Those new girls can be clearly seen from that table.
Even the Crusaders look interested.
Vat magicks is dis?
More students look oblivious.
What's wrong, Octy? Sirens got your tongue?
Hey, Adagio, Jem called, she wants her hair back.
Strummin' my pain with her fingers...
His guitar got touched...what!?
I guess they've never heard of the concept of "Keep your hands to yourself."
I think she likes you!
Spin, spin, spin.
What's with the glowing effects?
"Here's a chance to find your flame."
"Are you a loser..."
"...or a fighter?"
Something worth pondering over?
"Me and you, you and me Why don't we see who is better?"
"We don't have to be one and the same thing." (irony)
"Oh what's so wrong with a little competition?"
Hmm?
"Are you afraid of failing the audition?"
Hope none of you shippers are getting any ideas.
"Yeah, you rise above the rest"
Big deal, the Mane Six can stand on tables without anyone lifting them.
"It doesn't matter who you hurt"
"If you're just proving you're..."
"...the best!" (Wow, that girl's got a flexible spine!)
"Battle!"
You want to win it!
"Let's have a battle!"
"Battle of the Bands"
"Let's have a battle!"
Aria seems to be causing a rift between the Crusaders and Snips and Snails.
"Let's have a battle"
"Battle"
"Battle"
"Battle of the Bands!"
"I can beat you!"
Battle!
"Ha! You wish!"
Battle!
"I so want this!"
Battle!
"Not if I get it first!"
"You and me, me and you Why don't we see who is better?"
Insert Vishnu joke here.
Flash Drive vs. the Eco-Kids.
The Great and Powerful Trixie is always up for some competition.
Snips agitated.
First time Octy is seen singing.
Now we've got both of her versions singing! Not a solo maybe, but none the less.
Oh, my...!
Déjà vu, Sunset?
"Let's have a battle..."
"Battle..."
"Battle..."
"Battle of the Bands!"
What exactly is going on here?
"Oh, they're that kind of off!"
Differing sneak peek shots[]
A shot of the girls conversing that did not end up in the final film.
Very subtle difference. In this shot, Aria is looking ahead, but in the film, she peers down at the students for a brief second.
Different colored flame than the one used in the film.
In the film, this shot was replaced by two different shots.
Same as a shot in the movie, but the two male students in the foreground are slightly closer to the screen.
Writing a message to Twilight[]
What do you suppose Photo and Trixie are discussing?
Skippity-skippity-skip!
"How else could you explain what happened back there?"
Well, Sunset, how do you explain your missing cutie mark?
"Last thing she needs is another CHS event almost ruined by some power-crazed lunatic."
"Er, no offense."
"None taken."
Shifty Celestia.
"Dark magic? I find that very hard to believe."
"Those girls came into my office earlier and were absolutely delightful."
"Perhaps Sunset Shimmer is just eager to make someone else out to be a bad element, so that her actions at the Fall Formal will become old news."
"They still haven't forgiven me yet. I could see why you might think that, but--"
"That's not what's happening! We saw all of this go down in the cafeteria too!"
"Yes, but isn't your band supposed to be part of the Musical Showcase?"
"Yes."
"Perhaps you're all just worried that the Dazzlings will steal your spotlight.
"The Dazzlings?"
"It's the name of their musical group. That's why they came by my office earlier today – to sign up for the Showcase."
"Even sang a little song to Vice Principal Luna and I."
"They did?"
Looks as if Celestia and Luna are also under the spell.
Oh no.
Our old friend, the statue.
"I can't believe they got to Principal Celestia..."
"...and Vice Principal Luna, too."
"They've gotten to everybody!"
"Not everybody!"
Same old Pinkie Pie.
"Pinkie Pie's right."
"We were there when the Dazzlings were singin'..."
"...and we weren't affected."
"It was like we were protected somehow."
"So let's take them down! It's not like we haven't tangled with dark magic before..."
"...and totally whooped its sorry butt!"
"Uh, no offense."
"None taken... again."
Ladybug, ladybug, Fly away home. Your house is on fire, Your children are gone. (Why doesn't that last part ever rhyme or make sense?)
