Sweetie Belle: OH, ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THIS, SCOOTALOO?
I'VE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF A PONY ZIP-LINING BEFORE.
NEITHER HAVE I,
BUT SPIKE TOLD ME IT WAS AWESOME!
AAH! AAH! AAH!
WHOA!
OH! WHOA!
[ ALL GROAN ]
SEE ANYTHING?
TREE SAP AND PINE NEEDLES, BUT NO CUTIE MARK.
PLAN B?
YEAH.
YOU KNOW WHERE WE CAN FIND A CANNON AT THIS HOUR?
IT'S NO USE.
NO MATTER WHAT WE TRY,
WE ALWAYS END UP WITHOUT OUR CUTIE MARKS,
AND, SURPRISINGLY OFTEN, COVERED IN TREE SAP.
MAYBE WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING LESS DANGEROUS,
LIKE PILLOW TESTING
OR FLOWER SNIFFING.
THIS TOWN IS FULL OF PONIES WHO HAVE THEIR CUTIE MARKS.
WHY DON'T WE ASK THEM HOW THEY DID IT?
THAT'S A GREAT, SAFE IDEA.
YEAH, AND WE CAN START WITH THE COOLEST PONY IN PONYVILLE.
APPLEJACK! RARITY!
COME ON, GUYS. I SAID COOL.
YOU KNOW WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT.
SHE'S FAST, SHE'S TOUGH, SHE'S NOT AFRAID OF ANYTHING.
PINKIE PIE? PINKIE PIE?
NO! THE GREATEST FLYER EVER TO COME OUT OF CLOUDSDALE.
FLUTTERSHY? FLUTTERSHY?
NO! RAINBOW DASH!
OH, YEAH, THAT MAKES MUCH MORE SENSE.
OF COURSE. LET'S DO IT.
LET'S FIND OUT HOW RAINBOW DASH EARNED HER CUTIE MARK.
YEAH! YEAH!
AH!
AH! UNH!
[ ALL GROAN ]
♪ 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 THIS 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? ♪
[ MOTOR REVVING ]
[ CHITTERING ]
[ GASPS ]
[ TIRES SCREECH ]
Applejack: GET BACK HERE, YOU THIEVIN' VARMINTS!
THIEVIN' WHAT, NOW?
[ PANTING ] [ ALL GASP ]
WHOA!
APPLE BLOOM?
HEY, SIS, HOW'D YOU GET YOUR CUTIE MARK?
I NEVER TOLD YOU THAT STORY?
HEY, I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA ASK RAINBOW DASH.
WE NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET.
UGH! FINE.
WHY, SHOOT, I WAS JUST A LITTLE FILLY --
EVEN LITTLER THAN Y'ALL.
I DIDN'T WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ON A MUDDY OLD APPLE FARM.
I WANTED TO LIVE THE SOPHISTICATED LIFE,
LIKE MY AUNT AND UNCLE ORANGE.
[ HORSE NEIGHS ]
SO I SET OUT TO TRY MY LUCK IN THE BIG CITY -- MANEHATTAN --
THE MOST COSMOPOLITAN CITY IN ALL OF EQUESTRIA.
HEY, OUT OF THE WAY!
I KNEW I'D FIND OUT WHO I WAS MEANT TO BE IN MANEHATTAN.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
AUNT ORANGE, UNCLE ORANGE,
THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME STAY.
[ Posh accent ] "Y'ALL." [ LAUGHS ]
ISN'T SHE JUST THE LIVING END?
[ Posh accent ] HOW QUAINT.
DON'T WORRY, WE'LL HAVE YOU ACTING
LIKE A TRUE MANEHATTANITE IN NO TIME.
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
AND HOW ARE YOU FINDING GOOD OLD MANEHATTAN?
[ Posh accent ] OH, IT'S SIMPLY DIVINE.
VERY WELL SAID, MY DEAR.
ALTHOUGH, I MUST ADMIT
THE CITY NOISE TOOK SOME GETTING USED TO.
WHERE I'M FROM, NIGHTS ARE SO QUIET,
YOU SELDOM HEAR A PEEP UNTIL THE ROOSTERS WAKE YOU.
THE WHAT?
I SAY, MY DEAR, WHAT IN THE WORLD IS A...ROOSTER?
[ Thinking ] WHAT'S HE TALKING ABOUT?
