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One Flew Over the Scootaloo Nest is the thirteenth episode of the alternate seventh season of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic and the one hundred fifty-sixth overall. The title is a reference to the 1962 novel ''One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest.

When Scootaloo becomes depressed when fearing that she’ll never be able to fly, Rainbow Dash signs her up for Junior Speedsters Flight Camp and she meets another flightless pegasus.

Production
The Mane Six, Spike, Starlight, and Scorpan all made a cameo in this episode since it's the thirteenth episode of the season, and marks the halfway point, and starts the mid-season hiatus.

Billy Bob Thornton is this season's special guest star!

The BG characters that appear in this episode is Berryshine, Cloud Kicker, Coco Crusoe, Crescent Moon, Derpy, Lucky Clover, Parasol, Orange Swirl, Rainbowshine, Sunshower Raindrops, White Lightning, Twinkleshine, and Amethyst Star. The supporting characters that appear in the BG is Bulk Biceps, Cloud Chaser, Flitter, and Thunderlane. Tank also has a focused cameo sometime during Scootaloo's flight training.

Summary
Down in Ponyville, Scootaloo excitedly wakes up in her house, and runs down stairs to have some fun her scooter. She put on her helmet and hopped on her scooter, and rides out into Ponyville performing her sick tricks. She first runs right into Shoeshine and Cherry Berry, but after past experiences, they were pretty much prepared with safety gear, even though they still bumped into eachother with their helmets which made them slightly dizzy. Next came the ramp part; Crafty Crate was pulling a cart full of wooden planks across town, but one of the planks fall off the cart to make the ramp. Scootaloo uses that to her advantage, so she can fly high into the air with her scooter and land just in time to pass through Granny Smith’s usual walking path. Granny turns around, placing her hind-quarters onto the ground, and Scootaloo rides over to it, and Granny boosts Scootaloo into air with her flank, so Scootaloo performs some tricks and spins as she was in the air. As Scootaloo realizes how high she was, she and her scooter began freefalling, an as she tries to fly naturally while up there, it works out at first, but Scootaloo just continues to fall. Luckily for her, Rainbow Dash was there to rescue her.

When Rainbow takes Scootaloo to the Cutie Mark Crusaders clubhouse, Scootaloo explains the incident to Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle. Scootaloo admits that she did bite off more than she could chew, but she can’t help but push herself over the limit sometimes. Rainbow admits to Scootaloo that she was the same way when she was her age of pushing herself too hard and doing the impossible, but knows that she has to follow her conscience of when to go too far, sometimes. Scootaloo then starts to complain about how she needs to learn to fly because if Rainbow Dash wasn’t there to save her, she would’ve been done for like her scooter, which was sitting in the corner of the clubhouse in pieces after it fell on a stone bush. The CMCs begin to explain that things take time, and they remind her that it took a long time for them to finally get their Cutie marks, and that it won’t be long until she finally learns how to fly. When Scootaloo understands what they’re saying, the CMCs offer to help Scootaloo out in finally learning how to fly. Although, knowing they’re not Pegasi, Rainbow Dash offers to help her out as well, which makes Scootaloo feel grateful. The CMCs then give each other a quick high-hoof (with Rainbow joining along) before they get started.

During a montage, first, Rainbow Dash teaches Scootaloo the basics on just flapping her wings in a decent speed as the CMCs watched. She started to fly a little bit at first, but after seeing Bulk Biceps flying by with his tiny wings while at the same time lifting weights, she immediately falls. Next, Rainbow Dash gives Scootaloo the chance to know what it’s like to be a flyer by having her fly across the sky, but at the same time, holding her. Scootaloo starts flapping her wings as she flies, but when Rainbow Dash gives Scootaloo the chance to fly on her own, she looks down in fright and begins to fly; luckily, Rainbow saves her just in time. Next, they head over to Fluttershy’s house so Scootaloo can catch some of Fluttershy’s flying animal friends. Scootaloo wants to chase the falcon, but all Scootaloo gets is the bat; and when the bat wasn’t good enough, she tried three ducks and a goose, and then finally a Animals. Scootaloo only got lucky when she caught the butterfly because it was sitting on a leaf on a bush on the ground that didn’t even involve flying. The final challenge involved Scootaloo attempting to save an unamused Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle, who were tied up hanging on the big hand of the Ponyville Clock Tower. Scootaloo nervously tries to fly over to them just as the big hand snaps, and the crusaders begin to fall, but they don’t even scream, they just sigh and roll their eyes. Scootaloo still wasn’t able to fly to them, and just as she thought they were finished, they landed right into Derpy’s mail sack safely.

