Dragonshy

Dragonshy
Season №:	1
Season episode №:	7
Overall episode №:	7
Original airdate:	November 26, 2010
Written by:	Meghan McCarthy
Storyboard:	Sabrina Alberghetti & Nicole Wang
Featured characters:	Razer
Song:	Hop Skip and Jump song
See also
credits • transcript • gallery • allusions animation errors • statistics • speculation
Episode guide
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Dragonshy is the seventh episode of the first season of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic. In this episode, the smoke of a sleeping dragon disrupts the skies of Equestria, and the Mane Six are tasked by Princess Celestia to convince it to leave, much to Fluttershy's displeasure. The episode's title is a portmanteau of Dragon and Fluttershy.

Production

This is the first episode to use a bland credit font in the closing credits, as opposed to a fancier font in earlier episodes.

A small part showing Pinkie in her wacky costumes reappears in Cakes for the Memories.

The scene when Rainbow Dash kicks Razer's snout reappears in Deep Tissue Memories.

Summary

The smoke

Fluttershy noticing the smoke.

While Fluttershy feeds the animals around her cottage, her pet bunny Angel makes her aware of an ominous cloud of black smoke heading towards Ponyville. She rushes into town to warn everyone but is continually interrupted as Pinkie Pie tracks Rainbow Dash trying to break a ball-bouncing record, though Pinkie inadvertently disrupts Rainbow's effort in the process. Fluttershy continues trying to spread news of the smoke but is unsuccessful due to her soft voice. However, Twilight Sparkle soon arrives and loudly announces the danger to the town, indicating that the smoke is coming not from a fire but from a dragon.

Preparing for the journey

The Mane Six gather inside the Golden Oak Library, where Twilight Sparkle relays news from Princess Celestia that a dragon has chosen to nap at the top of a nearby mountain. Celestia explains that the smoke results from the dragon's snoring and tasks them with asking him to nap elsewhere. She warns that, if they fail, Equestria will be covered in smoke for the next hundred years. All of Twilight's friends react to the mission with excitement except for Fluttershy.

All ready to go?

The ponies suit up for their journey and rendezvous in front of the library, where Twilight Sparkle explains that they need to keep a good pace in order to summit the mountain by sundown. Fluttershy tries to excuse herself from the mission, but Twilight insists that her skill with animals will be important to their success. Rainbow Dash suggests to Twilight that Fluttershy will only slow them down, though her concerns are dismissed. The group head out toward the mountain, carrying Fluttershy with them as she cries out in protest.

Climbing the mountain

"...I'm scared of dragons!"

— Fluttershy

Fluttershy, you're too cute.

The Mane Six arrive at the mountain and begin to ascend, but when Fluttershy balks in fear of the steep slope, Applejack offers to guide her up a different path while the rest of the group take the planned route. They eventually reunite partway up the mountain and continue ascending until they encounter a narrow chasm. Everyone readily jumps across except Fluttershy, who is too afraid to try until Pinkie Pie sings an encouraging song.

Past the chasm, the group find themselves in an avalanche zone and proceed silently. As they walk, Fluttershy becomes started by a falling leaf and shouts, triggering a rock slide that nearly buries the group and deposits a large stone pile in their path. They climb over the pile and at last reach the cave where the dragon is resting. Twilight Sparkle tries to bring Fluttershy inside with her to help her talk to the dragon, but Fluttershy refuses, revealing that she is afraid of fully-grown dragons. After failing to embolden her, the rest of the group decide to finish the job on their own.

Confronting the dragon

Fluttershy finally overcomes her fears...

Twilight tries to reason with the dragon, but her pleas for his departure are ignored. Rarity then tries to use her charm on him but fails when she attempts to lay claim to the dragon's jewels. Pinkie Pie enters the dragon's cave in a wacky costume, only to exit shortly after with her outfit in tatters. Frustrated at their lack of success, Rainbow Dash flies into the cave and kicks the dragon between the nostrils, causing him to become enraged and attack the ponies. A breath of smoke knocks them into a rock, which crumbles to reveal Fluttershy hiding behind it.

