The Best of the Worst

**The Best of the Worst** will be the tenth episode of the second season of LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Living the Pony Life. In Canada, it was paired with "Babysitting Chaos", but in production order and in most countries, it was paired with "Cherry Blossom Dilemma".

## Synopsis

*Rainbow Dash's competitive spirit is put to the test when a new pony challenges her to a contest unlike any other. Rainbow Dash faces off against Dishwater Slog in a loser-take-all race to finally prove which pony is truly the worst.*

**Cartoon Network Asia**: *Rainbow Dash face against Dishwasher Slog in a competitive contest, to see who is the worst pony who can beat.*

## Plot

### Part 1

The episode begins with Rainbow Dash having just won a racing trophy, much to Kai's amazement; when asked by little Smallfry and Leroy what her secret to winning is, she says hard work, natural talent, and a desire to be the best, adding that she does it for her fans, not the trophies. When she goes to Sugarcube Corner, she finds Pinkie Pie putting her picture on the "Employee of the Month" wall (even though she does not work there).

At the Monastery, the other Ninja were shocked in his Instago page where Rainbow Dash won the race. Kai thought that she is the best pony who flies very fast. More photos of her were posted, and Jay decided that he gives a like to her posts. Lloyd questioned how Jay gets his own Instago account, as he registered on his own. Megan then came, and she showed her post that another pony named Dishwater Slog was the best pony. Jay also gives them double likes than Rainbow Dash, but Kai wondered what if Rainbow Dash was a truly the worst pony she was. Kai went to the Sugarcube Corner with the Ninja and Megan.

Dishwater Slog challenges Rainbow Dash to a "fail-off", in which the objective is to be the worst instead of the best. When Rainbow questions why she would take part in such an odd challenge, Dishwater stokes her competitive spirit, and she accepts. In accordance with Dishwater's terms, the two will be judged in contests of athleticism, creativity, and emotions. Kai was even worried that she may lose, due to the influence of him on his Instago account.

In the first contest of athleticism, Rainbow Dash lifts up a large building while Dishwater Slog struggles to pick up a tomato can, making Dishwater the winner. In the second contest of creativity, Rainbow decorates a cake as poorly as she can, but Dishwater scrawls a terrible drawing on Pinkie's "Employee of the Month" photo, and he wins again, but Kai dislike the cake that Dishwater have made. When Rainbow Dash starts to gets angry, Dishwater warns her to control her emotions or else she will lose the third contest.

### Part 2

At the Boba Sweets Shack, Kai was upset that Rainbow Dash may gonna fail in the third contest. Megan then serves brown sugar strawberry bubble tea, and Scott then arrives. He saw Kai being gloomed, so he decided to have a talk. He thought that he can't be the best person, like as when he entered the Speedway Five-Billion, he was unable to, as he had the last life. Kai then agreed when Leroy and Jake showed up, as they decided to see if Rainbow Dash wins the third contest. With their confidence, Kai has came up with something.

In the third contest of emotional restraint, Rainbow Dash tries to keep a straight face as Fluttershy tests her resistance to cuteness, and Zane test her resistance to being smart, Applejack tests her resistance to rage, and Cole tests her resistance to being strong. When it appears as though Rainbow might win, Dishwater Slog trips Smallfry to the ground and makes him cry when he comes running up. This gets both Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Zane angry, but Dishwater is unfazed, taking pride in being the worst. Outside, Leroy and Jake were worried that Smallfry is also one of their friends. When Smallfry was trapped in the *Prime Empire*, they always never leave him behind.

Rainbow Dash gets an idea, and she points out that Dishwater is being the best at being a jerk in his callousness toward Pinkie Pie and Smallfry. Though this was not a criteria of her competition with Dishwater, Rainbow considers the score to be tied, and Dishwater challenges Rainbow Dash to a loser-take-all race at sunset as the tie-breaker. Kai and Megan decided to use something that Raonbow Dash have won the race, a secret weapon. Rainbow Dash fears she will be unable to lose a race, even with the help of Pinkie's potions, and her friends question why she would want to go against her very nature of being a winner.

That evening, Rainbow Dash and Dishwater Slog begin the final contest of their competition. When the race begins, the two of them crawl their way around the course in order to get the other to cross the finish line first. When Rainbow hears Smallfry, as well as their friends Jake and Leroy, cheering for her, she decides to stop defying her winning nature, and she races to the finish at top speed. Kai and Megan thought Rainbow Dash may lose, but as what Gaia have said, winning and losing does not matter when it comes to confidence. Though she lost her competition with Dishwater Slog, she still feels like a winner, and she reminds herself that she does what she does for fans like Smallfry and his two friends, not for personal glory.

## Cast

* Applejack - Ashleigh Ball
* Cole - Kirby Morrow
* Dishwater Slog - Kyle Rideout
* Fluttershy - Andrea Libman
* Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
* Jake - Nicholas Holmes
* Kai - Vincent Tong
* Leroy - Kelly Metzger
* Lloyd Garmadon - Sam Vincent
* Megan Williams - Kelly Sheridan
* Nya - Kelly Metzger
* Pinkie Pie - Andrea Libman
* Rainbow Dash - Ashleigh Ball
* Rarity - Tabitha St. Germain
* Scott - Adrian Petriw
* Smallfry - Tabitha St. Germain
* Twilight Sparkle - Tara Strong
* Zane - Brent Miller

## Locations Visited

* Ninjago
	+ Mountains of Impossible Heights
		- Monastery of Spinjitzu
	+ Ninjago City
		- Boba Sweets Shack
* Equestria
	+ Ponyville
		- Sugarcube Corner
		- Ponyville Park

## Trivia

* **Narrator**: Rainbow Dash
* This is the first episode of the series which does not feature any transformation sequences, since "Homecoming".
* Art director Alex Vetter confirmed on Twitter that Dishwater was originally meant to be a unicorn. He is credited twice in the credits for part 1 under his original name, "Mysterious Unicorn".
* A LEGO version of Chibiusa Tsukino from *Sailor Moon* makes a cameo appearance in this episode.
* This is Smallfry and Dishwater Slog's first appearance.

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/sprane\_swetry/status/1275172770217889793