Their look isn’t the only thing that’s similar. They both like to have adventures, fight bad guys, do sports and lots of other things. <br>That could be the reason why their look was made so similar. To express just how much they have in common

Their look isn’t the only thing that’s similar. They both like to have adventures, fight bad guys, do sports and lots of other things.
That could be the reason why their look was made so similar. To express just how much they have in common


theory:there related AKA long lost twins <br>whats likely:the animaters got lazy

theory:there related AKA long lost twins
whats likely:the animaters got lazy

Yeah that’s honestly the real reason irl, but he’s looking for a cannon answer in the show :)

THATS THE REAL LIFE ANSWER NOT THE SHOWS ANSWER!!!!!!!!!

if they were it will be in my little pony SOO if they make another season we will find out or not

@Erin Holleyman think goodness. I know there are a lot of people when i tell them what i am, they think poorly of me. My own grandmother included.

@Erin Holleyman me being... You know... TG isnt a problem is it?

@Erin Holleyman okay just downloaded hangouts

@Erin Holleyman now i fell like the dumb one. Whats Google hangouts?

@Erin Holleyman Funny. Im making a script for a fanfic movie where human Rainbow Dash gets a full sex change and changes her name when she be comes a he to Rainbow Flash.<br>Maybe when im done we could work together on the movie.

@Erin Holleyman Funny. Im making a script for a fanfic movie where human Rainbow Dash gets a full sex change and changes her name when she be comes a he to Rainbow Flash.
Maybe when im done we could work together on the movie.

Auto-Con Studios I can see them as long lost twins and since Hasbro ruined it and didn’t really explain why they look so similar, in my anime im trying to make ( I got inspiration from kimetsu no yaiba/ demon slayer ) i made rainbow dash and daring do long lost fraternal twin brothers who were separated when they were 4 yrs old and rainbow dash gets raised by albino cheetahs ^^ while daring do was raised by his grandparents and uncle g1 patch

( in my anime rainbow dash’s name is niji furasshu which means rainbow flash in Japanese and daring do’s name is yūki furasshu meaning brave flash in Japanese )

I wanna add to this, whenever people say "The creators got lazy." it only shows that they don't understand or appreciate the amount of work that is being put into stuff like this or how the process of making it works.

Most definitely long lost twins. Anycreature else getin a parent trap vibe with these two?

I hate it when people say "The creators got lazy."<br>It wasn't done out of laziness, in the context of the original episode, she was supposed to be who Rainbow Dash would imagine herself as. It was for a narrative purpose!

I hate it when people say "The creators got lazy."
It wasn't done out of laziness, in the context of the original episode, she was supposed to be who Rainbow Dash would imagine herself as. It was for a narrative purpose!

That's most likely because of the way they animate

Sorry if this sounds mean, but you used the wrong they're, and you misspelled animators.


His theory: Rainbow Dash pictured how Daring  Do would look.
My theory: They have the same hair stylist.

Edit: woah over 1k likes-
don't wanna be that person but thanks for the likes lol

@Karuniko Musahi Official um that was never confirmed

Yeah I want to say that<br>Not benot be rude

Yeah I want to say that
Not benot be rude

@Karuniko Musahi Official no one said you were 🤨

@veebebe I did not even get thta reply 1 year ago I got it 2 months ago

@Karuniko Musahi Official what else am I supposed to say?- my reply to this comment was a year ago and idk what’s going on in this reply section anymore-

@KingPuffy don’t be rude laughing at people like your a insect trying to kill a Ladybug

@budiardi santoso bc Me and my twin Has the same channel so  changing it

@Parvati Plays ak yerling  isn’t a name int he video

@anisahthebest•670 years ago I’m not Swedish

@Tristian pls sub to other acc I’m not Swedish!

@veebebe ehh I’m not a Sweden Human I’m American

@Shruti Bhakta did I ever say that? No.. so That comment was Just a Insect flying to my head

꧁𝕎𝕠𝕝𝕗𝕪 𝔸𝕟𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕒꧂

@Karuniko Musahi Official why is your Name soo long

But even if he pictured daring doo would look <br>She was like that before she met ak yerling(daring doo )

But even if he pictured daring doo would look
She was like that before she met ak yerling(daring doo )

@Karuniko Musahi Official no they arent your just lying

Millie Hägglöf  uhh if they were mlp god woulda say so

Lots of ponies have wings and That’s my theory JK

Peanut GG uhm daring do and rainbow dash is sisters I’f you didn’t know

and if you remember they just don't go to hair stylist, it makes their hair just to be standart mainstream haircut for $2 or something.


Mlp creators when Daring Do yeets herself into existence:
“Alright, so what should this random pony look like?”
“She should look epic, let’s give her a cool cutie-mark.”
”Just recolor Rainbow Dash and give her a neat hat-“

Mlp creators when Daring Do yeets herself into existence:
“Alright, so what should this random pony look like?”
“She should look epic, let’s give her a cool cutie-mark.”
*”Just recolor Rainbow Dash and give her a neat hat-“*


Here's my theory:

The animators were lazy.

update: since I'm getting notifications for more people liking and commenting on this everyday I'm going to explain.
The way the animators animate Mlp is with digital puppets. they can move around the legs and even reuse walk cycles and different forms of movement from previous episodes. You can simply take a rainbow dash flying or walk cycle and select the hair color on each frame and change the saturation to make it gray. for the body all you have to do is take the color and change it to the dark yellowish color that her body is. Next you just draw out the clothes and put them on the digital puppet. (correct me if any of this is wrong) This saves a lot of time for the animators. and I'm sure that there might be reasoning behind this and plenty theories. But this is what I think thank you and how the hell did this comment get over 300 likes?

Yes, it's kind of obvious. As much as I love mlp it's from a company that craves for money. So, why pay more to design a side character who probably won't show up that much when you can just recolour them.

Also why am I commenting on a 7 years old comment. Sorry for the notification.

It’s kind of like the tiny toys, it’s just a pony of the mane 6 model with different Color’s.

꧁𝙱𝚄𝙱𝙱𝙻𝙴 𝙴𝙻𝙵꧂

@Sawtooth Waves yes but it's probably true

@Sawtooth Waves yes but it's probably true

@Sawtooth Waves I have a theory what if it's just that daring do is rainbow dash from an alternate dimension with discord it's not entirely impossible that during do came from another dimension and you recommended a movie where there were portals to the My Little pony world what if daring do fell into the portal and decided to live their fantasy Life there since they didn't know how to come back that's my theory give me your ideas on it if it's possible or not

Maybe. Some video games do things like that, like the mannequins in Skyrim.

@Alisha Frawley THEN why they look like twins

@Alisha Frawley THEN why they look like twins

I agree, especially with the explained update. It would be harder to create a whole new digital puppet just for a new character, I think the same happened with Moondancer, the animators got lazy lol (correct me if I’m wrong lol)

@Shan Thomas In later episodes, she is found out to be A.K Yearling, author of the books. So yes, there is a possibility they ARE twins.

The Brony Notion don’t be rude it actually makes sense no hate but your theories don’t make much sense compared to this theory no hate I love your channel

@Sawtooth Waves omg that's so rude to say to your subs

@Sawtooth Waves omg that's so rude to say to your subs

Have you watched despicable me 3 yet? Here's My theory: maybe dash's mom or dad got angry then blah blah blah and then they chose to take one baby and raise them. So what I'm saying is that maybe they're sisters!

Anya Dicki lol i rember when one gameinformer did a seperated at birth thing in one of the old ones. I think i still have them .....probably not.

Gladiu.s I regret pressing <b>read more</b>

The Brony Notion are you being sarcastic? I really hope you are.

The Brony Notion are you being sarcastic? I really hope you are.

EmoGaming I totally thought The Brony Notion was a nice guy , whelp my thoughts for his kindness are thrown out the window

Elizabeth Cameron Actually, they don't. MLP is animated in flash 8 which is a digital program. They draw out the story board and use animation overtop of it. It is not at all stop motion. They use digital character puppets that you can digitally move the limbs for different positions. Most animated cartoons are like that.

Gladiu.s by the way, that's wrong. They use the actual toys to do it. They have to make one with eyes open and closed. It's stop motion

Tomboy alert2006 Answering a few months late, i did back it up

Tomboy alert2006 Answering a few months late, i did back it up

Gladiu.s u are so right. animators are lazy

Gladiu.s u are so right. animators are lazy

Gladiu.s the only thing i have against mlp is puppet animation. i know it saves time, but i just HATE how unnaturally animated it looks.

Gladiu.s lol daring do is basically a decent recolor oc

Gladiu.s lol daring do is basically a decent recolor oc

That's a 😊 theory but not as good as mine

That's a 😊 theory but not as good as mine

I agree that the 2 were separated at birth. It explains everything but the hair. I also 💭 that they have hair dye places somewhere in Equestria. That is the only way they are twins.

yep,they were to lazy to think about something different and decided to make different colored clones

when people are still commenting on this and giving me hate

when people are still commenting on this and giving me hate

PLS DELETE DIS THEN RE DO IT PLSPLSPLSPSLSPLSPSLSPSLSPSLSPSLSpslspsl

PLS DELETE DIS THEN RE DO IT PLSPLSPLSPSLSPLSPSLSPSLSPSLSPSLSpslspsl

+The Brony Notion also sorry for calling you a jerk

+The Brony Notion also sorry for calling you a jerk

They look the same maybe because:Daring was adopted when little baby ponies and there mane was styled the same so they could look like they were sisters?

No but srsly awesome theory rate 1,000,000,000/10

No but srsly awesome theory rate 1,000,000,000/10

Omg amazing theory. I like how you put so much detail into it!

Omg amazing theory. I like how you put so much detail into it!

But wait what if they are adopted twins that had there mane styled to look alike so they would look more like twins?

+The Brony Notion I don't think that is nice beside he most likely right same with moon dancer and ms twilight

+Tomboy alert2006 the video is my back up on this theory

+Tomboy alert2006 the video is my back up on this theory

you are the lazy one. you need to back up your theory with evedence. i know you probably won't read this but im just sayin'

It's an analysis... It's supposed to be over thought

It's an analysis... It's supposed to be over thought

+Vari Nelson looooooooooooooooooove you<br>sex me brony xoxoxo

+Vari Nelson looooooooooooooooooove you
sex me brony xoxoxo

daringdo and Rainbowdash arnt long lost twins or sisters there not related whach link rose tipe in Rainbowdash parents

Yeah,the ponies in the game is look the same...