Seeing her friends dazed by the attack, Fluttershy flies up and scolds the dragon for his aggressiveness toward them. The dragon, cowed by Fluttershy's tone, tries to justify his anger as a reaction to Rainbow Dash's kick. Fluttershy apologizes for Rainbow's actions but argues that he should have known better since he is bigger. She then admonishes him for sleeping in a place where his snoring could endanger the health of other creatures. The dragon attempts to argue back, but Fluttershy cuts him off and demands an apology, causing him to burst into tears. Fluttershy comforts the dragon, and amid cheers from her friends, he departs from the mountain.

Faith in your friends

...Or maybe not.

After the group return to Ponyville, Twilight Sparkle relays their success to Princess Celestia and comments that friends can be a source of strength and that you should never lose faith in them. Just outside the library, Rainbow Dash is once more on the cusp of a new ball-bouncing record until she is startled by Pinkie Pie. Fluttershy comforts Rainbow but is then startled herself.

Quotes

For more quotes, see the episode's transcript.

Fluttershy: Are you coughing because there's a carrot stuck in your throat?

Angel: [coughs]

Fluttershy: Because you need some water?

Angel: [coughs loudly]

Fluttershy: [gasp] Because of that giant cloud of scary black smoke?

Twilight Sparkle: According to Princess Celestia, he's taking a nap. His snoring is what's causing all this smoke.

Pinkie Pie: He should really see a doctor. That doesn't sound healthy at all.

Pinkie Pie: Whoo-hoo! I win again!

Rarity: Ugh. That's thirty-five games in a row. Best of seventy-one?

Twilight Sparkle: You have a wonderful talent dealing with all kinds of animals.

Fluttershy: Yes. Because they're not dragons...

Rainbow Dash: Oh come on! We've seen you walk up to a horrible manticore like it was nothing.

Fluttershy: Yes. Because he wasn't a dragon...

Pinkie Pie: Spike is a dragon. You're not scared of him.

Fluttershy: Yes. Because he wasn't a huge, gigantic, terrible, enormous, teeth-gnashing, sharp scale-having, horn-wearing, smoke-snoring, could-eat-a-pony-in-one-bite, totally-all-grown-up dragon.

Rarity: I was this close to getting that diamond...

Twilight Sparkle: You mean getting rid of that dragon?

Rarity: Oh. Yeah. Sure.

Rainbow Dash: All right, that's it. We tried persuasion, charm... whatever it is Pinkie Pie does...

Rainbow Dash: Pinkie Pie! You scared me! I mean... uh... You... broke my concentration.

Fluttershy: It's okay, Rainbow Dash. Not every pony can be as brave as me.

Gallery

Dragonshy image gallery

References

v • e Episodes, films, and animated shorts

Make Your Mark
Episode 1 Izzy Does It	Episode 2 Growing Pains	Episode 3 Portrait of a Princess	Episode 4 Ali-Conned
Episode 5 The Cutie Mark Mix-Up	Episode 6 The Traditional Unicorn Sleep-Over	Episode 7 Hoof Done It?	Episode 8 Have You Seen This Dragon?
Episode 9 Top Remodel	Episode 10 The Jinxie Games	Episode 11 Sunny Side Up	Episode 12 The Manesquerade Ball
Episode 13 A Little Horse	Episode 14 Missing the Mark	Episode 15 Cutie Blossom Bash	Episode 16 Family Trees Pt. 1
Episode 17 Family Trees Pt. 2	Episode 18 Father of the Bridlewood	Episode 19 Mane Smelody	Episode 20 Nightmare on Mane Street
Episode 21 The Isle of Scaly‎‎	Episode 22 Roots of All Evil Pt. 1‎	Episode 23 Roots of All Evil Pt. 2