My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (TV Series)
It's About Time (2012)
Tara Strong: Twilight Sparkle
Quotes
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Twilight Sparkle : Oh my gosh, I think I did it! If I can find a way to read The Art of Invisibility Spells, and Thornhoof's Brief History of Canterlot at the same time, that could leave me a half-hour scheduling window! Huh?
[magic crackling, wind blowing]
Twilight Sparkle : What's going on?
[another Twilight Sparkle, wearing a damaged black sneaking suit, an eyepatch, a wild hairstlye, and a cut on one cheek, appears; present Twilight yelps]
Future Twilight Sparkle : Twilight, you've got to listen to me!
Twilight Sparkle : Who are you? I mean, you're me, but I'm me too. How can there be two 'me's? It's not scientifically possible. *You* are not scientifically possible!
Future Twilight Sparkle : Twilight, please! I have a very important message for you from the future!
Twilight Sparkle : You're from the *future*?
Future Twilight Sparkle : That's right, now listen...
Twilight Sparkle : What happened to you? The future must be awful.
Future Twilight Sparkle : Please! I don't have much time!
Twilight Sparkle : Is there some sort of epic pony war in the distant future or something?
Future Twilight Sparkle : Actually, I'm from next Tuesday morning, but that's not important right now!
Twilight Sparkle : I can't believe time travel is really possible! How did you, I mean, *I* figure it out?
Future Twilight Sparkle : The time spells are in the Canterlot archives. But that's not...
Twilight Sparkle : Really? Where? I've never seen them.
Future Twilight Sparkle : They're in the Star Swirl the Bearded wing. Now, you have to listen to...
Twilight Sparkle : Is time travel fun, or does it hurt? I have so many questions-
[muffled voice; Future Twilight sticks her hoof in present Twilight's mouth]
Future Twilight Sparkle : I have something extremely important to tell you about the future, and I only have a few seconds so you've got to listen! Whatever you do, don't-
[magic crackling; she disappears]
Twilight Sparkle : Future Twilight? Oh no! What was she trying to warn me about? Her clothes, her mane, that scar... oh, what a mess she is!... I mean, I am... or I... will be...
[gasps]
Twilight Sparkle : She must want me to prevent whatever horrible thing happens in the future!
[gasps]
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Twilight Sparkle : [having just smashed through Pinkie's party supplies, Twilight has a funny-looking eyeglasses/mustache/nose disguise on] Listen, everypony! I've got something really important to say!
[ponies laugh]
Twilight Sparkle : [she notices the mask and knocks it off] This is no laughing matter! We have a crisis on our hooves!
[gasps]
Twilight Sparkle : I've just been visited by myself from the future!
[more laughing]
Twilight Sparkle : This isn't a joke! My future self tried to warn me about a horrible disaster that's going to occur sometime before next Tuesday morning!
Applejack : What kind of disaster?
Twilight Sparkle : I don't know! I got sucked back into the future before I could explain!
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Twilight Sparkle : [disaster-proofing Ponyville, looking at a checklist] Done, and done, and done. Applejack, what about the Everfree Forest?
Applejack : The perimeter's clear.
Twilight Sparkle : Great.
Rainbow Dash : And my team gave the all clear from Fillydelphia to Las Pegasus.
Twilight Sparkle : Excellent. Well, we've done everything on the list, but still... future Twilight looked like she'd been through a horrible ordeal. I just have this nagging feeling we should be looking for something bigger than loose bolts and leaky pipes.
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Fluttershy : [rubbing the belly of Cerberus, the giant three-headed dog that guards Tartarus] Who's the cute widdle three-headed dog?
Twilight Sparkle : Wow, I knew you were good with animals, but this is amazing.
Fluttershy : Aww, he's just a big furry guy who got out of his yard, that's all. Right, Cerberus? Who's a good boy? Who's a good boy?
Pinkie Pie : [screaming]
Twilight Sparkle : Pinkie.
Pinkie Pie : [stops screaming] Yes, Twilight?
Twilight Sparkle : Do you have a ball I can borrow?
Pinkie Pie : I have balls stashed all over Ponyville, in case of ball emergency.
[pulls out a ball from a hole in a tree]
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Twilight Sparkle : I did everything I could think of to change the future. But it didn't work. So maybe it's not what I do... maybe it's what I *don't* do! If I stand right here and don't move a muscle until next Tuesday, I can't possibly do whatever it is that future Twilight wanted to warn me not to do!