Yeah,the ponies in the game is look the same...

+xXSketchedSwordsman Xx  50% of me agrees but the other 50 thinks they are sibblings

+xXSketchedSwordsman Xx I was thinking about that

+xXSketchedSwordsman Xx I was thinking about that

+Maribel Martinon  you know you can delete your text XD LMAO!!!

+Maribel Martinon  you know you can delete your text XD LMAO!!!

wait sooooo sorry pressed on the wrong person sorry

wait sooooo sorry pressed on the wrong person sorry

has anyone seen the video that shows who's the author  that wrote the of daring doo? and why she looks like rainbow dash because i did

yeah and too show that they have a lot in common so we know why she idolize hed

+Shan Thomas shut up daring coo is really how rainbow dash imagined her what are you thinking in one episode daring has an adventure with rainbow dash and daring writes a story about it and it sells all over equestrian because daring has an adventure with rainbow dash hear me!😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠

+Leah'sAJ channel it is okay i am imbaresed  i am a huge mlp fan so it is cool ;3

+The Brony Notion <br>You have to admit thats probably true XD

+The Brony Notion
You have to admit thats probably true XD

@Muhammad Muhaimin Nazri you were about to say that cool

@Muhammad Muhaimin Nazri you were about to say that cool

well if dayre.... (I can't spell)  is a lot older than rainbow maybe its her mother

Why shut up when you have all the time to tell every oneto shut up

Why shut up when you have all the time to tell every oneto shut up

+Ehsan Saghir are agreeing with me if you are thxs

+Ehsan Saghir are agreeing with me if you are thxs

ya the animaters just recolor her like they did with moondancer

ya the animaters just recolor her like they did with moondancer

THEY ARENT TWINS!!!!DARING DOO IS A CHARACTER IN A BOOK!!!!!!

THEY ARENT TWINS!!!!DARING DOO IS A CHARACTER IN A BOOK!!!!!!

Theres no way they're sisters.DARING DOO IS A CHARACTER IN A BOOK!!!HEAR ME BOOK!!!!

Heres my theory:THE ANIMATORS WERE LAZY SO THEY MADE THEM IN THE SAME SITUATIONS!!!!!

PLZ DONT TELL ANYONE I LIKE TO KEEP IT A SECRET I WATCH MY LITTLE PONY IMMA BRONY PLZ DONT TELL!!!!

+xXSketchedSwordsman Xx That is really likely lol

+xXSketchedSwordsman Xx That is really likely lol

Separated at birth that's the most likely

Separated at birth that's the most likely

that's probably right and same with Twighlights and whatever that other ponies name was that looked like twilight.

My theory: THEY WERE TWINS SEPERATED AT BIRTH

My theory: THEY WERE TWINS SEPERATED AT BIRTH

I'm getting notifications everyday for this post oml

I'm getting notifications everyday for this post oml

that's. true look at my comment it porboliy makes cents

that's. true look at my comment it porboliy makes cents

@The Brony Notion let's look about Twilight's friend... da...

@The Brony Notion let's look about Twilight's friend... da...

@The Brony Notion this is my theory its a kids show and Hasbro does what ever they want but i still like to watch theorys its fun and  soo ya

@xXSketchedSwordsman Xx Your theory is boring.

@xXSketchedSwordsman Xx Your theory is boring.


The Brony Notion: why do they look so similar? oh, because it was aallll a dreeaammm
Lyra Heartstrings, Amythest Star, and Roseluck: am i a joke to you?

In all seriousness, my theaory is ponies look similar for the same reason people look similar, why dopplegangers exsist, and why people can put others into groups based on physic. if you look at the background ponies, many of them look alike and have no relation to each other past friends. of course the spa ponies are twins, so they don't count. so, in conclusion, they look alike because genetics says so.

@Emma Galaxy thanks so much!! You're so sweet


And they both have kindof the same scatchy voice and their both really brave their eye color and hairstyle

They are the same pony,I’m pretty sure this took place in rainbows head

They do have the same eye color and hairstyle and type of ponies-

@Sheng.tiktok congratulations because not all people who watch mlp are kids.

@•Buttercup• agree but the real twilight and the fans of twilight wouldn't say wtf :)


In the first episode where we get introduced to Daring Do, I thought that they looked alike because Rainbow Dash was just reading a book. By having Daring Do look similar to her, it was helping Rainbow Dash projecting herself into the story and thus better able to relate to a the character. When Daring Do actually ended up looking exactly like Rainbow Dash though, that just felt like the show writers were being a bit lazy


The theory of Dash imagining Daring Don’t reminds me of the Harry Potter imagined the wizarding world theory

I saw this comment somewhere but just imagine if J.K Rowling ended the series with: “Then Harry Potter woke up.”

OoOoOoOoOo I  love Gacha, my little pony and Harry Potter!

@SHUT UP. Daring Don't is the name of the episode where Rainbow met Daring Do.

We are so alike I love Harry Potter and my little pony


“Could just take a regular first edition of the book”
Not necessarily,first editions are usually pretty rare,I think. It makes sense,a book will have slight changes over time and you don’t know how it’ll be received so you make a large enough but not large number of books and see how well it sells. A first edition of Harry Potter is not easy to get so I’d assume similar logic,the first edition had a misprint that had a wand twice on the list of things to take to Hogwarts,is what I remember from when I watched a video about it. Because Rainbow hasn’t been a fan that long,compared to others,she probably wouldn’t have a first edition of the book so the reason she wants it might be for that more than the signature,though I’m sure the signature is a big plus
Edit: first editions are also more expensive than later prints,even more so if they’re signed and I’d assume daring do is a pretty big series in Equestria so first editions would probably be in demand,perhaps rainbow couldn’t buy one or just wanted to get a good deal before forking out loads of money


For the first theory , I have a problem with that. The book covers do show Daring Do ( in some sort of art style ) , meaning Dash didn’t imagine her appearance. She imagined Daring doing all of the things, but significantly, according to the book cover.

Edit: Oh dang, I just watched the rest of the video and you already explained that! Sorry, my bad.


well my theory is that Daring Do is sort of Rainbow Dash's alter ego and that the books were written by someone who knew Rainbow and took the character rainbow's idea. As for how they met in person i think after the book was published someone wanted to become Daring Do and using simple magic the pony was able to model herself like Daring Do. So the rest of the books were based off real events. Also, since Daring Do is Rainbow Dash's alter ego, of course the character would be similar to HER. Rainbow Dash must have thought of this character, and had the friend when she was still a filly or else she would have remembered.


Okay my actual guess is that the animators were looking for a way to visually show how similar they are but for some reason they chose to give them the same silhouette which isn't necessarily a bad move on their part but I do feel like there could've been a better way to establish similarity or connection but if for some reson they did this for a whole other reason I think it would be cool to see them as cousins rather than twins or a mother/daughter duo it would just suit their relationship more in my opinion


I rather think that the writers wanted to make them similiar to like Show how even they are. They're both brave and have the same character. I don't think that it has some thing to do with list twins. It's just how they try to connect their personalities.


Daring Do has a monochrome version of Rainbow Dash's hair. She also has orange skin, and orange is the complementary color of blue (aka, orange and blue sit on opposite sides of the color wheel). So basically (other than eye color) Rainbow Dash and Yearling's looks are the opposite.


Everyone: TWINS
Me: daring is her mom...
Everything holy and good in the world: insert Tom meme face here (Tom&Jerry)

Everyone: TWINS
Me: daring is her mom...
Everything holy and good in the world: *insert Tom meme face here* (Tom&Jerry)

rainbow's mom is showed in parental glidence and it's not daring

How SHE HAS PARNETS ALREDY HOW IS DARING DOO HEY MOTHER I STILL HAVENT GOT THE ANSWER


If they were twins separated at birth, then how come they have the same hairstyles even as adults fully capable of changing it? Also, if they were raised by completely different ponies, the personalities most likely weren't nurture, tho maybe nature. And its worth mentioning in "Parental Glideance" Dash's parents had nothing in their house about a.k. but they practically had a shrine to Dash even before they knew she became a wonderbolt, fulfilling her life's purpose, nor did they mention a.k- oh wait I forgot the whole separated at birth thing. But still, appearance related things like hair wouldn't be the same, as well as the personality thing.


I personally think it might be Hasbro's way to connect to the audience if we see how they look alike we might appreciate the character more and want to see more about that character to see how similar they are too each other daring do looks a lot like rainbowdash to show how much rainbow admires her. with twilight and moondancer we get a more emotional grasp on moondancer's feelings because of how much she looked up to twilight and how they were even as fillies :)


I think it makes sense that rainbow dash imagined meeting daring do and that when reading the book she saw the character like that because she saw the cover<br>When reading the books twilight never questioned the resemblance between daring do and rainbow dash, because a lot of ponies look alike so it must be so common to look similar to others

I think it makes sense that rainbow dash imagined meeting daring do and that when reading the book she saw the character like that because she saw the cover
When reading the books twilight never questioned the resemblance between daring do and rainbow dash, because a lot of ponies look alike so it must be so common to look similar to others


My theory:<br>Maybe like the twilight and moon dancer video what if shes like the opisite of rainbows elemnet but you made a video about rainbow dash no diserving of her element what if she wears the loyalty element and maybe her mane could change colors simalarity to rainbows colors. She did look like rainbow when she changed color when discord whats splitting aprart     I hope this makes sence

My theory:
Maybe like the twilight and moon dancer video what if shes like the opisite of rainbows elemnet but you made a video about rainbow dash no diserving of her element what if she wears the loyalty element and maybe her mane could change colors simalarity to rainbows colors. She did look like rainbow when she changed color when discord whats splitting aprart     I hope this makes sence


Anmator: * gets lazy *<br>Satwooth Waves: hmmm... There is a mystery behind this...

Anmator: * gets lazy *
Satwooth Waves: hmmm... There is a mystery behind this...


