The seminar begins, and a muscular Minotaur named Iron Will dramatically appears on stage to greet the crowd of ponies. Iron Will gives Fluttershy the training she needs to become assertive.įluttershy arrives at the hedge maze where the seminar is being held (tossed to the back of the crowd when she tries to squeeze into the front row). " As Celestia is my witness, I'm never gonna be a pushover again!" - Fluttershy Iron Will As she laments her being "a doormat", she finds a pamphlet for an assertiveness seminar. Upset by this, Angel tosses both the salad and Fluttershy out the door, causing Fluttershy to crash head-first into her postbox. It doesn't end well.įluttershy attempts to use these methods to buy the last cherry in the market, but it backfires on her, and she ends up losing the cherry to Lemon Hearts.įluttershy returns to her cottage and serves the salad to Angel, apologizing for the lack of the cherry on top. Rarity uses her charm and sweet talk to buy the last bundle of asparagus from Gizmo, and Pinkie Pie tricks a tomato stall owner into selling her tomatoes at half the asked price.įluttershy tries her hoof at sweet talk. Pinkie Pie and Rarity see her predicament and try to teach her how to stand up for herself. Meek as she is, Fluttershy is unable to assert herself. In the Ponyville market, Fluttershy tries to buy asparagus from a stall, but other ponies cut in front of her.
She protests, but Angel slaps her and shoves the recipe in her face, and she yields. When Fluttershy asks him what he will eat, he presents her with a recipe for an elaborate cherry-topped salad. All of the pets eat eagerly except for Angel, who refuses anything Fluttershy attempts to serve him. The episode opens with Fluttershy feeding her multitude of animals. Summary Fluttershy the doormat Īngel wants fancy salad, and Angel wants it NOW. In early July 2011, the Internet Movie Database temporarily listed season 2, episode 19 of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic as "Putting your Hoof Down" with an unspecified 2011 airdate. These include brief appearances by Pipsqueak, Sweetie Drops, and Lyra Heartstrings. One of the layout artists for the show added several "easter eggs" to the marketplace scene, which were not storyboarded. The storyboard artists had professional wrestler Hulk Hogan in mind when posing Iron Will, who uses hand gestures that mimic Hogan's signature taunts.