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* AnAesop: You shouldn't judge a (literal) book by its cover.



* AnAesop:
** Even if you appear to be different from somebody else, you should still try and get along with them. Chances are you will find something in common.
** Just because two children are the same age does not necessarily mean they will get along with one another.



* TomboyishBaseballCap: W.D. wears a white-and-blue baseball cap to highlight her status as a {{tomboy}}.

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* TomboyishBaseballCap: W.D. wears a white-and-blue baseball cap to highlight her status as a {{tomboy}}.{{tomboy}}.
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* ADogNamedDog: W.D.'s mother's name is Ursa[[note]]the Latin word for "bear"[[/note]]. No points for guessing what animal she is.

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* ADogNamedDog: ADogNamedPerro: W.D.'s mother's name is Ursa[[note]]the Latin word for "bear"[[/note]]. No points for guessing what animal she is.
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Muffy starts a book club with Arthur, Francine, and Brain, but they do not want to read her books and she does not like their recommendations.

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Muffy starts a book club with Arthur, Francine, and Brain, but they do not want don't like the books she chooses and she refuses to read her books and she does not like their recommendations.



* TakeThat: The Pretty Pioneer dolls are an obvious reference to the ''Literature/AmericanGirlsCollection'', and not a very flattering one. The dolls are noted to look almost exactly alike, the books that come with them are subpar (Muffy's friends either find them boring or unintentionally hilarious), and Mr. Crosswire even says outright that the books are mainly written to sell dolls.

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* TakeThat: The Pretty Pioneer dolls are an obvious reference to the ''Literature/AmericanGirlsCollection'', and not a very flattering one. The dolls are noted to look almost exactly alike, the books that come with them are subpar (Muffy's friends either find them boring or unintentionally hilarious), and Mr. Crosswire even says outright that the books are mainly written to help sell dolls.
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* DamnedByFaintPraise: The nicest thing Bailey has to say about ''Bernadette and the Butter Churn'' is that the book is "almost entirely free of typographical errors".
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* AnAesop: You shouldn't judge a (literal) book by its cover.


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* AnAesop:
** Even if you appear to be different from somebody else, you should still try and get along with them. Chances are you will find something in common.
** Just because two children are the same age does not necessarily mean they will get along with one another.
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* HereWeGoAgain: At the end, D.W. tells her parents she forgot some of her toys at W.D.'s and to go back for them, and says she's sure she will find something in common with W.D.


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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: At the end, D.W. winks directly at the camera; it is ambiguous whether she was winking at the audience or just to herself.

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[[AC:"Best Enemies"]]



* ADogNamedDog: W.D.'s mother's name is Ursa[[note]]the Latin word for "bear"[[/note]]. No points for guessing what animal she is.



* ContrivedCoincidence: The fact that D.W. and W.D. are not only (nearly) exact opposites in terms of personality, but that their ''initials'' are also each other's spelled backward!
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Like D.W., W.D. considers the meaning of her initial name (Wilhelmina Dagmar) to be embarrassing.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: W.D. asks D.W. if she has any racecars and then scoffs at the idea of collecting Princess Fairies, making it clear that she is a {{tomboy}}.



* LittleMissSnarker: Like D.W., W.D. has some shades of this.
-->'''W.D.''': Thanks for embarrassing me in front of the whole world, mom!



* OneShotCharacter: W.D. and her parents only appear in this one episode.
* OnlyKnownByInitials: W.D. stands for "Wilhelmina Dagmar," but like D.W., she does not like to advertise that fact.



* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The dynamic between D.W. and W.D. W.D wears a TomboyishBaseballCap and loves race cars, and while D.W. is more of a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak, she's still the girlier of the two with her pink dress and love of {{unicorn}}s.

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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The dynamic between D.W. and W.D. W.D D. wears a TomboyishBaseballCap and loves race cars, racecars, and while D.W. is more of a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak, she's still the girlier of the two with her pink dress and love of {{unicorn}}s.

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[[AC:"Muffy's Classy Classics Club"]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Maybe these classics aren't so classy after all..."]]



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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[VersusTitle Unicorns vs. Racecars]]'']]



* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The dynamic between D.W. and W.D. W.D wears a TomboyishBaseballCap and loves race cars, and while D.W. is more of a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak, she's still the girlier of the two with her pink dress and love of unicorns.

