AUTHOR'S NOTE:  This is almost what a real My Little Pony script looks like. I made the dialogue margins narrower to make it easier to read, changed underlining to italics, and removed some of the oddball capitalization that's a hangover from live-action filming to make sure all necessary props make it to the set. Character capitalization on first introduction is also a hangover from live-action filming, to help actors identify their entrances. Scene headings do not indicate time of day because time of day can't be reliably communicated visually. "TRACKING SPIKE" means the camera tracks Spike as he moves. "ANGLE ON RARITY" means the camera angle changes to look at Rarity. "TIME CUT" indicates a discontinuity in time. "O.S." = off-stage.  Camera directions, blocking, character expressions, and details of physical actions are seldom described, so that the director, actors, animators -- and now you, the reader -- may re-imagine them as they see fit.

There is no Carrot Family Farm in canon, just ponies not named Carrot with carrot cutie marks (notably Golden Harvest), and pictures of an unidentified carrot farm behind Sweet Apple Acres.  Hayseed was canon in mid-season 1 but was moved and renamed to become the royal gardener.

INTERIOR LIBRARY - DAY

APPLE BLOOM, SCOOTALOO, and SWEETIE BELLE shelve books, under the only semi-watchful eye of SPIKE, who is reclining on a pillow eating a muffin.  Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle work quickly, the one flying and the other magically levitating books, while Apple Bloom rears up on her hind legs, struggling to reach the third shelf.

                                   SPIKE

                   (to Scootaloo & Sweetie Belle)

          Great work, guys.

                   (to Apple Bloom)

          Apple Bloom!  You'll never get your cutie mark at that rate.

                                   APPLE BLOOM

          But I can't reach!

                                   SPIKE

          Then use the ladder!

Apple Bloom noses the sliding library ladder over to where she wants it to be, then eyes it dubiously.  She picks up a book in her mouth and tries to climb it, but due to a lack of opposable thumbs, falls off and lands on her back just as TWILIGHT SPARKLE walks in the door.

                                   TWILIGHT

          What's going on here?

                                   SCOOTALOO

          Spike's giving us another chance to try for our librarying

          cutie marks!

                                   SPIKE

          Everypony deserves a second chance.  Turns out all they

          needed was a little expert guidance.

                                   TWILIGHT

          Spike's letting you shelf books?

                                   APPLE BLOOM (STANDING UP)

          Well, he did after we gave him two muffins and one of

          Grannie's apple pies.

                                   TWILIGHT

          Spike.  Give the girls their muffins.

                                   SPIKE

                   (licking his lips)

          ... Too late.  Anyway, I think they're doing a great job.

          Not as good as I could, of course.  Hey, maybe they'll get

          cutie marks of me!  How cool would that be?

Scootaloo spits out the book she had in her mouth while Sweetie Belle lets one drop to the floor.  All three fillies worriedly inspect their flanks.

                                   TWILIGHT

          Girls, thanks for your help.  If you wouldn't mind, I'd like

          to talk with Spike.  Alone.

                                   APPLE BLOOM

          But what about our cutie marks?

                                   SCOOTALOO

          Come on, guys.  Back to the clubhouse.

The three fillies say their goodbyes and head for the door.

                                   SPIKE

          But there's so many more chores to do!

                                   TWILIGHT

          Then you'd better get started.

                                   SPIKE

          Aww.  I was just trying to help.

EXTERIOR CLUBHOUSE - DAY

Scootaloo leaves her scooter on the ground and flies up to the walkway, then in through an open window.  SB walks up the gangway and opens the door magically, which swings shut behind her.  AB pulls the door open with her teeth, backing up as it opens, so she is trapped behind it on the walkway.  She lets it go, then tries again, backing down the gangway, but loses her grip on the knob as she descends.  Scootaloo pokes her head out, holding the door open.

                                   SCOOTALOO

          What's keeping you?

                                   APPLE BLOOM

          It's this stupid door.

                                   SCOOTALOO

          I know, right?  That's why I use the window.

                                   APPLE BLOOM

          I can't use the window!

                                   SCOOTALOO

          Aw, come on, don't cry.  Here.

Scootaloo turns around and kicks the door off its hinges.  It nearly hits Apple Bloom before falling offscreen.

