Flutterdash

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**Flutterdash** is the second part of the ninth episode of the third season of *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Living the Pony Life* and 113th episode overall. Along with "The Debut Taunt", it was first premiered in the UK on September 14, 2020, and paired up with "The Rarity Report" and "The Great Divide". However, in most other countries, this episode was paired up with "A Bad Zituation" and "A Game of Hockey."

## Synopsis

*Rainbow Dash needs some help from her friends after she's sidelined at the Sportacular Spectacular.*

**Teletoon**: *The Ninja, the Mane Six, Megan and Molly entered the Sportacular Spectacular event, but when Rainbow Dash gets sidelined from the game, she asked Fluttershy in a disguise of Dash’s persona to participate in the game!*

## Plot

The Ninja, the Mane Six, Megan and Molly travel to the Sportacular Spectacular, a large multi-day festival of sporting events, and Rainbow Dash is excited to compete in as many events as she can. However, during a distracted moment, she injures a hoof and wing, impairing her ability to walk and fly and leaving her unable to compete. She appoints Fluttershy to compete in her place in order to maintain her sporty reputation, and Fluttershy uses a transformation potion to make herself look like Rainbow Dash.

As the Sportacular Spectacular gets underway, "Flutterdash" is put under extreme pressure to play sports exactly like Rainbow Dash would, causing her to under-perform in the first several events. During the buckball event, Rainbow is so frustrated by Fluttershy's performance that she tells her to simply "do what she wants". Fluttershy, no longer pressured to play like Rainbow, plays her own way by growing to enormous size. This allows her to beat the other buckball team with ease, with her friends cheering her own.

### Friendship 101

**Zane**: Hello friends, I'm Zane. Myself, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Kai want you to talk about having self-confidence.

**Kai**: Self-confidence is an attitude about your skills and abilities. It means you accept and trust yourself and have a sense of control in your life.

**Rainbow Dash**: You know your strengths and weakness well, and have a positive view of yourself, and you set realistic expectations and goals, communicate assertively, and can handle criticism.

**Zane**: As you know, low self-confidence might make you feel full of self-doubt, be passive or submissive, or have difficulty trusting others. You may feel inferior, unloved, or be sensitive to criticism.

**Fluttershy**: And most of the time, people with low self-confidence often have errors in their thinking.

**Kai**: In order to increase your self-confidence, you need to recognize and emphasize your strengths. Reward and praise yourself for your efforts and progress.

**Rainbow Dash**: Recognize that past negative life experiences do not dictate your future. Everything is not always perfect.

**Fluttershy**: And most of all, no doubts or unreasonable requests.

**Kai**: Remember, you are not alone. We are all on the same boat.

**Zane**: Let us aim to make it through. Until next time.

## Cast

* Akita - Tabitha St. Germain
* Applejack - Ashleigh Ball
* Bulk Biceps - Michael Dobson
* Cole - Kirby Morrow
* Fluttershy - Andrea Libman
* Fred Finely - Bill Newton
* Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
* Kai - Vincent Tong
* Kitonaru - Andrea Libman
* Lloyd - Sam Vincent
* Megan Williams - Kelly Sheridan
* Molly Williams - Chantal Strand
* Nya - Kelly Metzger
* Pinkie Pie - Andrea Libman
* Rainbow Dash - Ashleigh Ball
* Rarity - Tabitha St. Germain
* Spike - Tabitha St. Germain
* Twilight Sparkle - Tara Strong
* Wu - Paul Dobson
* Zane - Brent Miller

## Locations Visited

* Equestria
	+ Ponyville
		- Sportacular Spectacular Stadium
		- Forest Cabin

## Trivia

* **Narrator**: Rainbow Dash
* This episode first broadcast in the UK on Tiny Pop on September 14, 2020.
* This episode and "The Debut Taunt" are paired with "A Bad Zituation" and "A Game of Hockey" in broadcast order.
	+ In the UK airing on Tiny Pop, these episodes are paired with "The Rarity Report" and "The Great Divide" within broadcast order.
* This episode marks the start of the Sportacular Spectacular arc in the season, which was previously mentioned by the Ninja and the Mane Six in "Meet the Fairy Godmother!".
* The transformation potion from "Princess Probz" was used again in this episode.
	+ It is unknown when the potion effects will wear off after the end of the episode, most likely that Fluttershy was revealed to the spectators during the game, which results in cheating.
* This is the eighth time in the series where Fluttershy grows into a giant, the first six were "The Gelatinous Protocol", "The Best of the Worst", "Cute-pocalypse Meow", "The Trail Less Trotten", "Death of a Sales-Pony", "Bighoof Walking", and "A Mino Encounter".
* Spike's cheering at Flutterdash mirrors Pinkie Pie's screaming in "Peek-a-Boo".

### Friendship 101

* **Hosts**: Kai, Zane, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy
* This episode focus on raising self-confidence.
* The clips used in this segment are this episode, "The Debut Taunt", "Let's Play Skyball!", "Terra Karana", "Okino the Samurai", "Believing in Yourself", "Lies and Cakes", "Down and Under", and "All That Jitters".
* **Moral**: You are not alone. We are all on the same boat.

## Changes

### Changes from the Pony Life cartoon

* The scene adds Molly calling the paredmics, but Nya and Jay managed to stop her.