%99 present of me thinks that they're long lost twins and %1 percent of  me think they were lazy

Are there Hass to be another reason maybe derring-do stories are still around in the new generationI don’t see why not  if every pony liked it back then

Not lazy we era smart and working hard but ya cerit

Malibu Barbie yeah there’s this new GREAT thing called a JOKE

Demon-Doggo nah switch it 99% they were lazy 1%there long lost twins/sisters

That cannot really be true... Thee is an episode featuring Rainbow Dash's parents and they look abousloutley NOTHING alike

EnderKitty Plays MEH TOO!!!!!! (By MEH I mean me but spelled differently)


Sometimes the solution to the hardest questions are the simplest ones it could be entirely possible that they ran out of styles and gave her the same as rainbow thinking daring would be in that one episode and hoped no one would notice but it did NOT go to plan


I think they look similar because when RD first read the books, she saw herself in Daring Do, letting the animators make DD and RD look similar. Then, when AK Yearling was revealed to be DD, the animators had to stick to her original design.


mmmmm as twilight said “daring do is very much like you”. It is simply a coincidence. ( for the matter of her concept she must be a relatable character to rainbow in order to give  rainbow the love for reading.

It is not really an interesting theory but I thing that is the most accurate


this theory sounds far-fetched, but I'm guessing that Daring Do probably heard about rainbow dash and her friends defeating nightmare moon. After all Dash is the element of loyalty herself she must be well-known throughout Equestria. Because many ponies all over Equestria look up to rainbow dash, there's a chance Daring do personally wanted to look like Rainbow Dash so it would make more sales on her book and it would be trendy, sort of like a celebrity doppleganger.

Of course the explanation for their similarity could just be as simple as them being cousins but not knowing it.

this theory sounds far-fetched, but I'm guessing that Daring Do probably heard about rainbow dash and her friends defeating nightmare moon. After all Dash is the element of loyalty herself she must be well-known throughout Equestria. Because many ponies all over Equestria look up to rainbow dash, there's a chance Daring do personally *wanted* to look like Rainbow Dash so it would make more sales on her book and it would be trendy, sort of like a celebrity doppleganger.

Of course the explanation for their similarity could just be as simple as them being cousins but not knowing it.


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With such a close resemblance, I can see many people thinking that they might be Twin Sisters. But I don't think that's true because we never even get a hint to who Daring Do's parents are. I would expect them to be some kind of Archeologists. Also take into account of genes. Rainbow's Mom and Dad don't have anything even remotely close to anything of Daring Do's color scheme, their both too chromatic while Daring do is just too... Dull in color. Their personality and want for adventure is similar though Daring is in it for the helping of others then the fame and fortune like Rainbow Dash. Still, it would make for an interesting fanfic if someone wrote something about them being long lost sisters. That would definitely be one thing I would read.


The theory of long lost twins would actually match perfectly with Dash's personality, cause who might be her other role model if not literally the exact copy (even genetic at this rate) of herself


Simple: The same actor plays rainbow dash and daring

People take this comment to serious-<br>Also this is a very underrated joke-

People take this comment to serious-
Also this is a very underrated joke-

Nope because Rainbow Dash is voiced by Ashleigh Ball And Daring Do/A.K Yearling is voiced by Chiara Zanni.

@Puddle Slime 10,000! KAZUMI EVANS WAS FROM LOLLIROCK AND TABATHA ST GERMAIN ALSO VOICE AS LOLIROCK AND I CANT BELIEVE IT

She also does Luna (singing, You’ll Play Your Part)

@Nathaniel Sniffleton The Alicorn Moon Dancer’s voice actor does Rarity’s singing voice and Adagio Dazzle

Kazumi Evans

Shouldn't Twilight and Moondancer be voiced by Tara Strong, too?


Honestly, I thought that Daring and Quibble Pants were siblings. The whole episode I was expecting that reveal. It would make sense, they both look alike, and I know I would be over critical of a book my sister wrote. And it seemed like A.K. and Quibble fell out of contact, and since she doesn't appear in public much, it would also give Quibble another reason to want to see her at the convention. He said that he wanted her to explain herself, and that could also mean that he's mad she cut ties with him and that her books became worse. However, when they met, Daring didn't recognize Quibble at all, so that theory was a bust.


I think that when they were very very VERY little, Daring Do wanted to explore the world and ran away from home! Rainbow Dash's parents wouldn't explain this to little Dash and would tell her that Daring was just her imagination all along! I LOVE THIS THEORY!!! And now that in season 7 they will be intruducing Aj's and RD's parents, I can't wait to see the relationship!!!

😡ARYA GHAITADKE  HOW IF YOU TAN YOU CAN NOT. TURN BLUE OR CSN NOT DYE PONY SKIN

Solaura the parents can not paint their pony color

But they did not show so I do not wanna see these comments anymore cause yalll do not even know her and daring back story

@nitewolf the problem with your theory, nitewolf, is genins don't just come from the parents. My father is naturally bald. And my mother comes from two families of red heads. So you would think i would either be a red head or naturally bald. But i am a brunette. So where dose my brown hair come from? Well, it could be because family lore says we are related to either the real Percival or the real Lancelot who where both Brunettes.

I love this comment and the reply thread’s continuation of the theory so much! Even though Rainbow and Daring are basically opposite, this is a kids show there doesn’t have to be THAT much reasoning behind it for me to be satisfied. Here’s another theory: Daring was originally Rainbows color or similar, but then got turned to black and white hair, and a dark yellow body, much less exiting, as a punishment for running away from home given by... something. Idk, I’ll have to think about this.

Maybe that was part of the reason why she liked Daring Do as a character. Because it reminded her of her "imaginary" friend/sister.

nitewolf The parents could both have darings color as a recessive gene. Then there is a 25% chance.

nitewolf true like ms and mr cakes Babies the are the same colors or s

I don’t agree with this because: The parents of Rainbow are both the light blue. And it’s EXTREMELY rare to have a child that doesn’t look like either of the parents, so yea


When daring doo was just a character in a book it was a cool nod to how we see ourselves in the characters we relate to in books then they made her real and instead of having a moment where rainbow dash was like “wait a minute your not how I imagined at all!” Which I think relates a lot to when books get movies, it’s impossible for everyone to be happy with a design because everyone imagined it differently. I kinda wish the “real” daring doo (if she is real) didn’t look like rainbow dash


"Rainbow Dash just imagined Daring-Do to look like that"
Me: BOOK COVER

"Rainbow Dash just imagined Daring-Do to look like that"
Me: *BOOK COVER*


Many many books get different covers over the years, and therefor the cannon character designs get slightly altered perhaps twilight sparkle saw rainbow dash when she was young and chose that book because while she herself didn’t remember dashy, her brain, did and therefor, she may not have had an interest in and adventure thriller types of books, she was more interested in learning and might have been more keen to try books she found spoke to her, such as a familiar face.


I think it was just a design choice to make the similarities between them stand out and show how similar they are.


3:27 IMAO I THOUGHT YOU WHERE FOCUSING ON THE HEADRESS NOT HER SNOUT ,😂

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The real reason? There isn't an in universe one, it's just to represent the similarities. Note that her coat is yellow, almost the opposite of RD's. On top of that, her main is the same as dash's, just monochrome. She's supposed to look like she's both the opposite and same as rainbow dash simultaneously. Like she's complimentary!


Doppelgangers that happen to have the same interests. Who's to say that doppelganging happens the same way between both worlds? Daring Do could've also dyed her mane and coat to blend in with nature better.<br>But I also like that twin theory.

Doppelgangers that happen to have the same interests. Who's to say that doppelganging happens the same way between both worlds? Daring Do could've also dyed her mane and coat to blend in with nature better.
But I also like that twin theory.


AFAIK the story goes they needed to make a Daring Do for that episode where Dash learns she actually likes reading. It's similar to her because she imagines being in Daring Do's shoes when she reads. Daring Do looks like Rainbow Dash IRL as well because they didn't plan on those episodes happening when they made the first one. Changing her look would have been confusing for the audience, so they kept the initial version. And Daring Do ended up looking like Rainbow Dash IRL. It sucks but that's what happened (or at least what I believe happened).


well, a lot of ponies are very similar to each other. many characters share design. you could say it's animation lazyness, but I actually think it makes sense. why? they. are. all. horses. when you remove the color patterns, most horses would look the same to you, unless you're a horse expert or something. horse faces don't vary like human faces. the mlp ponies aren't exactly real horses, they can be born with basically any color in the world and their snout size can vary beyond human nose standards. due to these features they look different from one another, and this is why it stands out to us when two of them look the same, but we should remember they aren't humans. Also even unrelated humans can look really similar, hasn't anyone told you you look just like that celebrityTM, come on

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Idk if anyone else has said this yet, but I kind of saw a connection with the first book of Daring Do and Rainbow Dash’s situation at the time. Both had broken wings and had no ponies near by to talk to(most of the time). Maybe it’s a bit of a stretch, and maybe my memory of the episode isn’t exactly perfect, but it would explain why the creators made them look similar.


So. I know this was posted a while back, but I have to say my bit.
Before the events of Parental Gluidance, that showed Dash's parents, my theory had been Daring Do was the mother of Rainbow Dash. Bare with me. Daring Do has many similarities in means of personality to Rainbow Dash. She's adventurous, a quick thinker, and loyal to stopping the forces of evil. (I refuse to acknowledge Daring Done.) You could say that Rainbow Dash inherited these key traits from Daring Do. And when you listen to Daring Do, her voice sounds more mature than Rainbow Dash. Now, you may be wondering, well, if Daring Do is Rainbow Dash's mother, why wouldn't Rainbow be at her side on her adventures. Perhaps, it's because Rainbow meant the world to her, and she didn't want her put in any danger, so she was sent to Cloudsdale to live with her dad. So, when Rainbow Dash shows up, at first she tries to make it look like she knows none of the ponies, including her daughter, and tries to drop the hint for them to leave. And at first it works, but than when she hears Rainbow call out to her, she's not having her attention distracted at the mention of her name, but at the fact her daughter's still in the vicinity. Then, after Cabellaron and his henchmen take off with the ring, she tries again to urge her daughter to go home where it's safe, so she doesn't have two things to worry about, both of equal importance to her. But Dash is percistant, and when Daring sees Dash in danger, she finds it the opportunity to make one final effort to get her daughter to safety, by turning herself over with the ring, and get in the lair. She thought her daughter was gone for good, but then she shows up once more, and Daring finally has Dash help her. When the battle is over, and this is the part where I think she's Dash's mother, she says "I never could have done this without you Rainbow Dash." Now many others say it was the hug and nuzzle that was the giveaway, but to me, it's that line. Why? Because Rainbow Dash never once mentioned her name to Daring Do. Now some may have said that Twilight saying Rainbow Dash's name would have told Daring Do who she was, but with Daring Do's focus on finding the ring, she would have not overheard Twilight mentioning Rainbow Dash's name. So, the fact that Daring Do knew her name is what told me that Daring Do knew more about Dash than she was letting on.

