Sunny Flare: Oh, Serenade. Can't you just picture it? Moi, stepping out in a stunning new gown at the Grand Galloping Gala in Canterlot!

Serenade: [meowing]

Sunny Flare: Why, yes! I did make it myself. Thank you so much for asking.

Serenade: [low growl]

Sunny Flare: Oh, Serenade, of course you can help me. Thank you. What's that? You want to help me more? Oh, aren't you the sweetest thing? Careful now. Don't move. This shouldn't take long at all.

Serenade: [low growl]

[theme song]

[ponies chattering]

Waitress Pony: May I take your order, sir?

Sunset Shimmer: This café looks busy in the morning.

Sugarcoat: Ahoy there, waiters and waitresses!

Sunset Shimmer: Shh... Can't you see they are trying to do their job?

Sugarcoat: Where's Sunny?

Sunset Shimmer: Maybe in that... room?

Sunset Shimmer and Sugarcoat: "Sunny's Room: Authorized Personnel Only"?

Sugarcoat: What do you think she's doin' inside that room?

Sunset Shimmer: Making dresses inside, maybe. I think she's on her dressmaking duty for now.

Sugarcoat: Well, that makes sense. Since this is a café shop, a dress shop, and all.

Sunset Shimmer: [knocking]

Sunny Flare: Coming!

Sunny Flare: [opens the door]

Sunset Shimmer: Morning, Sunny.

Sunny Flare: Is there something I can help you with?

Sunset Shimmer: Oh, so very sorry to trouble you, Sunny, but I need a quick favor. Could you please fix the button for me? It's my dress for the Grand Galloping Gala.

Sunny Flare: Oh, no, no, no! You can't wear this... old thing. You need a glamorous new outfit for the Gala and I'll make it for you. No problem at all. It will be my pleasure!

Sunset Shimmer: Oh, that's really sweet of you to offer, Sunny, but I can't let you do that. It would be so much work. This dress is fine.

Sunny Flare: Sunset Shimmer. I insist on making you a new dress.

Sunset Shimmer: But...

Sunny Flare: Not another word! I won't take no for an answer.

Sunset Shimmer: Well, in that case... Thank you for your generosity, Sunny. Knowing your handiwork, I'm sure it will be absolutely beautiful.

Sunny Flare: Let me guess, Sugarcoat. You don't want a new gown either.

Sugarcoat: Gown? Shoot. I was just gonna wear my old work duds.

Sunny Flare: You can't possibly be serious, Sugarcoat! You absolutely must wear formal attire.

Sugarcoat: Hm... Nah.

Sunny Flare: What if I just spruce up your... duds for you a little bit?

Sugarcoat: Okay, sure. Why not? Since you're up for it and all. Just don't make them too... frou-frou-y.

Sunny Flare: Deal!

Indigo Zap: Look out below!

[crash]

Indigo Zap: Sorry. New trick. Didn't quite work.

Sunny Flare: Hmm... [gasp] Idea! I'll make you an outfit for the Gala too, Indigo Zap.

Indigo Zap: Outfit for the what now?

Sunny Flare: I'll make one for you and you and all of you. Oh! And of course Lemon and Sour too. Oh, and when I'm done, we can hold our very own fashion show!

Sunset Shimmer: What a great idea! If you're sure you can handle it.

Sunny Flare: Oh, it'll be a little bit of work, but it will be a wonderful boost for my business. Plus, fun!

Indigo Zap: Oh, I love fun things!

Sunny Flare: Then it's settled. We'll have a fashion show starring us.

Sugarcoat: Arrgh! So all you have to do is make a different, stunning, original, amazing outfit for one, two, three, four, five... plus yourself, six ponies? And splittin' fer the Jack Tar?

Sunny Flare: Oh, Sugarcoat. You make it sound as if it's going to be hard.

Sugarcoat: Yer a barnacle-head, Sunny. Ye olde pirates never even complain about this kind of tiresome task! Ye need to have those sea legs, or in case, sea hooves to get used to every tedious tasks.

Sunset Shimmer: Sea hooves?

