The Day Spa in Slice of Life.
The Ponyville Day Spa is a day spa/beauty salon located in Ponyville that offers various care and cosmetic treatments such as baths, massages, and hooficures. Run by spa ponies, the day spa is primarily managed by the twin ponies Aloe and Lotus Blossom. It is called (the) Ponyville Day Spa in Applejack's "Day" Off and some materials, La-Ti-Da Spa in some merchandise, and simply Day Spa in various materials.
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Depiction in the series
Distance shots of Ponyville place the day spa on the edge of the town square, next to the joke shop. Externally, the building has yellow walls, a flashy fuchsia roof, a gold door, and a green sign with a depiction of a pony with a wavy gold mane. Its interior has a color scheme consisting mostly of shades of pink, purple, and yellow.
Season one
The day spa is first featured in the episode Bridle Gossip. Apple Bloom and Zecora use the spa's bath area to make a herbal bubble bath and cure the Mane Six of the effects of poison joke. Afterward, spa pony Lotus Blossom asks Zecora for the bath's recipe.
In Green Isn't Your Color, Rarity is a regular customer at the day spa, and she and Fluttershy have weekly get-togethers there. The two indulge in the spa's steam room, mud facial, massage, seaweed wrap, and hoof bath services—Rarity's "usual" regimen.
Season two
In A Friend in Deed, Pinkie Pie brings Cranky Doodle Donkey to the spa for a "spa emergency" in an attempt to win his friendship.
In Ponyville Confidential, the Mane Six and Spike have a spa day while discussing the latest "Gabby Gums" column in the Foal Free Press. Rarity invites Rainbow Dash to join her for a hooficure, but Rainbow declines at the last second, stating she doesn't like ponies touching her hooves.
Season four
In Filli Vanilli, Aloe and Lotus Blossom get the Pony Tones to perform at the day spa for the spa patrons.
Season five
In Castle Sweet Castle, Twilight Sparkle and Spike spend a day at the spa while Twilight's friends redecorate the Castle of Friendship. While at the spa, Twilight gets a "super-deluxe mane blow-out" and massage, and Spike gets an "extra-strength-hot-stone-deep-tissue massage" from masseuse Bulk Biceps.
In Slice of Life, the Ponyville Day Spa's external design is altered to have a bluish-green roof, red door, and dark yellow sign. Lotus Blossom styles Matilda's mane for her wedding to Cranky Doodle, and Steven Magnet has a full body soak.
Season six
In No Second Prances, Starlight Glimmer meets Trixie at the spa while treating herself to a spa day. Trixie comments about the spa, "I'm gonna start coming here every time I visit Ponyville."
In Applejack's "Day" Off, Rarity and Applejack have spa days together, but they are infrequent due to Applejack's increasing chores. During one of their trips to the spa, Applejack discovers a leak in the piping, and she spends all of her and Rarity's spa time fixing it. Rainbow Dash has also become a regular patron, her usual regimen consisting of "pampered muscle massage and indulgent hooficure", but she is embarrassed when Applejack and Rarity find out. Other notable spa customers in the episode include Mr. and Mrs. Cake and Spoiled Rich.
Season seven
In All Bottled Up, Trixie accidentally teleports the Cutie Map to the spa.
Other depictions
IDW comics
The day spa is featured on My Little Pony: Friends Forever Issue #10 subscription cover and pages 14-16 and on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Issue #31 page 11.
Chapter books
In Rainbow Dash and the Daring Do Double Dare, narration in chapter 7, "The Talk of the Town", states "If there was anything Rainbow hated more than chili peppers, it was beauty treatments at the Ponyville Day Spa." In Rarity and the Curious Case of Charity, the Ponyville Day Spa is briefly featured in chapter 10, "Dyeing to Please", when Charity Sweetmint gets a makeover to make herself look like Rarity, and mentioned in chapters 11, "The Sweet Sounds of Success", 12, "The Ugly Truth", and 14, "Purple and Green".
My Little Pony (mobile game)
In Gameloft's mobile game, the Ponyville Day Spa is simply called "Day Spa", and it serves as a shop in Ponyville from which players can purchase Towels and Facials.
Merchandise
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Series 1 of Enterplay's trading cards includes a Day Spa card, #81 of 84. The back of the card reads "Feeling blah? Craving a bit of refreshment and grooming? Wash the blues away by treating yourself to hours of pampering at Ponyville's Day Spa! After a nutrient-rich Mud Rub & Seaweed Wrap to help your coat to shine, unwind with a Lotus & Aloe Herbal Soak in the hot tub. Finally, settle back on a lounge chair to enjoy a relaxing massage and pony-pedi while engaging in the latest bridle gossip with other patrons, such as Rarity and Fluttershy, who are seen here often. Satisfaction guaranteed!" Collectible card game: w:c:mlpccg:Lotus Blossom, Sauna Expert;[specify] w:c:mlpccg:Makeover!;[specify] w:c:mlpccg:Aloe & Lotus Blossom, Relaxation Specialists.[specify]
"La-Ti-Da Spa" in a[specify] magazine.[1]
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See also
References
- ↑ Camera Upload. Imgur (2016-07-30). Retrieved on 2016 July 30.
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