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* PromotionToOpeningTitles: This episode debuts a new opening sequence, featuring the Friendship School students from the prior episode and several supporting character that have appeared through the series.

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* PromotionToOpeningTitles: This episode debuts a new opening sequence, featuring the Friendship School students from the prior episode season premiere and several supporting character characters that have appeared through the series.[[note]]In order of appearance: The Wonderbolts (Spitfire, Soarin, Fleetfoot, and Misty Fly), Cranky Doodle, Matilda, Zecora, Cheerilee, Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, Lyra Heartstrings, Bon Bon, Maud Pie, DJ Pon-3, Ember, Thorax, Sugar Belle, Sassy Saddles, Princess Cadance, Shining Armor, and Flurry Heart[[/note]]
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* HypocriticalHumor: Pinkie dislikes Mudbriar on the basis he's a strange, monotonous, and unsociable pony with a weird fixation on wood. Never mind the fact Maud is the exact same way as Starlight points out.
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** Limestone immediately denies being jealous of Maud having a boyfriend as soon as she learns she has one, even when nobody asked her if she was,

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** [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Limestone immediately denies being jealous of Maud having a boyfriend as soon as she learns she has one, even when nobody asked her if she was,was.]]



* StepfordSnarker:: Limestone admits she feels miserable all the time, and implies through [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial immediate denial]] that she's jealous Maud got a boyfriend first and wants one herself.

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* StepfordSnarker:: StepfordSnarker: Limestone admits she feels miserable all the time, and implies through [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial immediate denial]] that she's jealous Maud got a boyfriend first and wants one herself.

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* AmbiguousDisorder: Mudbriar, just like, if not more so than, Maud.



* DisapprovingLook: Marble glares at Limestone when she interrupts Pinkie's explanation of why she came home in the middle of the night to tell them to get to work

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* DisapprovingLook: Marble glares at Limestone when she interrupts Pinkie's explanation of why she came home in the middle of the night to tell them to get to workwork.



* TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: Pinkie Pie travels all the way to [[GrimUpNorth Yakyakistan]] while searching for Maud and makes it back to Ponyville just as quickly. Later, she arrives at her family rock farm and leaves to be back in Ponyville just in time to create Maud's party.
** The latter is initially handwaved by mentioning she arrived at the rock farm during the night and woke up there the next day. Still played straight in returning to Ponyville from there.

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* TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: Pinkie Pie travels all the way to [[GrimUpNorth Yakyakistan]] while searching for Maud and makes it back to Ponyville just as quickly. Later, she arrives at her family rock farm farm, handwaved by mentioning she arrived during the night and woke up there the next day. and leaves to be back in Ponyville just in time to create Maud's party.
** The latter is initially handwaved by mentioning she arrived at the rock farm during the night and woke up there the next day. Still played straight in returning to Ponyville from there.
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* TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: Pinkie Pie travels all the way to [[GrimUpNorth Yakyakistan]] while searching for Maud and makes it back to Ponyville just as quickly. Later, she arrives at her family rock farm and leaves to be back in Ponyville just in time to create Maud's party.
** The latter is initially handwaved by mentioning she arrived at the rock farm during the night and woke up there the next day. Still played straight in returning to Ponyville from there.

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* BlackComedy: When Limestone gives Pinkie advice on how to accept Mudbriar, using a geode as an example, Pinkie thinks the point of the lesson is to crack open Mudbriar with a rock to understand him better. Limestone quickly informs Pinkie that it is just a metaphor.



* DisapprovingLook: Marble glares at Limestone when she interrupts Pinkie's explanation of why she came home in the middle of the night to tell them to get to work



* GreenEyedMonster:
** Pinkie quickly becomes jealous of Maud's relationship to Mudbriar, not understanding what Maud sees in him or how he seems to know Maud better than her.
** Limestone immediately denies being jealous of Maud having a boyfriend as soon as she learns she has one, even when nobody asked her if she was,
* HiddenDepths: Despite her bad attitude, Limestone manages to give Pinkie some healthy advice on how to understand Mudbriar better, explaining Pinkie sees him one way while Maud sees him another, and even if Pinkie never sees him the way Maud does all that matters is that Pinkie understands what he means to Maud.



* PromotionToOpeningTitles: This episode debuts a new opening sequence, featuring the Friendship School students from the prior episode.

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* PromotionToOpeningTitles: This episode debuts a new opening sequence, featuring the Friendship School students from the prior episode.episode and several supporting character that have appeared through the series.


