1 00:00:03,070 --> 00:00:04,269 [splat] 2 00:00:08,608 --> 00:00:11,777 So, Scootaloo's keeping Petunia busy like you asked. 3 00:00:11,812 --> 00:00:14,112 What did you two want to talk about? 4 00:00:14,147 --> 00:00:16,782 I'm sure you get these questions all the time. 5 00:00:16,817 --> 00:00:19,384 Oh, this is so awkward. 6 00:00:19,419 --> 00:00:23,388 Uh, you're the experts, so we thought you'd have some insight 7 00:00:23,423 --> 00:00:26,124 into our daughter's new...uh, cutie mark. 8 00:00:26,159 --> 00:00:27,325 What's wrong? 9 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:33,065 Obviously, we're both very proud of her and her cutie mark. 10 00:00:33,100 --> 00:00:37,469 Despite its, um, unsettling nature. 11 00:00:37,504 --> 00:00:38,437 Unsettling? 12 00:00:43,477 --> 00:00:45,210 I don't get what you mean. 13 00:00:45,245 --> 00:00:48,413 Her mark doesn't bother you at all? 14 00:00:48,448 --> 00:00:51,316 Petunia: Hey! Check out what we found! 15 00:00:51,351 --> 00:00:56,354 Look! A spiny-backed Pon-asaurus in our own backyard! 16 00:00:56,389 --> 00:01:00,158 And I found them on my very own. How cool is that? 17 00:01:00,193 --> 00:01:04,362 Oooooh. She's an archaeologist! 18 00:01:04,397 --> 00:01:08,333 Of course! What did you think she was gonna be? A pirate? 19 00:01:10,337 --> 00:01:14,206 Pirate! Pfft! Why would we think that? 20 00:01:14,241 --> 00:01:16,542 [fake laughter] 21 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:23,849 ♪ My little pony, my little pony ♪ 22 00:01:23,884 --> 00:01:25,851 ♪ Aaaahhh ♪ 23 00:01:25,886 --> 00:01:27,719 ♪ My little Pony ♪ 24 00:01:27,754 --> 00:01:30,388 ♪ I used to wonder what friendship could be. ♪ 25 00:01:30,423 --> 00:01:32,290 ♪ My Little Pony ♪ 26 00:01:32,325 --> 00:01:34,626 ♪ Until you all shared its magic with me. ♪ 27 00:01:34,661 --> 00:01:36,661 ♪ Big adventure! ♪ ♪ Tons of fun ♪ 28 00:01:36,696 --> 00:01:38,797 ♪ A beautiful heart! ♪ ♪ Faithful and strong! ♪ 29 00:01:38,832 --> 00:01:41,266 ♪ Sharing kindness ♪ ♪ it's an easy feat ♪ 30 00:01:41,301 --> 00:01:43,301 ♪ And magic makes it all complete! ♪ 31 00:01:43,336 --> 00:01:45,370 ♪ To have my little pony ♪ 32 00:01:45,405 --> 00:01:48,773 ♪ Do you know you're all my very best friends? ♪ 33 00:01:48,808 --> 00:01:51,376 ♪♪ 34 00:01:55,782 --> 00:02:00,452 Whoo-hoo! Another successful cutie intervention. 35 00:02:00,487 --> 00:02:03,822 You know Crusaders, I don't want to toot our own horn... 36 00:02:03,857 --> 00:02:06,258 but we've helped a lot of ponies figure out their 37 00:02:06,293 --> 00:02:07,826 purpose in life. 38 00:02:07,861 --> 00:02:10,829 Like Blue Note, here. Nice saxophone, Blue Note! 39 00:02:10,864 --> 00:02:13,465 ♪♪ 40 00:02:13,500 --> 00:02:15,400 Yep. Everywhere you look, 41 00:02:15,435 --> 00:02:17,836 there's a pony we've helped find a purpose. 42 00:02:17,871 --> 00:02:21,540 [tapping] 43 00:02:22,909 --> 00:02:25,777 You've gotta admit, we've had a pretty good effect 44 00:02:25,812 --> 00:02:28,813 on everypony since we discovered our destiny. 45 00:02:28,848 --> 00:02:31,650 And started helping other ponies discover theirs! 46 00:02:31,685 --> 00:02:33,852 Could this get any better or what? 47 00:02:35,689 --> 00:02:38,890 Now, Scootaloo, you do know there will always be challenges. 48 00:02:38,925 --> 00:02:41,960 Someday, somepony might even come to us with a problem 49 00:02:41,995 --> 00:02:44,930 that even we can't handle. Like, say... 50 00:02:44,965 --> 00:02:46,131 ...a griffon? 51 00:02:46,166 --> 00:02:50,902 Ha! Exactly. Like a griffon. But that's just crazy talk. 52 00:02:50,937 --> 00:02:52,637 OR NOT! 53 00:02:52,672 --> 00:02:56,808 ♪♪ 54 00:02:56,843 --> 00:02:58,944 Is that really a griffon? 55 00:02:58,979 --> 00:03:00,679 You're durn tootin' it is! 56 00:03:00,714 --> 00:03:02,681 Whaddya think that griffon wants? 57 00:03:02,716 --> 00:03:04,983 I guess we've gotta ask her but... 58 00:03:05,018 --> 00:03:08,787 aren't Griffons supposed to be kind of mean and cranky? 