Sunshower is named similarly to Pegasus mare Sunshower Raindrops, G3 Earth pony mare Sunshower, and G1 seapony filly Sun Shower. Open Skies has a similar color scheme to S04E24 Unnamed Earth Stallion #4. An image of Fluffy Clouds was previewed in an animation image shown at Ponycon NYC on February 16, 2015.