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Checklist
What a beautiful day in Ponyville.
The Golden Oak Library during sunrise.
"Quills!"
"Check!"
"Parchment!"
"Check!"
"Extra ink!"
"Check."
"Is that everything on the checklist?"
Yep!
Spike with the checklist.
Twilight explaining the things they need to do.
Are you ready, number one assistant?
"Ready?"
What?
"Ready."
I think Twilight might be too happy.
Well, he did say he was ready.
Longest. Checklist. Ever.
Now that's what you call a list
Hmm...
"Seems like we just placed an order for those a few days ago."
Spike often questions how could he put up with Twilight Sparkle's shenanigans.
"Can't imagine why we go through so many of them."
What's next on the checklist, Spike?
"Cupcakes!"
Looking at the same thing with different perceptions.
"Uh, I only ordered twelve."
Nice balancing skills you have there, Mrs. Cake
These cupcakes looks tasty.
What are you doing?
Twilight is serious about removing the icing.
An unsure Twilight Sparkle.
Um, I cannot help but detect a variance in frosting among the cupcakes exceeding the minimum required for visual detection.
"See?"
Twilight's smile, indicates she is satisfied.
Mrs. Cake can't see any real problems, right?
Ooh.
Twilight's nervous smile.
Careful there, Mrs. Cake
Let's do this.
Mathematical precision is required!
Twilight "fixing" the cupcakes
How about, I move some icing here and some there.
Icing,...
...icing everywhere!
Uh, Twilight? I think you should stop "fixing" the cupcakes.
A forewarning of the insanity that is to come.
Well, not too bad, I guess.
"Umm, yes... Much better"
There! Order restored and enforced! So much better!
A pleased Twilight leaving Sugarcube Corner.
Huh? Who placed this icing-covered baby dragon over here?
After this turn of events, Twilight should squeeze 'Give a baby dragon a bath' into her agenda,...
or not.
How does icing taste off your own sweaty scales?
The clock is ticking!
Triple checking...the list!
"Triple check checklist to make sure we didn't miss anything when we double checked the checklist!"
"Uh, check!"
Oh, what happened?
Claw cramp, that's what happened.
"Good thing we don't have anything to report to Princess Celestia this week."
"I don't think I can write another word!"
Pony what.
"We haven't sent a letter to Princess Celestia this week?!"
That bandage won't stay for long
Wow. Twilight went crazy, even before she started talking to herself!
"Of course it's bad!"
"I'm supposed to send Princess Celestia a letter every week,..."
"...telling her about a lesson I learned about friendship!"
Spike is overwhelmed
"Not every 10 days,"
"Every!"
"Single!"
"Week!"
Twilight trying to find the calendar.
"Where's my calendar? Where's my calendar?!"
Oh, he's got something.
Ah, there's the calendar!
An example of smear animation (poor Spike).
"When did we send the last one?"
"Last...Tuesday?"
"And today is...?"
"Tuesday?"
The most popular "Eeek! face" in the whole series.
"Nononononono..."
"...nonononono!"
Tardy!
I wonder how long she could keep that face...
"Tar-dy, Spike!"
Dramatic Sparkle is dramatic
It's still daylight, Twilight...
Spike tries to calm a panicking Twilight Sparkle.
Spike used Point!
It's super effective! Twilight woke up!
"I'm afraid I have to take that chance, Spike."
"This is the ruler of Equestria we're all talking about."
"What if instead she starts thinking I'm not taking my studies on friendship seriously?"
"Well, why wouldn't you pass-"
"She's my teacher."
"They sent them back a grade!"
"But she won't just send me back a grade."
"She'll send me back to... magic kindergarten."
Twilight imagining herself being sent to Magic Kindergarten.
An unimpressed Spike
Again. How could she keep a face that long?
Spike uses Distract!
"That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard!"
"You're not going to be sent back to magic kindergarten."
Spike being proud.
"Because I'm going to solve a friend's problem..."
"...and get that letter to Princess Celestia..."
"...before sundown!"
Twilight keeping a face for a long time must run in her family... ...and Spike is unamused.
"So..."
"...got any problems, troubles, conundrums,..."
"...or any other sort of issues, major or minor,..."
"...that I as a..."
"...good friend can help you solve?"
Spike thinking
Still thinking
Still thinking.
Well I'm not entirely sure how to help a friend cope with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Err, whatever...
Because I'm going to find somepony who has a friendship problem.
And off I go!
And she goes...
"Ugh..."
"This won't end well."
Finding a friendship problem
Looking for problems? How often do you get to hear that?
"You still have plenty of time to get that letter to Princess Celestia!"
"Has to be somepony..."
"...who needs the help..."
"...of a good friend.
That screaming sounds familiar.
I found it!!!
Twilight comes to the rescue.
"Don't worry, Rarity! I'm here!"
