04x03 - The Jinxie Games

[bunniefuu]

[soft music]

Hey, Pipp?
[chuckling]

Remind me why we are in here, again?

Yeah, not that it isn't totally cool
to be in a freaky empty building, but…

It is kinda freaky. And empty!

[echo] Empty, empty, empty…

[gasps]
See? I didn't even mean to do that!

But that's why I love it!
It's thrilling!

Can't you just feel
the spooky energy in here?

No. Not at all.

[static]
Ah!

[all] Ah!

[static]

Huh.

[chuckles]
This is ridiculous.

I've been inside Canterlogic millions
of times! There's nothing to be afraid of!

I think Pipp disagrees.

[giggles]

Well, Pipp has always had a love
of spooky things.

She once convinced our mom
that an entire wing of the castle

was being haunted by royal ghosts.

Mom still trots the long way around it.

-[laughter]
-Imagine what kind of terrors

lurk in all these mysterious corners…

I can't believe we haven't thought
about this old factory

since Sprout and his family
closed it down.

There's so much space in this place!

Place! Place! Place!

That time it was me.

It's like we all just forgot it existed.

What if we forgot about it
because the ghosts wanted us to!

[exclaiming]
I have shivers!

-Here we go again.
-This is just an old building

made of bricks and concrete.
Besides,

even if it weren't,
I'm not afraid of no ghosts!

[squeaking]
[gasps]

[screaming]
What was that?!

[giggling]
Not afraid, huh?

♪ Hey you've gotta let it glow ♪

♪ You've gotta let it shine ♪

♪ Oh let's make our mark together ♪

♪ Just riding on forever ♪

♪ Just keeps on getting better
better better ♪

♪ Hey ♪

♪ Everypony everywhere ♪

♪ You can feel it in the air ♪

♪ Find your spark
and just glow and shine ♪

♪ Make a mark
that you can share ♪

♪ Hoofed at heart
you know we care ♪

♪ Oh ponies come on ♪

♪ Let's all unite ♪♪

[whimpering]

How are you all so calm?!

Oh, I'm not!
This is just my nervous smile!

It looks a lot like my happy smile.
And also my unhappy smile.

[chuckles awkwardly]

Hm, now that Canterlogic is gone,
what's gonna happen to this building?

Wouldn't it be super if it became
something so fun-tastic

-that everypony wanted to hangout here?
-Izzy's right!

-I am. Wait, I am?
-Yes!

We should turn this old factory into
something new for the whole community!

This can be the biggest
unicycling project I've ever done!

And you ponies can help!

Yeah, it does have potential.

Maybe we can turn this place
into an indoor skatepark.

-Woah!
-Or a theater-slash-concert hall!

Now we're talking!

♪ Or singing ♪♪

Or a community center
for official town hall meetings!

Oh. Or that.

These are all great ideas
and I love them.

Oh! But how about we ask
the town's ponies, too?

That way, our new space will be exactly
what everypony wants.

Brill idea, Sunny!
And while you two do that,

Hitch, Zipp, and I will clear the building
of all its ghosties,

and spirits, etcetera.
Really cleanse the energies, you know?

-Perfect!
-Let's ask Toots! Oh and Dahlia!

Oh, oh, and Windy!

Uh… I don't know if I can help you
right now.

Sparky is really fussy.

[babbling cheerfully]

Mm-hmm…

And I've got a lot of official
Sheriff business to get back to.

Paperwork. You know!
But ah, maybe Zipp--

Sorry! But I'm so close to cracking
Twilight Sparkle's message.

I've gotta focus my attention on that!
Have fun!

Don't let the ghosties get you.

You know, if I had to guess,

I'd say that spooky, scary ghosts
haunting it up in here

is totally against regulation.

Right?

You make a good point.
As Sheriff, I can't allow that!

Mm-hmm.

[spooky music]

Okay, Twilight, let's hear it again.

[Twilight] But the spell is broken!
You are exposed to the world once again.

You must watch out before she--

[sighs]
Is that her?

Twilight Sparkle?
From Opaline's stories?

But the spell is broken!

