Original subtitles

♪

As princess, I've been chosen

to spread the magic of friendship across Equestria.

So why would the Tree of Harmony

want us to sit in a castle in Ponyville?

Spike: This is incredible!

It's got all of Equestria!

♪

Fluttershy: Why are our Cutie Marks over there?

Twilight: It seems like the map wants us to find out.

An entire village with the same Cutie Mark?

Starlight: Welcome!

Fluttersky: This must be the most pleasant place

in Equestria!

Starlight: I'm delighted you're interested

in our Cutie Mark vault.

Twilight: It's a trap!

Aaah!

Starlight: Now you can spend the rest of your lives here.

Without your Cutie Marks!

♪ 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? ♪

♪

P.A.: In sameness, there is peace.

Exceptionalism is a lie...

Free yourself from your Cutie Mark...

Choose equality as your special talent...

[grunts]

[whimper]

Hey! This is pretty good!

[announcement continues]

Ugh. We've got to find a way out of here.

I can't take much more of that voice.

Oh, this is horrible!

There there, Rarity, it's not so bad.

Yes it is! Look at those drapes!

I have no idea if they're tacky or not!

Well, I think they're nice.

So do I!

[blubbering]

[chirp]

Oh, thank goodness!

Can you help us, little birdy?

[chirping]

Go on, now. Fly away and get us help.

[chirp]

Oh! Even tweets don't make sense anymore.

Agh! This door's shut tighter than a...

summer of...

of piglets in...

Shoot, I can't even make countryisms no more!

I don't know, maybe it'll be super fun to be all the same!

Sort of.

More pleasant than fun, I guess.

Something odd about that staff.

I haven't studied Eastern unicorns as much as I should've,

but I'm pretty sure Meadowbrook only had eight magical items,

not nine.

And I don't remember any of them being a staff.

Well, it looks like you'll have plenty of time

to try to think about it.

[announcements continue]

Difference is frustration...

To excel is to fail...

Be your best by never being your best...

Conformity will set you free...

Accept your limitations and happiness will follow...

You're no better than your friends...

I'VE GOT IT! I know how we can get out!

Forget it, Twilight. This door's not opening.

And I'm afraid the windows are much too small for escape.

But there is a third way.

Eventually the wind and weather will wear down the walls

Then all we have to do is wait for a big enough hole to form

and we can just walk out!

It's the perfect plan! I guess...

We don't actually have to escape.

They'll just let us out when they think

we've accepted their philosophy.

But they're never gonna believe we switched over

in just one night.

There's one of us they might believe.

Ah! Me?

You've been saying how great this place is since we got here!

That's because everypony's so nice

and their village is so pretty and...and...

Oh, you're right.

They probably would believe me.

I hate to lie to them.

They've been so welcoming and friendly.

Aside from locking us in here and trying to brainwash us

into abandoning the things that make us special.

OK. I'll do it.

WOO-HOO!

I mean, cool.

But what do I do once I'm out?

You've got to find a way to get our Cutie Marks back.

[gulp]

[feedback]

Oh, good morning!

I trust you had a pleasant night.

This way, please.

There are some friends who would like to see you.

Gather 'round, friends, gather 'round!

We've come to ask if any of you are ready to join us.

There are so many friends to be made, once you realize

you don't need your Cutie Marks

or the talents that come with them.

We have a welcome ceremony for new friends.

The whole village joins together to build you your own cottage.

Not interested! You may have them now,

but we're going to get our Cutie Marks back!

Y'all don't understand, do ya?

You can't force nopony to be friends!

It don't work like that!

Please, join us!

We love new friends!

It's all right, everypony, this is a perfectly normal part

of the equalization process for those who haven't...

quite seen the light yet.

We'll try again tomorrow,

once you've had a bit more time to consider our philosophy.

I'd like to join!

[excited chatter]

Fluttershy?

How could you?

If giving up my Cutie Mark means I get to stay

in this lovely village with these lovely ponies,

then I'll do it.

We have a new friend, everypony!

[excited chatter]

There's one more order of business.

It seems some in our midst might be

dissatisfied with the village life!

