The Busybody

> "*Pipp, it's been hard to give competition, if we wanted to dance with Jazz Hooves. So, mind if I join. We shall do the opening together as we did.*"
> ― Rarity
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## The Busybody

### Air date

🇨🇦 April 17, 2022
🇳🇿 May 28, 2022 (TVNZ 2)

### Director

Danial Ife
Miguel Martinez-Joffre

**The Busybody** is the first part of the fifth episode of the fifth season of LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Beyond the Pony Life and the 195th episode overall. Along with "Hitch Things Up", it aired first in English on April 17, 2022, in Canada and was paired with "The Treasures of Shintaro" and "A Kite for Luca".

## Synopsis

*Rarity and Pipp turn against each other after finding out that Pipp's viral video become popular.*

**Extended**: *While preparing for the grand opening of Mane Melody, an integrated hair salon and a music studio, Jazz Hooves create a contest to see which pony can dance with her and the other co-workers via their viral videos with the most number of likes. However, Rarity was mad when seeing Pipp's video getting the most number of likes, so she decided to create her viral video to get their attention. After reconciling their differences, Rarity and Pipp opened Mane Melody together and perform with the co-workers on stage.*

## Plot

Rarity is filming her viral video about the new fashion items at the Carousel Boutique and pleading with Nina, Fluttershy, Izzy and Zipp to try out their new clothing. Before revealing their new fashion lineup, Pipp arrives and announces to Rarity and her friends that a new hair salon at Maretime Bay is going to open, with features that integrate with karaoke and the music studio. Rarity is excited about the grand opening of the new salon since there's a karaoke stage, fashion boutique and a music studio.

As the Ninja, the Mane Six, the Williams sisters, the Newbie Five, the B.L.A.N.K Ninja Squad and the Powerpuff Girls arrived at the new hair salon at Maretime Bay, Pipp allows them to meet two of her co-workers, Jazz Hooves and Rocky. Pipp wanted that the opening of Mane Melody will feature a karaoke and dance stage, beauty and hair services, a music studio to jam on and a fashion design studio, much to Rarity's delight. Jazz also holds a contest that which whoever dances with her and Rocky on stage at the grand opening will have to showcase a viral dance video with the most likes. Rarity is eager to dance along with Jazz and Rocky for the grand opening.

Back at the Carousel Boutique, Rarity decided to move all those items to Mane Melody, when Maya arrives and buys an item of clothing for herself. Rarity told her that some fashion items are moving to Mane Melody, and Maya wanted to go for recreational beauty and hair updo. She and her friends will meet at Mane Melody during the grand opening. As Maya left, Rarity was shocked to see that Pipp's viral video gained more likes on YouHoof. For payback, Rarity creates her own.

Pipp already bought a sweets package from Keira at Pankuno Bakery when she saw a notification of Rarity's viral video getting popular getting thousands of views and the most number of likes. Angered, she went to Carousel Boutique to confront Rarity. Rarity was amazed by the number of likes as she was able to dance along with Jazz and Rocky. However, Pipp came to Rarity and yelled at her because she steals Pipp's reputation. Rarity proceeds to tell her the truth about the dance performance for Mane Melody's grand opening and her passion for fashion and beauty. Pipp also has a similar personality to Rarity and she also decided to post a viral video to gain more likes. As both Rarity and Pipp reconcile, they don't have to create their viral videos for their chance to be featured.

The next day, the ninja, the ponies, the Williams sisters and the Powerpuff Girls witnessed the grand opening of Mane Melody, which was now opened by Rarity and Pipp. The hair salon attracts a lot of customers and five-star reviews. Both Rarity and Pipp were amazed that Maya, Princess Cadance and Phyllis Cloverleaf got their new hair updo, and give five-star reviews. The ninja and the ponies also want their hair makeover, so Rarity and Pipp decided to style their manes and their hair while performing on stage with the co-workers to attract more business.

## Appearances

### Cast and Characters

* Amy Ang - Olivia Cheng
* Blossom - Amanda Leighton
* Bubbles - Kristin Li
* Buttercup - Natalie Palamides
* Fluttershy - Andrea Libman
* Izzy Moonbow - Ana Sani
* Jay - Michael Adamhwaite
* Jazz Hooves - Samantha Bielanski
* Kai - Vincent Tong
* Keira Branford - Emily Tennant
* Kevin Maxwell - Manny Jacinto
* Lloyd Garmadon - Sam Vincent
* Luca Carington - Adam Trask
* Maya - Jillian Michaels
* Megan Williams - Kelly Sheridan
* Nina Branford - Andrea Libman
* Phyllis Cloverleaf - Rush Marshall
* Pinkie Pie - Andrea Libman
* Pipp Petals - AJ Bridel
* Princess Cadance - Britt McKillip
* Random Pony #1 - Ana Sani
* Random Pony #2 - Jonathan Tan
* Random Pony #3 - Ty Olsson
* Rarity - Tabitha St. Germain
* Rocky - Jonathan Tan
* Sunny Starscout - Jenna Warren
* Twilight Sparkle - Tara Strong
* Zipp Storm - Maitreyi Ramakrishnan

#### Non-speaking

* Applejack
* Bryn Stone
* Cole
* Hitch Trailblazer
* Molly Williams
* Rainbow Dash
* Zane

### Items

* Camera
* Kevin's guitar
* Smartphone
	+ Pipp's Smartphone
* Sweets Package

### Locations

* Ninjago
	+ Ninjago City
		- Pankuno Bakery
* Equestria
	+ Ponyville
		- Carousel Boutique
	+ Maretime Bay
		- Mane Melody
			* Karaoke Stage
			* Hair and Beauty Service

### Species

* Alicorns
* Cloudpuffs
* Earth Ponies
* Humans
* Nindroids
* Oni/Dragon/Human hybrid
* Pegasi
* Unicorns

## Trivia

* **Narrator**: Pipp Petals
* The song "Let Out Your Light" will be later used as a theme song for *Wonderful Stories,* a fully 2D animated G2 web series.

## Allusions

* The plot of this episode takes some elements from *My Little Pony: Tell Your Tale* episode, "Welcome to Mane Melody". However, there were a few exceptions:
	+ Zipp already styled her mane during the song.
	+ Phyllis Cloverleaf is no longer the toughest customer that Pipp needs to deal with.
* The building of Mane Melody in the series looks similar to Love & Pet from *Winx Club*.

## Continuity

* This is the second episode to feature characters changing their hairstyles with a required makeover. The first is "What Goes Updo".
	+ The Mane Six have similar updo hairstyles from the former episode, while Rarity's mane was styled similar to the one in "The Debut Taunt".
	+ Sunny, Hitch, Izzy and Zipp also have different hairstyles but added special accessories.
* During the makeover at Mane Melody, Kai's hairstyle looks similar to Kevin, Twitchy Tim and Benthomaar's hairstyle.
* The Carousel Boutique is seen again in this episode since "The Rarest of Occasions".
* This is the first episode to feature Mane Melody and Pankuno Bakery in *Living the Pony Life*.
	+ This is also the first time in the series where Keira has a speaking role.
* Rarity's plan to create viral videos draws some reference to "Ponies of the Moment".
* When Pipp creates similar hairstyles to Maya and Phyllis, her technique looks similar to "The Root of It", except in different corresponding colours (Maya has black hair, while Phyllis has blond mane).

## Errors and Goofs

* When Pipp receives the Sweets Package at the bakery, her wings is bright yellow.
* During the montage of "Let Out Your Light", Amy's hairstyle turns back into her normal form, rather than her new hairstyle with pigtails.