diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_analyzer.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_analyzer.cpp
index e925350ba33..6b7403d8547 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_analyzer.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_analyzer.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 #include "gdscript_analyzer.h"
 
+#include "core/config/engine.h"
 #include "core/config/project_settings.h"
 #include "core/io/file_access.h"
 #include "core/io/resource_loader.h"
@@ -432,8 +433,28 @@ GDScriptParser::DataType GDScriptAnalyzer::resolve_datatype(GDScriptParser::Type
 					case GDScriptParser::ClassNode::Member::CONSTANT:
 						if (member.constant->get_datatype().is_meta_type) {
 							result = member.constant->get_datatype();
+							result.is_meta_type = false;
 							found = true;
 							break;
+						} else if (Ref<Script>(member.constant->initializer->reduced_value).is_valid()) {
+							Ref<GDScript> gdscript = member.constant->initializer->reduced_value;
+							if (gdscript.is_valid()) {
+								Ref<GDScriptParserRef> ref = get_parser_for(gdscript->get_path());
+								if (ref->raise_status(GDScriptParserRef::INTERFACE_SOLVED) != OK) {
+									push_error(vformat(R"(Could not parse script from "%s".)", gdscript->get_path()), p_type);
+									return GDScriptParser::DataType();
+								}
+								result = ref->get_parser()->head->get_datatype();
+								result.is_meta_type = false;
+							} else {
+								Ref<GDScript> script = member.constant->initializer->reduced_value;
+								result.kind = GDScriptParser::DataType::SCRIPT;
+								result.builtin_type = Variant::OBJECT;
+								result.script_type = script;
+								result.script_path = script->get_path();
+								result.native_type = script->get_instance_base_type();
+							}
+							break;
 						}
 						[[fallthrough]];
 					default:
@@ -2129,6 +2150,9 @@ void GDScriptAnalyzer::reduce_call(GDScriptParser::CallNode *p_call, bool is_awa
 
 		if (is_self && parser->current_function != nullptr && parser->current_function->is_static && !is_static) {
 			push_error(vformat(R"*(Cannot call non-static function "%s()" from static function "%s()".)*", p_call->function_name, parser->current_function->identifier->name), p_call->callee);
+		} else if (!is_self && base_type.is_meta_type && !is_static) {
+			base_type.is_meta_type = false; // For `to_string()`.
+			push_error(vformat(R"*(Cannot call non-static function "%s()" on the class "%s" directly. Make an instance instead.)*", p_call->function_name, base_type.to_string()), p_call->callee);
 		} else if (is_self && !is_static && !lambda_stack.is_empty()) {
 			push_error(vformat(R"*(Cannot call non-static function "%s()" from a lambda function.)*", p_call->function_name), p_call->callee);
 		}
@@ -2392,6 +2416,11 @@ void GDScriptAnalyzer::reduce_identifier_from_base(GDScriptParser::IdentifierNod
 					resolve_function_signature(member.function);
 					p_identifier->set_datatype(make_callable_type(member.function->info));
 					break;
+				case GDScriptParser::ClassNode::Member::CLASS:
+					// For out-of-order resolution:
+					resolve_class_interface(member.m_class);
+					p_identifier->set_datatype(member.m_class->get_datatype());
+					break;
 				default:
 					break; // Type already set.
 			}
@@ -3201,7 +3230,7 @@ GDScriptParser::DataType GDScriptAnalyzer::type_from_property(const PropertyInfo
 	return result;
 }
 
-bool GDScriptAnalyzer::get_function_signature(GDScriptParser::Node *p_source, GDScriptParser::DataType p_base_type, const StringName &p_function, GDScriptParser::DataType &r_return_type, List<GDScriptParser::DataType> &r_par_types, int &r_default_arg_count, bool &r_static, bool &r_vararg) {
+bool GDScriptAnalyzer::get_function_signature(GDScriptParser::CallNode *p_source, GDScriptParser::DataType p_base_type, const StringName &p_function, GDScriptParser::DataType &r_return_type, List<GDScriptParser::DataType> &r_par_types, int &r_default_arg_count, bool &r_static, bool &r_vararg) {
 	r_static = false;
 	r_vararg = false;
 	r_default_arg_count = 0;
@@ -3220,14 +3249,16 @@ bool GDScriptAnalyzer::get_function_signature(GDScriptParser::Node *p_source, GD
 
 		for (const MethodInfo &E : methods) {
 			if (E.name == p_function) {
-				return function_signature_from_info(E, r_return_type, r_par_types, r_default_arg_count, r_static, r_vararg);
+				function_signature_from_info(E, r_return_type, r_par_types, r_default_arg_count, r_static, r_vararg);
+				r_static = Variant::is_builtin_method_static(p_base_type.builtin_type, function_name);
+				return true;
 			}
 		}
 
