Silver Spoon: Avast ye, Cutie Mark Crusaders! Today's the day! I can just feel it! Today's the day we are all gonna get our cutie marks in... bowlin'!

Mango Dash: Whoo-hoo!

Diamond Dazzle: [muffled] Whooo! [spits out bag] I mean, yaay!

Silver Spoon: Why, after today, we won't even be the Cutie Mark Crusaders anymore! We'll be the... the Three Strikes!

Mango Dash: That makes us sound like we've struck out.

Silver Spoon: Mmm. How 'bout the Pin Twins?

Diamond Dazzle: But there are three of us.

Silver Spoon: Okay then... Um... the Bowlin' Dolls!

Diamond Dazzle: The Bowling Dolls! That's it!

Mango Dash: Perfect!

Silver Spoon: All righty then! Let's bowl 'em over!

Mango Dash: [laughs nervously]

Silver Spoon: Phpoo!

[ponies cheering]

Sea Swirl: Cool! A bowling cutie mark!

Silver Spoon: I did it! I did it! Blank?

[more cheering]

Silver Spoon: But... but... what about my ball?

[theme song]

Diamond Dazzle: That bowling sure was fun, even if all I got was gutter balls.

Mango Dash: Yeah, at least you were able to keep your ball in your lane. I don't think Mr. Kingpin is ever gonna let me play again! Hey, maybe I could get my cutie mark in demolition!

Mango Dash and Diamond Dazzle: [laughs]

Mango Dash: Aw, come on, Silver Spoon.

Diamond Dazzle: I know just what you need to put the bloom back on your cherry.

Diamind Dazzle: A treat from Zesty Lemonade Corner will cheer you up.

Silver Spoon: No, it won't.

[kazoos blow]

Lemon Zest: A party will cheer you up!

Mango Dash and Diamond Dazzle: [blow party whistles]

[kazoos blow]

Silver Spoon: No, it won't.

[honk]

[crash]

Sunny Flare: A lovely new chapeau will cheer you up.

Silver Spoon: No, it won't.

Mango Dash: Come on, Silver Spoon, it's just a cutie mark!

Diamond Dazzle: Or lack of a cutie mark!

Mango Dash: Shh! That's not helping! Silver Spoon! Where are you going?! Silver Spoon, come back!

Silver Spoon: Whoa! Ah! Ooh! Ow! Nnnn... [crash] Ow, barnacles.

Zecora: Well, who is it that we have here? Why, it's Silver Spoon, my dear!

Silver Spoon: That hurts...

Zecora: What has happened to you, youth? Ah, you've gone and chipped your tooth. Come with me, I have just the trick that will fix you up quite quick.

Silver Spoon: [with a lisp] [gasps] Shiver me timbers! I've tried everythin', Zecora, and still no cutie mark! Aarrr! Well, I'm gonna be as barnacle-covered as Granny Cinch and still have a blank flank!

Zecora: Your frustration is well understood, but one must be patient for all things good.

Silver Spoon: [with a lisp] Ugh, I've heard that from every pony I be knowin'! And now from every zebra I be knowin'! I'm just too impatient t' be patient. I just want me cutie mark and I want it now!

[poof!]

Zecora: For your cutie mark, you will have to wait. We must fix that tooth before it's too late. Now drink down every little drop, and this mixture will mend that chip on top!

Silver Spoon: [glug, glug] Oh me Neptune, ye did it, Zecora! Golly, ye have tonics that heal all sorts o' ailments. Bilge-suckin' bones, bilge-suckin' back, bilge-suckin' breath...

Zecora: Yes little one, it is true, I have many a healing brew.

Silver Spoon: And not only stuff that fixes th' bilge-suckin', but stuff that brin's th' good! Good health, good hair... good heavens! Hmm... I bet ye can mix up a brew t' fix... anythin'.

Zecora: There are many mixtures in this room, but none for what you want, dear Silver Spoon. A magic potion does not hold the key. For a cutie mark, time is the only remedy.

