hi!! so, something i could have explained better: scootaloo has the same flying style as bulk (apparently his name isn't bulky, my bad) biceps. the only difference is that bulk was able to keep it for much longer than scootaloo. at the end of the day, it really is just a question of physical ability.

@Andrea Joan dsouza I was wondering if anybody ever noticed that! I watched the old show as a kid and played the DS game so I noticed it.

@Andrea Joan dsouza I was wondering if anybody ever noticed that! I watched the old show as a kid and played the DS game so I noticed it.

I think that is the reason Bulk trained so much, because of his small wings he needed more muscle power to help him fly.

I think that is the reason Bulk trained so much, because of his small wings he needed more muscle power to help him fly.

what if scootaloo wings didn't form i mean astral wings what if he got earth pony magic but a pegasi body but just enough pegasi magic to walk on clouds an stay in the air for a few seconds?

In "your heart is in 2 places" the seaponies have clear"wings" and they are all same size. Scootaloo had small wings, like her wings

In "your heart is in 2 places" the seaponies have clear"wings" and they are all same size. Scootaloo had small wings, like her wings

maybe scootaloo's wing magic is not vary strong

maybe scootaloo's wing magic is not vary strong

Is nobody gonna question how chrysalis flies? Is she and all the other changelings actually mutated ponies containing their ancestors magic? Wait if she has a horn could she be a descendant of what you thought was the alicorn civilization? Is that why she wants to rule so badly? because all the other alicorns have power? Does she have the invisible wings too?

@Metalspinda9 oh sorry I hope your not feeling like I took your idea cause I’d never do that I just came up with it a few days ago and that’s weird cause when I was going through the comments I didn’t see your comment about the same question at all

@Alvin x Brittany this one. I left a comment saying the same thing. Oops

@Alvin x Brittany this one. I left a comment saying the same thing. Oops

Woops! I commented something like this separately already...xD

Woops! I commented something like this separately already...xD

Hey big fan of your videos  and I already mentioned this comment on your how nightmare moon escape video but I thought I’d re send it on your newest video so anyway  yesterday I thought of something that I don’t think anyone has thought of before  so I think my question would be a great idea for your next video what do you think about this  question for your next video what  does the cmc stand for in the equestria girls world like we know that in  the pony world the cmc stands for cutie mark crusaders but if most humans have their pony version’s cutie mark on their clothes and humans don’t really earn them like their pony versions do then what would the cmc stand for in the human world if the pony version of sweetie belle apple bloom and scootaloo  kept trying to find ways to earn their cutie marks? I guess another way of putting it is if the cmc in the pony world stands for cutie mark crusaders  yet in the human world they don’t earn them like how their  pony counter parts do so if that’s the case then in the human world they still crusade but for what reason like in the pony world the cmc  kept crusading to find their destiny however in the human world the 3 don’t have their cutie marks   On their clothes yet they still crusade but for what  if the last c still stands for crusaders in the human world then what would the c and m be short for ?

Well, biceos is very muscular and an adult. Scoots might be able ro do the same with a lot of effort. Maybe too muvh to be worth It for her.

Well, biceos is very muscular and an adult. Scoots might be able ro do the same with a lot of effort. Maybe too muvh to be worth It for her.

You really remind me of Dipper, trying to solve mysteries and stuff.

You really remind me of Dipper, trying to solve mysteries and stuff.

What if scootaloo is the pony who got the horns and wings

What if scootaloo is the pony who got the horns and wings

What I meant to say that she could’ve asked twilight sparkle to make her wings bigger so she can fly but she hasn’t even thought about it

What I meant to say that she could’ve asked twilight sparkle to make her wings bigger so she can fly but she hasn’t even thought about it

I know the reason why her wings are too small but if she want to fly why not ask Twilight to make events bigger

I know the reason why her wings are too small but if she want to fly why not ask Twilight to make events bigger

he has to hold his breath while flying<br>ithink scoots was born with undersized wings kida like nemos tiny fin on one side of his body

he has to hold his breath while flying
ithink scoots was born with undersized wings kida like nemos tiny fin on one side of his body

My honest opinion on why Scootaloo can't fly, is because of this. Scoots was born with wings that were able to move but she was born with wings that were too small. People in real life go through this. Take my best friend for example. She has an arm and a leg that is ever so slightly smaller than her other arm and leg, but they don't work the way they should. My best friend is always leaning to the side to keep balance instead of standing up straight. The reason why my best friend didn't get her arm and leg amputated is because it wasn't very noticeable until her teen years. And the doctors thought she would be perfectly fine. And even if her parents wanted this problem to be fixed they wouldn't have the money to do so.
So my understanding about Scootaloo is that she has wings that are just slightly too small to for her to fly and still be able to have the cloud walking ability. But then again Twilight was able to cast a spell to cause none peggasy ponies to walk on clouds. So that proves it's magic allowing them to walk on clouds.
So conclusion: Scootaloo can't fly because she has wings that still work but they're just slightly too small for them to carry her long distances yet they still grow with her body. So if anything Scootaloo's case is very similar to my best friend's case. Limbs too small to work their full potential but still able to operate.

hi sawtooth waves [last time the name was brony but wathever] i have not watch you for 3 years and this the time i watched you again so i have some questions 1. how old are you 2. how many videos you have 3. how many years you have been on youtube so ......thats all bye

Hmm… I’m not too sure about your astral wings theory, but I agree with you that magic is the only way it makes sense that pegasi can fly, their wingspan being what it is.  I’ve always thought Scootaloo couldn’t fly because, even though her magic’s strong enough, her wings just aren’t big enough.

@-~Brye the bun~- I am so confused by the sentence also Scootaloo being part earth pony would make her stunned half-breed.

@-~Brye the bun~- I am so confused by the sentence also Scootaloo being part earth pony would make her stunned half-breed.

Both wings are REALLY small... but for scootaloo, she is a filly, so it makes sense- this sentence made no sense ^-^

Both wings are REALLY small... but for scootaloo, she is a filly, so it makes sense- this sentence made no sense ^-^

@Ellie Nugent well haven't you forgotten what I told you to stop replying?

@Ellie Nugent well haven't you forgotten what I told you to stop replying?

@Zack Wessling Also. Sry about my weird explanation plz no hate

@Zack Wessling Also. Sry about my weird explanation plz no hate

@Zack Wessling And I'm not explaining the Universe being Created or the Past Fits into the Future and being affected by the present theory either it's TOO CRAZY AND CONTROVERSIAL and also it's l8t good night@

@Zack Wessling And this is well before my Video Game Simulation Theory that's not really like the Matrix because we can actually choose but we act on instinct like A.i acting on code.

@Zack Wessling Who over thinks and confuses this stuff. 4 Everyone else that is. Because they don't know WHAT ON EARTH I'm TALKING ABOUT

@Zack Wessling Who over thinks and confuses this stuff. 4 Everyone else that is. Because they don't know *WHAT ON EARTH* I'm *TALKING ABOUT*

@Zack Wessling Guess. It could be a Mutant Dna Energy or a Mutant Alien Genetic Energy. To people in the past this could be magic. Sry If this still doesn't make sense. It's my Mad Scientist Brain @ Work who's also a theorist lol. Aka. My Happy Part of my OCD.

@Ellie Nugent I've never heard of any alien-energy or astro wings or whatever where did you get that a sci-fi comic book?

@Ellie Nugent I've never heard of any alien-energy or astro wings or whatever where did you get that a sci-fi comic book?

The Astro Wings also did properly merge with the normal wings and then enhanced them

The Astro Wings also did properly merge with the normal wings and then enhanced them

Combine this with how much wing it would actually need to fly as a Pegasi says enough. Also; Originally she was very young. I bet she could <b>fly</b> for longer but due to physical and muscular mass was limited due to the less significant quantity of the Astro Energy.

Combine this with how much wing it would actually need to fly as a Pegasi says enough. Also; Originally she was very young. I bet she could *fly* for longer but due to physical and muscular mass was limited due to the less significant quantity of the Astro Energy.

Or it is affected by the astro wings as well. As Earth Ponies have magical or alien-energy hooves, Unicorns have alien-energy Horns and Pegasi have Astro Wings. It's maybe simply she just doesn't have as much Astro Magic as the others and that's ok. Because in the movie they can fly , but not for long, so it's gliding.

Or it is affected by the *astro* wings as well. As Earth Ponies have magical or alien-energy hooves, Unicorns have alien-energy Horns and Pegasi have Astro Wings. It's maybe simply she just doesn't have as much Astro Magic as the others and that's ok. Because in the movie they can *fly* , but not for long, so it's gliding.

@Candaru's Collective Hello, I like your theory, mind if I use it in my Headcannon please? Credit goes to you and Sawtooth of course.

@Candaru's Collective Hello, I like your theory, mind if I use it in my Headcannon please? Credit goes to you and Sawtooth of course.

@Lululemon Real funny Violet real funny.

@Lululemon Real funny Violet real funny.

I love the part where you say <b>talk about boneless wings aHahahahhahahahahhhhaaaahahahHHah</b>

I love the part where you say *talk about boneless wings aHahahahhahahahahhhhaaaahahahHHah*

@ponyhorse & muledonkey.🐎🐴 and stop replying to every comment I type it's starting to get annoying.

@ponyhorse & muledonkey.🐎🐴 and stop replying to every comment I type it's starting to get annoying.

@ponyhorse & muledonkey.🐎🐴 I see now will please leave me alone.

@ponyhorse & muledonkey.🐎🐴 I see now will please leave me alone.

@Cynthia Russell Kj,j what does that mean?

@Cynthia Russell Kj,j what does that mean?

@SILVER WOLF OF THE NIGHT FIRE lml,o . K#4#4÷#4#'4frc

@SILVER WOLF OF THE NIGHT FIRE lml,o . K#4#4÷#4#'4frc

@ponyhorse & muledonkey.🐎🐴 I don't think her grandparents were unicorns at least I hope not.

@ponyhorse & muledonkey.🐎🐴 I don't think her grandparents were unicorns at least I hope not.

