Transcripts/Growing Up is Hard to Do


 * Apple Bloom: I can't believe we're goin' to the Appleloosa County Fair!
 * Sweetie Belle: Animal shows, carnival rides...
 * Scootaloo: And all kinds of food on a stick! [slurps]
 * [thud]
 * Sweetie Belle: Speaking of food, did you pack snacks for the train?
 * Scootaloo: For there and back.
 * Apple Bloom: And our train tickets are all set.
 * Sweetie Belle: And I've got our whole itinerary planned!
 * Apple Bloom: Are you sure you're not Twilight's sister?
 * Apple Bloom and Scootaloo: [laugh]
 * Scootaloo: Weeks of planning has all come down to this. All we have to do now is wait for our chaperone to get here.
 * Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle: Mm-hmm!
 * [pause]
 * Apple Bloom: So when's Rainbow Dash comin'?
 * Scootaloo: I thought you were gonna ask Applejack.
 * Apple Bloom: [to Sweetie Belle] I don't suppose you asked Rarity?
 * Sweetie Belle: You mean we spent all this time planning a trip, and none of us asked anypony to take us?!
 * Scootaloo: In our defense, every other part of the trip was planned really well.
 * [clatter]




 * Sweetie Belle: We really did think of everything except finding somepony to take us, and the fair is only today!
 * Rarity: I'm sorry, darlings, but I can't possibly go to Appleloosa. I promised to deliver a new design to Fancy Pants for his Monocle and Top Hat Appreciation Society soiree.
 * Sweetie Belle: Can't you finish it tomorrow?
 * [smack!]
 * Rarity: Well, I could. But you'll learn as you get older how important it is to keep your promises, especially when running a business.
 * Sweetie Belle: Maybe we should just go by ourselves?
 * Rarity: What?! Oh, my dear, no! Appleloosa is far too long a train ride for young foals without accompaniment. You could end up in the wrong place entirely. Why don't you see if Rainbow Dash is free?


 * Rainbow Dash: Sorry, but I just heard from Spitfire that a whole bunch of storm clouds got loose from the cloud factory, and she needs every Wonderbolt to help bust 'em.
 * Scootaloo: Aw, come on, Rainbow Dash! They won't miss one pony! And we really want to go to the fair! Apparently we're too young to go alone.
 * Rainbow Dash: Well, duh. Young ponies like you could get lost and never find your way back. But I still can't go. Being a Wonderbolt isn't just about showing off. It's also a responsibility. You'll understand when you get older. I'm sure you'll find somepony else to take you.


 * Applejack: I wish I could, sugarcube. But Big Mac's not feelin' well today.
 * Apple Bloom: Awww. But Big Mac's old enough to take care of himself, and we'd all have so much fun together.
 * Applejack: Sometimes takin' care of somepony is more important than havin' fun. Speakin' of which, don't you even think about tryin' to go without a grown pony there to take care of you. You could end up in hot water or worse.
 * Apple Bloom: We know.


 * Scootaloo: The fair could be over before we find somepony to take us.
 * Apple Bloom: But then we thought of you, since the fair will be full of all sorts of animals and creatures.
 * Fluttershy: I'm sorry, but Twilight has an important magical research project, and she's asked for my help.
 * Sweetie Belle: I guess that means Twilight's busy, too?


