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Soon after, Rarity finds her diary in Sweete Bell's saddlebag, confirming her suspicions. She proceeds to call her little sister out on the carpet for hurting everypony's feelings.

 

 

The Crusaders are ready to call it quits as gossip columnists, but Diamond Tiara refuses to let Gabby Gums end... even if it means resorting to blackmailing the Crusaders into digging up more dirt! Desperate to avoid having their own embarrassing candid photos (courtesy of Featherweight) published, the Cutie Mark Crusaders try to find ''anyone'' they can interview for the paper. Literally everyone in Ponyville has heard about their secret identity, however, and they all refuse to speak to the Crusaders.

** The Balloon Rainbow Dash and the Nyandash poster are [http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/277/255/85a.jpg seen again].

** We see the [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E19 Putting Your Hoof Down|market]] again. And this time, [[Irony|it's chock-full of asparagus]].

** Rainbow Dash eats the cucumber slices intended for a facial, just like Applejack did in "[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E8 Look Before You Sleep|Look Before You Sleep]]".

* [[Camera Fiend]]: Featherweight takes pictures of ''everypony''. [[Did You Just Scam Cthulhu|Including Princess Celestia.]]

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: In the beginning, the CMC get caught in embarrassing situations. {{spoiler|Featherweight secretly took pictures of them and they wound up being used as blackmail by Diamond Tiara.}}

* [[Dawson Casting]]: The person voicing the blue colt printing the newspaper sounds way too old to be a kid.

* [[Death Glare]]: Cheerilee gives Diamond Tiara one once she finds out what she's been up to.

** An editor who finds that the gossip column is more popular than the news, and who forces the reporters to stoop to underhanded methods to get the scoop? Calls to mind just about every newspaper scandal ever.

** Pinkie Pie's reaction to Gabby Gums saying she's obsessed with parties is a lot like someone being forced to confront their alcoholism.

* [[Easily Forgiven]]: [[Reconstructed Trope|Reconstructed.]] While the Cute Mark Crusaders find themselves almost instantly back in Ponyville's goodwill, it takes a lot of soul-searching and a heartfelt public apology (plus the loss of their column and the risk of personal humiliation) to do it.

* [[Embarrassing Old Photo]]: Granny Smith has a library's worth of them and is happy to show them to Apple Bloom.

* [[Everybody Laughs Ending|Everypony Laughs Ending]]: Well, everypony but Diamond Tiara.

* [[Foreshadowing]]: [[Camera Fiend]] Featherweight can be seen right before Rainbow Dash agrees to get a pedicure. Guess who ends up in the gossip column the next day?

* [[Lampshade Wearing]]: In the "Pinkie Pie Is An Out-of-Control Party Animal" article. And oddly the ''only'' time we've seen Pinkie do that.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Featherweight probably had to be light as a feather to sneak around getting those pictures.

* [[Never Say Die]]: "''I'll '''destroy''' her!!''" Considering [[Large Ham|Rarity]], she probably thought "destroy" sounded more dramatic.

* [[Nice Hat]]:

** Fluttershy, after Gabby Gums wrote a particularly mean article about her.

** Pinkie Pie too when Gabby Gums writes about her being an out of control party animal. She begins wailing that she does have a problem.

* [[Pen Name]]: Gabby Gums.

* [[Personal Raincloud]]: Rainbow Dash's [[Revenge|revenge]] on Gabby Gums is to {{spoiler|let loose a torrential downpour on them.}}

* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Where all the other ponies either shunned the Cutie Mark Crusaders or were so angry they sent the fillies away rather than say something they would regret, Rarity's response (despite her own fury) is to scold Sweetie Belle, use her own actions to make a point about privacy, and make Sweetie Belle question if what she was doing was truly ''worth'' her Cutie Mark. This prompted the CMC to stop being Gabby Gums and eventually write their apology letter.

* [[School Newspaper Newshound]]: The Cutie Mark Crusaders.

* [[Shoo Out the Clowns]]: It's not a coincidence that Pinkie Pie is never heard from again after the Sugar Cube Corner scene. <ref> Insert [[Cupcakes]] joke here and move on.</ref>

* [[The Voiceless]]: Featherweight

** For some reason, Fluttershy appears in several scenes as more or less a main character, but never says a word. The only vocalization she makes is sobbing when the Cutie Mark Crusaders confront her in her house, and even then [[The Other Darrin|her voice sounds... off]]. (Even more bizarrely, [[Andrea Libman]]'s other character Pinkie Pie ''does'' appear with a speaking role, albeit a small one. Andrea must've been busy.) [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E26 A Canterlot Wedding Part 2|This is not the only time this has happened.]]

* [[What Could Have Been]]: In an earlier draft of the story Featherweight was originally named Milquetoast. With a name like that its understandable why the [[CM Cs]] would be surprised that he would get his cutie mark before any of them. Also he was supposed to be Namby-Pamby's little brother, hence there would be a greater sense of resolution when he does become Editor-In-Chief at the end.

** Alternatively, if the normally very gregarious Applejack refuses to say more than two words to you, that's also a bad sign.

* [[Worst News Judgement Ever]]: Diamond Tiara wants to avoid "namby-pamby" stories, despite other foals viewing Namby-Pamby as a ''good'' editor-in-chief.

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