♪♪
[Spike sighs] Didn't we just shelve all the books
in the library a few months ago?
Yes, but that was because we needed to;
this is just because I want to:
I call it my booksortcation.
Three uninterrupted days of re-organizing books!
Can you think of anything more relaxing?
Well, claw massages, back rubs, bubble baths...
You weren't really looking for an answer, were you.
I've even devised a better system for organizing them.
It decreases the amount of time it takes to find the book
you're looking for by nearly 3/4 of a second.
Whoa! That much?
Look at them all.
Why there must be at least 20,000 books to organize.
Whoooo!
Best long weekend ever!
I'm sure we can make some time for a claw massage
and a back rub, too.
Yes! Best long weekend ever!
♪ 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? ♪
♪♪
[door opens]
[sigh]
Whoa, that strange yellow orb in the sky! What is that?
All right, all right.
So it's been a little while since we've seen the sun.
A little while?
We've been in that library for 3 straight days.
Yes! But they were three very productive days!
Even if you did take that two-hour claw massage break.
Hey! You promise a claw massage? I'm getting a claw massage.
It's not like we missed anything.
[whoosh]
[crash]
Hello, Twilight.
Hi, Spike.
Hi, Rainbow Dash.
Good to see you, Discord.
Did you rehearse before you found us?
What makes you think we practiced?
Come on, Rainbow Dash. What's going on here?
[laughter]
Sorry, me and Discord are just messin' around. Ha ha.
Like we do.
Since when?
Oh, Twilight, we've simply had a momentous time together
these past three days.
You could say it was hisss-sterical! Ha ha ha.
Ha ha ha! Sneaky Snake.
Hoo hoo hoo! Just snaking around.
Good one, Discord!
It is?
Kind of an inside joke from this weekend.
You wouldn't really get it unless you were there.
Oh. OK.
Cool. Well, uh, catch you later, Twilight.
Catch you later, Twilight.
That was strange, right?
Since when have Rainbow Dash and Discord had "inside jokes"?
Since sometime in the last three days, I guess.
Hey! Nopony made you join me on my booksortcation.
I'm joking. I'm joking.
[door jingles]
Rarity?
Twilight! You've returned from your book-sorting sabbatical.
All that organizing has done wonders for your complexion.
Thanks. It was very relaxing.
And we were able to clear a shelf
for those old-fashioned books you wanted to donate.
They're not old, darling; they're vintage.
And they're over there. I've even included my favorites
by former Canterlot Designer to the stars, Rococo Froufrou.
Ooh, I love her.
Him.
Uh, ha. Both.
Discord: Twilight!
This makes twice I'm seeing you in one day. Aren't I lucky?
Weren't you just with--
Hi, Twilight! Hi, Spike! How was your booksortcation?
It was good.
[giggle] Orange you glad you did it?
[laughter]
"Orange" you glad! Fluttershy, you're a card! [giggles]
Please, you'll make me blush.
You do seem to be turning a shade of [gasp] orange!
[uncontrolled giggling]
Oh, sorry, darling. You see, we were at Sweet Apple Acres...
And oh, how to explain...
Well, let me try and paint her a picture, dearest.
[whisper] "Dearest?"
You see, we were all at Sweet Apple Acres
and I ended up turning the trees into the most--
Oh, who am I kidding?
I simply can't do it justice. You really had to be there.
We would have invited you to come along too,
but we didn't want to interrupt your organizing.
We know how important it is to you.
And I'm sure it was much more important
than the fun that we had.
I appreciate that.
Speaking of books, I should get these on the shelves.
[giggling]
♪ [hypnotic music] ♪
♪♪
Hmm, Rainbow Dash bonding with Discord;
Rarity finding something he did genuinely funny?
Must have been some weekend.
Somepony sorry she missed it?
Of course not.
[hysterical laughter]
What's got you two in hysterics?
Oh, we were just reminiscing about the best weekend ever!
He's everywhere today, isn't he?
Oh, now where was I?
Ah, yes, we'd just finished our soup and then Applejack said,
"Peanut butter hoof? Yuck! Not even with jelly."
[laughter]
I don't get it.
It was hilarious. I wish we'd taken a picture for you.
Discord: Oh, well this should do.
[clattering]
[hysterical laughter]
I guess that's funny?
Well, seems this has become quite the sticky situation.
HA! Sticky situation!
Aw shucks, Twilight,
we haven't even asked how your weekend went.
It was fine.
And yet you look so glum.
Does somepony need a huggy-wuggy?
Whoooo.
I am not glum. I'm glad.
I'm glad you all had such a good time together.
Having inside jokes can really create a lasting bond
between friends.
I'm just sorry that all this bonding happened
while you were holed up in your castle.
Oh, don't you worry 'bout Twilight.
