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* ArsonMurerAndJaywalking: Aside from rocks, Maud likes mineral, plate tectonics... and stand up.

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* ArsonMurerAndJaywalking: ArsonMudrerAndJaywalking: Aside from rocks, Maud likes mineral, plate tectonics... and stand up.


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* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** Pinkie being too pushy with trying to have Maud and Starlight be friends is what drove Maud to go to Ghastly Gorge and almost ''die''.
** A flashback reveals that Maud wound up being a ''major'' linchpin in the creation of Starlight's village.

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* ArsonMurerAndJaywalking: Aside from rocks, Maud likes mineral, plate tectonics... and stand up.



* EatenAlive: A Quarray Eel snaps Maud up whole before Pinkie rescues her. [[FailedASpotCheck Maud doesn't notice until AFTER Pinkie does so]].



* ForgotAboutHerPowers: Rarity has trouble finding a certain gem even though this is her special talent ''and'' she has a spell developed for that very purpose!

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* ForgotAboutHerPowers: Rarity has trouble finding a certain gem even though this is her special talent ''and'' she has a spell developed for that very purpose!purpose (admittedly, the spell seems to be about finding hidden gemstones in general, not a specific kind, but still)!


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** Maud herself apparently likes stand up comedy. She IS Pinkie's sister after all!
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* TheCameo: Two by Derpy: Once at the marketplace just after Maud trolls Starlight, and one at the pony to whom Pinkie pretends to deliver a pizza.


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** And Maud doesn't realize her quarray eel peril until after Pinkie saves her.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Starlight can't tell if Maud's claims of a rock that could allow Starlight to conquer Equestria are real or if Maud is trolling her.


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* FailedASpotCheck: Starlight walked into Maud because she was reading and not looking where she was going.
* FamilyThemeNaming: Like her sister Pinkie, Maud's full first name ends in "ina", and her middle name starts with the letter "D".


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* GraduationForEveryone: Inverted, no other ponies are seen in Maud's graduating class, and the Pies and Boulder are the only ones in the audience.


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* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: When Pinkie hears about how Maud inadvertently helped Starlight take over "Our Town" with her cutie mark removal spell by informing her of a stone that could contain the magic, this is her reaction.


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* {{Troll}}: Starlight assumes Maud is this when the latter tells her that she could conquer Equestria with the right stone.
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* LiteralMinded: Maud, naturally.
--> '''Pinkie:''' How many times have you smiled [[ExactWords like this]]? *huge grin* \\
'''Maud:''' Zero times.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Maud says that one of the reasons she likes rocks so much is because rocks don't exclude you for being different than other ponies.
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* HiddenDepths: Starlight reveals that she really likes kites. She even throws around [[ShownTheirWork proper kiting terms]] like "SLK" (single-line kite) and "AOI" (angle of incidence) when talking about them with Maud.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Rarity putting the gems she found back after being told that they're all "really common."

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** Maud in general, but particularly when calls the chartreuse gems "common" in Rarity's earshot.
*** A noticeable exception is with Pinkie. She'd rather just leave town rather than tell her sister that she's being too overbearing.

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** Maud in general, but particularly when calls the chartreuse gems "common" in Rarity's earshot.
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earshot. A noticeable exception to this is in her relationship with Pinkie. She'd rather just leave town rather than tell her sister that she's being too overbearing.
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*** A noticeable exception is with Pinkie. She'd rather just leave town rather than tell her sister that she's being too overbearing.
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Maud easily escapes the cave-in through her extensive knowledge of rocks (and a little help from Boulder).

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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Maud discovers the hidden cave and later easily escapes the cave-in through her extensive knowledge of rocks (and a little help from Boulder).

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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Maud easily escapes the cave-in through her extensive knowledge of rocks (and a little help from Boulder).



** Maud in general, but particularly when calls the chartreuse gems "common" in Rarity's earshot.



** Just later, when Starlight tries delivering a friendship lesson, she can't help but be as bluntly harsh as possible about how Pinkie was the real problem.

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** Just Seconds later, when Starlight tries delivering a friendship lesson, she can't help but be as bluntly harsh as possible about how Pinkie was the real problem.



* ForgotAboutHerPowers: Rarity has problem in find a certain gem...despite this is her special talent and has also a specific spell developed for this purpose!.

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* ForgotAboutHerPowers: Rarity has problem in find trouble finding a certain gem...despite gem even though this is her special talent and ''and'' she has also a specific spell developed for this purpose!. that very purpose!



* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: As it turns out, Maud was the one who told Starlight where to find a rock capable of holding an entire town's cutie marks.

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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: As it turns out, Maud was the one who told Starlight where to find a rock capable of holding containing an entire town's cutie marks.
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* ForgotAboutHesPowers: Rarity has problem in find a certain gem...despite this is her special talent and has also a specific spell developed for this purpose!.

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* ForgotAboutHesPowers: ForgotAboutHerPowers: Rarity has problem in find a certain gem...despite this is her special talent and has also a specific spell developed for this purpose!.
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* ForgotAboutHesPowers: Rarity has problem in find a certain gem...despite this is her special talent and has also a specific spell developed for this purpose!.



* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: As it turns out, Maud was the one who told Starlight where to find a rock capable of holding an entire town's cutie marks.

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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: As it turns out, Maud was the one who told Starlight where to find a rock capable of holding an entire town's cutie marks.marks.

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* AnAesop: You can't force people to be friends, and trying to do so will just make it worse on everybody. It's better to let things run their course and grow on their own.

