How does icing taste off your own sweaty scales?

or not.

After this turn of events, Twilight should squeeze 'Give a baby dragon a bath' into her agenda,...

Huh? Who placed this icing-covered baby dragon over here?

There! Order restored and enforced! So much better!

"Umm, yes... much better,"

Well, not too bad, I guess.

A forewarning of the insanity that is to come.

Uh, Twilight? I think you should stop "fixing" the cupcakes.

Spike with icing on his face.

How about, I move some icing here and some there.

Let's do this.

Mrs. Cake can't see any real problems, right?

Twilight's smile, indicates she is satisfied.

Um, I cannot help but detect a variance in frosting among the cupcakes exceeding the minimum required for visual detection.

Twilight is serious about removing the icing.

What are you doing?

These cupcakes looks tasty.

Nice balancing skills you have there, Mrs. Cake

Looking at the same thing with different perceptions.

What's next on the checklist, Spike?

"Can't imagine why we go through so many of them."

"Seems like we just placed an order for those a few days ago."

Now that's what you call a list

Well, he did say he was ready.

I think Twilight might be too happy.

Are you ready, number one assistant?

Twilight explaining the things they need to do.

Spike with the checklist.

"Is that everything on the checklist?"

The Golden Oak Library during sunrise.

What a beautiful day in Ponyville.

The clock is ticking!

"This won't end well."

And she goes...

And off I go!

Because I'm going to find somepony who has a friendship problem.

Well I'm not entirely sure how to help a friend cope with post-traumatic stress disorder

"...good friend can help you solve?"

"...that I as a..."

"...or any other sort of issues, major or minor,..."

"...got any problems, troubles, conundrums,..."

Twilight keeping a face for a long time must run in her family... ...and Spike is unamused.

"...and get that letter to Princess Celestia..."

"Because I'm going to solve a friend's problem..."

"You're not going to be sent back to magic kindergarten."

"That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard!"

Again. How could she keep a face that long?

Twilight imagining herself being sent to Magic Kindergarten.

"She'll send me back to... magic kindergarten."

"But she won't just send me back a grade."

"They sent them back a grade!"

"Well, why wouldn't you pass-"

"What if instead she starts thinking I'm not taking my studies on friendship seriously?"

"This is the ruler of Equestria we're all talking about."

"I'm afraid I have to take that chance, Spike."

It's super effective! Twilight woke up!

It's still daylight, Twilight...

I wonder how long she could keep that face...

The most popular "Eeek! face" in the whole series.

"And today is...?"

"When did we send the last one?"

An example of smear animation (poor Spike).

Ah, there's the calendar!

Oh, he's got something.

"Where's my calendar? Where's my calendar?!"

Twilight trying to find the calendar.

"Not every 10 days,"

"...telling her about a lesson I learned about friendship!"

"I'm supposed to send Princess Celestia a letter every week,..."

"Of course it's bad!"

Wow. Twilight went crazy, even before she started talking to herself!

That bandage won't stay for long

"We haven't sent a letter to Princess Celestia this week?!"

"I don't think I can write another word!"

"Good thing we don't have anything to report to Princess Celestia this week."

Claw cramp, that's what happened.

Oh, what happened?

"Triple check checklist to make sure we didn't miss anything when we double checked the checklist!"

Fluttershy has fully mastered the Path of The Chiropractor Style.

Why would she..?

Twilight pretty much mirrors our reaction to the whole scene.

Stop it, please.

What is going on?

The new ECW (Equestria Championship Wrestling) champion of the world. Winning by tapout! Fluttershy!

Fluttershy? What happened to your soft side?

Where is she?

Oh, there she is...with a bear?!

Now where is Fluttershy?

Twilight walking over to Fluttershy's cottage.

Her mane's starting to get messy.

Scary. And irrelevant to my conundrum.

Happy that she gets to facehoof?

The first stage of her messy mane.

Rainbow Dash before the impact.

Dashing through the clouds.

I'd take cover if I were you!

"You got it, boss!"

"Get back to it, RD."

"I want to put up a new barn, but the old one's got to come down first."

"Because she asked me to."

"Then why are you destroying her property?"

I don't have issues with Applejack.

"Now, why don't you tell me all about your issues with Applejack?"

Tell me about your mother.

"I can tell you two must've had a terrible fight."

"You don't have to hide your feelings from me."

"Uh, what are you talking about?"

"...could help you resolve your problem!"

"...that I as a good friend..."

Your tail looks better this way, Rainbow.

Apparently hitting a barn travelling faster than sound does not hurt you.

"She must hate her guts!"

"Rainbow must be angry..."

"What in the world!"

Twilight comes within inches of death.

Rainbow Dash smashing the Sweet Apple Acres barnyard like a flying Hulk.

