Cutie Mark Laboratories - HOW OLD ARE THE MANE SIX? "A Little Overanalytical" - Mane Six Ages 

I don't think Equestria and Equestria Girls are identical when it comes to ages. I think it's pretty clear that the pony counterparts are adults, and have been for a while. They aren't in school anymore, and they are well established in their jobs. They clearly aren't teenagers.

Sunset Shimmer has to be older than Twilight because she was a former students to Celestia. Now recall that Celestia took Twilight under her wing when she was very young. if Twilight and Shimmer were both students of Celestia at the same time, I'm sure they would have met at some point (you, to learn friendship and all that magic.)

One thing. People think I'm younger than i am because i'm short. you can't say that someone is a certain age because of their height alone.

I disagree with the whole "you're not my aunt because I'm older" line. I'm an aunt, and I was born AFTER my sister had her baby. BOOM!

Hey wait, if alicorns are immortal, and twilight is now an alicorn, does that mean that she'll watch all of her friends die and yet keep living on without them? Sounds mean :c

I just noticed in your intro, there are 5 elements in the periodic table, (Hydrogen, Arsenic, Molybdenum, Nitrogen and Yttrium) in which the short 1-3 letter names make the word "Harmony". I like that a lot.

miss cherilee was in the same class as rarity so that means that theyre about the same age but miss cherilee is a teacher while rarity is a designer

Hmm the more I think about it, the more it seems to make more sense that the mane 6 are in their 20s cause they all seem to live on their own and have established careers. I'd say Fluttershy's younger brother would at least have to be in his early 20s for his family and friends to have the attitude they did about his lifestyle and it looked to me like him and FS were at the most about 5 years apart. Then again, Equestria could have completely different rules where adulthood starts at 15 or so rather than at 18-20 like in real life.

ik this video is old, but if you've seen the episode "where the apple lies" (season 6) you can see Applejack as a teenager and she has the same height and appearance as Fluttershy when she got her cutiemark I know that we can't determine the age of a person by height, but in my opinion is Fluttershy the oldest one

You missed a bit of key info concerning Sunset Shimmer: She ran away to the human world before Twilight even got her cutie mark. There's no way they are the same age, Sunset is a fair bit older, I believe she had a good few years (doing research and adjusting to the new lifestyle) before she got into the school (pretending to be younger than she is). Also, when Twilight gets her cutie mark she's applying for a specialized school (middle?) but I suspect she would have skipped a grade or two to even be considered for an exam. Flutters just has a different body type, the same as Snails. My age guesses: TS, RD = 18, PP = 19, AJ, FS = 20, RA = 21

Ok... Even though EQG is cannon, I don't really think it can be a reliable source of estimating age. The mane 6 in ponyville all have their own occupations and are likely adult age. Furthermore, in EQG, it can be assumed that the CMC are about freshmen age, and I highly doubt that Applejack is only 3 years older than Applebloom, as in the pony universe, Applebloom seems to be in either elementary or middle school, and Applejack is an adult.

Well Twilight can't be 17. That would make her too young to drink legally in "Super Speedy Cider Sqweezy 6000".

height doesn't mean age, I'm one of the youngest in my year and I'm also one of the tallest

hm... nope. This time you over looked a few aspects that keep your theory from staying afloat... Sunset and Twi being the same age doesn't work considering that Sunset has been Tia's former student. So she must already have left Equestria at the point in time Twi took her entry exam; that would imply that Sunset has only ben a filly, barely able to cast spells herself at this point. Assuming that she is actually a few years older than Twi is a rather safe bet. This would also explain a second error in your theory: if Sunset is 1-2 years younger then the remane 5 and in the senior year of highschool, how comes the Remane 5 are still in the same highschool? Oo But that's just a nitpick.... A _PONY_ Nitpick!

I had 5 fish 3 drowned i bought 2 back how much do i have now? stop counting fish can't drown.

Another thing to note is that we know Sunset Shimmer's been in the human world for at least 4 years. But we also know that the Crystal Empire (where the portal is located) disappeared a thousand years ago. It doesn't add up. And don't say she was banished after it returned. We know Sunset was Celestia's student before Twilight and the Crystal Empire re-appeared during Twilight's time as Celestia's student. The only explanation would be that time passes differently in either world. One year in the human world might add up to about 250 years in Equestria, which still doesn't make sense, as that would mean that Twilight spent 750 Equestrian days in there (over two years) and we can't expect to have the rest of the mane 6 spending all that time in the Crystal Empire.