The CMCs and Rainbow Dash all return to the clubhouse as Scootaloo keeps on whining on how much she wants to fly, but Apple Bloom reminds her that learning to fly takes time, just like getting a cutie mark. Although, Scootaloo tells Apple Bloom that getting a cutie mark and learning how to fly is two different things; there are plenty of ponies in town without cutie marks, but barely any pegasi that don’t know how to fly, and she uses Bulk Biceps, Pound Cake, and Flurry Heart as examples of ponies with either tiny wings or are infants that already know how to fly. Rainbow apologizes to Scootaloo for not being able to teach her how to fly, but she might know of somepony who could – the councilors at the Junior Speedsters Flight Camp. Scootaloo at first was nervous wondering if that camp was only for ponies who know how to fly, but she tells Scootaloo that the camp is for anypony, flying or not. She then reminds Scootaloo that she helped out Fluttershy and Gilda in finally learning how to fly. Scootaloo excitedly agrees, but wants Rainbow to go with her, since she’s her “pega-sister”.

So Scootaloo (with the help of her crusader friends) begins to pack her bags for Junior Speedsters Flight Camp, and so does Rainbow Dash, who dusts off her old Junior Speedsters cap, and looks at the pictures she has hung on the wall from her time at camp from helping Gilda, to helping Fluttershy, to racing against the Boy Bullies. Before Rainbow and Scootaloo leave, the Crusaders and the Mane Six wish Scootaloo the best of luck before they leave. Pinkie Pie hopes she would come back soon and have a fly party, even though Applejack explains to her that ponies could confuse it as a bug party. Rarity promises to make a flight outfit for her when she returns, and Fluttershy just tells her to be safe, and explains to her about her time at camp of how she almost fell to her doom. Twilight Sparkle finally tells her just to do the best she could, and to just have fun, and has confidence that she will finally succeed with her life-long dream. Once they say their goodbyes, Rainbow flies Scootaloo up to Cloudsdale, watching the pegasi fly by, including some Wonderbolts. Scootaloo smiles at everypony that flies by, feeling that is going to be her soon. Rainbow eventually drops off herself and Scootaloo at the flight camp to sign up. As they start to sign up, Scootaloo meets another young pegasus by the name of Silver Zap who wishes to be an awesome flier, and Scootaloo agrees on doing the same. Scootaloo asks him how good of a flier he is, and he says he’s the best in his family; and when he asks Scootaloo, she claims to be the best in Ponyville, but Rainbow Dash corrects her by saying ‘second best’. Silver Zap then wishes her the best of luck, and hopes to fly along side her soon, and Scootaloo agrees. Once he walks off, Scootaloo becomes afraid, and asks Rainbow Dash what if she’s not going to be as good as the other young flies, but Rainbow cheers her up by saying she’ll blow the other campers away; and reminds her that she has her “pega-sister” with her, who’s going to sign up as a camp councilor, and that helps Scootaloo feel better.

When Scootaloo heads out to meet with the other fliers, which gave Scootaloo an uneasy feeling, but Rainbow Dash insisted that she should meet the other campers. Scootaloo nervously walked over to them and said hi. One of the colts by the name of Dusk Speeder glared at her, which really made Scootaloo nervous, but as it turned out, Dusk Speeder was really happy to see her. Dusk Speeder knows Scootaloo as the “friend of Rainbow Crash”. At first Scootaloo took offense to it, but Dusk Speeder adds that calling her ‘Rainbow Crash’ was a compliment, because she is a legendary Wonderbolt, and the Element of Loyalty. He was thrilled to meet her, which made Scootaloo confused at first, but she suddenly felt thrilled after. Dusk asks Scootaloo if she’s a great flier just like Rainbow Dash, but Scootaloo felt nervous again, but luckily for her, Silver Zap comes up and tells him that she’s the second-best flier right next to Rainbow Dash, in which Scootaloo hesitantly agrees. Dusk Speeder wishes for her to prove it when camp starts. After Dusk flies off, Scootaloo thanks Silver Zap for helping her out, but insists that she could take care of herself. Silver Zap agreed, but wanted to help out anyway because them strong fliers needed to stick together, because there will be ponies out there who will get jealous, and Scootaloo agreed.

