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Episode | Magic Duel |
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- [rain falling]
- [splash]
- [shop bell ringing]
- [items clattering]
- Shopkeeper: May I help you, traveler? Hmm, something drew you to my shop... something powerful. Ah, you have a keen eye. The Alicorn Amulet is one of the most mysterious and powerful of all the known magical charms. Uh, ah— I'm afraid this is... far too dangerous.
- [bits clinking]
- Shopkeeper: [quickly] Would you like that gift-wrapped?
- Fluttershy: Don't be scared, little friends. Twilight is wonderful with magic. [to Twilight] Anything happens to them, Twilight, so help me...
- Spike: Aww, don't worry, Fluttershy, Twilight's magic has gotten a lot better since she accidentally crushed me and Applejack with a giant snowball.
- Fluttershy: Of course she's good with magic. Twilight's great with magic. I guess I just don't want my little friends to be scared. Oh, oh, look how scared they are!
- [animals chittering]
- Twilight Sparkle: I promise, Fluttershy. Nothing bad will happen to them.
- Fluttershy: [high-pitched] I know! Stop, stop! They can't take it!
- [animals chittering and cheering]
- Fluttershy: [teeth chattering]
- Spike: Twilight, that looks amazing!
- Twilight Sparkle: Phew!
- [animals chittering]
- Twilight Sparkle: That's all for now, little ones. Maybe we can practice again later, if Fluttershy says it's alright.
- [animals chittering]
- Spike: Your magic has really improved since we came to Ponyville, Twilight. Princess Celestia's going to love it.
- Twilight Sparkle: Thanks, Spike. I have to be at my best when she arrives with the delegates from Saddle Arabia. I can't believe she's trusting me with the entertainment.
- [thud]
- Rainbow Dash: Twilight! Come quick! It's an emergency!
- [poof]
- Rarity: [gasp] You beast! This shade of brown should only be used for accents!
- Pinkie Pie: Come on, Applejack. We've got to get her in a nice, soothing pink, stat!
- Twilight Sparkle: What's going on here?
- Trixie: Well, well, well. If it isn't... Twilight Sparkle.
- [ponies gasp]
- Twilight Sparkle: [gasps] Trixie!
- Spike: What's she doing here?
- Rainbow Dash: You call that great and powerful?
- [poof]
- Rainbow Dash: [yelps]
- Snips: Oh! She's Rainbow Wobble, now!
- Snails: Yeah! Ha ha ha ha!
- Rainbow Dash: [yelps]
- Snails: Good spell, oh Great and Powerful Trixie!
- Trixie: You two! Quiet!
- [poof]
- Snips: Uh, hey! W— What happened?
- Snails: Get off of me! Brbrbr.
- Snips: Let go!
- Snails: Go this way!
- Twilight Sparkle: Stop picking on my friends, Trixie!
- Trixie: You and I have some unfinished business. My magic's gotten better since I was here last. And I'm going to prove it! Me and you, a magic duel. Winner stays, loser leaves Ponyville forever!
- Twilight Sparkle: Forget it! I'd never make a deal like that!
- Trixie: Hm. Your choice.
- Spike: [yelps]
- [stretching noise]
- [bouncing]
- Twilight Sparkle: Trixie, put him down. Why are you doing this?
- Trixie: Why? Because you humiliated me! After you showed me up with that Ursa Minor, I became a laughing stock! Everywhere I went I was laughed at and ostracized. I even had to take a job on a rock farm just to earn a living! A rock farm!
- Pinkie Pie: Hey! You're lucky a rock farm would take the likes of you!
- [click and drag sounds]
- Trixie: Now I want revenge! And I'll just keep casting spells 'til you agree. Well? What do you say?
- [Snails and Rainbow Dash grunting]
- Spike: Whoooaah! Help... me!
- Twilight Sparkle: Alright, Trixie. Let's duel!
- Trixie: Excellent.
- [thud]
- Rarity: [crying]
- Pinkie Pie: [indignant muffled noises]
- Trixie: If I lose, I won't set hoof in Ponyville again. But if you lose, you're the one banished from this one-horse town!
- Rest of main cast: [gasps]
- [tense music]
- Trixie: Draw!
