That Wednesday night, the Rainbooms were in their pajamas at Sunset Shimmer's place for a fun sleepover. While Applejack and Twilight were hooking things up to Sunset's TV, Sunset was checking things off of her clipboard.
Sunset: Okay. Popcorn?
Pinkie held up a bowl of popcorn.
Pinkie Pie: Check.
Sunset: Chips & Dip?
Rarity presented two bowls on a tiny table; one containing chips and the other containing dip.
Rarity: Check.
Sunset: Sodas?
Rainbow held up two bottles of soda.
Rainbow Dash: Check.
Sunset: Napkins?
Fluttershy held up some napkins.
Fluttershy: Check.
Sunset: Set-up for Yu-Gi-Oh The Abridged Series?
Twilight and Applejack turned to Sunset after they finished up. AJ then gave Sunset a thumbs up.
Applejack and Twilight: Check.
Sunset sat in the middle of her couch with a smile.
Sunset: Best friends of mine to watch the show with?
The girls gathered around Sunset for a group hug.
Girls: Check.
The girls giggled as they turned off the lights and were getting ready to watch the show. Fluttershy and Rarity sat on the couch with Sunset. On the floor, Pinkie Pie and Twilight laid on their stomachs while Rainbow Dash and Applejack sat down.
Rainbow Dash: Hey, Pinkie Pie. Pass the popcorn, would ya?
Pinkie Pie: No problem.
Pinkie moved the bowl of popcorn over to Rainbow.
Rainbow Dash: Thanks.
She grabbed a handful of popcorn and threw them into her mouth and started chewing.
Sunset: Alright girls, here we go.
Sunset clicked a button on her TV remote and started the episode.
Yami: Yu-Gi-Oh is a production of the Children's Television Workshop.
The girls exchanged some looks.
Twilight: I'm... pretty sure it isn't.
Joey: It sure is a shame that Mokuba got kidnapped again. If we'd been payin' the slightest bit of attention, it probably wouldn't have happened.
Yugi: Oh, he gets kidnapped like once a week. I'm sure he's used to it by now.
Mokuba: It feels like I'm dying inside!
The girls widened their eyes. Fluttershy slowly turned to her friends while placing a hand over her heart.
Fluttershy: Well, that wasn't very good.
Rainbow Dash: This is one way to start an episode... that I don't even approve of.
Rarity: Well, who would?
They continued the episode, regardless.
Yugi: Come on, let's go play some more card games.
Sunset looked annoyed with crossed arms.
Sunset: (Sarcasm) Oh, sure. Ignore the imprisoned little boy to go play card games.
Joey: Hey, look! Some idiot dropped his cards!
Tristan: Hands off, those are mine.
The girls looked completely stunned. They were so stunned, Pinkie Pie dropped her jaw while Applejack dropped a chip with dip onto the floor.
Rainbow Dash: What... was that?
Fluttershy: It sounded like his voice changed.
Joey: Tristan! What the Hell happened to your voice?
Yugi: It sounds all weird and stuff!
Tristan: What're you guys talking about?
Rarity: You're right! His voice did change!
Joey: Seriously, it sounds completely different!
Yugi: Does it hurt to talk like that?
Tristan: You guys! I've always sounded like this, I swear!
Applejack: You don't need mah honesty to know that that was a lie.
Tea: That voice is all wrong.
Joey: What happened to the Tristan I knew and loved? This is unacceptable!
While the title sequence was playing, the Rainbooms had a good chuckle.
"Kawaitaaa"
Twilight: It looks like Tristan got himself a new voice.
"Sakebigaaa"
Pinkie Pie: It was fun while it lasted.
She rolled onto her back and faced the ceiling.
"Todoke"
Pinkie Pie: Now I'm going to miss his old voice.
"Fly at higher gaaaaaame"
Sunset smiled and shrugged.
Sunset: Cheer up, Pinkie Pie! Who knows? Besides LittleKuriboh, I mean? Maybe it will come back.
Pinkie Pie regained her smile, rolled back onto her stomach, and continued watching the episode after the title sequence was over.
Joey: It sure feels good to know that my friends are backing me up.
Tristan: Man, Joey, these guys look like they're way out of your league. Maybe we should go looking for some three-year-olds.
Tea: He'd be better off facing a Dueling Monkey!
