Your own Episode ideas

@SwordKing
 
I won’t lie, that sounds like it would make a hilarious episode.

@SwordKing  
I’m amazed that we’ve yet to see an “appendage swap” plot from really any canon medium. It sounds like it practically writes itself.
 
And it’s easy to see why here, you listed Rainbow and Trixie - they’re both egotistical about it.

@Background Pony #148D  
Great. Episode. Idea. 30-Second Preview Transcript, please.

Gloomilee  
Even though Cheerilee is happy for Big McIntosh now that he has a real special somepony, a small part of her is unable to cope with the heartbreak and disappointment over what could have been. So she asks Zecora for an “anti-love potion” to make herself fall out of love with him. Unfortunately, the potion has the unintended side effect of removing ALL of Cheerilee’s emotions.
 
When the Ponies Are Away  
A mostly dialogue-free episode that explores how the Mane Six’s pets spend their day when their owners are away (similar to The Secret Life of Pets).
 
The Convention Floor Caper  
Twilight, Rarity, and Moondancer attend Canterlot BookCon to meet the author of the Shadow Spade novels and find themselves embroiled in a real Shadow Spade-style mystery when the author inexplicably goes missing.
 
Diamond in the Rough  
Diamond Tiara’s family goes broke, and she and her folks have to live at Sweet Apple Acres (inspired by the Hey Arnold! episode “Rhonda Goes Broke”).
 
Rainbow Pride  
When another pony pulls off a sonic rainboom, Rainbow Dash starts to wonder if what made her special as a filly still makes her special as a Wonderbolt. “If the sonic rainboom doesn’t make me unique anymore… what does?”

@ImperfectXIII  
Good, but TCFC is technically another Daring Do script.

@hakirayleigh  
Yeah, I know it’s just like Stranger Than Fan Fiction. I just really want to see Detective Rarity again, and having Twilight and Moondancer along for the ride sounded fun to me. :P

Scoot to My Loo  
(based on Lauren Faust’s statement that Scootaloo has parents but they have really demanding jobs, and the recent Ponyville Mysteries book “Riddle of the Rusty Horseshoe”)
 
Scootaloo wakes up one morning and finds a note from her mother saying she had to work early – AGAIN – so they can’t spend the day together like Scootaloo hoped. So Scootaloo cheers herself up by spending the day with ponies who actually WANT to spend time with her: Bow Hothoof and Windy Whistles. While hanging out with Rainbow Dash’s parents, Scootaloo wishes her own parents were as enthusiastic about spending time with her as they are.
 
Meanwhile, Scootaloo’s mother Morning Glory finally gets a break from her job as Spoiled Rich’s personal assistant to visit her daughter at home, but she isn’t there. She asks Holiday and Lofty, and they say Scootaloo is at Bow and Windy’s house.
 
“Lofty and I love Scootaloo with all our hearts, but in the end, there’s really no substitute for a mother’s love.”
 
When Glory sees how much fun Scootaloo is having with them, she gets jealous and promises to spend an entire day with her like she wants. This leads to a brief but very tense moment between Glory and Rainbow Dash’s parents, who wonder if Glory loves her job more than she loves her daughter.
 
“Don’t you question how much I love my daughter! She’s the most important thing in the world to me! Everything I do is so she can have anything she could ever want!”  
“Anything… except a mother.”
 
The next day, Morning Glory takes a day off from work so she and Scootaloo can spend time together. However, Glory spends much of the time distracted, constantly thinking about work, and whenever she isn’t distracted, she suggests doing things that Scootaloo isn’t interested in. Scootaloo realizes Glory doesn’t know her as well as a mother should know her daughter and runs away. Glory finds Scootaloo sulking on the school playground, and she apologizes for not being around as much as she should be.
 
Morning Glory almost considers quitting her job as Spoiled Rich’s assistant and finding different (albeit less-paying) work, but Spoiled appears and – having had a stern talking-to from her own daughter Diamond Tiara – decides to give Glory more flexible hours so she can be with Scootaloo more often. The day after that, Glory takes Scootaloo to a Wonderbolts show.
 
 
(Pardon the use of quotes; just trying to paint the image with my words. :P)

@ImperfectXIII  
We really need this episode, this may even be hilarious in hindsight. Also, I didn’t know Scootaloo’s father was a cyborg unicorn mare from 200 years in the future who nearly killed a filly for not shutting up and really wishes she hadn’t seen her mother’s decapitated head on the mantlepiece

I Would Do Anything for Friendship (But I Won’t Do That): The map sends Rarity and Rainbow Dash to Manehatten to mend a rift between aging rock star Wheat Loaf and his former songwriter Groom Steinmane, but the bitter legal battle the two are involved in, as well as the lawyers handling it, complicate matters greatly.
 
…I freely admit it was mostly an excuse for the pun names.

Spike is disappointed by the latest issue of Power Ponies, so he decides to write his own comic book.