WHAT DO I SAY? I DON'T WANT TO LOOK LIKE A FOOL.
[ BELL DINGS ] DINNER IS SERVED.
[ Normal voice ] THANK GOODNESS.
BEING A CITY PONY IS HARD WORK.
I'M SO HUNGRY, I COULD EAT A...
COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO.
OH, I WONDER WHAT GRANNY SMITH AND BIG MACINTOSH ARE UP TO.
I'LL BET THEY'RE APPLE-BUCKING THEIR WAY
THROUGH THE RED DELICIOUS TREES.
OH, WHAT I WOULDN'T GIVE FOR JUST ONE BITE.
I NEVER FELT SO HOMESICK IN ALL MY DAYS AS I DID RIGHT THEN.
[ BOOM! ]
IT WAS AMAZING.
A RAINBOW, POINTING RIGHT BACK TO HOME.
IN THAT MOMENT, IT ALL BECAME CLEAR.
I KNEW RIGHT THEN JUST WHO I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.
[ TWINKLE! ]
THAT'S WHEN THIS HERE APPEARED.
I'VE BEEN HAPPILY WORKING THE FARM EVER SINCE.
PPBBHHTT!
THERE THEY ARE! GET BACK HERE, YOU THIEVIN' VARMINTS!
AWW, THAT WAS SUCH A SWEET STORY.
SWEET? TRY SAPPY. [ YAWNS ]
COME ON, WE'VE GOT TO FIND RAINBOW DASH
AND HEAR THE COOL WAY TO GET A CUTIE MARK.
AAH! AAH! AAH!
[ TIRES SCREECH ]
OHH! OHH! OHH!
Fluttershy: ALL RIGHT, LITTLE ONES, THIS WAY.
THIS WAY. [ QUACKING ]
YOU REALLY SHOULD BE MORE CAREFUL.
SOMEPONY COULD GET HURT.
WHY ARE YOU IN SUCH A HURRY, ANYWAY?
WE'RE TRYING TO FIND RAINBOW DASH
SO WE CAN HEAR HOW SHE EARNED HER CUTIE MARK.
OH? THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING.
YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN MY CUTIE MARK
IF IT WEREN'T FOR HER.
RAINBOW DASH? REALLY?
OH, YES. IT ALL STARTED AT SUMMER FLIGHT CAMP.
YOU'D NEVER GUESS, BUT WHEN I WAS LITTLE,
I WAS VERY SHY AND A VERY WEAK FLYER.
OOH!
AAH! YAH!
[ GASPS ]
OH!
[ LAUGHS ] NICE GOING, CLUTTERSHY.
THEY OUGHT TO GROUND YOU PERMANENTLY.
HA! MY BABY BROTHER CAN FLY BETTER THAN YOU.
IT WAS THE MOST HUMILIATING MOMENT OF MY LIFE.
AND THEN, OUT OF NOWHERE...
[ ZOOM! ]
LEAVE HER ALONE!
OOH, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO, RAINBOW CRASH?
KEEP MAKING FUN OF HER AND FIND OUT!
YOU THINK YOU'RE SUCH A BIG SHOT?
WHY DON'T YOU PROVE IT?
WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN MIND?
YOU'RE GOING DOWN.
IN HISTORY MAYBE.
SEE YOU BOYS AT THE FINISH LINE.
[ ZIP! ]
AH, AH, AAH!
YAAH!
AH! AAH!
[ SCREAMING ]
HUH?
I HAD NEVER SEEN SUCH BEAUTIFUL CREATURES.
BUTTERFLIES DON'T FLY AS HIGH AS MY CLOUD HOME,
AND I HAD NEVER BEEN NEAR THE GROUND BEFORE.
♪ WHAT IS THIS PLACE FILLED WITH SO MANY WONDERS ♪
♪ CASTING ITS SPELL THAT I AM NOW UNDER? ♪
♪ SQUIRRELS IN THE TREES AND THE CUTE LITTLE BUNNIES ♪
♪ BIRDS FLYING FREE AND BEES WITH THEIR HONEY ♪
♪ HONE-E-E-E-Y ♪
♪ OH, WHAT A MAGICAL PLACE ♪
♪ AND I OWE IT ALL TO THE PEGASUS RACE ♪
♪ IF I KNEW THAT GROUND HAD SO MUCH UP ITS SLEEVE ♪
♪ I'D HAVE COME HERE SOONER AND NEVER LEAVE ♪
♪ YES, I LOVE EVERYTH-I-I-I-ING ♪
[ BOOM! ]
[ CHITTERING ]
[ RIBBITING ]
[ CHIRPING ]
[ SQUEALING ]
Shh.