- [poof]
- [ponies gasping]
- Shoeshine: [Wilhelm scream]
- Twilight Sparkle: [grunts] Phew. [gasps]
- [poik]
- [parasprite burping]
- Twilight Sparkle: [exhales]
- [snow melting]
- Rest of main cast: [laughing]
- [snip, snip]
- Trixie: Snips, Snails, step forward!
- Snips: Wh— what is it, oh Great and P— P— Powerful Trixie? [laughs nervously]
- Baby Snips: [crying]
- Twilight Sparkle: An age spell? But... how could you do an age spell? That's only for the highest level unicorns!
- [wiping noise]
- Trixie: Well, Twilight? Give up?
- Twilight Sparkle: [sighs] [grunts]
- Baby Snips: [surprised noise]
- Spike: Come on, Twilight, you can do it!
- [magic sputtering]
- [thud]
- Baby Snips: [crying]
- Old Snails: [spine clicking]
- Trixie: Trixie is the highest level unicorn! [laughs] And now it's time for you to leave Ponyville! FOREVER!
- Applejack: That's enough, Trixie!
- Rarity: You proved your point, but you can't possibly expect Twilight to leave Ponyville!
- Trixie: You fools! She's already gone!
- Twilight Sparkle: [yelps]
- [pop]
- [thud]
- Twilight Sparkle: It's okay, guys. I'll figure something out. Just take care of each other. And keep an eye on Trixie. There's something strange about her.
- Spike: Twilight? [thunk]
- Twilight Sparkle: [grunts of exertion] Ugh! It's impossible! How could Trixie know such advanced magic? Without Spike, I can't get a message to the Princess in Saddle Arabia. So who else do I know who understands strange and powerful magic?
- [tribal music]
- Zecora: Your tale of woe upsets me so. [sips] No wonder you're dour. It's an abuse of power!
- Twilight Sparkle: I don't know what to do, Zecora. I feel like I've abandoned my friends. But I can't take her on horn-to-horn.
- Zecora: [sips] If you train with me, so good you'll be. I'll show you the way to make sure she won't stay.
- Twilight Sparkle: You'll train me in magic? But she was doing age spells, weather spells, you name it!
- Zecora: When it comes to magic, it would be tragic if somepony licked me, especially Trixie.
- Twilight Sparkle: You really think I can beat her?
- Zecora: Mm-hmm.
- Twilight Sparkle: Okay, when do we start?
- Trixie: You two! Hurry up with my throne. And you, how long do I have to wait for my applesauce facial?
- Applejack: Forget it, Trixie! I ain't doing nothin' 'til you let Twilight come home! [laughs uncontrollably] Okay, I'll do it! Just make it stop! Hoo!
- [crash]
- Trixie: I thought I told you to dance!
- Rarity: Oh, Trixie's cruel magic is ruining Ponyville. Ow! [whines] Oh, somepony has to help us!
- [tribal music]
- Zecora: Ah, no noise, no sound, no din, no fuss must interfere with your focus. Unlearn what you have learned. Only then can victory be earned.
- Twilight Sparkle: [grunts]
- Trixie: [echoing] Trixie is the highest level unicorn! [laughs]
- [splash]
- Twilight Sparkle: [yelps]
- [splash]
- Zecora: There is much, much that I can teach, but the answer you need may still be out of reach.
- Twilight Sparkle: I'm sorry, Zecora. I'm trying my best, but... I can't stop thinking about Trixie. There was something different about her. It's like she's gone from high and mighty to mean and nasty.
- Zecora: Your thinking needs a readjust. Total concentration is a must.
- [banners flapping in wind]
- [wind whistling]
- Rarity: Ugh, this really doesn't seem to be getting us anywhere.
- Pinkie Pie: [muffled noises]
- Applejack: I hear you, Pinkie. I can't find anything that describes the kind of magic Trixie's doin'.
- Spike: Ugh, there must be something! Twilight has every magic book there is!
- Fluttershy: [quietly] Um, I think I may have found something?
- Rarity: Yes, it's time for us to consider our futures in this new Trixie-led Ponyville.
- Fluttershy: [quietly] Um, this sounds an awful lot like Trixie's magic–
- Applejack: She wants me to grow apples with no peels! Now how the hay am I supposed to do that?
