1 00:00:03,570 --> 00:00:06,810 I have to admit I was a little shocked when Princess Celestia told me 2 00:00:06,810 --> 00:00:09,000 she wanted to start a Scholastic Buckball League, 3 00:00:09,230 --> 00:00:11,920 but I was even more surprised that she wanted the first game 4 00:00:11,965 --> 00:00:13,800 to be between her school and ours! 5 00:00:14,130 --> 00:00:16,650 Apparently, she's a huge sports fan. 6 00:00:16,650 --> 00:00:18,980 I always thought Celestia was kind of a jock. 7 00:00:18,980 --> 00:00:21,010 Just with really wavy hair. 8 00:00:22,270 --> 00:00:23,880 Anyway we don't have much time. 9 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:28,140 The game is in two weeks and I want all of you to coach the team. 10 00:00:31,940 --> 00:00:35,410 I know how you feel: young athletes ready to take the field… 11 00:00:35,410 --> 00:00:38,020 Oh you can almost breathe in the excitement! 12 00:00:40,180 --> 00:00:43,150 I don't think you should breathe it in so hard. 13 00:00:46,590 --> 00:00:48,857 It's just… two weeks doesn't feel like 14 00:00:48,914 --> 00:00:51,810 a whole lot of time to train a whole team. 15 00:00:52,330 --> 00:00:55,180 Maybe the School of Magic could play a few other schools first? 16 00:00:55,180 --> 00:00:58,490 Like the Mane and Tail Styling College or the Scroll-Making Institute? 17 00:00:58,670 --> 00:01:00,880 Relax, you're gonna do just fine. 18 00:01:01,990 --> 00:01:03,580 What makes you so sure? 19 00:01:03,870 --> 00:01:07,990 Because I have faith in my friends, who also happen to be… 20 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,540 the best buckball players in Equestria! 21 00:01:10,990 --> 00:01:12,320 Oh yeah. 22 00:01:24,770 --> 00:01:26,730 I guess that is sort of true. 23 00:01:27,220 --> 00:01:28,901 I asked Rainbow Dash to help too. 24 00:01:28,996 --> 00:01:30,040 But I'm not sure where she… 25 00:01:31,140 --> 00:01:32,050 Sorry I'm late. 26 00:01:32,050 --> 00:01:33,047 But when Twilight said you needed 27 00:01:33,098 --> 00:01:34,260 my help with the buckball team, 28 00:01:34,260 --> 00:01:35,658 I figured I'd better grab every piece 29 00:01:35,694 --> 00:01:37,760 of coaching equipment I could find. 30 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:40,710 So, what should I focus on? 31 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:43,350 Offense? Defense? Trick plays? 32 00:01:43,870 --> 00:01:46,240 I was thinking of something even more important. 33 00:01:46,370 --> 00:01:47,910 Awesome! Lay it on me. 34 00:01:47,990 --> 00:01:51,300 Whatever it is, I'll give it a hundred and twenty percent. 35 00:01:51,490 --> 00:01:53,810 I knew I could count on your enthusiasm. 36 00:01:53,810 --> 00:01:56,990 That's why I want you to coach… the cheer squad! 37 00:02:00,340 --> 00:02:01,920 Cheerleading? 38 00:02:47,010 --> 00:02:48,880 I don't mean to sound ungrateful. 39 00:02:49,100 --> 00:02:50,509 It's just, when you said you wanted 40 00:02:50,538 --> 00:02:51,930 my help with something important, 41 00:02:51,940 --> 00:02:53,100 I thought you meant… 42 00:02:53,100 --> 00:02:54,700 something important. 43 00:02:54,950 --> 00:02:56,870 The cheer squad is important. 44 00:03:01,490 --> 00:03:04,327 Well, sure cheer squad is totally important 45 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:06,064 to somepony who isn't me, 46 00:03:06,190 --> 00:03:10,060 but I'm more about ponies playing in the game, not cheering for it. 47 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:15,360 I mean it's great that some ponies only want to cheer, 48 00:03:15,370 --> 00:03:17,060 though I don't know why they would. 49 00:03:17,980 --> 00:03:21,540 Well, maybe this will be a good opportunity for you to find out. 50 00:03:21,920 --> 00:03:25,540 Of course I've seen cheer squads before — on the sidelines, but- 51 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:27,920 I'm not even a hundred percent sure what they do. 52 00:03:28,050 --> 00:03:29,350 I'll probably just mess it up. 53 00:03:29,640 --> 00:03:31,340 I think you might be surprised. 