- Flim: Well, lookie what we got here, brother of mine, it's the same in every town/Ponies with thirsty throats, dry tongues, and not a drop of cider to be found!/Maybe they're not aware that there's really no need for this teary despair...
- Flam: [singing] That the key that they need to solve this sad cider shortage you and I will share.
- [excited chattering from the watching ponies]
- Flim, Flam: Well you've got opportunity/In this very community
- Flam: He's Flim
- Flim: He's Flam
- Flim, Flam: We're the world famous Flim Flam brothers/Traveling salesponies nonpareil
- Apple Bloom: You got a deal!
- Granny Smith: Not so fast!
- [she calls a huddle with her family]
- Granny Smith: No way no how that machine matches up with the care we put in our cider!
- Apple Bloom: But if it really does work, we could make everypony in town happy!
- Applejack: I just don't know, y'all. We've always made cider the same way.
- Big Macintosh: Eeyup. Huh?
- [Flim and Flam have joined their circle]
- Flim: We'll sweeten the deal. You supply the apples...
- Flam: We supply the Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000.
- Flim, Flam: Then we split those sweet sweet profits...
- Flim: Seventy five...
- Flam: Twenty five.
- Apple Bloom: Dea...
- Applejack: Hold on. Who gets the seventy five?
- Flim: Why us, naturally.
- Flam: And, we'll throw in the magic to power the machine for free.
- Applejack: Cider sales keep our business afloat through the winter. We'd lose Sweet Apple Acres if we agreed to this.
- Flim, Flam: So? What'll it be?
- Big Macintosh: No deal.
- Flim: Very well. If you refuse our generous offer to be partners, then we'll just have to be competitors.
- Applejack: You wouldn't dare.
- Flim: Oh no?
- Flam: [to the crowd] Don't you worry, everypony! There'll be plenty of cider for all of you!
- Flim: [to the Apples] Once we drive Sweet Apple Acres out of business.
- Flam: [inviting some ponies their cider which was made too hastily by sucking whole trees into their machine] Drink up, Ponyville! Down the hatch!
- [spitting and grunting from the ponies after trying it]
- Cherry Berry: I can't get the taste off my tongue!
- Bon Bon: Mine's got rocks in it.
- Comet Tail: I wouldn't pay one *bit* for this dreck!
- Flam: You wouldn't pay even one bit?
- Cherry Berry, Bon Bon, Comet Tail, Lyra Heartstrings, Colgate Minuette: No!
- Flam, Flim: [mumbling to each other]
- Flam: How about two cups for one bit?
- Cherry Berry, Bon Bon, Comet Tail, Lyra Heartstrings, Colgate Minuette, Carrot Top: No!
- Flam, Flim: [mumbling to each other] Two bits for a barrel?
- Cherry Berry, Bon Bon, Comet Tail, Lyra Heartstrings, Colgate Minuette, Carrot Top, Crowd: NO!
- Flam: [nervous noises] It looks like we've encountered a slight... problem here in Ponyville.
- Flim: [doing a quick dancing jig together] Nopony wants our product. Next town?
- Flam: Next town. Let's go, Flim!
- [they hop on their Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000]
- Flim: Let's go, Flam.
- [and drive off]
- Rainbow Dash: C'mon, Fluttershy! Cider season's about to start!
- [Rainbow Dash pulls her out of bed and starts forcing her to fly quickly away from her home]
- Fluttershy: [shrieks] Oh, where are we? What's the rush?
- Rainbow Dash: [they are both now flying very fast in one direction] The rush? Don't you remember what happened last year? Or the year before that? Or pretty much any cider season ever?
- Fluttershy: Um, well, uh...
- Rainbow Dash: Pinkie Pie. She always ends up ahead of us in line and then they always run out of cider!
- Fluttershy: I guess I...
- Rainbow Dash: Well not this year! This year I'm gonna get there before sunrise, so I can drink all the cider I want, and laugh when she doesn't get any! It's the perfect plan. Y'know, I might even buy some cider and hold onto it for a while, drinking it drop by drop in front of her-
- [gasps; a long line has already formed]
- Fluttershy: Gee Rainbow Dash. It looks like a few other ponies had the same idea.
- Fluttershy: [Pinkie Pie comes out of a tent with bedhead] Oh, gosh Pinkie. I love your new style.
- Rainbow Dash: Who are all these ponies?
- Pinkie Pie: Isn't this great? I couldn't sleep last night 'cause I was so excited about cider season, and I had this brilliant idea to come down here and camp out, so I told a few others about it and they all thought it was a great idea too and now it's just a big old cider party! Woohoo!
- [sees the line]
- Pinkie Pie: Oh gosh, that's a lot of ponies. Hope they don't run out before you get any.
- Applejack: Heh, Sorry everypony! That's it for today!
- Ponies: Awww.
- Rainbow Dash: Surprise surprise. You ran out again!
- Caramel: Yeah, you always run out!
- Fluttershy: For the record, I don't mind...
