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** Discord's line of "I don't turn ponies into stone" is made to sound more menacing in the Japanese version. In the original, he was mocking Princess Celestia's turning him into stone, but in the Japanese dub, he says "Shall I turn these ponies into stone?" as if he were threatening to do the same to Twilight and the others. It works ''especially'' well now, not to mention doubling as a case of unintentional {{Foreshadowing}}, when [[spoiler:the Legion of Doom]] in Season 9 [[spoiler:is turned to stone on Discord's suggestion.]]

** Much of the dialogue in the episode is of Applejack misinterpreting what others have said due to mishearing things. Naturally, a few things have been changed around: Applejack mishears ''hanashigashitai'' ("needing to talk") as ''hawomigashitai'' ("needing to brush your teeth" ) and ''tasuke'' (help) as ''shiitake'' (as in the mushroom). During the baking scene, Applejack mishears ''komugiko no ichikappu'' ("one cup of flour") as ''kiiroi no ichikappu'' ("one cup of yellow") and the confusion between "wheat germ" and "wheat worms" became one between ''bakuga'' ("malt powder") and ''ga'' ("moths"). The "baked bads" joke was also changed to a pun on ''keeki'' (cake) and ''higeiki'' (tragedy).

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* The Croatial RTL dub:

** Discord's line of "I don't turn ponies into stone" is made to sound more menacing in the Japanese version. In the original, he was mocking Princess Celestia's turning him into stone, but in the Japanese dub, he says "Shall I turn these ponies into stone?" as if he were threatening to do the same to Twilight and the others. It works ''especially'' well now, not to mention doubling as a case of unintentional {{Foreshadowing}}, when the Legion of Doom in Season 9 is turned to stone on Discord's suggestion.

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** Discord's line of "I don't turn ponies into stone" is made to sound more menacing in the Japanese version. In the original, he was mocking Princess Celestia's turning him into stone, but in the Japanese dub, he says "Shall I turn these ponies into stone?" as if he were threatening to do the same to Twilight and the others. It works ''especially'' well now, not to mention doubling as a case of {{Foreshadowing}}, when the Legion of Doom in Season 9 is turned to stone on Discord's suggestion.

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** In the Japanese dub, Applejack's Element is named "Element of Trust" rather than "Element of Honesty". This is arguably more fitting since "trust" is more applicable to the theme of friendship while still being connected to the trait of "honesty".

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** In "Applebuck Season", when Pinkie Pie is asking a tired Applejack to get the ingredients, they're translated as "čokoladne mrvice" (chocolate chips), "prašak za pecivo" (baking powder), "šalica brašna" (a cup of flour), and "šalica šarenih mrva" (a cup of colorful sprinkles). Respectively, Applejack mishears as "grickalice" (snacks), "pivo" ([[GettingCrapPastTheRadar beer]]), "limuna strašna" (lemon juice), and "vrtni crvi" (garden worms). Applejack's "fancy talk for earthworms" remark also became "Oh, this will be one strange cake!"

** Discord's line of "I don't turn ponies into stone" is made to sound more menacing in the Japanese version. In the original, he was mocking Princess Celestia's turning him into stone, but in the Japanese dub, he says "Shall I turn these ponies into stone?" as if he were threatening to do the same to Twilight and the others.

** In "Applebuck Season", when Pinkie Pie is asking a tired Applejack to get the ingredients, they're translated as "čokoladne mrvice" (chocolate chips), "prašak za pecivo" (baking soda), "šalica brašna" (a cup of flour), and "šalica šarenih mrva" (a cup of colorful sprinkles). Respectively, Applejack mishears as "grickalice" (snacks), "pivo" ([[GettingCrapPastTheRadar beer]]), "limuna strašna" (lemon juice), and "vrtni crvi" (garden worms). Applejack's "fancy talk for earthworms" remark also became "Oh, this will be one strange cake!"

** In "Applebuck Season", the things Applejack mishears from Twilight trying to talk to her are altered, such as her mishearing "Možemo razgovarati?" ("Can we talk?") as "Noževima rasparati" ("Rip seams with knives"). Twilight telling Applejack that she needs help is also translated very similarly to the Croatian HRT dub, where Applejack confuses the word "pomoć" ("help") for "ponoć" ("midnight").

** Also in "Applebuck Season", when Twilight tells Applejack that the latter needs help, Applejack once more mishears her and remarks: "Midnight?! What midnight, it's daytime, what are you talking about?!"

