Line #14 Trivia/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017


1	!!Trivia with its own pages:
2	* [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 What Could Have Been]]
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4	* ActingForTwo: Nicole Oliver voices Celestia and Lix Spittle, the latter of whom is part of Captain Celaeno's crew.
5	* ActorAllusion:
6	** Creator/ZoeSaldana is once again [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl playing the role of a pirate]], albeit in a voice acting capacity this time around.
7	** This isn't the first time Creator/TayeDiggs [[WesternAnimation/TheSuperheroSquadShow played a]] [[ComicBook/BlackPanther cat-themed character]].
8	** When Music/{{Sia}}'s character makes her first on-screen appearance, a snippet of her song "Chandelier" plays in the background score.
9	** This isn't Creator/TaraStrong's first time playing a character that [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 meditates]]. The only difference is, Twilight is trying to calm down in her introductory scene while Raven has to meditate every day to keep her powers at bay.
10	** [[Characters/MCUGamora Captain Celaeno]] and [[Film/AntMan1 Grubber]] on the other side. one is a Space Criminal who leads a ragtag bunch of misfits while the other is a sidekick to a criminal in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
11	* ActorInspiredElement:
12	** Kristin Chenoweth had some input into what color Princess Skystar's mane would be.
13	** Creator/EmilyBlunt felt that Tempest Shadow would rarely raise her voice, and that TranquilFury would make her more intimidating.
14	* AllStarCast: All of the voice actors who played the characters in the show--Creator/TaraStrong (Twilight Sparkle), Creator/AndreaLibman (Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy), Creator/AshleighBall (Rainbow Dash and Applejack), Creator/TabithaStGermain (Rarity and Princess Luna), Creator/CathyWeseluck (Spike), and so on--return for their respective roles in the movie. However, the cast also includes big name actors like Creator/EmilyBlunt, Creator/KristinChenoweth, Creator/LievSchreiber, Creator/MichaelPena, Music/{{Sia}}, Taye Diggs, [[Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack Uzo Aduba]], and Creator/ZoeSaldana. Considering the movie has three talented voice directors [[note]]Terry Klassen, Curtis Koeller, and Jamie Thomason[[/note]], this is no surprise.
15	* AscendedFanon:
16	** Prior to the movie, broken-horned unicorns only existed in fan works and were portrayed as ponies that couldn't use magic properly or at all anymore.
17	** Hippogriffs are officially part of the canon.
18	* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: An odd example that doesn't involve swearing. This is the first piece of [[Franchise/MyLittlePony the franchise]] to ''ever'' receive a PG rating in the U.S., for "mild action", keeping it in line with most children's animated films rather than risking a G rating. This is especially notable given that [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic the source series]] has never been rated above "TV-Y", even at its most intense. (The stratagem from ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'', where parents had to go so they knew which toys to buy, may have been used.)
19	* AwesomeDearBoy:
20	** Taye Diggs says that being in an animated film was on his "bucket list", hence why he accepted the role as Capper.
21	** Uzo Aduba agreed to be in the film immediately, having been a fan of the toys as a child.
22	* BillingDisplacement: Early on in the marketing campaign, none of the series' main actors had top billing, with the new celebrity voice actors getting the limelight instead. While their names technically are on the poster, [[UnreadableDisclaimer they're all shoved to the bottom and lumped together in the barely readable billing block]]. Later posters and trailers rectified this, with one Comic Con poster only giving the show's cast, and the second full trailer grouping them together. Meanwhile, the film itself lists the actors alphabetically in the end credits, giving everyone an unbiased credit; Twilight's voice in particular is placed near the bottom and Queen Novo's voice is up first, despite appearing barely over three minutes throughout the whole runtime.
23	* TheCastShowoff:
24	** The fact that Music/{{Sia}}'s character sings goes without saying, but they take it a step further, having Songbird Serenade sing to herself while caged to display just how powerful and unprocessed Sia's voice is, which usually isn't apparent due to the singer's bombastic musical accompaniment.
25	** Guest stars Taye Diggs, Creator/KristinChenoweth, and Creator/EmilyBlunt, all known for their extensive musical backgrounds, also sing, and so does Creator/ZoeSaldana, who only has ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'' for her musical experience.
