they dyed their coats and mane up until Twilight started taking over, because she thought that spending was unnecessary and stupid. Probably.

@trust pearson celestia is twilights mentor, she adores celestia so she wouldnt want to change much of celestias rules

While you had a good point i think it is the arnore that plays a part as it would make more sence then dyes and clones enchnments are not uncommon

But twilight wouldn’t want to change much of celestia’s stuff

I had nearly the exact same thought. O.o

We know that there are actual enchantments involved given the guard whose eyes change color in season 3 episode 1, and the guards with bat wings in Luna eclipsed.

However, you also have to think about how many defeats the royal guard endured over the course of the show, and that they would want more practical benefits from any armor enchantments

When Twilight took over Equestria was no longer only ponies (and farm animals etc.). They were all united. Therefore not only ponies wanted to be The Royal Guard. For example in the very last episode, in the time skip we see Gallus as one of The Royal Guards. Since now that not only ponies were in The Royal Guard it would be hard to make every creature the same (the same color, height etc.).


Royal guard: We're just clones, Princess. We're meant to be expendable.

Celestia: Not to me.

Am I the only one that imagined Celestia saying this with Plo-Koon's voice?


This man is straight up explaining animation errors into the lore


I feel like the queen of the changelings (I forgot her name) is using the mirror pool to make a bigger army.

I don't think so, as she is like a queen bee, like them, she would mate with a normal male and lay lots and lots of eggs

@Kieryn Elert hey I have two things 1 she is there Mum 2 I LOVE WINGS OF FIRE BOOKS

@Sawtooth Waves no one's ever really gone...

So do you know what a reformd chrysalis??????looks like????

@Sawtooth Waves  you must really hung up on old Chrissy.

It's all her good for nothing son thorax's fault.

@ᴅᴏʟᴏʀᴇs ᴍᴀᴅʀɪɢᴀʟ👂🏽 The rumors say She was a kind Alicorn Princess who got cursed by Sombra.

But if that was true... Wouldn't every reformed changeling look the same? When the changelings reformed they were all different so that means that they weren't clones

@Sawtooth Waves maybe she did it before they reunited or before she was even seen

I don’t think so they all have different voices when pinkie pie cloned herself her clones didn’t have different voices

YOU FORGOT THE NAME??? HER NAME IS .... IS I THINK CRYSTALTI OR CRYCSALI I FORGOT

@ᴅᴏʟᴏʀᴇs ᴍᴀᴅʀɪɢᴀʟ👂🏽 and I'm wondering who's the dad. I suppose that her hive works like with bees or ants, she's the queen thus the mom.

That said, Ocellus showed her parents.

@Sawtooth Waves I'm still wondering How Chrysalis was Born and what made her evil

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@F C well I actually don't think chrissy is the one laying the eggs. Maybe it like with the dragons where she's just caretaking them and isn't the actual mother. Or Maybe its like in wings of fire the hive queen. Where the queen visits the hatchery for personal reasons. Heck Maybe chrysalis was there because she was thinking about becoming a REAL mother.

Good theory, but doesn’t she lay eggs? But that’s pretty gross makes more sense really.

@Sawtooth Waves sup sawtooth.....................like my comment plz

i wouldn't put it past queen chrysalis! though right now she's imprisoned in stone!


So in short:
2 gaurds long ago went to the mirror pool and pulled out enough clones to make an army. When ponies who joined that were not clones, celestia used a visual spell to make them look like one of the clones, which is why some clones have swapped horns/wings and a few look like alicorns. And as more time goes on, more and more ponies start joining and there is no longer a need to look alike.
(My take from this video. Correct me if I said anything wrong pls)


Conspiracy theory: Hasbro hired him to cover for their error in animations, plot lines, etc 😂😂

@Ace Rose hello internet! Welcome to horse theoryyyyy

Hmmm… yep, accepted into my head cannon, Thank you for bringing this theory to my attention

lol so basically all the repeating ponies, size issues and the alicorn child we see is basically side effects of the magic

But that's just a theory

A HORSE THEORY!!!!


The only real theory is why the editors didn't do different colors on the guards making us think their sus.


I always thought they dyed their bodies and manes so their colors wouldn't make the princesses dizzy or something lol


The fact that pinkie’s mirror clones are a little Off from the original is evidence clones are less than the original.<br>I think the guards are copies of copies of copies and that is the reason why they are so incompetent

The fact that pinkie’s mirror clones are a little Off from the original is evidence clones are less than the original.
I think the guards are copies of copies of copies and that is the reason why they are so incompetent


MLP animators: *is lazy*
Sawtooth: OMG THERE IS A DEEP MEANING~!

MLP animators: **is lazy**
Sawtooth: OMG THERE IS A DEEP MEANING~!

i mean it could be seen as laziness but if u made a show with thousands of characters u are bound to save money by making some of them siniliar.... like the fish in the background of spongebob they were nobodies until they ran out of ideas for show episodes then characterize them but other then that.... they qere simple characters

Lol it a win win if you axe me

Win for Hasbro cuz they be lazy ish
Win for Fans cuz it not the worst thing
Win for creators cuz it interesting and good to talk about it.

True, very very true. Mabey<br> they just ran out of ideas

True, very very true. Mabey
 they just ran out of ideas

So basically, he's being an English teacher


Lmao what if cloning is just a casual thing in Equestria that every pony knows about?
“Hey man what did you do this weekend?”
“Lol I accidentally cloned myself.”

-Dad, where have you been?!
-OMG I'm a dad?? He could have warned me!
-...what are you talking about, dad??

this being part of a everyday conversation is hilarious to think about XD


Well obviously it was for the animation budget. But i LOVE explaining animation budgets with an in-universe explanation, anyway.


You know in the episodes “To where and back again” how Chrysillis kidnaps twilight and her friends. Can you do a theory on how they did it because it doesn’t seem right to me

@Sudhir Naik ok but the element of surprise is still powerful.

If a friend had a secret weapon they use on you in a video game, they can beat you even if you’re better than them, if you didn’t see it coming.

@theAstarrr she was only stronger than Celestia because she fed off of shinings love for cadence

I think she just took them by surprise. Like - out of nowhere in the throne room, Chrysalis appeared and captured all of them.

They weren’t ready - and we already know she was stronger than Celestia in season 2


The mirror pool is a weird thing but queen crystalist (sorry for my bad spelling) her “children” need to feed on love and she only had 1 (probably thorax) he went through and turned to 2 turned to 4 turned to 8 and so on so forth.


Maybe it's because if people look the same it makes them more menacing. Like clones yet doesn't have to be clones

@OceanMythJormundgandr Along with the other theory of them allowing non-ponies into the royal guard, and not being able to make them all look the same (or being able to but finding it impractical).

yes, and now that Equestria has a new princess and has DIscord and several other nations on their side as allies, they won't need to keep up the menacing look.


I'll say they make the animation easy just that


Hasbro: I’m too lazy to do different so let’s just make them the same.

Sawtooth: coincidence, I think not!


Your theories keep me invested in the MLP world, they always shine light on things I didn't even think about at all.<br>I would love to see some longer form format at one point, be it a tabletop roleplay in equestria of sorts or otherwise, Id love to see more of what you're cooking up :3

Your theories keep me invested in the MLP world, they always shine light on things I didn't even think about at all.
I would love to see some longer form format at one point, be it a tabletop roleplay in equestria of sorts or otherwise, Id love to see more of what you're cooking up :3


Animators: You don't reilize how hard it is to get a crowd like animation done in a limited amount of time, copy pasting has been a accepted shortcut to meet deadlines for years, don't over think it as cloning or such.  micdrop

Sad, but true.

Animators: You don't reilize how hard it is to get a crowd like animation done in a limited amount of time, copy pasting has been a accepted shortcut to meet deadlines for years, don't over think it as cloning or such.  *micdrop*

Sad, but true.


I’ve learned that you should never start a conversation with a royal guard, they always “Drone” on


When starlight like going to the human world she looked like one of the siren's.


I love how things and theories can make so much sense, just using elements and details from the show itself


Or it’s called the animators can’t be bothered to make a different design for each pony.


but, what about luna’s guards? when she became evil, so did the guards. if celestia had become evil, her guards would still try to protect equestria.


“why do they look the same?”

animators just felt like it. its too difficult to animate multiple ponies with many different looks

but dont take me seriously, i prefer the theories more

Yeah he really making excuses for the animator

Yeah that makes a lot of sense as an overall explanation, not that they were lazy or anything.

But I also prefer an in-world explanation/theory too lol

Yeah. Exactly. I like the theories more, but it’s prob just the animators

Right! I agree, but the theory is intriguing x


now im thinking that celestia was cloned by her younger self cause she didnt even age at all lmfao 😭🤚


I have a question:

What happened to Owlowiscious when Twilight’s treehouse/library got destroyed? Did he just migrate, die, or even get a new owner? I might have just missed the answer. But if not I would like to know what happened to him!


i somewhat disagree after watching episode 3 of season 9, where shining armor explained that more guards were being added for extra defense, and we could see female guards and some more variety, and i think they came from recruitment


I always thought of it as a situation similar to the sentinels of the tomb of the unknown soldier, like for the ones that directly serve Celestia they want a certain look, while for the ones that do non regal services their look isn't as important.


Hi sawtooth! I am one of your biggest fans, your facts and theories are so interesting. Celestia has known Equestria ever since Queen Galaxia and king Universe gave birth. They were destined to be princesses to rule and help Equestria over time. The knew Equestria ever since they were born so they could possibly know the Mirror lake. And like your theory, yes... They used 2 separate or different guards and sent them to the mirror. After they made enough clones they headed back. They lived for 500 years because the ones that out an age spell was Queen Galaxia and king Universe. They created Equestria as part of the world for the ponies. Celestia and Luna are the rulers for they are the daughters of the King and Queen. Luna was of course taught by King Universe and Celestia was meant to control the sun by the responsibility of queen Galaxia. Therefore, they know the Mirror lake better than anybody else in Equestria. Bye


This is what make MLP's a great and fun show. They developed and expand the world so vast that it wouldn't even be strange to used and exploited the animator's mistake and lazyness for a better storyline, plot and more developed world. Changelling was one other examples; knowing the name's origin in european's folktales, i think it pretty safe to say that the Changelling was actually a fairy and not a bug, the reason why an equine bug was choose as a design might have been due to the fact that they thought it would make more sense in a world with the exception of dragon, most of major race around Equestria that appear frequently throughout the show was full of four leg especially equine type animal. If this is the case, then that explained the newly-reform Changeling design that many didn't like (or as some called Metamorphoses Changeling).