 * Twilight Sparkle: I'm afraid I am. Star Swirl sent me this enchanted flower, and it isn't doing well. If I figure out its magical properties, maybe we can save it.
 * Scootaloo: So that's a "no" on going with us to the fair?
 * Apple Bloom: We've already asked Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity, and none of them can come.
 * Sweetie Belle: And everypony made it clear we're too young to go on our own.
 * Twilight Sparkle: Oh, definitely. You could take the wrong train or miss your stop...
 * Fluttershy: Or get lost in a strange town and end up in a dangerous situation with nopony to help you.
 * Cutie Mark Crusaders: We know!
 * Twilight Sparkle: I know it's hard, but sometimes you just can't do what you want.
 * Scootaloo: I'm pretty sure if you wanted to go to the fair, you could.
 * Twilight Sparkle: Sure, grown-ups can do a lot of things that foals can't. But there's plenty we can't do either. Like right now, I can't find a single reference to this flower!
 * Fluttershy: None of the birds or insects I've talked to have heard of it either.
 * Twilight Sparkle: I wonder if there's anything in Shadetail Evergreen's Tome of Flora and Fauna?
 * Fluttershy: That book's pretty out of date, but it might be worth a try.
 * Twilight Sparkle: I think there's a copy in the library filed under "Discontinued But Still Potentially Useful Ancient Texts". Unless I put it under "Hokum With a Slight Chance of Practical Applications".
 * Apple Bloom: I guess this flower is the most interestin' thing we're gonna see today.
 * Scootaloo: Unless you count watching Twilight struggle to remember how she organizes her books.
 * Sweetie Belle: I bet every pony in Equestria is in Appleloosa right now.
 * Apple Bloom: Every pony but us.
 * Scootaloo: I wish we didn't have to wait to grow up.
 * [magic sounds]
 * Apple Bloom: I wish it would happen all at once. Then we'd know everything we need to get to the fair and back with no problem.
 * [louder magic sounds]
 * Sweetie Belle: I just wish we were as old as our sisters. Then nopony could tell us what to do, and we'd be able to take care of ourselves.
 * [even louder magic sounds]
 * Scootaloo: Hey, Sweetie Belle, why's your face all lit up?
 * [high-pitched humming]
 * [zap!]
 * [whooshing]
 * Cutie Mark Crusaders: [whimpering]
 * [whooshing stops]
 * Cutie Mark Crusaders: [groan]
 * Apple Bloom: [gasps]
 * Sweetie Belle: [gasps]
 * Scootaloo: [gasps]
 * [shatter!]
 * Cutie Mark Crusaders: [gasp]
 * Scootaloo: Do you know what this means?
 * Cutie Mark Crusaders: We can go to the fair! [laugh]


 * Scootaloo: [laughing]
 * Apple Bloom: I hope you brought the tickets. We've gotta hurry if we're going to make the train.
 * Sweetie Belle: I think we'll be fine. Check out how fast we're going! Grown-up legs are strong!
 * Scootaloo: You're not kidding!
 * [rattling]
 * Scootaloo: I don't know how much of this my scooter can take!
 * [ponies gasp]
 * Apple Bloom: And nopony yelled at us to slow down even once! Being a grown-up is great!


 * [pocketwatch ticking]
 * Cutie Mark Crusaders: [panting]
 * [train whistle blows]
 * Cutie Mark Crusaders: [sigh]
 * Sweetie Belle: We made it!
 * Apple Bloom: Of course we did! We're grown-up ponies now! We can do anything! And all those worries Twilight and the others had don't apply anymore. Because we're big! And bein' big is all it takes!


 * [train chugging]
 * [brakes hiss]
 * [train chugging]
 * Scootaloo: I think I ate too many snacks.
 * Sweetie Belle: Uh, this doesn't look like Appleloosa.
 * "Loose Tracks": That's because it isn't...
 * [creaking]
 * Apple Bloom: You all heard that, right?
 * Sweetie Belle: Uh, hello? [to Apple Bloom and Scootaloo] Do you think we got on the wrong train?
 * Scootaloo: I thought trains just took you where you wanted to go.
 * "Loose Tracks": [laughing]
 * Cutie Mark Crusaders: [scream]
 * "Loose Tracks": Sorry, I don't mean to laugh. But you three must not travel much. This is Hayseed Junction. The train to Appleloosa isn't for a few hours. Or you could set off on hoof. It's treacherous and confusing! Unfit for the young or timid! But you three are grown-ups. You'll be fine. I'll write down some directions.
 * Sweetie Belle: Maybe we should wait for the train.
 * Scootaloo: And miss the fair?!
 * Sweetie Belle: We already ended up in the wrong place, which is exactly what we were warned about. And what if we can't follow the directions?
 * Apple Bloom: Come on. We didn't come all this way for nothin'. Besides, I've been through a swamp as a young pony. As a grown-up, it'll be a snap.
 * Scootaloo: Grown-ups always know the way!
 * Sweetie Belle: Because being big is all it takes!
 * "Loose Tracks": [laughs maniacally, hacks, inhales] Sorry. I've got kind of a throat thing.


