♪ It's a sweet life, still a little messy ♪
♪ Magic life, Full of surprises ♪
♪ Fast life...♪ ♪ Gaze upon my gems! ♪
♪ It's a fun life because we got each other ♪
♪ It's a cute life ♪
♪ Living life in our own way! ♪
♪ Come on grab a slice of cake ♪
♪ It's a sweet, magic, fast, posh, fun, cute...♪
♪ Pony Life! ♪
♪ Fun in every bite, Friendship, rainbows, wuh-oh! ♪
♪ It's a sweet, magic, fast, posh, fun, cute...♪
♪ Pony Life! ♪
This is a love story.
About hats.
(SQUEAKING)
Hometown Cookoffs are right around the corner,
we need this place looking spotless A-S-A--
- Pinkie Pie? Is this clean enough?
Darlings!
Huh?
Sorry I'm late.
WOW!
Amaaaazing hat, Rarity!
It is amazing. I have one exactly like it.
You know those days
when you're just not feeling anything in your
massive, option-filled, over- flowing closet?
I have nothing to wear!!
Mornin' Rarity!
And I thought to myself,
"That's what's missing."
I can put on a show with an old west chapeau!
You sure can! She totally can.
I believe that's for me.
Ha-ha! (GASPS)
That was fast--
Equestria Presto instant delivery.
Make room on the bandwagon, y'all!
Oh, another one.
I'm a hat pony now!
Eh. What is happening??
Ooh Rarity,
you taste-making, talented, trendsetter.
You've done it again.
Alright, get it over with.
(GASPS OF AWE) Phew.
Now I'm ready to perfect my sponge cake for TV.
So giddy-up on that cleaning y'all!
The TV crew will be here in less than 24 hours!
So let's make it SPARKLE PEOPLE!
Hm... Applejack, I think you've got that window clean.
Oh! Yeah, guess you're right.
(SPLAT!) (SIGHS)
Pull up some stool. What can I do ya for?
This big a crisis might call for a double scoop.
It's all these hats...
I feel like my identity has been stolen.
- Sprinkles? - Rainbow please.
I love my hat 'cause it shows who I am
on the inside and on the outside-
Hot fudge?
But with everypony wearing the same hat as me it's like...
I'm not myself.
Well, I'll tell you what I'd do in your hooves.
Find a new identity! - I dunno...
I'm a country fillie from peel to core.
I'm not sure who else I can be without the hat to match.
Hmm... why don't you just give some other hats a try?
While I figure out what's going on with my sponge cake.
Somehow it's too fluffy...
Okay then...
(GLUGGING) (ZAP!)
(PINKIE PIE SQUEALS)
You look GOOD!
Hmm.. ♪
Uh...
What am I doing? I don't even know what to-
Fillies and gentlecolts,
this is Captain Applejack speaking--
(ALARM BEEPING)
Woah!
Oops, sorry AppleJack.
- Phew. - Aw, tough flight?
I dunno if this hat is for me.
I've got another hat that just might work.
(GLUGGING)
Now this is more like it.
Excitement! Adventure! Heroics--
HHHOOOTTTTT!
Almost got it. - I said pre-heat, not overheat!
Hmm...
APPLE JACK: I'm just gonna...
(GULPING)
Who cares about cowpony hats?
This new me needs space--
So? How's it taste?
Good enough for hometown? IT HAS TO BE PERFECT!
It's delicious.
Best thing I ever tasted.
I just don't think I'm going to be able to reinvent myself.
None of these hats are working.
I miss the old me. The hat me.
What's a hat that says
"I'm havin' an identity crisis?"
Hmm, this feels right.
Aww...
Oh no, this fluffy failure will NOT fly!
This... also feels right.
What is life without a hat to wear off into the sunset?
A hat to get me through the good times and the bad?
That is what makes life worth living.
That hat was full of adventure and spunk.
But this black beret
matches the color of who I am now.
Dark. Alone.
French.
- Hey. - Bonjour.
We love your whole vibe.
You seem like the kind of pony who bucks what all the followers
follow and goes to the beat of your own drum.
- That's totally me! - Woah.
I mean... That's... whatever.
- Cool. / The coolest. - Very cool.
Want to join us alternative ponies?
We're a group of individually minded ponies
that think things that aren't cool are actually cool.
Not to nitpick, but
acting as a group kinda negates your individual-
You know what? Yes. Yes I would.
- Yay. / The yayest. / - Very yay.
I'm Derek, this is Matt,
and this is also Matt.
Weird names, I know. That's our whole deal.
Being different.
Right now we're into this super random squishy-cube-thing.
- Cool. - Very cool.
Uh, the coolest.
What does it do exactly?
Doesn't matter. Just as long as nopony else knows about it,
it's cool. -Oh!
Cool.
This here is a love story.
But not all love stories have happy endings.
It's gotta do something, right?
Darling, what ARE you doing?
Nothin'! Just playin' with my food.
Where have you been, darling?
And where is your trademark hat?
Got a new topper now. I'm bucking the trend.
Indeed. Do you smell toast, do you need a snack?
How many hooves am I holding up? Never mind.
Are you quite alright? - Fine. Great. Never better.
Who needs a hat when you've got a squishy-cube-thingy?
Hmmmm...Mind if I take a looky-loo?
Oh the time, I must go!
Wait! Where are you--
And what does it do, exactly?
Well--
You know what? Doesn't matter.
As long as it's cool.
Cool. Very cool.
The coolest.
♪
I'm a strong, independent pony
who isn't defined by her hat or anypony else's.
So let 'em wear their hats.
And I'll wear mine. (GASP!)
♪
Okay, where'd all the hats go?
Oh darling, hats are yesterday's news darling.
I may have let slip
that there's a new trend in town.
Why, Twilight!
You say these squishy-cube things
are the hottest trend since cowpony hats?
I say, tell me more!
(GASPS)
I don't know what that is...
What's that? Everypony is talking about them?
I better go get one - or a million...
IMMEDIATELY!!
No idea what you're talking about.
What does that thing even do?
Rarity, you did all this for me?
It's happening.
They hit the mainstream.
Apple-J, want to join us on the next big thing?
It's teeny tiny tiaras-- the twist?
We wear them on our flanks. - Uh no.
I don't wanna wear teeny tiny tiaras with you, on my flank.
I may not need my hat to be myself,
but I also don't need to go chasing trails
mainstream or not.
Fine I don't even care like do whatever...
Looking good, Apple-J!
Er, Applejack!
AppleJack darling, you're my muse!
I don't want my taste-making talents
to take away your apetite for being you!
They didn't! But it's nice to have it back.
If not to define my whole identity,
then at least for the sun protection.
So what are we gonna do with all these?
(CONFUSION NOISES)
(GASP!) It's perfect for my spongecake!
It's what's been missing from my Hometown Cookoff recipe!
What? We can eat these?
(MUNCH!)
Oh for crying out loud, we could have been eating
these THE WHOLE TIME!!
♪