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Twilight: I have to admit
I was a little shocked
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when Princess
Celestia told me
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she wanted to start a
Scholastic Buckball league,
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but I was even more
surprised that she wanted
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the first game to be between
her school and ours!
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Apparently, she's
a huge sportsfan.
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I always thought Celestia
was kind of a jock.
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Just with really
wavy hair.
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Anyway, we don't
have much time.
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The game's in
two weeks!
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And I want all of you
to coach the team!
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[excited chatter]
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[gasping]
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I know how you feel.
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Young athletes ready
to take the field...
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Ooh! You can almost
breathe in the excitement.
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[gasp]
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[thud]
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I don't think you should
breathe it in so hard!
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[splash]
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It's just... two
weeks doesn't feel
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like a whole lot of time
to train a whole team.
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Maybe the
School of Magic
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could play a few
other schools first.
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Like the Mane and
Tail Styling College,
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or the Scroll-Making
Institute?
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Relax. You're
gonna do just fine.
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Um... what makes
you so sure?
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Because I have faith
in my friends...
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who also
happen to be
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the best buckball
players in Equestria.
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Oh, yeah.
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♪♪
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I guess that is
sort of true.
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I asked Rainbow
Dash to help too.
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But I'm not sure
where she...
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[zoom]
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Sorry I'm late! But when
Twilight said she needed
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my help with the
buckball team,
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I figured I'd better
grab every piece of
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coaching equipment
I could find!
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So, what should
I focus on?
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Offense? Defense?
Trick plays?
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I was thinking of something
even more important.
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Awesome! Lay it on
me! Whatever it is,
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I'll give it a hundred
and twenty percent!
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I knew I could count
on your enthusiasm.
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That's why I want you to
coach the Cheer Squad!
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[thud]
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[bouncing balls]
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CHEERLEADING?
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♪ My little pony,
my little pony ♪
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♪ Aaaahhh ♪
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♪ My little Pony ♪
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♪ I used to wonder what
friendship could be. ♪
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♪ My Little Pony ♪
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♪ Until you all shared
its magic with me. ♪
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♪ Big adventure! ♪
♪ Tons of fun ♪
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♪ A beautiful heart! ♪ ♪
Faithful and strong! ♪
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♪ Sharing kindness ♪
♪ it's an easy feat ♪
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♪ And magic makes it
all complete! ♪
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♪ To have my little pony ♪
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♪ Do you know you're all
my very best friends? ♪
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♪♪
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♪♪
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I don't mean to
sound ungrateful.
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It's just, when you
said you wanted my help
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with something important,
I thought you meant...
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something important.
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The Cheer Squad
is important.
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Bah-ha-ha. Oh.
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Well, sure Cheer Squad
is totally important
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to somepony
who isn't me,
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but I'm more about ponies
playing in the game,
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not cheering for it.
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[male laughter]
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I mean, it's great
that someponies
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only want to cheer, though I
don't know why they would.
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Hm. Well, maybe this will
be a good opportunity
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for you to find out.
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Of course I've seen
cheer squads before.
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On the sidelines.
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But I'm not even a hundred
percent sure what they do.
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I'll probably
just mess it up.
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I think you might
be surprised.
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In fact, I'm more
sure than ever
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that you're the
perfect choice.
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I'm actually 120
percent sure!
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And it's a good
thing too.
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The cheer squad
really needs you.
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What do you mean?
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Well, I've been helping out
and let's put it this way.
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We've got two weeks
until the big game
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and we could
use two years.
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But that's all
gonna change
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because you're here
to save the day!
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Oh...kay. So why
are you here?
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What, a pony can't
show school spirit?
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You don't even go
to this school.
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Ah OK, when I went to the
Buckball Hall of Fame,
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I found out buckball
souvenirs are big bits.
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If Twilight's
team does well,
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I can start selling them
full time in Ponyville,
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so I have a
vested interest
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and you have an
assistant coach!
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[whistle tweet]
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[groan]
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[excited chatter]
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She's here!
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Get the lights!
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[lights click on]
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Over, and over,
and over again!
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We wanna dance
for each other
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and for all of
our friends!
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Dancing. Right.
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I've seen you two around
school, haven't I?
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I'm Shimmy Shake, and
this is Lighthoof!
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And we are your
lead dancers!
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I didn't know you
three would be here.
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[giggle]
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Yona want to cheer
and make pony pyramid!
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[crashing]
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And I thought this
could be my chance
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to make an impression
on everypony.
