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[[WhatCouldHaveBeen/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 Page for the 2017 movie]].

[[folder:General]]
* This whole thing got started because Creator/LaurenFaust was [[http://www.awn.com/blogs/miscweant/ponies-and-bronies pitching to Hasbro]] an animated series based on her own dolls, ''Toys/MilkyWayAndTheGalaxyGirls''. We almost got an original property and ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' would either still be in G3.5 or someone else would have handled the reboot.
* The show was not originally supposed to be in Ponyville at all, but in a different town known as Fillydelphia.
* Sweet Apple Acres was going to be called Big Apple Orchard or Big Apple Farm, in addition to Big Macintosh being Big Apple -- the idea was that Applejack's brother inherited the farm while she just ran things.
* The show was originally going to be named ''My Little Pony Adventures''.
* The show was originally intended to be 1/3 adventure stories, but it quickly became apparent that the extra workload they entailed meant they were difficult to pull off on the ''very'' tight production schedule. Lauren said that the main casualty of this was Zecora, as her originally planned mentor role ended up not really being needed. Similarly, Lauren originally envisioned a lot more diversity in body types for the ponies, but that too would've been more work for the animators.
* [[https://derpicdn.net/img/view/2013/5/4/315954.png Originally]], the Everfree Forest was intended to be a sort of external threat that continuously encroached onto Equestria's borders, and would historically have been found further beyond the old castle before growing over it.
* ''[[http://www.hubworld.com/my-little-pony/shows/friendship-is-magic/games/mlp-adventures-in-ponyville Adventures in Ponyville]]'' was going to have a Fluttershy game, which can be glimpsed [[http://www.hubworld.com/hubworld/flash/games/GAME_A_MLPHUB/assetsuitcase/MishMash.swf here]] and read about [[http://www.hubworld.com/hubworld/flash/games/GAME_A_MLPHUB/assetsuitcase/strings.xml here]].
* According to [[https://twitter.com/#!/M_A_Larson M.A. Larson]], the Ponyville Schoolhouse's school paper was originally called ''The Horse's Mouth'' instead of ''Foal Free Press'', and Featherweight was originally called Milquetoast and was Namby-Pamby's little brother.
* Before Big Macintosh became an official couple with Sugar Belle, he had a ShipTease with Marble Pie. [[https://derpibooru.org/2168594 According to Jim Miller]], it was there for the writers to play around with but abandoned when the Big Macintosh/Sugar Belle pairing took off. [[ExecutiveMeddling Hasbro]] also got nervous about Big Macintosh [[TheUnreveal possibly]] being Marble Pie's [[KissingCousins fourth cousin twice removed]] [[note]]For what it's worth, cousins this distant would share on average around 0.2% of their DNA.[[/note]]
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[[folder:Characters]]
* In Lauren's original pitch for the show, Pinkie Pie was a pegasus (like Surprise, the G1 pony she was based on) and Fluttershy was an earth pony. In fact, the entire cast went through a design change, from G1-style ponies to G3-style ponies (although some of them are InNameOnly).
* Several characters had name changes for legal reasons. Twilight Sparkle was Twilight Twinkle (a G3 pony), Princess Luna was Princess Selena, Apple Bloom was Appleseed, Big Macintosh was Big Apple, Gilda was Grizelda, and Zecora was Shaman.
** The [[{{Novelization}} storybook version]] of the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon pilot]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony episodes]] does call Luna "Selena."
* Celestia was going to be Queen, not Princess, but Hasbro feared the kids would think [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen she was evil]] if she was a Queen.
* Originally, Nightmare Moon was called Discord, but still had her regular design. The name 'Discord' was later re-used for another character.
* In the original pitch, Apple Bloom was alone in her quest for a Cutie Mark. Lauren was asked to add in some friends to accompany her on her journey. Thus, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo were created and the Crusaders were born. Oddly enough, Lauren Faust always thought they should have their own SpinOff show (where kids learn how to do stuff while the Crusaders are engaging in new activities looking for their cutie marks).
