Plot twist Babs and Snips are gonna opening a hair salon together.

Wow. That sorta sounds like it would work.

@Just.Your.Average.Viewer. the cutie mark crusaders said that she got scissors as a cutie mark

@Just.Your.Average.Viewer.  its a pair of scissors like snips

@Spair M I know but it's still gross imagine snips as a apple

@lhmw228 what do u mean are u being mean???/

Mimi MakesArts no because both their cutie marks are scissors

What????????😐😐😐😐😞😞😞😓😓🙈🏥🏥🏥🏥

What????????😐😐😐😐😞😞😞😓😓🙈🏥🏥🏥🏥

@lhmw228 The person didn't necessairly meant that shipping is needed here. They could just be co-workers

I think they'll become friends and open a salon, NOT dating in my opinion

Bleh was that for a ship??? If so bigger bleh


Two points, both are neutral. One, notice neither of the Flim-Flam brothers has an entire apple as the cutie mark on their flanks, we know the apple family as honest and hardworking, so maybe the only partial apple on their flanks means that  they each say  only half the truth, and since they complete each other,  then that means that the two are caught lying together. Two,  remember Nightmare Moon's  flank? There were blue splotches showing what was behind the evil guise, and the black  splotches  on the current Luna we know and love must be a reminder of the potentially  horrible energy that "lurks un the shadows"......wait, that's  it...Luna has self negative thoughts that cloud out the full personality,  so maybe those dark splotches  are actually  her negative  thoughts having a physical manifestation.

Thank you for the long essay that took me 5 million hours to read


"Why do they sell apples if they work in pears"

the perfect pear

"Why do they sell apples if they work in pears"

*the perfect pear*

@The Asprey Sisters exactly what i would type


i always thought that the black blotch on luna was was remained from her Nightmare Moon self, considering her coat became black

Dalia Wisam the black blotch is her birth mark

@Random person on the Internet it is to show that she is trapped inside nightmare moon as it happens in reverses

@Saffronbus_art well yeah but think of it canonically

@yeet hiTTTer I think celectia got the black for Luna's cutiemark is white and it is not visible on Celestia so they took the black as well.

It's actually just markings like on a horse.

Actually, it is what represents the dark magic that turned her evil

Dalia Wisam no it became purple when she became nightmare moon

That's a part from her regular self that is remaining

No because its purple when shes nightmare moon

But in the episode where she switches with celestia the black blotches go with the cutie mark...

Actually, Luna's cuttiemark, I mean the black part is the night sky. So,she has the same cuttiemark from her childhood.

Inb4 when Starlight switched Luna's and Celestia's cutie marks, the blotch also transferred, so maybe the animators don't know themselves. XD

Like shes traped in her like when starlight had a mission she got jealous at celestia but why didnt she appear well<br>she did in starlight's dream with daybreaker but well...idk anything.

Like shes traped in her like when starlight had a mission she got jealous at celestia but why didnt she appear well
she did in starlight's dream with daybreaker but well...idk anything.

ImaginingDragons she wasnt black, she was a very dark navy blue as nightmare moon.

but when she is nightmare  moon  the blotches  turn purple.


Funfact: The black stain on Luna's cutie mark is actually the remaning of her dark side, night mare moon. She only transfer her magic to Twilight later on that episode, but not her dark magic of course.

i know this was 5 years ago lol why am I still here :V

so celestia was able to be daybreaker because she has luna's over all cutie mark (moon + the black)

Ah, a member of the commenting late gang.

✧𝒸𝓇𝓎𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓁 𝓅𝑒𝑔𝒶𝓈𝓊𝓈✧

Maybe because it's not her cutie mark it's like the black splosh

true but imagine nightmare moon vs triek or sombra or even just luna using dark magic

BILL I THOUGHT YOU THINK IN CAPITAL LETTERS

I have a better explanation to that.<br>The black spot plus the moon represents her special talent, controlling the night, but just the moon represents her magic.Even if her Magic’s gone no one can take away her talent.

I have a better explanation to that.
The black spot plus the moon represents her special talent, controlling the night, but just the moon represents her magic.Even if her Magic’s gone no one can take away her talent.

for some reason i thought it was a part of her coat after this but in a royal problem it transfers to sunbutt so JUST MAKE UP YOUR MIND, ANIMAORS! (to be fair we are never gonna get a straigt awnser now, since the show is over)

myb it's tantabus because later in the show that spot dissapeared


Last time he sounded like he was recording on a toaster


"Working in pears." That pun was really good. =w=

@Lps candy Comet lightdon't be mean! Also DONT swear it's REALLY bad in my opinion a sin even (agein just my opinion)

@Cuber With a Camera don't be rude it's they're opinion and nerds are cool

@Snowy The Alolan Vulpix thats a hard oof.

Is_it_sleepy_time Why thank you sleeping beauty UwUz

@Snowy The Alolan Vulpix thats.. not even a roast.. thats just something cringy kids would say.

Cuber With a Camera  Omg I totally agree with u!!!!!!! AGREE THAT UR THE REAL NERDDDDDD (and being a nerd just means ur smart pfft like YOU would even know what “smart” means lol xd GET ROASTED + WRECKED)


I always thought that Luna was an Appaloosa, since they're known mostly for having a "blanket" on their flanks that is a different color than the rest of them. And no, I don't mean Appaloosa as in the town where Applejack's relatives live. I mean Appaloosa as in the actual horse breed.


The film-flam bros should sell Apple iPhones 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂


Here are a few more reason Luna could've been jealous of Tia for. Celestia is a take off of celestial, which can mean space, and space can be translated as infinity. Celestial also mean beauty. Luna, ehh, means moon. And the moon is really, a planet whose light come from the suns reflection.

@o it isnt reflection, really shouldnt take a genius to figure this out.

@Multi-purpose account Bruh, it's reflection. The moon isn't transparent OR translucent.

@Tahmina Karimova Same. She really needs more attention and Love. I respected her so much.

Well actually that's not the case. Luna is jelaous of her because ponies paid more attention to her. that's literally the main reason. Also, in the episode when Celestia and luna switched Cutie marks, Tia said luna's job was so hard, fighting nightmares ALONE. This is basically true since over the past few thousand years ponies paid more attention to Celestia even tho celestia is not the only princess in Equestria. Everytime Celestia is in trouble, ponies would come to help her but not on Luna's side. To me its just kinda UNFAIR that the ponies did that because Celestia is pretty much like hodly to the ponies. That's the reason why she turned into Nightmare moon. Luna needs more respect since she protect equestria from nightmares for centuries. Good thing she gained them Already. I dont really think its got things to do with names or stuff. Luna loves Celestia the way she is and so did Tia. But the ponies kinda have role from turning her into Nightmare moon.

And Celestia does sound like celestial but you need a dictionary because celestial means god like and holy

Brandi Wadkins when I was little my fav pony was Luna and it still is

@Multi-purpose account No, it is the Sun's light being reflected, as far as I know.

You need to take a few astronomy lessons mate.
First of all, the moon is not a planet. It's a bunch of dust bought together by gravity.
Second, the moon's light isn't a reflection of sunlight. It's when the sunlight shines trough the moon from behind.


Why cutie-marks appear only on ponies ?

Their bodies are very in touch in magic

Earth ponies - magic is what gives them incredible strenght
Unicorns - well MAGIC
Pegasi - ability to fly and literally touch the clouds !

Basicly magic is what ponies are, what makes them special
and remember cutie marks are magic.

Propably other magical creatures existed but they killed themselves fighting for power centuries earlier

Ponies survived beacuse of their teamwork and love of peace

I would assume that it's just a thing with ponies and their type of magic. Like the corrupted changeling having those holes in their legs or yacks having thick fur.

cough cough ɢʀɪғғᴏɴs ʜɪᴘᴘᴏɢʀɪғs ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇʟɪɴɢs ʏᴀᴋs ᴀɴᴅ ʟɪᴛᴛᴇʀᴀʟʟʏ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ cough cough

*cough cough* ɢʀɪғғᴏɴs ʜɪᴘᴘᴏɢʀɪғs ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇʟɪɴɢs ʏᴀᴋs ᴀɴᴅ ʟɪᴛᴛᴇʀᴀʟʟʏ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ *cough cough*

well cutie marks basically show your future so i thought it was just that ponies are more magically connected with destiny

You : unicorns : well MAGIC

Lmao🤣 Well unicorns is well known because of their magic🤣

Ranun sooooooo dragon breath isn’t magic


heres the thing on luna"s cutiemark when it's moon disappears, the REAL mark was the moon, and the mark that is surrounding it is just A STAIN!

@Edgelord I don’t watch my little pony anymore,, I guess I just didn’t know what a fanfic was.

@emma fanfics aren't canon.. they're literally named fanfics, as in fan <i>fiction.</i>

@emma fanfics aren't canon.. they're literally named fanfics, as in fan _fiction._

It’s one mark from her past because when she nightmare moon it’s purple

Myles Dreemurr It’s a splotch to show she goes in the dream realm (heard it from a fanfic so don’t start yelling at me pls ;-;)


When I look at Zecora's cutie mark, I see her skill with alchemy. The swirl could be the mixture as she is stirring the pot and the little triangle on the outside could be the fire underneath.

Spike Of The Bastion I think that is afrcan tradition cuting their skin and zebras are from Africa

Well she is a Zebra, and as far as I can tell depicts a lot of African culture on her part.

Really, huh... Didn't know that, awesome.

That's a good point. But it's also an African symbol


Lol, I always thought snips and snails were just named and based off of that old rhyme that "boys are made of snips, and snails, and puppy dog tails" I never thought of particular meaning behind it.
But I am kinda upset there's no female counterpart of them to go with the rhyme "girls are made of sugar, spice, and everything nice" because imagine how cute and perfect some twin foals named Sugar and Spice would be!!
(Also very disappointed snips and snails don't have a brother who has a name to finish the rhyme)


“Apple Products” <b>shows iPhones</b> good one, I get it.

“Apple Products” *shows iPhones* good one, I get it.


Hi! I have a comment on Shinning Armor's cutie mark: i thought that the three stars above the shield were representing his family (father, mother and Twi) :)


Luna’s blotches on her hips I always thought were a part of her cutie mark, as seen in many fan created animations of Luna and the story of her cutie mark. I now believe that it is either a birthmark or a scar. Just like real ponies and horses, each have a different pattern or marks. But in the magical pony world, almost all the ponies are one solid color with no birthmarks or markings (with the exception of Zecora) I really believe it is some sort of scar caused by maybe a burn from let’s say the sun. Maybe this was her revalation that she belonged with the night. I dunno.... just thinking...


