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*** Pinkie's first word is "surprise".
*** Though it might be unintentional, Pinkie covered in flour in "[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E12 Baby Cakes|Baby Cakes]]" causes her to resemble Surprise.
*** Surprise herself may have made a [[Lawyer -Friendly Cameo]] as one of the Wonderbolts in the episodes "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E3 The Ticket Master|The Ticket Master]]" (and some of its adaptations), "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E26 The Best Night Ever|The Best Night Ever]]" & "[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E10 Secret of My Excess|Secret of My Excess]]" ([[Depending On the Artist|possibly]]), the [[IOS Games|iOS game]] ''[http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-little-pony-twilight-sparkle/id465213808 Twilight Sparkle: Teacher for a Day]'', the French [[Tie -in Novel|magazine story]] ''Les surprises de l'amitié'', and the licensed [[The Merch|art print]] ''[http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=1901 Everypony]''. This Wonderbolt could also be [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--gv0rMPY0o0/T16NUqJMUeI/AAAAAAAAibI/gLA9D84OsX8/s1600/5.jpg Breezie], who was a G3 pony.
*** Its worth noting that the [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/74249 original Surprise] had somewhat greenish blonde hair and Pinkie's mother is white with green hair, though she's not a pegasus.
** Twist shares the name with a G1 pony, however it's probably coincidental. G1 Twist was an adult and her Cutie Mark was pretzel related.
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* Flower Wishes, Daisy's name from the toy line, was also the name of a G3 pony.
* The stunt that causes Rainbow Dash to crash in "[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E16 Read It and Weep|Read It And Weep]]" is, going by the motions of the onlookers' heads as they follow it, Firefly's trademark double inside-out loop.
* Bizarrely, "[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E18 A Friend in Deed|A Friend in Deed]]" gives Daisy Jo, the name of a G3/G3.5 pony, to one of the cows from "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E4 Applebuck Season|Applebuck Season]]".
* "[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E21 Dragon Quest|Dragon Quest]]" has quite a bit in common with the ''[[My Little Pony and Friends (Animation)|My Little Pony and Friends]]'' episode "Spike's Search": They both involve a little purple dragon named Spike leaving behind his pony friends to look for his draconic roots, only to fall in with a crowd of trouble-making dragons, which leads him to decide he's more at home with the ponies.
** One of the dragons, Garble, has the same color scheme as Fiery from G1.
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* A pony in "Putting Your Hoof" down - dubbed Valley Swirl by fans - has a blue mane, pink fur, lightning bolt earrings, and looks like she came right out of [[The Eighties]]. She seems to be a [[Shout Out]] to Firefly.
* "Pinkie Sense" is sort of like Pinkie's "Pinkie Squink" from G3.
* When Fluttershy is cleaning during "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E3 The Ticket Master|The Ticket Master]]", she hums the G1 theme song. It's easy to mistake it for the ''Friendship is Magic'' theme tune, since they start the same way, but after the "My Little Pony My Little Pony" part, it clearly follows the melody and beat of the next line of the G1 theme tune ("Isn't the world a lovely place?") rather than the rising "Ah" that follows it in ''Friendship is Magic'', though said beat would eventually find its way into the extended version of the ''Friendship is Magic'' theme ("What is friendship all about?")
* Might not be intentional, but Princess Platinum's advisor is Clover the Clever. There was a G2 pony named Clever Clover.
 
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** Heck, in the beginning of the second episode, they literally take two lines from "Sleeping Beauty" almost word-for-word.
* Twilight Sparkle emits the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgz_poC0V8Y "transporter energize" sound effect from Star Trek], at about 18:23 of episode 2.
* The manticore has a thorn in its paw. The manticore is part lion. Definitely a shout-out to the fable of ''[[Androcles' Lion|Androcles and the Lion]]''.
* Luna is given a wreath of red and white roses, referring to the Tudor crest used to symbolize peace after the War of the Roses.
* "Ticket Master" includes a Benny Hill-style chase scene, right down to [[Suspiciously Similar Song]] version of "Yakkity Sax" playing in the background.
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* In "The Show Stoppers", Scootaloo's failure to find a decent rhyme, frustrated "NEVER, NEVER!", and piano head-desking are lifted straight from Don Music in ''[[Sesame Street (TV)|Sesame Street]]''.<ref>A character who was dropped because of concerns that children were imitating this behavior.</ref>
** The outfits worn by the Cutie Mark Crusaders for the talent show make them look like the Misfits from ''[[Jem]]'' (another famous girls' cartoon from [[The Eighties]]).
*** The [[So Bad ItsIt's Good]] style of the CMC's [[Theme Song]] is also a shout out to the Misfits' musical style, that is off-key screaming metal of the 80s, a la KISS.
** The way the Cutie Mark Crusaders are lit when their song begins is an obvious shout-out to the music video for [[Queen]]'s [http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bohemianrhapsody.jpg Bohemian Rhapsody].
** The audience's reaction to the performance and its unintentional hilarity is almost directly lifted from ''[[The Producers]]''.
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* In "Over a Barrel", when Spike walks off in a huff because the girls keep interrupting his sleep, Fluttershy calls him "[[Puff the Magic Dragon|Huffy the Magic Dragon]]".