Sugarcoat: 'tis a pirate metaphor fer gettin' used on somethin', matey.

[Sunny]

Thread by thread, stitching it together

Sunset's dress, cutting out the pattern snip by snip

Making sure the fabric folds nicely

It's the perfect color and so hip

Always gotta keep in mind my pacing

Making sure the clothes' correctly facing

I'm stitching Sunset's dress

Yard by yard, fussing on the details

Jewel neckline, don't you know a stitch in time saves nine?

Make her something perfect to inspire

Even though she hates formal attire

Gotta mind those intimate details

Even though she's more concerned with sales

It's Ye Olde Sugarcoat's new dress

Dressmaking's easy, for Lemon Zest something pink

Soursweet something breezy

Blend color and form,

[To Serenade] Do you think it looks cheesy?

Something brash, perhaps quite fetching

Hook and eye, couldn't you just simply die?

Making sure it fits forelock and crest

Don't forget some magic in the dress

Even though it rides high on the flank

Indigo won't look like a tank

I'm stitching Indigo's dress

Piece by piece, snip by snip

Croup, dock, haunch, shoulders, hip

Thread by thread, primmed and pressed

Yard by yard, never get stressfully stymied

And that's the art of the dress!

Sunny Flare: That's it. Keep them closed. Don't look. Okay, you can look now!

Main cast sans Sunny Flare: [gasp]

Sunny Flare: These are your new outfits. What do you think of your old duds now, Sugarcoat? Pretty swanky, are they not? And Sunset! I made this dress for you and I designed each outfit theme to perfectly reflect each pony's unique personality. Oh, it took me forever to get the colors right on this one, Indigo Zap but I did it. Oh, and it turned out beautiful, don't you think? And I know you are going to love yours, Sour Sweet. It just sings spring! And Lemon Zest, look! Pink! Your favorite! Aren't they all amazing?

[pause]

Susnet Shimmer: Wow... They're...

Indigo Zap: Yeah, they're...

Sugarcoat: They sure are... somethin'.

Sunset Shimmer: Yes! Something.

Lemon Zest: I love something! Something is my favorite!

Sour Sweet: It's... nice.

Sunny Flare: But what's the matter? Don't you like them?

Sunset Shimmer: They're very nice...

Sugarcoat: And we're plumb grateful 'cause you worked so hard on them.

Indigo Zap: Mine's just not as cool as I was imagining. She asked.

Sunset Shimmer: I guess what we're all saying is that they're just not what we had in mind.

[collective yeah]

Sunny Flare: That's okay. Not a problem. There's plenty more where that came from. They were only a first pass. You're my friends and I want you to be 110% satisfied. Not to worry, I'll redo them.

Sour Sweet: Oh, silly Sunny. You don't have to do that. They're fine.

Sunny Flare: I want them to be better than just fine. I want you to think they're absolutely perfect.

Sugarcoat: Oh, barnacles. Are you sure? I mean, we wouldn't wanna impose.

Sunny Flare: Oh, it's no imposition. Really, I insist.

Sunset Shimmer: Well, in that case... Thank you again, Sunny.

Sunny Flare: What have I gotten myself into?

Sour Sweet: Hello? You wanted to see me, Sunny

Sunny Flare: Sour Sweet! Your new-new gown's ready. I completely revised it and I know you're going to love it. What do you think?

Sour Sweet: I... love it.

Sunny Flare: Oh, you're just saying that.

Sour Sweet: No, no. I do. It's... nice.

Sunny Flare: "Nice"?

Sour Sweet: Nice.

Sunny Flare: If you don't like it, you should just tell me.

Sour Sweet: Oh, but I do like it.

Sunny Flare: Like it or love it?

Sugarcoat and Indigo Zap: [disappointed looks on their faces]

Sour Sweet: Um... both?

Sunny Flare: Which is it?

Sour Sweet: Please stop asking me this insistently, Madame Sunny. I...

Sunny Flare: Well, just tell me what you really think.

Sour Sweet: No, that's okay...

Sunny Flare: Tell me.

Sour Sweet: No... it's fine...

Sunny Flare: Tell me!

