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[[caption-width-right:350:The type of pony everypony should know! <ref> [[Call Back|Also, hi,]] [[The Cameo|Photo Finish!]] [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E20 Green Isn't Your Color|Haven't seen you in a while!]]</ref>▼
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{{quote| '''Rarity:''' No, really! It's ''so nice'' of you!<br />▼
'''Princess Celestia:''' It's nothing, really.<br />▼
'''Rarity:''' ''(while kissing Celestia's hooves)'' Oh, but it isn't nothing, it's everything! I, I just don't know what to say but thank you, thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you, thank you, thank you!<br />▼
'''Princess Celestia:'''
▲'''Rarity:''' ''(while kissing Celestia's hooves)'' Oh, but it isn't nothing, it's everything! I, I just don't know what to say but thank you, thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
'''Rarity:''' Thank you! }}
Rarity is in Canterlot for a few days to buy some new fabrics for her store, staying at a suite in the royal castle thanks to a few favors invoked by Twilight Sparkle. To thank Twilight, Rarity plans to make a new dress for her and present it at her birthday party that weekend.
While she's stopped at a cafe with her pet cat Opal, two ponies named [[
Out for more material, Rarity's vision is blocked by her bags, causing her to [[Crash Into Hello|bump into Fancypants]], the pony on top of the Canterlot social hierarchy. As Rarity apologizes for the accident, Fancypants recognizes her as a special pony (thanks to her stay at the castle) and invites her to his private box at the Wonderbolts Derby later that day. Although it'll give her less time to work on Twilight's dress, Rarity accepts. After she correctly predicts the derby winner and name-drops [[Blatant Lies|Rainbow Dash as the Wonderbolts' trainer]], Fancypants declares her his "new favorite party guest". Rarity is quickly flooded with ''more'' invitations from the Canterlot upper crust, which takes up all her time and leaves her too tired to do anything more than to construct the basic dress form for Twilight.
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[[Oh Crap|…but they invite themselves to come along.]]
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[[Hilarity Ensues]] as the plain ponies of Ponyville and the Canterlot ''crème de la crème'' mix in a most inharmonious manner, with the latter appalled at the former. Twilight's dress catches Fancypants' eye, and he politely asks her for the designer. When Twilight reveals that Rarity made it for her, Upper Crust and Jet Set begin smirking and laughing, only to be set silent when Rarity gathers her courage and stands up for her friends as the most important ponies she knows. To her surprise, Fancypants throws his support behind her, complimenting the other ponies as "charmingly rustic". The various [[Yes
Back in her suite, Rarity prepares a letter for Princess Celestia, only to deliver it verbally when Celestia herself stops by:
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=== Tropes ([[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Abnormal Ammo]]: Pinkie Pie's Party Cannon, [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Absentee Actor]]: Spike is the only main character to not appear. This is [[Lampshaded]] in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Ad Break Double Take]]: Spoofed by Pinkie Pie. The rest of the Mane Six surprise Rarity and she faints, then commercials, then Rarity wakes up and Pinkie says "Hi again!"
* [[Adorkable]]: [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-51Dppe1lXKk/Tt0yYSYEawI/AAAAAAAAWuw/477oAysUlyk/s1600/93908+-+adorkable+animated+dancing+twilight_sparkle.gif Twilight's dancing].
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** Rarity in beatnik style!
** Derpy wearing a pearl necklace with her paper bag costume from Nightmare Night.
* [[Affectionate Gesture to
** Hayseed Turniptruck kind of does a cross between a hair-tousle and a noogie to Rarity's ''hat'' while proudly talking up what a big-deal dressmaker she is in Ponyville.
** Opalescence gets one from Rarity while trying to remind the her to make Twilight's dress.
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** And as usual, Opal is the victim of Rarity's distractions.
* [[The Cameo]]: All the previously known celebrity ponies make brief appearances during Rarity's musical number.
** [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** Derpy's appearance can also be found in this mosaic.
* [[Call Back]]: The Grand Galloping Gala is mentioned twice.
** If you look closely at the pillars in the ballroom, you'll notice they're cracked, implying a repair from when Rainbow Dash accidentally broke them at the Gala.
** We also see many [[Costume Porn|outfits]] from previous episodes. Among other things, there's her gala dress, the dress she wears during her [[Imagine Spot]] in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** Pinkie Pie has a [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
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** There's another call-back just a moment before.
