He tries to demonstrate this 'skill' for Bright Smile and Elbow Grease but to no avail. When Spike walks up, Twilight is about to tell him the truth, but he's convinced that he can light fires with his mind. Twilight meets with her friends and admits to them that she lit the torch for Spike so he wouldn't be embarrassed. Outside the stadium, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Applejack congratulate the Crusaders for their flag routine. Harshwhinny is unsure how Spike pulled it off, but nevertheless, the Equestria Games finally begin. When Twilight sees the trouble Spike is in, she discreetly casts a spell that lights the torch for him, and the crowd cheers. Harshwhinny, Spike climbs up to the torch and finds both his fire breath and his calming trick of counting to ten not working.ĭue to the torch lightning's delay, ponies in the crowd become confused or worried. The Cutie Mark Crusaders carry out their flag routine and the Ponyville team enters the stadium.

When they reach the torch platform, Spike becomes overwhelmed by the sheer number of ponies watching him. Harshwhinny, who explains to him the procedure for lighting the Games torch. Spike makes his way to the stadium with Ms. Twilight goes up to the exclusive box seats, where Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and other significant members of Equestrian society are already seated, and takes her seat next to Celestia. In the Equestria Games stadium, a gigantic crowd of ponies cheers and Shining Armor briefly addresses the athletic and flag-carrying teams. Spike gladly agrees, adding that as a dragon he can do so with his fire breath. Twilight and Cadance explain that, because of Spike's role in saving the Empire from King Sombra, he is recognized throughout the Empire as a hero and is known as 'Great and Honorable Spike the Brave and Glorious'.īecause of this, Cadance asks Spike to light the torch during the Equestria Games' opening ceremony. Inside, the Crystal Ponies pamper Spike and treat him like royalty. Apple Bloom starts to worry that they're not prepared for their flag-carrying routine, so Spike teaches her a trick he uses whenever he gets nervous about a task: counting to ten.ĭuring his talk with the Crusaders, Spike is suddenly carried away by a pair of Crystal Pony royal guards, who deliver him to Twilight Sparkle and Princess Cadance in front of the palace. She's uncertain of her own team's chances against the Wonderbolts, but Scootaloo cheers her up by saying, 'Winners or not, we still have a chance to be awesome!' Rainbow Dash thus encourages everyone to give their best.Īs the train arrives at the Empire, Spike loads everyone's gear onto a wheel cart. On the train ride to the Crystal Empire, Rainbow Dash says a few words of inspiration to her teammates and fellow competitors.

The Ponyville representative teams are on their way to the Equestria Games. Īside from a few tips given to her beforehand, Cathy Weseluck's performance of Cloudsdale's anthem was improvised. The episode was first teased on December 16, 2013, when Hasbro's My Little Pony Facebook page posted an image of the Cutie Mark Crusaders including the text 'The Equestria Games are coming!' It was further teased on February 7, 2014, coinciding with the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, when the Hub Network posted a screenshot from this episode. However, Jim Miller wrote on Twitter that 'Games is 424'.

This episode is listed on Zap2it as the twenty-fifth episode of the fourth season.

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