When Pinkamena was a filly, a Sonic Rainboom knocked her in a deep coma; one that doctors came to believe she would never emerge from.

To her, though, the event made her believe that her purpose in life was to spread joy. She no longer lived the dull, boring existence of the rock farm. She was the happiest pony in Equestria where everypony was her friend.

But now as she miraculously wakes up from this trance, she is hit with the cold reality.