Hi, everypony, and welcome to another episode of Twilight Tries!

In today’s episode, I’m going to try…puppeteering! And joining me for this episode will be a few of my very good friends: Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, and Starlight Glimmer.

Thanks for being here today, girls!

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Yep, this should be super fun indeed, Pinkie! Loving the enthusiasm!

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Don’t worry, Fluttershy, no pony is expecting you to be a professional puppeteer. We’re all just here to try something new and have fun while doing it.

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Yeeeah, I doubt it, Starlight. It’s highly unlikely that we’re going to have either the time or resources to use our puppets to create remakes of famous heavy metal songs.

I don’t even want to know why it is you asked that.

No, what this episode is mostly going to focus on is creating our puppets and then bringing them to life – so to speak – by crafting their identities and personalities.

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Yes, Pinkie, and we’ll get to play around with them for a bit as well. Just simply extempore stuff though, nothing as elaborate as filming a music video parody.

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I’m sorry, Starlight. Maybe we can do your puppet-themed parody song another time.

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Um, sure. We could include Maud and Sunburst if you’d like.

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Sweet Celestia, what did I just promise Starlight?

Oh well, at least she seems content now.

But getting back on track, everypony, as I just stated a moment ago one of the focuses of this episode is going to be creating our puppets. So if you’ll follow me over here I’ll show you the workstation I’ve set up for doing just that.

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Ta-da!

As you can see, we’ve got everything we need to build our puppets. We’ve got foam, fur, various cutting tools, and glue guns so that no pony has to do any sewing, because, um…I know that some of us might not exactly be very proficient at sewing.

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*SIGH*

Yes, Pinkie, I was referring to myself just now. I’m not very proficient at sewing.

Thank you for pointing that out.

Oh, and I’ve also included a few pieces of parchment with pattern ideas and instructions, but I don’t want anypony to think of them as ‘instructions’ per se. Think of them more as guidelines for getting the basic aesthetics of your puppet made. Afterall, we don’t want to all create the same puppet here. We want to really let our imaginations fly and come up with some truly unique and interesting Fuppets! I mean puppets! Puppets!

Okay then, this seems as a good a time as any to get to the legal disclaimer I wanted to give.

Ahem.

So a quick note before we go any further. In all likelihood, the puppets we’re going to be making today will end up being very similar in style to puppets from the famous puppet group The Fuppets. And I just want to say right now, on the record, that we are not going to be making actual Fuppets. We’re only going to be making puppets that look like Fuppets. Additionally, we will not be referring to our puppets as Fuppets at any point either – at least intentionally.

So please, Diz-Nee, don’t sue me.

Again.

And with that all said, I think it’s about time we got started, everypony. So let’s get those creative juices flowing and create some amazing puppets!

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No, Pinkie, there aren’t actually any creative juices. It’s just a figure of speech.

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Hmmm, what kind of puppet should I make?

Oh, I know!

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Just gotta cut up some of this foam like so.

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Cover the foam in fur.

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Add some limbs and eyes.

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Aaaand…voilà!

What do you think of my puppet, girls?

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It’s not a frog, Starlight, it’s a toad. Can’t you tell by the broad nose, bumpy skin, and short legs?

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Well, yes, that is true, Fluttershy. Toads are a sub-classification of frogs within the order Anura, but even still I don’t think it’s fair to label Trevor as a frog.

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Yep, this toad puppet’s name is Trevor. And he’s a hopeless romantic who likes long walks on the beach and playing the ukulele.

'Hey, everypony. Glad to meet you.'

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Thanks, Fluttershy. I'm happy you're glad to meet Trevor too.

By the way, I really like your puppet. You did an incredible job making a cute little bunny rabbit.

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O-Oh. It’s a pika.

Um, yeah, that’s what I meant to say: a cute little pika.

Heh heh.

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Thank you, Pinkie. I really like your puppet too. You did a great job creating a, uh…very unique-looking, um...creature of some sort.

Yeah, I have no idea what this puppet is supposed to be.

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Oh, your puppet is a monster that loves to eat cupcakes?

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No, no, that’s great, Pinkie! You managed to create a puppet that’s completely new and original. Well done!

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What? It’s not a completely new and original creation? You’re saying you based it off of Cookie Monster from Sesame Street?

Um, okay then.

What’s a Cookie Monster? And where the hay is this Sesame Street?

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U-Uh, no, that’s fine, Pinkie. We don’t need to see a demonstration on how many cupcakes your puppet can scarf down in under a minute.

That sounds like something that would be incredibly messy.

You know what? Why don’t we see what kind of puppet Starlight is working on, huh? I bet she’s come up with a really fun and interesting one.

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Hey, Starlight, how’s your puppet coming along?

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Yeah, I can see that you’re making a pony puppet. One that…kind of looks like you.

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Oh, no, I’m not trying to say that it is you. I’m just saying that, well, your puppet is a unicorn like you are and has a mane style that’s very similar to yours but in different colors.

Actually, not even different colors. Just the same colors but with the highlights as the main colors and vice versa.

W-Well, um, what’s your puppet’s name?

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Moonlight?

Okay, this is starting to get a little weird.

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Oh, uh, n-nice to meet you, Moonlight. Um…how are you today?

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Not so good?

Oh, I’m…sorry to hear that. What’s the matter?

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You haven’t been getting much sleep lately?

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And you’ve been feeling really overwhelmed at your job as a guidance counselor?

Okay, I think I’m starting to see what’s happening here.

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And you had a big fight recently with your friend…Pixie?

Yep, Starlight’s definitely working through some things via her puppet right now.

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No, Moonlight – er, Starlight! Stop choking Pinkie’s puppet!

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I get that this is what you feel like doing to Trixie – er, Pixie - right now! I’ve had that feeling too! But trying to choke somepuppet out isn’t the answer!

And besides, this isn’t even Pixie you’re trying to strangle!

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*HEAVY BREATHING*

Are you okay, Pinkie?

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Oh thank goodness.

All right, everypony, I can’t believe I need to say this, but please, please refrain from acting out any murder scenarios with each other’s puppets.

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Yeah, good idea, Fluttershy. We should probably wrap this all up and see about getting Starlight some help. Just give me a few seconds to do my sign-off real quick.

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Well, everypony, it looks like we have to end this episode here due to a mental health emergency. So as always, thanks for watching, and I’ll see you next time on Twilight Tries.

Now then, Starlight, how about you and I go pay Dr. Manica down at the Ponyville Mental Health Hospital a visit, huh?

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All right, fine.

Moonlight, how about you and I go pay Dr. Manica down at the Ponyville Mental Health Hospital a visit?

Author's Note

Puppets really can be useful as therapeutic tools for expressing sensitive topics. Just don't rely on them too much though, otherwise you may start to believe that your puppet is actually alive. Trust me on this.

If there's something you'd like to see Twilight try, please let me know in the comments!