The sun and moon can be covered by clouds whenever they want them too so they don't have to do anything


I always thought that Luna's black splotch with the moon on top of it represented how she is a "light in the darkness" because of how she helps others in their dreams.


2:13 That's a good one, i really laughed harder than i should have.
3:16 A mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey, specifically a male donkey and a female horse (a mare). Further, mules are sterile and cannot reproduce, while donkey are their own species.
I think ponies have Cutie Marks probably because they are magic creature, unlike the ones you metioned


I always thought that the reason other characters never had any cutie marks was because there has to be a certain level of magic there. I mean unicorns, pegasi, and earth ponies are all said to have a certain level of magic within them even though they haven't made the earth ponies magic clear. This would also explain why Zicora his a cutie marl because she does have a certain level of magic she is always making her own posions and helps the main six on occasion.


Zecora was introduced with the intent of making her Twilight's second mentor. We see shades of this during "magic duel." I think that's why her... tattoo? stripe pattern? looks like a sun; she was meant to be Twilight's second celestia.


Rainbow's mark actually has a lot of symbolic meaning like the cloud could represent her Loyalty to cloudsdale while the fact that the Lightning bolt are the three primary colors could show how her entire personality and the reason she has her element is because of her friend( put the mane six together what do you get? RD! And friends) idk where I'm going with this...


I know this is a old episode but I'd like to share my thoughts.<br>I think that all pony's have magic in them, as depicted in the season 4 finale as tirek eventually takes magic from all types of ponys (excluding crystal ponies), and their cutiemarks are representations of what they are going to do in life. or, to put it in other words, what they're going and or supposed to channel their magic into in their lifetime. it my be the world's way of trying to keep order. special talents may 'work' because as their naturally good at something the magic inside them makes them exceptional at it. the magic could even give a long a judge towards their own special talents like when rarity was a little filly and her horn lead her all the way to the rock with the jewels inside, leading up to her getting her mark. I think the only reason unicorns may be the only ponys considered magical is because they have a clear and visable way to channel and develop the magic inside them, also probably having more magic than the other races.

I know this is a old episode but I'd like to share my thoughts.
I think that all pony's have magic in them, as depicted in the season 4 finale as tirek eventually takes magic from all types of ponys (excluding crystal ponies), and their cutiemarks are representations of what they are going to do in life. or, to put it in other words, what they're going and or supposed to channel their magic into in their lifetime. it my be the world's way of trying to keep order. special talents may 'work' because as their naturally good at something the magic inside them makes them exceptional at it. the magic could even give a long a judge towards their own special talents like when rarity was a little filly and her horn lead her all the way to the rock with the jewels inside, leading up to her getting her mark. I think the only reason unicorns may be the only ponys considered magical is because they have a clear and visable way to channel and develop the magic inside them, also probably having more magic than the other races.


I always thought Luna's cutie mark was the splotches too, but I guess it's just a unique marking for her, just like pipsqueak - probably just born that way rather than any actual event, just like real horses can be skewbald colour (pipsqueak's markings)


I think it's some sort of evolutionary aspect--since the ponies are so collaborative, it betters the species as a whole. Each pony can find what they're good at and help society, allowing more ponies with cutie marks to live on? Or something. (I'm really enjoying this cutie mark analysis, this should be a series! I'm curious about what you think of Derpy's.)


Ponies, in mlp, are at the top of the food chain, magical advancement, logical advancement, and peaceful activity, so their detainees are displayed on themselves as a symbol of superiority. Plus, ponies chanelle so much magical power within themselves and their detainees that it is reflected through their looks and it is an excepted sign of becoming of age.


I have a few thoughts on what Brony Notion had said.
1, maybe the lightning bolt on Rainbow Dash means someday she'll fly faster then the speed of light rather then Joining the Wonderbolts as her Sonic Rainboom allows her to break the sound barrier to fly at the speed of sound.
2, the blot he was referring to on Luna could just simply be a different marking on her actual body like any pony in real life would have and not a cutie mark.
3, last time i checked the nursery rhyme went "frogs and snails and puppy dogs tails" to me that makes sense as how are boys supposed to be made of snips? snips of what?.


Plus (for Celestia and Luna), Luna is the name of our moon, which makes sense because she raises the moon. On the other hand (or hoof), you would think Celestia means sun. WRONG! Celestia means sky which is less, how do I put it, effective, or booming in effect. But the creators were right. Celestia sounds better, as a name, than Sun. I think we can agree on that.


The dark splotches weren’t there before on Luna, they’re like a part of her jealousy guilt and nightmare moon or something


Maybe since zecora is obsessed with magic potions, when she was making the cutie mark thing, she tested it on herself and cured the cutie pox but somehow the spiral-sun mark stayed there.


Fun fact about snips mark, it can mean cutting away things you don't need or a unity because you need both blades working together to have a functional pair. Hell, my favorite vocalid cover has a quote that goes: "scissors have two blades. They carry out thier work together, just like a good married couple."

Snails mark can mean two things; to take your time and enjoy life at your own pace. Life isn't a race afterall. The second can mean to protect yourself against harm by stopping to think about the situation. Although I'm not sure how that translates to the character.


Maybe other creatures don’t have an easy way of finding their cuty mark while pony’s do. Zebras also have the same ability witch explains Zicora having a cuty mark just like the ponies.


Six years too late on this but I'll go ahead and say what I think the reason is that only ponies have cutie marks.

First, I want to point out that while it is established that other creatures are capable of harnessing magic, I don't think that all magic is the same or at least that not all magic follows the same rules. Take the changelings for example, their main ability is to change their forms into differing objects and creatures, and after their reformation it's shown they still can change their forms and perform magic, despite not all of them keeping the horns from their original forms. However, despite having wings, changelings can't stand on clouds while Pegasi can.

This, along with many other details, leads me to believe that Pony magic is vastly different from that of other creatures. Perhaps because of this difference, magic in ponies simply manifests into certain things, like their horns, their wings, even things like Pinkie's "Pinkie Sense" and yes, their cutie marks which most often reflect who the pony is and what it is they are meant to do.

Do I think this makes ponies the "main race" in the world of Equestria? No. No I don't. But it does make me think that they were meant to do what seasons 8 and 9 were trying to accomplish. Bring the world together, peacefully. No, I don't think that there will never be a type of creature that ponies or the magic of friendship can't handle, but based on what the show has shown us it appears that it's mainly the ponies who reach out in friendship. I'm not saying that's the case every time, but it certainly appears that way most times. (But seeing how the show is called "My Little Pony" I can give the show a bit of leeway for that being the case)

Perhaps I'm wrong, and that's a very real possibility, but that's simply my idea on it.


the dark marks probably represents the darkness within her (jealousy and envy) that will never go away, so she is still jealous of Celestia.


i have a thoery regarding snails....and it comes from the episode "Buckball season".
i think snail's cutiemark represents a means of "taking it slow,and taking it in" and an almost Zen type outlook of not worrying or thinking about things and letting them come to pass and fullfill themselves in time. in the aforementioned episode,Snails demonstrated an impressively calm outlook on everything,even when everyone else was going about thier own worries and fears.
this leads me to believe Snails is actually a much more intelligent and collective pony than he appears....and he may be even suitable as an anxiety councilor or a therapist. id love to hear some second opinions on my theory.


I don't think Luna's interaction with the younger ponies is a sign of her more personal side. Rather, I think it's because the older ponies are scared of her.

Remember, they were raised on a thousand years of Nightmare Moon, the horror story of the villainous monster banished to the moon. The younger ponies are the first that will get to see her as Luna. It's a shame the show hasn't expanded more on this, but it's why I think she's so closed off to the older characters, yet so willing to help the younger ones.


I think rainbow's cutie mark means her character . Her tough character with a lightning bolt ⚡ and her weak and her cloud means the softer side of her like she forgot to be herself just to impress the wonder bolts .


Zecora cutie mark could have been a tattoo that her culture uses like a cutie mark. Maybe different shapes have different meanings. Also non ponies don’t have cutie marks but still have talents.


Zecora's cutie mark looks like it symbolizes her knowledge of chaotic things and behaviors, and it would make sense. Her mark looks similar to the sign of entropy, but it swirls into the middle. I could see it as since she's chaotic (hidden under the guise of being mysterious, like how the entropy hides the swirl) she knows about chaos, but unlike Discord she uses that knowledge to help the ponies.


You see zecora's tattoo is like a cutie mark (the swirl explains her potion) but she chose it not earned it.😇


I always thought that the black splotch on Luna's cutie mark was kind of like a scar from when she was Nightmare Moon.


Ponies have magic in them, zebras seem to sometimes have found a way to acces some environmental magic bit have no magic themselves. (Like zecora shows with her potions)

Yes all ponies have magic in them (as S4 finale has shown with the earth ponies and pegasi)


I think the blotch symbolic meaning is of what Luna used to be for example in 2:52 on Nightmare Moon the blotch becomes purple like Luna! And on Luna it’s black like Nightmare Moon! It can also be the blotch that can be seen on the moon symbolizing how Luna got sent there.


I think that Zecora gave herself an artificial cutie mark after moving to Equestria, seeing how the dominant species there all have cutie marks.


The human world has cutie Mark's so they find their destiny in the parallel world. It stands to reason others could do the same. Gabby's mark from the crusaders could be as real as the marks of the other worlders.


I've seen a pic of Snip's dad and he has pic of controller of rope dolls as his cutie mark. It symbolises manipulation and controlling. Snip has scissors, do maybe his fate is to get rid of his controlling dad's power


Maybe the snail cutiemark could represent how fast he is for being the fastest filly. Snails are small though.


The black splotches symbolize the dreamworld aspect of Luna-<br> When Celestia and Luna switched cutie marks, the dream aspect was carried along with rasing the moon.

The black splotches symbolize the dreamworld aspect of Luna-
 When Celestia and Luna switched cutie marks, the dream aspect was carried along with rasing the moon.


+Robbin But, I could argue that Zecora does have magical abilities. After all, she does have a horn like a unicorn. And considering Twilight, unicorns store magic in their horns. Maybe the stripes on her are just part of her cutie mark, showing she is different, yet the same as other close species.


What if Flim and Flam are Applejack's cousin's? LOL

They do both have similar colours of mane and coat to apple bloom.

