Transcripts/Top Remodel

:[soft music]
:Sunny Starscout: Hey, Pipp? [chuckles] Remind me why we are in here again.
:Izzy Moonbow: Yeah, not that it isn't totally cool to be in a freaky empty building, but it is kinda freaky. And empty!
:[echoing]
:Izzy Moonbow: [gasps] See?! I didn't even mean to do that!
:Pipp Petals: But that's why I love it! It's thrilling! Can't you just feel the spoooooky energy in here?
:Hitch Trailblazer: No. Not at all.
:[static]
:Hitch Trailblazer: Ah!
:Sunny Starscout, Izzy Moonbow, and Pipp Petals: Ah!
:[static]
:Zipp Storm: Huh.
:Hitch Trailblazer: [chuckles nervously]
:[crash]
:Hitch Trailblazer: This is ridiculous. I've been inside Canterlogic millions of times. There's nothing to be afraid of.
:Sunny Starscout: [laughs] I think Pipp disagrees.
:Pipp Petals: Aah! [giggles]
:Zipp Storm: Well, Pipp has always had a love of spooky things. She once convinced our mom that an entire wing of the castle was being haunted by royal ghosts. Mom still trots the long way around it.
:Sunny Starscout: [laughs]
:Pipp Petals: Imagine what kind of terrors lurk in all these mysteeeeerious corners...
:Sunny Starscout: I can't believe we haven't thought about this old factory since Sprout and his family closed it down.
:Izzy Moonbow: [gasps] There's so much space in this place! [mimicking echo] Place! Place! Place! That time it was me.
:Hitch Trailblazer: It's like we all just forgot it existed.
:Pipp Petals: [gasps] What if we forgot about it because the ghosts wanted us to?! Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! I have shivers!
:Zipp Storm: Here we go again.
:Hitch Trailblazer: This is just an old building made of bricks and concrete. Besides, even if it weren't, I'm not afraid of no ghosts!
:[mouse squeaks]
:[thudding]
:Hitch Trailblazer: [gasps, screams] What was that?!
:Pipp Petals: [giggles] Not afraid, huh?
:
:Hitch Trailblazer: [chuckles nervously]
:Sparky Sparkeroni: [whimpering]
:Hitch Trailblazer: How are you all so calm?!
:Izzy Moonbow: Oh, I'm not. This is just my nervous smile. It looks a lot like my happy smile. And also my unhappy smile. [chuckles awkwardly]
:Zipp Storm: Hmm. Now that Canterlogic is gone, what's gonna happen to this building?
:Izzy Moonbow: Wouldn't it be super if it became something so fun-tastic that everypony wanted to hang out here?
:Sunny Starscout: Izzy's right!
:Izzy Moonbow: I am. Wait. I am?
:Sunny Starscout: Yes! We should turn this old factory into something new for the whole community!
:Izzy Moonbow: This can be the biggest uni-cycling project I've ever done! And you ponies can help! [squealing]
:Zipp Storm: Yeah, it does have potential. Maybe we can turn this place into an indoor skate park.
:Izzy Moonbow: [gasps] Whoa!
:Pipp Petals: Or a theater-slash-concert hall!
:Izzy Moonbow: Now we're talking! [singing] Or singiiiiing!
:Hitch Trailblazer: Or a community center for official town hall meetings!
:Izzy Moonbow: Oh. Or that.
:Sunny Starscout: These are all great ideas, and I love them! [gasps] But how about we ask the townsponies, too? That way, our new space will be exactly what everypony wants!
:Pipp Petals: Brill idea, Sunny! And while you two do that, Hitch, Zipp, and I will clear the building of all its ghosties and spirits, etcetera. Really cleanse the energies, you know?
:Sunny Starscout: Perfect!
:Izzy Moonbow: Let's ask Toots! Oh! And Dahlia! Oh! Oh! And Windy!
:Hitch Trailblazer: Uh, I don't know if I can help you right now. Sparky is really fussy.
:Sparky Sparkeroni: [babbles cheerfully]
:Pipp Petals: Mm-hmm...
:Hitch Trailblazer: And I've got a lot of official sheriff business to get back to. Paperwork, you know! But, uh, maybe Zipp—
:Zipp Storm: Sorry, but I'm so close to cracking Twilight Sparkle's message. I've gotta focus my attention on that. Have fun! Don't let the ghosties get ya! [laughs]
:Hitch Trailblazer: Ohhhh...