"There may be some kind of magic inside us, but it only comes out when we play music."
"I sure don't know how to use it to... whoop anybody's butt"
"If only we could get a message to Twilight."
"Maybe she could tell us how to break the spell..."
"...the Dazzlings have cast on our friends."
"Well, that's not gonna happen."
"The portal's closed."
Heads up!
Rarity, always the drama queen.
"And I get the feeling they don't exactly have cell phones where she's from."
Hmmmm....
Thinking, thinking, thinking...
[light bulb ding]
"I may have an idea..."
"...how we can get in touch with Princess Twilight!"
Rummaging through her stuff. (What is Pinkie looking at?)
"When I was Princess Celestia's student back in Equestria, she gave me this."
What is that book?
"Even after I abandoned my studies, I held on to it."
"Deep down, I guess I knew I was making a big mistake..."
"...and I wanted to still have a way to reach out to her."
"Maybe it still works."
"That's a book, darling. What do you mean, 'maybe still works'?"
"It used to be that if I wrote something here, it would appear in the pages of a book in Princess Celestia's library."
"I get a message to her, then she could get a message to Princess Twilight."
"So what are you waiting for? Get to writing!"
I'll even let you use my lucky pen, gal pal!
Thanks, Rainbow... I suppose.
"Been a long time since I've written these words."
"Dear Princess Celestia..."
Meanwhile, back in Equestria...[]
A beautiful day in Ponyville. Home to Princess Twilight and her friends.
There goes our little muffin queen's pony counterpart (isn't she cute?).
Let's see what our favorite six ponies are up to at Twilight's new castle.
Rarity's emblem is glowing... What does it mean? (Answer: The six ponies would later sit at their throne emblems and discover the Cutie Map in episode 92 of Friendship is Magic.)
AJ and Flutters pushing a box. May it contain the mirror? Also, Spike is reading Rainbow Dash's favorite book, Daring Do.
Of course, one simply must not be too clean.
What's wrong, Rarity? Pinkie blowing up a balloon should be nothing new to you.
"Excuse me, Princess."
"Where do you want all these books?"
"The library."
Pinkie, pretty sure your throne has three balloons on it, not apples.
"Even this one that's glowin' and vibratin'?"
They may not have cell phones in Equestria, but books seem to somehow act like them.
What do you mean by "glowing and vibrating"?
"What is it, Twilight?"
"It looks like a message to Princess Celestia..."
"...from my friends at Canterlot High."
"How is that even possible?"
"I have no idea, but..."
"...it sounds like they need my help."
That book is about Equestrian's myths and Pony Tales. That's the same storybook seen in the beginning of episode 1 and the second act of episode 90
"The way Sunset Shimmer described them..."
"... I think these new girls sound an awful lot like... the sirens."
"Not the sirens!!!"
"I don't actually know what that is!" Typical Pinkie.
The sirens were three beautiful..."
"...but dangerous creatures..."
"... who had the power to charm ponies with their music."
" But to maintain this power..."
"... they had to feed on the negativity and distrust of others."
"The more of this negative energy they consumed, the stronger their voices became..."
"...and the farther they could spread their dark magic."
"I don't think I like this story very much."
"If the sirens had their way, they would have divided and conquered all of Equestria."
"But a certain Star Swirl the Bearded wasn't having it."
"Rumor has it he found a way to banish them to another world – one where he believed their magic power would be lost"
"That world must have been the one where my Canterlot High friends live."
"But Star Swirl must have sent them there ages ago. How come they're just surfacin' now?"
"I don't know. But if my hunch is right..."
"...and it is the sirens who have come to Canterlot High, this spell they've cast is just the beginning."
"My friends need me. I have to get back to them."
"I hate to burst your bubble, Twilight..."
"...but the connection between their world and Equestria..."
"...will still be totally cut off for a super long time."
"Okay, first of all, if there was bubble-blowing going on..."
"...why wasn't I told about it?!"
"And secondly, if the connection is totally cut off..."
"...how was Sunset Shimmer able to get a message to Twilight?"
Oh, my Celestia! The pink pony has a point!
