I Fratelli Flim Flam (chiamata anche La canzone del sidro dei fratelli Flim Flam) è una canzone presente all'inizio dell'episodio The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000. I Flim Flam Brothers arrivano in città sul loro congegno fabbrica sidro e si presentano, insieme alla loro macchina, cantando e ballando. È la più lunga canzone della serie animata, supera per durata Al Gran Galà, Basta Inverno e Il tuo Cucciolo tu Troverai.
Da quando ha inizio, la Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 produce rumori meccanici tenendo il ritmo; fu una vera e propria sfida per il "song team", coordinarsi con il "sound team".
La canzone condivide molte somiglianze con "Ya got trouble" del film "The Music man". In entrambe si può notare la veloce parlata ed entrambe sono cantate da personaggi che indossano un cappelli di paglia da barcaiolo e che si rivolgono agli abitanti di una piccola cittadina. In tutte e due le canzoni il testo prende la forma di un discorso che i protagonisti devono usare per convincere il loro pubblico. Alla fine di entrambe, inoltre, la folla, convinta, si unisce al coro finale, con particolare enfasi sulla pronuncia di una parola chiave: "trouble" (guaio) nell'originale e "sidro" in questa canzone.
Testo originale[]
- [Flim]
- Well, looky what we got here, brother of mine, it's the same in every town
- Ponies with thirsty throats, dry tongues, and not a drop of cider to be found
- Maybe they're not aware that there's really no need for this teary despair
- [Flim]
- [Flam]
- That the key that they need to solve this sad cider shortage you and I will share
- [Flam]
- Ponies: [excited chattering]
- [Flim and Flam]
- Well you've got opportunity
- In this very community
- [Flam]
- He's Flim
- [Flam]
- [Flim]
- He's Flam
- [Flim]
- [Flim and Flam]
- We're the world famous Flim Flam brothers
- Traveling salesponies nonpareil
- Pinkie Pie: Non-pa what?
- [Flim]
- Nonpareil, and that's exactly the reason why, you see
- No pony else in this whole place will give you such a chance to be where you need to be
- And that's a new world, with tons of cider
- Fresh squeezed and ready for drinking
- [Flim]
- [Flam]
- More cider than you can drink in all your days of thinking.
- [Flam]
- Rainbow Dash: I doubt that.
- [Flim and Flam]
- So take this opportunity
- [Flim and Flam]
- [Flim, Flam, and Crowd]
- In this very community
- [Flim, Flam, and Crowd]
- [Flam]
- He's Flim
- [Flam]
- [Flim]
- He's Flam
- [Flim]
- [Flim and Flam]
- We're the world famous Flim Flam brothers
- Traveling salesponies nonpareil
- [Flim and Flam]
- [Flim]
- I suppose by now you're wondering 'bout our peculiar mode of transport
- [Flim]
- [Flam]
- I say, our mode of locomotion
- [Flam]
- [Flim]
- And I suppose by now you're wondering, where is this promised cider?
- [Flim]
- [Flam]
- Any horse can make a claim and any pony can do the same
- [Flam]
- [Flim]
- But my brother and I have something most unique and superb
- Unseen at any time in this big new world
- [Flim]
- [Flim and Flam]
- And that's opportunity
- [Flim and Flam]
- [Flim]
- Folks, it's the one and only, the biggest and the best
- [Flim]
- [Flam]
- The unbelievable
- [Flam]
- [Flim]
- Unimpeachable
- [Flim]
- [Flam]
- Indispensable
- [Flam]
- [Flim]
- I can't believe-able
- [Flim]
- [Flim and Flam]
- Flim Flam brothers' Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000
- [Flim and Flam]
- Flam: What d'you say, sister?
- [Crowd]
- Oh, we got opportunity
- In this very community
- Please Flim, please Flam, help us out of this jam
- With your Flim Flam brothers' Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000
- [Crowd]
- Flim: Young filly, I would be ever so honored if you might see fit to let my brother and I borrow some of your delicious, and might I add spell-bindingly fragrant apples for our little demonstration here?
- Applejack: Uh, sure, I guess.
- [Crowd]
- Opportunity, in our community
- [Crowd]
- [Flam]
- Ready Flim?
- [Flam]
- [Flim]
- Ready Flam?
- [Flim]
- [Flim and Flam]
- Let's bing-bang zam!
- [Flim and Flam]
- Flim: And show these thirsty ponies a world of delectable cider!
- [Crowd]
- Cider, cider, cider, cider... [continues until Granny Smith interrupts]
- [Crowd]
- Flim: Watch closely my friends!
- Flam: The fun begins!
- Flim: Now, here's where the magic happens, right here in this heaving roiling cider press boiling guts of the very machine, those apples plucked fresh are right now as we speak being turned into grade-A top-notch five-star blow-your-horseshoes-off one-of-a-kind cider!
- Flam: Feel free to take a sneak peek!
- [Granny Smith]
- Now wait, you fellers, hold it!
- You went and over-sold it!
- I guarantee that what you have there won't compare
- For the very most important ingredient
- Can't be added or done expedient
- And it's quality, friends, Apple Acre's quality and care!
- [Granny Smith]
- [Flim]
- Well Granny, I'm glad you brought that up, my dear, I say I'm glad you brought that up
- You see that we are very picky when it comes to cider if you'll kindly try a cup
- [Flim]
- [Flam]
- Yes, sir, yes ma'am this great machine lets just the very best
- So whaddaya say then, Apples
- Care to step into the modern world
- And put the Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 to the test?
- [Flam]
- [Crowd]
- Cider, cider, cider, cider... [continues until Flim and Flam begin singing]
- [Crowd]
- Flim: What do you think, folks? Do you see what the Apples can't? I see it clear as day! I know she does! So does he! C'mon Ponyville, you know what I'm talking about!
- [Flim and Flam]
- We're saying you've got
- [Flim and Flam]
- [Flim, Flam, and Crowd]
- Opportunity
- In this very community
- He's Flim, he's Flam
- We're the world famous Flim Flam brothers
- Traveling salesponies nonpareil
- [Flim, Flam, and Crowd]
- [Flim and Flam]
- Yeah!
- [Flim and Flam]