Sour Sweet: I... like it...

Rarity: Tell me, tell me, tell-me-tell-me-tell-

Sugarcoat: [cracked voice] Avast, ye two ruffians! I better be sendin' ye two to th' brig and walkin' the plank fer this!

Sunset Shimmer: Calm down, Sugarcoat.

Sour Sweet: All right! Since you really wanna know... [inhales] The armscye's tight, the middy collar doesn't go with the shawl lapel, the hems are clearly machine-stitched, the pleats are uneven, the fabric looks like toile, you used a backstitch here when it clearly called for a topstitch or maybe a traditional blanket stitch, and the overdesign is reminiscent of prêt-à-porter and not true French haute couture. [pauses] But, uh... you know... um, whatever you want to do is fine.

Sunset Shimmer: Now, the stars on my belt need to be technically accurate. Orion has three stars on his belt, not four.

[Sunny Flare]

Stitch by stitch, stitching it together

Deadline looms, don't you know the client's always right?

Even if my fabric choice was perfect

Gotta get them all done by tonight

Pinkie Pie, that color's too obtrusive

Wait until you see it in the light

I'm sewing them together!

Lemon Zest: Don't you think my gown would be more "me" with some lollipops?

Sunny Flare: Well, I think...

Lemon Zest: Lemons?

Sunny Flare: Well...

Lemon Zest: Do it!

[Sunny Flare]

Hour by hour, one more change

I'm sewing them together, take great pains

Sour Sweet, you're putting me in a bind

Indigo Zap, what is on your mind?

Oh my gosh, there's simply not much time

Don't forget, Sugarcoat's duds must shine

Dressmaking's easy, every customer's call

Brings a whole new revision

Have to pick up the pace, still hold to my vision

Sunset Shimmer: That constellation is Canis Major, not Minor.

Sour Sweet: French haute couture, please.

Sunny Flare: Ugh...

Sugarcoat: What if it rains? Galoshes! Arrgh! Ye olde Sugarcoat would never be happy!

Lemon Zest: More lemons! Oh no, that's too many lemons. More candy! Oh, less candy. Oh wait, I know. Streamers!

Sunny Flare: Streamers?

Lemon Zest: Whose dress is this?

Sunny Flare: Streamers it is.

Indigo Zap: What?

Sunny Flare: Aren't you going to tell me to change something too?

Indigo Zap: No, I just want my dress to be cool.

Sunny Flare: Do you not like the color?

Indigo Zap: The color's fine, just make it look cooler.

Sunny Flare: Do you not like the shape?

Indigo Zap: The shape's fine, just make the whole thing... you know, cooler. It needs to be about 35.7% cooler. Thirty-five-point-seven cooler.

[Lemon Zest]

All we ever want is indecision

[Indigo Zap]

All we really like is what we know

[Sunset Shimmer]

Gotta balance style with adherence

[Sour Sweet]

Making sure we make a good appearance

[Sugarcoat]

Even if you simply have to fudge it

[All sans Sunny Flare]

Make sure that it stays within our budget

[Sunny Flare]

Got to overcome intimidation

Remember, it's all in the presentation!

Piece by piece, snip by snip

Croup, dock, haunch, shoulders, hip

Bolt by bolt, primmed and pressed

Yard by yard, always stressed

And that's the art of the dress!

Sunny Flare: Oh, Serene. These are the ugliest dresses I've ever made.

Sunny Flare: Okay. I did exactly what each of you asked for. Now don't hold back. Let me know what you really think.

Sunset Shimmer: Oh my!

Sour Sweet: It's... perfect!

Indigo Zap: It's cool!

Sugarcoat: Why, they're the best duds I ever did see.

All: It's exactly what I asked for!

Sunset Shimmer: Thank you, Sunny.

Lemon Zest: Are you as happy with them as we are? Huh? Huh? Huh?

Sunset Shimmer: Well, I'm... happy that all of you are happy. I'm just relieved to finally be done.

Garble: You are never gonna believe this! You've heard of Hoity Toity?

Sunset Shimmer: The bigwig fashion hotshot in Canterlot?