:Sparky Sparkeroni: [babbles nervously]
:Pipp Petals: You know, if I had to guess, I'd say that spooky, scary ghosts haunting it up in here is totally against regulation. Right?
:Hitch Trailblazer: You make a good point. As sheriff, I can't allow that!
:Pipp Petals: Mm-hmm! [humming]
:[spooky music]
:Zipp Storm: Okay, Twilight. Let's hear it again.
:[beep]
:Twilight Sparkle: —but the spell is broken. You are exposed to the world once again. You must watch out—
:[static]
:Twilight Sparkle: —before she—
:[static]
:Misty: [gasps] Is that her? Twilight Sparkle from Opaline's stories?
:[beep]
:Twilight Sparkle: —but the spell is broken. You are exposed to the world once again. You must watch out for Op—
:[static]
:Twilight Sparkle: —before she—
:[static]
:Zipp Storm: "Before" what?! What were you trying to warn us about?! Ugh! I still can't believe that's all I was able to record!
:Misty: Opaline has to know about this!
:Twilight Sparkle: You must watch out—
:[static]
:Twilight Sparkle: —before she—
:[static]
:Opaline: So that nasty little Twilight Sparkle enchanted those crystals with a secret message, did she?! What else did she reveal?!
:Misty: Uh, I don't know. Zipp said that's all she recorded, though, so maybe there was more?
:Opaline: Of course there was more! Time is running out before that Zipp pony pieces things together! Ugh! I need the rest of that dragonfire!
:Misty: What if we didn't steal Sparky?
:Opaline: What did you just say?
:Misty: I-I-I just mean... I-I-It's just that... Well, what if—
:Opaline: Spit it out!
:Misty: Ah! Twilight said that she put all of her magic into the crystals! What if we just steal those instead? [giggles] Yeah! [hushed] Crystals don't run away or burp fire.
:Opaline: [sarcastically] Oh, that's a great idea!
:Misty: Really?
:Opaline: No. Not really. We can't just steal the crystals! Now that I know what they truly are – conduits!
:Misty: Huh?
:Opaline: Long ago, Twilight Sparkle channeled all the magic in Equestria into those crystals and enchanted them. Stealing them now, before I'm strong enough, could destroy the pris-beam, the very source of magic that I want to possess! You were willing to risk that?
:Misty: No! Of course not! [laughs nervously] It was a terrible idea! But, um, uh, what's a "conduit"?
:Opaline: An element.
:[beat]
:Opaline: Ugh! A crystal that's protected by a very complex spell containing... [shudders] ...unity magic. The only thing that could possibly drain the crystals permanently is an equal magical power.
:Misty: Like an Alicorn's?
:Opaline: A Fire Alicorn. And for that, there's only one thing I need.
:Misty: [gulps] A baby dragon?
:Opaline: Don't fail me again.
:Izzy Moonbow: Oh, I know I've got that somewhere! Did I put it under the macaroni? Aha!
:Toots: There should definitely be balloons. I love balloons.
:Izzy Moonbow: Okay!
:[balloon inflating]
:Dahlia: Oh! And a glitter banner! We've got to have a glitter banner!
:Windy: Yeah, that too!
:Izzy Moonbow: Okay!
:Toots: And an art gallery with a painting of everypony in Maretime Bay!
:Izzy Moonbow: Okay...
:Sunny Starscout: Lots of color. No color. Extra space for dancing, and a cool pony statue in every corner.
:Izzy Moonbow: [sighs]
:Sunny Starscout: Rainbow ribbons, no ribbons, and only blue ribbons.
:Izzy Moonbow: [groans]
:Sunny Starscout: Balloons, a glitter banner, and a painting of everypony in Maretime Bay. And that's just the decor category! Do we have all that? We do, right?
:Izzy Moonbow: I think so?
:Sunny Starscout: Wow, the townsponies sure want a lot of different things.
:Izzy Moonbow: Yeah, and they don't always go together. [babbles]
:[clattering]
:Izzy Moonbow: Maybe there's just too many ideas to—
:Sunny Starscout: Make it work?
:Izzy Moonbow: [gasps] Uh-huh!
:Sunny Starscout: But we've got to take everypony's idea into consideration. After all, we're all part of the community. Everypony should all have an equal say and be able to enjoy the new space, right? Right?!
:Izzy Moonbow: [awkward chuckle] Right!
:[spooky music]
:[electricity crackling]
:Hitch Trailblazer: Oh...
:Pipp Petals: Ooh! Remember when you thought these would protect you from scary brain-melting unicorn mind rays?! Spoooooky... Boo!
