What About Discord? | |
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Season №: | 5 |
Season episode №: | 22 |
Overall episode №: | 113 |
Original airdate: | November 7, 2015 |
Written by: | Neal Dusedau |
Storyboard: | Roxana Beiklik and Aynsley King |
Featured characters: | Discord |
See also | |
credits • transcript • gallery • allusions animation errors • statistics • speculation | |
Episode guide | |
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What About Discord? (titled What About Discord[1] by some sources) is the twenty-second episode of the fifth season of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic and the one hundred and thirteenth episode overall. The title and plot are a parody of the 1991 comedy film What About Bob?
Twilight Sparkle returns from a three-day weekend and finds that her friends have become close to Discord, making her wonder if he is up to something.
Development
Discord's portraits of Twilight in his "Bob Ross" cutaways were drawn by storyboard artist Aynsley King.[2][3]
Summary
Three days away

Rainbow Dash and Discord are best of pals?!
Three days later, the two emerge from the library, and Twilight wonders what she missed during her time spent indoors. Rainbow Dash and Discord suddenly appear, acting particularly friendly toward one another and sharing in inside jokes. As their behavior puzzles Twilight, they depart.
- "Catch you later... Twilight."
- — Discord
You had to be there

Fluttershy is understandable, but Rarity too?
Fluttershy says they would've invited Twilight to hang out with them, but they didn't want to interrupt her book-sort-cation. While Twilight appreciates their consideration, she is put off by her friends having such a big laugh with Discord that she isn't a part of.

Uh-oh. We lost everypony to the Discord bug.
The science of friendship

Let's get to the bottom of things.
Twilight gathers her friends together in the park to learn about what they did with Discord over the past several days, in hopes of advancing her friendship studies. But when the ponies try to explain their inside jokes, they are unable to recall the events with completely accuracy, insisting that Twilight had to be there in order to understand.

"Moments of levity and bonding between friends simply cannot be recreated."
Breaking Discord's "spell"
Unable to figure out why her friends are so close with Discord, Twilight concludes that Discord must have placed a spell on them. She goes to Zecora and explains the situation. Though Zecora is uncertain that magic is at play, she gives Twilight a potion to dispel its effect on her friends.

Friends suddenly buddy-buddy with Discord? It must be an evil spell!
When Discord arrives and Twilight's friends continue to laugh at their inside jokes, Twilight erupts in anger, deeply upset for not being included in her friends' fun weekend.
No hard feelings