It was very clever to use Equestria Girls as a means to deduce how old they are. However, there are some holes in your theory that I would like to point out: *1.* As you can see at 5:19, it shows that Cherilee, the current Ponyville Schoolhouse teacher, was at the same age as Rarity when they were just fillies, whereas in the EG-reality, Cherilee was a teacher and Rarity was still a student. *2.* _Princess_ Celestia is over a thousand years old, while _Principle_ Celestia could not possibly be this old. *3.* In _FIENDship is Magic #3_, it shows that when the sirens was banished through the mirror a thousand years ago by Starswirl, they ended up in the modern era with their hoodies. This shows that not only that the EG-reality's timeline is completely inconsistent with the Ponyverse's, but even how the mirror transports subjects between worlds is time-warping.

In the start of the show, twilight was still a student. It’s been years since then, so by the end they’re likely at least early 20’s. Speaking of, Twilight is a princess. Fluttershy has a sanctuary. Rainbow’s a wonderbolt. Rarity has a chain of boutiques. AJ just knows more than she did at the start, she’s still got a hat and a farm. And then there’s Pinkie, who’s... well, she’s Pinkie Pie complete with everything that entails- party planner... and baker(?) (I never could tell exactly what Pinkie did, and obviously that hasn’t changed.)

How do you know that Twi is the same age as Sunset if Granny Smith is the same height as well. Many other ponies are also the same exact height, giving in to the fact that the same template is used for many people the ponies.

Equestria girls implies they are all the same age.

I can agree with every estimate except Applejack and Rarity. Running a farm or a fashion business at the age of 18 or 19? Not likely.

I think there are some things you messed up on. The characters in equestria girls do NOT match the ages of their pony counter parts, and just because sunset shimmer entered high school, doesn't necessarily mean she is the exact age as all of them, and it doesn't necessarily mean that the first thing she did when going to the 'human world' was enter high school. If we were to consider the comics as canon, they show sunset being at least a teen when she stopped studying with celestia, which would make sense. Twilight was EXTREMELY young when she became celestia's new pupil. For sunset to have been trained, then left, all before twilight, she would have been so young, it couldn't have been more then a child's tantrum. And I just don't think it realistic to think celestia would so easily abandon a child like that. So I think it is reasonable to assume that sunset shimmer is older by at least a few years, then twilight. Not to mention you can't really use height to measure age when it comes to a series that uses the same puppet base for nearly all ponies. ALL teen and adult ponies use nearly the exact same base, so are the same height. And equestia girls is no different. The ponies would have ranged in height and shape if they weren't made on flash puppets, but since they are they only look different in color, mane design, and eye shape. Twilight is slightly taller due to being an alicorn, and will continue to get taller while her friends will not. It doesn't matter how old they are, that is just how things work in this world. Not to say you don't make some good points, but even with the class thing, one thing to keep in mind is that even if rarity and apple jack were the same age, they may not be in the same class. Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo weren't in Apple Bloom's class until later, signifying they likely transferred. So I think it's safe to assume that there is not simply one class of ponies in ponyville.

Well last time i heard (Fluttershy was oldest and RD was youngest)

I would like if you did this video again now since the season ended. And how old they are from beginning of the series to the end and then tell the time skip. I’m guessing they are around 16-18 during the beginning of the show. In the end 24-27. As for the big time skip Maybe around 33-36 or in there 40s

I think the characters have no definite age. They were probably designed to seem like any age the viewer imagined them to be, as to improve the viewer experience. So, basically, their ages depend on what your perspective is.

Out of curiosity, how technologically developed is Equestria? We've seen the FlimFlam Brother's machine, which included crushers, pistons, colorful lights, a vacuum, a conveyor belt, etc (powered by magic). We've seen plows used by Earth ponies. And while it may not exactly work with this, Pegasi have created Rainbows, Lightning, etc. which means we can assume electromagnetic fields have been developed. We've also seen sewing machines, whatever Twilight tried to use to observe Pinkie Pie's Pinkie Sense, cannons, and DJ booths. However, I have never seen anyone use a pen, microwave, television, or otherwise. Is there a reason why, or is it just that technological advancement is scattered or something like that? Or rather, is it just because... well... because why not?

this is the first vid i saw from your channel and i love your intro

Something else you should take into consideration- We all know Diamond Tiara had a Quinceanera, a celebration for *15 year old girls.* That means Diamond Tiara turned 15 around the day the CMC met. Diamond Tiara is roughly the same age as the CMC, so those *fillies* are around 15 years old.@RLYoshi , you should definitely make a part 2 to this video to add in this little tid bit!

