♪ We were searching for our cutie marks for a while there ♪
♪ trying to find out how we fit in ♪
♪ So many ways we've tried before ♪
♪ but we kept on trying more ♪
♪ cause the Cutie Mark Crusaders don't give in! ♪
♪♪
♪ Now we know what it took all along! ♪
♪ And our journey here is never really done! ♪
♪ For it is more than just a mark, ♪
♪ it's a place for us to start! ♪
♪ An adventure that has only just begun! ♪
♪ We'll make our mark! Show the world what we can do! ♪
♪ We'll make our mark, helping fillies to break through! ♪
♪ To the ultimate reward of a cutie mark! ♪
All right, everypony!
Get ready for the biggest Cuteciñera celebration ever!
[celebratory shouts]
Oh, sugar cube, if Mom and Dad were here,
they'd be so proud of you.
Oh! Thanks, Applejack!
Now go on and party with yer pals!
♪ I'm so proud of you, little buddy! ♪
♪ You've taught me a thing or two! ♪
♪ You've inspired everypony around you ♪
♪ And you've inspired me too! ♪
♪ You've made your mark! And done Equestria so proud! ♪
♪ You've made your mark and we're here to sing it loud! ♪
♪ For the ultimate reward of your cutie mark! ♪
Well, what do you think, Crusaders?
Were these Cutie Marks totally worth waiting for or what?
Yeah! I can't wait to see who we're going to help next!
♪ We started out just three! ♪
♪ Crusaders driven to see ♪
♪ What we find in our hearts! Discover our destiny! ♪
♪ And here we are, best friends About to start it again ♪
♪ An adventure that never will end! ♪
♪ We'll make our mark! Helping fillies most in need! ♪
♪ We'll make our mark! ♪
♪ So each one of them succeeds! ♪
♪ Cause the ultimate reward, is a CUTIE MARK! ♪