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• Alternate Aesop Interpretation: One could easily see the lesson of this episode as "Don't interfere in an artist's creative process." Fits nicely with the Take That on the main recap page.
  • Or, "If you don't like a gift at first, give it a bit. It may grow on you."
• Awesome Music: Largely due to Stephen Sondheim's "Putting It Together", of course.
• Ensemble Darkhorse: DJ-P0N3, the DJ unicorn. On screen for only a few seconds doing nothing but bobbing her head and turning on the music. She rivals some of the Mane Six in popularity.
• Fridge Brilliance: Many have noted that Rainbow Dash's "bad" dress doesn't look anywhere near as bad as the others and is actually pretty cool, if inappropriate for the occasion. This is because despite her insisting to make things cooler, she had the least actual creative involvement and so Rarity managed to make something that was at least tolerable out of her demands.
  • A few fans have analyzed Fluttershy's complaints, and found them to be largely nonsensical, nicely explaining that while she understands sewing, she doesn't know much about design.
• Fridge Logic: France exists in the world of MLP.
• Genius Bonus: Rainbow Dash's costume includes laurel leaves. In Ancient Greece, where the myth of the Pegasus came from, laurel wreaths were given to athletic champions.
  • Foreshadowing: She DID win the "Best Young Flyers" competition two episodes later. So by the time she does wear the dress for its original purpose, she's earned her laurels.
• Memetic Mutation: It needs to be about 20% cooler...
  • Not as commonly used as the above, but there is Rainbow Dash's love of fun things.
• Wangst: Played for Laughs with Rarity after her fashion show ended in disaster.
• The Woobie: Rarity is stressed out, overworked, and finally breaks down. Making it worse is that she was doing all of this for free and for her friends.