spoiler Was Troublehooves a reference to To Kill a Mockingbird?

[ggg-2 3,550]

Maybe it's my imagination, but was Troublehooves meant to be a reference to To Kill a Mockingbird? He was set up as a foreboding presence at first, but later turns out to be a shy yet kind, gentle giant who was just simply dealt a bad lot in life, much like Mockingbird's Boo Radley.

[Ashen Pathfinder 16,152]

FYI spoiler prefix added.

 

But yeah; it's good match. I never saw "To Kill a Mockingbird" but it's a nice reference.

[Jeric 46,835]

FYI spoiler prefix added.

 

But yeah; it's good match. I never saw "To Kill a Mockingbird" but it's a nice reference.

Saw?

 

 

You're killing me Smalls! Read the book. Forget Gregory Peck.

 

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That is an interesting observation. I just finished it a little bit ago and there are some similarities. I suppose the CMC are a combo of Dill, Jem, Scout, and Atticus?

 

Bonus points for connecting a FiM story to a Pulitzer winning novel!

[sweetolebob18 724]

Never saw the movie, did read the book (about 40 years ago).  IMO, he is more like Lenny (?) in Of Mice and Men

[Lexamena 391]

I thought his voice and demeanor was a reference to Billy Bob Thornton in Sling Blade, of course without the slight mental illness and the murdering. 

[Snow Frostflame 3,567]

not really these two stories are more horizontal than parallel.... sure there are some similarities but not major ones to say that "Applelooza's Most Wanted" is in reference to "Kill a Mockingbird"

[Thunderlane 550]

Now I think about it, and since I have watched the episode again, I can see the connection between him and Boo. I don't know whether it was intentional, but still, nice spot

[Grepper 3,192]

I haven't read To Kill a Mockingbird, but I think it's a pretty clever reference.

Now I feel like I should read it.

[MasonH 0]

to kill a mockingbird was written years before any mlp generation it was published in 1960