Bet you were in hog heaven organizin' all them books.
Again.
I'm sure I had just as much fun as the rest of you.
I can't believe I missed out on all that bonding.
I knew it! You are jealous!
Spike, I'm the Princess of Friendship. I don't get jealous.
I'm sorry I missed out because sharing that experience
would have helped me with my Princess of Friendship duties.
Come again?
If our friends could enjoy three full days with Discord
that much, it must have something to do with
the specific things they did together.
If we could find out what those things were,
it could be a real breakthrough in the science of friendship.
I guess so.
I know so! You thought our booksortcation was fun?
This is going to be even better!
Thank you for coming.
I wouldn't have asked you here if it wasn't important.
I love important!
I want to know how these "funny" moments you shared came to pass.
I can use this data to help advance friendships
all over Equestria.
Well, I like the sound of that.
[agreement]
Perfect. Let's start with, "The Snake."
[raucous laughter]
I don't know if I can get it out! It's too funny!
Oh, but we must. It's for the greater good.
It started when we were helping Granny Smith with her garden.
Uh, I reckon you mean my sister, Apple Bloom.
Oh. All you Apples look the same.
And then Rainbow Dash saw a snake.
I think it was a garden hose.
It was a "Hose Snake." Super Deadly.
I recall it being a large stick
that looked like a hose that in turn did in fact
resemble a snake.
Point is WE galloped away!
And it chased after us!
The hose? A snake? A stick?
A snake!
A hose!
A stick!
We literally trotted for our lives. Isn't that hilarious?
I guess you had to be there.
I DO need to be there.
But you weren't.
And it's already happened. Oooh. Are you suggesting--
Time Travel?
Absolutely not! Time travel is not something to be messed with.
We simply need to recreate everything
that led to these jokes.
Oh! What a brilliant idea!
Shall we begin with the lunch date that kicked off
the glorious weekend you missed out on?
Are you sure it was this table?
Uh, does it really matter?
When it comes to science, everything matters.
One change to the equation could ruin the experiment.
Ohhhhh. It was this table here.
♪♪
All right, so you sat down at the table
and then what happened?
Oh, well first, I expressed my displeasure
with the design of the menu and--
Oh, I'm sorry to interrupt, but I've just noticed something.
Yes?
The tablecloth. It isn't the same color
as the one the restaurant used on the day in question.
Really?
He's right. The tablecloth was red.
I remember because it clashed with the font on the menus.
I don't suppose that means we're gonna need
to get a new tablecloth, does it?
Oh, most definitely.
Wow!
One change to the equation could ruin the experiment.
Twilight said so herself.
Anything stand out as being different? Anything at all?
Um, I've noticed a couple of things.
Me, too!
Excellent.
Discord: A little to the left...
no, my left...
a little bit more...
oh no, no, no, a little more right.
The cloud over our table looked like an ice cream sundae.
Perfect.
No. No. No. No. No. This is barely room temperature.
Garcon! Garcon, over here.
[laughter]
No? Nothing?
Are you sure there's not something you've missed?
Some other detail about your lunch together
that you're forgetting?
Well, I don't know about the rest of you,
but I feel we've been pretty exhaustive in our attempts
to recreate every single detail of our previous encounter.
[agreeing chatter]
Yeah, Twilight. If you don't get it by now,
I don't think you're ever gonna get it.
But it is really important that I figure this out.
It's for the good of all Equestria.
Well, perhaps we should have another look
at the data we've collected.
[gasp] Of course!
There is one last variable that we haven't accounted for.
What?
You!
Me?
You weren't there observing us.
No matter how hard we try, we can't possibly recreate
our weekend of fun exactly as it happened
because you'll always be watching and you weren't there.
He makes a good point.
It has only served to prove that moments of levity and bonding
between friends simply cannot be recreated
so that others might share in the experience.
He makes another good point.
Oh, don't worry, darling;
I'm sure there'll be plenty of other chances for you to share
in the kind of frivolity we had with Discord
while you were away.
Yeah. And I'll bet they'll be just as...hissssterical.
[laughter]
Absolutely.
I'm not buying it. Not for a second.
There is definitely something else going on here, Spike.
Or maybe there isn't and you should just drop
this whole thing and admit that you're a little jealous?
Even if I'm not able to laugh at what happened,
I should be able to figure out why they find it funny.
Why they think they had this amazing and hilarious
time together.
But I can't figure it out. It doesn't make sense.
Some things just can't be explained.
Our friends think something great happened to them
while I was away. But no! It was something awful!
If we don't break the spell they're under,
who knows what terrible things could happen?
Spell?
Come on, Spike! There's no time to lose!
Zecora, what do you think? Can you undo Discord's magic?