The pool could’ve also been used for the changelings. They all look pretty similar until they change, and only one that looked different was the one changelings brother. My theory is probably wrong because they showed a scene of them younger so unless they have a baby donor to go into the pool every time it doesn’t really make much since. Some also have very different personality’s


Ironically, almost all of the unformed changings are the same looking ( when normal )


My little clone troopers: friendship is the force

Wait is also looks like nurse joy and officer jenny

cozy glow: friendship is UNLIMITED POWER!!

No one can tell me otherwise tthat the guards are voiced by Dee Bradley Baker


It makes more sense as well when you remember ponies aren't as prone to being warriors. Its possible the clones were used until culture of equestria started encouraging more brave souls to emerge causing an uptick in recruitment numbers.


@sawtoothwaves  when you talked about the time spells in relation to the clone guards it got me thinking do the clones age like normal ponies do, i mean arent they like magically constructed clones so therefore made of magic


My only explanation is coming from right after watching the initial video back in 2015 about how the Guards have spells that make them all look more Uniform and alike.

After the Changeling invasion and a few other incidents similar it was becoming clear that Equestria's Royal Guard was what it really was, a scarecrow.

So the Guard had to reform, with Shining Armor out they probably got a new Captain to shore things up abit. It takes awhile bit it eventually pays off in the recruitment and better training of Stallions and Mares alike.

And to prove this, and to show to the world at large aswell as they're citizens that not only did they have a new and Improved Guard, but that anyone could Join the Guard.

I mean its why despite wearing the same Uniforms for Western Militaries sometimes they include people of different skin colors or genders so that everyone knows they're welcome to Join.

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So really, there's three possibilities. A) Pure cloning, B) Various ponies simply made to look the same, or C) A mix of A and B (C1 - Cloning came first to reduce costs; C2 - Disguises came first until cloning was possible, then they came back again, before being abandoned due to the change of rulers [Celestia -> Twilight]).


"why do royal guards look the same ?"

animators were lazy

The greatest magic of all…

✨Copy and paste ✨🤩

Answer to everything.

wHy ArE sOmE rOrAl gUaRdS aLiCoRnS?

Animators got lazy

I don’t know mlp doesn’t make answers that easy

I know its a joke don’t worry am not serious butttttttttttttt i really don’t have anything

DO NOT SUB DEAD CHANNEL (SOLDIERBLUEJAY)

Eh uniformity. Keeps our eyes on the main thing that’s happening instead of the guards. Also people can spend weeks on just a minute or even less of a scene. Might aswell not drag it out over a background character that’ll never be introduced. Also when in battle you don’t want any specific person to stick out horribly. You want them to focus on the army as a whole not the individuals. Makes you more terrifying to opponents. Also a reason why band and choir instructors have their students wear the same uniform.

Dont say that , people are going to meme it for years

is a magic  you  know ho idet the video but is same yes

The correct answer, but not the fun one, thus the wrong answer.

Fr there is no mystery it’s literally that tho 💀👍🏽 they probably just made some random story to cover it up 😂 (not talking about the video btw I mean the animators)

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maybe deadlines and having to quickly get out the animations

Well everyone watch mlp doesn't really care about that they just enjoy the show

•𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭•

I think it was laziness too, for the most part

That’s possible, but absolutely hilarious!

This theory would make sense canonically but outside of the show this theory makes much more sense 😂

I mean ye but it takes alot of time to animate i dont blame them if they we're lazy to do the guards

yeh but it’s fun to think of reasons inside the canon of the story! 😁

To be fair, if you had to animate each and every model . Youd get tired of it and want to get short cuts when you could.

Just what I thought 😂I mean I don’t blame them

Sure. That is a pataphysically valid answer.<br>-> In_universe... nope.

Sure. That is a pataphysically valid answer.
-> In_universe... nope.

No they worked hard and it was the best movie I ever saw

Then after Season 7 they finally stopped being lazy.

Mostly so they can work on other shots under the time restraints there given for a single episode and not making multiple different pony designs that may never get used again.

111 likes have been reached. Weve done it, even-ness(???).

Agree but over time the shows art style, animation quality, and diverse character designs have improved as the show grown


Commenting before watching the video so I don't forget.

My thought was that there was a spell on the guard. One that makes them all look similar to help not only unify them, but to protect them. Ponies can very easily be identified by their coloration and the cutie marks especially, so if one guard is high ranking and has a lot of secret information, you don't want any enemies getting a hold of that. Make all the guards look similar via a spell while working, have the spell deactivated at the same time they are sent home, but "wink" them (teleport) to their own homes so it's harder for enemies to keep track of them and capture them. Hell, maybe even plant some fake cutie marks on them when they're off duty if their marks may be easily singled out as military related.


I always thought that sentry ponies were usually born with one or two physical traits on top of the shield varieties of cutie marks that grant them the guardsman class.


An explanation I’ve read in a fanfic and think could also be it: it’s magic put on the uniform. They all look the same to avoid personal grudges, as well as to keep relatives and friends from recognizing and distracting them.


Perhaps the whole same look Glamour thing in early seasons was being slowly phased out in the later seasons, explaining that


This could cause confusion with all those ponies...

...There's 1 imposter Among Us

This could cause confusion with all those ponies...

*...There's 1 imposter Among Us*

Yup and like.....  White and blue mane is the IMPOSTER!!!!!! But we are all that way!!!


I had an idea that they could have implemented into the show. That Every Princess must pick the loyalist of followers to become the Royal Guard. So they use a Duplication spell that multiplies all the guards but there are some side effects. Some guards come out as Alicorns even though they aren't. An that explains the half Pegasus,and the other half Unicorns.


This is the most hilarious Pon3 content in ages! <3


I wonder if the Storm King found a similar pool in his kingdom. It would explain the look alikes for his army as well.


I was wondering if you could do a video on the future of the CMCs. I like to think they started their own organization with other ponys with similar cutie marks.


Sawtooth this could be included in a theory when daybreaker was seen in starlights dream she had a orange splash around her cutie mark similar to Luna having a black splash around her cute mark if Luna didn’t have that splash before she turned into nightmare moon then maybe when becoming evil as a princess leaves a permanent mark on you body     Or the splash could be from something else that may have influenced them to go bad.  Who knows. If you wish to talk more about this go ahead.   but please give me credit for giving you the idea     Also if eny one wants so expand this theory in a reply on in a video go ahead 👍😄.    Just remember to credit me 😊


with the inherently magical properties of the mirror pool, maybe if an age spell of some kind was involved, its possible they didnt even need to use the spell for every clone. maybe just use the spell on the first two, then each clone would also have the spell. if the cloned guards theory is true, anyway.


I think most of it checks out, except some of the glitches migh5t have been changelings! Crysalis's servants perhaps. They wouldn't know alicorn are rare because they don't care that much about ponies, so they made themselves like that since they are used to having both wings and horns.

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It could be that they gave the clones time magic, or it could just be that the clones, being simple, one-track-minded copies being made entirely of magic, do not have the complexity to replicate ageing.


Cool theory.

Now we need to know 1) how long can you keep making clones of the same type, and 2) is it possible to put a pony in suspended animation? If so the other alternative would be to take your prototypes, clone them, then put the prototype to sleep for a few decades (presumably they agreed to do this "for Equestria!"), then bring them out and make some more. As new volunteers of the right sort for copying become available you add them to the "library".

If taken far enough this alternate theory even raises the possibility that the Celestia we've been seeing for the past 1000 years plus is actually a clone who keeps getting recycled. It is even possible that the real Celestia, with or without Star Swirl's help, figured out how to create a better personality to prevent a "Too Many Pinkie Pies" type crisis.

Or to get really fringe freaky, she can move her soul to a new clone body every so many years. Fresh new body, same well aged personality. Now if that isn't nightmare fanfic fodder I don't know what is.


Hey, that's a very interesting theory. That explains the royal guard, but I'll stick to the other "clones" as just artists error or reused skins. :)


I just watched your videos on who you thought bailed Nightmare Moon out of the moon and just finished the one where you thought Celestia did it,  and you said that the show hasn't really said who controls the stars, then I realized maybe Star Swirl the Bearded did it. It depends on when Luna was banished and when Star Swirl sacrificed himself. If Luna was banished before Star Swirl was trapped in Limbo, then the theory could work. It would make sense, Star Swirl would want the sisters to be together again. But then why wait 1000 years. Maybe Star Swirl knew that there might be someone that could help Celestia transform her back. I also think that Star Swirl wrote the book that Twilight read at the beginning of the show. This is just a theory but I think it could work.


1:31 I can see that working out in the short term but in the long term it’s going to be disastrous for the Equestrian Gene pool. Unless all the clones where geldings of course but I digress.


Sawtooth: keep saying the clones<br>Me who also really likes Star wars: this does not sound right....

Sawtooth: keep saying the clones
Me who also really likes Star wars: this does not sound right....

@That random Christian kid All hail best poni! Twilight Sparkle, Twilight Sparkle, Twilight Sparkle!!

Commander Shining Armor, execute Order 66.


Head canon, The royal guard used to use a strict workout regimen, causing the build, and then  an alicorn spell to change their coat color. Recently, due to Twilight and the increase in villains, more ponies like mares were added, and then the workout was eased up on. I like your idea a lot tho!!


okay i dont usually comment on videos BUT! i have been watching your videos for a while, after not finding any brony firends. honestly this makes me happy cuz the fandom isnt dead!  now, you are one of my comfort youtubers (weird i know) but.. its cool to see this fandom "alive" with all these good theories.   keep it up bud, happy pride.


Yeah... But when the multiple Pinkie clones were sent back, Pinkie was sent back by mistake. That's just one of the dangerous parts of the mirror pool, among others. We had to fish her out and bring her back to life after finding out she had been in there drowned...


Actually, the royal guards being changlings would explain why they always mysteriously disappeared whenever a threat appeared, lol! But seriously, your idea is a good one, and I love ur vids!


So they're basically the Storm Troopers of the mlp universe...

