The Times They Are A Changeling/Gallery

==A train to the Crystal Empire==
Friendship Express heading for Crystal Empire S6E16.png
Twilight looking out the train window S6E16.png
Twilight Sparkle "Flurry Heart's grown so much" S6E16.png|That seems like a good book, Starlight. But what are you reading?
Starlight Glimmer looking at Twilight slyly S6E16.png|Wouldn't you like to know?
Starlight Glimmer "she's the only baby they have" S6E16.png|This book is the best book there is...
Starlight Glimmer "pretty easy to figure out" S6E16.png|...but I'll never tell you what it's called!
Twilight Sparkle looks annoyed at Starlight S6E16.png|Starlight...
Starlight "I know you want to visit your niece" S6E16.png|Just kidding... it's called Canter in the Sky.
Starlight Glimmer excited to see Sunburst S6E16.png
Starlight "I just don't wanna fall behind" S6E16.png
Twilight "your work in Ponyville isn't going anywhere" S6E16.png
Twilight "you can learn about friendship anywhere" S6E16.png
Twilight and Starlight look over at Spike S6E16.png
Spike disguised and reading a newspaper S6E16.png|Don't mind me, I'm just a dragon reading the funnies.
Spike disguising his voice S6E16.png
Twilight and Starlight unconvinced S6E16.png
Starlight Glimmer "you're Spike, Spike" S6E16.png
Starlight "why are you dressed like that?" S6E16.png
Spike "you're blowing my cover!" S6E16.png
Spike "how'd you even know it was me?" S6E16.png
Starlight Glimmer "because you're you" S6E16.png
Starlight Glimmer sees through Spike's disguise S6E16.png
Twilight, Starlight, and Spike in an empty train car S6E16.png
Twilight "why do you need a disguise?" S6E16.png
Spike "last time we came to the Crystal Empire" S6E16.png
Spike "I still got mobbed in the street" S6E16.png
Starlight Glimmer "I wouldn't say mobbed" S6E16.png
Twilight and Starlight listening to Spike S6E16.png
Spike bragging about his hero status S6E16.png
Starlight "the Crystal Ponies adore you" S6E16.png
Twilight Sparkle "he did save the Empire" S6E16.png
Twilight Sparkle "I don't think your presence" S6E16.png
Twilight freaked out by Spike's disguise S6E16.png
Spike wearing an orange wig S6E16.png|Just when we thought Carrot Top's cameo in Pinkie Pride wasn't enough.
Twilight and Starlight amused by Spike S6E16.png
==An empire in panic==
Twilight, Starlight, and Spike look around S6E16.png
Starlight Glimmer "I don't think you need to worry" S6E16.png
Twilight, Starlight, and Spike in an empty station S6E16.png|How is there a tumbleweed? They're in the frozen tundra.
Twilight, Starlight, and Spike leaving the station S6E16.png|If that was Disneyland, no crowds would truly be a miracle.
Twilight, Starlight, and Spike in the empty Empire S6E16.png
Twilight, Starlight, and Spike disturbed S6E16.png
Spike "I don't need the disguise after all" S6E16.png
Spike removing his disguise S6E16.png
Twilight, Starlight, and Spike mobbed by Crystal Ponies S6E16.png
Crystal Ponies gathering around Spike S6E16.png
Glamour Gleam "it's Spike the Brave and Glorious!" S6E16.png|"Spike the Brave and Glorious?" Sounds like Trixie's gonna sue.
Amber Waves "come to save us yet again!" S6E16.png|One of Spike's biggest fans!
Crystal Ponies tossing Spike into the air S6E16.png
Spike "save you from what?" S6E16.png|"Save you from what?"
Crystal Ponies cheering for Spike S6E16.png
Twilight Sparkle "why was everypony hiding?" S6E16.png
Amber Laurel "sure looks like Princess Twilight" S6E16.png|"Oh, it sure looks like Princess Twilight and her pupil."
Scarlet Heart "how can we be sure?" S6E16.png
Crystal stallion "either one of them could be the..." S6E16.png
Amber Laurel, Scarlet Heart, and stallion worried S6E16.png
Twilight Sparkle and Starlight Glimmer confused S6E16.png|What's the matter with them?
Amber Laurel gasps in horror S6E16.png|Amber Laurel gasping.
Amber Laurel freaking out S6E16.png|"What if this... [gasps] isn't... [gasps] the real Spike?!"
Scarlet Heart tells everypony to run S6E16.png|"Everypony, run!"
Crystal Ponies scattering in terror S6E16.png|Poor Spike. First he's swarmed by his fans...
Spike falls to the ground S6E16.png|...and then he's abandoned. How sad that those fads come and go.
Twilight "something strange is definitely going on" S6E16.png|"Something strange is definitely going on." Are Elizabeth Levy's books in Princess Twilight's library?
