The thing that makes me wonder is that most ponies i've seen that are unicorns have markings not indicative of sports related stuff. The only time i've seen something to the contrary is Fluttershy's helmet in Dragonshy which had a unicorn logo on it. Watching Sisterhooves Social this doesn't help to lend credence to the possibility that couples exist outside of EaE, UaU, and PaP. As noted the hat obscures things but it did seem to ride a bit high on the father's head so it's very plausible he is an earth stallion pony. Watching Trixie and Rarity when they had their respective headwear on (Trixie from her 1 appearance and Rarity from when she puts the hood of the cloak on in green isn't your color) made the wear quite low on the pony's forehead.

Personally I don't think it is outside the realm of plausibility for different races to intermingle as it would be harsh for Celestia to forbid it. Only Lauren Faust could possibly confirm it though she would defer to the current creators as she's no longer with the show.

Of course it isn't they are all ponies, and therefore the same species, it would be like different types of dogs, or mixing a sheep and a goat.
And if we read the wiki, Scootaloo is the sister of Cheerilee (nothing in the show that suggests this as far as I can remember, but ok) and as one is a Pegasus and the other an earth pony, this will mean that one is adopted or that one of the parents is an earth pony, the other is a pegasus and wether the offspring is an Earth pony or a pegasus is random.

I think there is evidence that intermingling is quite common. Just a theory though.

Unicorns seem to be the majority in Canterlot, Pegasuseses (lol) are the only type to live in Cloudsdale, and Earth Ponies lives on the ground (Ponyville) for instance. One of my theories is that Unicorns and Pegasi that lives in Ponyville (for example) can have different origins, which may explain why some Unicorns acts more like Earth Ponies than Unicorns as they were portrayed in "Hearth's Warming Eve" or those of Canterlot. I think Scootaloo may be a prime example, as she is raised on the ground and have probably never been to Cloudsdale at all. Either her parents don't enjoy the sky, or one of them were unable to reside there..
We saw in Heart's Warming Eve that the three types became friends and probably meshed together from that day. It would be impossible to NOT see intermingling.

I think Rarity's father is infact an Earth Pony, and I find it hard to believe that "crossbreeding" is impossible.

Isn't this only canon in previous generations of My Little Pony?

That's what I tought as well, as I said there is nothing in the show that supports this relation.

I wouldn't look at it as crossbreeding as there's really nothing being shared as the child becomes either an earth, unicorn, or pegasus pony depending upon the mother/father. Only way this "might" differ is if you go into the genetics *sweet my realm of expertise * where you have dominant and recessive traits. It is unusual to see however in RL in African Americans there is a "slim" possibility for them to have a child born to them that is white. There have been documented cases where both parents are African American yet they have a white child born to them which is....interesting however I WILL NOT go into that there as it deals with a bad subject.

Dealing with MLPFIM I wouldn't have a doubt in my mind that there's a possibility that Scootaloo might have been born to a pair of parents UE, UU, or EE having a pegasus offspring. Another sad theory that is floating around is Scootaloo is adopted due to various reasons since we've never seen her parents. Personally i'm hoping that Scoot is somehow related to Rainbow Dash which will be revealed in the show being a relative of sorts.

Another interesting theory floating around is that members of the Mane6 have alicorn blood in them which is why they are so strong. Twilight for her magic, RD for her sonic rainboom, AJ for her strength *nearly as strong as Big Mac*, etc... .

Main reason I mention this is I find it quite odd that we really haven't seen anything correlating this in the show. Most pairings are Earthx2, Pegasusx2, or Unicornx2 however I am hopefully that Rarity and Sweetie Belle's parents are the difference opening things up a bit.

As for pegasus foals being raised on the ground this I find to be quite acceptable since their wings probably haven't developed properly. When we see Fluttershy and RD in the flashback for The Cutiemark Chronicles both of them seem to be in that 10 to 12 pre-teen years type of thing. If I had to even remotely guess the kids at the school with Cheerilee are probably 4 to 6 years old maybe 8 at the most *snips maybe 7 pushing it a bit*.

Maybe wings and horns are genetic, and the alicorn we saw in the magic kindergarten clip was one lucky bastard.

Or it was just an animation error

You just said what I meant to say. I never intended to say that there would be hybrid unicorns/pegasuses etc.. Crossbreeding was the wrong term to use, small error in my english.

We need a Scootaloo episode! She is a great character but we barely know anything about her really. (Think we mentioned this a couple of thread back aswell).


I always had the impression that RD and Fluttershy lived in Cloudsdale until they matured and Fluttershy moved to the forest etc. I find it natural aswell that young pegasuses would live on the ground, but I believe lots of pegasus fillys lives on Cloudsdale until they are capable of moving to the surface themselves.