Clone troopers would be more accurate but yes

And princesses celestia ( sorry if spelt wrong ) is the Darth Vader...

@Precious Bird POB Nah fam its happening! Dont worry, i like this stuff too.

@Kaylee Kirkpatrick Wait- no I don't- I-I just happened to stumble upon this video-

. . .

If you tell anyone they'll never believe you-

@Precious Bird POB This is now a joke i will make that you like talking magical pastel horses Tokayami.


Honestly at this point, I accept everything you say as fact with no exceptions.


For short: the person was too lazy to draw different character

I mean i dont blame him/her cause that would take a alot of time if you draw different style, its better if its all the same and easy to remember cause they only have two style and color of the guard


When the other sawtooth said you- who, I can't stop laughing.


I think it would make a super great storyline for a pony without friends or siblings to go into the mirror pool, like with Gigi in Monster High. The clone could become jealous of their original self when they abandon them to make friends, which could result in an imposter situation, and the clone being reformed and living their own identity in Equestria.


All theories make sense but only a few can be true....Welp no one is stopping you guys from making more!!!


DHX, knowing that animating a single scene can take days and lots of probably exhausted staff:

"Yep, this is totally what we meant to do."


Sawtooth I have an idea for the daylight cycle in Equestria. Equestria is on a flat disc and the sun revolves around it like on the 2 sides of the disc so it would be day and night all around Equestria. it also explains the Princesses Luna works only at night but unlike our world night and day are completely separate same with celestia

Leave a like so sawtooth can see my theory


I always liked to view it as that celestia likes to find ponies that look the same to be guards just because.


You also have to take into consideration that Hasbro makes some glitches. The alicorn guards were probably easter eggs or mistakes, which is why whenever you say that what could very likely be an animation error, I don't really take it in. You can't particularly use it. Hasbro has always duplicated ponies, especially in crowds of them, it's just easier on them probably and yeah probably the lazy way out


"algo-what?" It's okay, clone sawtooth, nobody understands the YouTube algorithm anymore

@Sophie_infinity4ever  are you one of his biggest fan


who even knows how pool acts when two diferent ponies use it at same time, they could be mixed up by using it two diferent ponies at time, later increasing royal guards staff in Canterlot, thus having variety in ranks


It would be interesting that if the pool was used too much on one pony, it would start to "malfunction" and create alicorns that are either incapable of using their horns or incapable of flying, and the features are just kind of there as a visual instead of a tool.


if you cloned yourself, would your clone also be a changling or would it just take whatever form you were in while cloning yourself?


My headcannon is that they have a spell which makes their unified appearance, like the white (or gray) and blue are their standard looks, kinda like a uniform. And that without the spell, they have unique looks ^^


I always wondered what did the Kaminoans cloned before the clone troopers... Well as it turns out, they cloned ponies.


I think it would take too long to design this many different ponys


I never though much about it actually and thought it was the animators, but this actually could fit in with the MLP world.  It is an intriguing topic.


To tell the truth, when writing Alicornation years ago after Cadance just got revealed, I had the idea to use the Mirror Pool to clone an army. Sadly, my writing was beyond awful and that story ended up canceled before I got there.

So I support this theory. Altho................................did Celestia ever use this spell outside of the guards? Was it dropped during the 2017 film? Did Luna or Twi know of it? May I have permission to use this look alike spell?

P.S, be thankful a villain never found the poo.......................All magic comes from somewhere. And must go somewhere. Hm...Changeling origin?


Today we are talking about the most infuriating art works... recolors
(Well a least mlp doesn't use them that much)

Today we are talking about the most infuriating art works... *recolors*
(Well a least mlp doesn't use them that much)

They must have thought the same thing, and decided to not even recolor the guards!<br>(Problem solved...... yay.....) XD

They must have thought the same thing, and decided to not even recolor the guards!
(Problem solved...... yay.....) XD


Pretty dark to think that maybe when one clone gets sick or injured, Celestia probably sends them back to the mirror pool, no mercy.


The armor has a spell on it that makes them look more unified but they must have decided to stop making armor that does that and the people who still look identical are the ones who decide to keep with the old ways or maybe they're different branch


Random thing I thought of:
If the mirror pool copies all attitudes and attributes, wouldn't there be infinite or close to infinite magic in the pool?
We haven't seen a unicorn/alicorn in the pool yet so no idea if the magic from them could be stolen/taken
But if it could be, I don't think that the soldiers would be cloned. Discord probably would've sensed this by now.
Feel free to argue in replies!


personally i believe that the royal gaurd mandated that they dye their coat and hair so they wouldn't look distracting, just like how the us army requires you to shave your hair. the later gaurds are due to those rules being dropped slightly and more variety in looks was allowed.


The same time I completely agree with you but also I just feel like the animators got a little lazy and just did not want to make other ponies so they just, poof, clones 😃


Celastia:I am darth celestius the wize.
Twilight to Luster Dawn: Have you heard the tragedy of darth celestius the wize ?
Luster Dawn to her pupil after declaring war of the Seaponies :Begun the Clone wars Have.


I was thinking after so much cloning with the royal guards, maybe the mirror pool glitched or and started mixing up appearances, getting the alicorn guards and the white unicorn/gray Pegasus mix<br>With the pinkies, they're all earth ponies and a much smaller percentage of the royal guards,  so they would be a lot less likely for thed mirror pool to have glitched on them

I was thinking after so much cloning with the royal guards, maybe the mirror pool glitched or and started mixing up appearances, getting the alicorn guards and the white unicorn/gray Pegasus mix
With the pinkies, they're all earth ponies and a much smaller percentage of the royal guards,  so they would be a lot less likely for thed mirror pool to have glitched on them


What you said about there being an age spell to keep the clones looking the same throughout that period of time made me think. We never did see pinkies clones grow up. It’s possible that they just don’t. They’re clones. They may look the same to the original but are they?


Your clone are most impressive, you must be very proud.


The fact that theyre cloned could also be why theyre always looking for orders!!


MLP: just has a slight animation mistake

Sawtooth: it's free real estate

@Xxx Piggiegamer Xxx I guess that happens if you become the ruler of equestria

@Xxx Piggiegamer Xxx yeah I know it felt weird for me as well

@miriam oquendo mederos Thats not a dimension, thats a place in Equestria. idot

@•MaliakasYT. in the dimention where you duplicate yourself I think

"*do not take this offensively or too serious*"

Animation errors? You mean like how spike had another element of harmony VISIBLE one episode? Or how the mirror pool glows? With sentience? THOSE errors?


lol, i like to imagine the alicorns are actual alicorns. i mean, being an alicorn isnt exactly tied to royalty after all


I have a theory that Starlight and Starswirl are related think about it Starlight was able to achieve magical levels equal to Starswirls even improving one of his spells. Allso there names are only slightly different. They're cutie marks both consist of a swirl and a star.


Idk why but I been dying laughing when he said "is this a changeling invasion?"


I recently came up with a batty idea for a  fan-fic, a sort of sequel to a particular episode as well as the 'Too Many Pinkies' episode, starring Fluttershy and it features the Mirror Pond, where an accident with it causes an unexpected return of a certain character, whom Fluttershy tries to befriend, unfortunately, a certain Earth Pony isn't very happy about seeing this character again...


Sawtooth is one of the few channels that makes me so excited to watch his videos.

me too, I like sawtooth waves channel very much


"there are a lot of reasons one might want to use... something like this..."<br>*sinwave slowly fades into reality *

"there are a lot of reasons one might want to use... something like this..."
*sinwave slowly fades into reality *


Mind BLOWN once again by my favorite "pony"


Having not only possibly hundreds of ponies with identical looks and cutie marks, but also have them be around for centuries would be a heck of an achievement to have this be a secret and not leak to the press at any point. Unless it did, because how do you keep all the guard from socialising with others for this long? Perhaps it's simply such a common knowledge at this point that no one bats an eye.


Some guards are wearing enchanted armor to make them look uniform. Others are Changelings that aren't forced to wear this armor, but turn into a unique pony form to keep with their new culture of individuality and to perform community service for their crimes.


We dont actually know the life expectancy for ponies in MLP so they could be immortal for all we know. Maybe the guards are all thousands of years old but they have some really good plastic surgeons in Equestria.

@I'm a pigeon Ajs parents died in the pear barn fire I think

@Dinomitous you are so pathetic, trying to act smart. Tch

Don't forgive them too soon. They still do it with the other comments, by telling the comments that they are stupid and dumb. :/

@Roses and Feathers then ignore it, most people on the internet won't care if you like it or not

@Crystelle  the only reason i said that was because i already saw like 29 ppl say that. lol

@Dinomitous It's okay, I also apologise If I sounded rude. It's just the way you said "God idiots these days"

@Crystelle ? i wasnt being rude, i apologize if thats what u thought.

@Roses and Feathers this is youtube, you will need to get used to swearing

@Dinomitous Stop being this rude, they probably didn't know. And also, not any of us know it. And Royalty doesn't have immortatily, they just live a lot longer. Think before you saying something. And stop being toxic.

No, they are not. Normal ponies can die, but probably more longer than a normal horse's life according to the FiM logic (I guess)
But, Alicorns are living longer.
Probably, more than 10.000 years. As we see about Celestia, she was ruling a hundred year(s?) when her sister was banished to the moon.
But yeah, they still die I think? due in the Last Problem episode, we haven't see any Royale Guard (Expect Gallus) so, probably the normal Royale Guard's are I died in my opinion.

What I understand is; Alicorns are living longer than normal ponies. And when your in limbo (just like the Pillars) you don't age.

Hope this helped! ♥

@Dinomitous 1 its not easy to understand 2 you sound smart aleck

they say the ponies age like humans, but in flashbacks/multiple seasons later they dont

Ummmm... we do know how age works in Equestria. Well at least i do, maybe do a background check on what ur commenting before u actually comment. like at least search around for anything that supports what ur saying. Age in Equestria is easy to understand. And only royalty have immortality, god idots these days

Don't forget death is canon, and has been since the beginning!

I mean what if the clones just die and they just clone more?

@I'm a pigeon granny's timeline disproves that too though. they go into enough depth about her past & the whole apple family

@OceanMythJormundgandr I mean they could be mortal but just live for thousands of years normally

why cant the clones just keep making clones of themselves though xD

@Luna Cheshire yeah, there are some old ponies and they cant just keep wrinkling up can they? there has to be an end. the only pony types that seem immortal/near-immortal are the alicorns.

