Transcripts/Mane Smelody

:[birds chirping]
:[Pipp Petals]
::A foraging I will go
::A shmoraging I will go
::[vocalizing]
:Ooh, great lighting! Nature selfie!
:[phone beeps, camera clicks]
:Pipp Petals: Aah! Oof!
:[thud]
:[birds chirping]
:Pipp Petals: [screams] My natural beauty forage haul! Sheesh! Watch where you're going, plants! Ugh, that really hurts! What the hay? That inkthistle shined my hooves so bright, I can see my own reflection! [gasps] My plant-finder app didn't tell me it could do that! This gives me an idea. Whoa-ho-ho, mama! I think my future's gonna be bright! I never say "mama". Now I know this is a good idea! [sniffs] Mmm... Huh... Little fragrant. But look at that shine!
:[bunnicorn sniffs, coughs]
:
:[upbeat music]
:[hairspray spraying]
:[door opens]
:Pipp Petals: Jazz, look! To spruce up the place!
:Jazz Hooves: Oh, these are... [sniffs] Ugh! ...Nice! They're nice! What's the occasion?
:Pipp Petals: Let me answer that question with a question. Ever seen hooves this shiny?
:Jazz Hooves: My, that is bright! You could power a lighthouse with that shimmer! [gags]
:Pipp Petals: [chuckles] And it's all because of this perfect plant I plucked! It's a miracle beauty discovery cropping up all over Bridlewood Forest!
:Jazz Hooves: This has potential! Which is great, because our sales have been dropping ever since our last failed promotion.
:Lily: [screaming] Get it off! Get it off!
:Pipp Petals: Huh. Maybe using actual ice cream as a face mask treatment wasn't that great of an idea.
:Jazz Hooves: Yeah... no. It wasn't.
:Pipp Petals: [chuckles]
:Jazz Hooves: But those shiny hooves could redeem us. Let's test it out! Who will be our guinea pony?
:Pipp Petals: Zipp!
:Zipp Storm: [gasps]
:Pipp Petals: It's your lucky day! You are the recipient of a free luxury hooficure treatment! Oh! We can't wait to know what you think of this great shiny find I came across – inkthistle!
:Zipp Storm: [sniffs]
:Jazz Hooves: You okay?
:Zipp Storm: [coughs] Uh, yeah. That was from something else. Can't do the hoof thing! I'm busy! Gotta run!
:Pipp Petals: Uh, busy with what?
:Zipp Storm: Investigating! Bye!
:[door closes]
:Zipp Storm: Bleh! [sighs] That stuff stinks! Bleh!
:[door opens]
:Pipp Petals: Sunny! Lucky you! You get to be the first pony to try our new, all-natural luxury hooficure treatment!
:Sunny Starscout: I do? Ah! Okay! Whoa! [gags]
:Pipp Petals: So? What do you think?
:Sunny Starscout: [sniffs, moans, coughs]
:Pipp Petals: Don't worry, Sunny. I know this inkthistle plant itself has a little bit of a... funky aroma at first, but the incredible hoof cream I've made out of it is scentless. The perfect, luxurious touch for those seeking a top notch hooficure with lasting shine!
:Jazz Hooves: [sniffs, strained] You're right! It's... kind of... nice!
:Sunny Starscout: Yup! Just, uh, super pleasant!
:Pipp Petals: [high-pitched giggle] I'm so excited to start selling these treatments! I must practice my sales pitch. [clears throat] Hello, my glamour ponies! This special new treatment is guaranteed to make your hooves shine as bright as your sparkle! Get it while you can! It's a Mane Melody limited-time-only exclusive!
:Jazz Hooves: Sounds great, Pipp! We're gonna have so many sales! [hushed] Sorry it stinks. But you look great.
:Sunny Starscout: I feel great! And look at that shine! Ah! Good luck with the launch. And, um, maybe crack a window?