"Pinkie Pie, you're a genius!"
"Yeah, I get that a lot."
"Now about those bubbles..."
Twilight's preparing to gather things.
Whoa, since when did Twilight make something this technologically advanced since that crazy contraption from episode 15 of Friendship is Magic?
"...and the interval between the two points is defined as the square root of the sum of the squares of the separation between the points along three spatial dimensions."
[cricket chirping]
"Duh!"
"She's gonna take the magic in here..."
"...and put it in there."
"That'll make the portal open up so that whenever she wants to..."
"..she can go from here..."
"...to there!"
"There..."
"to here!"
"Here"
"There"
"Here"
"There"
Ad infinitum.
"We get the idea."
Okie-dokie-lokie.
"Now to see if actually works."
"Oooooooh..."
Is that magic or taffy?
Wait for it.
Ta-da!
"Ahhhhh..."
"Don't suppose we could join you this time around?"
"Better not."
"It could make things pretty confusing if Canterlot High all of a sudden had two of all of you."
Makes sense, preventing paradoxes and whatnot.
"But I still get to go, right?
"There isn't another one of me at Canterlot High. And you never know if you might need your trusty assistant."
"Mm-hmm."
"Yes!"
Happy trails!
"Squee!"
"On your mark…"
"Get set…"
There they go again.
Through the mirror again[]
Trying to pass the time.
Can't read my, can't read my, no, you can't read-a my poker face.
Read 'em and weep.
Hmmm...
No, you read 'em and laugh!
Go fish! We're playing Gin Rummy!
Tick...tock...tick...tock...
"I'm starting to think she's not coming."
Looks like we got the gang back together!
"TWILIGHT!"
Not exactly as smooth a landing as the last time.
"I'm back."
Here, let me help you.
I don't know. You're not gonna give me yet another evil monologue, are you?
Oh, all right.
Group hug is best hug.
"And I've got some bad news about those new girls."
Catching up[]
"Oh, I do hate that you had to return at a time of crisis."
"There's so much catching up to do!"
"For starters, a certain blue-haired guitar player was just askin' about you."
"Flash Sentry was asking about me?!"
"Ahem. Isn't that nice?"
"Perhaps you would give us just the slightest bit of gossip from your world?"
"She's got an official title now."
"Doo-doo-doo-doo!"
"The Princess of Friendship!"
"Wow, that's really impressive."
"Guess you really were Princess Celestia's prized pupil."
"She's even got her own castle."
"A castle?! You have your own castle?!"
"Eh..ahem..."
"Ooh, lovely."
"What's new here?"
"I mean, besides your school becoming the target of dangerous magical creatures from Equestria?"
"Yeah, so, that isn't exactly the only strange thing that's happened since you left."
Whoa. I'd sell my wings to get one of these visual communicators back in Equestria.
Pretty sweet, huh? It happens to all of us when we play."
"Hmm. My crown was returned to Equestria, but some of its magic must have remained here at Canterlot High."
"Now that we're all back together, we can use that magic on the sirens."
"Just like when we were able to use it on Sunset Shimmer when she turned into that horrifyingly awful winged monster!"
"No offense."
"None taken."
"Heh. I'm used to it."
"They'll never even know what hit 'em!"
HADOUKEN!
"We've got nothin' to worry about now that Twilight's back."
"Oh, I'm pretty sure could find something to worry about."
"But it won't be the sirens."
"The sooner we do this, the better."
"Any idea where the Dazzlings might be?"
Ooh! Ooh! I know! I know! Just gimme a sec.
How can Pinkie swallow that without getting an ice cream headache?
I drink your milkshake.
"There's a big party tonight for all the bands who signed up to be in the showcase! That would include the Dazzlings."
"Looks like we've got a party to crash!"
"Squee!"
Friendship is magic?[]
Twilight!?
Eh, Bumped. Into always doing it.
So mature Spot!
More than you.
Do not.
Do too.
There isn't going to be the Battle of the Bands.
Alright girls!
Let's do this.
What? It did not happen.
This is so humiliating!
You uh really need to go ahead and do that whole Magic of Friendship thing now.
