Princess Problems
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. Patch grows increasingly regretful of the possibility she is the missing princess, as she doesn't wish to part with her parents.
At the temporary home of the Isle of Pony royalty, Patch and her friends discover they are the last in a very long line of candidates. Forced to wait, Patch realizes she doesn't want to leave her parents or be a princess and runs off just before her turn. Her friends follow her to a nearby fountain. There, Patch explains she has no intention of entering a royal life and in particular challenges the pushy Melody with the question if she would give up her mother for such a life. As Patch curses the supposed birthmark, it finally comes off and Patch joyfully realizes she's not the princess after all. Melody tries one more time, mentioning all of the princess's traits only to find out Rosy also is an exact match ánd has the actual birthmark.
The group runs back to the house, only to find the royals have just left. Figuring they can't catch up on foot, Patch swiftly puts together a mudball and aims it through the coach's window, hitting the king. This stops the coach and gives the girls a chance to talk to the royals. Rosy steps forward and the royals try the princess's crown on her. Her hair momentarily lightens up, proving her to be their daughter. As the three embrace, the girls look on, moved by the happy ending.