@Zack Wessling maybe her grandparents were unicorns.

@Zack Wessling maybe her grandparents were unicorns.

@ponyhorse & muledonkey.🐎🐴 because she has no horn like all unicorns do also if she was part all 3 of the pony tribes she would be an alicorn

@ponyhorse & muledonkey.🐎🐴 because she has no horn like all unicorns do also if she was part all 3 of the pony tribes she would be an alicorn

@ponyhorse & muledonkey.🐎🐴 no just part earth pony that's all.

@ponyhorse & muledonkey.🐎🐴 no just part earth pony that's all.

@Zack Wessling  maybe she is part unicorn too.

@Zack Wessling  maybe she is part unicorn too.

Well I heard in a video on Fauna Joy's channel that Scootaloo is part earth pony.

Well I heard in a video on Fauna Joy's channel that Scootaloo is part earth pony.

@Star  Shine [Lily] I am a big 19 year old guy.

@Star  Shine [Lily] I am a big 19 year old guy.

@Star  Shine [Lily]  I think that would be wonderful.

@Star  Shine [Lily]  I think that would be wonderful.

@Iliana Rocha or any changeling like that.

@Iliana Rocha or any changeling like that.

@Iliana Rocha  but there is no pony like this in the mlp series.

@Iliana Rocha  but there is no pony like this in the mlp series.

@ponyhorse & muledonkey.🐎🐴  We know that Sawtooth Wave is a changeling.

@ponyhorse & muledonkey.🐎🐴  We know that Sawtooth Wave is a changeling.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CRYSTAL EMPIRE TELL ME RN! OR MY 100 ALT ACC SUBS ARE GOING DOWN

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CRYSTAL EMPIRE TELL ME RN! OR MY 100 ALT ACC SUBS ARE GOING DOWN

Maybe that’s why bulk is so bulk. He’s spent years trying to increase his endurance so he can maintain that flapping style for longer.

Maybe that’s why bulk is so bulk. He’s spent years trying to increase his endurance so he can maintain that flapping style for longer.

You really did actual math to calculate this theory out

You really did actual math to calculate this theory out

Por qué no haces videos pero traducido a español

Por qué no haces videos pero traducido a español

He's flying because it's funny to see a bulked-up horse with tiny wings fly. It's comedy. Scoots can't fly because in her case it's meant to be tragic.

Edit:  Also if where is the portal to the Human Realm?(Equestria Girls World)
And if you can solve that I have another theory in mind
Keep in mind that today(14th Dec 2021) is my sister's Golden B-Day so I have a hoodie rn

Okay, first of all why does Scootaloo look alot like Sunny Starscout?<br>And most importantly, where is the Spirit of Harmony?

Okay, first of all why does Scootaloo look alot like Sunny Starscout?
And most importantly, where is the Spirit of Harmony?

🤔 Scootaloo’s wings were too small, there for they needed to grow  so they could lift her when she’s trying to fly.

🤔 Scootaloo’s wings were too small, there for they needed to grow  so they could lift her when she’s trying to fly.

Still nobody knows what the actual people who made this(mlp)though, if they even did think about all the scootaloo details. (Which they probably didn't)

Hi sawtooth! I have a little short Theory (I have some of my own at least) arond celestias, lunas and twilights flowing manes. I think it might be that when you (and your sister) are the rulers andyou’re mane flowing. As a sombolsion of power besides the alicorn form that’s just a symbol for royalty. This might explain why twilights mane  didin’t start to wave in the second episode of ”twilights Kingdoom part 2” and why celestias and lunas does.  When cadeece don’t ever get a flowing mane becuse the crystal empire is not they whole kindom. I do think even of you have ritired but have ruled the kindom (for more then a tused years) even if you don’t rule the kindom anymore. Is this a good explinaton for that little mystery?

Im not gonna be mean but its just mlp logic ;-;

Im not gonna be mean but its just mlp logic ;-;

What if Sunny Star Scout some how took her astral Wings from Scooctaloo from the future and also took the magic horn from I forgot her name but from the movie G4 the pony that was helping Storm King I think horns also are astral too now that said that what do you guys think.

For your next video can you video of ScOotaLoo is  sunny star<br>sprout please Lizzie

For your next video can you video of ScOotaLoo is  sunny star
sprout please Lizzie

Likewise, we never saw Bulk Biceps as a foal - for all we know, he could have been in a similar predicament to Scootaloo growing up. Even in the show, he was never seen flying all that well. So it could very well be that tiny wings are a handicap, just one that's treatable to some extent.

I don't know what sawtooth looks like and I also don't remember seeing him anywhere in the show.

I don't know what sawtooth looks like and I also don't remember seeing him anywhere in the show.

I don't remember seeing anywhere in the show I don't know what you look like.

I don't remember seeing anywhere in the show I don't know what you look like.

In Google it sayes that scootaloo is related to cheralee.<br>But I think it's because her dad is an earth pony.

In Google it sayes that scootaloo is related to cheralee.
But I think it's because her dad is an earth pony.

My little pony is a (cartoon) anything is possible in it no need for the creators to add logic in it beacouse it's a show made for (kids)

My little pony is a (cartoon) anything is possible in it no need for the creators to add logic in it beacouse it's a show made for (kids)

I’d love to see you somehow figure out what happened to the Apple families parents!

I’d love to see you somehow figure out what happened to the Apple families parents!

@Cisco Jacobo  no likes her because she was a very nasty person.

@Cisco Jacobo  no likes her because she was a very nasty person.

@Cisco Jacobo  so thorax may be chrysalis's son but there is no way he could have followed her down the path she was going.

@Cisco Jacobo  so thorax may be chrysalis's son but there is no way he could have followed her down the path she was going.

@Cisco Jacobo  he betrayed her first when he replaced her.

@Cisco Jacobo  he betrayed her first when he replaced her.

@Cisco Jacobo she show him why happens when someone goes against their own mother.

@Cisco Jacobo she show him why happens when someone goes against their own mother.

@Cisco Jacobo but she could have changed her way.

@Cisco Jacobo but she could have changed her way.

@Cisco Jacobo  then why did thorax betray her?

@Cisco Jacobo  then why did thorax betray her?

Yes bulky biceps is much bigger bigger than scootaloo and they both have to same wing span but I think you forgot to account the fact that bulky biceps is bigger and has the same wing span then scootaloo but scootaloo is smaller but can't fly so how can bulky biceps fly with the same wing spawned as scootaloo but scootaloo is smaller but can't fly???

@Cisco Jacobo  here's a theory for this next video is chrissy thorax's mother.

@Cisco Jacobo  here's a theory for this next video is chrissy thorax's mother.

@Cisco Jacobo  she will have to punish him

@Cisco Jacobo  she will have to punish him

@Lily Freshwater yeah. It's a terrifying truth people love to ignore despite reality being everywhere. It's sad really.

@Lily Freshwater yeah. It's a terrifying truth people love to ignore despite reality being everywhere. It's sad really.

It's really upsetting that people really don't realize that delayed learning- IS A *DISABILITY*.

Even if she has to get older to get stronger and faster to have any hopes of flying- that doesn't change the fact that she is disabled by nature. On top of that, we don't ever see her flying in the future either...

Jeeze...

@Yohan Manohar That too, another reason why they should be too heavy to fly

@Yohan Manohar That too, another reason why they should be too heavy to fly

@LightningStripe25 also dragons do not use feathers

@LightningStripe25 also dragons do not use feathers

Hey sawtooth in explain why sci twi has wings in the human world but not in equstria

Hey sawtooth in explain why sci twi has wings in the human world but not in equstria

Hey sawtooth in your next video why sci twi has wings in the human world 🌍 but not in equstria

Hey sawtooth in your next video why sci twi has wings in the human world 🌍 but not in equstria

As a fellow brony theorists I just want to say I love your videos they inspire me every time I see them, you go so in depth with your theories and it helps me learn to make my own really good theories. If you see this which to be honest is very unlikely I'd really appreciate it if you could give me some tips on how to make a theory a full and complete one cause that's really important. But other than that I'm just here to say thank you so much for the great content you produce.

I have a question why does Sunny look a bit like scootaloo in like pony version do you think scootaloo has a big or small sister ?

I have a question why does Sunny look a bit like scootaloo in like pony version do you think scootaloo has a big or small sister ?

YOU KNOW IN G5  the ponys could't fly because there was no magic but when was restored they were able to fly just saying i think they need magic to fly 0:43

hi sawtooth i was wondering who controls the sun and the moon in G5 just wondering since twilight and the two pricnceses are gone just wondering how they even have day and night since no one is controlling the sun and the moon

Love the idea, but if you use math and science to prove it on ponies, you'd have to do the same for dragons. It's also scientifically proven that, if they were to exist, they would be unable to fly because they are too heavy and adding wings just makes them heavier. Maybe if they had hollow bones, but the mere fact that Dragon Lord Torch exists and can fly highly disproves it. Plus, dragons aren't connected to magic like ponies are, so that's out too.

I mean it could be like humans and some ponies can do certain things at certain ages or strengths.

I mean it could be like humans and some ponies can do certain things at certain ages or strengths.

@Sawtooth Waves: I think the reason scootaloo can’t fly could be that the wings structures. Like if I am correct wings have something like line bones that stretch the wings out and back in. Maybe she was born a bone structure that’s in the wrong place. Like if your ribs are stuck and they can’t bend properly. I am not a doctor or a chiropractor, but that’s what I think. I am not 100% sure if I am correct, it’s the only theory I can think of.

I got a human discord Thery what happen if the score was the assistant of principal Celestia and vice principal Luna he could’ve done a lot of trouble at school maybe got a score restraining order but maybe the restraining order was done and he came back to candlelight high and the main six showed him how to not be chaotic and Fluttershy is discords guidance

@Kyle Kerik  sawtooth was in stone for a long time.

@Kyle Kerik  sawtooth was in stone for a long time.

It's a good thing I read your post. Although I don't know. I still feel like there may be something else to her story there. Although I haven't had lots of time to look into this stuff due to life. Anyways cool out look on her problem. It definitely was a interesting theory or solution to the mystery.

