Princess Probz

* Part 1
* Part 2

**Princess Probz** is the eighth episode of the second season of LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Living the Pony Life. In Canada, it was paired with "Cherry Blossom Dilemma", but in most countries and in production order, it was paired with "Kickin' Into High Gear".

## Synopsis

*The Ninja, the ponies and Megan help Pinkie Pie audition for a televised cooking competition called the Royal Jelly Juggernaut. When the rest of the Mane 6 and the Ninja are caught in a sticky situation, Megan and Pinkie Pie has to audition for the Royal Jelly Juggernaut all on her own.*

**Cartoon Network Asia**: *Pinkie Pie has finally entered the Royal Jelly Juggernaut audition, after a series of events happened at the Candy Empire, recently. However, she made a catastrophic mess, when she tries to maintain her focus.*

## Plot

### Part 1

The episode begins at Sugarcube Café, with Pinkie Pie baking a giant ice cream sundae and accidentally making a huge mess. Jay comes in and he saw that her kitchen was a huge mess, so he will get the cleaning supplies, but Pinkie shoved it to explain to her friends over potion drinks that she is practicing for her upcoming audition for the Royal Jelly Juggernaut, a famous televised cooking competition between the best bakers in Ponyville and judged by Princess Celestia. Lloyd told her that the potions used for the Royal Jelly Juggernaut will be the worst if they are not careful, but in this case she won't do it again like the time when she warped back to the Candy Empire. Twilight Sparkle mentions that the competition is ruthless and contestants can be eliminated over the smallest mistake. Pinkie is optimistic about her chances, but both Twilight and Lloyd rally the rest of the Ninja, the Mane Six and Megan together to help her prepare.

Meanwhile, Princess Twivine Sparkle looks at what Pinkie Pie was preparing for the Royal Jelly Juggernaut, and she decided to stop her by planting a Thorntus, Batterglue, to make the Ninja and the Mane Six stuck. Seconds later, Batterglue founds main target, the cooking studio. So, he decided to bring the baking set delivered to the Sugarcube Café. Kaya was noticed that a monster is going to hunt for Pinkie Pie, as she is the next main target.

Twilight tells Pinkie to keep a clean workspace and observe kitchen health codes at all times. Kai also agreed that kitchen hygiene is very important, as to was their hands before handling. While the two make Pinkie Pie to keep the kitchen clean, Jay already have delivered the baking set, in which Lloyd told him not to if they are not careful, or else there will be a huge mess like last time. Rainbow Dash tells her to be very flashy and grab as much attention as possible. Nya already planned her with some interviews to improve the course, but Zane and Megan told her to look closely on what she had prepared, instead of the audience. Lastly, Rarity tells Pinkie to look good for the TV cameras. For her audition, Pinkie Pie decides to make upside-down flan cake using the baking set that Jay delivered. Unfortunately, in her clumsiness, she makes a gigantic mess in the kitchen again, and the rest of the Ninja and the Mane Six get stuck in a large pile of cake batter.

### Part 2

With the Ninja and the ponies trapped in cake batter, they are unable to accompany Pinkie Pie to her audition, except Megan, who was not stuck in the cake batter at all. Jay got a call from Kaya with his bracelet and she reminds him that Batterglue was the one who trap the Ninja and the Mane Six, now they are targeting for the cooking studio. Megan then joins Pinkie Pie for the audition, and Twilight, Rainbow, Rarity, Lloyd, Kai, Jay and Zane remind her of the advice they gave her. As Pinkie Pie and Megan sorrowfully departs for her audition, the rest of the Mane Six and the Ninja realize they were wrong to change her, and at Applejack's urging, they try to eat their way out of the cake batter.

At her Royal Jelly Juggernaut audition, Pinkie Pie prepares to make her upside-down flan cake, but in her nervousness and efforts to follow her friends' advice, she makes a mess and embarrasses herself in front of the judges. Batterglue then confronted Pinkie Pie and Megan, and decided to make a huge mess that can trap others in the baking batter. Pinkie Pie and Megan transform into Crystal Pinkie Pie and Sailor Sky, and she uses Party Cannon Confetti Shock against Batterglue. While Batterglue uses his cake batter to trap Pinkie Pie to collect her energy source, he was defeated by Hero Kaya's Frosting Twirl Emerge. Batterglue dislikes being on frosting, like cupcakes. Kaya advice Sailor Sky to use her crown to eradicate him. Sailor Sky uses Rainbow Crown Magic against him, turning back into a dark plunderseed.

