A Friend in Deed | |
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Season №: | 2 |
Season episode №: | 18 |
Overall episode №: | 44 |
Original airdate: | February 18, 2012 |
Written by: | Amy Keating Rogers |
Storyboard: | Tom Sales and Corey Toomey[1] |
Featured characters: | Cranky Doodle Donkey Matilda |
Songs: | Smile Song Cranky Doodle Donkey Welcome Song Cranky Doodle Joy |
See also | |
credits • transcript • gallery • allusions animation errors • statistics • speculation | |
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A Friend in Deed is the eighteenth episode of the second season of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic and the forty-fourth episode overall. In this episode, Pinkie Pie tries to make friends with a new face in town, though her antics end up poorly received. The title is a word play on the saying "a friend in need is a friend indeed".
Production[]
In October 2011 showrunner and supervising director Jayson Thiessen shared two cryptic photographs of the stop-motion setup with his Twitter followers, which later became the scene through Pinkie's imagination animated in felt.[2][3] The scene was originally intended to be animated the same way as the rest of the series.[4] The shapes were cut out by Thiessen's wife Jocelan and animated by Thiessen himself in their basement.[5]
On November 8, 2015, episode writer Amy Keating Rogers posted a scene from the first draft of the script on Twitter that was cut from the final episode. This scene involves Rainbow Dash rejecting advances from a pony named "Gallop-a-Gus" at the same time Pinkie is talking to Twilight about Cranky Doodle Donkey.[6]
The scenes when Pinkie says Happy Birthday to Zecora, dresses up in her workout outfit and as a beaver respectably, and the Smile Song reappear in Cakes for the Memories.
Summary[]
Cranky Doodle Donkey[]
Sometime after performing a workout routine in front of Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake at Sugarcube Corner, Pinkie Pie trots through Ponyville greeting passersby and singing a song about the joy she gets from making others smile. She ends her song just as a donkey approaches hauling a large wagon, but despite Pinkie's cheerful greeting, the donkey continues walking past without expression.
Pinkie reads the initials "CDD" on the wagon and eventually finds out that it stands for Cranky Doodle Donkey. When she calls him "Doodle", however, Cranky angrily insists she not refer to him by that name and walks off, leaving Pinkie confused about his apparently hostile demeanor. After some consideration, she determines to redouble her efforts to win him over.
Fleeting success[]
Pinkie Pie catches up with Cranky and tries to make conversation, eventually learning that he moved to Ponyville to be alone with his memories. When he yells at her for rummaging through his belongings, Pinkie pulls up with her own wagon and uses it as part of a song to welcome him to town. The performance ends up covering Cranky in cake batter and knocking off his toupee, which Pinkie mistakes for a spider and tramples. Upon realizing her mistake, she loudly proclaims Cranky's baldness to nearby townsfolk and asks for a new wig. Pinkie manages to remedy Cranky's resulting vexation with a spa session and a fancy new toupee, though he remains still unsmiling by the end.
Later, as Cranky begins moving things into his new home, Pinkie appears and starts asking him about certain items. As they talk, Cranky mentions that he has traveled all over Equestria looking for a "special friend". Pinkie comes across a scrapbook and takes interest in its contents, though when she tries to ask Cranky about it, a lantern accidentally drops onto the book and sets it on fire. She douses the flames with a cup of water, but with the pages now ruined, Cranky vows that he will never be her friend and kicks her out of the house.
Trying to apologize[]
Pinkie goes to the Golden Oak Library and sorrowfully recounts her rejection to Twilight Sparkle, who offers condolences but advises she accept Cranky's will to be left alone. Pinkie agrees to do so once Cranky accepts her apology, but when she shows up at his house to offer it, he flees in panic to escape her. After a chase around town that ends up back at the house, Cranky remarks that Pinkie destroyed the only means by which to remember "her", and after a moment of thought, Pinkie rushes off.
From inside his house, Cranky hears Pinkie return moments later to offer one last attempt to make amends. He angrily refuses, whereupon a second voice chides him for his brusqueness. Cranky hurriedly opens the door to find Matilda, who he recounts courting at the Grand Galloping Gala when he was young only for the pair to lose contact afterward. After travelling around Equestria for years in a fruitless attempt to find her, he moved to Ponyville to retire from his search. Matilda tells him that she had been living in Ponyville the whole time but kept a scrapbook entry of the same memories from the Gala, which Pinkie recognized when she saw Cranky's scrapbook.
Matilda expresses her happiness to see "Doodle" again and kisses Cranky on the nose, causing him to break into a smile. He tells Pinkie that her apology and friendship are accepted, though when she bursts into excited chatter, he asks that she let the two of them have some quiet time together. In a letter to Princess Celestia, Pinkie reflects how there are many ways to express friendship, whether it be running and playing together or preferring to be left alone, but that the best thing about friendship is being able to make your friends smile.
Quotes[]
- For more quotes, see the episode's transcript.
- Pinkie Pie: I've never seen you before.
- Cranky Doodle Donkey: Kid, you're smarter than you look.
- Pinkie Pie: C'mon now, Doodle, give a smile!
- Cranky Doodle Donkey: Nopony calls me Doodle!
- Pinkie Pie: I don't get it. How can somepony not become instant best friends with me? Was it something I said? Was it something I sang? This is no time for the blame game, Pinkie! There's somepony new in town, and you need to win him over! 'Try everything you can to make Cranky smile and be your friend'. Check!
- Pinkie Pie: What were you doin' there?
- Cranky Doodle Donkey: Trying to find a friend.
- Pinkie Pie: Oooh, I'm always trying to find friends, and today I found you. See how good I am at it?
- Cranky Doodle Donkey: This was a special friend.
- Pinkie Pie: Like me?
- Cranky Doodle Donkey: No, you're extra special, kid.
- Cranky Doodle Donkey: I will never be your friend!
- Pinkie Pie: Never, or never-ever?
- Cranky Doodle Donkey: Never, ever, ever, ever, ever!
- Pinkie Pie: That's four 'ever's. That's like... forever!
- Twilight Sparkle: I know this is hard for you, Pinkie, seeing that you're friends with everypony, but you just have to accept that Cranky is gonna be an exception. He just... doesn't want to be bothered.
- Rainbow Dash: Yeah, he doesn't want to be bothered by your over-the-top super-hyper antics.
- Twilight Sparkle: Rainbow!
- Pinkie Pie: Woohoo! This is just fantastic! Ooh, now we can hang out together, and chat, and sing songs, and [gasps] party! Oh, I can throw you guys a big party! It'll be called a 'Welcome to Ponyville, I found my lost love, I'm BFF's with Pinkie Pie Party'! ...Or maybe something less over-the-top and not so super-hyper.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Raven Molisee's DeviantArt journal (2012-02-23). Retrieved on 2012 February 23.
- ↑ Jayson Thiessen's Twitter account (2011-10-03). Retrieved on 2012 July 4.
- ↑ Jayson Thiessen's Twitter account (2011-10-03). Retrieved on 2012 February 19.
- ↑ "Cutesypoo"'s blog (2012-02-18). Retrieved on 2012 February 19.
- ↑ "Cutesypoo Toys" on Twitter (2012-02-18). Archived from the original on 2014-01-09. Retrieved on 2012 February 18.
- ↑ Amy Keating Rogers (2015-11-08). The cut Gallop-a-Gus scene from "A Friend in Deed.".... Twitter. Retrieved on 2015 November 9.
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