Automated wordcount: 3039 This was file was automatically generated by a google docs scraper, intended for use with e-reading devices. If you wish to have this removed from this list, email ra.llan.pcl+complaints @ gmail.com. MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC “Bubble Beam’s Best” ©2011 Samuel Smith FIRST DRAFT Revision 2.27.11 samuelsmithhhmm@gmail.com COLD OPEN 1 EXT. DOWNTOWN PONYVILLE (Wide, establishing shot of Ponyville as the sun rises. BUBBLE BEAM, the famed gray pegasus pony with yellow mane and eyes, pops up in profile in the foreground, wearing a brown saddlebag, holding an orange envelope in her teeth. She takes a deep breath and trots into town, the camera following.) BUBBLE BEAM (v.o.) All across Ponyville, the beautiful sunrise shines off trees and peeks through windows. 2 INT. LYRA’S BEDROOM (LYRA, the musical pony, rises from sleep as the sun beams through her window. She stretches her ‘arms’ and gets out of bed. Bubble Beam passes by in the background, through the window.) BUBBLE BEAM (v.o., cont’d) Just as ponies start to wake up, I bring them little reminders… 3 EXT. PONYVILLE STREET A. (Lyra meets Bubble Beam at the door and leaves her with the orange envelope. Lyra opens it and reads it as Bubble Beam Trots on to the next destination.) BUBBLE BEAM (v.o., cont’d) that there’s a town full of ponies with something to say to them. B. (The letter has a drawing of a stage. Above it, a pony in silhouette plays a harp, followed by a question mark. The letter is pulled down to reveal the same stage being prepared in the village green before her by some helpful ponies.) BUBBLE BEAM (v.o., cont’d) The sun lets them know it’s okay to come out into the world. C. (Lyra looks down a couple of houses to the MAYOR, who is standing on her doorstep receiving mail from Bubble Beam. The Mayor smiles warmly at Lyra, and waves at her. The Mayor leaves Bubble Beam with some outgoing mail, another orange envelope, as we pan back to see Lyra bouncing happily. She rushes into her house and bounces back out with her harp in tow. BUBBLE BEAM (v.o., cont’d) But I bring news that makes them want to come out in that world, and get back in touch with all their friends, and do all the things Ponyville needs them to do. D. (Bubble Beam pauses a moment and looks at the scene, happy to have delivered good news. The camera swings out from profile view to reveal Bubble Beam’s lazy eye.) BUBBLE BEAM (v.o., cont’d) My name is Bubble Beam. And I deliver the Ponyville Mail. ACT ONE 1 EXT. TWILIGHT SPARKLE’S HOUSE (Morning. TWILIGHT SPARKLE waits at her door as Bubble Beam approaches with the mail.) TWILIGHT SPARKLE Good morning, Bubble Beam! BUBBLE BEAM Good morning, Twilight Sparkle! Here’s a letter from The Mayor! (Twilight Sparkle opens it and reads.) TWILIGHT SPARKLE (READING ALOUD) “Dear Twilight Sparkle, I have read the piece you prepared, and I think you’ve summed up the history of Ponyville perfectly. I would like to use it, as written, (EXCITED) for the New Ponyville Tourism Video.” (STOPS READING) oh, Bubble Beam! I’ve been working so hard on writing the perfect piece, and they’re using it! BUBBLE BEAM Congratulations! I’m always happy to bring good news. (Bubble Beam nods, and starts flying off to the next destination.) TWILIGHT SPARKLE Thank you, Bubble Beam! See you at the Candy Canter! 