@Luna Cheshire she could have died due to the timber wolves like Apple Jack's parents

I don't think ponies are immortal. In the episode where they skipped years, Granny Smith was dead (rip we love you Granny). So yeah, those are my very short opinions.


Me:
Multi shadow clone jutsu

My other me: sigh here we go again

😂😂😂😂

Me:
Multi shadow clone jutsu

My other me: *sigh* here we go again

😂😂😂😂


What if they were all initially under a disguise spell so if there was a breach from the changelings they would be unable to distinguish the guards from one another and thus be unable to mimic their loved ones. Now that the changelings have been reformed many don’t see the point of keeping up with the spell but some may continue with it for the sake of tradition


5:00
my personal headcanon because when Pinkie Pie duplicate and cloned herself Twilight was the one who had to dispose of them meaning anyone whom cloned themselves before that and after without knowing how to make them disappear couldn't dispose of them meaning they just live New Lives like the last pinky clone


THe E.U.P. guard was not needed until Luna was banished. Didn't you pay attention at all during "Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3"? As for their their uniform look, their armor is / was enchanted. Putting it on caused their coats and manes to change. As for why: militias don't promote individuality for a reason; they're much easier to train.


First you give us an explanation to the repetitive hourglass cutie mark and now you give us a LOGICAL EXPLANATION TO ANIMATION ERRORS?!


This dude is like a pony/changeling matpat<br>He looks at every detail even if they are small and always finds some sort of loophole to the episodes

This dude is like a pony/changeling matpat
He looks at every detail even if they are small and always finds some sort of loophole to the episodes


Okay but what if some of the villains like Cozy Glow cloned…


Way way back in the year one thousand,

Princess Celestia and two colt-guards,

found out a magical pool of cloning,

and made amusing genetic copies.


My theory: the animators decided to use the same people to make use of the animation they already did to save money


I also think that Nightmare Moon used it. <br>They could have used a statue spell on the duplicate explaining the Nightmare Moon Statue. I'm thinking only Zecora and Celestia know of it being a clone.

I also think that Nightmare Moon used it.
They could have used a statue spell on the duplicate explaining the Nightmare Moon Statue. I'm thinking only Zecora and Celestia know of it being a clone.


I think it might be a bit simpler. Pinkie's clones, while originally very simple minded, probably would have developed more cohesive personalities as time went on. The one Pinkie clone we see in a later episode in the background certainly acts nervous about being found, and isn't even being goofy in doing so, which implies not only complex thought, but a divergent personality based on experiences.

While what you say is still a good possibility, what stood out to me is that the Mirror Pool was closed off after the Pinkie incident, and didn't seem used in a long, long time even when it was first used. While a few ponies using it would not change much, but an army? That would be a lot more obvious. The original guards were most certainly clones in this scenario, but an alternative to continued clones and some sort of immortality spell is that, well, the clones might be able to reproduce properly. And given that they all look the same, it would make sense that they pass down the same genes.

And it could even be that Celestia picked the first two clones specifically so that every physical trait was dominant for ponies. Not only do dominant genes usually form a "strong and important" psychological reaction in most species, but each generation would have a very, very high chance of looking extremely similar, no matter who their partner was.

The reason that more ponies are different now probably has less to do with a lack of spell, and more to do with the recent events in Equestria, with seemingly normal ponies (and notably, more mares) doing heroic deeds and saving the day. Which would inspire those not in traditional Guard families to join up. And also, Celestia or Luna probably realized the need to recruit after such events as well.


This is a great theory and it makes a lot of sense, but I did find one discrepancy in this theory: if the clones came from the Mirror Pool, they would have all sounded the same. Pinkie’s clones all sounded the same but in one episode when two gray unicorn guards were right next to each other they sounded different, so they could have been twins or clones. Maybe one of them was the original and it’s twin brother. I had a theory that they were all born the same way but since Sawtooth ruled that out who am I to disagree with a pro theorist?


New theory: Did changelings DRINK the mirror pool waters to change into other ponies?

But changelings probably have the innate magic and it could probably mean that all newborn changelings would have to drink the water and they would be very young and would have to be accompanied and then they could get caught.

I NEVER THOUGH OF THAT

I reply 2 months later

OK BUT WHY DOES THIS ACTUALLY SEEM GENIUS

Hmm I don’t think so since the mirror pool only created duplicates while the changelings change their own appearances. Both are very different things. Plus I’m sure changelings were born with that trait.


Duplicating those ponies are so horrifying......() I prefer the theory that Celestia(Or Starswirl) kinda adapted from the magic of the mirror pool and that spell is even stronger than the original mirror pool, it can make ponies look very alike without clearing their minds. But the spell will eventually fade and some mistakes will be made during the process.


I have a very good theory that shows how they used to look the same but now they don’t....

They stopped being lazy about animating new guards


I have a question how do magical artifacts from equestria get lost in the human world.


Personal head cannon here. I think that he's onto something here. Cause if I remember correctly didn't starswirl create the dimensional mirror? If so the what's to say that it wasn't inspired by the mirror pool. Both involve doppelgangers,a mirrored surface,and powerful magic. Plus it would explain why the mirror came into existence at all,if he was trying to replicate the spell of the mirror pool but get rid of the negatives side affects of the lower intelligence of the mirror pool clones.
Accidentally creating a portal to other dimensions instead due to a mistake.
But that's just a theory. A pony theory.
Thanks for reading.

(Copymark owned by game theory.
I don't claim ownership of said line.
Can't sue me now YT! Hahahahaha!!!!
......ahhemm! Excuse me.)


Then if they went into the mirror pool then there must have been thousands and thousands of clones! But that means all of the royal gards should look the same


In season two we saw one of the royal guards taking his helmet off and he had an different hair color so it’s maybe just the helmet that makes them look different. And if some unicorn wanna be an Pegasus guard they used magic to help


No one knew this series will be popular and because they saved it by drawing.
I think.
But that's the idea is also possible. A young country needs a strong army.


Well we all know you used it. But here is the question was your clone a changling too? Minds blow!


Maybe clone don't age normally? Idk but I don't think age spells are the answer.

Also if a changeling used the pool would their clone be able to change form?
Would a non pony even be able to use the pool?
So many questions and so little answers. Good thing we can theorise.


The disguise disappeared because the magic was taken away from Celestia, this is why we see different guards then and not earlier


2:35 Maybe the original two where simply frozen in stone, and are unfrozen every 15 years or so to reclone themselves?


The animators who were just lazy: yea, that's what we wanted to show


Remember I think in the 1st season they defeated Nightmare Moon? There was a rainbow, now, this rainbow can be from the harmony. But it could also be because of Rainbow Dash. Why? Because if Rainbow Dash didn't make the sonic rainboom, non of the mane 6 would've got their cutie marks. And, Twilight wouldn't have passed the test. (This is just a theory I had)


I know why the guards have clones: a guard went into a clone machine


The animators: were just gonna use the same iconic look for all of the guards to make them recognisable and it would be annoying to reanimate the while guard
Sawtooth: hmmmm but what could this meeeaaaann

The animators: were just gonna use the same iconic look for all of the guards to make them recognisable and it would be annoying to reanimate the while guard
Sawtooth: hmmmm but what could this *meeeaaaann*


Also just bc you mentioned some being alicorns there are other… “hidden” alicorns around equestria there’s one in cloudstale


Their so sensible because he puts weeks of thinking and researching into his theories, finding flaws with it and explaining them.

@- 𝓡𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒆 𝓜𝒐𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆 ,, Sis?

@- 𝓡𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒆 𝓜𝒐𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆 ,, Sis?

I feel its because he cares about his content and he is playing into his Ponysona of Sawtooth Waves the changeling. In my headcanon, deloveped by Change (awesome MLP AU where Twilight Sparkle is actually a changeling and Chrysalis daughter) is infiltrator class changelings (like the seven shown in to where and back again pt.1) actually have to do their research ahead of time to be convincing to those around the pony they are replacing.

- 𝓡𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒆 𝓜𝒐𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆 ,,


Is this why so many guards are incompetent?!

Think about it, you wouldn't hire crap guards. But what if they had no where else to go cause you made them? And the reflecting process can mess up the cloans a bit.


The question is: why celestia make a royal army with clones and didn’t apply it on wonderbolt ? (Maybe she is waiting the best flyer…)


Here's a story:
When Equestria was first founded, Celestia needed guards to defend their kingdom. But it was just after the war with Grogar, and no one wanted to see another battle. Apart from two, a brown unicorn with brown eyes, and a white pegasus with blue eyes.

When the two were foals, they had heard stories about the mirror, so when Celestia found out, it was the perfect way to make the perfect army to protect her people, because every one of the clones swore to give their lives for Equestria.

However, other ponies heard about it, and some have still been using the pool ever since.


In real life people try to make guards look the same so maybe they all dyed there mane, tail and there body the same colours as one of the guards so they all look the same.<br>From Tia-Louise Warbey

In real life people try to make guards look the same so maybe they all dyed there mane, tail and there body the same colours as one of the guards so they all look the same.
From Tia-Louise Warbey


Celestia can easily disguise a bunch of ponies with the disguise spell. I don't believe it's cloning because that is unethical for the original 2 ponies. Then at Season 8+ they decided to let go of the disguise to be more accepting. (Gallas becomes a Royal Guard on the last episode too.)


Something that Im confused about is in s1 ep 1 the guards that give twilight a ride to PonyVille like snort and stuff and don't talk? Is that like just like something they are told to do? To not speak or something idk 🏃♀


That’s a cool theory! Much better then the idea that the creators didn’t feel like creating completely different background characters


I think honestly the alicorn guards was a error or a Easter egg and the multi guards are most likely to save time or maiking a army. Then when they got more budget they added difrent types of ponies, male and female and so on


So I have a question that you could make a theory...

Who is really Tempest from my little pony: the movie? 'Cause there's a lot of things we don't know about her like: where she came from, her real cutie mark, who were her friends, and other
And also who was the storm king and where he came from too? I would really like to know. Thanks.


I always thought there's more to the Mirror pool and this makes so much sence why nopony knew about it. I also believe that Celestia used age spell on herself.


Wait a minute you know how Twilight  makes a  potion to fix it but what happened if one of  the evil characters make the potion ?