26	* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer:
27	** In a blurb about the movie, Entertainment Weekly claimed that Emily Blunt, Kristin Chenowith, Sia, Uzo Aduba, and Zoe Saldana were all voicing "sparkly-maned ponies." Only Blunt and Sia are voicing ponies; Aduba and Chenowith are voicing seaponies [[spoiler: who were formerly hippogriffs]], while Saldana is voicing the parrot pirate Captain Celaeno.
28	** [[https://www.deseretnews.com/article/865690412/Movie-review-My-Little-Pony-The-Movie-pales-next-to-superior-animated-fare.html At least one reviewer]] apparently assumed Rainbow Dash was ''male''.
29	** Another reviewer dismissed the entire cast as "unknowns" who weren't live-action celebrities.
30	* CreatorBacklash: A minor example occurred with art director Rebecca Dart. While she looks forward to seeing viewers' reactions to the completed animation, she was deeply disappointed with the character models' [[SpecialEffectsFailure failure to render properly]] for the teaser trailer, [[https://derpicdn.net/img/2017/4/6/1405554/large.png saying]] she would have never approved of the teaser had she been in charge of it.
31	* DuelingWorks: With both fellow Lionsgate animated film ''Birds Like Us'', which was released the same year, and ''Monster Family''.
32	* DeletedScene:
33	** The original prologue was Twilight Sparkle explaining a little about the four princesses of Equestria and her role as the princess of friendship with stain glass windows of each of the princesses and her's with her friends, before being broken by Tempest, showing her arrival. It was gonna be featured right before the title appeared. One of the movie's effects artists, Michel Gagne, explained it was cut four months before the release, because the "Powers that be" said the film should be trimmed by 3 minutes to fit Lionsgate's wishes. Thankfully, you can see the prologue in the DVD and Blu-Ray release. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwNaAgWzybw Or you can watch it here]].
34	** Gagne also revealed some scenes on the middle of the movie has also been cut, but said it helped the flow of the movie.
35	* ExecutiveMeddling: If the Sony hack is to be believed, Creator/{{Sony}}'s script disagreements were the reason Joe Ballarini was brought in to the project.
36	* FakeAmerican: Emily Blunt, an English actress, uses an American accent for Tempest. Ditto Songbird, with Sia being Australian, though she briefly [[OohMeAccentsSlipping lapses into her native accent]] during her introductory scene.
37	* FollowTheLeader: We have a movie centering on a princess associated with the color purple, who goes on a dangerous journey with those that she's close to, with their bonds being tested. In addition, it's also known for casting some big name actors and songs reminiscent of classic Disney material. That's pretty much point for point taken from ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'', though this series came first.
38	* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: According to Creator/MichaelPena, Grubber was added to the script after he was approached to appear in the movie, and was specifically asked to "just go and say funny things". He later clarified in an interview that it wasn't just mindless ad-libbing, as he still required direction and context.
39	* HeAlsoDid:
40	** Co-writer Rita Hsiao has also written for ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}''.
41	** Co-voice director Curtis Koeller has also worked on ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'', ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Mickey Mouse\|2013}}''.
42	** Co-voice director Jamie Thomason is a big deal when it comes to movies and TV shows. For movies, he's worked on ''WesternAnimation/JetsonsTheMovie'', ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'', ''WesternAnimation/TheTiggerMovie'', ''WesternAnimation/PigletsBigMovie'', and ''WesternAnimation/StrangeFrame''. For television, he's worked on all three shows Greg Weisman created, those being ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', and ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010''. He's also worked on ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaijudo}}'', ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'', and various episodes and projects for ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''.
43	* IronyAsSheIsCast: Played straight with Twilight, who, despite both her voice actors being professional singers, only sings once in the entire movie, having a single verse to herself in "We Got This Together". Curiously, she was present for all the songs except the opening and "One Small Thing".
44	* LateExportForYou: South Korea and Japan are the last two countries to release the film [[DirectToVideo direct-to-video]], in May and [[https://news.ponycanyon.co.jp/2018/09/26959 December 2018]], respectively.
45	* MethodActing: Kristin Chenoweth self-allegedly wore her hair to match Princess Skystar's mane style during her recording sessions.