Spike annoyed "ya think?" S6E16.png|"Ya think?"
==Meeting up with the royals==
Twilight and friends approach the palace S6E16.png
Royal guards stop Twilight and friends S6E16.png|None Shall Pass! (not bellowing) You shall not pass!
Starlight "recognize the Princess of Friendship?" S6E16.png|Yes. We must 'pass'. Don't you two recognize us three?
Royal guard 1 "of course we recognize her" S6E16.png|Yes, we do....
Royal guard 2 "that doesn't mean it's really her" S6E16.png|...but is it really you?
Spike vouches for Twilight and Starlight S6E16.png
Spike "any friend of Spike the Brave and Glorious" S6E16.png
Spike "a friend of the Crystal Empire" S6E16.png|I can't dance, I have two left claws!
Spike grinning and wiggling his eyebrow S6E16.png|You need to work on your poses, Spike.
Royal guard 2 "it does look like him" S6E16.png
Royal guard 1 "it would, wouldn't it?" S6E16.png
Royal guard asks Spike for proof of identification S6E16.png
Spike starting to feel down S6E16.png|Wait, can't he show his Dragon Code card?
Spike hears Princess Cadance S6E16.png
Cadance, Shining Armor, and Sunburst arrive S6E16.png
Twilight Sparkle happy to see Cadance S6E16.png
Twilight asks Cadance what's going on S6E16.png
Shining Armor "we can explain, Twily" S6E16.png
Shining Armor questions Twilight's identity S6E16.png
Shining Armor and Cadance nod to each other S6E16.png|You know what to do, Cadance.
Cadance doing the Sunshine, Sunshine dance S6E16.png|"Sunshine, sunshine..."
Twilight and Cadance "ladybugs awake" S6E16.png|"...ladybugs awake!"
Twilight and Cadance clap their hooves S6E16.png|"Clap your hooves..."
Twilight and Cadance do a little shake S6E16.png|"...and do a little shake! Mmm!"
Twilight and Princess Cadance hugging S6E16.png
Shining Armor "it's okay, everypony" S6E16.png|It's ok, everypony 
Sunburst approaching with Flurry Heart S6E16.png
Starlight Glimmer "of course it's her!" S6E16.png
Starlight asks Sunburst what's going on S6E16.png
Sunburst "a changeling's been spotted" S6E16.png|"A changeling's been spotted nearby"
Twilight Sparkle in fearful surprise S6E16.png|"A changeling!?"
Spike "that's not good" S6E16.png|"That's not good"
Cadance "after Queen Chrysalis took my place" S6E16.png|After what happened at our wedding, we're not taking any chances. (Yeah, especially when Twilight was blamed for that mess, remember?)
Sunburst "changelings feed off of love" S6E16.png
Sunburst "ever since Flurry Heart's Crystalling" S6E16.png
Sunburst "more love than anywhere in Equestria" S6E16.png
Sunburst "it's possible they've come for the baby" S6E16.png
Shining Armor "we posted the extra guards" S6E16.png
Twilight Sparkle "checking everypony's identity" S6E16.png
Princess Cadance "I'm sorry for all of this" S6E16.png
Twilight and Cadance look toward Flurry Heart S6E16.png
Flurry Heart looking adorable S6E16.png|She hasn't appeared in fourteen episodes and still is so cuddly.
Twilight Sparkle reunites with Flurry Heart S6E16.png
Twilight Sparkle "whatever we can to help" S6E16.png
Princess Cadance "already a big relief" S6E16.png
Royal guard whispering to Shining Armor S6E16.png
Shining Armor asks Spike to join the changeling search S6E16.png
Spike excited to be included S6E16.png
Twilight "I don't know if that's such a good idea" S6E16.png
Spike "the Brave and Glorious you're talking to" S6E16.png
Spike "ever known me to run from danger?" S6E16.png
Twilight Sparkle pausing awkwardly S6E16.png
Shining Armor "he'll be safe with our guards" S6E16.png
Spike "will your guards be safe with me?" S6E16.png
Twilight Sparkle rolling her eyes S6E16.png
Twilight Sparkle looks coyly at Spike S6E16.png|Oh you! Well, it's Spike! What do you honestly expect?
==Searching for the changeling==
Spike leads royal guards into the Arctic Wastes S6E16.png|Following the dragon, we're following the dragon wherever he may go.
Royal guard 1 "faced the evil changelings before" S6E16.png
Spike "well, they are changelings" S6E16.png|"Oh, uh, well, they are changelings"
Spike "they can... change" S6E16.png|"So they can... change"
Royal guard 1 "can look like any of us" S6E16.png
Spike pleased to be in charge S6E16.png
Spike "they could be anywhere" S6E16.png
Royal guards nodding to Spike S6E16.png
Spike "cover as much ground as possible" S6E16.png
Spike commands group of guards to search west S6E16.png|"You! Search that way!"
