Grand Pear's name is a play on the French term 'grande pere', which means 'grandfather'.
This is the highest rated episode of the entire show.
Considered as a masterpiece by a large majority of the brony fanbase.
Applejack is the only member of the mane six to appear in this episode.
This episode was previously scheduled to premiere on Canada's Treehouse TV channel on May 28, 2017, but was updated as of May 25 to a rerun of All Bottled Up (2017).