                                   SCOOTALOO (CONT'D)

          Problem solved.

                                   APPLE BLOOM

          Y'almost hit me, Scoot!

                                   SCOOTALOO

          Put the hinges on the inside next time.

Apple Bloom enters the clubhouse.

INT. CLUBHOUSE

                                   SWEETIE BELLE

          We tried being time travellers, fashionistas, and librarians.

                                   APPLE BLOOM

          I couldn't do any of those things!

                                   SCOOTALOO

          None of us could.

                                   APPLE BLOOM

          I couldn't even pick up the needle and thread at the same

          time.

                                   SWEETIE BELLE

          Why don't you pick what we do next, Apple Bloom?

                                   APPLE BLOOM

          I know!  It's apple-bucking season.  Let's try that!

                                   SCOOTALOO

          Great idea!  You're sure to get a cutie mark!

EXT. APPLE ORCHARD - DAY

Apple Bloom, standing by a tree, kicks it repeatedly, each time shaking a few apples loose, which fall to the ground near a bucket.  She gathers them one-by-one and puts them into the bucket until it is half-full.

                                   APPLE BLOOM

          It's all in the kick, girls.  You'll get the...

ANGLE ON - SWEETIE BELLE AND SCOOTALOO

Sweetie Belle rapidly levitates apples directly off the tree and into her bucket; Scootaloo flies from branch to branch, plucking apples and tossing them directly into her bucket.  Both buckets are overfull.

ANGLE ON - APPLE BLOOM

                                   APPLE BLOOM (CONT'D)

          ... hang of it?

INT. APPLE FAMILY HOUSE

GRANNY SMITH is bringing plates of food to a table where BIG MACINTOSH and APPLEJACK are already waiting as Apple Bloom walks in, head downcast.

                                   APPLEJACK

          Why the long face, sis?

                                   APPLE BLOOM

          It's not fair!  Scootaloo's learning to fly, and Sweetie

          Belle's learning magic, and I'm still just an earth pony.

                                   APPLEJACK

          'Scuze me?  Just an earth pony?  You mean, like me an' Mac

          an' all your kin?

                                   APPLE BLOOM

          Well... You're not just an earth pony.  You're the best

          athlete in Ponyville.

                                   APPLEJACK

          Only so's I can keep Rainbow Dash in line.

                                   APPLE BLOOM

          And Big MacIntosh is the biggest, strongest pony around these

          parts.

                                   BIG MACINTOSH

          Nope.  There's a unicorn in Celestia's guard who's bigger.

                                   APPLE BLOOM

          He's bigger, and he's a unicorn?

                                   BIG MACINTOSH

          Yup.

                                   APPLE BLOOM

          That ain't fair!

                                   BIG MACINTOSH

                   (thinks it over)

          Guess not.

Granny Smith trots up behind Apple Bloom, reaches over her, and eats everything on her plate in one gulp.

                                   APPLE BLOOM

          Granny!  You stole my lunch!

                                   GRANNY SMITH

          En I cooked it!  So that's fair.  Heh-heh-heh!

                                   APPLEJACK

          Listen, honey.  I don't know nothin' 'bout fair.  Do good

          work, be a good friend, live a good life.

                   (teasingly)

          As long as they ain't better than you at apple bucking, you

          got nothing to worry about!

Apple Bloom looks away shamefacedly.

                                   APPLEJACK (CONT'D)

          What - you ashamed of being a farmer?

                                   APPLE BLOOM

          No.

                                   APPLEJACK

          So first being an earth pony ain't good enough for you, now

          being a farmer ain't good enough for you?

                                   APPLE BLOOM

          No!  It's just...  I don't want talk about it.

                                   APPLEJACK

          Oh, we're going to talk about it.

EXT. PONYVILLE - DAY - TRACKING THE MANE 6

Applejack, TWILIGHT SPARKLE, SPIKE, RARITY, PINKIE PIE, and RAINBOW DASH are walking through town.  Applejack, in the same pose, is speaking as if continuing the same sentence.

                                   APPLEJACK

          My own sister thinks it ain't fair that she's an earth pony.

                                   TWILIGHT

          Poor thing.  I guess I take my magic for granted.  I don't

          know how I'd stand being without it!

