Fall Weather Friends
I'll Try Not To Milk This Joke...
[The camera focuses on a ring-toss peg… and keeps focusing… and nothing happens…]
Rainbow Dash: Hey, can we try that again…?
Director: What? Why?
Rainbow: It's really hard to play horseshoe toss…
Director: No it isn't! This isn't a carnival where everything is rigged, this is just you throwing a horseshoe at a stick!
Rainbow: Well I'd like to see you throw a horseshoe with your mouth!
(Credit to Mlpgirl2002)
I Said I'd "Try"
Take 1
[Applejack throws a horseshoe, but she throws it way too far.]
Applejack: Darn it!
Director: CUT! How is this so hard for you horses?!
Applejack: Hey! It's hard to line up your shot when the peg is right in your blind spot!
Pierre: Sir, why would ponies play ring toss? It seems like the unicorns have an unfair advantage.
Director: I don't know! Ask one of them!
Twilight Sparkle: [From offset] This game was never a thing in Equestria. This is a foreign game that is pretty much useless to us. Putting it in the episode is weird- it's like having buckball in a series set in this world- it's inaccurate because humans are incapable of playing it.
Director: That's nowhere near the same thing, Twilight. Nice try, but we're keeping the horseshoe toss.
Twilight: Ugh!
Take 2
[Applejack throws the horseshoe again, but this time releases it too early and it flies off to the side.]
Mike the Mic Guy: Aiiiiiii! [Drops the boom mic]
Director and Pierre: [wince] Oooooh.
Rainbow: Now that's gotta hurt.
Mike: [in strained, high pitched voice] You have n-no idea…
Director: Uh… Nancy?!
Nancy: I'll get him some ice.
(Credit to Maelstrom)
Hat's Off for Applejack!
[After Applejack manages to throw her horseshoe close to the stake, Rainbow taunts her]
Rainbow: Ha! Looks like this pegasus can pitch better than the workhorse. [she tries to flick Applejack's hat so it falls over her eyes but instead, it falls off her head entirely.]
Director: Cut! You may be able to pitch better than her, but you still manage to fail at the most mundane of things.
Rainbow: With all due respect, shove it, dude!
(Credit to Mlpgirl2002)
Just One More Please
[Rainbow throws her horseshoe and, as scripted, tosses it way off the stage]
Twilight: [from offset] OWWW!
Rainbow: Eeesh… sorry Twilight [smiles nervously]
The Magic of Editing
[The director walks over to his chair, carrying a bottle of soda. As he sits down he glances over at the set and whispers to Pierre]
Director: Is Applejack still trying to get that horseshoe on the stake?
Pierre: [holding the camera steady] I'm not even watching what's going on anymore. I'm just playing connect-the-dots with the bumps on the floor.
Director: [sighs] I'm starting to think Twilight was right about ring toss being a bad idea.
Pierre: Ya think. Please say they don't play this ever again.
Director: [after taking a gulp of soda] Don't worry, they don't.
[A few more minutes pass and Applejack is starting to get more and more agitated]
Director: Alright that's enough. Twilight, get over here and throw the horseshoe onto the stake. We'll edit it to make it look like AJ did it.
Applejack: Hey! I can do this on my own!
Rainbow: [puts her hood on Applejack's shoulder] Just let it go, AJ. It really isn't worth it.
Applejack: That's rich coming from someone who hates losing.
(Credit to Maelstrom)
Spike: Ultimate Thief
Spike: [speaking through a megaphone] Hello everypony, and welcome to the first annual Iron Pony competition!
Director: Whoa! Stop! I'd yell cut but I can't because that's my megaphone, you scaly little pickpocket!
Pierre: Well sir, you don't need your megaphone to shout 'cut'.
Pinkie: And how can Spike be a pickpocket if he's picked something that can't fit in a pocket?
Director: [snatches the megaphone and yells at Pierre and Pinkie through it] SHUT UP!
Wood You Mind?
Spike: [Speaking into a stick whilst standing on Twilight's back] Hello everypony, and welcome to the first annual Iron Pony competition!
Twilight: Uh… Spike? Who are you talking to?