You are exposed to the world once again.

You must watch out for Op--

Before she--

Before what?! What were you trying
to warn us about?!

Ugh! I still can't believe that's all
I was able to record.

Opaline has to know about this!

[Twilight] You must watch out,
before she--

So that nasty little Twilight Sparkle

enchanted those crystals
with a secret message, did she?

What else did she reveal?

Uh, I don't know.
Zipp said that's all she recorded, though.

-So maybe there was more?
-Of course there was more!

Time is running out before
that Zipp pony pieces things together!

Ugh! I need the rest of that dragon fire!

What if we didn't steal Sparky?

What did you just say?

I just mean… It's just that…
Well, what if…

Spit it out!

Ah! Twilight said that she put
all of her magic into the crystals!

What if we just steal those instead?

Yeah! Crystals don't run away
or burp fire.

Oh, that's a great idea!

-Really?
-No. Not really.

We can't just steal the crystals!

Now that I know what they truly are:

-conduits!
-Huh?

Long ago, Twilight Sparkle
channeled all the magic in Equestria

into those crystals and enchanted them.

Stealing them now,
before I'm strong enough,

could destroy the Prisbeam,

the very source of magic that
I want to possess!

You were willing to risk that?

No, of course not!

It was a terrible idea! But um, uh…

What's a "conduit"?

An element!

Ugh! A crystal that's protected
by a very complex spell containing…

[shrugs in disgust]
…Unity Magic.

The only thing that could possibly
drain the crystals permanently

is an equal magical power.

Like an Alicorn's?

A Fire Alicorn.

And for that,
there's only one thing I need.

[gulps]
A baby dragon?

Don't fail me again.

[Izzy] Oh I know I've got that somewhere!
Did I put it under the macaroni? Ah-ha!

There should definitely be balloons.
I love balloons.

Okay!

Oh! And a glitter banner.
We've got to have a glitter banner.

Yeah, that too!

Okay!

And an art gallery with a painting
of every pony in Maretime Bay.

Okay…

Lots of color, no color,
extra space for dancing,

and a cool pony statue in every corner.

Rainbow ribbons, no ribbons,
and only blue ribbons.

Balloons, a glitter banner, and a painting
of every pony in Maretime Bay.

And that's just the decor category.

Do we have all that? We do, right?

I think so…

Wow, the town's ponies
sure want a lot of different things.

Yeah, and they don't always go together.

[clattering]
Maybe there's just too many ideas to--

-Make it work?
-Uh-huh!

But we've got to take
everypony's idea into consideration!

After all,
we're all part of the community.

Everypony should all have an equal say
and be able to enjoy the new space. Right?

Right?

[awkward chuckle]
Right!

[spooky music]

[electricity crackling]

-Oh…
-Ooh!

Remember when you thought
these would protect you

from scary brain-melting
Unicorn Mind Rays?!

Spooky…

-Boo!
-Oh!

Great. Just what we need.
More scary thoughts.

[clattering]

[squeaking]

Maybe you could loosen
your grip on the baby dragon a bit?

[gasps]

-Phew!
-I just…

You know, don't want anypony
taking Sparky!

The last time he went missing was even
scarier than this creepy building.

[burps]

Let's keep moving.

Alright, are you ready for
the biggest unicycling project ever?

I sure am! I think! I hope so!
No, I am! I've decided.

Sure, there are a ton of ideas,

and sure, not all of them go together,
and sure, this is a lot,

but I know we can do it.

I think I agree!

Hey, I heard you're redesigning
the old factory.

Can I add my two bits real quick?

Sure. What's one more idea?

Perfect! So I was thinking flowers--

I have an amazing idea, too!

Oh, ah!

-[panting]
-A dance studio!

-Laser tag arena?
-A science lab could be cool.

[dramatic music]
[Izzy] Uh…

[gulps]

I am loving this!

It's just like in
The Spooky Stables Series

when Esmeralda Ghoulington searches
for the old Whinny Mansion

looking for her great Grandpony's spirit!

It is bone-chilling.

I must've missed that one.

Neigh way! You have to read it!