Garble: Uh-huh. He heard about your fashion show. Well, maybe I happened to mention it to him... He's coming here all the way from Canterlot to see your work, Sunny!

Sugarcoat: Whoa, matey! You could sell a ton o' dresses to this guy. Your business will be boomin'!

Sunset Shimmer: Wow!

Indigo Zap: That's so cool!

Lemon Zest: I don't believe it!

Sunny Flare: Hoity Toity? He's coming here? To see THESE dresses?

Garble: Yep! Get ready for all of your dreams to come true.

Sunny Flare: Oh. [gasp] There he is! [deep breaths] Okay. Relax, Sunny. Your friends like their outfits and so will he. [squeals] What's wrong with the lights?! Oh, yes. That means the show's starting. Good.

[music]

Garble: Since the beginning of time, the elite of Equestria have longed for pony fashions that truly expressed the essence of their very souls. Patiently waiting decades -- no, centuries -- for the perfect pony gown. Today, at long last, Equestria, your wait is over! Let's hear it for the breathtaking designs of Ponyville's own Sunny!

[ponies murmuring]

Sugarcoat: Oh, matey in a pirate ship. Why's everypony lookin' at us like that?

Sunset Shimmer: Oh dear.

Indigo Zap: You think we overdid it?

Sugarcoat: Nah. [pause] Okay, maybe a little. He could be a Jack Ketch and throw Sunny to Davy Jones's Locker if she fails.

Indigo Zap: Oh no. Hoity's beginnin' to critique the dresses!

Hoity Toity: Oh, those amateurish designs look like a piled-on mishmash of everything but a kitchen sink! It's a travesty is what it is. Those outfits are the ugliest things I've ever seen, oh for shame. Who is responsible for subjecting our eyes to these horrors? Not to mention wasting my valuable time.

[customers laughing]

John Horsehooves: Not me too, matey. [points to Sunny] Ye loser! Ye call yerself a dressmaker? Those dresses be like worn to th' best nominees fer "Walkin' thee Plank" contest!

James Hooffield: I better be givin' those disgustin', bilge-suckin' excuses of dresses to th' most terrible landlubbers at th' brig in mah ship! Yer bein' worse than blank flanks!

Joseph Saddles: Better be scrubbin' 'n mah ship than doin' dressmakin', ye bilge-suckin' wench!

Christopher Neigh: What's th' point of makin' dresses if ye were bein' that worse. I better be feedin' those dresses to mah bulldog Rogan the Bully than to give it to some of th' best wenches in mah ship!

Customers: [together] Bilge-suckin' wench! Ye olde pirates ne'er give a darn about yer talentless trash!

[laughter continued]

Sugarcoat: [whispers] Aw, bilge rat's dirty flank. Looks like she'll be thrown away to the Locker.

Sunny Flare [to Serene: Oh! Hide me. Those loud ruffians coming from their boringly drab pirate ship in the pub are destroying my dream!

Garble: Come on out and take a bow, Sunny. You worked really hard for this. Yes! All right, woo-hoo! Go, Sunny!

Lemon Zest: Sunny? You okay in there? You haven't come out for days.

Sunny Zest: I'm never coming out! I can't show my face in Ponyville ever again! I used to be somepony. I used to be respected. I made dresses. Beautiful, beautiful dresses! But now everypony is laughing at me. I'm nothing but a laughing stock! [sobs] Those insulting ruffians outside the pub are destroying me!

Sunset Shimmer: You're not a laughing stock, Sunny...

Indigo Zap: She kind of is.

Sunset Shimmer: Shhh! Come on out and talk to us.

Sunny Flare: [sobbing] Leave me alone! I vant to be alone! I want to wallow in... whatever it is that ponies are supposed to wallow in! Those pirates are right! Now, do ponies wallow in pity? Oh, listen to me, I don't even know what I'm supposed to wallow in! I'm so pathetic!

Sunset Shimmer: Now what do we do?

Sour Sweet: Uh... panic?

Indigo Zap: That's your answer for everything!

Sugarcoat: Load of barnacles, we can't just leave Rarity like this.