Background ponies including me always had duplicates. The Pegasus version of me was a fake.


Crack theory: The royal guards being the same color isn't unusual at all. It's just that every other pony dyes their mane, coat, and tail; and the Royal Guards don't allow their members to do that.


So not related but have you ever thought about the show "we bare bears?"

Hear me out, the main characters are 3 brother bears just living everyday life except they're not really brothers. They adopted each other to make their family. They chose each other and now call each other "brothers".

Maybe Celestia and Luna did the same? Maybe they were such close friends that they adopted each other as sisters? Celestia had already done this by making Cadence her neice. Maybe that's what happened with her nephew Prince Blue Blood?

I think I posted this comment a couple years ago but I can't remember but yeah, just like how Celestia and Luna look nothing alike, neither do Panda, Grizz and Ice Bear.


The royal guards may seem like they're there for show most of the time, but i think that's because they represent the Queen's Guard of England, and to think the only thing the Canterlot royal guard has ever done that was useful was arrest Cozy Glow.

@Edgycatx dude, I've gotten over it. its the internet. and now since ur dragging this on for no reason I'm gonna block u and u. btw sorry that u took it personally that I was giving my opinion on something.

@Dinomitous wow! so you are not satisfied with being toxic with the other comments above, so you came here to continue it?

   Pathetic

@Dinomitous wow! so you are not satisfied with being toxic with the other comments above, so you came here to continue it?

   *Pathetic*

@Dinomitous Oh shut up it's his opinion not yours you have no business telling others what to do and you're just being childish by calling him an idiot.

idiot, try to keep it realistic to the show, and the royal guards are SUPER important. Most everyone overlooks things that seem VERY simple but in reality that thing can make a big difference. Example: Without the royal guards there would be no one to inform the Princesses, or to represent canterlot. i could go on but i dont want to waste my time with dumb comments like urs!


They could've just put them all in full body armor. That'd make it understandable that theyd all look the same. No actual features would show that way and it'd have made more sense. But your theory also makes sense I guess ^^'


I dunno if changlings might do it...

...to get a bigger army to finally defeat the mane 6.


I feel like maybe Celestia put a spell on them to make them the same look the same so when they fight in a war the enemies would be confused of who are they fighting maybe I guess but UwU thats a good theory


every time i watch one of your videos i just sorta accept it as my headcanon cause they just make so much sense LMAO


So I'm in the middle of virtual school and got this notification and I'm like "OK time to watch my favorite youtuber"

What why would you do that like that is still shcool

I was in the middle the eating then like my phone said "ding!" Then my parents were like "Stop we're eating here!"

True, when I wake up before online class I saw the video, then I watch it, idk that I was not paying attention to my teachers.

When I saw this I was about to go to my piano lesson I have to do something I forgot and I’m like wait mom let me watch this video she was like no that was like yeah mom


It's quite weird how they just let mare's in the royal guard.


The mirror pool idea is awesome! But I'm not sure about the age spell. On the colorless images we can't see their colors. Maybe they were different guards than. So Celestia probably used the pool in like every decade. And when there were more attacts in Equestria, more ponies wanted to join.<br>I wouldn't worry about background ponies. Among a thousand people there are several similar looking, and the looks of people are divided by height, face, and a lot more, ponies are mostly divided by colors.

The mirror pool idea is awesome! But I'm not sure about the age spell. On the colorless images we can't see their colors. Maybe they were different guards than. So Celestia probably used the pool in like every decade. And when there were more attacts in Equestria, more ponies wanted to join.
I wouldn't worry about background ponies. Among a thousand people there are several similar looking, and the looks of people are divided by height, face, and a lot more, ponies are mostly divided by colors.


It's possible that some were created with the mirror pool,some were made with the duplication spell,and some were just found and had to use the disguise spell.


We all have seen the tree of Harmony. And the cutie marks on its trunk. And we also know that it was planted LONG before Twilight. But the destiny is the thing that definitely exists in Equestria.  So I wouldn't be surprised that the most of the royal guard have been destined to get this job and has the fitting appearance at birth. And the simultaneous selection based on appearance can be at play as well.
But we all know the "lazy" truth . 😉
And additionaly, mirror pool clones usually lack some .... perseverance or selfcontrol should i say it politely. 😅


I honestly just think it was a budget constraint, and that it was only later in the show when production value increased, we started to see variations.


Perhaps if there are not alot of those 'Alicorn' Guards they may have been pince's of lost kingdoms from Far back willing to protect equestria and the 2 Royal Sisters,it could be possible that the diquise spell was used on them tho but im not so sure


i have a question so if Luna and celestial (don't how to spell her name lol) use the elements to defeat discord could it be  possibly that they once represent the elements


One thing to say after not watching you for a whole year or so
FNAF warning

“I always come back!”


Sawtooth: Makes clone of himself
Me: TWICE THE SAWTOOTH VIDS!
Sawtooth Clone: YouHoo?
Sawtooth: Alright back in the pool
Me: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I WANTED MORE HORSE THEORIES

Sawtooth: *Makes clone of himself*
Me: TWICE THE SAWTOOTH VIDS!
Sawtooth Clone: YouHoo?
Sawtooth: Alright back in the pool
Me: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I WANTED MORE HORSE THEORIES


Can’t believe you asked yourself that...I’m really torn between cringing away and laughing out loud. Y’all know that this happen in every animation movie/series, don’t you? It’s cause animators are too lazy to design characters that don’t even have voice actors or any other role than standing in the background. Also it would cost way more if they actually did that.


ive always wondered what would happen if Twilight banished the real pinkie pie to the mirror river


It could have been just a simple duplication spell


It is funny how much someone can theorize about effects of budget cuts. Royal Guards are soldiers, soldiers are uniform, so they are uniform. The background needs to be filled up with ponies, so just clone some.<br>My theory though: Most of the time we only saw the parts of the royal guard that were guarding the Princesses/the Castle. Such honour guards have really high standards and restrictions, like having about the same height and similar body features, so they look good on parades and stuff. They are required to die their fur to match the theme of the honour guard. The other guards we see are more like the regular soldiers that have lesser strict standards and they don't have to fit a special theme, so there is a greater variety.

It is funny how much someone can theorize about effects of budget cuts. Royal Guards are soldiers, soldiers are uniform, so they are uniform. The background needs to be filled up with ponies, so just clone some.
My theory though: Most of the time we only saw the parts of the royal guard that were guarding the Princesses/the Castle. Such honour guards have really high standards and restrictions, like having about the same height and similar body features, so they look good on parades and stuff. They are required to die their fur to match the theme of the honour guard. The other guards we see are more like the regular soldiers that have lesser strict standards and they don't have to fit a special theme, so there is a greater variety.


Simple

Because the creators were lazy to draw more and duplicated everyone

Edit: Bruh it was a joke, I know it wasn't some lazy animating so idk why some guys actually got offended

Y does everyone keep saying that animators got lazy??? Like wtf atleast try to keep it realistic to the show. And another reason they look the same is for Formal attire. ya know... like real life!

@DragonGirl 31 well the series was on its first few seasons but know they had became more diverse

@Li okay so maybe they couldn’t think of any more designs

They weren't lazy, they had time and money restraints


Sawtooth Waves: Put's a picture of the mirror pond and keeps thinking.
Me: Dude what about the mirror pond that you just put up.
Sawtooth Waves: Yeah, I got nothing
Me: Oh my god Sawtooth Waves.
Sawtooth Waves: Okay, I'm messing with you.
Me: Oh you silly Sawtooth. Always making us laugh with memes, jokes, and surprises.


Theory: Celestia, Luna,  Twilight, Luster dawn, sunburst, starlight, sunset shimmer, trixie etc share very similar interests. They all are associated with magic and most of them are <b>very</b> powerful. They are also day characters( I'll explain that in a second). What I mean by day characters are that their names play a very important part every day.  I don't really watch mlp so sorry if I got anything wrong or if this has already been solved.

Theory: Celestia, Luna,  Twilight, Luster dawn, sunburst, starlight, sunset shimmer, trixie etc share very similar interests. They all are associated with magic and most of them are *very* powerful. They are also day characters( I'll explain that in a second). What I mean by day characters are that their names play a very important part every day.  I don't really watch mlp so sorry if I got anything wrong or if this has already been solved.


“Quirk in the clones” <br>Correction, laziness 😊

“Quirk in the clones”
Correction, laziness 😊


I have a theory crystails could have used the clone pool to double the changelings to take over equestria.


Principle cinch who is she.  Crisalis the old crystal princes sombra?

Cinch is probably chrysalis' human counterpart, i know she's a changeling, but i don't changeling's human counterparts are still humanoid like the others, so maybe?!

Princable Cinch is the principal in Equestria girls friendship games. She was evil and resigned from being the principal as everyone who used to not mind her now hated her. We don't know where she went though.Sawtooth Waves please do a video about that!!!!!

@Robyn Guthrie i think she is asking about Principle cinch, The old principle of Crystal prep in Equestria girls "Friendship games." And is asking if she used to be the princess of the Crystal empire along with Sombra.


It makes me laugh to think that the clone troopers from Star Wars were inspired by the royal guard in Mlp. 🤣🤣🤣


Could the changlings have used the mirror pool?


I can't remember if I commented about your closing music, but I must say it again: I love it!


4:43 This is because most ponies are camera shy so when filming they just need a few people and then photo shop it


This sounds like the Empires cloning and recruiting technique from the Expanded Universe. As they ran out of Jango's template DNA the would recruit regular people then take their DNA and clone them too to increase ranks


Animators: lazy for making palace guard

Sawtooth: Finally there is good content


Are there any secrets behind the main 6?

From: Moondancer


Remember when crysalis attacked canterlot. Maybe the changlings where the royal guard and maybe some changings are still making themselves the royal guard or maybe some changlings where reformered before the others and came on celestia’s side


My little pony: out of ideas for royal guards

Order 66 in my little pony?

