MY LITTLE PONY 7

Episode 717 / 403-717

"Daring Done?”

Written by

Gillian M. Berrow

As Broadcast Script: May 29th, 2017

                                       Ashleigh Ball as RAINBOW DASH
                          Andrea Libman as PINKIE PIE, VILLAGER MARE
                       Jay Brazeau as ELDER STALLION, NEWSPAPER PONY
            Chiara Zanni as A.K. YEARLING/DARING DO, RANDOM VILLAGER
                                    Michael Dobson as DR. CABALLERON
                                      Janyse Jaud as MRS. TROTSWORTH

TEASER
FADE IN
SC. 1 - EXT. PONYVILLE Street - DAY
NEWSPAPER PONY
Morning, Pinkie Pie. Get your Ponyville Chronicle right here!
Pinkie Pie
Fan-tizzy-astic! I just love to read about happy happenings and it's always good to be a pony in the know, you know?
Pinkie Pie (CONT'D)
And there's so much to know!
RainBOW DASH
Seems like a bunch of boring hooey to me. 
Pinkie PIe
Does "NEW SHRUBBERY IN CASTLE GARDEN"! sound like boring hooey to you?!
RaINBOW DASH
Snooze.
PINKIE PIE
What about "PARASPRITE INFESTATION IN FILLYDELPHIA ERADICATED"?! That's great news!
RAINBOW DASH
Another day, another parasprite hype story.
PINKIE PIE
Noodles named official food of Whinnyapolis! Author A.K. Yearling announces retirement! Cloudsdale election heating up for candidate in favor of cooling it down!
RAINBOW DASH
WHAT?! Let me see that!
PINKIE PIE
I never knew you were so into politics, Rainbow.
RAINBOW DASH
No, this!
RaINBOW DASH (CONT'D)
it can't be true...
PINKIE PIE
I'd have never have picked noodles as the official food of Whinnyapolis, either. But here we are!
RAINBOW DASH
No, Pinkie! I can't believe... that the greatest author and secret pony adventurer of all time-- A.K. Yearling-- is retiring! 
END TEASER
MAIN TITLES
ACT ONE
Sc. 2 - ext. Jungle/forest- later
Pinkie Pie
A.K. Yearling just retired-- like, today. Are you sure she wants visitors?
RaiNBOW DASH
Pinkie, the A.K. Yearling I know would never quit and retire out of the blue! Something could be really wrong and we need to make sure she's okay.
PINKIE PIE
Okay!
PINKIE PIE (CONT'D)
Heeeey, you're not just trying to make sure she writes more Daring Do books, are you?
RAINBOW DASH
Of course not! But that wouldn't hurt either. Now, come on!
Sc. 3 - EXT. A.K. Yearling'S cottage - shortly after
Rainbow Dash
Maybe she's not home. Maybe she went to the editor-in-chief of the Ponyville Chronicle to correct the misprint they've made!
Pinkie Pie (O.S.)
Nope. She's home. 
RAINBOW DASH
How do you know?
PINKIE PIE
Because she's right there... looking all sad and alone.
RAINBOW DASH
I knew it. Something is wrong! A.K!!
PINKIE PIE
Now she's sighing with the weight of the world! Now she's hanging her head in utter despair! Now she's shaking her hoof and cursing the heavens like nothing could ever possibly be the same again! Why-oh-why-did-this-happen-to-her...
RAINBOW DASH
What?!
PiNKIE PIE
Whoops. Never mind, that time she was just stretching.
RAINBOW DASH
A.K., it's us-- Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie! Your friends!
Sc. 4 - INT. A.K. YEarling'S COTTAGE - CONTINUOUS
RaINBOW DASH
Oh no. Did somepony ransack your cottage again and steal some ancient mysterious relic that's the key to saving all of Equestria? 
PiNKIE PIE
Oooh! Sparky!
A.K. Yearling
Nothing's been stolen. 
RAINBOW DASH (V.O.)
Then is somepony blackmailing you and forcing you to retire?! Cuz if they are... 