First group of royal guards speeds off S6E16.png|WOOSH!
Spike commands group of guards to search east S6E16.png|"And you! Search that way!"
Second group of royal guards speeds off S6E16.png|FWOOSH!
Spike alone in the Arctic Wastes S6E16.png|"And I'll just... search here."
Spike "not many places to hide" S6E16.png|"Not many places to hide."
Spike determined to find the changeling S6E16.png
Spike walking up to a rock S6E16.png|"Unless that rock is a changeling."
Spike talking to the rock S6E16.png|"Okay, '"rock". How do I know you're really a rock?"
Spike staring at the rock S6E16.png|The Stare won't work on rocks. Spike, can you message Maud Pie?
Spike "not talkin', huh?" S6E16.png|"Hmm. Not talkin', huh?"
Spike kicking the rock S6E16.png|"Well, you can't fool me!"
Spike falling over backwards S6E16.png|"Uhh! Ow!"
Spike falls through the snow S6E16.png|Yep, that was a rock
Spike sliding down a snowy slope S6E16.png
Spike sliding into a snowy cavern S6E16.png
Spike slides toward a chasm S6E16.png
Overhead view of the dark chasm S6E16.png
Close-up on Spike's scared face S6E16.png
Spike inches away from the chasm's edge S6E16.png
Spike kissing a stalagmite S6E16.png
Spike feeling less confident in himself S6E16.png
Spike noticing something S6E16.png
Spike jumping back in fright S6E16.png|Ahhh
Spike staring at his reflection S6E16.png|"Just my reflection"
Spike walks away while his reflection stays still S6E16.png|Huh?
Spike confused by his reflection S6E16.png|Not sure if I've gone crazy from the extremely cold weather, or I have found my alternate self.
Spike touching his reflection S6E16.png
Spike hiding from his reflection S6E16.png
Spike looks at his reflection again S6E16.png
Spike acts goofy to his reflection S6E16.png|Hello my baby, hello my honey, hello my ragtime gal!
Spike "just my imagination" S6E16.png|"Just my imagination, I guess"
Spike walks away as his reflection slips S6E16.png|Whoops!
Spike in surprise S6E16.png
Spike's reflection dusts himself off S6E16.png
Spike's reflection is busted S6E16.png|Uh-oh! Cover's blown!
Thorax transforming S6E16.png
Thorax the changeling revealed S6E16.png
Spike screaming with terror S6E16.png
==Spike meets Thorax==
Spike afraid of the changeling S6E16.png|"Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-changeling!"
Spike backing away from Thorax S6E16.png
Spike runs away from the changeling S6E16.png
Thorax calling out to Spike S6E16.png|"No, wait!"
Spike running away from Thorax S6E16.png
Spike crashes into the stalagmite S6E16.png
Spike stumbling around dizzily S6E16.png
Spike falls over the edge of the chasm S6E16.png|This could have been avoided if you could fly...
Spike plummeting into the chasm S6E16.png
Spike tightly shutting his eyes S6E16.png
Spike feels something grab his tail S6E16.png|Huh?
Spike saved by Thorax (episode version) S6E16.png|Well, this is unexpected
Spike is dropped into the snow S6E16.png
Thorax "the ice is pretty slippery" S6E16.png|"The ice is pretty slippery"
Thorax "I wouldn't want you to get hurt" S6E16.png|"I wouldn't want you to get hurt because of me"
Spike "you... saved me?" S6E16.png|"You saved me?"
Thorax "I know you don't wanna be friends" S6E16.png|"It's okay. I know you don't wanna be friends"
Thorax fluttering away sad S6E16.png
Thorax looking hopeful at Spike S6E16.png|"Wait!"
Spike "I don't understand" S6E16.png|"I don't understand"
Spike "changelings are supposed to be evil" S6E16.png|"Changelings are supposed to be evil, right?"
Thorax "oh, not me" S6E16.png|"Evil?, oh not me"
Thorax "all I've ever wanted is a friend" S6E16.png|"All I've ever wanted is a friend"
Thorax's larval egg cracking S6E16.png
Thorax hatches from his egg S6E16.png|Aww!
Changelings' nursery hive S6E16.png
Newborn changelings hiss at each other S6E16.png
Baby Thorax looking scared S6E16.png|Poor baby
Newborn changelings slither up to Chrysalis S6E16.png
Queen Chrysalis levitating one of her newborns S6E16.png|Queen Chrysalis is back!
Baby Thorax looking very scared S6E16.png
Thorax in the Canterlot wedding invasion S6E16.png|"I was part of the attack on Canterlot during the royal wedding"
Mane Six vs. the changelings S6E16.png|"...but I'd never seen true friendship like that"
Mane Six go on the offensive S6E16.png|It's like a wise mare once said: "Avengers assemble!"
Thorax doesn't want to steal love S6E16.png|"...and I couldn't just steal it and feed on its love. I wanted to share it!"