Film and flam could be evil cousins of applejack???

Taurian did you know that aj is a ame full name is animal jam ;D

+TobyandMavisforever Comment made irrelevant by the episode Slice of Life.

@J Herbett what about her Aunt and Uncle Orange?

Don't be silly Chrono Mitsurugi they hate each other and if you look AJ she has a big heart for friends and family 😒

@***** I think now you are the dodo for that comment

@***** And my point is that your point means absolutely nothing to those whose favorites are the background ponies. I never cared that Octavia will never be the focus of a show. Because she doesn't have to be. That's not going to affect how I see her.

@Chrono Mitsurugi My point still stands. They won't be in the spotlight of an episode, no matter what happens in the show.

@***** So...does that mean you and I are completely worthless because we aren't leaders of nations or something. Everybody serves a purpose. Everyone has value.

Imagine how bland the show would be if they got rid of all the background ponies.

Who would buy from AJ and Pinkie? Or Rarity's clothes? Who will Twilight annoy with her friendship speech? Who will cheer on Rainbow Dash!?

Its like a concert, the band is in the spotlight, but it's the crowd that makes them famous. grin

@***** So...does that mean you and I are completely worthless because we aren't leaders of nations or something. Everybody serves a purpose. Everyone has value.

Imagine how bland the show would be if they got rid of all the background ponies.

Who would buy from AJ and Pinkie? Or Rarity's clothes? Who will Twilight annoy with her friendship speech? Who will cheer on Rainbow Dash!?

Its like a concert, the band is in the spotlight, but it's the crowd that makes them famous. *grin*

@Chrono Mitsurugi So what? Background ponies will never get time in the spotlight. They are in the BACKGROUND after all.

@***** also kudos to you for using dodo. Haven't seen that on the web in a LONG time.

@***** for awhile Derpy wasn't canon. Time will tell. Nothing is set in stone till the show ends.

@Chrono Mitsurugi Derpy having a daughter isn't canon you dodo!

@Animal Lover its like everyone with the same last name is related if you go far enough back up the family tree.
The same goes for the Apples. Having an apple cutie mark like EVERY SINGLE APPLE always does makes the Flim Flam brothers blood members of the Apples as opposed to Pinkie who is related to a pie who married an apple.

How close the relation between the brothers and Applejack is debatable but they are related. Probably. I think. Its just an interesting theory based on a little girls cartoon of techni color ponies peeps. Facts are hard to come by.

Watch baby cakes when Mr. Cake explains how the babies are unicorn and Pegasus. It's just genetics

Earth Ponies could have Unicorn cousins.

wait what?could u try saying that in a less confusing way?

It is established canon that that means diddly squat. Besides ever heard of interaccial love?

Derpy is a pegasus with a unicorn daughter

Shining Armor a unicorn married Cadence who was originally a pegasus who was later made an Alicorn.

The Cakes are earth ponies with a pegasus and unicorn twins.

Its like our world. We tend to stick to what's familiar to us so that we can relate to one another BUT love is blind.

So Applejack the element of honesty with two cousins who are scam artist. Not fact but possible and a pretty funny headcanon

i dont think so...their unicorns not earth ponies


I always thought the black spots on Luna represented dark clouds with the moon in the sky lol


Other animals are always in tribes so in a tribe, they have to follow rules. So they don't get a shot at finding a Destiny. Or with animals like bufulo maybe their cutie Mark is hidden under their fur.


Can you please do a cutie mark analysis for Cozy Glow? It's be nice to get some other opinions on her cutie mark.


“I assume they find a more honest way to earn money.” Not a chance Sawtooth


In the season 4 finale, the blotches where still there. However, in season 7 episode 10, royal problems, the blotches switch with her cutie mark.


Some things... The moon didn't show in Luna's flank because it was time of new Moon (and in a way, she herself is new Luna a.ka moon after that transformation.) Perhaps her mark changes according to moon phase or her character development? Who knows how long the moon cycle takes in Equestria.. we haven't seen her fully yet... the full moon is yet to be there....


:o Just realised! Film and flam's cutie marks make a full apple when put together and applejack's cutie mark is 3 whole apples.....could it mean that film and flam are meant to team up with the apples?!


I think Luna has those dark blots to show her past as nightmare moon and her jealousy. The moon, on top of it, simbolizes how she was able to overcome that part of her, and the moon is her cutie mark as well as symbolizing her power and her roll to protect people. That’s why it  dissapeared when her power was taken away. She could no longer rule over her people and her power was gone. What remains then isn’t necessarily jealousy as much as a loss of purpose.


I've always thought that the black splotch was the dark magic that corrupted her in the first place.


For me the ponies kind of control magic so I think there cutie mark could also represent what part or type of magic they control maybe the other animals don't have cutie marks because they aren't magical and for the other magical creatures it seems as though the ponies gave them magic


I'm pretty sure zebra's have cutie marks because I think Luna met zebra's whilst in the ever-free forest (when they were building the castle of the two sisters) when talking to a manticore named Melvin from the book The Journal of the Two Sisters.


I have a theory about Snails's cutie mark. In the episode "Ponyville Confidential" Snips and Snails get stuck together with a massive chunk of gum. The gum was sticky and snails leave a trail of slime behind them. Maybe you could find some other stuff and put that in a video?


To answer your question:

As we already know all three races of pony possess magic (confirmed in season 4 finale)
I believe this inner magic is, in part, responsible for the actual manifestation of the cutie mark.
Support to my claim comes when the ponies were drained of their magic in the season 4 finale. When the ponies were magic-less the cutie marks also disappeared. Why would they disappear unless they were somehow connected?

But the same is not true in reverse. In the season 5 premiere, Starlight Glimmer removed the cutie marks from members of all three pony races. However they still possessed their basic magical abilities (respectively).
This suggests that while magic affects cutie marks, not all cutie marks affect magic.
Kinda like how all squares are rectangle but not all rectangles are squares.

As far as for why they actually get the cutie marks, you could go a few different ways
1) the magic gift of cutie marks could have been bestowed to the ponies by their original Alicorn rulers
---Head Cannon Speculation -
in further speculating maybe (going off inkrose's head cannon)
When the the chaos bringers destroyed the ruling Alicorns, they used the last of there magic to grant their subjects with the gift of cutie marks..
This would go along with the cannon statement from the season 4 finale, where, celestia states you can't just "get rid" of magic. Maybe it was that extra boost of magic that cause the cutie marks to manifest.

As far as we know no other creatures had as powerful rulers as the ponies have/had.

Idk I could be wrong :) thank to anyone who took the time to read this! I appreciate it a lot!

To answer your question:

As we already know all three races of pony possess magic (confirmed in season 4 finale)
I believe this inner magic is, in part, responsible for the actual manifestation of the cutie mark.
Support to my claim comes when the ponies were drained of their magic in the season 4 finale. When the ponies were magic-less the cutie marks also disappeared. Why would they disappear unless they were somehow connected?

But the same is not true in reverse. In the season 5 premiere, Starlight Glimmer removed the cutie marks from members of all three pony races. However they still possessed their basic magical abilities (respectively).
This suggests that while magic affects cutie marks, not all cutie marks affect magic.
Kinda like how all squares are rectangle but not all rectangles are squares.

As far as for why they actually get the cutie marks, you could go a few different ways
1) the magic gift of cutie marks could have been bestowed to the ponies by their original Alicorn rulers
---Head Cannon Speculation ---
in further speculating maybe (going off inkrose's head cannon)
When the the chaos bringers destroyed the ruling Alicorns, they used the last of there magic to grant their subjects with the gift of cutie marks..
This would go along with the cannon statement from the season 4 finale, where, celestia states you can't just "get rid" of magic. Maybe it was that extra boost of magic that cause the cutie marks to manifest.

As far as we know no other creatures had as powerful rulers as the ponies have/had.

Idk I could be wrong :) thank to anyone who took the time to read this! I appreciate it a lot!

Thank you for the long description that took me 5000 hours to read

TulipSong your answer is so long it's 100,000,000,000,000 times more awesome than anything except my little pony. A 12 year old girl using her step _ dad's account surprising but not as surprising as the sudden plot twist of mlp.

That's because tirek wasn't after the cutie marks. Starlight glimmer was. Starlight glimmer took the cutie mark, therefor removing the talent and kind of magic that gives them the mark. Tirek, who stole all the magic, took the cutie mark magic as well. starlight only took the "cutie magic". So tirek took the whole pie of magic, starlight just wanted a small bite out of it.


I believe that ponies have more magical energy that other animals. Which in turn makes a cutie mark appear.


I think maybe a long time ago there were other princesses before celestial and Luna who cast a spell on all ponies. For instance when the main 6 put on the play of how it all began there is no mention of a princess. Maybe they created a government\kingdom.I've always wanted to know about the princesses childhood. Also Granny Smith mentions in one episode that Filthy Riches father or grandfather ,I don't remember,was the first pony to buy her something jam. I wonder if AJ had someone like diamond tiara in her class to.They never really mention the older pony's childhoods except when they talk about how they got their cutie marks


i have a theory,equestria was made for ponies.and it was made with a special magic that made the ponies show their inner element shine and the cutie marks would appear.so since equestria was only made for ponies, the cutie marks would only affect the ponies


I always thought snips got his cutie mark one day because maybe he was in his mom's sewing supplies and found out he had the talentnfor it but as a little boy, too embrassed to tell people how he got it.


The reason only ponies have cutie marks:
As seen in the season 4 finale, if magic is taken away from a pony it's cutie mark disappears.
Ponies have magic on their side.
Other animals don't, otherwise tirek woud have absorbed magic from them too.

Филипп Воробьёв THIS IS SO TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ffion Campbell without magic pegasus ponies can't fly and earth ponies don't have strength

Not all ponies have magic lots are Pegasus or Earth ponies

Raven White HAVE YOU WATCHED THE EPISODE YOUR ANSWER IS IN IT

Robin 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Robin 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Robin remember all the cutie marks get released

or the animators are just too lazy... just putting it out there

+DragonBorn agree and my reason is that zera is density with meeting the mane 6 so she have magic but not phyicsl

Also do not forget Zercora has magic too. Even though her magic is more spiritual the physical and thus he cutie mark of a spiral spiraling outward, representing spiritual grow.