2. EXT. SKIES ABOVE PONYVILLE A. (Bubble Beam flies along. She shows some skill at maneuvering, taking some showy dips and dives. She looks down at the houses below, some wispy clouds hanging amidst her altitude.) BUBBLE BEAM (v.o.) One thing I love about bringing the mail is getting to see all the different houses that ponies live in. When I was a filly, A lot of ponies made fun of my lazy eye, and no pony had me over to visit. B. (Bubble Beam catches sight of Rarity’s house, and swoops in for a landing at her front door.) BUBBLE BEAM (v.o., cont’d) Here it is, the most beautiful house in Ponyville. C. (Bubble Beam rings the doorbell. She waits with a smile, happy to be around the house. Some red and blue envelopes are in her mouth, all mixed in together.) BUBBLE BEAM (v.o., cont’d) I’d love to see the inside someday… (RARITY flings the door open. Bubble beam looks dejected as Rarity chews her out.) RARITY Oh, for Pony’s sakes, Bubble Beam! BUBBLE BEAM (v.o., cont’d) …but I don’t think that’ll happen anytime soon. RARITY (OVERLAPPING WITH BUBBLE BEAM’S NARRATION) If I’ve told you once I’ve told you a thousand times, the red packages (END OVERLAP) are to be left with Sweetie Belle for sorting! The mailroom is the third balcony clockwise from the frieze. And would it be so difficult to take my outgoing mail first? It’s all I can do to account for the time zones of Lipizzan- ia! Ugh, I don’t have time for this. Why can’t Ponyville hire a mail pony that can – (Rarity slams the door in Bubble Beam’s face.) RARITY (v.o., from within) -see straight? SWEETIE BELLE (v.o., from within) Rarity, that was mean. D. (Bubble Beam faces the camera and flies slowly to the next destination. A tear wells up in her eye as she flies.) BUBBLE BEAM (v.o.) I make mistakes sometimes, like everypony else. (APPLEJACK leans in from the side and calls out.) APPLEJACK Hay Bubble Beam! Did mah seed catalog come in yet? (Bubble Beam blinks away the tear, heartened again. With a confident smile, she gets the catalog out of her bag with her mouth, and tosses it in the air. She bounces it off her nose to Applejack.) BUBBLE BEAM (v.o.) But I can only be the best mail pony I can be. BUBBLE BEAM Right here, Applejack! (The catalog lands in front of a beaming Applejack. Bubble Beam crosses the screen in a blur in the foreground, zooming off. Applejack follows her with her eyes.) APPLEJACK Got the other one comin’ tomorrow. Now what would I do without you? 3. EXT. PONYVILLE VILLAGE GREEN - NIGHT A. (The green is crowded with ponies in costume. Booths are set up as in a fair. Lyra is on stage, playing mysterious, creepy music incongrous to a harp, but still played skillfully.) (Bubble Beam gallops through the scene, wearing a sombrero and a long false mustache. A new, colorful saddlebag worn on her front, brims over with candy. Giddy at having received it, she trots off to a remote corner to eat her fill.) BUBBLE BEAM So much candy so much candy so much candy… (She stops short on seeing Rarity, in a ridiculous getup, talking on a public telephone nearby. She does not turn to face her, but listens in. Her expression fades and sinks as she listens.) RARITY A thousand apologies, Hoity darling, but I’m afraid our brilliant mailpony here in town didn’t get the mail out yesterday. … Oh, thank you for understanding. … Oh, I can’t wait to do the video! Ponyville will look like the best-dressed city in Equestria! Careful now. (CHUCKLES) Ciao. (Rarity trots off to the left. Bubble Beam pouts and hangs her ears, on the verge of tears again. Then, RAINBOW DASH and FLUTTERSHY come through. Rainbow Dash has a bandit’s mask, and black and white prison stripes over her colorful form. Fluttershy is in pirate regalia, with a hat, sash, sword, eye patch, and live parrot CRACKERBEARD on her shoulder.) FLUTTERSHY Orrrr! Avast, shiver me booties and walk the flank! (Rainbow Dash gives an exasperated sigh, but wears a smirk, not really mad, but giving Fluttershy a hard time. RAINBOW DASH It’s “Arrr,” Fluttershy. You’re a terrible pirate! You’re not fit to wear this. (Rainbow Dash playfully steals her eyepatch away with her teeth, and tosses it aside. It lands at Bubble Beam’s feet.) FLUTTERSHY (SHEEPISH) Oh … okay. Can I at keep Crackerbeard? CRACKERBEARD Rawk? (Crackerbeard bites at Rainbow Dash’s bandit mask and tugs at it as the two