Friendship Gems

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**Friendship Gems** will be the first part of the thirty-first episode of the second season of LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Living the Pony Life. Along with "Dol-FIN-ale", it was paired with "Wildflowers Come Growing In" and "The Green Heart of Growth".

## Synopsis

*The Ninja and the ponies get crafty and teach Trixie and Aspheera the true meaning of friendship.*

**Teletoon**: *The Ninja, the Mane Six and Megan teach Trixie and Aspheera the Magic of Friendship through the crafting of friendship bracelets.*

**Cartoon Network Asia**: *Trixie and Aspheera master the art of friendship through their making of friendship bracelets.*

## Plot

At Sugarcube Café, Fluttershy tells her friends that the results of the Trail Trotters contest to meet dolphin celebrity Finn Tastic are expected to be announced shortly via email. When Fluttershy does not receive the email with the contest results, her friends are about to confess the truth that they are not a real Trail Trotters troop, but Rarity, wanting to spare Fluttershy's feelings further, falsely says she received the email herself and that they won the contest. Overjoyed by this announcement, Fluttershy joins her friends in making friendship bracelets to wear to the meet-and-greet.

Trixie and Aspheera, having been sitting in a nearby booth the entire time, brag about their bracelet-making abilities, but when they tried making their own bracelets, they end up making a huge mess. The two confesses that every attempt they make at friendship ends in disaster, so the Ninja, the Mane Six and Megan decide to give them a crash course in friendship. After the montage that follows, the two succeed in making a friendship bracelet, and they thank the Ninja, the Mane Six and Megan for their help.

## Cast

* Aspheera - Pauline Newstone
* Applejack - Ashleigh Ball
* Cole - Kirby Morrow
* Fluttershy - Andrea Libman
* Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
* Kai - Vincent Tong
* Lloyd Garmadon - Sam Vincent
* Megan Williams - Kelly Sheridan
* Nya - Kelly Metzger
* Pinkie Pie - Andrea Libman
* Rainbow Dash - Ashleigh Ball
* Rarity - Tabitha St. Germain
* Trixie - Kathleen Barr
* Twilight Sparkle - Tara Strong
* Zane - Brent Miller

## Locations Visited

* Equestria
	+ Ponyville
		- Sugarcube Café
		- Sweet Apple Acres
		- Mountain
* Ninjago
	+ Ninjago City
		- Vlad Tutu's Dance Class
	+ Mountains of Impossible Heights
		- Monastery of Spinjitzu

## Trivia

* **Narrator**: Megan Williams
* This episode was first broadcast in Turkey on Cartoon Network on July 4, 2020, the same day where "Two of a Kind" and "Sun-Crossed" aired in Canada.
* In the UK, this episode, along with "Dol-FIN-ale", was paired up with "Game Knight" and "Director Spike's Mockumentary", which is considered as a Season 3 episode.
* Trixie finally makes her major role in this episode since "Prime Empire: Blessing or Curse?".
* This is Aspheera's first appearance in *Living the Pony Life*.
	+ Currently, she made a close friend with Trixie, which was featured in "Magic Lessons".
* This is the first episode where none of the Shintaro Crystal Guardians appear since their respective debuts.
* The email that the Trail Trotters contest winner wasn't revealed until the next episode.
* The scene where Aspheera and Trixie master their magic of friendship was featured in Friendship Moments compilation, which was uploaded in the YouTube Channel on June 30, 2020, the same day as International Friendship Day.
* This is the first episode to take place at Vlad Tutu's Dance Class, even though it was featured in "Let's Dance".

## Changes

### Changes from the Pony Life cartoon

* The montage adds how Aspheera gains friendship from the Ninja.

## Errors

* Aspheera's eyes was miscolored as orange when Jay plays a video game with her.
* When Trixie is sitting sad on the floor after making a mess, she has wings.
	+ She also has wings during the scenes in the training montage when she is baking with Pinkie.