The ponies help Pinkie Pie audition for a televised cooking competition called the Royal Jelly Juggernaut. When the rest of the Mane 6 are caught in a sticky situation, Pinkie Pie has to audition for the Royal Jelly Juggernaut all on her own.
Tropes for this episode include:
- Ash Face: Pinkie gets a face full of soot when she opens her oven.
- Bait-and-Switch: Princess Celestia does this after taking a bite of Pinkie's cake.Princess Celestia: This is raw... raw beautiful television!
- Balloon Belly: The girls minus Pinkie Pie when trying to eat their way out of a giant flan.
- Drama Queen: Rarity. She complains Pinkie ruined her mane when a single scoop of ice cream falls on it.
- Film Noir: This is used in a scene when Rarity tells Pinkie how she gave up a life of fame for a suntan.
- Imagine Spot: Pinkie and Twilight each have one about the Royal Jelly Juggernaut and show it to Rainbow Dash by pressing their foreheads against hers.
- Inherently Funny Words: Pinkie Pie decides for her audition to make flan, because it's so much fun to say...Pinkie Pie: FLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!
- Rhymes on a Dime: Applejack when the Mane Six get trapped in flan:Applejack: We gotta make a plan to get out of this flan! Uh, as quick as we can! Hand me that pan! Let's eat!
- Telepathy: Both Pinkie and Twilight drink a telepathy potion to show Rainbow Dash their thoughts about the Royal Jelly Juggernaut.