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This episode was originally scheduled to air on September 20, 2019 on Polish channel MiniMini+, but was replaced with a rerun of an earlier episode. However, it was still released the following day<!--at midnight of local time--> on the nc+ GO on-demand service. |
This episode was originally scheduled to air on September 20, 2019 on Polish channel MiniMini+, but was replaced with a rerun of an earlier episode. However, it was still released the following day<!--at midnight of local time--> on the nc+ GO on-demand service. |
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− | It also aired on PLUSPLUS in Ukraine on September 21, 2019. |
+ | It also aired on PLUSPLUS in Ukraine on September 21, 2019. |
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+ | According to supervising director [[Jim Miller]], they wanted to age up the Cutie Mark Crusaders since the sixth season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/TheBiggestJim/status/1177977272088662016|title=We wanted to start ageing them up a few seasons back. 🤷🏽♂️|author=Jim Miller|publisher=Twitter|date=2019-09-28|accessdate=2019-09-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/TheBiggestJim/status/1177978286317563905|title=Starting the next season.|author=Jim Miller|publisher=Twitter|date=2019-09-28|accessdate=2019-09-28}}</ref> |
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==Summary== |
==Summary== |
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Growing Up is Hard to Do | |||
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Season №: | 9 | ||
Season episode №: | 22 | ||
Overall episode №: | 218 | ||
Original airdate: | September 28, 2019
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Written by: | Ed Valentine | ||
Storyboard: | Tori Grant and Anna Latzer | ||
Featured characters: | Cutie Mark Crusaders Biscuit Spur | ||
Song: | Being Big is All It Takes | ||
See also | |||
credits • transcript • gallery • allusions animation errors • statistics • speculation | |||
Episode guide | |||
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Growing Up is Hard to Do is the twenty-second episode of season nine of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic and the show's two hundred and eighteenth episode overall.[1] The title is a reference to the Neil Sedaka song "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do".
In this episode, the Cutie Mark Crusaders are magically transformed into grown-ups, and they discover that growing up the right way means gaining experience and wisdom that simply can't be rushed.
Production
This episode was released on Videoland's on-demand service in the Netherlands on August 25, 2019, thirty-four days ahead of its scheduled premiere on Discovery Family, but was later taken down.
This episode was originally scheduled to air on September 20, 2019 on Polish channel MiniMini+, but was replaced with a rerun of an earlier episode. However, it was still released the following day on the nc+ GO on-demand service.
It also aired on PLUSPLUS in Ukraine on September 21, 2019.
According to supervising director Jim Miller, they wanted to age up the Cutie Mark Crusaders since the sixth season.[2][3]
Summary
Fillies without a chaperone
At the Cutie Mark Crusaders' clubhouse, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo are excited to go to the Appleloosa County Fair and have made meticulous preparations to attend. Unfortunately, with all the planning they did for their planning, they forgot to ask one of their older sisters to be their chaperone. Rarity is preoccupied with making a new design for Fancy Pants, Rainbow Dash has to help Spitfire corral some storm clouds, and Applejack is taking care of a sick Big McIntosh.
With each pony they ask, the Crusaders are warned not to travel by themselves or else they might get lost, and the responsibilities that come with being adults. At the Castle of Friendship, the Crusaders also ask Fluttershy and Twilight Sparkle, but the two are busy researching an enchanted flower sent by Star Swirl the Bearded. They too warn the Crusaders about the dangers of traveling without a chaperone and the possibility of getting themselves lost in a strange place.
As Twilight and Fluttershy leave to find information about the flower in the castle library, the Crusaders lament their situation and express their desire to be grown-ups. Reacting to their wishes, the flower sheds one of its last remaining petals and envelops the Crusaders in magical light. When the light subsides, the Crusaders find themselves magically transformed into fully grown mares.
