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Princess Problems
Generation 1 | Season 1 | Episode 15
My Little Pony Tales
Original Airdate	October 9, 1992
Writer(s)	Kayte Kuch and Sheryl Scarborough
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"Princess Problems" is the fifteenth episode on the My Little Pony Tales cartoon series. It was written by Kayte Kuch and Sheryl Scarborough.

Synopsis

Patch is finishing up a project she started for the orphanage that was her home until she was adopted. The project is a playground for the other orphans, which she put together with the help of her friends. The orphans are allowed to enter right away and have a blast at the playground. Patch heads over to Rosy, a girl she knows from her days in the orphanage, for some small talk. As they talk, a regal coach passes by and draws the attention of Patch's friends. While the speculate what business royalty has in their neighborhood, Clover has an accident with a few cans of paint. Patch helps her clean up, accidentally smearing her hoof with some red paint.

At the ice cream shop later that day, Patch's friends find out who the coach belongs to and why its owners are here. The coach belongs to the king and queen of the Isle of Pony, who have come to find their long lost daughter. The girls think this is an amazing story, except for Patch, who doesn't think it's such a big deal. Starlight starts summing up all known traits of the princess, such as a birthday on March 16th, pink hair and yellow eyes - all traits matching Patch. Finally, Starlight mentions a birthmark on the princess's front right hoof. Patch shows hers, causing the girls to mistake the paintmark for a birthmark. As the girls go crazy over having a real princess in their group of friends, Rosy walks in and is asked to help prepare Patch for a meeting with the king and queen.

At Patch's place, the girls do a grand job at making Patch look like royalty, but Patch isn't happy with that. She doesn't feel like she is herself in the outfit and longs to do simple things like helping her father with some chores. Her friends argue she can no longer do that now that she is a princess and that she should prepare to leave with the king and queen if she is found to be their daughter.

Cast

• Orphans, Patch, Melody, bright Eyes,Sweetheart, Bon Bon, Rosy, Starlight, Clover, royal servant, king and queen of the Isle of Pony, Patch's mother, Patch's father

Songs

A Princess Must Look Beautiful

A princess must look beautiful
Her outfit must seem grand
So we'll use this bit of lace

And this tattered pillow case
And whatever else we find on hand

A princess must look beautiful
And dress with style and flair
So we'll make a royal cape

By recycling that old drape
And some fringe from that old easy chair

A princess must have diamonds
Strung from end to end

But look, your mom has all these rhinestones
Trinkets she can lend

A princess must look tailored
Trim as she can be

You don't want those jellybeans
Give them all to me

We tried to make you beautiful
Somehow by hook or crook
For a princess must look beautiful... and surprise!

That's how I look?

Errors

Animation errors

• When Rosy crawls from under Patch's pile of clothes, her eyes are yellow. Moments later, when she looks at Patch, her hair is pink.
• During the entire episode, Rosy has blue eyes. It isn't until Melody tries to convince Patch that she is the princess after all that Rosy suddenly has yellow eyes to match the description.

Story errors

• One thing that convinces the girls that Patch is the missing princess is that the two have the same date birth. The princess who was lost at sea - if she'd been found but not identified, nobody could know her date of birth and thus the match means nothing.

Semi-errors

• The princess was a baby when she was lost at sea. How come her parents are convinced she's still alive after nearly ten years have passed. And why do they do the searching personally and by having people "audition"? Surely there's more efficient ways to find someone, not to mention more tactful ways seeing as they are specifically looking for an orphan. And why did they even allow people to try for princess who clearly were not a match appearance-wise? And just why did they not include details such as age and symbol in the search notification? That would have immediately cancelled out Patch as a candidate!

Notes

• Apparently, there's non-sapient horses in the Little Ponies' world. Go figure.
• "The Masquerade" has been released on DVD in Australia by MRA Entertainment on October 12, 2005.

External links

• "Princess Problems" on youtube