Sawtooth waves:       Y E S

i swear all the bronies i come across in the comments of any MLP channel are just boneheads who think they know things about the show but in reality r idiots who dont think before they talk. AHEMKHK <b>you</b>

i swear all the bronies i come across in the comments of any MLP channel are just boneheads who think they know things about the show but in reality r idiots who dont think before they talk. AHEMKHK *you*

Bruh, and u have the nerve to call urself the Professor Brony? Yet u dont try to keep it realistic to the show, Another reason they look the same is for Formal Attire, ya know... like real life. duuuh


Maybe discord played a trick on the royal guard when equestrian was young that made the royal guards all look the same and never die that could also mean that no one joined the royal guard for fear the spell would affect them to. And discord only just agreed to reverse the spell.😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😃😃😃😎😎😎😎😃😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎


I like the idea about the mirror pool but there was a clone in the human world but maybe they just forgot that they already had put that character or a glich


Sawtooth Waves, I have a uestion. Do you have any idea, why human twilight, when she pony up, has wings, but when she visited equestria she was a unicorn?


The Alicorn guards have one very simple explanation: Animation Errors


IIRC Pinkie's clones lacked discipline, which turned out to be their undoing.  The guards have that in spades.


Here’s an idea for a video: Why are (most) ponies the same size?


The mirror pool would be 1 theory, but the alicorn guards are like...unexplainable. I mean, even if Princess Celestia changes their coats to white or grey-black, I don't think she could just give them wings or a horn just like that...


Celestia : *uses pool too create hundreds of guards<br>Sawtooth : 3 videos a day!!!

Celestia : *uses pool too create hundreds of guards
Sawtooth : 3 videos a day!!!


It's just a computer animation technique used to create multiple characters without having to make multiple character designs, MLP's not the first one to use that technique, and they most likely won't be the last.


Hm....do you ever wonder where the seed of the tree of harmony came from? I don’t think we have an answer to that...I wonder where the pillars of equestria got it....I don’t think there is information yes it came from old equestria....but exactly....where...we weren’t given a full explanation now where we...

Edit: another Dimension? A magical force? An enchantment?

[[ ᗩᑎTI ᑭᗩᑕIᖴIᑕᗩ ]]


Okay, I already know there was Hundreds of Changeling Babies, but what if she had cloned many of them with the Will to fight for their hive so she had Thousands of Changelings, Queen Chrysalis would know about the Mirror pool Possibly.


I do feel bad for the clones I mean even if they were cloned to be soldiers what about free will they basically were brought into existence fully grown to be soldiers. They wouldn't know anything and still need to be trained. Then again that also would explain why they get captured so often....
Sawtooth You sold me on it.
Is it bad that I am wondering the quality of life of clones in a made up world? I mean no families or friends or memories of thier own so would they just be like the star wars clones made to be soldiers and that's it? Never able to have lives of thier own? Would they be posted on holidays when the rest go home? Would the clones take turns going home with the original to spend the holidays thier? Can you imagine hi mom is it ok if I bring some ponies /my clones for dinner? Great thanks.
A battalion of just the one son comes home.
Yeah probably would need more food. Can you imagine if he had siblings and they saw this?
Yeah not going to tease little bro now he has an army of just him.
Or if he didn't say anything and the famil found out....
That's a shocking development.
I can see it now the mom who is very motherly and interested in them from a magical ethics stand point (being that the son is responsible for their existence so he has to look out for them) and ended up adopting all the clones. Or at least taking care of them for awhile.


This so explains their incompetence in their duties. Nightmare Moon returns: thwarted. Changelings invade: thwarted. Changeling hunting: total idiots. Storm King invades: thwarted. Capture the Crown: easily distracted. Frenemies infiltrate: no reports.<br>And Celestia is like "The secret to success is more able bodies. Not necessarily competent bodies, but just more in numbers! Just outnumber my arch nemesis!"

This so explains their incompetence in their duties. Nightmare Moon returns: thwarted. Changelings invade: thwarted. Changeling hunting: total idiots. Storm King invades: thwarted. Capture the Crown: easily distracted. Frenemies infiltrate: no reports.
And Celestia is like "The secret to success is more able bodies. Not necessarily competent bodies, but just more in numbers! Just outnumber my arch nemesis!"

@Skaz32225 the Storm King has badass soldiers

And it is not only limited to the Canterlot guards. The Crystal Empire guards are useless too. King Sombra returns, the guards are overrun easily. Sunset Shimmer steals Twilight's crown, they are not able to catch her. They hunt for Thorax but they can't find or track him. The royal guard should be an elite special force at least. But I guess Equestria is too peaceful to have badass soldiers. The royal guards are too weak. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna are abducted without any resistance. Tirek is invading the castle, the Unicorn guards can't use their magic. The Storm King invades Canterlot and wham, they are beaten. I guess that when the Mane6 plus stronger personalities like Sunset Shimmer, Starlight Glimmer and Trixie would train under Tempest Shadow, these 10 ponies would be much stronger than all the guards ponies of Canterlot and the Crystal Empire combined..


Hey I just read your about section on your channel. That's so cool you go by they/them! I got by he/they. Weird fact but I remember your channel when it was Brony Notion. I still remember people being like "omg they are dead" just because you didn't upload often 😅 your channel is still amazing though!


I say that Celestia and Luna wanted to be looking good. So they made one pony go to the mirror pool. Cloning themselves about 800 times. Same with the other clones Probably


I thnk the reason some guards are mixed is becuse they went into the portal together at the same time. When pinkie went in the went alone/wish her clones only the exact same pinkies came out since theyre the exact same, but since 2 different ponies went in at the same time, tgey mightve got mixed


Or they could just take a clone and make lots of clones of it so on and so forth.


I loved this theory keep up the good work


Celestia: "Commander Cutlass, the time has come. Execute Order 86."


The changelings could use the mirror pool for a changeling civil war / reforming Chrysalis


This may be nice but it is kinda far fetched and so my head canon is just that the royal guard and every clone(except pinkie pie) is just a placeholder
for actual ponies with a personality and a past... and a unique look of course (:

this placeholder effect was an intended 4 dimensional side effect of the writers and animators
being too lazy(or not having enough cash money)to give a shit


I think there could be several military aristocracies,providing for the major of manpower(ponypower I mean) from one generation to another.They attach importance to a pure bloodline and inter marry each other only.So most of the guards we see are brothers or cousins with similar genes.


"Okay back in the pool." - Sawtooth Waves, 2021


And didn’t clones in Star Wars stay around for like a really really long time?


4:07 magic dissapeared that time didn't it? Mabye the spell lost power too


If you think about it, do you think Firebrand and all the other military bronies have clones kept in the military in the event that they are out of comission?<br>Actually, don't ask them and don't answer this, I don't wanna know

If you think about it, do you think Firebrand and all the other military bronies have clones kept in the military in the event that they are out of comission?
Actually, don't ask them and don't answer this, I don't wanna know


An Equestrian clone army...🤔<br>I GOT to go and find more fanfic stories with the royal guards

An Equestrian clone army...🤔
I GOT to go and find more fanfic stories with the royal guards


Two prequel references in one Sawtooth video? Thats an academy record!


You don't have to solve the Royal Guards! Why must you solve them? Right? 😁


Interesting. I suppose magic could be involved.


i thought they dyed their fur. which, fur dying IS canon, it's in the frist episode. they just gotta train & junk to be in a similar build


Question : In the time 0:52 sawtooth is in a mushroom forest with tiny blue and  green dots
So are those mushroom spores if they are what if they are poisonous

Is sawtooth dead? If that is true than is there just copy of sawtooth and when one dies it gets replaced.

HMMMMMMMM


Yeah they didn't recognize twilight at the end of the season 2 but in the beginning of season 2 they celebrate the mane 6 Victory of defeating discord with the two sisters and the royal guards


Just imagine being a non clone royal guard and trying to make friends on the job:<br>"Hh Bob! Hi again Bob. Nice day Bob? The hell...Bob you again..."

Just imagine being a non clone royal guard and trying to make friends on the job:
"Hh Bob! Hi again Bob. Nice day Bob? The hell...Bob you again..."


I'm surprised none of the villains have used the pool. Especially Tirek, Chrysalis, and Cozy Glow. I guess you could say they didn’t know it existed but that would be hard to believe. Not to mention cozy glow was a student of the main six, so I’m sure they’ve told stories about their past adventures to their students, so cozy glow must have heard about pink one and the mirror pool. Not to mention if they did copy themselves their copies would probably cause havoc. If they did copy themselves would they have won?


There’s a big hole here. If the mirror pool is such a useful asset...and potentially dangerous if in the wrong hands...why didn’t Celestia protect it better? It just doesn’t add up. Think how easy it would be for a changeling to overhear mention of it and put together the pieces (like the ones you pointed out). Who knows, maybe the changelings have had access to it too? I’m sure you wiuld spot the same phenomena of “repeating characters” more clearly when looking at the “evolved” channelings (sorry, I don’t know the term).

Whatever the case, there’s some stuff going on here, that’s for sure. But that’s just my two cents. Deviant Clarity; signing off.


This video is awesome but...Can you please do a video on human sunset🌅, what happened to the human sunset? And where is she? I have been thinking about this for a long time, but I can not come up with a conclusion. It would be awesome🌌 if you could do a video on it
From
Your biggest fan!💖


Sawtooth you are the best mlp theorist in the community


I also like having reasonable theory and with all the facts


It makes so much sense when you put it like that


I want to ask the opinion of the thought that the cutie Mark Crusaders don't have parents , escape scoote loo for 1 episode , you never see apple bloom or sweetie Belle's parents .What you think about this .🤔


Maybe Celestia din't want to train more so she use the pool?


I got it! The pony’s armor hat is with the mane!


Ok I can accept the guard theory but I feel the background ponies were changelings sneaking into society.


Okay so I kind of agree with the royal guard things but I don't have anything to say about the ponies that look the same I think we should come up with some more theories for that though but it's still kind of mysterious


i think there are clones because it takes time to make a new character so why take more time to make a new one when you can just copy the disigns of the character


I enjoyed this theory a LOT!! been quite a while since I popped in :D


You know.....    But that MYSTERY EVIL that could have used the mirror pool and I'm having the feeling you're like gonna take a box with a sigh that says: Theories for later. KEEP OUT!!!!, and you like put it in there!!!! But a very realistic and probably right theory.


mirror pool clones can make clones too so they could have just kept cloning and cloning


Cool. Now we know.
Well, Spike, take a note please!
"Dear Commander Firebrand!
Sawtooth Waves has just figured out why our royal guards are daft!
They're mirror-pool clones!
Or at least the vast majority are.

