After school was over, the Rainbooms went to the Cakes' Sweet Shoppe. After getting their milkshakes and Rarity's cup of tea, Fluttershy, Applejack, and Sunset Shimmer pulled up their chairs to the table. The other girls sat on the green couch.
Rainbow Dash: Whoo! Best day of school ever!
Rainbow sips her milkshake.
Sunset: Hehe. Never thought I'd hear you say that, Rainbow Dash.
Twilight: Me neither.
Applejack: I reckon this is all because of that video?
Rainbow nodded.
Rainbow Dash: Heck yeah! I can't stop thinking about it. It was so awesome!
Rarity sipped her tea.
Rarity: I must agree, darlings. That abridged show was indeed quite astounding! Hilarious, I might add.
She closed her eyes.
Rarity: Why, I don't think I will ever get used to it.
Fluttershy sadly sips her milkshake as she thinks of Yugi's grandpa being made fun of.
Pinkie Pie: In that case, let's watch another one.
Fluttershy widened her eyes while Pinkie Pie held up her laptop.
Pinkie Pie: I've got a whole playlist of episodes.
The girls chatted with excitement while Fluttershy said "Yay" very quietly. Pinkie Pie then spotted Flash Sentry walking by and started waving her arm.
Pinkie Pie: OH! OH! FLASH SENTRY! OVER HERE!
Flash faced the Rainbooms.
Flash: Oh!
He waved at the girls.
Flash: Hey, Rainbooms! What's goin' on?
Rainbow Dash: We're just about to watch a funny show online. You've gotta check it out with us.
Flash: Uh, sure. That sounds cool!
Pinkie Pie: YAY!
After Flash pulled up a chair, Pinkie placed her laptop on the table and clicked on the video.
Pinkie Pie: Alrighty, here we go!
The video started when Pinkie Pie pressed play.
Yami: In tonight's episode, the part of Tristan Taylor will be played by Barney the Dinosaur.
The girls laughed while Flash widened his eyes. Even Fluttershy was feeling a little better already.
Applejack: It was bound to be said sooner or later.
Flash: uh, what just happened?
Rainbow Dash: Oh, you'll see, Flash.
They resumed the video.
Bakura: I say, Yugi. Can I play too?
Yugi: Sorry, Bakura. Main characters only.
Rarity scoffed a little bit.
Rarity: Well, that's a bit of an outrage.
Joey: Playin' card games sure beats doin' schoolwork. Arithmetic is for losers.
They giggled while Twilight looked surprised. She blushed and shyly rubbed her head with a smile.
Joey: Now I just gotta subtract your defense points from my attack points and... and, uh... Wait a minute. How do I do that?
Tea: It's official, you're an idiot.
Flash and the girls giggled after that.
Tristan: "I love you" "You love me"
They widened their eyes.
Tristan: "We're a happy familyyyy"
They let out a bit of a loud laugh.
Flash: This is pretty funny! What is this anyway?
Sunset: This guy, LittleKuriboh, takes this Yu-Gi-Oh show, and redubs the characters words.
Flash: Mmm. Gotta say. I kinda like it so far.
Pinkie Pie: Yeah, we had a feeling you would.
Joey: Tristan's song taught me a valuable lesson.
Rainbow raised an eyebrow.
Rainbow Dash: Really? The song taught you something?
Joey: I need to learn how to be a better duelist. Ya gotta help me out here, Yug!
Yugi: Let me see your deck.
Yugi looks through Joey's deck.
Yugi: (Thought) Oh man, his deck is even more powerful than mine! Woah, the Dark Magician?! I just gotta have that.
They had a laugh after that line.
Rainbow Dash: Now he's... now he's trying to steal Joey's cards now? Hehehe.
Sunset: Where does LittleKuriboh come up with this stuff?
Yugi: Geez Joey, your cards are worthless! Tell you what, why don't I get rid of these, and we'll go visit Gramps and set you up with a new special super awesome deck?
Joey: Thanks, Yug. You're always lookin' out for me.
At the Game shop, Solomon was stroking a poster with Black Luster Soldier and Harpie's Pet Dragon on it.
Solomon: Oh, Black Luster Soldier, no one must ever know of our forbidden love.
The girls and Flash felt very uneasy.
Flash: Is that old man falling for a poster?
Applejack: Seems like it. That just weird.
They nodded in agreement.
Twilight: I'm hoping to forget about that by the end of the day.
Rarity: Seconded.
Yugi and Joey walked into the game shop.
Joey: Hey, Yugi's grandpa. How 'bout trainin' me to become Duel Monsters champ over here?
Solomon: Very well, but it will require hours of rigorous off-screen practice.
Joey: Really? I don't even get a trainin' montage?
