Line #10 SuspiciouslySimilarSong/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic


1	* The show has a not-quite version of [[Series/TheBennyHillShow "Yakety Sax"]]. There have been many others, both with and without lyrics, ranging from [[Music/AaronCopland Aaron Copland's]] ''Rodeo'' to [[Music/StephenSondheim Sondheim]] showtunes to... "The Hokey-Pokey."
2	* "Art of the Dress" is a suspiciously similar version of "Putting It Together".
3	* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u7XysaEVBs At the Gala]]" is even more obviously "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUzk2BC2Ssg Ever After]]" from ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods''.
4	* The piece of ballet music used in "Sonic Rainboom" and "The Show Stoppers" is a riff on the ''Theatre/SwanLake'' waltz.
5	* The show also does a few homages to ''Franchise/StarWars'' endings of all things. "Friendship is Magic, part 2: Elements of Harmony" ends with a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC91IRpYQ4A suspiciously similar version]] of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7hj6qP167k "Augie's Great Municipal Band"]] and "Return of Harmony, Part 2" ends with a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4wh4FnwiAg homage]] to ''Film/ANewHope's'' ending, the music of which [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_ofOHndUnI fits quite well with]].
6	** The latter is a double example, as the fanfare portion sounds remarkably similar to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H0JDomv8ac "Arrival To Earth"]] from ''Film/{{Transformers\|2007}}'', [[Main/{{Irony}} of all things.]]
7	* The scene where the sun is setting in "Lesson Zero" has a suspiciously similar Version of the "Dream is Collapsing" theme from ''Film/{{Inception}}''.
8	** And in the scene immediately following, The Princess' Speech is emphasized by music from... ''Film/TheKingsSpeech''.
9	* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo76kHOICJE Find a Pet]]" is a take on "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10AMqdJUcFY Fabulous Places]]" from the 1967 ''Film/DoctorDolittle'' (fittingly, considering who sings it).
10	* The music playing at Iron Will's seminar in "Putting Your Hoof Down" is actually "Eye of the Tiger" with one note changed.
11	** In the same episode, when Fluttershy realizes she's become a monster, the Lonely Man theme from ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'' starts playing.
12	** During the scene in the episode "It's About Time" where Twilight Sparkle meets a future version of herself, the background music is suspiciously similar to "I am the Doctor" from Series 5 and 6 of ''Series/DoctorWho''.
13	* "One Bad Apple" features an ATeamMontage while the CMC are building the second float, down to the music.
14	* A parody of the ''Series/{{Bonanza}}'' theme is often used in scenes relating to the Apple family.
15	* The Cloudsdale anthem from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E24EquestriaGames Equestria Games]]" sounds an awful lot like The Canada Song from ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.
16	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar20Gze4Xn4 "Becoming Popular (The Pony Everypony Should Know)"]] resembles {{Music/Madonna}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X7RyGBq2E8 "Holiday"]].
17	* In [[Recap/MyLittlePonyfriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver "The Best Night Ever"]], since "Hokey Pokey" is still copyrighted in the USA (as of the time of its release, it's in the public domain internationally), "Pony Pokey" uses a tweaked melody instead.
18	* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BrM9v1Euyw Winter Wrap-Up]] song from [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E11WinterWrapUp the episode of the same name]] is rather similar to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJz_d_lMvJY Sherbet Land]] music from ''VideoGame/MarioKartDoubleDash'', which may have inspired [=KingSpartaX37=] to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAl4vVhjLdw mash up]] the two songs.
19	* The chorus of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpCBxmIId6I I've Got to Find A Way]]" sounds like a slowed-down rendition of Music/PeterSchilling's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Hs2AQwDgA "Major Tom (I'm Coming Home)"]]: "Losing promise, I don't know what do/Seeking answers, I feel I won't get through to you." The song overall also resembles [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL2od1AF_Cs "Heavenly Star]]" by Genki Rockets.
20	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q95Ns__HXVY Pinkie the Party Planner]] was intentionally based on "Belle" from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''.
21	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPYvPgIBw6U Pinkie's Lament]] from the same episode, likewise, was intentionally based on "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" from ''Theatre/{{Evita}}'', complete with a balcony scene.
22	* "Morning in Ponyville" is an obvious homage to "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning" from ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}''.
23	* The Cutie Mark Crusaders' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI_b68RcdTo theme song]] from ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipISMagicS1E18TheShowStoppers The Show Stoppers]]'' is a [[MusicalPastiche pastiche]] of Music/CuttingCrew's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrJky8YuTr4 "Died In Your Arms"]](bassline, rhythm and guitar solos) and Music/BonnieTyler's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fpjuoKhfJo "Holding Out For a Hero"]](melody). The piano intro is similar to Music/{{Heart\|Band}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cw1ng75KP0 "Alone"]] and Music/{{Journey\|Band}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBEXSiFzOfU "Don't Stop Believin'"]].