54 00:03:31,610 --> 00:03:35,500 In fact, I'm more sure than ever that you are the perfect choice. 55 00:03:36,990 --> 00:03:40,710 I'm actually a hundred and twenty percent sure. 56 00:03:40,980 --> 00:03:45,440 And it's a good thing too — the cheer squad really needs you. 57 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:46,980 What do you mean? 58 00:03:47,110 --> 00:03:50,700 Well, I've been helping out, and let's put it this way: 59 00:03:50,700 --> 00:03:52,848 we've got two weeks until the big game, 60 00:03:52,912 --> 00:03:55,650 and we could use two years. 61 00:03:55,970 --> 00:03:58,160 But that's all gonna change, 62 00:03:58,380 --> 00:04:01,840 because you're here to save the day! 63 00:04:02,540 --> 00:04:04,050 Oka-a-ay. 64 00:04:04,420 --> 00:04:05,980 So why are you here? 65 00:04:06,230 --> 00:04:08,500 What, a pony can't show school spirit? 66 00:04:08,620 --> 00:04:10,460 You don't even go to this school. 67 00:04:11,110 --> 00:04:14,260 Okay when I went to the Buckball Hall of Fame, 68 00:04:14,770 --> 00:04:18,390 I found out buckball souvenirs are big bits! 69 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:20,176 If Twilight's team does well, 70 00:04:20,256 --> 00:04:22,950 I can start selling them full time in Ponyville! 71 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:29,220 So I have a vested interest and you have an assistant coach. 72 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:35,180 She's here! 73 00:04:35,180 --> 00:04:36,410 Get the lights! 74 00:04:39,060 --> 00:04:41,870 Over, and over, and over again! 75 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:45,550 We wanna dance for each other and for all of our friends. 76 00:04:46,460 --> 00:04:47,950 Dancing, right. 77 00:04:48,220 --> 00:04:50,370 I've seen you two around school haven't I? 78 00:04:51,290 --> 00:04:54,200 I'm Shimmy Shake and this is Lighthoof. 79 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:57,030 And we are your lead dancers. 80 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:01,900 I didn't know you three would be here. 81 00:05:03,090 --> 00:05:05,630 Yona what to cheer and make pony pyramid! 82 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:09,712 And I thought this could be my chance 83 00:05:09,792 --> 00:05:12,010 to make an impression on everypony… 84 00:05:12,390 --> 00:05:14,780 you know, for something other than changing shape. 85 00:05:15,770 --> 00:05:18,620 I didn't realize you were into school spirit, Smolder. 86 00:05:19,630 --> 00:05:21,010 I just came with these two. 87 00:05:21,150 --> 00:05:24,040 Guess they think you can make cheer squad cool or something. 88 00:05:24,300 --> 00:05:25,540 Don't count on it. 89 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:30,660 Okay, now that we're all here, why don't you tell us the plan. 90 00:05:30,910 --> 00:05:32,176 How are you gonna make us 91 00:05:32,224 --> 00:05:35,310 into the most awesome cheer squad ever? 92 00:05:40,350 --> 00:05:42,912 I mean if you guys were an actual buckball team, 93 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:44,450 I'd have plenty of ideas. 94 00:05:45,550 --> 00:05:47,450 But I don't know anything about cheerleading. 95 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:51,100 Yes. Good one, coach. 96 00:05:51,180 --> 00:05:53,780 But headmare Twilight picked you for the job, 97 00:05:53,870 --> 00:05:57,790 so I'm pretty sure you know what you're doing. 98 00:05:58,260 --> 00:05:59,520 If you say so. 99 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:01,860 Right. 100 00:06:01,990 --> 00:06:04,432 Okay, gang, let's show Rainbow Dash 101 00:06:04,496 --> 00:06:05,910 what we've been working on 102 00:06:05,910 --> 00:06:07,960 and she can take it from there. 103 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:09,710 Cheer can do that! 104 00:06:11,010 --> 00:06:13,840 Yep! All we need is a little music! 