Rainbowdash is 2 Applejack is 2 Pinkiepie is 16 Flutters is 17 Twilight is 104 Rarity is 6

The only one I agree with is Pinkie, Rainbow and Applejack's positions and Twilight's age. Well, kinda... I think Rarity is the oldest, seeing as how she was in the same class as Cheerilee who we've already saw a photo of in the 80's. Then I think it's Applejack, because she's old enough to run her own farm. After that, I think it's Twilight because we've seen her hang out with Cheerilee once or twice, and she's old enough to be a teacher. (I think.) Next is Fluttershy. She was a very tall filly, but that doesn't nessicarily mean that she's the oldest. I'm in a class of twenty seven, okay. I'm fifth tallest, but seventh youngest. That's got to mean something, right? Next, I think it's Pinkie Pie. She plans parties for Ponyville every single day! That's very hard work, but with her exciting personality, it's reasonable for her to be one of the youngest. Last but not least is Rainbow Dash. For one, would you really ask someone younger than you to plan your birthday party for you? Exactly. And second of all, why hasn't she become a Wonderbolt yet, after the countless amazing things she's done that's impressed Spitfire? Because she's too young! And with that said, I think both Rarity and Applejack are 18, Twilight is 17 - so I agree with the age you gave her, Fluttershy is 16 and both Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash are fifteen.

Actually, using the MLP Annual 2013, it starts off with Sunset doing her mid-term magic test on Page 2, and later that day she took (and passed) the test we see Filly Twilight (before the Sonic Rainboom, as she's without Cutie Mark) with Cadence & Shining (presumably in their early-mid teens, and Cadence is otherwise babysitting Twilight) having a picnic lunch whilst Sunset is sitting studying at a bench nearby with Lyra & Minuette (Colgate) along with 3 other mares asking if she'd like to join them for lunch on Page 3. Page 9 shows Sunset (after what is presumably a few months at least during the time-skip shown on Page 5) stepping out of the portal in the statue's pedestal on Earth with a flyer for the 'Sundance CHS Yearbook' in the final panel, hinting that it's nearing the end of the school year when she first arrives on Earth. Page 10 starts the flashbacks to the Human-Mane 5 meeting and becoming friends as Freshman (9th Grade, 14-15). Page 17 shows them in Homeroom on their first day with Trixie as a fellow student as Harshwhinny as their teacher. On Page 19 we see Babs Seed (and her sister Sunflower Seed) who seems to be about Applejack's age, maybe a bit older, whilst on Equestria Babs is about the age of the CMC (who seem to be around 12 in EqG). Page 29 shows Silver Spoon & Diamond Tiara (who are about the same age as the CMC in FiM & EqG) walking with Rarity who seems to be about 3-4 inches taller than them (about right for a 2-3 year age gap), though unless CHS is run more as a Years/Grade 7-12 (like here in Australia) instead of 9-12 (as-is in USA), they'd either have to be advanced for their ages or CHS is more a Middle School & High School merged together to run Years/Grades 5(6)-12.

We COULD actually take this a step closer to a definitive answer using major annual events such as the Summer Sun Celebration. During Twilight's coronation in "Magical Mystery Cure", she says that Celestia sent her to Ponyville "a little while ago," so she hasn't been there a full year yet. That is, until the season 4 premier when the Summer Sun Celebration is featured again. By this logic, we know seasons 4 and 5 take place within the same year, since the Grand Galloping Gala is featured in "Make New Friends But Keep Discord." Season 6 starts off in this same year, but goes into the next after the episode "A Hearth's Warming Tail." This places season 7 in the remainder of that year before the movie and season 8, with "The Best Gift Ever" placing season 9 in the following year. But even with all that, we won't know for sure without knowing how much time has passed when "The Last Problem" takes place, so still all for naught, but not a COMPLETE waste