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** [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** Pinkie Pie isn't the only one of the mane 6 that used a celebrony's name as an adjective, Applejack did so with Hoity Toity's name in The Best Night Ever.
** She may just have been using the phrase for which HT is named, but yeah, still counts.
** When Fluttershy summons a large number of birds at the garden party, several of them make a nest in her hair. This isn't the first time Fluttershy enjoyed having a [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
*** Plus, it seems she's now figured out how to get them to befriend her. [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** Meta example: Rarity telling the Canterlot ponies that her friends are [["I Am" Song|the most important ponies she knows]].
* [[Cats Hate Water]]: Opal wasn't too happy about receiving an unexpected shower.
* [[Celebrity Lie]]: A variant: {{spoiler|Rarity claims Rainbow Dash is the Wonderbolts' trainer}}.
* [[Color Coded Magic]]: Consistent throughout, further extending the change in Season 2; each of the various unicorns has a unique magical aura color when he or she is using telekinesis for items, and the aura switches color when one unicorn "hands" an item over to another.
* [[Conspicuous CG]]: When Rarity imagines herself sitting in the VIP box with Fancy Pants.
* [[Continuity Porn]]: Every celebrity pony and most of Rarity's previous outfits appear somewhere in this episode.
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* [[Empathy Pet]] / [[Morality Pet]]: Opal acts, to some extent, as Rarity's conscience when she opts for the fancy events over Twilight's dressmaking.
** The clearest example is when she stands on Rarity's drawing table, tapping the dress design to say, "Get to work, already!"
* [[Expy]]: Fancypants works rather well as [http://images.wikia.com/gonewiththewind/images/1/1c/Rhett1.jpg Rhett Butler], especially given that Rarity [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [["Friend or Idol?" Decision]]: Rarity has to decide whether to spend time with the upper-class ponies in Canterlot or make a dress for and attend Twilight's birthday party back home. {{spoiler|She ends up choosing her friends, but things work out for her in both ways, keeping her connections in Canterlot thanks to Fancypants.}}
** [[Foregone Conclusion]]: It's ''My Little Pony: '''Friendship''' is Magic''. Enough said.
* [[Furry Reminder]]: At the end of "Becoming Popular", Rarity falls asleep ''standing up.''
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* [[Good Ol' Boy]]: Hayseed is a positive version of this, greeting Rarity in an excited if clumsy manner and complimenting her hat in front of Jet Set and Upper Crust.
* [[Hilarity Ensues]]: When the Mane Six move their party to the Garden party outside, with the Canterlot elites.
* [[Hoist
* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]: After Jet Set and Uppercrust insult Rarity's fashion and walk off with their noses in the air, Hayseed waves good bye to them, saying to Rarity, "Well, they seemed real nice!"
* [[Horse Racing]]: Well, actually, it's Pegasus racing, but you get the idea.
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** After some [http://www.facebook.com/dannyimusic/posts/270738612973718 discussion] with the fan base, [[Word of God|Daniel Ingram]] has officially decided to call the song [http://www.facebook.com/dannyimusic/posts/270757059638540 ''Becoming Popular (The Pony Everypony Should Know)'']
* [[I Have to Wash My Hair]]: Rarity lying about Opal, in order to go to the fancy party.
* [[I Kiss Your Foot|I Kiss Your Hoof]]: Rarity is ''very'' grateful over Princess Celestia having a suite to spare.
* [[Impairment Shot]]: The eye-shaped one as Rarity wakes from the faint she fell into upon discovering her friends have surprised her by showing up unexpectedly in Canterlot.
* [[I Need a Freaking Drink]]: Rarity downs a [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|presumably nonalcoholic]] punch when {{spoiler|her friends embarrass her at the fancy garden party}}.
* [[I Need to Go Iron My Dog]]: When Rarity is trying to attend both parties, we have a series of cuts in which she makes some ridiculous excuses. She also slowly starts to lose the ability to come up with a pretense.
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** There's even a bit of an aversion to [[Nobody Poops|Nopony Poops]] when she whispers to Twilight that she "need[s] to visit the Little Fillies' room."
** Rarity tries to distract Fancy Pants by telling him "I have to show you…something…over there…on the other side of the room". Made even worse by the fact that they're outdoors.
* [[In
* [[Ironic Birthday]]: {{spoiler|Twilight and company show up and take the birthday party to Rarity immediately after she has decided to spend more time with the Canterlot ponies.}}
* [[The Jimmy Hart Version]]: A modified take on Ravel's "Boléro" is used during the scene where Rarity dunks Opal in water.
