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* DisproportionateRetribution: The Ashleys kick out Ashley A. for forgetting to wear Purple on a special day. Justified as they are snooty and prissy. Inverted when they take her back for saying at least Gretchen's pinhole camera wasn't shoes.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: The Ashleys kick out Ashley A. for forgetting to wear Purple on a special Purple day. Justified as they are snooty it is the Anniversary of the day the Ashley’s first met, and prissy.wearing a different color signified that she forgot. Inverted when they take her back for saying at least Gretchen's pinhole camera wasn't shoes.
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* PositiveFriendInfluence: Ashley A. becomes nicer and more interested in science under Gretchen's tutelage, Sadly, it doesn't last by the end of the episode.

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* PositiveFriendInfluence: Ashley A. becomes nicer and more interested in science under Gretchen's tutelage, tutelage. Sadly, it doesn't last by the end of the episode.



* WhenItAllBegan / {{Flashback}}: We get treated to when the Ashleys first met in what appears to be Pre-K.

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* WhenItAllBegan / {{Flashback}}: We get treated to when the Ashleys first met in what appears to be Pre-K.Pre-K.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The gang tells Gretchen that Ashley A. isn't going to be a good friend to her. They end up proven right as Ashley A. ditches her after the girls accidentally wreck her pinhole camera. Gretchen retorts that none of them were interested in her science projects and at least Ashley A. is. She's also right, as the gang admits.

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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The gang tells Gretchen that Ashley A. isn't going to be a good friend to her. They end up proven right as Ashley A. ditches her after the girls accidentally wreck her pinhole camera. Gretchen retorts that none of them were interested in her science projects and at least Ashley A. is.is showing some interest. She's also right, as the gang admits.
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* BaitTheDog: When a second grader enters the school while the Ashleys are sitting at the entrance, Ashley Q. says to the second grader she likes her outfit, only for her and the Ashleys say "Not!", much to her disappointment.
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* BaitAndSwitch: The Ashleys are seemingly disgusted at Ashley A. lowering herself to befriending a "loser geek" like Gretchen, only for it to turn out they were referring to ''Ashley A.'' as a geek and thought ''Gretchen'' deserved better.

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Ashley A. has been kicked out of the club for accidentally wearing the wrong color clothes for Purple Day, so she befriends Gretchen.

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Ashley A. has been kicked out of the club for accidentally wearing the wrong color clothes for Purple Day, so she befriends Gretchen.
Gretchen. A solar eclipse is coming, and Gretchen wants to make a proper viewer for it.


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* ApologyGift: The gang, as an apology to Gretchen, stole blueprints for her solar eclipse camera from the Ashleys clubhouse, and made a normal version without the pink cardboard. They admit she was right to say they weren't showing interest in her projects.


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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The gang tells Gretchen that Ashley A. isn't going to be a good friend to her. They end up proven right as Ashley A. ditches her after the girls accidentally wreck her pinhole camera. Gretchen retorts that none of them were interested in her science projects and at least Ashley A. is. She's also right, as the gang admits.
* DisproportionateRetribution: The Ashleys kick out Ashley A. for forgetting to wear Purple on a special day. Justified as they are snooty and prissy. Inverted when they take her back for saying at least Gretchen's pinhole camera wasn't shoes.
* EvilIsPetty: The Ashleys work to sabotage Gretchen's new friendship with Ashley A., purely so that she won't be happy. It's low even for them.


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* {{Irony}}: "First Name Ashley" showed Spinelli needing her friends' help to leave the Ashley club. It turns out all she needed to do was not wear purple on Purple Day.


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* PositiveFriendInfluence: Ashley A. becomes nicer and more interested in science under Gretchen's tutelage, Sadly, it doesn't last by the end of the episode.
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*PasteEater: When Gus tells the others that Gretchen is hanging out with Ashley A., they assume that he's been eating glue. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer He hasn't]].
*PurelyAestheticGlasses: Ashley A. starts wearing glasses from hanging out with Gretchen.
*StatusQuoIsGod: By the end of the episode, the Ashleys get back together.


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*WesternZodiac: Gretchen, whose birthday is March 23, is an Aries. Ashley Q. is a Leo, and Ashley A. is a Gemini.
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Ashley A. has been kicked out of the club for accidentally wearing the wrong color clothes for Purple Day, so she befriends Gretchen.

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*BigNo: Ashley A. upon realizing that it's Purple Day.
*HairTriggerAvalanche: Ashley A. accidentally causes the Diggers' tunnel to cave in by shouting.
*InsigniaRipOffRitual: As the other Ashleys cast Ashley A. out, they remove her headband, rip the teddy bear head from her backpack, and take off her necklace, trampling them underfoot.
*TotalEclipseOfThePlot: A plot point is that Gretchen is making a pinhole camera out of a cardboard box to view the upcoming solar eclipse.
*WhenItAllBegan / {{Flashback}}: We get treated to when the Ashleys first met in what appears to be Pre-K.

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