walk on out of frame) RAINBOW DASH Hey! Let go… 4 EXT. PONYVILLE BACK ALLEYS, NIGHT, cont’d A. (Bubble Beam looks down and ponders the eye patch.) BUBBLE BEAM (v.o.) All that Rarity cares about is looks. (Bubble Beam takes the eyepatch in her teeth, and walks along the backs of houses. She catches a glimpse inside a window of Sugarcube Corner, where CUP CAKE is correcting PINKIE PIE.) CUP CAKE No, Pinkie, the order was for Pink Cherry tarts, not Inkberry tarts! Put those outside and go get some sugar, I’ll have to start over. PINKIE PIE (WHINES) Ohhh.. (Pinkie Pie totes the huge, weighty bag of inkberries outside. She barely gets to the threshhold, where she lets the inkberries spill out. She catches her breath from the strain, then goes to a sugar barrel to dip out sugar. Bubble Beam looks on.) BUBBLE BEAM (v.o.) I bet if I made the same mistakes, but in a prettier package, she wouldn’t care as much. (Pinkie Pie hums some as she dips out some sugar from the barrel. Some squishy noises catch her ears. She turns around and we zoom out to see Bubble Beam, having cast off her costume and candy bag, and now rolling in the Inkberries, leaving her a deep blue hue. She giggles some at the feel, and fun of it all. Pinkie Pie sees this, and blinks, and watches for a moment, unsure what to make of it. She then just joins in, adding her laughter to the mix as she rolls around in the berries and gets herself the same color.) B. (Wipe to Bubble Beam near a tree. Her fur is stained deep blue, and she wears the eye patch, along with a blue ‘suit’. She uses a low-hanging branch, shaped like a comb, to comb her mane into a neater ‘do.) BUBBLE BEAM (v.o.) If I were pretty enough, she’d probably even let me in for tea! C. (A white elephant silhouette is being painted onto a blue stained flank. Zoom back to reveal Bubble beam holding a paintbrush.) BUBBLE BEAM (v.o., cont’d) and that’s when I can rip off this disguise and call her out on how prejudiced she is. BUBBLE BEAM Now for just a little lick of Poison Joke… (She takes a tiny lick of a nearby blue flower, some storm clouds behind her. Her voice and appearance changed, she takes on her new identity with suave confidence.) IVORY MOONGLOW The name’s Moonglow. Ivory Moonglow. ACT TWO 1 INT. RARITY’S HOUSE, MORNING A. (Rarity is still in bed, hair messy, waking up groggily. OPALESCENCE is marching in place on her face, until she stirs. She then hops off and paces about anxiously, the hungry cat unsympathetic to her laments of binging.) RARITY Oh, Opal, I’m usually a pony of restraint. But some- thing about the Candy Canter makes me eat so much! Must be the excitement of all the fabulous costumes about. B. (The doorbell rings. Rarity comes downstairs to answer the door as she talks, looking a mess.) RARITY Oh, now who’s this? It must be that derpy-hoofed Bubble Beam, right on time with the wrong package. C. (Rarity opens the door. Ivory Moonglow answers the door, presenting a package, and several red and blue envelopes, stacked together in a mixture. Rarity’s jaw drops at the handsome, elegant, eye-patched pony. Opal peeks into frame – she has a look, then turns tail to him.) IVORY MOONGLOW Fine jewelry shipment for Miss Rattly. Can you sign for it? RARITY (BEAT) …Oh, yes, of course. These must be for me. Rarity, actually. (Rarity signs for the package.) RARITY (cont’d) You must be new on the mail route. I most definitely would have remembered you. IVORY MOONGLOW Yes. (BOWING) Ivory Moonglow, at your service. I’m just out of school, so forgive me if I get things wrong. So many doors in this home. Does Madam have a preference as to which mail goes where? (Ivory Moonglow nudges the envelope pile with a hoof, cascading the pile of red and blue envelopes.) RARITY Hmm? Oh no, you can leave everything with me, it’s no prob- lem at all. (Ivory gets a little