105 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:18,890 Over, and o… ver, 106 00:06:19,270 --> 00:06:20,440 and over… 107 00:06:21,050 --> 00:06:21,710 gain! 108 00:06:23,190 --> 00:06:24,560 We wanna dance… 109 00:06:25,530 --> 00:06:28,080 for each other and for all of our frien… 110 00:06:29,940 --> 00:06:32,880 Two-four-six-eight. 111 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:37,680 Friendship school is really… great. 112 00:06:44,130 --> 00:06:46,090 Well, that was a disaster. 113 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:48,416 It's kind of hard to stick to our choreography 114 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:49,650 when the floor is moving. 115 00:06:50,180 --> 00:06:53,470 Yeah, Yona, your stomps are a little too powerful. 116 00:06:53,660 --> 00:06:55,750 Can we make pony pyramid instead? 117 00:06:56,030 --> 00:06:59,150 Maybe we should figure out what cheers we should do first? 118 00:06:59,730 --> 00:07:02,260 Yeah, because that'll fix everything. 119 00:07:02,500 --> 00:07:05,030 So, I mean there's a few… 120 00:07:05,710 --> 00:07:09,060 a lot of problems, but nothing you can't solve, right? 121 00:07:09,870 --> 00:07:13,440 Oh, yeah, listen, you guys don't have anything to worry about. 122 00:07:13,770 --> 00:07:14,740 We don't? 123 00:07:14,740 --> 00:07:19,240 Nope. In fact, I think what you all just did is totally fine. 124 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:20,480 You guys have got this! 125 00:07:20,490 --> 00:07:23,070 So, I'm just gonna head down to the field. 126 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:25,060 Great practice, everypony! 127 00:07:34,370 --> 00:07:35,270 What are you doing? 128 00:07:35,980 --> 00:07:37,800 What are you doing? 129 00:07:37,810 --> 00:07:40,580 You've got to come back and coach the squad! 130 00:07:41,530 --> 00:07:44,160 I watched them cheer stuff. Look fine to me. 131 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:46,340 Well, it's not. 132 00:07:46,590 --> 00:07:47,840 Do you know what will happen 133 00:07:47,904 --> 00:07:50,470 if they do what they just did at the big game? 134 00:07:51,550 --> 00:07:52,330 Nothing? 135 00:07:53,030 --> 00:07:54,030 Wrong! 136 00:07:55,870 --> 00:07:58,816 A good cheer squad gets the fans excited, 137 00:07:58,912 --> 00:08:00,760 which gets the team excited. 138 00:08:00,990 --> 00:08:07,020 But if nopony's excited, then nopony buys any souvenirs! 139 00:08:07,170 --> 00:08:10,560 I think you're blowing this a little out of proportion. 140 00:08:10,650 --> 00:08:14,752 Point is, if I'm going to make any bits at these games, 141 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:16,880 that squad has to get better. 142 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:20,090 And to do that, they need a coach. 143 00:08:20,980 --> 00:08:23,270 You know what? You're right! 144 00:08:23,380 --> 00:08:24,780 Why don't you do it? 145 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:27,640 I mean, you're the one with a vested interest. 146 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:34,810 The trick to being a good buckball keeper is to do nothing. 147 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:36,960 Just empty your mind. 148 00:08:37,220 --> 00:08:39,430 Be the ball! 149 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:42,950 Balls don't have minds. 150 00:08:43,210 --> 00:08:44,630 Exactly! 151 00:08:51,870 --> 00:08:52,930 Where's my— 152 00:08:52,940 --> 00:08:53,630 My turn! 153 00:08:53,630 --> 00:08:54,780 I want it, come on! 154 00:08:54,790 --> 00:08:55,790 Did you see it? 155 00:08:55,790 --> 00:08:56,480 Hey, over here! 156 00:08:56,510 --> 00:08:58,992 Why are you watching Snails weird practice 157 00:08:59,072 --> 00:09:01,350 when you're supposed to be practicing with us? 158 00:09:02,150 --> 00:09:04,540 Snails practice is definitely weird. 