Stare Master
Season №:	1
Season episode №:	17
Overall episode №:	17
Original airdate:	February 25, 2011
Written by:	Chris Savino
Storyboard:	Sabrina Alberghetti & Nicole Wang[1]
Song(s):	Hush Now Lullaby
See also
transcript • gallery • allusions animation errors • statistics • speculation
Episode guide
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Stare Master is the seventeenth episode of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic, season one. In this episode, Fluttershy offers to take care of Sweetie Belle and her friends, Scootaloo and Apple Bloom. This is the first and only episode in season one where Applejack does not show up, as well as not being with Apple Bloom. The episode's title is a play on the exercise device Stairmaster.

Contents 1 Summary 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Fluttershy babysits the Crusaders 1.3 Venturing to the forest 1.4 Epilogue 2 Quotes 3 Gallery 4 References 5 Comments

SummaryEdit

IntroductionEdit

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The episode begins with Rarity in her shop trying to complete a special order of twenty robes for Trottingham by the following day. Meanwhile, her sister, Sweetie Belle, is trying to help in an attempt to get her cutie mark, but ends up making a huge mess. Fluttershy arrives to drop off Rarity's cat, Opalescence, from her grooming appointment. Rarity is surprised at how well behaved her cat is, seeing as she couldn't get Opal to behave without getting scratched. She asks Fluttershy if she used "the Stare" on Opalescence, but Fluttershy says it's just due to her being good with animals.

Immediately after that, Sweetie Belle's friends, Scootaloo and Apple Bloom, arrive for their sleepover at Rarity's house. The Cutie Mark Crusaders, as they call themselves, plan on finding their hidden talents in order to get their cutie marks. Sweetie Belle even created a uniform of sorts to represent the group, with a golden underlining to boot. Unfortunately, the gold was part of a silk cloth Rarity needs to finish her order. Realizing that it's going to take longer than before, Rarity is forced to cancel her sister's sleepover. Seeing the young fillies disappointed, Fluttershy offers to take care of them. Rarity warns her that her little sister and her friends were quite a hoof-ful, but Fluttershy insists.

In town, Fluttershy runs into Twilight Sparkle, who was off to visit Zecora in the Everfree Forest for some tea. Learning that Fluttershy is going to babysit the three fillies, she also wonders if she could handle it.

Fluttershy babysits the CrusadersEdit

In Fluttershy's cottage, she suggests things like tail-braiding, coloring and tea parties. The kids say they want to go adventuring in the Everfree Forest instead but Fluttershy doesn't allow them, due to the dangers out there. The group tries to be "creature catchers", but their roughhousing results in breaking a nearby table. They then work as carpenters to fix the table, but that doesn't work out so well either, despite the heavy implications that Apple Bloom's special talent is craft, design and carpentry (though this might be due to the "help" she receives from Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo). Fluttershy tries to keep them quiet by playing a game of "Shh...", a game of who can be quiet the longest, but the Crusaders immediately end it by losing on purpose. Fluttershy then takes them to bed, promising they can do more "crusading" in the morning.

The three fillies claim they aren't sleepy yet, so Fluttershy sings a lullaby to them. Sweetie Belle says she recognizes the song and Fluttershy suggests she sing along. Her version of the lullaby, however, is loud enough to wake up the chickens in a nearby chicken coop. The Cutie Mark Crusaders run out of the house to help rustle the flock back to the coop. In the end, Fluttershy is able to get the chickens back in the coop by giving them an intimidating look.

The Crusaders go back to bed, but are still wide awake. They still want to find their talents, and decide to sneak out of the cottage when they notice that one of the chickens has escaped to the Everfree Forest.

Venturing to the forestEdit

"All I needed to do was just show them who's in charge. Nothing's gonna get past Fluttershy. Good with animals... Good with kids..."

— Fluttershy

Fluttershy is relieved that it's quiet, but notices that it's too quiet. She gets up to check on the kids and discovers that they're gone. Looking into the hen-house, she also notices that one of the chickens, whom she called "Elizabeak", is gone too. She ventures into the forest to bring them all back. While the Crusaders argue amongst themselves, Fluttershy finds Twilight, only to learn that she was mysteriously turned to stone. Seeing this, she rushes further to find the fillies.

Fluttershy finds them looking for the lost chicken. She tells them that a cockatrice is on the loose, a creature with the head of a chicken and a body of a snake, and warns them not to look one in the eyes. However, they laugh at the silly description before finding the chicken pass them by. They notice a second chicken hiding in the bushes, one with a long reptilian body: the Cockatrice. Its deadly stare causes Elizabeak to turn to stone. The Crusaders panic and Fluttershy tells them to stand behind her. Fluttershy then confronts the Cockatrice face-to-face, ignoring her own warning. She then uses her intimidating stare, ordering the Cockatrice to change Elizabeak and Twilight back to normal, while the Cockatrice is turning her to stone. Impressed by their babysitter's ability, the Cutie Mark Crusaders dub her the "Stare Master". With Twilight and Elizabeak free from the monster's spell, they all return home.

EpilogueEdit

Back at the cottage the next morning, Fluttershy explains to Twilight the events that happened, inspiring her to write another report to Princess Celestia. Helping the Crusaders pack up so Rarity can take them home, Fluttershy learns one shouldn't do a task that is more than can be handled.

Rarity then returns, surprised at how well her sister and her friends behave. She asks Fluttershy to help her with a new problem with her cat Opal, who is clinging tightly to her body.

QuotesEdit

For more quotes, see the episode's transcript.

Rarity: Now back to work. I lost a lot of time, and I can not have anymore interruptions. WHAT NOW?!

Rarity: Did you use... "The Stare" on her?