[gasps]

Unfortunately, it's all too true, my friends.

Will you kindly tell us the names of those friends

who so desperately miss their Cutie Marks

that they would sneak around in the shadows

talking to strangers about it?

Just so we can be sure your intentions are, indeed, pure.

[gulp]

Um, I don't know who they were.

Um. I'm sorry, I don't know your names and faces yet.

Nonsense! Obviously these ponies must have asked you directly.

Kindly point them out.

Male: It was me!

It was only me.

I only wanted it back for a little while.

And you're quite certain it was only you?

I just wanted to remember what it was like.

And no thought to the pain you'd cause your friends.

Such selfishness.

I'm sorry, everypony!

I never wanted to leave the village!

I love all of--

[slam]

What was I thinking?

I can't believe I even considered asking

for my Cutie Mark back.

Don't worry, Fluttershy will have us out of here in no time.

Didn't you see what just happened out there?

Your friend has accepted our way.

You will all accept our way.

It's only a matter of time!

This guy's a barrel of laughs.

Laughs don't come in barrels.

They come from inside you as your body's response to delight.

So what are we gonna do while Fluttershy's out there

lookin' for our Cutie Marks?

We have to stay as positive as we can.

If Party Favor sees how much we really do like each other,

even though we're all different,

maybe we can use him to spread our message

to the rest of the village.

[speaker static]

To excel is to fail...

Let's just hope they don't convert any of us first.

Welcome!

Welcome!

Gosh, you really are the nicest ponies I've ever met.

Come, all new friends stay with me

until their cottage is completed.

Let's get you settled and then you can enjoy

all that our little village has to offer.

♪

[slam]

[coughing]

[sigh]

Get the Cutie Marks back.

That's all you've got to do, Fluttershy.

Just sneak through the dark to that spooky old cave

with the scary magical staff and get the Cutie Marks back.

OK, you're doing great.

The cave's got to be close now.

Starlight: Excellent work, Double Diamond.

But I don't understand why you wanted me to bring them here.

Fluttershy is one of us now; surely she can be trusted.

This one belongs to a princess.

It could be very important to our cause.

Double Diamond: But if Twilight Sparkle becomes our friend,

then what do we care about this old Cutie Mark?

I just want to keep them close.

Until everything is...settled.

You may go, Double Diamond.

How am I ever going to get the Cutie Marks back now?

[crash]

Ow!

Agh! Starlight, you clumsy fool!

[gasp]

Oh no!

I've got a good feeling about today!

So...do any of you have anything you'd like to say?

Aw, a pity.

Well, let's try this again tomorrow, shall we?

No new friends today, I'm afraid!

Wait!

I'd like to lock them in.

Marvelous, Fluttershy, that's the spirit!

Party Favor, will you join us, please?

I'm sorry, Starlight!

I'm sorry, everypony!

I've seen the error of my ways!

I never want to look at my Cutie Mark again!

It seems there's cause for celebration after all!

[cheering]

They tried to break me!

They wouldn't stop talking about how different they are,

and that somehow makes their friendship stronger!

Such backwards thinking.

But I didn't listen!

I knew what they were up to and I didn't listen!

Well done, Party Favor.

We welcome you back with open hooves.

Fluttershy: Um, Starlight?

I think we might have one more friend joining us today.

[gasps]

Is this true?

I...I think so.

But I just want to be sure.

If I agree to leave my Cutie Mark in the vault,

I'll really be happier?

Just look around!

Equality has given us more happiness

than you've ever known!

And you wouldn't let me just live here in the village

with my old Cutie Mark?

Out of the question.

A pony with a different Cutie Mark in our midst

would destroy our entire philosophy.

We are all equal here!

[murmurs]

Fluttershy: Then how do you explain THIS?

[splash]

I knew you couldn't be trusted.

No! Get away!

[gasps]

Wha..What are you looking at?

They're the problem, not me!

How could you?

You said Cutie Marks were evil.

You said special talents led to pain and heartache.

They do, don't you see?

Look at them!

Why did you take ours and not give up your own?

