User blog:Savage Samurai/Another Pony... Really? Trivia

Trivia on the 64th episode of DBC:
 * Zack is working on an upcoming episode of death battle.
 * The sprites for the Chun-li vs Tifa DBX had to be altered because while they were perfect for fighting, they also were heavily over-sexualized so Zack had to alter them a bit.
 * When the prospect of doing Raven vs Twilight came up, Nick's reaction was 'No God please no, not another pony'. However, he was paired up with Gerado who is a brony and as such ended up having to do it. Ben says he has wanted to put Raven in death battle for years but the top 3 matchups for her have their own problems. Jean Grey and Scarlet Witch are reality warpers far beyond Raven's level while Twilight is a pony. Scarlet Witch also uses a compltelty different type of magic.
 * Other examples of the most requested matchup not being picked: Mewtwo vs Frieza, Kirby vs Buu etc.
 * Raven vs Twilight was talked about last year, but was not picked for season 4 because SA was hesitant to do another pony fight.
 * Gerado played a part in convincing Ben that Raven vs Twilight could work.
 * Chad and Torrian defend this matchup by saying that part of what makes death battle fun is taking a non-combatant and putting them into the arena.
 * The rationale behind the pony fights is as such:
 * Starscream vs Rainbow Dash was done as a kind of novelty. Everyone expected the pony to die but surprise, surprise, she didn't.
 * Deadpool vs Pinkie Pie was just a fun episode and is the most ridiculous episode that they have done to date.
 * This one is the first pony fight to, not have any novelty to it despite treating it as seriously as Starscream vs Rainbow Dash.
 * According to Chad, this is a close match.
 * The soul-self parts of the animation had to be hand-drawn.
 * Every. single. Twilight sprite had to be altered because she is an alicorn now.