Scoot just needs to borrow some of Bulk Biceps's roids and she'll fly no problem.

Scoot just needs to borrow some of Bulk Biceps's roids and she'll fly no problem.

Like, Bicep has the same disability and worked out to build endurance to be able to fly! Oooooo gimmie husky scoot now plz

Like, Bicep has the same disability and worked out to build endurance to be able to fly! Oooooo gimmie husky scoot now plz

When u said bulky in the videoI thought u gave him a nickname🤣🤣🤣

When u said bulky in the videoI thought u gave him a nickname🤣🤣🤣

@Candaru's Collective That actually makes a lot of sense! I think this is my new headcanon lol.

@Candaru's Collective That actually makes a lot of sense! I think this is my new headcanon lol.

I totally get it! thanks for the bee movie reference i laughed so hard lol. ❤🔥

I totally get it! thanks for the bee movie reference i laughed so hard lol. ❤🔥

@Candaru's Collective oh this makes a lot of sense! Nice observations

@Candaru's Collective oh this makes a lot of sense! Nice observations

whenever you make a video referencing to scootaloo's disability, i (someone with my own physical disability who has come to love scootaloo as a result) always have to hold my breath, since i could definitely see the day that someone proves to know nothing about what it's like to be disabled. but you always have treated this topic with respect. i'm grateful to feel comfortable on your channel.

Aw man I was going to make a video similar to this one.

Aw man I was going to make a video similar to this one.

Hi
Who else Loves Sawtooth Waves & his videos 🌟 & happy Holidays & Merry Christmas to    everyone 🎄🎄🎄🎄
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Hi
Who else Loves Sawtooth Waves & his videos 🌟 & happy Holidays & Merry Christmas to    everyone 🎄🎄🎄🎄
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(Essay-long comment, sorry!)

A possible extension of this: what if the astral wings (magical output) drain energy from the pony body (physical output)? This sounds obvious (duh, flying takes energy), but what if the astral wings can take energy from ANY physical part of the pony? THAT'S why even normal physical pegasi wings aren't enormous— because the astral wings suck up energy from all over the body, since, hey, it's not like you need to be galloping and really pushing your leg muscles while you're flying through the air.

In scientific terms, all the latent potential energy from the body is channeled into the astral wings (triggered by the flapping of the physical wings), and this explodes outwards into magical kinetic energy. When the physical wings stop flapping, the energy disperses back throughout the body and they can move the rest of their body again.

You'll notice most pegasi have relaxed, static poses while flying; this is because most of their energy isn't currently IN their bodies, it's being transferred to their astral wings. It takes a lot of training to be able to do tricks in midair, which is why the Wonderbolts are revered, and why physical training is part of their regiment: you need a lot of physical strength to have enough to spare for your other limbs while also channeling enough into your astral wings to fly.

This explains Bulk Biceps AND Scootaloo, and why they're different. Bulk has tiny wings— maybe he even stared out like Scootaloo!— but he trained for YEARS to "bulk up" the rest of his body so that there's enough energy for the astral wings to feed on while he's in the air. But Scootaloo has tiny wings AND a tiny body— which is why she can only fly in tiny, short bursts. And growing up, she didn't decide to devote her life to bodybuilding. So as an adult, she probably would have a little more capability than she did as a child since her body is larger (maybe being able to fly up long enough to grab something from a shelf), but still not enough to soar through the skies like RD. Her wings— and therefore her body and potential energy output as a whole— are still too small.

As always you come up with some very fascinating theories. And a thought we all should or can think about. I enjoy watching your vids cause of how well you explain and theories your theories

Are you playing to do a video what happened to the other species and I sorta figured out how old some that be to be considered ancient 1500 years but keep up the good work  Pony or Changeling


It took me an embarrassingly long time to realise that Scootaloo’s wings being too small and preventing her from flying was a metaphor for disability

@juuzou hizashi suzuya you went 9 seasons without realising....

@juuzou hizashi suzuya you went 9 seasons without realising....

How come bulky biceps can fly then? He has a bigger body but tiny wings

How come bulky biceps can fly then? He has a bigger body but tiny wings

@Tananda Lynch To say NO ONE would get that until that point ignores how different people know and/or understand different disabilities, either from being exposed to it, having it or even researching it- which some kids did do due to it being her arc standing out. Since being that deyaled- IF SHE EVER EVEN GOT THAT AS AN ADULT which we don't even know- is something people can and will pick up on without being told. Even without her break down, it was obvious to those who bothered to pay attention.

Yes I did miss understood part of that but I felt as if most of your writing was hard to comprehend. I apologize. But saying things like "there's nothing to suggest she was unable to fly UNTIL she was told that." which was just blatantly false given how the show handled Pegasi and herself. That is the issue. Now again, I did misunderstood part of your words causing this disagreements and I shouldn't have popped off. I'm sorry.

@Cameo Shadowness I never said she WASN'T disabled. I said that UNTIL IT WAS STATED OUTRIGHT that nobody would have gotten to that conclusion based purely on other pegasi her age flying and would have assumed late bloomer. I'm sorry that you lack basic reading comprehension

@Tananda Lynch NO YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND! She is delayed BY YEARS. That is a disability. The fact that you want to deny that shows you don't understand disabilities and the wide range of them. You just don't care and want her to fit in a narrow box that DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE. LOOK UP DISABILITIES.

I didn't know she was disabled until around season 3 because I didn't watch FiM that much until then and even then- I still had a huge feeling she was disabled because everyone- and I mean EVERYONE ELSE could fly but her. Just because she didn't LOOK disabled- it doesn't mean she wasn't... That logic is so stupid and makes no sense when there are so many disabilites that you wouldn't be able to tell by looking at a person. To say that I'm lying just because I actually paid attention to the show enough to notice everyone else flying and saw that she didn't and made that connection is ridiculous. I am disabled myself, so when I saw someone who was like me in that regard, I gravitated towards them.

Look up both Physical and Delayed Learning Disabilites. I beg of you. People like you love to push your ideas when there are things that make far more sense. She was never able to fly in the show proper and EVEN if she does learn as AN ADULT... THAT DOESN'T CHANGE HOW SHE IS DISABLED! *YEARS OF DELAY IS A FORM OF DISABILITY*

@Tananda Lynch NO YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND! She is delayed BY YEARS. That is a disability. The fact that you want to deny that shows you don't understand disabilities and the wide range of them. You just don't care and want her to fit in a narrow box that DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE. LOOK UP DISABILITIES.

I didn't know she was disabled until around season 3 because I didn't watch FiM that much until then and even then- I still had a huge feeling she was disabled because everyone- and I mean EVERYONE ELSE could fly but her. Just because she didn't LOOK disabled- it doesn't mean she wasn't... That logic is so stupid and makes no sense when there are so many disabilites that you wouldn't be able to tell by looking at a person. To say that I'm lying just because I actually paid attention to the show enough to notice everyone else flying and saw that she didn't and made that connection is ridiculous. I am disabled myself, so when I saw someone who was like me in that regard, I gravitated towards them.

Look up both Physical and Delayed Learning Disabilites. I beg of you. People like you love to push your ideas when there are things that make far more sense. She was never able to fly in the show proper and EVEN if she does learn as AN ADULT... THAT DOESN'T CHANGE HOW SHE IS DISABLED! **YEARS OF DELAY IS A FORM OF DISABILITY**

@Cameo Shadowness Again until we see her as an adult with those wings and not flying like bulk does the implication is late bloomer not disabled. Her adult self is also a "blink and miss it" moment so it doesn't really count as most of what we see is a Philly with Philly wings. At the start, did you know she was  disabled? Did you get that purely by seeing others her age flying? If you say yes, you're very clearly lying.

@Tananda Lynch Except that isn't true. That was just her snapping point. We've CONSTANTLY SEEN OTHER PEGASI HER SIZE FLY. Then add to that that we've seen Bulk Biceps with such small wings and large size still manage to fly but not here... this shows that she was incapable since pretty close to the start.

Being THAT late bloomer is a form of disability. Yes not all delays are inherently a disability but delayed physical and mental capabilities are a form of disabilities when it is put out for THAT LONG. She is the (approximant) equivalent of 10-13 and unable to fly when flying can come easily and as early as a few months for some pegasi. All other pegasi we see around her age can fly. We see it all the time. Even in flashbacks and such. This is also different from being a weak flier, IE Fluttershy when she was around that age. Fluttershy could lift herself off the ground when not under pressure, she was slow but able to fly on her own. Scootaloo never had that, the closest she got was a temporary hover (that just slowed her decent) that took her breath away because how hard it was for her.

EVERYONE ignores this but it is true. We see what is the norm around her. How often and easy it is for literally everyone else with wings to fly but her.
Literally everyone but her... That PROVES that she is disabled. Even if she does get to learn after YEARS that is still a type of disability. She is FAR too delayed for it to NOT be a disability by this point.

@Cameo Shadowness but there's nothing to suggest she was unable to fly UNTIL she was told that. Her wings are the same size as, if not a little bigger than Bulk Biceps and he can fly. Until it was outright stated I assumed she was gonna be a late bloomer. And what she says to Rainbow Dash is "I can't fly!" But that alone doesn't suggest anything other than she's just late in learning.

@Anne Margot Marie Betti Frank it’s not her wing size tho it’s normal size but she just can’t ( don’t talk to me about her adult version bc it doesn’t count )

@sing612 everyone knows, if they don’t they don’t watch mlp

@sing612 everyone knows, if they don’t they don’t watch mlp

@Mx. Phoenix Boi that’s not the point though, we are talking about when she was younger, no one really looks at her adult version sooooo

@juuzou hizashi suzuya so Mlp has been airing for more than 10 years, literally my whole life and you haven’t noticed… they literally say “ rainbow dash is my SISTER “ and something like “ scoloto is her something “ idk but she is a girl- 🤓

Her wings aren’t smaller, unless you count her older version, but her wings were normal for her age, so it was kind of towards magic, also it isn’t even a metaphor it’s a representation.

