Bridle Gossip is the ninth episode of the first season and first aired on December 10th 2010
Writer: Amy Keating Rogers
Episode Summary
Twilight and Spike arrived in Ponyville one day to see the town completely deserted. While they wonder what w as going on, they were urged by Pinkie Pie to hurry to the snack shop before "she" gets them. Inside, they meet the other ponies, who are hiding from a strange hooded creature named Zecora. No one really knows what she was, until Twilight mentioned that she was a zebra. However, they knew she resided in the Everfree Forest, which its environment was almost alien to Ponyville (plants grow, animals care for themselves, and clouds move without the need for the ponies). Pinkie even came up with a song describing Zecora as an "evil enchantress".
While Twilight tried to rationalize her friends' suspicious, Applejack's little sister, Apple Bloom, decided to see Zecora herself near the forest. Before she had a chance to get near her, her sister and her friends stopped her while driving Zecora away. The zebra leaves, giving them a brief warning: "Beware, beware you ponyfolk! Those leaves of blue are not a joke!". On their way back, they trotted across of small field of blue flowers.
The next day, Twilight is shocked to see her horn all soft and rubbery. Her friends were not so happy about their sudden problems either. Rarity's mane was all messy to the point that she can't see through, Rainbow Dash couldn't fly properly and constantly crashed, Pinkie Pie's tongue was swollen so that she couldn't speak without spitting, Applejack had shrunken in size, and Fluttershy had a deep male voice. While Spike laughed at the ponies' expense (giving them various nicknames), they try to find out how this all happen. Save for Twilight, everyone concluded that Zecora had cursed them and decided to confront her in the forest. Meanwhile, Apple Bloom, who was the only one not "cursed", went ahead, believing that she was to blame for this mess.
When they finally reached Zecora's house, they see her mixing a strange concoction in her cauldron, similar to Pinkie's song. Twilight insisted that there was more to this occurrence, until she overheard the zebra mentioned Apple Bloom. Rainbow Dash and Applejack barged in while the other ponies followed suit, in an attempt to rescue the younger pony. As it so happened however, Apple Bloom was actually assisting Zecora with gathering ingredients. Zecora revealed that the brew she was making was a remedy for the Poison Joke, a poison ivy-like plant that causes "laughable" results to anyone who touches it. They learned the they were never cursed, but were affected by the blue plants, and were too stubborn to heed Zecora's warning the previous day. After apologizing to the zebra for the terrible misunderstanding, they all returned to Ponyville to use the remedy (via bubble bath).
Twilight learned that there was more to a person than just their looks, and the rest realized that Zecora was not the scary character they had previously believed.
Pinkie Pie's Zecora song
She's an evil enchantress. She does evil dances.
And when you look deep in her eyes, she'll put you in trances.
And what would she do? She'll mix up an evil brew.
And she'll gobble you up in a big tasty stew.
So WATCH OUT!
Spike's nicknames
- Rarity = Hairity
- Pinkie Pie = Spittie Pie
- Applejack = Appletini
- Rainbow Dash = Rainbow Crash
- Fluttershy = Flutterguy
- Twilight Sparkle = Twilight Flopple
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