List of allusions/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 and the My Little Pony: Make Your Mark series. Entries on this page must follow the similarity guidelines.
==My Little Pony: A New Generation==
*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, and Terminator 2: Judgment Day respectively.
*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, specifically the four-parter "The Ghost of Paradise Estate".
*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 and 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:
**iPony (iPhone)
**Jersey Boys
**PegasuS (Red Bull)
**Ponies (Cats)
**Ponisonic (Panasonic)
**The Pony King (The Lion King)
**Pony No. 5/Wings No. 5 (Chanel No. 5)
**Ponyroid (Polaroid)
**West Pony Story (West Side Story)
**Wicked
**Wingbook (Facebook)
**Zephyr's Secret (Victoria's Secret)
==My Little Pony: Tell Your Tale==
===The Unboxing of Izzy===
*Trotformers is a parody of Transformers.
===Foal Me Once===
*Several museum paintings are the same paintings featured in the My Little Pony Friendship is Magic season two episode Sweet and Elite and season six episode On Your Marks, including the portraits in the styles of Salvador Dalí, Pablo Picasso, and Andy Warhol.
**Also featured is a parody of Edvard Munch's The Scream, featuring Rainbow Dash.
===Pony Partay===
*Zipp refers to herself as "Pony Hawk", a reference to Tony Hawk.
===Lavarynth===
*Izzy says "Izz-ical! Izz-ical!" to the same beat and tune of the Olivia Newton-John song "Physical".
==My Little Pony: Make Your Mark==
===Ali-Conned===
*Izzy's line's "Take it back now, y'all!" is a reference to the DJ Casper song "Cha Cha Slide".
===Have You Seen This Dragon?===
*The gruff voice Hitch adopts as part of his vigilante persona is a parody of Christian Bale's Batman.
===Top Remodel===
*Hitch's line's "I'm not afraid of no ghosts!" is a reference to the 1984 film Ghostbusters and its theme song by Ray Parker Jr.
===The Manesquerade Ball===
*Zipp's blue and pink lightning bolt-shaped mask is a reference to musician David Bowie's stage persona Ziggy Stardust.
*One of the background music pieces that plays at the ball is a techno version of Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, "Spring".
**Another background music piece is a techno version of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik.
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