History Trivia / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E24TheManeAttraction

* WhatCoulHaveBeen: Coloratura ''was'' going to fire Svengallop.

* PromotedFangirl: Broadway star Creator/LenaHall got onto the brony community's radar when she ended her Tony Award acceptance speech with "Friendship is magic!" Her participation in an upcoming episode was announced almost immediately after.

* {{Jossed}}:
** We've usually assumed that the "Heart Carol" from [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E13HearthsWarmingEve "Hearth's Warming Eve"]] is Equestria's national anthem, but "Equestria, The Land I Love" sounds like a better contender for the position. One could possibly be the official anthem, and the other a patriotic song. Then again, it was implied that AJ and Rara actually wrote "Equestria, The Land That I Love".
** After many viewers had called Photo Finish and Touring Wind (from [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendsForeverIssue19 issue 19]] of the ''[[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendsForever Friends Forever]]'' comic) "[[Music/LadyGaga Pony Gaga]]", even though both of them were caricatures of ''Vogue'' editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, we've finally got an ''actual'' Pony Gaga.

* AcclaimedFlop: Ratings-wise, only 285k viewers saw the episode, a sharp decrease from last week's viewers. This is despite being hyped up prior to airing.

* TheCastShowoff: Lena Hall gets to show off her singing voice in a showstopping power ballad.

* PromotedFangirl: Broadway star Lena Hall got onto the brony community's radar when she ended her Tony Award acceptance speech with "Friendship is magic!" Her participation in an upcoming episode was announced almost immediately after.

* AwardBaitSong: "The Magic Inside", which was nominated for an Emmy but lost (see AwardSnub on the [[YMMV/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E24TheManeAttraction YMMV page]]).

* RecycledScript: The plot takes all of its major beats from "A [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 Canterlot]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 Wedding]]": the Mane Six put together a big event (a wedding/rock concert); one of the Mane Six (Twilight/Applejack) hears the event is for an absurdly-named celebrity (Princess Mi Amore Cadenza/Countess Coloratura); finds out it's actually an old friend of hers whom she lost touch with (Cadance/Rara); is shocked that said friend is nothing like they were before (Cadance TookALevelInJerkass/Rara became a reluctant [[ThePrimaDonna Prima Donna]]); figures out something sinister is at work ("Cadance" is an evil impostor/Rara's manager is exploiting her); gets shunned for appearing irrational and jealous (Twilight by her brother, friends and mentor/Applejack by Rara herself); proves herself right by publicly outing the villain (bringing out the real Cadance/getting the manager to make a EngineeredPublicConfession); and grows closer to her old friend than ever before.

** After many viewers had called Photo Finish and Touring Wind (from [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendsForeverIssue19 issue 19]] of the ''[[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendsForever Friends Forever]]'' comic) "Pony Gaga", even though both of them were caricatures of ''Vogue'' editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, we've finally got an ''actual'' Pony Gaga.

* RealitySubtext: [[WordOfGod Amy Keating Rogers says]] she intended "Equestria, The Land I Love" to be her farewell to Equestria since this was the last MLP episode she wrote before getting a job at Disney.
* RecycledScript: The plot takes all of its major beats from "A Canterlot Wedding": the Mane Six put together a big event (a wedding/rock concert); one of the Mane Six (Twilight/Applejack) hears the event is for an absurdly-named celebrity (Princess Mi Amore Cadenza/Countess Coloratura); finds out it's actually an old friend of hers whom she lost touch with (Cadance/Rara); is shocked that said friend is nothing like they were before (Cadance TookALevelInJerkass/Rara became a reluctant [[ThePrimaDonna Prima Donna]]); figures out something sinister is at work ("Cadance" is an evil impostor/Rara's manager is exploiting her); gets shunned for appearing irrational and jealous (Twilight by her brother, friends and mentor/Applejack by Rara herself); proves herself right by publicly outing the villain (bringing out the real Cadance/getting the manager to make a EngineeredPublicConfession); and grows closer to her old friend than ever before.

** We've usually assumed that the "Heart Carol" from [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E13HearthsWarmingEve "Hearth's Warming Eve"]] is Equestria's national anthem, but "Equestria, The Land I Love" sounds like a better contender for the position. One could possibly be the official anthem, and the other a patriotic song. Then again, it was implied that AJ and Rara actually wrote "Equestria, Athens Land That I Love".

** We've usually assumed that the "Heart Carol" from [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E13HearthsWarmingEve "Hearth's Warming Eve"]] is Equestria's national anthem, but "Equestria, The Land I Love" sounds like a better contender for the position. One could possibly be the official anthem, and the other a patriotic song.