Soo. I was thinking... then, how old are the cmc? If EQG is indeed canon, then, seeing as the CMC goes to school i.e. canterlot high, then they must be freshmen, which is equivalent to year 9 in Australia, or stage 5, or the mid-High school stage, where they would be ages 14-15. (I am Australian, so ignore me if I am blathering out crap at this point forwards) But! Looking at what sort of environment they learn in as ponies, they seem far too young to be ages 14-15. In fact, they appear more primary school stage, based on how their school environment is. What's possible is that if, following the Australian school style of primary then high school, then they may be in year 7, aged 12 or 13. To me, this seems most likely, if not younger because there are schools that go K(kindergarten)-12. But consider that AJ is 19. It appears that big mac was much older than AJ when she left. So, wouldn't it appear very likely that AJ would be born close to Applebloom instead of a gap of potentially 7 years? From what I gather, Big Mac was potentially in his early teens when AJ left (see how he's not as large as an adult horse but not nearly small enough to be considered prepubescent?) his awkward height and gangly limbs may also make him appear that he is somewhat in the middle of puberty. therefore, I gather Big Mac would be about 13-15 when AJ left. I assume AJ would be about 10 at that point then. If Big Mac was 15 when AJ left, AJ was 10, and she looks like how applebloom and the cmc is now. shorter legs, smaller body, etc etc. So if AJ is not 19, then applebloom being 11-13 isn't much of a stretch, meaning that big mac must be around 24 now. BUT! A little googling tell me that if ponies in equestria have approximately 3 times the lifespan of the average horse (30 years), then their fertility must last 3 times as long. if their optimal fertility is 7 years, 7 X 3 = 21, then yes, it may be possible that the Big Mac, AJ, and Applebloom are born so far apart. Especially when you look at another example of two siblings with a large age gap: Sweetiebelle and Rarity :)

Hate to pop your bubble Yoshi, but there is no way Twilight can be the youngest of the group. It is just impossible

how does this work? My little sis watches these videos (Don't ask why) but what do I use? She's 10 and the only options are above or under

I don't know if this helps, but every season equals a year thanks to Equestrian Girls. Luna said that the portal opens every thirty moons which is two and a half years. If your wondering how, its because the moons are referred to as full.moons and a full moon only happens once every month. So by the time one year was over it would be 12 moons. If you do this again it would be 24 moons and then you add six months to that and you get two and a half years. This is how the whole season thing makes sense. If we assume that the portal.opened in the middle of season 1 but they didn't know about it(which is when.Sunset left Equestrian) then that's would make season 1= half a year, season 2= one and a half years years and then season 3= two and a half years. And Equestrian Girls was made and shown after season three. Then that would make season 4= 1 year and then Rainbow Rocks came out. So there would still be a year and a half left before the portal opened if Twilight wouldn't have made the portal so she can go whenever she wants. So if the creators decide to make another Equestrian Girls (Which I don't know why they would, during Rainbow Rocks these girls should have already been in College) it would be after season 5...

Doesn't mean you are taller doesn't mean you are older -.- . Actually I have a friend and I am taller than her, but turns out I'm 12 and she is freakin 14. I am 4'9 amd she is 4'7...m

If you were to asume age by height Fluttershy’s younger brother would be older than her. 🤨

As old as this video is, I have just one place to ask a question like this. I haven't seen the most recent my little pony movie, the one with the villain with the broken horn, but throughout the clips of it characters call them "fillies" and "little one". Considering they're in high school in the Rainbow Rocks movie, so at LEAST 13, and specific episodes point to them being old enough to have jobs/do adultey things, just how old do you have to be to be considered an adult???

hey dude do u mind if I use ur video in one of my videos? cause im trying to prove to others of how old in Minuet is

5:20- Cheerlilee was in the same class as rarity?

Here’s My Theory / Guess in their Ages : Twilight - 24 Pinkie Pie - 20 Flutter shy - 19 Rainbow Dash - 21 Apple Jack - 23 Rarity - 26 Sunset Shimmer - 22 Princess Celestia - 34 Princess Luna - 31 Princess Cadence - 29 Shining Armor - 30 Spike - 18 King Tirek - 456 ( ) 57 Queen Chrysalis - 443 ( Magical Age ) 45 King Sombra - 558 or 66