@Филипп Воробьёв while I don't have the answer right now look to videos past for the answer you are currently seeking

@The Brony Notion Simple, Discord and Tirek have different kinds of magic.
Discord: He can just think of it and it happens, also remember that he is the embodyment of chaos.
Tirek: He has the magic to steal other kinds of magic.
And also... Changelings!!!
They have the magic of rapid body change, they don't have cutie marks...
Why? Becaus their magic is sustained by the love they feed on.
That is all.

I'm curious on whether blank flanks got power drained.

This is a good discussion, if all ponies with magic had cutie marks, what about Discord... and Tirek had like all the magic from all the ponies with no cutie mark.

@Филипп Воробьёв I rewatched the finale and it appears to be coming out of his mouth?

What about Discord? He has magic. But not the cutie mark.

Yes! I can't believe I didn't think of that because I have my own video about how magic and cutie marks are connected! :) lol


i have something about tia and lunas cutie marks: so, tia is the sun and luna is the moon right? and they are opposite right? so they keep harmony by each raising the sun and moon. aaaaaand they each represented 3 elements of harmony. so their cutie marks also represent them making harmony throughout the land. eh? eh?


It probably came from the unicorns, the only ponies of magic. Then I'm guessing it spread the other pony breeds, and because there are no other magic creatures in other species, it kept to ponies only.


I believe zecora's "cutie mark" Is actually a tribal tatoo signifying  maturity,Adulthood, and being wise.I believe  if we saw another zebra from where she came from it would have the same symbol.I think this because in some cultures face tatoos are considered to signify adulthood.


I think that the black spot in Luna's flank is like a souvenir of her corruption or a mark that reminds her of her foolish behaviour . I would love to hear what you think about it


I think Zecora's mark is a Cutie mark, while yes it may look like a tribal tattoo its also a spiral, like water when its stirred so I think Zecora's mark represents her skill in making medicine and her mysterious personality because she's the only none pony character with a cutie mark


With the dark blotches on Luna... in twilights kingdom she still has the dark blotches but in a royal problem when starlight glimmer switches celestia and Luna’s cutie mark it gives celestia the dark blotches Indicating that it’s part of Luna’s cutie mark.


For some reason,  in the tenth episode of season 7,  they decided to make Luna's black spots part of her cutie mark.


But when starlight swapped Celestia and Luna’s cutie marks in season 7,Celestia also had the black blob thing.


I don’t know how often I’ve  watched this video, but I still love it 😊


I think that the black splotches on Luna is a permanent thing from being Nightmare Moon, since before she turned into her evil form, she didnt have those. So if Celestia turned into Daybreaker she would have orangey red splotches


I think the black blotches on Luna's flank represent her time as Nightmare Moon. Nightmare Moon had light color blotches representing that she was once a princess and Luna has dark color blotches representing that she was once Nightmare Moon.


2:54 if you put luna's cutie mark with celestia's it looks like night trying to block the day like when nightmare moon tried to have eternal night in equestria

and the black patches they may be a part of it but when her cutie mark was gone they are there maybe that is a sighn everything will go back to normal


Maybe Flim and Flam's decietfulness is hinted at by their unequal cutie marks. Flim only has 1/4 of an apple while Flam has 3/4's. I think this might have something to do with how their deals will always end up being unfavorable to the competition, especially considering how their initial deal was to split the profits 75/25.


the cutie mark probably has some genetic meaning. like what there sopost to do or how they act. it could even be a symbol of power, recegnition, or who they get along with. depending on how far you want to go into the lore, it could mean some thing else entirely like what type of ponies they could probably be. like an earth pony for apple jack, because she wouldn't need to fly or use magic to do her job. also, a reson on why other animals don't have cutie marks, is probably because, they might not have enough magic and, or phisical matter in general to have what it takes to earn a cutie mark or just have one in general. also, it is shown that ponies can go from a regular pony, to a princess. this is also probably a genetics thing. when a pony becomes a princess, their genetics and, or body matter, changes. but why would a princess have to be only an alicorn and not a regular unicorn or pegusus? well, ponies would probably want a strong, relyable, trustworthy, and caring leader to lead them and probably alicorns, where stronger than unicorns and faster than the pegasi, because alicorns have both of the two species. or, it might have just been tridishon. but, is it posible for an earth pony to go from a basic earth pony to a pegusus or unicorn? probably! just as how a pony might get their cutie marks or become a princess, they must under go a transformation. mostly like how twilight got her wings. also, speaking of transformation, the changlings probably have a genetic system or organ or magic function in their horn that allows them to change their apperences to match another creature's. also, changlings probably don't care about their normal appearence so much because they could just change into some other creature or object. welp, that raps it up for now. hope you enjoyed this small expanation on just some of the unsolved misteries in my little pony. hero out!!!!8)


I think Princess Luna will always have that black blotch to symbolize how she was tainted with jealousy. Even though she was changed by the powers of harmony, it doesn't change the fact she had been sealed away for so long. Princess Luna continues to adjust back into Equestria, but she still has her own personal struggles. It also doesn't take away from the past emotional pain felt by her or Princess Celestia. The results of her jealousy has left a lasting impact for life, so I think it's likely that the black blotches will always be present. She does keep a part of herself private and reserved similar to how there's parts of the night when it's considered sealed in mystery. I think that may also contribute to the black area.


For one thing i thin the creatures that loose their “essence” like griffin’s wouldn’t because they would probably just looks their feathers on their “Flanks”


I know why others dont have cutie marks i think you see zebcoras flank actually is a cutie mark since it would represent her talent on potions. The reason why they put it on Zebcora is not really clear, but they probally did it because she looks alot like a pony and in episode one they firstly thought she was a pony. Thats my therory.


Finally. Someone agrees zecora dosen't have a cutie mark


About Snips' cutie mark, in season  5 we hear that Babs' cutie mark are scissors. Her talent is hairdressing. Maybe same goes for Snips?

A head-cannon of mine seems more likely. It could represent how he always cuts people of their pedastals, maling them sink. Like when they have a great idea he ruins it with logic. He done so in Boast Busters. And he makes sure Snails doesn't go off daydreaming. Its a big part of his character. Maybe thats what they represent


"The moon is personal and secretive." what? Woulda been nice to say "There is a side of the moon that we never see, a dark side, and Luna has a dark side too" and you know, actually make sense like you did with Celestia's mark. Rather than pull attributes out of your plot.


See, I see Celestias cutie mark as a symbol of motherly actions, because the sun is kind of like that too.


Pony's probably have more of a magical compound than a physical one the marks are probably actually showing who they are and what they are meant to be. Cutie marks are a result of magic and the other animals have not really shown to know magic. Not even the Zicora  ( can't spell names right) she has books and potions but the potions are really chemistry in a caldron. So she has not showed it either


Dude you need to make a video explaining Celestia's twisted sense of humor!


Well... Babs Seed has a scissors cutiemark. Her cutiemark means she is good at cutting hair as said in the show. This could be the same case for snips.


Maybe Zecora used some potion/spell thing to give her the ability to own a cutie mark


my theory about zecoras cutie mark is that it is similar to symbols people make on their skin in other cultures. or something similar to that. the way she talks and acts also supports this.


At a guess, I'd say that Luna's blotches signify that she is breed of horse called an Appaloosa. Appaloosa ponies typically have spotted rears, so I figure it might just be natural thing.
It could be argued, before everyone moans about how Celestia doesn't have flank marks, that she is spotted because Luna is mainly portrayed as being quite withdrawn and personal: it may be a specific backstory thing. Another suggestion, as seen in the show, could be that she comes across as a different kind of individual, so her markings are an indication of this; her differences (e.g. What other ponies walk about in dreams and speak in old talk??)
Besides, Celestia's Cutie Mark is JUST the Sun, so shouldn't Luna's be just the moon?

Or maybe I'm just over thinking this.

It could mean that Luna was Celestia's shadow in a sense...


I believe that the dark blotches on Luna's flank are to show that she is a Nightmare, she rules the night and the dream realm. She controls the dream land of the ponies and can create nightmares to help teach the ponies valuable lessons. She is also the Princess of the Night. Nightmare Moon was her nightmare that she lost control of in her greed for ponies to enjoy the night instead of fear it.


The dark blotches on Lunas flank are just her fur pattern, which happens to look like the night sky when her cutie mark is there.


I think that ponies have more magic in them than other beings like donkeys and mules that's probably why they get cutie marks.


I have 3 theories on Luna's black blotch

1: It was a marking left over from nightmare moon, which could imply that she is still evil underneath...
2: You know how Celestia's toy was pink? I beleive that she was actually pink at some point, and she gradually turned white. With Luna, I speculate that right now she's gradually turning from her bluish color to black
3: Since she rises the moon, the mark could resemble craters on the moon

Comment which one you like to believe!


In season 7 Luna’s and Celestia’s cutie marks were switched and the dark blobs went to Celestia so idk

Because the moon is white and Celestia is white, that why there’s a black blobs and without it, we couldn’t see it

@Anoop Ahluwalia .... are you serious. The blotch symbolises her change from nightmare moon back to Luna, it’s just a remainder of her magic from when she was evil <b>but she no longer is</b> so celestial won’t turn evil. Plus, Luna wasn’t evil when their cutie marks changed anyway so it makes even less sense.

@Anoop Ahluwalia .... are you serious. The blotch symbolises her change from nightmare moon back to Luna, it’s just a remainder of her magic from when she was evil *but she no longer is* so celestial won’t turn evil. Plus, Luna wasn’t evil when their cutie marks changed anyway so it makes even less sense.


in the episode "applewood derby", snips and an older male pony are seen in the background making an cart that resembles one of those swirly pole-things that is white with red and blue stripes that you see outside a barber shop. Maybe his cutie mark is the fact that he's a barber! Or something like that.😅


For the zebra cutie mark we aren't certain because we haven't seen any other zebras in the show , we have only seen zecora


Something like a cutie mark happens to the hippogriffs when they choose to live on land or as a sea 🌊 pong.🦄


my OC Sketchs' cutie mark is a pencil which means he is good at drawing and has a creative mind. it also goes into the saying the pen (pencil) is mightier than the sword, that goes with his character that he is skilled in sword fighting and is a mercenary.That is kind of the reason behind sketches cutie mark


I think Luna's black spot on her flank is the sign of her jealousy with her sister, jealousy is black and dark so is Luna's spot. It remains there even when she is revormed from Nightmare Moon to Princess Luna, to remain her of her jealousy that turned her to Nightmare Moon so she won't turn into Nightmare Moon again. So, i think before Luna is jealous with Celestia, the black spot isn't on her flank yet.<br>Who agrees with me????

