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The Name of the Blossom is the eleventh episode of the alternate seventh season of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic and the one hundred forty-sixth overall. The title is a reference to the Isaac Asimov nobel series I, Robot.

When Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy are sent by the Cutie Map to the Arimaspi Territory, they help a mother and a son try to rekindle their bond when the son doesn’t want to follow in his mother’s footsteps.

Production
This episode is a remake of one of the Alternate Season Six fanfic episodes.

I theorized that the Idol of Boreas belonged to the cyclopes in the first place, which is why they tried so hard to get it back from the griffons, and since griffons were greedy, it's only right to think that the idol was stolen. It really wasn't explained how King Grover claimed the Idol!

Gabby makes a BG role in this episode.

Summary
After getting called by the Cutie Map, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash find out that they are being called to the Arimaspi Territory, home of the Arimaspi Cyclopes. Twilight Sparkle explains that the Arimaspi were a people of a creation, whether it’s science or art. The Arimaspi were the inventors of many pony technologies, and ponies traded knowledge of magic, weather, and knowing the earth with them in trade of their technology, but unfortunately, ponies took credit for their work and stole their ideas, and after a while the Arimaspi have cut all ties with the outside world and stuck to themselves, and nothing has been known about them ever since. Rainbow Dash although reminds Twilight of the Idol of Boreas that an Arimaspi tried to steal from the griffons back when she visited Griffonstone and was confused to how they tend to stick to themselves when they tried to steal treasure from griffons. Twilight couldn’t answer that question, but tells them that on a related note, while they handle things with the Arimaspi, she has to tend to assisting Griffonstone in locating griffons that went missing. Fluttershy was nervous on wondering how to get there because she knew the trains couldn’t go that far, but Rainbow suggests that they just use the Twinkling Balloon.

While flying the balloon to the Arimaspi Territory, Rainbow and Fluttershy meet up with some Arimaspi airships who tell them that they are in restricted airspace and tells them to turn around. While Fluttershy tries to persuade Rainbow Dash to listen to them, Rainbow just tries to explain to the patrols that they are sent by the Princess of Friendship to settle a friendship problem. The pilots warn them again to turn around, but Rainbow just keeps explaining the situation. Afterwards, the pilots shoot down the balloon causing Rainbow, Fluttershy, and the balloon to free-fall, but it took a while to realize that both Rainbow and Fluttershy are pegasi and that they can just fly. They land in the balloon wreckage below to retrieve their stuff, but the balloon suddenly explodes before they were able to retrieve them. Leaving the burning balloon behind, they fly over to the front gate of the forfeited wall that surrounds the Arimaspi city. An Arimaspi Cyclops stops them at the front gate, talking from the top of the wall. Rainbow starts complaining to why she and Fluttershy were shot out of the sky, but Fluttershy stops Rainbow and asks the cyclops politely if they could come in to help the friendship problem, but the cyclops claims that there is no friendship problem. Rainbow starts to demand to let them in, and that they were sent by the Princess of Friendship, but the cyclops claims not to care, and asks them to leave.

Another cyclops asks the guard to let them in, because he has a friendship problem that needs solving. The guard allows Rainbow and Fluttershy to enter, but claims that they’re going to be under close guard. When they thank the other cyclops for letting them in, the cyclops introduces himself as Roland, and claims that he has more of a family problem than a friendship problem. When Roland takes Fluttershy and Rainbow to the local tavern, he orders them both some specialty cyclops beverages, in cups that are half their size, while sitting on a table 5x the size of the tables in Ponyville. Roland explains that his mother is the president of the territory, and works day-in and day-out inside the factory within the mountain, and doesn’t spend enough time with him. Fluttershy and Rainbow promise to do whatever they can to talk it out with the president. Suddenly, however, guards burst into the tavern to arrest Fluttershy and Rainbow for entering the city, regardless of Roland’s permission.

The guards take the three to the mountain factory where Rainbow and Fluttershy where everything getting created there is automatic. Rainbow complains about the cyclopes being lazy, but it only gets her into more trouble. Rainbow then starts to question about a suspicious door with a sign that says “keep out” on it, but the cyclopes only start to threaten her. Rainbow then starts to ask Roland, but he claims to not know either. They get sent to the president’s office, where President Lia starts to question Roland for letting them inside, and Roland claims that they just want to help rekindle their bond, but President Lia tells him that she is needed in running the factory, as well as running the entire territory. Rainbow and Fluttershy start to explain to President Lia about her attitude towards her son, but she just tells them to mind their own businesses, and tells them to keep it that way as they leave the city, but Fluttershy tells her nicely that they can’t leave until the friendship problem is solved. Lia tells Fluttershy that there is not friendship problem, because parents aren’t supposed to be friends of their children, but only their mentors, and she claims that she isn’t even a mentor to Roland because he isn’t interested in following her footsteps, and only wants to be out and have fun. Roland claims that he wants to be a courier – travel throughout Equestria, sightseeing while delivering messages or packages. Afterwards, Lia claims that she has no son, which breaks Roland’s heart and he runs off. Lia then orders Rainbow and Fluttershy to their city at once. In defeat, they start to obey.