IT'S OKAY.
YOU CAN COME OUT.
[ Warbly ] EVERYTHING'S OKAY.
THERE'S NOTHING TO BE AFRAID OF. [ QUACKING ]
[ ANIMALS CHATTERING ]
SOMEHOW, I HAD THE ABILITY
TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE ANIMALS ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL.
[ TWINKLE! ]
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. WHAT HAPPENED TO RAINBOW DASH?
WHAT ABOUT THE RACE?
OH, WELL, I WASN'T THERE,
SO I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
COME ON, CRUSADERS. WE'VE GOT TO FIND HER.
BESIDES, I CAN'T TAKE ANY MORE SINGING.
MAYBE MY SISTER KNOWS WHERE SHE IS.
BYE, FLUTTERSHY!
BYE, GIRLS.
HOW DID WE GET ROPED INTO THIS?
WE'LL NEVER HEAR RAINBOW DASH'S STORY.
ARE YOU GIRLS STILL OBSESSING OVER YOUR CUTIE MARKS?
OF COURSE.
MOST OF THE FILLIES AT SCHOOL ALREADY HAVE THEIRS.
I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL.
FOR THE LONGEST TIME,
I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHY I DIDN'T HAVE MINE.
[ UP-TEMPO PIANO MUSIC PLAYS ]
WELL DONE, RARITY. YOUR COSTUMES ARE VERY NICE.
NICE?! THEY NEED TO BE SPECTACULAR!
AND THE PERFORMANCE IS TOMORROW!
I TRIED EVERY TRICK I COULD THINK OF,
BUT NOTHING SEEMED TO WORK.
THE COSTUMES JUST WEREN'T RIGHT, AND THE PLAY OPENED THAT NIGHT.
MAYBE I'M NOT MEANT TO BE A FASHIONISTA AFTER ALL.
[ SPARKLE! ]
AAH!
WHAT'S GOING ON?!
I HAD NO IDEA WHERE MY HORN WAS TAKING ME,
BUT UNICORN MAGIC DOESN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT A REASON.
I KNEW THIS HAD TO DO WITH MY LOVE OF FASHION --
AND MAYBE EVEN MY CUTIE MARK!
I KNEW THAT THIS WAS MY DESTINY!
A ROCK?!
THAT'S MY DESTINY?!
WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM, HORN?!
I FOLLOWED YOU ALL THE WAY OUT HERE FOR A ROCK?!
HMPH! DUMB ROCK!
[ RUMBLE ]
AAH!
[ TWINKLE! ]
OOH!
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
[ TWINKLE! ]
WHOA! WHOA! WHOA! WHOA!
[ TWINKLE! ]
UGH! THESE NAMBY-PAMBY STORIES
AREN'T GETTING US ANY CLOSER TO OUR CUTIE MARKS!
THEY'RE ALL ABOUT FINDING WHO YOU REALLY ARE
AND BORING STUFF LIKE THAT!
YES, SCOOTALOO, THAT'S EXACTLY --
COME ON, GIRLS, WE NEED ACTION!
WE NEED RAINBOW DASH!
Twilight Sparkle: AS A YOUNG FILLY IN CANTERLOT,
I ALWAYS WANTED TO GO TO THE SUMMER SUN CELEBRATION,
WHERE PRINCESS CELESTIA RAISES THE SUN.
AND I SAW THE MOST AMAZING, MOST WONDERFUL THING I'VE EVER SEEN.
[ FANFARE PLAYS ]
[ ALL GASP ]
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
I POURED MYSELF INTO LEARNING EVERYTHING I COULD ABOUT MAGIC.
[ STRAINS ]
[ GASPS ]
MY PARENTS DECIDED TO ENROLL ME
IN PRINCESS CELESTIA'S SCHOOL FOR GIFTED UNICORNS.
IT WAS A DREAM COME TRUE...
EXCEPT FOR ONE THING.
I HAD TO PASS AN ENTRANCE EXAM.
[ DING! ]
[ DOOR OPENS ]
WELL, MISS SPARKLE?
[ CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY ]
WELL, MISS SPARKLE?