* The French dub cleverly changes a lot of the puns and sometimes adds French cultural references as well. With Pinkie's "What's up?" joke in "Fall Weather Friends," it turns into "Hé, Spike, ça plane pour toi? Oh, mais c'est moi qui plane!" (Literally, "Hey, Spike, are things flying for you? Oh, I'm the one who's flying!") "Ça plane pour toi?" means "How's it going?" in a colloquial sense, and was made famous in the Anglophone as well as the Francophone world with the song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVDfmn_TMkI Ça plane pour moi]] by Plastic Bertrand.

* The Italian dub of "Inspiration Manifestation" haves Spike being pissed off from Owloysious and saying "Hey you! Stop being such an owl and help me!", with "Being an owl" being Italian slang for "bringing bad luck". An amazing thing to hear, since the Italian dub of the show usually translates puns literally and turns some gags into ponies saying nonsense stuff.

* A big part of the show is the exposition heavy songs. Dubbing the songs to maintain their meaning while keeping them in time with the music is no easy feat. Now, most of the songs can take some liberties without really affecting the outcome, but what happens when you have to translate a song that drops the title and have no way to translate it? Do what the Latin American team did with ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'' and alter the meaning. The title song lyrics are originally "As we learn how the rainbow, Rainbow Rocks" but in Spanish it would be too difficult to dub in "El arcoiris es genial" (literal translation), so they changed the lyrics to "Mientras vemos a Rainbow Rockear" which means "As we watch Rainbow rocking out". It fits, but the meaning changes drastically, as now it seems that Rainbow is the focus of the movie, [[FridgeLogic taking all the glory for herself..]]

