As a well known performance art, ballet still holds a decent amount of popularity in Equestria. Each of the three races of pony have their specialty. Earth pony dancers train to balance on the tips of their hooves, and make great use of their natural strength and stamina to perform lifts and stunts that would make another pony collapse. A pegasus or the bat winged pterripi would find themselves in roles that require coordinated leaping, and tend to be the ones lifted by their earth pony partners. Unicorns are used for special effect dances involving many trailing ribbons or similar props. When Cherilee assigned an Equestrian culture project to her class based on the different styles of dance they had been learning about in school, Scootaloo and Sweetie Bell were lucky enough to be selected as partners for the exercise. Unfortunately for Scootaloo, they were unlucky enough to have gotten ballet for their topic. Despite being paired with her friend, she still envied Applebloom, who was paired up with Sunny Days, learning how to do the calypso. She wondered how they would get their hooves on so many bananas. Twist was another lucky one, as she had gotten to dance with her chubby friend. At least Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon were suffering with the Funky Chicken. After a lengthy trip to the costume shop to pick up their dresses, an activity that everyone involved in swore never to mention to Rarity, the sun had already been lowered. The costume shop owner asked how they were going to get home, with no flashlight to see by. They realized they had to make due with Sweetie Bell's immature magic. Scootaloo assured the owner that it was fine. "I can see by the light of my tutu friend."
Oh God,
Et Tu-tu?
Nope, I don't get this one either, and I Googled tutu too see if any of the other meanings would make it funnier....though I loved the Rarity part.
Didn't get the punchline…
Liked the "Calypso" and "banana" part.
yeah i didn't get this one either. still cute though. does make me wonder what high end dancing in equestria would be like though.
2327220 2326551 2326497 2326494 I don't usually explain these, because I worry that it may spoil the joke, but as I have hit a pretty significant number, I figured I may as well help out this time. I was referencing the finale song in the punchline, the banana boat song which was best known from the movie Beetlejuice, and the twist, which was sung most famously by Chubby Checker. Scootaloo was also glad not to be the one dancing the Funky Chicken. I'm sorry the punchline fell so flat, but did you notice any of these? I've got similarly stealthy jokes in most of my other chapters that no one has mentioned yet, and I wonder how many you guys have caught on to.
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I got the punchline, I think...
"by the light of a true friend"
2327334 yeppers, that's a true true answer.
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That makes loads more sense.
To think I actually got the banana boat reference…
Culture Capers
Culture Mark Crusaders, Go!
Evening Come an' Me Wanna Go Home
//I loved the "never mention it to Rarity" bit. Well done!
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OOhhhhh, yeah, tutu and true were too far apart for my brain to make the connection....
I got the punchline. I think the fact that I am unusually fond of the Season 3 finale helps. Haters gonna hate, but I'm not going to lie. "Magical Mystery Cure" was my favorite Season 3 episode.