Wild Manes

Okay so... what exactly is going on? You made two new flavors, messed up this batch, except every horse in town ordered a batch?

Like did you just send these out as a promotion to be tried? Or did everyhorse for some reason order a batch of these despite you pretty much JUST making them...

Yeah seeing some holes in the plot.

That aside, it's not bad. Yeah we see those two horses we still don't know the names of. I imagine we'll get an episode focused on them eventually.

Stealing sweets. This is a new low point for Cocoa.

What's wrong with the macrons?!

"We're doing you a favor, Tilly!" "...Did they just call me fat?"

"I'm the worst macron baker in the world" Well, look on the bright side. You are stuck in a nowhere town. So, at least your terrible-ness is safely contained far away from most people?

"Cocoa, stop talking to your imaginary friends and help me fix this mess!"

"We're your favorites? Really?"

The morning rush consists of about 6 horses. Cherie just hates cleaning up.

"Yumucky" I could actually see this new word catching on.

But, they're horses. Shouldn't they like the extra salt? They famously enjoy salt licks.

Well...maybe you could sell them as dog biscuits? If anyone in this town actually had a dog, that is.

"No, as part of the baker's code, I must exile myself for this disgrace."

...Cherie has a delivery horse? She has a employee? She makes enough money to be able to HIRE someone to do this? How?!

We literally have nothing better to do today!

Well, we know how all that salt got into the macrons. These macrons are the flavor of her despair!

"Cowabunga!" She's helping!

Cocoa's really getting her money's worth for that cable she installed in Dreamer's bedroom.

It's a good thing there aren't any cops in this town, or else somebody might catch us.

I refuse to believe that Cherie actually sold that many boxes of macrons. Every horse in this town must have a dozen cavities each. How did Cherie not notice that she was using THAT MUCH salt instead of sugar? She's right, she really is the worst baker.

Well, great, now they've contaminated the water supply.

Well, at least it's very pretty pollution.

Stealing, polluting the environment, misrepresenting a product. These horses are terrible role models.

...How is she going to explain that she somehow magically knows that all her customer's macrons went mysteriously missing? This horse is terrible at crime.

They're going to eat the entire cart worth of macrons aren't they?

What happens if you eat all three?

Horse: *whining* I'M SO HAPPY! I THINK I'LL RACE AROUND! BOO HOO HOO!

Oh...poor Tilly. She's lost her ONE THING. That's all these ponies have, and if they lose it, who even ARE they anymore?! Their entire sense of identity is wrapped up in what they do!

Okay, now I feel bad. Someone please give Tilly a hug.

So, is this a "opposite day" episode or a "off day" episode?

Finley? Happy? And confident?! This is a world gone MAD! MAD, I SAY!

Cherie, you're a baker. What could you have POSSIBLY done in order to make everyone act strangely out of character as if they were on...oh. Oh, you're going to jail.

*It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia theme plays* The Gang is Baked.

It's so nice that this business is SO vacant that she can just do spring cleaning whenever she likes.

The Secret Book of Macaron Secrets! Another of these cursed books of eldritch lore, just like Dreamer had. They really need a goth librarian in this town or something.

Did this suddenly become a Breaking Bad parody?

Cocoa will be your lab rat! Cocoa's up for anything! Cocoa is SO BORED!

Sniffling Spongecake? Eh, I guess if you need to take a sick day. Win Every Game Grape? That's just steroids. Joyous Jelly? That's the good stuff, right there. That'll cost you extra.

...What happens if you eat ALL of them? Inquiring minds want to know!

So...they just so happen to have eaten the macarons that switched their personalities, basically. Bailey's usually the "happy" one. Tilly's usually the "competitive" one. And Finley's usually the..."bundle of nerves", but we can just call that "sad", I guess?

"Everything's so beautiful! I can SMELL COLORS!" Someone just put on some Pink Floyd, and let Finley ride this until it's out of her system.

"Finley's never THAT decisive!" Harsh, but true. Maybe you should help your friend, Cocoa.

