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  • Dueling Dubs: In early 2021, three random episodes in English were unexpectedly released on the MyToonz and KidsFlix apps, that seemed to be of very poor quality, and are now believed to have been a demo/placeholder that somehow got released. The proper, finalized English version, with a different voice cast, would air in Singapore in 2022.
  • Edited for Syndication: Certain scenes in some episodes of the first season (specifically the last few story-based episodes) were cut from the Singapore broadcast, likely for time. Unfortunately this would even include plot-relevant moments that helped to progress the story. A month later, the TrueID service in Thailand would host all episodes in English with the uncut scenes intact, proving that the censorship was done by Channel 5 themselves.
  • Fandom Life Cycle: Began right at Stage 3 upon its mere announcement. Filly Funtasia got its popularity not from nostalgia for the Filly franchise (many who were familiar with the franchise aren't even aware the show exists), but rather because the show was disregarded as nothing more than a rip-off of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. Once the show finally came out however, it simmered down to Stage 2, as a lot of the old-age bronies forgot about the show and a lot of new ones had no idea what it even was; the show managed to gain itself a sizeable enough fandom for such a rather obscure series, and the fandom has its places to communicate with each other, including a news site about Filly Funtasia-related stuff.
  • Follow the Leader: The show and toyline in general bears more than a passing resemblance to the My Little Pony franchise.note  This trope is strong enough that there's a long-lasting (but ultimately false) rumor that Filly began life from stolen G3 My Little Pony molds (or at least, knockoff molds).
  • International Coproduction: The show was created by studios in Spain, Hong Kong, and China.
  • Invisible Advertising: The English episodes that were released on the KidsFlix app were completely unaccounted for, and were just shoved on the app without any advertisement whatsoever. Though this is likely because the episodes that were released were just (blatantly obvious) demos of three random episodes.
    • Downplayed a bit with the Singapore release, which also came completely out of nowhere with no warning, but the show was still listed in schedules a few days before its premiere, and the series was included in at least one promo featuring other shows.
  • Late Export for You: Although it is often mistakingly believed that the Filly toyline is German, and despite the franchise's huge popularity in Germany, the show itself would not yet be distributed to Germany until June 6, 2022, years after its initial debut.
  • Network to the Rescue: Channel 5 in Singapore was the only broadcaster to consistently air both seasons of the show in English, with a valid episode order, starting March 2022. The show had aired dubbed in many other places before then, with almost no traces of an English version resurfacing. TrueID would also come to the rescue a month later, hosting the English episodes with no uncut scenes, unlike Singapore's release.
  • No Export for You: This could apply to a lot, although mainly the show hasn't premiered in Spainnote  or Hong Kong yet, despite the show being co-produced there.
  • Non-Singing Voice: Windy Wagner performs almost all songs in the shownote . While most songs play in the background, not being a focus of the scenes they occur in, the only exceptions are being sung by Rose. Therefore, Wagner is the non-singing voice of Rose, while her speaking voice is Kelly Coalson (in the main English version).
    • This also happens in the Latin American Spanish dub, recorded in Venezuela. Rose's speaking voice there is Annelia Hernández, while Nástinka Chacón, her singing voice, also performs all other songs in the show.
  • Out of Order:
    • All 13 episodes of the show were released differently than their production order,note  which is mostly because all 26 episodes were split into two seasons. This, however, caused a few continuity errors. This is perhaps best demonstrated by how the first episode of season 2 is literally the prequel of the series, explaining how Rose came to the academy and met her friends. Really.
    • For season two, the episode order in China and Venezuela both respectively differ heavily from the rest of the world. Then Singapore takes this up to eleven by mix matching episodes from both seasons to create their own order. At least they aired the season two premiere first.
  • Referenced by...: In Dawn Somewhere's DinkySharkFighter32 series, Dinky has a Filly Funtasia poster.
  • Rule 34 – Creator Reactions: A BRB Internacional employee that responded to nearly all the YouTube comments on the show's first trailer in October 2013 actually acknowledged Rule 34 twice.
    Rocktecho: brb checking r34
    BRB employee: We're smarter than you think. Hmp! ㄱㄱ
  • Saved from Development Hell: There are two parts to this.
    • The series was originally announced in October 2012 for an early 2014 release. After much Troubled Production and many delays, fans and even detractors (those who were in the loop, anyway) were uncertain of the series' future and if it would ever get released. It unexpectedly came out 5 years later in 2019, with a premiere on March 11 on Frisbee in Italy, of all places.
    • Even after that, it still took a long time for any English version to be released, despite being the original version of the show. Despite that, there were still many trailers in English being released, leading up to 3 random episodes finally being hosted on the KidsFlix app in early 2021 (although fans were not a fan of the dub's quality). It wasn't until March 2022 saw the show's official English release in Singapore, with a proper redub, and all 26 episodes airing on the channel in a defined order.
  • Short Run in Peru: The first 13 episodes of the series aired first on Frisbee in Italy months before they released in China.
  • Troubled Production: The ultimate reason for the show languishing in Development Hell for so long. Among other issues, part way through production it lost both animation studios. This is one reason for the unpolished and often inconsistent CGI quality, as two new studios had to pick up what the others left behind. The second season seems to have this far less, and as a result the animation seems more polished, and it only took a year for it to be released.
  • Uncredited Role: In either English versions, none of the voice actors were credited, and same goes for a good amount of the dubs.
  • Unfinished Dub: Despite the dub being beloved by many fans, and even regarded as canon by these very fans, the Italian dub only did the first 13 episodes of the series. Frisbee stopped airing the show shortly after its run, with the dub seeing absolutely no sign of return. A quite devastating fate considering it was the first version the world would ever see of the dub, as well as the version many other dubs would have to use as a base.
  • What Could Have Been: An Origins Episode special and two 45 minute specials were planned, but thanks to the Troubled Production (such as BRB Internacional dropping out) they never got made; though the possibility of them being repurposed as regular episodes is still open.
  • Working Title: Some episode titles that were previously revealed were changed into more blunt ones.
    • "Liar, Liar, Prance on Fire" –> "The Cupcake Mystery"
    • "The Missing Student" –> "The Blue Rainbow"
    • "Wranglum Goes Fillying" –> "Wranglum in Disguise"

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