MY LITTLE PONY 7

Episode 713 / 403-713

"The Perfect Pear”

Written by

Joanna Lewis & Kristine Songco

As Broadcast Script: April 3rd, 2017

  
                              
                                               Ashleigh Ball as APPLEJACK
                                           Michelle Creber as APPLE BLOOM
                                   Peter New as GOLDIE DELICIOUS, BIG MAC
                                            William Shatner as GRAND PEAR
                                               Felicia Day as PEAR BUTTER
             Tabitha St. Germain as MRS. CAKE/CHIFFON SWIRL, GRANNY SMITH
                                       Bill Mondy as BURNT OAK, TOWNSPONY
                                                Bill Newton as BRIGHT MAC
                                             Cathy Weseluck as MAYOR MARE
                                     
TEASER
Sc. 1 - EXT. PONYVILLE MARKET - DAY
Apple Bloom 
Hm. 
APPLE BLOOM (CONT'D)
Ah, thhank you! You must be new. I'm Apple Bloom. 
Grand Pear
I’m Grand Pear.
APPLE BLOOM
Welcome to Ponyville!
TownspONY
You mean, welcome back to Ponyville! Grand Pear was originally from here before he opened his famous pear jam store in VanHoover!  
APPLE BLOOM
Really? Why'dja move back?
Grand Pear
I... uh, well I needed a change of pace. 
APPLE BLOOM
Ah. This is delicious! I can't believe I've gone my whole life without ever having this! 
GRAND PEAR
Glad you like it. 
Apple Bloom
How much? 
GRAND PEAR
Nah.
APPLE BLOOM (CONT'D)
Wow, thanks, Mr. Grand Pear, sir! It was real nice meetin' you!
Sc. 2 - INT. SWEET APPLE ACRES - KITCHEN - LATER
ApplEJACK
Glad you're back, sugar cube! Just in time for Breakfast-for-dinner! 
AppLE BLOOM
I got the perfect topper for flapjacks at the market today! 
APPLEJACK
PEAR JAM!? What were you thinking? Quick, hide it!
APPLE BLOOM 
Huh?

MAIN TITLES
ACT ONE
Sc. 3 - INT. SWEET APPLE ACRES - SAME
APPLe BLOOM
What's the big deal? It's just Pear Jam!. 
APPLEJACK
The big deal is that there is a long standing feud between the Apples and the Pears! 
Big Mac
Yeeup!
Apple Bloom 
Why? 
Apple Jack
Why? Well, uh, actually I'm not really sure. You have any idea, Big Mac?
BIG MAC
Uuuuh, noope. 
Apple Bloom 
Then I guess we should ask Granny?

Granny Smith
Ask me what? 
APPLEJACK
Uh, what goes best with apple fritter flapjacks, caramel syrup or praline?
GRANNY SMITH
Praline. ohhoho. That smells great, Applejack! I'm gonna go wash up for supper. Be right back. 
Apple Bloom
What was that about?
APPLEJACK
Listen, sugar cube. Anytime Big Mac and I ever asked Granny about the feud or the Pears, she'd get so upset she couldn't talk. Best not bring it up. 
APPLE BLOOM
Okay. But that Grand Pear was really nice to me, even though I'm an Apple. I wonder what happened. 

