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* TheAce: Ironically, while trying to find out her special talent, we see that Gabby is extremely good at pretty much everything she tries.

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* TheAce: Ironically, while trying to find out her special talent, we see that Gabby is extremely good at pretty much everything she tries. See ParodySue for how this is deconstructed.



* {{Existentialism}}: An episode where a character struggles to find her purpose in life who ''isn't'' a pony. Notably, this episode tackles the problem of trying to find what you're best at if you can't get a cutie mark.



* NeverSayDie: Petunia Paleo sports a cutie mark with a (horse) skull and bones. Her parents are worried about what it means until the Crusaders find out she's a skilled paleontologist and ends up digging up a ponysaurus fossil...and then it turns out they

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* NeverSayDie: Petunia Paleo sports a cutie mark with a (horse) skull and bones. Her parents are worried about what it means until the Crusaders find out she's a skilled paleontologist and ends up digging up a ponysaurus fossil...and then it turns out they {{Moe}}: By griffon standards, Gabby is most certainly this.
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* FriendlyAddressPrivileges: Gabby's full name is Gabriela, but, due to being very friendly, she tells the CMC to refer her by her short name.
--->'''Gabby:''' I'm Gabriela, but you can call me Gabby, 'cause we already know each other!

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** Gabby not only makes a great first impression with everyone she meets, but in the span of a single musical number spent helping others with their problems, there isn't a single pony left in Ponyville who isn't swayed by her charms.

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** Gabby not only makes a great first impression with everyone she meets, meets in Ponyville, but in the span of a single musical number spent helping others with their problems, there isn't a single pony left in Ponyville who isn't swayed by her charms.


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* FriendlessBackground: Gabby felt out of place among most other griffons, who are mostly a bunch of foul-tempered loners who'd reject her attempts to be friends with them all. Downplayed because the griffons treat everyone they meet with equal disdain, so they don't single her out for being different.
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** Gabby not only makes a great first impression with everyone she meets, but in the span of a single musical number spent helping others with their problems, she is adored by everyone in Ponyville.

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** Gabby not only makes a great first impression with everyone she meets, but in the span of a single musical number spent helping others with their problems, she is adored there isn't a single pony left in Ponyville who isn't swayed by everyone in Ponyville.her charms.



* ParodySue: PlayedForDrama. Gabby is cheerful, energetic, helpful, excels at everything she does, and by the end of the episode, there isn't a single pony she meets who isn't swayed by her charms. However, she's so good at everything that the Crusaders have no idea what the one thing she's best at is.

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* ParodySue: PlayedForDrama. Deconstructed. Gabby is cheerful, energetic, helpful, excels at everything [[ThePollyanna cheerful]], [[GenkiGirl energetic]], [[NiceGirl helpful]], [[TheAce ridiculously multi-talented]], and [[HundredPercentAdorationRating totally adored by everyone she does, and by the end of the episode, there isn't a single pony she meets who isn't swayed by her charms. meets]]. However, she's so good at everything that the Crusaders have no idea what the one thing she's best at is.is, which is what matters most to her.

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* AnAesop: Your calling in life isn't what you're good ''at'', but rather what makes you ''feel'' good when you do it.

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* AnAesop: Your calling in life isn't what you're HundredPercentAdorationRating:
** The Crusaders have built up an incredibly
good ''at'', but rather what reputation in Ponyville, since they do such a good job helping ponies who undergo existential crises. All of the citizens they've aided in the past are all to happy to point Gabby their way when she comes asking for someone who can solve a cutie mark problem.
** Gabby not only
makes you ''feel'' good when you do it.a great first impression with everyone she meets, but in the span of a single musical number spent helping others with their problems, she is adored by everyone in Ponyville.



* AnAesop: Your calling in life isn't what you're good ''at'', but rather what makes you ''feel'' good when you do it.



** The episode also alludes "On Your Marks" with both Toe Tapper and Bulk Biceps pointing out to Gabby how the Crusaders helped them.

