- Cliché Storm: The Storybrooke plot has a rather stock Liar Revealed narrative when it comes to Astrid and Leroy.
- It's the Same, Now It Sucks!: The episode was slated for being yet another Star-Crossed Lovers story in the flashbacks.
- Moe: It's Amy Acker, duh! Nova is of course more this than Astrid, but both are endearing in their own ways.
- Narm: The majority of Lee Arenberg's performance, alternating between Dull Surprise and Chewing the Scenery. There's a very good reason Grumpy didn't get A Day in the Limelight again for the rest of the series.
- Never Live It Down: This marks the start of one of many things the Blue Fairy will never live down - splitting Nova and Dreamy up so that Nova can fulfill her potential as a fairy. Blue is pretty justified in doing this considering the below trope.
- Strangled by the Red String: Nova and Dreamy are presented as Star-Crossed Lovers - when they have literally known each other for a day.
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