I think Luna's black spot on her flank is the sign of her jealousy with her sister, jealousy is black and dark so is Luna's spot. It remains there even when she is revormed from Nightmare Moon to Princess Luna, to remain her of her jealousy that turned her to Nightmare Moon so she won't turn into Nightmare Moon again. So, i think before Luna is jealous with Celestia, the black spot isn't on her flank yet.
Who agrees with me????

I agree with you on that and I think you're right


Luna's cutie mark is meant of over whelming your fears


While Zecora can make potions and things of that nature, ponies have magic. Unicorns in the strongest way, followed by pegasui, than earth ponies. But it's present.


I think the reason why only ponies have cutie marks is because they were created to poses multiple elements of each                                                   Pegasus:they resemble the sky and great distances you can travel while in flight,as they can clear the clouds and be created from them like in Greek mytholigy they can also be dangerous which is why they clear out storm clouds or clouds that produce snow or any cloud that can cause trouble.                                              Earth ponies:they poses great strength and can have a deep connection to the earth making them able to have the ability to pull heavy objects and kick apples out of trees.                       Unicorns:these creatures represent the element of water why I say this is because when ever they use magic it flows to their horn and sprouts out into a wave of magic to rather heal,hurt,defend,create and so much more for the magic to flow,let’s say healing if you are healing someone with magic the magic you use flows to the area that is hurt and heals it even bruises or scars from befair you got the wound the same day because the healing magic flows through the body to anywhere that is hurt and it is said that water can heal and that it is powerful in different ways.


rainbows cutie mark symbolizes her competitive side and speed


I think the star in shining armours cutie mark is just something that runs in the family and very close members of the family have it something close to stars and it has nothing to do with protecting twilight.


can you please analyze more cutie marks!!! id love to see what you think <b>now</b>

can you please analyze more cutie marks!!! id love to see what you think *now*


I say the whole Apple represents how much Fleming plumber getting from the purchases and then the half Apple slice is how much the purchasers are getting out of the purchase


I think the resemble of zecora's cutie mark is illusions potions magic spells cures riddles and balance


I think ponies are the only ones with cutie marks because ponies are the only things with enough magic power to have cutie marks. Once a pony's magic is taken like at the end of season 4 their cutie mark goes with their magic. But since Earth Ponies and Pegasi don't really have magic then their special ability's, strength, and flight are their kind of magic so that's why their cutie marks disappeared to.<br>Also i have a theory about Luna. Those black splotches appeared when she became jealous and they are similar to a cutie mark because they represent how Luna wanted to have the night last forever, causing eternal darkness.

I think ponies are the only ones with cutie marks because ponies are the only things with enough magic power to have cutie marks. Once a pony's magic is taken like at the end of season 4 their cutie mark goes with their magic. But since Earth Ponies and Pegasi don't really have magic then their special ability's, strength, and flight are their kind of magic so that's why their cutie marks disappeared to.
Also i have a theory about Luna. Those black splotches appeared when she became jealous and they are similar to a cutie mark because they represent how Luna wanted to have the night last forever, causing eternal darkness.

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Cutube XX <br>How are griffins magical? I don't recall seeing a griffin use magic. And Zecora makes potions and antidotes.

Cutube XX
How are griffins magical? I don't recall seeing a griffin use magic. And Zecora makes potions and antidotes.

Well is just fan made. So is not really true. But is always fun to create new stuff in this world that has so many opportunities. If YOU WISH i could tell you my fan made mythology.<br>

@Francisco Rafael Montiel Palencia very smart but i still think she was born with it

I believe that Luna´s cutie mark dark spot, represents the darkness and evil also the night can hide. Cause the night it is the domain of evil things so when Luna got influenced by that darkness it not only show up as Nightmare Moon, but as a scar. To serve Luna as a reminder that even a great princess/god like she can fall to temptation of her own power.

nah i think it just there because.......uh ya ok MAYBE

nah i think it just there because.......uh ya ok MAYBE

@***** Oh, now I remember you! (sorry for late reply, my internet wasn't working)

i agree with the most of it but...

luna was BORN with da dark splat DUHHHHH!!! :P

@ST!JN Yeah, I would like to know for sure if its just a pattern on her flank or if its some sort of cutie mark-like thing

@Princess Rainbow Dash Ruler of the skys that a really good one, but I hope we get our answers in season 5

@MrOktoberfest 00 Well, it happened before she became night mare moon the first time (destiny part) Then became a reminder to her, of the time she was NMM and not to be jealous, or at least so jealous that you turn into an evil pony

@Princess Rainbow Dash Ruler of the skys Unless her destiny is to corrump herself again, I got nothing

@ST!JN But maybe it isn't a cutie mark, but rather some other symbol of a ponies destiny.

@ST!JN Maybe Luna do has a cutiepox case, but the dots must represent the dark sky at night without stars, cause' back when the sisters were little fillies, the stars were rare. Once Luna gets her cutiemark, the stars appear every night.

@Princess Rainbow Dash Ruler of the skys that is a very good one but is it possible for a pony to get 2 cutie marks there isn't any evidence to back it up (maby there is in curiepoks but didnt see any)

@MrOktoberfest 00 True but maybe even then she was jealous just secretly, and had a secret desire to over trow Celestia but it wasn't quite as strong. Or maybe she got it with her cutie mark as a symbol of her future jealousy, but it wasn't actually part of her cutie mark.

@ST!JN Yes. Some horses in real life have born with dots. Maybe

@MrOktoberfest 00 maby lunas sponts are just part of her skin

@Princess Rainbow Dash Ruler of the skys At the very start of the series, when the book opens, we can see Celestia and Luna in harmony, and Luna still have her dotts in there

@Scott Theriit i dont even know if I make sense

@Scott Theriit i dont even know if I make sense

Good point. I also think its a way to make them stand out from other creatures as well. Make em unique

that is true when because they lose magic the lose cutie mark lose strength lose cutie mark lose flight lose cutie mark and cutie marks were first with alicorns but magic was used most from luna and celstia so every  one has magic earth ponies magic is strength Pegasus's magic is flight and unicorns already have magic

@Kara Schutte I was playing animal jam earlier since i was ant my grandmas house. I cant play animal jam on my computer because it takes wayyyy to long to load.

@Kara Schutte Holy <b>buy some apples</b> that's weird.

@Kara Schutte Holy *buy some apples* that's weird.

@Kara Schutte It also sounds like one of my animal jam usernames kittyseatpie558

I support the belief that earth ponies' magic is connected with the ground. more specifically, growing things.(more about this later) i also believe that theyre stronger than other ponies. we see plenty of evidence to support this in the show. and, if you'll notice, AJ's family are all earth ponies, and their apples are generally regarded as being some of the best apples in equestria. this supports the theory that earth ponies excel at growing things.

Pegasi can fly. but even with hollow bone structure, they don't flap often enough when hovering to be believable. This ability to hover is, I believe, part of their magic. they can also manipulate clouds. there is a spell which allows the other races to do this, but this is artificial, not being their native magic.

Unicorns are the only race with immediately apparent magic. (except for alicorns, of course.) they have a variety of spells, some of which take more magical energy than others. I think that they have reservoirs of magic which get depleted when they use magic then recharge over time. some spells, like teleportation, would take much more than levitation, and depending on what ones special talent would be, it would use less magic to do something relating to that talent, and more to do something not related.

Alicorns have the power of all three races along with their own alicorn magic. this makes itself apparent through celestia raising the sun, luna raising the moon, and cadence spreading love. though I doubt that's the extent of its powers.

wow, this has turned into a wall of text, but if u read this far, congratulations. that is my view on the different pony races. as far as zebras go, loyal2luna on fimfiction.net explains it far better than I could in her dr whooves series. go check it, its very well written.
                                                          You Heard Nothing, signing off.

@Princess Rainbow Dash Ruler of the skys Oh I guess I read your comment wrong then.

@kittylikespie27 I said she got them before becoming nightmare moon, they represent her jealousy and she got them when she wanted her night to be more appreciated.

@Princess Rainbow Dash Ruler of the skys Luna had the splotches before becoming NMM, your theory is good but it doesn't fit if it was going to be a canon thing.

@Yi-Yi Lian Dont really have magic is what i said right?<br>To me that means i know they do but they cant use it

@Yi-Yi Lian Dont really have magic is what i said right?
To me that means i know they do but they cant use it

@kittylikespie27 True. But i like my theory better because its more interesting

Actually the dark splotches are normal markings on horses in real life.

Actually, all types of ponies have magic inside them...but only Unicorns have the power to CONTROl their magic.


The film flam connects is because the one with one slice of apple gets the price low for costumes and the one with big apple makes it more so they can get money they work together to get the perfect price geez it’s not hard

#save the potatoes You don’t need to know my name


Most creatures have their own magic and evolution. Dragons grow wings, changelings reform, ponies get cutie marks


Ahhhhh! So it always bugged me that Rainbowdash's cutie mark wasn't a full rainbow. Reason one being that I am a perfectionist and don't like it when people do that, and reason two being that she had all of the colors in her main so why not her cutie mark? Now though I'm really intrigued because she only has three stripes and three is a reciting number...... Sooo do you think this could mean she could become the head of some thing in the future? <b>cough cough wonder bolts cough cough</b> p.s. I personally think that why shining amour's cutie mark has Twilight's in the center is because as her older brother it is his job to protect her from harm (both literally and figuratively) then the three smaller stars are the three other princesses.... Also sorry that this is so long, I just got really excited...

Ahhhhh! So it always bugged me that Rainbowdash's cutie mark wasn't a full rainbow. Reason one being that I am a perfectionist and don't like it when people do that, and reason two being that she had all of the colors in her main so why not her cutie mark? Now though I'm really intrigued because she only has three stripes and three is a reciting number...... Sooo do you think this could mean she could become the head of some thing in the future? *cough cough wonder bolts cough cough* p.s. I personally think that why shining amour's cutie mark has Twilight's in the center is because as her older brother it is his job to protect her from harm (both literally and figuratively) then the three smaller stars are the three other princesses.... Also sorry that this is so long, I just got really excited...


The show is about my little PONY so I guess the other animals aren't as important. Zecora comes out in many episodes and in one episode she saved sweetie bells from the cutie pox. She is also very good with potions so I'm thinking the mark is her cutie mark not her tattoo.