The rest of the Mane Six and the Ninja arrive just as Pinkie finishes making her dessert and serves it to the judges. The ponies fear Pinkie's immediate elimination, but Princess Celestia loves the cake she made and grants her entry into the competition. Pinkie and her friends are overjoyed.

Back at Sugarcube Corner, Twilight and Lloyd apologize to Pinkie for trying to change her when her way of doing things was fine all along. Pinkie forgives her friends, saying she cannot help but be herself—but after drinking a transformation potion, she remarks that sometimes it is fun to be her friends as well.

## Cast

* Applejack - Ashleigh Ball
* Batterglue - Bill Newton
* Cole - Kirby Morrow
* Fluttershy - Andrea Libman
* Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
* Jay's Hero Bracelet Voice - James Kirk
* Kai - Vincent Tong
* Kaya - Nicole Bouma
* Lloyd Garmadon - Sam Vincent
* Megan Williams/Sailor Sky - Kelly Sheridan
* Nya - Kelly Metzger
* Pinkie Pie/Crystal Pinkie Pie - Andrea Libman
* Princess Celestia - Nicole Oliver
* Rainbow Dash - Ashleigh Ball
* Rarity - Tabitha St. Germain
* Skull Sorcerer - Ervin M Jordan
* Twilight Sparkle - Tara Strong
* Twivine Sparkle - Tara Strong
* Zane - Brent Miller

## Locations Visited

* Equestria
	+ Ponyville
		- Sugarcube Café
	+ Canterlot
		- Royal Jelly Juggernaut Cooking Studio
* Ninjago Island
	+ Shintaro Mountain
		- Dungeons of Shintaro
			* Skull Keep

## Trivia

* **Narrator**: Pinkie Pie
* This is the fifth episode title to have a character with the word "Princess". The first four were "Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 1", "Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 2", "Princess Spike" and "Princess Snowblossom".
* When the episode aired in Canada on Treehouse TV and on Teletoon, it is rated C8, due to Batterglue's appearance.
* Similar to "Smile & Wave", Pinkie Pie fixed up the way back to it was by facing against the monster.
* Lloyd desperately warned Pinkie Pie not to do the same thing as the previous season does.
* This marks the first appearance of Kaya since "Final Showdown".
	+ She has now in her Hero form in this episode. It is unknown how she will get it.
* This is the second episode where the Ninja become ill. The first is "Night of the Living Coronavirus".
	+ It is stated raw cake batter contains raw egg and flour, which can cause salmonella.
	+ Kai's quote, "Maybe I feel like having diarrhea because of the cake batter," is stated that one of the symptoms of salmonella infection is diarrhea.
* The COVID-19 short "Less Sharing, More Caring" also focus about food and kitchen hygiene.
* Megan's stock introduction against Batterglue with the phrase, "Out of the cake batter and into the oven", is a reference to the phase, "out of the frying pan into the fire".
* It is shown that cake batter is Zane's weakness, as it damages the central processor, which erases his codes.

## Changes

### Changes from the Pony Life cartoon

* Batterglue uses the baking set to trap the Ninja and the Mane Six whenever Pinkie Pie make a mess. In the original cartoon, Pinkie Pie made a gigantic mess without the baking set.
* Batterglue did not attack Pinkie Pie and Megan in the original cartoon.
* The series adds the scene where Princess Twivine summoned the Thorntus, like most of the episodes.

## Titles in other languages

* Finnish: *Prinsessapulmia* (Princess Puzzles)
* French: *Tout pour la télé* (Anything for TV)
* German: *Die Castingshow* (The Casting Show)
* Polish: *Księżniczkowe kłopoty* (Princess Problems)
* Russian: *Пробы у принцессы* (The Casting at the Princess' Place)