Spike: Um… ACK! [Drops the stick]
Director: CUT!
Twilight: Spike, what happened?!
Spike: [Looking in horror at his claw] I got a splinter!
Director: NUUUURS-
Twilight: No! No, I'll get this one! [Hurries Spike off the set]
Pierre: Another smart point to Twilight.
Flightless Dragon Problems
[Spike hops onto Twilight's head] Let the games beg-YAH!
[He falls forward off Twilight and faceplants into the dirt]
Director: Cut!
Reality Ensues
Twilight: Ready, set, go!
[Rainbow Dash zooms down the track of the first contest, swerving around all the barrels. She looks like she's not putting any effort at all into it… and then she crashes into one of them]
Rainbow: OOF! [sinks to the ground]
Director: CUT! Dash, you're a professional stunt flier, how did you botch that up?!
Rainbow: [a little woozily] You said it yourself. I'm a pro flier, not a pro runner! This is hard stuff!
The Moral of the Episode
[The next contest is to ring the bell on a Test Your Strength Machine. Rainbow bucks the target and manages to ring the bell. She begins to celebrate, and a few of the gathering ponies throw their horseshoes into the air in celebration. However, when the horseshoes fall back down, a few ponies cry out in pain]
Bon Bon: OW! [clutching her forehead] Whose horseshoe landed on me?
Daisy: [rubbing her head] Yours!
Bon Bon: Oh… yeah…
Director: Cut!
Pierre: The moral of this episode should really be that horseshoes should be outlawed.
Worst Injury of the Episode Already
Applejack: Mighty respectable, but let me show you how it's really done. [Applejack bucks the target with one hind hoof and the bell is launched off the machine and high into the air]
[The crowd cheers and Rainbow stares up at the sky in disbelief, falling down onto her rump]
Applejack: Years of applebuckin'. [she kicks the tree Rainbow is sitting under, and a bunch of apples falls from it]
[Fluttershy changes the score on the board, and two more apples hit Rainbow on the head. And then-]
Applejack: DASH! MOVE!
[Rainbow's eyes shoot open and she scrambles backward just in time for the bell to plummet back down to the ground, causing a dent in the path]
Director: Holy heck, that could have killed her!
Pierre: How did we not consider where that thing would land?!
Director: I thought it would fly further away- that's why we're filming outside!
Pierre: Oh, that's why we're out here. I thought it was just an excuse to get out of that stuffy studio.
Rainbow: Can you two stop talking?! My life just flashed before my eyes!
Reptilian Rodeo
Spike: [Sitting on Applejack's back and looking nervous] Why me…?
Twilight: GO!
[Applejack tries to buck Spike off her back. The first time, he manages to cling to her tail, but the second time, he lets go and flies into the air.
Director: Cut! Too early, Spike!
[Spike falls back down, and Twilight catches him in her magic before he can hit the ground]
Spike: It's… it's so hard. Must this episode be so rough?
Director: The script is God, Spike; and the script says that AJ needs to buck five times.
Spike: [groans in terror]
Dragon Bomb
[Applejack manages to fling Spike off her back after five bucks, but instead of falling into the pile of hay, he instead flies in the direction of the bleachers, where Big Mac, Apple Bloom, and Granny Smith are sitting]
Spike: Gyah! Get out of the way!
[Not able to move in time, Big Mac ends up with a dragon crashing into his chest. Big Mac hardly feels anything, but to Spike, it feels like he just slammed into a rock]
Director: Cut!
Pierre: Dang, Big Mac's even stronger than I thought…
Director: Don't even think about asking him for workout advice, Pierre. You're too scrawny for anything to work.
Pierre: [Sadly] Thanks for pooping all over my dreams, sir...
Sore Board
[Rainbow Dash bucks Spike off her back in only a couple of seconds, sending him flying in the direction of the scoreboard. Rainbow flies into the air to celebrate]
Twilight: Rainbow Dash wins the bronco buck!
[Fluttershy changes the score again]
Spike: LOOK OUT!
Fluttershy: Eep! [she doesn't fly away in time and Spike crashes into her.]
Director: Cut!
