Lolly-Pop

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**Lolly-Pop** is the first part of the thirty-seventh episode of the third season of *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Living the Pony Life*, and the 141th episode overall. Along with "Little Miss Fortune", it aired first in English on April 14, 2021, in the UK. It aired in the US on May 15, 2021, paired with "The Overlord Livins' Up!" and "Carnival Upheaval".

## Synopsis

*While at the travelling fair, Fluttershy is excited to finally live out her dream of becoming a clown, but Cole and Applejack are terrified.*

**Extended**: *Fluttershy was offered by Flim and Flam to become a clown to fulfill her childhood dreams, Applejack and Cole are terrified of them since young age. When Fluttershy shows off her clown look at the Clown Jamboree, Applejack and Cole realized about their situation based on their fears cause Fluttershy not to be a clown anymore, which laterally leads to the two to face their fears when assisting Fluttershy for her final performance.*

**Tiny Pop**: *Fluttershy finally make her wish came true by becoming a clown, but Cole and Applejack are bombarded with such fear of clowns, which ultimately force Fluttershy not to become a clown anymore.*

**Teletoon**: *Fluttershy becomes the clown to fulfill her childhood wishes come true, but Cole and Applejack are terrified.*

## Plot

At the Crystal Empire Carnival, Flim and Flam are selling clown makeup kits to carnival-goers, and Fluttershy sees this as an opportunity to fulfill her childhood dream of becoming a clown. After buying a makeup kit, she starts performing under the name "Lolly-Pop" and signs up to perform later in the Clown Jamboree. Upon seeing Fluttershy in clown makeup, Cole and Applejack leave in a hurry. When confronted by Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Lloyd and Jay, the two confess they had been terrified of clowns since they were young. Their friends try to help her conquer this fear by dressing them up as a clown themselves, but they get scared of their own mirror reflections.

Later, when the time comes for Fluttershy to perform in the Clown Jamboree, Twilight, Pinkie, Lloyd and Jay explain Cole and Applejack's situation to her, and Fluttershy decides not to be a clown anymore. When Twilight, Pinkie, Lloyd and Jay inform Cole and Applejack of this development, they both realize Fluttershy became a clown to bring ponies joy. They urge Fluttershy to perform in the jamboree, as she is willing to face their fears in order for Fluttershy to realize her childhood dream. Fluttershy takes the stage as the final performer in the Clown Jamboree. When she starts to mess up during her clown act, The two puts on a clown noses and goes on stage to assist her.

## Cast

* Applejack - Ashleigh Ball
* Cole - Kirby Morrow
* Damien - Andrew Francis
* Flim - Sam Vincent
* Flam - Scott McNeil
* Fluttershy - Andrea Libman
* Jay - Michael Adamhwaite
* Kitonaru - Andrea Libman
* Lloyd - Sam Vincent
* Pinkie Pie - Andrea Libman
* Twilight Sparkle - Tara Strong

## Locations Featured

* Equestria
	+ Ponyville
		- Crystal Empire Carnival
			* Flim and Flam's Clown Make-Up Booth
			* Clown Jamboree Tent
			* Weed Picking booth

## Trivia

* **Narrator**: Fluttershy
* This episode first aired in France on March 5, 2021, as part of sneak peak for the season's main arc.
* This episode, along with other episodes of the third season's second arc, was leaked on Pop! On-Demand in the UK on April 2, 2021.
* A sneak peak featuring Cole and Applejack dress up as a clown and look into a mirror is shown on Tiny Pop YouTube Channel on March 29, 2021.

## Continuity

* It is revealed that dango is Damien's favorite snack, and he can find it at a carnival booth selling dango or at the bakery nearest to his home.
	+ Dango is also common for most Mermlings and Merlopians in "The Seaheart Market", as kelp dango.
	+ In the *Journey of Heroes* movie, dango was one of the menu items at Pankuno Bakery.
* This is the second time both Cole and Applejack have such fear, but then overcome it. The first is "All Bottled Up".
	+ In this episode, they both have coulrophobia or fear of clowns.
* The circus clown from "The Art of the Silent Fist" is shown when Cole got annoyed by the horn.
* Flim and Flam return in this episode since "The Mysterious Island", getting a new job as owners of clown make-up booth.
* Jay mentions Ponygliacci from "Between Dark and Dawn" as a picture cameo, which the character was originated from MLP IDW Comics.

## Changes

### Changes from the Pony Life cartoon

* Cole assist Fluttershy to become a clown at the end, as he also suffered from coulrophobia.
* Damien offers Cole some dango to cheer him up.

## Errors

* Rainbow Dash is credited in this episode, even though she does not appear.