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[[File:gildathebrushoff_173.jpg|frame|"[["The Reason You Suck" Speech|This is your idea of a good time? I've never met a lamer bunch of dweebs in all my life!]]"]]

 

'''Fluttershy:''' ''(annoyed)'' I'm a year older than you. }}

 

 

With some effort (and a lot of chasing), Pinkie Pie convinces Rainbow Dash to hang out with her, and the two bond over playing some harmless pranks on their friends. While Spike, Twilight, Applejack, and Rarity are all fair game, Pinkie is reluctant to do anything to Fluttershy, knowing how sensitive the girl is (she turns a prank on Dash instead, who accepts it with good cheer).

After seeing Gilda give the other citizens of Ponyville the same shabby treatment, however, Pinkie is certain Gilda really is just a "meanie-pants". It's bad enough seeing Gilda playing a mean-spirited prank on Granny Smith, then stealing from an apple cart, but the last straw is when Pinkie sees Gilda literally ''roar'' at Fluttershy for bumping into her, and making the poor, meek Pegasus run off crying.

 

 

Later, Pinkie Pie throws a big party to officially welcome Gilda to Ponyville. Gilda tries to play it cool, especially since her friend Rainbow Dash is there, but after falling victim to a series of pranks she starts to lose her temper and become suspicious of Pinkie's intentions.

 

'''Pinkie Pie:''' Why? Can't you watch me like a griffon? }}

 

 

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* [[Accidental Public Confession]]: Gilda's outburst at her [[Humiliation Conga]] causes Rainbow Dash to realize her old friend is a much bigger jerk than she thought she was.

* [[Affectionate Gesture to the Head]]: When Pinkie Pie reassures Fluttershy that her "auntie" has everything under control. The year-older Pegasus isn't amused.

* [[Alma Mater Song]]:

To some day be the very best }}

* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Gilda has elements of this trope.

* [[Anthropomorphic Zig-Zag]]: While the show regularly fluctuates with this, this episode has one of the very few instances a pony is actually shown running on their hind legs (Applejack, who is throwing apples at the two pranksters with her front legs).

* [[Bait and Switch]]: We're led to believe that Pinkie set up the pranks to get back at Gilda. Turns out, {{spoiler|Rainbow Dash set them up. And not even for Gilda specifically. Not to mention that Pinkie didn't even want to get back at Gilda, she just thought that a party might warm her up to the others.}}

* [[Balloonacy]]: Invoked by Pinkie on herself. Gilda pops them.

* [[Batman Gambit]]: Pinkie Pie sets up a fake prank on Fluttershy (naturally aborted) in order to prank her real target, Rainbow Dash (with the old inked eyepiece gag).

* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]: Gilda acts good natured and easy going to the ponies whenever Rainbow Dash is around, and then bullies them mercilessly when her back is turned. {{spoiler|Gilda's temper and hatred of Pinkie eventually leads her to snap epically in front of Rainbow Dash however, and [[Berserk Button|at practically all of her Ponyville friends at that]].}}

* [[Brick Joke]]: {{spoiler|Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash pull a prank on Twilight involving invisible ink. At the end of the episode, Twilight recycles the prank on Princess Celestia by sending the (disguised) invisible ink bottle with her letter.}}

* [[Buffy-Speak]]

* [[Carnivore Confusion]]: In classical lore, griffons (or whichever of the many spellings one favors) traditionally ate horses. There's a slight hint that Gilda's omnivorous but she sticks to standard pony fare while in Ponyville (about the '''only''' considerate thing she does).

* [[The Cat Came Back]]: Pinkie Pie does this in her pursuit of Rainbow Dash.

* [[Determinator]]: Pinkie Pie is this with regards to Rainbow Dash, managing to beat a flying Pegagus to places that she shouldn't logically have been able to get to in the first place.

* [[Exact Words]]: Invoked by Pinkie Pie after Rainbow Dash tells her "we'll catch up with you later."

* [[Good Is Not Dumb]]: Invoked by Gilda when she's ''convinced'' that Pinkie Pie set up the party pranks to humiliate her. The idea that Pinkie genuinely just wants to make her happy and be friends is absolutely alien to Gilda.

* [[Hiccup Hijinks]]: Pinkie Pie purposely has Rainbow Dash give Spike the hiccups by startling him with a thunder cloud. This has the hilarious aftereffect of Spike sending dozens of scrolls to Princess Celestia by accident.

** Interestingly enough, it was ''accidental''! The pranks were intended for everyone, Gilda's own attitude and desire to be the "star of the show" caused her to end up walking right into ''all'' of them.

*** ''Mostly'' accidental... pay attention, and you can see Rainbow Dash set up Gilda for the dribble-glass and the snakes-in-a-can gags.

*** Of course, Rainbow Dash couldn't know that Gilda would go for that one present.

* [[Kick the Dog]]: Gilda does this whenever Rainbow Dash is away. It was her roaring at Fluttershy and making her run away crying though, made her basically cross the line in Pinkie Pie's eyes.

* [[Tranquil Fury]]: {{spoiler|Unusually Rainbow Dash, who deals with Gilda's true colors solely with collective, stern words.}}

* [[Watch Out for That Tree]]: As Dash is flying away from a running and shouting Pinkie.

'''Pinkie Pie:''' I was going to tell you to look out for that mountain. }}

* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: Twilight suspecting Pinkie of being jealous of Gilda. See [[Bait and Switch]] above.

 

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