- Rainbow Dash: Why can't you make enough cider for all of us? Or at least for me!
- Ponies: ["Yeah", general complaining]
- Applejack: Hold on everypony. We've done our best to improve supply this year...
- Caramel: You always say that!
- Applejack: And it's always true. But Apple family cider is made with love and integrity, and only the highest quality apples in Equestria. Sorry, but that recipe takes time.
- [more complaining]
- Applejack: If y'all just be patient, we'll have plenty more tomorrow.
- Pinkie Pie: She's right, y'know! You can't rush perfection! And this year's batch was perfection!
- Granny Smith: Now wait, you fellers, hold it!/You went and over-sold it!/I guarantee that what you have there won't compare/For the very most important ingredient/Can't be added or done expedient/And it's quality, friends, Apple Acre's quality and care!
- Flim: Well Granny, I'm glad you brought that up, my dear,/I say I'm glad you brought that up/You see that we are very picky when it comes to cider/if you'll kindly try a cup.
- Flam: [singing] Yes, sir, yes ma'am this great machine,/it's just the very best/So whaddaya say then, Apples/Care to step into the modern world/And put the Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 to the test?
- Twilight Sparkle: Still worried about Flim and Flam?
- Spike: Granny Smith says they were just blowing hot air.
- Applejack: I'm not so sure. They sounded mighty serious when they threatened to run us out of business.
- Apple Bloom: That's it! Last cup!
- Rainbow Dash: Oh for Pete's sake!
- [sighs of disappointment from the crowd]
- Apple Bloom: C'mon back tomorrow, everypony!
- Rainbow Dash: [Applejack knocks Rainbow's cider into the dirt and Rainbow tries to eat the cider in the dirt] Is this some kind of cruel joke?
- Flim: What's the matter, Granny Smith? Chicken?
- Granny Smith: What did you call me, sonny?
- Flim: If you're so confident in your cider, then what's the problem?
- Granny Smith: [suddenly pugnacious] Tomorrow mornin', right here!
- Rarity: This is just dreadful. Even at top speed the Apples are only making one barrel to the twins' three!
- Twilight Sparkle: Um, Miss Mayor! Are honorary family members allowed to help in the competition?
- Mayor Mare: Well, I'm not sure... Flim, Flam, would you object to honorary family members helping?
- Flim: [idly operating their machine with magic] Are you kidding?
- Flam: We don't care if the whole kingdom of Canterlot helps. It's a lost cause.
- Mayor Mare: Hm, I guess it's okay. Applejack? What do you think?
- Applejack: I think I'd love to have the rest of my *family* helpin' out.
- Rest of main cast: All right!
- Twilight Sparkle: Okay everypony, we're not gonna let those smooth talkers take our friend's farm.
- Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Rainbow Dash: Yeah!
- Twilight Sparkle: Fluttershy, help Applejack with the trees.
- Fluttershy: Got it.
- Twilight Sparkle: Pinkie Pie, you're on apple catching detail.
- Pinkie Pie: Yes sir, ma'am, sir!
- Twilight Sparkle: Rarity, you've got a discerning eye. Help Granny Smith at the quality control station.
- Rarity: Of course.
- Twilight Sparkle: Rainbow Dash, do you think you can help Big Macintosh press?
- Rainbow Dash: In my sleep!
- Twilight Sparkle: Alright everypony, let's save Sweet Apple Acres!
- Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Rainbow Dash: All right!
- Pinkie Pie: [catching apples out of trees] Over there, Apple Bloom! Don't miss them!
- Apple Bloom: [with bushels on their heads] Right behind you, Pinkie Pie!
- Granny Smith: [sniffing apples] Good 'un, bad 'un, bad 'un, good 'un...
- Rarity: [also sorting apples] Lovely, horrid, horrid, lovely...
- Twilight Sparkle: [stacking cider barrels and looking at a scroll of paper] Based on these figures, we're making five barrels for every three of theirs!
- Twilight Sparkle: C'mon, Rainbow Dash, keep grinding!
- Rainbow Dash: We don't have time for quality control if we wanna win this thing!
- Granny Smith: [yelps] Get back, you! One bad apple spoils the bunch!
- Rainbow Dash: Applejack, help me!
- Applejack: There's no point in winnin' if we cheat!
- Twilight Sparkle: We'll just have to work harder! C'mon, everypony!
- Rainbow Dash: All right then, double time!
- Applejack: They're gone.
- Twilight Sparkle: That means Sweet Apple Acres is still in business!
- Caramel: Plus we can have high quality Apple family cider!
- Apple Bloom: Because of this silly competition, we've made enough of our cider for the whole town!
- [the crowd cheers]
- Applejack: [voice over while she and her friends celebrate their victory] Dear Princess Celestia. I wanted to share my thoughts with you.
- [clears throat]
- Applejack: I didn't learn anythin'! Ha! I was right all along! If you take your time to do things the right way, your work will speak for itself. Sure I could tell you I learned something about how my friends are always there to help me, and I can count on them no matter what, but truth is, I knew that already too.