Parental Gluidance came about, and shot my hypothesis down, but I did joke for a while, that's exactly what Equestria wants you to think. That Bow Hothoof and Windy Whistles were her parent, when actually, they are just foster parents looking after Daring Do's ultimate treasure. That perhaps they were just aunt and uncle, posing as mom and dad. But yeah, in canon, Daring Do is not Rainbow Dash's mom. Sadly.


My thoughts : maybe they are long lost twins, but Daring do has a medical condition/birth defect that makes her different colors than her mom and dad. Maybe there was some short of mix up because of that, not sure what it would be tho<br>What I think is more likely : the animatiors/design team got lazy and/or  wanted them to look alike

My thoughts : maybe they are long lost twins, but Daring do has a medical condition/birth defect that makes her different colors than her mom and dad. Maybe there was some short of mix up because of that, not sure what it would be tho
What I think is more likely : the animatiors/design team got lazy and/or  wanted them to look alike


Just like Moondancer and Twilight, there is possibly a very real connection between the two ponies.


I noticed that you mentioned that Daring Do might have idolized Rainbow somewhat and then immediately debunked it, but Rainbow obviously idolized Daring do so she might have modeled her hair after Twilight. Sadly this are a few contradictions like the face that Rainbow had her hairstyle long before meeting Daring doo.

Ps. I know I’m 4 years late but idc


Simple: At the first appearance of Daring Do, Daring Do is a imaginary character. At second appearance, she is not.


Hey Sawtooth can you revisit this with the new episodes where they go on another adventure? Id like to hear another theory, mine is linked to another video you made which is in fact that Daring Do is an alternate version of Rainbow Dash! It would make more sense since you visited that theory also. Rainbow Dash is very adventurous so it might be possible the Daring Do crossed threw the 'internet portal' and found herself in the 'original' MLP universe. She kept quiet about it since no one would believe her since they're aren't ant factual books on it.


1:48 fanfiction fanfictions everywhere. Yeah that’s exactly how I would describe anything that involves stories based on other media. 👍


She's not, because Rainbow dash looks exactly like her parents and Daring do doesn't. I think Daring do is actually Rainbow Dash, but from an Alternative Dimension. Hear me out, think about it, remember how Starlight would be able to go back in time and try and alter the past? Well, what if in a different dimension, she did!
    What if in another universe, Starlight actually succeeded in stopping Rainbow Dash from doing her sonic rainboom connecting the main 6? Rainbow dash would've never had a passion for racing and would find something else to her name out there. She even goes for extreme measures, which eventually leaves her being hated by everyone in Ponyville and cloudsdale. She changes her looks and, because she never found what her passion could be, doesn't have a cutie mark. That is untill, she stumbles upon finding and solving a mystery by doing an adventure, which leads her to get her cutie mark. She doesn't go by Rainbow Dash anymore, but Daring Do, because she got her cutie mark by being daring and being able to do it. Now, what if on one of these adventures, it involves time? Rainbow Do(We'll just call her Rainbow Do for her alternative universe and Rainbow Dash for the regular time line) isn't able to complete her mission against a villian and is thrown in time (I have a theory it could've been discord, because he's the only one with enough chaotic powers to do so or even Nightmare moon, Note the main 6 never came together in this AU ) She is thrown into an alternative universe and can't go home, it is then she realizes her pride got in the way of her being trapped that way. She eventually meets Rainbow Dash after she writes all about her adventures and sees Rainbow Dash has the same persona as Rainbow Do. Rainbow Do doesn't like Rainbow Dash's persona, because that same pride persona got Rainbow Do in this mess. Rainbow Dash manages to get Rainbow Do to understand how loyal she is and to have pride in everything that she does.
  That's my theory :/

She's not, because Rainbow dash looks exactly like her parents and Daring do doesn't. I think Daring do is actually Rainbow Dash, but from an Alternative Dimension. Hear me out, think about it, remember how Starlight would be able to go back in time and try and alter the past? Well, what if in a different dimension, she did!
    What if in another universe, Starlight actually succeeded in stopping Rainbow Dash from doing her sonic rainboom connecting the main 6? Rainbow dash would've never had a passion for racing and would find something else to her name out there. She even goes for extreme measures, which eventually leaves her being hated by everyone in Ponyville and cloudsdale. She changes her looks and, because she never found what her passion could be, doesn't have a cutie mark. That is untill, she stumbles upon finding and solving a mystery by doing an adventure, which leads her to get her cutie mark. She doesn't go by Rainbow Dash anymore, but Daring Do, because she got her cutie mark by being daring and being able to do it. Now, what if on one of these adventures, it involves time? Rainbow Do(We'll just call her Rainbow Do for her alternative universe and Rainbow Dash for the regular time line) isn't able to complete her mission against a villian and is thrown in time (I have a theory it could've been discord, because he's the only one with enough chaotic powers to do so or even Nightmare moon, *Note the main 6 never came together in this AU* ) She is thrown into an alternative universe and can't go home, it is then she realizes her pride got in the way of her being trapped that way. She eventually meets Rainbow Dash after she writes all about her adventures and sees Rainbow Dash has the same persona as Rainbow Do. Rainbow Do doesn't like Rainbow Dash's persona, because that same pride persona got Rainbow Do in this mess. Rainbow Dash manages to get Rainbow Do to understand how loyal she is and to have pride in everything that she does.
  That's my theory :/


We're over thinking it, she's just a recolor

While thats true, i mean she is a recurring character. There are so many unique background characters that it really doesnt make sense to use a recolor for a recurring character who is going to be seen often when you can take literally any of the background ponies and use them instead. Just looking at the wiki, there is a couple pages worth of background pinies with no speaking lines or personality that they could have just used and said this is daring do. He author outfit is a unique design after all and she barely spends any screen time in it.


I think that that mane style and eye shape is just common, and it’s just coincidence that they have the same eye color. I mean, look at Derpy, Sea Swirls(I apologize if that’s not her name), Scootalo, Minuette, Lyra, DJ Pon 3, and like a bunch of other background characters. They all have the same or similar mane/tail style.

In other words, the animators got lazy.


(I'm late sorry) <br>But there was a theory, which was written by someone in "Why do Twilight and Moondancer look so similar" Video was, that Daring Do and Moondancer represent Twilight and Rainbow Dash without their elements. I think that's the best theory in my opinion

(I'm late sorry)
But there was a theory, which was written by someone in "Why do Twilight and Moondancer look so similar" Video was, that Daring Do and Moondancer represent Twilight and Rainbow Dash without their elements. I think that's the best theory in my opinion


There was a minor mistake in the video.  The book RD wanted in Trade ya was not a signed copy of the first book, but a rare first edition.  She wanted to be the only mare in Equestria to have a full set of first edition Daring Do novels.

You know, that may have been a legit reason for the title change.  I never thought of that.

oh so like the philosopher's stone as to sorcerer's stone gotcha

Oh, You're right! Must have overlooked that detail. Thanks for pointing that out!


Or maybe it’s just simply because rainbow dash loves daring do and the company just thought oh maybe we can give them tons of similarities so they’ll seem more connected anddd the can save time recreating a whole new different base for a new character


Gonna get a little too explicit and a little too deep, so full warning
But maybe, twins roll along Rajnbows father side and Rainbows Father had a twin as which who either wanted a filly to grow on his own or was jealous of his twin brothers family.
Let's go along the first one, if Rainbows Dad had a twin brother who was mostly a dependent adventurer and had no time for a wife but wanted a filly to grow along his side, he might've sought help by his brother and his wife. In many cases most times with twins they are close and can and will sacrifice anything for them. So, let's say her parents agreed to try and breed both twins into her to make a pair of twins from different fathers, once born they were separated and Rainbows Dads twin brother took the fillie to the house we see and started to teach her how to be tough.
Why we dont see him? He could've possibly once before died before they aired her episode.
Why neither sibling knows of the other? In many cases where twins breed the same female for offspring, they will keep decency and hide it from both fillies,
Why they have different coats? Twins dint always necessarily look alike, Daa ring Doo could've taken her father's coat, as Rainbow Dash did too, but both kept their mother's eyes. Their hairstyles could also be that similar because it could be a mix of the Dead twins mane and the mothers.
Why do they have the same personality? Twins do hold this ability to hold the same personality, even if grown apart.
Sorry if this got explicit, hope this helps or sparks something.


Potential explanation. <br>Ever since rainbow was young, she asked to get an adventurous/cool mane cut. Her mane stylist was either a fan of daring do and copied that mane style, or the author of daring do got the same mane style by coincidence when looking for something "cool".

Potential explanation.
Ever since rainbow was young, she asked to get an adventurous/cool mane cut. Her mane stylist was either a fan of daring do and copied that mane style, or the author of daring do got the same mane style by coincidence when looking for something "cool".


I think It's a coincidence that they look alike, but I also think It's the main reason Rainbow Dash falls in love with the books in the first place. She finds herself in the main character the second she looks at the cover. Which self-adoring pony wouldn't love that? :D Then, I think Rainbow Dash loves her friends but the books may fulfill her fantasy to be independent and "awesome" just by herself. It could be a healthy coping mechanism with getting more comfortable in friend-oriented pony-society :) I just found your channel and It's awesome! Keep up with the great work! <b>hoof</b> <3

I think It's a coincidence that they look alike, but I also think It's the main reason Rainbow Dash falls in love with the books in the first place. She finds herself in the main character the second she looks at the cover. Which self-adoring pony wouldn't love that? :D Then, I think Rainbow Dash loves her friends but the books may fulfill her fantasy to be independent and "awesome" just by herself. It could be a healthy coping mechanism with getting more comfortable in friend-oriented pony-society :) I just found your channel and It's awesome! Keep up with the great work! *hoof* <3


She might of be a changeling and painted herself, getting the same eyes, personality, and wings. But if Daring Do was a changeling she must of used paint that can go in water. Or she was dreaming for WAY to long or imaged things way to long.