I hope, this letter finds you in good spirit, or else I would have to fear a death in a firery blaze.
Yours, for safety reasons I won't sign it"

Spike: "Are you sure you want to send it?"
Me: "No. But someone's gotta tell him. Send it!"


there are multiple ways to duplicate urself, starlight knows a spell to duplicate herself, and chrysalis made "copies" of the mane 6


Look at the star on Starlight and Twilights cutie marks there names are similar and thay both have great magic abilities I think there might be a connection.


hey sawtooth! this is unrelated 2 the actual video, but isnt it funny how people seem 2 care a lot about the cmcs getting the same cutie mark but no one notices how flim and flam have matching cutie marks too?


What if Celestia's brother, the father of Blueblood was a white and grey, alicorn with an hombre of brown and blue eyes
But he died quite young and for his honor Celestia created a clone army that looks like him
This makes no sense, I'm just rambling, cause it's fun


Theory,  <b>celestia just made all the guards dye their mane and skin</b>

Theory,  *celestia just made all the guards dye their mane and skin*


Or maybe it's just a spell cast by celestia to protect equestria from the threats coming in future


There is potential for queen Chrystalis to use the pool


What would happen if a changeling, whilst in another form, fell into the pool.


I have a suggesion<br>All alicorn pricesses have flowing hair(even twilight in the last episode) except cadence. Why they have glowy hair and why cadence doesnt have?

I have a suggesion
All alicorn pricesses have flowing hair(even twilight in the last episode) except cadence. Why they have glowy hair and why cadence doesnt have?

Nobody said Cadence doesn’t have flowing hair in the last episode. We didn’t see her


Just make sure only the ORIGINAL guards dip in. We need them as smart as possible.


But what about Shining Armor? Is he a clone as well? Perhaps Celestia saw the future and planted him within the Sparkle's family home to watch over a young Twilight Sparkle, as she knew that one-day Twilight would become the Element of harmony.

Of course, this begs the question of how Twilight Velvet and Night Light wouldn't have noticed a random child popping in out of nowhere inside of there home, my answer to that? Celestia's brainwashed both of them! It's a done deal! They're absolutely no holes within this theory! I accept Oscars, Emmy mentions, and or paid rewards for such an intellectual find.


the clones now can be clones of the clones like Celestia


When the animators see this video:

Oh no we were just lazy🥱


I just assumed they were disguised so anytime they weren't with the Royal Guard they could live normal lives


I wonder if clones don’t age and that’s why they didn’t age in the show


Could have been cloning over the years and/or intermarriage. I mean we can't see the manes. Cool and explains it....


I feel there are more alicorns out there,but somewhere not yet discovered


"why did royal guard is same? "<br>Probably the answer is:animator dont have ideas and lazy

"why did royal guard is same? "
Probably the answer is:animator dont have ideas and lazy

@Dinomitous then don’t go around saying YOU can do better :) end of discussion buddy if you are “14” go get a life? Instead of arguing with people on the internet You don’t even know, what would ya parents think? Smh

𝐼𝒥𝓊𝓈𝓉𝒲𝒶𝓃𝓉𝒜𝑀𝑜𝒸𝒽𝒶

@Dinomitous if I have no proof then I can’t agree with you, but ok.

@irene - layzyroses Sorry, but as fun as they seems I'm goin to have to decline. That's not what I what my channel to be, and I don't want to post anything on my channel that I might regret in the future, but thanks for the offer. :)

@Dinomitous okay then, if it’s really that easy then try doing it and post it on your channel. How about that?

@irene - layzyroses Also, its not easier to just say that, BC that's not how it works.

@irene - layzyroses 1. Its not hard, I can do it easily, and I'm 14 and there's only one of me.
2. there dozens of animators working together and the animators have experience.
3. And finally, Theorizing is within our world about other things that have been created, and in reality we make the shows. But theorizing means within the show and what led to that thing happening. its easier to understand if your a theorist, other theorist will 100% understand what I mean.

@Dinomitous Or the more easier way was that the animators cloned one of the guards and changed the colours a bit because animating many ponies is super super hard so they just cloned some guards and changed the colours. The reason there were alicorns was because they just cloned a horn onto their heads but couldn’t get rid of the wings. So what I’m saying is that I’m pretty sure that the animators were just a bit lazy.

No they just couldn’t make tons  of pony’s just grad it would be pointless and messy

@101 Bruh they were NOT lazy. let me say this in the simplest way possible ok. they. look. the. same. because. they. want. to. keep. formal. attire. okaaay. and when i was saying keep it realistic to the show show, i was saying use things from inside the show instead of bringing in real world things because that just ruins the fun. i hope ive helped u :D

Y does everyone keep saying that animators got lazy??? Like wtf atleast try to keep it realistic to the show. And another reason they look the same is for Formal attire. ya know... like real life!


then why is it that in one of the multiple endings of starlights journey, celestia had to train all ponies?


I have a question:<br>Why does mistmane's hair flow like celastia's and luna's hair even though she is not a alicorn and not a princess

I have a question:
Why does mistmane's hair flow like celastia's and luna's hair even though she is not a alicorn and not a princess


Derpy has used it because I’ve seen 5 Derpy’s in the one scene of one of the episodes, it looks like everypony know about the mirror pond


Hello!

I am a fan beyond imagination

But I wanted to point out that in a video you did not too long ago has a meaning.
You said, “Maybe Clestia and Luna came from a civilization made of Alicorns”

Well, I recently got The Diary of the Two Sisters and I think you should look into it.

The text inside states: in Luna’s entry says: “ The alicorns thought I was an important part of our education.” She was talking about being honored as the new princess of Equestria. Please note my comment

-Best of luck,
—Vintage

I meant to say, that using her Royal Canterlot Voice was important for their education. Sorry for the mishap!


I think people forget the mirror pool exist sometimes


Since they share personality another advantage is a guarantee that the guards will all be LOYAL (if the original two were). Celestia would want to make sure she wouldn't have to deal with traitors.

One problem your theory has, however, is Shining Armor. Not only is he a member of the Royal Guard (which is accounted for in your theory). he is Captain i.e. head. If the Guards really are hundreds or thousands of years old, any one of them would have more training and experience being a guard than ANY single pony could have gotten in a lifetime. You'd have the guard led by someone who was, from their POV, a rank amateur. Unless being Captain is more or less ceremonial and a sinecure that really doesn't make much sense.


Sawtooth I have a fury for you the  disharmony clones of the main six I'll have their cutie marks having one color from the main Texas cutie marks switched on to another design of their cutie marks but one thing just doesn't add up twilight's sparkles disharmony clone has hurricane mark looking exactly the same as the original twilight sparkle so I think you should do a fury on that because that is super weird and I don't know why they did that


What if Celestia & Luna had kids? Not, like, *with each other*, but like, long-lived white/grey ponies sounds like their spawn.


Yeah they're gonna recruit little children and train them up, and the magic(force) sensitive ones will be trained with special care, guarding the greatest sith lord of all time: darth sparkle


show: Error<br>Sawtooth Waves: i will explain that with the LORE!!

show: Error
Sawtooth Waves: i will explain that with the LORE!!


lol that change of tone at the end of the video had me laughing so much 😅


Queen Bug used the portal to clone more minions she used two changelings and made millions upon millions of changelings


Read my feelings Pinky was the first one to go into the mirror pole 😅.


The royal guard explained in one word:LAZYNESS


What you think with Chrysalis and Changling magic i mean the Magic is mystery too because as Chrysalis do the Clones the ground was mystery fonts


I won't read everything in the comments buuut... maybe there aren't so many guards... Maybe Celestia used the pool in the past (or maybe not, because 1000 years ago a lot of things happened, so the ponies were toughened by the difficult moments, they were totally ready to engage as a guard to protect their families), then she lost guards due to age, but she stopped using the pool and she didn't have many new recruits. She still wanted to cause ennemies and invited the impression that she has a big army and even a lot of soldiers ready to stand all day in the castle to give a good impression... when maybe they're mirages from two guards or so. That would make it logical to make the real guards all look the same to not draw attention on the ones who look alike!

Something interesting is that between her fight against Luna 1000 years ago and Nightmare Moon's return in the first episode, not many things happened. So the equestrians were lulled into a feeling of safety, which leads to little vocations in the guard. Except Shining Armour and his friend they saw again at the art expo but idk. And all the mess since the first episode of MLP would have waken ponies up and made them want their families to be safe, so bam! new recruits! But it took years to form them.


Canonically clones and then more peopel volunteered so t u all look different makes sense cause equestrian keeps getting challenged. But it was probably cause it’s easier to draw then copy and paste. And in the later seasons they probably had enough money to make the guards all look different. Also wasn’t all the bad things that happened discord’s fault and he was testing twilight. And that was a big reveal in the last episode. You should make a video about that. Like the seeds that messed up the tree was discord


So, if a pony makes clones of themself are they immortal or do they die along with their clones or do the clones live on? Also, is it possible that the animators were just lazy!😅


fandom : it just a spell in the Armour to make them look the same for protection and uniformity <br>sawtooth: ATTACK OF THE CLONES

fandom : it just a spell in the Armour to make them look the same for protection and uniformity
sawtooth: ATTACK OF THE CLONES


Me: Its called copy and past and animation errors dude
Sawtooth: No, theres logical reason.
Me: facepalm

Me: Its called copy and past and animation errors dude
Sawtooth: No, theres logical reason.
Me: *facepalm*


You know maybe the original guards could've died but they could've just cloned the clones since that's how you get more clones anyway


If they are Clones, was there an Clone Wars?


There is one thing that you never delved upon...<br>Pie Sense, for Pinkie's Family. I mean they could be a descendants of gypsy's from long ago

There is one thing that you never delved upon...
Pie Sense, for Pinkie's Family. I mean they could be a descendants of gypsy's from long ago


(If I understand it correctly) -> Sawtooth does not belong to his subgroup of pony analysts [The "Secret" Rift Cafe], but rather another splinter of the "original" Rift made by  Channel Hopper.  To avoid complications they avoid adding their ponysonas in each other works.


The pool was how all the changelings where made


I don't think Mirror Pool clones would be a good basis for an army. Beyond lacking a great deal of knowledge, Pinkie's clones also displayed a lack of qualities such as self-control and empathy. One could reasonably say that they were like very small children in adult bodies, and a bunch of children in adult bodies with adult weapons is definitely a recipe for trouble. Perhaps with time clones could grow up, but if so I suspect it would take long enough that preparing the clones to serve would be more work than recruiting and training normal ponies.

