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-> ''"You've got to be kidding me... snails in the pencil case, a mongoose in the drawer, an octopus balloon in the closet... And now on top of all that, shaved ice for supper!"''



* AnimationBump: A brief shot of Nanami's live octopus with its tentacles wrapped around Chu-Chu and his bowl of shaved ice is drawn on the ones.
* ApatheticStudent: Anthy does not really engage during the study date. Even though the Miki's orginial intention was to help her in particular, he ends up tutoring Utena instead while Anthy draws herself a little flipbook animation in her workbook (and she's utterly tickled with her own creation.) Good grades are meaningless to the Rose Bride.



* BrainFreeze: Chu-Chu grimaces and rubs his head after having a big spoonful of shaved ice.
* ChekhovsGun: There is a piano in the common area of the East Hall dorm which Utena uses as an impromptu study desk in the first half of the episode. At the end of the episode, Anthy sneaks away from the study date to play a song on this piano, and in doing so confirms to Miki that she really is the dream-girl he's been looking for.
* DialogueReversal: Wakaba gets bad score on a math test and complains about having to learn advanced math[[note]]the official translation botches this line by failing to distinguish between "ninety-nine" and "nine nines," which is how the Japanese refer to the multiplication table.[[/note]] to which Utena replies, "I think it's so we can cultivate logical reasoning." But it turns out that Utena did poorly on the test too, so Wakaba turns it around on her.
--> '''Wakaba:''' That's no good, you need to cultivate logical reasoning!
* EmbarrassingHobby: In the shadow play, a boy fancied B-ko only to discover that she was into pro wrestling (and loves big bowls of [[GarlicIsAbhorrent garlic ramen]],) and dumped her. Her true nature was at odds with who he imagined her to be. Will Miki's pedestal for Anthy come crashing down like this, too?



* {{Foreshadowing}}: After Nanami blows up at Anthy following all her humiliation, Anthy muses to herself and Chu Chu that she should've made takoyaki instead of shaved ice. Takoyaki's made from diced octopus, meaning Anthy's implying she should've killed the octopus Nanami used to try and humiliate her, and served it to Nanami. This is a pretty big hint that Anthy is ''not'' harmless or as docile as she appears.

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* TheFakeCutie: Nanami is over-the-top saccharine during this episode as long as other characters are observing her. When she's ''not'' observed, she skulks in the corners and eavesdrops, and thinks up convoluted {{Embarrassment Plot}}s.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: After Nanami blows up at Anthy following all her humiliation, Anthy muses to herself and Chu Chu Chu-Chu that she should've made takoyaki instead of shaved ice. Takoyaki's Takoyaki is made from diced octopus, meaning Anthy's implying she should've killed the octopus Nanami used to try and humiliate her, and served it to Nanami. This is a pretty big hint that Anthy is ''not'' harmless or as docile as she appears.



* ImagineSpot: Before trying to plant disgusting animals on Anthy's room in an attempt to humiliate her, Nanami imagines her succeeding: Nanami pretends to be shocked by the animal being there, and Utena and Miki become disappointed at Anthy, complete with Nanami laughing while saying "The jig is up, Anthy Himemiya!".
* NoblewomansLaugh: Nanami in her [[ImagineSpot imagine spots]].

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* ImagineSpot: Before trying to plant disgusting animals on Anthy's room in an attempt to humiliate her, Nanami imagines her succeeding: Nanami pretends to be shocked by the animal being there, and Utena and Miki become disappointed at Anthy, complete with Nanami laughing giving a shrill NoblewomansLaugh while saying saying, "The jig is up, Anthy Himemiya!".
Himemiya!"
* NoblewomansLaugh: InMediasRes: The episode begins by establishing that Miki challenges Utena to a duel, then goes back in time to show how he reached his decision to fight.
* LostFoodGrievance:
Nanami in brought snacks for everyone, but when she pulls out her [[ImagineSpot imagine spots]].bento box, the only thing in it is Chu-Chu with a BalloonBelly after eating it all. As much as this seems like a [[RageBreakingPoint last straw situation]], she manages to just ''barely'' hang on her composure. The shaved ice for dinner is what actually makes her blow up.
* MistakenForFlirting: Nanami listens in on Miki's piano playing and gets all blushy when he says he hopes a "certain someone" will hear it, assuming that he means her. She looks quite put out when she flips through his score book and finds a picture of Anthy stuck in-between the pages.



* RelationshipSabotage: Nanami tags along to Miki's study date with Anthy and Utena with a bag full of tricks for making Anthy look bad. Her goal is to get Miki to change his mind about Anthy.



* SnakeVersusMongoose: Nanami is trying to ruin Anthy's reputation, and one of her plans is to hide a snake in Anthy's home and spread rumors that Anthy is the kind of girl who keeps snakes - her plan fails when Anthy's pet mongoose eats the snake.

