

Twilight envisions herself sitting in a classroom surrounded by mocking fillies, but the thought is 'popped' by Spike as he reasons that the Princess would never allow such a thing to happen. In a state of extreme anxiety, Twilight speculates that the Princess could punish her with an exam to prove she has been taking her studies seriously, which Twilight fears she would fail, prompting the Princess to send her back to Magic Kindergarten. Twilight checks her calendar and finds out it has been exactly one week since her last letter to the Princess, and is terrified of the possibility of being tardy. Twilight imagining herself sent back to Magic Kindergarten. " Bad? BAD? Of course it's bad! I'm supposed to send Princess Celestia a letter every week, telling her about a lesson I've learned about friendship! Not every other week, not every 10 days, every single week!" - Twilight Sparkle Spike points out that Twilight has not written a letter to Princess Celestia this week, causing the unicorn to panic. Afterwards, they head home to Golden Oak Library, with their checklist complete. Spike is left covered in frosting, which he licks off. Worried that her friends might get jealous of whoever gets the cupcake with the "extra" icing, Twilight hastily tries to "fix" the icing problem, leaving only a tiny amount of icing on each cupcake. Cake added one extra cupcake whose icing was touching another cupcake's icing. The episode starts off with Twilight and Spike walking through Ponyville, collecting items on a checklist for a picnic. Twilight goes to pick up her order of cupcakes and finds out that Mrs. Twilight is checking if everything is fine. The new glow colors more closely match the colors of the characters' cutie marks, instead of using their eye color, as has been done in previous episodes.

Twilight's magic glow color has changed from purple to light raspberry, Rarity's from blue to vivid blue, and Princess Celestia's from light blue to gold. Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, and Princess Celestia have new colors for their magical horn glow in this episode. The episode was #7 in the We Heart Ponies Fan Favorite Mare-a-thon, in the leadup to Hearts and Hooves Day. It is the first episode of the series' second production span, which includes all of season two except for the first two episodes. The episode is the first to use the remastered theme song.