The councilor who introduces herself as Councilor Zeppelin calls for the campers, and they all gathered around to follow the councilors instructions, but Rainbow Dash comes in and talks about her experiences with the camp, and even though the fliers were impressed, the councilor felt annoyed and wanted to continue to say what she needed to say. The councilor gave the campers a chance to test out their wings by competing in a scavenger hunt – hunting for flags randomly placed around high places in the camp, and the only way to get to them is by flying; and the one with the most flags wins. As some of the campers began to argue on who’s going to win, the councilor also reminds them that it’s just a game, and to be good sports about it, and that everypony will get a chance to win throughout the camp. The campers agree, and the councilor gives the campers their instructions. Before they got started, the councilor and all the campers chant the Junior Speedsters chant. When the councilors tell them to get started, Scootaloo hesitates, but Rainbow Dash insists for her to go have fun, and do the best she could.

When Scootaloo goes out exploring separate from the other campers, she begins looking for all the flags, and she eventually finds one, but of course, it is too high up for her, so she tries to fly up to it, but no such luck. That was when Silver Zap came by to meet up with her, and asked her how many flags she found, and she claims just the one she’s about to get. Silver Zap insists on not stopping her, and letting her fly up and take it, but then Scootaloo insists on Silver Zap taking it, after a little bit of arguing, Silver Zap eventually agrees, because since Scootaloo is already awesome, she’ll find plenty more. Scootaloo agrees and walks off; although, she wanted to see Silver Zap in action so she decided to watch him fly up to get the flag, but unfortunately, it turned out he was stacking boxes to get up to the flag. Scootaloo accidently startles him and he topples down with the flag. Silver Zap was feeling really nervous, and tried to make up some excuse to why he didn’t fly up, but there was no use, and he had to come out clean. He confesses that he isn’t physically able to fly, which causes Scootaloo gasp in shock. Silver Zap hopes for Scootaloo not to think bad of him, and hopes they could still be friends, and that’s when Scootaloo excitedly confesses to him that she can’t fly either, which is why Rainbow Dash signed her up for Junior Speedsters Flight Camp, hoping they will finally figure out how to – wings or no wings. Silver Zap agrees, and wishes for them to work together to find the rest of the flags, and Scootaloo agrees. They start to look for the rest of the flags around the camp, and they share a musical number together as they find them. As they find five flags together, Dusk Speeder spies on them, and glares at them; that was when the councilor summons all the campers back when the flags they got.

When all the campers met up with the councilor, they turned in their flags and the councilor was about to discuss the next event, but before the councilor was able to explain, Dusk Speeder suggests that the campers should all get to know each other by showing what they can do. The councilor agrees and explains to her campers that their next activity is going to be the obstacle course. Scootaloo and Silver Zap both gasp after hearing it. All of the campers meet up at the starting point on top of a cloud as Councilor Zeppelin explains to the campers what they need to do. Scootaloo and Silver Zap were both really nervous, because they knew there was no way of avoiding humiliating themselves in front of the whole camp. The first one up was Dusk Speeder for suggesting the idea, and he was glad to do so. He gets started by jumping off the cloud, and starts flying through the obstacle course performing spins and tricks, and then landing back on the cloud as the other campers cheer for him. Another camper was next; she was nervous, but she went through with it. Scootaloo and Silver Zap began to whisper to each other about the bad feeling they have, and afterwards, Dusk Speeder starts teasing them, asking them if they’re afraid since they can’t fly, and calls Scootaloo "Scootaloser", which raised Rainbow Dash’s suspicions, and finding out he is Hoops’ little brother.

After the camper was done, and everypony cheered for her, Silver Zap was called next. He was feeling really nervous, and Scootaloo was feeling scared for him as well. As Silver Zap walks over to the edge of the cloud and looks down, Dusk Speeder pesters him to go, and some of the other campers join along. The councilor though tells him to take his time, and to go when he’s ready. The other campers cheer for him, and Dusk Speeder starts to tease him, asking if he’s a chicken, and they start clucking at him, which causes Silver Zap to feel ashamed and annoyed of that overused phrase. Scootaloo felt offended for ponies calling him chicken, and she decides to stand up for him. After he pushes Dusk Speeder in hopes of getting him to know he’s not to be messed with, Dusk pushes her back, and Scootaloo accidently knocks Silver Zap off the cloud and he begins to fall. Everypony gasped in shock, even Dusk Speeder, and Scootaloo was more shocked than everypony else. As Silver Zap was falling, Scootaloo had to think fast, so she decided to jump down after him. Rainbow Dash shouted out for Scootaloo and decided to go after her. Unfortunately for Rainbow Dash, Scootaloo was falling much faster than Rainbow Dash and she has a hard time keeping up with her. As Scootaloo was catching up to Silver Zap, Rainbow Dash noticed that Scootaloo was about to break the sound barrier by falling, and she felt very concerned and surprised to what was about to happen. Before Silver Zap was able to hit the ground, Scootaloo catches her, and she suddenly causes a giant purple sonic boom as she got sling shot right back up. Rainbow Dash’s eye pupils grew and she smiled large as she cheered on for Scootaloo. Scootaloo herself cheered as long as she saw the purple trail behind her, and even Silver Zap was quite surprised.