* According to Lauren, there was going to be a RunningGag where Pinkie Pie would eat too many sweets, get a sugar rush, then run extremely fast and plow through Sugar Cube Corner's door, forcing Mr. and Mrs. Cake to replace it once an episode.
* Lauren has said she had a [[http://comments.deviantart.com/4/1603670/2041358198 sea ponies episode]] in mind, but it didn't get made under her watch. Sea ponies would later be introduced in [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 the 2017 movie]], and make an appearance in the show proper in season 8, but Lauren had stopped working on the show by then.
* Trixie was originally going to be a boy, until the episode's scriptwriter suggested to Lauren to make the character female. Lauren admitted in an interview that this change was absolutely for the better.
* Lauren originally designed several monsters to be [[https://www.deviantart.com/fyre-flye/art/Dopey-Manticore-255846340 cuter]] and [[https://www.deviantart.com/fyre-flye/art/Dragon-255847083 prettier]] thinking Creator/{{Hasbro}} wouldn't let her get away with the monsters being "too scary". Turns out she was wrong and Hasbro didn't think her original designs were scary ''enough''.
** On the other end, the Ursa Major was [[https://www.deviantart.com/fyre-flye/art/Ursa-Scary-260226581 much uglier]] and scarier before getting toned down (it's still pretty ugly and scary). Interestingly, in this case, the change was not due to worries that it might be too scary but because it the difference between adult and baby was too drastic and executives were worried that the intended demographic might not recognize the larger monster as being the same species.
* According to Lauren, Rarity had a scene scripted for "Luna Eclipsed" where she would have gone overboard designing an outfit to soften Princess Luna's demeanor, leading to [[NotWhatItLooksLike another humorous misunderstanding]], but it apparently got cut for time, so Rarity is ultimately absent. (though her voice actress is still present as Granny Smith and Luna).
** The dress Rarity made for Luna in the above scene does appear in [[http://www.hubworld.com/hubworld/flash/games/GAME_C_MLPCASTLE/assetsuitcase/characters/MLP_CharH_Luna.swf a file]] DummiedOut from Creator/TheHub's [[http://www.hubworld.com/my-little-pony/shows/friendship-is-magic/games/game-mylittlepony-castle-creator version]] of the ''[[http://www.hasbro.com/mylittlepony/en_US/play/details.cfm?guid=5B309E58-5056-900B-1040-324367303E14 Castle Creator]]'' game, though.
* There were plans for an [[http://comments.deviantart.com/4/1603670/2371989638 episode centered around Big Macintosh]]. The episode was supposed to have little dialogue coming from the star character. However, it was dropped for a probable number of reasons (namely, that silence can get very boring).
* Princess Cadance [[http://comments.deviantart.com/4/1603670/2410503146 was not going to be]] a WingedUnicorn. Lauren was surprised (not necessarily pleasantly) at this development.
* According to [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/02/amy-keating-rogers-response-to-derpy.html Amy Keating Rogers]], Derpy's scene in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E14TheLastRoundup The Last Roundup]]" was originally going to be a little longer, complete with a flashback on ''how'' the Town Hall got ruined. She was also named Ditzy-Doo (a character previously mentioned in "Winter Wrap Up" that Creator/LaurenFaust considered using Derpy's design for), but was referred to as "Derpy" at the director's request as a FandomNod. Considering what happened later, this nod probably was not the best idea (though certainly well-meaning).
* Lauren said at a Bronycon panel that she originally proposed making Rarity the Element of ''Inspiration'', but this was rejected for being too hard for kids to understand.
* Before the show came out, [[http://comments.deviantart.com/1/156303140/1493809594 Twist's design was either changed or considered to be changed]]; either way, there's at least one unused design for Twist.
* While Twilight was always intended to be Celestia's successor, [[http://comments.deviantart.com/4/1603670/3069080239 the original bible]] used neither "alicorn" nor "princess" (this also shows in the first episode, where Celestia and Luna are referred to as "unicorns").