[ COUGHS ]
[ STRAINING ]
[ YAWNS ]
WE DON'T HAVE ALL DAY.
I KNEW IT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT DAY OF MY LIFE,
THAT MY ENTIRE FUTURE WOULD BE AFFECTED
BY THE OUTCOME OF THIS DAY...
AND I WAS ABOUT TO BLOW IT!
I'M SORRY I WASTED YOUR TIME.
[ SCRIBBLING ]
[ BOOM! ]
AAH!
[ ELECTRICITY CRACKLING ]
TWILIGHT SPARKLE...
I'M SO SORRY. I DIDN'T --
...YOU HAVE A VERY SPECIAL GIFT.
I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER COME ACROSS
A UNICORN WITH YOUR RAW ABILITIES. HUH?
BUT YOU NEED TO LEARN TO TAME THESE ABILITIES
THROUGH FOCUSED STUDY.
HUH?
TWILIGHT SPARKLE, I'D LIKE TO MAKE YOU
MY OWN PERSONAL PROTéGé HERE AT THE SCHOOL.
HUH?!
WELL?
[ WHINNIES ]
YES!
ONE OTHER THING, TWILIGHT.
MORE? [ THUD! ]
MY CUTIE MARK!
YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES,
YES, YES, YES, YES!
YES, YES, YES, YES, YES! OKAY, OKAY.
WE'RE HAPPY FOR YOU, TWILIGHT.
YEAH, THRILLED.
LET'S GET OUT OF HERE WHILE WE STILL CAN.
YES, YES! YES!
[ BOING! BOING! ]
ARE YOU OKAY?
[ CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY ]
UM...YES.
AW, WHY DON'T WE EVER SMASH INTO RAINBOW DASH?
Pinkie Pie: YOU'RE LOOKING FOR RAINBOW DASH?
IF I WAS HER, I'D BE AT SUGAR CUBE CORNER.
OF COURSE, IF I WAS ANYONE, I'D BE AT SUGAR CUBE CORNER.
HEY! I HAVE AN IDEA.
WANT TO GO TO SUGAR CUBE CORNER?
WELL, WE'RE SORT OF LOOKING FOR RAINBOW DASH
SO WE CAN HEAR HOW SHE GOT HER CUTIE MARK.
CUTIE MARK!
COME WITH ME, AND I'LL TELL YOU HOW I GOT MINE.
[ SIGHS ] WHY NOT?
ALL RIGHT!
MY SISTERS AND I WERE RAISED
ON A ROCK FARM OUTSIDE OF PONYVILLE.
WE SPENT OUR DAYS WORKING THE FIELDS.
THERE WAS NO TALKING. THERE WAS NO SMILING.
[ SIGHS ] THERE WERE ONLY ROCKS.
[ BELL DINGS ]
WE WERE IN THE SOUTH FIELD,
PREPARING TO ROTATE THE ROCKS TO THE EAST FIELD,
WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN...
[ BOOM! ]
[ ANIMALS CHATTERING ]
I NEVER FELT JOY LIKE THAT BEFORE.
IT FELT SO GOOD I JUST WANTED TO KEEP SMILING FOREVER.
AND I WANTED EVERYONE I KNEW TO SMILE, TOO.
BUT RAINBOWS DON'T COME ALONG THAT OFTEN.
I WONDERED, HOW ELSE COULD I CREATE SOME SMILES?
[ ZIP! ]
[ CRICKETS CHIRPING ]
[ ROOSTER CROWS ]
WE BETTER HARVEST THE ROCKS FROM THE SOUTH FIELD.
[ LIVELY MUSIC PLAYS ]
PINKAMINA DIANE PIE, IS THAT YOU?
MA, I NEED YOU AND DAD AND THE SISTERS
TO COME IN HERE QUICK!
[ MUSIC CONTINUES ]
SURPRISE!
DO YOU LIKE IT? IT'S CALLED A PARTY.
[ TOOT! ] [ ALL GASP ]
OH, YOU DON'T LIKE IT.
[ ALL WHINNY ]
[ GASPS ] YOU LIKE IT!
I'M SO HAPPY!
[ TWINKLE! ]
AND THAT'S HOW EQUESTRIA WAS MADE.
[ TIRES SCREECH ] WHA-- HUH?
LOOK, WE'RE HERE.
MAYBE ON THE WAY HOME
I CAN TELL YOU THE STORY OF HOW I GOT MY CUTIE MARK.