Nope, and http://s3.amazonaws.com/kym-assets/photos/images/original/000/137/942/animation_error_pony_clap_by_mihaaaa-d3jjz7j.gif?1308684996 well, ok he can be an error.

That's what happens when you crossbreed.

Cyclops got the short end of the stick in the popularity division. Derpy's eyes were askew and she became an internet legend. This guy's face literally contorted and merged with itself and people don't even remember what episode he came from.

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I keep an eye out for him when I watch it.

I remember him, but I had to browse the comments on YouTube the first time I saw that episode. I freaked out.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h30wMMGHwcM.

You never know what animation error you'll find which then becomes a famous brony meme.

Of course :3. We had to have started somewhere.

I c wat u did there

I am now master of resizing gifs!

Hard to say really and I have to differ to the mentioned statements of Ponyville having a mixed culture of different ponies. The pegasus parents probably live on the ground maybe having clouds in their houses to sleep on for comfortableness. This might also be done to get the pegasi of Ponyville used to touching clouds. Watching various episodes it looks like clouds have the consistency of soft dirt/mud which can be pushed down on/through however it can support weight.

As for a Scootaloo episode I do agree that we absolutely have to have one. I'm betting that we'll get to see one in a few episodes as there are several about the Mane6 + the CMCs. My only question is what will they deal with in the Scootaloo episode as far as her character goes. There are TONS of possibilities that i'm hoping for with that + one additional episode:


Kind of in a rut atm waiting for new episode and pondering if there is a possibility of male Alicorns. Seems like "princesses" are the only alicorns out there making me wonder if only females can become these all powerful creatures. *shrug*

I like to think alilicorns are simply REALLY powerfull unicorns, using magic to give themselves real wings.

Pony breeding and genetics: Serious business.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoDfRGV7KJc&feature=related :3

Scootaloo appears to be a very competetive pony, and I would really like to see one of the episode scenarios you mentioned. I could also imagine RD becoming her mentor after she eventullaly gains the ability to fly, and even showing potential of outgrowing her teacher. http://dash.ponychan.net/chan/files/src/132496724478.png

I would love another CMC episode, I don't think I want them to get their cutiemarks just yet, but maybe gain some insight themselves on what talents each of them posess. I really like your ending though, altough the thought of the CMC's completing their mission makes me kinda sad.

As for the Alicorns, I believe myself that only females are able to become one of them. Kind of like the opposite of the Gerudos in Zelda OoT, where Ganondorf being the only male in a tribe dominated by women is chosen to be the leader. Come to think of it we haven't seen lots of "divine" ponies, so it's difficult to say.

Cowboy run-with-wolves: I see you continue with your Spittypie gifs , but this one is a constant reminder of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZLlihHd_dU

I've always looked at collectors who buy trivial collector items on websites like eBay on crazy high prices just to complete their collection and thought "what a waste" but now I'm really tempted to try and find the sparkling version of the blind bag Twilight Sparkle that was number 23 on the first wave of blind bag ponies. I've heard that Hasbro may release another wave after wave 2 which doesn't have it that may have all 6 but what if not ? And if not then what if prices go up the longer you wait O.o ?

Think I'm gonna wait but I just feel this is the only last thing I need before I can say "I can stop buying pony figurines until there are some really show accurate ones out". Got the mane 6 and 5 of the special versions so I got like 11 of them and I just need that one Twilight Sparkle I lack.

The CMCs completing their mission would be sad since they are growing up however it wouldn't have to be the end of the CMCs. Their society could still exist with their main goal being to help other ponies who struggled as they did find out who they are since there are some ponies that might be like them.

It's quite possible that only females can be alicorns with a few rare exceptions. Though Dispenser's notion is quite intriguing where alicorns are just powerful unicorns that possibly over time had their magic grow so strong it gave them wings. This might be an interesting idea for Twilight Sparkle if the writers ever turn her into an alicorn (unlikely) or have an episode were her powers go out of control. We've already seen in that Sonic Rainboom episode there is a spell to give wings *butterfly wings* and the ability to walk on clouds.

I'm still thinking that the spell used to give rarity her wings is particularly unusual since Twilight herself said it was very tricky/powerful to cast. Makes me think that each version of that spell that is cast can be different resulting in different effects from simple wings to advanced full grown wings.

Best thing about the show is it isn't too heavily laced with Do's and Don'ts which is why Lauren Faust did an amazing job. Really left things open ended for fan fic writers to come up with their own materials.

What if the group expanded, as an example, Pipsqueek doesn't have a cutie mark.