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnvr_fs2uFE A retroactive example]]: but Lauren Faust ''really'' wished she knew what a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longma Longma]] was when she was creating Discord, since her vision of him was that of a dragon-horse hybrid.
* Starlight Glimmer was originally going to be named ''Aurora'' Glimmer, but Hasbro changed it due to Creator/{{Disney}} [[ScrewedByTheLawyers trademarking the name]] "[[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Aurora]]".
** Which is odd, considering Hasbro managed to release a G3 character named "[[http://www.strawberryreef.com/Index/Name/auroramist.html Aurora Mist]]" without any problems, and the bio on Power Pony Zapp's trading card states that her real name is Aurora.
** According to ''The Art of Equestria'', Starlight's hair was originally just two shades of purple instead of the purple with teal streaks. Also, she had a number of other mane and tail designs, including a Rainbow Dash-inspired look and even one seemingly inspired by Sweetie Belle.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spb_1Q45gXs&t=23m30s M. A. Larson revealed]] that Mage Meadowbrook in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E1TheCutieMapPart1 The Cutie Map]]" was originally named Jasmine Flower, which "sounded a little more Eastern". [[ExecutiveMeddling It was changed presumably for "legal reasons"]]. That would explain why, [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E18AHealthOfInformation when Mage Meadowbrook debuted]], she was a completely different character (and race) than initially presented.
* Svengallop was originally going to be named Pony Baloney, but it was rejected due to sounding corny and making it way too obvious he was a bad guy. [[https://derpibooru.org/1937389 Other names were considered as well.]]
* Prince Blueblood was originally going to be called Duke Blueblood, but it was changed since the executives thought little kids wouldn't know what a duke is.
* According to ''The Art of Equestria'', Rarity was originally going to be a fan of dressage (a kind of real-life horse performance where the horse and rider go through a series of complex, practiced tricks and maneuvers), which was supposed to be a sort of Equestrian version of dancing.
* [[https://www.equestriadaily.com/2019/09/cut-ideas-and-general-my-little-pony.html They had pitched]] ideas for Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon that Hasbro declined feeling their story was "over". They also pitched ideas for the zebras and Zecora's origins that didn't go anywhere.
* One of Sludge's names was originally suppose to be Slale. Nicole Duboc confirmed there was also ''tons'' of others that never came to pass due to legal issues.
* To coincide with the show's tenth anniversary, Lauren Faust herself uploaded an old image all the way from ''2008'' showing the oldest possible concept for the show so far. While Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Applejack look the same, Pinkie was a Pegaus (as stated above), Fluttershy was an Earth Pony, and Twilight had a dark blue mane, along with a crescent moon and star for a cutie mark, which may have been reused for Night Light, her father in the final product.
* According to meeting notes that ended up leaking following the reorganizations that took place after the Hub Network rebranded to Creator/DiscoveryFamily, the writers had discussed potentially bringing over more villains from Generation 1 into the show for Season 5, including Grogar, King Charlatan, Erebus, and Crunch the Rockdog. These plans were ultimately scrapped, though Grogar did become a villain during the show's penultimate season.
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[[folder:Episodes]]
* M. A. Larson [[https://twitter.com/M_A_Larson/status/209496334707863552 says]] that "all eps have sort of "placeholder" titles and lots of them change." The episodes with known {{Working Title}}s are:
** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon Friendship]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony is Magic]]" may have been "Mare In The Moon". This ended up being used as the alternate title of part 1.
** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E10SwarmOfTheCentury Swarm of the Century]]" was originally called "Pied Piper Pinkie" before a story meeting.
** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E12CalloftheCutie Call of the Cutie]]" originally had the same title, but without the "the." It was changed because the Hub didn't want MLP to reference [[VideoGame/CallOfDuty an M-rated video game series.]]
** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E14SuitedForSuccess Suited for Success]]" was "Dress for Failure". It was changed for sounding too negative.
** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E17StareMaster Stare Master]]" was "Fluster-shy".
** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E18TheShowStoppers The Show Stoppers]]" was "No Talent Show".
** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E24OwlsWellThatEndsWell Owl's Well That Ends Well]]" was going to be "Hoo Goes There".
** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver The Best Night Ever]]" may have been "The Grand Galloping Gala".
** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E1TheReturnOfHarmonyPart1 The Return]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E2TheReturnOfHarmonyPart2 of Harmony]]" may have been "Seeds of Chaos" and possibly "The Return to Harmony".
** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E5SisterhoovesSocial Sisterhooves Social]]" was "Sissy Fit".
** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E7MayTheBestPetWin May the Best Pet Win!]]" was "The Tortoise & the Mare". They changed it because it gave away [[spoiler:the species of Dash's eventual pet]].
** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E10SecretOfMyExcess Secret of My Excess]]" was "Attack of the 50 Foot Dragon", and before that it was "Giving Dangerously".
** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E16ReadItAndWeep Read It and Weep]]" was apparently "Reading Rainbow". Legal issues with the TV show prevented this, though TheMerch did get to [[http://www.welovefine.com/2066-reading-rainbow.html use]] [[http://www.welovefine.com/2107-reading-rainbow.html it]].
** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E15TheSuperSpeedyCiderSqueezy6000 The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000]]" was apparently "Cider Horse Rules".
** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E4OneBadApple One Bad Apple]]" was "Bully For You"
** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E11KeepCalmAndFlutterOn Keep Calm and Flutter On]]" [[https://twitter.com/MMeghanMcCarthy/status/292684873930526720 was]] "Fluttershy's Home for Reformed Draconequi".
** According to [[https://twitter.com/KeatingRogers/status/434724568658239488 Amy Keating Rogers]], "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E14FilliVanilli Filli Vanilli]]" initially started out as "The Return of [[spoiler: Flutterguy]]", but it was changed to "Flutterfear" due to the title being too spoilery. Someone suggested "Filli Vanilli" and she stuck with it.
* "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason Applebuck Season]]": Originally, the Apple family would harvest apples by hitting apple trees with their ''[[UseYourHead heads]]'', called "applebonking". The plot wouldn't be about Applejack being sleep-deprived, but more about Applejack being ''brain-damaged''. This was vetoed by Hasbro.
* "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E7Dragonshy Dragonshy]]": The [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NntbkBcqnFQ/VgDyonjgggI/AAAAAAAAIDM/V0m9esgtfec/s1600/1442896404924.png original treatment]] for the episode. Princess Celestia is referred to as "the Queen", and the reason the Mane Six are tasked to make the Dragon move is because the pegasi are powerless to stop the smoke. Pinkie Pie is referred to as "Pinky Pie", and rather than Rainbow Dash make the dragon angry by kicking him, the ponies collectively decide to force him off the mountain. [[spoiler:A fight breaks out and culminates in the dragon ''[[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence throwing the ponies except Fluttershy off the mountain]]'' (instead of knocking them to the ground with his fire in the final cut), so an angered Fluttershy, rather than tell the dragon off for harming her friends, utilizes the "Stare" to force him to apologize and leave (which would have made "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E17StareMaster Stare Master]]" redundant)]]. So what changed? Aside from the names, the removal of the violent scene of the ponies falling off the mountain and the removal of Fluttershy utilizing the Stare on the dragon and saving it for "Stare Master", not a whole lot.
* From the same source as the above, "A Dog and Pony Show" had its plot also unchanged, except the Diamond Dogs were originally Diamond ''[[TotallyRadical Dawgs]]'' and had a GangstaRap aesthetic (they stole gems for "bling"). This was probably changed because it might have looked like a racist stereotype.