(Credit to Maelstrom)
A Ball To The Head
Take 1
[Applejack bucks a football super high into the air. Three pegasi are perched on a cloud and as the ball heads in their direction, they duck down. However, the ball slams right into Derpy and knocks her off the cloud]
Director: CUT!
Derpy: [Still falling] I'm okay! [Hits the ground]
Take 2
[The second time around, the ball sails over the cloud, but as it falls back down]
Fluttershy: Not again!
[The balls crashes into the yellow pegasus, knocking her down]
Director: CUT! CUT! CUT!
Who's Keeping Score?
[After Rainbow Dash wins the ball bouncing contest, some of the pegasi drop roses down from some clouds. Fluttershy catches the one Derpy drops in her mouth and leans over to change the number on the scoreboard. However, she leans too far over and ends up dropping the apple marker.]
Fluttershy: Oh shoot!
Director: Cut!
Never Work With Animals… oh, wait.
[For another of the contests, Applejack and Rainbow Dash have to walk across a muddy patch with baby chicks on their backs. As they splash through the mud, Applejack loses all of her chicks, but Rainbow Dash cheats but holding out her wings to shield the chicks from the mud splatter.
Applejack: [Glares at Rainbow]
[Suddenly, a few of the chicks jump off Rainbow anyway.]
Rainbow: Wha- hey!
Director: CUT!
Pierre: I knew this would happen. Baby animals never do as they're told. Kinda like children.
Director: Shut up, you!
Rope and Despair
[In the final competition, a tug of war across a patch of mud, Rainbow Dash cheats by flying, and Applejack has no choice but to dangle from the rope by her mouth.]
Applejack: [muffled by the rope] That's not fair! You can't use your wings to help you win!
Rainbow Dash: [also muffled] Huh?
Applejack: [mumbling] You're cheatin'!
[Right then, the rope snaps and Applejack falls down into the mud]
Director: CUT!
(Credit to Maelstrom)
Tension
[Applejack and Rainbow Dash spit on their hooves and bump them together to seal their agreement to race in the Running of the Leaves. Then, when Rainbow Dash is meant to blow a raspberry in AJ's face…]
Rainbow: [leans forwards and gives Applejack a quick lick on the nose]
Applejack: [gasps and flinches back, flushing red] What the hayseed?!
Director: CUT! Dash, none of us needed to see that!
Pierre: I did.
Director: That's gross, Pierre. Dash, try to be more mature for the love of Celestia, God and everything else.
Pulling a Leg
[On the morning of the Running of the Leaves, some ponies are warming up for the race at the starting line. Berry Punch, who is stretching a foreleg, suddenly falls on her side, gasping in pain]
Berry Punch: GYAH! Shoulder cramp! Shoulder cramp!
Director: OUCH!
Someone Play That Song!
[Applejack is doing her warm-up exercises before the race.]
Rainbow: Pardon me, excuse me- make way for the Iron Pony. [she struts smugly towards the starting line.]
Director: Cut! Dash, you grabbed the wrong flank number.
Rainbow: Huh? [she glances at the number taped to her flank] Is number 1 not the right number for me?
Director: Ugh. God, your pride is so grating.
Rainbow: What's wrong with liking yourself, sir?
Director: There's nothing wrong with that (although it does make me want to smack you), but you've gotta stick to the dang script. Grab the right number, for crying out loud.
Can't Think of a Title for This One
[Rainbow and Applejack notice Twilight standing next to them at the starting line.]
Applejack: Twilight, what in tarnation are you doin' up here?
Twilight: I'm racing!
Rainbow: [Laughs in an over-exaggerated manner, but almost immediately starts choking]
Director: CUT! You know, I was dreading filming your obnoxious laughing, but that makes it worth it.
Rainbow: I really hate you.
One Mean Green Screen
[Pinkie and Spike are being filmed in a hot air balloon in front of a green screen]
Director: Okay Felicity, turn on the sky backdrop!
Felicity: [Salutes] Aye aye, captain!
[She turns on the green screen, but instead of displaying the sky, it shows a selfie of Felicity, Tou-Mou, and Mike drinking the punch left over from the last episode.]
Director: Darn it, you three are the reason the punch was gone before I could get any?!