:Jazz Hooves: [strained] Good idea! [panting]
:Pipp Petals: [humming]
:Jazz Hooves: [laughing nervously]
:[bird chirping]
:Zipp Storm: Hmmm... There's gotta be something else here. [sniffs] Ugh! [sniffs] Oh, no! She got to you?
:Sunny Starscout: I just wanted to help. And the smell kinda goes away. Or maybe I'm just used to it. Uh, what exactly are you doing?
:Zipp Storm: My leads have all run cold. I've read that Alicorns book like a hundred times, and certain things still aren't adding up about the past we've all been taught.
:Sunny Starscout: My dad always used to say, "The past is something we'll never stop discovering."
:Zipp Storm: Sunny, that's it! Your dad was definitely onto something with his research, right? Do you have any old things that Argyle left lying around? Stuff that might have a clue?
:Sunny Starscout: Well, we lost a lot when the lighthouse was destroyed. I do still have a few things. But I've gone through them a million times before.
:Zipp Storm: But with fresh eyes and open hearts and minds and clear heads and the help of a master sleuth...
:Sunny Starscout: Okay, we can try. Maybe my dad would've liked that. I'll go dig them up right now.
:Zipp Storm: [gags, sighs]
:Pipp Petals: [humming] Casual viewers and Pippsqueaks alike! Have I got something great for you! It's the special deluxe pampering you've been needing! Treat yourself! You deserve only the best! And we've got it here at Mane Melody! Guaranteed to make your hooves shine brighter than a Bridlewood crystal during the Lumi-Bloom!
:Jazz Hooves: Good thing ponies can't smell through the phone.
:Sunny Starscout: There it is! Gimme a boost! [grunting] Got it! Whoa! Aah!
:[thud]
:Zipp Storm: [sighs] Probably could've just flown up there. What do you suppose it is?
:Sunny Starscout: A piece of a map?
:Zipp Storm: Hmmm... All I can see is the word... "scale"?
:Sunny Starscout: Sometimes, maps list distances for scale.
:Zipp Storm: Hmmm... I'm not sure.
:Sunny Starscout: Well, my dad and I used to sketch maps of imaginary places for fun all the time. It's probably nothing.
:Zipp Storm: Maybe so, but a detective never fully abandons a clue. It might lead us somewhere.
:Sunny Starscout: Where? It's not just gonna fall into our laps.
:Zipp Storm: Or it could be our heads. [gasps, laughs]
:Sunny Starscout and Zipp Storm: Yes!
:Sunny Starscout: [laughs]
:Pipp Petals: [squeals] Jazz, I've got a great feeling about this, don't you? 
:Jazz Hooves: Ha! Yes! Definitely! Absolutely! It's gonna be a spectacle! I mean, spectacular!
:[door opens]
:Sweets: I'm first!
:Pipp Petals: Ponies! Ponies! There's plenty of deluxe to go around! Right, Jazz?
:Jazz Hooves: Yes, of course! Everypony will get a treatment! If they want one! Totally optional! But... you'd have to be, uh, ready to miss out on the best beauty treatment ever!
:Pipp Petals: That's more like it. Okay, let's break out that inkthistle and get this sparkle party started!
:[ponies cheering]
:[phone beeps, camera clicks] 
:Zipp Storm: Hmmm...
:Sunny Starscout: Hmmm...
:Sunny Starscout and Zipp Storm: Hmmm!
:Zipp Storm: Are you seeing this?
:Sunny Starscout: Yes! I-I mean, I think so. Wait, what do you see?
:Zipp Storm: A shimmer! Could this be a-a magical item? Look!
:Sunny Starscout: [gasps] These things are amazing!
:Zipp Storm: Well, yeah. But do you see it?
:Sunny Starscout: Kinda. Maybe. I don't know. I think if we're going to get to the bottom of this, we've gotta get out of here and get out there. Start asking some questions.
:Zipp Storm: Maybe you're right, Sunny. And I know exactly where to start.
