Winter Wrap Up

Winter Wrap Up is the eleventh episode of the first season of Legends of the Multiverse: Friendship is Universe. In this episode, winter comes to an end, and Multiville prepares for an annual clean-up to make way for spring.

Production
The scene when Sally Acorn and the pegasi clear the winter clouds near the end of the episode reappears in Deep Tissue Memories.

The scene when Kairi tries to help Mulan and the Earth ponies move the snow reappears in Harvesting Memories.

Kairi's preparation
The episode begins in Destiny Library, where an eager Kairi Sparkle awakens ready to take part in this activity and is willing to keep with tradition by not using her unicorn magic. Olaf and Navi is annoyed about losing sleep over his friend's excitement. Kairi tells Spike that Multiville was founded by the Earth animals, and as such, no magic was ever involved in the Winter Wrap Up, an annual "spring cleaning" community event where winter ends and spring is introduced. In this case, the ponies literally clean up winter to prepare for spring. Kairi checks off everything (even Olaf and Navi complaining and going back to sleep) before heading outside, only to discover that it's not even dawn yet.

The mess-ups
In the morning, with a sleepy Olaf and Navi on her back, Kairi arrives at the center of Ponyville where the Mayor finishes her final speech before the cleanup is divided into three teams: Weather, Animals, and Plants, all wearing Nene Amano-designed vests of blue, tan, and green respectively. However, Kairi is unable to find an appropriate team to work with and sings about it. She volunteers to help Weather Team leader Sally Acorn and her flight crew, but she is gently reminded that she has no wings to fly with. Kairi finds Animal Team member and official nest designer Nene outside the Carousel Boutique, just as she finishes her first nest. Nene explains that she is nest-weaving for the birds being guided back from the south. Kairi tries her hoof at it, but the one she makes is messy. Kairi leaves to find another line of work while Nene tries to fix Kairi's nest.

Kairi, Olaf and Navi then run into Weather Team member Rapunzel on one of the frozen lakes, where they find out Rapunzelhas been an expert skater ever since she was young. She is tasked with scoring the ice so that it will melt more easily when the Weather Team Toad clear away the clouds. Kairi tries to help, but it's her first time on skates and she lacks the balance and finesse to ice skate without falling. After Kairi causes them both to crash into a snow bank, Rapunzel suggests that Spectra Vondergeist could probably use a hand with the critters.

Next, Kairi tries to assist Animal Team member Spectra with waking all the animals from hibernation. She seems to have an easy job ahead of her, until she is scared by a den of snakes. Panicked, she backs away into a cave of bats, gets stung by bees, and is sprayed by skunks. While Twilight is busy bathing in tomato juice at home, Olaf and Navi suggests that she should break her "no-magic" promise so her work would be easier, but Kairi refuses.

That changes when she helps Plant Team leader Sheriff Mulan and the plant team with clearing the snow from the fields, with one-animal-powered snow plows in order to prepare for seed planting. Kairi wants to man a plow, but Sheriff Mulan hesitates; she soon relents when Kairi asks to give her a chance. However, despite her best efforts, Kairi is unable to push the snow plow. Twilight decides to use a "come-to-life" spell to move the plow. Unfortunately, the spell soon goes out of control, resulting in an even bigger mess than before. Sheriff Mulan berates Kairi for her use of magic, and Kairi runs off in tears.

Organization
With no options left, Kairi hides in a bush in the town square refusing to come out, but she soon overhears that no one else in Multiville is faring much better. Sheriff Mulan wants Sally Acorn's weather Captain Toad to get the snow quickly melted for seeding, but Spectra wants Sally Acorn to wait until she can clear the animal homes beforehand. The ice covering the lakes is not melting quickly enough due to poor scoring. Nene was so focused on fixing Kairi's nest all day that she hasn't made more, and she was supposed to have finished several hundred by now. Li Shang leads General Li to Mulan, who guesses correctly that he has lost the grass seeds again, and Captain Toadette tells Sally Acorn that Ditzy Doo has gone north to guide back the southern birds. The mayor laments that her motivational speech from earlier had fallen on deaf ears. It appears that Multiville will finish their Winter Wrap Up late, just like every past year, and it will soon be sunset. At this point, Kairi remembers her one other talent besides magic: organization. She breaks up the argument and volunteers to guide everyone in their tasks.

With careful planning, teamwork, and everyone working through the night, the residents of Multiville are finally able to finish their work on time. A montage of the successful, organized Winter Wrap Up is shown to an instrumental version of the Winter Wrap Up tune. Thanks to her exceptional organizing and leadership skills, Kairi is designated the new position of 'All-Team Organizer' by the Mayor, along with a new and unique vest by Nene that incorporates the colors of all three teams. Mayor Isabelle declares winter wrapped up on time, and the animals celebrate their accomplishment. They share a laugh at Olaf and Navi afterward, who's fallen asleep on an ice floe, blissfully unaware of the predicament he's currently in.

Conclusion
Kairi Sparkle relays her report to Princess Palutena, learning that everyone has hidden talents, and if they're patient and diligent, they'll find them. She also learned that everyone can accomplish anything when they work together and treat each other as friends. Before she can send her report, however, a cold-ridden Olaf drops off to sleep; Kairi laughs it off.

Songs
Winter Wrap Up

Quotes

 * Olaf: Huh? Mommy?
 * Kairi Sparkle: Winter Wrap Up!
 * Olaf: You're not mommy.
 * Navi: Kairi is not a mommy.


 * Kairi Sparkle: Okay, let's see: scarf, check; saddle, check; boots, check; Olaf and Navi refusing to get up and going back to sleep, check. It's a good thing I'm so organized, I'm ready. Bright and early. Oh... maybe a little too early.


 * Kairi Sparkle: Great, now what do we do?
 * Olaf: I don't know about you, but I'm gonna be nappin'. [snore]
 * Navi: Me Too! [snore]
 * Kairi Sparkle: Come on Olaf and Navi, this is serious business. Winter needs to be wrapped up, and I'm determined to do my part. Somehow.


 * Olaf: That nest needs to be condemned.
 * Nene Amano: Oh, Ola-ha-af, Na-av-vi, it's not so bad, ah, maybe birds can use it as a...
 * Olaf: An outhouse?
 * Navi: No Way! The birds use an Outhouse!


 * Olaf: You are a natural, Kairi. A natural disaster.


 * Rapunzel: Kairi, you did a great job your first time around. I'm sure my first time was just as wobbly and bobbly and crasheriffic as yours.
 * Kairi Sparkle: Really?
 * Rapunzel: No.


 * Olaf: I definitely like the idea of hibernation, uh, except for the "eat less food" part.


 * Sheriff Mulan: Nuts, Kairi, you used magic.
 * Olaf: The nerve. Can you believe her?
 * Sheriff Mulan: That's not how we do it 'round here, Kairi, and especially not on my farm.


 * Kairi Sparkle: I'm a winter mess up.
 * Olaf: Well you're good at a lot of things, just not nest-making, ice-skating, animal-waking, snow-clearing.
 * Navi: You Good to Go Olaf and Kairi
 * Kairi Sparkle: [meowing] Thanks a lot for making me feel so much better.
 * Olaf: That's what I'm here for, sister.


 * Mayor Isabelle: If only we could be more organized.
 * Kairi Sparkle: Spike! Get my checklist and clipboard, STAT!
 * Olaf: Eh, yes, ma'am.
 * Navi: I'm on It!


 * Kairi Sparkle: I know you all want to complete your jobs on time, but arguing is no way to go about it. What you need is organization, and I'm just the pony for the job.