Three's A Crowd

Three's A Crowd is the eleventh episode of the fourth season of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic and the seventy-sixth episode overall. The title is a part of the proverb 'Two is company, three's a crowd', meaning that a third person spoils the ideal combination of a couple.

Production and development
On December 23, 2013, the original Hub Network press release erroneously listed this episode as one featuring "Weird Al" Yankovic in a guest voiceover appearance; it was later corrected to fit this episode. Hasbro Studios' vice president of development Michael Vogel later clarified both as being separate episodes.

According to Ed Valentine, the first draft of the episode's script was finished in the fall of 2012.

Summary
The episode's credited cast of characters consists of Twilight Sparkle, Spike, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Discord, and Princess Cadance.

Quotes

 * Rarity: Whatever it is...DUUUUUCK!!!
 * Pinkie Pie: Rarity, that doesn't look anything like a duck!


 * Applejack: What in tarnation are you doin' here? And why the jumpin' junebugs are ya blue?
 * Rarity: More like a shade of cerulean to be precise.


 * Discord: Could somebody find me a fainting couch?
 * [beat]
 * Rarity: What?


 * Princess Cadance: I thought you were in no condition to travel.


 * Twilight Sparkle: Doing okay there?
 * Princess Cadance: To be honest, I'm a little out of practice when it come to flying.
 * Discord: Well, lucky for you, then, we're here!


 * Discord: Well, I was in my thinking tree—that's where I do most of my really deep thinking—I was there, and I said to myself, I said, "Discord, your friend, Twilight, says that she's your pal, but she never writes, and she never pops in for a visit."
 * Twilight Sparkle: I don't even know where you l—


 * Applejack: [to Discord] I don't wanna go around sayin' you got what you deserved.
 * Rarity: Well, I have no trouble saying it. You got what you deserved!