I can count multiple numbers of candles on the cake, depending on angles and assuming all candles are equal distance from each other. Edit: This, as you said, doesn't really matter, anyway. Personally, I count 35 candles, and that almost coincides with the age of Ashleigh Ball, who voices AJ and RD. Personally, I wonder (in general) about pony's ages in this show. Nothing seems to coincide with any laws of our normal non-EQG world. I'm not sure if age has anything to do with how ponies look, other than the five seeming life stages. (infant, [Flurry Heart] young pony, [Crusaders and classmates] scrawny teenager, [young Fluttershy, young Applejack] healthy adult, [Mane 6 and most background ponies] and old-age. [Granny Smith]) I have seen six seasons of MLP, and so far I haven't seen the Crusaders age at all, nor have I really seen the Cake infants grow, either. I wouldn't be surprised if Rainbow Dash actually was 35, 41, whatever, though. Even in our world, the physical appearance of animals doesn't change much between maturity and old age. Our family had a malamute husky, and between ages 3-15, she looked the same. I wouldn't be surprised if in the MLP world, ponies don't really age very much physically between their "teenage" and "old-age" years. So it doesn't seem much of a stretch to me that Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie are one year apart, and other characters can be much older or younger. When we first meet Twilight in s1e1, she seems to be near the end of her school career, whether you consider Celestia's school for gifted [x-men] students everything including college is tomayto tomahto to me. I wouldn't be surprised if Twilight was in her 20's when we first saw her. Nor would I be surprised if Pinkie Pie was 3 years old when she left the farm. (Remember, we're talking about ponies, not people. In our world, animals typically mature in a very short time, then stay there for a number of years. A foal is on its feet and running with its mother usually within an hour after its born. It takes us humans months or years to get on our feet.) When it comes to age vs physical size, look at Snips and Snails. They're best friends, and usually best friends aren't very far apart in age. Snips is short and small. Snails is skinny and tall. Mal nourishment or genetics? Maybe. But we also have the examples of Mr. and Mrs. Cake. Mr. Cake is skinny, even though he is a full-grown adult. He is also very active with his deliveries for the business that he and Mrs. Cake run together, yet all that exercise doesn't seem to have built up his muscles. Then there's also Bulk Biceps, who is the direct opposite. Also, Applejack had the scrawny teenager look in "Where the Apple Lies." She turned out to be one of the strongest, if not the strongest, ponies in the mane six, and her healthy adult appearance is similar to that of the other ponies in the mane six. So I don't automatically think that a pony's physical appearance is based on age, except for infants and old-aged ponies.

Interesting note Fluttershy is two years older than Rainbow as well as one year older then pinkie making her the oldest and most mature out of the group:)

I know this video is pretty old, but I had a problem with something, if you are gonna say that the ponies age quite similarly to humans, them why did you use the gestation period of an actual horse to determine sunset's age? wouldn't it take 9 months from conception to birth for them if they followed a human age pattern. and not only that, but these ponies are quite a but smaller than humans, and usually, smaller animals have shorter gestation periods (shorter lifetimes to usually) but adding that info to your pre-existing math, the main six would still be around young adult (20 to 25), not teenager (13 to 19)

I assume to my best calculations in ages of the main six are in their mid-teens, we have some likely hood evidence from Fluttershy saying to Pinkie Pie "I'm a year older than you" if you've played the MLP pony game found in play store for both (Android, IOS) if you tap on Twilight she says "Number 16" this might seem odd to some people but if you stop and think about it, normally people stay in education until the ages of 18-21 depending on their course, Princess Celestia said "You can continue your studies here in ponyville" some indication Twilight is indeed 16 by Season 1 standards. So the question is how old are they?, they don't have canon ages it's only speculation from the fans so I'd say. Twilight was 16 in Season 1, we can see the seasons change in MLP but we only see Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie's birthdays in the show so them characters were possibly the youngest. After Twilight's birthday she turns 17, Pinkie Pie is the youngest in the group so I'll say Season 1 16 after her birthday she is the same age as Twilight and Rainbow Dash is the same as them two. It's pretty obvious Apple Jack, Rarity and Fluttershy are the oldest within the group, Fluttershy is a year older than Pinkie Pie that makes her 18 so is Rarity because the age in order to run a business in the industry is 18 years of age. Apple Jack is the big sister of Apple Bloom who is 14 so that makes Apple Jack at least 18, Sunset Shimmer was a student before Twilight that brings her age to 18. There's other evidence that support this as well, the ponies are drinking what seems to be "Apple Cider" which is either sweet or just alcoholic in order to drink you must be 16-17 years old. Rainbow Dash loves Cider I'm pretty sure she is 17, Apple Jack is the one who makes it so she is 18 in order to sell and make.

Yep the ages can be guess in the 15 - 20 range, but if you follow episode order as cannon for season and years that means close to 10 years pass between season one and four. But if you place them in order and follow what celestia said about having luna back for summer sun celebration that means only one year has passed. In short even in the cannon there is no for sures on how old they are outside a few episodes.

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Hahaha get it? MANE 6? Get it get it??? cuz, cuz, cuz, ponies have manes, get it?

how could the princess be the youngest of the mane six?

But what about EqG? It can't be the last year bc the series continues. One EqG short is happening on the last day of school, when Dash tells Sci-Twi not to worry cuz they'll be BACK in THREE MONTHS. I as well had some theories about their age, but it just got more confusing so..😪

Know how much time passes between each episode is to look at the fact that twilight sparkle sends a letter to celestia every week about friendship.