Explosion of love magic S6E16.png
Thorax and changelings expelled from Canterlot S6E16.png
Thorax "couldn't live with my kind anymore" S6E16.png|"After that, I knew I couldn't live with my kind anymore"
Spike saddened by Thorax's story S6E16.png
Spike "but... what?" S6E16.png
Thorax "I'm starving!" S6E16.png|"I'm starving!"
Thorax "it's what drew me here!" S6E16.png|"And there's so much love in the Crystal Empire right now. It's what drew me here!"
Thorax "it's drivin' me crazy!" S6E16.png|"But it's drivin' me crazy!"
Spike "that would be from the royal Crystalling" S6E16.png|"That would be from the royal Crystalling"
Spike "a giant outpouring of light and love" S6E16.png|"It's pretty much a giant outpouring of light and love for a new baby"
Thorax hissing at Spike S6E16.png
Thorax apologizing to Spike S6E16.png|"Oh, sorry! I'm just so hungry!"
Spike flinching away from Thorax S6E16.png
Spike feeling sympathy for Thorax S6E16.png| Well, these two are an unlikely pair. A dragon and a changeling.
Thorax "the love we shared could sustain me" S6E16.png
Thorax in despair S6E16.png
Spike thinking for a moment S6E16.png
Spike "what if I told you" S6E16.png
Spike "somepony they respect and admire so much" S6E16.png
Spike "convince them to give it a try" S6E16.png
Thorax "if only that were true" S6E16.png
Spike "it is!" S6E16.png
Spike introduces himself to Thorax S6E16.png|"It's me, Spike! Spike the Brave and Glorious?"
Thorax looking confused S6E16.png|Who?
Spike "I'm sure you've heard of me" S6E16.png|"I'm sure you've heard of me"
Thorax "I was raised by an evil queen" S6E16.png|"Nope. But I was raised by an evil queen. I'm Thorax"
Thorax "can't believe you want to help me" S6E16.png|"I can't believe you want to help me"
Spike "hasn't anypony ever just been nice" S6E16.png|"Why? Hasn't anypony ever just been nice to you?"
Thorax happy to make his first friend S6E16.png|Wow, the first genuine smile seen on a changeling, he's sincere
Thorax hisses at Spike again S6E16.png
Thorax tries to control his impulses S6E16.png
Thorax apologizing to Spike again S6E16.png
Thorax "kindness like that kind of brings it out" S6E16.png|"S-Sorry! Kindness like that kind of brings it out. Do you still wanna be my friend?"
Spike "of course!" S6E16.png
Spike "I can get the whole Crystal Empire" S6E16.png|Of course! And I am one hundred percent sure I can get the whole Crystal Empire to be your friend too.
Spike "to be your friend too" S6E16.png
Thorax hisses at Spike a third time S6E16.png
Thorax plugging his muzzle S6E16.png
Spike "I should just, uh, talk to them first" S6E16.png|"But... maybe I should just, uh, talk to them first.
Thorax nervously agreeing with Spike S6E16.png|Uh-huh
===Differing promo shots===
Spike saved by Thorax S6E16.png|Episode version is horizontally flipped.
==Spike tells a "joke" / Back to Thorax==
Crystal Empire palace exterior S6E16.png
Royal guard 1 "did you see the changeling?" S6E16.png
Royal guard 2 "did you defeat the evil creature?" S6E16.png
Spike "defeating a changeling would be brave" S6E16.png
Spike "do you know what would be glorious?" S6E16.png
Royal guard 1 "defeating two changelings?" S6E16.png
Royal guard 2 "defeating all the changelings?" S6E16.png
Spike "not having to fight the changeling at all!" S6E16.png
Spike "I made friends with him" S6E16.png
Spike grinning proud of himself S6E16.png
Spike hears royal guards' laughter S6E16.png
Royal guards laughing at Spike S6E16.png
Royal guard 1 "I thought you were serious!" S6E16.png
Royal guard 2 "friends with a changeling?" S6E16.png
Spike "I am serious" S6E16.png|"I am serious."
Spike "he wants to be friends!" S6E16.png|"He wants to be friends!"
Royal guards continue to laugh S6E16.png
Royal guard 1 "not only are you" S6E16.png|"Not only are you Spike the Brave and Glorious..."
Royal guard 1 "you're also Spike the Hilarious!" S6E16.png|"...you're also Spike the Hilarious!"
Spike "I'm not joking!" S6E16.png|"I'm not joking!"
Spike "The changeling is nice" S6E16.png|"The changeling is nice!"
Royal guards laugh even harder S6E16.png
Spike and royal guards hear Shining Armor S6E16.png
Shining Armor "I don't think it's funny" S6E16.png|"I'm sorry, but I don't think it's funny."
Shining Armor "Queen Chrysalis kidnapped Cadance" S6E16.png|"The Changeling Queen Chrysalis kidnapped Cadance and cast a spell on me."