APPLEJACK
Me too. But if we can't ask Granny,  I don't know who--We can ask Goldie Delicious! If anypony knows about the feud, it's the family historian! 
Apple Bloom 
I'm in! Whaddya say, Big Mac? Sibling trip first thing tomorrow? 
Big Mac
Yeeup! 
Sc. 4 - INT. GOLDIE DELICIOUS CABIN - THE NEXT DAY
Goldie Delicious
Now that's how you make an entrance. Or is it an exit?  Well anyway, it's so wonderful to see you three! To what do I owe the pleasure?
APPLEJACK
Well, Goldie, we were hoping you could tell us all about the...uh...feud with the Apples and the Pears
GOLDIE DELICIOUS
Oh..Oh dear! Does Granny Smith know you're here?
Apple Bloom
No, ma'am. But I ran into Grand Pear yesterday and he was real nice. Maybe the feud was a misunderstanding or something and we can fix it? 
GOLDIE DELICIOUS
Hmm.  Well I don't know about that, little one. But if it's the story you're after I suppose you have a right to know. 
Goldie Delicious (CONT'D)
Let’s see here I got a stack of books here some place..Oh! Apple family history volume one thirty seven. Here we are! Feud with the Bears. I mean Pears. My eyes ain't what they used to be. 
GoldIE DELICIOUS (CONT'D)
A long time ago, Sweet Apple Acres wasn't the only farm in Ponyville. In fact there was another one just right next door, The Pear Patch. 
Sc. 5 - EXT. PONYVILLE MARKET - FLASHBACK
Young Granny Smith
Come'n get your apples! Nothing sweeter than biting into a crisp apple on a beautiful fall day. 
Young Grand Pear
Unless, of course, you could bite into a juicy pear! 
Young Granny Smith
Please! Pears are just what happen when you aint no good at farming apples. 
Young Grand Pear
Pears are nature's candy! Apples are sour, like the expression on your face right now!  
GoldIE Delicious (V.O.)
And so it went. Granny and Grand Pear were always at each other: Who was the best farmer? Who took better care of their trees? If Granny read to her trees at night...
Sc. 6 - EXT. SWEET APPLE ACRES/PEAR FARM - EVENING - FLASHBACK
Young Granny Smith
"...And then the little tree reached it's branches up to the moon and the moon said good night.
GOLDIE DELICIOUS (V.O.)
...why then Grand Pear had special blankets made for his trees so they wouldn't get cold. 
Young Grand Pear
Good night, trees. I've got you covered. 
Sc. 7 - EXT. SWEet APPLE ACRES/ PEAR PATCH - DAY - FLASHBACK 
Goldie Delicious (V.O.)
In fact, all the Apples and the Pears were rivals to the core. The only Apple and Pear who ever got along were Bright Macintosh and Pear Butter. 
Young BRIGHT MAC
Psst. I'm not supposed to talk to you. 
Young PEAR BUTTER
I'm not supposed to talk to you either. 
Young BRIGHT MAC
My mom says if you hold a buttercup under your chin, it'll make your chin glow. But it doesn't work on me. See? 
Young PEAR BUTTER
Does it work on me? 
Young BRIGHT MAC
It sure does, buttercup. 
Young Pear BUTTER
Buttercup. I like that name.
APPLEJACK (V.O.)
Wait an apple pickin' minute!
Sc. 8 - EXT. GOLDIE DELICIOUS'S COTTAGE - BACK TO SCENE

ApPLEJACK
Bright Mac and Buttercup? Those are our parents names! 
Goldie Delicious
Course, Buttercup was just the nickname your father gave your mother. Pear Butter well that was her given name...
APPLEJACK
Are you saying our mother was a Pear? 
END ACT ONE
ACT TWO
Sc. 9 - INT. GOLDIE DELICIOUS CABIN - SAME
Big Mac
So we are half-Pear?
APPLEJACK
I can't believe it! How did we not know? 
Goldie DELICIOUS
Well, nopony called your mother Pear Butter... And her cutie mark was a preserve jar but pear butter don't look much different from apple butter... so no clues there. 
APPLEJAck 
Is there anything else you can tell us about them? 
Goldie Delicious
Well, I know that they loved each other very much! They had that magical, star-kissed, other side of a rainbow kind of love. You couldn't be around 'em too long and not feel a little bit lighter than air yourself. 

