Quote Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGod View Post
Well I'm pretty sure the target demographic is kids and their parents, so the kids can just ask their parents what's going on.
Yeah, Lauren Faust said she made the show "for kids and their parents". I'd say it's similar to Sesame Street where they had all sorts of parodies that would fly over kids' heads (various popular music and movie references-- an obvious spoof of "My Fair Lady" comes to mind.)