Royal guards distance themselves from Spike S6E16.png
Spike sees royal guards speeding off S6E16.png
Shining Armor "no such thing as a nice changeling" S6E16.png|"There's no such thing as a nice changeling." Spike's thought: "How do you know that?"
Spike "you're right, Shining Armor" S6E16.png|"You're right, Shining Armor. Sorry."
Spike apologizes for his bad joke S6E16.png|"That was a... bad joke."
Spike returns to Thorax's cave S6E16.png
Thorax "how many new friends do I have?" S6E16.png|"How many new friends do I have?"
Spike trying to find the right words S6E16.png
Spike "didn't go exactly the way I thought" S6E16.png|"Well, it didn't go exactly the way I thought"
Spike looking back at Thorax S6E16.png
Thorax in even more despair S6E16.png|"I understand. Well, thanks for trying" 
Thorax "I guess it's not surprising" S6E16.png|"I-I guess it's not surprising"
Thorax "how can you expect ponies" S6E16.png|"How can you expect ponies...
Thorax transforms into a Crystal Pony S6E16.png|"...who look like this..."
Pony Thorax "trust something that looks like this" S6E16.png|"...to trust something..."
Thorax transforms back into a changeling S6E16.png|"...that looks like this?"
Thorax looking sadder than ever S6E16.png
Spike thinking of another plan S6E16.png
Spike comes up with another idea S6E16.png
Spike "I think I might know!" S6E16.png|"I think I might know!"
Thorax tilting his head in confusion S6E16.png
==Spike and "Crystal Hoof"==
Royal guards patrolling the palace S6E16.png
Spike sneaking into the palace S6E16.png
Spike gestures for Thorax to enter S6E16.png
Pony Thorax entering the palace S6E16.png
Spike and Thorax hear Twilight Sparkle S6E16.png|"Spike!"
Twilight trots up to Spike and Thorax S6E16.png|"If you're done searching for the changeling, Starlight and I could use your help"
Twilight "we're working on a protection spell" S6E16.png|"We're working on a protection spell for Flurry Heart"
Twilight Sparkle "nopony takes notes like you" S6E16.png|"And nopony takes notes like you"
Spike and Thorax look at each other nervously S6E16.png
Spike "wanted to introduce you to my friend" S6E16.png|"Uh, actually, Twilight, I, uh, wanted to introduce you to my friend"
Spike trying to think of a pony name S6E16.png|"Uhh...|
Decorative crystal pillars S6E16.png|"Crystal"
Close-up of Twilight Sparkle's hooves S6E16.png|"Hoof"
Twilight looking confused at Spike S6E16.png
Spike introducing Thorax as "Crystal Hoof" S6E16.png|"Crystal Hoof! My good friend, Crystal Hoof"
Crystal Hoof meets Princess Twilight Sparkle S6E16.png|"Nice to meet you"
Twilight Sparkle shaking Crystal Hoof's hoof S6E16.png
Twilight Sparkle "nice to meet you too" S6E16.png|"Oh. Well, it's, uh, nice to meet you, too"
Twilight Sparkle "how do you know Spike?" S6E16.png|"How do you know Spike?"
Crystal Hoof trying to think of an answer S6E16.png|Oh
Crystal Hoof "Spike and I go way back" S6E16.png|"Oh, uh, Spike and I go way back"
Spike interrupts "to the Equestria Games!" S6E16.png|"To the Equestria Games!"
Spike in a cold sweat S6E16.png
Spike "we've been pen pals ever since" S6E16.png|"That's when we met. We've been pen pals ever since"
Twilight delighted that Spike has a pen pal S6E16.png|"Pen pals?"
Twilight Sparkle "my pen pal quill set!" S6E16.png|She actually has a pen pal quill set?! Oh, what am I saying? It's Twilight being adorkable!
Twilight Sparkle "why didn't you tell me?" S6E16.png|"Why didn't you tell me?"
Spike "I pretty much only write to him" S6E16.png|"Well, I... I pretty much only write to him when you and Starlight are... studying"
Crystal Hoof "I like to brag to all my friends" S6E16.png|They told me not to brag...
Spike laughing nervously S6E16.png|...when in disguise next to Spike and Twilight...
Spike and Crystal Hoof laughing awkwardly S6E16.png|... but I didn't listen!
Twilight Sparkle "Starlight and I can manage" S6E16.png|"Well, I'm sure Starlight and I can manage, if you want to spend time with your friend"
Spike "promised to take me around the city" S6E16.png|"Great! Crystal Hoof promised to take me around the city"
Crystal Hoof "that was amazing!" S6E16.png|"Oh, that was amazing!"
Crystal Hoof feeling very hopeful S6E16.png|Crystal Hoof looks adorable here!
