"I'm so sorry I lost track of time on our picnic." "I didn't mean for us to get caught out here after dark, but there's really nothing to be afraid of." "The forest at night is the same as the forest during the day... [whistling wind] ...only darker." "[thud] [teeth chattering]" "Still, maybe we should hurry back to the cottage." "[whoosh]" "Nothing to worry about." "No reason to... [rustling] [scary moaning]" "RUN!" "AAAHHHH!" "[fearful whimpering] [scary moaning] [thunderclap]" "[roar] [scream]" "Haw!" "Haw!" "Haw!" "Got ya!" "Ha ha ha!" "[gasping]" "That wasn't funny." "You really scared me." "I hope you're happy." "[low snarl]" "Nope." "You're too easy." "You're scared of everything." "That's not true!" "Boo." "AAAHHHH!" "[chattering teeth]" "♪ My little pony, my little pony ♪" "♪ Aaaahhh" "♪ My little Pony" "♪ I used to wonder what friendship could be. ♪" "♪ My Little Pony" "♪ Until you all shared its magic with me. ♪" "♪ Big adventure!" "♪ Tons of fun" "♪ A beautiful heart!" "♪ Faithful and strong!" "♪" "♪ Sharing kindness  ♪ it's an easy feat" "♪ And magic makes it all complete!" "♪" "♪ To have my little pony" "♪ Do you know you're all my very best friends?" "♪" "♪" "I mean, how could you not appreciate that?" "Because I don't think being scared is very fun." "I do!" "Your heart gets all racey!" "Your hooves get all tingly." "Your mouth gets all dry-y." "Actually, I don't like that part, but the rest is great!" "See?" "Everypony likes a good prank." "They're just jokes." "Rarity:" "Now, Rainbow Dash," "I don't think Fluttershy would have called us all here to talk about this if she thought it was funny." "Everypony has things they like and things they don't." "And scaring Fluttershy is just lazy." "LAZY?" "A prank isn't very good if you're the only pony laughing." "But what if it's really, really, really, really, really, really funny?" "And I can do funny." "I know you can." "I guess the trick is making sure that your idea of funny matches the pony you're pranking." "That way- [fart sound] [laugh] [giggles] [screaming laughter]" "Good one, Rainbow!" "You have to admit." "That was funny." "Not really." "Yeah." "A whoopee cushion is like a joke shortcut." "WHAT!" "?" "Rainbow:" "Honestly, Rainbow Dash, if you are not willing to put forth the effort required to pull a prank that everypony can enjoy, you may as well not pull one at all." "Fine." "If you ponies want effort, then that's just what you'll get." "I'm not sure she understood what we meant." "I know you're excited about the Filly Guide cookie drive, but I still have to do a few finishing touches on your uniform." "Mmmm." "Not bad." "Hmm. "You asked for it."" "What does it mean?" "Hmm." "I assume this is Dash's idea of a prank." "Which can only mean she's rigged some kind of booby trap to your Filly Guide uniform up there." "So... how do we get it down?" "We don't." "If Dash thinks I'm going to fall for whatever she's got in mind, she's got another thing coming." "There's more uniforms where that one came from." "Mmm." "The sewing machine cake is actually better than the cake cake!" "RAINBOW DASH!" "[laughing]GOTCHA!" "Ha ha!" "How's that for effort?" "[clang]" "What's all this, Applejack?" "I thought you were gonna help me get ready for the Filly Guide Cookie drive." "Uh, yeah." "Sorry about that, but Rainbow Dash has been on a pranking tear and you can never be too careful." "Do you really think Dash is gonna try to prank you in your sleep?" "Not if I have anything to say about it." "[click]" "See you in the morning, sugar cube." "[grunt]" "Huh?" "[crowing]" "Whooooaa." "[splash] [clang]" "Ha!" "Still think I'm lazy?" "Gotcha!" "Ha ha!" "[grunt] RAINBOW DASH!" "[splash] [oinking laugh]" "♪ [square dance accordion music] ♪" "♪" "Ha ha!" "Got ya!" "[crash]" "Got ya!" "[clang]" "Got ya!" "[laughing]" "Got ya!" "Pinkie, we need your help." "OK!" "For what?" "Are you honestly going to stand there and tell us you know nothing about all the pranking Rainbow Dash has been doing?" "Oh, no." "She's been pranking up a storm!" "Did she get you, too?" "[laughs] Oh, yeah." "She and Gummy both..." "Boo." "AHH-HAHAHA!" "They got me good." "Well, she