:Hitch Trailblazer: Oh!
:Sparky Sparkeroni: [whimpers]
:Hitch Trailblazer: Great. Just what we need. More scary thoughts.
:[clattering]
:[squeaking]
:Sparky Sparkeroni: [coughing]
:Pipp Petals: Maybe you could loosen your grip on the baby dragon a bit?
:Hitch Trailblazer: [gasps]
:Sparky Sparkeroni: Phew!
:Hitch Trailblazer: I just, you know, don't want anypony taking Sparky. The last time he went missing was even scarier than this creepy building.
:Sparky Sparkeroni: [burps]
:Hitch Trailblazer: Let's keep moving.
:Sunny Starscout: All right, are you ready for the biggest uni-cycling project ever?
:Izzy Moonbow: I sure am! I think. I hope so. No, I am! I've decided.
:Sunny Starscout: Sure, there are a ton of ideas. And sure, not all of them go together. And sure, this is a lot. But I know we can do it.
:Izzy Moonbow: I think I agree.
:Posey Bloom: Hey! I heard you're redesigning the old factory. Can I add my two bits real quick?
:Sunny Starscout: Sure. What's one more idea?
:Izzy Moonbow: [chuckles nervously]
:Posey Bloom: Perfect! So I was thinking flowers—
:Rocky Riff: [gasps] I have an amazing idea, too!
:Izzy Moonbow: Oh! Wah! Um... [hyperventilating]
:Glory: A dance studio!
:Peach Fizz: Laser tag arena?
:Seashell: A science lab could be cool.
:[dramatic music]
:Sunny Starscout: [chuckles nervously]
:Izzy Moonbow: Uhhhh... [gulps]
:Pipp Petals: I am loving this! It's just like in the Spooky Stables series when Esmeralda Ghoulington searches for the old Whinny Mansion looking for her great-grandpony's spirit! It is bone-chilling.
:Hitch Trailblazer: I must've missed that one.
:Pipp Petals: Neigh way! You have to read it! Esmeralda thinks she found her great-grandpony's ghost, and then BAM!
:Hitch Trailblazer: [screams]
:Pipp Petals: It's actually her great-great-grandpony's ghost. Ooooh!
:Sparky Sparkeroni: [humming happily]
:Hitch Trailblazer: That's okay, Sparky! I'll keep you safe!
:Sparky Sparkeroni: [grunts]
:[menacing music]
:[overlapping chatter]
:Sunny Starscout: Oh! Uh... yeah! No problem! Sure!
:Izzy Moonbow: Uh... uh... [chuckles nervously]
:Sunny Starscout: Of course! No worries!
:[overlapping chatter]
:Sunny Starscout: Okay! Got it! Thank you!
:Pony: Whoo-hoo!
:Sunny Starscout: Phew!
:Izzy Moonbow: Ugh! I better hurry up and get to uni-cycling.
:Sunny Starscout: Yeah, that's probably a good idea.
:Mayflower: [clears throat]
:Sunny Starscout: [gasps] You go ahead. I'll catch up.
:[electricity crackling]
:Hitch Trailblazer: Did it get darker in here? I feel like it got darker in here. Where's a unicorn with a glowing horn when you need one?
:Pipp Petals: Maybe we need to try talking to them.
:Hitch Trailblazer: Uh, I'm not so sure that's—
:Pipp Petals: [overdramatic] Come on out, you spooky spirits! We are only here to help! If you are here, give us a sign!
:[loud clattering]
:Hitch Trailblazer: [gasps]
:Pipp Petals: [gasps]
:Sprout: [screaming]
:Hitch Trailblazer: [screaming]
:[crash!]
:Sparky Sparkeroni: [laughs]
:Hitch Trailblazer: Sprout?!
:Pipp Petals: Sprout?!
:Sparky Sparkeroni: [laughing]
:Sprout: [pants] What was that?!
:Izzy Moonbow: Oopsies! Gotta remember to turn this thing on before I trot in the dark. Duh!
:Pipp Petals: Ghosts?
:Hitch Trailblazer: Sprout, what are you doing here?
:Sprout: I saw you ponies go into the factory, and I figured, since it was my family business, I should make sure that you don't mess anything up.
:Hitch Trailblazer: That we don't mess anything up?
:Pipp Petals: Yeah! You're the one who crashed a giant robot pony into Sunny's lighthouse!
:Sprout: [chuckles awkwardly] I thought we all agreed to move past that.
:Pipp Petals: Mm-hmm...
:Hitch Trailblazer: Plus, I don't think we could mess this place up more than it already is.