* Early pitches for what ended up becoming [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E10SecretOfMyExcess Secret of My Excess]] had it as a Christmas special. It was likely changed after "Hearth's Warming Eve" became the season's actual Christmas special, and changing the setting to Spike's birthday allowed them do to the exact same gift-giving Aesop.
* [[https://twitter.com/KeatingRogers/status/212625404756901888 According to]] [[https://twitter.com/KeatingRogers/status/212628404049149953 Amy Keating Rogers]], Applejack was originally meant to be a fourth culprit in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E24MysteryOnTheFriendshipExpress MMMystery on the Friendship Express]], who managed to avoid incriminating herself but confesses to the deed in the end anyway.
* [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E5MagicDuel "Magic Duel"]]:
** [[https://twitter.com/MMeghanMcCarthy/status/266706318725898240 According to Meghan McCarthy]], "A certain 'Great and Powerful' character was originally supposed to return in Season 2." While Trixie did cameo in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E1TheReturnOfHarmonyPart1 "The Return of Harmony Part 1"]] (in a shot reused from [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E9BridleGossip "Bridle Gossip"]]) and got a mention in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E23PonyvilleConfidential "Ponyville Confidential"]], she didn't make a proper reappearance until this episode, which [[https://twitter.com/MMeghanMcCarthy/status/276431047321849856 was originally going to be part of Season 2.]]
** [[https://twitter.com/M_A_Larson/status/284354258567061504 According to M.A. Larson]], the Alicorn Amulet was going to be called the Unicharm.
* [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E7WonderboltsAcademy "Wonderbolts Academy"]]:
** The pink PaletteSwap of Wild Fire was originally going to be Wild Fire herself. She was swapped out due to a then-existing ban on [[OriginalCharacter OCs]] (one of the other animators had put an outsider's OC into an earlier episode without permission). Wild Fire's flaming wheel cutie mark remained on the chalkboard in one scene instead of being updated to the new pony's sunflower cutie mark.
** [[https://twitter.com/MMeghanMcCarthy/status/279273190071599104 According to Meghan McCarthy]], the script had a different final scene. The ending would have had Lightning Dust suffer a HeelRealization and swap positions with Rainbow Dash as a result. As well, Rainbow Dash would have returned with a "First in Class" medal, with a hint that she was on the fast track to being part of the Wonderbolts.
* [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E10SpikeAtYourService "Spike At Your Service"]], as originally written, had Spike pledging a life debt to Rarity rather than Applejack. It was changed during preproduction because Rarity came off as too demanding and therefore mean-spirited. Applejack's easygoing personality was considered a kinder foil for Spike so she was used instead. This is the reason Rarity had no spotlight episodes in Season 3.
* In "Applebuck Season", Applejack was supposed to "help" Rarity as well, but [[https://twitter.com/KeatingRogers/status/289781476717891585 it was cut for time]].
* The original plan for the season 3 finale "Magical Mystery Cure" was intended to be a two parter where Celestia intends to start teaching Twilight more advanced magic and sends her a box of magical artifacts, stating they'll open them the next day. Twilight opens it early and accidentally causes all her friends' cutie marks to swap places and when she asks Celestia for help, she doesn't know how to fix it. Twilight doing something Celestia couldn't and remaking a magic spell was what was supposed to earn her her wings. However, not only was most of this scrapped, but the episode didn't even become a two parter, leading to odd pacing issues among other problems. The writer wasn't sure why his original idea was changed so much either except that he intended the episode as a conclusion for the series, which it wasn't.
* The original pitch for what would become the Series 5 episode "Rarity Investigates" had a similar plot but would have been a CourtroomEpisode titled "The Rainbow Confession".
* Lauren Faust originally planned for [[GreaterScopeVillain some sort of entity]] to have been responsible for Luna transforming into Nightmare Moon and Discord being released from his statue; however, this arc ended up being cut after Lauren relinquished control of the show.
