- Fandom Nod: To "Good Ol' Days" by The Living Tombstone, when Rarity literally paved the streets of Ponyville in gold.
- Teasing Creator: Meghan McCarthy's April Fools tweet
about this episode was accurate, in that this was A Day in the Limelight for Spike and Rarity.
This is the first episode in which DJ-P0N3 and Octavia (who are often paired in the fandom) both appear.