:Sunny Starscout: Yay! Field trip!
:Zipp Storm: Field research.
:Earth Mare 1: [gags, coughs]
:Pegasus Mare and Earth Mare 2: Bleh!
:Rosedust: [screams]
:Posey Bloom: Ah! I've never seen anything like this! Have you, bestie?
:Windy: I actually can't see anything like this! It's too bright! My eyes!
:Posey Bloom: Oh, I've never smelled anything like this. I was lying when I said I've never seen anything like this. It's just bright. But this? [sniffs] Ugh! This is something else! Oh! Shh-shh-shh. Hi, Pipp!
:Pipp Petals: Hiya! Ooh! Haven't seen shines this bright since I made my own toothpaste!
:Windy: Thanks, Pipp! [chuckles nervously]
:Pipp Petals: No prob, Windy! This is turning into Mane Melody's biggest success! What are we going to do with all of this success?!
:Jazz Hooves: Yeah, the sweet... ugh... smell of success!
:[click]
:[electric fan rattling]
:Jazz Hooves: [sighs] Phew!
:[whoosh!]
:Sunny Starscout: So, are you gonna tell me where we're going?
:Zipp Storm: To Bridlewood.
:Sunny Starscout: What's there?
:Zipp Storm: The Breezie Night Market!
:Sunny Starscout: You really think the Breezies can help us with this?
:Zipp Storm: Come on, Suns! There's a lot of old, mystical stuff there! Maybe they have like a map decoder or something! And if not, I'll buy you your favorite treat.
:Sunny Starscout: Ooooh! Triple berry ice cream?!
:Zipp Storm: Three scoops! Also, maybe they have some magical cure to make your hooves smell better.
:Sunny Starscout: Hey!
:Zipp Storm: Those things are ripe, buddy.
:Sunny Starscout: [sighs] You're not wrong.
:Sunny Starscout and Zipp Storm: [laugh]
:Jazz Hooves: This is great for business, Jazz... Oh! That's gonna look wonderful!
:Toots: Yes, yes, but I wanted to know... Uh, well, it's just that, uh... How do I say this? The odor – is that part of the package?
:Jazz Hooves: Everything that goes into this treatment – from the raw ingredients to the experience of sitting in that chair to the beautiful shimmer and, yes, even the... odor – is a part of a special and one-of-a-kind hooficure. You'll be talking about this one for moons, I bet! Yup! [laughs nervously]
:Toots: [hushed] Does she not smell it? 
:Windy: [hushed] I've been wondering that all day. My friends have to see this.
:Pipp Petals: This is fantastic! Tell your friends please! There's plenty of "Potions by Pipp" to go around!
:Windy: Bleh!
:Breezie: [high-pitched gibberish]
:Sunny Starscout: We're trying to figure out how to read this map. Well, we think it's a map.
:Breezie: [high-pitched gibberish]
:Zipp Storm: It's not a map?
:Breezie: [high-pitched scream]
:Zipp Storm: [chuckles] I think she's also saying you, uh, stink.
:Sunny Starscout: [groans] Should we get that triple berry ice cream now?
:Ruby Breezie: [high-pitched gibberish]
:Pipp Petals: Jazz, are you seeing this?
:Jazz Hooves: Yeah, I guess ponies really want to remember their time here.
:Pipp Petals: We'll sell out of these treatments by the end of the week if this keeps up! We're hitting our stride!
:Jazz Hooves: Well, ponies did like our hooficures before.
:Pipp Petals: I know, but not like this! The word of mouth is going to be incredible!
:Jazz Hooves: [whimpers, coughing, gasps] A little fresh air never hurt anypony.
:Posey Bloom: Puh-lease! You know what we all know. Whatever's in that shiny hoof cream is stinky to the extreme! Our snouts are falling off over here!
:Jazz Hooves: I don't know whether to agree or be offended! Wait. If you don't like the hooficure treatment, why are you all filming it with your phones?