Star Struck: The map sends Twilight and Fluttershy to Fillydelphia, where they run into Star Tracker. While he quickly guides them to the friendship problem they were sent to solve, his idolization of Twilight becomes a hindrance, as he won’t speak up to contradict her, even if he knows something she clearly doesn’t, and is more concerned with following her lead than offering his own ideas. It’s up to Fluttershy to get him to do what she herself still struggles with: say what’s on his mind.

Tradition Contradiction The Cakes are excited as Pound and Pumpkin’s first birthday approaches. It’s a tradition in Carrot’s family for a foal to put together a sandwich at one year old, thus introducing them to the wonderful world of making food good and early. The foals attempt it, but quickly find that they hate the act of handling food they won’t be eating at all. Carrot insists they keep nudging the foals toward cooking while Cup Cake wants them to discover such joys on their own, leaving Pinkie stuck in the awkward position of being in the middle of an argument between two ponies who are becoming increasingly stubborn and who can fire her. Eventually, she makes her case for letting Pound and Pumpkin pursue their own passions, even if it’s not cooking, and the Cakes can do as they will about it.
 
The Case of the Spectator Swindle Rarity is going about her business in Carousel Boutique, busy but that special kind of busy where it feels good. Like she’s getting things done. She’s getting ready to close up and tells miss Pommel that she appreciates her help. Pommel accepts the thanks, but requests that Rarity “be less weird and use her first name, C-”
 
And then, Rarity explodes.
 
It’s not bloody or with chunks everywhere. She’s standing in her home/business, then there’s a pony-sized explosion and then, she’s gone. Now, she’s left wandering Ponyville as a ghost, trying to figure out what caused the explosion and finding out just how her demise is affecting her friends. As well as finding herself disappointed at how nonchalant they all are about it. Rarity discovers that she can communicate with Celestia because alicorns and whatever, and the princess tells her about the ancient tradition called ‘Explosion Day’, in which once every thousand years, an unknown but powerful being chooses one pony to just explode. Rarity is understandably upset, but Celestia hopes she’ll find comfort in knowing that none of her friends were chosen.
 
And then, Celestia explodes. Followed by a guard. And Shining Armor. And zephyr breeze. And Fizzlepop Berrytwist, before she even has a chance to make a single expensive sound. And Spitfire as she flies past the window also explodes. Rari-ghost looks outside and sees bright flashes and hears faint pops as ponies all over Equestria just start exploding. Rarity demands to know who is causing this. A shadow appears from off-screen, making Rarity cower away from it and whimper a single, terrified word: “g-grogar…!”  
The camera turns toward the beast to reveal…a goat-shaped real cardboard sign with “April Fools!” written on it in blue marker. Rarity explains to the audience that it was all a joke, that everypony is fine and she hopes none of us were too worried about her. Everything will be back to normal next time and she’s “sure everyone would care far more than what we’ve seen today if (she) were to explode in canon”.  
(the episode is only ever shown on April 1st. it’d just be silly otherwise.)

@Scrounge  
Me likey.

All Grown Down: When Starlight has a really bad day, she decides to use magic to turn back into a filly. She enjoys herself for a while until her horn starts acting up and also Rumble falling in love with her.

@ImperfectXIII  

 
I’m liking this idea

Dragon Lineage  
With the help of Princess Ember, Spike finally uncovers a clue about where he came from.
 
Go West, Young Pony  
An attempt to chart Equestria’s Undiscovered West ends in disaster when a traveling caravan reports of being attacked by a mysterious, never-before-seen creature.
 
Swanfire  
Rainbow Dash accidentally reveals the secret to Spitfire’s great flying ability: she practices aerial ballet!

@ImperfectXIII
 
These actually sound like they’d make pretty fun episodes.
 
I’d especially like the second one, but then again I’ve always loved MLP’s monsters and creatures. They’re this perfect mix of mythology and imaginative weirdness, and they have such consistently great designs! Plus it would be nice if the show did something with the portions of its map it’s never touched.

How Dare You: While in Appleloosa, Applejack and Rainbow Dash are approached by Little Strong Heart, who says that “a thief who moves like the wind” has been trying to steal the sacred treasures of her people. They talk to the buffalo and agree to help, with Applejack asking the townsponies about any suspicious newcomers, while Dash helps the buffalo keep watch. When the intruder arrives, Dash gives chase… And is shocked to discover that the would-be thief is none other than Daring Do, who claims the Flute of Howling Wind is too dangerous to be left with the buffalo, and demands that Dash help her retrieve it!
 
Rainbow Dash replies that the buffalo have a right to what’s theirs, and refuses to steal from them without knowing the full story. Once Daring retreats, Dash briefly returns to the buffalo, telling them only that their thief has been driven off, at least for the night, before hurrying back to Applejack, needing to talk.
 