A.K. YEARLING
No. Nothing like that... 
Rainbow Dash 
So you're just quitting and moving away!? WHY. WOULD. YOU. DO. THAT?
A.K. YEARLING 
I already explained everything to the Ponyville Chronicle. 
RAINBOW DASH
Oh, really!? "Author A.K. Yearling announced yesterday that the next adventure novel in her popular series, 'Daring Do and the Curse of the Pharaoh's Tomb' will be her last. Yearling looks forward to her retirement." That doesn't explain anything!
RAINBOW DASH (CONT'D)
It just says you're giving up writing stories. But most ponies don't know that you actually are Daring Do and the stories are real. So what you're REALLY saying is that you're giving up being Daring Do, but you're not saying why!
PinkIE PIE
Of course, if you don't feel like talking about it, that's A-Okay, A.K.! As your friends, we completely understand. Right, Rainbow Dash?
RaINBOW DASH
Oh. Yeah. We just came to make sure you're all right. That's really why we wanted to find out what's going on.
A.k. Yearling
If you really want to know... 
A.k. YEARLING (CONT'D)
My last quest took me to a village in Southern Equestria where I started seeing these.
Pinkie pie
"WAKE OF DESTRUCTION: DARING DO RUINS ENTIRE VILLAGE MARKETPLACE"! 
RAINBOW DASH
"DARE OR SCARE? LOCAL ROGUE 'DARING DO' INVOLVED IN FRIGHTFUL FIASCO"?
PINKIE PIE
"DARING DO LEADS BULL INTO CHINA SHOP DURING HIGH SPEED CHASE--"
A.K. Yearling
That's enough! Everypony I tried to help is mad at me.
Pinkie Pie
That's not true! They're not mad at A.K. Yearling. They're mad at "Daring Do". 
A.K. YEARLING
They don't sell my books in Southern Equestria. The ponies there don't know who A.K. Yearling is. They only know Daring Do and apparently she does more harm than good.
PINKIE PIE
I guess it's a good thing you look so different as A.K. Yearling!
RAINBOW DASH
So all we have to do is go down there and explain to these ponies that none of this stuff is true.
Pinkie PIE 
Easy-peazy-cheezy!
A.K. YEARLING
But that's just the thing... it is true.
Dash/Pinkie
WHAT!?
A.K. YEARLING
I guess I've always been so focused on saving priceless relics and stopping the bad guys that I never really thought about the mess I leave behind.
PINKIE PIE
Then you ARE in a tricky pickle.
But why is this all happening now?
A.K. YEARLING
I guess ponies are finally fed up. Either way, I'm done with adventures - having or writing.
RaINBOW DASH
Come on! For every one pony who's upset, there must be at least a hundred that know you're a hero.
A.K. YEARLING
I don't think so, Dash.
RAINBOW DASH
Well, why don't we go visit this village "Somnambula" and see for ourselves.
A.K. YEARLING
Those articles seem to make it pretty clear how the villagers feel.
Pinkie Pie
But if we go there, the ponies can tell you in person just how much they appreciate you.
RAINBOW DASH
And what a heap of rotten apple cores these articles are!
A.k. YeaRLING
You really think so? 
RAINBOW DASH
I know so! Let's go! 
Dissolve to:
Sc. 5 - map of equestria - ROUTE TO SOUTHERN EQUESTRIA
Dissolve to:
Sc. 6 - EXT. VILLAGE OF SOMNAMBULA - LATER
RainBOW DASH
This is so cool! It looks just like that village in your last book where Daring Do recovers the Doomed Diadem from The Wild Bunch Gang who chase after her through the desert!
A.K. YEARLING
It should. I based that entire chapter on my experiences here in Somnambula.