The girls giggled in a cute way.
Joey: You guys are the worst friends ever!
Mai: Hello, Joseph. Happy to see me?
Joey: Yes, talking cleavage. I'm very happy to see you!
Rainbow Dash: Aaaand these jokes are back.
Sunset shrugged.
Sunset: I guess it really can't be helped. We might as well get used to it.
They chatted in agreement.
Mai: Say hello to your next opponent.
Yugi: It's Rex Raptor! He was a Regional Finalist!
Rex: Hehe, you said "region".
The girls felt uneasy.
Sunset: Just ignore it. Just ignore it.
Sunset took a breath.
Sunset: Okay, I think we're good now.
Joey: I foolishly accept ya challenge!
Tristan: Don't do it, Joey. He'll clearly wipe the floor with you!
Joey: It is implied that I am punching you!
Tea: Gasp!
The Rainbooms: Implied?!
Twilight: Why would...
It suddenly came to everyone's thoughts.
Twilight: Oh. 4Kids?
Applejack: 4Kids.
Sunset: Well, that explains it.
Tristan: Hey, no fair! You can't punch me while I'm not onscreen!
Joey: You had it comin'! Ever since your voice changed, you've been like a totally different person. Well actually, you've been like the same person just with a totally different voice, but you know what I mean.
The Rainbooms giggled.
Tristan: Good luck winning this card game without my help.
Tristan walks away.
Joey: Yeah, 'cause you're usually such an important character!
Applejack and Rainbow Dash: Oooooohhhhhh!
The girls laughed at that.
Mai: Just remember our deal, Rex. And watch out for his Time Wizard. That's what he used to defeat my Harpies.
Rex: You have herpes?
Mai: HARPIES!
Rex: Stop saying herpes!
The girls started laughing again.
Applejack: Ah think we've gotten used to it already now.
The girls nodded.
Pinkie Pie: Uh-huh!
Yugi: I'm gonna go find Tristan.
Yugi ran off.
Tea: Oh, I love it when he abandons me.
The girls looked surprised and glanced at each other. Sunset gave a smirk.
Sunset: And the shipping begins.
The girls giggled before returning to the show, where Tristan was splashing water into his face.
Tristan: Must... wash... away... the sin.
Yugi: Hey, Tristan, what's up?
Tristan: Yugi, what are you doing here? You should be helping Joey!
The girls continue to watch while eating their snacks.
Yugi: Joey doesn't need my help. Don't you get it, Tristan? This is Joey's coming-of-age episode where he proves he's a real man by winning a children's card game all by himself!
[seriously]
The Rainbooms had another good laugh.
Rainbow Dash: So you become a man by doing something a child can do? Hehe.
Rarity: Hohohohoho! Hilarious! Seriously, I don't know where LittleKuriboh comes up with these sort of things.
Rainbow Dash: Guess that's one secret we'll never find out about.
They shrugged and resumed watching the show.
Tristan: Well, he's got a hot sister, so I guess I can forgive him for assaulting me.
Yugi: And that's what true friendship is all about!
This took the girls by surprise.
The Rainbooms: What?
Tristan: What?
Yugi: Let's just go back.
The girls chuckled.
Applejack: Sounds like these guys need to learn more about true friendship.
Fluttershy: It's just too bad Princess Twilight isn't here for that.
Sunset: Yeah, and I bet she would also love this show too.
Sci-Twi smiled and shrugged.
Twilight: Oh well.
She happily faced the TV screen.
Twilight: Maybe someday I'll get to meet my counterpart again, so that I can get to know more about her.
Sunset gave a warm smile.
Sunset: Yeah. Maybe.
Sunset clicked play.
Tristan: Hey, Joey, I've returned to give you my support!
Joey: Hey, Tristan, I don't care!
Rarity crossed her arms and scoffed.
Rarity: I really do hope they learn about friendship very soon!
Joey: Time Roulette, Go!
After Time Wizard was summoned, "The Power of Love" begins to play. The girls had a good laugh while the Time Wizard's special ability was activating.
YU-GI-OH PROVES CREATIONISM WRONG
Rex: Check it out. My dragon's stoned.
Rainbow Dash sputtered before the girls let out another laugh.
Yugi: Well done, Joey! You believed in the Heart of the Cards and it came through for you!