24	* In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E25PartyOfOne Party of One]]", Gummy's birthday song sounds similar to "In Da Club" by Music/FiftyCent.
25	* The music during Fluttershy's TrainingMontage in ''Hurricane Fluttershy'' is a soundalike of Joe Esposito's "You're The Best" from ''Film/TheKarateKid1984''.
26	* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF03LwE87Og Flim Flam Brothers]] song is a near-direct parody of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI_Oe-jtgdI "Ya Got Trouble"]] from ''Theatre/TheMusicMan'', down to the "Cider! Cider! Cider!" chanting in place of "Trouble! Trouble! Trouble!".
27	* At the beginning of ''Luna Eclipsed'', and in ''Princess Twilight Sparkle, Part 1'' when Fluttershy is trying to calm her panicked animals, a cue similar to "In the Halls of the Mountain King" plays.
28	* The chorus of the Cutie Mark Crusaders' song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUorBvADBOs "Babs Seed"]] from ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E4OneBadApple One Bad Apple]]'' is this for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm6xexu_wJY "Bad Boys"]], the ''Series/{{COPS}}'' theme song, and the Babs Seed song in its entirety is a sound-alike for Music/{{Owl City\|Band}} and Music/CarlyRaeJepsen's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7HmzwI67ec "Good Time"]].
29	* Rainbow Dash's "I'll Fly" from ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E5TanksForTheMemories Tanks for the Memories]]'' is based on "Defying Gravity" from ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'', and has a lyrical {{shoutout}} with the line "Nopony's gonna bring me down". It's also been [[https://soundcloud.com/jakewhyman/ill-fly-is-basically-let-it-go-all-over-again compared to]] ''{{WesternAnimation/Frozen\|2013}}''[='=]s "Let it Go".
30	** From the same episode, the music when RD is sneaking through the Weather Factory sounds like a mix of the ''Series/MissionImpossible'' theme and Music/WoodenToaster's "Rainbow Factory".
31	* If the transformation song in Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep was any closer to the one from season 1 of ''Manga/SailorMoon'', they'd be paying royalties.
32	* The first opening theme of the Japanese dub, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj-FLtOCPjw "Mirai Start"]], is suspiciously similar to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRfOTl8MREo "Love ♥ Shine"]] from ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution''.
33	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiZ7E1HvT7c The Magic Inside]] from ''The Mane Attraction'' resembles Music/KellyClarkson's ''Series/AmericanIdol'' winner's single [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt8p9nEepT8 "A Moment Like This"]].
34	* Most likely unintentional, but in the main theme's rock section, the words "My Little Pony" are pretty much sung to the tune of the chorus of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-van93HkAag Go Go Power Rangers]], minus a note and shifted down a key.
35	* The song of the same name from the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh7j1qUaGOc "Music To My Ears"]] short bears resemblence to KDrew's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqjKOL0N8ks "Bullseye".]]
36	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzsxfO7dBlA "This Day Aria"]] appropriately resembles [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi58pN8W3hY "Poor Unfortunate Souls"]] from ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid\|1989}}''.
37	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd1Y7xCUPHA "A Changeling Can Change"]] is (possibly intentionally) similar to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5S2ae4YVmA "When Christmas Comes to Town"]] from ''WesternAnimation/ThePolarExpress''. Also, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b29_SumLQv8 "We Got This Together"]] from ''MLP: The Movie 2017'' resembles [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF8AiT_zXSw "Hot Chocolate"]].
38	* Possibly as an intentional MythologyGag, "One Small Thing" from [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 the movie]] sounds like "Call Upon The Seaponies" from "Rescue at Midnight Castle" mixed with "Merroway Cove" from ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst''.
39	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDiCuZTjS18 "Off to See the World"]] from the first trailer for the movie has a hook similar to the aforementioned "Eye of the Tiger".
40	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOY69M6-f5I "The Cutie Mark Crusaders Go Crusading]], first heard in "The Cutie Mark Chronicles," resembles the Martin Solveig/Dragonette song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zopbB_L9774 "Hello"]], both in the main hook shared between the songs, and their use of the clapping to keep rhythm.
41	* "Last Year I Got Coal for Christmas" from the ''It's a Pony Kind of Christmas'' album is a clear take on the novelty record "Nuttin' for Christmas", with the narrator singing about bad things he did that ruined his Christmas.

Context SuspiciouslySimilarSong / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic