Trivia / My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic S5 E1 "The Cutie Map – Part 1"

• First Appearance: Of Starlight Glimmer, Party Favor, Double Diamond, and Sugar Belle, among others.
• I Want You to Meet an Old Friend of Mine: Kelly Sheridan (Starlight Glimmer) & Samuel Vincent (Party Favor) have previously worked together on Martin Mystery, Krypto the Superdog, & Class of the Titans.
• What Could Have Been: In the animatic, when Spike walks across the map, he says "It's got all of Equestria, and a whole bunch more!" However, "and a whole bunch more" was deleted from the final episode, which perpetuates the ambiguity about whether Equestria is the name of the entire world or only one country within it. Based on previous comments in the series, Hearth's Warming Eve, and the map released a few years ago, Equestria is the name of a country.
  • Post-My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic S8 E1 "School Daze – Part 1", which confirm lands beyond Equestria and expand the map to these lands, this ambiguity seems to have been rectified.
• Word of God: When asked if the Staff of Sameness was based on the Spear of Longinus from Neon Genesis Evangelion, they replied "Not directly."

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