5:15 That'd be "Call of the Cutie"

PLEASE MAKE HOW OLD THE CMC ARE

How old are the CMC, DT and SS?

in the comic book about sunset shimmer we see at one point Twilight sparkle with shining armor and cadence in the background and she is still clearly a filly, i know most don't consider comics exactly canon but its something to consider

there is no way fluttershy and applejack are 19! equestria girls is the main evidence this ISN'T true! if they are all in high school, then, how can fluttershy and applejack be 19? there is no way they stayed classes because they are more mature then most of the mane six, so I could assume that fluttershy and applejack are 18, pinkie is a year younger, 17, rainbow? your explanation would make sense if it wasn't for equestria girls, even if fluttershy is taller, I am taller then most of my classmates, and I am one of the younger ones, so height isn't good evidence either, the twilight/sunset one makes more sense because if they want to choose a princess of the fall formal, they would probably have competitors from the same age! so fluttershy and applejack: 18 twilight: 17 rainbow: 18 from the obvious pinkie evidence, pinkie: 17 but hat about rarity? so she isn't a late bloomer, but cheerlee is the same class as rarity, and if cheerlee can have job as a teacher, she must be at least 18, probably skipping the final year and being a little older then rarity, so here is what I think: twilight sparkle, pinkie pie, sunset shimmer: 17 rainbow dash, fluttershy, applejack, rarity, cheerlee: 18 for a bonus: the cmc are in high school too, but they are still very young and no way they skipped enough classes to be at high school, but waaaaaaaaait just a minute! there are schools that are mixing junior high and high school, I am at a school like that actually, so with that logic they can even be 12! this actually makes sense, because of how young they look, they just started teenage-hood, you know what? they can even be 11! it is the start of the year so some didn't become 12 yet at 7th grade, and they ARE late bloomers, and again, they only START teenage-hood. and diamond tiara and silver spoon are early bloomers so: 11: cmc 12: diamond tiara, silver spoon 17: twilight sparkle, sunset shimmer, pinkie pie 18: fluttershy, applejack, rainbow dash, rarity, cheerlee done! and added on top of that!

So Twilight is the youngest? I was not expecting that.

Snow? In November? Where I live, you'd be lucky to see snow in January.

So then, I've always wondered how old would spit fire be

Don't forget about the Mane 6 being able to drink. But who knows equestria may be different besides the racism.

Height has almost NOTHING to do with age. Seriously, two of my friends are a whole head, or two, taller than me. AND THEY'RE YOUNGER THAN ME!

Actually, according to IDW and even slightly hinted to in the EQG Movies, Sunset Shimmer is a fully grown-or, at least young adult-mare, while Twilight is presumably younger than the CMC. Good math and research, though!

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So THAT'S wat my age is oh it all makes sense now

Are Rarity, Rainbowdash, and Fluttershy orphans? It's a possibility that the pony she got on to see better is her dad, but it might be a stranger who thought she was cute and left her.

As to how many birthdays we've skipped, S4 E1 takes place exactly 1 year after S1 E1 because Celestia says it's the first time she feels happy doing the Summer Sun Celebration (very much paraphrased). But then again, a year is meaningless because Equestria's planet does not orbit their sun.

Equestria Girls really plays a part in their ages. They are probably seniors in high school, and seniors' ages are usually (average) 17-19 years old, so they are around that age group.

For ponies they age faster than humans so by the time we’re teenagers there adults makes more sense right?

I really have been enjoying your videos as I just stumbled across them while browsing RU-vid. It's nice to see a logical, non-biased viewpoint on things. This allows for a neutral standing where it's literally impossible for anyone to argue, or become offended (unless they're just shit disturbers). I'm not a social justice warrior, but it's just really refreshing to not become extremely stressed out just by watching a theory video. When people become hysterical, it makes everyone else hysterical and it's just really unpleasant. Honestly almost every other Brony on RU-vid is just some asshole who thinks they're better than everyone else. This is really nice.

Ah, this matches closely to the hypotheses of Doctor Wolf. I am just curious as to how old the Mane Six were at the start of the series, in Season One. In extension to this, I am also curious as to how long one of the series' seasons is considered. What's your opinions on the matter?

An observation, in the Cutie Mark Chronicles, we see Rarity crafting the costumes for the school play, where we see a filly Cherilee, and also in Pinkie Pride we see a filly Cherilee. How long does one need to study to become a certified teacher? At least you would need to be a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Sciences, which is typically four years. Assuming Cherilee was 17 when she finished school, that would be 17+4 =21 just for her undergraduate studies, then she would need to have studied another four years (to work as primary - kindergarten teacher) which makes it 25 years just to obtain her degree. Another observation is the apparent size of the ponies. While it may be logical to presume that equal size=equal age, different people/ponies grow at different rates, some look bigger when younger, others don't. There's an age when people/ponies stop growing and stay, approximately, the same for quite a while (mid-twenties, early thirties to early forties). Then, using the size to estimate the age is not a reliable method (of course, a forensic analysis of bones and other characteristics can give a very good estimation of age, but the mane six have an almost identical design). Equestria Girls is some sort of parallel universe, things there have a separate behavior. So, I would say that the mane six are in their mid-twenties, Fluttershy may be 27.