needs to stop." "Stop?" "But pranks are so much fun." "Not for everypony and it doesn't seem like Dash is taking the time to find out who enjoys them and who doesn't." "Uh, since you and Dash share such an... affinity for pranking, we thought you might be able to get her to, um... quit it." "Hey, Rainbow Dash!" "I have something very important to tell you." "Pinkie!" "Hey." "I actually have something totally important to tell you!" "You do?" "Oh." "You go first!" "OK, you know how I've been pranking everypony?" "Yeah." "It's been pretty funny." "I-I mean, actually, that's what I have to talk to you about." "Here, have a cookie." "Oooh." "Thanks." "So I got to thinking, why waste my time pranking every pony one at a time, when I could prank everypony at once!" "?" "Wow." "Everypony at once?" "That sounds amazing." "Uh." "Wait." "I mean, it's not..." "You don't even know what it is yet." "Pinkie, this is going to be the best prank ever!" "I special ordered these joke cookies so the colors would match my mane." "And I'm gonna switch them with the Filly Guide Cookies." "When Scootaloo and her friends sell them, everypony in town's gonna get a rainbow mouth, courtesy of Rainbow Dash, ha ha!" "It's gonna be so awesome." "Uh, I don't know." "I mean, it doesn't really seem all that funny." "WHAT!" "?" "Maybe this is a good time to stop pranking for a while." "The other ponies in town have" "STOP!" "?" "No way!" "This prank is happening, Pinkie." "And it's going to be hilarious!" "[munch]" "Pinkie!" "What's the deal?" "I told you I needed your help switching out all the Filly Guide Cookies" "But when you didn't show, I had to do it all by myself!" "Uh, Pinkie?" "[cough]" "Wow." "Your face is still pretty rainbowed." "Yeah." "I haven't really [cough] [cough] been feeling well, and these joke cookies are the only thing that makes me feel better." "You don't have any more, do you?" "Uh, no." "I just told you." "I used them all for the prank." "Oh." "Pretty soon, the CMCs will start selling them to every pony in town." "Ponies will open their boxes and start eating." "Then all of their teeth will turn rainbow-colored and they'll know it was me." "It's gonna be so awesome!" "Come on." "You don't want to miss it." "Actually, [cough] I don't think I can even stand up..." "UNLESS YOU'VE GOT MORE COOKIES!" "Agh!" "On second thought, maybe you better stay here and rest." "[sigh] Yeah." "You're right." "Sorry to miss out." "I'm sure it's going to be hilarious." "♪ [upbeat banjo]" "All right, who's ready to sell some cookies?" "All:" "ME!" "Look, here, Rainbow Dash." "I know you promised Scootaloo you'd help out, but I don't want none of your pranks ruining' these fillies' night." "Look, I'll be with you the whole night so you can totally keep an eye on me." "Come on, Applejack, let's get started." "Yeah!" "We've got a lot of ground to cover." "We wanna hit every house in Ponyville!" "♪" "Come on!" "You heard her." "Every house in Ponyville." "Heh heh heh." "♪ [knock knock]" "[growl] [scream]" "[knock knock]" "[laughing]" "Applejack:" "I think you three should be real proud." "Y'all did a mighty impressive job for your first go-round." "You took the words right out of my mouth, Applejack." "Isn't that right, Rainbow Dash?" "Any minute now." "Uh...any minute now, what?" "Huh?" "Oh." "Uh, nothing." "Have you guys noticed how quiet it's gotten?" "I mean, it's still early, right?" "Of course it's quiet." "Ponies can't talk while they're eating those fabulous cookies!" "You think?" "!" "Of course." "They're probably all in a cookie coma right now." "Huh." "Maybe you're right." "I'll go check." "What is going on?" "OK, definite cookie-eating happening." "But where is everypony?" "They must have seen their rainbow mouths by now." "They should all be running out into the streets." "Unless everypony went to bed early." "Pinkie?" "♪ [mysterious]" "The whole town got the cookies and now everypony is shut up in their houses!" "You don't think there's something wrong with the joke cookies, do you?" "[clatter] [crashing tins]" "Mrs. Cake!" "Whew." "Have you seen Pinkie?" "I was thinking I might have something to do