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Later, as she signs autographs for a line of waiting fillies, a plummeting Twinkling Balloon carrying a screaming mare gives Rainbow Dash another chance to perform feats of heroism. Before she can get to the balloon, however, a mysterious pony in a mask and cape appears and saves the panicking pilot, leaving Rainbow to crash into the deflated balloon. As the heroic pony vanishes as quickly as she came, the mayor declares her to be Mare Do Well, Ponyville's newest hero, to which the crowd cheers...except for Rainbow Dash, who bitterly snubs the new hero.
Things quickly become worse for Rainbow Dash, as Mare Do Well outperforms her in almost every regard. When a carriage filled with tourists goes flying down the steep road, Rainbow completely flubs the rescue whereas Mare Do Well effortlessly stops the carriage with her superior physical strength. A construction site quickly devolves into pandemonium as a haywire crane and a collapsing structure put the workers in danger, and although Rainbow Dash manages to rescue one colt, Mare Do Well saves ''four'' in the same span of time, displaying an uncanny level of prediction. A leaky [[Schizo
Back at Sugarcube Corner, Twilight, Fluttershy, Applejack and Rarity sing praises about Mare Do Well. An agitated Rainbow Dash refutes their claims, declaring herself to be a better hero than Mare Do Well, only to be called out on her jealousy by the others, including Spike. Unfortunately, there aren't any disasters that need heroism to be found, leaving Rainbow Dash to perform acts of heroism such as pushing Granny Smith across the street (she didn't ''want'' to cross), opening a jar of peanut butter ([[All There in The Script|Amethyst Star]] easily opens it with her magic), and [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|mowing the lawn]].
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* [[Break the Haughty]]: The character development Rainbow Dash goes through over the course of the episode.
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: Just before the iris out to end the episode, Rainbow Dash winks at the camera.
* [[Brought to You By The Letter "S"]]: The Mysterious Mare Do Well has an M on the brooch holding her cape closed.
* [[But He Sounds Handsome|But She Sounds Handsome]]: {{spoiler|Twilight, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Applejack in Sugarcube Corner when they are complimenting various aspects of the Mysterious Mare Do Well.}}
* [[Call Back]]:
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*** That was actually a reference to the [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E15 Feeling Pinkie Keen|Pinkie Sense]].
* [[Ringer Ploy]]: The multiple Mare Do Wells running around Ponyville after Rainbow tried to unmask the hero.
* [[Schizo
* [[Scooby
* {{spoiler|[[Secret Identity Change Trick]]: If you pay attention, you'll notice that both Twilight and Applejack are in the crowd when Rainbow Dash confronts Mare Do Well on stage. This must mean that they took advantage of Rainbow Dash distracting everypony by chasing after Mare Do Well to sneak away and quickly change into their own Mare Do Well costumes.}}
** {{spoiler|Same with Fluttershy: one of the Mare Do Well's in the chase scene is clearly a Pegasus, but when we see Fluttershy next, she's out of the outfit.}}
* [[Shout
** Without the [[Spider Man]] part, it becomes: "[[Underdog (Animation)|Never fear, Rainbow Dash is here!]]"
** Mare Do Well's look is one to [[Darkwing Duck]], [[Zorro]], and [[Batman]]. And the lens and slick spandex portions match [[Spider Man]]'s costume.
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'''Applejack:''' I think we're getting off topic here. }}
* [[Spider Sense]]: Pinkie Sense shows up again.
* [[Stop Helping Me!]]: Ponyville's attitude towards Rainbow Dash after she starts trying to outdo Mare-Do-Well.
* [[Superhero Episode]]: Many of the heroic (and not-so-heroic) tasks performed between Rainbow Dash and Mare Do Well borrow from the common superhero trope, such as [[Baby Carriage]] and [[Construction Zone Calamity]], and with nods of the heads to similar heroic deeds from notable superhero films series like ''[[Superman]]'' and ''[[Spider-Man]]''.
* [[Talking Is a Free Action]]: [[Averted Trope|Averted]]. The reason Rainbow Dash can't save the construction workers is because she insists on shouting "Never fear, Rainbow Dash is here!" and keeps getting interrupted by falling pieces of rubble and bricks.
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