:Sprout: Yeah, what happened in here?
:Pipp Petals: It's... haunted! [evil laughter] But don't worry. Sunny and Izzy have big plans to make this place a-ma-zing. We just have to un-spook it first. Aww. Unless it was just you? [groans]
:Hitch Trailblazer: [sighs] Okay, I'll admit it. For a second there, I thought this place was haunted. But it was just you this whole... time!
:Hitch Trailblazer and Sprout: [screaming]
:Pipp Petals: Aah!
:[clanking]
:Izzy Moonbow: Oh, hey! The lights work!
:[mice squeaking]
:[clattering]
:Hitch Trailblazer: Huh. Uh...
:[panicked squeaking]
:Hitch Trailblazer: Um...
:Sprout: My factory's been infested with rats?
:Pipp Petals: Awww. Why couldn't it have been ghosties?
:Zipp Storm: I remember that Twilight said that she put all of the magic in the crystals and the "blank". So there's something else with her magic in it! Right? Ugh.
:[beep]
:Zipp Storm: Case update – Been studying crystals for days. But I'm still confused. And I can't crack this protection spell thing, either. If I could, maybe I could protect the crystals – and us – from this evil force. Think, Zipp! Think! Okay. What I do know is that unicorns now have the ability to cast spells. So I... [gasps] ...must find a unicorn who'd be willing to do some scientific experiments on spellcasting! Hmmm... I'm getting closer! I can feel it! And once I crack the case, nopony will be able to steal anything from us ever again!
:Misty: I feel pretty silly talking to a unicorn made of junk, but I just have to have somepony to talk to about Opaline.
:[beat]
:Misty: You see, she wants me to steal Sparky. And I really, really don't want to. I tried that already, and it did not go well.
:[beat]
:Misty: What do you think I should do?
:[beat]
:Misty: [sighs]
:Sunny Starscout: [gasps]
:Izzy Moonbow: Uh, and we need this! And some glitter...! And WAH! [panting] Uh... ta-daaaah?
:Sunny Starscout: [chuckles]
:Hitch Trailblazer: [grunting]
:Pipp Petals: [gasps]
:Sparky Sparkeroni: [giggles]
:[clang!]
:[clattering]
:[mice squeaking]
:Pipp Petals: Remember when all the animals were in the Brighthouse?
:Hitch Trailblazer: Yeah? [grunts]
:Pipp Petals: And we couldn't get them to leave?
:Hitch Trailblazer: Yeah?
:Pipp Petals: Ah! [yelping]
:[clatter!]
:Hitch Trailblazer: [grunts]
:[crash!]
:Pipp Petals: Oh, I don't have a solution. But this is exactly like that!
:[mice squeaking]
:Hitch Trailblazer: Okay, that's enough! No more Mr. Nice Sheriff! Listen up, little buddies! You're going to have to leave and go back home to Zephyr Heights! Please?!
:[mice squeaking]
:Hitch Trailblazer: I know, I know. It's just that we're trying to turn this into a cool new space for the community, and it's hard to do that with all of you hanging out in here.
:Sprout: Yeah! And you've really ratted the place up, too! How about you scram?!
:[mice squeaking]
:Sprout: Was that a yes?
:Hitch Trailblazer: It was not.
:Pipp Petals and Sprout: [groan]
:[mice squeaking]
:Hitch Trailblazer: He says that they were bored in Zephyr Heights, but this place has got lots of cool things they can play with. Uh-huh? They... They need entertainment!
:Sprout: That's it! This is my building, and you are all getting evicted! [grunting] Phew! Huh? [grunting] Phew. Ah! Aah!
:[raspberry]
:Sprout: Oh!
:Pipp Petals: [giggles]
:Izzy Moonbow: [scatting] Too much glitter? [scoffs] Who am I kidding? There can never be enough glitter!
:Sunny Starscout: I don't know what to do, Izzy. I've made so many promises to the community, but I can't keep them all.
:Izzy Moonbow: Hmm. Whenever I used to feel super duper overwhelmed, I used to go talk to the oldest pony in Bridlewood, Elder Flower. And now, I will share with you her wise sagebrush advice. [elderly voice] You can't please everypony, Izzy. Sometimes being a leader means making the tough decisions, Izzy. You, Izzy, must take everypony's opinion under your hoof and then make the final call, Izzyyyy... [normal voice] Just change the "Izzy" part to a "Sunny" part.
:Sunny Starscout: I figured.
