There are several subtle comic shoutouts in this episode, from Mare Do Well regularly posing on ledges like a certain bat-based vigilante, to posters at a celebration sporting a Mare Do Well silhouette that are suspiciously similar to said vigilante’s animated series logo.
Soon a new masked caped hero dubbed Mare Do Well appears and steals her thunder. In it the heroic Rainbow Dash gets a bit big for her britches as she receives the praise and adoration of the masses for saving several ponies from certain danger. One episode features a random background pony with a Mjolnir cutie mark, and the whole episode “Mare Do Well” is a love story to comic books. However, these 10 are some of the most clever, most nerdy and just overall most fun shoutouts in all of Equestria and beyond.ġ0) Your Friendly Neighborhood Rainbow DashĮveryone loves superheroes and that includes the cast and creators of My Little Pony. There are shoutouts to popular culture everywhere in the show, and even a few whole episodes seem like one big parody! From classic kids stuff like Looney Tunes and Disney, all the way up to adult stuff like Mad Men and Poltergeist, everything gets its due. It’s difficult to choose just 10 from all the references in the show.
While the popularity of the show is in a large part due to the quality of its writing and animation, it also doesn’t hurt that the shows writers and creators are big nerds. The creators have embraced their unconventional following and often sprinkle little easter eggs for the fans throughout the show. But just in case: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is a show whose target audience is little girls, yet it’s attracted a huge cult following among teenagers and adults, particularly male ones. By now everyone, their mother, their elderly aunt, and their kinda hot second cousin should know about the Brony phenomenon.
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