46	* MilestoneCelebration: The movie came out on October 6, 2017, which was just four days before the show's seventh anniversary, and just a year after the 30th anniversary of the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie1986 original movie]].
47	* MissingTrailerScene: Certain scenes and lines in the trailer are absent from the film, such as Tempest confronting her Storm Guard for painting his nails pink, to Twilight's "[[TemptingFate What could possibly go wrong?]]" narrations, to Capper's "[[CrazyEnoughToWork Y'all ponies are crazy!]]" line.
48	* NetworkToTheRescue: If not for Creator/{{Lionsgate}} stepping in after the deal with Creator/{{Sony}} fell through thanks to the hacked email incident, who knows what would've happened to the movie.
49	* NovelizationFirst: The junior novel adaptation of the movie was released on August 29, 2017, over a month before the film's release. A "Look and Find" book also outlined the entire plot of the film another month before that.
50	* TheOriginalDarrin:
51	** In the Italian dub, Camilla Gallo is back as Rarity's voice after being replaced by Chiara Francese in Season 7 of the series.
52	** In the German dub, Hannes Maurer returns as Spike (he last voiced the character in Season 4, passing the character down to Jan Makino).
53	* PlayingWithCharacterType: Liev Schreiber has a penchant for getting typecast as gruff, intimidating villains, and the Storm King is no exception, except here he's more of a LaughablyEvil variety.
54	* ProductionLeadTime: The film's script was finalized between Seasons 4 and 5 of the main show but WordOfGod states that it takes place after Season 7. The result is anything introduced after Season 4 is limited to plot-irrelevant cameos (e.g. Starlight Glimmer, Party Favor, the Cutie Mark Crusaders cutie marks) or inexplicably absent (the Pillars of Equestria and the non-pony races they've befriended who'd be expected to react to Equestria invasion or be sought as established allies over the unknown to the heroes [[spoiler:hippogriffs]]).
55	* ProductionPosse:
56	** The movie was supposed to come out about a month after ''WesternAnimation/{{Animal Crackers\|2017}}'', another theatrical film with Emily Blunt and Tara Strong playing major characters. Curtis Koeller and Jamie Thomason also serve as voice directors for both movies. However, the latter film was delayed indefinitely until Summer 2020.
57	** Kevin Munroe is attached as a consultant and a storyboard artist. His previous works include ''WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}}'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/RatchetAndClank2016 Ratchet & Clank]]''. The former has Jamie Thomason as the voice director and Tara Strong voicing minor characters. The latter has both American and Canadian actors, the latter of whom are MLP regulars.
58	* RealitySubtext: Uzo Aduba and Kristin Chenoweth, who play mother and daughter respectively, have also played Glinda in different stage versions of ''The Wizard Of Oz'': the former in ''Theatre/TheWiz'' and the latter in ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}''.
59	* SoMyKidsCanWatch: Emily Blunt, Liev Schreiber, and Michael Peña all joined the film for this reason. In Schreiber's case, he has gone on record saying he was desperate for some kid-friendly roles that didn't give his little tykes the impression that he was a bad person, especially after he allegedly showed them ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' in a [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids sadly misguided attempt to assuage their concerns]]. Ironically, they wanted him to voice the BigBad, though his character is still considerably more appropriate for kids.
60	* ThrowItIn:
61	** Liev Schreiber improvised at least one scene in the movie where the Storm King has trouble connecting with Tempest Shadow's "telephone" spell.
62	** Most, if not all, of Grubber's dialogue was thrown in by Michael Peña [[HarpoDoesSomethingFunny at the request of the writers]].
63	* TypeCasting: Even when playing a My Little Pony character, Emily Blunt still portrays a JerkassWoobie who starts off antagonistic [[spoiler: but ultimately earns her redemption]].
64	* VoicesInOneRoom: Played with, just like with the main series. The behind the scenes special showed all the Vancouver actors together while Tara Strong and the American celebrities recorded from their own studios throughout various places in Los Angeles and New York.
65	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 Has its own page]].
66	* WordOfGod: [[https://twitter.com/TheBiggestJim/status/916109643570544640 The movie takes place between Season 7 and 8 of the show.]]

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