** Made all the more bizarre by the fact that Fluttershy says it as if she's deliberately making the reference, and Twilight seems to get the joke.
** This is immediately followed by a gag used in ''[[The EmperorsEmperor's New Groove (Disney)|The Emperors New Groove]]'' -- Rarity getting up angrily and scaring the others with her [[Cucumber Facial]].
** The climactic slapstick pie fight near the end of the episode is almost certainly a ''[[Blazing Saddles]]'' reference, and Pinkie's dancing-girl outfit makes her look kinda like Lili von Shtupp.
*** Using pies in place of guns is also reminiscent of [[Bugsy Malone]].
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** Filly Twilight Sparkle tries to get accepted into "Princess Celestia's School For Gifted Unicorns" and during the admission exam her magical power violently awakens, turning her into a huge danger for everyone and herself, until Princess Celestia herself manages to calm her down and offers herself as her guide so she could learn how to control her immense magical power. The entire scene is a shout out to [[X-Men]], with Twilight as Jean Grey, Celestia as Charles Xavier and the school itself a shout-out to "Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters".
*** When Filly Twilight accidentally unleashes the full force of her power, her eyes go solid white, similar to the [[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar State]].
** "There was no talking. There was no smiling. There were only rocks." Think that type of dystopian narration sounds [[Nineteen Eighty -Four|a bit familiar]]?
*** Also reminiscent of [[Gorillaz|Fire Coming Out Of The Monkey's Head]].
** Filly Fluttershy's song really seems to hearken back to the various Disney princess movies.
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** Not to mention that it "calls" Rainbow Dash "Chump!".
** The sequence may be a nod to the ''[[Ren and Stimpy]]'' episode "Hermit Ren", right down to the splotchy paint backgrounds.
** At the end of the episode, we can see Spike dance like [[John Travolta (Creator)]] in ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]''.
* The opening of "The Best Night Ever" has Twilight channeling [[Cinderella (Literature)|the Fairy Godmother]] by making a carriage out of an apple and horses out of mice, even adding the stipulation that they'll revert by midnight. The ending also includes a bit about one of Rarity's [[The Girl Who Fits This Slipper|glass slippers]].
** Of course, {{spoiler|after seeing how much of a douche her dream prince actually is, she [[Defied Trope|destroys the slipper]], not wanting him to find her.}}
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** The rabbits suddenly growing disproportionately long legs seems to be a reference to the works of [[Salvador Dali]], such as "Elephants on Stilts" and "The Temptation of St. Anthony".
*** They're also quite similar to the Landstriders in [[The Dark Crystal]].
** Discord [[Actor Allusion|is pretty much Q as a]] [[Buffy -Speak|dragon-pony... thing]]. He even has [[Star Trek the Next Generation|Q's]] snap-and-star teleport style, as well as the same voice. {{spoiler|Yes, that ''is'' John de Lancie himself.}}
*** He also may be a bit of a homage to [[Powerpuff Girls|Him]]. A "silly" looking villain who excels psychological torture via [[Reality Warper|reality warping powers]] and mind games. Considering [[Lauren Faust]] worked on that show as well, it's a big possibility.
*** A possibility? He turns into a butterfly retaining his face to trick the yellow-haired/furred nice girl with a [[Speaks Fluent Animal|thing for animals]] into doing something evil!
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** Discord's [[Hypnotic Eyes]] are on loan from [[The Jungle Book (Disney)|Kaa]].
** After the first signs of Discord emerge, Twilight has a spell that will [[Idiocracy|fix EVERYTHING]].
** Discord saying "Arrivederci" was [https://twitter.com/M_A_Larson/status/208432260335144960 inspired] by a line from ''[[Pee WeesWee's Big Adventure (Film)|Pee Wees Big Adventure]]''.
* "Return of Harmony, Part 2" ends with an [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4wh4FnwiAg almost shot-for-shot] homage to the ending of ''[[Star Wars a New Hope]]'', complete with a [[Suspiciously Similar Song]] version of the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5N6_NWtVxY Throne Room] [[Tropes Are Not Bad|music]].
** The same episode features a musical homage to [[The Empire Strikes Back]]: Compare [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFp3E_Nz1iY&t=16m57s this] to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaVz5djS26c&t=5m23s this].
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* {{spoiler|The Changeling Queen's plot to take over Canterlot is similar to Ursula's plot to take over the sea in [[The Little Mermaid (Disney)|The Little Mermaid]]. Both disguise themselves as the bride, both possess the bridegroom, and both get a [[Villain Song]] where they sing about their plans into a mirror!}}
** {{spoiler|The end of the fight scene between the Changelings and the Mane 6 resembles that of one of the shows Lauren [[The Powerpuff Girls (Animation)|previously worked on]].}}
** {{spoiler|The False Princess Cadence's [[One -Winged Angel]] transformation into Queen Chrysalis seems to [[Sleeping Beauty (Disney)|take a few pages out of Maleficent's book.]]}}
** The manner in which {{spoiler|1=the Changelings are defeated seems reminiscent of the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RHPmpOM_V8 Stardust film adaptation]}}.
 
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