This is the first time Applejack and Fluttershy share a main role with each other.
This is the fifth consecutively aired episode where Rarity is still stuck at a red light in speaking roles.
The two prairie-dog-wrangling ponies at Las Pegasus are clearly based upon Siegfried & Roy, who once had the most popular animal act in Las Vegas. Significantly, one of them has a white tiger cutie mark.
The entertainment tycoon character Gladmane is based upon Vegas-era Elvis Presley. He has a habit of saying "Thank you. Thank you very much", and eventually Applejack announces "Gladmane has left the building!"
Friendship Report: Fluttershy and Applejack learned even the worst of enemies deserve a second chance.