“But India,” said Twilight Sparkle, “I don’t know dat pink fiwwy’s name!”

India turned to the pink foal and asked her, “What’s your name, little filly?”

“Pinkie Pie!” answered the foal.

“Can you spell it for us?” asked India.

“No,” answered Pinkie Pie sadly. “I don’t know my wettas.”

“I do,” said India. “Pinkie Pie, do you see that little foal’s piano?” she asked, pointing to the piano.

“Yeah! I see it; I see it!” answered Pinkie cheerfully.

India turned to Twilight and told her, “Twilight, that pink foal’s name is Pinkie Pie. Here’s what you need to do: go over to the piano and stomp on its keys. I will spell Pinkie Pie’s name for you by lighting the keys up with my horn; that way, you will know which key to stomp. Ready?”

“Weady!” answered Twilight, eager to free Pinkie Pie.

India highlighted the P key on the piano first, and Twilight stomped on it with her front hooves.

“P!” squeaked a Gummy look-alike as it popped out of the piano, and then it popped back in.

Next, India highlighted the I key, and Twilight stomped on it.

“I!” squeaked another Gummy look-alike.

India and Twilight repeated the steps, and more Gummy look-alikes came out, announcing each letter.

“N!”

“K!”

“I!”

“E!”

Twilight hesitated for a moment and asked India, “Is Pinkie Pie one wuhd oah two wuhds?”

“There’s no Space key on the piano,” answered India. “Just stomp on the letters, like before.”

Twilight obeyed India and resumed stomping on the keys.

“P!”

“I!”

“E!”

As soon as Twilight stomped on the last key, there was a Pinkie Pie-style party fanfare.

Author's Note

The situation in which Twilight Sparkle must spell out Pinkie Pie’s name is also inspired by a similar situation in Banjo-Kazooie, in which Banjo and Kazooie must spell the name of the game—with no spaces or hyphens, because neither of those characters is an option—by slamming the tiles on the floor of the sandcastle in Treasure Trove Cove.