Generation 5
The following is a list of allusions to other My Little Pony generations, works of fiction, people, places, events, and other cultural touchstones in Generation 5 animated media , including My Little Pony: A New Generation My Little Pony: Make Your Mark similarity guidelines .
A drawing of Twilight Sparkle on a wall in Argyle's study resembles Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man
Background movie theater advertisements for "Horns ", "Harry Trotter ", "Dirty Prancing ", and "Judgement Neigh " are parodies of Jaws Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Dirty Dancing Terminator 2: Judgment Day
A screen in Zephyr Heights bears a "Z-Heights" logo in the style of the T-Mobile logo.
Another screen bears a "PONY" logo in the style of the Sony logo.
Another screen bears a logo and slogan parodying those of Nike .
The news network ZBS is a parody of CBS .
The restaurant McWing's is a parody of McDonald's .
The musical "Filly Elliot" is a parody of Billy Elliot
The Zephyr Heights Postal Service is a parody of the United States Postal Service .
The music streaming service Amplify is parody of Spotify .
The main guitar riff in Danger, Danger sounds very similar to Nirvana 's "Smells Like Teen Spirit ", its chorus sounds very similar to the main guitar riff in The Offspring 's "Self Esteem ", and some visuals shown during the song resemble the music video for The White Stripes ' "Seven Nation Army ".
During the lyric in Danger, Danger, "They're gonna take over the village", television screens very briefly show footage from My Little Pony 'n Friends
When Sprout exits the elevator into the Canterlogic factory, his breathing initially sounds raspy and filtered like the Star Wars character Darth Vader .
During the song Fit Right In , Izzy appears to be holding up a knife (actually a hairdryer) while standing behind a curtain, referencing the infamous shower scene in the 1960 film Psycho
Alphabittle's puzzle cube is similar to the 2x2 Rubik's Cube .
A drawing on one of Alphabittle's shelves resembles Edvard Munch's The Scream
Just Prance is a parody of both Just Dance Dance Dance Revolution In concept art, Sprout's design was inspired by Dio Brando from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
In concept art , Pipp's smartphone has applications parodying real-life mobile apps, including:
A: PonyTube (YouTube)
B: No name (Facebook)
E: No name (Twitter)
F: No name (Instagram)
G: No name (Gmail)
H: No name (Discord)
I: No name (TikTok)
Other concept art features parodies of/references to musicals, companies, name brands, etc. that were not used in the film:
Zipp refers to herself as "Pony Hawk", a reference to Tony Hawk . The gruff voice Hitch adopts as part of his vigilante persona is a parody of Christian Bale's Batman . Hitch's line's "I'm not afraid of no ghosts!" is a reference to the 1984 film Ghostbusters 