* RealitySubtext: [[WordOfGod Amy Keating Rogers says]] she intended "Equestria, My Home" to be her farewell to Equestria since this was the last MLP episode she wrote before getting a job at Disney.

** We've usually assumed that the "Heart Carol" from [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E13HearthsWarmingEve "Hearth's Warming Eve"]] is Equestria's national anthem, but "Equestria, My Home" sounds like a better contender for the position. One could possibly be the official anthem, and the other a patriotic song.

* [[PromotedFanboy Promoted Fangirl]]: Broadway star Lena Hall got onto the brony community's radar when she ended her Tony Award acceptance speech with "Friendship is magic!" Her participation in an upcoming episode was announced almost immediately after.

* PromotedFanboy: Broadway star Lena Hall got onto the brony community's radar when she ended her Tony Award acceptance speech with "Friendship is magic!" Her participation in an upcoming episode was announced almost immediately after.

* RecycledScript: The plot takes all of its major beats from "A Canterlot Wedding": the Mane Six put together a big event (a wedding/rock concert); one of the Mane Six (Twilight/Applejack) hears the event is for someone with a barely recognizable name (Princess Mi Amore Cadenza/Countess Coloratura); finds out it's actually an old friend of hers she lost touch with (Cadance/Rara); is shocked that said friend is nothing like they were before (Cadance TookALevelInJerkass/Rara became a reluctant [[ThePrimaDonna Prima Donna]]); figures out something sinister is at work ("Cadance" is an evil impostor/Rara's manager is exploiting her); gets shunned for appearing irrational and jealous (Twilight by her brother, friends and mentor/Applejack by Rara herself); proves herself right by publicly outing the villain (bringing out the real Cadance/getting the manager to make a EngineeredPublicConfession); and grows closer to her old friend than ever before.

* RecycledScript: The plot takes all of its major beats from "A Canterlot Wedding": the Mane Six put together a big event (a wedding/rock concert); one of the Mane Six (Twilight/Applejack) hears the event is for someone with a barely recognizable name (Princess Mi Amore Cadenza/Countess Coloratura); finds out it's actually an old friend of hers she lost touch with (Cadance/Rara); is shocked that said friend is nothing like they were before (Cadance TookALevelInJerkass/Rara became a reluctant [[ThePrimaDonna Prima Donna]]); figures out something sinister is at work (Cadance is brainwashing Shining Armor/Rara's manager is exploiting her); gets accused of being an irrational, jealous jerk (Twilight by her friends and Shining Armor/Applejack by Rara herself); proves herself right by publicly outing the villain (revealing "Cadance" is an impostor/getting the manager to make a EngineeredPublicConfession); and grows closer to her old friend than ever before.

* RecycledScript: The plot takes all of its major beats from "A Canterlot Wedding": the Mane Six put together a big event (a wedding/rock concert); one of the Mane Six (Twilight/Applejack) hears the event is for someone with a barely recognizable name (Princess Mi Amore Cadenza/Countess Coloratura); finds out it's actually an old friend of hers she lost touch with (Cadance/Rara); is shocked that said friend is nothing like they were before (Cadance TookALevelInJerkass/Rara became a reluctant ThePrimaDonna); figures out something sinister is at work (Cadance is brainwashing Shining Armor/Rara's manager is exploiting her); gets accused of being an irrational, jealous jerk (Twilight by her friends and Shining Armor/Applejack by Rara herself); proves herself right by publicly outing the villain (revealing "Cadance" is an impostor/getting the manager to make a EngineeredPublicConfession); and grows closer to her old friend than ever before.

* RecycledScript: The plot takes all of its major beats from "A Canterlot Wedding": the Mane Six put together a big event (a wedding/rock concert); one of the Mane Six (Twilight/Applejack) hears the event is for someone with a barely recognizable name (Princess Mi Amore Cadenza/Countess Coloratura); finds out it's actually an old friend of hers she lost touch with (Cadance/Rara); is shocked that said friend is nothing like they were before (Cadance TookALevelInJerkass/Rara became a reluctant ThePrimaDonna); figures out something sinister is at work (Cadance is brainwashing Shining Armor/Rara's manager is exploiting her); gets accused of being an irrational, jealous jerk (Twilight by her friends and Shining Armor/Applejack by Rara herself); proves herself right by publicly outing the villain (revealing "Cadance" is an impostor/getting the manager to make a PubliclyEngineeredConfession); and grows closer to her old friend than ever before.