Today is the day, Cutie Mark Crusaders!
I can just feel it!
Today is the day we are all gonna get our cutie marks in...
BOWLING!
I mean, yaaaaay!
Well, after today we won't even be the Cutie Mark Crusaders anymore.
We'll be the...
The Three Strikes!
That makes us sound like we've struck out.
How about "The Pin Twins'?
But there are three of us.
Okay then...
"The Bowling Girls"!
The Bowling Girls!
That's it!
Perfect!
All rightie then,
let's bowl them over!
A bowling cutie mark!
I did it! I did it!
Wait...
But...
But what about my bowl?
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Season 2, Episode 6 The Cutie Pox
That bowling sure was fun!
Even if all I got was gutter bowls.
Yeah, at least you're able to keep your bowling your lane.
I don't think mister King Pin is ever going to let me play again.
Hey, maybe I can get my cutie mark in demolition!
Oh come on, Applebloom!
I know just what you need to put the bloom back on your apple!
A treat from Sugarcube Corner will cheer you up!
No it won't.
A party will cheer you up!
No it won't.
A lovely new chapeau will cheer you up!
No it won't!
Come on Applebloom, it's just a cutie mark!
Or lack of a cutie mark!
That's not helping!
Applebloom, where're you going?
Applebloom, come back!
Well, who is it that we have here?
Why, it's Applebloom, my dear!
What has happened to you? Youth?
Ah, you've gone and chipped your tooth!
Come with me, I have just a trick
That will fix you up quite quick!
I twied evewything, Zecora, and thtill no cutie mawk!
Ah gonna be ath old ath Gwanny Thmith, and thtill have a blank flank!
Your frustration is well understood,
But one must be patient for all things good.
I've heawd that fwom evewypony ah know.
And now fwom evewy zebwa ah know!
I'm thust too impathient tho be pathient!
I just want my cutie mawk and I want it now!
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 that mixture will mend that chip on top!
Oh my star apples, you did it, Zecora!
Golly,
you have tonics that heal all sorts of ailments.
Bad bones, bad back, bad breath?
Yes, little one, it is true.
I have many a'healing brew!
And not only stuff that fixes the bad,
but stuff that brings the good!
Good health, good hair...
Good heavens!
I bet that you can mix up a brew to fix
anything?
There are many mixtures in this room
But none for what you want, dear Applebloom.
A magic potion does not hold the key
For a cutie mark, time is the only remedy.
Fine...
What you got going on there?
I am brewing up another mix
For a rooster and his chicks
Seems the rooster has lost its prow
Making mornings very slow.
Hey, I've seen that flower blooming in Ponyville!
What is it?
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!
Sweet!
Heart's desire, huh?
Fye me, but what is this?
I run out of amethyst!
I must go get this purple flower
For my brew to have full power!
Yeah, you go, you go!
I feel so hungry...
Yeah, I cant wait...
Applebloom! You got your cutiemark!
Applebloom, what is it?
Yeah, is it an "O"?
Is your tallent spelling?
Or is it ring? Are you a jewelrymaker?
Or is it a powdered donut? Cause that sounds delicious!
No, it is a Looptie-Hoop!
A what now?
A Looptie-Hoop!
At least thats what I always called it.
Applejack made it for me from an old rain barrel when i was littler!
Who could have thought that Looptie-Hoop would end up being my special tallent?
Well, Applebloom, thats amazing!
Thats it?
Thats your talent?
Spining a hoop around your waist?
Please...
You aint seen nothing yet!
Applebloom! You super duper Looptie Hooper!
Thanks everypony!
Alright my little ponies,
time for class.
Applebloom.
Yes, miss Cheerliee?
I want you to take you Looptie-Hoop into the yard...
And give us all a lession in your amazing Looptie-Hooping!
Don't worry, gals,
keep trying and you might get to be half as good as me!
Great job, girls!
Youre too kind, Applebloom.
Yeah, we stink.
Nah...
You just need a little practice.
Soon you will be able to Hoop and bump.
And hop!
Hoop and skip!
And hoop and flip!
Show us some more, Applebloom!
Well all right.
Just a few more tricks.
But be warned,
these are advanced moves,
not for beginners.
Got that, Diamond Tiara?
I call this one the Hoop-fly!
Another cutie mark?
I guess that last trick was a lot of hoop-fly.
Those cutie marks are fake!
What?
No they're not!
Miss Cheeilee, have you ever heard of a pony with two cutie marks?
I must say that I never have,
but maybe Applebloom has two special talents!
Oh yeah?
Then let's see how you do that!
Spin play?
Yeah!
Two cutie marks?
