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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