:Posey Bloom: Oh, that's just the "Mane Smelody Challenge".
:Jazz Hooves: The what now?
:Posey Bloom: It's, like, the latest viral endurance test. If you can get through it without your eyes watering from the smell, you tag a friend and they have to do it!
:Jazz Hooves: So, our newest hoof treatment is now a joke online?!
:Posey Bloom: Yeah, but it's a really good one! Hey, show Jazz your phone.
:Jazz Hooves: Oh.
:Earth Pony: Oh! Yuck!
:Jazz Hooves: Oh, my. It's trending?!
:Pipp Petals: Whatcha looking at, Jazz?
:Jazz Hooves: [gasps]
:Pipp Petals: What are you gasping at? You look like you've seen a ghost.
:Jazz Hooves: Yup, that's it! It was one of those... ghost hunting videos on YouHoof! I'm, uh... afraid! Ah! G-g-g-g-ghost!
:Toots: Ah, my phone!
:[door closes]
:Pipp Petals: [snickers] You're just like Hitch. What a scaredy cat.
:Jazz Hooves: [sighs]
:[ponies laughing]
:Sunny Starscout: [sighs] I guess nobreezie knows what this thing is. Should we get out of here?
:Zipp Storm: Ugh. I hate leaving empty-hoofed.
:Sunny Starscout: But not empty-stomached!
:Ruby Breezie: [high-pitched gibberish]
:Sunny Starscout: Whoa! Hello!
:Ruby Breezie: [high-pitched gibberish]
:Sunny Starscout: No, I think there's been a mistake. That's not mine.
:Ruby Breezie: [high-pitched gibberish]
:Sunny Starscout: What is she saying? It seemed serious.
:Zipp Storm: Wait. I think I can translate this with my new app.
:Ruby Breezie: [high-pitched gibberish]
:Translator App: It has long been waiting for a special pony. A hopeful pony. I believe that you are the one.
:Sunny Starscout: Me?
:Zipp Storm: That's kind of strange.
:Ruby Breezie: [high-pitched gibberish]
:Zipp Storm: But weirdly flattering! This is awesome! What a cool color. And it looks old, too. Really old.
:Sunny Starscout: It's lovely. Thank you so much!
:Ruby Breezie: [high-pitched gibberish]
:Translator App: Remember. Nopony is alone who has friends. I bid you adieu.
:Sunny Starscout: Did that just happen? Or am I dreaming? What do you think she meant by "the one"?
:Zipp Storm: I have no idea. But it looks like mysteries are cropping up all over the place. We gotta start solving some of 'em.
:Sunny Starscout: Hmmm... 
:Sunny Starscout: Okay! The clue hunt continues!
:Zipp Storm: Back to the Brighthouse?
:Sunny Starscout: I just have to investigate one quick thing first.
:Zipp Storm: Hmm? [laughs]
:Sunny Starscout: What? Ice cream helps me think!
:[sombre music]
:Opaline: I haven't seen you all day. What wing of the lair were you in?
:Misty: The entertainment, uh, quarters?
:Opaline: Next time, let me know. I was trotting from room-to-room looking.
:Misty: I must not have heard. Sorry.
:Opaline: Ugh! Moving on! We've suffered some setbacks. Losing those ponies before I took possession of their Cutie Marks. But I've been hard at work on my new scheme. Wait just one second. You said you were in the entertainment quarters?
:Misty: Yes...?
:Opaline: The east entertainment quarters or the west entertainment quarters?
:Misty: East?
:Opaline: That makes sense.
:Misty: Phew.
:Opaline: The west one is where I've been keeping all the spiders. We've got to clean that out. Add it to the list!
:Lily: About to do the "M.S.C." – Mane Smelody Challenge! My friend Sugar Moonlight tagged me! I'm next!
:[ponies laughing]
:Pipp Petals: Hey, glam-ponies! Thanks for making today the best day in the history of our little singing salon! [deep breath, sighs] Success smells great!