See, your original theory could work. Everything is part of her imagination. Depending on when the books were written (I honestly don't know) if they were written after the events of the first two episodes of the show, the author could've been inspired by rainbow dashes heroism and style.


My theory about them would have to be that they might be siblings cause their half of the original parents and maybe half of scootaloos


Maybe they are long lost twins, but when the parents noticed that Daring Do has such different features, they kind of disowned Daring Do. Rainbow Dash was too young to remember anything. Also, maybe that is where she got her sence of adventure.


I know this is late. I just saw this and I know the creators of MLP don't rely on logic too hard, so I am pretty sure that they had Daring Doo have an extremely similar personality and appearance to Rainbow Dash, to get her into the Daring Doo books, and there fore continue the story.


I just think that before the creators decided to make daring do an actual real pony they just made them look same cuz RD was imagining while she was reading the books<br>Then they decided that daring do is an existing real life pony who was pretending to be a fictional character but they couldt change the design so thats what happened

I just think that before the creators decided to make daring do an actual real pony they just made them look same cuz RD was imagining while she was reading the books
Then they decided that daring do is an existing real life pony who was pretending to be a fictional character but they couldt change the design so thats what happened


I believe, that Daring do is Rainbow's half sister, because they have similar colored eyes and mane styles. The mane style may be coincidence, but pink eye color is rare. Daring doesn't have the same coat color as either of Rainbow's parents, so I don't think they're full siblings.

But instead, Scootaloo's dad has the same coat color as Daring Do. That's why I believe, that Scootaloo and Daring Do have the same dad and Daring do and Rainbow dash have the same mom (they all share eye color). Windy Whistles and Scootaloo's dad had Daring do, then they broke up and Windy Whistles started dating Bow (Rd's dad) and they had Rainbow dash. Scootaloo's dad started dating Scootaloo's mom and they had Scootaloo. They raised Scootaloo and Daring Do together, until they abandoned them and they lived in different houses after that. I think, that Daring do dyes her main black, because she doesn't want to look like her parents who abandoned her.

Or maybe Daring do and Scootaloo are full siblings. Scootaloo's parents' and Daring do's cutie marks are related (the dad has a map and the mom and Daring do have compasses.) All four of them are adventurous, independent and brave. Because the parents abandoned Scootaloo, it makes sense that they abandoned Daring Do as well. That's why Daring Do dyes her mane and wears pink contact lenses; she wants to look different from her parents. The abandoning would also explain, that Daring doesn't really trust anypony else


I think daring do, was the original rainbow dash but changed her last minute into the iconic rainbow dash we all know and love, when it came to add daring do to the show, they just changed her cutie mark, outfit, color scheme, voice, and personality, keeping the looks the same.


I think daring doo was originally meant to be rainbow dash projecting herself into the story, and they just kept the design for consistency


I have a new Theory Maybe Daring Do used to go flight school with Rainbow Dash but Rainbow Dash never saw her because Daring Do used to be shy but then Daring Do saw Rainbow Dash stand up for Fluttershy when they were kids and maybe she also saw the race which inspired her to have the same personality as Rainbow Dash and the same Mane styles so she left like school and started practicing her flying and then she fell from mid-air and landed in the forest where she discovered all the adventures that she wrote books about

@SunsetEdits ._. Probs wants to act tough and strong.

@SunsetEdits ._. maybe she didn't recognize her

Unicornhugger 05 Maybe she is just tsundere...? You know, acting like she hates Rainbow but inside fangirling.

And she got her cutie mark, like Fluttershy!

Elizabeth C that’s good but 1 question...why does Daring Do act so angry at Rainbow Dash when they first met on camera?If she looked up to Rainbow Dash as an idol then why does she act as if she hates her when they meet?

That sounds a lot like Fluttershy's story!


They look alike because they were meant to have the same attitude and have the same goals in life but the goals were different but they do have a pretty similar attitude and I was very intrigued about the psychic paper idea


If they were long lost twins why would rainbows parents love her so very much instead of daring do? Yes i know they must have seen that rainbow did a rainboom but they should know that daring do is a famous author and has done these real things since they know eachother well and have been on adventures together rainbows parents should know they both acomplished most of the same great things and wouldve had both rainbow and daring as there children since they were so affectionate and uplifting to make dashie so confident.


I think since daring do is rainbow dash’s idol she wanted to look like her. daring do is adventurous and awesome and that’s exactly what rainbow wanted to be seen as.


When asked why Rainbow and Daring are practically similar, Jim Miller responded "when we were starting DD's first appearance, we didn't know she'd ever come back. So it's just a recolored RD model."


Maybe it was just destined. In Equestria, your destiny and the future can always be determined. Even time travel is possible. I don't know if there's any logical explanation. Maybe the animators got lazy..?

@Anni Wu Sorry, OCD is kicking in XD But the animators almost certainly wouldn't have designed the characters. That's down to the character artists :P

If the Animators designed her with more gusto the crappy reviewers (byter cough cough) she would be denouced as a bad Oc


My theory is that Daring Do is Rainbow Dash in the future coming back to lead  Rainbow down the path she( Daring Do) took long ago due to the fact that she( Rainbow ) was losing confidence every second of her life cause of not having a good relationship with her parents. Even though Rainbow has Scootaloo as a "HUGE" fan, I think that Sootaloo is Daring Do's daughter that came to the past with her mom to build up her( Rainbow Dash, young Daring Do) confidence. If you see this comment please reply say if you agree or not. It is just a theory/opinion I have.


From a Doylist perspective, Daring Do was obviously not originally real, and they gave her a similar look because she was a standin for Dash. From a Watsonian perspective, they just have the same manestyle (which is common for ponies who have three tones going forwards and three tones going backwards), and aside from that the similarities of their appearance are mere animation approximations (don't forget, Watson was writing, so it's as if this was an animated documentary, so I can talk about that kind of thing).


I would say “she’s Rainbows parent” but we’ve seen her parents so that’s a no go. 🤔 maybe a distant cousin or something I mean of course it was because the animators were lazy or because she acted so much like Rainbow that they decided to make her design similar to Rainbows. But I can’t help thinking there at least related even if it’s distant.


Actually, the theory that A.K. Yearling based Daring Do on Rainbow Dash has more precedent than you might think. I mean she acts standoffish at first, but isn’t there a character that does this exact thing to <b>their</b> hero? Cheese Sandwich in “Pinkie Pride”. So maybe Do was just like Cheese until she got so caught up in her persona that she thought she was better than her inspiration.

Actually, the theory that A.K. Yearling based Daring Do on Rainbow Dash has more precedent than you might think. I mean she acts standoffish at first, but isn’t there a character that does this exact thing to *their* hero? Cheese Sandwich in “Pinkie Pride”. So maybe Do was just like Cheese until she got so caught up in her persona that she thought she was better than her inspiration.


The ending part of Sapphire Shores messed me up. I challenged myself to keep a straight face the whole episode cause most of your episodes make me laugh. I managed not to smile until the ending. I just died and laughed so hard

I thought it was gonna zoom in on the hat but noooooo

Megan Rodger they make me laugh too😄😄😄😄😆😆😆😆

IKR the ending was pretty funny! XD LMAO!!!


Like you said in "Why do Twilight & Moondancer look alike" the creators made another pony to look simalar, that's what they would look like if they didn't discover the magic of friendship,right?


I’m gonna say that they’re related in some way. Either long lost twins or Daring Do is a distant relative of Dash’s family, like a cousin or possibly an Aunt.


Daring Do deserves better. If only more adventures could soar with her after Daring Doubt. That wasn't a good way for her story to end in the series.

I pictured her next adventure like this: With A.K. Yearling now off-limits in exploring Ahuizotl's jungle, she turns to Zecora to explore new terrain never seen before. Knowing of the uncertainty, Zecora accompanies Daring to this new place and together they go on an adventure that becomes new for the both of them.


I know this is an old video and this theory is crazy but what if Daring Do is the child of Rainbow Dash? She could have gotten help from a powerful unicorn (Starlight) sends her back to before Starlight was reformed or revealed so that way she could make an influence on Rainbow just like the future her would have. It would be a loop of her going back to meet Rainbow Dash. After all she did make an impact on Rainbow and Pinkie finding out the tale of Somnambula and many other topics. Final thing, this is a theory, enjoy the show how it is and the whole point of the show is to entertain younger audiences and teach them the importance of Friendhip.


I got one! <br>So basically RainbowDashes Dad wrote the books and based the character off of Dash. I think someone like Ink Rose did a story based on Rainbow's parents so that's where I kinda got that her dad was into writing but rainbow was always against it as she thought it was uncool until she grew older. I'm not trying to copy Ink Rose's theory I'm just getting inspiration from it. 😊

I got one!
So basically RainbowDashes Dad wrote the books and based the character off of Dash. I think someone like Ink Rose did a story based on Rainbow's parents so that's where I kinda got that her dad was into writing but rainbow was always against it as she thought it was uncool until she grew older. I'm not trying to copy Ink Rose's theory I'm just getting inspiration from it. 😊

@Kedicik i literally commented this when i was 12 💀

what about lazy animators? i mean... we already seen similar guards and pony clones for no reason so

Tillit I like that Theory but there is one flaw the Authers name is AK Yearling and Rainbow's dad's name is Bow Hothoof


1:20 I do think that was probably the original intention, but then later writers were all "hey, what if...!" and then it was easier to make Daring Do look the same so the audience would better pick up on who this character was when they met A.K. Yearling.


Here's my theory:

What if Daring Do and Rainbow dash are actually long long sisters. They both have the same hair style and eyes. But I think the creators made another pegasus that's kinda similar to Rainbow dash with different color mane, color and cutie mark. They both are kinda similar.


Maybe rainbow dash was sooooo inspired by daring do, that she wanted to look similar to her. So she decided to have the hairstyle, eye color, and she had to "change her accent" to sound somewhat lke daring do. Also she wanted darings personality


My theory:  they were twins sisters from two different Pegasus   They were separated from each other when they were Phillies  and when they met up in that season they started reconnecting of how they were in their childhood


obviously daring do's appearance was to originally reflect how similar she was to rainbow, and the fact that rainbow saw a lot of herself in her. but what he's trying to say is that there is no explanation in the mlp universe.


