Beware the Nice Ones: Fluttershy is as kind and caring as ever in this episode.The silly party girl led the chase and jumped onto the coach to chew Applejack out for it. Beware the Silly Ones: You do NOT want to break a Pinkie Promise.get seriously upset with you! By that we mean, she will be Burning with Anger and speaking with Voice of the Legion. Berserk Button: Don't ever break a Pinkie Promise, or else Pinkie will.um.Benevolent Boss: Cherry Jubilee, who gladly offers Applejack a job with room and board when she hears she's looking for a "change of scenery", and tells her workers to have fun before they get started.Astonishingly Appropriate Interruption: Applejack: No, no, no! I'm not telling you why, so just.She's also the most concerned out of the Mane 5 and the most dedicated to getting her friend to come back. Anger Born of Worry: Rainbow Dash is one of the most confrontational ponies in this episode, snapping at Applejack several times and tackling her towards the end to prevent her from leaving.An Aesop: Don't run away from your problems.Added Alliterative Appeal: Why the already punny 'Pinkie Swear' got retconned to 'Pinkie Promise' here.Tabitha, in one of her few live-action roles, played Cousin Catastrophia in The New Addams Family, who is also a blonde, ditzy Walking Disaster Area. Outside of ponies the allusion goes further back then that.Good thing the Twinkling Balloon wasn't in this episode. Germain voices Derpy Hooves, a pony who can't even move without causing a major disaster? It's Generation 3 all over again. Pinkie is chattering incessantly, and Rarity is muttering dire implications for Rainbow Dash, who refused to go back for them. Meanwhile, Pinkie and Rarity are making their way back on a hoofcar after being knocked off the cart during the chase to catch Applejack. Better to run to your friends and family!Īs they return to Ponyville, Applejack is greeted warmly by her friends and dogpiled by her family. "It's a tad easier to be proud when you come in first than it is when you finish further back, but there's no reason to hide when you don't do as well as you'd hoped. The friends all assure Applejack that it doesn't matter what color ribbons she won having her home with them in Ponyville means more than any prize.ĪJ, back on the Friendship Express Train home, narrates her letter to Princess Celestia: Applejack was too ashamed to return empty-hoofed after everypony's build-up, so she took the job at Cherry Jubilee's so she could earn money to send home. Applejack thinks she's safe when a Friendship Express Train passes and blocks her friends' pursuit, but Rainbow and Fluttershy fly over it and knock her over, revealing the real reason Applejack didn't return: She won ribbons in every event, but not one blue ribbon - and no prize money for the town hall repairs. The ponies look for Applejack and find her trying to get out of Dodge (literally) via stagecoach! They give chase, accidentally losing Pinkie Pie and Rarity in the process. That's when the others discover that it is never a good idea to break a Pinkie Promise. She swears a Pinkie Promise to tell them everything the next morning at breakfast. The ponies fail to get anything out of Applejack at first, but when they weaponize Pinkie Pie's chatterbox nature, Applejack finally caves. AJ insists she just wanted a change of scenery, but her friends don't buy it and decide to stick around to try and get some answers. They set off to search for their friend.Īfter a brief stop at the rodeo grounds, the ponies arrive in Dodge Junction, where they find Applejack has accepted a job at Cherry Jubilee's cherry orchard. Stunned at Applejack's refusal to return, Twilight and the others declare they'll find Applejack and bring her back. Twilight Sparkle: "Family and friends: Not coming back to Ponyville.
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