* In the English version, Spike has trouble writing the letter because he can't spell some of the words. In the Japanese dub, this is changed to him misinterpreting Twilight's "kiki wo semaru (a crisis draws near)" as "mimi ga tsumaru (my ears are clogged)".
* In the first episode, Rarity was complaining about Twilight Sparkle's mane being messy after meeting Rainbow Dash. In the Japanese version, this was changed into Rarity ''congratulating Twilight'' for her mane instead (albeit in a very [[SarcasmMode sarcastic way]]), due to Rarity using [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatemae Tatemae]] on Twilight.
* In the Japanese dub, Applejack's Element is named "Element of Trust" rather than "Element of Honesty". This is arguably more fitting since "trust" is more applicable to the theme of friendship while still being connected to the trait of "honesty".
* Much of the dialogue for ''Applebuck Season'' is of Applejack misinterpreting what others have said due to mishearing things. Naturally, a few things have been changed around: Applejack mishears ''hanashigashitai'' ("needing to talk") as ''hawomigashitai'' ("needing to brush your teeth" ) and ''tasuke'' (help) as ''shiitake'' (as in the mushroom). During the baking scene, Applejack mishears ''komugiko no ichikappu'' ("one cup of flour") as ''kiiroi no ichikappu'' ("one cup of yellow") and the confusion between "wheat germ" and "wheat worms" became one between ''bakuga'' ("malt powder") and ''ga'' ("moths"). The "baked bads" joke was also changed to a pun on ''keeki'' (cake) and ''higeiki'' (tragedy).
* In the Japanese dub version of "Dragonshy", Rarity's "talk about getting your beauty sleep" remark is changed to one complaining that 100 years of smoky skies over Equestria [[SkewedPriorities can't be good for the skin]].
* The Japanese dub of "Look Before You Sleep" has Twilight saying she'd rather be struck by lightning than have her friends fighting. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Then the aforementioned lightning strikes.]]
* A lot of the wordplay in "Bridle Gossip" had to be changed. The exchange "She's a zebra"/"[[ParrotExpoWhat A what?]]" becomes a play on ''shimauma'' (Japanese for "zebra") and ''umashima'' ("meaningless"). Spike's new nicknames for the cursed ponies include "Mojarity" (from ''mojamoja'', meaning "hairy"), "''Tsubaki'' Pie" (Japanese for "spit"), "''Garagara'' Shy" (Japanese for "raspy-voiced"), and "Twilight ''Funyafunya''" (Japanese for "limp").
* They also had to change Pinkie Pie's wordplay in "Fall Weather Friends". Her joke on the phrase "What's up?" becomes a play on ''genki'', which literally means "cheery" but can also be used to ask "How are you doing?" The "grudge/fudge" banter becomes a play on "marathon" and "maracas", and the "catch up/ketchup" joke becomes a play on ''kecchaku'' ("to settle") and ''kecchappu'' ("ketchup").
* When Spike opens the door in "Feeling Pinkie Keen", a sound effect plays of a truck backing up as he backs out of the door. The Japanese dub, however, adds a bit of CulturalTranslation by having Spike say the voice clip that plays when trucks back up in Japan: "Bakkushimasu, gochuui kudasai (Backing up, please be careful)."
* The Japanese dub of "Sonic Rainboom" inserts an added joke where Twilight notes that Rainbow's face is turning blue, to which she points out that she's always been blue.
* In "Stare Master", the pun on Rarity "biting off more than [she] can chew" ([[LiteralMinded "But you're not eating anything."]]) becomes a play on ''mucha'' ("excessive") and ''ocha'' ("tea"). The TitleDrop near the end of the original episode is turned into a CallBack to Fluttershy claiming to be "champion" of the "Ssh" game.
* In the original version, "Return of Harmony Part 1" ended with a standard "ToBeContinued" title card. The Japanese version, however, spices it up a little by having Discord straight up [[BreakingTheFourthWall break the fourth wall]] by saying "ToBeContinued" in Japanese ("Tsuzuku"). Princess Cadance does this as well at the end of "A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1", but in a more creepy manner.
* Discord's line of "I don't turn ponies into stone" is made to sound more menacing in the Japanese version. In the original, he was mocking Princess Celestia's turning him into stone, but in the Japanese dub, he says "Shall I turn these ponies into stone?" as if he were threatening to do the same to Twilight and the others.
* Apple Bloom speaks formal Japanese instead of French in the Japanese dub of "The Cutie Pox", which fits better with Applejack's line "My sister's speaking in fancy!", to which Twilight snarks in the Japanese version, "It doesn't suit her."
* The Japanese version of "The Mysterious Mare-Do-Well" changes Mare-Do-Well's name to Dark Mare, which fits better as a homage to Franchise/{{Batman}}, the Dark Knight.
* In the Japanese version of "Family Appreciation Day", the Zap Apples are known as "Biribiringo", a portmanteau of ''biribiri'' (an onomatopoeia representing electricity) and ''ringo'' (the Japanese word for "apple").
* The Japanese version of "The Last Roundup" manages to replicate Pinkie mistaking Rainbow Dash's line of getting Applejack to "spill the beans" line for Applejack hogging snacks by having Rainbow say that she's "talking as if something is stuck in her back teeth", which Pinkie interprets as Applejack hogging candy.
* The joke that Rainbow tries to tell her roommate in the Japanese version of "Read It and Weep" is changed from "Why did the chicken cross the road?" to "Bread (pan in Japanese) is delicious, but what pan can't you eat?", with the answer being "frying pan".
* The old pony that cuts in front of Fluttershy in "Putting Your Hoof Down" mishears Fluttershy's "warakomi" (cutting) as "waraboshi" (wooden chopsticks) in the Japanese dub.
* The English version of "[=MMMMystery=] on the Friendship Express" parodies the Franchise/JamesBond franchise by referring to Donut Joe as "Mane. Con Mane". The Japanese dub does something similar by referring to him as "00-Pony", a play on "007", James Bond's code number.
* In the English version, Pinkie says "who did it" instead of "whodunit". In the Japanese version, she says "annin" (apricot) instead of "hannin" (culprit).
* The play on "donuts" and "do-nots" is changed to a play on "donuts" and "dou natten" (what's going on).
* Twilight refers to Shining Armor with the abbreviation "anieshin", which is short for "aniki eien shinyuu" (Big Brother Best Friend Forever). It does help it sounds a lot like ''aniue'' [[note]] elder brother, used in more polite terms, especially between royal members of a family[[/note]].

* The French dub cleverly changes a lot of the puns and sometimes adds French cultural references as well. With Pinkie's aforementioned "What's up?" joke in "Fall Weather Friends," it turns into "Hé, Spike, ça plane pour toi? Oh, mais c'est moi qui plane!" (Literally, "Hey, Spike, are things flying for you? Oh, I'm the one who's flying!") "Ça plane pour toi?" means "How's it going?" in a colloquial sense, and was made famous in the Anglophone as well as the Francophone world with the song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVDfmn_TMkI Ça plane pour moi]] by Plastic Bertrand.

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