

Ass Kicks You: Rarity tells Rainbow Dash she can't believe her plan to throw the tail-wrestling match with Spike worked.Asskicking Equals Authority: Garble, the red teenage dragon who seems to be The Leader of them, is also the strongest of the group, as shown when he beats all the others easily in the King of the Hoard game.The same could be said of Spike's thumbsucking - reptiles don't have a nursing reflex.It was likely done for Rule of Funny, as there's something abnormal about heftier characters lacking this feature. Despite the fact that dragons are born from eggs and naturally would lack this. One of the tubbier dragon teens has a belly button.One of the dragons insults Spike, saying he looks more like a "Peewee". Appropriated Appellation: Played With.She looks ready to smash through it, but instead, pauses, carefully opens the windows, and then jumps out. Anticlimax: Fluttershy tackles Rainbow Dash, stomps on her stomach, and makes a run for her back window to get away from joining the others to watch the Great Dragon Migration.Outside of Crackle, none of the other dragons are given names. All There in the Script: The name of the red, leading dragon is Garble, as reported by Nayuki, one of the show's layout artists.It probably didn't hurt that much considering how tough dragons are. Garble also gives Spike a noogie on becoming a dragon newbie, but this is far from affectionate.


Only Spike has any success in the raid finding a single unhatched egg on the ground. Their cries attract the phoenix parents, who return and drive the invaders away. The adolescent dragons move in but the phoenix chicks, already hatched, fly circles around them. Prompted by the other dragons, he provokes the phoenixes into giving chase and leading them away from the nest. The girls wave Spike off with smiles on their faces, but as soon as he's out of earshot.Īs the rookie, Spike's task is to distract the phoenix parents while the other dragons steal the eggs. Rarity and Rainbow Dash protest, but Twilight supports Spike's decision and encourages him to tell her everything when he returns. When Rainbow Dash and Rarity show up to invite them to breakfast, Twilight accepts, but Spike announces that he's going to undertake a quest to find out who he is - by joining the dragon migration. They go through the entire library, but come up with nothing dragons are too reclusive (and scary) for ponies to learn much about them. Twilight apologetically tells him she never knew where his egg came from, but offers to do research to help him find out his history. That night, Spike is still sad and restless from realizing he doesn't know where he came from. The other girls chime in with their own thoughts on how Spike isn't big, tough and scary like the other dragons, and their remarks fill Spike with self-doubt. Spike is on hand (in a pink apron) to serve them tea and muffins, and Rainbow Dash can't help but poke fun at him for not being as intimidating as the full-grown dragons. On the outskirts of Ponyville, the Mane Six are preparing a spot to watch the once-in-a-generation Great Dragon Migration (except Fluttershy, who still hasn't gotten over her fear of dragons and refuses to join the others).