59 00:03:08,822 --> 00:03:11,523 Crusaders, looks like we've gotta step carefully! 60 00:03:15,562 --> 00:03:17,529 The Cutie Mark Crusaders? 61 00:03:17,564 --> 00:03:19,698 I can't believe it's really really you! 62 00:03:19,733 --> 00:03:21,399 [giggling] 63 00:03:21,434 --> 00:03:26,805 This... griffon... not cranky! 64 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:29,741 How in the blooming apples did you know who we are? 65 00:03:29,776 --> 00:03:32,944 Know who you are? KNOW WHO YOU ARE? 66 00:03:32,979 --> 00:03:35,847 Why, I've heard about you from everypony in Ponyville! 67 00:03:35,882 --> 00:03:39,251 I'm so excited to meet you, I could just EXPLODE! 68 00:03:39,286 --> 00:03:41,353 I'm Gabriella, but you can call me Gabby, 69 00:03:41,388 --> 00:03:43,722 since we're friends now. Pleased to meetcha! 70 00:03:43,757 --> 00:03:45,624 [wobbly shout] 71 00:03:47,460 --> 00:03:50,462 Well, howdy, um... Gabby. 72 00:03:50,497 --> 00:03:53,465 OOOOOOH! I'm just about the most excited 73 00:03:53,500 --> 00:03:56,034 any griffon has ever been about anything. 74 00:03:56,069 --> 00:03:59,004 Excited? But whatever for? 75 00:03:59,039 --> 00:04:01,006 What for? WHAT FOR? 76 00:04:01,041 --> 00:04:04,476 Everypony in town tells me of your amazing assistance. 77 00:04:04,511 --> 00:04:08,013 How you help ponies find their place in the world. 78 00:04:08,048 --> 00:04:09,614 It's a calling. But... 79 00:04:09,649 --> 00:04:12,484 And that's why I'm here. I need help, too. 80 00:04:12,519 --> 00:04:16,521 I want you to give me a cutie mark! 81 00:04:16,556 --> 00:04:20,025 Um, can a griffon even GET a Cutie Mark? 82 00:04:20,060 --> 00:04:23,762 I don't know, but I think we should probably find out. 83 00:04:23,797 --> 00:04:27,299 [nervous giggling] 84 00:04:27,334 --> 00:04:29,334 So, Gabriella... 85 00:04:29,369 --> 00:04:30,335 Gabby, 'kay? 86 00:04:30,370 --> 00:04:33,772 'Gabby.' Why do you even want a cutie mark? 87 00:04:33,807 --> 00:04:37,909 It doesn't seem like a very griffon-y thing to want. 88 00:04:37,944 --> 00:04:39,878 Right? Right? RIIIIIGHT? 89 00:04:39,913 --> 00:04:42,647 You're telling me! I don't know if you've heard, 90 00:04:42,682 --> 00:04:46,985 but griffons can be a little bit unfriendly. 91 00:04:47,020 --> 00:04:49,521 Most griffons don't pay much attention to each other. 92 00:04:49,556 --> 00:04:51,389 And if they do, it's not, y'know... 93 00:04:51,424 --> 00:04:52,690 the good kind of attention. 94 00:04:52,726 --> 00:04:55,360 As for me, I'm just a little mail-delivery griffon 95 00:04:55,395 --> 00:04:57,662 who likes to spread a little bit of griffon-y sunshine 96 00:04:57,697 --> 00:04:59,531 on my rounds! Which always made me feel 97 00:04:59,566 --> 00:05:01,366 different from the other griffons. 98 00:05:01,401 --> 00:05:05,570 [slamming doors] 99 00:05:05,605 --> 00:05:08,606 I'd do anything for any ol' griffon in need. 100 00:05:08,641 --> 00:05:10,709 [indignant squawks] 101 00:05:10,744 --> 00:05:12,911 But it just always seemed like the harder I tried, 102 00:05:12,946 --> 00:05:14,679 the less I fit in! 103 00:05:14,714 --> 00:05:16,681 It wasn't until your friends came to Griffonstone 104 00:05:16,716 --> 00:05:18,616 that I realized some creatures actually like 105 00:05:18,651 --> 00:05:20,051 helping each other. 106 00:05:20,086 --> 00:05:22,120 And I saw something so awesomely awesome! 107 00:05:22,155 --> 00:05:27,058 How helping spreads from pony to pony and griffon to griffon. 108 00:05:27,093 --> 00:05:30,028 I knew then that I had find out why I was so different 109 00:05:30,063 --> 00:05:31,396 from the other griffons. 110 00:05:31,431 --> 00:05:33,998 And I knew the answer just HAD to have something to do 111 00:05:34,033 --> 00:05:37,068 with those wonderful, amazing marks on the ponies' flanks! 112 00:05:37,103 --> 00:05:41,106 And I admit, I became, maybe, a little obsessed. 113 00:05:41,141 --> 00:05:43,708 So first chance I had to deliver a letter from Gilda, 114 00:05:43,743 --> 00:05:45,844 I took it so I could find the perfect ponies 115 00:05:45,879 --> 00:05:48,680 to help me understand what those marks are. 116 00:05:48,715 --> 00:05:51,049 Everypony here told me one thing: 117 00:05:51,084 --> 00:05:53,718 I just HAD to see the cutie mark crusaders. 