Snails' cutie mark:
By being slow in EDUCATION
i thought of something,
snails, has Dyslexia?
i dunno maybe?

@Edgelord 🤦 They didn't mean it in a malicious way,

That's really shitty to call someone "slow in education" for being dyslexic lmao

Omg and snips is good at classes because some work needs scissors WE SOLVED IT (maybe)


there's this one interpretation of snails I like where his cutiemark is based on the Fibonacci spiral and he's a math prodigy but sadly that will never be canon


Also, if you'll notice both the Flim Flam brothers only have a portion of an apple, showing that they never sell the full product like a scammer.


" My question is why do they sell apples if they work in pears! "<br>Me: LOL  good one!

" My question is why do they sell apples if they work in pears! "
Me: LOL  good one!


Theory of lunas black spot when she was nightmare moon she turned black. Some of the black stayed on here. Black = evil
Blue = good.
The many blue colored places are preventing her from being evil.


I thought I was the only one who noticed Luna's cutie mark isn't the black patch as well. Also I thought rainbow dash's cutie mark had a rainbow to represent her ability to do sonic rain booms since from the looks on things she is the only one who can do them.

@*****<br>With Rainbow Dash's cutie mark there are some theories that it is representing an acient olympic symbol of a certain greek olympic or godly symbol of lightning passing through the clouds. That this had to do with her athletics.

@*****
With Rainbow Dash's cutie mark there are some theories that it is representing an acient olympic symbol of a certain greek olympic or godly symbol of lightning passing through the clouds. That this had to do with her athletics.


Even though this was 2 years ago i thought i share my thoughts on why only pony's have cutie marks...

okay so i dont have much of an original theory but what it is because the hold magic  even earth ponies do. but you dont see a donkey help defeat the villians with magic and they dont seem to have a horn or even wings. or help ponies that do like Apple Jack. so i think to have a cutie mark you or your sepicies have to have magic involved.


Here is my theory. I think that the reason Luna has black splotches on her flank is because it was left there after she turned into Nightmare Moon. The reason it is behind the moon cutie mark is because Nightmare Moon was her background. It was a part of her destiny. The reason it stayed on her flank when her cutie mark was removed is probably because it is not her actual cutie mark, but an exclusive kind of cutie mark. (If that makes sense.)


Flim-flam means dishonest salesman but Discord means separation between friends and he is reformed! That means there is hope for Flim and Flam!


some ponys in real life are born with splotches of different color fur. so that is probably meant to be realistic<br>

Yeah but when Celestia became Daybreaker, she gained the patch, so maybe it's that?

i used to think it was just a visual warning about night mare moon but i thinkkkk it might have been there since she was very young?

@dranaeli2 I know exactly what you're talking about. For me I see Luna's mark as a similar marking to that of an Appaloosa (horse/coat coloration) and Pipsqueak has the markings of a Paint (another horse breed/coat coloration)

There's a breed of horses that are born with splotches on their flanks called Appaloosas.

like pip and other ponies, i was very confused when the moon disappeared and not the black splotches, i find it really awesome and thats is one of the reasons that i love Princess Luna

Good call, I think you're right about that

@dranaeli2 first maybe she can just tell or they told her but just didn't show us and Second he said in Twilight Time that he WISHED he was a cutie mark crusader and Third maybe the rules are different in manehattan!

@Ellen Reid he could still be in the cmc though, because when babs told them she would be leader of the cmc in manehattan or whatever, the original cmc never told her an age limit or that it was only for girls.

@April Chiu that makes sense but maybe he is younger or the club is only meant for girls because there are only girls in the club including Babs

True, but that still wouldn't change the fact that his coat is different from most pony characters.  Good catch though. =)

@Tails Prower you're pretty cool and smart

@Tails Prower yea Pipsqueak too you're right. nice catch.

@The Brony Notion What about Pipsqueak? He's also kind of like Luna. Perhaps the chances of having splotches are rare? That could explain why we haven't seen much of that design.

@Hailey Eiser you're not we just see things differently

Thank you a lot of ppl say I'm stupid to think that

Good point! Luna's the only one like that we've seen so far. :)


Sweetie Belle and Shining Armor kind of have (not so) similar cutie marks...? They both have shields with a star on them... okay Twilight and Shining Armor's cutie marks are SO similar! They both have a big magenta six-pointed star on them. And they also have little stars on them too!


In season 7 Luna’s & Celestia’s cutie marks were switched and the dark mark went celesia, but why didn't celestia become evil like luna did?


For the subject on how ponies are the only ones to have cutie marks and Zecora's is more of a tattoo, I'd like to say something. It seems that ponies are the only ones to posses magic (good magic, at least) and no other creatures do EXCEPT ZECORA!! Zecora is the only creature other than a pony to have good magic AND she has a cutie mark! Like you said in another video, cutie marks are linked to magic so it would make sense that she has a cutie mark. Just a suggestion though


What about Sunset Shimmer's cutie mark? I cant really understand what that means so can you please make a video on that. Well I have been working on a theory but it might not make sense. Her cutie mark is a sun, and clearly she doesn't bring light and in the first movie of Equestria Girls she divided everyone. Is that kind of bringing darkness? Maybe it connects to Rainbow Rocks, at the end when she gets the ears and tail. Or maybe it has something to do with her going through the mirror. Or Celestia's old star pupil. Or maybe it connects to your theory of Sunset Shimmer replacing Twilight for the human mane 6. I don't know and now I've got my self confused. Please do a video on this!

Asima Yasin and starlight glimmer, for me

Asima Yasin Sunset is redish and sun and sun is yellow. Half red sun and half yellow.

The people who don't know about sunset shimmers cutie mark is that look as close as you can in the centre of shimmers cutie mark I can't explain this part but heres a clue you half to be smart in this part evil good remember the circle thing one side has half white side with a black little dot and I the other side has half black and has a white little dot

Sunset alwais wanted to over throw Celesia. And the ying yang sign is meant to represent he transformation from bad to good.

Maybe there's another dance coming up, like a winter dance or whatever and Sunset Shimmer runs. Maybe they'll do a "Helping Sunset Win The Crown" song at lunch so everybody can see that she has changed. Celestia's a Princess and if she wins she'll be a princess. I know she has been a princess there before but this would be her first time being a princess with her changed self. Its not a full theory but that's all I got on my mind!

@Asima Yasin  Oh that's an interesting thought ^^

I think the sun on her cutiemark represents each world and that it was kind of part of her destiny to go to the human world

@Jovana Stanojlović I'm a little confused ^^' No one is saying any bad things about her? I was just saying my thoughts on her cutie mark ^^ Harmony with yourself isn't a bad thing. It means you have confidence in yourself and that what others say won't hurt you that much because only you, yourself, could upset the balance. We all have a darker side too, and Sunset showed that in the first movie. In the second one, she showed her other side and is much nicer.

Sunset Shimmer is good now, so please everyone (everypony:-)) stop telling badema things about her

Just might be ^^ It'd be interesting if that becomes canon XD

Wow! I never thought about that. We might be getting on to something.

I actually have somewhat of a theory with that ^^' See, as he mentions several times (The Brony Notion) Twilight's Cutie Mark has six stars representing her six friends. Sunset only has one star, a sun, representing herself. If you look at the placement of Twi's stars, they are mostly equal distance apart, and aligned so both sides are equal, the star representing herself bigger than the rest because that's who she is. If you look at Sunset's, her cutie mark has somewhat of a Yin Yang look to it. I believe Twi's cutie mark represents the elements of harmony, which need the power of friendship to wield (thus the stars representing her friends) but Sunset's represents harmony with herself. Just like a yin yang symbol, there's a light half and a dark half on her cutie mark. In the first movie she showed her dark side, wanting power to make herself happy.  When she discovered that she could be happy and have power another way, she became light. She realized her mistakes and how her way wasn't right. Once she came to terms, she became happy and friendly, even helping out the mane 6. She found happiness by doing things that would not be for herself only. But that doesn't mean the dark side is gone. Like in a yin yang symbol, dark chases light and light chases dark. In order to be balanced, both need to be equal in the amounts given, in which the light and dark circles represent in a yin yang symbol. As above as below. Sunset doesn't have the dots, but the light and dark parts of her sun clash in a certain way that the light falls on the exact amount of rays the dark side does. Hopefully you like this ^^

It's a sun like celestia's she'll probably become a princess in the human world to complete the mane six there and keep balance and peace

Wait! But I noticed that the sun on her cutiemark has 6 rays coming out of it. 6 friends? Or maybe later, Celestia will be to weak to raise the sun and Sunset Shimmer does Celestia's job. That would make a great episode or movie.  Maybe Sunset Shimmer will become the 5th alicorn princess of Equestria! You know, like come back to Equestria for some reason and helps out, and becomes a princess? The sun shines bright like a star (because it is a star), and Twilight's cutie mark is a star, and she is a princess. Sunset Shimmer is my favorite Equestria Girl, and I am eager to figure out what her cutiemark means!

We don't know much about her special talent, and pony past and persona, so It's rather hard to figure out!


Maybe just ponies have enough magic for cutie marks even though all of the creatures in equestria do have destinies that they realize in a special moment.


I think that ponies are the only type of creature that get cutie marks because they are more magical than zecora or the donkies <br>But zecora does have a equal amount of knowledge and power as the ponies. The middle of her "cutie mark" could represent her knowledge of things that hypnotize other creatures like when the main six first met zecora, the poison joke flowers made them look weird. So brony notion I think zocora does have a real cutie mark.

I think that ponies are the only type of creature that get cutie marks because they are more magical than zecora or the donkies
But zecora does have a equal amount of knowledge and power as the ponies. The middle of her "cutie mark" could represent her knowledge of things that hypnotize other creatures like when the main six first met zecora, the poison joke flowers made them look weird. So brony notion I think zocora does have a real cutie mark.


I know this video was from a long time ago! But have you heard that Babs Apple got her cutie mark and it is a pair of scissors don't you think it's kinda strange that snips and babs have the same cutie mark?


I have an idea on why only pony's get cutie marks. so you know how it seems that ponys have the strongest bonds compared to other species? maby those bonds make a magic flow that forms into their cutie mark.


Orrrr... Or or or.... Hear me out. The rainbow on Rainbow Dash's cutie mark means shes destined to be Harry Potter!