Esmeralda thinks she found
her great Grandpony's ghost and then

bam!
[screams]

It's actually her great great
Grandpony's ghost.

Ooh!

[Sparky humming happily]

That's okay, Sparky! I'll keep you safe!

Ah!

[menacing music]

[overlapping chatter]

[Sunny] Sure, uh…

Of course! No worries.

[overlapping chatter]

Okay! Got it, thank you!

-Phew, ha!
-Ugh!

I better hurry up and get to unicycling!

Yeah, that's probably a good idea.

[Mayflower] Ahem!
[gasps]

You go ahead. I'll catch up!

Did it get darker in here?
I feel like it got darker in here.

Where's a unicorn with a glowing horn
when you need one?

Maybe we need to try talking to them.

-Uh, I'm not so sure that's--
-Come on out, you spooky spirits!

We are only here to help!

If you are here, give us a sign!

[clattering]

[screaming]

-Sprout?!
-Sprout?!

-[laughing]
-What was that?!

Oopsies! Gotta remember
to turn this thing on

before I trot in the dark, duh.

Ghosts?

Sprout, what are you doing here?

I saw you ponies go into the factory
and I figured,

since it was my family business,

I should make sure
that you don't mess anything up.

That we don't mess anything up?

Yeah! You're the one who crashed a giant
robot pony into Sunny's lighthouse!

[chuckles awkwardly]

I thought we all agreed to move
past that?

-Mm-hmm.
-[Hitch] Plus,

I don't think we could mess this place up
more than it already is!

Yeah, what happened in here?

It's… haunted!

[eerie laughter]

But don't worry, Sunny and Izzy have
big plans to make this place a-ma-zing!

We just have to un-spook it first.
Aw, unless it was just you?

Aw!

[sighs]
Okay I'll admit it!

For a second there
I thought this place was haunted,

but it was just you this whole… time!

[screaming]

Oh hey! The lights work!

[squeaking]

Huh.

Uh…

Um…

My factory's been infested with rats?

Aw, why couldn't it have been ghosties?

I remember that Twilight said that
she put all of the magic

in the crystals and the blank.

So there's something else
with her magic in it!

Right? Ugh.

Case Update:
Been studying crystals for days…

But I'm still confused.

And I can't crack
this protection spell thing, either.

If I could, maybe I could protect
the crystals and us

from this evil force…

Think, Zipp! Think. Okay.

What I do know is that unicorns
now have the ability to cast spells.

So I…

[gasps]

Must find a unicorn who'd be willing
to do some scientific experiments

on spell casting!

Hmm…

I'm getting closer! I can feel it.

And once I crack the case,

nopony will be able to steal anything
from us ever again!

I feel pretty silly talking to a unicorn
made of junk,

but I just have to have somepony
to talk to about Opaline.

You see, she wants me to steal Sparky.
And I really, really don't want to.

I tried that already
and it did not go well.

What do you think I should do?

[sighs]

[gasps]

And we need this and some glitter..

Ah wha--

[panting]

Uh… Tah dah…

[chuckles]

[clattering]

Remember when all the animals
were in the Brighthouse?

Yeah!

And we couldn't get them to leave?

Yeah?

Ah!

Oh, I don't have a solution.

But this is exactly like that.

[squeaking]

Okay, that's enough!
No more Mr. Nice Sheriff.

Listen up, little buddies!
You're going to have to leave

and go back home to Zephyr Heights.

Please?

[squeaking]
I know, I know!

It's just that we're trying to turn this
into a cool new space for the community

and it's hard to do that with all of you
hanging out in here.

Yeah, and you've really ratted
the place up too! How about you scram?

Was that a yes?

-It was not.
-[groaning]

[squeaking]

He says that they were bored
in Zephyr Heights.

But this place has got lots of cool things
they can play with.

Uh-huh?

They… They need entertainment!

That's it! This is my building
and you are all getting evicted!

Phew! Huh?

Phew.

Ah!

Oh!

[humming]

Too much glitter?

Psh, who am I kidding?
There can never be enough glitter!

I don't know what to do, Izzy.