Spike and Crystal Hoof walk outside the palace S6E16.png
Crystal Hoof in awe of the Crystal Empire S6E16.png
Crystal Hoof wide-eyed and awestruck S6E16.png
Crystal Ponies in the Empire square S6E16.png
Spike and Crystal Hoof tour the Empire S6E16.png
Spike and Crystal Hoof talk to Crystal Ponies S6E16.png
Crystal Ponies laugh with Spike and Crystal Hoof S6E16.png
Crystal Ponies gather around Spike and Crystal Hoof S6E16.png
Spike and Crystal Hoof give out autographs S6E16.png
Crystal Hoof meeting more Crystal Ponies S6E16.png
Crystal Hoof is the center of attention S6E16.png
Crystal Hoof talking with Crystal Ponies S6E16.png
Crystal Ponies laughing with Crystal Hoof S6E16.png|Now who can resist those eyes and face?
Spike happy for Crystal Hoof S6E16.png
==In the throne room==
Royal guards walk through the palace halls S6E16.png
Royal guard 1 "nearly as entertaining as Spike himself" S6E16.png|"Crystal Hoof is nearly as entertaining as Spike himself"
Crystal Hoof "everything I've ever dreamed of!" S6E16.png|"This place is everything I've ever dreamed of!"
Crystal Hoof "I can't keep pretending" S6E16.png|"But I can't keep pretending to be a Crystal Pony forever, can I?"
Spike and Crystal Hoof walk behind royal guards S6E16.png
Spike "pretty soon, nopony will care" S6E16.png
Spike and Crystal Hoof cheerful S6E16.png
Spike and Crystal Hoof hear Princess Cadance S6E16.png|"Spike!"
Spike and Crystal Hoof nervous again S6E16.png
Spike and Crystal Hoof enter the throne room S6E16.png
Princess Cadance approaching Crystal Hoof S6E16.png|"Twilight told me you were off with a friend"
Spike and Crystal Hoof keeping up the act S6E16.png
Cadance "any friend of Spike the Brave and Glorious" S6E16.png|"And any friend of Spike the Brave and Glorious is a friend of mine"
Princess Cadance meets Crystal Hoof S6E16.png
Cadance letting Crystal Hoof meet Flurry Heart S6E16.png
Crystal Hoof stands over Flurry Heart's cradle S6E16.png
Flurry Heart looking up at Crystal Hoof S6E16.png|Aww! She's so adorable!
Flurry Heart reaching up to Crystal Hoof S6E16.png|The true face of acceptance. If there is an indication that Thorax is good, this is IT!!!
Crystal Hoof "she's so beautiful!" S6E16.png|"Oh, she's so beautiful!"
Crystal Hoof senses the love around Flurry Heart S6E16.png|"There's so much love around her!"
Crystal Hoof trembling from the love S6E16.png
Crystal Hoof backs away from Flurry Heart S6E16.png
Crystal Hoof with glowing changeling eyes S6E16.png
Crystal Hoof's eyes emitting a blue mist S6E16.png
Thorax reverting to changeling form S6E16.png
Thorax hissing at Princess Cadance S6E16.png
Princess Cadance in complete shock S6E16.png
Twilight and Starlight in complete shock S6E16.png
Thorax hisses menacingly at the ponies S6E16.png
Thorax trying to control his impulses S6E16.png|"I'm so... sorry... I can't... stop!"
The ponies turn on Thorax S6E16.png
Twilight "get away from the changeling!" S6E16.png|"Spike! Get away from the changeling!"
Spike tries to defend Thorax S6E16.png|"Wait, no! You don't understand!"
Spike magically dragged away from Thorax S6E16.png
Sunburst "this changeling replaced your friend" S6E16.png|"This changeling replaced your friend to get close to the baby"
Sunburst "what other explanation could there be?!" S6E16.png|"What other explanation could there be?"
Spike surrounded by resentful ponies S6E16.png
Twilight and Starlight glare at Thorax S6E16.png|You shall not pass!
Thorax continues to hiss threateningly S6E16.png
Spike hesitates to stand up for Thorax S6E16.png|"I don't know."
Thorax shocked by Spike's words S6E16.png|Spike! How could you?
Thorax hurt by Spike's betrayal S6E16.png|I trusted you...
Thorax flying out of the throne room S6E16.png
Royal guards follow after Thorax S6E16.png
Princess Cadance "I hope your friend is okay" S6E16.png|"I hope your friend is okay"
Spike tearful "me, too" S6E16.png|"Yes, me too"
Spike crying tears of shame S6E16.png|Yeah, Spike. I'm pretty sure many people have had the same experience.