118 00:05:53,753 --> 00:05:56,054 They've helped everypony here get their cutie marks. 119 00:05:56,089 --> 00:06:00,392 And I knew, I just knew, that someday I'd have one, too: 120 00:06:00,427 --> 00:06:03,728 a cutie mark of my very own! 121 00:06:03,763 --> 00:06:05,597 That's why I flew all the way here. 122 00:06:05,632 --> 00:06:07,766 I want to find my own place in the world 123 00:06:07,801 --> 00:06:10,835 and I know you can help me by giving me a cutie mark! 124 00:06:10,870 --> 00:06:14,139 So let's make with the cutie! 125 00:06:14,174 --> 00:06:16,408 Whenever you're ready! 126 00:06:16,443 --> 00:06:18,042 Did it happen yet? 127 00:06:18,077 --> 00:06:20,145 Uh, not exactly. 128 00:06:20,180 --> 00:06:23,415 How 'bout now? How 'bout now? How 'bout now? How 'bout now? 129 00:06:23,450 --> 00:06:26,684 Um, Gabby, I hate to break it to you, 130 00:06:26,719 --> 00:06:29,053 but it sounds like you mighta heard some tall tales 131 00:06:29,088 --> 00:06:31,523 about what Crusaders can do. 132 00:06:31,558 --> 00:06:34,659 I mean, we are kinda awesome and all, 133 00:06:34,694 --> 00:06:37,595 but nopony can just give you a cutie mark. 134 00:06:37,630 --> 00:06:40,999 It just sort of... happens. 135 00:06:41,034 --> 00:06:43,735 Though I'm pretty sure it doesn't happen to Griffons. 136 00:06:43,770 --> 00:06:46,538 Or if it does, we've never ever heard of it. 137 00:06:46,573 --> 00:06:49,541 Oh. I hadn't thought of that. 138 00:06:49,576 --> 00:06:52,544 Sounds like a challenge. And who could be up to it 139 00:06:52,579 --> 00:06:55,013 but the world-famous Cutie Mark Crusaders? 140 00:06:55,048 --> 00:06:57,115 Cutie marks: it's in your name and everything, 141 00:06:57,150 --> 00:06:59,050 right? Right? RIGHT? 142 00:06:59,085 --> 00:07:01,519 Now I have to deliver Gilda's letter to Rainbow Dash. 143 00:07:01,554 --> 00:07:03,054 I bet by the time I get back, 144 00:07:03,089 --> 00:07:05,657 you'll have it one-hundred percent figured out! 145 00:07:05,692 --> 00:07:07,525 Toodles for now. 146 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:10,929 Wheeeee! Gonna get my Cutie Mark! 147 00:07:10,964 --> 00:07:14,566 What she wants, it's not possible, right? 148 00:07:14,601 --> 00:07:18,003 I don't know. But I know someone who just might! 149 00:07:19,839 --> 00:07:21,806 I've read every book on the subject. 150 00:07:21,841 --> 00:07:23,808 And I've never read a thing about any creature 151 00:07:23,843 --> 00:07:25,944 other than a pony getting a cutie mark! 152 00:07:25,979 --> 00:07:29,247 But Twilight, Gabby flew all the way here so we could help her. 153 00:07:29,282 --> 00:07:31,583 There's gotta be something we can do. 154 00:07:31,618 --> 00:07:34,752 Say... is there some kind of spell you can whip up 155 00:07:34,787 --> 00:07:36,488 to make her mark appear? 156 00:07:36,523 --> 00:07:39,757 Um, I don't know if any of you remember, but using magic 157 00:07:39,792 --> 00:07:43,695 to get a cutie mark never really works out all that well. 158 00:07:43,730 --> 00:07:46,965 Ohhhhhh... riiiiight. 159 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,968 Crusaders, I'm sorry. While I can't say for certain 160 00:07:50,003 --> 00:07:52,804 that it's utterly impossible, the chances of Gabby 161 00:07:52,839 --> 00:07:55,940 getting an actual mark are... pretty slim. 162 00:07:55,975 --> 00:07:58,109 Everything I've ever learned tells me... 163 00:07:58,144 --> 00:08:00,712 it's just not gonna happen. 164 00:08:00,747 --> 00:08:02,914 Oh NO! Poor Gabby! 165 00:08:02,949 --> 00:08:05,083 What the apples are we ever gonna tell her? 166 00:08:10,123 --> 00:08:12,190 Crusaders, this is terrible! 