                                   APPLEJACK

                   (halting)

          Oh, so you don't know how you could stand being a poor little

          earth pony?

                                   TWILIGHT

          I didn't mean that!  I meant...

                                   PINKIE PIE

          I think she meant that she couldn't stand being a poor little

          earth pony or a poor little pegasus pony!

                   (eyes narrow at Twilight)

          Hey!  Whatd'ya mean you couldn't stand being a poor little

          earth pony or a poor little pegasus pony!

                                   RAINBOW DASH

          Well, I don't know how anypony can stand not having wings.

                                   APPLEJACK

          You think pegasus ponies are better than other ponies?

                                   RAINBOW DASH

          Not better.  Just more awesome.  Not everypony can be a

          pegasus - just like not every pegasus can be me!  We can't

          all be at the top of the food chain.

                                   SPIKE

          I just feel sorry for everybody who isn't a dragon.

                                   PINKIE PIE

          Top of the food chain?  You mean pegasus ponies eat other

          ponies?

Ponies on the street stop what they're doing to watch.

                                   RAINBOW DASH

                   (to Spike)

          You think being a dragon is more awesome than being a

          pegasus?

                                   SPIKE

          I dunno, Dashie.  Ask me again in a hundred years.

                                   TWILIGHT

          Spike!  Bad dragon!  Pinkie, calm down.  That's not even

          possible.

                                   PINKIE PIE

          Not without... magic!

                                   RARITY

          Pinkie, dear.  Surely you don't mean to suggest that pegasus

          ponies and unicorns are in a secret conspiracy against earth

          ponies?

                                   PINKIE PIE

          Pegasus ponies and unicorns are in a secret conspiracy

          against earth ponies?!

The watching ponies gape in astonishment, then begin talking among themselves.

                                   RARITY

          Pinkie.  Ponies are looking.

                   (pulls a mirror from her pannier and

                    checks her mane, then smiles)

          You should at least warn me before attracting their

          attention.

                                   APPLEJACK

          We earth ponies do just fine with the four hooves the Goddess gave

          us!

                                   RARITY

          Oh, you do amazingly well!  I have always wondered how you

          handle the ingredients for your baking, but... honestly, I

          didn't want to ask.

                                   APPLEJACK

          Well, I'm glad we cleared the air about that.  Good to know

          how my friends feel about me.  If you'll excuse me, I'm gonna

          go spend at least part of the day with somepony who respects

          me.

                                   RAINBOW DASH

          Fine!

                                   PINKIE PIE

          Me too!

                   (thinks)

          This is gonna be hard.

                                   TWILIGHT

          Girls, please!  Let's talk this over... somewhere private.

                                   APPLEJACK

          I'm sorry, I'm an earth pony.  I only talk when there's

          something to be said, not because I like the sound of my

          voice.

                                   TWILIGHT

          I don't especially like the sound of my voice... It's a

          little bit nasal... Wait!

Applejack, Pinkie, and Rainbow Dash all head offstage in different directions, angry.

INT. PONYVILLE BAR

Applejack and some earth ponies, talking over mugs of cider.

                                   APPLEJACK

          I never knew unicorns thought like that.

ON A CLOUD - DAY (DUSK)

Rainbow Dash is surrounded by other pegasi.

                                   RAINBOW DASH

          And she was angry at me!

INT. PONYVILLE DANCE CLUB

Pinkie is heads-together with several earth-pony mares, eyeing the unicorn DJ suspiciously.

                                   PINKIE PIE

          And then they eat them!

                                                              TIME CUT:

INT. LIBRARY - DAY

Twilight and Spike head downstairs together.

                                   TWILIGHT

                   (to Spike)

          It didn't sound so bad inside my head.

                                   SPIKE

          Do you think they're still mad?

                                   TWILIGHT

          It's a new day, Spike.

                   (opens the door)

          I'm sure everyone has forgotten all about it.

                   (steps outside)

EXT. LIBRARY - DAY

An angry crowd of earth ponies mills about between Twilight's tree and the rest of the town, bearing placards that say ALL YOU NEED IS HOOVES, UNICORNS GO HOME, and I'M NOT TASTY.

                                   TWILIGHT

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