Tou-Mou: Nice going, Fliss.
Mike: Wrong file! I th-thought you were a professional.
Felicity: Hey! Even I mess up sometimes!
Director: Trust me. We know. Now get the sky on the green screen and all three of you owe me a soda!
Tou-Mou: Screw you, buzzkill. How's it our fault you didn't get off your butt fast enough to get some punch?
Director: Never question me or I'll cut you.
Mike: [to himself] God this job is g-gonna drive me insane.
Director: Stop stammering over there and get back to work!
(Credit to Maelstrom- great continuity, my friend ^u^)
Rainbow Dash- Leading the Fight Against Lameness
[Applejack runs ahead of Rainbow in the race]
Rainbow: [to herself] Come on Rainbow, show 'em a little dash!
[Suddenly, she stops running.]
Rainbow: Hey, can I ask you guys something?
Director: [sigh] Everybody stop! What is it, Dash?
Rainbow: Do I ever stop using my name like this? I mean, this line was way better than the one from Boast Busters but using your own name to pump you up is the kinda thing self-centered tailholes do. It's just lame; no one thinks it's cool unless they're delusional.
Twilight: Wow Rainbow, that was a very well-worded point.
Director: Dash, this is a kid's show. This is how kids think sports stars act, so just let them think it while they're still innocent and don't know any better.
Rainbow: Uh… I really don't think the kids would mind if that line was changed.
Director: Well, You-Know-Who probably would mind.
Pinkie: [gasps] Voldemort?! [covers her mouth]
Director: [facepalm] No, The Producer! They make it so that nothing in the script can be changed.
Rainbow: How is that possible…?
Director: Not sure. Something about how 'nothing can be changed because everything has already been set in stone'? They're an extremely ominous jerk sometimes…
Applejack: Hey Dash! Earlier in the episode, ya had to call me 'Applesmack' as an insult. Was that not lame enough to warrant you callin' the writers out?
Rainbow: Hey, that was at your expense, not mine. Fight your own battles, AJ.
Mic Drop
[Spike runs to the side of the hot air balloon to get a better view of the race]
Spike: Ho-hold your horses, Pinkie- whoops! [He drops the mic off the side by mistake]
Director: CUT! Jeebus, those are expensive, Spike!
Pierre: Spike, you're the only character here with opposable thumbs and you can't hold a mic?
Spike: Go easy on me, darn it!
Obviously, This Had To Happen
[Applejack trips over a rock and slides across the dirt path on her face. The rest of the running ponies trample over her. When the dust clears, Applejack has been pressed completely into the ground]
Director: GYAH! Cut! Someone help her out!
[Twilight tugs Applejack out of the ground, and Applejack begins babbling like a crazy person]
Twilight: Applejack, how much of you is broken?!
Applejack: T-Twilight… I can't feel nothin' at all…
Director: I think we should probably stop filming for today… time for another trip to the hospital.
The Next Day…
[After Applejack overtakes her, Rainbow trips over a stump and faceplants the ground. The racing background ponies trample over her, leaving her in the same state Applejack was in the previous day.]
Director: CUT! Are you ponies seriously not mindful enough to avoid running someone into the dirt?!
Twilight: [Pulling Rainbow from the ground] Rainbow Dash! Say something!
Rainbow: [sputters some incomprehensible gibberish and giggles] You're a pretty pony! [boops Twilight on the nose]
Director: God, am I gonna have to drive to the hospital again!
Tou-Mou: Does this mean we get the rest of the day off?
Director: Nope. You gotta build a stage for the next episode. Everyone can chip in whilst Dash is out of commission.
Felicity: Ooh, that sounds like fun!
Tou-Mou: Do you know how to build a stage?
Felicity: Well… I can pitch a tent? It's like that, right?
Tou-Mou: ...No, no it isn't.
Director: Felicity, don't even think about helping with that stage. You need to come up with some epic special effects for a fashion show.
Felicity: [the most serious look ever appears on her face] I will not let you down, sir! [whizzes away]
Pierre: Okay let's get Dash to the ER before Fliss blinds us all or something.
Pony Diets
Spike: Looks like Rainbow is doing her best to catch up!