159 00:09:05,780 --> 00:09:07,620 I thought Snips was practicing with you. 160 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:09,290 He was. 161 00:09:10,930 --> 00:09:14,090 Do you have any idea how hard it is to dance in this stuff? 162 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:18,290 Plus, all these buttons jingle so much you can't hear my cheers. 163 00:09:18,680 --> 00:09:20,390 Speaking up might help a little. 164 00:09:20,730 --> 00:09:22,740 So, don't dance and cheer. 165 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:25,810 Then what cheer squad do? 166 00:09:26,190 --> 00:09:26,820 I don't know. 167 00:09:26,930 --> 00:09:28,050 Maybe you should! 168 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:29,280 Or, whatever. 169 00:09:29,390 --> 00:09:30,500 You're the coach. 170 00:09:30,500 --> 00:09:32,850 You're supposed to come up with stuff for us to do. 171 00:09:33,090 --> 00:09:34,370 Okay. 172 00:09:35,090 --> 00:09:36,720 I've got something for you to do. 173 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:38,870 Just do nothing. 174 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:41,210 Empty your minds. 175 00:09:41,550 --> 00:09:43,790 Be the squad. 176 00:09:44,150 --> 00:09:45,980 We are the squad. 177 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:47,430 Huh, yeah. 178 00:09:47,630 --> 00:09:51,000 At least helping sell my souvenirs was something. 179 00:09:54,030 --> 00:09:57,610 Yona still not understand how this make us better. 180 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,700 Professor Dash needs to stay and coach! 181 00:10:03,780 --> 00:10:06,740 You guys asked me to come up with something, and I did. 182 00:10:07,290 --> 00:10:09,010 I don't think "nothing" counts. 183 00:10:09,330 --> 00:10:10,800 Then I'm out of ideas. 184 00:10:11,260 --> 00:10:14,000 This is the School of Friendship. 185 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:18,510 If you need ideas, you should ask your friends for help. 186 00:10:19,540 --> 00:10:20,450 Fine! 187 00:10:42,510 --> 00:10:43,380 Okay. 188 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:46,176 Since you guys have been nagging me non-stop 189 00:10:46,208 --> 00:10:48,900 about this cheer stuff for, like, ever… 190 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:50,970 It has literally been one day. 191 00:10:51,140 --> 00:10:53,160 I went around and got everything you need. 192 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:00,350 What are we supposed to do with hay? 193 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:03,290 Beats me, but Applejack seemed pretty sure about it. 194 00:11:03,780 --> 00:11:04,740 I almost forgot. 195 00:11:05,950 --> 00:11:07,710 A rhyming dictionary? 196 00:11:08,110 --> 00:11:10,640 Yeah, Zecora is a lot less helpful than you'd think. 197 00:11:10,710 --> 00:11:13,180 That's from the library, so you can come up with cheers! 198 00:11:13,290 --> 00:11:15,070 Okay, good practice! 199 00:11:15,330 --> 00:11:17,120 So you're just leaving again? 200 00:11:18,750 --> 00:11:20,672 Look, I talked to my friends 201 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:22,670 and they said this is the stuff you need. 202 00:11:22,750 --> 00:11:25,008 Wouldn't a true cheer squad be able 203 00:11:25,072 --> 00:11:27,160 to figure out what to do with it? 204 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:29,472 But Fluttershy and Pinkie wanted us 205 00:11:29,550 --> 00:11:32,272 to show them everything we come up with tomorrow! 206 00:11:32,500 --> 00:11:36,090 They want to get the team all excited before the big game! 207 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:39,390 Well then it's a good thing I got you all this stuff! 208 00:11:39,500 --> 00:11:40,530 You better get to work. 209 00:11:44,560 --> 00:11:45,580 Don't look at me. 210 00:11:55,570 --> 00:11:57,010 Good work everybody! 