
However, because the beds are not made from Yakyakistan hay, Rutherford and the yaks are displeased, and they demolish the inside of the barn. Yaks always get mad when things not perfect!" - Prince Rutherford Clash of cultures Īs the Mane Six clean up the mess that the yaks made, Twilight asks Pinkie Pie to show the yaks around Ponyville and try to make them feel at home until the friendship party later that evening.Īt Sweet Apple Acres, Applejack fashions beds of hay for the yaks to rest on during their stay in Ponyville.

Unfortunately, Prince Rutherford hates the food, and he and his fellow short-tempered yaks proceed to demolish the castle foyer. When the delegation led by yak Prince Rutherford appears, Twilight greets them and offers a banquet of traditional yak cuisine as a show of goodwill. Noting the region's previous isolation from the rest of Equestria, Twilight hopes to make a good first impression for when Princess Celestia arrives later.

The scene when the Mane Six discover Pinkie's lair reappears in Cakes for the Memories.Īt the Castle of Friendship, Twilight Sparkle is nervous about the soon-to-arrive royal delegation from the remote region of Yakyakistan. This episode remains unaired on Canada's Treehouse TV. The yaks and yeti/baboon creature were designed by Kora Kosicka. On Twitter, writer Nick Confalone on noted "secrets hidden in plain sight" of Enterplay collectible card game Absolute Discord #7 C card mentioning Yakyakistan, on stated that this episode "is weird," that "he original title was Journey to the Center of Pinkie Pie," and that "the original pitch was 'I dunno, it'll be like seven years in tibet, but with pinkie pie instead of brad pitt?'", in late June 2015 told that he wrote the episode over a year earlier, and on Jclarified that his "this episode is weird" wasn't meant to be a Cheese Sandwich reference.