"I just ran around Wild 27 times!" Okay, well, maybe she'll sweat it out of her system. Bailey's in for a brutal comedown.

"I found a poor little rock! It's all alone in the world." No rock is ever alone, Tilly. For every rock is made up of smaller rocks! That's just science! Methinks Tilly might be projecting a bit here.

"And FINLEY...she's about as joyous as a horse can GET!" Why does Cocoa make this sound like a bad thing? This might actually be a improvement for Finley! Let Finley be happy, Cocoa!

"NO FLAVOR...AT ALL?!" This is a personal insult to Cherie and her entire way of life.

Why do I get the feeling Cherie was ready to start bopping everyone on the head with that there rolling pin?

Oh, and now that Bailey is starting to get over that she gets REALLY sleepy. Yeah, there's no metaphor here AT ALL! Oh well, Bailey seems like she should be used to this kind of thing.

"Only my rock understands me. Hard on the outside. But, hiding a soft inner core."

Tilly just ABANDONED her rock. Great, now I feel bad for the rock.

Why? I get the others, but Finley was finally happy! Why must you maintain the status quo, Cocoa?!

"Ha Ha ha...so...is anyone else getting cravings for more of these macarons? C'mon, just one more, PLEASE! You can't cut me off like this cold turkey, man!"

Friends don't let friends eat macarons! Not even ONCE! WAY too much sugar, clearly.

Everyone's being weird. Poison Joke?

But it is spring in our time. Tell Your Tale would have gotten that right.

What an odd recipe. You must try this immediately.

Why did the author publish the recipe for the sad one. Who would want that?

So once again Cherie didn't try her own cooking before letting her friends be the guinea pigs. She is awful at her job.

Uh, Finley, only the first one's free.

Everyone is being weird, but Finley being decisive is a bridge too far for Cocoa.

Poor rock.

Why is Cocoa even wondering? She saw the names of the recipes in this cookbook. Put 2 and 2 together.

... Did you not read the recipes in their entirety before you tried them?

Do they really need to fix everyone? Tilly is the only one not having fun with this.

They're going to hide this book in a place no one in this town will ever look. I was going to make a joke but I lost where I was going with it.

Everyone laughs.


It might have been fun to see more of the cast like this. This episode didn't get to do enough with the concept.

Ah we're recycling the 'plant has a horse trapped' plot line. BUT WITH A TWIST! I think. Maybe? Finely would say so! I think.

Coco: I'm just having one of those blah days.

Perla: Well too bad, you're at work, get me my drink or I want to speak to your manager!

Yeah here's the real boon of working in a small town like this. You can act like this at work, and the customers are actually CONCERNED for you. It's how we can tell this is a fantasy show.

Perla: We just need to go for a walk! *kidnaps Coco*

Five minutes later: Candy: Hello? Hello? I want a cup of hot chocolate! HELLO!?

Yeah we didn't need the Pumpkin flashback to last that long.

You two should probably like, go get a wagon or something. I know you have them.

This thing grows at really inconsistent times. Like does it do it ever five minutes or something?

Okay so Finley is very strong HOWEVER... her moving it leads me to a very important question I'd like to ask:

How did Finley get the heavy plant she could barely move in FRONT of the door and get inside when the door CLEARLY OPENS OUTWARD!? How!? How did she manage this!?

"I think you're all caught up now"

No I'm not. How did Finely do this. Seriously. It's directly in front of the door. Did she put it to the side and the branches grabbed the door and dragged it in front? That's the only explanation I can think of.

"This is no ordinary plant"

I'm no gardener, but I don't think that blade is big enough to snip the main trunk of the plant.

So what putting it in the shade makes these work now? Or did you wise up and cut the smaller branches this time?

Okay so you checked to make sure that's edible right? I mean before putting it in your mouth.

I mean I don't think you need to put it back. Just keep it's shade regulated and plant it somewhere WHERE IT WON'T BLOCK A DOOR.

"Guess we need to do something with all this hoofmint."