** This is addressed in the comics, however.
* According to [[https://twitter.com/TheBiggestJim/status/1106330052151533568 Jim Miller]], before the School of Friendship was a thing, early pitches of Season 7 had it solely foreshadow the Pillars while Season 8 would follow up with a StoryArc dedicated to bringing them back with their artifacts. But Hasbro wanted to wrap it up in 2019 with 9 seasons, so the entire idea got compressed into the Season 7 finale "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E25ShadowPlayPart1 Shadow]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E26ShadowPlayPart2 Play]]" instead.
* According to [[https://mobile.twitter.com/NicoleDubuc/status/1114560042324254721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1114560042324254721&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fs9e.github.io%2Fiframe%2Ftwitter.min.html%231114560042324254721 Nicole Dubuc]] , the season 8 finale was going to have the Elements Of Harmony and The Tree Of Harmony destroyed. It was instead moved to the season 9 premiere.
* "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E22GrowingUpIsHardToDo Growing Up is Hard to Do]]" was originally conceived at the tail end of season 5 [[https://mobile.twitter.com/TheBiggestJim/status/1177428326199091200 according to Jim Miller]].
* An episode called "Mother Country" was proposed where the Apple siblings' mother would be revealed to have undergone a similar experience to King Midas: she received a "growth touch" that caused anything she touches to grow; while it heals dead trees, it also affects ponies (which she discovers after accidentally triggering a growth spurt in her son and explaining why he's as big as he is). Tortured by the fact that she can't safely touch anypony, she entrusts her children to Granny Smith and leaves home. After learning this, Applejack and Apple Bloom head into the Everfree to find the satyr that gave her the ability so he can reverse the curse, and allow them to get their mother back. M.A. Larson was apparently glad this one was scrapped.
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[[folder:Songs]]
* Composer Daniel Ingram posted to his [=SoundCloud=] [[http://soundcloud.com/dannyimusic profile]] an [[http://soundcloud.com/dannyimusic/mlp1-hop-skip-jump-song early version]] of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3VmzZU4XuA Hop, Skip, and Jump]]" from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E7Dragonshy Dragonshy]]" in response to receiving 3500 likes on his Website/{{Facebook}} [[http://www.facebook.com/dannyimusic page]].
* Pinkie Pie's "Piggy Dance" song from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E12BabyCakes Baby Cakes]]" was originally written for "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver The Best Night Ever]]" as a longer song to the tune of the "Chicken Dance", but was [[CutSong cut]] at the last minute due to time restrictions.
* The "Smile Song" was [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/07/smile-song-lyrics-by-amy-keating-rogers.html originally]] going to sound ''very'' different, and include a talk-sing "patter" section with lines by a number of characters (most of whom ended up either only having silent cameos in the episode or not appearing at all): Derpy Doo (then named as such due to Amy Keating Rogers not having been aware of the full name "Derpy Hooves" at the time), Hairy, Shimmy Shake (who was to be Twist's mom), Rarity, Fluttershy, multiple Polo Ponies, and multiple cows.
* Some songs were shortened due to time constraints, although at least two confirmed cases ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwCrm5JbA4Y Love is in Bloom]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0xAn-kK1jY Find a Way]]) did get released in full later.
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[[folder:Voice actors]]
From various interviews we've learn the cast setup could have been just a little different...
* According to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZWBQMA1wcE&t=37m55s Lauren]], she initially wanted Creator/TaraStrong to voice Pinkie Pie, and Tara wanted to voice her with a [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Bubbles]]-esque voice. In "A Hearth's Warming Tail", we even get a little taste of this 'what could have been' when Twilight gets caught singing in a Pinkie-like voice, which ''does'' sound a lot like Bubbles as a pony. Strong also auditioned for Applejack.
* Kathleen Barr, the voice of Trixie and Queen Chrysalis, apparently did a [[http://comments.deviantart.com/4/1603670/2248568130 "very good"]] audition for Celestia.
* Ashleigh Ball had auditioned for Spike, and thought she got the role as she got a phone call back for it.
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