DragonBoonchuy

A sleeping dragon's smoke disrupts the skies of Equestria and the Shack Pack 5 are tasked by Queen Star to convince it to leave, much to Anne's displeasure.

### Director

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**DragonBoonchuy**is the 17th episode of the 1st season in the series.

This episode and Sea at the Treedome take place simultaneously, with the former focusing on a sleeping dragon's smoke disrupts the skies of Equestria and the Shack Pack 5 are tasked by Queen Star to convince it to leave, much to Anne's displeasure and the latter focusing on Aurora meets and befriends a girl named Sandy Jennifer Claremont (or Sandy Cheeks for short), She invites Aurora over to her treedome for tea, but figured out that the mysterious sea monster on this place.

## Synopsis

A dragon has taken to a nearby cave, and his smoky breath threatens to cover Animal village. Sam and his friends are tasked with removing the dragon, specifically expecting that Anne's affinity with animals will be useful. However, as they make the trek up the mountain, Anne reveals her paralyzing fear of dragons, making the journey difficult for the others. At the cave, Anne refuses to enter, and the others try their own means to evict the dragon, only to get knocked against a rock, hurting them in the process. Anne becomes enraged and scolds the dragon for hurting her friends, causing the dragon to cower and cry in shame. Anne is able to ask the dragon to leave of his own accord, leaving Animal village smoke-free.

## Plot

### The smoke

Out in the street, Anne is happily jellyfishing. Suddenly, she spots out the cause: an ominous cloud of black smoke heading towards Animal village.

Believing the smoke may be emerging from a possible fire, Anne saws Aurora rushes over to warn everyone but fails to get their attention due to her soft voice and lack of assertiveness, and because the animals in town are too occupied with their activities: Raven trying to break a ball-bouncing record, Chuck organizing a celebration for when said record is broken, and other animals conversing amongst themselves. She then saws Aurora snapped when they missed the point about alerted to the smoke. Only when Sam arrives are the other animals alerted to the smoke.

### Preparing for the journey

The main characters gather inside Dublin High School, where Sam relays news from Queen Star: The smoke in question is not coming from a fire, but from a sleeping dragon. Star warns that if the dragon is not convinced to leave, the smoke from his snoring could easily blanket Equestria for the next hundred years. Sam and his friends are tasked with taking care of the problem. Aurora refuses and begins spending more time with some person else.

There's a short montage where Sam's friends prepare for their journey, which is heavily influenced by 1970s and '80s action television shows and films. Raven stripes a red, white and green pattern onto her cheeks, Elliot packs money and apples, Chuck has sunglasses and balloons exploding from her bag (he giggles then says "I mean GRRRRRRRRR"), Alicia puts on a big hat with khaki coloring and Anne comes out of her house wearing a football helmet, water wings and various other sports equipment, then jumps when the door closes. The group rendezvouses near the mountain the dragon has occupied. Anne, who has exhibited very little enthusiasm for going after the dragon, tries to back out of the mission, and Raven concurs, pointing out Anne's timidness and worrying that she might slow them down, something she does repeatedly throughout the episode. However, Sam insists that the Pegasus' talent of interacting with wild animals could be useful. Hank remains behind to look over the critters that Anne usually takes care of, over her objections.

### The journey

"...I'm scared of dragons!"
— Anne Boonchuy
Initially, Raven's skepticism seems justified. Upon hearing the dragon's distant snoring, Anne's limbs lock up, rendering her unable to fly. Another snore makes her stiffly fall to the side, accompanied by a goat bleat, alluding to the tendency of some breeds of goat to stiffen after being startled. Elliot is forced to drag her the long way around to catch up to the other gang. Later, after her ability to move on her own has returned, she still has trouble leaping over a narrow chasm, having to be encouraged by one of Chuck's songs; and a leaf falling on her back makes her cry out, inadvertently causing a rock slide that almost buries them and further extends their journey.

They do eventually reach their destination: the cave where the dragon is resting. Sam wants to go in with Anne, in the hope that between the two of them, they can convince the dragon to leave. But Anne says she is scared of fully-grown dragons. After a failed attempt to cheer Anne on, her friends decide to finish the job without her.

### Confronting the dragon

Sam tries to reason with the dragon, but is completely ignored. Then, Alicia tries to use her charm on it, but fails when she tries to lay claim to the dragon's jewels. Chuck enters the dragon's cave in a funny costume with balloons, flippers, giant glasses, and a party blower, but exits without success. Her costume is similar to Daffy Duck's body in a scene from the Looney Tunes cartoon Duck Amuck. All Raven's brute force attempt accomplishes is making the dragon angry: it steps outside the cave and begins attacking the gang. In the process, the ponies get knocked over, and Anne's hiding place is destroyed, exposing her to the dragon.

Looking at her dazed friends, she gains enough courage to fly up to the dragon and admonish him for what she calls his bullying. Cowed by Anne's tone, the dragon tries to justify his anger by explaining that Raven kicked him. Much to Raven's confusion, Anne apologizes for Raven's attack on the dragon, but also says that the dragon is bigger than the animals and should be more considerate. She also admonishes him for sleeping in a place where his snoring could endanger the health of other creatures. The dragon weakly attempts to argue back, but Anne won't let him. After being scolded so harshly that he bursts into tears, Anne comforts him and convinces him to leave. The dragon leaves the mountain, and Anne's friends congratulate her for standing up to him.

### Closing sequence

The episode cuts to Sandy's treedome for tea, where Hank is struggling to keep Branch in check. Sam relays a message to Star that the mission was a success, and that she learned to never lose faith in her friends. Outside the treedome the main characters watch Raven once again trying to beat the ball-bouncing record. Chuck plays a prank on her and imitates a dragon's roar, which makes Raven briefly lock up in fear in a similar way to Anne earlier in the episode. Still, the two Pegasi's roles are not entirely reversed; when Raven blows another stray leaf onto Anne's shoulder, she freezes up and faints. The episode ends with the main characters laughing at the frozen Anne.

## Cast

* Heather Arney as Aurora Butterfly
* Kevin Hart as Sam
* Ashton Kutcher as Elliot
* Megan Fahlenbock as Raven
* Lara Jill Miller as Alicia
* Cree Summer as Ronnie
* Josh Gad as Chuck
* Brenda Song as Anne Boonchuy
* James Adomian as Ben
* Carolyn Lawrence as Sandy Claremont
* Tom Kenny as Hank

## Quotes

*Main article: DragonBoonchuy/Transcript*
**Anne**: *(gasps)* "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?" *(the dragon whimpers) "*Well...?"
**Razer**: "...But, that rainbow one kicked me..."
**Anne**: "And I am very sorry about that."
**Raven**: "Hmm...?"
**Anne**: "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."
**Razer**: "But I?"
**Anne**: "Don't you but I me mister. Now what do you have to say for yourself? I said, *what* do you have to say for" *(the dragon whimpers again)* "yourself?"
**Razer**: *(crying)*
**Anne**: "There, there. No need to cry. You're not a bad dragon, you just made a bad decision. Now go pack your things. You just need to find a new place to sleep. That's all."
## Trivia

* The title of the episode is a parody of the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic series Dragonshy.