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** The episode also alludes to "On Your Marks" Marks", with both Toe Tapper and Bulk Biceps pointing out to Gabby how the Crusaders helped them.



* DressedToPlunder: Petunia Paleo's concerned parents have prepared a little pirate's ensemble (a coat, sword and bandanna) in the event [[PirateGirl their little filly took such a turn]] because of her cutie mark.



* NeverSayDie: Petunia Paleo sports a cutie mark with a (horse) skull and bones. Her parents are worried about what it means until the Crusaders find out she's a skill paleontologist, and ends up digging up a ponysaurus fossil.

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* NeverSayDie: Petunia Paleo sports a cutie mark with a (horse) skull and bones. Her parents are worried about what it means until the Crusaders find out she's a skill paleontologist, skilled paleontologist and ends up digging up a ponysaurus fossil.fossil...and then it turns out they


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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Petunia Paleo's parents are relieved that their daughter's skull-and-bones cutie mark means she'll be an archeologist. When Scootaloo sarcastically wonders if they thought she'd be a pirate, they laugh of the notion after hastily tossing [[DressedToPlunder a little pirate's costume]] away.
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* Adorkable: Twilight on learning that she might be the first one to record a griffon getting a cutie mark.

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* Adorkable: {{Adorkable}}: Twilight on learning that she might be the first one to record a griffon getting a cutie mark.
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* Adorkable: Twilight on learning that she might be the first one to record a griffon getting a cutie mark.
* CallBack:
** Events of this episode tie directly to the events of "The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone", with Gabby seeing how Pinkie's friendly attitude spread to Gilda, and wanted to find out more herself.
** The episode also alludes "On Your Marks" with both Toe Tapper and Bulk Biceps pointing out to Gabby how the Crusaders helped them.
* ContinuityNod: The colt with the large buck teeth, from "Crusaders of the Lost Mark" appears, getting braces applied by Gabby.


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* NeverSayDie: Petunia Paleo sports a cutie mark with a (horse) skull and bones. Her parents are worried about what it means until the Crusaders find out she's a skill paleontologist, and ends up digging up a ponysaurus fossil.

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* GenkiGirl: Hoo-boy. Gabby could probably give even Pinkie and Cheese Sandwich a run for their bits.



* LargeHam: Hoo-boy. Gabby could probably give even Pinkie and Cheese Sandwich a run for their bits.



* NiceGirl: Gabby is an extremely kind and helpful griffon. Worth noting is that the second nicest griffon we have met is Gilda.

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* NiceGirl: Gabby is an extremely kind and helpful griffon. Worth noting is that the second nicest griffon we have met is Gilda.Gilda, who is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.



* ParodySue: PlayedForDrama. Gabby is cheerful, energetic, helpful, excels at everything she does, and by the end of the episode, there isn't a single pony she meets who isn't swayed by her charms. However, no matter what she excels at, she still can't get a cutie mark, which is the one thing she really wants.

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* ParodySue: PlayedForDrama. Gabby is cheerful, energetic, helpful, excels at everything she does, and by the end of the episode, there isn't a single pony she meets who isn't swayed by her charms. However, she's so good at everything that the Crusaders have no matter idea what she excels at, she still can't get a cutie mark, which is the one thing she really wants.she's best at is.

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* OutOfOrder: More displaced than any other episode in the series. In production order, this is the ninth episode of Season 6. In broadcast order, it's the ''nineteenth''.



* OutOfOrder: More displaced than any other episode in the series. In production order, this is the ninth episode of Season 6. In broadcast order, it's the ''nineteenth''.