It may be that they're clones produced in some other way, but I think the simplest explanation is just that Guard policy changed during the run of the show; the disguise spell used to be mandatory for all but the highest-ranked members, but now it's optional (and generally only used by those who joined the Guard long before the policy changed and would now feel weird wearing the armor while looking like themselves).


Doctors diagnose this as Half Life syndrome. Where all the guards of something like a foundation or science lab to castles and government buildings look like the same.


What would happen if discord went into the mirror pool ? Sense it would make more of him would it sent things of balance ? Same with luna and calestia


Every one loves sawtooth waves     right???

Every one loves sawtooth waves     right???


And i thought that you had solved the gaurds before 😂btw nice theory😊👍


When he got a mustache and a monocle and a top hat I got the same idea too


They could make the pegasie look brown/grey  and the unicorn white and make up a whole new color for earth ponies


Can you imagine if the villains found this -,-


Here's my theory, this might sound funny but, what if the guards actually are changlings!!! Remember when. Chrysalis launched the attack when candence and shining armour where getting married!! As proof there was 1 changling who survived!  And is now confirmed as the king of the reformed changling!!! So it's possible some changeling managed to pose as the guards...!!!

I don’t think so there’s too much guards


Also just saying have we ever seen the clones age ? Maybe there was no time spell needed ....


HES BACK (i used to watch you when i didnt have an account yet, damn the nostalgia)


No, these guards did not went through that river and got clones, they aren't clones too. Some of the guards have different colors too. But least some guards can be twin born ponies, but i don't mean that whole guards are twins, but guards are sound to be like white and grey, such as like chess. Guards are been to be white and black or grey only.


What if 3 icons in a cutie mark means sharing. Pinkie shares laughter, applejack shares apples, flutter shy shares kindness, rarity shares generosity through clothing. But ponies with one icon such as rainbowdash don’t share their talent, rainbow doesn’t share speed and twilight doesn’t really share her magic


Or how about this? The drawers where lazy and they control-c, control-v the guards


You should be an alicorn and the prince of theories and solutions


Everyone: The animators were lazy.
Me, an animator: Haha no, the animators were smart and the design-makers or whatever didn't want to get murdered by the animators.

Everyone: *The animators were lazy.*
Me, an animator: Haha no, the animators were *smart* and the design-makers or whatever didn't want to get *murdered* by the animators.


2:10 Equestria isn’t a kingdom, it’s a principality.


Here’s one thing : The creators were thinking no one would


What If The Royal Guards Are Just Hired For Non-Magical Protection, So That The Alicorns And Mane Six Can Handle Magical Tasks?


Does that mean all of the guards’ names are Flash Century?


Animators: makes them identical because its easy<br>sawtooth: lol no

Animators: makes them identical because its easy
sawtooth: lol no


Mlp: the attack of the clone

Good title

Mlp: the attack of the clone

Good title


Sawtooth I found out that there might be other alicorns I was I was reading the the journal of the two sisters and in lunas entry it said “ALICORNS” so maybe there might be more out there

ya... the real Twilight Sparkle would never go off of that big of a hunch before reading it. WHO ARE U AND WHAT HAVE U DONE TO TWILIGHT SPARKLE!


Basically Royal Guard but they were Warhammer 40k Space Marines.

Celestia: So i had this old mare, I am talking ANCIENT bitty who told me "say this phrase in this pool and one could make the strongest of armies" I asked for what she desired. This old lady chuckled as she took a deep breath "I desire Unity to keep the torch ablaze against the Darkness." I did some digging and found...

Tech Preist: Omnislaahi! The wrentched mutant is walking to us, retreat!

Emperor of Mankind: Nope doesnt ring any bells, Now can you cease your Warp transmissions. I got a Galaxy to claim the old fashion way.

Celestia: And some ponies thought "Empress of the Sun" was too brash!


I have a theory. What if twilight’s cutie mark is the symbol of (pony) magic? (I mean the big, pink, star) That could be a reason her cutie mark is everywhere.


Can you do a headcanon video on Cadence's backstory?

Cadence Backstory:<br>She showed an evil enchantress that that love is better than evil and that broke the evil heart necklace which was green and then she was teleported to the alicorn-room ( I don’t know what it is called) and then she (Cadence) said in her song that celestia gave her a beautiful pair of wings and a pink horn.

Cadence Backstory:
She showed an evil enchantress that that love is better than evil and that broke the evil heart necklace which was green and then she was teleported to the alicorn-room ( I don’t know what it is called) and then she (Cadence) said in her song that celestia gave her a beautiful pair of wings and a pink horn.


What if all the royal guards are a giant family, but like the old army in America with mostly male soldiers.


My Theory: Hasbro was lazy to make different Guards and make they with different species for no one realize

A͜͡r͜͡g͜͡o͜͡s͜͡  the P̆̈eac̆̈ock̑̈


3:23 I noticed a guard was an alicorn. pause the video there at timestamp i have given and observe the guards


Which guard did Celestia find? And why did she have it?


What would happen if Discord cloned himself?


Glory be to Horde Prime 🟢👄🟢 Theyre clones too..


Lyra used it to try and get a human version of herself but it didn't work.


what if the guards do die of old age its just some how they are getting younger versions to replace them as they get older


Wait, how long has the mirror pool existed?


Maybe some of them didn’t get rid of a spell, but they just decided to stop doing the spell.


Maybe all the Gods were all the similar alkynes all the cultural icon with some lost their home some lost their Wings that could going on but some kept all of the wing and horn


Royal guards "We'll just clones sir we're meant to be expendable!" My Little pony and Star wars fans "not to me!"


I'll come back too you on thus One my good sir.

But also keep up the great work and the awesome job really Ur doing an excellent job. 😎👍🏼🥇🏅🎖🏆⭐🌟❤🌈


<b>IMAGINE IF DISCORD USED THE MIRROR POOL</b>

*IMAGINE IF DISCORD USED THE MIRROR POOL*


me: grabs a bag of chips and brings it to the mirror pool
me: bam, world hunger solved

me: *grabs a bag of chips and brings it to the mirror pool*
me: bam, world hunger solved


Answer:princess celesta only hires a certain amount of colours of each royal guards


You should make a videos on Discord There’s still a lot  of mysteries about him


I know this is an older theory, and basically a shitpost at that, but the change in the appearance of the Royal Guard also seems like it's a bit too close to the Changeling invasion for comfort. If it had been a spell to try and make the Guard look uniform, it would suddenly seem really dangerous to keep that spell when there's an entire species of creatures that can mimic someone's appearance. Imagine how easy it would be to infiltrate the Guard when the only members that don't look exactly the same are the officers, maybe just the Captain.


Of it may be because that the creators didn’t wanna waste more time and effort to create new pony characters as u can see they r mostly side characters, so they think it won’t be such a big deal if they just control c control v some designs and sometimes change the colours a little, and therefore they could save much for time effort or even money into creating and animating thos ponies


what if King Sombra would use the mirror pool?


Unfortunately, the 2 they cloned from were inept, so......


Alternated ending: its just changeling reformed<br>Alternated ending 2:its just swatooth waves he just make more and more and then just change to guards

Alternated ending: its just changeling reformed
Alternated ending 2:its just swatooth waves he just make more and more and then just change to guards


Wait what if all the changelings used it but new breeds were acceptable


Oh Sawtooth, always getting into mischief with the pony lore...


I think that it leaves the gards the same age as the day they got out of it


Wow! Mlp has ended and there is more to learn about MLP 😂❤❤ can't wait for the next theory!


This also explains the guards stupidity we saw with pinkie pie that the clones were ether dumber or her main part of her personality her  Desire for fun became stronger over ruling her intelligence


Oh no! Sawtooth Waves is going to overthrow Equastrian Monarchy with a Clone Changling Army


Alicorn guard and clones would be overpowered.


The mirror pool isnt where the guards xame from. Look at the pictures of different guards. Some are different SIZES. So its not the mirror pool


Haha, I'll be honest, I just said it as a joke but, she must've had them a long time ago (looking at her age, and giving an explanation on why they've been around for so long). In addition to that, it'd also explain why they have horns sometimes or wings sometimes (though I'm not sure about the alicorn part). She might've also started recruiting more people for the royal guard because her children were dying. :P

Of course I much prefer Sawtooth's explanation, it makes a lot more sense age-wise and ununity wise, and my explanation still doesn't explain the alicorns. XD I much prefer the amount of spells Celestia put on them and the Mirror Pool.

My god how many children would she have? Who would she have children with? Too many questions for me, but good theory:


Plot twist: to join the royal guard you had to have that build and die their coat and mane and the reason why there’s more variety now is because they wanted more guards so they removed that rule.


no matter how many royal guards they have, "Canterlot is defendless!".


I wouldn’t be surprised if celestia made clones or maybe a mistake when filming and didn’t think kids would notice or care


I think celestia use the mirror pool to have control over the ponies by making guard clones so that nopony else could challenge their rule because she and luna are the only ones that can rule in the show and to me that called a dictatorship (like if you agree)


Me: Get notified and clicks on video
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YES, IT HAS BEEN USED CONTINUALLY, BY HASBRO ARTISTS TO SAVE ON PRODUCTION COSTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Maybe they can choose to have the spell on them


They’re like those sisters from Pokémon medic centres! They’re just all brothers


Sawtooth waves: explains this hole thing as a hard explanation <br>Me: or you know the easy explanation the animators were lazy 😐

Sawtooth waves: explains this hole thing as a hard explanation
Me: or you know the easy explanation the animators were lazy 😐


Me] Animators get lazy

Sawtooth]its all connected


We all know the reason is it's easier to animate but i prefer this theory. Yk... just to make it complicated 😃


sawtooth : tells an elaborate story about the guards<br>mlp : yea sure what he said

sawtooth : tells an elaborate story about the guards
mlp : yea sure what he said


1 view, 101 likes. YouTube..? Are you drinking again?<br>I'm the 31st comment

1 view, 101 likes. YouTube..? Are you drinking again?
I'm the 31st comment


Also, Animaters - Im too lazy to make more characters,
Other staff - just copy the same ponies and paste them, who will notice anyway
Fans - what a disappointment
And sawtooth guy - 0:09