:Izzy Moonbow: You only got into this situation because you care so much. That means you're gonna make the very best decision you can.
:Sunny Starscout: You really think so?
:Izzy Moonbow: Hoof to heart.
:Sunny Starscout: You're right. And I think I know just the way to make this the perfect space for everypony.
:Pipp Petals: [panting] We need to change our strategy.
:Hitch Trailblazer: What do you got?
:Pipp Petals: Ooh, I know!
::All you need is your beat
::All you need is your beat
::Whoa, whoa-oh, yeah
::And all you need is your beat
::Come on! Yeah, come on!
::All you need is your—
:[static]
:Sparky Sparkeroni: [giggling]
:Pipp Petals: Okay, what gives?! Everypony loves that song!
:[mouse squeaking]
:Hitch Trailblazer: He says they've heard that song a bajillion times before.
:Pipp Petals: What?!
:Hitch Trailblazer: They play it all over the big screens in Zephyr Heights. And then she said, "Right?! Like, every single day!" And then he said—
:Pipp Petals: Okay, okay, I get it! [groans]
:Zipp Storm: If the crystals hold that much magic, then the pony that wants them must be able to handle a lot of magic themselves. That must mean this pony is really powerful with unique powers. [gasps] Like Sunny! Like a-an Alicorn! [gasps] Alicorns! Alicorns must be the key!
:Sunny Starscout: Huh... Let's remove that.
:Izzy Moonbow: On it!
:[clang]
:Sunny Starscout: Hmm... And definitely that.
:Izzy Moonbow: Poof! Begone!
:[rattling]
:Sunny Starscout: And definitely, definitely that.
:Izzy Moonbow: You got it! [humming]
:Sprout: [grunts]
:[thud]
:Sprout: So hear me out. What if we just let the rats stay? Huh?
:Pipp Petals: What? No way!
:Hitch Trailblazer: That's against code!
:Sprout: Okay, then idea number two... I leave! Good luck!
:[mice squeaking]
:Hitch Trailblazer and Pipp Petals: [groan]
:[mice harmonizing]
:Pipp Petals: Aha!
:Hitch Trailblazer and Pipp Petals: [harmonizing]
:[mice harmonizing]
:Hitch Trailblazer: Are you thinking what I am?
:Pipp Petals: Oh, I sure hope so!
:Hitch Trailblazer and Pipp Petals: We did it!
:[mice squeaking]
:Hitch Trailblazer: He says thank you for that exciting new song. It really invigorated them, and now they're excited to find fun things to do at home in Zephyr Heights. She said they're sorry if they insulted your song. They love it. They just needed something new.
:Pipp Petals: Aww, I knew they loved it! Everypony does!
:Sunny Starscout and Izzy Moonbow: [sigh]
:[door opens]
:[soft music]
:Sparky Sparkeroni: [babbles]
:Sunny Starscout and Izzy Moonbow: [laugh]
:Zipp Storm: Yes!
:Pipp Petals: Whoa!
:Hitch Trailblazer: Wow!
:Sunny Starscout: Welcome to Canterlove Studios!
:Izzy Moonbow: A place where everypony can come hang out and create cool stuff! Yay!
:Pipp Petals: Ooh, we could put on a play!
:Sunny Starscout: You could!
:Pipp Petals: Or shoot a music video!
:Sunny Starscout: Why not?
:Hitch Trailblazer: Or have a really big community meeting where we discuss new rules and guidelines!
:Sunny Starscout: Sky's the limit!
:Sprout: I gotta admit. I like what you did with the place. It's pretty impressive. And technically...it is still mine! Boo-yah! [guffawing]
:Izzy Moonbow: Is that true?
:Sunny Starscout: No way. It belongs to all of us now.
:Sunny Starscout and Izzy Moonbow: [laugh]
:Hitch Trailblazer and Pipp Petals: [faintly singing "With Each Other"]
:Sunny Starscout: We really did make this place shine, didn't we?
:Izzy Moonbow: We sure did. Boo-yah!
:Misty: And that is why Opaline can't stand strawberry smoothies, even though they're absolutely the most delicious smoothies in the world! [sighs] So, Madame Taffytail? What do you say now? [high-pitched voice] I say you better try again! Go get that dragon and finally make Opaline proud of you! [normal voice] Really? [high-pitched voice] You need that cutie mark! [normal voice] Even if it means upsetting Sunny and the others?
:[beat]
:Misty: You're right. They already have each other. And their cutie marks. I'm going to get me that dragon! No games this time!
:[foreboding music]
:[credits]