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* OutOfOrder: More displaced than any other episode in TragicDream: Gabby wants a cutie mark. As she and the series. In production order, this is the ninth episode of Season 6. In broadcast order, it's the ''nineteenth''.Crusaders find out, it doesn't matter how badly Gabby wants it; griffons simply can't get cutie marks.
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* LargeHam: Hoo-boy. Gabby could probably give even Pinkie and Cheese Sandwich a run for their bits.
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* AnAesop: Your calling in life isn't what you're good ''at'', but rather what makes you ''feel'' good when you do it.
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->Story by Josh Haber and Meghan McCarthy

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->Story by Josh Haber and Meghan McCarthy[=McCarthy=]

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* ParodySue: PlayedForDrama. Gabby is cheerful, energetic, helpful, excels at everything she does, and by the end of the episode, there isn't a single pony she meets who isn't swayed by her charms by the end. However, no matter what she excels at, she still can't get a cutie mark, which is the one thing she really wants.

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* NiceGirl: Gabby is an extremely kind and helpful griffon. Worth noting is that the second nicest griffon we have met is Gilda.
* ParodySue: PlayedForDrama. Gabby is cheerful, energetic, helpful, excels at everything she does, and by the end of the episode, there isn't a single pony she meets who isn't swayed by her charms by the end.charms. However, no matter what she excels at, she still can't get a cutie mark, which is the one thing she really wants.
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//Story by Josh Haber and Meghan McCarthy
//Written by Ed Valentine

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//Story ->Story by Josh Haber and Meghan McCarthy
//Written ->Written by Ed Valentine

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* TheAce: Ironically, while trying to find a special skill we see that Gabby is extremely good at pretty much everything she tries.
* ImpossibleTask: The [=CMC=] having to help a griffin get her Cutie Mark.

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* TheAce: Ironically, while trying to find a out her special skill talent, we see that Gabby is extremely good at pretty much everything she tries.
* ImpossibleTask: The [=CMC=] [=CMCs=] having to help a griffin get her Cutie Mark.a cutie mark, which they find is biologically impossible.



* MutuallyExclusiveMagic: The episode will deal with the hard truth that Cutie Marks are exclusive to ponies.

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* MutuallyExclusiveMagic: The episode will deal deals with the hard truth that Cutie Marks cutie marks are exclusive to ponies.ponies.
* ParodySue: PlayedForDrama. Gabby is cheerful, energetic, helpful, excels at everything she does, and by the end of the episode, there isn't a single pony she meets who isn't swayed by her charms by the end. However, no matter what she excels at, she still can't get a cutie mark, which is the one thing she really wants.
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//Story by Josh Haber and Meghan McCarthy
//Written by Ed Valentine
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* TheAce: Ironically, while trying to find a special skill we see that Gabby is extremely good at pretty much everything she tries.

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* OneShotCharacter: Gabby, a fledgling Griffon, is introduced as one of the main characters of the story.
* OutOfOrder: More displaced than any other episode in the series. In production order, this is the ninth episode of Season 6. In broadcast order, it's the ''nineteenth''. There was reportedly some TroubledProduction going on that left it not ready in time.

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* OneShotCharacter: Gabby, a fledgling Griffon, is introduced as one of the main characters of the story.
* OutOfOrder: More displaced than any other episode in the series. In production order, this is the ninth episode of Season 6. In broadcast order, it's the ''nineteenth''. There was reportedly some TroubledProduction going on that left it not ready in time.
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* ShortRunInPeru: The episode already aired in Poland.
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* ShortRunInPeru: The episode already aired in Poland.
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The [[https://cf.press.discovery.com/ugc/highlights/2016/08/18/105751/DFC_Highlights_-_September_2016_-_Final.pdf official synopsis from Discovery Family Channel]] is: "The Crusaders encounter a problem that might be impossible for them to solve when an enthusiastic young griffin[sic] asks them to help her get a Cutie Mark[sic] of her own."

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The [[https://cf.press.discovery.com/ugc/highlights/2016/08/18/105751/DFC_Highlights_-_September_2016_-_Final.pdf official synopsis from Discovery Family Channel]] is: "The Crusaders encounter a problem that might be impossible for them to solve when an enthusiastic young griffin[sic] griffin asks them to help her get a Cutie Mark[sic] Mark of her own."
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* OneShotCharacter: The episode introduces Gabby, a fledgling Griffon, as one of the main characters of the story.