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* AnthropomorphicFood: TheTeaser has two living burgers and a living ketchup and mustard bottle arguing with each other about their differences.
* BearsAreBadNews: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with the Merkles, who are bears but appear to be perfectly nice folks. While W.D. does argue with D.W. about the existence of {{unicorn}}s, she is ultimately not a bad girl either.
* CatapultNightmare: D.W. and W.D. wake up from their [[SharedDream shared nightmare]] with a start at the exact same time.
* FauxHorrific: While D.W.'s nightmare of having to drive a race car along a loop-de-loop track can reasonably be considered scary, W.D.'s nightmare is of... being forced to ride a {{unicorn}}.
* ImaginaryFriend: Like D.W., W.D. has one, a jumpsuit-and-helmet-wearing elephant named Maxine. Like Nadine with D.W., Maxine is seen to give advice to W.D.
* NightmareSequence: D.W. and W.D. both have them in the episode.
** D.W. has one of W.D. putting her into a racecar and sending her down a loop-de-loop track.
** W.D. has one where D.W. forces her to... [[FauxHorrific ride a]] {{unicorn}}.
* NoFullNameGiven: The last name of W.D.'s ImaginaryFriend Maxine (if she even has one) is never revealed.
* SharedDream: In one of the series' examples of MagicRealism, W.D. and D.W. appear together in the same nightmare with the other's preferred mode of transportation (W.D. rides a {{unicorn}}, while D.W. drives a racecar). Both girls even wake up with a start at the exact same time!
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: In the episode, W.D.'s family name is said to be "Merkle," but the closing credits spell it as Merkle''s''.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The dynamic between D.W. and W.D. W.D wears a TomboyishBaseballCap and loves race cars, and while D.W. is more of a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak, she's still the girlier of the two with her pink dress and love of unicorns.{{unicorn}}s.
* TomboyishBaseballCap: W.D. wears a white-and-blue baseball cap to highlight her status as a {{tomboy}}.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The dynamic between D.W. and W.D. W.D wears a TomboyishBaseballCap and loves race cars, and while D.W. is more of a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak, she's still the girlier of the two with her pink dress and love of unicorns.
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* TakeThat: The Pretty Pioneer dolls are an obvious reference to the ''Literature/AmericanGirlsCollection'', and not a very flattering one. The dolls are noted to look almost exactly alike, the books that come with them are subpar (Muffy's friends either find them boring or unintentionally hilarious), and Mr. Crosswire even says outright that the books are really just an excuse to sell toys.

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* TakeThat: The Pretty Pioneer dolls are an obvious reference to the ''Literature/AmericanGirlsCollection'', and not a very flattering one. The dolls are noted to look almost exactly alike, the books that come with them are subpar (Muffy's friends either find them boring or unintentionally hilarious), and Mr. Crosswire even says outright that the books are really just an excuse mainly written to sell toys.dolls.
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* ShoutOut:
** The Pretty Pioneer books and dolls are a reference to the ''Literature/AmericanGirlsCollection''.
** ''The Sable Stallion'', the book Francine suggests that the book club reads next, is a reference to ''Literature/TheBlackStallion''.
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* OnlySixFaces: An InUniverse example, as Bailey [[ServileSnarker wryly notes]] that the Pretty Pioneers dolls all look very similar to each other aside from their hairstyles and outfits.
* TakeThat: The Pretty Pioneers dolls are an obvious reference to the ''Literature/AmericanGirlsCollection'', and not a very flattering one. The dolls are noted to look almost exactly alike, the books that come with them are subpar (Muffy's friends either find them boring or unintentionally hilarious), and Mr. Crosswire even says outright that the books are really just an excuse to sell toys.

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* OnlySixFaces: An InUniverse example, as Bailey [[ServileSnarker wryly notes]] that the Pretty Pioneers Pioneer dolls all look very similar to each other aside from their hairstyles and outfits.
* TakeThat: The Pretty Pioneers Pioneer dolls are an obvious reference to the ''Literature/AmericanGirlsCollection'', and not a very flattering one. The dolls are noted to look almost exactly alike, the books that come with them are subpar (Muffy's friends either find them boring or unintentionally hilarious), and Mr. Crosswire even says outright that the books are really just an excuse to sell toys.
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Muffy starts a book club with Arthur, Francine, and Brain, but they do not want to read her books and she does not like their recommendations.
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* OnlySixFaces: An InUniverse example, as Bailey [[ServileSnarker wryly notes]] that the Pretty Pioneers dolls all look very similar to each other aside from their hairstyles and outfits.
* TakeThat: The Pretty Pioneers dolls are an obvious reference to the ''Literature/AmericanGirlsCollection'', and not a very flattering one. The dolls are noted to look almost exactly alike, the books that come with them are subpar (Muffy's friends either find them boring or unintentionally hilarious), and Mr. Crosswire even says outright that the books are really just an excuse to sell toys.
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Mrs. Read's new client has a daughter that is D.W.'s age, but D.W. finds they are exact opposites in terms of personality.
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