Once Scootaloo flew back up to the camp, her magic wore off and she fell right back on the cloud. Scootaloo and Silver Zap share a hug, Rainbow Dash joins along when she flies up there, and all the campers cheered for Scootaloo after her surprising victory. Silver Zap gratefully thanks Scootaloo for saving his life, and telling her that she flew magnificently. Scootaloo was feeling excited that she was finally able to fly, even though she didn’t move her wings at all. Silver Zap tells Scootaloo that it might not have been her wings that made her fly, but the magic inside her. He tells her that they don’t need wings to fly, and that there are always other ways. Scootaloo agrees with him, but believes that she won’t be able to fly like that again. Silver Zap then tells her if he has a scooter that he uses to fly temporarily with; Scootaloo sadly tells him that she did too but her scooter broke when she pushed too hard. Silver Zap then tells her if she ever gets a new scooter, perhaps they could take a ride together one day, but that was when Scootaloo had a surprise visit from her parents.

Scootaloo was really excited to see them her mom who is a Royal guard and her dad who is a nurse at Ponyville General, and wondered why off from their demanding jobs to see her at flight camp. Her parents explain that they heard her old scooter broke, but before they were able to see her, they found out Rainbow Dash sent her to Flight Camp without their permission, which made Rainbow Dash feel embarrassed. Scootaloo’s parents then tell her that they bought her a new scooter – the Wonder-Rider 8000, which goes much faster, and flies much higher, and it’s completely indestructible, and was very expensive. Scootaloo hugs and thanks her parents for the gift. Afterwards, Scootaloo takes Silver Zap’s offer in racing him with her new scooter.

A while later, Scootaloo and Silver Zap prepare to race each other with their scooters, the Mane Six, the CMCs, Spike, Starlight Glimmer, and Scorpan all watch and cheer on for Scootaloo; and Dusk Speeder gets yelled at by his brother Hoops, and his friends about how his teasing went too far and almost doomed another pony. Once Silver Zap beats Scootaloo in the race, Scootaloo claims that she let him win. Just then, she and Silver began to chant the Junior Speedsters chant, and Rainbow Dash, and the other campers joined along.

Credits

 * Madeleine Peters as Scootaloo, Scootaloo’s mom
 * Billy Bob Thornton as Silver Zap, Scootaloo’s dad
 * Ashleigh Ball as Rainbow Dash, Applejack
 * Richard Ian Cox as Dusk Speeder, Dumb-Bell, Young flier 2
 * Kathleen Barr as Hoops, Councilor Zeppelin
 * Michelle Creber as Apple Bloom
 * Claire Corlett as Sweetie Belle
 * Andrea Libman as Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Young flier 3
 * Tabitha St. Germain as Rarity, Young flier 1

Quotes

 * Scootaloo: Dare to be strong! Dare to be swift! Dare to be fast! Dare to do the impossible!


 * Rainbow Dash: Have no fear! Your friendly neighborhood Rainbow Dash is here!
 * Scootaloo: Rainbow Dash, is that you? Am I in the great beyond?
 * Rainbow Dash: Well, with me around, I’m pretty much beyond everypony’s dreams!


 * Scootaloo: I dunno! I was just doing stunts with my scooter, but... then I kinda bit off more than I could chew.
 * Sweetie Belle: So... you were eating?
 * Apple Bloom: No, it means Scootaloo did more than what she was capable of. She thought she could do it, but turns out to be too much of a risk.
 * Scootaloo: Hey! Nothing’s too much for me, Apple Bloom!