:[ponies laughing]
:Shutter Snap: What's up, trendwatchers! I'm Shutter Snap! Today in trends, everypony in Maretime Bay is lining up at our very own Princess Pipp's salon to do the "Mane Smelody Challenge"! Can you stand the stink?
:Pipp Petals: Hey! Whatcha watchin'?
:Posey Bloom: [gasps] Hey!
:[clang!]
:Pipp Petals: Why did you just trash Posey's phone?
:Jazz Hooves: Umm... everypony should focus on the zen of the treatment when they're here. Phones are a distraction! [sighs]
:Posey Bloom: Hmph!
:Jazz Hooves: [sighs] Why can't I just tell her the truth?
:[military music]
:Hitch Trailblazer: Speed run! How fast can you get out of a station? Like we practiced.
:Sparky Sparkeroni: [gurgling]
:Hitch Trailblazer: You can never be too safe, my tiny buddy. And... go!
:Sparky Sparkeroni: [panting]
:[safety cones thudding]
:Hitch Trailblazer: Typical Sparky. Why even put the cones down, Hitch, you silly safety stickler? Hey! You're just in time to see Sparky fail his safety drill with flying colors!
:Zipp Storm: Yeah, why even put down the cones?
:Hitch Trailblazer: That's what I said. So, what's new?
:Sunny Starscout: We're investigating a mystery, and we found another mystery. A Breezie just randomly gave me this ancient locket. Cool, huh?
:Hitch Trailblazer: Very cool. But what does it do?
:Sunny Starscout: No idea. It's just pretty, I think. It's more about what the Breezie said. "Nopony is alone who has friends."
:Hitch Trailblazer: Hmmm...
:Zipp Storm: Hitch, you're great at puzzles. What do you think these are? We think they might be pieces of a map.
:Hitch Trailblazer: Huh. Nothing I recognize. But I can look through the old station archives to see if it looks like any of the maps in there.
:Sunny Starscout: Let us know, would you? Thanks, Hitch!
:Hitch Trailblazer: You betcha! And if you see Sparky outside, would ya tell him to scoot his boot on in here?
:Zipp Storm: We will!
:Sparky Sparkeroni: [panting]
:Hitch Trailblazer: Ah! [laughs]
:[shimmering]
:Hitch Trailblazer: That's new. What's up with your scales, buddy?
:Sparky Sparkeroni: [gurgling]
:Opaline: ...and the entire time magic was absent from our realms, the dragons have been slumbering in a deep, deep hibernation. But now that magic has returned, the dragons are awake! As is evident by that baby dragon's mere existence!
:Misty: [gulps]
:Opaline: And my brilliant scheme culminates in an infiltration of the Dragon Land to enchant them and possess them for my own devious uses.
:Misty: Uhhh... Okay, if that's all...
:Opaline: It is.
:Misty: I just remembered I have to get more intel for you! Lots of good info to be shared! I mean, had!
:Opaline: Well, don't be long! There's evil hoofnotes and pie charts to go over!
:[door closing]
:Misty: [panting]
:Izzy Moonbow: Pipp, I'm here to... [gasps] Sheesharoo! Why does this whole salon smell like stinkthistle?
:Jazz Hooves: Hey, hey, listen, Izzy!
:Izzy Moonbow: What's up?!
:Jazz Hooves: Shhh! Pipp's in the back, so I'll just say this now. This stuff Pipp foraged shines hooves like you wouldn't believe, but the smell is—
:Izzy Moonbow: Stinky! That's why it's called "stinkthistle"!
:Jazz Hooves: You know it?
:Izzy Moonbow: Mm-hmm. Pipp has foraged the stinkiest plant in all of Bridlewood. If a pony spends a long time exposed to it, she can become used to it.
:Jazz Hooves: That's why Pipp can't tell!
:Izzy Moonbow: Yeah, unicorns mostly stay away from it because it is so stinkeriffic!