Rainbow dash:  Hogwarts here I come
Harry Potter: sorry this is only for unicorns and humans
Rainbow Dash:... Twilight give me a horn make me an alicorn

LeahVRendell 10 | GO TO THE STATION 9 AND 3/4

LeahVRendell 10 OMG I love Harry Potter! That’s funny

derp33squid haha I get it I'm a mlp fan and a HP fan

+callie belle it's a joke, because unicorns are equal to wizards in equestria? And it sounds like that famous HP quote? Get it? <br>Darnit, nobody laughs at my jokes.

+callie belle it's a joke, because unicorns are equal to wizards in equestria? And it sounds like that famous HP quote? Get it?
Darnit, nobody laughs at my jokes.

derp33squid If 🌈 really WAS a unicorn, she'd be an alicorn.

LeahVRendell 10 that would be so AWESOME that it's kind of ridiculous,....... but in Equestria anything can happen, but then who would be Voldemort. And no I'm not afraid to say his name, if a 17 year old orphan can say Voldemort so can I. If Voldemort doesn't like it he can say it to my face instead of hiding behind idiot so called "pure bloods" from a seventeen years old boy........ what was I originally talking about, I got lost insulting Voldemort, who can't kill me because he die in the seventh book. LOL Voldemort is an idiot. A single bacteria cell is Einstein compared to him 😎😎😎😁.

LeahVRendell 10 um...according to youtube dates.....that was only a month apart......just my opinion, i dont think that's very long...

@Fin fun Mermaid ^-^ Just read my comment I did ages ago and laughing at it. 😂 Yep is my final answer...


Can't say much about Flim, but Flam is also the term in Rudimentary Percussion for attaching a grace note to any other note, which results in 2 strokes hitting the drum head in rapid succession... (Probably shouldn't have this as public knowledge JUST yet, but I'm working on a Pegasus Pony that has a cutie mark depicting a winged snare drum with crossed drumsticks- referring to both my dreams of being a professional pilot, and my current hobby of being on the WSU Snare Line...)


I think Rainbow Dash's has another meaning. Simply put, Lightning Bolts come out fast like Rainbow Dash's speed.


Maybe the show wants us to focus on ponies as the main species in the show, not other creatures. Other creatures like yaks or griffons, don’t really want to be focused on as much as they are only seen in a few episodes.


In the Journal o the Two Sisters, Luna and Celestia met more zebra's. They wrote all the zebra's had cutiemarks.


Well if the cutie marks are magic as I have presumed. which the loss of them in the finale would support, then a species with no capacity for magic wouldn't have them. That may seem to conflict with my idea that the cutie mark itself is the only magic earth ponies have, although they are closely related to unicorns. I have yet to decide if the three should be considered separate species or sub-species or races within a species. At any rate, it's possible that there was a time when Ponies were all one race, no wings or horns and they somehow discovered/obtained/were granted magic, and the first manifestation of it was the cutie mark. They later evolved into three distinct kinds with different applications for the magic they held. That would explain it, and also support the idea that Zecora's is artificial. I was thinking when you suggested it that it may not be tribal, but a personal choice as a result of living among ponies and wanting to interact with and relate to them, so she chose to make herself a cutie mark.

@Lily Nguyen
Would you like some cheese to go with that whine?  And, while you dine, perhaps I could serenade you with the world's tiniest violin?

TL;DR: Boo-hoo poor u sarcasm

@Lily Nguyen
Would you like some cheese to go with that whine?  And, while you dine, perhaps I could serenade you with the world's tiniest violin?

TL;DR: Boo-hoo poor u *sarcasm*

Well I can help answer your species-question, as the three tribes can interbreed successfully (as demonstrated by the Cakes and their mixed ancestry) making them definitely not separate species.  Race, meanwhile, is a social construct, not a biological one, though I think it might be approximately equivalent to the way the ponies categorize each other.  They may be subspecies, as they don't seem to interbreed (or even interact) much outside of Ponyville and live in very different habitats (unicorns appear to be alpine, judging by Rainbow Falls/Canterlot, and pegasi have the clouds).<br>I'm also not sure whether evolution applies to this universe.  If it does, it might apply to unicorns but evolving a third set of appendages takes a certain kind of WTF-science.  Maybe the unicorn evolved naturally, and then managed to create pegasi though some kind of DNA-altering hocus-pocus.  After all, if you've got un-limted power, I feel like one of the first things you'd do is give yourself wings.  Alternatively, in the Heartswarming Eve pageant we saw that pegasi originally lived almost as mercenaries--perhaps a unicorn ruler long ago gave her earth-pony guards wings?

Well I can help answer your species-question, as the three tribes can interbreed successfully (as demonstrated by the Cakes and their mixed ancestry) making them definitely not separate species.  Race, meanwhile, is a social construct, not a biological one, though I think it might be approximately equivalent to the way the ponies categorize each other.  They may be subspecies, as they don't seem to interbreed (or even interact) much outside of Ponyville and live in very different habitats (unicorns appear to be alpine, judging by Rainbow Falls/Canterlot, and pegasi have the clouds).
I'm also not sure whether evolution applies to this universe.  If it does, it might apply to unicorns but evolving a third set of appendages takes a certain kind of WTF-science.  Maybe the unicorn evolved naturally, and then managed to create pegasi though some kind of DNA-altering hocus-pocus.  After all, if you've got un-limted power, I feel like one of the first things you'd do is give yourself wings.  Alternatively, in the Heartswarming Eve pageant we saw that pegasi originally lived almost as mercenaries--perhaps a unicorn ruler long ago gave her earth-pony guards wings?


Maybe the cutie marks, or even magic as a whole, is the product of some sort of ancient spell or ritual that resulted in the creation of the separate groups of ponies (I.e. earth ponies, unicorns, and pegasi). Or maybe the 3 groups are just a sub-species of alicorns, which would mean that the 3 groups evolved from the alicorns and then spread. I guess that would explain why ponies are so clearly at the top of the hierarchy, if we assume that alicorns really are viewed as a sort of god in this world.


The mark on Luna is a mark from when she turned into nightmare moon and got banished it was a reminder for her wrong doings and evilness from nightmare moon and to know she'll be back one day


I'm pretty sure Luna is an Appaloosa  pony in that case.😃


I think that snips is a balenced pony because he has one part light and one part dark. He works for trixy ( dark side ) but he somtimes listens to twighlight ( light side )


I know why princess Luna's blotches were still there. She is a painted pony. They are real, and they look like they got splashed with a bucket of paint. So it wasn't her cutie mark, just Luna's coat color!

+bizarre_blizzard 87 just like sunset shimmers yin-yang cutie mark, maybe lunas black spot means the same thing

+Guen Cannon im 10 year old too and inlove mlp

+Guen Cannon I agree, but I think that lunas black blotch represents the bad stuff she did and the moon represents the good stuff she did like raising the moon for the ponies to rest

@Guen Cannon This is what I figured. I mean, if Pip can have multiple coat colors, why can't Luna?

@WerewolfofEpicness  OK, I guess. I know about that already cause there adult guys.

Hey it's totally cool that you're on this video but be careful! Some bronies use curse words or say inappropriate things!

@ThePsycoHyena first of all, I'm not a bro, I'm a ten year old girl, and second, that does make sense, at least, mentally, since Luna only has a little bit of Nightmare Moon, and Nightmare Moon only has a bit of Luna. Luna is a painted pony!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🌚🐎💦

:/ Think about Nightmare Moon bro. The black blotch's are the same color as her pelt. And  Nightmare Moon has blotch's the same color as Luna's pelt.


Her cutie mark could also represent her element of loyalty


Zecora might have a story where she could be the last zebra or maybe she got lost and somehow ended up in ponyville and maybe the ponys magic could have transferred to her giving her a cutie mark


I believe Ponies have cutie marks due to their ability to use Magic

  Other denizens of the world in the show can't use magic of any kind and have to rely on their own Physical abilities


Maybe ponies have their cutie mark because they hold magic that causes them to appear. Their talents get strong enough and that is their main power talent.


Snips ,Snails, puppy dog tails... so familiar bro RowdyRuff boys

Another person who watches Powerpuff Girls? Nice.

Oh he's the leader one he's the red ones

Speaking of them, who names them self "Brick"? Those boys really need teaching.


I think snips cutie mark means that he acts quickly most of the time not even thinking about what he’s doing the opposite of snails he might even have adhd but I think that probably because I have it my self he will do things in a snap or snip


zecoras cutie mark Repersents a symbolic sign,with smal triangels circling on the symbol i have seen zecora being a zebra that had things in potions,herbs,and  Many other things That means That That symbol means a Potion and Witchbrew sign.


2:55 hold up- but in the episode where starlight switches the princess's cutie marks, the blotches go to celestial as well. HURH


ponies have cutie marks because.......

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Hey about Luna's dark blotches i'm pretty sure that's a scare from where nightmare moon touched her and left that as a reminder that she would always be a part of her. Kinda like Tia's mane will always remind her of her choice to banish her sister for the sake of there kingdom.


i hope that sometime in s5 they introduce a charachter called puppydog tails


Im pretty sure that only ponies can get cutie marks, yes i know im late but the episode in season 6"The fault in our cutie marks" just proves that it's true.


Speaking off Luna’s cutie mark...

In the episode twilight’s kingdom yes the black splotches did stay with Luna. Let’s jump 3 seasons later to a royal problem

When Luna and celesta swapped cutie marks the black splotches left Luna and went to celesta.

Like if you noticed in a royal problem👍🏻


“Here’s analizing More Cutie Marks”
“FRIENDSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS”
Me:Thanks I Guess?
Edit:Also The Black Thing Is Part Of Her Cutie Mark The Writers Were Just To Lazy In My Opinion Because When Starlight Switched Tia’s And Luna’s Cutie Mark The Black Thing Was On Tia


One thing Idk is that in season 4 Luna lost the moon part of her cutie mark, but in season 7 Luna switches cutie marks w/ celestia and the black and the moon go away so is the black part of her mark or not


Maby the reason Zecora is the only non-pony charachter in the show wih a cutimark is becase she was the only one who went to find her destiny. Other non-pony characters probablywere to afraid to go and descover there part in life. I hope you use my idea I one of your future vidios!  :P


There's a game called "Cut the rope".<br>Maybe it has a common root with Snips's Cutie Mark?

There's a game called "Cut the rope".
Maybe it has a common root with Snips's Cutie Mark?


Can someone tell me why Cadence, Celestia, and Luna all have what appear light fancy horse shoes, yet Twilight still has the regular feet. If you could @thebronynotion I would love an answer.