"Why me-e-e-e-e-ee..."
"Why?!"
"Why"?!
"Why-y?!"
"Of all the worst things that could happen!"
"This is..."
"The!"
"Worst!"
"Possible!"
"Thing!"
Yes, a problem!
"What happened?"
"Are you alright?"
"I lost my diamond encrusted purple ribbon!"
"I have searched..."
"...high..."
"...and I searched low."
And low again.
Hmmph... I can't live without it.
The floors are not clean enough to lie on.
"Anywhe-e-e-e-ere!"
An opportunity knocks for Twilight Sparkle, or in this case, cries for her.
Of all the things I lost.
Whyyyyy!
"Never fear, Rarity."
"As your friend, I will do my best to help you fi-"
"Oh, there it is..."
Looks like the search won't be necessary.
Rarity recovers her, oh, so precious ribbon.
"So, you just lost your ribbon?"
"And now you found it?"
"Yeah". Or as Big Mac says, "Eeyup."
"And nothing else is..."
"...bothering you?"
"Nothing that I..."
"...as a good friend can help you solve."
That face means "Please".
"There is one thing."
That's a nice duck face Rarity.
Twilight: excited at the chance to help.
The measuring tape is right there, can you get it?
"Um, okay."
Sigh.
Here you go.
"Is there something bother-"
Wait, Twilight?
Where did she go?
Four friends still remain to be "helped".
Everypony was Kung-Fu Fighting!
That's a nice looking hole.
Raze this barn/Raze this barn/One/Two/Three/Four...
OSHA regulations always require the use of eye protection.
Shaking herself.
I got you, barn!
Take cover, Applejack!
Applejack takes cover.
Is it safe to look?
Demolishing the barn.
Rainbow Smash!
Even her teeth are lethal!
Rainbow Dash smashing the Sweet Apple Acres barnyard like a flying Hulk.
A missile is born.
Twilight comes within inches of death.
"What in the world!"
"Rainbow must be angry..."
"...with Applejack."
"She must hate her guts!"
"How wonderful!"
Apparently hitting a barn travelling faster than sound does not hurt you.
What happened?
I'm hanging here...
"I know you're upset..."
"...with Applejack..."
"...but don't worry!"
Your tail looks better this way, Rainbow.
"...that I as a good friend..."
"...could help you resolve your problem!"
"Uh, what are you talking about?"
"Oh, Rainbow Dash."
"You don't have to hide your feelings from me."
"I can tell you two must've had a terrible fight."
Tell me about your mother.
"Now, why don't you tell me all about your issues with Applejack?"
I don't have issues with Applejack.
"You don't?"
"Then why are you destroying her property?"
"Because she asked me to."
"Right, Applejack?"
"Yes ma'am."
"I want to put up a new barn, but the old one's got to come down first."
"Get back to it, RD."
"You got it, boss!"
I'd take cover if I were you!
Dashing through the clouds.
Ready... Set...
Uh-oh.
(taking cover)
Rainbow Dash before the impact.
Rainbow Dash demolishing the barn
Atomic Rainboom
A pile of broken wood.
Good work Rainbow Dash.
The first stage of her messy mane.
Happy that she gets to facehoof?
Scary. And irrelevant to my conundrum.
Her mane's starting to get messy.
Twilight walking over to Fluttershy's cottage.
Now where is Fluttershy?
Huh?
Oh, there she is...with a bear?!
Fluttershy Vs. bear.
Growl!
Where is she?
Back-Breaking Pegasus Kick!
Fluttershy? What happened to your soft side?
Flexibility-Straining Leg Pull Technique!
The new ECW (Equestria Championship Wrestling) champion of the world. Winning by tapout! Fluttershy!
What is going on?
Merciless Aerial Stomping Method!
Stop it, please.
Twilight pretty much mirrors our reaction to the whole scene.
Finish Him!
Neck-Snapping of Psychotic Violence Kata!
Fluttershy wins! Fatality.
Why would she..?
Twilight's getting worried.
Fluttershy has fully mastered the Path of The Chiropractor Style.
Worrying
There are some friendship problems out there. Got to be.
"It's fine, it'll all be fine!"
There's not much time left!!
Oh no!
Splash on my horn's reflection
"It will all be over! My time in Ponyville, my advanced studies!"
"You're a good student."
"You can do this!"
Telling her doubtful self to have some confidence... in herself.
"Oh what happens it I cant?"
"Yes you can, all you need is to keep it together."
You'd back away too if you saw a strange pony talking to her reflection on a puddle.
Again, Twilight keeps a weird face for an abnormally long time.
Is she talking...to herself?
The twilight stare or the Twilight Zone
Hey, Twilight. You're still there?
!
I hear something.
Fillies at a distance.
Spike, leave the fourth wall alone, will ya?
"Snap out of it!!!"
*Gasp!*
"Are you ok?"