While on their way out of the factory, Rainbow and Fluttershy begin to mourn over their defeat, but on their way out, they start hearing someone crying for help in the “keep out” room. While peeking through, they find out that there are prisoners inside and need help escaping. Fluttershy suggests to go look for Roland while Rainbow peeks around inside. When Rainbow creeps inside the room, she starts to hear familiar voices, and when she turns on the lights, she finds prison cells full of griffons, including her friend Gilda.

Fluttershy heads to Roland’s chambers and finds him packing up his suitcase. Roland tells Fluttershy that he is running away from home, and that he doesn’t want to live anywhere near his “horrible” mother. Fluttershy explains to him that he shouldn’t run away from home, and should confront his mother and tell her how he really feels. Roland tells her that he always does, but that she never listens. Fluttershy then suggests that it could be the fact that he doesn’t want to follow in his mother’s footsteps, and the mother might feel rejected by that. Roland tells her that he isn’t going to change his mind, and afterwards, Fluttershy tells him that she won’t force him to do what he doesn’t want to do, but then asks why there are prisoners in the secret room. Roland claims that he didn’t know there were prisoners in the factory.

Rainbow Dash asks the griffons what is going on, and the griffons tell her that they were just snatched right from the streets of Griffonstone and other places around Equestria, and threaten to make them do free labor if Griffonstone doesn’t return the Ideal of Boreas. Rainbow Dash thought though that the Ideal belonged to the griffons, but Gilda tells her that it turns out the Ideal was stolen by the cyclopes in the first place, and with the Ideal gone within Abysmal Abyss, they are trapped there forever.

Just then, Rainbow Dash gets ambushed by President Lia and her guards, telling her that she’s trespassing in a forbidden area, and tells her that she knows too much and tells her guards to trap in her with the griffons. However, before the guards can trap Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Roland burst in to stop them. Lia orders her son to stand down, but all he does is apologize for not wanting to work in the factory but tells her that loves and supports her always. Lia, not knowing what to say, hesitates to show her soft side, but she couldn’t hold it in any longer, and accepts his apology and gives him a chance to do what he wants for his career. While Rainbow and Fluttershy are happy that they were able to reunite the mother and son, all there’s left is to find out how to free the griffons. Roland offers to start up his career as a courier, and send a ransom letter to Griffonstone. Rainbow offers to go with him since the griffons know her, and Fluttershy offers to help Lia plan out a strategy for the deal.

When Rainbow goes with Lia to Griffonstone, Rainbow sees how much Griffonstone has changed; the griffons are friendlier and the town is no longer a dump. They send a letter to Griffonstone’s newly elected queen – Queen Greta. Greta agrees to the deal, but knowing that the Ideal of Boreas is deep down in the abyss, they’ll need help getting to it. So they call upon the other cyclopes that came with them, and with the knowledge of making technology, they create a lift to help Rainbow Dash get down to the abyss safely to retrieve it. Later, when President Lia comes with the other griffon prisoners, Roland and Lia both work together on negotiations with the other griffons.

After negotiations go along successfully, Rainbow chats with Gilda and asks how Greta became queen. Gilda explains that even though she started the whole friendship thing in Griffonstone, Greta had the better plans and had the makings of a great leader, so she became queen, and Gilda has become Griffonstone’s new ambassador. After Rainbow and Fluttershy’s cutie marks began to vibrate, they knew they did it, and hope for a new friendship to form between the griffons and the cyclopes, but things get awkward after President Lia asks what happened to her scout that she sent to Griffonstone the first time to retrieve the Idol but disappeared.

Credits

 * Ashleigh Ball as Rainbow Dash, Arimaspi Guard 2
 * Andrea Libman as Fluttershy
 * Iris Quinn as President Lia, Queen Greta
 * Peter Cullen as Roland, Arimaspi Pilot
 * Marÿke Hendrikse as Gilda
 * Mark Oliver as Gustave le Grand, Arimaspi Guard 1
 * Tara Strong as Twilight Sparkle

Quotes

 * Rainbow Dash: So if the Arma… Armesp… autopsy, whatever they’re called tend to stick to themselves, why would they try so hard to steal the Idol of Boreas from Griffonstone?


 * Fluttershy: I don’t know we could get there though, Rainbow Dash! The trains don’t reach that far! How are we going to get there?
 * Rainbow Dash: Well, I was going to say ‘fly’, but knowing you don’t want to, let’s just skip that argument and take the balloon over there.


 * Rainbow Dash: Well, at least our stuff is okay!
 * [balloon suddenly explodes]
 * Rainbow Dash: Okay, lesson learned, Rainbow Dash. Always keep your big mouth shut.


 * President Lia: You’re going to be in the new president of the cyclopes soon, Roland, and as such, you must act the part.
 * Roland: How do you know I’m going to be to the president? This isn’t an empire, the cyclopes elect a leader.
 * President Lia: Well you’re not going to be elected with that attitude.
 * Roland: That’s because I don’t want to be elected!
 * President Lia: You’re definitely never going to be elected if you act like that.


 * Gilda: I don’t even know how or why we got here.
 * Gustave le Grand: I know when some are disappointed with my food, they just simply complain. This is just over the top!


 * Rainbow Dash: So if Greta became the new queen, what does that make you?
 * Gilda: I’m the new ambassador for Griffonstone! I get to represent Griffonstone in all the friendship summits, and complain about our problems until they get fixed.
 * Rainbow Dash: [chuckles] Yeah, you’re really good at complaining, aren’t you?