Trivia / My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic S2 E4 "Luna Eclipsed"

• Deleted Scene: According to Lauren Faust, Rarity did have a scene. It was cut due to time constraints; Rarity's arc didn't add much to the plot other than furthering the Running Gag with Pinkie and the kids and putting Luna in the "pinkest, frilliest dress ever." At least one fan artist has attempted to recreate this scene based on this hints. An image◊ from an unused file for The Hub's version of the Castle Creator game has been confirmed by one of the animators to be the frilly dress that Luna was to be in for the episode.
• Fandom Nod: Twilight yells at Pinkie for enjoying something that's intended for little kids. Granted, she was talking about trick-or-treating, but the coincidence is still there.
• First Appearance: Of Pipsqueak.
• Missing Episode: The Hub skips this episode in reruns, airing it only in October. 3 to 5 episodes air each day on The Hub, meaning the series will cycle through its entire run at least several times before "Luna Eclipsed" airs again.
• Word of God: Lauren Faust herself explained during a DA comment that the reason Luna's design is different compared to her Season 1 appearance is because Luna's magic was drained by Nightmare Moon, compared to Celestia's flowing mane and such. Granted she admitted this would have been how she would have written it, but most people still take it as as fact.
• What Could Have Been: Rarity was to be included in the scene where Derpy bobs for apples; in the final version, she was replaced with Golden Harvest. Likewise, leaked early scripts of the aforementioned Deleted Scene show that Luna was originally going to talk in a more informal manner, this was most likely changed because having her speak with an archaic vocabulary would depict the isolation she endured far better.

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