What about featherweight, his wings are smaller than scootaoo and he can fly

What about featherweight, his wings are smaller than scootaoo and he can fly

A metaphor? How is it a metaphor, it's an actual disability.

A metaphor? How is it a metaphor, it's an actual disability.

@juuzou hizashi suzuya how didn't you know by now-

@juuzou hizashi suzuya how didn't you know by now-

In one episode description it outright says Scootaloo has a flying disability so its not just a metaphor

In one episode description it outright says Scootaloo has a flying disability so its not just a metaphor

Bro Bulk Mcbiceps has the same small wings

Bro Bulk Mcbiceps has the same small wings

But bulky biceps can fly so it’s not because of the size

But bulky biceps can fly so it’s not because of the size

it's not a metaphor she's literally just disabled. that's like saying "i never realized toph being blind is a metaphor for blindness"

So is it just the exhaustion that keeps her from flying? It shouldn't be the size of her wings because then Bulk Biceps shouldn't be able to fly either. His wings are probably smaller than hers and he's HUGE!

@0v3R_Th3.m0oN ☾ It’s a literal disability, not even a metaphor. If you watch the final episode you can see that her wings never grow. She has a deformity that prevents it. She was designed that way on purpose so that kids would see that disabled people are just like everyone else, as well as to help disabled children.

This was the very moment I learnt the same thing-

This was the very moment I learnt the same thing-

i thought it was because she was too young

i thought it was because she was too young

It is a LITERAL disability. I don’t understand why people want to water down some of the only real representation disabled children have.

@juuzou hizashi suzuya YEAH IM A TOMBOY OOOOO AAAAAA

@juuzou hizashi suzuya YEAH IM A TOMBOY OOOOO AAAAAA

@Tangle Hamain it’s true they say “kids are cruel”

@Tangle Hamain it’s true they say “kids are cruel”

@Tangle Hamain 8 year old me couldn’t pick up on much stuff 💀💀

@Tangle Hamain 8 year old me couldn’t pick up on much stuff 💀💀

@fruitie cutie Scootaloo’s wings never grew, though.

@fruitie cutie Scootaloo’s wings never grew, though.

I didn’t realize until I read this comment

I didn’t realize until I read this comment

@It’s ya boi Roman!🏳🌈

I could've told you that roughly five years ago.

I think it was a post on Equestria Daily that showed a text interview where Lauren Faust had it to where Scootaloo couldn't fly, because she wanted to create a character with a disability... Or something like that.

I didn't know untill you just said it....

I didn't know untill you just said it....

it goes on record (from conversations lauren faust had with others) that this was the original intention
though at another point it was said scootaloo was just behind the learning curve with flying, cause i guess saying a popular character is physically disabled just wasn't a thing you could do

even in her future look her wing are still ridiculously small, not said if she could fly or not at that point

i thought she was like an ostrich or smth as a kid

i thought she was like an ostrich or smth as a kid

I mean, I never noticed because I was so young lol

I mean, I never noticed because I was so young lol

You are kinda right but if she cant fly bc of hear smal wings how dose Cozy glow fly, they have the same smal wings and jet Cozy flys?

BRO I JUST REALIZED MY HEART FELL WHEN I READ THIS

BRO I JUST REALIZED MY HEART FELL WHEN I READ THIS

Uh I just found out rn while reading your comment ;-;

Uh I just found out rn while reading your comment ;-;

I feel you...probably because she was a filly and her wings seemed normal to me ?

I feel you...probably because she was a filly and her wings seemed normal to me ?

yeah, same. for me though it's was probably just because I was a kid tho and didn't understand anything lol, because I did put it together after seeing a few people mention something about it.

@juuzou hizashi suzuya you got me to laugh. out of all these replies i didn't expect this one.

@juuzou hizashi suzuya you got me to laugh. out of all these replies i didn't expect this one.

I just figured this out today and I've been finished with the series for a while now XD

I just figured this out today and I've been finished with the series for a while now XD

I agree. Looks like I'm not the only one with this kind of idea

I agree. Looks like I'm not the only one with this kind of idea

First, I thought it was the size of her wings, but look at Cozy Glow. Her wings are small too, and she can fly. So Sawtooth is correct.

@juuzou hizashi suzuya Well of course, shes a tomboy, duh. I sound like a dude too even though Im a 20 yo woman lmao-

@Tangle Hamain in italian she soumds like a boy

@Tangle Hamain in italian she soumds like a boy

@Cameo Shadowness not everyone understands stuff as kids

@Cameo Shadowness not everyone understands stuff as kids

@juuzou hizashi suzuya hope you know that the  character your acc is named after is also a woman

@juuzou hizashi suzuya hope you know that the  character your acc is named after is also a woman

But her wings are the same size as the other foal.

But her wings are the same size as the other foal.

Not me just realizing that too now, I'm so dumb 💀💀

Not me just realizing that too now, I'm so dumb 💀💀

I always figured her wings didn’t develop correctly, similar to those who use a wheelchair because their legs didn’t fully develop. Or scootaloo has some developmental disorder where her muscles can’t develop enough to allow her to fly.

Me too, I didn't fully realize until today-

Me too, I didn't fully realize until today-

Shat abou bull bjceps or whatever his name is

Shat abou bull bjceps or whatever his name is

I mean, by Pegasus Standards it very likely IS a Disability

I mean, by Pegasus Standards it very likely IS a Disability

they are literally the same size as Cozy glow’s wings as well as that pegasus who told them united in the finale in mlp

@Nobody except her flying disability has been present since the start and we've seen ponies both younger and smaller being able to fly but never herself. It was a moment of frustration yes, but even if her flying is delayed- THAT IS STILL A TYPE OF DISABILITY. That is the issue, delayed or permanently inability to, Scootaloo's lack of ability to fly has always been present.

Saying it has to be directly said that she is disabled throws away how real the whole situation is. Whether she knows she truely can't fly or not doesn't matter when her whole life has been blatantly affected by it to the point where we've had multiple episodes of it being pointing it.

@Mx. Phoenix Boi but  it would've been great if she had a Long mane

@Mx. Phoenix Boi but  it would've been great if she had a Long mane

@juuzou hizashi suzuya well yeah obviously

@juuzou hizashi suzuya well yeah obviously

@Cameo Shadowness Yeah but yelling at her that she would never fly isn't addressing a disability. If anything it would make kids think she's just frustrated being a late flyer and taking her anger out on her.

@Nobody they did address the disability. They had her even yell at Rainbow Dash that she knew she would never fly...

@Nobody they did address the disability. They had her even yell at Rainbow Dash that she knew she would never fly...

@Mx. Phoenix Boi yeah it's funny like ok short hair + raspy voice = boy for some reason

@Mx. Phoenix Boi yeah it's funny like ok short hair + raspy voice = boy for some reason

@juuzou hizashi suzuya yeah i was confused about her gender too lol

@juuzou hizashi suzuya yeah i was confused about her gender too lol

@Nobody I agree with you its almost like being passive aggressive

@Nobody I agree with you its almost like being passive aggressive

@juuzou hizashi suzuya yes and funny enough before I really started to watch the show I thought rainbow dash was a dude

@VcSaJen Yeah that's what I was thinking, I wish they would've made her wings look smaller or actually addressed the disability. It's good in all that people are aware of it but children watching the show would just think she's late to flying and not living with a disability.

@sing612 lmao I love how if a character is female and has short hair and a raspy voice ppl automatically think it's male XD

Just to be clear Rainbow Dash is also female 😂

Just to be clear Rainbow Dash is also female 😂

@VcSaJen but when she becomes an adult they don't grow to adult size they stay filly sized

@VcSaJen but when she becomes an adult they don't grow to adult size they stay filly sized

That's the thing, tho: her filly wings aren't small, their size is the same as any other filly's.

That's the thing, tho: her filly wings aren't small, their size is the same as any other filly's.

@Nobody it was stated by Scootaloo directly that she KNEW she would never be able to fly. Plus there are many kids who just refuse to admit their own disabilities and struggle and/or just don't understand that they are disabled. Scootaloo is a very real representation for kids given how she is portrayed.

Plus we see even foals and kids younger than Scootaloo knowing how to do it (not just the cake twins). So saying she'll be nothing but a late bloomer when it comes to flying ignores what the show set up.

It's a shame that they didn't downright say it in the show because any child watching would just think ''She's just late to flying, she'll be able to do it someday''. It would've been nice to see them openly talk about it being a disability

@juuzou hizashi suzuya Uhh yes Scootaloo is a girl o.o

@juuzou hizashi suzuya Uhh yes Scootaloo is a girl o.o

But her wings were the same size as Cozy Glow's and she could fly.

But her wings were the same size as Cozy Glow's and she could fly.

@juuzou hizashi suzuya Ummm yeah? Always has been? The frick?

@juuzou hizashi suzuya Ummm yeah? Always has been? The frick?

@Tangle Hamain yeahh, I found it odd when they picked on her for it and when I learned why I went oooooh

@Tangle Hamain yeahh, I found it odd when they picked on her for it and when I learned why I went oooooh

@Starry Skies I mean, it makes sense but because she was bullied for it I just knew that it was a disability cus children love to pick on people's disability lol..

I didn't even know she couldn't fly for the longest time, I thought she just hadn't learned yet

I didn't even know she couldn't fly for the longest time, I thought she just hadn't learned yet

I mean, that's what the episode Flight to the Finish was all about.  A message about the difficulties, both personal and social, with coping with disability, and how much having someone there to support you through it can help.


Or maybe she just wasn't born with ENOUGH pegasus magic.<br>In the Sonic Rainboom episode when Twilight got herself and the others to reach Cloudsdale, she said it was much easier to cast only the cloud-walking spell than to make wings with it. Assuming those spells were pegasus magic (though artificial, surely still applicable). Walking on clouds may require like 30% pegasus magic, while flying requires at least 80% of it. Scootaloo may be somewhere in between. I'll guess she is roughly 75% pegasus, and from her father's side, 25% earth pony. It makes more sense than ghost wings to me.

