The 5 Habits of Highly Effective Ponies

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**The 5 Habits of Highly Effective Ponies** is the second part of the forty-seventh episode of the second season of LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Living the Pony Life. Along with "The Mysterious Voice", it was paired with "The Fall Harvest Matsuri" and "A Wonderful Reunion".

## Synopsis

*Fluttershy imitates her friends' behaviors when trying to get a bee to come out of its cocoon.*

**Teletoon**: *Fluttershy was impatiently waiting for the butterfly to come out of the cocoon, so she advices her friends from Zane's book, known as the 5 Habits of Highly Effective People.*

## Plot

Fluttershy is looking after a caterpillar's cocoon, expecting the butterfly inside to hatch weeks earlier, and is unable to get it to come out. Zane and Gaia came to see how the butterfly was going, but initially she has lacked of patience. Zane suggest her to read The 5 Habits of Highly Effective People, and when she reads a book, she feels nothing. Gaia suggest that she should be more proactive, like how Jay was coping with his hobby. After observing Pinkie Pie and Jay help a customer at Sugarcube Café with Pinkie's typical passion and excitement, Fluttershy decides to copy her friends' behaviors to get the butterfly to finally hatch.

Fluttershy imitates Pinkie's enthusiasm and high energy, Applejack's country-style gentleness and encouragement, Rarity's dramatic flair, Twilight's problem-solving logic, and Rainbow Dash's perseverance and sporty activeness. Unfortunately, all of these applied methods fail to get the butterfly to come out of its cocoon.

Realizing her friends' methods work only for them, Fluttershy applies her own method of practicing patience, and the butterfly finally emerges. Fluttershy learns that everyone has their own methods of success that work only for them, and she welcomes the newly hatched butterfly to the outside world.

## Cast

* Applejack - Ashleigh Ball
* Cole - Kirby Morrow
* Fluttershy - Andrea Libman
* Gaia - Diana Kaarina
* Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
* Kai - Vincent Tong
* Kitonaru - Andrea Libman
* Lloyd Garmadon - Sam Vincent
* Megan Williams - Kelly Sheridan
* Nya - Kelly Metzger
* Pinkie Pie - Andrea Libman
* Rainbow Dash - Ashleigh Ball
* Rarity - Tabitha St. Germain
* Twilight Sparkle - Tara Strong
* Vania - Sabrina Pitre
* Zane - Brent Miller

## Locations Visited

* Equestria
	+ Ponyville
		- Sugarcube Café
		- Sweet Apple Acres
		- Carousel Boutique
		- Fluttershy's Cottage
		- Ponyville Park

## Transcript

* The 5 Habits of Highly Effective Ponies (Transcript)

## Trivia

* **Narrator**: Fluttershy
* This episode was first broadcast in Turkey on Cartoon Network on August 1, 2020, the same day where "Friendship Gems", "Dol-FIN-ale", "Wildflowers Come Growing In" and "The Green Heart of Growth" aired in Canada.
* The title is a reference to the 1989 self-help book written by Steven Covey, *The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People*.
	+ Zane is shown reading *The 5 Habits of Highly Effective People* book, in order to guide Fluttershy.
* According to the book, there are 5 habits that Fluttershy needs to look out for; all are which are ineffective:
	+ Be Proactive: Pinkie Pie's high energy and enthusiasm was focused instead of something that she was reacted to such circumstances.
	+ Begin With the End in Mind: Applejack decided to begin her personal mission statement, by doing such tasks in the farm, especially for her friends who help her out.
	+ Seek First to Understand, then to be Understood: Rarity decided to show dramatic flair to understand her possibilities, especially when it comes to her own dreams.
	+ Put First Things First: Twilight and Lloyd asked her to make their problems solved with the priority given by them.
	+ Think Win-Win: Kai and Rainbow Dash decided to think that winning for any life, especially for failures, can lead to a certain victory.
* Rarity's line "to neigh or nay to neigh" is a reference to the famous monologue in William Shakespeare's Hamlet beginning with "To be, or not to be".
* Lloyd tell Fluttershy that she needs to prioritize, other than watching a butterfly come out of the cocoon, which is possibly referring to the Priority Matrix.
* Fluttershy decided to inflate into a balloon and pop like Pinkie Pie did, but she was unable to do it, mostly due to her shy personality.

## Changes

### Changes from the Pony Life cartoon

* The episode adds the scene where Zane was giving the book for Fluttershy to read.
* The Priority Matrix was added when Lloyd tells Fluttershy what to do when it is important or urgent.

## Errors

* After Nya said, "you have to understand what is surrounding you", parts of her Ninja Gi are turquoise, instead of light blue.
* In one shot where Lloyd prioritize what he have doing, the Important and Not Urgent is miscolored as yellow instead of orange.