Fillies playing jump rope.
Woe is me.
I guess something's wrong with my eyes.
Quit freaking out and go to the picnic already!
You forgot about the picnic.
"The picnic!"
Spike's reaction is pretty much how the fans reacted to Twilight's craziness.
"I should go see my friends!"
"Glad you've come to your senses!"
Twilight goes cuckoo
Pinkie just doing what she does everyday.
Pinkie Pie's food is a lie.
I wonder what's under that cloth.
I got a surprise!
Pinkie's brought a basket with lots of balloons.
...and what does this mean...?
I guess there was no meaning after all.
Oh where is that thing?!
"I did!"
Its missing!!
Deal with it.
Oh, here we go again. "This is!"
"The!"
"Worst!"
"Possible!"
"Thing!"
Where does she get all of these?!
So this is whining?
When will somepony appreciate my drama?
...what?
"You didn't expect me..."
"...to lay on the grass, did you?"
Dash turning on her swag.
Dude, check out these rad shades!
Doh!! You crushed those cupcakes!
Donkey Squeel
Are the ponies giving up? NO!!!
What happened to you, Twilight?
"You alright, hun?"
"No!"
"I am not alright!"
I need your help! Without you, I'm more doomed than a G3 pony in Tambelon!
The baffled crowd.
"It's just terrible."
Yes?!
"Simply awful."
"Yes?!"
It's the most horrific trouble I've ever been in and I really really really need your help!"
"Yes?!"
"My letter to Princess Celestia is almost overdue, ..."
"...and I haven't learned anything about..."
"...friendship!"
Worried over nothing-right?
"Oh, thank goodness. I thought something really awful had happened."
Twilight can't comprehend why her friends are so dense.
"Something awful has happened!"
Pufferfish Rarity.
"...I'll be tardy!"
"Tardy!"
Hehe, what is she talking about?
I'm serious.
"But it looks like somepony's gettin' themselves all worked up over nothin'."
"This is not nothing!"
"This is everything!"
"I need you guys to help me..."
"...find somepony with a problem I can fix..."
"...before sundown!"
"My whole life depends on it!"
Not taking Twilight seriously.
Can Pinkie's randomness really compare to Twilight's paranoia?
Stop your worrying and just relax.
UUGH!
Screw you ponies!
The groan has been doubled!
"Wow. I've never seen Twilight so upset before."
"Ugh! What a Drama Queen."
Pot, you need to stop talking smack about kettle.
It takes one to know one.
"...relatively speaking." *Smug*
Creating a friendship problem
"Clock is ticking, Twilight!"
Clock
IS
TICKING!!
Would Twilight get over with her fears and stop looking crazy?
"Keep it together."
"If I can't find a friendship problem..."
"...I'll make a friendship problem!"
This is the perfect plan.
Oh look, a nice bird's nest! (sarcasm)
Twilight and her weird looking grin.
Look how wide my grin can be!
Ooooh! The perfect targets!
The CMC aren't trying to get their cutie marks for once.
The ball seems heavier than usual...
What is going on with the ball?
Why is the ball getting bigger?
Oh, because of Twilight
"Hi giiiirls!" (twitch twitch)
Um, Apple Bloom, I think you should run away with your friends...
...because of that.
See? I can be so crazy, I can make half of my mouth disappear!
"Oh great, just great."
Seriously, Twilight, you're starting to scare us...
So, you girls don't have any friendship problems?!
I am so crazy!
Scootaloo is so scared her wings have retreated to her flank
Twilight has not slept since yesterday morning.
Twilight, are you interested in dolls?
Smarty Pants: Girls, take me with you, ...
...please.
"She's...great."
"Yeah. Great."
"I really like her..."
"...mane?"
"She even comes..."
"...with her own notebook..."
"...and quill."
"So you could pretend she's doing her homework."
Didn't know a pony's neck could bend that way...
"She's...great."
I really like her....
"...mane?"
Scootalo's Mangusu Face...
Showing furries a lesson...
Donkey face...
Scootaloo thinks Twilight has gone loco.
Gah, you scared us!
I think you should play it, Sweetie Belle, 'cause you like her mane.
Nononono.
Scootaloo should play with it.
"I'd love to..."
"...but um."
"You take her, Apple Bloom."
Hey, look! Manebiting instead of tailbiting!
"Applejack says it's important to share."
Think, Twilight, think!
Well, if there's one thing they taught me in Desperate Spells 101, it's that when all seems lost, mind-control is the answer!
"You are going to like Smarty Pants.'
"And you're gonna like her more than anything."
Twilight casts Infinite Charisma Bonus on Smarty Pants
By the magical power of Twilight Sparkle, you will love her even more than everything!
Smarty Pants.
What's happening to me?
"I want it!"
"I need it!"
"I really like her mane!"
The CMC fall under the Smarty Pants spell
Smarty Pants is an Axe commercial brought to life.