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	bool is_constructor = p_base_type.is_meta_type && p_function == "new";
+	bool is_constructor = (p_base_type.is_meta_type || (p_source->callee && p_source->callee->type == GDScriptParser::Node::IDENTIFIER)) && p_function == StaticCString::create("new");
 	if (is_constructor) {
 		function_name = "_init";
 		r_static = true;
@@ -3257,6 +3288,7 @@ bool GDScriptAnalyzer::get_function_signature(GDScriptParser::Node *p_source, GD
 			}
 		}
 		r_return_type = found_function->get_datatype();
+		r_return_type.is_meta_type = false;
 		r_return_type.is_coroutine = found_function->is_coroutine;
 
 		return true;
@@ -3304,7 +3336,11 @@ bool GDScriptAnalyzer::get_function_signature(GDScriptParser::Node *p_source, GD
 
 	MethodInfo info;
 	if (ClassDB::get_method_info(base_native, function_name, &info)) {
-		return function_signature_from_info(info, r_return_type, r_par_types, r_default_arg_count, r_static, r_vararg);
+		bool valid = function_signature_from_info(info, r_return_type, r_par_types, r_default_arg_count, r_static, r_vararg);
+		if (valid && Engine::get_singleton()->has_singleton(base_native)) {
+			r_static = true;
+		}
+		return valid;
 	}
 
 	return false;
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_analyzer.h b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_analyzer.h
index 8cd3fcf8378..32bf049fa12 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_analyzer.h
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_analyzer.h
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class GDScriptAnalyzer {
 	GDScriptParser::DataType type_from_metatype(const GDScriptParser::DataType &p_meta_type) const;
 	GDScriptParser::DataType type_from_property(const PropertyInfo &p_property) const;
 	GDScriptParser::DataType make_global_class_meta_type(const StringName &p_class_name, const GDScriptParser::Node *p_source);
-	bool get_function_signature(GDScriptParser::Node *p_source, GDScriptParser::DataType base_type, const StringName &p_function, GDScriptParser::DataType &r_return_type, List<GDScriptParser::DataType> &r_par_types, int &r_default_arg_count, bool &r_static, bool &r_vararg);
+	bool get_function_signature(GDScriptParser::CallNode *p_source, GDScriptParser::DataType base_type, const StringName &p_function, GDScriptParser::DataType &r_return_type, List<GDScriptParser::DataType> &r_par_types, int &r_default_arg_count, bool &r_static, bool &r_vararg);
 	bool function_signature_from_info(const MethodInfo &p_info, GDScriptParser::DataType &r_return_type, List<GDScriptParser::DataType> &r_par_types, int &r_default_arg_count, bool &r_static, bool &r_vararg);
 	bool validate_call_arg(const List<GDScriptParser::DataType> &p_par_types, int p_default_args_count, bool p_is_vararg, const GDScriptParser::CallNode *p_call);
 	bool validate_call_arg(const MethodInfo &p_method, const GDScriptParser::CallNode *p_call);
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_compiler.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_compiler.cpp
index fe827a5b725..ddf4f281b4d 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_compiler.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_compiler.cpp
@@ -126,8 +126,7 @@ GDScriptDataType GDScriptCompiler::_gdtype_from_datatype(const GDScriptParser::D
 						names.pop_back();
 					}
 					result.kind = GDScriptDataType::GDSCRIPT;
-					result.script_type_ref = script;
-					result.script_type = result.script_type_ref.ptr();
+					result.script_type = script.ptr();
 					result.native_type = script->get_instance_base_type();
 				} else {
 					result.kind = GDScriptDataType::GDSCRIPT;
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/features/call_static_builtin_function.gd b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/features/call_static_builtin_function.gd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ac66b782200
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/features/call_static_builtin_function.gd
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+func test():
+	print(Color.html_is_valid("00ffff"))
+	print("OK")
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/features/call_static_builtin_function.out b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/features/call_static_builtin_function.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..75b002aa629
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/features/call_static_builtin_function.out
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+GDTEST_OK
+True
+OK
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/features/gdscript_to_preload.gd b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/features/gdscript_to_preload.gd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fb0ace6a90a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/features/gdscript_to_preload.gd
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+func test():
+	pass
+
+func something():
+	return "OK"
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/features/gdscript_to_preload.out b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/features/gdscript_to_preload.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d73c5eb7cde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/features/gdscript_to_preload.out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+GDTEST_OK
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/features/inner_class_as_return_type.gd b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/features/inner_class_as_return_type.gd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4f4b7a48975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/features/inner_class_as_return_type.gd
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+class InnerClass:
+	var val := "OK"
+	static func create_instance() -> InnerClass:
+		return new()
+
+func create_inner_instance() -> InnerClass:
+	return InnerClass.create_instance()
+
+func test():
+	var instance = create_inner_instance()
+	print(instance.val)
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/features/inner_class_as_return_type.out b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/features/inner_class_as_return_type.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1ccb591560d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/features/inner_class_as_return_type.out
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+GDTEST_OK
+OK
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/features/use_preload_script_as_type.gd b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/features/use_preload_script_as_type.gd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5f73064cc08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/features/use_preload_script_as_type.gd
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+const preloaded : GDScript = preload("gdscript_to_preload.gd")
+
+func test():
+	var preloaded_instance: preloaded = preloaded.new()
+	print(preloaded_instance.something())
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/features/use_preload_script_as_type.out b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/features/use_preload_script_as_type.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1ccb591560d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/features/use_preload_script_as_type.out
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+GDTEST_OK
+OK