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You know, for something
other than changing shape.
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I didn't realize you were
into school spirit, Smolder.
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Uh, I just came with these
two. Guess they think
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you can make cheer
squad cool or something.
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Don't count on it.
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OK, now that we're all
here, why don't you
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tell us the plan? How
are you gonna make
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us into the most awesome
cheer squad ever?
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Uh, I dunno.
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[disappointed sighs]
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I mean, if you guys were
an actual buckball team,
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I'd have plenty of ideas,
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but I don't know anything
about cheerleading.
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Oh, ha-ha, yes.
Good one, coach!
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But Headmare Twilight
picked you for the job,
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so I'm pretty sure you
know what you're doing.
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If you say so.
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Ha-ha. Right.
OK, gang.
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Let's show Rainbow Dash
what we've been working on
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and she can take
it from there.
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Cheer Squad can do that!
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[crashing]
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Yep! All we need
is a little music!
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♪♪
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Over, and ove-wah,
and ove-wah again.
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[crashing]
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We wanna dance
for each other
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and for all of
our fri-ahhh
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♪♪
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2, 4, 6, 8.
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...Friendship School
is really great.
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♪♪
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[whoosh]
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[crashing]
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[breaking glass]
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Well, that was
a disaster.
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It's kind of hard to
stick to our choreography
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when the floor
is moving.
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Yeah, Yona. Your stomps
are a little too powerful.
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Can we make pony
pyramid instead?
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Maybe we should
figure out
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which cheers we
should do first.
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Yeah. Because that'll
fix everything.
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So? I mean there's a few,
uh, a lot of problems,
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but nothing you
can't solve. Right?
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Huh? Oh. Yeah.
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Listen, you guys don't have
anything to worry about.
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We don't?
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Nope. In fact, I think
what you all just did
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is totally fine. You
guys have got this!
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So... I'm just gonna
head down to the field.
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Great practice,
everypony!
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[slam]
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♪♪
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Oof! What are
you doing?
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What are you doing?
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You gotta come back
and coach the Squad.
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I watched some cheer
stuff. Looked fine to me.
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Well, it's not! Do you
know what'll happen
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if they do what they
just did at the big game?
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Uh... nothing?
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Uh wrong!
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Oooh!
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A good cheer squad
gets the fans excited,
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which gets the
team excited.
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But if nopony's
excited,
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then nopony buys
any souvenirs!
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I think you're blowing this
a little out of proportion.
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Point is, if I'm
going to make any bits
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at these games, that
squad has to get better.
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And to do that,
they need a coach.
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You know, what? You're
right. Why don't you do it?
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I mean you're the one
with a vested interest!
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The trick to being a
good buckball keeper
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is to do nothing.
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Just empty your
mind. Be the ball.
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Uh, balls don't
have minds.
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Exactly.
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♪♪
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Where's my
blindfold?
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My turn!
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I wanna do that!
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Come on! Over here!
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Why are you watching
Snail's weird practice
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when you're supposed to
be practicing with us?
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Ha, ha, ha. Snail's practice
is definitely weird.
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Uh, I thought Snips was
practicing with you.
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He was.
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Do you have any
idea how hard it is
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to dance in this stuff?
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Plus all these buttons
jingle so much,
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you can't hear
my cheers.
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Speaking up might
help a little.
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So don't dance
and cheer.
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Uh, then what
Cheer Squad do?
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I don't know.
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Maybe you should!
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...or whatever.
You're the coach.
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You're supposed to come up
with stuff for us to do.
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OK. I've got something
for you to do.
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Just do nothing. Empty
your minds. Be the squad.
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We are the squad.
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Oh, yeah.
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At least helping sell my
souvenirs was something.
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Yona still not understand
how this make us better.
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Huh! Professor Dash
needs to stay and coach!
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Ugh. You guys asked me
to come up with something
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and I did.
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I don't think
"nothing" counts.
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Then I'm out of ideas.
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This is the School
of Friendship.
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If you need ideas,
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you should ask your
friends for help.
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Fine.
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♪♪
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♪♪
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OK, since you guys have
been nagging me non-stop
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about this cheer
stuff for, like, ever.
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It has literally
been one day.
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I went around and got
everything you need.
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♪♪
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Uh, what are we
supposed to do with hay?
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Beats me, but Applejack
seemed pretty sure about it.
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Oh! I almost forgot.
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A rhyming dictionary?
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Yeah. Zecora's a lot less
helpful then you'd think.
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That's from the library so
you can come up with cheers.