Silver Spoon: Fine. Whatcha got goin' on there?

Zecora: I am brewing up another mix for a rooster and his chicks. [muffled] It seems the rooster has lost his crow, [normal] making mornings very slow.

Silver Spoon: Avast, I've seen that flower bloomin' in Ponyville, and dinna spare the whip! What be it?

Zecora: It is one we call 'Heart's Desire'. A dash will ignite the rooster's fire. With Heart's Desire, his talent comes into view, and he'll give a mighty cock-a-doodle-doo!

Silver Spoon: Zowie! Heart's Desire, huh?

Zecora: Ay me, but what is this? I have run out of amethyst. I must go get this purple flower for my brew to have full power!

Silver Spoon: Yeah, you go, you go.

[foals chattering]

Diamond Dazzle: I'm so hungry!

Mango Dash: Yeah, I can't wai--

Mango Dash and Diamond Dazzle: Aah! Silver Spoon! You got your cutie mark!

Diamond Dazzle: Um, Silver Spoon... what is it?

Mango Dash: Yeah! Is it an 'o'? Is your talent spelling?

Diamond Dazzle: Or is it a ring? Are you a jewelry maker?

Twist: Or is it a powdered donut? 'Cause that sounds delicious.

Silver Spoon: No, it's a loop-de-hoop!

Mango Dash: [gasp] A what now?

Silver Spoon: A loop-de-hoop, ye scurvey dog! 'Least, that's what I always called it, by Davy Jones' locker. Sugarcoat made it fer me from an barnacle-covered rain barrel when I were bein' littler, avast! Who woulda thought that loop-de-hoop would end up bein' me special talent?

Diamond Dazzle: Wow, Silver Spoon, that's amazing!

Sweetie Belle: That's it? That's your talent? Hah!

Apple Bloom: Spinnin' a hoop around your waist? Puh-lease. That's the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard.

Silver Spoon: Oh, you ain't seen nothin' yet.

[foals cheering]

Mango Dash: Silver Spoon, you're super-duper-loop-de-hooper!

Silver Spoon: Thanks, everypony!

[bell rings]

Cheerilee: All right, my little ponies, time for class!

[foals in awe of Silver Spoon]

Cheerilee: Silver Spoon?

Silver Spoon: Yes, Miss Cheerilee?

Cheerilee: I want you to take your loop-de-hoop into the yard... and give us all a lesson in your amazing loop-de-hooping!

[foals cheering]

Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom: [grunting]

Silver Spoon: Don't worry, gals. Keep at it and you might get to be half as good as me!

Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom: Grr...

Sweetie Belle: Let's get out of here, Apple.

Apple Bloom: Never be wastin' our precious time to that dork.

Silver Spoon: Great job, girls!

Diamond Dazzle: You're too kind, Silver Spoon.

Mango Dash: Yeah, we stink.

Silver Spoon: Nah, you just need a little practice. Soon you'll be able to... hoop and bop! Hoop and hop! [muffled] Hoop and skip! [normal] And hoop and flip!

[foals cheering]

Cheerilee: [laughs] Show us some more, Silver Spoon.

Silver Spoon: Well, all right, just a few more tricks. But be warned! These are advanced moves, not for beginners. Got that, Sweetie Belle?

Sweetie Belle: [growls]

Silver Spoon: I call this one the hoop-la! [makes helicopter noises] Huh? Oof!

Sweetie Belle: Another cutie mark? Hah! I guess that last trick was a lot of hoopla. Those cutie marks are fake!

Mango Dash, Diamond Dazzle, and Twist: [gasp]

Silver Spoon: What? No they're not!

Sweetie Belle: Miss Cheerilee, have you ever heard of a pony with two cutie marks?

Cheerilee: I must say that I never have, but maybe Silver Spoon has two special talents!

Apple Bloom: Oh yeah? Then let's see you do that, Rusty Dork!

Snips: Spin plates!

Snails: Yeah!