Pinkie: [rambling] I'm not sure how ketchup is going to help her in this contest. Now, in a hot dog eating contest it can make them doggies nice and slippery, but personally, I prefer mustard. How about you, Spike?
Spike: Uh… CUT!
Director: Spike, you can't just yell cut like that! That is my word!
Spike: You don't own the word 'cut'! But I have a huge problem with the script!
Pinkie: Actually, so do I, Mr. Director!
Twilight: Me too! You do know that ponies don't eat meat, right? Why would we have a hot dog eating contest?!
Pierre: Yeah, I was concerned about that too, sir. What should we do? Cut the line out? It's not like it's an essential joke.
Director: [Biting lip and staring down at the script in his hands] Can't… change… anything…
Everyone: [Groans]
Wood Is a Legitimate Threat in This Chapter…
[Rainbow overtakes Applejack again and, in an attempt to slow the earth pony down, Rainbow grabs the branch of a tree she's running past and pulls it back with the intent to snap it back into Applejack]
Rainbow: YOW! [lets go of the branch and clutches her muzzle]
Director: CUT!
Rainbow: Splinter in my tongue! Get it out!
Director: Okay, that cut was worth it. Someone get that splinter out! That sounds painful as heck!
Trees Are The Enemy
Director: Okay, stunt girl. Are you sure this is going to work?
[Applejack is perched on the tree branch, which has been pulled back far enough that she can grip onto the trunk of another tree until it is time to launch herself. Veronica, the stunt organizer, is checking everything over]
Veronica: Mr. Director, I am a professional. This stunt relies heavily on the laws of physics and if anyone had made a mistake setting this up, I would have noticed it.
Pinkie: I just can't see this working out. Is there a team of people that are gonna catch Applejack? Or is there a giant pillow for her to land in?
Veronica: Well, actually there's a team of people with a giant pillow, so you're double-right, Pinkie.
Pinkie: [gasps and pumps her hoof in the air] Hey yeah!
Pierre: Sir, why did you hire this chick to organize stunts? She looks pretty young to have this kind of job.
Director: Because her resume impressed me, okay. She's worked on some huge productions. Remember that one spy movie with the chase scene in the construction site?
Pierre: [blinks] That was her work?!
Director: Well… it said she helped out on it.
Pierre: [frowns] You know, I'm beginning to lose faith in your hiring intuition.
Director: Let's just do the scene.
Veronica: You two do know that I can hear you talking about me? Like, you're not even being subtle about it.
Director: Just do it! ACTION!
[Applejack releases the tree trunk and the branch she's standing on snaps forward. However, instead of launching her into the air, it flings her across the path and directly into another tree. She is immediately knocked unconscious.]
Director: Oh my God. [buries his face in his hands]
Pierre: Holy dung, is she alive?!
Twilight: [levitates Applejack onto her back] I'll take her to the emergency room this time. You people need to stay away from her!
Veronica: I-I don't understand! What did I overlook?! [grips her hair in panic]
Tou-Mou: Haha! Hey sir, I think there's now officially someone who's screwed an actor over more than you have!
Director: Shut up, Peng!
Twilight's Grudge
[Rainbow rushes screaming past Applejack, pretending to be chased by bees]
Twilight: [calling from the other side of the set] I wish you'd thought of CGI bees before I got stung within an inch of my life!
Director: CUT! Shut up, Sparkle! Your injuries weren't that bad!
Twilight: It may be hidden by fur but my skin will forever be covered in scars from those bee stings!
It's a Spin Thing
[In an attempt to lead Applejack off-track, Rainbow decides to flip over a sign pointing right to that it points left instead. She gives the sign a spin, but ultimately it ends up pointing the same way it had been before]
Rainbow: Ugh.
[She spins it again, but the same thing happens]
Rainbow: Dang it, this is hard!
[She spins it again, and the sign still ends up pointing right]
Director: Cut! Dash, how do you manage to fail so epically?
Rainbow: Well at least I didn't launch anyone into a tree!
Veronica: God, I'm sorry! I won't mess up again!
Tou-Mou: Tell that to Applejack's broken face.