Even her teeth are lethal!

Is it safe to look?

I got you, barn!

OSHA regulations always require the use of eye protection.

Raze this barn/Raze this barn/One/Two/Three/Four...

That's a nice looking hole.

Four friends still remain to be "helped".

Where did she go?

"Is there something bother-"

Here you go.

The measuring tape is right there, can you get it?

Twilight: excited at the chance to help.

"There is one thing."

That face means "Please".

"...as a good friend can help you solve."

"Nothing that I..."

"And nothing else is..."

"Yeah". Or as Big Mac says, "Eeyup."

"And now you found it?"

"So, you just lost your ribbon?"

Rarity recovers her, oh, so precious ribbon.

Looks like the search won't be necessary.

"Oh, there it is..."

"As your friend, I will do my best to help you fi-"

Of all the things I lost.

An opportunity knocks for Twilight Sparkle, or in this case, cries for her.

The floors are not clean enough to lie on.

Hmmph... I can't live without it.

And low again.

"Are you alright?"

"This is..."

"Of all the worst things that could happen!"

Twilight comes to the rescue.

"...who needs the help..."

"Has to be somepony..."

"You still have plenty of time to get that letter to Princess Celestia!"

Looking for problems? How often do you get to hear that?

"Glad you've come to your senses!"

"I should go see my friends!"

Spike's reaction is pretty much how the fans reacted to Twilight's craziness.

You forgot about the picnic.

Quit freaking out and go to the picnic already!

I guess something's wrong with my eyes.

Woe is me.

"Are you OK?"

"Snap out of it!"

Spike, leave the fourth wall alone, will ya? That's my job - Pinkie Pie

The twilight stare or the Twilight Zone

"Are you talking to... yourself?"

Again, Twilight keeps a weird face for an abnormally long time.

"Keep it together!"

Mental Twilight: "You can! You just have..."

Doubtful Twilight: "Oh, but what if I can't?"

Telling her doubtful self to have some confidence... in herself.

"You can do this!"

Mental Twilight: "No, no, you're a good student."

"It will all be over! My time in Ponyville, my advanced studies!"

Splash on my horn's reflection

[gasps] "But it WILL be over soon!"

"It'll all be fine! The day isn't over yet."

It takes one to know one.

Pot, you need to stop talking smack about kettle.

"Wow. I've never seen Twilight so upset before."

Applejack: "Have a seat and stop sweatin' small stuff."

Can Pinkie's randomness really compare to Twilight's paranoia?

"Oh, ho! Twilight, you're such a crack-up!"

"MY WHOLE LIFE DEPENDS ON IT!"

"...find somepony with a problem I can fix..."

"I need you guys to help me..."

"This is everything!"

"This is not nothing!"

"...but it looks like somepony's gettin' themselves all worked up over nothin'."

[Twilight growls like a savage dog] Applejack: "No offense, sugar cube..."

"Something awful has happened!"

Twilight can't comprehend why her friends are so dense.

"Oh, thank goodness. I thought something really awful had happened."

"...and I haven't learned anything about..."

"My letter to Princess Celestia is almost overdue..."

It's the most horrific trouble I've ever been in and I really really really need your help!"

"It's just terrible."

I need your help! Without you, I'm more doomed than a G3 pony in Tambelon!

"I am not all right!"

"You all right, hun?"

What happened to you, Twilight?

Are the ponies giving up? NO!!!

Doh!! You crushed those cupcakes!

Dude, check out these rad shades!

Dash turning on her swag.

"...to lay on the grass, did you?"

"You didn't expect me..."

When will somepony appreciate my drama?

So this is whining?

Where does she get all of these?!

Oh, here we go again. "This is!"

Deal with it.

Oh where is that thing?!

I guess there was no meaning after all.

...and what does this mean...?

Pinkie's brought a basket with lots of balloons.

I wonder what's under that cloth.

Pinkie just doing what she does everyday.

Thank you.

Big McIntosh about to take the doll

You have to get that doll from those girls!

Big McIntosh, I need your help.

Give me back that doll, you girls!

"No way!"

"Don't you think we need to share?"

I need to start checking just how effective my magic can be.

What? Not going insane? Not being impetuous?

"I think we can all see that there is an important lesson to be learned here about-"

Twilight Sparkle is here to save the day!.... That she ruined.

"I want it! I saw it first! No, I saw it first!"

Five, four, three, two, one...

The CMC fall under the Smarty Pants spell

"I REALLY like her mane!"

"I NEED it!"

"I want it!"

What's happening to me?

By the magical power of Twilight Sparkle, you will love her even more than everything!

"...and you're gonna like her more than anything."

"Ooh, you're going to LIKE Smarty Pants..."

"That's it!"