167 00:08:12,225 --> 00:08:16,861 Gabby really believed in us, and now we're going to let her down. 168 00:08:16,896 --> 00:08:18,930 But what else can we do? 169 00:08:18,965 --> 00:08:22,033 Hmmm. You know what, Crusaders? So what. 170 00:08:22,068 --> 00:08:24,302 Maybe we can't help Gabby get a cutie mark, 171 00:08:24,337 --> 00:08:26,638 but we can still do what we're best at. 172 00:08:26,673 --> 00:08:29,541 We can help her find her purpose! 173 00:08:29,576 --> 00:08:31,743 And I reckon doin' that is the same for Griffons 174 00:08:31,778 --> 00:08:35,713 as it is for ponies... or any other creature in Equestria! 175 00:08:35,748 --> 00:08:39,250 All we have to do is be extra special clear with her. 176 00:08:39,285 --> 00:08:41,853 Like, Crystal Empire clear. 177 00:08:41,888 --> 00:08:42,954 Yeah! 178 00:08:44,958 --> 00:08:46,858 INCOMING! 179 00:08:48,194 --> 00:08:51,696 [groans] 180 00:08:51,731 --> 00:08:53,965 Hiya, you wonderful, wonderful Crusaders. 181 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,234 I just know you figured out how to help me 182 00:08:56,269 --> 00:08:57,902 because you're all so incredible! 183 00:08:57,937 --> 00:09:01,072 Well, Gabby, we've talked it over 184 00:09:01,107 --> 00:09:04,175 and we think we may just be able to help you out 185 00:09:04,210 --> 00:09:07,078 but not exactly in the way you think. 186 00:09:07,113 --> 00:09:10,315 See, here's the thing about you getting a cutie mark. 187 00:09:10,350 --> 00:09:14,185 I'M GETTING A Cutie mark! Wooo-whooooo! 188 00:09:14,220 --> 00:09:17,088 Wait, you didn't let me finish! 189 00:09:17,123 --> 00:09:18,690 WHEEEEE! 190 00:09:18,725 --> 00:09:21,626 Um, I think maybe that could have been clearer. 191 00:09:22,895 --> 00:09:26,164 Cutie mark, cutie mark, gonna get my cutie mark! 192 00:09:26,199 --> 00:09:29,100 YEAH! Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo! 193 00:09:29,135 --> 00:09:33,705 She's still going! Anypony know if Griffons ever get tired? 194 00:09:33,740 --> 00:09:36,007 What do you think my mark will be? A lightning bolt? 195 00:09:36,042 --> 00:09:39,310 An erupting volcano?! I don't care if it's a jar of marmalade. 196 00:09:39,345 --> 00:09:41,846 I know I'll love it, whatever it is! 197 00:09:41,881 --> 00:09:44,015 Hold on just a hoofstep, Gabby, 198 00:09:44,050 --> 00:09:46,050 there's something we need to clear up. 199 00:09:46,085 --> 00:09:48,753 We can definitely help you find your purpose 200 00:09:48,788 --> 00:09:51,289 but that mark's probably not gonna happen. 201 00:09:51,324 --> 00:09:53,091 WHAT?! 202 00:09:53,126 --> 00:09:55,793 It's true. Twilight's never heard of a creature 203 00:09:55,828 --> 00:09:58,663 other than a pony getting a cutie mark. 204 00:09:58,698 --> 00:10:02,634 Oh, pfft, is that all? You had me worried for a second. 205 00:10:02,669 --> 00:10:05,737 I mean, there's a first time for everything, right? 206 00:10:05,772 --> 00:10:09,040 And she didn't say it was impossible, right? 207 00:10:09,075 --> 00:10:11,242 Well, not exactly. 208 00:10:11,277 --> 00:10:14,245 Well, then if anypony can make it happen, it's you three! 209 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:17,749 I mean, you haven't failed yet! 210 00:10:17,784 --> 00:10:19,083 You know what, Gabby? 211 00:10:19,118 --> 00:10:21,853 I promise, we're gonna do everything we can 212 00:10:21,888 --> 00:10:23,321 to help you get your mark! 213 00:10:23,356 --> 00:10:29,327 OH! It's gonna happen! I can feel it! Whoo hoo! Whoo hoo! 214 00:10:29,362 --> 00:10:31,929 Aaaaand, she's off again. 215 00:10:31,964 --> 00:10:33,765 Why in tarnation would you promise something 216 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:36,100 that just can't be done! 217 00:10:36,135 --> 00:10:39,103 I know what it's like to want something that's out of reach. 218 00:10:39,138 --> 00:10:41,105 And just because it hasn't happened yet 219 00:10:41,140 --> 00:10:42,874 doesn't mean it can't. 220 00:10:42,909 --> 00:10:45,877 Maybe trying for the impossible isn't so bad. 221 00:10:45,912 --> 00:10:48,913 I guess we'll never know for sure unless we give it a try. 222 00:10:48,948 --> 00:10:51,382 All right. But where do we even start? 