211 00:11:57,170 --> 00:11:58,340 Let's take a break. 212 00:12:00,770 --> 00:12:01,600 Yeah! 213 00:12:03,430 --> 00:12:06,180 Wow, this team is really shaping up. 214 00:12:06,180 --> 00:12:06,980 Nice job! 215 00:12:07,370 --> 00:12:10,450 Thanks. I'm excited to see what you've been up to. 216 00:12:10,550 --> 00:12:13,440 Yeah, I can't wait to see the cheer squad! 217 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:18,600 Oh, you're serious 218 00:12:20,630 --> 00:12:21,440 Go, team! 219 00:12:21,560 --> 00:12:22,720 This is so exciting! 220 00:12:23,110 --> 00:12:26,030 Well, I'm sure you've put in a lot of hard work. 221 00:12:26,460 --> 00:12:28,760 How much work does cheer squad need. 222 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:30,592 Anypony wanna buy an official 223 00:12:30,688 --> 00:12:33,590 School of Friendship cheer squad headband? 224 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:38,260 Now, I personally would buy them before the performance! 225 00:12:44,530 --> 00:12:47,790 Over… and over, and over again! 226 00:12:50,130 --> 00:12:53,670 We wanna dance for each other and for all of our friends! 227 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:57,150 School of Friendship, ra-ra-ra! 228 00:12:57,580 --> 00:12:59,760 Let's win this game and hit the… 229 00:13:00,070 --> 00:13:02,250 What rhymes with "ra"..? 230 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:03,310 Spa..! 231 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:10,680 Yona! 232 00:13:21,590 --> 00:13:24,600 I know I said I couldn't wait to see the cheer squad, but… 233 00:13:25,190 --> 00:13:27,690 maybe I could've waited just a teensy bit longer. 234 00:13:27,930 --> 00:13:29,780 Oh yeah! Nice one! 235 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:36,290 What? 236 00:13:41,750 --> 00:13:44,290 I don't know what everypony is so upset about. 237 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:45,800 So it wasn't great. 238 00:13:45,910 --> 00:13:47,410 Cheerleading's never great. 239 00:13:47,410 --> 00:13:49,960 That's why everypony gets up to get a snack during it. 240 00:13:55,170 --> 00:13:56,830 What is the big deal? 241 00:13:57,260 --> 00:13:58,176 If you don't know, 242 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:00,768 there's no point in us trying to explain it to you. 243 00:14:01,150 --> 00:14:02,920 Lead dancers out! 244 00:14:04,890 --> 00:14:06,560 It's not that we were bad, 245 00:14:06,656 --> 00:14:09,950 it's that you didn't even wanna try to help us get better. 246 00:14:11,010 --> 00:14:12,140 Didn't try? 247 00:14:12,370 --> 00:14:14,000 What are you talking about? 248 00:14:14,250 --> 00:14:16,220 I got you a party cannon. 249 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:19,060 It's not my fault you couldn't figure out how to use it right. 250 00:14:19,410 --> 00:14:21,610 Well you could have shown us! 251 00:14:23,030 --> 00:14:24,400 Wow, ponies might actually care 252 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:27,250 about cheer squad if she cheered like that all the time. 253 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:30,680 Why would you say ponies don't care about cheer squad? 254 00:14:30,970 --> 00:14:32,540 Because they don't. 255 00:14:32,670 --> 00:14:34,150 No, you don't. 256 00:14:34,540 --> 00:14:35,730 But they do. 257 00:14:36,010 --> 00:14:38,630 I bet headmare Twilight does, and you know what? 258 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:40,130 I do too! 259 00:14:40,460 --> 00:14:42,496 I actually got excited when I found out 260 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:43,800 you were gonna be our coach. 261 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:47,330 I figured, if anypony can make cheer squad awesome it's you! 262 00:14:47,610 --> 00:14:49,360 Me? Why? 263 00:14:49,910 --> 00:14:52,940 Because everything's always awesome with you! 264 00:14:52,940 --> 00:14:54,530 Or 20 percent cooler. 