Rarity tries to get rid of her bad luck before it can ruin her relationship with a new friend. As Rarity continues to deal with her bad luck, she receives some much-needed advice from an unexpected source: herself.
Tropes in this episode include:
- Adaptational Jerkass: The original Fancy Pants was a Nice Guy despite being a noble in Friendship is Magic. Here he only invites Rarity to go on a walk with him to hear him talk about himself.
- By the Lights of Their Eyes: Done twice. In part 1 when Rarity tells her bad luck story to Pinkie Pie she casts a spotlight on herself leaving the rest of the room in darkness and Pinkie's eyes being shown. In part 2 when hiding out in a giant hollowed out cupcake, Rarity's eyes and mouth are visible.
- Sanity Slippage: Rarity loses her mind as she continues to obsess over bad thing number 3.
- Thinking Out Loud: Part 2 starts when Rarity begins to argue with herself (using a deep gravelly voice for one side and her normal voice for the other) over whether or not to steal Pinkie's recipe and forcibly trigger bad thing number 3.
- Title Drop
- Year Outside, Hour Inside: Rarity's inner self mentions that while seconds pass by in her dimension eons fly by in the real world. However she admits she was lying when Rarity leaves.