IT'S A GEM.
OH, COME ON. SHE'S JUST BEING PINKIE PIE.
UGH.
RAINBOW DASH! YOU'RE HERE!
I HEAR YOU'RE LOOKING FOR MY CUTIE-MARK STORY.
[ SIGHS ]
YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH TODAY
TO HEAR THAT STORY.
IT ALL HAPPENED DURING THE RACE AT FLIGHT CAMP
WHERE I STOOD ALONE AGAINST ALL ODDS
TO DEFEND FLUTTERSHY'S HONOR.
[ SNORT! ]
[ ZIP! ]
AH, AH, AAH!
[ WHISTLE! ]
I'D NEVER FLOWN LIKE THAT BEFORE.
THE FREEDOM WAS UNLIKE ANYTHING I'D EVER FELT.
THE SPEED, THE ADRENALINE, THE WIND IN MY MANE!
I LIKED IT A LOT!
WHOA!
HA! LATER, RAINBOW CRASH.
HEY!
TURNS OUT THE ONLY THING I LIKED MORE THAN FLYING FAST...
WHOA-OH-OH!
...WAS WINNING.
MOST PEOPLE THOUGHT
THAT THE SONIC RAINBOOM WAS JUST AN OLD MARE'S TAIL.
BUT THAT DAY, THE DAY I DISCOVERED RACING,
I PROVED THAT THE LEGENDS WERE TRUE.
I MADE THE IMPOSSIBLE HAPPEN.
[ CHEERS ]
[ TWINKLE! ]
AND THAT, LITTLE ONES, IS HOW YOU EARN A CUTIE MARK.
WHOA! WHOA! WHOA!
Fluttershy: WAIT A SECOND.
I HEARD THAT EXPLOSION, AND I SAW THE RAINBOW, TOO.
RAINBOW DASH, IF YOU HADN'T SCARED THE ANIMALS,
I NEVER WOULD HAVE LEARNED I COULD COMMUNICATE WITH THEM
AND GOTTEN MY CUTIE MARK.
I HEARD THAT BOOM, AND RIGHT AFTERWARDS,
THERE WAS THIS AMAZING RAINBOW THAT TAUGHT ME TO SMILE.
Applejack: WHEN I GOT MY CUTIE MARK,
I SAW A RAINBOW THAT POINTED ME HOME.
I BET IT WAS YOUR SONIC RAINBOOM.
THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION I COULD NEVER EXPLAIN
WHEN I GOT MY CUTIE MARK.
THIS IS UNCANNY.
IF THAT EXPLOSION DIDN'T HAPPEN WHEN IT DID,
I WOULD HAVE BLOWN MY ENTRANCE EXAM.
RAINBOW DASH, I THINK YOU HELPED ME EARN MY CUTIE MARK, TOO!
WHOA!
WE ALL OWE OUR CUTIE MARKS TO YOU!
DO YOU REALIZE WHAT THIS MEANS?
ALL OF US HAD A SPECIAL CONNECTION BEFORE WE EVEN MET.
WE'VE BEEN BFFs FOREVER, AND WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT!
COME HERE, Y'ALL.
OH! OH! OH!
I LOVE YOU GUYS.
AWW! AWW!
EW! GIVE ME A BREAK.
COME ON, CRUSADERS.
MAYBE WE JUST NEED TO TRY ZIP-LINING AGAIN.
[ SIGHS ]
HEY, HOW ABOUT A SONG?
YES! DEFINITELY!
N-O-O-O-O-O!
Twilight Sparkle: DEAR PRINCESS CELESTIA,
TODAY I LEARNED SOMETHING AMAZING.
EVERYPONY EVERYWHERE
HAS A SPECIAL MAGICAL CONNECTION WITH HER FRIENDS,
MAYBE EVEN BEFORE SHE'S MET THEM.
IF YOU'RE FEELING LONELY
AND YOU'RE STILL SEARCHING FOR YOUR TRUE FRIENDS,
JUST LOOK UP IN THE SKY.
WHO KNOWS? MAYBE YOU AND YOUR FUTURE BEST FRIENDS
ARE ALL LOOKING AT THE SAME RAINBOW.
GROSS. WHEN DID YOU GET SO CHEESY?
JUST WRITE IT, SPIKE.
♪ MY LITTLE PONY ♪
♪ FRIENDS ♪