PiNKIE PIE
What happens?! No wait, don't tell me. I CHANGED MY MIND! TELL ME!
Rainbow Dash 
Daring Do thwarts Ahuizotl's evil plot to separate the Sister Crown Relics. And if it wasn't for her, the region would be cursed with eternal night and the entire town of Somnambula would have sunk into the ground!
Pinkie Pie 
Ah Pssht! There’s no chance that these ponies don't think you're a hero.
RAINBOW DASH
Watch this.
RAINBOW DASH (CONT'D)
Hiya there, Mister! 
RAINBOW DASH (CONT'D)
I was hoping you could tell me about a pony named Daring Do. I hear she's an awesome adventure-pony hero.
Elder Stallion
Daring Do? Oh, she's awesome all right--
Elder Stallion (CONT'D)
awesome at destroying ponies' apple carts--
Elder Stallion(CONT'D)
--and priceless, sacred statues!
cloaked pony 
Indeed. Daring Do is a menace who destroys everything she touches! 
RainBOW DASH
What?! No! Daring Do is the exact opposite of a menace.
A.K. Yearling
I tried to tell you-- Coming back here was a mistake!
END ACT ONE
ACT TWO
SC. 7 - EXT. EDGE OF VILLAGE - resume
RainBOW DASH
Come on, A.K.! So we picked a bad example. That was just one angry pony!
Pinkie Pie
Two angry ponies!
A.K. YEARLING
It doesn't matter. I never should have come with you! You two should just go home.
RainBOW DASH
Come on! We gotta follow her!
PInkie PIe
I dunno... it really seemed like she doesn't want us cramping her saddle.  
RAINBOW DASH
But we have to convince her that ponies do appreciate her! As her friend, I have to make sure she believes that.
SC. 8 - EXT. "GET ON INN" BARN & BREAKFAST - EVENING
Rainbow Dash
Look, Pinkie! It's the "Get On Inn". Daring Do stays here all the time in her adventures.
RAINBOW DASH (CONT'D)
Which means there must be ponies here who love Daring Do! Maybe they can help us.
Pinkie Pie 
Mmmmm. My nose is telling me to help myself-- to muffins.
SC. 9 - "GET ON INN" BARN & BREAKFAST - CONTINUOUS
RAINBOW DASH
Come on.
PinKIE PIE
Ooo, she's fancy. I got this!
PinKIE PIE (CONT'D)
A good evening to you, Madam! We are but weary travelers who humbly wish to inquire on the status of a certain mare of intrigue taking residence here?  
MRS. TROTSWORTH
What in Southern Equestria are you on about?
PINKIE PIE
Is it true that Daring Do stays here?!
MRS. TROTSWORTH
Ha! Not anymore, she doesn't!
Rainbow Dash
Why not?
MRS. TROTSWORTH
The last time I rented that rascal a room, she was in a such a rush to high-tail it outta here, she didn't even pay her bill! 
RAINBOW DASH
But--
MRS. TROTSWORTH
After that, a band of ruffians showed up and destroyed half the rooms looking for her. Guess she made them even more mad than she made me! 
RAINBOW DASH
No, no, no. You've got it all wrong.
MRS. TROTSWORTH
How do ya figure?
RAINBOW DASH
Daring Do was trying to save everypony from the Curse of the Doomed Diadem of Xilati !And she was only in a rush because she had to get the crown back to the Tiara of Teotlale before the curse took effect. Chapter seventeen.
MRS. TROTSWORTH
Sounds like a tall tale to me. And a hard one to believe now that I know Daring Do is a scoundrel and a thief!
MrS. TROTSWORTH (CONT'D)
Every year ponies come to offer precious glowpaz to the Sonmambula statue in the village in hopes for a good future.
MRS. TROTSWORTH (CONT'D)
Why that poor fella had his glowpaz necklace stolen by Daring Do just yesterday! 
Sc. 10 - INT. GET ON INN - TAVERn - continuous

