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* CreatorBacklash:
** One of [=AtomicCatacomb's=] first contributions to the show was animating Rarity's transformation in episode 14. Several times since, AC has said that he's really embarrassed at how the effect came out, and wishes he could redo it now that he knows more about animation.
** Getschman and Zimbauer's first attempt at an ''MLP'' abridged series was "Bean Quest", which abridged "Swarm of the Century" and [[FollowTheLeader copied]] from ''WebVideo/FriendshipIsWitchcraft'' quite a bit. They took it down a few months later, "for obvious reasons", and only reuploaded it in 2017 as an AprilFoolsDay joke.
** One of [=AtomicCatacomb's=] first contributions to the show was animating Rarity's transformation in episode 14. Several times since, AC has said that he's really embarrassed at how the effect came out, and wishes he could redo it now that he knows more about animation.
** Getschman and Zimbauer's first attempt at an ''MLP'' abridged series was "Bean Quest", which abridged "Swarm of the Century" and [[FollowTheLeader copied]] from ''WebVideo/FriendshipIsWitchcraft'' quite a bit. They took it down a few months later, "for obvious reasons", and only reuploaded it in 2017 as an AprilFoolsDay joke.
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* OldShame:
** One of [=AtomicCatacomb's=] first contributions to the show was animating Rarity's transformation in episode 14. Several times since, AC has said that he's really embarrassed at how the effect came out, and wishes he could redo it now that he knows more about animation.
** Getschman and Zimbauer's first attempt at an ''MLP'' abridged series was "Bean Quest", which abridged "Swarm of the Century" and [[FollowTheLeader copied]] from ''WebVideo/FriendshipIsWitchcraft'' quite a bit. They took it down a few months later, "for obvious reasons", and only reuploaded it in 2017 as an AprilFoolsDay joke.
** One of [=AtomicCatacomb's=] first contributions to the show was animating Rarity's transformation in episode 14. Several times since, AC has said that he's really embarrassed at how the effect came out, and wishes he could redo it now that he knows more about animation.
** Getschman and Zimbauer's first attempt at an ''MLP'' abridged series was "Bean Quest", which abridged "Swarm of the Century" and [[FollowTheLeader copied]] from ''WebVideo/FriendshipIsWitchcraft'' quite a bit. They took it down a few months later, "for obvious reasons", and only reuploaded it in 2017 as an AprilFoolsDay joke.
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** In Episode 10, Applejack referring to the biological weapon (parasprites) as "gosh-darned tribblets!" is a leftover from ''Bean Quest'', of all things (see OldShame, above). ''Bean Quest'' sets up the joke with the other ponies referring to parasprites as "tribbles" multiple times beforehand. While in ''Scootertrix'', AJ's pun is the first and only reference to tribbles in the whole episode--leaving the joke impenetrable if you aren't already aware of [[Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles the relevant episode]] from ''Star Trek''.
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** In Episode 10, Applejack referring to the biological weapon (parasprites) as "gosh-darned tribblets!" is a leftover from ''Bean Quest'', of all things (see OldShame, above).things. ''Bean Quest'' sets up the joke with the other ponies referring to parasprites as "tribbles" multiple times beforehand. While in ''Scootertrix'', AJ's pun is the first and only reference to tribbles in the whole episode--leaving the joke impenetrable if you aren't already aware of [[Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles the relevant episode]] from ''Star Trek''.
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* AccidentalDownerEnding: ''Scootertrix'' itself thankfully avoids this fate, but the characters {{lampshade|hanging}} the trope when they cross over with another abridged series that did end this way. In "Trixie the Abridged" the cast wind up in a barren wasteland, which is said to be all that's left of ''[[spoiler:WebVideo/MyLittlePonyCamaraderieIsSupernatural]]''--since that series had an ongoing story arc about Pinkie and Doctor Whooves stopping an alien invasion, then the creators drifted away before that arc was resolved. Then this gets retconned into a somewhat happier ending in ''Scootertrix: The Movie:'' the Mane Six from that cancelled series turn up alive and well, with the explanation that Pinkie and Whooves did eventually save Equestria after many failed attempts, and the barren wasteland from "Trixie the Abridged" was just one of the failed timelines.
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* AccidentalDownerEnding: ''Scootertrix'' itself thankfully avoids this fate, but the characters {{lampshade|hanging}} the trope phenomenon when they cross over with another abridged series that did end this way. In "Trixie the Abridged" the cast wind up in a barren wasteland, which is said to be all that's left of ''[[spoiler:WebVideo/MyLittlePonyCamaraderieIsSupernatural]]''--since that series had an ongoing story arc about Pinkie and Doctor Whooves stopping an alien invasion, then the creators drifted away before that arc was resolved. Then this gets retconned into a somewhat happier ending in ''Scootertrix: The Movie:'' the Mane Six from that cancelled series turn up alive and well, with the explanation that Pinkie and Whooves did eventually save Equestria after many failed attempts, and the barren wasteland from "Trixie the Abridged" was just one of the failed timelines.