265 00:14:54,700 --> 00:14:56,130 Or whatever! 266 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:00,064 You're the most enthusiastic pony in Equestria 267 00:15:00,128 --> 00:15:02,350 when it's something you care about. 268 00:15:03,100 --> 00:15:06,060 I just wish we were one of those things. 269 00:15:09,260 --> 00:15:12,864 And it looks like my assistant cheer coach slash 270 00:15:12,944 --> 00:15:15,660 souvenir-selling business is a bust. 271 00:15:16,010 --> 00:15:17,600 So I'm gonna take off, 272 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:20,110 unless you could think of something else for me to do. 273 00:15:22,190 --> 00:15:23,840 Maybe I can. 274 00:15:30,380 --> 00:15:31,620 Yak's hear loud noises! 275 00:15:32,500 --> 00:15:34,940 Squad meeting! Outside! ASAP! 276 00:15:40,010 --> 00:15:42,850 Dance ponies buckball fields! Pronto! 277 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:49,600 Hey, dragon! 278 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:52,530 Get out here and join your squad! 279 00:15:54,950 --> 00:15:55,950 So what? 280 00:15:55,950 --> 00:15:57,780 Is there some new button you want to sell? 281 00:15:57,780 --> 00:15:59,590 Not a button. 282 00:16:03,300 --> 00:16:04,260 Not this again. 283 00:16:04,260 --> 00:16:05,770 Sorry, we're not buying. 284 00:16:06,230 --> 00:16:06,980 Wait! 285 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:09,248 Look, I know I haven't been a great coach 286 00:16:09,312 --> 00:16:10,850 because I don't care about cheerleading. 287 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,810 But… all of you do, 288 00:16:14,180 --> 00:16:15,730 and I care about you. 289 00:16:16,270 --> 00:16:19,500 So I guess maybe I care about cheer squad. 290 00:16:20,420 --> 00:16:22,180 And a good friend reminded me that 291 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:25,810 I can make anything I care about totally awesome. 292 00:16:28,100 --> 00:16:30,192 So, from now on I'm gonna give 293 00:16:30,224 --> 00:16:32,480 this thing a hundred and twenty percent. 294 00:16:32,590 --> 00:16:34,560 And I expect the same from you. 295 00:16:35,180 --> 00:16:36,550 We are gonna dance! 296 00:16:37,050 --> 00:16:38,570 We are gonna cheer! 297 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:41,328 We're gonna make the biggest pony 298 00:16:41,392 --> 00:16:43,830 pyramid Equestria's ever seen! 299 00:16:44,610 --> 00:16:45,860 And when we're done, 300 00:16:45,860 --> 00:16:47,440 we're gonna make sure everypony 301 00:16:47,504 --> 00:16:49,600 on that field is so pumped up 302 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:51,990 they forget they even came to see a game! 303 00:16:52,990 --> 00:16:56,490 But not so pumped up that they forget to buy a pennant 304 00:16:56,490 --> 00:17:00,360 or a button, or a quality souvenir t-shirt. 305 00:17:01,940 --> 00:17:02,530 What? 306 00:18:10,380 --> 00:18:13,792 I realize the game of buckball traditionally requires an earth pony, 307 00:18:13,872 --> 00:18:15,980 pegasus and a unicorn, 308 00:18:15,980 --> 00:18:18,700 but I appreciate you allowing my students to compete. 309 00:18:18,910 --> 00:18:21,856 Of course! And the wings and magical dampening ring 310 00:18:21,952 --> 00:18:24,080 you made seem to be working really well. 311 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:27,730 Indeed, though not as well as your team. 312 00:18:28,120 --> 00:18:31,110 COME ON, SCHOOL OF MAGIC! 313 00:18:33,340 --> 00:18:35,400 This suspense is horrible! 314 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:39,010 I'm the most nervous I've ever been, and that's saying something. 315 00:18:39,190 --> 00:18:40,630 I know how you feel. 316 00:18:40,750 --> 00:18:43,024 Don't worry. Celestia's team might be tough, 317 00:18:43,088 --> 00:18:45,220 but we can still win this thing. 318 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:47,130 What? Oh yeah, totally. 