Joey: Actually, it was more like dumb luck.
Yugi: Same thing, really.
Applejack: Hehehe. Ah doubt they are.
Mai: Now that I'm all alone, nothing could possibly go wrong.
Panik: It's raping time!
After Panik grabbed Mai and dragged her away with him, the Rainbooms gasped and literally had shivers down their spines. While still in shock, the girls pulled out their phones and recorded themselves.
The Rainbooms: Note to self: Never stand out alone at night.
After putting their phones away, they continued the episode.
Tea: There's something in the bushes!
The Omen theme "Ave Satani" played while Bakura was walking out of the bushes.
Rarity happily gasped after seeing Bakura.
[cue squealing fangirls]
Pinkie Pie: It's Bakura!
The girls turned to Rarity when she started squealing with sparkles in her eyes. She stopped when she noticed her friends staring at her. She embarrassingly blushed while clearing her throat.
Rarity: Apologies.
Bakura: Hello, guys. It's me, Bakura! I've been stalking you for the past five episodes! I hope that doesn't seem too suspicious.
Yugi: Do we know you?
Tristan: He does seem familiar somehow.
Joey: What's the deal with his inappropriate accent?
The music played again with a close-up shot of Bakura.
Sunset: I was gonna complain about the stalking and calling his accent inappropriate, but the music is just so distracting.
Fluttershy: Not to mention very creepy.
Yugi: Let's all compare ourselves to our cards in order to set up a plot point for the next episode.
Joey: I'm the Flame Swordsman!
Joey's card showed the Star Wars Kid.
Pinkie Pie: Hey, that's not the-
Tristan: I'm the Cyber Commander.
Tristan's card showed Man-at-Arms.
Pinkie Pie: Okay.
The girls were chuckling.
Tea: I'm the Magician of Faith.
Tea's card had Sailor Moon on it.
Rainbow Dash: Sailor Moon?
Pinkie Pie and Rarity: I love Sailor Moon!
Yugi: And I'm the Dark Magician.
Yugi's card showed a Black Mage.
The Rainbooms giggled after that.
Twilight: Not that Dark Magician!
Yugi: What about you, Bakura?
Bakura: This is my favorite card.
The girls widened their eyes when they saw Sephiroth on Bakura's card.
Bakura: Oops! Wrong one.
They giggled while Bakura picks up his Change of Heart card.
Bakura: There we go. The Change of Heart! If you want to know how it works, we could have a duel right now!
The music played again.
Yugi: That sounds innocent enough!
And again when Bakura turned into Yami Bakura, which was starting to frighten the girls, especially Fluttershy.
Fluttershy: Um... I don't think that sounds innocent enough!
Applejack: I was just thinkin' the same thing, Fluttershy.
Bakura: By the way, there's something I'd like you to know.
Yami Bakura: You're a bunch of idiots.
A glow from the Millennium Ring caused Yugi and his pals to faint.
Yugi: This came completely out of nowhere!
The Rainbooms gasped in shock.
Sunset: I knew something was up with him.
Yami Bakura: That's what you get for hogging all my screentime, you little bitch.
A record scratch sound occurred as the Rainbooms looked completely shocked. While their mouths were open, Fluttershy had hers covered.
Pinkie Pie: Wow! I was not expected that to come out of his mouth!
Twilight: Weirdly, I am both flabbergasted and scared at the same time.
Yami Bakura: Now to take the Millennium Puzzle, and steal your role as main character.
He reached for the Millennium Puzzle, which glowed as Yugi transformed into Yami Yugi.
Yami Bakura: What in Zorc's name is going on?
Yami: Get your hands off my Puzzle, you limey fruitcake!
Rainbow Dash snickered.
Rainbow Dash: Limey Fruitcake?
While the others were laughing, Rarity blushed and giggled with her fingers covering her mouth.
Yami Bakura: What say you and I have a card game to decide which one of us deserves to be the main character? And when I win, this show will be all mine!
Yami: Okay, but... who are you?
Yami Bakura: I'm Bakura!
Yami: Never heard of you!
Rarity sighed.
Rarity: I suppose that's another thing we shall learn to get used to.
The Omen theme played again with the title of the show appearing on the screen.
[yami vs bakura; place your bets]
Sunset: Uh, I pick Yami.