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* [[Like a Weasel]]: When Rarity sees an out and accepts Twilight's plausible-yet-wrong explanation for her switching between the two parties.
** [[Favouritism Flip Flop]]: The great majority of the Canterlot elite acts like this when Fancypants says he loves Twilight's simple dress.
* [[Literal
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* [[The Woman Wearing the Queenly Mask|The Mare Wearing The Princessly Mask]]: During the teaser, Princess Celestia clearly thinks that letting Rarity stay in the castle is no big deal, and looks severely uncomfortable when Rarity starts kissing her hooves.
** The two share an embarrassed smile at the end of the episode when the porter collapses under the weight of Rarity's luggage.
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*** The scene also works as a shout out to the Ascot Opening Day scene in ''My Fair Lady''
** Upper Crust compliments Rarity on her hat… only to change her opinion when Rarity turns out to be from Ponyville and made it herself.
* [[Noblewoman's Laugh]]: Expect to hear this whenever the elite are around.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: The pink-maned unicorn mare (Fleur-De-Lis) that hangs around Fancypants resembles Brigitte Bardot. She even has a triple Fleur-De-Lis cutie mark!
* [[Non
* [[Palette Swap]]: The poor unicorn tasked with carrying Rarity's luggage is one of Snails.
* [[Parental Bonus]]: In the museum shot during the song, at least two of the paintings are inspired by real-world artists, Pablo Picasso and [[Salvador Dali]] (more specifically, [
* [[Pimped-Out Dress]]: Rarity's draft of Twilight's dress.
* [[Pretty in Mink]]: One of the Canterlot ponies has a fur hat and fur-trimmed coat.
* [[Rich Bitch]]/[[
* [[Rule of Funny]]: While the Party Cannon has a visible fuse, Pinkie Pie presses it like a button to fire it.
* [[Running Gag]]: The porter pony struggling to carry Rarity's things.
** [[Rule of Three]]: Done three times throughout the run-time.
* [[Schizo
* [[Shout
** Rarity's behavior at the Wonderbolts Derby is similar (though not as extreme) as Audrey Hepburn's character in ''[[My Fair Lady]]''.
** The comically abused bellhop is very reminiscent of [[Jerry Lewis]]' equally comically abused bellhop in the movie "The Bell Boy".
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** Twilight's dancing style (and the people's ''reaction'' to it) is very reminiscent of [[Seinfeld|"The Elaine"]]
* [[The Sky Is an Ocean]]: If an airship is a yacht then the sky is what it sails through.
* [[Snap Back]]: The Canterlot elite don't recognize Rarity and her friends, who have saved Equestria from eternal reigns of evil ''twice'', among various other accomplishments. They also regard Ponyville as a backwater, even though it's the home of the national heroes, the site of last year's Summer Sun Celebration, and the site of Luna's public debut. And despite being fashionable, they don't recognize Rarity as a designer of dresses recently sold at an upscale boutique in Canterlot, or recognize Fluttershy from her [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Spit Take]]: Rarity does this when {{spoiler|Twilight is about to reveal who made her dress to Fancypants.}}
* [[Stealth Pun]]: Rarity spends [[A Day
* [[Squee]]: Similar to [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[That Poor Cat]]: Opal lets out a tortured off-screen yowl at least twice.
* [[Throw the Dog
** Rarity also meets a high society pony who actually behaves like a proper gentleman towards her as well, what she expected from Prince Blueblood but [[Prince Charmless|never got]].
** [[Butt Monkey|Twilight]] actually gets to have a fun birthday party despite being neglected by Rarity.
* [[Two-Timer Date]]: {{spoiler|Rarity has to switch between going to Twilight's birthday and attending the Canterlot Garden Party.}}
* [[Uncle Pennybags]]: {{spoiler|It turns out that Fancypants is open-minded and not quite as snooty as other Canterlot ponies, and he would love Rarity to make more dresses for them, despite her coming from Ponyville.}}
* [[What Happened to
** Though one YouTube commenter brought up a very interesting point:
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** Plus, it wouldn't be right to expect Rarity to give up her life's dream, just to go to Twilight's birthday party.
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: At least, "partying, Ponyville-style" in the eyes of the Canterlot elite.
* [[Yes
** Rarity invokes this trope in her song.
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''My approving glance is what they all seek.'' }}
** She also uses her [[Yes
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