I think Fluttershy is probably just tall for her age. but idk

You miscounted added the candles 🎂 c'ause 21+21=42. Because if it was 41then where is the other 1!🤔

What about the Spring Fling that was briefly mentioned in the first movie? Wouldn't that mean that there are two dances a year meaning they are likely in their sophomore (10th) year if we assume that Sunset Shimmer went through the portal durring the human 5s freshman (9th) year at or near the beginning of the school year. As we know for a fact that the human 5 are not freshmen. Although I belive that Vinyl Scratch and Flash Sentry are 16 years or older because they can drive by themselves meaning they have their divers license and in America you have to be 16 to drive alone. And I think it's safe to assume that Twilight Sparkle is either the same age or a year younger than Flash because, that's how it typically is in that kinda boy girl drama thing that they have goin' on in the movies. We can also safely assume that the human 5 are around the same age as Twilight with the exception of either Fluttershy, being a year older that the rest, or Pinkie Pie, being a year younger than the rest. But, this is just what I think, if I missed anything that either supports or disproves my theory please let me know.

What's the intro/outtro song?

You know, Equestria Girls can be canon without Twilight and Sunset Shimmer having to be school age. They're magical ponies from Equestria, after all. And maybe pony ages don't actually equate to human ages.

what episode did Fluttershy say she was a year older than Pinkie?

I find it pretty strange though that at 17-19, none of them are in school (aside from Twilight who is basically in advanced studies), they live independently and have (possibly own) houses, and have jobs. In Rarity's case she's a business owner, and Rainbow is a weather captain. Seems like a lot for teenagers, those careers/businesses would take some time to build.

I’m sorry but due to the fact that there was a “Spring Fling” and likely more pictures but just thrown out due to space or the fact that sunset won it every year, we don’t even know if they are in their late teens. I’m not hating though I love this channel but I just wanted to point that out.

Hmm, what about back in Equestria Girls, when Pinkie, Apple Jack, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Twilight were looking at the photo of them at the freshman fair? Most students graduate from middle school to high school around 13 to 14 years old, so if they were all roughly around that age at the time when they were at the fair, would that make them the same age? Not including Twilight of course.

I'm guessing the comics weren't considered in this at all, since we see a pre-Cutie Mark Twilight in the background of Sunset's origin comic. Sunset was a young adult at the time, presumably, so either ponies age fast, time passes differently, or some other weird loophole that we don't know.

Now that Rainbow had her Birthday their probably all 1 year older than before, P.S. Can you do the same thing except with the CMC DT and SS please?

BUT, that was their ages at the time of EG. And since then, Cadance and Shining Armor have had a foal, indicating that at least 9 months have passed if mares have a gestation length equal to humans, or near a year if gestation length is closer to that of an equine from our own world. And that's assuming the got right to work after the marriage. If they waited, it could be as long as TWO years, or possibly even longer. In my headcanon, 3-4 years have passed from S1E1 to S6E9.

Hey RLYoshi what's the intro song

even if EG is canon i don't think we can use the ages presented their to work out the ages of the ponies, after all Cheerilee is shown in flashback in Pinkie Pride to be about the same age as the mane 6 or at least similar in age to Pinkie since she's still a blank flank, yet she is an adult in EG. also in MLP the CMC are implied to be somewhere between the ages of 7-10 (preteens) yet they would have to be older in EG to be in high school with the mane 6, right? (is british our system is different). I think you can get a slightly more accurate gage of age range by using AJ in Apple Family Reunion. we know the reunions occur once every 100 moons, which if we take it to mean every 100 months (or 100 moon cycles) roughly works out to 8 and a bit years (i'm sure someone can do the maths on this one better than i can, but that's roughly what i came to). we see AJ as a baby filly in one of the flashbacks looking v similar to the Cake twins, but talking, so she's prolly between 6months and 2yrs at this point. we're not told how many reunions ago this was, but at most it would have been two so that would make AJ either between the ages of 8-11 or between the ages of 16-19 i know its still a little vague, but its something

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I see the Mane 6 as teenagers too, which is cool because I think that the most of the fandom places them in their 20s (21-28) because that is around the average age of a brony/pegasister. I don't think that this is the case though, because if the mane 6 being in their 20s were true, things wouldn't line up and their mannerisms are still of that of teenagers; their experiences with the elements of harmony have made them grow into the characters they are today. I see the mane 6 being very close in proximity in age. A year has passed since season 3 as of Top Bolt, so I see them around 17-18 years old currently. So that means they would have been 16-17 years old in seasons 1-3.

