Griffon the Brush Off

Griffon the Brush Off is the fifth episode of the first season of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic. In this episode, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash bond by playing pranks on the other ponies, but when Rainbow Dash's old friend Gilda the griffon shows up for a visit, Pinkie feels left out. The title is a play on the phrase "given the brush-off", which is an abrupt and rude dismissal.__TOC__
==Production==
Comcast's On Demand television guide referred to Gilda as Grizelda when this episode was first scheduled to air. Hubworld's listing of the episode also referred to Gilda as Grizelda. Grizelda was Gilda's original name, and was used in an audition script for Apple Bloom.
In 2012, Lauren Faust stated that Gilda's meanness towards ponies was "an intentional reflection" of how Faust thought many people had "a contempt for little girls' toys".
The Zap2it, Dish Network, and Bright House Networks episode descriptions for the episode are in Spanish. Similarly, the Zap2it and LocateTV descriptions for the Spanish version(s) of the episode are in English.
The scenes when Rainbow Dash and Pinkie prank their friends, and when Rainbow Dash and Gilda first fly together reappears in Deep Tissue Memories.
==Summary==
===Not now, Pinkie Pie===
In a park, Pinkie Pie enthusiastically recounts a story about Rainbow Dash's aerial acrobatics to Twilight Sparkle, who is more focused on reading a book. Pinkie spots Rainbow flying up above and calls to her, but Rainbow dismisses her and flies away. As Pinkie pursues and calls out to her, Rainbow becomes distracted and slams into a mountainside. She slides down next to Pinkie, who tells her she was trying to warn her about the mountain.
===The pranking spree===
 Later on, Rainbow Dash overhears Pinkie Pie asking around Ponyville for her whereabouts and attempts to hide. When Twilight points her out, Rainbow flees to several other hiding spots but soon gives up after Pinkie finds her instantly each time. Pinkie asks Rainbow for a favor, which turns out to be helping her play a prank on Spike as he collects scrolls from the town square pavilion. Rainbow is impressed by Pinkie's interest in pranks and asks if she wants to hang out, to which Pinkie agrees.
 Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash commence a pranking spree on the rest of their friends. They use water colors on the apples in some of Applejack's apple trees, switch Twilight's pen ink with disappearing ink, and use sneezing powder on Rarity. When Rainbow targets Fluttershy for their next prank, Pinkie stops her and warns that Fluttershy is too sensitive for even the most harmless of pranks. The two end the day by pranking each other instead.
===Gilda===
 The next morning, Pinkie Pie makes a visit to Rainbow Dash's cloud-house to invite her on another day of pranking. She is instead met by Gilda, who Rainbow introduces as her old griffon friend from Junior Speedster Flight Camp. Rainbow promises Pinkie they will join her later as she and Gilda depart on a flying session. Later on, Pinkie uses various means to catch up with them in the clouds. Gilda, annoyed by Pinkie's intrusion, tries to foil her efforts while Rainbow is distracted before finally confronting her directly:
Pinkie Pie goes to Twilight Sparkle at the library for advice about Gilda's mean behavior, but Twilight believes that Pinkie Pie is simply jealous of Gilda. The only advice she gives Pinkie is to try to improve her own attitude. Pinkie storms out in frustration at Twilight's assessment, but once outside, she reflects that it may be valid.
 At an open market outside of Sugarcube Corner, Pinkie Pie watches on as Gilda, unaware of Pinkie's presence, shows up to eat while Rainbow attends to weather duties. Pinkie observes Gilda scaring Granny Smith and stealing an apple from a produce stand but gives her the benefit of the doubt in light of Twilight's advice. The last straw falls when Gilda berates and frightens off Fluttershy, who accidentally bumped into her while guiding a family of ducks. Tired of the griffon's mean streak, Pinkie vows to fix the problem "Pinkie Pie-style."
===The welcome party===
 Pinkie Pie follows up on her vow by throwing a welcome party at Sugarcube Corner in Gilda's honor. At the party, Pinkie greets Gilda with a handshake rigged with a "hoofshake buzzer" that delivers an electric shock. Gilda laughs it off in front of Rainbow Dash but warns Pinkie that she knows what she's up to. As the party continues, Gilda falls victim to several other pranks that cause her to grow increasingly irritated at Pinkie, who she suspects is behind them.