223 00:10:51,417 --> 00:10:56,754 Where we always do, with a good ol' fashioned Crusaders CHART! 224 00:10:56,789 --> 00:11:00,391 The first thing we gotta do is find your purpose. 225 00:11:00,426 --> 00:11:02,193 No pony gets a mark without one. 226 00:11:02,228 --> 00:11:04,462 All right! Let's do this! 227 00:11:04,497 --> 00:11:06,998 What are you good at? Do you play any sports? 228 00:11:07,033 --> 00:11:08,232 Or like to dance? 229 00:11:08,268 --> 00:11:13,738 Or how about singing? I just love to sing. LA LA LA LAAAAAAA! 230 00:11:13,773 --> 00:11:16,340 Wow. I kinda wanna just try everything. 231 00:11:16,375 --> 00:11:18,876 I mean, I don't even know what to pick! 232 00:11:18,911 --> 00:11:21,279 Don't worry, that's what we're here for! 233 00:11:21,314 --> 00:11:23,314 ♪ [military snare drum beat] ♪ 234 00:11:23,349 --> 00:11:26,984 ♪♪ 235 00:11:27,019 --> 00:11:28,986 ♪ Like a racer at the starting line, ♪ 236 00:11:29,021 --> 00:11:30,855 ♪ you're chomping at the bit. ♪ 237 00:11:30,890 --> 00:11:32,857 ♪ You are here to find your purpose ♪ 238 00:11:32,892 --> 00:11:35,159 ♪ and the place you really fit. ♪ 239 00:11:35,194 --> 00:11:39,063 ♪ And until you find your place in life you're never gonna quit 240 00:11:39,098 --> 00:11:42,033 ♪ We can help you find the purpose in your life! ♪ 241 00:11:42,068 --> 00:11:45,503 ♪ ♪ 242 00:11:45,538 --> 00:11:47,438 ♪ A griffon mixes lion's strength ♪ 243 00:11:47,473 --> 00:11:49,407 ♪ with wingéd eagle's might ♪ 244 00:11:49,442 --> 00:11:53,878 ♪ When I finally find my purpose then my cutie mark's in sight. ♪ 245 00:11:53,913 --> 00:11:55,947 ♪ Crusaders, I won't let you down ♪ 246 00:11:55,982 --> 00:11:57,815 ♪ I've just begun to fight ♪ 247 00:11:57,850 --> 00:12:00,451 ♪ You're gonna help me find the purpose in my life! ♪ 248 00:12:00,486 --> 00:12:04,422 ♪ ♪ 249 00:12:04,457 --> 00:12:06,424 ♪ Got a job that's just no fun? ♪ 250 00:12:06,459 --> 00:12:08,459 ♪ Call on me, I'll get it done. ♪ 251 00:12:08,494 --> 00:12:10,428 ♪ Cauldron's stuck and needs a mix? ♪ 252 00:12:10,463 --> 00:12:12,463 ♪ I'm the one who's got the fix. ♪ 253 00:12:12,498 --> 00:12:14,766 ♪ Help you teach pre-calculus ♪ 254 00:12:14,801 --> 00:12:16,801 ♪ Scrub the floors, won't make a fuss. ♪ 255 00:12:16,836 --> 00:12:18,803 ♪ Clearing kelp? Just give a yelp! ♪ 256 00:12:18,838 --> 00:12:20,938 ♪ Rarin' to go, ready to help. ♪ 257 00:12:20,973 --> 00:12:25,343 ♪ That's the spirit, you ought to see what you do best. ♪ 258 00:12:25,378 --> 00:12:29,313 ♪ Try it all, pick your fave and leave behind the rest. ♪ 259 00:12:29,348 --> 00:12:33,484 ♪ I'll try anything to get my cutie mark, ♪ 260 00:12:33,519 --> 00:12:37,488 ♪ keep up with me crusaders we're just getting our start. ♪ 261 00:12:37,523 --> 00:12:39,323 ♪ Rock your little ones to sleep, ♪ 262 00:12:39,358 --> 00:12:41,058 ♪ while hanging up the sheets. ♪ 263 00:12:41,093 --> 00:12:43,161 ♪ I can help you with your heavy load, ♪ 264 00:12:43,196 --> 00:12:45,129 ♪ walk granny cross the street. ♪ 265 00:12:45,164 --> 00:12:49,333 ♪ I'll run you around the bases fast, it's really no big feat. ♪ 266 00:12:49,368 --> 00:12:52,370 ♪ Can we help her find the purpose in her life? ♪ 267 00:12:52,405 --> 00:12:56,073 ♪ ♪ 268 00:12:56,108 --> 00:12:58,075 ♪ Cheer you if you're feeling low. ♪ 269 00:12:58,110 --> 00:13:00,111 ♪ Plant your garden, make it grow. ♪ 270 00:13:00,146 --> 00:13:04,182 ♪ Write a piece for your quartet, filling in on clarinet. 271 00:13:04,217 --> 00:13:06,250 ♪ Bake that cake as fast as lightning ♪ 272 00:13:06,285 --> 00:13:08,319 ♪ She's so good at things, it's frightening. ♪ 273 00:13:08,354 --> 00:13:13,191 ♪ Cutie Mark Crusaders, I think we've got a problem. ♪ 274 00:13:13,226 --> 00:13:17,161 ♪ Build a boat and sail it out across the sea. ♪ 275 00:13:17,196 --> 00:13:21,265 ♪ Need some help, you know that you can count on me. ♪ 276 00:13:21,300 --> 00:13:27,471 ♪ CMCs you're going to help me find my purpose. ♪ 277 00:13:27,506 --> 00:13:32,877 ♪ The purpose in my life! ♪ 278 00:13:32,912 --> 00:13:38,015 ♪ In my life! ♪ 279 00:13:38,050 --> 00:13:40,284 Now how we gonna do THIS? 280 00:13:40,319 --> 00:13:41,919 [song ends] 281 00:13:41,954 --> 00:13:45,156 Gabby's special purpose can't be everything, right? 