I think that the cutie marks on ponys is a better idear as they are the main base of the show. Destiny could affect other characters and kinds but it makes much more sense to me if the mane characters are affected in a different way


I think that Luna's dark blotches are just a part of her, and have nothing to do with her cutie mark. In real life, many horses have speckled patterns on their bodies, much like Luna's. Some might say that the speckles should be a part of her cutie mark Because they could represent the dark of the night sky, but I personally think that her cutie mark is better just as the moon. I don't see any blotches to represent the daylight sky behind Celestia's cutie mark, do you?


Luna has the dark splashes on her to show the darkness and being alone


Yes, this video is old. But what about changelings that turn into ponies? Thorax into Crystal Hoof, and Ocellus on her first day at the friendship school? Neither was copying a specific pony that we know of. Would those be their marks? Or were they random? Another question, can a changeling turn into anything? Or do they have to have seen it first? Are there size limits? (What about one of the really huge dragons, or a creature like the one Fluttershy helped) To fight the mole like creature, Pharax turned into the same creature he had turned into as a kid to protect Thorax. Yes, there's lazy animating, but... Thorax turned into bear to 'protect' Spike from Ember, but a bear isn't the most powerful option against a dragon in a magical land like Equestria.


i have a theory about snip's cutie mark!!!!!!!!! it has something to do with that unicorn puppeteer from insparation manifastation and the fact that everyone kept calling him snip's dad.what if he realy is his dad,and snips got his cutie mark when he ruined one of his dad's showes one day,since snips dosen't have the best relationship with his father?!?! it's just an idea,but i think it could add a lot to snips's charecter!!!!!!!!

@Reese And Liz Foley<br> heck yeah i'm excited!!!!!!!!this is the coolest thing that happned to me,ever since i got a personal messege from doctor wolf on my youtube acount!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@Reese And Liz Foley
 heck yeah i'm excited!!!!!!!!this is the coolest thing that happned to me,ever since i got a personal messege from doctor wolf on my youtube acount!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good job you got metntioned in a video. Are you excited?

@The Brony Notion  realy?!?! sure!!!! that would be awsome!!!!!!!! just don't forget to mention me!!!!!!!! if you don't mind,that is...

0____o MIND BLOWN! Can I use this in one of my videos?


i feel like other creatures dont have cutiemarks because most other magical creatures arent very pure and may not have enough magic to obtain a cutiemark. Other magical creatures also, just serve one purpose so its no use to even have a cutiemark. and on creatures with scales you cant even see the cutiemark anyways because the scales will cover up the cutiemark. I REST MY CASE. that was a whole lot to type lol.


They most likely have more magic maybe not as much as the princess like celesta and Luna


The black spots are the dream world. Which is technically part of her cutie mark but not connected to the point where her magic is connected to it.


I think that ponies only have cutie marks is because maybe a long time ago there was alot of equality happening before the 2 sisters became queen and princesses so there wasn't much of friendship in the town. however, maybe the other animals did have friendship in there town so they didn't need cutie marks to describe what they do best. but then Celestia made everyone happy again and told them they are all "different" so when they did there destiny they got a cutie mark! because ponies didn't realize that but the other animals did

sorry for long explanation XD🐴


Only ponies get cutie marks because they're by far the most magically attuned race.

@TheRainbowPlanet It also explains why Zecora has a cutie mark! It's because she's a shaman!


I always wondered why zacora had a cutie mark


Snips and Snails and puppy dogs tails, that's what little boys are made of.

Sugar and Spice and everything nice, that's what little girls are made of.

I think if Snips and Snails were genderswapped, I think their names would be Sugar and Spice.


Perhaps Cutie Marks only appear on ponies due to magical blood in them that other species don't have. Ponies don't only breed with ponies of the same kind, so it would make sense that all of them would have at least a little unicorn and pegasus, perhaps even ALICORN blood in them. The magic they all get could hold some future telling power that they can't reach consciously, and it predicts what that ponies future will be. And, following that logic, perhaps the reason the Cutie Mark Crusaders haven't found their cutie marks yet is that they've been trying too many activities to find them, confusing that dormant magic. Perhaps I'll make a video on this!


Actually I think it's because that this show is about ponies, and that's why they focus on the ponies and not more animals


maybe they dont give cows or other livestock cutiemarks because their destinies are all the same. TO BE EATEN.

Cowes do not get cutie marks because they are cows


I think ponies are the only ones that can use magic so there cutie marks are magically made by a very powerful being.


What if the reason Zecora has a cutie mark like the other ponies, is because she's part pony herself? Remember how Pumpkin Cake and Pound Cake were born a unicorn and a pegasus despite having earth pony parents? Maybe Zecora's parents or distant ancestors was a zebra who married a pony/pegasus/unicorn? That would explain why she would move so close to other ponies.


Cutie marks are magical and friend ship is magic. Equestria is filled with ponies witch is more likely to be friends since they're pretty common while zebras have a lower chance specially when there is only one zebra sooooo you it's a tattoo


I think the reason non ponies don’t have cutie marks but zecora does is because they were too lazy to make more than needed but zecora is is an important character so she gets a cutie mark


i really can't put something about this other than umm ummmmmmm UMMMMMMM the.....fact......that..... Luna's cutie mark only the moon dissapering could mean that the black part could actually be a part of the actual skin of the pony? i mean it could be possible that luna has certain markings in her skin then other ponies

:O IDEA! maybe after she was sent to the moon there was a bonus that her skin on her flank became tainted lol a joke into an idea ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN!

Maybe Celestia got mad at her and used her sun powers to scorch her plot XD


I think that maybe the reason of ponies getting cutie marks is that they are the only creatures that contain magic so cutie marks could possibly be magical and only show up on magical beings


Remember the season 4 finale? Notice how Tirek didn't steal any magic from any of the donkeys or mules, implying that they don't contain magic like ponies do that being the reason for no cutie marks. What makes ponies and I guess centaurs and draconequus' so special is something I don't know though


Luna's flank might have been cutie mark only but Nightmare Moon could be remaining within her (im tired)


Well in the episode "a royal problem", when Starlight Swithes Celestia and Lunas Cutie marks the smoke goes with the cutie mark, so now i'm confused


I think ponies have cutie marks and creatures like discord don’t because ponies generally accept their destinys as part of them, where discord and other creatures might not. That is why Starlight, who is not accepting of destiny, takes cutie marks away. Also, they have greater magic and the way their magic works is determined by their set purpose, their cutie marks. That may be why celestia and  Luna have horshoes and other designs that match their cutie mark; they have greater power. That explains why zecora has a traditional and rune-like cutie mark; her magic focuses on traditional and mysterious spells and potions.


oh wow,

Great job!!!
This is a great analysis :>


zecora is from a tribe that's why she has that symbol, but I think it means something close to " Witch " or even a potion maker so she is specual


What if the dark splotch was like, a representation of the tantabus, or something?


I think Zecora's cutie mark is a real cutie mark like the ponies because, while donkies may be closely related to ponies, I think they are technically a different species. Zebras are a kind of wild equines - horse/pony. So it would make sense that she and possibly other zebras would have cutie marks like the ponies only different.


I have just seen season 7 episode 10 and Luna and Celestia switch cutie-marks. It turns out the black splodge <b>is</b> part of her cutie-mark now....that's not consistency.

I have just seen season 7 episode 10 and Luna and Celestia switch cutie-marks. It turns out the black splodge *is* part of her cutie-mark now....that's not consistency.


I think snails cutie mark represents how he's always slow knowing things🗣


wait, so snips and snails and puppy dog tails, so would there be a sugar and spice somewhere?

wait, so *snips and snails* and puppy dog tails, so would there be a *sugar and spice* somewhere?

Lauran Faust is married to Craig McCracken creator of the power puff girls so thats where sugar spice and everything nice come in

WhenSilenceFalls
it goes:
What are little boys made of?
Snips and snails, and puppy dogs tails,
That’s what little boys are made of.

What are little girls made of?
Sugar and spice and all things nice,
That’s what little girls are made of.

👨🐕 👧🍭

+Gravityrises 62661 Thats for girls. Sugar and spice and everything nice :D


When starlight switches celestias and lunas cutie mark the black pattern also goes to celestia though


You know that the ponies in the show are more magical than cows and mules right?


I Beleive that Zicora is half pony. As for her cutiemark it represents her couldron swirling


Same here! I always thought Luna's cutie mark used the dark blotch too.


well ponies are moe magical than all the other animal i mean alicorns unicorn uh hello magic

+The Brony Notion can you do a vid on that episode if you have a theory PLZ

Funny you mention it. Turns out Snails is a master at buckball. This was reviled in a recent mlp episode.


The reason why the black stuff was still there is because it shows about the figure that was on the moon after Luna's banishment. Ps this is why I think.


2:50 maybe Luna's sploches are a symbol of nightmare moon still being a part of her.


I think my theory for Luna’s black splot on her is that she was born with it and  I think this bc some horses are born like that


Snips has scissors because maybe he can cut hairs like Babs Seed or he is very crafty.


I have to say that season six episode twenty really redeemed Flim and Flam


i always thought zecora was a zebra cause i watch alot of mlp and zecora's daughter is a zebra


I remember seeing a bee cutie mark. Analyze mode on. Its a bee. There aren't many possibilities but i thing he is a bee keeper.


My theory is that Luna's "splotches" are small parts of darkness from Nightmare Moon!!!!!!!


What if only pony’s get cutie marks because any other animal gets something different to show their destiny, like how the humans have Symbols on their clothes.


é provavelmente que só os pôneis partilham magia.


Maybe the reason that only ponies have cutiemarks is because they were pony-made. As in ponies didn't use to have cutiemarks but for one reason or another they were made (possibly the magic that creates a cutie-mark is ingrained into the first batch of ponies natural magic and that extra magic coding of sort was passed on allowing the next generation to find their destiny). I'm just spitballing here.


Look at Trouble Shoes, he's a Clydesdale, a type of horse, and he has a cutie mark. Then look at the Saddle Arabians, they're horses too, but don't have cutie marks. What's up with that? I think ponies may have devolved from Clydesdales. That would be freaking awesome if you ask me!


But then when Starlight switched the royal sister's cutie marks the black splodge was switched as well?<br>My head hurts.

But then when Starlight switched the royal sister's cutie marks the black splodge was switched as well?
My head hurts.


what's weird that Sakura looks like a colt and what if she's a different creature and she's not a problem she keep the secret that's probably why she's out the ever free forest