I think Hasbro made Daring doo and Moondamcer look similar to Twilight and Rainbow Dash to show the younger audiences that the two are similar characters but not the same


My theory: rainbow dash, finally doing something nopony else would do, she got the role: alicorn and later she realised that darring do, was just her from the future (explaining the staying away part, because if you touche your past self, you disintegrate), so once she was an alicorn, darring do told her the truth (in a letter, of course) and after dash found a time travel spell, she uses it, creating darring do!


theory time! when rainbow dash was born she was a set of twins (in my theory the character dd looks like she has different shades of blue)<br>but her parents did not want her though. When Rainbow dash’s twin was gone they erased her memories. That’s why dashie does not remember her twin but instead of seeing her as a twin she sees her as a friend. my opinion u can reply to me what u think bye! (did i not mention that dd dyed her hair into different shades of gray)

theory time! when rainbow dash was born she was a set of twins (in my theory the character dd looks like she has different shades of blue)
but her parents did not want her though. When Rainbow dash’s twin was gone they erased her memories. That’s why dashie does not remember her twin but instead of seeing her as a twin she sees her as a friend. my opinion u can reply to me what u think bye! (did i not mention that dd dyed her hair into different shades of gray)


My theory: one of the artists messed around with a rainbow dash models color scheme cause they were getting lazy and everyone else just went with it


I didn't watch this yet but. Here's my theory:

Daring do being so much like Rainbow Dash, they designed her like that besides the colors of course. And in this theory Rainbow Dash imagines her self in to the book in a day dream, which could be true. and imagine her looking like she imagined ger when reading the book. But...the bomb drops explosion The book cover

I didn't watch this yet but. Here's my theory:

Daring do being so much like Rainbow Dash, they designed her like that besides the colors of course. And in this theory Rainbow Dash imagines her self in to the book in a day dream, which could be true. and imagine her looking like she imagined ger when reading the book. But...the bomb drops *explosion* The book cover


In the first episode Daring Do was introduce, it was in a book so Rainbow Dash based herself to picture Daring Do. 1:17
And when Daring Do is real and similar to Dash, it's like Hasbro doesn't even try to design her.


I think that either it's an alternate universe Rainbow Dash who lost her color but was able to regain body color, instead it didn't turn out blue. In order to get past this, she went to the universe Rainbow Dash was in and change her name to Daring Do, and saved people to make up for things that she did. Or their long lost twins


I always thought that Rainbow had a sister but they never met . But the " animator was lazy " theory could be correct . ( Same is with Moondancer and Twilight I guess )


My theory is that maybe this is kinda like a Easter egg showing that they could possibly be twins without the series telling us and they could just be giving hints. After all, that would make sense on why they look so similar if they are twins


I like your theory, it made sense until you got up to the book cover. So, here is what I think. Okay so I know that this show takes place in a magical pony world, but it does have things that are like our world. Anyways, you know how sometimes you see someone that looks like someone you know but they're really not, well that's what I think is going on between Rainbow and Daring Doo. I think that it's just a coincidence that they look the same. Even in the real world people just happen to look the same. Hope my theory makes sense.

I agree many people look similar, <br>But why do you think they did that? To make the world more realistic?

I agree many people look similar,
But why do you think they did that? To make the world more realistic?

I think so to, one of my friend's sister told me she once met someone that looked like me, I never did get to meet that person though.


They are long lost twins?
Come on. Rainbow starts the series at 19. By season 4, about the time Rainbow turned 21, Daring Doo has not only had a huge series of adventures but also a long, successful book series. By season 7, about 2 years after the start of the show, Yearling is talking about retiring. She's clearly old enough to be Rainbow's MOTHER, not her twin.

And the answer according to the artists is that Daring Doo was initially supposed to be a one-off character, and so they made her a recolor both to save time and for the same reasons you mentioned. They didn't expect her to be popular enough to defictionalize her in the story.


I think that Dearing Do was a fan of Rainbow Dash, which then inspired the pony to publish her ownbooks and because she was such a fan<br> she tried to look exactly like Rainbow.

I think that Dearing Do was a fan of Rainbow Dash, which then inspired the pony to publish her ownbooks and because she was such a fan
 she tried to look exactly like Rainbow.


I think I solved it

1) their twins
2) they’re parents separated and each took a twin
3) so rainbows mom is actually her stepmom
4)  the episodes happened in different timelines

I thought of myself as Einstein while writing this 😎


Ok I have an idea (not much evidence tho)

Ok so while Rainbow was being created, she was split in half, personality whise. RD has the colorful mane cause she has seen the light and DD is all grey cause she pushes everyone away to focus on her adventures and herself.


That would be amazing if Daring do and Rainbow dash was sisters ! Or if daring do was her mother ! Rainbow dash is the only pony we haven't seen any of her family or past.. Well we seen her father for a mid second in "games that ponies play" episode.

ah her mother no intentions of offence but that is crazy and a bit scary

+xAveeĸιnz☼ That could be her brother, not her dad. No one really knows though.

And wait, when did we ever see Fluttershy's family?

@Run Li no not that episode in Games ponies play i think

I've never seen rainbow parents, wich episode? Or they appeared in the comic?

@David King Its just if you had meant we hadn't seen rainbows parents I would have corrected you. But you meant Fluttershy. So you are right.

@David King oh ok. I would have said something if you meant rainbow

@CrazyGamerGals her parents never appeared

You have corrected yourself. We have seen rainbow dashes parent. He might be a single dad but at least she has a parent. We have not seen Fluttershys or Ajs parents

@RandC Studios when the find out who  is hosting the games when rainbow is young

@Suzan Brown<br> They could be fraternal twins.

@Suzan Brown
 They could be fraternal twins.

@*****<br> well maybe Rainbow Dash is only her first name and we just don't know her last name yet.

@*****
 well maybe Rainbow Dash is only her first name and we just don't know her last name yet.

@***** She does it herself theres proof in the show.

+UniqueRoses Flutter shy would not say that plus she's vary vary vary kind and RD is a girl not a boy and flutters is a girl too so I know flutters would never say that she's soooo sweet

+xAveeĸιnz☼ we don't know a thing about fluttershys family, too

I don't think rainbow would go to a hair dresser.

or maybe rainbow and daring do have the same hair dresser

@***** Yh but Twilights mom is called Twilight Velvet sooo<br>I dont think it matter

@***** Yh but Twilights mom is called Twilight Velvet sooo
I dont think it matter

+Janis Macarthur  What if something happened and the dad took Rainbow and the mom took Daring!

+xAveeĸιnz☼ We havnt seen fluttershys family

+xAveeĸιnz☼ I've seen her mother It's not daring.

Great guess,I have to agree,We have seen her dad,But not her mother or any siblings.I questions me if so they ARE sisters,It's all Clear!Sisters fight a lot,So they had to fight with destiny in Daring do,So that is a great observation

umm i dont know if this is right but if they were twins wouldn"t they have the same mane color?<br>And the  same skin color just diffrent persanallites typo i think

umm i dont know if this is right but if they were twins wouldn"t they have the same mane color?
And the  same skin color just diffrent persanallites typo i think

+fox wolf wait when did we see rainbows dad?!

that theory WOULD explain why A.K Yearling was avoiding Rainbow Dash in the first place. A.K might not have wanted Rainbow Dash after she named her. It would ALSO explain why we dident see RDs mother in the episode you mentioned.


okay i have a theory:<br>maybe Darning Do and Moon Dancer are just the begging of the mane six’s lookalikes. like maybe we’re getting the other 4 lookalikes too and maybe it’s gonna be like mane 6 but like with disharmony.

okay i have a theory:
maybe Darning Do and Moon Dancer are just the begging of the mane six’s lookalikes. like maybe we’re getting the other 4 lookalikes too and maybe it’s gonna be like mane 6 but like with disharmony.


Here's my answer!!

Daring do looks like rainbow dash cause of the animators wanting to have a reason for Rainbow dash to be in common with her

The are both Pegasus

Have the same mane style and are both incredibly awesome


I think, they styles are "relax", because I think that the two are not very close to getting ready to do their things, the mane more creepy, being smooth, would be that way if they only pass a brush to remove the knots and that's it, I don't think it is a super theory involving separation in childhood or dream, it is only a style more geared to people with disabilities who are not concerned with appearance but with action


I know I'm like, a million years late  <del>v</del> But what if they were cousins? It would explain why they look similar because some of their genes would be the same and it would explain why their color schemes are different as they would have different parents. Rainbow's dad and either Daring Do''s mom or dad could have the same multicolored hair because they would be siblings and then Daring Do's other parent who wasn't related to Rainbow's dad could have grey hair and yellow-ish brown-ish skin making  daring do inherit the stripes from Rainbow's dad's hair but in gray scale, yellow-ish brown-ish skin from her other parent, and her eye color from other parent related to Dash's dad. It's just a theory, but who know? Maybe it's true, maybe it's not. You probably won't see this comment as i'm years late, but if you do, I would really appreciate it if you could take it into consideration 💖

I know I'm like, a million years late  -v- But what if they were cousins? It would explain why they look similar because some of their genes would be the same and it would explain why their color schemes are different as they would have different parents. Rainbow's dad and either Daring Do''s mom or dad could have the same multicolored hair because they would be siblings and then Daring Do's other parent who wasn't related to Rainbow's dad could have grey hair and yellow-ish brown-ish skin making  daring do inherit the stripes from Rainbow's dad's hair but in gray scale, yellow-ish brown-ish skin from her other parent, and her eye color from other parent related to Dash's dad. It's just a theory, but who know? Maybe it's true, maybe it's not. You probably won't see this comment as i'm years late, but if you do, I would really appreciate it if you could take it into consideration 💖


About the book cover, well i personally think that the creator of the book cover which was probably not daring doo took the pony that was the most similar to her personality and then just shlap shlap put daring doo's cutie mark and color palette and boom