282 00:13:45,191 --> 00:13:46,624 It may as well be. 283 00:13:46,659 --> 00:13:49,227 I don't know how we find what she's supposed to do 284 00:13:49,262 --> 00:13:51,896 when she can do it all. 285 00:13:51,931 --> 00:13:54,899 And if finding her purpose seems impossible, 286 00:13:54,934 --> 00:13:57,168 we can just forget about the whole Griffon-getting 287 00:13:57,203 --> 00:14:01,272 -a-cutie-mark thing which is actually impossible. 288 00:14:01,307 --> 00:14:03,908 I never should have gotten her hopes up. 289 00:14:03,943 --> 00:14:07,378 I Did. It. All! So? Lay it on me, Crusaders. 290 00:14:07,413 --> 00:14:09,180 What's my purpose? 291 00:14:09,215 --> 00:14:13,284 And how do we get a mark on these here haunches? 292 00:14:13,319 --> 00:14:17,989 Gabby, we ... we don't. 293 00:14:18,024 --> 00:14:20,658 Wait! What are you saying? 294 00:14:20,693 --> 00:14:22,960 We're saying that since you can do everything 295 00:14:22,995 --> 00:14:25,229 so amazingly well... 296 00:14:25,264 --> 00:14:29,300 we just can't figure out what one thing you're supposed to do. 297 00:14:29,335 --> 00:14:32,470 Gabby. We can't help you. 298 00:14:32,505 --> 00:14:36,073 But-but you're the world-famous Cutie Mark Crusaders! 299 00:14:36,108 --> 00:14:40,111 I can't believe it. I - I WON'T believe it. 300 00:14:40,146 --> 00:14:41,612 Gabby! Wait! 301 00:14:41,647 --> 00:14:45,583 We're sorry! We're so, so sorry! 302 00:14:45,618 --> 00:14:47,652 This is just awful! 303 00:14:47,687 --> 00:14:50,655 For the first time ever, the Cutie Mark Crusaders 304 00:14:50,690 --> 00:14:53,524 are cutie mark... failures! 305 00:14:53,559 --> 00:14:55,026 ♪ [dramatic flourish] ♪ 306 00:14:58,331 --> 00:15:02,600 I'm sorry, Crusaders. I really thought we could help Gabby. 307 00:15:02,635 --> 00:15:05,169 I thought we could help anypony. 308 00:15:05,204 --> 00:15:08,706 Maybe that's just it. Maybe we can only help ponies. 309 00:15:08,741 --> 00:15:11,309 Or maybe we just plain failed. 310 00:15:11,344 --> 00:15:15,579 Failed? Then what do you call THIS? 311 00:15:15,614 --> 00:15:18,282 A CUTIE MARK!? 312 00:15:18,317 --> 00:15:21,052 WHAT? You got your mark after all! 313 00:15:21,087 --> 00:15:22,720 Even though we couldn't find your purpose? 314 00:15:22,755 --> 00:15:25,957 But - whaaaa? Huh? HOW? 315 00:15:25,992 --> 00:15:28,592 An' what does it mean? A cauldron? 316 00:15:28,627 --> 00:15:32,964 Um, I don't know. Maybe it means my purpose is uh, 317 00:15:32,999 --> 00:15:34,632 helping uh, Zecora with potions. 318 00:15:34,667 --> 00:15:36,434 That's the first thing I tried. 319 00:15:36,469 --> 00:15:40,071 I guess it just took some time to appear but here it is! 320 00:15:40,106 --> 00:15:43,607 This. Is. AWESOME! We're not failures. 321 00:15:43,642 --> 00:15:45,343 Whatever we did WORKED! 322 00:15:45,378 --> 00:15:48,212 I had a feeling we could help you and we did! 323 00:15:48,247 --> 00:15:50,748 Ooh, we've gotta go see Twilight right away! 324 00:15:50,783 --> 00:15:52,717 She'll want to know about this. 325 00:15:52,752 --> 00:15:55,353 Correction: she NEEDS to know about this. 326 00:15:55,388 --> 00:15:57,388 I bet she'll want to write a whole book 327 00:15:57,423 --> 00:16:00,424 about the very first Griffon to get a cutie mark of her own! 328 00:16:00,459 --> 00:16:05,229 Oh, totally. Um, but you know Rainbow Dash asked me 329 00:16:05,264 --> 00:16:07,231 to pick up her answer to Gilda's letter. 330 00:16:07,266 --> 00:16:09,333 I better take care of that before I forget. 331 00:16:09,368 --> 00:16:12,169 Here's an idea: uh, you head to the castle, 332 00:16:12,204 --> 00:16:18,209 I'll meet you there, cutie mark and all. Um.... toodles! 333 00:16:18,244 --> 00:16:20,011 Wow, can you believe it? 334 00:16:20,046 --> 00:16:22,346 We were able to help her get her mark after all! 335 00:16:22,381 --> 00:16:24,482 Come on, Crusaders; let's tell Twilight! 