[foals gasping]

Diamond Dazzle: Two cutie marks?

Mango Dash: Two talents?

Silver Spoon: Aw yeah!

Diamond Dazzle: Our friend is the most...

Mango Dash and Diamond Dazzle: ...special pony ever!

Silver Spoon: Alright, everypony, You ready for a real show?

[ponies cheering]

Indigo Zap: [snoring]

Sugarcoat: [whistles]

[more cheering]

Sugarcoat: Yo-ho-ho, little sis! Congratulations on gettin' not just one, but two cutie marks! We're mighty proud of you, right, Pokey Pierce?

Pokey Pierce: Aye.

Sugarcoat: I've never seen anythin' like it. Or even great-grandpa Jones. Have you, Pokey?

Pokey Pierce: Nay.

Granny Cinch: Why, th' way ye were a-hoopin' and a-hoppin' and kickin' and spinnin' reminded me o' when I were bein' a spry young filly, ye scurvey dog. Guh, charley horse, charley horse! Ooh, that's better.

Sugarcoat: Why, Silver Spoon, I think you're ready to hit the rodeo circuit right now!

Silver Spoon: Actually, I'm ready to hit the hay right now. I'm plum tuckered. I'll see y'all in the mornin'. Night!

Sugarcoat: Night! Oh my, little Silver Spoon has finally blossomed, hasn't she, Big Mac?

Pokey Pierce: Aye-aye!

[tapping]

Sugarcoat: [grunting] Meandering mermaids! What in Davy Jones's Locker is that? Silver Spoon, what is all that awful... tapping? [gasp] Three cutie marks?!

Silver Spoon: Help me!

Silver Spoon: Help me!

Sugarcoat: Avast ye, Silver Spoon! C'mere, you! Ow! Ow! Whoa! Barnacles! Watch out, you're going towards the expensive treasures of great-grandpa!

Silver Spoon: I'm sorry, Sugarcoat! I dunno how to make it stop!

Sugarcoat: Well, I know somepony who might!

Sunset Shimmer: Three cutie marks. Three talents. I've never seen anything like it! I was just reading something about unusual equine illnesses. What was it?

Garble: "Perplexing Pony Plagues", perhaps?

Sunset Shimmer: Yes, Garble, you're amazing!

Garble: Yes, well, I do have some talents.

Sunset Shimmer: Hay fever... the trots... [gasp] Cutie pox!

Silver Spoon, Sugarcoat and Garble: Cutie pox?!

Sunset Shimmer: Cutie pox. This puzzling pony plague afflicted a population of ponies back in the Paleopony Period!

Garble: Heh, say that ten times fast!

[crash]

Sunset Shimmer: Random cutie marks appeared all over the ponies' bodies, causing them to perform all the talents that came with them!

Silver Spoon: Just like me!

Sugarcoat: Yes, but what's the cure? What's the cure?!

Sunset Shimmer: It says here there's no known cure!

Silver Spoon: [dismayed look] [gasps] Shiver me timbers!

Silver Spoon, Sugarcoat and Garble: No known cure?!

Silver Spoon: Now, Davy Jones' locker is waitin' fer me!

Sunset Shimmer: Calm down, Silver Spoon. No time for panicking.

Sugarcoat: What is it then, Sunset?

Sunset Shimmer: The cause of the breakout was never discovered, and the cutie pox disappears as mysteriously as they arrived!

Silver Spoon: Oh, no! Sacré bleu! Plus de marques de cutie! [gasp] Qu'est-ce c'est?! Je parle Français?!

Sugarcoat: Oh my Neptune! My sister's speakin' in fancy!

Sunset Shimmer: She needs help!

Sugarcoat: Bilge-sucking barnacles! I know she needs help! We can't just wait for this to go away! We gotta find somepony to mix up a cure! And fast!

Silver Spoon: Tout de suite!

Sunset Shimmer: Not some pony... some zebra!

Sugarcoat: Zecora!

Sugarcoat: Hurry, hurry!