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OK! Good practice.
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So, you're just
leaving again?
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UGH! Look, I talked to
my friends and they said
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this is the
stuff you need.
257
00:11:22,848 --> 00:11:25,310
Wouldn't a true cheer
squad be able to figure out
258
00:11:25,345 --> 00:11:27,345
what to do with it?
259
00:11:27,380 --> 00:11:29,919
But Futtershy and Pinkie
want us to show them
260
00:11:29,954 --> 00:11:32,317
everything we've come
up with tomorrow!
261
00:11:32,352 --> 00:11:34,220
They want us to get
the team all excited
262
00:11:34,255 --> 00:11:36,354
before the big game.
263
00:11:36,389 --> 00:11:39,258
Well, then it's a good thing
I got you all this stuff.
264
00:11:39,293 --> 00:11:40,193
You'd better
get to work!
265
00:11:40,228 --> 00:11:41,700
[slam]
266
00:11:44,232 --> 00:11:45,198
Don't look at me.
267
00:11:46,839 --> 00:11:53,844
♪♪
268
00:11:55,474 --> 00:11:58,783
Good work, everypony.
Let's take a break.
269
00:11:58,818 --> 00:12:00,752
[shrill whistle]
270
00:12:00,787 --> 00:12:07,319
Yeah! Wow. This team is
really shaping up! Nice job!
271
00:12:07,354 --> 00:12:10,520
Thanks. I'm excited to see
what you've been up to.
272
00:12:10,555 --> 00:12:13,424
Yeah! I can't wait to
see the Cheer Squad.
273
00:12:13,459 --> 00:12:19,034
HA, HA, HA. Oh,
you're serious.
274
00:12:19,069 --> 00:12:23,071
WOOOO-HOOOO! GO TEAM!
This is so exciting!
275
00:12:23,106 --> 00:12:26,272
Well, I'm sure you've put
in a lot of hard work.
276
00:12:26,307 --> 00:12:28,879
How much work does
cheer squad need?
277
00:12:28,914 --> 00:12:30,815
Anypony wanna buy
an official
278
00:12:30,850 --> 00:12:33,983
School of Friendship
Cheer Squad headband?
279
00:12:34,018 --> 00:12:38,086
Now I personally would buy
them before the performance.
280
00:12:38,121 --> 00:12:40,385
Huh?
281
00:12:40,420 --> 00:12:44,389
♪♪
282
00:12:44,424 --> 00:12:47,392
Over, and over,
and over again!
283
00:12:47,427 --> 00:12:49,999
[crashing]
284
00:12:50,034 --> 00:12:51,803
We wanna dance
for each other
285
00:12:51,838 --> 00:12:53,563
and for all of
our friends!
286
00:12:53,598 --> 00:12:57,435
School of Friendship
Rah-rah-rah.
287
00:12:57,470 --> 00:13:03,309
Let's win this game and hit
the-uh where is... spa?
288
00:13:03,344 --> 00:13:09,381
[crashing]
289
00:13:09,416 --> 00:13:10,547
Yona!
290
00:13:10,582 --> 00:13:14,485
♪ [music intensifies] ♪
291
00:13:17,523 --> 00:13:21,327
♪ [music droops and stops] ♪
292
00:13:21,362 --> 00:13:24,363
I know I said I couldn't
wait to see the Cheer Squad,
293
00:13:24,398 --> 00:13:27,905
but maybe I could've waited
just a teensy bit longer.
294
00:13:27,940 --> 00:13:31,304
Rainbow: OH yeah!
Nice one!
295
00:13:31,339 --> 00:13:32,844
Huh?
296
00:13:32,879 --> 00:13:35,176
♪ [mournful music] ♪
297
00:13:35,211 --> 00:13:36,375
What?
298
00:13:36,410 --> 00:13:37,981
♪♪
299
00:13:41,415 --> 00:13:44,350
I don't know what
everypony's so upset about.
300
00:13:44,385 --> 00:13:47,254
So it wasn't great.
Cheerleading's never great.
301
00:13:47,289 --> 00:13:49,927
That's why everypony gets
up to get a snack during it.
302
00:13:49,962 --> 00:13:53,898
[blubbering]
303
00:13:53,933 --> 00:13:54,932
[door slams]
304
00:13:54,967 --> 00:13:57,000
What is the big deal?
305
00:13:57,035 --> 00:13:58,903
If you don't know,
there's no point
306
00:13:58,938 --> 00:14:00,597
in us trying to
explain it to you.