smile.) BUBBLE BEAM (v.o) I knew it! Bubble Beam’s mistakes don’t displease her, but Bubble Beam does! That snobby nag! Right then was my chance to take off my disguise and give her a piece of my mind. (Ivory’s mouth opens. His eyes then get distracted on the lush interiors of the boutique.) BUBBLE BEAM (v.o) …so why weren’t the words coming out? IVORY MOONGLOW Such a lovely home you have, Miss Rarity. RARITY Just another canvas on which to carry out my artistry of design, dear. You must have been up half the morning by now. Won’t you come in for a pastry? IVORY MOONGLOW …I’d love to. I was jut so glad to finally get to see the inside of her house. Finally … this little wall-eyed mail pony gets invited over to the house of a … friend? (Rarity’s kitchen. Rarity and Ivory eat off elegant trays, as Opal overdramatizes her hunger.) RARITY Ivory, darling, you simply must come to the shoot for the Tourism Video. We want to show Ponyville In the best light possible, to bring ponies in from all over Equestria to visit! I’m sure I could create a dashing ensemble for a pony such as yourself. IVORY Oh, you’re too much, Rarity. But I would love to be on a video… RARITY We can make it happen, Darling. Just show up at Silver- mane Studios tomorrow, two hours before dawn. (SIPS TEA) IVORY Two hours? RARITY There’s lots of makeup and mane involved, darling. Don’t worry, you’ll do fine. (Ivory wears a pained expression, which follows him to the next scene.) 2 INT. SILVERMANE STUDIOS (A busy studio set, where ponies (including the Mayor) bustle about. Ivory is suspended upside down, and Rarity is applying product to his mane. Opal meows loudly, getting in her way.) RARITY There. Now just let that set for forty more minutes and you’ll absolutely shine on screen, love. (APPLE BLOOM and her dog WINONA wander onto set. They both search around.) APPLE BLOOM Sis says we’re supposed to get another seed catalog in the mail today. Where’s our seed catalog? (She is eclipsed by Twilight Sparkle arguing with the Mayor.) TWILIGHT SPARKLE I thought you said we were using my piece as written! We can’t just ignore two hundred years of sweet potato cultivation advancements! MAYOR It’s nothing personal, dear, it’s just that we had to budget in more time for Ivory Moonglow’s musical number! Didn’t you get my letter? TWILIGHT SPARKLE I haven’t been getting any mail! What happened to Bubble Beam? (Ivory pouts. He gets nervous when Winona comes up to his side, tail wagging.) (Rarity pushes out a well-dressed pony mannequin on wheels.) RARITY Voila! The wardrobe design for the runaway star of our video, Ivory Moonglow! (Nearby ponies ooh and ahh at the design.) RARITY What do you think Ivory darling, is it good or grand? Ivory? IVORY! (Winona and Opal have licked away a big sections of Ivory’s deep blue stain, revealing Bubble Beam’s gray underneath. The tickle of the tongue makes Ivory laugh, and sways him in the upside-down suspension. Pinkie Pie finds her way into frame.) PINKIE PIE Ooh, Inkberry! Pinkie Pie starts licking as well. IVORY MOONGLOW (AMIDST LAUGHTER) No … stop it … help… (Opal snatches away Ivory’s eye patch. RARITY Bubble Beam!? IVORY MOONGLOW (SIGHS) Can I get down from here please? RARITY You know, not everypony could pull off such a convincing disguise. You’re a natural actress. But you’re still a wall-eyed mailpony at heart, and you’ve manged to mess everything up. No matter. We need you to be Ivory Moon- Glow now. Let’s get Makeup back in here. PONY Makeup! IVORY No. RARITY I’m sorry Bubble Brain, Did you just tell me no? (ZECORA noses in a cup of tea on a saucer. Ivory drinks this, turning her voice back to Bubble Beam.) BUBBLE BEAM Yes! I did. And it’s Bubble Beam to you. The same Bubble Beam who you treated like Dirt. But ‘Ivory Moonglow’ made all the same mistakes, and you didn’t have a bad word to say about