Solomon: Who do you think you are? Rocky Balboa?
Flash and the girls laughed again, gaining the attention of a few customers.
Bon Bon: What are they laughing at?
Lyra shrugged with her eyes closed.
Lyra: Dunno. Probably some funny video.
The laughing died down.
Flash: Now we know why this episode's called Rocky VII.
The screen showed a duel between Weevil Underwood and Rex Raptor.
Announcer: Welcome to the Regional Championship, where the comic relief villains are having a meaningless duel. I can't believe we're actually airing this on TV, folks.
Joey: Man, I love the Card Game Channel.
Yugi: It's almost as good as the Watching Paint Dry Channel.
Everyone chuckled.
Rainbow Dash: Who would wanna watch a Paint Drying Channel?
Pinkie started tapping her chin.
Pinkie Pie: Hm. Straaange!
Sunset: What's so strange, Pinkie Pie?
Pinkie Pie: I can't help but feel like I've watched paint dry before.
There was a montage of so many Pinkie Pie's in Equestria watching paint dry. The background music was "You Say Run" from My Hero Academia, and Princess Twilight was zapping them one by one. After the montage, Pinkie shrugged.
Pinkie Pie: Oh well. Never mind.
She played the video.
Solomon: There's a package here for you, Yugi. You'd better not have been using my credit card to buy Duel Monsters merchandise off eBay again.
The girls and Flash laughed again.
Rainbow Dash: Now Yugi's using his grandpa's credit card? I Can't believe we're actually laughing at this.
Rarity laughed nervously.
Rarity: Yes.
She secretly reached down for a credit card in her sock and pushed it down.
Rarity: I can't imagine anyone doing that sort of thing.
Yugi: It's from Industrial Illusions. I guess they heard about my victory over Kaiba.
Joey: Yeah, those card games are big news. It completely overshadowed the fact that he kidnapped and hospitalized your Grandpa.
Fluttershy thought back at the first episode and gave a sad look.
Twilight: Hey, Fluttershy.
Fluttershy widened her eyes.
Twilight: You're being awfully quiet today. Is something wrong?
Fluttershy: No. Um...
She gave a smile.
Fluttershy: Everything's fine.
They went back to watching the video.
Tristan: Hey, look! I'm on TV.
Joey: What are ya talking about, Tristan?
The TV showed Rex's Two-Headed King Rex.
Joey: That's just a purple dinosaur.
The gang let out a huge loud laugh, gaining everyone's attention again. They decided to ignore the laughter and shrug.
Rex: Uh-huh-huh! Hey, Weevil, check it out. My dinosaur's horny. Uh-huh-huh! Get it?
Weevil: Yeah. Heh-heh-heh! Yeah. Heh-heh-heh! Heh-heh!
The gang looked surprised as a few of them were gasping in some air.
Rarity: They... did... not!
Rex: It's, like, your move or something?
Weevil: Heh-heh-heh! Bugs are cool! Heh-heh-heh!
Yugi: These guys sound awfully familiar.
They let out a laugh after that.
Flash: So now they're...?
Rainbow Dash: O-hoh yeah!
Applejack: Ooh, this is gonna be too good!
Rex: So, like, I'll attack or something?
Weevil: You, like, activated my trap card, buttmunch. Heh-heh-heh-heh!
Rex: Uh-huh-huh! No way.
Weevil: Fire! Fire! Yeah! Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh-heh!
Weevil's Basic Insect attacks and destroys Rex's Two-Headed King Rex.
Rex: This sucks! I'm gonna go, like, get some nachos.
Flash and the girls had a great laugh after that.
Applejack: Ah knew it.
Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, let's hear it for Maximillion Peeeegasus!
Pegasus walks to Weevil with his trophy.
Pegasus: Congratulations, Mr. Underwood. Here's your trophy. Now, allow me to render your victory utterly pointless by announcing a far more interesting contest with a much grander title up for grabs.
Weevil: Whoa! Heh! This chick is hot! Heh-heh!
The gang chuckled.
Flash: That's a guy!
Yugi: Hey, there was a video inside the package.
Yugi puts the tape in the VCR.
Solomon: I just hope it's not one of those cursed video tapes that are all the rage these days.
Pegasus appeared on TV.
Pegasus: Seven days.
Solomon: Oh snap, I knew it!
The gang looked at each other with fright and then back to the video.
Pegasus: That's right, Yugi-boy! There are only seven days 'til Duelist Kingdom. And in order to get you to enter, I'm going to force you to play a Shadow Game.
Pegasus froze Yugi's friends while bringing Yugi to the Shadow Realm.
Pegasus: Win in 15 minutes, and I'll release your friends.