307
00:14:00,632 --> 00:14:02,401
Lead dancers out!
308
00:14:02,436 --> 00:14:04,370
Huh!
309
00:14:04,405 --> 00:14:06,405
It's not that
we were bad.
310
00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:08,077
It's that you didn't
even want to try
311
00:14:08,112 --> 00:14:10,442
to help us
get better.
312
00:14:10,477 --> 00:14:13,918
Didn't try? What are
you talking about?
313
00:14:13,953 --> 00:14:16,118
I got you a party cannon!
314
00:14:16,153 --> 00:14:17,449
It's not my fault you
couldn't figure out
315
00:14:17,484 --> 00:14:19,121
how to use it right.
316
00:14:19,156 --> 00:14:21,189
Well, you could've
shown us!
317
00:14:21,224 --> 00:14:22,960
[crying]
318
00:14:22,995 --> 00:14:24,654
Whoa. Ponies might actually
care about cheer squad
319
00:14:24,689 --> 00:14:27,426
if she cheered like
that all the time.
320
00:14:27,461 --> 00:14:30,462
Why would you say ponies
don't care about Cheer Squad?
321
00:14:30,497 --> 00:14:32,365
Because they don't.
322
00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:35,665
No. You don't.
But they do.
323
00:14:35,700 --> 00:14:37,502
I bet Headmare
Twilight does.
324
00:14:37,537 --> 00:14:40,274
And you know what?
I do too!
325
00:14:40,309 --> 00:14:42,276
I actually got excited
when I found out
326
00:14:42,311 --> 00:14:44,113
you were gonna be
our coach. I figured,
327
00:14:44,148 --> 00:14:47,083
if anypony can make Cheer
Squad awesome, it's you.
328
00:14:47,118 --> 00:14:49,481
Me? Why?
329
00:14:49,516 --> 00:14:52,550
Because everything's
always awesome with you.
330
00:14:52,585 --> 00:14:56,961
Or twenty percent
cooler. Or whatever.
331
00:14:56,996 --> 00:15:00,030
You're the most enthusiastic
pony in Equestria.
332
00:15:00,065 --> 00:15:02,934
When it's something
you care about.
333
00:15:02,969 --> 00:15:06,696
I just wish we were
one of those things.
334
00:15:06,731 --> 00:15:08,665
[door opens and closes]
335
00:15:08,700 --> 00:15:12,141
And it looks like my
assistant cheer coach
336
00:15:12,176 --> 00:15:15,507
slash souvenir-selling
business is a bust.
337
00:15:15,542 --> 00:15:17,509
So, I'm gonna take off,
338
00:15:17,544 --> 00:15:19,412
unless you can think of
something else for me to do.
339
00:15:21,647 --> 00:15:23,383
Maybe I can.
340
00:15:26,091 --> 00:15:29,158
[snoring]
341
00:15:29,193 --> 00:15:30,258
[loud whistle tweet]
342
00:15:30,293 --> 00:15:31,424
Yak hate loud noises!
343
00:15:31,459 --> 00:15:32,458
[scream]
344
00:15:32,493 --> 00:15:34,592
Squad meeting.
Outside. ASAP!
345
00:15:34,627 --> 00:15:36,693
♪♪
346
00:15:36,728 --> 00:15:37,661
[record scratch]
347
00:15:38,598 --> 00:15:39,729
[tweet]
348
00:15:39,764 --> 00:15:42,237
Dance ponies. Buckball
field. Pronto!
349
00:15:43,339 --> 00:15:44,404
[thud]
350
00:15:44,439 --> 00:15:46,637
[snoring]
351
00:15:46,672 --> 00:15:48,078
[tweet]
352
00:15:48,113 --> 00:15:52,016
Hey. Dragon! Get out
here and join your squad!
353
00:15:54,713 --> 00:15:57,450
So, what? Is there some
new button you wanna sell?
354
00:15:57,485 --> 00:15:59,188
Not a button.
355
00:15:59,223 --> 00:16:00,585
[zooming]
356
00:16:00,620 --> 00:16:02,554
♪ [heroic music] ♪
357
00:16:02,589 --> 00:16:04,160
Ugh not this again.
358
00:16:04,195 --> 00:16:05,997
Sorry, we're not buying.
359
00:16:06,032 --> 00:16:09,033
Wait! Look, I know I
haven't been a great coach
360
00:16:09,068 --> 00:16:10,694
because I don't care
about cheerleading.
361
00:16:10,729 --> 00:16:16,040
but all of you do,
and I care about you.