==Searching for the changeling... again / Back to Thorax... again==
Royal guards search for Thorax S6E16.png
Spike walking sorrowfully through town S6E16.png
Spike hears one of the royal guards S6E16.png
Royal guard 1 "you should go find Crystal Hoof" S6E16.png
Spike "he doesn't wanna see me" S6E16.png
Spike looking toward Shining Armor S6E16.png
Shining Armor gives orders to royal guards S6E16.png
Shining Armor and royal guards dispersing S6E16.png
Spike "actually, I'm pretty sure" S6E16.png
Spike "as far away from here as possible" S6E16.png
Spike "but I bet I know where!" S6E16.png
Spike goes back to Thorax's cave S6E16.png
Spike calling out to Thorax S6E16.png
Spike looks for Thorax under a rock S6E16.png
Spike "I know you're in here!" S6E16.png
Thorax appears behind Spike S6E16.png|Uhh, behind you
Thorax "leave me alone!" S6E16.png|"Leave me alone!"
Thorax hissing angrily at Spike S6E16.png
Spike stumbling backwards S6E16.png
Spike about to fall into the chasm again S6E16.png
Spike hanging on the chasm's edge S6E16.png
Spike hanging helplessly over the chasm S6E16.png|"Little help?"
Thorax "why do you think I would help you?" S6E16.png|"Why do you think I would help you?"
Thorax "I'm an 'evil changeling'!" S6E16.png|"I'm an 'evil changeling'!"
Spike "because you're my friend" S6E16.png|"Because you're my friend."
Spike "I just wish I had been one to you" S6E16.png|An apology as sincere as the sun is bright.
Spike falling into the chasm again S6E16.png
Thorax grabbing Spike's claw S6E16.png
Thorax saves Spike's life again S6E16.png
Thorax "it's okay, I know it's hard" S6E16.png|"It's okay, I know it's hard"
Thorax "everyone in the Crystal Empire loves you" S6E16.png
Thorax "I couldn't ask you to give that up" S6E16.png
Spike "you don't have to ask" S6E16.png
Thorax "what are you gonna do?" S6E16.png|"What are you gonna do?"
Spike "what I should've done in the first place" S6E16.png|"What I should've done in the first place."
==Back in the throne room / A Changeling Can Change==
Royal guards still searching for Thorax S6E16.png
Royal guard searches for Thorax on a bookshelf S6E16.png|HOW could a pony-sized creature hide behind a picture frame that size?!
Royal guards searching up and down the palace S6E16.png
Starlight Glimmer "I know it's bad" S6E16.png
Starlight Glimmer "is all this really necessary?" S6E16.png
Princess Cadance "there may well be a whole army" S6E16.png
Twilight "this is getting a little out of hand" S6E16.png
Cadance "I don't know what else we can do" S6E16.png|"I don't know what else we can do"
Twilight, Shining Armor, and Cadance hear Spike S6E16.png|"I do"
Spike returns to the palace with Thorax S6E16.png
Twilight and Cadance shocked; Shining Armor furious S6E16.png
Starlight Glimmer gasping in shock S6E16.png
Sunburst scared of the changeling S6E16.png
Shining Armor "get away from that thing!" S6E16.png|"Get away from that thing!" Oh, are we sinking to that level now? If Thorax is just a "thing", so are you. For shame, Shining Armor!
Spike standing up for Thorax S6E16.png|"No. He's not a 'thing'!"
Spike introducing Thorax as his friend S6E16.png|"His name is Thorax, and he's my friend!"
Shining Armor and royal guards gasping S6E16.png
Other royal guards gasping S6E16.png
Cadance and Sunburst gasping S6E16.png
Starlight gasping; Twilight uncertain S6E16.png
Thorax looking more nervous than ever S6E16.png
Spike gives Thorax a reassuring look S6E16.png
Spike steps forward under a spotlight S6E16.png
Spike starts to sing soulfully S6E16.png|♪ Would you say I'm a hero ♪
Spike singing "glorious and brave" S6E16.png|♪ Glorious and brave ♪
Spike sings to Shining Armor and royal guards S6E16.png|♪ If I told you something... ♪
Spike singing "you wouldn't believe?" S6E16.png|♪ ...you wouldn't believe? ♪
Ponies glaring resentfully at Thorax S6E16.png|♪ That sometimes I'm scared ♪
Ponies turn their backs on Thorax S6E16.png
Thorax tearfully running away S6E16.png|♪ And I can make mistakes ♪
Spike singing "I'm not so heroic" S6E16.png|♪ And I'm not so heroic... ♪
Spike sings and hangs his head in shame S6E16.png|♪ ...it seems ♪
Spike singing "if day can turn to night" S6E16.png|♪ But if day can turn to night ♪
Spike singing "the darkness turn to light" S6E16.png|♪ And the darkness... ♪
Ponies look angry as Spike sings S6E16.png|♪ ...turn to light ♪
Spike singing "then why can't we imagine" S6E16.png|♪ Then why can't we imagine... ♪
Spike singing in support of Thorax S6E16.png|♪ ...a changeling can change? ♪
Crystal Arrow mirror image S6E16.png
Crystal Arrow and Thorax as Crystal Arrow S6E16.png|♪ No two ponies are exactly the same ♪
Crystal Arrow scared of Thorax S6E16.png
Thorax sad as Crystal Arrow runs away S6E16.png
Snowflakes fall from the sky S6E16.png|♪ No two snowflakes ever match their design ♪
Dense snowflake scene transition S6E16.png|Aww, a touching homage...