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* StepfordSnarker:: Limestone admits she feels miserable all the time, and implies through [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial immediate denial]] that she's jealous Maud got a boyfriend first and wants one herself.
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* FloatingAdviceReminder: After wondering if it's OppositeDay, Pinkie hallucinates the rest of the mane six as ghostly floating heads.


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* OppositeDay: Pinkie's inability to get along with Maud's boyfriend makes her wonder if it's Opposite Day and she didn't notice. Then Pinkie imagines the rest of her friends each saying something wildly out-of-character for them.
* PieEyed: Pinkie's mental projections of her friends are drawn this way: solid colored pupils with a wedge cut out.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: This episode debuts a new opening sequence, featuring the Friendship School students from the prior episode.
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* CallBack: Maud being a stand-up comedian was brought up in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E4RockSolidFriendship Rock Solid Friendship]].

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* CallBack: Maud being a stand-up comedian was brought up in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E4RockSolidFriendship "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E4RockSolidFriendship Rock Solid Friendship]].Friendship]]".

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* AmbiguousDisorder: Mudbriar, just like, if not more so than, Maud.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Pinkie gets to experience a Maud like personality minus the "Awesome sister" filter she applies to her. Suffice to say, it drives her as nuts as Maud tends to drive others.
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* ShipSinking: Maud gaining a boyfriend shoots down any pairing she previously had.
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* SelectiveObliviousness: Pinkie isn't fond of Mudbriar's stoic attitude and mannerisms, ''despite'' her sister Maud's own personality being similar to his. Case in point, when Maud and Mudbriar take out their [[CompanionCube pets]] to play, they marvel at the fun they have together. Pinkie, hwoever, whispers to Maud that Twiggy is just a stick even though Boulder itself is just a rock.

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* SelectiveObliviousness: Pinkie isn't fond of Mudbriar's stoic attitude and mannerisms, ''despite'' her sister Maud's own personality being similar to his. Case in point, when Maud and Mudbriar take out their [[CompanionCube pets]] to play, they marvel at the fun they have together. Pinkie, hwoever, however, whispers to Maud that Twiggy is just a stick even though Boulder itself is just a rock.
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* SelectiveObliviousness: Pinkie isn't fond of Mudbriar's stoic attitude and mannerisms, ''despite'' her sister Maud's own personality being similar to hers. Case in point, when Maud and Mudbriar take out their [[CompanionCube pets]] to play, they marvel at the fun they have together. Pinkie, hwoever, whispers to Maud that Twiggy is just a stick even though Boulder itself is just a rock.

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* SelectiveObliviousness: Pinkie isn't fond of Mudbriar's stoic attitude and mannerisms, ''despite'' her sister Maud's own personality being similar to hers.his. Case in point, when Maud and Mudbriar take out their [[CompanionCube pets]] to play, they marvel at the fun they have together. Pinkie, hwoever, whispers to Maud that Twiggy is just a stick even though Boulder itself is just a rock.
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* SelectiveObliviousness: Pinkie isn't fond of Mudbriar's stoic attitude and mannerisms, ''despite'' her sister Maud's own personality being similar to hers. Case in point, when Maud and Mudbriar take out their [[CompanionCube pets]] to play, they marvel at the fun they have together. Pinkie, hwoever, whispers to Maud that Twiggy is just a stick even though Boulder itself is just a rock.
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* MentalWorld: Mudbriar has a "mind palace" where he has all the facets he knows about Maud. Visually, this is shown to the audience ala a ''[[Film/MinorityReport]]''-type interface, though Pinkie herself cannot see it.

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* MentalWorld: Mudbriar has a "mind palace" where he has all the facets he knows about Maud. Visually, this is shown to the audience ala a ''[[Film/MinorityReport]]''-type ''Film/MinorityReport''-type interface, though Pinkie herself cannot see it.
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* MentalWorld: Mudbriar has a "mind palace" where he has all the facets he knows about Maud. Visually, this is shown to the audience ala a ''[[Film/MinorityReport]]''-type interface, though Pinkie herself cannot see it.
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* BrickJoke: Pinkie is introduced to Mudbriar while he is spending time thinking whether to say "Goodbye" or "See you later" to a shopclerk. When Pinkie runs off in frustration after trying to determine if Maud likes surprise parties, Mudbriar spends a few seconds before stating "See you later". (Considering that he took "See you later" as a chance to meet again, this is a bit more heartwarming than sarcastic.)
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* CallBack: Maud being a stand-up comedian was brought up in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E4RockSolidFriendship Rock Solid Friendship]].
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* {{Expy}}: Mudbriar is one of [[Series/TheBigBangTheory Sheldon Cooper]].
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While making preparations for a surprise party for Maud, Pinkie Pie starts to doubt her bond with her "super-best-sister-friend" when she has trouble getting along with Maud's new boyfriend, Mud Briar.