I've made so many promises to
the community, but I can't keep them all!

Whenever I used to feel super duper
overwhelmed,

I used to go talk to the oldest pony
in Bridlewood, Elder Flower.

And now I will share with you, her wise,
sagebrush advice.

You can't please everypony, Izzy.

Sometimes being a leader
means making the tough decisions, Izzy.

You, Izzy, must take everypony's opinion
under your hoof

and then make the final call.

Izzy…

Just change the Izzy part to a Sunny part.

I figured.

You only got into this situation
because you care so much.

That means you're gonna make
the very best decision you can.

-You really think so?
-Hoof to heart.

You're right. And I think I know
just the way

to make this the perfect space
for everypony.

[panting]
[Pipp] We need to change our strategy.

-What do ya got?
-Ooh, I know!

♪ All you need is your beat
All you need is your beat ♪

♪ Oh oh yeah ♪

♪ And all you need is your beat ♪
Come on! Yeah, come on!

♪ All you need is your-- ♪♪

[giggling]

Okay, what gives?!
Everypony loves that song!

He says they've heard
that song a bajillion times before.

-What?!
-They play it all over the big screens

in Zephyr Heights. And then she said,
"Right! Like every single day."

-And then he said--
-Okay, okay, I get it.

[groans]

If the crystals hold that much magic,

then the pony that wants them must be able
to handle a lot of magic themselves.

That must mean
this pony is really powerful.

With unique powers…

[gasps]
Like Sunny! Like a-an Alicorn!

[gasps]
Alicorns.

Alicorns must be the key!

Huh… Let's remove that.

On it!

Hmm. And definitely that.

Poof! Be gone!

And definitely, definitely that.

You got it!

So hear me out.
What if we just let the rats stay? Huh?

-What? No way!
-That's against code!

Okay, then idea number two…

I leave! Good luck!

[groaning]

[harmonizing]

A-ha!

[harmonizing]

[harmonizing]

-Are you thinking what I am?
-Oh, I sure hope so.

♪ Making a plan ♪

♪ Lending a hand ♪

♪ Helping a friend is nice ♪

♪ Work together ♪

♪ Two manes are better ♪

♪ Finding new ways, to fly ♪

♪ With a little bit of confidence ♪

And a little bit of kindness!

♪ We can make it fun to do ♪

♪ Work together
Make it better ♪

♪ Working smarter
With each other ♪

♪ Work together
Make it better ♪

♪ We are stronger
With each other ♪

♪ Work work let's unite ♪

♪ Every pony shining bright ♪

♪ Work work work it out ♪

♪ Every pony shout it loud ♪♪

[both] We did it!

[squeaking]

He says,
"Thank you for that exciting new song."

It really invigorated them.
And now they're excited to find

fun things to do at home in
Zephyr Heights.

She said, "They're sorry if they insulted
your song. They love it.

They just needed something new."

Aw, I knew they loved it.
Everypony does!

[sighing]

[soft music]

[laughing]

Yes!

-Woah!
-Wow!

Welcome to Canterlove Studios!

A place where everypony can come
hang out and create cool stuff! Yay!

-Ooh, we could put on a play!
-You could!

-Or sh**t a music video!
-Why not!

Or have a really big community meeting
where we discuss new rules and guidelines!

Sky's the limit!

I gotta admit,
I like what you did with the place.

It's pretty impressive. And technically…

It is still mine! Booya!

[laughing]

-Is that true?!
-No way.

It belongs to all of us now.

[laughing]

Ah…

We really did make this place shine,
didn't we?

We sure did.

Booya!

[singing]

And that is why Opaline can't stand
strawberry smoothies

even though they're absolutely
the most delicious smoothies in the world!

[sighs]
So, Madame Taffytail? What do you say now?

I say you better try again.

Go get that dragon and
finally make Opaline proud of you.

Really?

You need that Cutie Mark!

Even if it means
upsetting Sunny and the others?

You're right.
They already have each other.

And their Cutie Marks.

I'm going to get me that dragon.
No games this time.

[♪♪]

[rhythmic music]