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* AnAesop: AnAesop:
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You can't force people to be friends, and trying to do so will just make it worse on everybody. It's better to let things run their course and grow on their own.own.
** Just because something is fun and engaging for you doesn't mean that other people will also find it enjoyable. Forcing people to try to bond or have fun your way will only ruin what might otherwise have been a pleasant time.



* BrutalHonesty: Starlight tries her own hand at delivering a friendship lesson, but can't help but be as bluntly harsh as possible about how Pinkie was the real problem.

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* BrutalHonesty: Starlight tries her own hand at delivering a friendship lesson, but can't help but be as bluntly harsh as possible about how Pinkie was the real problem.BrutalHonesty:


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** Just later, when Starlight tries delivering a friendship lesson, she can't help but be as bluntly harsh as possible about how Pinkie was the real problem.
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* BigSisterInstinct: Pinkie may be younger, but we see this from her when Starlight says "She's weird." about Maud.
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* LostWorld: Starlight and Maud find one exploring the gem caves beneath Ponyville, after Maud broke open a hollow-sounding granite wall to reveal a giant cavern full of glowing gems, water and plant life. [[spoiler:Maud eventually makes her home there.]]

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* LostWorld: Starlight and Maud find one exploring the gem caves beneath Ponyville, after Maud broke open a hollow-sounding granite wall to reveal a giant cavern full of glowing gems, water and plant life. [[spoiler:Maud Maud eventually makes her home there.]]

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* OrIsIt: Maud tells Starlight that with the right stone, she could rule all of Equestria. Starlight suggests that Maud is trolling her.
--> '''Maud''': Am I?
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* OrIsIt: Maud tells Starlight that with the right stone, she could rule all of Equestria. Starlight suggests that Maud is trolling her.
--> '''Maud''': Am I?
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** Starlight defaults to Brutal Honesty when she can't make up an excuse about missing brunch, informing Pinkie that Jalapeno Red Velvet Omelettes sound gross.
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* BrutalHonesty: Starlight tries her own hand at delivering a friendship lesson, but can't help but be as bluntly harsh as possible about how Pinkie was the real problem.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Pinkie calls Maud by her full name in this episode, revealing that "Maud" is short for Maudalina, and that her full name is Maudalina Daisy Pie.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: It's revealed that Boulder is 2000 years old, but according to Maud, he doesn't look a day over 600.

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When Pinkie Pie learns that her sister Maud might move to Ponyville, she gives her sister a tour of the town.

This episode is scheduled to air on April 29, 2017.

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When Pinkie Pie learns that her Pie's sister Maud might move graduates from her university, earning her rocktorate degree. After the ceremony, Maud must decide between living in Ponyville or Ghastly Gorge. The latter has better rocks, but the former has more people Maud can potentially get along with. Taking the train to Ponyville, she gives Pinkie is enthusiastic about finding a way to make Maud stay. She shows her sister a tour of the town.

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gem caves, but Maud says they're all common gems. Twilight's castle doesn't impress Maud either, and Pinkie grows increasingly desperate. Soon, Starlight Glimmer exits the castle, bumping into Maud, remembering meeting her before enslaving the town of ponies. Pinkie insists that Maud help Starlight with her chores, hoping that making friends will convince Maud to stay.

While out and about, Maud and Starlight start bonding, talking about Maud's passion for rocks and Starlight's passion for kites. However, Pinkie Pie keeps interrupting them, trying to get them to bond, even though they're doing just fine on their own. While in the gem cave, Starlight and Maud find an underground cavern complete with a waterfall, which Pinkie purposefully traps them in to try and get Maud and Starlight closer. However, Maud effortlessly breaks them out with the use of her pet rock, Boulder. That night, Maud tries to tell Pinkie that she's going too far, but Pinkie won't listen. In the morning, all Pinkie finds
is scheduled a goodbye note from Maud, saying that she's decided on Ghastly Gorge.

Heartbroken, Pinkie wakes up Starlight and wonders why they didn't click as friends. Starlight replies that they did, but Pinkie kept interrupting and making things worse. Upon hearing this, Pinkie rushes
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Ghastly Gorge to apologize to Maud. While dodging giant quarry eels, Pinkie admits that she should have just let Maud do things her own way, and begs Maud to give Ponyville another chance. Maud replies that she knows Pinkie only did what she did out of love, and agrees to move to Ponyville after all, using the cave she and Starlight found as her new home.


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* AnAesop: You can't force people to be friends, and trying to do so will just make it worse on everybody. It's better to let things run their course and grow on their own.
* CrashIntoHello: Starlight meets Maud by running into her, face first.
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* LostWorld: Starlight and Maud find one exploring the gem caves beneath Ponyville, after Maud broke open a hollow-sounding granite wall to reveal a giant cavern full of water and plant life.

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* LostWorld: Starlight and Maud find one exploring the gem caves beneath Ponyville, after Maud broke open a hollow-sounding granite wall to reveal a giant cavern full of glowing gems, water and plant life.life. [[spoiler:Maud eventually makes her home there.]]
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* ForgottenFirstMeeting: It turns out Maud and Starlight met a long time ago and Maud unknowingly gave her advice on how to trap an entire village's cutie marks. Starlight doesn't remember her but Maud does, despite hardly glancing at her in the first meeting.
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* LostWorld: Starlight and Maud find one exploring the gem caves beneath Ponyville, after Maud broke open a hollow-sounding granite wall to reveal a giant cavern full of water and plant life.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: As it turns out, Maud was the one who told Starlight where to find a rock capable of holding an entire town's cutie marks.
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When Pinkie Pie learns that her sister Maud might move to Ponyville, she gives her sister a tour of the town.

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When Pinkie Pie learns that her sister Maud might move to Ponyville, she gives her sister a tour of the town.town.

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