[bubbling]
In what way can you tell that they are indeed under a spell?
They're having fun with Discord; that's why.
Ahh, a friendship with Discord is truly a shock
but who says it is something that we must block?
Trust me, they would never laugh like that
unless something magical was involved. It's not that funny.
I know funny.
All right, this potion will break the spell
then you will be able to tell.
Wait, if that's the potion, then what's brewing in your cauldron?
It ties the room together and emits a warm glow
but if I am to be honest, it's just for show!
♪♪
[yawn]
I wonder why she asked us here so bright and early.
Another map adventure perhaps?
Nope. No glowing tushies here.
Maybe it's more of a non-adventure.
Maybe she just wants to tell us how last night's slumber went.
Hey, gang!
Ooh, you look excited.
I am excited! We're gonna have fun today!
Yes!
Just one tiny, miniscule, microscopic thing
before fun times.
I need everypony to sip this potion
to break Discord's spell on you.
Uh, what now?
Don't be embarrassed. So what if Discord cast a spell on you
so you THOUGHT you had a great time
and now you have all these inside jokes
that you seem to be constantly laughing at.
Don't worry, you didn't have your defenses up; I get it.
You're kidding.
Twilight, darling, we simply had a nice time with Discord.
As I recall, we spent much of yesterday afternoon
re-enacting it for you.
Uh-huh. Or you re-enacted what you thought was fun
but really wasn't because you were under a spell
that made you think what happened was fun.
What kind of fertilizer have you had your nose in, Twilight?
Be honest; the only reason you won't drink the potion
is because deep down in your hearts you know there's a chance
that Discord has you under his power.
Twilight! How could you say such a thing?
I know Discord still makes mistakes sometimes,
but you're accusing him of being downright evil.
Yeah! And to top it off, you're accusing us
of not being able to tell he was up to something.
What do you take us for?
Yeah. What do you... take us for?
Delicious! Got any more, Twilight?
Hi, Twilight.
The gang mentioned we'd all be hanging out together today.
The gang?
Yeah, the peanut butter hoof gang!
[tapping]
[giggling]
It's still funny!
So much for that whole spell theory.
[laughter continues]
Ugh! It's still not funny!
It's funny if you were there.
[yelling] But I wasn't there! I wasn't included.
Maybe it's my own fault for staying in
and having a booksortacation when I could have been
making jokes and memories with my friends.
But I didn't do that, did I? You all did.
You were all there but--
[sigh]
I wasn't there. I missed out.
And seeing you having all these jokes I wasn't a part of
and couldn't understand made me...
Jealous?
No. The Princess of Friendship can't get jealous.
Sure you can, Twilight. And none of us begrudge you for it.
We're sorry if we made you feel left out.
You didn't do anything wrong.
You're allowed to share things that don't include me.
And you're allowed to feel a little jealous about it.
You just have to be able to admit that's what you're feeling
so you can let it go.
And, you know, not try to make us recreate everything
that happened when you weren't around.
Of course, none of this would have happened
if I hadn't encouraged everypony not to invite you this weekend.
They wanted me to be there?
And you convinced them to not invite me?
Well, I didn't think that they should interrupt you.
But now I see that we should have. Oh, I feel just terrible.
You don't look like you feel terrible.
Better?
Applejack: Wait a minute.
You didn't suggest not inviting Twilight
cause you wanted to make her feel left out, did you?
Of course not!
That whole jealousy thing was just a happy accident.
Certainly we can all agree that Princess Twilight
learned a valuable lesson here.
That even she can have feelings of jealousy.
That she should recognize said feelings
rather than try to pretend that she doesn't have them?
Did I get the tiniest bit of glee out of watching her
try to recreate our weekend of fun in the name of "science"?
Oh, most definitely.
But what's important here is that it was never my intent
to make Twilight feel jealous.
That's something the old me would have tried to do.
Orange you glad I've changed?
I said "Orange you glad I've changed?"
[clattering]
[cough]
Orange! Like the ones at the Applejack farm.
From this weekend.
No? Nothing? Really?
I thought you'd find this hisss-sterical.
[rattle]
Yes, no. Discord, I think these jokes have run their course.
Only way we'd find them funny now is
if you put us all under some kind of spell.
Come on! You'd have to be a complete crazy pony
to think he'd do something like that.
What are you going to say next, Pinkie?
That we'd all have to drink some weird potion to break the spell?
[laughter]
What's so funny?
Come on, Discord, do we really have to spell it out for you?
[laughter]
I don't get it.
Somepony want to tell me what's so hilarious? Anypony?
Hello? I'm talking to you! You and you, you!
Well, what's funny about spells?
I don't get it; I feel left out and I feel really bad about it.
Sorry, buddy. Guess you had to be there.
[POOF]
[laughter]