Smile & Wave

**Smile & Wave** is the first episode of the first season of *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Living the Pony Life*. This episode is based on the first episode of *My Little Pony: Pony Life*, but with minor differences. It is paired with "Secret Potions".

## Synopsis

*Pinkie Pie decided to make an interesting dish in order to sign up for the televised cooking competition in Ponyville, the Royal Jelly Juggernaut, but when she and her friends use too much of an ingredient needed, a monster then emerges and terrorise the Café.*

## Plot

### Part 1

This episode starts at Sugarcube Café, a famous bakery café in Ponyville that sells exotic cakes and pastries, with some dessert bar and corner set up with a new menu, where Pinkie Pie was making Brown Sugar Cream Puffs, when she realised that her friends came for a visit. She then introduced this pastries to the rest of the Mane Six and the Ninja, and they seemly enjoyed it, as they want their second servings of it. Jay then asked her why she made those pastries out of scratch, as Pinkie Pie explains that she was going to sign up for an upcoming televised cooking competition in Ponyville, the Royal Jelly Juggernaut. She have came up when she first saw the commercial, three months after Twilight Sparkle's coronation. When she saw a teaser for the Royal Jelly Juggernaut, it shows the best bakers in Ponyville have to challenge to make exotic desserts, judged by the former ruler of Equestria, Princess Celestia. After watching the teaser, she have decided to sign up for the Royal Jelly Juggernaut, and to do so is to make a unique dessert that she will get selected for the competition. Pinkie Pie gathers a recipe to make the giant Chocolate Lava Cake, filled with extra dark chocolate filling with dusting sugar on top, and the best part is that she is going to add some scoops of ice cream for a big finish.

The Ninja and the Mane Six examine the ingredients needed to make the giant lava cake, and they decided that in order to make it a huge lava cake, they need baking soda, as it helps batters to rise when baked. They already listed down the ingredients, and Pinkie Pie told her friends to get before an hour later. The Ninja and the Mane Five went for shopping, while Pinkie Pie settles with the letter on her registration for the Royal Jelly Juggernaut.

At the supermarket, the Ninja and the Mane Five bought everything they need for the lava cake recipe, Lloyd and Twilight Sparkle bought the flour, Cole and Applejack bought eggs, Kai and Rainbow Dash bought dark chocolate, Nya and Rarity bought icing sugar, Zane and Fluttershy bought an unsalted butter and Jay bought the baking soda, but it was no ordinary one. The eleven then paid and then left to Sugarcube Café, which in turn for the baking soda turns out to be a magical one.

### Part 2

When they were back at Sugarcube Café, Pinkie Pie then started baking the lava cake using all the ingredients, but since it was to big to make the lava cake batter, the rest of the Mane Six and the Ninja agreed to help her. They then add the ingredients according to the list, and when it was said to add more baking soda to make the cake batter rise, she adds much of the baking soda. Then, they placed in the oven, as the lava cake starts to bake. While waiting for the lava cake to be baked, the Ninja and the Mane Six then enjoyed some fresh soda float that she made. Jay said that he will check the cake when it was ready.

When Jay managed to look at the cake, he saw some bubbles emerging from the batter. Then he realised that the cake batter have turned into a chocolate batter monster. Jay then runs away from the monster, and the rest of the Ninja and the Mane Six confronted the batter monster. The Ninja uses their Elemental Powers against the beast, but the Monster was able to break free. Twilight and Rarity uses magic to stop the monster, but he uses the batter against the two unicorn ponies. As they were unable to defeat the monster, their all hope seems lost, until a Measuring Correction Potion was used to defeat him, bringing back to its cake form. Zane then explains the monster from the lava cake batter was caused by adding too much of the magic baking soda, which contains some magic from the Unicorn ponies and some yeast, but with the right measurement, it will be able to make a perfect chocolate lava cake.

As the giant chocolate lava cake was served, Pinkie Pie finally finished writing a letter to register for the Royal Jelly Juggernaut. She then apologised for adding too much of the ingredient in order to make it bigger. Lloyd and Twilight said that there is nothing to worry. The Ninja and the Mane Six then enjoyed eating the chocolate lava cake, and Pinkie Pie was waiting for the confirmation to participate in the Royal Jelly Juggernaut.

## Cast

* Applejack - Ashleigh Ball
* Cake Batter Monster - Garry Chalk
* Cashier - Andrea Libman
* Cole - Kirby Morrow
* Fluttershy - Andrea Libman
* Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
* Kai - Vincent Tong
* Lloyd Garmadon - Sam Vincent
* Nya - Kelly Metzger
* Pinkie Pie - Andrea Libman
* Rainbow Dash - Ashleigh Ball
* Rarity - Tabitha St. Germain
* Twilight Sparkle - Tara Strong
* Zane - Brent Miller

## Locations Visited

* Equestria
	+ Ponyville
		- Sugarcube Café
* Ninjago
	+ Ninjago City
		- Moji Supermarket

## Trivia

* **Narrator**: Pinkie Pie
* The episode title was revealed on Tommy Andreasen's tweet on December 5, 2019.
* In the series, Sugarcube Corner is renamed as Sugarcube Café.
* This is the first episode to run a 11-minute runtime, since Rainbow Roadtrip. Unlike Rainbow Roadtrip, it was split into two parts, which last for about 5-6 minutes.
* Pinkie Pie is going to sign up for the Royal Jelly Juggernaut, in order to become the best master baker in Ponyville.
* The Royal Jelly Juggernaut can be spoof to televised baking competitions like *The Great British Bake-Off* and *Cake Boss*.
* The scene where the Ninja and the Mane Six were confronted by the cake batter monster was reused as a flashback in "Princess Probz".
* The baking soda that Jay bought is actually the magical baking soda, where Unicorns used to make cakes and pastries perfectly. It contains some powerful magic from the Unicorns and some yeast. Yeast can cause baking goods to rise when it converts sugars into carbon dioxide and alcohol.
	+ If it adds too much, it will turn into a monstrous creature.
* Princess Celestia appears in this episode, but she doesn't speak.