"...you have us, and we've forgiven you for your past... ahem... booboos."
"To be honest, I'd say the whole experience brought everyone at Canterlot High closer than ever before!"
"One! Two! Three!"
♪ There was a time we were apart But that's behind us now ♪
♪ See how we've made a brand new start ♪
♪ And the future's lookin' up ♪
♪ Ah-oh ♪
♪ Ah-oh ♪
♪ And when you walk these halls You feel it everywhere ♪
♪ Yeah, we're the Wondercolts forever ♪
♪ Ah-oh, yeah! ♪
♪ We are all together ♪
♪ Ah ah ah ah ah oh ♪
♪ Now it's better...
...than ever ♪
♪ Ah ah ah ah ah oh ♪
The "tail" is nearly finished
♪ You can feel it ♪
♪ We are back ♪
♪ And I'm so glad that we're better ♪
♪ Better than ever ♪
Trixie's looking pretty crafty here.
Big Mac...
...joined by the Crusaders...
...and Snips and Snails.
Only the Great and Powerful Trixie can do an epic photo-bomb!
♪ There was a time we couldn't see past the differences ♪
♪ That separated you and me And it left us on our own ♪
Pinkie's about to sing her solo.
♪ But now you walk these halls And friends are everywhere ♪
♪ Yeah, we're the Wondercolts forever, ah-oh, yeah! ♪
♪ We are all together (Ah ah ah ah ah oh) ♪
♪ Now it's better than ever ♪
♪ Ah ah ah ah ah oh ♪
♪ Now that we are back on track ♪
♪ Yes, I'm so glad that we're better ♪
♪ Better than ever ♪
♪ Wah oh ♪
She looks really cute here.
♪ Oh, yeah, we're better than ever ♪
♪ Wah oh, oh wah oh ♪
♪ Oh, yeah, we're better than ever ♪
♪ Wah oh, oh wah oh ♪
♪ Oh, yeah, we're better than ever! ♪
Do you get the feeling that these girls are seriously tempting fate with that song?
Wow, approval from Sunset Shimmer on something not diabolical. That's a first.
"I still can't believe that happens when we play!"
"Ooh! I've got to look into some new accessories!"
"Something that looks good in a longer ponytail."
"Ooh! Maybe some clip-on earrings for when I get those adorable pony ears."
"I just wonder WHY it happens. Princess Twilight took her crown back to Equestria. Shouldn't that mean she took all the magic back with her?"
"Who CARES why it happens? It makes my band totally awesome!"
"Ugh! Your band?"
"Duh! It was my idea to start the Rainbooms so we could be in the showcase."
"Plus I'm the lead singer and guitarist." (No matter what universe, Dashie always seems to be conceited. Also, notice Pinkie wearing a cymbal on her head like a hat.)
Who could that be?
Oh... him.
"Uh, we're getting there. Rarity's still coming in a little late on the second verse, and Applejack's bass solo could use a little work."
"They'll get it together in time for the showcase."
Typical Rainbow Dash, always thinking she's right and everyone else is wrong.
"Uh, I don't suppose any of our friends from, uh... out of town might come? It being a special charity event and all."
"Sorry, Flash. I don't think Twilight is gonna be back at Canterlot High any time soon."
"Oh, yeah. Okay."
"I just, you know, thought I'd ask."
"Uh, k-keep on rockin' it."
Looks like Flash still has that bad habit of bumping into things.
You saw nothing! Call me!
"Someone is quite the smitten kitten."
"Oh, sorry."
"I always forget you and Flash used to be an item."
"It's okay. Flash is a great guy and all, but I never really liked-him liked him. I was just using him to become more popular."
"Ugh! The old me really was just awful, wasn't she?"
Um... when you say "awful", do you mean "so diabolical that you stole a crown from Equestria and tried to force everyone to love you?" Then yes, you were.
Pinkie Pie: "Yep!"
"But the important thing is that you've turned yourself around."
"Thanks, Applejack, but I'm not sure everyone else at CHS feels the same way."
"Sunset Shimmer, please report to the main foyer."
"Gotta run. I volunteered to show some new students around the school."