 * [montage music]


 * [splash]
 * [bufogren croaks]
 * Scootaloo: Aah!
 * [splash]


 * [vines stretch, recoil]


 * [bubbling]


 * [splashing]
 * Scootaloo: Sweetie Belle, are you sure this is the right way?
 * [wind whistling]
 * [branches creaking]
 * Scootaloo: Sweetie Belle?
 * [bushes rustle]
 * Sweetie Belle: Scootaloo?
 * Scootaloo: Aah!
 * [thud]
 * Scootaloo: Don't do that!
 * Apple Bloom: Girls?
 * [snap!]
 * [thud]
 * Apple Bloom: Maybe we should head back to the station.
 * Sweetie Belle: I'm not sure we can. I think we're lost.
 * Scootaloo: Just like Twilight and the others said!
 * Spur: Well, where were you when I was feeding and caring for him?!
 * [bushes rustle]
 * Biscuit: [screams] Wild swamp ponies!
 * "Spring Green" and "Savage Honeydew": Hmph!
 * Sweetie Belle: We're not wild swamp ponies. We're just grown-ups.
 * Scootaloo: And we are definitely not lost.
 * Spur: Okay. But that swamp is pretty confusing if you're not from around here. I'm Spur, and this is Biscuit.
 * [rattling]
 * Apple Bloom: I'm Apple Bloom. Nice to meet you. But, uh, we're not confused. We're just... explorin' new ways to Appleloosa.
 * Biscuit: Hey, that's where we're going!
 * Spur: No, it isn't!
 * Sweetie Belle: Uh, which is it?
 * Spur: Biscuit thinks he can just take Bloofy here to the fair.
 * Biscuit: Why not? It's just up the road. And Bloofy's my pet, too.
 * Spur: Since when?! Bloofy's never even seen a crowd! Which you'd know if you ever took care of him!
 * Biscuit: Did you ever think meeting all those ponies might be good for him?
 * Bloofy: [chittering]
 * Apple Bloom: He seems okay meetin' us.
 * Biscuit: See? They're grown-ups, and they get it. Bloofy should totally come to the fair with me, right?
 * Spur: Y'all don't really think that, do ya?
 * Sweetie Belle: Um... Hold on. Us grown-ups need to confer. [to Apple Bloom and Scootaloo] What do you girls think?
 * Scootaloo: If they go to the fair, we can tag along!
 * Apple Bloom: And Spur probably should share Bloofy. I mean, that's somethin' a grown-up would say, right?
 * Sweetie Belle: As grown-up ponies, we think you should share Bloofy and let Biscuit take him to the fair.
 * Biscuit: That is some quality grown-up advice!
 * Bloofy: [chittering]
 * Spur: But Bloofy's never been around anything that exciting. What if something goes wrong?
 * Apple Bloom: We're headed to the fair, too. Since we're such great advice givers, feel free to ask us for more.


 * [ponies chattering]
 * [horseshoe clangs]
 * [splash!]
 * [ponies laughing]
 * Sweetie Belle: [laughs] It's everything I thought it'd be!
 * Bloofy: [squealing]
 * Passerby Pony: Well, my goodness, what an interesting critter! You should enter him in the animal showcase. You'd be sure to win "Most Interesting Creature"!
 * Biscuit: Animals showcase? That's exactly what we should do!
 * Spur: That seems like a bad idea. What do you grown-ups think?
 * Cutie Mark Crusaders: [laugh]


 * [thunk!]
 * [bell rings]
 * [ponies cheer]
 * Cutie Mark Crusaders: [laugh]


 * Sweetie Belle: Whoo-hoo! Whoo-whoo!


 * [splat]
 * Spur: What happened to being able to ask your advice?! You ran off the second we got here!
 * Scootaloo: [gulps]
 * Apple Bloom: Where's Biscuit and Bloofy?
 * Spur: That's why I came to find you.


 * [fanfare]
 * [ponies chattering]
 * Spur: It's one thing to bring Bloofy to the fair, but it's another to stick him in a showcase!
 * Biscuit: What the big deal?
 * Sweetie Belle: You are supposed to be sharing him.
 * Scootaloo: Yeah, I'm with Biscuit. The showcase looks like fun.
 * Spur: Sorry if I think taking care of Bloofy is more important than having fun!
 * Bloofy: [shrieking]
 * Biscuit: Bloofy's just excited. He probably just wants to get out.
 * Bloofy: [chitters, sniffs]
 * Apple Bloom: Are you sure you're not just upset you have to share him? What if you took a little break?
 * Spur: You mean, like, leave?
 * Sweetie Belle: If sharing him is too hard, that might be the best thing. Take our word for it. We are grown-ups.
 * Apple Bloom: I don't know what Spur's so worried about. Bloofy and Biscuit are havin' fun.
 * Scootaloo: Yeah. What could go wrong?
 * Bloofy: [chittering]
 * [ponies cheering]
 * Bloofy: [squealing]
 * [whooshing]
 * Scootaloo: Me and my big grown-up mouth.