"I gotta think of something. Think, think, think, think, think, Twilight, think!"

"Applejack says it's important to share."

Hey, look! Manebiting instead of tailbiting!

"You take her, Apple Bloom."

"I think Scootaloo should get to play with her first."

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!"

"Uh, you should play with her first, Sweetie Belle, you know, 'cause you like her mane so much."

Mental Twilight: "So, who wants to play with her first?!"

"I'd "hate" to cause a riff between such good friends." This was your plan all along, you crazy sicko!

"...three of you and only one of her doesn't become a problem."

"I just hope the fact that there are..."

"...mane?" You already said that, love.

"I really like her..."

Didn't know a pony's neck could bend that way...

"...for when you want to "pretend" she's doing her homework."

"...her own notebook..."

"She even comes with..."

"I really like her..."

Run away! She's gone mad!

"...and now I want to give her to you!"

"She was mine when I was your age..."

"This is Smarty Pants."

"Looks like three good friends who obviously don't need the help of another..."

"You three are look like you doing great too!"

"Oh, hi, Twilight."

Oh, because of Twilight

Why is the ball getting bigger?

What is going on with the ball?

The ball seems heavier than usual...

The CMC aren't trying to get their cutie marks for once.

Twilight and her weird looking grin.

Oh look, a nice bird's nest! (sarcasm)

This is the perfect plan.

"...I'll MAKE a friendship problem!" Ooh-ah, Celestia will not be pleased.

"If I can't FIND a friendship problem..."

"Keep it together."

Would Twilight get over with her fears and stop looking crazy?

"I really mean it this time!"

Well, that's the third time. "This is!"

"How could this happen?!"

"What are we gonna do, y'all?"

"We're never gonna see Twilight..."

So there really was a problem?

"If you care to visit, I'll be in magic kindergarten."

"Meet me in the library."

This ain't gonna be good...

Nopony's looking, right?

How can I better show my disdain?

Let us never speak of this again.

How red can my face get?

We were fighting over... this?

Well, this is awkward...

The pairings after the fight.

By the power vested in me as Celestia Invictus, I declare an end to this!

Now look what you've done, Twilight! Princess Celestia is mad at you!

"Not almost."

"The day is almost over!"

"I had nothing to report to Princess Celestia!"

Your hair.. is so... SOFT

Brawl all over Ponyville.

"Don't look at what?"

"Don't look at it!"

Uh oh...looks like Rainbow Dash's gonna be infect—

For an old raggedy doll, Smarty Pants is remarkably resilient.

"...is going on here?"

"What in the name of all things oats 'n apples..."

What's up there?

A rustic and relaxed look.

Whoa,Twilight's getting old.

Big McIntosh causes an explosion of ponies.

Now to escape!

This is mine!

You ponies will never get this doll!

...now you don't!

Now you see it,...

Maybe next time, Big McIntosh

Where do they all appear from?

More can join the party!

Did somepony say there's free barbeque?!

Why are ponies running around with hearts in their eyes?

"Stick a cupcake in my eye!"

Now you can give me that doll back and everything will be fine.

Oh no, Twilight is going to get busted.

"I'm supposed to send you a letter about friendship every week. I missed the deadline."

"I'm a bad student."

"I don't have to get a letter every week to know that."

So I went crazy for nothing?

Just in time!

Entering the library, Rainbow Dash style!

Now it's Rainbow Dash's turn to save the day!

Twilight's friends realize their mistake and come to help her

"Please, your Highness. We all saw that Twilight was upset."

"But we thought that the thing she was worrying about..."

"...wasn't worth worrying about."

It was my fault.

And mine as well.

See? It was all our fault.

Well, it is decided.

A little proposition for you all...

That is quite a shadow.

"On one condition."

"From this day forth, I would like you all to report to me your findings on the magic of friendship, ..."

All of us?

"When, and ONLY when, you happen to discover them."

This changes everything.

Equestria's shortest runway.

"Your friend Spike made me aware that you were letting your fears get the best of you."

She sees me?! Better go away.

The art of eavesdropping.

"I'm expecting some mail."

And everything is good.

Let's write that letter, shall we?

"Spike, take a letter."

All set.

Aww, how cute.

"Dear Princess Celestia..."

"We learned that you should take your friends' worries seriously."

"Even if you don't think that she has anything to worry about."

"And that you shouldn't let your worries turn a small problem..."

"...into an enormously huge..."

"Signed, your loyal subjects."

Is anyone going to see this?

Spike showing off he's the better pony friend... er... dragon friend.

You have horrible writing, Spike. Keep up the good work.

Erase it!

Seriously? Even Fluttershy is unamused .

Oh well, guess I should just cross this, because you can't erase pens.

The best way to end an episode.