    106A RAINBOW DASH             106B PINKIE PIE
    There’s A.K!                    There’s A.K!

Cloaked PONY
Daring Do RUINED our town and stole our precious glowpaz! We need to make sure that if she turns up again there will be consequences! Everypony who's with me, meet at the statue tomorrow! 
PONY WALLA
Yeah!/Definitely!/Okay!
A.K. YEARLING
Now I'm getting blamed for things I didn't even do. Why would I steal from them?
Pinkie pie
They are SUPER BAD! But... we're still staying the night, right?
Pinkie Pie (CONT'D)
Because I already ate all the free mini muffins!!
Rainbow DASh
Listen, A.K., after a good night's sleep we're going to fix all of this. I promise.
Sc. 11 - EXT. VILLAGE OF SOMNAMBULA - NEXT DAY
A.K. YEARLING
I shouldn't be here, Rainbow Dash. This is never going to work.
RainBOW DASH
Of course it will! All I have to do is go up there and explain to everypony how wrong they all are.
Pinkie Pie
Yeah! And then I'll be like-- what she said! 
A.K. YEARLING
Easy-peazy-cheezy.
PINKIE PIE
Exactly!
CloAKED PONY
Here it is! The remains of your-- I mean our Somnambula statue. Now that Daring Do has destroyed it, tell me... where will we hang our glowpaz?!
RaNDOM Villager
We don't even have any glowpaz because they were stolen by Daring Do!
Pony walla
Yeah!/She is a menace!/Boo!
RAINBOW DASH
Daring Do would never steal anything! And okay, she destroyed your statue, but it was because she was trying to save you all from Ahuizotl! 
RaINBOW DASH (CONT'D)
Ahuizotl? He's about yea big?
RAINBOW DASH (CONT'D)
Long neck? Itty-bitty face? Weird claw thingy on his tail?
Pinkie Pie
Ooo! Ooo! I know him! He's a baddie.
Pony walla
Oh!/I wasn’t aware he was a baddie!/Oh no!
RAINBOW DASH
Trust me, if Ahuizotl had gotten away with the Doomed Diadem, your entire village would have been swallowed up! And that's a lot worse than losing some CRUMMY old statue! 
ELDER STALLION
This was not just some crummy old statue. It was the namesake of our town. If you want to understand us, you must first understand her.
RAINBOW DASH
Who?
ELDER STALLION
Somnambula...
dissolve TO:
Sc. 12 - Ext. desert kingdom - distant past
Elder stallion (V.O.)
...Long ago this village fell prey to an evil Sphinx who demanded most of their crops. 
Elder Stallion (V.O.)
Like her fellow villagers, Somnambula didn't have much, but she used what she had to keep others from giving up hope.
ELDER STALLION (V.O.)
The son of the Pharaoh, Prince Hisan, was so moved by her compassion, that he decreed nopony would go hungry again.
ELDER STALLION (V.O.)
But when Hisan stood up to the Sphinx, the beast captured him - telling the Pharaoh the only way to get Hisan back was to solve her riddle.  
ELDER STALLION (V.O.)
Nopony would volunteer to save the prince. Nopony except Somnambula.
SC. 13 - EXT. SPHINX'S PYRAMID - FLASHBACK - LATER
Elder Stallion (V.O.)
The Sphinx gave her the riddle, "I shine brightest in the dark. I am there but cannot be seen. To have me costs you nothing. To be without me costs you everything." 
ELDER STALLION (V.O.)
As Somnambula thought of the hardship she and her fellow villages had experienced, she instantly knew the answer. "HOPE!" She shouted.
ELDER STALLION (V.O.)
The Sphinx was so enraged, it seemed she might still refuse to release the prince, so Somnambula asked her for one more challenge - but if she accomplished it, the Sphinx would leave from the kingdom forever. The Sphinx quickly agreed, asking only that Somnambula walk to the prince... 
ELDER STALLION (V.O.)
...across a deep chasm, blindfolded!
ELDER STALLION (V.O.)
Further, the Sphinx had cast a powerful spell that prevented Somnambula from flying.
ELDER STALLION (V.O.)
But Somnambula never lost HOPE! She knew she'd need to make a leap of faith to save the prince.
ELDER STALLION (V.O.)
Guided by the sound of the prince's voice, she easily made it across.
SC. 14 - Ext. desert kingdom - flashback - night
ELDER STALLION (V.O.)
The Pharaoh asked how Somnambula prevailed and she explained that she had always hoped she could make things better for her people and that hope had carried her through.
ELDER STALLION (V.O.)
The Prince replaced the pearls Somnambula gave up with a string of Glowpaz. And around her neck, they glowed bright enough to light the entire kingdom.
Dissolve BACK TO:
Sc. 15 - VIllage of Somnambula - resume
ElDER STALLION
For ever after, Glowpaz became our symbol of hope.