I'm trying Spike, I thought the 6 of us standing together against the Sirens would bring out the magic we needed to defeat them that what happened before.
This group is obviously serious about winning a little cocky though aren't they.
Claiming there won't really be a battle seems they think they already got this thing all locked up.
Not if the Great and Powerful Trixie has anything to do with it.
Whatever, Trixie we are the best bands in CHS.
No the Crusaders are gonna win!
I think we may have found what we're looking for or rather it found us.
What!?
Magic, don't you see?
Everyone else has fallen under our spell.
But not these girls.
These girls are so special.
There are no strings on us.
The Rainbooms' newest member[]
I should have been able to create the spark that would help us break their spell.
But to defeat me, you drew magic from the crown I was wearing.
So maybe you have to use the same kind of magic to defeat them.
No, I think you're onto something!
It's when you play music that you transform now right?
Yup Ears, Tails, The whole shebang.
So maybe the way to use that magic to defeat the sirens is by playing a musical counter spell.
The band competition!
That's the next time we can be certain everyone will be in the same place at the same time.
Guess the Rainbooms are the band to beat.
Just became the Rainbooms newest member.
Triangle!
Sousaphone!
Theremin!
I might take a little too long to learn how to play something with these.
Like as in lead singer
Cuz that's usually my gig. This being my band and all.
and of course as lead singer
She's the one with the magical know-how to help us pull this thing up.
Okay, yeah that's cool.
I'll just use this as a chance to hone in.
My already insanely good lead guitar skills.
And we don't have to win the Battle of the Bands.
We just have to perform during the first round of the competition.
Well, that just it. I don't know any.
But I'm sure I could figure out how to write one!
Totally, Twilight can write a spell like it's nobody's business.
That's pretty much how she got to become a "princess in Equestria."
"And there was a little more to it than that, Spike."
"Well, last time we were here, Spike and I spent the night in the library."
Slumber party[]
Ah, I just love perfect-- Wait? What the?!
Spike, you ruined our selfie!
"I doubt it."
"So, Twilight, how is that counter-spell coming?"
Huh? Oh, uh, good, great.
...Fluttershy. I really like the song you wrote for the Rainbooms. Hey, look! It's a Gummy plush!
"Thanks."
[sighs sadly] "Hopefully, one day, we'll get a chance to play it."
[Rainbow laughing] Applejack: "Hey!"
"Twilight..."
...I think I speak for all of us when I say..."
"...I don't know what we would have done if you hadn't come back to..."
"...help us."
"Uh-huh!"
Midnight snack[]
[girls snoring]
Can't sleep.
"I'm a ninja, I'm a pajama ninja..."
Still not used to walking on two legs, eh, Twily?
I can get better hoofwriting if I write this way.
"No! That's not gonna work."
Sunset: "Hey, Twilight."
Busted!
"You're up late."
Poor Twilight doesn't want to disappoint her former enemy and newest friend.
"Just looking over the counter-spell."
"We only get one shot at this. It has to be perfect."
"We really are lucky you're here."
"That's what everyone keeps telling me."
"Who could possibly need this much..."
"...whipped cream?" Pinkie Pie! Who else?
"Must be nice to have everyone always..."
"...looking to you for answers to their problems..."
"...instead of waiting for you to cause a problem."
"Just because everyone expects something from you..."
"...doesn't mean it's guaranteed to happen."
"But that doesn't stop them from expecting it."
"Which only makes things harder because the last thing you want to do is..."
Both girls: "...let everybody down."
Kindred spirits.
A wild Maud appears.
WAAAAH!
"Boulder was hungry."
Just feedin' my pet rock.
Whoa....okay, THAT was creepy.
Sleep tight, friends of my little sister.
"I still can't get over the fact that she's related to Pinkie Pie."
"You and me both."
"I better get some sleep. Good luck with the counter-spell. Not that you'll need it."
"This must be nothing compared with the stuff you're expected to deal with as a princess in Equestria."
"Sunset Shimmer?"
"I... forgive... you... for what... happened between... us in the... first movie and... I want you to be... my... friend".