Envoy-in-exile 101 February 12, 2012 Share February 12, 2012 Some examples I could find: Reference to: Star Wars: A New Hope (end scene) MLP episode: Season 2, episode 2 (end scene) - Return of Harmony Part 2 Probably the most famous one Reference to: Skyrim MLP episode: Season 1, episode 7 - Dragonshy The title speaks for itself (Dragonshy = Dragonborn) and Fluttershy defeating the dragon with her Voice (not a Fus Roh Dah or Dragonrend, but by scolding him) Reference to: Pied Piper of Hamelin MLP episode: Season 1, episode 10 - Swarm of the Century http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOL1a6IYWPI Reference to: Diamond Dogs (a David Bowie album) MLP episode: Season 1, episode 19 - A Dog and Pony Show A pretty obscure one, only alerted to it by a Youtube commentor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrFrog 927 February 12, 2012 Share February 12, 2012 One of the most obvious ones must be the Benny Hill style chase. 3 "Never give no manipulative bitch the benefit of the doubt" - Compa's grandpa... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeverNeverland 1,940 February 12, 2012 Share February 12, 2012 (edited) That. Edited February 12, 2012 by NeverNeverland 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skullbuster 1,906 February 12, 2012 Share February 12, 2012 Umm, I think episode 7 came out before skyrim 7 My Let's Play channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy14-AEEHdfj5QQAlYtB1_A Need a guest Rapper on a song? talk to me!: http://mlpforums.com/topic/103097-guest-rapper-for-you/ NEW SONG: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Envoy-in-exile 101 February 12, 2012 Author Share February 12, 2012 Umm, I think episode 7 came out before skyrim http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_V:_Skyrim http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Dragonshy Skyrim was released 2 weeks before. Trailers before that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radiance64 7,053 February 12, 2012 Share February 12, 2012 My favorite reference was the Batman-style Mare Do Well posters in The Mysterious Mare Do Well- it was just so badass. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skullbuster 1,906 February 12, 2012 Share February 12, 2012 Skyrim came out nov 11 2011 Dragon shy came out nov 26 2010 6 My Let's Play channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy14-AEEHdfj5QQAlYtB1_A Need a guest Rapper on a song? talk to me!: http://mlpforums.com/topic/103097-guest-rapper-for-you/ NEW SONG: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrooveBroove 680 February 12, 2012 Share February 12, 2012 Skyrim came out nov 11 2011 Dragon shy came out nov 26 2010 Skyrim ripped off MLP CONFIRMED 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Envoy-in-exile 101 February 12, 2012 Author Share February 12, 2012 Blinded by 1s and 0s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akemi Homura 7,680 February 12, 2012 Share February 12, 2012 The CMC. This. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Diamond 7,569 February 12, 2012 Share February 12, 2012 (edited) Looney Toons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXpjy3Zxv_A Edited February 12, 2012 by Thereisnospoon303 Domine, tu omnia nosti, tu scis quia amo te. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eenohay 318 February 12, 2012 Share February 12, 2012 Dragonshy came out about a year before Skyrim, you are sounding like these teenage girls who claim their favorite pop artirsts songs where stolen by rock legens. Anyways, I love lucy in the last roundup, indiana jones in read it and weep and the rest that were mentioned in this thread 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Hell 123 February 12, 2012 Share February 12, 2012 Rarity pulls an Icarus at the best young fliers competition. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinalGamer 192 February 12, 2012 Share February 12, 2012 (edited) My mind is STILL blown over this Trainspotting reference from Baby Cakes, probably THE most adult reference in the show. Seriously, drug trips. Wut. Edited February 12, 2012 by FinalGamer 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radiance64 7,053 February 12, 2012 Share February 12, 2012 Wow, I love pretty much all of these references. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuteycindyhoney 13,307 February 12, 2012 Share February 12, 2012 "A Dog and Pony Show" references "The Ransom of Red Chief" by O. Henry. The best way to get kidnappers to let you go, is to make their lives a living hell! LOL! 1 Thank you Sparklefan1234!