362
00:16:16,075 --> 00:16:20,176
So I guess maybe I
care about Cheer Squad,
363
00:16:20,211 --> 00:16:23,146
and a good friend reminded
me that I can make anything
364
00:16:23,181 --> 00:16:25,379
I care about
totally awesome!
365
00:16:27,647 --> 00:16:30,384
So from now on, I'm
gonna give this thing
366
00:16:30,419 --> 00:16:32,419
a hundred and
twenty percent
367
00:16:32,454 --> 00:16:36,456
and I expect the same from
you! We are gonna dance.
368
00:16:36,491 --> 00:16:38,095
We are gonna cheer.
369
00:16:39,362 --> 00:16:41,395
We're gonna make the
biggest pony pyramid
370
00:16:41,430 --> 00:16:44,233
Equestria's ever seen!
371
00:16:44,268 --> 00:16:46,433
And when we're done,
we're gonna make sure
372
00:16:46,468 --> 00:16:49,403
everypony on that
field is so pumped up,
373
00:16:49,438 --> 00:16:52,109
they'll forget they
even came to see a game!
374
00:16:52,144 --> 00:16:55,442
Ah! But not so pumped up
that they forget to buy
375
00:16:55,477 --> 00:16:59,611
a pennant or a button or a
quality souvenir tee shirt!
376
00:17:01,417 --> 00:17:02,614
What?
377
00:17:02,649 --> 00:17:06,222
♪♪
378
00:17:06,257 --> 00:17:10,028
[crashing]
379
00:17:13,165 --> 00:17:15,066
[tweet tweet]
380
00:17:15,101 --> 00:17:18,267
[crashing
381
00:17:18,302 --> 00:17:19,532
♪♪
382
00:17:19,567 --> 00:17:20,797
[tweet]
383
00:17:20,832 --> 00:17:22,799
[no audible dialogue]
384
00:17:22,834 --> 00:17:30,048
♪♪
385
00:17:37,519 --> 00:17:40,421
[coughing]
386
00:17:40,456 --> 00:17:47,461
♪♪
387
00:17:53,865 --> 00:17:55,370
[explosion]
388
00:17:55,405 --> 00:17:58,109
[laughter]
389
00:17:58,144 --> 00:17:59,407
♪♪
390
00:17:59,442 --> 00:18:05,743
[noisy crowd]
391
00:18:05,778 --> 00:18:08,251
[cheers]
392
00:18:08,286 --> 00:18:10,121
Yahoo!
393
00:18:10,156 --> 00:18:11,782
I realize the game
of buckball
394
00:18:11,817 --> 00:18:14,356
traditionally requires
an earth pony, a Pegasus,
395
00:18:14,391 --> 00:18:16,490
and a unicorn,
but I appreciate
396
00:18:16,525 --> 00:18:18,657
you allowing my
students to compete.
397
00:18:18,692 --> 00:18:21,528
Of course! And the wings
and magical dampening ring
398
00:18:21,563 --> 00:18:24,168
you made seem to be
working really well.
399
00:18:24,203 --> 00:18:27,732
Indeed. Though not
as well as your team.
400
00:18:27,767 --> 00:18:30,240
Come on School of Magic!
401
00:18:31,837 --> 00:18:34,904
Oh! This suspense is horrible.
402
00:18:34,939 --> 00:18:37,346
I'm the most nervous
I've ever been.
403
00:18:37,381 --> 00:18:38,710
And that's saying
something.
404
00:18:38,745 --> 00:18:40,415
I know how you feel.
405
00:18:40,450 --> 00:18:42,681
Don't worry! Celestia's
team might be tough,
406
00:18:42,716 --> 00:18:45,222
but we can still
win this thing!
407
00:18:45,257 --> 00:18:46,850
What? Oh, yeah. Totally.
408
00:18:46,885 --> 00:18:48,918
But I wasn't talking
about the game...
409
00:18:48,953 --> 00:18:50,491
Come on, come on, come on!
410
00:18:50,526 --> 00:18:52,526
Announcer: And that's the
end of the first half!
411
00:18:52,561 --> 00:18:54,594
AHH! Sorry! Can't
talk right now!
412
00:18:54,629 --> 00:18:57,465
I sure hope Dash being
nervous is a good sign.
413
00:18:57,500 --> 00:18:58,532
[murmuring]
414
00:18:58,567 --> 00:19:01,205
♪♪
415
00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:02,470
[stomping in time]
416
00:19:05,244 --> 00:19:08,575
Over, and over,
and over again.