Veronica: Her face didn't break!
Tou-Mou: You injured a famous Equestrian bodybuilder; if that gets out, you're done for.
Veronica: [Glares at Tou-Mou] Is that a threat?
Tou-Mou: [Glares right back] Oh? Are those trust issues I detect?
Twilight: Pierre, the set is over here. Why are you aiming the camera at those two?
Pierre: [Wide eyed] I think a cat fight's about to start!
Director: Pierre, you disgust me. Now can we please get back to recording?
AJ of the Jungle
[To help Applejack catch up with Rainbow Dash, Pinkie and Spike carry her back to the front of the race by dangling her from a rope]
Applejack: Pinkie! Pinkie, go a little to the right!
[Pinkie Pie doesn't hear her]
Applejack: Pinkie, the right!
[Applejack clings tighter to the rope as she ends up colliding with Rainbow Dash, who is knocked to the ground]
Spike: [yelling down from the balloon] Sorry Rainbow! Neither of us is used to flying this thing!
Director: CUT!
Art of the Stunt
Director: Now, are you sure that this stunt is set up properly?
Veronica: [sigh] Yes.
Director: Super sure?
Veronica: Yes.
Director: Super sure with sweet strawberry sprinkles on top?
Veronica: YES!
Pinkie: [from off-set] Aww, now I want strawberry sprinkles!
Rainbow: [about to be launched from a slingshot made of tree sap] You'd better not fire me into a tree! I'll sue your butt!
Veronica: You. Will. Be. Fine!
Director: Okay, everybody stand back!
[Two staff members pulls Rainbow Dash backward, ready to fire Rainbow Dash through the trees]
Director: Action! FIRE!
[Rainbow is released and she is flung from the sap slingshot. The sap breaks and Rainbow flies down the path, fast approaching the rest of the racers. Suddenly, Shoeshine breaks apart from the rest of the crowd, accidentally moving right into Rainbow's line of fire]
Rainbow: Oh no!
[SLAM]
[Rainbow crashes into Shoeshine, and the two ponies tumble down the path at an impressive speed]
Director: Cut! Someone catch up to them!
Pinkie: Wow! That was one epic fail!
Veronica: But I'd just like everyone to pay attention to the fact that that wasn't my fault!
Director: Ugh, she's right. I guess that means I have to go easier on her now…
Pinkie: Yes, Mr. Director! Yes, it does.
Director: Well, she felt my wrath for long enough I guess. I only have so much of that to go around.
(Credit to Maelstrom)
The Rope Strikes Again
Take 1
[As they are approaching the finish line, Applejack tries to hold Rainbow back and grabs hold of the rope restricting the pegasus from using her wings. The rope snaps and unravels from around Rainbow's middle.]
Applejack: GAH! [lets go of the rope] Rope burn on my tongue!
[Everyone seems to cringe in sympathetic agony]
Rainbow: Oh come on, I didn't get that response when I got a tongue splinter!
Take 2
[Applejack tries once again to grab the rope, but misses the mark entirely]
Rainbow: GRAH! My wing! You chomped my wing! [Rainbow shoves Applejack away forceful enough for her to fall down to the ground]
Director: Cut!
Applejack: Good grief, I know that must've hurt, but there was no need to push me that hard!
The Gag Continues
Take 1
[Everypony bows as Princess Celestia makes her way onto the scene]
Celestia: It appears to me like a vital lesson was learned.
Director: CUT! That's not the line!
Celestia: Oh? I swear it went just like that…
Director: [Reading from the script] "It seems to you like an important lesson was learned." That is your line.
Celestia: But they sound almost identical. You could keep that take, couldn't you?
Director: Listen, flowy-locks. You may be a princess, but in this studio, the script is your God! Deviations from it are not allowed under any circumstances!
Rainbow: You keep saying that! It's so annoying!
Take 2
Applejack: I'm sorry ya had to see us being such poor sports, Princess.
Celestia: That's okay, Applejack. Anypony can get caught up in the thrill of competition.
Director: Cut! Celestia, you're doing it again!
Celestia: [Sighs] My memory must be failing with age. Give me the script again.