 * [ponies screaming]
 * [whooshing]
 * Apple Bloom: Do you think this qualifies as gettin' into a dangerous situation with no grown pony to help us?
 * [cow moos]
 * Sweetie Belle: I think we're the grown ponies that need to be helping today!
 * Scootaloo: Bloofy! Treats, treats, treats! Who wants a treat?
 * [whooshing continues]
 * [teleportation zap]
 * Biscuit: What do we do now?!
 * Cutie Mark Crusaders: Run!


 * [train whistle blows]
 * Fluttershy: I hope you're right about the girls coming here.
 * Twilight Sparkle: Well, once we read Shadetail Evergreen's warning that the flower grants wishes, it wasn't a stretch to think they wished themselves to the fair. It's all they were talking about.
 * Fluttershy: Or maybe, since we told them they were too young to come, they wished to become grown-ups, then came here and caused some kind of trouble that led to a town-wide panic!
 * [distant screaming]
 * Twilight Sparkle: Yeah. Or that.
 * Apple Bloom: Twilight! Fluttershy! Thank goodness! I know you're not gonna believe it, but it's me, Apple Bloom!
 * Scootaloo: And I'm Scootaloo! We kinda got turned into grown-ups!
 * Sweetie Belle: And we thought we could take the train here, since we were old enough, but we ended up in the wrong place, just like you said we would!
 * Apple Bloom: And got lost!
 * Scootaloo: Just like you said we would!
 * Apple Bloom: Then we met these foals who led us to the fair, and we tried to give them some grown-up-style advice, but it turned their pet into a tornado that might destroy the whole town!


 * [whooshing]
 * Fluttershy: Goodness! A Whirling Mungtooth! They are very rare and just the cutest little things when they're not excited.
 * [crash!]
 * Fluttershy: This one's excited.
 * Scootaloo: How do we calm him down?
 * Fluttershy: When they're young, a Mungtooth forms a tight bond with its caretaker. They're the only ones who can get them to stop spinning.
 * Biscuit: Spur's the one who really took care of Bloofy. We have to find her!
 * Twilight Sparkle: You all go look for Spur. Fluttershy and I will do our best to keep everypony here safe.
 * [teleportation zap]
 * [ewe bleats]
 * Spur: That's Bloofy?!
 * [teleportation zap]
 * Biscuit: I'm so sorry, Spur. You knew what was best for him all along.
 * Apple Bloom: And even though we seem like grown-ups, you were way more responsible than us.
 * Spur: What do you mean, "seem" like grown-ups?
 * Sweetie Belle: Uh, we don't have time to explain. Right now we have to stop this, and you're the only one who can do it.
 * Spur: How?
 * Fluttershy: I'll show you. He mostly just needs to see you.
 * Spur: Hey there, Bloofy-boo. It's okay.
 * [whooshing stops]
 * Bloofy: [squeals, chitters]
 * Spur: How did you know what to do?
 * Fluttershy: After years of experience with animals, I've picked up a few things.


 * Spur: Well, one thing's for sure. Bloofy definitely earned the "Most Interesting Creature" prize.
 * Biscuit: I'm sorry I didn't listen to you.
 * Apple Bloom: We all are.
 * Spur: I guess grown-ups aren't always perfect.
 * Twilight Sparkle: They sure aren't, but young foals pretending to be grown-ups are even less so.
 * Spur: What do you mean?
 * Twilight Sparkle: There's only one petal left. But I think the three of you know what to wish for. And I'm pretty sure Star Swirl won't mind.
 * Cutie Mark Crusaders: We wish we were foals again.
 * [magic sounds]
 * Biscuit: Hold on! You three are actually younger than us?!
 * Sweetie Belle: The flower turned us into grown-ups, so we figured we could do whatever we wanted. But I guess that's not exactly true.
 * Apple Bloom: We did everything real grown-ups told us not to and caused all kinds of trouble.
 * Scootaloo: And things could have been a lot worse. I guess we were pretty selfish.
 * Twilight Sparkle: I'm glad you leaned something. That's what growing up is. Which is why you probably shouldn't skip any of it.
 * Sweetie Belle: I know we didn't make the best impression, but we sure would like to visit you and Bloofy some day.
 * Spur: I guess that'd be okay, on one condition. You get a real grown-up to bring you.
 * Cutie Mark Crusaders: Deal!
 * All: [laughing]


 * [credits]