"Thought it'd be good for them to get to know the new me..."
"...before they heard all the stuff about the old me."
"We've still got a few minutes before lunch starts."
"What do you say we do 'Awesome As I Wanna Be'?" (Wonder what genius came up with that title?)
"Um, Rainbow Dash? I was wondering if we could maybe play the song I wrote?"
"We'll get to it."
"Oh, okay." (Rainbow's lying, Fluttershy. You do know that?)
Differing sneak peek shots[]
Same shot; but Rainbow Dash isn't seen here.
Pinkie Pie is there.
Brains...it's the other white meat.
Leave it to Pinkie Pie to overdo it with the bad memories.
Same as a shot in the movie, but Pinkie's drumming rhythm is slightly different.
The new girls[]
"Hi. Are you the girls I'm supposed to show around?"
Standing in an ominous light. That is surely no indication of evil, right?
"We are."
"Canterlot High's a great school. You're gonna love it."
"Oh, yes."
"We really sense there's something... "magical" about this place."
"That's the science lab."
"Computer lab is in there."
"Oh! We're having a big..."
"...musical showcase this weekend! The whole school is pretty much rallying around it."
"A..."
"...musical showcase?" Sunset: "I'm sure, since you're new..."
"...Principal Celestia would let you sign up if you're interested."
"We have been known to sing from time to time."
"Hello! We sing, like, all the time."
"It's how we get people to do what we want."
Zip it, Sonata!
"Wh-what did I say?"
"What you meant to say was that being in a musical showcase sounds like a great way to meet other students."
"Ah-oh, yeah. What she said I meant to say. That's what I meant... to say."
"And what you would have said if you weren't the worst."
"You are!"
"You'll have to excuse them."
"They're idiots."
Aria and Sonata: "Humph!"
Uh... OK?
This picture basically sums up all four girls' personalities for most of the film; awkward, scheming, surly, and air-headed (in that order, from left to right).
SHING!
Sunset: "Those are pretty."
"Where did you--?"
Adagio: "Hey, hands off my necklace!" Watch it, Adagio! you might break Sunset's wrist!
"Sorry (not!). These pendants mean an awful lot to us."
"We'd just hate for anything to happen to them."
Hey, stupid, aren't you supposed to be going somewhere?
Come on, Sonata!
Hmm... I wonder...
Tour aftermath[]
DJ Pon-3 and Octavia Melody together (in a way) again!
Apple juice, apple brown betty, and an apple. There's probably some sort of theme going on here with AJ's lunch.
"Maybe someone already talked to them. Told them about what I did."
"So much for first impressions."
"Uh-huh."
Not helping, Flutters!
"Oh, that's probably not it." (I'm gonna stop talking now.)
"This is it, girls. The moment we've been waiting for."
"Lunch?!"
D'oh!
"The chance to get our true Equestrian magic back."
"Oh. Right."
"Our voices are just strong enough..."
"...to make them want something so badly, they'll fight to get it."
"So we're just gonna do what we always do? Stir up some trouble and then feed off the negative energy?"
"Some plan, Adagio."
"It won't be the same as the times before! There is Equestrian magic here!"
"Their negative energy will give us the power we need to get this entire world to do our bidding."
(insert evil chuckle here)
"But we can get lunch after, though, right?" (There goes my evil mood!)
"It's Taco Tuesday!" Hey, wait, didn't ANOTHER movie use that same thing before? (Okay, by now, the writers have made things too easy to make memes out of something.)
"Just follow my lead."
"Or my lead."
"My lead!" (If you pull a Starscream on me, Aria, I swear to Star Swirl...)
What, me laugh at someone else's misfortune? Noooo...
Differing sneak peek shots[]
Same as a shot in the movie, but with Applejack frowning instead of smiling.
"You and me, me and you Why don't we see who is better?"
“We don’t have to be…”
Flash Drive vs. the Eco-Kids.
The Great and Powerful Trixie is always up for some competition.
Snips agitated.
First time Octy is seen singing.
Now we've got both of her versions singing! Not a solo maybe, but nonetheless.
Oh, my...!
Déjà vu, Sunset?
"Let's have a battle..."