I..I had to, you fools!

How could I collect your Cutie Marks without my magic?

But the staff has all the magic we need!

The staff is a piece of wood I found in the desert!

It's my magic that makes all this possible!

You'd all still be living your miserable lives,

thinking you're better than everypony else,

if it weren't for my magical abilities!

I brought you friendship!

I brought you equality!

I CREATED HARMONY!

You lied to us!

So what?

Everything else I said is true!

The only way to be happy is if we're all equal!

Except for you.

Twilight: Everypony has unique talents and gifts.

And when we share them with each other, that's how real--

QUIET!

You can't have that Cutie Mark, Starlight.

Either we're all equal or none of us are.

♪

[whoosh]

Come on, let's get our Cutie Marks back!

Yeah!

Come on!

[pounding hooves]

Let's go get OUR Cutie Marks!

Fluttershy: Our Cutie Marks aren't in the vault.

They're in there...with her!

♪

STAND BACK, EVERYPONY!

[clang]

[crackling]

[whoosh]

♪

[power up]

♪

Even without my Cutie Mark, I can tell this is beautiful.

They think they can come to my village and disrupt my life?

Let's see how they like spending the rest of their lives

without their precious Cutie Marks!

[smash]

[grunts]

[whistle]

Stand back, everypony!

[crash]

[smash]

They're gone!

They were right over there!

♪

Look!

She's headed for the pass!

If she makes it into those mountains, we'll never find her.

These are amazing!

There's a whole network of caves up there.

Your Cutie Marks will be gone forever.

Then let's get movin', y'all!

Oh, come on!

♪

Are you all so willing to give up everything

because of these... strangers?

We gave up everything for you!

Because we thought you were our friend!

I can't believe we have to count on these other ponies

to save our Cutie Marks!

If we hadn't come here to help them,

they'd still be living under her rules!

Now it's their turn to help us!

And I know they can do it!

♪

My newest recipe!

Snow pie!

[whoosh]

[explosion]

♪

She's gonna get away!

Whoa!

These are my old skis.

This is where I first met Starlight.

Maybe you can reminisce another time.

She's almost to the caves!

Feel like an airdrop?

♪

[smashing glass]

♪ [chimes]

[whoosh]

♪

Yee-haw!

Finally, I can buck like a five-bit snake herder

in an Appleoosa ranch house again!

And you got your countryisms back, too!

♪

[power up]

[zap]

[whoosh]

I studied that spell for years!

I studied magic for years, too, but what I didn't know then

was that studying could only take me so far.

Each of my friends has taught me something different

It was their unique gifts and passions and personalities

that helped bring out the magic inside of me.

I never would have learned that I represent the Element of Magic

without these five.

And I certainly wouldn't be here to stop you now.

Spare me your sentimental nonsense.

I gave these ponies real friendships

they never could have had otherwise!

Double Diamond: How do you know that?

You never even gave us a chance.

[explosion]

She's getting away!

We'll never find her in there.

We just have to hope that when she's had a chance

she realizes that you all have taught her something.

It's you who have taught us something.

We all came to this village because we were searching

for something missing from our lives.

We thought Starlight had given it to us, but now...

...now it seems it was in front of us all along.

It's us.

Does that mean you'll stay in the village?

It's our home.

I'm not going anywhere.

This is a chance for all of us to get to know each other again

for the very first time.

And I finally have a chance to bake something

besides terrible muffins!

[laughter]

[happy chatter]

Now those are real smiles.

I'll never get used to that.

I think it's divine.

Does that mean the map is calling us somewhere else?

I have a feeling it means our work here is done.

Applejack: Looks like you were right, Twilight.

The map did have a reason for sendin' us here.

We brought real friendship to these here ponies.

Guess that's why you're the Princess of Friendship.

But the map didn't send me.

It sent us.

You're a part of me, all of you,

and there's no doubt you're a part of my mission

to spread friendship, too.

[happy chatter]

This feels like an ending.

It doesn't have to be an ending yet, right?

'Cause that Sugar Belle can bake.

Maybe we can stay a little while longer.

Come on!