Lemon Zest: She'll become a crazy cat lady!

Sunset Shimmer: She only has one cat.

Lemon Zest: Give her time.

Sunny Flare: Exile... I guess technically I'd have to move away to live in exile. Where would I go? And what would I pack? Oh, it's going to take me forever to do all of that packing. What are you supposed to pack when you go to exile? Are you supposed to pack warm?

Serenade: [meowing]

Sunny Flare: Huh? Serene?

Serenade: [meowing]

Sunny Flare: Serene, how did you get up there? Hang on, you poor dear! Mama's coming!

Sunny Flare: Indigo Zap?! How dare you strand my poor Serene in a tree?

Indigo Zap: Well, how else were we gonna get you out here to show you this?

Sunny Flare: What is it? It's not... You... [gasp]

Lemon Zest: We all finished your dress for you.

Sugarcoat: Thanks to Sour's freaky knowledge of sewing.

Sour Sweet: Do you like it?

Sunny Flare: Like it? Like it?!

Sour Sweet: Uh-uh. She doesn't like it.

Sunny Flare: No, I don't like it.

All except Sunny: Awwww...

Sunny Flare: I love it!

All except Sunny: Yay!

Sunny Flare: You ponies did an amazing job. It's exactly the way I imagined it.

Sour Sweet: We just followed your brilliant design.

Sunset Shimmer: Like we should have let you do for our outfits. Those first dresses you designed were perfect.

Lemon Zest: We're so super sorry.

Indigo Zap: You worked really hard to make our dresses exactly the way we wanted them. We all saw how well that turned out.

Sunny Flare: Oh, I forgive you.

Sugarcoat: Well, that's mighty big of you.

Sunny Flare: But my whole career is still ruined!

Sugarcoat: Oh, right. That.

Sunset Shimmer: Maybe not.

Hoity Toity: All right, I haven't got all day.

Hoity Toity: Take two.

John Horsehooves: Alright, mateys! Let's see what that dressmaker she has done in take two!

Joseph Saddles: A'right, me boys!

[music: Sunset's dress]

Hoity Toity: Hello... Oh, this can't be the same designer.

Customers: Woooooh!

[music: Sugarcoat's dress]

Hoity Toity: Simply magnificent! And I suddenly have a fierce craving for some German cherry pie, candied cherries on a stick, cherry turnovers, cherry cobbler...

[music: Lemon's dress]

Hoity Toity: Brilliant!

[thunder]

[music: Indigo's dress]

Hoity Toity: Oh, spectacular!

[music: Sour Sweet's dress]

Hoity Toity: Now this is a fashion show! All of these dresses are absolutely amazing. Who is responsible? Step forward, show yourself!

[music: Sunny's dress]

Hoity Toity: Brava! Brava! Magnifico! Encore!

Sunny Flare: Oh, thank you. Thank you! Oh, thank you so much!

Christopher Neigh: Ahoy there, matey! We are ye olde salts from the seas of Equestria! Sorry fer what happened.

Sunny Flare: That's okay!

John Horsehooves: Thank ye, lassock! Sorry that we bein' harsh yesterday on ye.

Joseph Saddles: Arrgh! Somepony will be satisfied with yer talent!

Sunset Shimmer: Dear Princess Luna,

This week, my very talented friend Sunny learned that if you try to please everypony, you often times end up pleasing nopony, especially yourself. And I learned this: when somepony offers to do you a favor, like making you a beautiful dress, you shouldn't be overly critical of something generously given to you. In other words, you shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth. [giggles]

Hoity Toity: Sunny, my congratulations to you on a most impressive fashion debut. Would you do me the great honor of allowing me to feature your couture in my Best of the Best Boutique in Canterlot?

Sunny Flare: [gasp]

Hoity Toity: Now, I'll need you to make a dozen of each dress for me by next Tuesday.

Kerfuffle: That would be that great, Sunny! Showcase that talent!

Sunny Flare: You're in-charge of the pub, right?

Kerfuffle: Sunny's Ye Olde Pub and Café will always be here, no matter where you go!

[music]

[credits]