How Applejack Got Her Hat Back

* Part 1
* Part 2

**"How Applejack Got Her Hat Back (Parts 1 and 2)"** is the third episode in season 1 of *My Little Pony: Pony Life*.

## Synopsis

"Applejack finds herself in the midst of an identity crisis when her signature hat becomes a city-wide fashion craze. Applejack joins a group of alternative ponies in the hopes finding a new style to replace her old look."

## Plot

### Part 1

At Sugarcube Corner, where everyone is wearing cowboy hats, Applejack is sitting by herself and wearing a black beret. She comments to the viewer that this is "a love story about hats".

The episode then flashes back; with the "hometown cook-offs" segment of the Royal Jelly Juggernaut approaching, Pinkie Pie and her friends work together to make Sugarcube Corner spotless for the camera crew. Rarity arrives wearing a cowboy hat just like Applejack's, having gotten inspiration from her for a new look. Almost instantaneously, Rarity starts a new fashion craze, with the rest of her friends (except Pinkie) also adopting the cowboy hat look, much to Applejack's chagrin.

As the rest of Ponyville gets swept up in this fashion trend, Applejack, having made her signature look with the cowboy hat, starts to feel like she is losing her whole identity. Pinkie Pie suggests that Applejack try on some different hats and find a new look for herself, and Applejack experiments with a flight hat and goggles, a firefighter's helmet, and an astronaut helmet, but none of these looks suit her. She eventually settles on a black beret and leaves.

### Part 2

That evening in the park, Applejack sulks and soliloquizes to herself, drawing the attention of a trio of "alternative ponies" named Derek, Matt and Matt. These hipster-like ponies take pride in going against trends and enjoying what others consider unpopular and uncool, the current thing being a squishy cube-like object. They invite Applejack to join their group, and she accepts.

Back in present day, Applejack is sitting by herself at Sugarcube Corner and holding one of the alternative ponies' squishy cubes, having no idea what it is or what it does. Rarity notices Applejack is not wearing her signature cowboy hat, and Applejack says she has adopted a new look. Sensing that Applejack is upset, Rarity borrows her squishy cube object and leaves. Meanwhile, Applejack, unhappy with the black beret look, goes back to her cowboy hat look, deciding that it does not define who she is.

The next day, Applejack returns to Sugarcube Corner and discovers everyone has abandoned the cowboy hat look and the squishy cube is now the newest trend thanks to Rarity's influence. The alternative ponies abandon the squishy cube now that it is part of the mainstream, and they invite Applejack along to find a new unpopular thing, these being miniature crowns. Applejack declines their invitation, not wanting to chase popular or unpopular trends, and the alternative ponies leave. As the Mane Six try to figure out what the squishy cubes are and what they do, Pinkie Pie discovers they are a type of food and decides to incorporate them into her sponge cake recipe.

## Broadcast

*Main article: Episode Guide/International*
* Canada: June 28, 2020 on Treehouse TV
* Australia and New Zealand:
	+ August 8, 2020 on Boomerang
	+ September 21, 2020 on 9Go! (Australia only)
* France: August 30, 2020 on Gulli
* United Kingdom: September 2, 2020 on Tiny Pop
* Poland: September 8, 2020 on MiniMini+
* Finland:
	+ September 25, 2020 on Ruutu (VOD)
	+ October 22, 2020 on Nelonen (TV)
* Russia: September 30, 2020 on Carousel
* Southeast Asia: October 4, 2020 on Boomerang
* Germany: October 11, 2020 on Disney Channel
* Ukraine: October 12, 2020 on PlusPlus
* Mexico: November 9, 2020 on Azteca 7
* United States: November 14, 2020 on Discovery Family

### Title in other languages

* Finnish: *Miten Applejack sai hattunsa takaisin*
* French: *Comment Applejack a retrouvé son chapeau*
* German: *Liebesgeschichte mit Hut* (Love story with hat)
* Polish: *Jak Applejack odzyskała swój kapelusz*
* Russian: *Как Эпплджек вернула свою шляпу*
* Spanish (Latin America): *Cómo Applejack recuperó su sombrero*
* Ukrainian: *Як Епплджек повернула свій капелюх*

## Trivia

* This episode is paired with "Cute-pocalypse Meow" in broadcast order.
	+ In the UK, this episode is paired with "Pinkie Pie: Hyper-Helper" in broadcast order.
* The title is a reference to the 1998 film *How Stella Got Her Groove Back*.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://cf-media.press.discovery.com/ugc/highlights/2020/10/18/172933/DFC\_Highlights\_-\_November\_2020\_-\_Final.pdf
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20200620011707/https://www.tvpassport.com/tv-listings/stations/treehouse-hd/11285/2020-06-28
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20200815135123/https://programtv.naziemna.info/program/audycja/Pony+Life
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.fernsehserien.de/my-little-pony-pony-life/episodenguide
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://tvlistings.zap2it.com/overview.html?programSeriesId=SH03525491&tmsId=SH035254910000&from=TVGrid&aid=gapzap