*i know this might be crazy or impossible and i kinda doubt it but its worth a try! . so i think daring do is a future rainbow dash . so heres the theory i think that the enemies that daring do was fighting took over equestria or ponyville somehow i know that the enemies that daring do was fighting dont seem that powerful but maybe they teamed up with another enemie thats more powerful, example: when discord teamed up with the once who was weak terek and they almost got every pony in equestria!. so when the enemies took over twilight and her friends couldnt defeat them so they thought of a plan to go back in time and fix things before its too late so as the brave and loyal rainbow dash , she volunteers to go back and time just so her friend wouldnt have , so they already knew what would happen if you mess with the past from past experiences , so she dies her hair and we knew how easy it was for past starlight to change her cutie mark so the village didnt know , so rainbow brought up the character of daring do as her personalty and that daring do wouldnt associate with the mane 6 because of how they are the cause of saving equestria the last time starlight went back in time and that explains why daring do avoided rainbow dash , and even though she became friends with rainbow dash , she  still didnt become that close as to affecting the mane 6 ,so daring do tries to fight these enemies as them being weak before teaming up with a powerful enemie .<br>so that is my theory , and you know it could be as simple as rainbow dash being a long loss twin with daring do. and i doubt any one would come this far lol*

*i know this might be crazy or impossible and i kinda doubt it but its worth a try! . so i think daring do is a future rainbow dash . so heres the theory i think that the enemies that daring do was fighting took over equestria or ponyville somehow i know that the enemies that daring do was fighting dont seem that powerful but maybe they teamed up with another enemie thats more powerful, example: when discord teamed up with the once who was weak terek and they almost got every pony in equestria!. so when the enemies took over twilight and her friends couldnt defeat them so they thought of a plan to go back in time and fix things before its too late so as the brave and loyal rainbow dash , she volunteers to go back and time just so her friend wouldnt have , so they already knew what would happen if you mess with the past from past experiences , so she dies her hair and we knew how easy it was for past starlight to change her cutie mark so the village didnt know , so rainbow brought up the character of daring do as her personalty and that daring do wouldnt associate with the mane 6 because of how they are the cause of saving equestria the last time starlight went back in time and that explains why daring do avoided rainbow dash , and even though she became friends with rainbow dash , she  still didnt become that close as to affecting the mane 6 ,so daring do tries to fight these enemies as them being weak before teaming up with a powerful enemie .
so that is my theory , and you know it could be as simple as rainbow dash being a long loss twin with daring do. and i doubt any one would come this far lol*


I think the actual answer is they wanted to design daring do around rainbow to show the similarities in their personalities and characters but I think the pony universe answer is that daring do didn’t style her mane like that but when she was in cloudsdale back when starting to write her books she came across a young adventurous filly who preformed the mythical sonic rain boom and was inspired by it to make her character similar. As to why she ran away from rainbow dash, maybe she thought that rainbow was going to be mad that she copied her look or she thought she was just a fan girl and that’s why she had the same mane style, and didn’t make the connection to the pony she saw make the sonic rainboom, after all it had been many years and rainbow was only a filly.


If you look closely ,you'll see that alot of ponies have that kind of mane and eyes some of them are pegasus too


You could combine two of your theories. One was that Daring Do was modeled after rainbow dash, which wouldn't be surprising since the sonic rainboom probably made her note worthy in the Pegasus community. which you refuted because Daring Do didn't want anything to do with rainbow dash, however if your theory that Daring Don't was rainbow's imagination than we have a situation that makes sense.

@*****  got to look at the twin stuff yo

@*****  got to look at the twin stuff yo

Also Daring do could be pulling dying her mane, similar to mayor mare.

@*****  thats my point not all twins will be identical some twin will end up being different genders like Pound and Pumpkin and they can be identical same gender twins but in the case of Rainbow and Daring they wound be fraternal twins

@*****  do Pound and Pumpkin Cake look alike

@*****  do Pound and Pumpkin Cake look alike

You are right, that doesn't mean that they aren't serious business ;)

@Zeus Mcdaniels They are magic talking horses :I

Yeah, to be honest the reason is that, but that isn't a in world reason, which makes that answer less desirable. I would prefer the most abstract ludicrious in world answer rather than an answer that is plain and isn't based on things in the world.

@Zeus Mcdaniels I doubt they are related,They act the same so they look the same

I don't know how many books daring has written, however 13 isn't an incredibly impossible age to start writing, especially in a world where most children know what they are going to do with their life in elementary school. However with daring being an adventurer she could be older than her twin due to experiences with time travel.

+Zeus Mcdaniels Yeah... I did'nt get it! But than I read the other things down below and thatn I understood. But she never ever could be Rainbows twin. You know why? I suppose Rainbow Dash is about 20 but not older. Daring Do MUST BE OLDER. She is writting her 7th book isn't she? When have she started writting the first one? When she was 13?

???  Don't u call the 2 hour movie parent trap shit i love that movie

@Faith Boyd Maybe they could do some parent trap shit like in the movie...

@The Brony Notion Maybe after styling herself after 'the filly that did the rainboom', she just assumed Rainbow Dash was just another fan of the filly and did the same

@Faith Boyd no, how would i know that and why would i want to know -_-

Re-installs? Wiping any history that existed for the most part.

@Vion Videos  ok then @Draganot1 do you know what my dad does when my laptop crashes?

@Faith Boyd then it shouldn't be too hard to find again.

Did that not make sense to you, or am I just coming off as a creep?

It is a tool for table top rpgs, such as D&D, pathfinder, quags and palladium

@Zeus Mcdaniels I don't know roll 20.... XD

@Zeus Mcdaniels I don't know roll 20.... XD

Cool, if you want you can add me on skype zeus.macdaniels , or something and at some point in time we could do something on roll 20.

@Faith Boyd I'm a guy in houston texas on youtube that like to say jokes from time to time. I also love roleplaying, so....

@Draganot1 I looked it up when the episode came out @Vion Videos What is your real name , because only sertin people are aloud on my laptop

@Draganot1 I deleted her browsing history. <b>evil laugh</b> And Daring Doo is Rainbow's mom.

@Draganot1 I deleted her browsing history. *evil laugh* And Daring Doo is Rainbow's mom.

@Faith Boyd well you could check your browser history. unless it was "conveniently deleted".

It is possible, you gave me another idea. Time travel. If Darring Do was rainbow's child that had yet to be conceived time traveled back in time to save equestria. Thus Darring Doo avoided dash due to a desire to limit her effect on dashes time line, because too much affect on dash's time line could result in daring do having never been conceived in the first place.

@HowToTameYourDragon @Draganot1 How am I supost to remember a web sites name?!

@HowToTameYourDragon i too am interested in this. any credible source @Faith Boyd

@Faith Boyd   Where did you get this information?

@Faith Boyd   Where did you get this information?

@Draganot1  I looked it up, its her dad.

@Draganot1  I looked it up, its her dad.

@Zeus Mcdaniels no. but i like your idea better xD

@Draganot1 Are you suggesting that rainbow dash has no father, because Rainbow Dash and Darring Do are genetic experiments. The plot thickens!

@Faith Boyd I don't think he has a canon name. Not to mention no evidence that was her dad in that one episode. Could've easily been a older brother she doesn't talk about for some reason.

Maybe Rainbow Blizz (Rainbow Dash's dad) separated them at birth and they are twins

I think that they are long lost twins that were separated when they were yonge huh mabye they will make that into an episode: my daring twin. that be cool don't you guys think

Any way I can clear things up? At the basic level this theory is, that Daring Do looks like rainbow because the author based the character after rainbow. Also this theory places the meeting between Daring Do and rainbow into rainbows imagination.

concerning what section? or just in general?

concerning what section? or just in general?

Are you confused on some point, or impressed?

Are you confused on some point, or impressed?


Well, maybe we are always seeing Daring Do from Rainbow΄s perspective, and she just doesn΄t accept how Daring really looks.


i watched a video some time ago and it said that RD's father wrote the books and Daring Do was based off RD which could explain the resemblance between the two characters


You never know....they could actually be long lost twins 🤷♀🤔😮


I think your theory is right that Rainbow Dash is day dreaming, she first discovered the book in the hospital so maybe she went through head trauma in the fall and she saw the cover like her,  and maybe she never stopped seeing it like that.


I'd say that the reason daring do and rd (rainbow dash) look similar is that daring do heard about the style when the mane six stopped nightmare moon but didn't get the names so that's why rd and daring do have the same mane style!


Personally I think that rainbow dash wanted the original signed copy so bad because she didn't want to inconvenience ak, and an OrIgInAl copy would somehow be more suited to the collection


Maybe the hair was a common hair style and the eye color is rare and they are both lucky to have that rare eye color?🙂


Maybe they were childhood friend friends, styled the same, had to separate and forgot about each other


Rainbow Dash and Daring Doo might be very distant cousins that explaining the wings considering that she is from a Pegasus family, maybe Rainbow's Aunt and Uncle might have Darling's coloring.


If they are twins or sisters it would explain why Rainbow Dash’s parents are so supportive. They’re scared of losing Rainbow after already losing Daring. (Just a MLP theory.)


Hasbro is known for recycling, their designs look at the Apple family. For example, a lot of similarity, hairstyles, and body shape. The cutie mark crusaders are the same body shape, but just a different type of pony. I honestly think they just use the cutie mark crusaders body shape for the main kids of the show like pipsqueak, for example or twist they look the same


I’m 4 years late lol but I had this thought with moon dancer too. I think the creators made them look similar because twilight would probably be moon dancer if it wasn’t for friendship and rainbow dash would probably be a work alone pony like daring do, I could be totally wrong tho.


I have a theory!

Maybe ponies that are adventurous look like that


My theory:

The animators came up with this character last minute so they had to copy an actual character instead of starting from scratch, then they thought we wouldn't theorise about it 🙄


What if ninjago , my little pony, & hot wheels battle force 5 are connected because of the mane 6 characters

Stop it. Get some help. Although God odea🤔🤔😆😆😆


Since Rainbow Dash is a huge fan of Daring do, she might have changed her 'manestyle' to match hers.
The personality must have been a coincidence.
(Sorry for my bad English but, This is just my theory)


Maybe Rainbow Dash is Daring Do’s long lost child and that’s why Do would try to ignore her, because of her past guilt of leaving her child behind. Because as far as I know I have never seen Dash’s parents. So this theory might be possible.


Actually they dont have time for their hairstyles. Daring do is too bussy for her adventures,  while rainbow doesnt like fancy hairstyles. And anypony can have the same eyes. For example Aj and fluttershy, rarity and pinkie pie


I think Daring Do(A.K.Yearling),had her own friends,but she abandoned them to become an author and adventurer.


If you look closely. Alot of the ponies look a like but with different colour pallets. Like look at aqua and Lyra. Same mane style. Different colours and cutie marks. I think the creators do this because they don't know what to make the ponies look like. And if there only gonna use them for back ground or for a small part in an episode why would they need to make the character look different


You're the MLP version of Vsauce... except you actually stay on topic.