- Fluttershy: [quietly] Um, there's a picture here of that necklace–
- Pinkie Pie: [muffled noises]
- Fluttershy: [quietly] It's called the Alicorn Amulet, and whoever wears it is blessed with untold—
- Spike: Hey, everypony, look! This book has a picture of Trixie's necklace! It's called the Alicorn Amulet, and whoever wears it is blessed with untold powers!
- Fluttershy: [quietly] If you read a little further, you'll see—
- Rarity: [reading] Even though it provides great power, it also corrupts the user!
- Fluttershy: [quietly] Yes, but, um, you can't—
- Spike: [reading] You can't just take the Alicorn Amulet off her neck, it has a magical lock! Trixie's the only pony who can take it off!
- Fluttershy: [quietly] Maybe we could—
- Applejack: We need to get this information to Twilight. She'll know what to do.
- Fluttershy: [quietly] But, h— how—
- Rarity: If any of us try to leave, Trixie's magical force field will tell her!
- Fluttershy: [quietly] Maybe we should—
- Rainbow Dash: I've got it! Trying to sneak past the force field would be impossible without help, but I know who's got the goods to get into those woods!
- Fluttershy: [quietly] It— it must be—
- Rainbow Dash: Fluttershy!
- Fluttershy: Whaaat?!
- [thud]
- Applejack: What do you say, Fluttershy? Can you handle the mission?
- Fluttershy: No! I'll crack under the pressure! I'll snap like a twig!
- Rainbow Dash: Perfect! Fluttershy'll sneak out of Ponyville and find Twilight.
- Fluttershy: But— but I, I—
- [thud]
- Fluttershy: [teeth chattering] [sighs] Okay.
- Applejack: Alright!
- Other ponies and Spike: [general agreement]
- Rarity: I know just the design for a dangerous mission outfit!
- Snips and Snails: [grunts of exertion]
- Trixie: Pull, you fools! [cracks whip] Somepony set off the magic force field, and Trixie intends to punish them!
- Snips: [gasping] But... wouldn't it be faster if we had some... wheels?!
- Trixie: The Great and Powerful Trixie doesn't trust wheels. Now pull faster!
- Snails: [gasping] I'm telling ya, Snips, she's getting weirder and weirder!
- [whip cracking]
- Snips and Snails: [grunts of exertion]
- Trixie: Stop! You there! What are you doing?!
- [beaver chittering angrily]
- [thud]
- [poof]
- Snails: Gah, why is she so mean to us?
- Snips: Yeah! I miss the days when she was just a fraud!
- [whip cracking]
- [grinding noises]
- [beaver chittering]
- [pop]
- Fluttershy: Oh, oh dear! Rarity's dangerous mission outfit is ruined! Guess we'd better go back! [laughs nervously]
- [beaver chittering]
- [birds tweeting]
- Fluttershy: Oh, okay, okay, you're right. I need to be brave and find Twilight.
- [bird tweeting]
- Fluttershy: Oh! Y— you found her?
- [bird tweeting]
- Fluttershy: She's in the Everfree Forest?!
- [whoosh]
- [pop]
- Fluttershy: Oh, this is me being brave! I wanna be brave at home, locked in my closet, with my teddy bear!
- [tribal music]
- Fluttershy: [sips]
- Twilight Sparkle: I can't believe I didn't recognize the Alicorn Amulet!
- Fluttershy: The more she uses it, the more it will corrupt her!
- Twilight Sparkle: But how am I supposed to beat that amulet? My magic's not good enough!
- Zecora: Twilight Sparkle, much work have you done. You learned all of my lessons; all but one. If Trixie's tricks have you in a fix, you must nix your magic and use the six.
- Twilight Sparkle: Nix your magic, use the six... Nix your magic, use the six! Use the six! That's it! Zecora, you're a genius! Now we'll need to get you back inside Ponyville, Fluttershy.
- [scribbling]
- [dragging noises]
- Trixie: This better not be another false alarm, or the Great and Powerful Trixie will– [gasps] You! [muffled] What's the matter, Twilight Sparkle? Not enjoying your exile?
- Twilight Sparkle: I know about the Alicorn Amulet. I know you cheated.
- Trixie: Cheated? Moi?