:Jazz Hooves: You mean I've gotten used to it, too? And it's actually stinkier than even I can tell?! These poor customers! Why didn't I just say something sooner?!
:[ponies laughing]
:Jazz Hooves: Izzy, it all makes sense now. But I still feel nervous to tell Pipp the truth. She's worked so hard on her beauty line. What if I tell her and ruin it?
:Izzy Moonbow: You've got to!
:Jazz Hooves: Just knowing how bad it smells would crush her, but knowing that everypony is here for a viral challenge? It would destroy her!
:Izzy Moonbow: Jazz, if you were part of a viral craze that made you the butt of somepony else's joke, wouldn't you want to know?
:Jazz Hooves: [inhales] Yes...
:Misty: [panting]
:Sunny Starscout: Misty!
:Zipp Storm: Check out this old locket.
:Misty: Opaline...! Dragons...! Awake...! Magic...!
:Sunny Starscout: Get her some water!
:Zipp Storm: Get her some room!
:Sunny Starscout: Now, what is going on?
:Misty: Opaline's going to descend upon the Dragon lands and enchant and possess them! For evil! And... and... so much more! [sniffs] Um... what's that smell?
:Sunny Starscout: [chuckles nervously] Nothing! Just tell us everything.
:Zipp Storm: And we'll tell you about what we found, too.
:Misty: [gasps] Hmm!
:[ponies laughing]
:Pipp Petals: That... was... wild! Ugh! We gotta rest our hooves, girl!
:Jazz Hooves: Yeah, we've had quite a day. So, listen. Pipper. Pippito. Pipperoo.
:Pipp Petals: Mm, you've never called me a nickname. What's going on? You can be honest with me!
:Jazz Hooves: Um, well... How to say this? [clears throat] You foraged the worst-smelling plant in the entire forest and made it into an only slightly less smelly lotion.
:Pipp Petals: I did?
:Jazz Hooves: Ya did. And then all of our customers today? They turned the deluxe treatment into the "Mane Smelody Challenge"! Because stinkthistle smells so bad, being around it is like punishment for your nose!
:Lily: [laughs]
:Earth Stallion: Nasty!
:Lily: Ew!
:Earth Stallion: Ah! Ooh!
:Pony 1: [groaning]
:Pony 2: Oh, my hoofness! The smell!
:Pipp Petals: Ohhhhh. Oh, no. Oh. [gasps] Wow! Oh, that makes so much sense! You and everypony were acting so funny today! And I was just used to the smell? Oh, this is bad. Oh... [laughs]
:Jazz Hooves: Wait, so you're not mad?
:Pipp Petals: It certainly doesn't feel good to be the butt of an entire town's joke. But you know what does feel good? A friend you can be honest with. Friends should always feel safe and comfortable to tell each other the truth. Even when it stinks.
:Jazz Hooves: I'm sorry I kept this from you.
:Pipp Petals: It's okay. Now, help me drastically slash these prices. For my next "Potion by Pipp", I'll...
:Jazz Hooves: Keep it simple?
:Pipp Petals: I'll stick to the classics. Oh! I love that for us.
:[door opens]
:Izzy Moonbow: Pipp! Pipp! Pipp! I found it! I found the elusive neutralizing ingredient! [gasps] Pinkthistle! Fresh from Bridlewood! Give this a whiff!
:Jazz Hooves: [sniffs] Best smell I've ever smelled!
:Pipp Petals: [gasps] This will keep the shine but erase the smell! And it's all natural! Just like I wanted! Awww, "Potions by Pipp" is saved!
:Jazz Hooves: Should I start the social media blast or should you?
:Pipp Petals: Let's do it together. But with way less stink this time.
:[bright music]
:Pipp Petals, Izzy Moonbow, and Jazz Hooves: [sniff]
:Izzy Moonbow: Ah!
:Pipp Petals, Izzy Moonbow, and Jazz Hooves: [laughing]
:[credits]