Snowflake lands in Spike's claw S6E16.png|... to Snowdrop from SillyFillyStudios!
Spike clenching a fist S6E16.png|♪ And I thought I was strong ♪
Spike sings "I was nothing but wrong" S6E16.png|♪ But I was nothing but wrong ♪
Spike cheering up Thorax S6E16.png|♪ When I forgot... ♪
Spike and Thorax best of friends S6E16.png|♪ ...to be friendly and kind ♪
Ponies' expressions soften as Spike sings S6E16.png|♪ But if day can turn to night And the darkness turn to light ♪
Spike singing with Thorax in the darkness S6E16.png|♪ Then why can't we imagine a changeling can change? ♪
Crystal statue of Spike and Crystal Heart S6E16.png
Spike posing like his crystal statue S6E16.png|♪ Would you say I'm a hero ♪
Spike continues to sing "glorious and brave" S6E16.png|♪ Glorious and brave ♪
Spike singing "if I told you something" S6E16.png|♪ If I told you something... ♪
Ponies continue to glare at Thorax S6E16.png|♪ ...you wouldn't believe? ♪
Twilight starts to get the message S6E16.png
Spike gesturing toward Thorax S6E16.png|♪ This changeling, it seems ♪
Spike singing "knows the real me" S6E16.png|♪ Knows the real me ♪
Thorax joins Spike in the spotlight S6E16.png|♪ And would stay by my side... ♪
Spike singing "'til the end" S6E16.png|♪ ...'til the end ♪
Spike singing the final chorus S6E16.png|♪ So if day can turn to night ♪
Spike singing his heart out S6E16.png|♪ And the darkness... ♪
Starlight absorbing the message of Spike's song S6E16.png|♪ ...turn to light ♪
Spike tearing up as he sings S6E16.png|♪ Then why can't we imagine ♪
Spike singing to the royal guards S6E16.png|♪ Just why can't we imagine ♪
Royal guards absorbing the message S6E16.png
Spike sings A Changeling Can Change big finish S6E16.png|♪ Then why can't we imagine... ♪
Spike finishes his heartfelt song S6E16.png|♪ ...a changeling can change? ♪
==A new beginning==
Spike's song ends S6E16.png
Spike looks at the ponies expectantly S6E16.png
Shining Armor and royal guards unconvinced S6E16.png
Twilight Sparkle steps forward S6E16.png
Twilight approaches Spike alone S6E16.png
Spike in happy disbelief S6E16.png
Twilight Sparkle nuzzling Spike's cheek S6E16.png
Twilight Sparkle "you're a celebrity here" S6E16.png
Twilight Sparkle "you just risked all of it" S6E16.png
Twilight "can't imagine anything more brave" S6E16.png
Twilight Sparkle "I try to set an example" S6E16.png
Twilight Sparkle addresses the other ponies S6E16.png
Twilight "everypony still has things to learn" S6E16.png
Twilight Sparkle "even me!" S6E16.png
Twilight "if Spike says Thorax is his friend" S6E16.png
Twilight Sparkle offers a hoof to Thorax S6E16.png
Twilight being friendly with Thorax S6E16.png
Thorax wipes his tears away S6E16.png
Cadance extends friendship to Thorax S6E16.png
Princess Cadance "eager to do the same" S6E16.png
Royal guards cheering for Thorax S6E16.png
Thorax makes friends with Cadance S6E16.png
Cadance lets Thorax meet Flurry Heart S6E16.png
Thorax meets Flurry Heart S6E16.png|Aww, look at that blush! BABY'S LOVE!!!
Shining Armor welcomes Thorax to the Empire S6E16.png
Shining Armor apologizing to Thorax S6E16.png
Shining Armor "maybe we can change that" S6E16.png
Thorax "that'd be so amazing!" S6E16.png
Thorax "I want to know all about friendship" S6E16.png
Thorax addressing the ponies S6E16.png
Royal guards "to Spike the Brave and Glorious!" S6E16.png
Royal guards cheer for Spike and Thorax S6E16.png|Yeah, Chrysalis is going to invade soon.
Twilight happy for Spike and Thorax S6E16.png
Starlight Glimmer "you were right after all" S6E16.png|"Looks like you were right after all."
Twilight Sparkle "right about what?" S6E16.png|"Right about what?"
Starlight "friendship lessons can happen anywhere" S6E16.png|"Friendship lessons can happen anywhere."
Twilight and Starlight happy for Thorax S6E16.png