Potion Mystery

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**Potion Mystery** is the first part of the thirty-third episode of the second season of LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Living the Pony Life. Along with "Sick Day", it was paired up with "Vania Visits the City" and "Let's Play Skyball!."

## Synopsis

*When the reform Princess Okashi realized that she ran out of magical Rainbow Water needed for potions, Twilight Sparkle and her friends try to solve the mystery of where Pinkie Pie's magical potions come from.*

**Teletoon**: *A mysterious stranger has been refilling the potion fridge in Sugarcube Corner and Twilight Sparkle won't rest until she finds out their true identity.*

## Plot

At Sugarcube Cafè, the Ninja, the ponies, Megan and the Shintaro Crystal Guardians have fun with Pinkie Pie's magic potions from Princess Okashi. However, when she tried to take some potions for experimenting, she realized that all of the magical Rainbow Water from the magical ocean had run out. She asked them why she was unable to refill this special water, even most of her magic that she refilled was the sweet serums. The Ninja, the Mane Six, Megan and the Shintaro Crystal Guardians begin to wonder where the potions come from, since they seem to restock all by themselves whenever Pinkie runs out. Zane truly remembers Potion Nova, a potion pony who taught the Ninja and the Mane Six some alchemy, was the one who restock all of the potions, but Lloyd thinks that some kind of alchemist like Okashi and Potion Nova can refill potions all night. Twilight tries to identify the individual who restocks Pinkie's fridge with potions every night, but she finds no clues or other evidence. She is especially determined out of desire to become the potion maker's apprentice.

For the next few nights, the Ninja, the ponies and Megan empty out the fridge and stay up to catch the potion maker, but they always fall asleep and miss them. During one night, they set up a trap involving alarm bells and cover the floor in powdered sugar to get the potion maker's hoofprints, but they are once again unable to stay awake. While the ponies sleep, a mysterious unicorn that Zane mentioned earlier sneaks into Sugarcube Café and restocks the fridge with potions.

## Cast

* Akita - Tabitha St. Germain
* Applejack - Ashleigh Ball
* Cole - Kirby Morrow
* Fluttershy - Andrea Libman
* Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
* Kai - Vincent Tong
* Kaya - Nicole Bouma
* Kitonaru - Andrea Libman
* Lloyd Garmadon - Sam Vincent
* Megan Williams - Kelly Sheridan
* Nya - Kelly Metzger
* Okashi - Trish Patterdon
* Pinkie Pie - Andrea Libman
* Potion Nova - Chanelle Peloso
* Rainbow Dash - Ashleigh Ball
* Rarity - Tabitha St. Germain
* Spike - Tabitha St. Germain
* Twilight Sparkle - Tara Strong
* Zane - Brent Miller

## Locations Visited

* Equestria
	+ Ponyville
		- Sugarcube Café

## Trivia

* **Narrator**: Twilight Sparkle
* This episode was first broadcast in Turkey on Cartoon Network on July 11, 2020, the same day where "Uncharted" and "The Blue Moon Heist" aired in Canada.
	+ In the UK, this episode, along with "Sick Day", was paired up with "Whoof-dunnit" and "Dear Tabby", which is considered as a Season 3 episode.
* This episode and "Sick Day", as well as "Pinkie Pie: Hyper-Helper", are the only two episodes to be pulled off in both Discovery Family and Cartoon Network broadcasts, due to it being paired up with the latter episode, which causes growing fears for viewers during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
	+ However, this episode still airs on Cartoon Network Asia, and its sister channel, Boomerang and on Tiny Pop in the UK. The episode also appears on Cartoon Network On Demand in the U.S., as well as the Discovery Family GO! app.
* Spike wearing sunglasses and going "YEEEEEAH!" with a city backdrop behind him whenever someone says a pun or play on words is a reference to the television series *CSI: Miami* and its theme song.

## Continuity

* This is the second episode to be based on detective mystery, the first is "Prime Empire: Blessing or Curse?".
	+ Though in instance, Twilight is the detective in this episode.
* It is revealed that Okashi's potion magic cannot refill the magical Rainbow Water, and instead refills sweet serums.
* Potion Nova makes a cameo appearance at the very end of the episode.
	+ Zane also mentioned as the potion pony who restocks the fridge with potions.
* The phenomenon filled with luminous plants and mushrooms appears again since "Alchemy Lessons".

## Changes

### Changes in the Pony Life cartoon

* Instead of hunting a potion maker, Zane hypocrites that Potion Nova is the potion pony who restocks the fridge all night.

## Errors

* When Pinkie Pie first sits down on a pillow, she has wings.
	+ She also has wings when she is woken up by Twilight's bell alarms.
* Okashi's wand have changed from pink to darkish purple in one scene, and changes back to pink in the rest of the episode.
* When Potion Nova is restocking Pinkie's potions, she has wings.