Spike : Really? So... no matter what happens, you're not gonna move a muscle, huh? Then maybe you won't mind if I... eat an entire tub of ice cream!
[grabs a tub of ice cream, splatting it over himself]
Spike : Mmm!
[muffled]
Spike : So good!
[eating noisily]
Twilight Sparkle : [through gritted teeth] Spike, stop! Think of the stomach ache!
Spike : [chuckles] Stomach ache, huh? That's future Spike's problem.
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Twilight Sparkle : [trying to predict and prevent any disaster from happening] Ah, Pinkie, I'm glad you're here. Can you help me recalibrate the apertures on the nine and quarter catadioptric telescopes?
Pinkie Pie : Sure!
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Twilight Sparkle : [gasps] Pinkie, did you finish recalibrating the apertures on the nine and quarter inch catadioptric telescopes?
[looks through the telescope]
Pinkie Pie : I have no idea!
[Twilight tilts the telescope up and points it at the sun]
Twilight Sparkle : Ah! My eye!
Pinkie Pie : [begins rummaging in the fireplace] Don't worry, Twilight, I have eye patches stashed all over Ponyville, in case of eye patch emergency.
[puts an eyepatch on Twilight]
Pinkie Pie : There! Now you look like a pirate! A sleepy pirate, with a really weird mane cut.
Twilight Sparkle : [after accidently looking at the sun through a telescope, Pinkie Pie puts an eye patch on Twilight] The eye patch...! Another sign! Nearly all the signs have come true! I haven't done a thing to prevent the catastrophe! If Tuesday's tomorrow, and the disaster happens by Tuesday morning, then there's only one solution. I'll just have to... *stop time*.
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Spike : [trying to sneak into the Canterlot Archives wearing black jumpsuits] I dunno why we have to wear *these* things, either.
Pinkie Pie : Aren't we wearing them for fun?
Twilight Sparkle : [hushed] No, there's nothing *fun* about this!
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Twilight Sparkle : [sees the entrance to the archives] Huh. How'd I miss that? Look at all those priceless magic scrolls. There are more than I ever imagined!
Pinkie Pie : Twilight, the guard!
Twilight Sparkle : [gasps] What do we do, what do we do?
Royal Guard : Hey, Twilight, haven't seen you in a while. Let me open that for ya.
[he opens the gate]
Twilight Sparkle : [chuckles nervously] Thanks!
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Spike : Twilight, it's over! It's officially Tuesday morning.
Twilight Sparkle : Nnngh, no! Tuesday morning, the disaster! Incoming!
Spike : I dunno, Twilight. I don't see any disasters. Looks like a pretty nice day.
Princess Celestia : [walks by] Good morning, Twilight, love the new hairstyle. Well, happy Tuesday!
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Twilight Sparkle : Why isn't anypony surprised to see me sneaking around in here? Is it possible there never was a disaster? That I've just been making myself frantic over nothing?
Spike : I don't get it. If future Twilight wasn't warning you about a disaster, then what was she trying to tell you?
Twilight Sparkle : [giggles] I don't know. But I do know one thing. I look ridiculous.
Twilight Sparkle , Spike : [laughing]
Spike : Yeah, you do!
Twilight Sparkle : And it's all because I couldn't stop worrying and let the future handle itself! Well, not anymore. From now on, I'm gonna solve problems as they come, and stop worrying about every little thing!
Spike : That's great! Does that mean there won't be any more late night pacing?
Twilight Sparkle : No more late night pacing. If only I had learned this lesson a week ago, we wouldn't have had to go through all this.
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Twilight Sparkle : [arriving back from her time travel to the past] -waste your time... worrying... about... ugh, I can't believe I just did that.
Pinkie Pie : Did you tell her about the cool birthday present?
Twilight Sparkle : Remember last week when future Twilight came to warn me about something? That was *me* trying to warn *myself* not to worry so much! Now I'm gonna spend the next week freaking out about a disaster that doesn't even exist! Ugh...
Pinkie Pie : Ah, don't worry about it. It's past Twilight's problem now.
Twilight Sparkle : [giggles] Huh, I guess you're right, Pinkie.
Spike : [stomach growls] Ohhh... my stomach... I, I think it's all that ice cream... I thought the stomach ache would be future Spike's problem... but now I *am* future Spike. Ohh...
Twilight Sparkle , Pinkie Pie : [giggling]
Twilight Sparkle : Come on, future Spike. Let's get you home.