Don't Look a GIF Horse in the Mouth

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**Don't Look a GIF Horse in the Mouth** is the first part of the forty-fifth episode of the second season of LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Living the Pony Life. Along with "The Root of It", it was paired with "Lilly's Perfect Rhapsody" and "The Friends of the Fireflies".

## Synopsis

*Applejack gets inside Pinkie Pie's head to figure out what to get her for her birthday.*

**Teletoon**: *To celebrate Pinkie Pie's birthday, Applejack have to think deeper by going inside her head, so that she will get a present for Pinkie Pie.*

## Plot

At Sugarcube Café, the Ninja, the Mane Six, Megan, the Shintaro Crystal Guardians, the Middly and Vania celebrate Pinkie Pie's birthday, and Applejack is unsure of what to give her for a present. She is under additional pressure from Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, Lloyd and Nya to choose something that is worthy of Pinkie's expectations and that she does not already own. Wanting to "get inside" Pinkie's head to find out exactly what to give her, Applejack drinks a magic potion that sends her own consciousness into Pinkie's mind.

Inside Pinkie's mind, Applejack explains her dilemma to Pinkie's inner consciousness, and she tells Applejack that her gift must come from herself. When asked why Pinkie's mind is so unexpectedly empty and quiet, Pinkie's inner consciousness says "sometimes nothing is everything you need". This gives Applejack the idea to give Pinkie nothing for her birthday present, and Pinkie interprets this to mean she already has everything she needs to be happy.

## Cast

* Applejack - Ashleigh Ball
* Bubbles - Andrew McNee
* Cole - Kirby Morrow
* Fluttershy - Andrea Libman
* Gaia - Diana Kaarina
* Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
* Kaguya - Rebecca Shoichet
* Kai - Vincent Tong
* Kaze - Ian Hanlin
* Kitonaru - Andrea Libman
* Linette Leng - Tabitha St. Germain
* Lloyd Garmadon - Sam Vincent
* Maylia - Grey Griffin
* Megan Williams - Kelly Sheridan
* Miyu - Kazumi Evans
* Nya - Kelly Metzger
* Oriana - Erin Matthews
* 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
* Pinkie's Subconscious

## Transcript

* Don't Look a GIF Horse in the Mouth (Transcript)

## Trivia

* **Narrator**: Pinkie Pie
* 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 of the episode is a reference to the idiom "don't look a gift horse in the mouth" and the GIF image format.
* Pinkie Pie's birthday was celebrated one month after Caralisa's birthday.
	+ Jay also knows that his birthday falls on June 26 every year.
* The Middly members, Linette, Maylia and Bubbles, appear in this episode after a long absence from "Let's Play Skyball!".
* Akita and Spike appear in this episode, but they don't speak.
* Cole saying "Everyday I'm Shufflin'", is a reference to the line of the lyrics for Party Rock Anthem.
* A remix version of Living the Pony Life theme is used in this episode, similar to how the Shintaro Dungeon Whip was played at the end of "Caralisa's Birthday Crisis".

## Changes

### Changes from the Pony Life cartoon

* Jay mentions that his birthday is on June 26 was added in that scene.