Suited For Success


 * Rarity: Oh, Opalescence. Can't you just picture it? Moi, stepping up in a stunning new gown at the Grand Galloping Gala in Canterlot! Why, yes! I did make it myself. Thank you so much for asking. Oh, Opal, of course you can help me. Thank you. What's that? You want to help me more! Oh, aren't you the sweetest thing? Careful now. Don't move. This shouldn't take long at all.




 * Applejack: Howdy, Rarity!
 * Twilight Sparkle: Shh... Can't you see Rarity is trying to concentrate?
 * Applejack: What do you think she's makin'?
 * Twilight Sparkle: Looks like a dress.
 * Applejack: Well, that makes sense. Since this is a dressmaker's shop and all.
 * Rarity: Is there something I can help you with?
 * Twilight Sparkle: Oh, so very sorry to trouble you, Rarity, but I need a quick favor. Could you please fix the button for me? It's my dress for the Grand Galloping Gala.
 * Rarity: Oh, no, no, no! You can't wear this... old thing. You need a glamorous new outfit for the Gala and I'll make it for you. No problem at all. It will be my pleasure!
 * Twilight Sparkle: Oh, that's really sweet of you to offer, Rarity, but I can't let you do that. It would be so much work. This dress is fine.
 * Rarity: Twilight Sparkle. I insist on making you a new dress.
 * Twilight Sparkle: But...
 * Rarity: Not another word! I won't take no for an answer.
 * Twilight Sparkle: Well, in that case... Thank you for your generosity, Rarity. Knowing your handiwork, I'm sure it will be absolutely beautiful.
 * Rarity: Let me guess, Applejack. You don't want a new gown either.
 * Applejack: Gown? Shoot. I was just gonna wear my old work duds.
 * Rarity: You can't possibly be serious, Applejack! You absolutely must wear formal attire.
 * Applejack: Hm... Nah.
 * Rarity: What if I just spruce up your... duds for you a little bit?
 * Applejack: Okay, sure. Why not? Since you're up for it and all. Just don't make them too... froufrou-y.
 * Rarity: Deal!
 * Rainbow Dash: Look out below!
 * [crash]
 * Rainbow Dash: Sorry. New trick. Didn't quite work.
 * Rarity: Hmm... [gasp] Idea! I'll make you an outfit for the Gala too, Rainbow Dash.
 * Rainbow Dash: Outfit for the what now?
 * Rarity: I'll make one for you and you and all of you. Oh! And of course Pinkie and Fluttershy too. Oh, and when I'm done, we can hold our very own fashion show!
 * Twilight Sparkle: What a great idea! If you're sure you can handle it.
 * Rarity: Oh, it'll be a little bit of work, but it will be a wonderful boost for my business. Plus, fun!
 * Rainbow Dash: Oh, I love fun things!
 * Rarity: Then it's settled. We'll have a fashion show starring us.
 * Applejack: So all you have to do is make a different, stunning, original, amazing outfit for one, two, three, four, five... plus yourself, six ponies? And lickety split?
 * Rarity: Oh, Applejack. You make it sound as if it's going to be hard.


 * Rarity: That's it. Keep them closed. Don't look. Okay, you can look now! These are your new outfits. What do you think of your old duds now, Applejack? Pretty swanky, are they not? And Twilight! I made this dress for you and I designed each outfit theme to perfectly reflect each pony's unique personality. Oh, it took me forever to get the colors right on this one, Rainbow Dash, but I did it. Oh, and it turned out BEAUTIFUL, don't you think? Ooo, and I know you are going to love yours, Fluttershy. It just sings spring! And Pinkie Pie, look! Pink! Your favorite! Aren't they all amazing?
 * Twilight Sparkle: Wow... They're...
 * Rainbow Dash: Yeah, they're...
 * Applejack: They sure are... sumth'n.
 * Twilight Sparkle: Yes! Something.
 * Pinkie Pie: I love something! Something is my favorite!
 * Fluttershy: It's... nice.
 * Rarity: But what's the matter? Don't you like them?
 * Twilight Sparkle: They're very nice...
 * Applejack: And we're plum grateful 'cause you worked so hard on them.
 * Rainbow Dash: Mine's just not as cool as I was imagining. She asked.
 * Twilight Sparkle: I guess what we're all saying is that they're just not what we had in mind.
 * [collective yeah]
 * Rarity: That's okay. Not a problem. There's plenty more where that came from. They were only a first pass. You're my friends and I want you to be 110% satisfied. Not to worry, I'll redo them.
 * Fluttershy: Oh, Rarity. You don't have to do that. They're fine.
 * Rarity: I want them to be better that just fine. I want you to think they're absolutely perfect.
 * Applejack: Are you sure? I mean, we wouldn't wanna impose.
 * Rarity: Oh, it's no imposition. Really, I insist.
 * Twilight Sparkle: Well, in that case... Thank you again, Rarity.
 * Rarity: What have I gotten myself into?