- Twilight Sparkle: Yeah. And I thought you might wanna see what a real magical amulet looks like. Zecora gave it to me. [muffled] It's from beyond the Everfree Forest, [normal] and it's way more powerful than your measly little Alicorn Amulet!
- Trixie: Ha! Nothing's more powerful than the Alicorn Amulet! And nopony's more powerful than the Great and Powerful Trixie!
- Twilight Sparkle: [muffled] Care to put your amulet where your mouth is? [normal] How about another duel?
- Trixie: [muffled] Why should I? I already beat you.
- Twilight Sparkle: That's up to you! But I guess you'll never see the totally awesome magic from beyond the Everfree Forest. Come on, Zecora.
- Trixie: Wait!
- [poof]
- Trixie: Okay, okay, you're on! A second duel.
- [thunder rumbles]
- [lightning cracks]
- [hoof stomps]
- Trixie: Let's start with a simple age spell, shall we?
- Twilight Sparkle: Let's.
- Trixie: Snips, Snails.
- [poof]
- Baby Snips and Baby Snails: [crying]
- Trixie: An oldie, but a goodie, ha. Now, let's see what your little charm can do.
- Twilight Sparkle: No problem. Um, Applejack, Rarity? Could you help me, please?
- Applejack: Huh?
- Rarity: Huh?
- [scratching]
- [magic zap]
- Trixie: Oh, ho-hum. So you can do an age spell, big deal.
- [magic zap]
- [magic zap]
- [magic zap]
- [magic zap]
- Trixie: That's... That's impossible!
- Twilight Sparkle: That's nothing!
- [magic zap]
- Rainbow Dash: Yow!
- Trixie: How did you–
- Twilight Sparkle: Duplication spell. Ever see one pony play ten instruments?
- [magic zap]
- Pinkie Pie: [plays one-pony band]
- Trixie: This... just can't be!
- Twilight Sparkle: Ooh, one more. I can turn a mare into a stallion.
- [magic zap]
- Big McIntosh (as Male Applejack): (nervously) Eeyup.
- [magic zap]
- Twilight Sparkle: Well, Trixie, looks like my amulet is more powerful than yours– Hey! Give it back!
- Trixie: [laughs] With this amulet, I shall now rule all of Equestria!
- [click]
- [electricity sparking]
- [click]
- Trixie: Witness, my subjects. Gaze upon an ever greater and 'powerful-er' Trixie!
- [lightning cracks]
- Trixie: Hey! [scoffs] I don't need that old Alicorn Amulet. I have this!
- [weak electricity crackling]
- Rainbow Dash: [laughs] Stop it! Tha— that tickles!
- Trixie: Tickles?! That was supposed to make you writhe in agony! This amulet is defective! [magic zap] Give mine back!
- Rainbow Dash: Sorry. This is going back into hiding where it belongs.
- Twilight Sparkle: By the way, Trixie, the amulet around your neck? It's one of Zecora's doorstops.
- [rock shattering]
- Trixie: [upset] But... how did you do those spells? Nopony can do those spells!
- Twilight Sparkle: You're right. Not even me. Zecora taught me so much about magic while I was in exile. She even taught me when not to use it. My magic alone wasn't powerful enough to take on the Alicorn Amulet head to head, so I needed to use a different kind of magic – the magic of friendship. I also knew that the only pony who could get the amulet off your neck was you.
- Trixie: But... what about the pony with the ten instruments?
- Twilight Sparkle: That's not magic. That was just Pinkie Pie.
- Pinkie Pie: [continues playing one-pony band]
- [ponies cheering]
- [birds singing]
- [ponies in awe]
- Saddle Arabian delegates: Oooh!
- [fireworks exploding]
- Twilight Sparkle: Trixie?
- Trixie: It's the least I could do. I treated you and your friends so horribly when I was wearing that Alicorn Amulet. I just couldn't control myself. You can forgive me, can't you?
- Twilight Sparkle: Hmmm. Sure.
- Trixie: Oh, good. Don't you think the Great and Apologetic Trixie is the most magnificent humble pony you've ever seen?!
- [poof]
- [thud]
- Pinkie Pie: [angry muffled yells]
- [poof]
- Pinkie Pie: [inhales]
- [music]
- [credits]