319 00:18:47,130 --> 00:18:49,240 But I wasn't talking about the game. 320 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:50,400 Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on! 321 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:52,580 And that's the end of the first half! 322 00:18:53,390 --> 00:18:55,020 Sorry, can't talk right now. 323 00:18:55,020 --> 00:18:57,930 I sure hope Dash being nervous is a good sign. 324 00:19:05,710 --> 00:19:08,580 Over, and over, and over again! 325 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:12,000 We'll cheer for our team till the very end! 326 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:36,320 Everypony in the crowd, if you are feeling hip, 327 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:37,968 When I say Friend", 328 00:19:38,096 --> 00:19:39,460 you say "ship"!" 329 00:19:39,910 --> 00:19:40,750 Friend! 330 00:19:40,750 --> 00:19:41,450 Ship! 331 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:42,560 Friend! 332 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:43,180 Ship! 333 00:19:43,340 --> 00:19:45,970 Welcome everypony to the half-time show. 334 00:19:46,380 --> 00:19:49,590 We are the Friendhip Squad, and we are ready to go! 335 00:19:50,020 --> 00:19:53,260 We're here to cheer and get you all excited! 336 00:19:53,260 --> 00:19:56,650 If you want to join in, then you are all invited! 337 00:19:56,650 --> 00:19:59,870 It's a simple cheer, so don't time it late. 338 00:19:59,870 --> 00:20:04,670 It goes: Two! Four! Six! Great! 339 00:20:11,940 --> 00:20:13,090 Not bad, right? 340 00:20:13,610 --> 00:20:15,860 They. Were. Awesome! 341 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:21,510 Well, they have a pretty decent coach. 342 00:20:27,230 --> 00:20:28,690 And that's the game. 343 00:20:29,150 --> 00:20:31,460 Final score: School of Magic — five, 344 00:20:31,460 --> 00:20:33,150 School of Friendship — four! 345 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:35,470 Nice work, everyone. 346 00:20:35,780 --> 00:20:36,920 You can't win them all. 347 00:20:36,990 --> 00:20:40,220 Sometimes that's just how the cupcake crumbles. 348 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:42,700 You guys were amazing! 349 00:20:44,850 --> 00:20:46,080 It was flawless. 350 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:48,180 I can't think of any way that could have been better. 351 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:50,030 We could have won the game. 352 00:20:51,180 --> 00:20:53,060 The game was just a sideshow. 353 00:20:53,060 --> 00:20:55,380 You guys were the main event! 354 00:20:56,060 --> 00:20:59,590 I'm glad to see such good sportsponyship on display. 355 00:20:59,820 --> 00:21:03,270 Your cheer squad was an inspiration, Rainbow Dash. 356 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:05,710 I'll have to start one at my school as well. 357 00:21:05,790 --> 00:21:07,500 Wow, Rainbow Dash. 358 00:21:07,500 --> 00:21:11,380 It's almost like you were the perfect pony to coach cheer squad after all. 359 00:21:11,790 --> 00:21:13,020 Wait a second. 360 00:21:13,150 --> 00:21:15,104 Was this one of those things where you knew 361 00:21:15,152 --> 00:21:17,750 the lesson I needed to learn before I learned it? 362 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:19,168 You mean like how you don't have 363 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:20,800 to care about a thing other ponies 364 00:21:20,810 --> 00:21:23,320 like as long as you care about the ponies who like it? 365 00:21:23,750 --> 00:21:25,220 Nope, don't know what you're talking about! 366 00:21:27,570 --> 00:21:29,230 Nicely done. 367 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:36,970 Subtitles: MLPSubtitles 368 00:21:37,020 --> 00:21:38,970 http://mlpsubtitles.org/ 369 00:21:39,010 --> 00:21:40,950 Transcript: OmegaBowser 370 00:21:40,990 --> 00:21:43,010 Sync: Sunnysubs, OmegaBowser