417
00:19:08,610 --> 00:19:11,710
We'll cheer for our
team till the very end.
418
00:19:11,745 --> 00:19:13,646
[stomping]
419
00:19:13,681 --> 00:19:18,585
[crowd creates stomping beat]
420
00:19:18,620 --> 00:19:24,591
[loud cheering]
421
00:19:24,626 --> 00:19:31,631
♪♪
422
00:19:32,931 --> 00:19:36,207
Everypony in the crowd,
if you're feeling hip
423
00:19:36,242 --> 00:19:39,243
When I say "Friend,"
you say "Ship!"
424
00:19:39,278 --> 00:19:40,310
Friend!
425
00:19:40,345 --> 00:19:41,245
Ship!
426
00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:41,905
Friend!
427
00:19:41,940 --> 00:19:42,807
Ship!
428
00:19:43,776 --> 00:19:46,250
Welcome everypony
to the halftime show
429
00:19:46,285 --> 00:19:49,649
We're the Friendship Squad
and we're ready to go.
430
00:19:49,684 --> 00:19:52,916
We're here to cheer
and get you all excited
431
00:19:52,951 --> 00:19:56,524
If you'd like to join in
then you're all invited.
432
00:19:56,559 --> 00:19:59,461
It's a simple cheer,
so don't chime in late.
433
00:19:59,496 --> 00:20:03,333
It goes 2, 4, 6, Great!
434
00:20:03,368 --> 00:20:05,269
[cheers]
435
00:20:05,304 --> 00:20:06,897
[whoosh]
436
00:20:06,932 --> 00:20:09,867
[loud cheering]
437
00:20:09,902 --> 00:20:11,539
[chuckle]
438
00:20:11,574 --> 00:20:12,936
Not bad, right?
439
00:20:12,971 --> 00:20:15,345
They. Were. Awesome!
440
00:20:17,778 --> 00:20:20,383
Well, they have a
pretty decent coach.
441
00:20:21,716 --> 00:20:22,847
[laughter]
442
00:20:25,423 --> 00:20:26,884
[cheers]
443
00:20:26,919 --> 00:20:28,853
Announcer: And
that's the game.
444
00:20:28,888 --> 00:20:33,792
Final score: School of Magic
5, School of Friendship 4!
445
00:20:33,827 --> 00:20:36,597
Nice work everyone.
You can't win them all.
446
00:20:36,632 --> 00:20:40,337
Sometimes that's just
how the cupcake crumbles.
447
00:20:40,372 --> 00:20:41,767
You guys were amazing!
448
00:20:42,704 --> 00:20:44,473
[groan]
449
00:20:44,508 --> 00:20:45,837
It was flawless!
450
00:20:45,872 --> 00:20:48,037
I can't think of any way
that could've been better!
451
00:20:48,072 --> 00:20:49,940
We could have
won the game.
452
00:20:49,975 --> 00:20:52,745
Pah! The game was
just a sideshow.
453
00:20:52,780 --> 00:20:55,715
You guys were
the main event!
454
00:20:55,750 --> 00:20:59,620
I'm glad to see such good
sportsponyship on display.
455
00:20:59,655 --> 00:21:03,426
Your cheer squad was an
inspiration, Rainbow Dash.
456
00:21:03,461 --> 00:21:05,593
I'll have to start one
at my school as well.
457
00:21:05,628 --> 00:21:07,991
Wow, Rainbow Dash, it's
almost like you were
458
00:21:08,026 --> 00:21:11,500
the perfect pony to coach
Cheer Squad after all!
459
00:21:11,535 --> 00:21:14,338
Wait a second. Was this
one of those things
460
00:21:14,373 --> 00:21:15,900
where you knew the
lesson I needed to learn
461
00:21:15,935 --> 00:21:17,836
before I learned it?
462
00:21:17,871 --> 00:21:20,036
You mean like how you don't
have to care about a thing
463
00:21:20,071 --> 00:21:21,972
other ponies like as long
as you care about the ponies
464
00:21:22,007 --> 00:21:23,611
who like it?
465
00:21:23,646 --> 00:21:24,942
Nope. Don't know what
you're talking about.
466
00:21:24,977 --> 00:21:26,009
[groan]
467
00:21:26,044 --> 00:21:27,318
♪♪
468
00:21:27,353 --> 00:21:29,419
Nicely done.
469
00:21:29,454 --> 00:21:32,455
[laughter]