Pinkie Pie: Yami.
Fluttershy: Yami.
Rainbow Dash: Yami.
Twilight: Yami.
Applejack: Yami.
Rarity: Bakura.
Rarity noticed her friends staring at her again before shrugging her shoulders.
Rarity: What?
She turned away with crossed arms and closed eyes.
Rarity: Okay, I admit I have sort of a thing for limey boys.
She opened her right eye.
Rarity: Is that so wrong?
The girls gave unamused looks before shrugging and turning back to the show.
AND NOW A VERY SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM THE CAST AND CREW OF YU-GI-OH...
The girls looked confused.
Pinkie Pie: Huh?
Applejack: Wha-?
Yami: Hi, folks. Here at Yu-Gi-Oh, we like to have a good laugh as much as the next guy. But there comes a time when the laughter must stop, and that's usually when somebody dies. Recently, a treasured member of our cast passed away. His name was Tristan Taylor's Voice.
Rainbow Dash: Say what?
Twilight: They're doing a dedication to Tristan's old voice?
Tea: He meant so much to all of us! He made us laugh, made us cry... I can't believe he's really gone.
Yugi: When I first heard that Tristan's Voice had died, I couldn't believe what I was hearing! His voice was like family to me!
Fluttershy was starting to tear up.
Fluttershy: That's... That's so sad!
Sunset: Oh no. Fluttershy, hand me a napkin.
Rarity: Make that two please.
Fluttershy passed a few napkins to Rarity and Sunset.
Sunset: Thank you.
The two girls blew their noses into the napkins.
Sunset: Sorry, guess we're getting a little emotional right now.
Rarity: Even though this seems a little rather silly.
The girls smiled and understood while Fluttershy used a napkin to wipe her tears.
Joey: I was with him when his voice passed away. His voice had been struggling to overcome an addiction to alcohol, and, well... one thing led to another.
Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Fluttershy: Alcohol?!
Rainbow Dash: Seriously?
Sunset: Suddenly, this is becoming less sad.
RECONSTRUCTION
Joey: Tristan's Voice, have you been drinking?
Tristan: I can't remember because I'm so drunk!
Joey: Hey, wait! Don't run with those scissors!
Tristan: You're not the boss of me!
The scissors struck Tristan's voice off-screen.
Tristan: OUCH!
The girls screamed as they held their necks.
Joey: Oh no. He's dead.
Twilight slowly removed her hands from her neck.
Twilight: I don't think it's possible to kill a voice with a pair of scissors.
Mai: What happened was just terrible. I'd never want anything bad to happen to my voice.
Mokuba: Neither would I!
Yami: And so, we dedicate this episode to the memory of Tristan's Voice. Goodnight, sweet prince, and a flight of angels sing thee to thy rest.
The girls looked sad as they let their tears fall out. They closed their eyes and lowered their heads.
Twilight: Goodbye, Tristan's Voice.
Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie wiped more tears off their faces with a couple of sniffles.
Pinkie Pie: Now I'm "really" going to miss his voice.
Fluttershy: We'll miss you.
Applejack even took her hat off in a sign of respect.
Applejack: Happy trails, pardn'r.
Tristan's tombstone was shown with an image of Tristan's smiling face.
IN LOVING MEMORY OF TRISTAN TAYLOR'S ORIGINAL VOICE
EPISODE ONE - EPISODE SEVEN
The girls stayed silent even after the screen faded to black.
Mokuba: NINTENDO SIXTY-FOUUUR!
Another record scratch sound occurred as the girls widened their eyes. Applejack quickly placed her hat back on.
Applejack: Well, that sure darn ruined the moment!
The girls had a good chuckle while recovering from the sad parts of the episode, even wiping last bits of tears they had.
Sunset: Okay... that was such a touching moment in the end.
The others agreed.
Rarity: Who knew we would cry over the death of a voice?
Sunset: I know, right?
The two chuckled.
Sunset: So... if everybody's good now, what do ya say we get into the next episode, huh?
Rainbow Dash: Heck yeah!
Pinkie Pie: Totally!
Twilight: I'm ready!
Sunset gave a warm smile and shrugged.
Sunset: Alright. Episode nine starting... now.
Sunset pressed the button on her remote and started episode nine.