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhonyBrony 275 February 12, 2012 Share February 12, 2012 Dodge Junction in the Last Roundup is based off of Dodge city, one of the famous towns from the western US. Its the setting of an old radio show from near the 40s called "Gunsmoke." 2 Signature by the one and only Flare! Eugepae! Being ignored since May 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokin'HotRarity 182 February 12, 2012 Share February 12, 2012 (edited) darth vader scream and gollum dog alice in wonderland also batman and chocolate rain Edited February 12, 2012 by glitterlicious S.V.R. Stop. Violent. Recreation, I know it's tuff but let's all try to stop playing violent videogames, violent TV, violent thinking, and just violence in general. Put "SVR" in your signature if you support Stop Violent Recreation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Envoy-in-exile 101 February 13, 2012 Author Share February 13, 2012 Skyrim ripped off MLP CONFIRMED Also The Best Night Ever episode - Cinderella reference. There's an Indiana Jones type character in S2e16 Read It and Weep 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twi Rubix 726 February 13, 2012 Share February 13, 2012 (edited) In "A Bird in the Hoof", there was one time where Angel was holding a clock, and Fluttershy said: "You're late? .....*Gasp* for a very important date?" Edited February 14, 2012 by TwilightRubix 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klopp 2,050 February 13, 2012 Share February 13, 2012 I forgot the episode (I think suited for sucess), but there was one time where Angel was holding a clock, and Fluttershy said: "You're late? .....*Gasp* for a very important date?" That would be The Episode "A Bird in the Hoof", she was late for the party with Princess Celestia, which is where she met the supposedly ill-kept Phoenix, Philomena. One of my favorite Episodes ( No, not just cause it focuses is on Fluttershy ) I tend to remember silly things like that Also, I believe this is what Glitterlicious was referring to in the post above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eenohay 318 February 13, 2012 Share February 13, 2012 Rarity pulls an Icarus at the best young fliers competition. Oh yeah, I remember than since I saw her fly around with those wings I knew that something like that was gonna happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I used to be a stranger 7,993 February 14, 2012 Share February 14, 2012 (edited) The hors'oerderves bit in the song Becoming Popular riffs off of a similar hors'oerderves action that takes place in the 1971 movie about the World War II General starring George C. Scott, Patton. Rainbow Dash boinking her ball against the wall in Read it and Weep when she's in hospital is also a reference to a World War II movie; to one of the several Confinement scenes in The Great Escape. All of the Flim Flam Brother's song in The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 is three different flavors of Meredith Wilson's The Music Man. Pinkie Pie saying "I am just about to be brilliant!" in Hearth's Warming Eve is a direct quote from the Gene Kelley musical Singin' in the Rain. The Manticore scene in Friendship is Magic part 2 is basically summarizing Aesop's Fable known as "Androcles and the Lion" into less than 45 seconds. Edited February 14, 2012 by Blue 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinalGamer 192 February 14, 2012 Share February 14, 2012 Well how about some art references? Salvador Dali is one artist who pops up quite a bit in the show, at least three times in season two alone. The bunnies with long legs in "The Return of Harmony Part 1" are quite similar to Salvador Dali's "The Elephants" or "The Temptations of St. Anthony". Rainbow Dash's pet-related nightmare from the start of "May The Best Pet Win" which is a reference to Dali's "Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening". And lastly, the art gallery in "Sweet and Elite" has THREE classic art references, the most prominent being the central painting, which actually combines TWO Dali paintings into one. Firstly, "The Persistence of Memory" (his most famous work being that one with the melting clocks) And secondly, either "El Sueno/The Dream" OR "Butterfly Landscape" (for the crutch supports). Awesome eh? OH, also, just for a bonus. Equestrian Gothic = American Gothic 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Envoy-in-exile 101 February 20, 2012 Author Share February 20, 2012 From a FB brony group: Oh look, it's Plato's Republic, taught in MLP to indoctrinate children, as proven in Hearth's Warming Eve. The governing caste = Unicorns The protective caste = Pegasi The productve caste = Earth Ponies The philosophic ruler = Princess Celestia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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