with her not feeling great." "Uh, Mrs. Cake?" "[munching]" "Cooookies!" "Cooooookies!" "Uhhhhh..." "I can see you're busy." "I'll come back." "[crash]" "COOOOKIEEEES!" "[scream]" "More coookies." "COOOOKIEEEES...." "COOOOKIEEEES...." "COOOOKIEEEES...." "More coookies" "♪ [horror music]" "More cookies!" "♪ [zombie noises] [panting]" "♪" "Twilight!" "You've gotta come with me to Sugarcube Corner." "Something's going on with the Cakes." "Well, not something, exactly." "I mean, it may have something to do with these joke cookies." "COOOKIEEEEES..." "Oh no." "COOOOKIEEEEES..... [whimper]" "Fluttershy?" "COOOOKIEEEEES..... [growls] [slam] [panting]" "COOOOKIEEEEES..... ♪ horror sting  [crash]" "COOOOKIEEEEES....." "You sure you don't mind us all coming over?" "Oh, of course not." "I think the girls have earned a little celebration for all of their hard work." "And I have plenty of sewing machine cake left over." "Unless, anypony wants a cookie." "Don't touch those!" "Oh!" "There is certainly no call for that." "There is plenty for everypony." "Come on!" "We've got to get out of here." "What in tarnation are you going on about?" "There's no time!" "You have to follow me!" "Oh, Rainbow Dash, if you want all those cookies, you will have to buy them, just like everypony else." "I don't want the cookies- [zombie noises]" "but they do." "Whhh-what's happening?" "I'll explain later!" "Come on!" "COOOOOOOKIEEEEEEESSSSS!" "We need to find somewhere to hide!" "[zombie noises]" "Cooooookies." "This way!" "[zombie noises]" "[hammering]" "Did we lose them?" "Why are we running from the ponies of Ponyville?" "What happened to all of our friends?" "I think it's something in the cookies." "Uh, that's ridiculous." "Filly Guide Cookies haven't changed for years." "It's not like there's a new ingredient that's turning the whole town into cookie-craving zombies." "Unless there is." "What are you saying?" "What did you do?" "COOKIEEEES....." "Cover the windows!" "COOOOOOKIIEEEEEEEES!" "♪ [dramatic]" "OK." "So, I may have switched all the Filly Guide Cookies for joke cookies that were supposed to make ponies' mouths rainbow, but somehow turned everypony into mindless cookie-eating zombies instead." "I figure we just hide out here until the effects wear off and as long as nopony else eats the cookies, we'll be fine" "That's lovely, darling, except for one thing..." "We've already eaten them." "[zombie noises]" "Looks like your prank up and backfired." "[scream]" "COOOOKIEEEES!" "[gasp]" "Cooooookies..." "More..." "Cookies..." "No." "Stay away." "They're making you sick!" "You don't want these." "But we dooo." "We want COOKIES." "Please." "Stop!" "I never meant for this to happen." "It was just a harmless prank." "It was supposed to be funny." "But this isn't funny at all!" "Pinkie (normal voice) Exactly!" "What?" "Wait." "What's happening?" "Just delighting in pranking the prankster." "He-heh, yeah." "How does it feel to get some of your own medicine?" "So, you're not sick?" "None of you are?" "Of course not, silly." "Everyone:" "GOTCHA!" "This... was all... a PRANK?" "Yep." "And you can thank Pinkie Pie." "After you told her about your plan to prank the whole town, she got everypony together and came up with a way to turn the tables on you." "Aw, shucks." "It was nothing." "Just a little something I threw together." "Uh..." "Wow." "You should see your face." "Ha ha!" "Talk about funny!" "Well, I don't think it's very funny!" "And I'm the one that got pranked." "I was really scared." "I thought I made everypony sick." "You can't just go around..." "Pranking whoever you feel like?" "Without thinking about how it might make them feel?" "Or if they'd even enjoy it?" "Or think it's funny?" "Yeah!" "Oh." "I see what you did there." "Pranks can be a lot of fun when everypony has a good time." "I thought you just needed to see what it's like when they don't." "I guess I did." "I'm sorry, everypony." "I haven't really been thinking about how other ponies feel." "Well, I hope you learned your lesson." "Totally!" "You ponies pulled off an amazing prank." "I'll have to work extra hard to top it." "[crickets]" "Gotcha!" "[laughter]"