336 00:16:27,219 --> 00:16:29,587 Gabby? You just missed her! She was in such a hurry 337 00:16:29,622 --> 00:16:31,122 she didn't even come in. 338 00:16:31,157 --> 00:16:34,125 Just dropped this letter and zoomed away. 339 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:37,395 Dear Crusaders: I'll never forget you! 340 00:16:37,430 --> 00:16:40,398 You really are every bit as awesome as I heard. 341 00:16:40,433 --> 00:16:43,267 I'm heading home to tell all the griffons 342 00:16:43,302 --> 00:16:44,802 how you did the impossible 343 00:16:44,837 --> 00:16:48,439 by getting me my cutie mark. Toodles! 344 00:16:48,474 --> 00:16:50,141 [crash] 345 00:16:50,176 --> 00:16:53,210 Wait a second, CUTIE MARK? 346 00:16:53,245 --> 00:16:55,346 You actually got a griffon a cutie mark 347 00:16:55,381 --> 00:16:57,548 for the first time in recorded history? 348 00:16:57,583 --> 00:17:01,585 You know what this calls for? A full-scale research project! 349 00:17:01,620 --> 00:17:03,220 This makes no sense. 350 00:17:03,255 --> 00:17:05,489 Gabby didn't come in and show you her mark? 351 00:17:05,524 --> 00:17:07,758 You have GOT to get Gabby back here right away. 352 00:17:07,793 --> 00:17:09,493 I have so many questions! 353 00:17:09,528 --> 00:17:11,629 I hope I have enough ink and parchment 354 00:17:11,664 --> 00:17:13,064 to document EVERYTHING! 355 00:17:13,099 --> 00:17:15,499 SPIKE! Guess what just happened! 356 00:17:15,534 --> 00:17:18,169 Weird. Gabby didn't show Twilight her mark, 357 00:17:18,204 --> 00:17:20,404 like she said she was gonna do? 358 00:17:20,439 --> 00:17:23,507 Something in this here applesauce smells kinda fishy. 359 00:17:23,542 --> 00:17:25,709 We better find her and find out what's going on! 360 00:17:25,744 --> 00:17:27,178 Come on, Crusaders. 361 00:17:28,747 --> 00:17:30,314 Keep your eyes on the skies, ponies. 362 00:17:30,349 --> 00:17:31,816 Gabby can't have gone far. 363 00:17:31,851 --> 00:17:34,251 She's not in the air, she's right THERE! 364 00:17:34,286 --> 00:17:37,588 Gabby! Hold up, we're a-comin'! 365 00:17:37,623 --> 00:17:40,591 Um, sorry, no time to chat. I just stopped to help 366 00:17:40,626 --> 00:17:43,494 this pony get out of the muck and then I really gotta fly! 367 00:17:43,529 --> 00:17:46,097 OK, HEAVE-HOHHHH! 368 00:17:48,801 --> 00:17:50,401 Gabby, we're your friends! 369 00:17:50,436 --> 00:17:53,337 Why in Equestria you running away from us? 370 00:17:53,372 --> 00:17:56,373 Running away? Oh, I'm not running away. 371 00:17:56,408 --> 00:18:00,411 I'm just, um, excited to show my lovely new cutie mark 372 00:18:00,446 --> 00:18:02,813 to everyone in Griffonstone. 373 00:18:02,848 --> 00:18:06,517 You mean the cutie mark that's runnin' right off your flank? 374 00:18:06,552 --> 00:18:08,719 Yup. That's the one. 375 00:18:08,754 --> 00:18:11,255 I guess the one thing I'm really not that good at... 376 00:18:11,290 --> 00:18:13,357 is faking things. 377 00:18:13,392 --> 00:18:15,860 Wow, Gabby, painting on a fake cutie mark 378 00:18:15,895 --> 00:18:20,197 to make yourself feel better? You must have been REALLY upset. 379 00:18:20,232 --> 00:18:22,433 Sure, I was disappointed 380 00:18:22,468 --> 00:18:25,736 but I didn't do it to make myself feel better. 381 00:18:25,771 --> 00:18:28,506 I wanted to make you feel better! 382 00:18:28,541 --> 00:18:29,507 [gasp] 383 00:18:29,542 --> 00:18:32,176 I couldn't bear you three thinking you failed 384 00:18:32,211 --> 00:18:34,478 after you tried so hard to help. 385 00:18:34,513 --> 00:18:37,381 That's why I had to leave before you or Twilight found out 386 00:18:37,416 --> 00:18:42,253 the truth. [sigh]. I'm sorry I wasn't honest with you. 387 00:18:42,288 --> 00:18:44,855 I'll just wing my way back to Griffonstone. 388 00:18:44,890 --> 00:18:46,690 Thanks for trying. 389 00:18:46,725 --> 00:18:48,926 You don't need to apologize for caring about 390 00:18:48,961 --> 00:18:51,162 how other ponies are feelin'! 