Apple Bloom 
Anything else? 
GoldIE DELICIOUS
Hmmm. I'd need volume one thirty eight for that.
GolDie DELICIOUS (CONT'D)
I'm sure I could wrangle it... in a couple days. 
APPLEJACK
That's alright, Goldie. It was nice just to hear--
GOLDIE DELICIOUS
Ooh ooh! I just remembered somethin'!
Your dad and his buddy, Burnt Oak, would get in all kinds of trouble together as colts!
APPLEJACK
Burnt Oak? The firewood salespony? I haven't seen him in ages.
GOLDIE DELICIOUS
He and your dad were thick as thieves back in the day. Y'all should talk to him.
Sc. 10 - EXT. PONYVILLE MARKET- FIREWOOD STAND - LATER
Burnt Oak
Well well, if it isn't the Apples?! What can I do for you? I know you're not here for firewood. You've got more trees than anypony in Ponyville! 
APPLEJACK
You're right. We're not here for that. 
Burnt Oak
Come to ask about your dad?
Big MAC
Uh eeeyup.
BURNT OAK
I wondered if you might. I hoped you would. It's nice to talk about him. We had a lot of laughs. In fact, this one time... 
Sc. 11 - EXT. SWEET APPLE ACRES - FLASHBACK
Burnt oak (V.O.)
...we were racing to see who could till the fastest and Bright Mac was leavin' me in the dust! He woulda won too if he wasn't so distracted.  
Grand Pear
OH!
Grand Pear
Pear Butter! What did you do?
Pear Butter
I... I'm not sure... 
Bright mac
She didn't do it, sir. 
Grand Pear
Excuse me? 
BRIGHT MAC
The water silo. It was my fault. 
Grand Pear
You owe me a new silo, boy And you, come with me. No daughter of mine is gonna make goo goo eyes at an Apple. 
Sc. 12 - EXT. PONYVILLE MARKET - FIREWOOD STAND - BACK TO SCENE
BurnT OAK 
Grand Pear never would have known it was your father's fault! But there was no way he'd let your mother take the blame for something he did. 
Apple Bloom 
So dad was super honest! Apple doesn't fall far from the tree huh, Applejack? 
BURNT OAK
Your dad worked the apple farm all day and then headed over to the Pear's on his breaks to fix the water silo. I didn't see him for weeks! Not that he minded. Gave him a chance to get to know your ma.  
AppLE BLOOM
Did you know our mom too? 
BURNT OAK
Buttercup was a real peach of a Pear but if you want to know more about her, you should ask Mrs. Cake. 
Apple Bloom
Mrs. Cake? 
BURNT OAK
She and your ma were inseparable when they were fillies! 
Applejack
Then let's go! Thanks, Burnt Oak. 
BIG MAC
Would it be ok if we stopped by again sometime? To hear more stories? 
Burnt Oak
I'd like that very much. 
Sc. 13 - INT. SUGARCUBE CORNER - LATER
Mrs. Cake
Well, cinnamon sugar on toast, all three apple siblings!
Applejack
Hi, Mrs. Cake. We heard you and our ma used to be real good friends and we were hoping you could tell us a bit about her. 
MRS. CAKE
Oh I would love to. I never knew the right time to bring it up but I'm so happy you came. For starters, did you all know that it was your mom who convinced me to pursue baking? 
Apple Bloom 
But isn't your name Mrs. Cake? 
MRS. CAKE
Not always. Back when I was Chiffon Swirl I had no idea what I was supposed to do. 
MRS. CAKE (CONT'D)
But one day, your mom brought me some candied pears, eggs, flour, sugar and vanilla and told me to just be creative. Next thing I knew, I was whipping up  pear upside down cake and I got my cutie mark! It was like she knew what I was supposed to do long before I did. 
AppleJack 
Just like you, sugarcube! Or rather you're just like her! 
Mrs. Cake 
That was the first of many cakes for me and Buttercup was with me through it all. 
Sc. 14 - INT. SUGAR CUBE CORNER - FLASHBACK - DAY 
Mrs. Cake (V.O.)
She’d be my taste tester, help with the decorating and prep new ingredients. Over the years, I perfected my recipes. 
Mrs. Cake (V.O.)
Your mom did so much for me, one day I wanted to surprise her with a cake. 
Sc. 15 - EXT. Pear Farm - FLASHBACK
Pear Butter
Oh, it's just you! 
Chiffon Swirl
Sorry. I just brought you a little something to say thank you... but I see you're busy. 
Pear Butter
Promise you won't say anything. 
Granny Smith
What in tarnation are you doin', Bright Mac? We do not fraternize with Pears! 
Chiffon Swirl
You and Bright Mac? I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. Your families hate each other!
PeAR BUTTER
I can't help it, we just sort of... happened.
Mrs. Cake (v.O.)
Then Pear Butter told me the sweetest love story I have ever heard.
Sc. 16 - EXT. SWEET APPLE ACRES - DAY
Bright Mac
Happy one hundred and thirty one thousand four hundred and fifty six hour anniversary Darlin. 