The next day, as Rainbow Dash sleeps, Applejack visits the buffalo to ask about the Flute of Howling Wind. An ancient artifact containing their most powerful magic, the Flute is used in times of great crisis to call a guardian entity known as the Thunderbird. Generations ago, the Thunderbird had been called to defend their people against the Great Horned Serpent, but the Flute vanished without a trace shortly after, and had been missing for so long that even Chief Thunderhooves had begun to believe it only a myth, before being found in a cave in the badlands with strange markings on its walls that had been opened by a recent rockslide.
 
That night, Daring returns and is once more confronted by Dash, causing a commotion that draws buffalo and pony alike as they chase each other through the air, the confrontation zigzagging through the town and eventually towards the apple orchard. When they land, Dash is tied up and Daring is lighting a torch, threatening to start a fire unless the Flute is handed over. Applejack calls her bluff, but Daring claims there’s too much at stake.
 
At this, Chief Thundehooves steps forward, holding the Flute. Daring begs him to put it down, but instead he raises it to his mouth and plays a short song before telling Daring that the Thunderbird will deal with her.
 
At this, Daring lets out an exasperated laugh and tells him that she thought he knew the truth. She’d translated the cave runes, and while the Flute speaks with the voice of the Thunderbird, its call is a challenge to the Great Horned Serpent!
 
From there, obviously, there’s the big monster fight scene, a moral about the importance of making sure everyone’s on the same page, and everypony (and everybuffalo) making amends before Daring trots off into the sunrise with the Flute, which Chief Thunderhooves is now perfectly happy to be rid of.
 
…Sorry if that was a bit long. I wanted to make sure Daring didn’t come off too badly. Hope I did okay.
 
@FrustrationInExcelsis  

 
You mean like the thing that looks like a city-sized skull?
 
(And I’ve been pretty fond of the various weird creatures FiM has shown too. The fly-ders deserve special credit for being so simple but working so well.)

Runway Rainbow - Basic Idea, Rainbow Dash participates in a Beauty Pageant, sorta like that Recess episode. How? Why? I don’t know yet, I’m still trying to think on that. Moral could go back to the original premise of the show, with how “there’s multiple ways to be a girl”. Also it’d be a good excuse to pair Rarity and RD again

Someone make up a title for me - Spike and Rainbow Dash start meeting in private to teach each other how to be girly and manly, respectively (Dash never had a girly influence and Spike never had a “tough guy” influence, respectively) and go through all sorts of wacky shenanigans trying to keep it a secret out of fear the other ponies would laugh at them. The big reveal in the end is everyone knew all along and just never thought it was even remotely remarkable, let alone funny or weird or anything :P
 
Seriously I suck at naming things - Everyone’s called in by King Thorax because there’s a large group of old-style changelings who he thinks are a threat and he needs help mediating. Turns out the old-style changelings are just as afraid of the new-style ones and thought they were the bad ones who were going to swoop in and forcibly change them. Moral is it’s okay do agree to disagree and what is good for you and your group isn’t necessarily good for everyone :D

@Badumsquish  
I think the first one should be called Tough and Tender, referencing Spike’s and Dash’s desires. The other should be Ever Changeling Times.

@Megas75
 
I think maybe the one to get her involved in it could be an older cousin of hers, and that the cousin design wise be based off of G3.5 RD. Rarity is ecstatic about it, but RD as much as she loves her family, is hesitant to it.
 
She’s worried of looking less dignified in front of her peers and losing their respect, though she isn’t as open to saying it and just telling Rarity and her cousin that she isn’t into the “girly froo-froo” stuff.
 
Rarity, happy to help give Rainbow Dash a makeover and proper training of how to act - She isn’t aware of how RD truly feels. The breaking point comes when there’s a Wonderbolt emergency and the outfit gets in her way of getting there. Not only was she late, but other ponies nearby begin to mock her for her outfit, while others ridicule her for doing something different outside of her normal behavior.
 
Stuck in her home in the clouds after the whole ordeal, RD refuses to talk to Rarity. Rarity is at a loss of what to do until Dash’s cousin comes and wants to know what happened. Rarity explains and RD’s cousin basically tells her that as much as she wants Rainbow Dash to embrace her feminine side for the show, they can’t force her to do it completely simply because she isn’t that type of mare. Rarity, while confused of how to make a rough and tumble girl could also work with her more feminine side. To which the cousin responds “Darling, we’re all mares and fillies, there’s no denying that… but that doesn’t mean there aren’t more ways to being one.”
 
After that conversation, they go visit RD. After some apologies and explanation, they finally convince Rainbow to join and that they will work with her more ruffian side.

Bag of Trixie: After getting mocked during her magic show at the School for Gifted Unicorns, Trixie decides to change her ways of doing magic as well as her overall appearance to appeal to the Canterlot fillies and colts.

@Binkyt11  
Thanks! I really liked the story you came up with!

No title, because I can’t think of one: Trixie gets a letter from her mother telling her she’ll be paying a visit to Ponyville, leaving the showmare quite on edge while her friends, Starlight and Maud, try to help while also pondering as to how her mother happens to be, personality wise.