 * Fluttershy: Hello? You wanted to see me, Rarity?
 * Rarity: Fluttershy! Your new-new gown's ready. I completely revised it and I know you're going to love it. What do you think?
 * Fluttershy: I... love it.
 * Rarity: Oh, you're just saying that.
 * Fluttershy: No, no. I do. It's... nice.
 * Rarity: "Nice"?
 * Fluttershy: Nice.
 * Rarity: If you don't like it, you should just tell me.
 * Fluttershy: Oh, but I do like it.
 * Rarity: Like it or love it?
 * Fluttershy: Um... both?
 * Rarity: Which is it?
 * Fluttershy: Please stop asking me this, I...
 * Rarity: Well, just tell me what you really think.
 * Fluttershy: No, that's okay...
 * Rarity: Tell me.
 * Fluttershy: No... it's fine...
 * Rarity: Tell me!
 * Fluttershy: I... like it...
 * Rarity: Tell me, tell me, tell-me-tell-me-tell-me!
 * Fluttershy: All right! Since you really wanna know... [inhales] The armscye's tight, the middy collar doesn't go with the shawl lapel, the hems are clearly machine-stitched, the pleats are uneven, the fabric looks like toile, you used a backstitch here when it clearly called for a topstitch or maybe a traditional blanket stitch, and the overdesign is reminiscent of prêt-à-porter and not true French haute couture. [pauses] But, uh... you know... um, whatever you want to do is fine.


 * Rarity: Oh, Opal. These are the ugliest dresses I've ever made.


 * Rarity: Okay. I did exactly what each of you asked for. Now don't hold back. Let me know what you really think.
 * Twilight Sparkle: Oh my!
 * Fluttershy: It's... perfect!
 * Rainbow Dash: It's cool!
 * Applejack: Why, they're the best duds I ever did see.
 * All: It's exactly what I asked for!
 * Twilight Sparkle: Thank you, Rarity.
 * Pinkie Pie: Are you as happy with them as we are? Huh? Huh? Huh?
 * Rarity: Well, I'm... happy that all of you are happy. I'm just relieved to finally be done.
 * Spike: You are never gonna believe this! You've heard of Hoity Toity?
 * Twilight Sparkle: The bigwig fashion hotshot in Canterlot?
 * Spike: Uh-huh. He heard about your fashion show. Well, maybe I happened to mention it to him... He's coming here all the way from Canterlot to see your work, Rarity!
 * Applejack: Whoa, Nelly! You could sell a ton o' dresses to this guy. Your business will be boomin'!
 * Twilight Sparkle: Wow!
 * Rainbow Dash: That's so cool!
 * Pinkie Pie: I don't believe it!
 * Rarity: Hoity Toity? He's coming here? To see THESE dresses?
 * Spike: Yep! Get ready for all of your dreams to come true.


 * Rarity: Oh. [gasp] There he is! [deep breaths] Okay. Relax, Rarity. Your friends like their outfits and so will he. UUUAAA, what's wrong with the lights?! Oh, yes. That means the show's starting. Good.
 * [music]
 * Spike: Since the beginning of time, the elite of Equestria have longed for pony fashions that truly expressed the essence of their very souls. Patiently waiting decades -- no, centuries -- for the perfect pony gown. Today, at long last, Equestria, your wait is over! Let's hear it for the breathtaking designs of Ponyville's own Rarity!
 * [ponies murmuring]
 * Applejack: Why's everypony lookin' at us like that?
 * Twilight Sparkle: Oh dear.
 * Rainbow Dash: You think we overdid it?
 * Applejack: Nah. [pause] Okay, maybe a little.
 * Hoity Toity: Oh, those amateurish designs look like a piled-on mishmash of everything but a kitchen sink! It's a travesty, it's what it is. Those outfits are the ugliest things I've ever seen, oh for shame. Who is responsible for subjecting our eyes to these horrors? Not to mention wasting my valuable time.
 * Rarity [to Opal]: Oh! Hide me.
 * Spike: Come on out and take a bow, Rarity. You worked really hard for this. Yes! Alright, woohoo! Go, Rarity!