Pear BUTTER
What? That's way longer than we've been together. 
BRIGHT MAC
I know. But it's the anniversary of the first time I called you Buttercup. It's okay if you didn't get me anything. 
PEAR BUTTER
Actually, I did. 
BRIGHT MAC
A guitar? For me? But I don't know how to play!
PEAR BUTTER
Quiet, you.
Sc. 17 - int. SWEET APPLE ACRES - pear butter's room - night
PeAR BUTTER (O.S.)
We're far apart in every way, but you're the best part of my day...
Sc. 18 - Ext. apple/pear farm border - later
PeAR BUTTER (V.O.)
And sure as I breathe air, I know we are the perfect pair.
Sc. 19 - EXT. PONYVILLE MARKET - DAY
Pear BUTTER (O.S.)
On a prickly path that goes on for miles, but it's worth it just to see your smile...
PeAR BUTTER (o.S.) (CONT'D)
...And I cannot be pulled apart, from the hold you have on my heart. And even if the World tells us it’s wrong, you’re in my head like a catchy song.
118A BRIGHT MAC
Wow. It's just ... wow.
118B PEAR BUTTER
Do you like it? Be honest now.
118C BRIGHT MAC
It's the best gift you could have given me

Sc. 22 - EXT. SWEET APPLE ACRES – DAY
PeAR BUTTER
Seasons change and leaves may fall but I’ll be with you through them all and rain or shine you’ll always be mine. On a prickly path that goes on for miles. You’re the only one who makes it all worth while and you should not blame me too if I can’t help fallin in love with you.
BRIGHT MAC
Hey! No fair! I was gonna tell you the same thing!
PEAR BUTTER
You're just mad I beat you to it.
BRIGHT MAC
I'm telling ya. I was gonna pull you up, cover your eyes, lead you over here...
BrIGHT MAC (CONT'D)
...and say "surprise!"
BRIGHT MAC (CONT'D)
And then you'd say, "Oh Bright Mac. I love it!" 
BRIGHT MAC (CONT'D)
And then I'd say "I love you." Too bad it didn't work out, though.
PeAR BUTTER
Yup. Too bad.
Sc. 23 - EXT. PEAR Patch - DAY
Grand pear
The Pears are moving!
Sc. 24 - INT. SUGAR CUBE CORNER - BACK TO PRESENT
END ACT TWO
ACT THREE
Sc. 25 - Int. Sugar cube corner - day
ApPLEJACK
I mean, I figured the Pears moved but I didn't know all that stuff happened before with Granny and Grand Pear.
ApPLE BLOOM
It must have been really hard on our parents. 
MrS. CAKE
Oh it was...
Sc. 26 - EXT. PEAR Patch - flashback - day
PeAR BUTTER
We're moving?? To Van Hoover?
But... but that's so far!
GRAND PEAR
It's what's best. There's acres of untouched land and a warehouse to make our jams! We'll get to expand our business and get away from those gosh darn Apples!
Mrs. CAKE (V.O.)
Pear Butter was devastated. But seeing no way out of it, she did what she had to do.
Sc. 27 - Ext. ApPLE/PEAR FARM BORDER - night
BrIGHT MAC
So, that's it?
PeaR BUTTER
What do you want me to do, Bright Mac? We're moving. I love you but I have to stay with my family. 
Mrs. CAKE (V.O.)
Then Bright Mac did the most romantic thing I've ever seen anypony do.
Sc. 28 - INT. SUGARCUBE CORNER - BACK TO present
Apple siblings
What? What??? Tell us!!
MrS. CAKE
We're gonna need one more pony to tell this story.
Cut to:
Sc. 29 - EXT. TOWN HALL - LATER
Apple bloom
Mayor Mare, you knew our parents?
Mayor mare
Not as well as Mrs. Cake, but I did play a part in their love story. The night before the Pear family moved, Bright Mac asked me to meet him at the edge of Sweet Apple Acres...
Flashback to:
Sc. 30 - EXT. APPLE ACRES/PEAR FARM BORDER - DUSK
BrIGHT MAC
I don't want to be apart from you, ever. I'm not sure what we'll do but I'm sure of us. So sure that I'd marry you today.
PEAR BUTTER
I would too!
Young mayor mare
I think that's my cue. 
DISSOLVE TO:
Sc. 31 - EXT. APPLE ACRES/PEAR FARM BORDER - NIGHT
MayOR MARE (V.O.)
I had the honor of officiating your parents' secret wedding. and it was perfect.
MayOR MARE (V.O.)
Bright Mac knew his Buttercup wouldn't want a big splash--
ApPLE BLOOM (V.O.)
Reminds me of somepony else I know...
Big mac (V.O.)
Eeeyup.
MayOR MARE (v.O.)
--so they had a special way to seal their vows.
YouNG MAYOR MARE
I now pronounce you--
Granny smith 
What is goin' on here? What's with all these here candles?
GranD PEAR (O.S.)
Pear Butter, where are you? You're supposed to be packing! 
GrAND PEAR (CONT'D)
What are you two doing?
BrIGHT MAC
Ma, Grand Pear...Buttercup and I are in love.
GRAND PEAR/granny smith
What??
PeaR BUTTER
And we'll be married as soon as Mayor Mare says...
YouNG MAYOR MARE
Oh! I now pronounce you husband and wife.
PEAR BUTTER
 Doesn't that feel nice.
GrannY SMITH
What are you talkin' about? Married? You two can't be married! 
Grand Pear
Finally something we can agree on! Pear Butter, enough of this nonsense, We're moving and you gotta stick with your family.
PEAR BUTTER
but... the Apples are my family now, too.
GRAND PEAR
You can't be serious. Are you choosing to be an Apple? Over being a Pear?
Pear BUTTER
Are you making me choose?
GRAND PEAR
Yes. I am.
PEAR BUTTER
Then yeah. I guess I am.
GrAND PEAR
Fine!!
Sc. 32 - EXT. TOWN HALL - BACK TO present
ApPLEJACK
I can't believe Grand Pear just up and left ma like that. No wonder Granny never told us about any of this.  
MRs. Cake
These things are never easy. 
Mayor Mare
And it's hard to know when it is a good time.
Applejack 
Well, it seems to me that now's as good a time as any. 
Apple Bloom 
To talk to both our grandparents. 
Sc. 33 - Ext. Ponyville market - dusk
ApPLE BLOOM (O.S.)
'Scuse me? Grand Pear?
applejack
I'm Applejack and this is Big MacIntosh but you already know who we are, don't you? 
GraND PEAR
Sure do.
APPLE BLOOM
Did you really move to Ponyville just for a change of pace?
GRAND PEAR
No.
APPLE BLOOM
Then you came here because you're sorry and you want to get to know us, too?
GranD PEAR
I'm so sorry. I was just so angry, but--I never…
APPLE BLOOM
It's in the past, Grandpa Pear. Ooh, can I call you Grandpere Pear??
GranD PEAR
Sure can!