Take 3
Twilight Sparkle: It's important to remember that the friendship is always more important than the competition.
Princess Celestia: Exactly, Twilight. Now, unfortunately, because the two of you were busy tricking each other instead of shaking down-
Director: CUT! Princess, why are you looking up? Applejack and Rainbow Dash are down in front of you!
Twilight: [looks up] It seems that Pinkie and Spike are holding up Celestia's lines on signs.
[Pinkie sheepishly drops the sign she was holding into the balloon's basket]
Pierre: Don't worry sir, it's almost over. I'll buy you a soda after we're finished.
Final Trip
[Rainbow Dash and Applejack run through the woods after reconciling. There are smiles on their faces and they're having the time of their lives. The leaves from the trees are falling down upon them like snow, and the peaceful music plays on as they gallop off into the woods together, finally putting their friendship above competition]
[And then Applejack fell]
Applejack: Oof!
Rainbow: [Bursts out laughing] Wow AJ, that was almost a perfect ending!
Director: Cut! Applejack, I thought you were a professional sports-pony- how can you mess up to such an embarrassing degree?
Applejack: [getting to her hooves] Oh no, I am a professional- one of the best there is if I might add- but sometimes ya just trip.
Veronica: See? Listen to her! She's right!
Director: [sighs] I guess that's true…
Pierre: Are we doing our own morals now?
Rainbow: Huh?
Pierre: Even professionals make mistakes sometimes? That could be our moral.
Applejack: If ya say so. If someone asks us how production went today, we can tell 'em that we learned that lesson.
Rainbow: Oh please. Who would wanna know about this behind-the-scenes stuff? That sounds boring as horsefeathers.
Endnote: We're halfway through the first season now, folks! At last! The next episode is Suited for Success, so feel free to review or PM me if you have any suggestions for bloopers (or tell me how many brain cells you think I have. Hint: it's not many.)
Also, AkaiKamiRyu, I believe you confused this episode with The Cutie Mark Chronicles. Which is fine because I get them mixed up all the time (darn similar names). xD
Mouse's Musings: This chapter seems off to me. I don't know why and I don't know if it is to anyone else but if you have issues with anything I'm writing please let me know so I can improve. This chapter also introduced Veronica and Mike, meaning over half of the human characters have been shown. I know Mike cameoed in a previous chapter but he didn't leave much of an impression. Of all the crew members aside from the Director and Pierre, these two new ones are the ones I've developed the most in my head. However, I never want the human characters to overshadow the ponies, seeing as they are the focus of the story, as it is.
This episode is another weird one for me because this chapter ended up being much longer than the last one, but it didn't feel like I came up with as many bloopers. Maybe the ones I did come up with were longer than usual? But anyhoo, let's start with the most obvious question: Why is it that in the last episode everypony was cleaning up Winter, but now they're cleaning up Fall? No, I'm just kidding- people have been making fun of this huge time leap for years; what more could I add?
The reason I don't consider this episode great is mostly because of the Iron Pony competition, and how nopony called out Rainbow Dash for being a cheating cheater who cheats. Like, how did no one have a problem with this? That entire sequence makes me so angry, you guys. Rainbow Dash and Applejack's competitiveness could be annoying as well (especially when they both trip over and both blame the other pony. Like, they repeated the same scene twice- that's such a pet peeve of mine).
However, I do not dislike this episode. Not in the slightest- it tells a good, coherent story and the moral at the end is really good. There are also a lot of amusing moments that outbalance the unfunny moments (Pinkie Pie's wacky commentary in the balloon was not funny- it was just flanderizing her occasional weird ramblings). I also like this episode because of the characteristics of Applejack and Rainbow Dash, especially at the beginning of the episode.
You see, back during the early seasons I was fascinated by Rainbow's character- I assumed that she was incredibly insecure and that's why she had such a superiority complex and this episode was a big part of that. At the start of the episode, when Rainbow Dash loses the horseshoe toss, you can hear in her voice how ashamed she is, and the very next thing she does is challenge Applejack to a huge competition. At some point, I guess they either retconned her insecurity or I'm just dumb and it was never there in the first place, but it used to be my favourite thing about Rainbow.