Applejack and Big Mac need to pay off the barn's new roof, but Apple Bloom simply is no good when it comes to salesponyship. When Trixie offers Apple Bloom a chance to enroll in a school to learn the art of winning the crowd, the fillie jumps at the chance. While Apple Bloom learns the tricks of twisting words, Applejack and Big Mac go on a trip to prove who the best speaker in Equestria was.

If you haven't read Aristophanes, you probably should.

Spike uncovers a simple question: what is the best possible thing? He can't think of an answer that satisfies him, so he turns to his friends to help him out. Of course, everyone has a different idea of what is "best."