Yami: That's fine by me, Pegasus. I'll beat you with the cards I took from... I mean the cards that Joey gave me.
The gang started laughing after Yami's line.
Rainbow Dash: Yeah, the cards "Joey gave to you".
Pegasus: You won't beat anyone with that dragon card.
Yami: You can see into my mind?
Pegasus: Yes, Pharaoh-boy! And I can see that you and I have a great deal in common.
Yami: What's that supposed to mean?
Pegasus: Isn't it obvious?
Yami: Look, pal, just because I inhabit the body of a teenage boy doesn't mean I'm a-
Pegasus: Oh, come now, Pharaoh-boy! Don't be so gauche. I was referring to our Millennium Items.
Yami: Oh! Right, I knew that.
The gang stared at the screen.
Twilight: Um... okay?
Fluttershy: What was he going to say?
Applejack: Let's... not talk about it.
The 24 theme played as the timer counts down.
Pegasus: What would you say if I told you I didn't actually create Duel Monsters, and that it's actually based on mystical duels held by powerful pharaohs many thousands of years ago?
Yami: What'choo talkin' 'bout, Pegasus?
They chuckled again.
Pegasus: These pharaohs battled with real monsters and real magic. So as you can imagine, it was a great deal more exciting than the watered-down product I created.
Rainbow Dash: Watered-down?
Pinkie Pie shrugged.
Yami: Wait a minute. You're just using this monologue to stall for time!
The timer countdown was done.
Pegasus: Well it worked, didn't it?
The Rainbooms and Flash: WHAT?!
Rainbow Dash: That cheat!
Yami: You're a cheat!
Rainbow Dash: Exactly!
Pegasus: No, my strategy was merely-
Yami: Hey everybody, Pegasus is a big stinky cheater.
The gang laughed.
Rainbow Dash: And you know it!
Pegasus: Ooh, so that's the way it's going to be, is it?
Pegasus moved his hair to reveal his Millennium Eye.
Pegasus: Fine then.
He started using his magic to take Solomon's soul.
Pegasus: Let's see how your Grandpa manages without his soul. Ooh, I'm so ambiguously camp!
Solomon: Yuuugiiiii!
Fluttershy felt uneasy as Yami turned back into Yugi.
Yugi: You bastard! You turned him into a mime!
Sunset: Since when can mime's talk?
Yugi: Grandpa! Graaaandpaaaa!
Joey: Hey, Yug, down in front, will ya?
Tristan: Yeah, we were watching that.
The screen fades to black.
Pinkie Pie: So Flash, what did you-
Pinkie was interrupted by the Post-Credits scene.
Yami Marik: Come on, let me hear you say it. Just once.
Tea: You're insane!
Yami Marik: NO! Ahehe! No, the other thing.
Tea: Superman will-
Yami Marik: WRONG!
They jumped from Yami Marik's last line before the video stopped.
Rainbow Dash: Okay, that guy was very creepy!
Everyone felt their hearts.
Rarity: Phew! Indeed. That was pretty scary.
Flash: Well, aside from that last part, I actually think this show's amazing!
Pinkie Pie: You like it?
Flash: Yeah! In fact, I gotta watch these videos more often.
Sunset: You should. LittleKuriboh is like a genius at this kind of stuff!
Rainbow Dash: I can't believe LittleKuriboh made those two sound like Beavis and Butt-Head.
Snips and Snails entered the shop.
Rainbow Dash: Can you imagine having those two around?
Snails: Uh-huh-huh! Hey Snips, we're here and stuff, at the Sweet Shoppe.
The gang turned to Snips and Snails.
Snips: Heh-heh-heh! I know that, buttmunch! Heh-heh-heh-heh!
Snails: So, like, you bring your wallet or something?
Snips: Heh-heh! Yeah, here you go. Heh-heh-heh!
Snails took Snips' wallet and looked inside.
Snails: Uhh, Snips? Uh-huh-huh!
Snips: Heh-heh! What?
Snails: Uh-huh-huh! Did you, like, remember to bring, like, money?
Snips: Heh-heh! Nope! You said to bring only my wallet, you dumb fartknocker! Heh-heh-heh-heh!
Snails: This sucks! Let's go, like, get some nachos or something.
Snips: Yeah! Heh-heh! Nachos are cool. Heh-heh-heh!
Snips followed Snails as they make their way out of the shop.
Snails: Uh-huh-huh!
Snips: Heh-heh-heh!
Snails: Uh-huh-huh-huh-huh!
Snips: Heh-heh-heh-heh!
The two exited the shop, leaving Flash and the Rainbooms with widened eyes.
Flash: Did they just...?
The gang glanced at each other before ending this chapter with a group laugh.