Sc. 34 - EXT. SWEET APPLE ACRES - DUSK
Granny SMITH
Now where did you all get to? I ain’t seen hide or hair of you’s all day.  
ApPLEJACK
We've been all over. Learning about our parents.
GRANNY SMITH
Ye have? 
APPLEJACK
And our Grandfather. 
GRANNY SMITH 
So you're back, hmmm?
GranD PEAR
Sure am. Never should've left.
Apple BLOOM
Finding you and learning all about mom and dad - I feel like I found a piece of me I didn't even know was missing. 
APPLEJACK
Hearing their story makes me feel closer to them, somehow.
GrannY SMITH
I'm sorry, I shoulda told y'all about them sooner. 
GranD PEAR
And I should have been here. I can't believe I let a silly feud keep me from my family. 
AppleJack
Nothin's keeping you from us now. Let's not miss anything else.
GRANNY SMITH
Applejack's right. Welcome back, prickly ole pear. 
GranD PEAR
Thanks you ole crab apple.
ApPLE BLOOM
Now that we're all together, there's something we want to show you. Mom and Dad left us something to remember them by... come on!
Sc. 35 - EXT. PEAR FARM/APPLE ACRES BORDER - CONTINUOUS
GraND PEAR
Woah..
GraNNY SMITH
Well..
GraNNY SMITH
It's...beautiful.
GraND PEAR
It's impossible...
ApPLEJACK
Well, if anything's gonna make it through, it's Apples and Pears.
THE END.