History Trivia / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E8AHearthsWarmingTail

* IKnewIt: As if the episode's title wasn't enough, all it took was a few short preview clips revealing the setting and costumes for fans to piece together that this would be YetAnotherChristmasCarol.

* NamesTheSame: Forms an interesting chain. Years after [[Literature/AChristmasCarol Ebenezer Scrooge]] learned this lesson, [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 another Scrooge]] came along with a [[TheRival rival]] named Flintheart. Years later, another Flintheart now serves as the EvilMentor to an(other) Ebenezer Scrooge {{Expy}}.

* ActorAllusion: Derpy's accident with the Hearth's Warming ornament is a clear reference to Minty's accident with the Here Comes Christmas Candy Cane in ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyG3 A Very Minty Christmas]]''. Minty and Derpy are both voiced by Creator/TabithaStGermain.

* CastingGag: Twilight's "Pinkie Pie voice" harkens back to Creator/TaraStrong's original audition for Pinkie Pie, whom she also voiced in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Mad}}''. (Ironically, it's Rebecca Shoichet who provides Twilight's "Pinkie Pie voice".)

* NamesTheSame: Forms an interesting chain. Years after [[Literature/AChristmasCarol Ebenezer Scrooge]] learned this lesson, [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales another Scrooge]] came along with a [[TheRival rival]] named Flintheart. Years later, another Flintheart now serves as the EvilMentor to an(other) Ebenezer Scrooge {{Expy}}.

* CastingGag: Twilight's "Pinkie Pie voice" harkens back to Creator/TaraStrong's original audition for Pinkie Pie, whom she also voiced in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Mad}}''.
%%** Ironically, it's Rebecca Shoichet who provides Twilight's "Pinkie Pie voice".

* RecycledScript: The evil version of Starlight Glimmer using magic to ruin the fabric of time/reality in order to get her own way, explores her past StartOfDarkness, ands find out that getting rid of a past special event has [[BadFuture dire consequences]] [[ButterflyOfDoom for the entire world]], leading to [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone a shocking realization]] and HeelFaceTurn? It couldn't be this episode or [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E26TheCutieRemarkPart2 The Cutie Re-Mark]] could it?

* {{Blooper}}: During [[https://derpiboo.org/1154118 the final overhead shot]] of the party that The Spirit of Hearth's Warming Presents takes Snowfall to, one can see a text label "Ponies talking to each other", indicating an animator's note that wasn't finished up on for the episode.

* {{Blooper}}: During [[https://derpiboo.ru/1154118 the final overhead shot]] of the party that The Spirit of Hearth's Warming Presents takes Snowfall to, one can see a text label "Ponies talking to each other", indicating an animator's note that wasn't finished up on for the episode.

* MagnumOpusDissonance: Shortly before the episode aired, Big Jim Miller took to Twitter to opine that this was among the best episodes the team had ever produced. Daniel Ingram expressed a similar opinion, calling it his favorite. The fans seem to ''strongly'' disagree, though the episode's top-notch IMDB rating might make this a case of VocalMinority.

** Besides the time constraint, there's [[IntendedAudienceReaction another good reason]] for not including Jacob Marley: "[[HesDeadJim Marley was dead]]: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that." In a show where NobodyDies and NeverSayDie are in force, adapting such a character would be a tall order.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j_ZfUlVcfck/Vzmsx5s76XI/AAAAAAACky8/TrWil1f8T2Q4U3Gkf3xKBP8icaiq0oRQgCLcB/s1600/Capture.JPG Discord was planned to play the role of Jacob Marley, but was cut for time.]]

* TheOtherDarrin: Aloma Steele takes over as Princess Luna's NonSingingVoice after Kazumi Evans from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 Twilight's Kingdom]]". Unlike Kazumi Evans' performance which was a carbon-copy of Rarity's singing voice, Aloma Steele was a much better match to Luna's speaking voice.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j_ZfUlVcfck/Vzmsx5s76XI/AAAAAAACky8/TrWil1f8T2Q4U3Gkf3xKBP8icaiq0oRQgCLcB/s1600/Capture.JPG Discord was planned to play the role of Jacob Marley, but was cut for time.]]

* TheOtherDarrin: Aloma Steele takes over as Princess Luna's NonSingingVoice after Kazumi Evans from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 Twilight's Kingdom]]". Unlike Kazumi Evans' performance which was a carbon-copy of Rarity's singing voice, Aloma Steele was a much better match to Luna's speaking voice.

* FreezeFrameBonus: During [[https://derpiboo.ru/1154118 the final overhead shot]] of the party that The Spirit of Hearth's Warming Presents takes Snowfall to, one can see a text label "Ponies talking to each other", indicating an animator's note that wasn't finished up on for the episode.

* FreezeFrameBonus: During [https://derpiboo.ru/1154118 the final overhead shot] of the party that The Spirit of Hearth's Warming Presents takes Snowfall to, one can see a text label "Ponies talking to each other", indicating an animator's note that wasn't finished up on for the episode.

* TheOtherDarrin: Aloma Steele takes over as Princess Luna's NonSingingVoice after Kazumi Evans from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 Twilight's Kingdom]]".

** Ironically, it's Rebecca Shoichet who provides Twilight's "Pinkie Pie voice".