Rainbow Dash
Wow. I had no idea how special the statue was to you. Somnambula sounds like a pretty cool pony. But I bet if she were here, she'd tell you how cool Daring Do is too because they've both fought to protect this town! 
CloakED PONY
If Somnambula were here today she would condemn Daring Do for destroying  yo-- OUR symbol of hope!
Pony Walla
Yeah!/Boo to Doo!/No more Daring Do!
END ACT TWO
ACT THREE
Sc. 16 - VIllage of Somnambula - resume
Rainbow Dash
Hey buddy! What did Daring Do ever do to you to deserve all this?
Cloaked Pony
Only... everything!
RAINBOW DASH
...Dr. Caballeron?!
Dr. CABALLERON
Yes... Rainbow Dash. 
Dr. CABALLERON (CONT'D)
When I saw you, her closest friend, I knew that Daring Do would not be far behind. I really do owe you for leading her right to me.
RAINBOW DASH
But I didn't mean--
DR. CABALLERON
Thank you for helping me break Daring Do's spirit by destroying her reputation, but I can't have you running off and telling her my plan. 
RAINBOW DASH
HELP!!!!!
A.K. YEARLING
Caballeron?! No. 
Pinkie Pie
He's got Rainbow Dash! Come on!
SC. 17 - Ext. DESert near Somnambula - moMENTS LATER
PinkIE PIE
I'm... coming... Rainbow... Dash....
Pinkie Pie (CONT'D)
I knew you'd come!
Daring Do
You did? I sure didn't. What if I cause more trouble?
PINKIE PIE
You won't. 
DARING DO
How do you know?
PINKIE PIE
I just do! You wouldn't let anything happen to Rainbow Dash. You care too much. 
DARING DO
You're right. Which way did they go?
Daring Do (CONT'D)
To the pyramid!
Sc. 18 - EXt. Entrance of the PYRAMID - CONTINUOUS
RAINBOW DASH
Somepony Help!!
Sc. 19 - Int. SPHINX'S PYRAMID - CONTINUOUS
RAINBOW DASH
Somepony! Anypony!
RainBOW DASH (CONT’D)
Pinkie Pie! Daring Do! Is that you?!
Pinkie PIe
Don't worry, Rainbow! We'll save you!
Dr. Caballeron
If my previous plan didn't cause you to give up, Daring Do, then the shame of losing your dear friend Rainbow Dash to the slime will!
Dr. CABALLERON (CONT'D)
Oh, and that ancient magic from the legend is real. There'll be no flying in the pyramid! Good luck, Daring Do! 
DARING DO
He's right! We'll never get to her in time! 
Pinkie Pie
If this really is like Somnambula's story, then we just have to have hope that we can! 
DARING DO
I think we need more than hope, Pinkie. There was a bridge in the story and there's no bridge here. What are we going to do?
PINKIE PIE
I don't know, but Rainbow Dash is our friend! Just like Somnambula, we need  to make a leap of faith and hope that we can save her! 
DARING DO
PINKIE! 
Pinkie pie
Weeee! I knew we'd do it.
Daring Do
Thanks for reminding me to never give up hope, Pinkie.
Rainbow Dash
And I'm kinda hoping you ponies will untie me before we all take a bath in bubbling green slime!
DARING DO
We're on it!
SC. 20 - EXT. ENTRANCE OF THE PYRAMID - CONTINUOUS
SC. 21 - EXT. VILLAGE OF SOMNAMBULA - CONTINUOUS
DarING DO
Not so fast, Caballeron!
VILLAGER MARE
YOU stole our glowpaz!
Daring Do
I should have known you were just trying to sully my name so that you'd be free steal whatever you wanted.
Dr. CABALLERON 
Of course that was the plan, Daring Do! At first I just wanted the Glowpaz... But then I saw an opportunity to write you out of the story FOR GOOD!
Dr. CABALLERON (CONT'D)
And with the destruction you leave in your wake, it didn't take too much to convince ponies you were a villain. Perhaps because it is TRUE?
DARING DO
You're wrong, Caballeron. And I won't let you break my spirit again. Because I'm never going to give up hope that I can protect ponies and ancient treasures from miscreants like you!
DR. CABALLERON
Remember she ruined your statue! You're fools to believe in her!
DR. CABALLERON (CONT'D)
You'll pay for this, Daring Do!
Pony Walla
Yay!!!/ Woohoo!/ Awesome!
DARING DO
Okay, okay that's enough! 
DARING DO (CONT'D)
Thanks for helping me come to my senses. You two are real pals. 
Rainbow Dash
Are you kidding?! That. Was. Awesome!
Pinkie pie
We're just glad you're back to your old self again!
Daring Do
Me too. But I'm glad I realized that even if you're fighting for something good, you're still responsible for your actions.
RainBOW DASH
And if something bad happens that you didn't intend, you shouldn't give up hope or lose faith in yourself.
PinKIE PIE
Yeah! All ya gotta do is make it right. Feel free to use that in your next book!
Daring Do
You know, I think I will.
cut TO:
SC. 22 - Montage - over the next few weeks
FADE OUT
END.