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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.
* [[Actor Allusion|Actress Allusion]]/[[Expy]]/HeyItsThatVoice: Gilda's pretty much what [[Black Lagoon (Anime)|Revy]] would be if she were in a G-rated setting and you can actually hear it in her voice a few times. The irony is that Revy has more redeeming qualities and a [[Freudian Excuse]] for her actions whereas Gilda does ''not''.
** That we know of. After all, Revy has an entire series showing her as better (and worse) than she seems, Gilda had one episode.
* [[Actually Pretty Funny]]: All of Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash's victims make at least a small begrudged smirk or titter to their prank. Even the pair themselves are in hysterics whenever they get pranked by ''each other''.
* [[Affectionate Gesture to Thethe Head]]: When Pinkie Pie reassures Fluttershy that her "auntie" has everything under control. The year-older Pegasus isn't amused.
* [[Alma Mater Song]]:
{{quote| Junior Speedsters are our lives<br />
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* [[Exact Words]]: Invoked by Pinkie Pie after Rainbow Dash tells her "we'll catch up with you later."
{{quote| '''Pinkie Pie:''' Hi! It's later! And I caught up!}}
* [[Foreshadowing]]: Possible. For someone so cheerful and upbeat, Pinkie Pie seems [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E25 Party of One|rather disproportionately hurt]] by Rainbow Dash wanting to spend some time catching up with Gilda.
** Also, Pinkie Pie's recounting of Rainbow Dash's feats at the beginning of the episode seems to describe the events of a [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E16 Sonic Rainboom|future episode...]]
* [[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.
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** Possibly Celestia if "wrong ink" is interpreted to mean she owns a bottle of disappearing ink herself (though the one she uses clearly pops in with the scroll).
** Gilda seems to be less good natured example.
* [[Right for Thethe Wrong Reasons]]: At least partially, Rainbow Dash about Gilda in the end. Freaking out at the party is the least of Gilda's sins, and Rainbow might not judge her so harshly for it if she knew what good reasons she seemed to have to think the [[Humiliation Conga]] was orchestrated by an antagonistic Pinkie Pie. But if she knew the actual reason, she'd also have had an inkling about what a jerk Gilda was being behind her back. In the end, Rainbow's uncharitable interpretation about Gilda's talk about being "cool" and "lame" is pretty much right, even though calling all the pranks lame could have had the opposite meaning that it's lame to be mean to people.
** And yet she's CONSTANTLY rude to people. Perhaps it's not as 'cool' when she's on the receiving end?
*** The difference is that Rainbow Dash's rudeness comes from her [[Brutal Honesty|bluntness]] and aggressive nature. She genuinely cares for the citizens of Ponyville, and despite her ego, doesn't think that they're inferior to her. Gilda's rudeness stems from the fact that she genuinely dislikes the other ponies, and she goes beyond rudeness to actual bullying, something Rainbow has never done. In short, Gilda is the [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Jerk]] to Rainbow Dash's [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]].
* [[Shout-Out]]: Pinkie Pie's calm determination to follow a fleeing Rainbow Dash all over the place, her [[The Cat Came Back|knack for showing up wherever Dash ends up]], and especially her simple bouncing gait, all add up to an homage of every [[Pepe Le Pew]] cartoon ever.
* [[Stalker Without a Crush]]: This episode has Pinkie Pie following Rainbow Dash around a fair bit, but in a fairly cheerful way. Dash finds this slightly annoying at worst, but also amusing.
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