All's well that ends well.
When Discord tells his inside jokes again, the ponies don't find them funny anymore, and now Twilight has her own inside joke with her friends that Discord isn't a part of. As Discord now begins to feel left out, Twilight approaches him with no hard feelings, and he brings the friends together in a group hug.
Quotes
- For more quotes, see the episode's transcript.
- Spike: [sighs] Didn't we just shelve all the books in the library a few months ago?
- Twilight Sparkle: Yes, but that was because we needed to! This is just because I want to! I call it my "book-sort-cation"! Three uninterrupted days of reorganizing books. Can you think of anything more relaxing?
- Spike: Well, claw massages, back rubs, bubble baths... You weren't really looking for an answer, were you?
- Twilight Sparkle: I've even devised a better system for organizing them. It decreases the amount of time it takes to find a book you're looking for by nearly three quarters of a second!
- Spike: [flatly] Whoa. That much?
- Spike: Whoa! That strange yellow orb in the sky! What is that?
- Twilight Sparkle: Alright, alright, so it's been a little while since we've seen the sun.
- Twilight Sparkle: That was strange, right? Since when have Rainbow Dash and Discord had inside jokes?
- Spike: Since sometime in the last three days, I guess.
- Twilight Sparkle: Hey! Nopony made you join me on my book-sort-cation.
- Spike: I'm jokin', I'm jokin'!
- Rarity: [gasps] Twilight! You've returned from your book sorting sabbatical! All that organizing has done wonders for your complexion!
- Twilight Sparkle: Thanks! It was very relaxing. And we were able to clear a shelf for those old-fashioned books you wanted to donate.
- Rarity: Oh, pfft, they're not old, darling. They're vintage, and they're over there! I've even included my favorites by former Canterlot designer to the stars Rococo Froufrou!
- Spike: Oh, I love her!
- Rarity: Him.
- Spike: [laughs nervously] Both.
- Twilight Sparkle: I can't believe I missed out on all that bonding!
- Spike: [gulps] I knew it! you are jealous!
- Twilight Sparkle: Spike, I'm the Princess of Friendship. I don't get jealous. I'm sorry I missed out because sharing that experience would've helped me with my Princess of Friendship duties!
- Discord: It started when we were helping Granny Smith with her garden...
- [flashback music starts]
- Applejack: Uh, I reckon you mean my sister Apple Bloom.
- Discord: Eh... All you Apples look the same.
- Applejack: I recall it bein' a large stick that looked like a hose that, in turn, did in fact resemble a snake.
- Pinkie Pie: Point is, we galloped away.
- Rainbow Dash: And it chased after us!
- Twilight Sparkle: The hose? A snake? A stick?
- Rainbow Dash: A snake!
- Fluttershy: A hose!
- Applejack: A stick!
- Zecora: In what way can you tell that they are indeed under a spell?
- Twilight Sparkle: They're having fun with Discord, that's why!
- Zecora: Ah. A friendship with Discord is truly a shock. But who says it is something that we must block?
- Twilight Sparkle: Trust me, they would never laugh like that unless something magical was involved. It's not that funny. I know funny.
- [Spike rolls his eyes]
- Applejack: [yawns] I wonder why she asked us here so bright and early.
- Rarity: Another map adventure, perhaps?
- Pinkie Pie: Nope, no glowing tushies here!
- Twilight Sparkle: Ugh. But it's still not funny!
- Rainbow Dash: It's funny if you were there.
- Twilight Sparkle: But I wasn't there! I wasn't included! Maybe it's my own fault for staying in and having a book-sort-cation when I could have been making jokes and memories and having a great time with my friends! But I didn't do that, did I?! You all did! You were all there but—! [sighs] I wasn't there. I missed out. And seeing you having all these jokes I wasn't a part of and couldn't understand made me...
- Spike: Jealous?
- Twilight Sparkle: No. The Princess of Friendship can't get jealous.
- Applejack: Sure you can, Twilight, and none of us begrudge you for it.
Gallery
References
- ↑ My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: What About Discord. Zap2it (2015-09-29). Retrieved on 2015 September 29.
- ↑ Aynsley King (2015-11-07). Caramel Bunnies. Retrieved on 2015 November 8.
- ↑ Aynsley King (2015-11-07). Caramel Bunnies. Retrieved on 2015 November 8.
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Episode 25 Party of One | Episode 26 The Best Night Ever |
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Episode 1 The Return of Harmony Part 1 | Episode 2 The Return of Harmony Part 2 | Episode 3 Lesson Zero | Episode 4 Luna Eclipsed |
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Episode 21 Dragon Quest | Episode 22 Hurricane Fluttershy | Episode 23 Ponyville Confidential | Episode 24 MMMystery on the Friendship Express |
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Episode 25 A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1 | Episode 26 A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2 |
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Episode 13 Magical Mystery Cure |
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Episode 1 Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 1 | Episode 2 Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 2 | Episode 3 Castle Mane-ia | Episode 4 Daring Don't |
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Episode 13 Simple Ways | Episode 14 Filli Vanilli | Episode 15 Twilight Time | Episode 16 It Ain't Easy Being Breezies |
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Episode 17 Somepony to Watch Over Me | Episode 18 Maud Pie | Episode 19 For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils | Episode 20 Leap of Faith |
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Episode 21 Testing Testing 1, 2, 3 | Episode 22 Trade Ya! | Episode 23 Inspiration Manifestation | Episode 24 Equestria Games |
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Episode 25 Twilight's Kingdom - Part 1 | Episode 26 Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2 |
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Episode 1 The Cutie Map - Part 1 | Episode 2 The Cutie Map - Part 2 | Episode 3 Castle Sweet Castle | Episode 4 Bloom & Gloom |
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Episode 5 Tanks for the Memories | Episode 6 Appleoosa's Most Wanted | Episode 7 Make New Friends but Keep Discord | Episode 8 The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone |
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Episode 13 Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep? | Episode 14 Canterlot Boutique | Episode 15 Rarity Investigates! | Episode 16 Made in Manehattan |
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Episode 17 Brotherhooves Social | Episode 18 Crusaders of the Lost Mark | Episode 19 The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows | Episode 20 Hearthbreakers |
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Episode 21 Scare Master | Episode 22 What About Discord? | Episode 23 The Hooffields and McColts | Episode 24 The Mane Attraction |
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Episode 25 The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 1 | Episode 26 The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 2 |
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Episode 1 The Crystalling - Part 1 | Episode 2 The Crystalling - Part 2 | Episode 3 The Gift of the Maud Pie | Episode 4 On Your Marks |
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Episode 25 To Where and Back Again - Part 1 | Episode 26 To Where and Back Again - Part 2 |
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Episode 1 Celestial Advice | Episode 2 All Bottled Up | Episode 3 A Flurry of Emotions | Episode 4 Rock Solid Friendship |
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Episode 25 Shadow Play - Part 1 | Episode 26 Shadow Play - Part 2 |
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