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Finally ashamed at how monstrous she's become, Fluttershy boards up her house and hides inside, for fear of hurting anypony else ever again. Concerned about her, Pinkie Pie and Rarity come by, then try to coax her out by saying she doesn't have to be a bully to be assertive. Midway through their discussion, Iron Will and his crew show up as well, to collect Fluttershy's payment for the seminar. Frightened of what he might do to their friend, Rarity and Pinkie stall him, but Fluttershy accidentally gives herself away with [[Sneeze of Doom|a sneeze]], whereupon Iron Will threatens to tear her door down if he doesn't get paid. Fluttershy finally comes out... and tells Iron Will that she ''refuses'' to pay. Calmly but firmly, she explains that he had promised 100% satisfaction... and she's not satisfied with the seminar at all. Unable to argue with that, Iron Will agrees and leaves without a fuss.
 
As Pinkie Pie and Rarity celebrate the return of the Old Fluttershy, Fluttershy dictates a letter to Princess Celestia about how you don't have to change who you are to stand up for yourself. Of course, it helps that she [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1 /E17 Stare Master|uses "The Stare" on Angel to stop his fussy eating habits.]]
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=== When somepony denies these tropes, you show them the ropes! (YMMV Tropes are [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 /E19 Putting Your Hoof Down/YMMV|here.]]) ===
 
* [[Absentee Actor]]: Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Spike do not show up.
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*** And Bon Bon sitting down and talking to Lyra, implying they're either hanging out or [[Les Yay|on a date]].
* [[Call Back]]:
** New Fluttershy's behavior is [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 E2/E02 The Return of Harmony Part 2|awfully familiar, isn't it?]]
*** Not to mention the one who leads to her behavior is in a maze.
** Fluttershy's [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1 /E17 Stare Master|stare]] makes a return in the end.
** "As Celestia as my witness..." Hmm, [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 E5/E05 Sisterhooves Social|where have we heard]] [[Gone with the Wind|that line before?]]
** Pinkie Pie has begged once to [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 E6/E06 The Cutie Pox|"maaaake it stoooooop"]].
* [[Continuity Nod]]: Fluttershy briefly shows some of [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 E2/E02 The Return of Harmony Part 2|Flutterbitch's]] facial expressions.
** A small one, but the mailpony who appears pulling a cart and takes away his colleague for 'delivery' is the same one that delivered Applejack's letter to the Mane Six during [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 /E14 The Last Roundup|The Last Roundup]].
** In a rare case of continuity with background ponies, and one that's ''not'' a [[Fandom Nod]] at that, is that [[All There in the Script|Golden Harvest]]/[[Fan Nickname|Carrot Top]] is seen hanging out with [[Fan Nickname|Noi]] again, her little sister from "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 E5/E05 Sisterhooves Social|Sisterhooves Social]]".
** The tourist pony that Fluttershy uses as a discus is the same pony that appeared in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 E8/E08 The Mysterious Mare Do Well|The Mysterious Mare-Do-Well]] during the run-away tram scene.
* [[Corrupt the Cutie]]: Not intentionally, but Iron Will turns Fluttershy into a [[Jerkass|total bitch]].
* [[Cut Lex Luthor a Check]]: The cherry vendor could have sold the cherry to Fluttershy for anywhere between three and twelve bits, after Fluttershy's haggling failure, but instead sold it to somepony else for two bits. It really looked like he was just rubbing Fluttershy's desperation and lack of assertiveness in her face.
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* [[Out-of-Character Moment]]: When New Fluttershy is getting angry with Pinkie and Rarity, she hovers around them, while she's normally the most earth-bound pony around. It looks like her self-confidence also re-inforced her confidence in her flight capacities.
* [[Picky Eater]]: Angel will only eat his salad with whipped cream and a cherry on top. He also dislikes cucumbers {{spoiler|until Fluttershy uses The Stare and he eats them...and soon devours his whole salad!}}
* [[Power Echoes]]: New Fluttershy seems to have taken a leaf from [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 E4/E04 Luna Eclipsed|Luna's book]] when she gets angry.
{{quote|'''Fluttershy:''' You've got this, [[Third Person Person|New Fluttershy]]! This day is yours, and ''nopony's'' going to take it away from you... am I ''[[Slasher Smile|RIGHT?!]]''}}
* [[Public Domain Soundtrack]]: The tune that plays when Fluttershy gets assertive is taken from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X9LvC9WkkQ Hungarian Dance No. 5 by Johannes Brahms.]
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** Pinkie Pie as well
{{quote|'''Pinkie:''' Fashion is her passion.}}
* [[Running Gag]]: Bon Bon has yet another, different voice. [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1 E3/E03 The Ticket Master|And]] [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1 /E20 Green Isn't Your Color|so]] [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 /E13 HearthsHearth's Warming Eve|does]] [[All There in the Script|Shoeshine]]/[[Fan Nickname|Linky]]!
* [[Sanity Slippage]]: Fluttershy becomes more of a complete bitch every hour.
* [[Schizo-Tech]]: The cutie mark for the nerd trying to buy asparagus is a robot. Also, Iron Will and his henchgoats all sport headsets and microphones, and their seminar stage has large loudspeakers.