The Flim Flam Cider Song is the show's first villain song.
Rarity appears in this episode, but she doesn't speak until around the 15:30 mark when she witnesses the Apples are way behind the Flim-Flam Brothers.
The working title for this episode was "Cider Horse Rules".
Friendship Report: Applejack learned taking time to do things right will make her hard work speak itself.
This episode was banned from the UK and Italy due to the repeated mentions of "cider" throughout, and cider is solely used as an alcoholic beverage in those countries.