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* AccidentalDownerEnding: ''Scootertrix'' itself thankfully avoids this fate, but the characters {{lampshade|hanging}} the trope when they cross over with another abridged series that did end this way. In "Trixie the Abridged" the cast wind up in a barren wasteland, which is said to be all that's left of ''[[spoiler:WebVideo/MyLittlePonyCamaraderieIsSupernatural]]''--since that series had an ongoing story arc about Pinkie and Doctor Whooves stopping an alien invasion, then the creators drifted away before that arc was resolved. Then this gets retconned into a somewhat happier ending in ''Scootertrix: The Movie:'' the Mane Six from that cancelled series turn up alive and well, with the explanation that Pinkie and Whooves did eventually save Equestria after many failed attempts, and the barren wasteland from "Trixie the Abridged" was just one of the failed timelines.
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* DevelopmentGag: One of the airships in episode 25 is named ''Korra's Matriarch''--referencing how Getschman tried to make an abridged series about ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', then repurposed his version of Korra's mom (particularly her odd voice and obsession with spaghetti noodles) as Rarity in this series.
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* ActingForTwo: And how! Every member of the Mane Six, and Spike, and Celestia, are voiced by the same guy -- which is really impressive given the complexity of the dialogue when several characters are talking. In fact, Getschman is the sole voice credit for the first episode. After that, a few more voice actors are brought on board, including an actual female voice for Luna. The majority of characters are still Getschman's, though.
* DevelopmentGag: One of the airships in episode 25 is named ''Korra'sMatriarch''--referencing Matriarch''-- referencing how Getschman tried to make an abridged series about ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', then repurposed his version of Korra's mom (particularly her odd voice and obsession with spaghetti noodles) as Rarity in this series.
* DevelopmentGag: One of the airships in episode 25 is named ''Korra's
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* TalkingToHimself: And how! Every member of the Mane Six, and Spike, and Celestia, are voiced by the same guy - which is really impressive given the complexity of the dialogue when several characters are talking. In fact, Getschman is the sole voice credit for the first episode. After that, a few more voice actors are brought on board, including an actual female voice for Luna. The majority of characters are still Getschman's, though.
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* DVDCommentary: Team Scootertrix also uploaded a series of commentary videos to the [=YouTube=] channel: one for every normal episode, most of the special episodes, and ''The Movie''. Jack Getschman appears in all of them; sometimes he's joined by other voice actors, animators, or writers.
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* TroubledProduction: Episode 23 (the parody of "The Cutie Mark Chronicles") in Getschman's words, "took about 1 year and 2 months to make, cost around $230, and has been by far the most difficult episode to work on." They went through three wildly different drafts of the script, and it took two-and-a-half months to find the guest voice actor for Granny Smith. In the commentary track, Getschman calls the episode "the bane of my existence."
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* TroubledProduction: TroubledProduction:
** Episode 23 (the parody of "The Cutie Mark Chronicles") in Getschman's words, "took about 1 year and 2 months to make, cost around $230, and has been by far the most difficult episode to work on." They went through three wildly different drafts of the script, and it took two-and-a-half months to find the guest voice actor for Granny Smith. In the commentary track, Getschman calls the episode "the bane of my existence.""
** Episode 26, the series finale, wasn't as bad as 23, but from Getschman's commentary it still sounds like it was rough going. Team Scootertrix decided to premiere the episode at their panel at Bronycon 2019 (the last Bronycon ever). In spite of having this release date set in stone, the script went through several drastic changes--and the final draft was only finished about a month before the scheduled premiere. They had to begin editing and animating before the script was finished, just to get everything done in time.
** Episode 23 (the parody of "The Cutie Mark Chronicles") in Getschman's words, "took about 1 year and 2 months to make, cost around $230, and has been by far the most difficult episode to work on." They went through three wildly different drafts of the script, and it took two-and-a-half months to find the guest voice actor for Granny Smith. In the commentary track, Getschman calls the episode "the bane of my existence.
** Episode 26, the series finale, wasn't as bad as 23, but from Getschman's commentary it still sounds like it was rough going. Team Scootertrix decided to premiere the episode at their panel at Bronycon 2019 (the last Bronycon ever). In spite of having this release date set in stone, the script went through several drastic changes--and the final draft was only finished about a month before the scheduled premiere. They had to begin editing and animating before the script was finished, just to get everything done in time.
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** "The Bird in the Hospital" takes the fandom meme of referring to one's favorite pony as "best pony" ''sans'' definite article (for example: "Applejack is best pony") and inverts it.
-->'''Applejack:''' That is worst pony! The worst pony on the planet! That was him! We met him! We met worst pony!
-->'''Applejack:''' That is worst pony! The worst pony on the planet! That was him! We met him! We met worst pony!