him! You even brought him in for cookies. Just because he looks more sophis- ticated. RARITY (BLUSHING) I … oh dear… TWILIGHT SPARKLE So why did you keep up the disguise? BUBBLE BEAM Because … because I got to See Rarity’s house, and she even got me a part on a video! I’m just a mailpony, this is all so new to me. The character brought me things that Bubble Beam couldn’t get for herself. APPLEJACK (v.o.) “Ivory Moonglow,” huh? (The ponies turn to look at Applejack and Apple Bloom, near the entrance.) APPLEJACK Sounds like that character’s gettin’ in the way of my mailpony. Show ‘em what we think about that, Sis. (Apple Bloom kicks a nearby pulley. A stage light comes crashing down on the Ivory Moonglow mannequin, shattering it, and catching it on fire briefly before handy ponies put it out.) RARITY My suit! Oh… (Applejack approaches Bubble Beam and nuzzles her.) APPLEJACK Bubble Beam’s a sweetie pie, and there ain’t no call bein’ mean to her. She might not be cut out for bein’ on camera, but that doesn’t stop her from doin’ good in this world. Now, do ya think you could bring me mah new seed catalog, Sugarcube? BUBBLE BEAM Okay. TWILIGHT SPARKLE Then come right back here. (Everypony reacts in puzzlement). BUBBLE BEAM Hmm? TWILIGHT SPARKLE We’ve got to make up for Ivory’s musical. So go deliver the mail, and while you’re out, I’ll write the Bubble Beam segment. The pony stays in the picture! (Everypony cheers. Bubble Beam looks gives a grateful look to the confident Twilight Sparkle.) ACT 3 (AS BEFORE, Bubble Beam looks out over Ponyville at sunrise) BUBBLE BEAM (v.o.) My name is Bubble Beam. And I deliver the Ponyville Mail. (A splashy logo for “Ponyville” gets rendered across the screen, to a bouncy musical number. Cut back to reveal ponies watching the video at a large, homey gathering spot with refreshments. The ponies erupt in a cheer. A male pony jumps above the crowd in the distance turning somersaults in the air and wearing a Bubble Beam shirt.) PONY (SHOUTING) We love you Bubble Beam! (Bubble Beam looks on, satisfied. She then looks to her side, as Rarity noses a tray of cookies up to her.) RARITY More cookies, Bubble Beam? BUBBLE BEAM Thank you, Rarity! PRINCESS CELESTIA (v.o.) May I have one too, Rarity? (Rarity turns, and immediately bows. The other ponies follow, among murmurs of “Princess Celestia!”) RARITY Of course, Princess. Celestia eats the cookie as Twilight Sparkle approaches. PRINCESS CELESTIA Mmm, delicious. Twilight Sparkle, I was impressed by your thorough history of Ponyville. TWILIGHT SPARKLE Thank you, Princess Celestia. PRINCESS CELESTIA But I was impressed more by how much Bubble Beam, our little mailpony, really shined on screen. They love you, Bubble Beam! Ponies from all around are already on their way to visit Ponyville. Great work! Have you learned anything about friendship from all this, Twilight? TWILIGHT SPARKLE Yes, Princess Celestia. I learned that friends should be there through whatever doors may open or close in a pony’s life. We should be able to see our friend as an actress and a mail pony – as charming and hardworking as well as flawed. Ponies have all different sides to them, and it sometimes takes all kinds of different eyes to see the whole picture. PRINCESS CELESTIA (BEAT) Goodness, that cookie made me thirsty. Who wants punch? TWILIGHT SPARKLE (BOGGLED) …Princess? (Princess Celestia steps behind the bar. She uses her magic soon lifts up many bottles, fruits, and ice, to start building a punch. PRINCESS CELESTIA I ‘ve always had a knack for mixing juices. My punch was the talk of the Canterlot Ball. (She serves Twilight Sparkle and Bubble Beam two glasses full. They drink.) PRINCESS CELESTIA Just showing you another side of myself, Twilight. BUBBLE BEAM And it’s delicious! (All laugh.) PRINCESS CELESTIA Everypony, come get some! END * * *