 * Scootaloo: You know, this could actually be a sign! I need to learn how to fly right now! Because if Rainbow Dash wasn’t there to save me...
 * Rainbow Dash: Up, up, up! I’m always there to save anypony in their time of need!
 * Scootaloo: As I was saying, if Rainbow Dash wasn’t there to save me, I would’ve been done for, just like... my scooter. (sighs)


 * Apple Bloom: Scootaloo, you know these things take time. Ah mean, ah thought we’d never get our cutie marks, but we never gave up, did we?
 * Scootaloo: Well... no… I guess not.
 * Apple Bloom: That’s right. We’ve waited patiently, and BAM! We finally got what we desired most!
 * Scootaloo: Yeah... you make a good point, Apple Bloom.
 * Sweetie Belle: Yep! That’s why she’s the smart one, you’re the awesome one, and I’m the cute one! All we need is a funny one and we’re golden!


 * Scootaloo: (to Rainbow Dash) We could fly side by side, like pegasisters!
 * Sweetie Belle: Pegasisters?
 * Apple Bloom: Ah have no idea where she gets these words from.


 * Silver Zap: My name is Silver Zap! I really want to be the best flier I can be, which is why I’m here!
 * Scootaloo: Hey, me too! How good of a flier are you?
 * Silver Zap: Well, I don’t mean to brag, but pretty much the best flier in my household! (chuckles) You?
 * Scootaloo: Best in a household? Pfft! More like best in all of Ponyville!
 * Rainbow Dash: Whoa, whoa, whoa, Scoots! (chuckles) Don’t lie to him.
 * Scootaloo: (nervously) Umm, what do you mean?
 * Rainbow Dash: I’m the best flier in Ponyville! You, you’re the second best! (winks)


 * Councilor Zeppelin: Here at Junior Speedsters Flight Camp, we-
 * Rainbow Dash: This place is just awesome! I can remember this place as it were just yesterday! I just started here, and I was really nervous about ponies judging me by my flying, and you know what? They were right! They judged my awesome flying pretty well; and I didn’t let my popularity take control of me! Nope! I made friends with the ones who had a hard time fitting in, and it was worth it!
 * Councilor Zeppelin: Yeah, can I get back to what I was saying?


 * Silver Zap: Please don’t think so bad of me! I really think you’re cool, and I don’t want my lack of flying to make you think so low of me, no pun intended. Or maybe pun intended, I don’t know, but you get what I’m saying.
 * Scootaloo: Silver Zap! This is the greatest news I’ve ever heard in my entire life!
 * Silver Zap: Yes, you’re a great flier, and I’m not a flier at all. No need to rub it in by saying it’s great news.
 * Scootaloo: No! You don’t understand! I... I thought I was the only pegasus in all of Equestria who can’t fly!
 * Silver Zap: Wait, you can’t fly either?
 * Scootaloo: No! I try and I try, but I just can’t do it! Every pegasus I know is able to fly, but I’m the only one I know that can’t; and seeing you not… well… that just makes me feel a whole lot better!
 * Silver Zap: Come to think of it, so am I.


 * Dusk Speeder: (to Scootaloo) Why? Is it because it turns you can’t fly after all... Scootaloser?
 * Rainbow Dash: (to Dusk Speeder) Hang on, by any chance do you know anypony by the name of Hoops?
 * Dusk Speeder: Yeah, he’s my big bro. What’s it to ya?
 * Rainbow Dash: Just... wondering.


 * Dusk Speeder: What are you, Silver Scrap? Chicken? (starts clucking like a chicken)
 * Silver Zap: Seriously? Chicken? You’re going to use that overused phrase?
 * Dusk Speeder: Chiiicken!
 * (the other campers began to cluck along)
 * Scootaloo: (growls angrily) Nopony calls him chicken!


 * Silver Zap: Wow, Scoots! You saved my life! Thank you!
 * Scootaloo: Hey, it was nothing! I just didn’t want you to fall to your doom; like I almost did recently.
 * Silver Zap: Yeah, and you flew magnificently too! You finally flew!
 * Scootaloo: Oh yeah! I did fly, didn’t I? I flew! I FLEW! But… it didn’t feel like flying that much. I didn’t move my wings.
 * Silver Zap: I don’t think you used your wings. I think it was the magic inside you that made you fly. Turns out we don’t need our wings to fly! There are always other ways!


 * Scootaloo: Mom! Dad! What are you doing here? You never have time for breaks with your demanding jobs as a Royal Guard and a nurse at Ponyville General!
 * Scootaloo’s dad: Well, we heard your old scooter broke, but before we were able to see you we found out that Rainbow Dash here sent you to camp without our permission.
 * Rainbow Dash: (laughs embarrassingly)
 * Scootaloo’s mom: I swear, Scootaloo, that pony is a bad influence on you.
 * Rainbow Dash: Hey! No I’m not!