History Recap / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E4RockSolidFriendship

* GaleForceSound: Pinkie has this in effect when she yells at Tank, literally blowing him away with her voice.

* WhenSheSmiles: At several points throughout, the usually dour Maud smiles wonderfully at bonding with Starlight.

* {{Mondegreen}}: When Pinkie Pie first whispers to Maud that the latter should help Starlight, it sounds ''very'' much like "awkward as Hell". Appropriate, considering the revelation a few seconds ago that Maud unintentionally helped Starlight to enslave the citizens of the yet-to-be completed Village.

* WhatTheHellHero:
** Starlight Glimmer calmly but [[BrutalHonesty bluntly]] tells Pinkie Pie the she is the real problem, and ruined Maud's chances to make a new friend by constantly butting in.
** Pinkie Pie delivering a pizza to Derpy by '''throwing the pizza box at her head''', though at least Derpy seemed happy to get a free pizza.

* WhatTheHellHero: Starlight Glimmer calmly but [[BrutalHonesty bluntly]] tells Pinkie Pie the she is the real problem, and ruined Maud's chances to make a new friend by constantly butting in.

* GuiltyPleasures: Starlight seems to see her love for kites this way; She is very awkward and nervous when she reveals it to Maud.

-->'''Starlight:''' The trick with an S.L.K. is not to make the spars too heavy. But if they're too light, you've got no ballast and then good luck tacking against the A.O.I.! ''[beat]'' I really like kites.

* RunningGag: Starlight Glimmer appears. Her dark past is [[NeverLiveItDown brought up yet again]]. It wasn't even brought up accidentally or deliberately this time. She just [[ForgottenFirstMeeting happens to meet]] the pony who told her about the magical mineral cave to keep the captured Cutie Marks hidden. Once again, bringing Starlight's past transgressions back into conversation once more. The poor girl just can't catch a break.

* RunningGag: Starlight Glimmer appears. Her dark past is [[NeverLiveItDown brought up yet again]].

* {{Mondegreen}}: When Pinkie Pie first whispers to Maud that the latter should help Starlight, it sounds ''very'' much like "awkward as Hell". Appropriate, considering the revelation a few seconds ago that Maud unintentionally helped Starlight to enslave the citizens of the yet-to-be completed Village.

* {{Mondegreen}}: When Pinkie Pie first whispers to Maud that the latter should help Starlight, it sounds ''very'' much like "awkward as Hell."

* TheTriple: Aside from rocks, Maud likes minerals, plate tectonics... and stand-up.

* EmotionallyTongueTied: Pinkie tries to get Starlight and Maud to talk about feelings, but Starlight will have no truck with that.
-->'''Starlight:''' Um...I feel...like I don't want to talk about feelings?

* AesopAmnesia: This is more or less Pinkie Pie [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed learning all over again]] that she cannot force a friendship.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The ColdOpener shows non-verbally how Pinkie's family has little patience for Pinkie's exuberance at Maud's graduation, hinting at the core problem of Pinkie taking that excitement to the next level to try to convince her sister to live in Ponyville, even breaking Maud's rock-solid patience with her antics.

** 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. And as part of a ContinuityNod, there's a kite visible in Starlight's room from "Every Little Thing She Does" (which [https://twitter.com/TheBiggestJim/status/858444497931325440 according to Jim Miller] was done in anticipation of this S7 episode).

** 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. And as part of a ContinuityNod, there's a kite visible in Starlight's room from "Every Little Thing She Does".

-->'''Starlight:''' The trick with an S.L.K. is not to make the spars too heavy. But if they're too light, you've got no ballast and then good luck tacking against the A.O.I.! ''(beat)'' I really like kites.

* FeedbackRule: Despite having perfectly for her teacher before, the moment Maud tries to speak in the microphone it causes loud feedback, forcing her family to cover their ears.

** Maud shows that while she harbors a heart of gold behind her stony-faced demeanor, she is also insecure about how different she is from every other pony. On a lighter note, she apparently likes stand-up comedy.
*** Unless she was being sarcastic, she also plays guitar.

* StealthPun: At one point, Pinkie Pie makes "pizza deliveries" while wearing a ridiculous costume with a pizza slice around the head. She has a pie face.
** The MLP Facebook page did an April Fool's joke about Pinkie's sister "Pizza Pie." With the costume Pinkie could sort of be called this.