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* RoleReprise: In Scootertrix the Epilogue: Two Weeks Later, Pinkie Pie is voiced by Creator/AndreaLibman, her voice actress from the original series.
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** The "Raiders of the Lost Arch Nemesis" script had a few scenes with Twilight and Flash Sentry that had to be cut for time. Twilight and (pony) Flash would have met in the human world, gone to lunch together, and bonded over their shared experience with unwanted rivals.
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** Episode 20 was originally supposed to have Queen Chrysalis make her on-screen debut in the final scene. The Chrysalis from the early draft was also more of a serious, straightforward villain than the one who actually showed up in Episode 26.
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** Queen Chrysalis went through ''a lot'' of changes before actually appearing:
*** Episode 20 was originally supposed to haveQueen Chrysalis make her on-screen debut in the final scene. The Chrysalis from the early draft was also more of a serious, straightforward villain than the one who we eventually got.
*** The next idea was to write Chrysalis like a character from ''[[WebVideo/MyLittlePonyTotallyLegitRecap Totally Legit Recap]]'' and bring in DWK to voice her. This was shelved when DWK declined the invitation.
*** They considered making her a LegacyCharacter: every time Queen Chrysalis dies, her second-in-command assumes the Queen Chrysalis identity. Of course, the new Chrysalis always makes it her first goal to avenge her predecessor, so [[HydraProblem it's impossible to defeat Chrysalis by killing her]].
*** The last idea was making Chrysalis overtly a {{Yandere}} in love with Celestia. Bits of this concept made it into the final version of the episode, but there [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation it's ambiguous]] whether she's actuallyshowed up in Episode 26.love with Celestia, or just feigning it to throw her off-balance.
*** Episode 20 was originally supposed to have
*** The next idea was to write Chrysalis like a character from ''[[WebVideo/MyLittlePonyTotallyLegitRecap Totally Legit Recap]]'' and bring in DWK to voice her. This was shelved when DWK declined the invitation.
*** They considered making her a LegacyCharacter: every time Queen Chrysalis dies, her second-in-command assumes the Queen Chrysalis identity. Of course, the new Chrysalis always makes it her first goal to avenge her predecessor, so [[HydraProblem it's impossible to defeat Chrysalis by killing her]].
*** The last idea was making Chrysalis overtly a {{Yandere}} in love with Celestia. Bits of this concept made it into the final version of the episode, but there [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation it's ambiguous]] whether she's actually
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** The early plan for the final episode was for Princess Celestia to ''die'' fighting Chrysalis in the opening act. To save her, Pinkie Pie would exploit a flashback to time travel back to the fight, then Rarity would use her shapeshifting to take Celestia's place and fake her death.
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* OrphanedReference:
** In Episode 6, Trixie attacks the Ursa Minor with a lightning bolt, then overreacts as if it were far more effective than it actually was. This was actually the final punchline to a much longer sequence in the earlier script, in which Trixie [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer keeps casting that lightning bolt spell]], over and over and [[OverlyLongGag over]]--wildly overstating its effectiveness all the while.
** In Episode 10, Applejack referring to the biological weapon (parasprites) as "gosh-darned tribblets!" is a leftover from ''Bean Quest'', of all things (see OldShame, above). ''Bean Quest'' sets up the joke with the other ponies referring to parasprites as "tribbles" multiple times beforehand. While in ''Scootertrix'', AJ's pun is the first and only reference to tribbles in the whole episode--leaving the joke impenetrable if you aren't already aware of [[Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles the relevant episode]] from ''Star Trek''.
** In Episode 6, Trixie attacks the Ursa Minor with a lightning bolt, then overreacts as if it were far more effective than it actually was. This was actually the final punchline to a much longer sequence in the earlier script, in which Trixie [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer keeps casting that lightning bolt spell]], over and over and [[OverlyLongGag over]]--wildly overstating its effectiveness all the while.
** In Episode 10, Applejack referring to the biological weapon (parasprites) as "gosh-darned tribblets!" is a leftover from ''Bean Quest'', of all things (see OldShame, above). ''Bean Quest'' sets up the joke with the other ponies referring to parasprites as "tribbles" multiple times beforehand. While in ''Scootertrix'', AJ's pun is the first and only reference to tribbles in the whole episode--leaving the joke impenetrable if you aren't already aware of [[Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles the relevant episode]] from ''Star Trek''.
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* ScheduleSlip: Episodes used to be released once a month, and on some occasions once per week. That changed when the series went on hiatus for nearly half a year after episode 18. For the return (in October 2017), the plan was another month with four episodes--but Getschmann got sick partway through, and the show had to go on another hiatus. After his recovery, episodes came out once every few months.
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* ScheduleSlip: Episodes used to be released once a month, and on some occasions once per week. That changed when the series went on hiatus for nearly half a year after episode 18. For the return (in October 2017), the plan was another month with four episodes--but Getschmann Getschman got sick partway through, and the show had to go on another hiatus. After his recovery, episodes came out once every few months.