Or maybe she just wasn't born with ENOUGH pegasus magic.
In the Sonic Rainboom episode when Twilight got herself and the others to reach Cloudsdale, she said it was much easier to cast only the cloud-walking spell than to make wings with it. Assuming those spells were pegasus magic (though artificial, surely still applicable). Walking on clouds may require like 30% pegasus magic, while flying requires at least 80% of it. Scootaloo may be somewhere in between. I'll guess she is roughly 75% pegasus, and from her father's side, 25% earth pony. It makes more sense than ghost wings to me.

@Katherine B. Perhaps he got lucky and still inherited enough pegasus magic from his great(x5) grandfather, and perhaps from another relative that Mr. Cake failed to mention. I say it's possible, it's a magical world.

Yeah but then there is Pound Cake who had two earth pony parents but was flying as a baby

@dyandra dragon pony ...but its astral... what

@Jazikyu yah that's what i said ''astro''

I know I probably might be a bad person but I do hope that in the future for scootaloo she found a way to fly probably not physically but maybe someone created something like tanks little flying machine but made it pony wearable

I like this theory. Because Bulk Biceps is able to fly despite not being great at doing so, and she isn’t.


I think Scootaloo was one of the first Pegasi to lose her magic in the MLP Universe, over time, with your theory on
magic disappearing and Twilight sacrificing herself into the three crystals, I believe Scootaloo might have been the first to go.
When magic stopped passing down through generations, Twilight gave herself up in order for everyone to get their magic back.
Then they successfully separated, the wendigos never appeared and A New Generation happened.

if she lost her flight magic due to an inbalance of harmony, she wouldve regained it at the end of the series. but she didnt. shes just disabled, and thats okay


I think it's more of a developmental thing. Like how a unicorn needs a complete horn to cast spells, a pegasus needs fully formed wings to fly. Scootaloo's wings are just underdeveloped, for one reason or another. There's nothing actually wrong with Bulk Bicep's wings, they're just tiny in comparison to the rest of his body.


Just imagine a real-life horse with those gigantic wings. Wouldn’t that be, y’know, a little creepy and uncanny-looking?


Personally I always thought Scootaloo's flight issue was a result of under developed wings, and in a way, I was right. If her wings are under developed than so are austral wings there for limiting her ability to fly. Very insightful Sawtooth!

I think in the last episode we saw her fly

@Umbreonfan03 I know, that’s why I mentioned their dad’s uncle twice removed and some other relative was a unicorn.

@Gregory The Lost Child The cake twins have earth pony parents. Both can easily fly and use magic.

@Flare Brush I know I'm just kidding. But yeah the spelling you're looking for is Astral

@shaunpocalypse I'm still a little rusty at spelling admittedly 😅

@Flare Brush Well, I don’t know, they haven’t explained it, I also never heard about her dad until now, I only know why Scootaloo can’t fly.

@Gregory The Lost Child  Yeah, but I still find it highly the theory doesn't work. Besides if we're going off the premises of genes that would mean that The factor That decides the children being a unicorn and pegasus is a Recessive gene which would mean that either both Mr. And Ms. Cake both had either a unicorn or a pegasus parent, unlikely going off the assumption that becoming a pegasus or unicorn is a Recessive gene. The sad thing is we don't know enough about the world of Friendship is Magic to say that gene theory hold water. But given how specific a lot of the circumstances need to be for a pony to be a pegasus yet have Earth Pony parents I seriously don't bye it.  One last question;  If scootaloo can't fly because of having an Earth pony parent, then why doesn't Diamond Tiara have any limitations because her father is a unicorn and Mom is an Earth Pony, by that logic shouldn't Tiara have limitations with magic?  Yes, but we've never seen have any trouble with Magic so we can't say she without enough evidence.

@Flare Brush Mr. Cake did say that his uncle twice removed was a pegasus so his genes passed on to the gene to on of the twins, same thing with the unicorn twin

@Gregory The Lost Child The baby cakes are a pegasus and unicorn, and both of their parents are earth ponies, need I say more?

@Gregory The Lost Child that's a fair argument but personally I don't think it holds water when you consider FlurryHeart and Especially the Cake Twins, Genetics don't make sense in MLP for reasons like that so why should we expect them too?

I’ve heard once that she doesn’t have the ability to fly is because she’s part Pegasus and part Pony. So yes her wings are underdeveloped because her relation to her dad, he’s an earth pony and they don’t have wings.

me too! I've always thought it was a deficiency or smth like this

Me 3 and I hope Scootaloo can learn to fly I hope


Does anyone else notice the similarities between Scootaloo and Sunny? Orange coat, purple mane, made the best of their bad situation. They also didn’t have something that their friends had, and yet they were very happy and enjoyed their friends talents and powers. And technically both were Rainbow Dash fans lol.

I wonder how much Sunny would fangirl if she met RD. While she mainly looks up to Twi, I bet she’d freak out if she met any on the mane 6, maybe even Glim Glam and Bacon Hair too.


Although I like Scootaloo as the way she is. I always imagine her flying and what kind of episodes they could have done with her and Rainbow Dash, and know the fact that this will never happen makes me sad all the time.


I was always puzzled by the flight of pegasi because I always thought they're wing span would have to be about 10x their size but never bothered to research it, guess I'm not that dumb afterall 😌


Scootaloo is the Rock Lee of MLP. She has Pegasus magic, but can't use it.


Here's my theory: everyone's magic, whether that be pegasus, unicorn, or earth pony, is attached to thier cutie mark. We already know this because it has been shown in the show that if someone loses thier magic they lose thier cutie mark. The opposite happens when you take someone's cutie mark as what happened in starlight's village. When the pegusus lost thier cutie marks, they lost thier flight. I think scootaloo's magic (a.k.a. her astral form) is somewhat frozen because of her earth pony heritage. She still has it, so she can be on clouds. But it moves with her cutie mark and it doesn't move with her wings because the earthpony part of her isn't aware that it's there. Her physical wings can move so she can use them to get at least a bit of flight but the astral wings stay completely still. Because the earth pony and pegasus magic line up so well, she can still use that aspect of pegasus magic. Then the question remains, why can fillies use magic and fly before they have thier cutie marks if thier cutie marks are the source of thier magic? I believe it's because the cutie mark is still there but it's not visible until you find your purpose. Then, and only then, can it take a specific physical form. They can still fly and use magic because the magic is still there. Cutie marks don't change anything, they are just the centre point of magic like how our heart is where all our blood flows through and our brain is where our thoughts and nerves flow to. So scootaloo is probably very physically capable just not magically capable. <br>That's all I have to say for now. I love your videos sawtooth, they inspire me to think.

Here's my theory: everyone's magic, whether that be pegasus, unicorn, or earth pony, is attached to thier cutie mark. We already know this because it has been shown in the show that if someone loses thier magic they lose thier cutie mark. The opposite happens when you take someone's cutie mark as what happened in starlight's village. When the pegusus lost thier cutie marks, they lost thier flight. I think scootaloo's magic (a.k.a. her astral form) is somewhat frozen because of her earth pony heritage. She still has it, so she can be on clouds. But it moves with her cutie mark and it doesn't move with her wings because the earthpony part of her isn't aware that it's there. Her physical wings can move so she can use them to get at least a bit of flight but the astral wings stay completely still. Because the earth pony and pegasus magic line up so well, she can still use that aspect of pegasus magic. Then the question remains, why can fillies use magic and fly before they have thier cutie marks if thier cutie marks are the source of thier magic? I believe it's because the cutie mark is still there but it's not visible until you find your purpose. Then, and only then, can it take a specific physical form. They can still fly and use magic because the magic is still there. Cutie marks don't change anything, they are just the centre point of magic like how our heart is where all our blood flows through and our brain is where our thoughts and nerves flow to. So scootaloo is probably very physically capable just not magically capable.
That's all I have to say for now. I love your videos sawtooth, they inspire me to think.


I think it's a magical disability. Her magic is strong enough to rest on clouds, but not to lift her in flight. She has to make up the shortfall with physical effort.<br>Bulk Biceps has a normal level of magical ability for a pegasus, so he can fly normally, with the wings used for thrust and control.

I think it's a magical disability. Her magic is strong enough to rest on clouds, but not to lift her in flight. She has to make up the shortfall with physical effort.
Bulk Biceps has a normal level of magical ability for a pegasus, so he can fly normally, with the wings used for thrust and control.


Well if you noticed in the last episode season nine where it shows  scootaool wings is LITTE even though she is supposed to be like 17  so maybe she was born with the litte wings?


I always thought that wing and horns were more like a tool for using magic, the medium in which it passes though.
So maybe scootaloo's wings just process magic in a way that makes it leak out, like a bucket with a hole in it.

 You can still fill it when it's on the ground, but when you try use it to move the water, it drains out; but there's still some water that you carry, hence why scootallo can fly for a few seconds.


The fact that Starlight, and then later Trixie to some degree, can fly with only magic seems to be the best evidence to support this theory. I've been inclined to believe that Scootaloo just has difficulty focusing her magic on moving herself skyward which might be due to her earth pony parentage

@Chaniya Ashe All pony species have magic, this was proven in the Tirek episodes, he stole the magic that allowed Pegesi to fly, and the magic that allowed Earth Ponies to tend to the earth. It's also proven in the MLP movie that Pegesi NEED magic to fly as they were unable to actually do so without magic being restored. (Also, when Tirek stole the magic from all those ponies, they all lost their cutie mark, kind of powerful detail as well.)

@Chaniya Ashe Many of us disagree, all of the pegasus wings are too small to allow them to fly, too heavy to sit and walk on clouds (much less than move clouds around) with out the use of magic. Earth pony draws magic from the earth (you try to knock down apples with a kick).

@MrDeathBunny We don't exactly know how pony genetics affect coat and mane color... You know that whole story about the 3 pony races, Earth pony, Pegasi, and Unicorns all hating each other?.. Yeah that story doesn't really add up if 2 ponies of one race could have babies of different ones.
Then again, good continuity isn't exactly an MLP strong suit so perhaps I am wrong. I will say, the fact that they are supposed to be twins baffles me and kinda shatters my theory unless the real father was somehow an alicorn? lol.

