My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (TV Series)

It's About Time (2012)

Tara Strong: Twilight Sparkle

Quotes 

• 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] 

• 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!

• 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.

• 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] 

• 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.

• 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!

• 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*.

• 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!

• 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!

• 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!

• 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.

• 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.