Communication Shakedown

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**Communication Shakedown** is the second part of the thirty-fifth episode of the third season of *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Living the Pony Life*, and the 139th episode overall. Along with "What Goes Updo", it aired first in English on April 14, 2021, in the UK. It aired in the US on May 15, 2021, paired with "The Love Pressure" and "Costume Conundrum".

## Synopsis

*A confusing group text chain at the carnival takes the Ninja, ponies and the Williams sisters on a wild ride of emotions and emojis.*

**Extended**: *At the carnival, the Ninja, the Young Ninja, the Mane Six and the Williams sisters go on a separate route to different rides and booths. They comment via their text messages through emojis, boomerangs, filters and snapshots. At the end of the day, it will be a perfect day of fun, not just socializing through social media.*

**Tiny Pop**: *Throughout the day at the carnival, the Ninja, the Young Ninja, the Mane Six and the Williams sisters go through various rides and carnival booths through social media and texting.*

**Teletoon**: *A perfect day for fun brings the team snapshoting with emotions during the carnival.*

## Plot

At the Crystal Empire Carnival, each of the Ninja, the Young Ninja, the Mane Six and the Williams sisters wants to do a different activity: Applejack wants to bob for apples, Cole wants to play a taiko drum rhythm game, alongside his competitors, Rarity wants to get her face painted, Jay and Nya want to ride the tunnel of love, Kai and Rainbow Dash want to play the high striker, Fluttershy wants to ride the teacups, Lloyd, Zane, Nelson and Zachary want to play at the pudding dunk tank, Damien and Caralisa want to go on a ride at the Romance Wheel, and Kimberly, Jake, Megan and Molly want to go and play bumper cars. Pinkie Pie suggests they split up to do separate things and synchronize later via text message.

Some time later, Pinkie texts her friends asking where they are. The rest of the team take her message the wrong way in various ways, resulting in a string of misinterpreted messages that causes each of them to believe the others are upset with them for some reason. With their spirits low, the team inadvertently come together at the Ferris wheel and try to explain their collective misunderstanding. They all make amends over their breakdown in communication and resolve to communicate better.

### Friendship 101

**Fluttershy**: Ooh! Look at me riding on a teacup!

**Pinkie Pie**: Wow, I never got a jackpot from the Lucky Wheel! Now I can pay tickets to buy some baking supplies.

**Jay**: Exactly. Many people in the world may rely on social media to keep things touch while they are doing. For instance, text messages and stories will see how others think you are doing right now. However, there are people who don't play by the same rules, and use it as a platform to offend people or cause them harm.

**Lloyd**: So today, myself and my friends will talk about how to stay safe in social media.

**Twilight Sparkle**: It's important to change your password regularly and use stronger and difficult passwords to keep you safe, especially your privacy reasons.

**Nya**: And just make sure that you need to set things to private, in order to protect your privacy among others. Otherwise, you may feel embarrassed by the general public.

**Applejack**: If a friend posts something about you that makes you uncomfortable or seems inappropriate, let them know. Likewise, stay open minded if a friend approaches you because something you’ve posted makes him or her uncomfortable.

**Cole**: Besides, if somebody is harassing or threatening you, remove them from your friends list, block them and report them to the site administrator.

**Zane**: One last thing, be aware of what you put out into the world on social media, surround yourself with good people, and make safety and privacy part of your routine.

(Rarity came with a new post.)

**Rarity**: Oh, sorry I'm late. I was posting about my new face make-up, whatsoever.

**Nya**: Yeah, Rarity. And also remember, it is best to take breaks on social media, so that we can understand what is going on in the real world.

**Jay**: Cool. Maybe I will post some pictures on my Instago account!

**Lloyd**: (Laughs.) Staying safe in social media is a no exception, so don't be a FOMO.

**Nya**: Well then, #SYNT!

## Cast

* Applejack - Ashleigh Ball
* Caralisa - Tabitha St. Germain
* Carnival Facilitator #1 - Brian Drummond
* Carnival Facilitator #2 - Michael Adamthwaite
* Cole - Kirby Morrow
* Damien - Andrew Francis
* Fluttershy - Andrea Libman
* Face Painter - Kyle Rideout
* Gleam - Marÿke Hendrikse
* Jake - Nicholas Holmes
* Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
* Kai - Vincent Tong
* Kimberly - Shannon Chan-Kent
* Kitonaru - Andrea Libman
* Lloyd - Sam Vincent
* Megan Williams - Kelly Sheridan
* Molly Williams - Chantal Strand
* Nelson - David Reynolds
* Nya - Kelly Metzger
* Pinkie Pie - Andrea Libman
* Pony Running the Booth - Tabitha St. Germain
* Rainbow Dash - Ashleigh Ball
* Rarity - Tabitha St. Germain
* Reuse Pony - Kyle Rideout
* Twilight Sparkle - Tara Strong
* Zachary - Gavin Langelo
* Zane - Brent Miller

## Locations Featured

* Equestria
	+ Ponyville
		- Crystal Empire Carnival
			* Haunted House
			* Face painting booth
			* High Striker
			* Taiko Drum-a-Rama
			* Tunnel of Love
			* Romance Wheel
			* Pudding dunk tank booth
			* Bumper Car ride
			* Spinning Teacups
			* Ferris Wheel

## Trivia

* **Narrator**: Pinkie Pie
* This episode first aired in France on March 4, 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 the Ninja and the Mane Six having fun at the carnival is shown on Tiny Pop YouTube Channel on March 29, 2021.
* The booth where Cole plays the taiko drum rhythm game is spoof to the Namco rhythm game franchise *Taiko no Tatsujin*.
* Some of the carnival food stalls sell sweet potatoes, takoyaki, okonomiyaki and shave ice, which are popular Japanese snacks eaten during the carnival.
* The episode plot may be referenced to the *Equestria Girls Rainbow Rocks* short, "Perfect Day of Fun".
* There are two ferris wheels at the Crystal Empire Carnival, one being the Romance Wheel where it is strictly for couples only.

### Friendship 101

* **Hosts**: The Ninja and the Mane Six (except Kai and Rainbow Dash)
* This segment tells about how to stay safe in social media sites.
* The clips used in this segment are this episode, "Ponies of the Moment", "Cute-pocalypse Meow", "Shutter Bugged", "One Click Wonder" and "Campfire Stories".
* FOMO is an acronym "fear of missing out", while SYNT also means "see you next time". Acronyms are very common in social media.
* **Moral**: Staying safe in social media is a no exception, so don't be a FOMO.

## Continuity

* This episode and "The Love Pressure" takes place simultaneously, as the former shows the Ninja, the Young Ninja, the Mane Six and the Williams sisters are having fun at the carnival while text messaging, while the latter consists of Damien and Caralisa, as Damien was fighting his classmate Dexter for the ride at the Romance Wheel.
* Furty from *Legends of Chima* and Dwayne makes their cameo appearance in this episode.

## Changes

### Changes from the Pony Life cartoon

* Jay and Nya went to the tunnel of love, Kai went with Rainbow Dash to play high striker, Lloyd, Zane, Nelson and Zachary went to play pudding drunk, Kimberly, Jake and the Williams sisters are playing bumper cars and Damien and Caralisa spend some time at the romance wheel.