Oh God... Ok alright, you've convinced me by making me think way harder than this topic is worth. The shows cannon explanation actually leaves less logical hoops to jump through.

@Dulcet Nuance bruh the twins both look more like her husband than they do her. Pumpkin even has his orange hair.

Huh. Neat. But I didn't know her Parents were Earth Ponies. So no wonder why she couldn't do it...and even if she could her exhaustion with flapping AND willing it would be too much AND ALSO * Wouldn't know that magic is a factor just yet if ever... *

@Mahi Multiverse Yeah. But also the twins did have the genes for it, so it came from an authentic source

@Chaniya Ashe then what did Tirek steal from the pegasus and earth ponies?

@EG and AJ so I guess I should just assume that you can fly solely with magic and is a factual expert on such matters?

That's, not how flying actually works with magic, but once try.<br>Have you ever flown before?

That's, not how flying actually works with magic, but once try.
Have you ever flown before?

@Mahi Multiverse we also don't see Pound Cake hovering in the one scene we see him as an adult. It's not much to go on, but strong flyers like Rainbow Dash are almost always in the air. While weaker ones like Fluttershy are often standing. Based on that I'm inclined to believe that Pound Cake isn't a strong flyer and was just experiencing the magic bursts that are typical for foals

But Pound Cake has TWO earth ponies as parents AND a unicorn sister, ( just thought I should mention it ) and he can fly just fine, parentage has NOTHING to do with it.

@Newbie Gamelover I think it's because pound cake was tiny and not a big pony. So when he gets older he won't be able to do that anymore

@Newbie Gamelover Ima go with Ms. Cake is a giant hor-se... I don't buy Mr. Cake's awkwardly delivered explanation for a second.

It could also be that she's just not old enough yet.

Remember, in the episode where she and she Crusaders accidentally wish themselves to be adults, as the trio are heading for the train station, Scootaloo remarks that she's surprised how fast she's moving.

The reason is because, while her wings haven't gotten any bigger as an adult, the muscles within them have become much stronger.

This suggests to me that, while still the Same size, once she's an adult, Scootaloo can indeed fly, just like Bulk Biceps.

Her wings are still small, but, as she gets older, they become MUCH stronger.

@Newbie Gamelover Rainbow Dash in that episode confirmed that young pegasus also experience burst of energy

@crovax 13 That referred more to Unicorns, though. There's really nothing to suggest that Pegasi go through the same magical process. After all, every pony type functions differently from the other. Think about how a beagle functions compared to a bull dog or a Great Dane.<br>Keep in mind that most of the problems caused by Flurry Heart's power surges came from her Unicorn magic, not her Pegasus magic.

@crovax 13 That referred more to Unicorns, though. There's really nothing to suggest that Pegasi go through the same magical process. After all, every pony type functions differently from the other. Think about how a beagle functions compared to a bull dog or a Great Dane.
Keep in mind that most of the problems caused by Flurry Heart's power surges came from her Unicorn magic, not her Pegasus magic.

@Newbie Gamelover I think that the episode talked about the sudden surges of magic that foals experience. Flurry Heart for example needed the crystalling to reign in her power surges

There's also the matter of Pound Cake, whose a Pegasus that was birthed by two Earth pony parents, and yet, at only 1 month old (I think; it's been a while since I've seen the episode), he was flying around like an expert. This was even foreshadowed by Rainbow Dash ("When he gets his wings going, he'll be flying all over the place!")

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I like this a lot! I’ve always wondered how exactly Sunny was able to fly, despite her wings not having a physical, for lack of a better word, appearance.


I love Scootaloo, she's a wonderful pony and I loved seeing her never give up, she's an inspiration to everyone with a disability, physical or mental. At least that's how I think about it. 🧡


Scootaloo being shown in the last episode with the same sized wings as she had when she was a filly I think was a meaningfully deliberate choice from the development team. Her wings push her forward quite well, but not up, so it must have some connection with missing the physical musculature to be able to fly because of her stunted wings.


Scootaloo was once my favourite character so I dedicated a lot of time dwelling on why she can’t fly. I believe it’s related to why at first twilight also wasn’t good at magic, there’s some form of blockage connecting her magical network(think of it like a chakra network from naruto) in her wings, the blockage could be loosened if you had eyes like the Byuukagun in naruto but ponies don’t have that so the blockage is likely undetectable and untreatable(twilight was lucky the sonic rainboom was able to shake the blockage loose). I think it’s as simple as that, Scootaloo has a magical blockage in her magical network and the blockage maybe at the point where she sends magic to his wings.


I said it before and i'll say it again, even if Scootaloo can't fly that's okay because we all still love her for who she is!!!

@neenawcat • 6 years ago bro i was jokimg

@🖤Lanny Le Artist💜 she's a little kid that's all, I'm sure she just loves scootaloo

Even if scootaloo can’t fly she will still be fly to me

@Diamond The Wolf maybe but that's a lame question.

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@Lanny Le Artist chill lol theyre just having fun

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I like it when pony🦄 Scootaloo♀🦄🕊🧡's pegasus wings are big. That's my version💭 💫 🥰 💙 😍 🌟 🙂 😊 😇 💞

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Considering her father is an earth pony and her mom is a pegasi, I always assumed Scootaloo had both pegasi and earth pony magic, inheriting the ability to walk on clouds like pegasi but unable to fly like earth ponies.


I always had the theory that ponies flew with magic myself, especially with the new movie. (I actually quite enjoyed the new movie!) I am not in any way part of the MLP fandom... but the show is fun!


It’s a good theory, though it was literally shown in the video that snowball has some kind of disability as well, but is still able to fly. But I guess snowball has a lot of extra muscle unlike scoot. Though you’d think the muscle would just make him heavier.


I've figured the pegasus flight is caused by magic too, just from how they can blow wind one way while hovering still in the air. And how their flapping doesn't cause wind to blow dust and papers around them all the time.


I literally never realized the fact that horses need literal, gigantic wings in order to fly.

What about that really buff pegasus with tiny wings, he's able to fly....fine.

true but think about da bumble bees!!1 THEY CAN FLY even when they have tiny wings and big bodys!! XD

It's pretty much the same for any other decent sized ground creature to fly, you would need huge wings as well as a light body and strong muscles

Yes, the new MLP pegasi have much bigger wings than previous generations to look more proportioned.

@arrowghost lol, i think we need to revive Newton and make him re-explains what physic is

@MINECRAFT weeeweeweeb what? You mean Twilight? Her wings aren't even twice the size of that a normal pegasi. She still shouldn't be able to flies

@EG and AJ hm? What does flying horse have anything to do with HTTYD dragons? They are totally different species. Beside, MLP already has its own dragons. Why not talk about that instead?

I mean, jumping feels like flight if you're riding...but yeah.

Nina, A Random Hunter Of Artemis she, her

Well, yeah I mean, httyd dragons have pretty big wings and they weigh a lot. No wonder toothless needed a tailwing-

makes sense as to why Non pegasi who turns into an alicorn need big wings

Yeah, there are a ton of reasons why winged horses would never work in real life.

Harry Potter has one called the Abraxan, they're larger even than Disney's Pegasus from Hercules. But still, physics can be strange, just like pigeons can still fly.

It's the same with us humans and any other mammal to be fair. It's the hollow bones that allow birds flight and they'd also have a lot of muscle in the chest area. It would be more realistic for horses and us to have bat wings. Bats do not have hollow bones, but their flight technique is quite different to birds. The wings would have to spread down the legs also to increase surface area. The legs would need to lose a lot of the muscle mass to compensate for weight in the increased chest and shoulder muscle. The wing span would still be pretty large, but it would work. Regular walking would be compromised though.

Yeah, me either, even though I know that they’re extremely heavy

And they still couldn't since those would add on to the weight, leading to an exponental growth of wingspan with no result...


It's interesting how Twilight had to learn to fly, but Sunny could fly without learning (although she had a lot of practice with cardboard wings ;) ).<br>Could be that Twilight had to learn to control physical wings, whereas Sunny somehow could control the magical wings directly?

It's interesting how Twilight had to learn to fly, but Sunny could fly without learning (although she had a lot of practice with cardboard wings ;) ).
Could be that Twilight had to learn to control physical wings, whereas Sunny somehow could control the magical wings directly?


i love this theory but how would sunny be able to fly with only astral wings ? if youre saying that the ability to fly is controlled by the physical wings then shouldnt it be impossible for sunny to fly ?


i remember there was this one episode where scootaloo, sweetiebell and applebloom used a spell to turn themselves into adults, and scootaloo’s wings were still super small, so i think she’s disabled and has a literal developmental disorder and her not being able to fly is a hint at her being physically disabled in some way


Scootaloo is one of my favorite characters for the reason she can’t fly. I like that representation that not everyone can do the same thing even when given the needed equipment (I can’t think of a better word) Not to mention she is zooming on that scooter #scootergoals


apparently the power to fly is part of the magic, so it's even weirder that she doesn't fly even though she has that magic.

@Rad Yeah true .. is Bulk Biceps can fly with tiny wings ... then it isn't her wing size stopping Scootaloo ... it's a 'magic deficiency type handicap ... where she can cloud walk, propel her scooter, and hover briefly but not fly

@Bo Braekevelt yeah I'm guessing he just doesn't lack the amount of magic needed. Because even the regular sized wings are too small to actually fly with, hence why they need the magic

@Rad but the mascular dude with the tiniest wings ever can fly

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She could have half magic. Cloudwalking hooves, but no airbending wings.... Ok, maybe not quite that seeing as she's got the power to propel herself on a Scooter (and hang glider).