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* SamaritanRelationshipStarter: Nanami's GirlPosse employs StockShoujoBullyingTactics on Anthy until Miki shows up and shoos them away. He helps Anthy gather up her belongings and they strike up a conversation. He goes on to correct her math test, which is ''covered'' in red marks.
* SnakeVersusMongoose: Nanami is trying to ruin Anthy's reputation, and one One of her Nanami's plans is to hide a snake in Anthy's home and spread rumors that Anthy is the kind of girl who keeps snakes - her plan fails when Anthy's pet mongoose eats the snake.

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* EpicFail: Nanami's attempts to frame Anthy as a weirdo during a study session fail miserably because Anthy's natural state is far stranger than what Nanami was planning to make her look like, and everyone else present already knew that.



* OperationBlank: Parodied with the names Nanami keeps giving to her plans to humiliate Anthy, that are way too long and descriptive about what Nanami is going to do. Not that it matters much, because Nanami is the only one carrying out the plans.

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* OperationBlank: Parodied with the names Nanami keeps giving to her plans to humiliate Anthy, that are way too long and descriptive [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin 100% literal]] about what Nanami is going to do. Not that it matters much, because Nanami is the only one carrying out the plans.
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After failing an exam, Utena joins a study group led by Student Council member Miki Karou. Miki soon finds himself falling in love with Anthy. Nanami tags along and tries to humiliate Anthy in front of the group.

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After failing an exam, Utena joins a study group led by Student Council member Miki Karou.Kaoru. Miki soon finds himself falling in love with Anthy. Nanami tags along and tries to humiliate Anthy in front of the group.

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* RunningGag: Nanami trying to humiliate Anthy by making it look like she keeps disgusting animals in her room, having [[ImagineSpot imagine spots]] of her succeeding in her goal, and then failing miserably when she tries her plans for real.

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* RunningGag: Nanami trying to humiliate Anthy by making it look like she keeps disgusting animals in her room, having [[ImagineSpot imagine spots]] {{imagine spot}}s of her succeeding in her goal, and then failing miserably when she tries her plans for real.real.
* SnakeVersusMongoose: Nanami is trying to ruin Anthy's reputation, and one of her plans is to hide a snake in Anthy's home and spread rumors that Anthy is the kind of girl who keeps snakes - her plan fails when Anthy's pet mongoose eats the snake.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Nanami on Anthy: "Snails in her pencil box... A mongoose in her desk drawer... A giant octopus balloon in her closet! And now shaved ice for dinner?! You're making me sick!"
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* ImagineSpot: Before trying to plant disgunsting animals on Anthy's room in an attempt to humiliate her, Nanami imagines her succeeding: Nanami pretends to be shocked by the animal being there, and Utena and Miki become disappointed at Anthy, complete with Nanami laughing while saying "The jig is up, Anthy Himemiya!".

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* ImagineSpot: Before trying to plant disgunsting disgusting animals on Anthy's room in an attempt to humiliate her, Nanami imagines her succeeding: Nanami pretends to be shocked by the animal being there, and Utena and Miki become disappointed at Anthy, complete with Nanami laughing while saying "The jig is up, Anthy Himemiya!".
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: After Nanami blows up at Anthy following all her humiliation, Anthy muses to herself and Chu Chu that she should've made takoyaki instead of shaved ice. Takoyaki's made from diced octopus, meaning Anthy's implying she should've killed the octopus Nanami used to try and humiliate her, and served it to Nanami. This is a pretty big hint that Anthy is ''not'' harmless or as docile as she appears.
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* ImagineSpot: Before trying to plant disgunsting animals on Anthy's room in an attempt to humiliate her, Nanami imagines her succeeding: Nanami pretends to be shocked by the animal being there, and Utena and Miki become disappointed at Anthy, complete with Nanami laughing while saying "The jig is up, Anthy Himemiya!".
* NoblewomansLaugh: Nanami in her [[ImagineSpot imagine spots]].
* OperationBlank: Parodied with the names Nanami keeps giving to her plans to humiliate Anthy, that are way too long and descriptive about what Nanami is going to do. Not that it matters much, because Nanami is the only one carrying out the plans.
* RunningGag: Nanami trying to humiliate Anthy by making it look like she keeps disgusting animals in her room, having [[ImagineSpot imagine spots]] of her succeeding in her goal, and then failing miserably when she tries her plans for real.

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Nanami keeps trying to humiliate Anthy by making it look like she's keeping disgusting animals in her room. Trouble is, Anthy's ''already'' keeping animals in her room and Miki thinks it's cute so Nanami just humiliates herself by freaking out.
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After failing an exam, Utena joins a study group led by Student Council member Miki Karou. Miki soon finds himself falling in love with Anthy. Nanami tags along and tries to humiliate Anthy in front of the group.
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