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While making preparations for a surprise party for Maud, Pinkie Pie starts to doubt her bond with her "super-best-sister-friend" when she has trouble getting along with Maud's new boyfriend, Mud Briar.
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* BirdsOfAFeather: Maud and Mud Briar are so alike it's scary. They both have narrow-minded obsessions with rocks and sticks respectively, they both have a dry sense of humor, and they're both LiteralMinded and have NoSocialSkills.
* CompanionCube: Much like how Maud has her pet rock Boulder, Mud Briar has a pet stick named Twiggy.
* {{Expy}}: Mud Briar is one of [[Series/TheBigBangTheory Sheldon Cooper]].
* GotMeDoingIt: Mud Briar's habit of [[VerbalTic starting sentences with "Technically..."]] starts to rub off on other ponies.

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* BirdsOfAFeather: Maud and Mud Briar Mudbriar are so alike it's scary. They both have narrow-minded obsessions with rocks and sticks respectively, they both have a dry sense of humor, and they're both LiteralMinded and have NoSocialSkills.
* CompanionCube: Much like how Maud has her pet rock Boulder, Mud Briar Mudbriar has a pet stick named Twiggy.
* {{Expy}}: Mud Briar Mudbriar is one of [[Series/TheBigBangTheory Sheldon Cooper]].
* GotMeDoingIt: Mud Briar's Mudbriar's habit of [[VerbalTic starting sentences with "Technically..."]] starts to rub off on other ponies.



* MeetCute: Maud and Mud Briar apparently met over a display of petrified wood at a rock show.
* SidetrackedByTheAnalogy: Limestone tries to make Pinkie understand what Maud sees in her boyfriend by using a geode as an analogy. Pinkie initially thinks she should break Mud Briar open like a rock.

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* MeetCute: Maud and Mud Briar Mudbriar apparently met over a display of petrified wood at a rock show.
* SidetrackedByTheAnalogy: Limestone tries to make Pinkie understand what Maud sees in her boyfriend by using a geode as an analogy. Pinkie initially thinks she should break Mud Briar Mudbriar open like a rock.



* VisualPun: Mud Briar's cutie mark is a stick standing up in a mud puddle, a ''literal'' "stick-in-the-mud".

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* VisualPun: Mud Briar's Mudbriar's cutie mark is a stick standing up in a mud puddle, a ''literal'' "stick-in-the-mud".
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* {{Expy}}: Mud Briar is one of [[Series/TheBigBangTheory Sheldon Cooper]].

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While making preparations for a surprise party for Maud, Pinkie Pie starts to doubt her bond with her "super-best-sister-friend" when she has trouble getting along with Maud's new boyfriend, Mudbriar.

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While making preparations for a surprise party for Maud, Pinkie Pie starts to doubt her bond with her "super-best-sister-friend" when she has trouble getting along with Maud's new boyfriend, Mudbriar.
Mud Briar.



* BirdsOfAFeather: Maud and Mudbriar are so alike it's scary. They both have narrow-minded obsessions with rocks and sticks respectively, they both have a dry sense of humor, and they're both LiteralMinded and have NoSocialSkills.
* CompanionCube: Much like how Maud has her pet rock Boulder, Mudbriar has a pet stick named Twiggy.
* GotMeDoingIt: Mudbriar's habit of [[VerbalTic starting sentences with "Technically..."]] starts to rub off on other ponies.

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* BirdsOfAFeather: Maud and Mudbriar Mud Briar are so alike it's scary. They both have narrow-minded obsessions with rocks and sticks respectively, they both have a dry sense of humor, and they're both LiteralMinded and have NoSocialSkills.
* CompanionCube: Much like how Maud has her pet rock Boulder, Mudbriar Mud Briar has a pet stick named Twiggy.
* GotMeDoingIt: Mudbriar's Mud Briar's habit of [[VerbalTic starting sentences with "Technically..."]] starts to rub off on other ponies.



* MeetCute: Maud and Mudbriar apparently met over a display of petrified wood at a rock show.
* SidetrackedByTheAnalogy: Limestone tries to make Pinkie understand what Maud sees in her boyfriend by using a geode as an analogy. Pinkie initially thinks she should break Mudbriar open like a rock.

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* MeetCute: Maud and Mudbriar Mud Briar apparently met over a display of petrified wood at a rock show.
* SidetrackedByTheAnalogy: Limestone tries to make Pinkie understand what Maud sees in her boyfriend by using a geode as an analogy. Pinkie initially thinks she should break Mudbriar Mud Briar open like a rock.