 * Pinkie Pie: Rarity? You okay in there? You haven't come out for days.
 * Rarity: I'm never coming out! I can't show my face in Ponyville ever again! I used to be somepony. I used to be respected. I made dresses. Beautiful, beautiful dresses! But now everypony is laughing at me. I'm nothing but a laughing stock! [sobs]
 * Twilight Sparkle: You're not a laughing stock, Rarity...
 * Rainbow Dash: She kind of is.
 * Twilight Sparkle: Shhh! Come on out and talk to us.
 * Rarity: Leave me alone! I want to be alone! I want to wallow in... whatever it is that ponies are supposed to wallow in! Do ponies wallow in pity? Oh, listen to me, I don't even know what I'm supposed to wallow in! I'M SO PATHETIC!
 * Twilight Sparkle: Now what do we do?
 * Fluttershy: Uh... panic?
 * Rainbow Dash: That's your answer for everything!
 * Applejack: Well, we can't just leave Rarity like this.
 * Pinkie Pie: She'll become a crazy cat lady!
 * Twilight Sparkle: She only has one cat.
 * Pinkie Pie: Give her time.


 * Rarity: Exile... I guess technically I'd have to move away to live in exile. Where would I go? And what would I pack? Oh, it's going to take me forever to do all of that packing. What are you supposed to pack when you go to exile? Are you supposed to pack warm?
 * Opalescence: [meowing]
 * Rarity: Huh? Opal?
 * Opalescence: [meowing]
 * Rarity: Opal, how did you get up there? Hang on, you poor dear! Mama's coming!
 * Rarity: Rainbow Dash?! How dare you strand my poor Opal in a tree?
 * Rainbow Dash: Well, how else were we gonna get you out here to show you this?
 * Rarity: What is it? It's not... You... [gasp]
 * Pinkie Pie: We all finished your dress for you.
 * Applejack: Thanks to Fluttershy's freaky knowledge of sewing.
 * Fluttershy: Do you like it?
 * Rarity: Like it? Like it?!
 * Fluttershy: Uh-uh. She doesn't like it.
 * Rarity: No, I don't like it.
 * Everypony: Awwww...
 * Rarity: I LOVE IT!
 * Everypony: Yay!
 * Rarity: You ponies did an amazing job. It's exactly the way I imagined it.
 * Fluttershy: We just followed your brilliant design.
 * Twilight Sparkle: Like we should have let you do for our outfits. Those first dresses you designed were perfect.
 * Pinkie Pie: We're so super sorry.
 * Rainbow Dash: You worked really hard to make our dresses exactly the way we wanted them. We all saw how well that turned out.
 * Rarity: Oh, I forgive you.
 * Applejack: Well, that's mighty big of you.
 * Rarity: But my whole career is still ruined!
 * Applejack: Oh, right. That.
 * Twilight Sparkle: Maybe not.
 * Hoity Toity: All right, I haven't got all day.


 * Hoity Toity: Take two.
 * [music: Twilight's dress]
 * Hoity Toity: Hello... Oh, this can't be the same designer.
 * [music: Applejack's dress]
 * Hoity Toity: Simply magnificent! And I suddenly have a fierce craving for some Dutch apple pie, candied apples on a stick, apple turnovers, apple cobbler...
 * [music: Pinkie Pie's dress]
 * Hoity Toity: Brilliant!
 * [thunder]
 * [music: Rainbow Dash's dress]
 * Hoity Toity: Oh, spectacular!
 * [music: Fluttershy's dress]
 * Hoity Toity: Now this is a fashion show! All of these dresses are absolutely amazing. Who is responsible? Step forward, show yourself!
 * [music: Rarity's dress]
 * Hoity Toity: Brava! Brava! Magnifico! Encore!
 * Rarity: Oh, thank you. Thank you! Oh, thank you so much!


 * Twilight Sparkle: Dear Princess Celestia,
 * This week my very talented friend Rarity learned that if you try to please everypony, you often times end up pleasing nopony, especially yourself. And I learned this: when somepony offers to do you a favor, like making you a beautiful dress, you shouldn't be overly critical of something generously given to you. In other words, you shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth. [giggles]
 * Hoity Toity: Rarity, my congratulations to you on a most impressive fashion debut. Would you do me the great honor of allowing me to feature your couture in my Best of the Best Boutique in Canterlot?
 * Rarity: [gasp]
 * Hoity Toity: Now, I'll need you to make a dozen of each dress for me by next Tuesday.


 * [music]
 * [credits]