* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'' gets numerous allusions. For starters, in addition to Fluttershy's association with "[[VillainSong Hellfire]]" serving as the EstablishingSeriesMoment, it also provides her {{leitmotif}} in Episode 3.
** Also, in the extended version of Pinkie's baking song, she says "God help the outcast" which, coupled with how Fluttershy keeps calling her a gypsy, makes her essentially Esmeralda.
*** Complete with a SinisterMinister lusting after her, apparently: Fluttershy warned Apple Bloom that Pinkie had "the voluminous hair of a temptress."
* The parasprite roundup in "The Perfect Swarm" uses the slide music from ''VideoGame/SuperMario64''.
* [[Memes/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic "It'll all be]] [[WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies2010 secret, but fun."]]
* "It's time to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skittles_(confectionery) taste the painbow]]."
* [[spoiler:Fluttershy's father Dragonshy]] once threw her [[Literature/TheVelveteenRabbit velveteen rabbit]] in a fire.
* Apple Bloom fears that Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara are going to [[Literature/{{Carrie}} drop pigs' blood on her at the party]].
* The class at the start of "Cute from the Hip" chant "phallic symbol, phallic symbol", mimicking the school scenes in both versions of ''[[Film/TheWickerMan1973 The Wicker]] [[Film/TheWickerMan2006 Man]]''. Cheerilee identifies it as the Equestrian national anthem.
* Diamond Tiara's Mark Mitzvah "will have so many snacks it's gonna make the Grand Galloping Gala look like [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty the Donner party!]]"
** "As long as my mom doesn't get drunk and start singing Music/SmashMouth..."
* "The spinning cutie mark was already taken by our local Franchise/{{Beyblade}} champion!"
* "[[Creator/MarkWahlberg Cutie Mark and the Funky Bunch!]]"
* Among the cutie marks Twilight gives Apple Bloom are [[Toys/BeanieBabies the Ty Inc. logo]], [[WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko the eye of XANA]], and [[Fanfic/PastSins Nyx]].
* The use of "plot" in [[UnusualEuphemism the sense]] [[MemeticMutation fans of the show have come to use it]].
* After watching Applejack and Apple Bloom herd some sheep into a pen, Sweetie Belle wonders, "[[foldercontrol]]

[[folder: [[Literature/Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep Why have I seen these creatures in my dreams? ]]
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* Spike singing "Reflection" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}''.
* [[Music/TheKillers "I've got soul, but I am not a soldier."]]
* The sheep leading the prison break is [[Literature/LesMiserables the falsely accused Jean Valsheep]].
** Also, in "Foaly Matrimony", Twilight's song about [[BrotherSisterIncest loving her own brother]] ends as; ''"How different now from what it seemed/ now life has killed the dream I dreamed"''
*** Her vision of Francis in the scene also sings, [[Music/KatyPerry "We went streaking in the park, skinny dipping after dark."]]
* Fluttershy's cult plots to revive the Smooze, a villain from G1.
** "Okay, well, I'm gonna go schmooze. Nothin' can stop the schmooze!"
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* A subtle one, but when Applejack and Rarity gasp at Twilight "getting the costumes", there's an interrupting TimeSkip transition pretty much identical to the ones used in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]''.
** The same sound plays when the day of the eclipse starts.
* Twilight's [[Anime/RurouniKenshin Rupony Kenshin]] cosplay.
* The dance party in "Lunar Slander" is set to a song from ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}''.
* "[[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda1989 Excuse me, princess,]] I think our friendship is worth more than the life of ''one measly eagle''!"
* [[spoiler:Raincloud's death scene]] from "Cherry Bomb" is lifted straight from ''[[spoiler:WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant]]'', music and all.
** This becomes even more awesome when you realize that [[spoiler:''Creator/LaurenFaust'' was an animator for ''The Iron Giant'']].
* In "Cherry Bomb", when Applejack throws a bale of hay, she hits Spike offscreen, causing him to yell, "Ow! [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants My leg!]]"
* "[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Hot ziggety!]] I'm finally beautiful on the outside!"
* In "Dragone Baby Gone" Twilight introduces herself to [[spoiler:Dragonshy]] as Twilight [[Literature/AcornaSeries Acorna]] Sparkle.
* In "Foaly Matripony", Francis's band BBBFF is a takeoff on Music/{{NSYNC}}, with the name made up of parts of the bandmembers' names. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20130306190202/https://www.bbbff.net/ BBBFF.net]] even was registered, and is identical in design to [[http://www.nsync.com *NSYNC's extremely dated website.]]
** Then the band bio page reveals that they were drawn together by a rainbow explosion created by Francis Danger.
* While... introducing herself to Cadence in "Foaly Matripony", Twilight recites lyrics from "Ms. New Booty" by Bubba Sparxxx.
* Princess Luna mentions in "Lunar Slander" that she has fanart of ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''.
* Also from Lunar Slander, during the spider-throwing, Applejack tells Luna/Molestia to "pretend it's a [[Website/{{Neopets}} Neopet]]!"
* In "Foaly Matripony", Princess Celestia instructs Fluttershy to draw a maze in one minute that takes two minutes to solve, and Fluttershy says she'll draw a circle, a reference to Film/{{Inception}}.
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