"Battle..."
"Battle..."
"Battle of the Bands!"
Is the green smoke the EQG equivalent of Changeling magic?
"Oh, they're that kind of off!"
Differing sneak peek shots[]
A shot of the girls conversing that did not end up in the final film.
Very subtle difference. In this shot, Aria is looking ahead, but in the film, she peers down at the students for a brief second.
Different colored flame than the one used in the film.
In the film, this shot was replaced by two different shots.
Same as a shot in the movie, but the two male students in the foreground are slightly closer to the screen.
Writing a message to Twilight[]
What do you suppose Photo and Trixie are discussing?
Skippity-skippity-skip!
"How else could you explain what happened back there?"
Well, Sunset, how do you explain your missing cutie mark?
"Last thing she needs is another CHS event almost ruined by some power-crazed lunatic."
"Er, no offense."
"None taken."
Shifty Celestia.
"Dark magic? I find that very hard to believe."
"Those girls came into my office earlier and were absolutely delightful."
"Perhaps Sunset Shimmer is just eager to make someone else out to be a bad element, so that her actions at the Fall Formal will become old news."
"They still haven't forgiven me yet. I could see why you might think that, but--"
"That's not what's happening! We saw all of this go down in the cafeteria too!"
"Yes, but isn't your band supposed to be part of the Musical Showcase?"
"Yes."
"Perhaps you're all just worried that the Dazzlings will steal your spotlight." (If you weren't under the Dazzlings's spell, you should've stayed quiet.)
"The Dazzlings?"
"It's the name of their musical group. That's why they came by my office earlier today – to sign up for the Showcase."
"Even sang a little song to Vice Principal Luna and I."
"They did?"
Looks as if Celestia and Luna are also under the spell.
Oh no.
Here's Pinkie on the statue.
"I can't believe they got to Principal Celestia..."
"...and Vice Principal Luna, too."
"They've gotten to everybody!"
"Not everybody!"
Same old Pinkie Pie.
"Pinkie Pie's right."
"We were there when the Dazzlings were singin'..."
"...and we weren't affected."
"It was like we were protected somehow."
"So let's take them down! It's not like we haven't tangled with dark magic before..."
"...and totally whooped its sorry butt!"
"Uh, no offense."
"None taken... again."
Ladybug, ladybug, Fly away home. Your house is on fire, Your children are gone. (Why doesn't that last part ever rhyme or make sense?)
"There may be some kind of magic inside us, but it only comes out when we play music."
"I sure don't know how to use it to... whoop anybody's butt"
"If only we could get a message to Twilight."
"Maybe she could tell us how to break the spell..."
"...the Dazzlings have cast on our friends."
"Well, that's not gonna happen."
"The portal's closed."
Heads up!
Rarity, always the drama queen.
"And I get the feeling they don't exactly have cell phones where she's from."
Hmmmm....
Thinking, thinking, thinking...
[light bulb ding]
"I may have an idea..."
"...how we can get in touch with Princess Twilight!"
Rummaging through her stuff. (What is Pinkie looking at?)
"When I was Princess Celestia's student back in Equestria, she gave me this."
Is Sunset trying to open the Chamber of Secrets?
"Even after I abandoned my studies, I held on to it."
"Deep down, I guess I knew I was making a big mistake..."
"...and I wanted to still have a way to reach out to her."
"Maybe it still works."
"That's a book, darling. What do you mean, 'maybe still works'?"
"It used to be that if I wrote something here, it would appear in the pages of a book in Princess Celestia's library."
"I get a message to her, then she could get a message to Princess Twilight."
"So what are you waiting for? Get to writing!"
I'll even let you use my lucky pen, gal pal!
Thanks, Rainbow... I suppose.
"Been a long time since I've written these words."
"... I think these new girls sound an awful lot like... the sirens."
"Not the sirens!!!"
"I don't actually know what that is!"
The sirens were three beautiful..."
"...but dangerous creatures..."
"... who had the power to charm ponies with their music."
" But to maintain this power..."
"... they had to feed on the negativity and distrust of others."
"The more of this negative energy they consumed, the stronger their voices became..."