391 00:18:51,197 --> 00:18:53,364 I'm just sorry we couldn't come through for you. 392 00:18:53,399 --> 00:18:56,734 Hmmm... maybe we can. 393 00:18:56,769 --> 00:18:59,604 Gabby, clean up and meet us at the Crusaders clubhouse! 394 00:19:03,342 --> 00:19:06,443 I know you all tried your very best, 395 00:19:06,478 --> 00:19:09,680 but I guess griffons and cutie marks just don't mix. 396 00:19:09,715 --> 00:19:13,417 Maybe I don't even have a special purpose. 397 00:19:13,452 --> 00:19:16,253 Hang on a second! We were wracking our brains 398 00:19:16,288 --> 00:19:19,290 trying to figure out your destiny until we remembered 399 00:19:19,325 --> 00:19:21,525 how every time you did something new, 400 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:24,328 you tried to help everypony around you. 401 00:19:24,363 --> 00:19:26,297 Even us! How did it feel 402 00:19:26,332 --> 00:19:28,432 when you showed up with that fake mark 403 00:19:28,467 --> 00:19:31,368 and the three of us thought we'd actually helped you? 404 00:19:31,403 --> 00:19:35,372 Well...I was really glad I helped you feel happier! 405 00:19:35,407 --> 00:19:38,342 So maybe helping is your thing. 406 00:19:38,377 --> 00:19:41,412 You might even say it's your purpose. 407 00:19:41,447 --> 00:19:45,449 But helping just feels good.It couldn't have anything to do 408 00:19:45,484 --> 00:19:48,786 with what I'm supposed to do with my life, right? 409 00:19:48,821 --> 00:19:51,822 Gabby, finding your special purpose doesn't have to be 410 00:19:51,857 --> 00:19:54,258 about being good at something, 411 00:19:54,293 --> 00:19:57,528 it's about feeling good about something inside. 412 00:19:57,563 --> 00:20:00,764 And it looks like your destiny is a whole lot like ours: 413 00:20:00,799 --> 00:20:02,466 helping others. 414 00:20:02,501 --> 00:20:05,336 And you don't need a symbol on your flank to know that! 415 00:20:05,371 --> 00:20:08,339 But since we ARE the Cutie Mark Crusaders, 416 00:20:08,374 --> 00:20:12,343 we made you one anyway! Behold! 417 00:20:12,378 --> 00:20:14,778 Your very own cutie mark! 418 00:20:14,813 --> 00:20:16,614 TA DA! 419 00:20:16,649 --> 00:20:19,016 We carved it to mark the moment we all figured out 420 00:20:19,051 --> 00:20:20,718 what you should do with your life! 421 00:20:20,753 --> 00:20:25,823 But they look just like yours? You can't mean... 422 00:20:25,858 --> 00:20:31,462 You bet we do! You're one of us now! Gabby, today we dub thee... 423 00:20:31,497 --> 00:20:35,499 the very first Griffon member of the Cutie Mark Crusaders! 424 00:20:35,534 --> 00:20:37,768 WOOHOO! 425 00:20:37,803 --> 00:20:40,738 You may not be able to get a cutie mark... 426 00:20:40,773 --> 00:20:42,406 ...but you're selflessly dedicatin' your life 427 00:20:42,441 --> 00:20:44,308 to helpin' others anyhow! 428 00:20:44,343 --> 00:20:48,579 I can't think of anything more Crusadery than that! 429 00:20:48,614 --> 00:20:53,517 AWESOME! My very own cutecinera! 430 00:20:53,552 --> 00:20:56,654 Landsakes, you sure have earned it! 431 00:20:56,689 --> 00:21:00,491 And so have we. Scootaloo, you're pretty amazing. 432 00:21:00,526 --> 00:21:01,725 Even though things looked bleak, 433 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:04,395 you still found a way to help Gabby in the end. 434 00:21:04,430 --> 00:21:06,797 'Course! Helping's what we do, right? 435 00:21:06,832 --> 00:21:11,468 Ooooo, I am SOOOOO grateful! 436 00:21:11,503 --> 00:21:13,737 I'm gonna go home and do my very very best 437 00:21:13,772 --> 00:21:17,308 to bring Cutie Mark Crusader values to Griffonstone, 438 00:21:17,343 --> 00:21:19,076 I promise! 439 00:21:19,111 --> 00:21:21,712 Promise us one other thing, too? 440 00:21:21,747 --> 00:21:23,580 COME BACK SOON! 441 00:21:23,615 --> 00:21:27,818 After all, you're a Crusader now. Crusaders forever? 442 00:21:27,853 --> 00:21:30,855 Crusaders forever! 443 00:21:34,093 --> 00:21:36,594 ♪ My Little Pony ♪ 444 00:21:38,464 --> 00:21:40,765 ♪ My Little Pony ♪ 445 00:21:51,443 --> 00:21:53,577 ♪ My Little Pony ♪ 446 00:21:53,612 --> 00:21:57,615 ♪ friends ♪