"I have an idea"

*Later it's sprouting everywhere as she planted the leaves*
Coco: Whoa that didn't go right. I bet you are all wondering how-

Are you just at your cart outside your store? Why?

That's a- whatever plant. And? Does it DO something bad? I don't think we've seen these before. What's the problem with them? Tell me!

"I'm trapped. (I think). Wait. Yes. Yes. I'm definitely trapped. HEEEELP!" I appreciate Finely double checking to make sure she isn't over-reacting first.

"We really need to stop growing things in wild" You heard her. Burn the trees. It's the only way to be sure they won't rise up against us.

I guess this kind of thing is a bigger deal when you don't have telekinetic powers to help you fight back.

Cocoa has entered the "not even trying" phase of her working life. She's just filling time until she can retire.

A bad case of Barista Block?! But, that's HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS! Oh no, they're going to have to quarantine this entire town! Not that anyone would be able to tell the difference, but still!

Hot Cocoa ideas don't just fall out of the sky. Except "Apple Surprise" that one time, but that was a fluke.

Sure, leave work in the middle of the day! Cocoa already had her one customer of the day, anyway.

Pearla has a green-hoof? The tech horse? Since when?

Cocoa knows taking this plant out of the cursed forest is going to backfire. She just wants some excitement in her life.

"Why does this ALWAYS happen to us?!" You make bad life choices, what can I say?

...Did this just become a clip show? Really?

"We CANNOT repeat ANOTHER episode's plot!" You know, it doesn't count as hanging a lampshade on it, if you just go ahead and play it straight anyway.

Is this plant made out of lead? Why's it so heavy?

You're going to put the super-growth plant...RIGHT next to the water fountain? This is exactly what I'm talking about! You know what, you get what you deserve. You've earned what's coming!

Yes, let's go get a smoothie....and leave this super plant RIGHT here where NOTHING bad could POSSIBLY happen.

"Wow, you're a big fella"...Is Finley hitting on the plant? You know what? I kind of want to see where this goes. Even though we've already seen how it ends up.

Finely WILL steal any plants that aren't rooted in place.

Well, this is what happens when you bring strange plants to your house on the first date.

I think you're going to need bigger pruning shears. Also...does Pearla just keep those on her at all times?

Bailey seems oddly knowledgeable about this wild plant. This has happened to her before.

"I'm FREE! I think?" Are any of us REALLY free, Finley?

Is it really a good idea to have everyone in town DRINK the super-plant? It won't, like, mind control them or anything?

Mint Hot Chocolate! Truly something no one's ever thought of before!

"I found it in the forest!" *DASH AWAY* Heh. Okay, that's just classic.

They really should have gone to Bailey about these plants. I guess Bailey is our real plant expert.

Stop growing things? What are they going to eat?

Three horses walking around in the establishing shot? Is that a record?

Fast food, am I right? ... Actually I've never had a place forget something in my order. Let alone the entire order.

Headdesk.

Honestly I like a job where I just do the same thing every day. Let me be creative at home and just slip into a trance at work.

There are so few customers in this town that she can just go for a walk.

WE'RE OUTSIDE THE TOWN! This is great.

Honestly I don't blame them. This plant screams "quest item".

You can only think of one other time Admittedly this is so oddly specific that it happening twice is impressive.

Mouth hold!

Finley makes a decision on her own! And immediately regrets it. Poor Finley.

It really doesn't make sense how the plant got there in front of a door that opens outwards.

I hate these shears. They shouldn't exist. But at least they don't work. Because they shouldn't.

Bails. I guess Cocoa Puff isn't the only one with a nickname anymore.

Oh, just eat the troublesome magical plant. What could go wrong?

I hate these shears.

And Cocoa's problem is solved... by the plant they shouldn't have taken from its habitat. They shouldn't have done it but it worked. Dear Princess Celestia...

This is the longest queue Cocoa has ever had at work.

Candi, no!

Gotta go fast.

This ending is amateurish. Just abruptly cut it off when Candi shows up wit another plant and they freak out. You have five minutes. Brevity!