Two talents?
Awww yeeeaah!
Our friend is the most
SPECIAL PONY EVER!
All right everypony,
you ready for a real show?
Little sis, congratulations on getting not just one,
but two cutie marks!
Oh, we're mighty proud of you, right Big Macintosh?
Eeyup.
I've never seen anything like it, have you Big Mac?
Nnope.
Why, the way you were hooping and hopping and kicking
and spinning reminded me of when I was a spry young filly.
Ugh, charley horse, charley horse!
That's better.
Why, Applebloom!
I think you're ready to hit the rodeo circuit right now!
Actually, I'm ready to hit the hay right now.
I'm plum tuckered.
I'll see y'all in the morning.
G'night!
Oh my,
litle Applebloom has finally blossomed! Hasn't she, Big Mac?
Eeyup!
What in tarnation is that?
Uh, Applebloom What in the world is all that...
tapping?
Three cutie marks!
Help me!
Come here, you!
I'm sorry Applejack,
I don't know how to make it stop!
Well I know somepony who might!
Three cutie marks?
Three talents!
I've never seen anything like it.
I was just reading something about unusual equine illnesses.
What was it?
"Perplexing Pony Plagues", perhaps?
Yes, Spike, you're amazing!
Yes, well, I do have some talents.
Hay fever...
the trots...
Cutie pox!
Cutie pox?
Cutie pox.
This puzzling pony plague afflicted a population of ponies back in the paleo-pony period!
Heh, say that ten times fast!
Random cutie marks appeared all over the ponies' bodies,
causing them to perform all the talents that came with them.
Just like me!
Yes, but what's the cure?
What's the cure?
It says here there's no known cure!
No known cure?!
The cause of the breakout was never discovered,
and the cutie pox disappear as mysteriously as they arrived!
Oh no...
Sacrebleu!
Autre marque de cutie!
Qu'est-ce que c'est ?! Je parle français ?!
My sister speaking in fancy!
She needs help.
I know she needs help!
We can't just wait for this to go away,
we gotta find somepont to mix up a cure!
And fast.
Tout de suite!
Not somepony,
some zebra!
Zecora!
Hurry, hurry!
Dépêchez-vous!
She's cursed!
Hexed!
Enchanted?
No she's not.
She just has some weird mysterious disease with no known cure called Cutie Pox!
Cutie Pox?!
I thought I had removed their fear the last time I visited here
But doors are barred and shutters shut,
I guess I should've stayed inside my hut.
Zecora!
Applebloom has Cutie Pox
We were just on our way to see if you had a cure.
But magically you're here.
Was your zebra sense a-tingling?
My zebra sence did not bring me 'round
It was a special flower that I needed to found
I thought I've picked enough to fix all the potions I had to mix
But after my visit from Applebloom
some had mysteriously left my room
Applebloom! What do you say,
did those flowers just walk away?
I... uhm...
A Cutie Pox cure I have for sooth
for healing power is in the seeds of truth
Well then. Give them to her... quick!
These seeds must be planted in the ground,
with the truth they'll grow and the cure is found.
Come again?
The seeds of truth do hold the cure,
but one must speak words true and pure.
Huh. Well let's get to it.
Alright, they're planted,
now somepony tell the truth!
Somepony! Anypony!
Yesterday I told ms. Cake that I ate two corncakes but I really ate three!
Okay, six! I ate six corncakes!
Make it stop!
Make it sto-o-op
I can't stand it anymore!
It's me.
I commit it.
I didn't earn my Cutie Mark.
They're all fake!
I figured the Heart's Desire would help me gain 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.
Applebloom!
Are you okay?
I'm great. And I've never been happier to be a blank flank.
But I'm awful sorry I lied.
Especially to you gals.
I was so desperate for my Cutie Mark I just got carried away.
And I'm really sorry I snucked those flowers from you Zecora.
I won't blame you if you never wanted me to come by again.
Now, Applebloom, do not be silly
You're always welcome, my little filly.
With each mistake you learn something new
Growing up into a better you.
Applebloom.
Would you mind writing to princess Celestia and telling her what you've learned?
I'd be happy to, Twilight.
Spike!
Ready!
Dear princess Celestia.
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
Ah sure am proud of you, sis.
Seems that you've finally learned the importance of patience.
Yup,
all good things come to those who wait.
I've waited long enough!
Actually that was way too long.
What?!
So what are we gonna do today to earn our cute marks?
Well I was thinking, or a pony who's never mixed up a potion before,
you sure stirred up something fierce!
Yeah, so what if your talent is potion-making!
Oh my gosh, totally!
Let's go talk to Zecora, now!