Much like Barbie, Rei always represented the fact that women have choices.
(CWi Episode: "Dreams Of Her Own")
The Hikawa Shrine gets a boost in popularity after Rei was interviewed for a magazine which gives the hot-headed maiden high hopes in accomplishing her dreams. She even gains an adorable fangirl who idolizes Rei but is secretly using her to avoid having to deal with her own unfulfilled dreams.
Tropes in this episode include:
- 15 Minutes of Fame: Rei and the Hikawa Shrine get a massive influx of visitors thanks to the shrine maiden's interview. But by the end of the episode, things are back to normal as everyone is now focused on the new cover girl of a local burger joint.
- As You Know: Ami reminds everyone that shrine maidens are women who devote their entire lives to worshipping Kami and don't indulge in worldly pleasures, like dating.
- At Least I Admit It: Played for Laughs. In the original version, Makoto and Minako (and strangely Usagi) joke that if Rei's amulets were effective, then she wouldn't be single and lonely like them.
- Bait-and-Switch: A handsome stranger approaches the girls which leads them to believe that some of Rei's "good luck" is rubbing off on them. But then he walks after after Ami points him to the Juuban Hawaiian Center like he wanted.
- Cold Open: Usagi and Chibi-usa enjoy a fairly pleasant window-shopping trip that takes a drastic halt when they see Rei on the cover of a magazine.
- Crush Filter: A non-romantic example occurs as Nanako sees her idol doing her job while inspiring the masses.
- The Determinator: This episode highlights Rei's belief in herself as she espouses her dream of an "INTERNATIONAL LIFE OF SUCCESS" and showing she is more than willing to put in the work needed to make that happen.
- Ditto Fighter: After the Dream Eating Monkey is hit by any given attack, she can return the attack to the Sailor Guardians. To add salt to the wound, she even takes on the same face of the Guardian she's copying.
- Dramatic Irony: Nanako hopes to follow in Rei's footsteps as a dedicated shrine maiden who devotes her entire life to making other people happy while staying single. Usagi and Chibi-usa are understandably concerned if she's still talking about Rei there.
- Dude Magnet: Getting to appear on a magazine inspires hordes of boys to visit the shrine and see the cool beauty Rei.
- Earn Your Happy Ending: After taking Rei's (and Sailor Mars') advice on working on her dreams while accepting the chance of failure, Nanako is making progress with achieving her dreams starting as the cover girl for a popular hamburger restaurant.
- Exact Eavesdropping: After she learns of Nanako's true intentions of working at the shrine, Rei gets into a tough but passionate speech of how she's wrong to hide behind the shrine since shrine maidens are supposed to have dreams of their own to inspire people. She says this while Nanako is just about to enter the room.
- Exact Words: Rei tells the girls that she told the magazine people that "our best seller at the shrine is the love amulets". Even though that's Yuuichirou's job, they assumed that Rei was the one selling them and she just rolled with it.
- Exotic Eye Designs: Nanako is shown to have perfect stars in her eyes.
- Foreshadowing: While looking at Nanako's photo, Zirconia comments that she can feel a sense of emptiness coming from her.
- Go-Getter Girl: Excited by the new popularity, Rei hopes that the ongoing sales and customers will turn the Hikawa Shrine into a Mega-Shrine. This in turn will allow her to release her very own pop album. And as the page image shows, some of her dreams range between flight stewardess to first woman on Mars.Rei: I have a vision for my life. A dream of taking my personal brand world wide! I'll travel the globe. As an icon of success!
- Green-Eyed Monster: The girls don't even bother to hide their jealousy over the attention's Rei getting, though they make it clear they're not pissed at her, just the situation.
- Hidden Depths: At first glance Nanako appears to be a Loony Fan copying Rei because she sees being a shrine maiden as an easy job. We then find out Nanako's dreams and aspirations are exactly as big and grandiose as Rei's truly are, but she lacked self confidence and thought her dreams were too impossible to fulfill. By the end of the episode, she starts truly following Rei's example and starts out on achieving her dreams one step at a time.
- I Just Want to Be You: Played for laughs and then drama. Nanako decides to model herself after Rei, up to wearing a wig to look just like her, because she assumes Rei has already accomplished her dream of being a shrine maiden. She later reveals she's doing this because Nanako thought her own dreams were too ridiculous to achieve, and modeled herself after Rei because being a shrine maiden seemed like an easier goal to reach. We then find out Nanako's original dream is just like Rei's, to go off an have an international life of success. Nanako tried to be like Rei without realizing her original dream and Rei's dreams are the same, so Rei is the person Nanako should be emulating.
- Innocently Insensitive:
- When Rei finds out Nanako wants to be a shrine maiden because she thinks it's easy, Rei gets pissed off. As she puts it, being a shrine maiden is hard work and even if that's not Rei's ultimate goal in life, the fact Nanako views it as "easy" is an insult to the shrine maidens who believe in their job.
- When Mane Mane copies Sailor Jupiter's face and power, Mercury declares "They're identical!" We then cut to Jupiter looking pissed off with a raised fist, as she does not appreciate being compared to a rampaging monkey monster.
- Kick the Dog: After eating Nanako's Dream Mirror, Mane Mane takes on the girl's face and goes on a slanderous rant about her big dreams mixed with her fear of failing and how she wanted to be like Rei so she can cope. She says all this while Nanako is on the floor begging her to stop.Nanako: Someone please make it stop.
- Luminescent Blush: Rei turns bright red after Nanako hugs her and calls her her big sister.
- Mischief-Making Monkey: This time, Ves Ves summons Mane Mane who resembles a giant red monkey who loves to copy people and their attacks.
- New Superpower: Sailor Mars summons her new attack as Mars Flame Sniper which involves creating a giant flaming arrow that can overpower any enemy.
- No Fourth Wall: When Rei delves into an Imagine Spot of her "INTERNATIONAL LIFE OF SUCCESS," ending with a shot of her being cheered on by the masses, Usagi lifts the scene up as she demands to know if Rei is still serious about her goals.
- Not So Above It All: Ami takes a crack at questioning if Rei's amulets actually work which leads to her giggling about Rei's lack of a love life with the rest of her friends.
- Polyamory: Played for Laughs. When a handsome young man approaches the Inners, Makoto and Minako (and Usagi) talk with each other about sharing the guy via group date.
- Pragmatic Villainy: The Amazon Quartet are shown practicing new tricks so they can impress the upcoming audiences so they'll be inspired to come back again and waste their money.
- Rule of Symbolism: The Monster of the Week is a monkey who copies people which fits perfectly with the Victim of the Week who tries to copy Rei's image to fill the void in her life.
- Running Gag: Rei's "INTERNATIONAL LIFE OF SUCCESS!"
- Stop Copying Me: Along with copying the Guardians' attacks, Mane Mane Girl also copies her master's mannerisms.
- Stopped Caring: Nanako's inner conflict is that she believes that most dreams are impossible to achieve (especially hers) so she did have dreams but had to give them up. She gets over this when Rei/Sailor Mars reaches out to her.
- Troll: Mercury looks as though she's about to attack after figuring out Mane Mane Girl can copy their moves, only for her to then add "Just kidding" as her friends panic.
- You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!: The Inner girls plus Chibs have this expression as Nanako hopes to meet the mystical and beautiful shrine maiden who happens to be busy sticking her tongue out at Usagi.
"Remember. Every girl has the power to make her dreams come true."