Applejack announces a game of "Pin the Tail on the Pony". Gilda demands to go first, but once blindfolded and led by Pinkie toward the poster, she suspects it is yet another prank and starts walking the opposite direction before slipping on a fallen piece of cake and crashing into the kitchen. She emerges with the tail stuck to her beak, and the room breaks out in laughter.
 Gilda finally loses her temper, disparaging the party attendees and blaming Pinkie Pie for setting up the "weak little party pranks". When she calls on Rainbow Dash to leave with her, Rainbow refuses, revealing it was she who set up the pranks for the party and expressing her disappointment in Gilda's behavior toward her other friends. Rainbow suggests she "find some new cool friends somewhere else", leading Gilda to storm out. Rainbow Dash apologizes to the party attendees for Gilda's behavior, and she and Pinkie make up with a buzzer-rigged handshake.
Twilight Sparkle apologizes to Pinkie Pie for accusing her of misjudging Gilda. She observes that, rather than trying to influence who your friends spend time with, you yourself should try to be a good friend and trust that the true nature of a false friend will eventually be revealed. In sending her friendship report, Twilight plays a prank of her own by getting Princess Celestia to use disappearing ink when she tries to respond.
==Quotes==
:Pinkie Pie: Rainbow Dash.
:Rainbow Dash: Not now, Pinkie Pie.
:Pinkie Pie: But, but Rainbow Dash—
:Rainbow Dash: I'm in the middle of something.
:Pinkie Pie: But–
:Rainbow Dash: I said not now— [grunt]
:Pinkie Pie: I was gonna tell you to look out for that mountain.
:Rainbow Dash: Huh, we need another victim who's made of tougher stuff. So, who's it gonna be?
:Pinkie Pie: Oh, I've got someone in mind. The toughest around.
:Rainbow Dash: Oh, awesome! Who, who? Do I know them?
:Pinkie Pie: Oh yes, you're very close.
:Rainbow Dash: Good one, Pinkie Pie.
:Rainbow Dash: Pinkie, this is my griffon friend, Gilda.
:Pinkie Pie: What's a griffon?
:Rainbow Dash: She's half-eagle, half-lion...
:Gilda: And all awesome!
:Pinkie Pie: Hi! It's later! And I caught up!
:Gilda: Don't you know how to take get lost for an answer? Dash doesn't need to hang with a dweeb like you now that I'm around. You're dorkin' up the skies, Stinkie Pie, so make like a bee and BUZZ OFF.
:Pinkie Pie: Maybe Twilight is right. Maybe Gilda isn't a big meanie grumpy mean-meanie-pants. Maybe I'm just a big jealous judgmental jealous-jealousy-pants.
:Fluttershy: Um, Pinkie Pie, about this party for Gilda. Umm... do you really think it's a good idea? I mean—
:Pinkie Pie: Don't you worry your pretty little head about mean old Gilda! Your auntie Pinkie Pie has it all taken care of!
:Fluttershy: I'm a year older than you.
:Gilda: I know what you're up to.
:Pinkie Pie: Great.
:Gilda: Rrrh. I know what you're planning.
:Pinkie Pie: [giggles] Well, I hope so. This wasn't supposed to be a surprise party.
:Gilda: I mean, I've got my eye on you.
:Pinkie Pie: And I got my eye on you.
:Rainbow Dash: You know, this is not how I thought my old friends would treat my new friends. If being cool is all you care about, maybe you should go find some new cool friends someplace else.
:Gilda: Yeah? Well you, you... you are such a, a flip-flop, cool one minute and lame the next. When you decide not to be lame anymore, gimme a call.
:Rainbow Dash: Not cool.
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==References==
ar:الضيفة المزعجة
de:Gilda, die Partybremse
es:Una Amistad Malhumorada
fr:Farces et griffon
id:Griffon si Penolak
it:Il Grifone Sbruffone
ja:いたずらパーティ
ko:그리핀 길들이기
pl:Sposób na gryfa
ru:Заносчивый грифон
sv:Den avspisade gripen
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