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* VisualPun: Mud Briar's cutie mark is a stick standing up in a mud puddle, a ''literal'' "stick-in-the-mud".
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"Pinkie Pie’s super-best-friend-sister bond is challenged when Maud gets a boyfriend that Pinkie Pie can’t stand." [[https://cf-media.press.discovery.com/ugc/highlights/2018/02/21/112056/DFC_Highlights_-_March_2018_-_Updated_2-21-18.pdf]]

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"Pinkie Pie’s super-best-friend-sister bond is challenged when Maud gets While making preparations for a boyfriend that surprise party for Maud, Pinkie Pie can’t stand." [[https://cf-media.press.discovery.com/ugc/highlights/2018/02/21/112056/DFC_Highlights_-_March_2018_-_Updated_2-21-18.pdf]]
starts to doubt her bond with her "super-best-sister-friend" when she has trouble getting along with Maud's new boyfriend, Mudbriar.



* BirdsOfAFeather: Maud and Mudbriar are so alike it's scary. They both have narrow-minded obsessions with rocks and sticks respectively, they both have a dry sense of humor, and they're both LiteralMinded and have NoSocialSkills.
* CompanionCube: Much like how Maud has her pet rock Boulder, Mudbriar has a pet stick named Twiggy.
* GotMeDoingIt: Mudbriar's habit of [[VerbalTic starting sentences with "Technically..."]] starts to rub off on other ponies.



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%% * ShipSinkingMeetCute: Maud and Mudbriar apparently met over a display of petrified wood at a rock show.
* SidetrackedByTheAnalogy: Limestone tries to make Pinkie understand what Maud sees in her boyfriend by using a geode as an analogy. Pinkie initially thinks she should break Mudbriar open like a rock.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: When Pinkie reveals that Maud has a boyfriend, Limestone says apropos of nothing that she's not jealous.
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* LiteraryTitleAllusion: The title is a reference to the Neil Simon play, ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'', as well as its subsquent [[Film/TheOddCouple film]] and [[Theatre/TheOddCouple television]] [[Series/TheOddCouple adaptations]].

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* LiteraryTitleAllusion: LiteraryAllusionTitle: The title is a reference to the Neil Simon play, ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'', as well as its subsquent [[Film/TheOddCouple film]] and [[Theatre/TheOddCouple television]] [[Series/TheOddCouple adaptations]].
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* ShoutOut: The title is a reference to the Neil Simon play, ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'', as well as its subsquent [[Film/TheOddCouple film]] and [[Theatre/TheOddCouple television]] [[Series/TheOddCouple adaptations]].

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* ShoutOut: LiteraryTitleAllusion: The title is a reference to the Neil Simon play, ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'', as well as its subsquent [[Film/TheOddCouple film]] and [[Theatre/TheOddCouple television]] [[Series/TheOddCouple adaptations]].
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* ShoutOut: The title is a reference to the Neil Simon play, ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'', as well as its subsquent [[Film/TheOddCouple film]] and [[Series/TheOddCouple1970 television]] [[Series/TheOddCouple2015 adaptations]].

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* ShoutOut: The title is a reference to the Neil Simon play, ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'', as well as its subsquent [[Film/TheOddCouple film]] and [[Series/TheOddCouple1970 [[Theatre/TheOddCouple television]] [[Series/TheOddCouple2015 [[Series/TheOddCouple adaptations]].
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* TitleReference: To the Creator/NeilSimon play, ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'', as well as its subsquent [[Film/TheOddCouple film]] and [[Series/TheOddCouple1970 television]] [[Series/TheOddCouple2015 adaptations]].

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* TitleReference: To ShoutOut: The title is a reference to the Creator/NeilSimon Neil Simon play, ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'', as well as its subsquent [[Film/TheOddCouple film]] and [[Series/TheOddCouple1970 television]] [[Series/TheOddCouple2015 adaptations]].
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->Written by Nick Confalone

"Pinkie Pie’s super-best-friend-sister bond is challenged when Maud gets a boyfriend that Pinkie Pie can’t stand." [[https://cf-media.press.discovery.com/ugc/highlights/2018/02/21/112056/DFC_Highlights_-_March_2018_-_Updated_2-21-18.pdf]]

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*TitleReference: To the Creator/NeilSimon play, ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'', as well as its subsquent [[Film/TheOddCouple film]] and [[Series/TheOddCouple1970 television]] [[Series/TheOddCouple2015 adaptations]].
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