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- Main category: Marks for Effort images
- 1 Prologue: Crusaders peeking in
- 2 The Crusaders' self-enrollment
- 3 Apple Bloom shirks her chores
- 4 Sweetie Belle pleads to Rarity
- 5 Scootaloo puts on a disguise
- 6 The Crusaders' fake argument
- 7 Introducing Cozy Glow
- 8 Helping with Bon Bon's cactus
- 9 Helping with Mrs. Cake's sprinkles
- 10 Helping with Big Mac's chores
- 11 Cozy Glow gets an A / Helping more
- 12 Cozy Glow's friendship studies
- 13 Failed! / When helping goes wrong
- 14 Consulting with Starlight Glimmer
- 15 Cleaning up at the schoolhouse
- 16 Confession and graduation
Prologue: Crusaders peeking in
Buzz off, bird! I'm trying to sneak around here!
This is going to be painful.
Pony sports are actually kind of fun!
The Crusaders' self-enrollment
Oh, right. Wings. That's a thing now.
Twilight, you should know better than to put Spike in charge.
Twilight, please. I need this. I'm so booooored.
Now to deal with you three...
"I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but..."
"...you can't be my students."
"Why not?"
"Isn't this place for everycreature?"
"Yes, but we teach friendship lessons here."
"You already know all about helping ponies in need and being there for each other."
"Can't you just give us a chance?"
"Pleeeeeeeeeeeaaaase?"
"You need Cheerilee's classes, not mine." (Twilight, don't you think you're being unfair here?)
Spike, did you just turn my class into a cult?
Only a little cult.
Apple Bloom shirks her chores
Sweetie Belle pleads to Rarity
Scootaloo puts on a disguise
"Hey! I never told that story to my students before."
Rainbow, no!
"Scootaloo!"
"Never met her."
Scram!
The Crusaders' fake argument
Introducing Cozy Glow
[crying]
[more crying]
"Thank you for asking..."
"but no."
"I'm having real trouble with..."
[sniffling]
"the School of Friendship."
"Oh, no, it's not that."
"I'm in her class, but..."
[more sniffling]
"it's too HAAARD!"
[sad horse noises]
[sad nodding]
"I just moved here to go to school, but..."
"everything's so new and different..."
"I don't know anypony."
[one more sniffle]
"I'm Cozy Glow. It's very nice to meet you!"
"But... I don't know if I'll stay long."
"I'll probably flunk out."
"I'm having so much trouble with my friendship lessons."
"But, why would you help me?"
"What's in it for YOU?"
"Well, golly! If you really mean it..."
"I could use some help with my homework."
"I have to do something nice for each of these ponies."
"But... I don't know anything about them."
"And it's so hard to talk to ponies you've never met."
Helping with Bon Bon's cactus
"Well, how am I supposed to do THAT?"
"It looks like you need help carrying your cactus..."
"so here's a safe way to take it home."
"I did it!"
"Oopsie."
Helping with Mrs. Cake's sprinkles
"You really think Mrs. Cake will like these new sprinkle shakers?"
"No. Um..."
"These are for you!"
"But. She... I..."
[groan]
"Uh-huh..."
Helping with Big Mac's chores
"Golly! How'd you know that would make him so happy?"
Cozy Glow gets an A / Helping more
Incoming!
C R A S H
"GUESS WHAT?"
"I got an A on my homework!"
"And I never could have done it without YOUR help."
"Actually... you can."
"Headmare Twilight is giving us a BIG test..."
"at the end of the week."
"And I could really use your help studying."
Weaponized cuteness.
Cozy Glow's friendship studies
Not cool, Angel.
"Um... intelligence?"
[giggling]
[more giggling]
"Laughter?"
"Yes!"
"Is it..."
"...control?"
"Kindness!"
"Loyalty!"
"Honesty!"
"Generosity!"
"Laughter!"
"Magic!"
She got them all right! This has GOT to be a sign of progress!
Failed! / When helping goes wrong
"I..."
"FAAAILED!"
[crying]
[still crying]
"Ahem."
Uh-oh!
"I'd like to see you three..."
"...in my office!"
But... why?!
Okay, why this look?
Say WHAT?!?!?!?
"Then how do you explain..."
"...these friendship test answers?"
"What are the six Elements of Harmony?"
"Five turtlenecks and a cheese grater?"
"Who is the Princess of Friendship?"
"Your mom?" (A FAMILY SHOW)
Apple Bloom: "I... I don't understand."
"Me neither. I never thought you three would pull such a mean prank."
"I'm afraid I'm gonna have to ask you to stay away from my school. And my students." (That's hitting below the belt!)
Hope you're happy, Twilight. Because now you've gone too far here.
Twilight, you're supposed to be the Princess of Friendship, but you surely aren't acting like it!
"Oh, no!"
Consulting with Starlight Glimmer
This pony really likes kites.
"A-hem" "AAH!"
"Empathy cocoa?"
"I just need some advice."
"I think I got my friends in trouble."
"They helped me study for my friendship test..."
"and I failed it... on purpose?"
"Well... the Cutie Mark Crusaders wanted to go to the School more than anything."
"So I thought, if I showed Headmare Twilight they're bad at friendship..."
"she'd let them come here with me."
"That's devious!"
"I mean..."
"I see."
[slurp]
There's no way this would become a new meme, right?
"I guess I still have a lot to learn about friendship."
"So you DO have a place for them here?"
Cleaning up at the schoolhouse
NOW what did we do?!?
Confession and graduation
JUDGMENT TIME.