"...and the farther they could spread their dark magic." Babs Seed cameo.
"I don't think I like this story very much."
"If the sirens had their way, they would have divided and conquered all of Equestria."
"But a certain Star Swirl the Bearded wasn't having it."
"Rumor has it he found a way to banish them to another world – one where he believed their magic power would be lost."
"That world must have been the one where my Canterlot High friends live."
"But Star Swirl must have sent them there ages ago. How come they're just surfacin' now?"
"I don't know. But if my hunch is right..."
"...and it is the sirens who have come to Canterlot High, this spell they've cast is just the beginning."
"My friends need me. I have to get back to them."
"I hate to burst your bubble, Twilight..."
"...but the connection between their world and Equestria..."
"...will still be totally cut off for a super long time."
"Okay, first of all, if there was bubble-blowing going on..."
"...why wasn't I told about it?!"
"And secondly, if the connection is totally cut off..."
"...how was Sunset Shimmer able to get a message to Twilight?"
Oh, my Celestia! The pink pony has a point!
"Pinkie Pie, you're a genius!"
"Yeah, I get that a lot."
"Now about those bubbles..."
Twilight's preparing to gather things.
Whoa, since when did Twilight made something this technologically advanced since that crazy contraption from "Feeling Pinkie Keen".
"...and the interval between the two points is defined as the square root of the sum of the squares of the separation between the points along three spatial dimensions."
[cricket chirping]
"Duh!"
"She's gonna take the magic in here..."
"...and put it in there."
"That'll make the portal open up so that whenever she wants to..."
"You, uh... really need to go ahead and do that whole 'magic of friendship' thing now."
"I'm trying, Spike. I thought the six of us standing together against the sirens would bring out the magic we needed to defeat them. That's what happened before."
"Talk about throwing down the gauntlet."
"This group is obviously serious about winning! A little cocky though, aren't they?"
"Claiming there won't really be a battle. Seems they think they already got this thing all locked up."
"Not if the Great and Powerful Trrrrrixie has anything to do with it!"
"Whatever, Trixie! We're the best band at CHS!"
"No, the Crusaders are gonna win!"
There goes that "Taco Tuesday smoke" again as the commentary calls it.
"I think we may have found what we're looking for. Or rather, it found us."
Whut?
"Magic!! Don't you see?!"
"Everyone else has fallen under our spell."
"But not these girls..."
"These girls are special."
There are...no strings on us.
The Rainbooms' newest member[]
"It doesn't make any sense."
"I should have been able to create the spark that would help us break their spell."
"That's how it worked before."
"But to defeat me, you drew magic from the crown I was wearing."
" The sirens' magic comes from their music."
"So maybe you have to use the same kind of magic to defeat them."
"Or... maybe not."
"No. I think you're onto something."
"Really?"
"It's when you play music that you transform now, right?"
"Yup. Ears, tails, the whole shebang."
"So maybe the way to use that magic to defeat the sirens is by playing a musical counter-spell!"
"You mean like a song?"
"Uh-huh."
Twilight still doesn't know how to use her fingers.
"The band competition!"
"That's the next time we can be certain everyone will be in the same place at the same time."
"Guess the Rainbooms are the band to beat."
"And I believe you, Twilight..."
"just became the Rainbooms' newest member."
"They chose Twilight and not me?"
Sunset feels left out.
"So what do you wanna play?"
"Triangle?"
"Sousaphone?"
"Theremin?"
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen...
"Soooo magical...."
"I might take a little too long to learn how to play something with these."
"I'll just sing."
"Like as in lead singer?"
"Cuz that's usually my gig. This being my band and all."
"It's our band."
"And of course as lead singer."
" She's the one with the magical know-how to help us pull this thing off."
"Okay, yeah, that's cool."
"I'll just use this as a chance to hone..."
"my already insanely good lead guitar skills."
"It's only temporary."
"And we don't have to win the Battle of the Bands."
"We just have to perform during the first round of the competition."
"Let's get to learning that musical counter-spell!"
"Well, that's just it. I don't know any."
"Awww...."
"But I'm sure I could figure out how to write one."
"Totally! Twilight can write a spell like it's nobody's business."