Fluttershy: Oh no! I wouldn't. I couldn't. I-I don't really have any control when it happens. It just happens. Really. I'm just good with animals. It's my special gift, you know.

Fluttershy: What does that patch on your cape mean?

Cutie Mark Crusaders: (shouting) The Cutie Mark Crusaders! Yay!

Scootaloo: We're on a crusade, a mission!

Apple Bloom: To find our cutie marks!

Sweetie Belle: Yup. And look. I lined them with this special gold silk. It took sooo long to make, but I think it adds just the right touch, don't you?

Apple Bloom and Scootaloo: Oooooh!

Fluttershy: So, what should we do?

Scootaloo: I'm gonna get my mark first!

Fluttershy: Girls...

Sweetie Belle: Nuh-uh!

Fluttershy: Shouldn't we--

Apple Bloom: I am!

Scootaloo: We are the Cutie Mark Crusaders!

Apple Bloom: And we wanna crusade for our cutie marks!

Sweetie Belle: And we um... Yeah what they said!

Apple Bloom: Hammer!

Scootaloo: Hammer.

Sweetie Belle: Hammer!

Scootaloo: Hammer.

Scootaloo: Hammer!

[pause]

Scootaloo: Hammer.

Sweetie Belle: Um... that doesn't look like a table.

Scootaloo: We were making a table?

Apple Bloom: Somepony needs to put this thing out of its misery.

Scootaloo: We are definitely not Cutie Mark Carpenters.

Fluttershy: Now that we've gotten that out of the way, how about a game?

Apple Bloom: A game?

Fluttershy: It's called "Shh."

Scootaloo: What's that?

Fluttershy: Well... It's a game about who can be quiet the longest. Sound fun? I'm the world champ, you know. I betcha can't beat me! ~Squee~

Scootaloo: ...I lose!

Sweetie Belle: Me too!

Apple Bloom: Me three!

Apple Bloom: How about "Cutie Mark Crusader Coal Miners"?

Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo: YAY!

Fluttershy: NO!

Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo: Awww...

Apple Bloom: Oh wait, now I know how to call a chicken... Scootaloo! Scoot-Scootaloo!

Scootaloo: That's so funny I forgot to laugh.

Apple Bloom: Y'also forgot how to call a chicken! [Smiles smugly]

Scootaloo [Shocked]: Why, you...

Apple Bloom: [Blows a raspberry]

Apple Bloom: Maybe our special talent is arguing!

Sweetie Belle: What would a cutie mark like that even look like?

Fluttershy [To Twilight's stone statue]: Don't move! I'll be back for you!

Fluttershy: YOU! Just who do you think you are, going around turning others into stone ?(as she's being turned to stone) You should be ashamed of yourself! I have half a mind to find your mother and tell her what you've been up to, young man! Now you go over there and turn Elizabeak and my friend Twilight back to normal - and don't ever let me catch you doing this again! Do you understand me?

GalleryEdit

Stare Master image gallery

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ Raven Molisee's deviantART journal (2012-02-23). Retrieved on 2012 February 23.

v • e My Little Pony Friendship is Magic — episodes

Season one
Episode 1 Friendship is Magic, part 1	Episode 2 Friendship is Magic, part 2	Episode 3 The Ticket Master	Episode 4 Applebuck Season
Episode 5 Griffon the Brush Off	Episode 6 Boast Busters	Episode 7 Dragonshy	Episode 8 Look Before You Sleep
Episode 9 Bridle Gossip	Episode 10 Swarm of the Century	Episode 11 Winter Wrap Up	Episode 12 Call of the Cutie
Episode 13 Fall Weather Friends	Episode 14 Suited For Success	Episode 15 Feeling Pinkie Keen	Episode 16 Sonic Rainboom
Episode 17 Stare Master	Episode 18 The Show Stoppers	Episode 19 A Dog and Pony Show	Episode 20 Green Isn't Your Color
Episode 21 Over a Barrel	Episode 22 A Bird in the Hoof	Episode 23 The Cutie Mark Chronicles	Episode 24 Owl's Well That Ends Well
	Episode 25 Party of One	Episode 26 The Best Night Ever

Season two
Episode 1 The Return of Harmony Part 1	Episode 2 The Return of Harmony Part 2	Episode 3 Lesson Zero	Episode 4 Luna Eclipsed
Episode 5 Sisterhooves Social	Episode 6 The Cutie Pox	Episode 7 May the Best Pet Win!	Episode 8 The Mysterious Mare Do Well
Episode 9 Sweet and Elite	Episode 10 Secret of My Excess	Episode 11 Hearth's Warming Eve	Episode 12 Family Appreciation Day
Episode 13 Baby Cakes	Episode 14 The Last Roundup	Episode 15 The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000	Episode 16 Read It and Weep
Episode 17 Hearts and Hooves Day	Episode 18 A Friend in Deed	Episode 19 Putting Your Hoof Down	Episode 20 It's About Time
Episode 21 Dragon Quest	Episode 22 Hurricane Fluttershy	Episode 23 Ponyville Confidential	Episode 24 MMMystery on the Friendship Express
	Episode 25 A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1	Episode 26 A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2

Season three
Episode 1 The Crystal Empire - Part 1	Episode 2 The Crystal Empire - Part 2	Episode 3 Too Many Pinkie Pies	Episode 4 One Bad Apple
Episode 5 Magic Duel	Episode 6 Sleepless in Ponyville	Episode 7 Wonderbolts Academy	Episode 8 Apple Family Reunion
Episode 9 Spike at Your Service	Episode 10 Keep Calm and Flutter On	Episode 11 Just for Sidekicks	Episode 12 Games Ponies Play
Episode 13 Magical Mystery Cure