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* OneShotCharacter: The episode introduces Gabby, a fledgling Griffon, is introduced as one of the main characters of the story.
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* OneShotCharacter: The episode introduces Gabby, a fledgling Griffon, as one of the main characters of the story.
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* MutuallyExclusiveMagic: The episode will deal with the hard truth that Cutie Marks are exclusive to ponies.
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* OutOfOrder: More displaced than any other episode in the series. In production order, this is the ninth episode of Season 6. In broadcast order, it's the ''nineteenth''.

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* OutOfOrder: More displaced than any other episode in the series. In production order, this is the ninth episode of Season 6. In broadcast order, it's the ''nineteenth''. There was reportedly some TroubledProduction going on that left it not ready in time.
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* ImpossibleTask: The [=CMC=] having to help a griffin get her Cutie Mark.
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The [[https://cf.press.discovery.com/ugc/highlights/2016/08/18/105751/DFC_Highlights_-_September_2016_-_Final.pdf official synopsis from Discovery Family Channel]] is: "The Crusaders encounter a problem that might be impossible for them to solve when an enthusiastic young griffin[sic] asks them to help her get a Cutie Mark]sic] of her own."

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The [[https://cf.press.discovery.com/ugc/highlights/2016/08/18/105751/DFC_Highlights_-_September_2016_-_Final.pdf official synopsis from Discovery Family Channel]] is: "The Crusaders encounter a problem that might be impossible for them to solve when an enthusiastic young griffin[sic] asks them to help her get a Cutie Mark]sic] Mark[sic] of her own."

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The [[https://cf.press.discovery.com/ugc/highlights/2016/08/18/105751/DFC_Highlights_-_September_2016_-_Final.pdf official synopsis from Discovery Family Channel]] is: "The Crusaders encounter a problem that might be impossible for them to solve when an enthusiastic young griffin{{sic}} asks them to help her get a Cutie Mark{{sic}} of her own."

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The [[https://cf.press.discovery.com/ugc/highlights/2016/08/18/105751/DFC_Highlights_-_September_2016_-_Final.pdf official synopsis from Discovery Family Channel]] is: "The Crusaders encounter a problem that might be impossible for them to solve when an enthusiastic young griffin{{sic}} griffin[sic] asks them to help her get a Cutie Mark{{sic}} Mark]sic] of her own."


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* OutOfOrder: More displaced than any other episode in the series. In production order, this is the ninth episode of Season 6. In broadcast order, it's the ''nineteenth''.
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The [[http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-buckball-season/EP013304160147?aid=zap2it official synopsis from Zap2It]] is: "Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy turn out to be Ponyville's best buckball players; Applejack and Rainbow Dash agree to coach them against Appleoosa [sic]."

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The [[http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-buckball-season/EP013304160147?aid=zap2it [[https://cf.press.discovery.com/ugc/highlights/2016/08/18/105751/DFC_Highlights_-_September_2016_-_Final.pdf official synopsis from Zap2It]] Discovery Family Channel]] is: "Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy turn out to "The Crusaders encounter a problem that might be Ponyville's best buckball players; Applejack and Rainbow Dash agree to coach impossible for them against Appleoosa [sic].to solve when an enthusiastic young griffin{{sic}} asks them to help her get a Cutie Mark{{sic}} of her own."
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The [[http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-buckball-season/EP013304160147?aid=zap2it official synopsis from Zap2It]] is: "Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy turn out to be Ponyville's best buckball players; Applejack and Rainbow Dash agree to coach them against Appleoosa [sic]."

This episode will air September 10, 2016.
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* LiteraryAllusionTitle: To the Creator/JohnGreen novel ''Literature/TheFaultInOurStars''.
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