Silver Spoon: Dépêchez-vous!

[jackhammer sounds]

[accordion playing]

[lions roaring]

Tree Hugger: She's cursed!

Rose: Hexed!

Gloriosa Daisy: Enchanted!

Garble: No, she's not.

Gloriosa Daisy, Timber Spruce, and Rose: [sigh of relief]

Garble: She just has some weird mysterious disease with no known cure called cutie pox.

Everypony: Cutie pox?! [screaming]

[ponies panicking]

Pony: She's got the cutie pox!

[hawk cry]

Zecora: I thought I had removed their fear the last time that I visited here. But doors are barred and shutters shut. Guess I should've stayed inside my hut.

Sunset Shimmer: Zecora! Silver Spoon has cutie pox! We were just on our way to see if you had a cure!

Sugarcoat: But magically you're here! Was your zebra sense a-tinglin'?

Zecora: My 'zebra sense' did not bring me round, it was a special flower that I needed found. I thought I picked enough to fix all the potions I had to mix, but after my visit from Silver Spoon, some had mysteriously left my room. Silver Spoon! What do you say? Did this flower just walk away?

Silver Spoon: I, um...

Zecora: A cutie pox cure I have forsooth, for healing power is in the Seeds of Truth.

Sugarcoat: Well, well then give 'em to her! Quick!

Zecora: These seeds must be planted in the ground. With the truth, they'll grow, and the cure is found.

Sugarcoat: Come again?

Zecora: The Seeds of Truth do hold the cure, but one must speak words, true and pure.

Sugarcoat: [gulp]

Sugarcoat: Well then let's get to it! Alright, they're planted, now somepony tell the truth!

Silver Spoon: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

Sugarcoat: Somepony! Anypony!

Lemon Zest: Yesterday I told Mrs. Orange that I ate two corn cakes, but I really ate three! Okay, six! I ate six corn cakes! [cries] Make it stop! Oh, make it stop!

Silver Spoon: Wah, I can't stand it any more! It's me! I admit it! I didn't earn my cutie mark! They're all fake! I figured the Heart's Desire would help me get what I wanted most! So when Zecora left her hut, I mixed up a special potion and put the rest of the Heart's Desire in it!

[ponies awing]

Silver Spoon: [chomps, chews and swallows] Ahh.

Diamond Dazzle: Silver Spoon!

Mango Dash: Are you okay?

Silver Spoon: I'm great, and I've never been happier to be a blank flank. But I'm awful sorry I lied, 'specially to you gals. I was so desperate for my cutie mark, I just got carried away. And I'm really sorry I snuck those flowers from you, Zecora. Why, I wouldn't blame you if you never wanted me to come by again.

Zecora: Now, Silver Spoon, do not be silly. You are always welcome, my little filly. With each mistake you learn something new, growing up into a better you.

Sunset Shimmer: Silver Spoon, would you mind writing to Princess Luna and telling her what you've learned?

Silver Spoon: I'd be happy to, Sunset! Garble?

Garble: Ready!

Silver Spoon: Dear Princess Luna,

Waiting for what your heart desires can be really hard. So, you may try to take a shortcut. But this dishonesty never works, because you didn't earn what your heart desired. The only cure is being honest with yourself and others. And that's something every heart desires.

Sugarcoat: I sure am proud of you, sis. Seems like you finally learned the importance of patience.

Silver Spoon: Yup! All good things come to those who wait. Well! I've waited long enough.

Scootaloo: Actually, that was way too long.

Sugarcoat: What?!

Silver Spoon: So what are we gonna do today to earn our cutie marks?

Mango Dash: Well, I was thinking, for a pony who's never mixed up a potion before, you sure stirred up something fierce.

Diamond Dazzle: Yeah! So what if your talent is potion making?

Silver Spoon: Oh my gosh, totally! Let's go talk to Zecora, now!

Diamond Dazzle: Yeah!

Mango Dash: Woo-hoo!

[music]

[credits]