Dragonshy

Dragonshy is the seventh episode of the first season of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic. In this episode, the smoke of a sleeping dragon disrupts the skies of Equestria, and the Mane Six are tasked by Princess Celestia to convince it to leave, much to Fluttershy's displeasure. The episode's title is a portmanteau of Dragon and Fluttershy.__TOC__
==Production==
This is the first episode to use a bland credit font in the closing credits, as opposed to a fancier font in earlier episodes.
A small part showing Pinkie in her wacky costumes reappears in Cakes for the Memories.
The scene when Rainbow Dash kicks Razer's snout reappears in Deep Tissue Memories.
==Summary==
===The smoke===
 While Fluttershy feeds the animals around her cottage, her pet bunny Angel makes her aware of an ominous cloud of black smoke heading towards Ponyville. She rushes into town to warn everyone but is continually interrupted as Pinkie Pie tracks Rainbow Dash trying to break a ball-bouncing record, though Pinkie inadvertently disrupts Rainbow's effort in the process. Fluttershy continues trying to spread news of the smoke but is unsuccessful due to her soft voice. However, Twilight Sparkle soon arrives and loudly announces the danger to the town, indicating that the smoke is coming not from a fire but from a dragon.
===Preparing for the journey===
The Mane Six gather inside the Golden Oak Library, where Twilight Sparkle relays news from Princess Celestia that a dragon has chosen to nap at the top of a nearby mountain. Celestia explains that the smoke results from the dragon's snoring and tasks them with asking him to nap elsewhere. She warns that, if they fail, Equestria will be covered in smoke for the next hundred years. All of Twilight's friends react to the mission with excitement except for Fluttershy.
 The ponies suit up for their journey and rendezvous in front of the library, where Twilight Sparkle explains that they need to keep a good pace in order to summit the mountain by sundown. Fluttershy tries to excuse herself from the mission, but Twilight insists that her skill with animals will be important to their success. Rainbow Dash suggests to Twilight that Fluttershy will only slow them down, though her concerns are dismissed. The group head out toward the mountain, carrying Fluttershy with them as she cries out in protest.
===Climbing the mountain===
 The Mane Six arrive at the mountain and begin to ascend, but when Fluttershy balks in fear of the steep slope, Applejack offers to guide her up a different path while the rest of the group take the planned route. They eventually reunite partway up the mountain and continue ascending until they encounter a narrow chasm. Everyone readily jumps across except Fluttershy, who is too afraid to try until Pinkie Pie sings an encouraging song.
Past the chasm, the group find themselves in an avalanche zone and proceed silently. As they walk, Fluttershy becomes started by a falling leaf and shouts, triggering a rock slide that nearly buries the group and deposits a large stone pile in their path. They climb over the pile and at last reach the cave where the dragon is resting. Twilight Sparkle tries to bring Fluttershy inside with her to help her talk to the dragon, but Fluttershy refuses, revealing that she is afraid of fully-grown dragons. After failing to embolden her, the rest of the group decide to finish the job on their own.
===Confronting the dragon===
 Twilight tries to reason with the dragon, but her pleas for his departure are ignored. Rarity then tries to use her charm on him but fails when she attempts to lay claim to the dragon's jewels. Pinkie Pie enters the dragon's cave in a wacky costume, only to exit shortly after with her outfit in tatters. Frustrated at their lack of success, Rainbow Dash flies into the cave and kicks the dragon between the nostrils, causing him to become enraged and attack the ponies. A breath of smoke knocks them into a rock, which crumbles to reveal Fluttershy hiding behind it.
Seeing her friends dazed by the attack, Fluttershy flies up and scolds the dragon for his aggressiveness toward them. The dragon, cowed by Fluttershy's tone, tries to justify his anger as a reaction to Rainbow Dash's kick. Fluttershy apologizes for Rainbow's actions but argues that he should have known better since he is bigger. She then admonishes him for sleeping in a place where his snoring could endanger the health of other creatures. The dragon attempts to argue back, but Fluttershy cuts him off and demands an apology, causing him to burst into tears. Fluttershy comforts the dragon, and amid cheers from her friends, he departs from the mountain.
===Faith in your friends===
 After the group return to Ponyville, Twilight Sparkle relays their success to Princess Celestia and comments that friends can be a source of strength and that you should never lose faith in them. Just outside the library, Rainbow Dash is once more on the cusp of a new ball-bouncing record until she is startled by Pinkie Pie. Fluttershy comforts Rainbow but is then startled herself.
==Quotes==
:Fluttershy: Are you coughing because there's a carrot stuck in your throat?
:Angel: [coughs]
:Fluttershy: Because you need some water?
:Angel: [coughs loudly]
:Fluttershy: [gasp] Because of that giant cloud of scary black smoke?
:Twilight Sparkle: According to Princess Celestia, he's taking a nap. His snoring is what's causing all this smoke.
:Pinkie Pie: He should really see a doctor. That doesn't sound healthy at all.
:Pinkie Pie: (imitating a dragon) Welcome to my cave, Rarity. Care for a diamond? [roar]
:Pinkie Pie: Whoo-hoo! I win again!
:Rarity: Ugh. That's thirty-five games in a row. Best of seventy-one?
:Twilight Sparkle: You have a wonderful talent dealing with all kinds of animals.
:Fluttershy: Yes. Because they're not dragons...
:Rainbow Dash: Oh come on! We've seen you walk up to a horrible manticore like it was nothing.
:Fluttershy: Yes. Because he wasn't a dragon...
:Pinkie Pie: Spike is a dragon. You're not scared of him.
:Fluttershy: Yes. Because he wasn't a huge, gigantic, terrible, enormous, teeth-gnashing, sharp scale-having, horn-wearing, smoke-snoring, could-eat-a-pony-in-one-bite, totally-all-grown-up dragon.
:Rarity: I was this close to getting that diamond...
:Twilight Sparkle: You mean getting rid of that dragon?
:Rarity: Oh. Yeah. Sure.
:Rainbow Dash: All right, that's it. We tried persuasion, charm... whatever it is Pinkie Pie does...
:Pinkie Pie: [busted horn]
:Rainbow Dash: It's time to stop wasting time! I'm going in!
:Fluttershy: How dare you... How dare you! Listen here, mister. Just because you're big doesn't mean you get to be a bully! You may have huge teeth, and sharp scales, and snore smoke, and breathe fire. But you do not—I repeat—you do not! Hurt! My! Friends! You got that? Well?
:Razer: But that rainbow one kicked me.
:Fluttershy: And I am very sorry about that. But you're bigger than she is and you should know better. You should also know better than to take a nap when your snoring can become a health hazard to other creatures.
:Rainbow Dash: Pinkie Pie! You scared me! I mean... uh... You... broke my concentration.
:Fluttershy: It's okay, Rainbow Dash. Not every pony can be as brave as me.
==Gallery==
==References==
ar:الخوف من التنين
de:Drachenscheu
es:El Dragón Durmiente
fr:Un dragon à Poneyville
id:Naga Pemalu
it:La Minaccia del Drago
ja:ドラゴン注意報
ko:드래곤샤이
pl:Wyjście smoka
ru:Укрощение дракона
sv:Drakblyg