The Ticket Master

The Ticket Master is the third episode of the first season of Legends of the Multiverse: Friendship is Universe. Princess Palutena gives Kairi Sparkle two tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala. However, all of Kairi’s friends want to attend the gala.

Production and merchandise
Lauren Faust's original version of this episode was 11 minutes long before it went into production under Hasbro. Amy Keating Rogers later helped Faust flesh it out to 22 minutes, which is why both Rogers and Faust receive writing credit. In the first My MLP season 1 scenes video, Big McIntosh reacts happily to the new plow and plows the field in Applejack's gala fantasy. Rogers said that the scene was in the storyboard, but not the script. Mr. Greenhooves was to appear in the episode.

This episode appears in a DVD distributed by Hasbro in multiple countries. Consequently, many of the show's language dubs were introduced via The Ticket Master, instead of the first episode. Clips from this episode were also recycled and used out of context in the iOS app Twilight Sparkle: Teacher for a Day and its Ruckus Reader version Kairi Sparkle's Special Lesson. The clips used were the scene where Spike burps out the letter from Princess Palutena from the start of the episode, part of Sally Acorn's Imagine Spot where she joins the Freedombolts and flies with them (with Sally Acorn airbrushed out of the clip), and the ending where Twilight returns the tickets.

Kairi receives the tickets
Kairi Sparkle, Navi and Olaf are helping Sheriff Mulan harvest apples when Kairi receives a letter from Princess Palutena containing two tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala. Sheriff Mulan says that if she goes to the gala, she will open an china salon stand and earn money for her family. Suddenly Sally Acorn crash-lands and asks about the tickets. She tells Kairi she hopes to perform flying stunts at the gala to impress the Freedombolts and, hopefully, be asked to join their troupe. Mulan and Rainbow Dash argue about the spare ticket until Kairi says she will think about it during lunch.

Kairi comes across Rapunzel, Nene Amano, and Spectra Vondergeist, who also want to attend the gala. Rapunzel sings a song about playing games and partying at the gala. Nene dreams about meeting Princess Palutena's nephew and falling in love with him. Spectra wants to visit the castle’s gated garden and befriend the exotic animals who live there.

Doing favors for Kairi
When Kairi, Navi and Olaf are eating lunch, they notice the other ponies go inside, while the waiter asks Kairi if she's going to eat in the rain, but she doesn't notice the rain until she sees that Sally Acorn left a hole in a rain cloud to keep Kairi dry. Twilight tells her not to do favors in order to get the spare ticket. Sally Acorn closes the hole and the rain drenches Kairi, Navi and Olaf, ruining their lunch. Nene passes by and invites them to Carousel Boutique where Nene gives both of them makeovers. When Kairi realizes that she's doing it for the ticket she states that "she will have to wait for her decision like everyone else." Afterwards, Mulan offers desserts to Kairi, but she declines. When she goes back to the library, she finds Spectra and her animal friends doing spring cleaning. When Kairi asks Spectra to leave, Rapunzel pulls Kairi out and sings The Ticket Song. Rapunzel inadvertently informs the whole town about the extra ticket to the gala. A crowd of excited animals try to do favors for Kairi, and she escapes by teleporting herself Navi and Olaf back to the library.

Back in the library
Kairi discovers her friends already waiting in the library and breaks down, telling them she doesn't want to disappoint anyone. The five friends apologize and say they don't want to go to the Gala anymore. Kairi writes a friendship report to Princess Palutena and decides to return both tickets because she'd rather not go than leave out any of her friends. Princess Palutena sends back six tickets, saying Kairi should have just asked for more. Kairi's stomach starts rumbling and the others invite her to dinner. As the animals get their tickets, Olaf becomes upset that he doesn't get a ticket, but Princess Palutena soon sends a seventh ticket for him. Spike and Navi are goes outside with the ticket giggling, but he stops as soon as he sees Mulan grinning at him. He immediately pretends he is disgusted that he has to go, but soon runs off giggling as Mulan follows along.

Quotes

 * Kairi Sparkle: [to her friends] Quiet!
 * Rapunzel: And then I said "Oatmeal? Are you craz–"


 * Olaf: Do you have any rubies? ...No? OK. I'll have the hay fries. Extra crispy!


 * Navi: Say What?!


 * Nene: We will be the belles of ball, you and I. Everyone will be clamoring for our attention. All eyes will be on us! And then everyone will finally know the most beautiful, most talented, the most sophisticated pony in all Multitopia is Nene the rabbit! ... And Kairi Sparkle, of course.


 * Mulan: I got chicken pot pie, peanut butter fritters, pop tarts, chinese dumplings, cookie crisps, brittle crumbles, annnd strawberry Brown Betty! Uh, the dessert, not my auntie.


 * Kairi: You're not doing this for the ticket, are you?
 * Spectra: Oh no, I'm doing this because you're my very best friend. Right, Kiko? Oh, yes, we are just doing this for the ticket.


 * Kairi Sparkle: RAPUNZZZZZEEEEEEEELLLLLL!
 * Rapunzel: Yes, Kairi?
 * Kairi Sparkle: At least the other ponies tried to be subtle about the ticket.


 * Random animal: I'll do your taxes!