The Smooze is a goopy creature, who is highly attracted to shiny objects- and, the more of which he consumes, the larger he becomes. Discord takes The Smooze to the gala, to get back at Fluttershy, who instead decided to take her friend Tree Hugger to the gala instead of him. Twilight asks Discord to keep his "friend" under control, but much to her disappointment, he doesn't, and tries to keep him locked away while he attempts to impress Fluttershy.