Thank Celestia it worked!
"The 'want it, need it' spell."
"Works every time."
Twilight Sparkle is here to save the day!.... That she ruined.
"I think we can all see that there is an important lesson to be learned here about-"
What? Not going insane? Not being impetuous?
I need to start checking just how effective my magic can be.
"C'mon girls."
"Don't you think we need to share?"
"No way!"
A frustrated Twilight.
Give me back that doll, you girls!
Thrown into Big McIntosh
Big McIntosh, I need your help.
You have to get that doll from those girls!
Eeyup...
Big McIntosh about to take the doll
Easy In...
... Easy Out.
Thank you.
Back to magic kindergarten?
Now you can give me that doll back and everything will be fine.
Big McIntosh is charmed.
"Stick a cupcake in my eye!"
Why are ponies running around with hearts in their eyes?
Big Mac is pursued
Did somepony say there's free barbeque?!
More can join the party!
That incredible, amazing doll!
Where do they all appear from?
Maybe next time, Big McIntosh
You ponies will never get this doll!
Now you see it,...
...now you don't!
"Gimme that!!"
Mayor loves Miss Smarty Pants
This is mine!
Now to escape!
Big McIntosh causes an explosion of ponies.
"...NOPE!"
Whoa,Twilight's getting old.
A rustic and relaxed look.
Umm...
What's up there?
"Y'all hear that?"
Stampede!
"What in the name of all things oats 'n apples..."
"...is going on here?"
Intercept!
Contact!
Flight!
Incercept #2!
Contact #2!
For an old raggedy doll, Smarty Pants is remarkably resilient.
ಠ_ಠ
YOU'RE GONNA LOVE ME!!!
"Don't look at it!"
"Don't look at what?"
"My Smarty Pants doll!"
Brawl all over Ponyville.
Your hair.. is so... SOFT
"I had nothing to report to Princess Celestia!"
"The day is almost over!"
"Not almost."
Oh I'm doomed...
"Twilight Sparkle!!!"
Now look what you've done, Twilight! Princess Celestia is mad at you!
Oh mah stars...
By the power vested in me as Celestia Invictus, I declare an end to this!
The pairings after the fight.
Epic Stare Off
Well, this is awkward...
How red can my face get?
We were fighting over... this?
Let us never speak of this again.
How can I better show my disdain?
Nopony's looking, right?
Big McIntosh and Smarty Pants re-united.
Twilight is a limbo boss.
This ain't gonna be good...
"Meet me in the library."
Goodbye everypony...
"If you care to visit, I'll be in magic kindergarten."
"Back in Canterlot."
So there really was a problem?
"We're never gonna see Twilight..."
"...again."
"What are we gonna do, y'all?"
"How could this happen?!"
Well, that's the third time. "This is!"
"The!"
"Worst!"
"Possible!"
"Thing!"
"What?"
"I really mean it this time!"
Twilight's apology
Oh no, Twilight is going to get busted.
"I'm supposed to send you a letter about friendship every week. I missed the deadline."
"I'm a bad student."
"I'm...tardy."
"I don't have to get a letter every week to know that."
So I went crazy for nothing?
Just in time!
Entering the library, Rainbow Dash style!
Now it's Rainbow Dash's turn to save the day!
Twilight's friends realize their mistake and come to help her
"I'm listening."
"Please, your Highness. We all saw that Twilight was upset."
"But we thought that the thing she was worrying about..."
"...wasn't worth worrying about."
Well...
It was my fault.
And mine as well.
I'm listening...
See? It was all our fault.
Well, it is decided.
A little proposition for you all...
"Mmhmm."
That is quite a shadow.
"On one condition."
"From this day forth, I would like you all to report to me your findings on the magic of friendship, ..."
All of us?
"When, and ONLY when, you happen to discover them."
Yay!
This changes everything.
Equestria's shortest runway.
"Your friend Spike made me aware that you were letting your fears get the best of you."
She sees me?! Better go away.
The art of eavesdropping.
"I'm expecting some mail."
And everything is good.
Let's write that letter, shall we?
"Spike, take a letter."
All set.
Aww, how cute.
Storytime...
"Dear Princess Celestia..."
"We learned that you should take your friends' worries seriously."
"Even if you don't think that she has anything to worry about."
"And that you shouldn't let your worries turn a small problem..."
"...into an enormously huge..."
"...entire-town-in-total-chaos..."
"...Princess-has-to-come-and-save-the-day problem."
"Signed, your loyal subjects."
Is anyone going to see this?
Spike showing off he's the better pony friend... er... dragon friend.
You have horrible writing, Spike. Keep up the good work.
Erase it!
Seriously? Even Fluttershy is unamused .
Oh well, guess I should just cross this, because you can't erase pens.
The best way to end an episode.
Spike's not pleased.