| Simple Ways | |
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| Season №: | 4 |
| Season episode №: | 13 |
| Overall episode №: | 78 |
| Original airdate: | February 8, 2014 |
| Written by: | Josh Haber |
| Storyboard: | Cory Toomey and John Young[1] |
| Featured characters: | Trenderhoof |
| See also | |
| credits • transcript • gallery • allusions animation errors • statistics • speculation | |
| Episode guide | |
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Simple Ways is the thirteenth episode of the fourth season of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic and the seventy-eighth episode overall. In this episode, Rarity tries to win the heart of a famous travel writer but learns that his romantic interests lie elsewhere.
Production and development[]
During Meghan McCarthy's Twitter Takeover event, she stated that the episode "might feature [her] favorite Rarity performance ever."[2]
The scene where Apple Jewel reveals herself reappears in Harvesting Memories.
Summary[]
The Ponyville Days festival[]
Rarity, the new Pony of Ceremonies, unveils her plans.
In front of the Ponyville town hall, the Mane Six join a crowd of townsfolk as Mayor Mare announces that Rarity has been selected as the pony of ceremonies for the upcoming Ponyville Days festival. Sometime later at the Carousel Boutique, Rarity shows off her "small town chic" theme for the event to her friends, who are eager to assist in putting it together. The assurance of help leads Rarity to reveal her crush on Trenderhoof, a travel writer who will be in attendance, along with her intent to impress him with her festival designs.
What's up?
Later on, Twilight Sparkle and a nervous Rarity greet Trenderhoof at the Ponyville train station. Rarity falls head over heels for the writer and eagerly leads him on a tour of the town, showing off the areas that will host the various Ponyville Days events. The pair eventually arrive at Sweet Apple Acres, but as Rarity brings up her festival plans for the farm, Trenderhoof spots Applejack working in a field and becomes instantly smitten. He declares her the "pony of [his] dreams", leaving Rarity dismayed.
Jealousy[]
A short time later, Spike enters the Carousel Boutique to find Rarity in tears. She tells him of her unrequited interest in Trenderhoof and questions what Applejack has that she doesn't. In town, as Trenderhoof tries unsuccessfully to impress Applejack with small talk, Rarity approaches in a fashionable cowgirl outfit and claims to have a passion for hauling apples. Trenderhoof joins in Rarity's praise for apple farming but pays her little attention otherwise.
Rarity trying too hard to impress Trenderhoof.
Trenderhoof follows an annoyed Applejack around as she returns to Sweet Apple Acres and performs various chores. Rarity tries to show off an affinity for farm life with her own take on Applejack's tasks, though this fails to gain the attention she seeks. Applejack eventually sneaks away and takes shelter in the barn house, where Rarity is gathering farm equipment to haul back to the Carousel Boutique. She accuses Applejack of trying to steal Trenderhoof away from her and declares that she has a new vision for the festival that will be "more country than the whole Apple family put together".
Country vs. fashion[]
Applejack joins the rest of the Mane Six a short time later at the Carousel Boutique and watches as Rarity reveals a new country-inspired "simple ways" theme for the festival. When Applejack insinuates that Trenderhoof's apparent interest in farm life is the reason for the theme change, Rarity denies the claim and insists she truly is interested in country living.
Is this Opposite Day or something?
In front of a runway set up at Sweet Apple Acres, Rarity lays out her expectations for "simple ways" fashion modeling to a group of young ponies. After they leave, Applejack appears on the runway under the stage name "Apple Jewel" and flaunts high-society mannerisms in a fancy dress. Rarity begins to call out the brazen personality shift but decides instead to double down on her own supposed interest in farm work and rugged conditions, eventually launching herself into a puddle of mud that accidentally splashes onto Applejack's outfit. The sight of the ruined dress horrifies Rarity and causes her to disdain the mud covering her hooves, leading to a moment of clarity wherein she recognizes her absurd behavior and thanks Applejack for helping to point it out.
Rarity back to her old self.
At that moment, Trenderhoof appears in a straw hat and overalls and declares his intent to give up travel writing and embrace farm life in Ponyville. Applejack disappoints Trenderhoof by heading off the idea of him living at Sweet Apple Acres, leading Rarity to offer him the lesson she just learned: that there's something unappealing about changing the core of who you are just to impress someone else. Rarity agrees with Applejack to revert the Ponyville Days theme back to "small town chic", and the festival ends up being a complete success.
Quotes[]
- For more quotes, see the episode's transcript.
- Pinkie Pie: I'm glad the committee didn't automatically pick me so everypony gets a chance to see how great being me actually is! Even though the festival's basically a party and the pony of ceremonies gets to organize the whole thing. So it'd totally make sense if they did pick me.
- Ponies: Shhh!
- Rarity: Shh! It's him, it's him, is it him? Is it him? It's him, he's here, he's here!
- Twilight Sparkle: Well, go up and talk to him!
- Rarity: [unintelligible screeching] I can't!
- Rarity: He doesn't like me because he has a crush on Applejack, even though I've had a crush on him ever since the beginning of time, and it's not fair!
- Spike: Trenderhoof doesn't like you? That's ridiculous!
- Rarity: Oh, Spike, how could you ever know what it's like to be totally obsessed with a pony only to find out they're obsessed with somepony else?
- Trenderhoof:
- Without farm life, there'd be such disparity
- These thoughts I think with great clarity
- Apples high to the sky
- She's the one of my eye
- That fruit hauling pony named... Applejack
- Spike: Don't we need to check on the gala decorations?
- Rarity: Yes, yes, of course, but Trend obviously has a thing for farm life. If I can't convince him that I'm just as much of a farm hoof as Applejack, I'll never get him interested in the festival.
- Spike: The festival. Right.
- Applejack: Shouldn't you be workin' on the festival instead of comin' up with new ways to impress Trend?
- Rarity: Oh, I'm sure you'd love that. Well, I have a new vision for the festival, [in country accent] and it's gonna be more country than the whole Apple family put together!
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Jim Miller (2014-02-08). @TheBiggestJim: Welcome to the halfway point.... Twitter. Retrieved on 2014 February 8.
- ↑ Meghan McCarthy (2013-11-22). Episode 413 might feature my.... Twitter. Retrieved on 2014 January 7.
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