@The Brony Notion I see what you did there! ^_^

Vsauce :" why haven't we been visited by other intelligent life forms" but first let's talk about why cupcakes rise when being baked"

Everyone watching: ...

@Balloon Shot That's the best compliment I've ever gotten XD Thank you! And as always, thanks for watching!


Maybe Rainbow Dash change how we see Daring Do on the cover acording to how she imagined her.


Probably because they’re similar in personality <br>They both are daring and amazing

Probably because they’re similar in personality
They both are daring and amazing


Maby Ak yearling was from the past, my theory is that she found an artifact or somthing which then transported her to the future leaving behind a sister or brother that is Rainbow dash's ansestor and Rainbow dash was her distant desendent of some sort making them look alike.


Rainbow Dash wanted the <i>first edition</i> signed copy. So, maybe Yearling wouldn't have the first edition, especially if they really meant the first ever printed copy of it.

Rainbow Dash wanted the _first edition_ signed copy. So, maybe Yearling wouldn't have the first edition, especially if they really meant the first ever printed copy of it.


It's not uncommon for ponies to look similar. The royal guards all look the same. It's not something overly remarkable.


Great video but don't you realise that the book has pictures in it? Thats why Rainbow Dash imagined her the same way as she looked in real life


Maybe ponies' appearances are linked to their personalities somehow, that could explain moondancer and twilight and starlight - they all love magic and used to be rly bad friends.


Maybe, when Rainbow Dash was younger and Daring Do was around, which I'm guessing they're around the same age, Daring Do must've looked up to Rainbow Dash, but in the present it is the opposite, Rainbow Dash looks up to Daring Do?


"Long lost twin separated at birth"

GET THE FANFICTION READY


I think why they are so similar because they're good friends and the same eye color and stuff like that means that they're going to become friends and why they're so similar is because they're friends


I think is because daring do came from rainbow dash imagination, and the designers didn't change her appearance because she has already been shown.


Maybe they were really close friends back then and their moms both styled their daughter's hair the same way as they were fillys since they were really close friends and they were maybe really young at that age so they don't remember eachother.


The creates might have just been lazy but I like the idea of them being long lost twins


So when I was watching the video I was like, “hmmm.... scootalo’s parents and daring do look a bit alike” <b>searches up scootalo’s parents</b> “yeah they definitely look similar” sooo I’m saying what if scootalo is related to daring do?

So when I was watching the video I was like, “hmmm.... scootalo’s parents and daring do look a bit alike” *searches up scootalo’s parents* “yeah they definitely look similar” sooo I’m saying what if scootalo is related to daring do?


I like the "AKA AK" lol all it needs is another A.<br>I also like the idea that they where twins

I like the "AKA AK" lol all it needs is another A.
I also like the idea that they where twins


Maybe their coincidencial similarities led to Twilight introducing Daring Do to Rainbow Dash<br>Edit: can't find the scene but I remember her saying they are similar. Maybe it wasn't even a subconscious thing but a deliberate one

Maybe their coincidencial similarities led to Twilight introducing Daring Do to Rainbow Dash
Edit: can't find the scene but I remember her saying they are similar. Maybe it wasn't even a subconscious thing but a deliberate one


You remember at the episode rainbow met daring doo and she got the book first up then other ponies? I think is just the same and daring doo really look like that, not fanfiction xD


I think Daring Doo and Rainbow Dash were seperated at berth well that's what I think your answer might be different but that's what I think , I mean wouldn't it be interesting if we found out that they were related in some way ? Although Rainbow Dash might be Daring Doo we will never truely know ?


They should do a My Little Pony good to evil and test their moral compass that's why I think Wicked been to do


I think Daring Do was actually inspired by Rainbow Dash, after the rainboom Daring Do found out who rainbow Dash was and changed her mane to look like hers


Look for Harry Potter parallels. Maybe it's like Harry and Neville where Daring Doo could have been the spirit of loyalty.


What if the reason daring do and rainbow dash look so similar is because they both look up to the same person! If rainbow dash has modeled her look off of the same person as daring do then it would make perfect sense why they would look similar. The eyes and wings may just be a coincidence but the hair?! That just wouldn’t make sense! I’m assuming someone rainbow dash would look up to would be Someone in the wonderbolts a person that they would deeply look up to in the sense that not only are they cool in their eyes but have similar ambitions! And now that you look back to when rainbow dash was a filly you can see how her main was the same back then meaning this person may not be in the same set of wonderbolts as it is  today! But that’s just a head cannon of mine! Have a nice day and thanks for reading!😋


Here’s what I think:

The writers just got lazy for daring do’s design and based her on rainbow

They not even based they just made recolor lol


I think all of the main six have a counter part like how they would be if they didn't get their cutie marks at the same time


Well Derpy's main and tail are also very similar to Rainbow Dash's....


They both simply look like they never brush their mane or tail. They're both rather tomboyish, and they fly. So they end up with wind-blown hair. Their eyes look the same (plain) because neither of them do their makeup fancy like Fluttershy or Rarity would. The only really big difference their appearances is that Daring Do has fairly generic muted horsey colors, good for blending in, whereas Rainbow Dash is clearly poisonous.


Here is my Theory:<br>They were long lost sisters and never knew each other existed until now

Here is my Theory:
They were long lost sisters and never knew each other existed until now


Also since this more episodes have come out with them doing things together.


Has anyone realised that "Daring Do and the Saffires Stone" sounds a lot like "Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone"?


Maybe Daring Do was designed like this by the creator by coincidence..?


1:16 but you can see daring do on the cover of the book, so she cant imagine a totally different looking pony


That ending was really funny:) good use of the X-Files theme by the way!

the ending cheeped me out but sapphire shores is the pony katy perry and she was making her version of dark HORSE! GET IT!


Hasbro actually wrote the daring do books and I just got the first one off amazon 😭❤


At the start of this episode I was thinking *maybe their sisters or something so.. I agree with you


Hey they look similar, why is that?
Sawtooth: "It was all a dream but it wasn't."
Thank you Sawtooth, that was entirely unhelpful.


probably an alternate dimension like the one in equestria girls. Daring Do would have had to be born in the alternate world but not remembering and being sent to the pony world because , maybe her mother was a pony and her father was a person so her mother took her back to her world to raise her while rainbow dash was her half sister. i don't know.


It's a big ball of wibbly wobbly,timey-whimey stuff.

'Nuff said.


It can't be they are long lost sisters cause when the CMCs visit RB parents there are no traces of a long lost sister. My theory is that akyearling is from a different part of Eqestrya


the part where rainbow starts to read the books words you can see a picture of daring do and rainbow was not dreaming of herself as daring do . and those two could not be long last separated twins because if they had  rainbow would have known , and her parents would have told her


I agree with Sadie Martin. It's probably because of how people will look alike.


my only question is... why did NO ONE at the Daring Do convention recognise Rainbow Dash? wasn't she literally on the cover of one of the books? Not even Quibble Pants recognised her


I have an analyses I want to be shared in a video, made it up myself. I ask if you could please made one for it.

This is it simply, you could elaborate on it. Spike is constantly told he is a baby dragon and has limits because of it. In "Owls Well That Ends Well" it says that he can't stay up late because he is still a baby. In "Secret of My Excess" we are shown that he physically grows when give stuff. Wouldn't it be better for Twilight to give him stuff so he can age and be physically better? No matter how much he grows mentally, he is still a baby.

@Night World Worshipers Yes, that would mean she could have looked like any other pegasi. But she doesn't, she looks likes Rainbow Dash. After all, there has to be a pegasi that shares RD's phenotypes.

I'm sure background pegasi share many features, so RD should have at least one other look alike.

@Henry goh Bringing science in. Your teary does seem probable but that could mean Daring Do has the same chance as looking like any of the other pegasi.

@Otaku Princess (This is here cuz I didn't know where to put it)
Rainbow Dash and Daring Do look similar for two reasons: The episode she starred, she was used to turn Rainbow Dash's struggles into an adventure, which you can toward the end when RD repeats the adventure in the book while trying to steal the book.

Second reason: the pegasus gene pool is extremely small. Why? Because only they can stand on clouds from birth, and we have seen in Baby Cakes that one species of ponies have the potential to produce the two other species only through a very small, almost non existent, genetic relationship.

With that in mind, it is easy to understand why the pegasus population would avoid mixing with the other species. Historically, they were a militaristic tribe (Heath's Warming Eve) that would not tolerate weakness, and children falling out of the sky weren't likely to live very long. Later, as we get closer to modern Equestrian times, pegasi would realize how dangerous it would be to have mixed heritage children in the sky, thus they would either move to the ground or stick to their own kind. Though there is still variation withing the pegasus population, the variation of their characteristics have been greatly diminished as a direct result of the need to keep children on the cloud. Thus, RD and DD simply have a much higher chance of sharing genotypes and phenotypes.

@Otaku Princess Dragon greed is a primal instinct developed by the dragon species from the evolutionary need to horde. As a large and heavy creature of armored scale that can sleep for a hundred years in one sitting, it is important to horde. As to why they horde, it's because of their scales. In Dragon Quest, there was one dragon that looked like the pony disguise, and though it was a little... off... it seemed to possess multiple gemstone colors in its hide. Also, dragon scale is fireproof to dragon fire, which can melt metal, and lava, which can melt your face. No organic matter could withstand that kind of heat, aside from diamonds and prokaryotic cells, and since dragons are eukaryotic, multicellular organisms, they need diamonds (and other gemstones).

But wat if she did it in small portions ever birthday and teach him to fight his greed

If Twilight gives him things,he might turn into a ravaging monster again.

@The Brony Notion OH MY GOD THE OUTRO ILLUMINATI THING WAS HALLARIOUS =D

As we've seen, Spike loses his personality upon transformation into a grown dragon. Maybe every dragon was like spike at one point, but then they were exposed to greed...


I think the wrighters dont have any shapes so they decide to make daring do the same


I don’t know what to say:<br>I think that they are long lost friends not sisters or twins!

I don’t know what to say:
I think that they are long lost friends not sisters or twins!


Before I watched this I wrote this:

SHE IS DARING DO!

kokichi oMa  NO SHE IS HER OWN PERSON
poor rainbow she is getting annoyed with all these fake comments there’s help her

JK