Being big is all it takes
Now full-grown adults, the Cutie Mark Crusaders believe they are old enough to travel to Appleloosa by themselves, and they race to catch the Friendship Express before it leaves the train station. While riding the train, the Crusaders express through the song Being Big is All It Takes the joys of being grown-ups and no longer being held back by the limitations of being too young. Unfortunately, after boarding the wrong train, they end up at Hayseed Junction instead of Appleloosa.
Following an encounter with a deranged ticket-taking pony, the Crusaders decide to try traversing the dense swamp and reaching Appleloosa on foot, believing being grown-ups is all they need to do so. Unfortunately, they soon get become lost—just as Twilight and her friends previously warned. They then run into a pair of young siblings named Biscuit and Spur, who are arguing whether or not to take their pet Bloofy to the Appleloosa County Fair.
Once again, the Crusaders believe being adults puts them in a position to give Biscuit and Spur grown-up advice, and they suggest that Biscuit and Spur share Bloofy and bring him to Appleloosa, much to Spur's displeasure. Following behind Biscuit and Spur, the Crusaders finally arrive to the Appleloosa County Fair, where one of the Appleloosan attendants notices Bloofy and suggests that Biscuit enter him in the animals showcase. Spur tries to voice her disagreement with this idea and turns to the grown-up Crusaders for advice, but they run off on their own to enjoy the fair.
It takes more than being big
By the time Spur catches up with the Crusaders again, Biscuit is already signing up Bloofy for the animal showcase. Spur, having taken care of Bloofy longer than Biscuit, is worried about exposing him to a large crowd of ponies, but the Crusaders once again side with Biscuit and suggest that Spur take a break. However, soon after Biscuit and Bloofy begin their turn in the showcase, Bloofy gets nervous from all the spectators watching him, and he turns into a tornado that starts tearing up the showcase stadium.
Twilight and Fluttershy soon arrive to Appleloosa via train in search of the missing Crusaders, and the fillies-turned-adults appear to inform them of what is going on. At the showcase stadium, Fluttershy identifies the rampaging Bloofy as a rare creature called a Whirling Mungtooth and explains he will only calm down in the presence of its caretaker. Realizing that Spur is Bloofy's true caretaker, the Crusaders go to find her while Twilight and Fluttershy evacuate everyone in the stadium to safety.
Once the Crusaders bring Spur back to the stadium, Fluttershy helps her calm Bloofy down, and Bloofy still wins the animal showcase award for "Most Interesting Creature". Back at the train station, the Crusaders realize that even though they are physically adults, they still lack the wisdom, experience, and maturity that comes with growing up naturally. Using the last remaining petal of the flower Star Swirl sent to Twilight, the Crusaders wish themselves back to filly age.
Biscuit and Spur are surprised to discover the Crusaders are actually younger than they are. The Crusaders apologize for lying to Biscuit and Spur about their real age and for being selfish, and they ask if they can visit Biscuit, Spur, and Bloofy some day. Spur agrees on the condition that they have a real grown-up accompany them next time.
Quotes
- For more quotes, see the episode's transcript.
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Gallery
References
- ↑ Jim Miller (2019-03-08). Not if you count BGE as an episode!. Twitter. Retrieved on 2019 March 8.
- ↑ Jim Miller (2019-09-28). We wanted to start ageing them up a few seasons back. 🤷🏽♂️. Twitter. Retrieved on 2019 September 28.
- ↑ Jim Miller (2019-09-28). Starting the next season.. Twitter. Retrieved on 2019 September 28.
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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 |
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My Little Pony The Movie | A New Generation |
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Rollercoaster of Friendship | Best Gift Ever | Spring Breakdown | Rainbow Roadtrip |
Sunset's Backstage Pass | Holidays Unwrapped | Make Your Mark | Winter Wishday |
Bridlewoodstock | Secrets of Starlight |
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Equestria Girls: Better Together (season 2) | Equestria Girls: Choose Your Own Ending (season 1) | Equestria Girls: Choose Your Own Ending (season 2) | Equestria Girls Minis |
Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook | Rarity's Peek Behind the Boutique | Fundamentals of Magic | My Little Pony Established 1983 |
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