The Fall Harvest Matsuri

*Not to be confused with the holiday*.

**The Fall Harvest Matsuri** is the first part of the forty-eighth episode of the second season of LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Living the Pony Life. Along with "A Wonderful Reunion", it was paired with "The Mysterious Voice" and "The 5 Habits of Highly Effective Ponies".

## Synopsis

*The Ninja, the Mane Six, Megan and their allies were preparing for the Fall Harvest Matsuri, as Twivine tries to help with her new friends.*

**Teletoon**: *While in preparation of the Fall Harvest Matsuri, Gaia senses that the legendary-fabled demonic harvest scarecrow, Kuebiko, has come to its life, and starts attacking the Ninja, the Mane Six, Megan and their allies.*

## Plot

Citizens in Ninjago City are preparing for the annual Fall Harvest Matsuri, with lanterns hanging around, harvesting fruits and vegetables, moon gazing and visiting their ancestral hometowns. However, at the Monastery of Spinjitzu, the five Shintaro Crystal Guardians came to Master Wu and Princess Celestia, as they warn about the Skull Sorcerer, who puts some treacherous plans to gather more Vengestone to have more power needed, as they must prepare themselves with the Crystal Guardians and the Winged Guards of Shintaro to stand-by themselves.

At Sweet Apple Acres, the Ninja, the Mane Six, Megan, the Young Ninja, the Cutie Mark Crusaders and their allies were already done for the preparation of the festivities. Cole and Applejack knew that the holiday was dedicated to the three heroes of the Shintaro Mountain - Lilly, Pear Butter and Princess Eternity, along with the five Crystal Guardians of Shintaro. However, Damien was worried that the legend of the demonic fall harvest scarecrow, Kuebiko, will return after one eternity later. Apple Bloom told him that the legend of Kuebiko is fake. Unfortunately, Twilight researched that thousand years ago, the sorcerer Hazza D'ur creates Kuebiko to hunt down farmers who believed that they are helping the environment. Kuebiko was miraculously killed by Lilly, Pear Butter and Princess Eternity with the combination magic from the Element of Honesty, Spinjitzu Burst and the legendary Rainbow Scepter of Perpetuity, in which the First Spinjitzu Master recognized Princess Eternity as the Supreme Ruler under the Shintaro Mountain. Applejack said to the Young Ninja that there is nothing to be afraid of.

At the Skull Keep, the Awakened Warriors sent a message to Princess Twivine Sparkle that the Skull Sorcerer will rely on Vengestone for its power, in which the Skull Sorcerer told him that the sorcerer was the one who creates dark magic to disrupt the balance of the natural environments. The Skull Sorcerer tells her that she must awaken Kuebiko to destroy the reincarnated Princess Eternity and her allies.

Meanwhile, Vania tells her friends that it is time for her to leave back to the Shintaro Mountain after her three weeks stay. The Ninja, the Mane Six and Megan find out that they will be sad when she go back home, but she said that she will visit her friends anytime soon. Suddenly, the Ninja, the Mane Six and Megan saw the Alicorn Princess that they encountered earlier. Princess Twivine asked them if they wanted to help harvest some vegetables for its stock, and they agreed to help.

While harvesting vegetables and fruits needed for the fall harvest, Princess Twivine planted the shadow Plunderseed on to the scarecrow. After such hard work, the Ninja, the Mane Six, Megan and their allies take a break, and Twivine wants to join them too. Suddenly, the scarecrow that Damien feared about, Kuebiko, came to execute and destroy Princess Eternity and their allies, in which, the Cutie Mark Crusaders, the Young Ninja and their allies hide away from Kuebiko. Having no choice to hide, the Ninja, the Mane Six and Megan transform into their Hero Forms, their Crystal Guardians and Sailor Sky, and Twivine was worried that the Skull Sorcerer was going to betray her in a last minute.

## Cast

* Akita - Tabitha St. Germain
* Applejack/Crystal Applejack - Ashleigh Ball
* Apple Bloom - Michelle Creber
* Caralisa Todd - Tabitha St. Germain
* Cole/Hero Cole - Kirby Morrow
* Damien Crystalrock - Andrew Francis
* Felix Flame - Giles Panton
* Fluttershy/Crystal Fluttershy - Andrea Libman
* Gaia - Diana Kaarina
* Gayle Gossip - Kelly Sheridan
* Jay/Hero Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
* Kaguya - Rebecca Shoichet
* Kai/Hero Kai - Vincent Tong
* Kataru - Cole Howard
* Kaze - Ian Hanlin
* Kimberly Walker - Shannon Chan-Kent
* Kitonaru - Andrea Libman
* Lil' Nelson - David Reynolds
* Lloyd Garmadon/Hero Lloyd - Sam Vincent
* Megan Williams/Sailor Sky - Kelly Sheridan
* Miyu - Kazumi Evans
* Nya/Hero Nya - Kelly Metzger
* Oriana - Erin Matthews
* Pinkie Pie/Crystal Pinkie Pie - Andrea Libman
* Princess Celestia - Nicole Oliver
* Racer Seven - Shannon Chan-Kent
* Rainbow Dash/Crystal Rainbow Dash - Ashleigh Ball
* Rarity/Crystal Rarity - Tabitha St. Germain
* Scott - Adrian Petriw
* Skull of Hazza D'ur - Michael Adamthwaite
* Skull Sorcerer - Ervin M Jordan
* Spike - Tabitha St. Germain
* Twilight Sparkle/Crystal Twilight Sparkle - Tara Strong
* Twivine Sparkle - Tara Strong
* Vania - Sabrina Pitre
* Wu - Paul Dobson
* Zachary Nison - Gavin Langelo
* Zane/Hero Zane - Brent Miller

## Locations Visited

* Ninjago
	+ Ninjago City
	+ Mountains of Impossible Heights
		- Monastery of Spinjitzu
* Equestria
	+ Ponyville
		- Sweet Apple Acres

## Trivia

* **Narrator**: Cole
* 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 Fall Harvest Matsuri was celebrated in this episode, though many people in Ninjago City and in Ponyville are still preparing for it.
* Kuebiko is actually the Shinto kami of knowledge and agriculture, represented in Japanese mythology as a scarecrow who cannot walk but has comprehensive awareness. However, Twilight Sparkle states that Kuebiko is the demonic scarecrow who causes mortality and destruction to the agricultural environment, as well as the five elements on Earth.
* This is the only episode to feature the group transformation the Ninja, the Mane Six and Megan into their Hero forms, Crystal Guardians and Sailor Sky. It is also the the last time of the season where some of the transformations have take place:
	+ *Egro Bravery Power*
	+ *Pyro Bravery Power*
	+ *Electric Bravery Power*
	+ *Cyro Bravery Power*
	+ *Magic Crystal Power*
	+ *Loyalty Crystal Power*
	+ *Laughter Crystal Power*
	+ *Kindness Crystal Power*
* The Shintaro Crystal Guardians stated that the countdown to the Second Battle of Shintaro take place.
* It is stated that the previous Princess Eternity that paired up with Lilly and Pear Butter is actually Megan's birth mother. Her role is further detailed later in "Legend of Princess Eternity".

## Changes

### Changes from the Pony Life cartoon

* One of the scenes in "One Click Wonder" where Applejack was running was reused when she runs to the barn to hide away from Kuebiko.

## Errors

* When Vania said that it is her time to leave the city, she has a black dot above her forehead, even though it was covered with a headband.
* Applejack has wings in one shot when she carries her basket filled with apples.
* When Princess Twivine was ordered to resurrect Kuebiko, her wings disappeared.