It's the wing size, and a what you would call "magic deficiency", so she lacks the amount of magic needed to fly

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I recently rewatched the MLP: A New Generation Netflix movie, and looking slightly closer helped confirm to me the ideas of astro/magical and physical wings. When Sunny was powered up by the crystals, her wings aren’t physical, and even somewhat transparent. She can fly just fine with just these astro/magical wings, while the normal pegasi only have the physical wings. Bringing this back to Scoot, she too only had the physical wings, but she still wasn’t able to fly without the magic of flight in her wings. Like with real world genetics, although many species look the same, everything and everyone has small differences inside their DNA. Maybe Scoot does have pegasi magic, but that same magic that helps her walk on clouds doesn’t give her astro wings the magical strength they need.. I feel like I’ve been watching to much Game/Film/Food Theory, but it really helps me understand why Sunny and other G4 characters were able to fly, but Scoot and the other Zephyr Hights ponies (before the return of magic by G5 Mane 5) weren’t.✨✨❤


Watching this made me so sad for her but inspired by her at the same time 🥺


The idea of all pegasi having astral wings is probably helped by all the pegasi getting that magic layer on their wings when magic returns, even if it's only for a bit. It fits the look of Sunny's fake wings.


One of my favourite fanfics "Other magic" (aproximate name translation, as the fic is russian) written back in 2013 had an interesting concept. The idea is that a pegasus has a very complex magical construct in their wings that comes to a central point on their back. Scootaloo's was not formed properly and if you could visualise it it'd probably look like a messy knot of strings. The main character of the story at one point tried to rearrange Scootaloo's construct, but it was too complicated. Ever since I read it I've had it as my headcannon explanation.


Friendship is Magic has a several characters who have some sort of physical disability and they're treated as completely normal. The show helps to normalize disabilities and  shows them overcoming their physical limitations. I'd argue that Scootaloo is faster than Rainbow Dash. Where Rainbow Dash only has to deal with air resistance when getting up to speed, Scootaloo also has to deal with friction with the ground when using her scooter, which she manages to get up to pretty fast speeds only using her wings.

@Segev Stormlord There are a couple of drawings on Deviantart of Scootaloo flying with the aid of a cloud shaped like a scooter. Though a glider would be way more durable.

@oldeskul Oh, sure, but Scoot just needs to maintain a cloud in her bedroom or something - pegasus magic, again; if she loses it, she could always ask a friend to nab one for her - to be able to push it about.

@Segev Stormlord Except that Flying Nimbus was a magical cloud he could call on whenever he wanted to.

Y'know, pegasi can push clouds around as well as stand on them. Scootaloo can propel herself on her scooter. Maybe she needs to take a page from Goku and plant her hooves in a cloud that she pushes around with her wings?

So if she were to build herself a simple fixed-wing glider (like from issue 81 of the comic with the earth pony Wonderbolt, but with a real airfoil in place of the DaVinci wings), she could potentially do a Sonic Rainboom.


I know I'm late to the discussion, only recently watched the New Generation and just happened upon this video. While this video does propose a fairly good hypothesis, I personally can see it just being a decision to possibly tone down the powers of pegasus back in the New Generation despite its call back to FiM. Though maybe their cloud walking and weather manipulation will come into effect later.

While specific clip with Tirek certainly can be read to support this hypothesis, it can easily be explained away the pegasi couldn't maintain their flight due to being so quickly drained. Its be shown time and again when ever Tirek drains someone of magic they're fatigued after the drain. I think I recall this being the case when the three princess' gave Twilight all of their magic in effort to keep it from Tirek. Even if gliding doesn't require much energy, it still requires the wing to be held up to catch the air.

This could explain the dependency with Cozy, that pegasi can fly naturally, but otherwise can't manipulate clouds and such, though I admit the possibility you mention makes it possible and still support your hypothesis.


the astral wings idea makes a lot of sense, actually, because when they get their magic back in G5 we see some sparkly magic stuff that stays on the pegasi's wings as they fly around and even in the end scenes.


I’ve been watching sawtooth for years and I realise now he is very good at maths.


I stopped watching MLP years ago, but watching your videos is making me remember why I used to love it so much<br>It makes me want to watch the show again and pick up where I left off

I stopped watching MLP years ago, but watching your videos is making me remember why I used to love it so much
It makes me want to watch the show again and pick up where I left off


Another thing to note about pegasus abilities: they're not necessarily genetic. For proof, look at the Cake family.<br>Mr. and Mrs. cake are both earth ponies. Pumpkin Cake is a unicorn, and Pound Cake is a pegasus. And both of them were able to use thier abilities at a very young age, as evidence in the episode Baby Cakes.

Another thing to note about pegasus abilities: they're not necessarily genetic. For proof, look at the Cake family.
Mr. and Mrs. cake are both earth ponies. Pumpkin Cake is a unicorn, and Pound Cake is a pegasus. And both of them were able to use thier abilities at a very young age, as evidence in the episode Baby Cakes.

or maybe it can be a recessive gene? (i hope I'm using it right)

@Mouse yeah i can imagine having all your siblings/cousins be born unicorns and being the only kid in the family be born a earth pony

This brings up the interesting possibility of a unicorn or pegasus being born into the wrong group in g5

just because the cakes' kids can use their magic and fly despite having earth pony parents doesn't disprove the theory. if a black rabbit and a white rabbit had babies some can be fully white, some can be fully black, and some can be a combination. if both of the rabbits had, for example, a fully ginger ancestor then it would be possible that they could have a fully ginger  baby rabbit

@koopa poopa I just watched that episode last night mr. cake said that his great great great great great aunt was a Pegasus and mrs. Cake third cousin twice removed was a unicorn

@SaraSong2653 He said he was related to a Unicorn not an Alicorn.

Hmm, well, they did say they had extended family who were unicorns and pegasi, so they might have inherited it from them? Like a recessive gene.

@SaraSong2653 let me clarify for you:<br>He says hes related to a second cousin twice removed who is a pegasus and i think a 3rd cousin removed who is a unicorn. He or miss cake had blood family ferther up their lineage who was born a pegasus and another who was a unicorn and they were both recessive traits passed down until pound and pumpkin were born with those traits by chance. Just as the unicorn and pegasus trait was recessive in their family, being a twin is a recessive and rare trait in general as well so those traits may have "awakened" in a sense when being accompanied by the twin trait.

@SaraSong2653 let me clarify for you:
He says hes related to a second cousin twice removed who is a pegasus and i think a 3rd cousin removed who is a unicorn. He or miss cake had blood family ferther up their lineage who was born a pegasus and another who was a unicorn and they were both recessive traits passed down until pound and pumpkin were born with those traits by chance. Just as the unicorn and pegasus trait was recessive in their family, being a twin is a recessive and rare trait in general as well so those traits may have "awakened" in a sense when being accompanied by the twin trait.

actually I think when the episode they were first born happen I think Mr Cake said like a long long time ago he was related to Alicorn (but now that is bringing up even more qeustions)


It would be interesting if it was explained further.  In the sombra timeline, RD had what appeared to be a prosthetic wing so the organic wings don't really factor in.


I always found it weird when she finally grew up her wings were still small like her foal ones, and not big like Rainbow Dash's.


Scootaloo’s wings remain incredibly tiny even as an adult. It’s very obvious that it’s a physical disability, not to do with magic. It was deliberate by the writers to have a character that’s physically disabled and unable to be cured with magic, just like a real person


I think you're right. Also, I really hope people in the community continue to get better about understanding us disabled people.


Interesting! My head cannon had always been genetic mutation. Basically, she wasn’t meant to be a pegasi, she was meant to be an earth pony with recessive pegasi genes, but somehow became a pegasi. She has some pegasi magic (she can walk on clouds) but not enough to fly.

I always thought it was something to do with her feathers not developing correctly, perhaps it means her astral wings are missing feathers as well so she cant fly


You should do a theory of explaining the last timeline Starlight created! Like, what if it's where Sunset succeeds, and tries to conquer the pony world?? Well, at least that's my theory.


@Sawtooth Waves have u ever covered starlight and how maybe she had a point in cutie marks being a bit useless and unfair
Cause in my opinion, she was probably the most logical thinking mlp villain in mlp
Also, eventhough she still had her cutie mark while everyone else didn't and had a bigger house than others, she probably needed her magic to draw in more ppl to have the "= cutie mark" and she probably kept all her resources in that house which meant a bigger house than others


I really like the idea of astro wings. Maybe the bad function of astro wings afect to scootalo's physical wings and for these reason, they didn't grown.


Everything's been solved, but I still have one question. In one episode, pegasus's lost their ability to fly when they lost their cutie marks. Which means that cutie marks have a connection with austral wings. But how were baby pegasus's still able to fly when they didn't yet have cutie marks?


It's really upsetting that people really don't realize that delayed learning- IS A <b>DISABILITY</b>

It's really upsetting that people really don't realize that delayed learning- IS A *DISABILITY*

@DontTouchMyTea we see kids her age fly ALL THE TIME and even kids younger than her.

@Cameo Shadowness yeah i thought she couldn't fly because she is still a kid

@DontTouchMyTea it was brought up multiple times in the show that she was a pegasus that couldn't fly.


There's a flaw in your reasoning. Bulk Biceps ALSO has diminutive wingspan, AND biraciality, buy can fly ANYWAY due to having transcended these limitations through his insane workouts and training. Theoretically, Scootaloo would be able to undergo the same training if a bit modified for her weight class to achieve the same results. Not sure if that was the point of her character though...


i really just think she's disabled, and its great representation for disabled kids. i really loved scootaloo as a kid because i related to her. i can walk but only for a little bit before physical exhaustion kicks in. i felt less alone. great video as always, sawtooth <3


I always attributed Scootaloo's inability(disability) to fly from being half earth pony from her father, and earth ponies can't and don't fly therefore makes sense why Scootaloo can't.


The theory that birds having hollow bones makes them lightweight thus allowing them to fly isn’t true. Birds having hollow bones allows the bird to store more oxygen allowing them to fly longer.


This would also make sense since the new magic the pegasi gained in G5 made their wings glow like Sunny's, but it wasn't visible as well as with the Earth Pony since their physical wings partly covered it up. Though usually they wouldn't glow, this was probably from just being re-formed seconds earlier. And in the alternate Universe, Rainbow Dash could still fly, even though she had a metal wing. Which would A be heavy as balls and B completely throw off her balance, making it absolutely impossible to fly. But if pegasi can fly not with physical wings but with astral wings, she'd still be able to fly, even though her real wing is gone (the magic would not need the real wing, a replacement works fine), she'd just have to be able to move her fake wing right in order to control the astral wing.<br>I'd also imgaine this would tie back to you video about the sonic rainboom, these astral wings would move in a magic [energy field thingy, can't find the right word] like the real wings move through air, creating magic waves and sound waves simultaniously and when becoming fast creating a sonic and magic boom, aka sonic rainboom.