There is one fact you forgot. The season 4 premiere had the summer sun celebration. Which means one year has past by. And going by the statement that after season 4 premiere by Megan McCarthy is in chronological order we know that season 4 was all in fall. This means pinkie and dash have birthdays in the fall. But in what order? If you noticed the trees hold the clues. In rainbow Dash's birth day the trees had red leaves. That firmly place it around the middle of fall. Pinkie didn't. That means her birthday is early fall. In season 4 pinkie mention planing a one year old birthday party for the cake twins. This fact firmly place the first 3 season as a year. Fluttershy is the oldest at 18 in the beginning follow by twilight, rarity, pinkie, and rainbow dash at 17. And since applejack is smaller then the other she would be 16. Which would put the CMC's around 6-10 that is the time when most starting to notice others and searching for their goal. And what are the CMC's doing?

There is actually something else to consider and it's in the Equestria Girls Comic. The comic focuses on SS being Celestia Pupil at the time. SS in pony form appears to be the same as her pony form now but if you look closely in the background she will see a Filly Twilight Sparkle. I'm sure people have brought this up to you already but what this tells me that time flows differently in each world.

I like it how people are like "There's no way Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash are older then Twilight" and to me it's possible because in my group, the older ones are more playful while I tend to be the smarter and I'm the youngest. Great episode BTW

I think that it's safe to say that each pony has had one birthday between the start of season 1 and the start of season 4. Supposedly, the Summer Sun Celebration that Twilight Sparkle participated in as an alicorn in the 1st episode of season 4 took place one year after the Summer Sun Celebration that took place on the day that she moved to Ponyville in the 1st episode of season 1.

Wow, you're just like Game Theory! Except with ponies... So... Pony theory? Whatever. Either way, this is my first video and you already earned a subscriber!! ^^

I personally think this (This is if they had human ages with their pony body): Twilight is 16, Fluttershy is 16 (maybe 17 if she has one of those wierd birthdays), Pinkie Pie is 15 (maybe 16 depending on if Flutters has a wierd birthday), Rarity is 16, Rainbow Dash is 15 or 16, and Applejack is 15 or 16. The fillies in the show look roughly all the same age Im guessing they are about 6 or 7. As far as I can tell, the age structure is the same, but they age more quickly. I would think an average lifespan is roughly in the 60s, only because i can see that they age quicker. Meaning that They hit puberty wayyy earlier than humans, and grow up earlier. Now since we cant really detirmine the ages of other ponies in the background, I assume if they are not obviously the same age group as the mane 6, then they are more than likely older adults ranging from their 20s to 40s on average. In the EG world however, this is more obvious when it comes to ages.

well how do we know that thye dodnt show all the birthdays i think it has gone many more years since at the first ep twilight attended the appple family reunion and they said att the ep apple family reunion that it takes 12 moons or something in between the reunions and thats like 5-7 years ive heard

One of the offical comic explanation that Twi was a filly when Sunset Shimmer was Celestia's student in academy (and she was ilden of course). So logically Sunset went to EQG universe years ago and became bully. I think she is 20 and Mane 6 is 17.

In the Fall of Sunset Shimmer Annual 2013 comic, it shows Sunset as Celestia's student, possibly around the age of Twilight in season one (or thereabout). In the background of a panel or two, we see Twilight, who is still a filly. Since we don't know the age gap between them, we can only assume Sunset is a few years older than Twilight, but looks young enough to pass off as a high school student. Or, it was some kind of oversight.

My theory is that time in Equestria is faster than the human world. Because in the comic when sunset shimmer first discovers the human world, we see Twilight in the background as a filly but Sunset Shimmer appears as Twilight's age now.

In eq. Girls fluttershy says she will graduate the same time as sunset during the first lunch scene, if she was held back a year shed be 18, pinkie would be 17, same as rainbow, but what if applejack was a year before, or even at a different school? After all there were a few fillies you didn't see at that school, but remember when apple bloom thought or hinted that she was the only blank flank until she met the other crusaders? Same rules can apply to applejack. And now you can tell me what their ages are with that. But no one can be under 16 cause they all have jobs.

How do you get this info!? XD