Playwright or Wrong

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**Playwright or Wrong** is the first part of the fourth episode of the fourth season of *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Living the Pony Life*, and the 152nd episode overall. Along with "The Shows Must Go On", it aired first in English on April 21, 2021, in the UK. It also released on HBO Max in the US on July 10, 2021, paired with "The Idol Lady" and "What Drama May Come".

## Synopsis

*The Ninja, the Young Ninja, the Mane Six and the Williams Sisters put up a play to celebrate Playwright Fest.*

**Extended**: *On Playwright Fest, the ninja, the young ninja, the Mane Six and the Williams sisters inspired many different ways to have a stage play. From a Japanese kabuki to a play of how Nyad defeat Wojira earlier portrayed by the nymphlings, they all make such conflicts. In the end, the Wild Siders and the nymphlings agreed that their ideas are merged into a single play for everyone.*

**Tiny Pop**: *To celebrate Playwright Fest, the ninja, the young ninja, the Mane Six and the Williams sisters brainstorm their ideas that put up for a stage play.*

**HBO Max**: *The Ninja, the Mane Six and their friends put on a stage play that was particularly special for their guests during Playwright Fest.*

## Plot

At Sugarcube Café, Pinkie Pie serves her friends special milkshakes to commemmorate the annual Playwright Fest, which the ninja, the young ninja, the Mane Six and the Williams sisters are hosting this year. To make the occasion particularly special for the Wild Siders and the nymphlings, Rarity suggests putting on a stage play. Her friends agree with this idea, but they have conflicting ideas on what their play should be about, so they decide to pitch their ideas to the Wild Siders and the nymphlings and let them choose.

At the Ponyville Theater, the team pitch their stage play ideas to the Wild Siders one-by-one. Cole suggests a medieval theatre featuring knights and wizards, with Vania acting as the princess, Kai suggests a theatre filled with puppets, Nya suggests a contemporary kabuki-style stage play, Jay suggests a sci-fi play featuring the aliens from the outer solar system, Lloyd suggests a stage play based on *the Realm of Shadows**,* Zane suggests a farce theatre filled with humour, Applejack suggests a historical holiday-themed musical and dance, Rainbow Dash suggests a stage adaptation of her life story, Rarity suggests performing a classic stage drama, Pinkie suggests a slapstick comedy, Twilight Sparkle suggests an educational astronomy presentation, Fluttershy suggests a play about the founding of Ponyville performed in mime, Megan and Molly suggest a play based on a fairy tale and the young ninja suggest the story of how Nyad defeated Wojira like the nymphlings did.

The team's conflicting ideas result in a heated argument. The Wild Siders and the nymphlings break up the team's arguing and say they like *all* of their ideas. With the Wild Siders and the nymphlings' advice, the team decide to incorporate all of their ideas into a single play.

## Cast

* Applejack - Ashleigh Ball
* Ava - Anna Cathcart
* Caralisa - Tabitha St. Germain
* Cole - Kirby Morrow
* Damien - Andrew Francis
* Dover - Brian Drummond
* Echo - Connor Parnall
* Fluttershy - Andrea Libman
* Gleam - Marÿke Hendrikse
* Jake - Nicholas Holmes
* Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
* Kai - Vincent Tong
* Kimberly - Shannon Chan-Kent
* Kitonaru - Andrea Libman
* Lightning Chill - Bethany Brown
* Lloyd - Sam Vincent
* Maylia - Grey Griffin
* Megan Williams - Kelly Sheridan
* Molly Williams - Chantal Strand
* Nelson - David Reynolds
* Nya - Kelly Metzger
* Pinkie Pie - Andrea Libman
* Rainbow Dash - Ashleigh Ball
* Rarity - Tabitha St. Germain
* Tamaru - Ali Liebert
* Twilight Sparkle - Tara Strong
* Wade - Ian Hanlin
* Zachary - Gavin Langelo
* Zale - Kelly Sheridan
* Zane - Brent Miller

## Locations Featured

* Equestria
	+ Ponyville
		- Sugarcube Café
		- Ponyville Theater

## Trivia

* **Narrator**: Kimberly
* This episode was first broadcast in the UK on April 22, 2021, which is also Earth Day 2021.
* A sneak peek of the episode featuring the ninja and the Mane Six planning for the stage play is shown on Tiny Pop YouTube channel on April 25, 2021.
* The episode title is a pun on the phrase "right or wrong", with the word, "playwright".
* A poster on the side of the Ponyville Theater building resembles the official poster for the Broadway musical *Wicked*.
* Each of the ninja and the Mane Six gathered a stage play from different aspects.
	+ Cole: A medieval theater play
	+ Kai: A puppet play
	+ Nya: A Japanese kabuki drama
	+ Jay: A sci-fi play
	+ Lloyd: A play based on *The Realm of Shadows*, an actual LEGO Ninjago stage play in 2015 at LEGOLAND in Malaysia.
	+ Zane: Farce-style comedy
	+ Applejack: A historical holiday-themed musical
	+ Rainbow Dash: A stage adaptation of a life story
	+ Rarity: A classic stage drama
	+ Pinkie Pie: Slapstick comedy
	+ Twilight Sparkle: An educational astronomy presentation
	+ Fluttershy: A mime play depicting the history of Ponyville
	+ Williams sisters: A play based on a fairy tale
	+ Young Ninja: A story of how Nyad defeated Wojira like how the nymphlings did in "The Idol Lady".
* Previously, Trixie hosted the Playwright Fest and it was gradually successful.

## Continuity

* When Cole wanted to have a stage play based on knights and wizards, Vania appears as a role of princess.
* Applejack is doing a historically holiday-themed musical like "Hearth's Warming Eve" in the original MLP series.
* The Wojira costume is used again in this episode, now worn by Kimberly, Damien and Zachary.

## Changes

### Changes from the Pony Life cartoon

* The ninja, the young ninja and the Williams sisters hold a theater play with variety of ideas.
* The nymphlings appear with the Wild Siders during the play.

## Errors

* During the play, Cole was explaining a knight who tries to rescue Vania, the princess. However, Vania was the queen of Shintaro, as of "Megan's Eternal Wish".
* In one scene, the Wojira costume lacks the faux Wave Amulet on its head.