This would also make sense since the new magic the pegasi gained in G5 made their wings glow like Sunny's, but it wasn't visible as well as with the Earth Pony since their physical wings partly covered it up. Though usually they wouldn't glow, this was probably from just being re-formed seconds earlier. And in the alternate Universe, Rainbow Dash could still fly, even though she had a metal wing. Which would A be heavy as balls and B completely throw off her balance, making it absolutely impossible to fly. But if pegasi can fly not with physical wings but with astral wings, she'd still be able to fly, even though her real wing is gone (the magic would not need the real wing, a replacement works fine), she'd just have to be able to move her fake wing right in order to control the astral wing.
I'd also imgaine this would tie back to you video about the sonic rainboom, these astral wings would move in a magic [energy field thingy, can't find the right word] like the real wings move through air, creating magic waves and sound waves simultaniously and when becoming fast creating a sonic and magic boom, aka sonic rainboom.

The new generation of ponies has this clip idk with the earth ponies has glowing hoofs its like the return of cutie marks cuz the guy with an egg understand animals like fluttershy and  sunny? Or the leader whose Obsessed with magic and friendship gain back her fake alicorn typing

the wing could have been made from something like berilium or titanium or some magic enchanted metal. I mean if they have levitation spells they can make a spell for reducing wight on a prostetic.

@Shafa NT. But couldn't she just have gotten a prosthetic horn then, like Rainbow got a prosthetic wing? Or did she just not know?

I like that idea, that there's a magical plane of sorts that pegasi are able to manipulate with their physical wings. This could also explain why Rarity was able to fly with her fake wings, because it was able to manipulate the same energy, as well as Rainbow Dash with her fake metal wing.

So not so much astral WINGS as an astral...quality to the air that pegasi magic and/or their wing shape is able to interact with.

@Die Hasis i don't think Tempest's astral horn was destroyed bcz she can still do magic. But with her physical horn broken, her magic is a bit uncontrollable

@Chantelle Riches Yes physics magic words hehe... No idea how that works, but the wing flaps would create sound-like magic waves which would be compressed etc. for the magic boom. So as long as that works with what you said, yea, possibly? Though sorry, my brain is not having physics right now. XD

I think it would literally just be magical field, like gravitational field or magnetic field. And I think the energy store would be magical potential energy, like gravitational potential energy or elastic potential energy.

Next theory, Sunny also had an astral horn. So there wouldn't only be astral wings but also unicorn and earth pony traits. Did her hooves glow as well? Gotta go look real quick. And if yes, that would that mean that Tempests astral horn was destoyed along with her physical one?<br>Edit: No, her hooves don't glow. And I think there wasn't anything glowy returned to the earth ponies either, like to the unicorns and pegasi? Though Sawtooth made a video about the glowy hoof prints the earth pony filly left behind. Maybe Sunny and other earth ponies did as well? Though my head is starting to hurt from trying to keep all these ideas together and write them down without losing any, and I'll probably forget to come back to this.

Next theory, Sunny also had an astral horn. So there wouldn't only be astral wings but also unicorn and earth pony traits. Did her hooves glow as well? Gotta go look real quick. And if yes, that would that mean that Tempests astral horn was destoyed along with her physical one?
Edit: No, her hooves don't glow. And I think there wasn't anything glowy returned to the earth ponies either, like to the unicorns and pegasi? Though Sawtooth made a video about the glowy hoof prints the earth pony filly left behind. Maybe Sunny and other earth ponies did as well? Though my head is starting to hurt from trying to keep all these ideas together and write them down without losing any, and I'll probably forget to come back to this.


I'm kind of curious, though. I think Scootaloo had a wing defect, and they don't grow the right way, maybe because of not having astro wings to help them grow properly.


Hey can you dig deeper into my theory? I think Sunny could be the new crystal princess. A big explosion happened when the ponies used love and friendship in g5, much like when the crystal ponies used love and light and a similar explosion happened. Plus both of the endings had a northern effect in the sky. And there was a crystal effect, much like the glowing effect on Sunny, and the ponies' wings and horns.


i noticed when watching scootaloo as a grown up in growing up is hard to do and saw that her wings were still small. i thought that was just because she wasn't actually an adult and it was fake,, however in the last problem, i saw that her wings were still the same size as a young pegasus. i kind of agree with the theory that she got the physical features of wings from her mom but didn't get the magic since her dad was an earth pony


“According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a Pegasus should be able to fly. The Pegasus, of course, flies anyway, because they literally live in a world of pastel-colored magical horses. Don’t think that much about it.”<br>- Albert Einstein

“According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a Pegasus should be able to fly. The Pegasus, of course, flies anyway, because they literally live in a world of pastel-colored magical horses. Don’t think that much about it.”
- Albert Einstein


I would argue that she only has half the magic allowing for Cloudwalking and not lift, but we have seen those wings be used to help her propel herself on her Scooter (and by extent should work for hang gliders as well).<br>Now, it is true, according to all known laws of a Drunk French Aviation Engineer, bumblebees don't have the wingspan to be able to lift their chubby little bodies... But we don't exactly see these pegasi flapping their wings in a way to create that vortex of air that would lift them.

I would argue that she only has half the magic allowing for Cloudwalking and not lift, but we have seen those wings be used to help her propel herself on her Scooter (and by extent should work for hang gliders as well).
Now, it is true, according to all known laws of a Drunk French Aviation Engineer, bumblebees don't have the wingspan to be able to lift their chubby little bodies... But we don't exactly see these pegasi flapping their wings in a way to create that vortex of air that would lift them.

I think the half pegasi magic theory works really well. We see the same thing in unicorns. There are some spells that some unicorns never master, or have a much harder time learning. Think of Tricia and how long it took her to Lear teleportation when it’s often shown as a common spell for all unicorns to have. It’s also possible that some earth ponies lack all earth pony magic. This could be the strength Tirek takes from them, or perhaps a bond with the earth that seems to help them grow plants more easily than all other races. Although it’s not actually shown in the show, this could be the case for several of the non-farming earth pony characters. Scootaloo is just the Pegasi example of this.

You might be on the something as theres both a cloud walking spell and a flying (self levitating) spell.

They are considered different spells when a unicorn casts them who said its different for Pegasus.

Wings were actually first evolved to cause faster running speed in smaller dinosaurs to prevent them being preyed on


I think if scotaloo did extensive daily strength/endurance training for her wings, she could easily be able to fly with her small wings


I thought that any hybrid implies a completely unpredictable combination of genes, which gives her (Scootaloo) the ability to sit on the clouds (the pegasus magic was only partially transferred - to the fifth point and the other four points of support - buttocks, legs, spine, sides, head).

But the magic of Pegasus was not enough for the wings. And since Scutie is a half earth pony, the earth magic should, as it seems to me, be transferred equally with the pagas magic in her. :)

Thus. In other words, with a different alignment of her genes, she could fly, but would fall down through the clouds.

Remember Twilight in human world? They don't use any magic, and fly with no wings. I want to say that instead of laws of physics, ponies have laws of magic which work is superior to the laws of physics in mlp.

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This all makes a lot of sense, but nonetheless, we all love scooty and nothing will ever change that ❤


You have to learn how to fly when you're a When you're a baby pony And they probably flap their wings a lot but I don't know how sunny did IT probably Not possible but my little ponies probably just not doing physics


Even if scootaloo cant fly we will all still love her.Just like we love you be safe Sawtooth and keep making videos. Bro hoof


honestly it's pretty clear to me that her wings are just underdeveloped. even as a full grown pony, they're still small. bulk biceps is another example of disability being a spectrum. he can still fly, albeit not very well, with the same fluttering as scootaloo.


The explanation that you used for the explanation of pegasi flight, can also be used on bees more accurately bumblebees


I've seen dragons fly without wings... If anything it'd be that they use magic power to fly, but I've experienced it myself as well, and I can tell you from experience; if static electricity flows well enough through the being, and is made to wield the body up, you can manipulate the flow of time and space to get yourself off the ground for at least a little while. If Scootaloo didn't have the energy enough in her stamina for electrostatic flight, there's the issue, not astral wings.


My headcanon is something like this: cloud-walking is the result of passive or "automatic" pegasus magic, kind of like how breathing is considered automatic for us. they don't need to think about it, they just do it. maybe the brain automatically channels magic into their hooves just like the brain automatically signals for us to breathe even if we don't tell it to.

flying, however, requires focus and effort, much like any kind of motion for us, you need to "tell" the body to move in order to do it(usually). maybe that extends to their magic as well, meaning a pegasus has to actively channel their magic into their wings in order to fly. maybe Scoots has trouble doing so, or has some kind of magical imbalance that just so happens to not affect her cloud-walking.

idk I'm a science nut and like to apply science to magic even if that sounds impossible lol

Ya but I think I know what the thing is that stops scoots from flying it is a tumor in the base of her wings that stops the magic from folly working and making her wings not grow and effects her wings  only and not her cloud-walking and a fan made book makes sense of this but it was mad a few years ago and it is not canon with the show but the tumor could be canon with the show and only for her wings

But what should I know I am only a gaming/Gacha YouTuber

This is what I’ve always thought too. Cloud walking just comes naturally to all Pegasi (and alicorns)


hello! i'm disabled (cfs/me, adhd, asd) so while i am not at all an authority on this topic, I did want to give my thoughts:
1) scootaloo is not a one-to-one representation of how humans in the real world experience disability. she is an allegory. allegories are always going to be (at least) a little shaky. the way we allow ourselves to discuss the possibly-magical disability of a fictional character is going to be VERY DIFFERENT from how one should discusse the real disabilities of *real people*. a disabled person's disability, medical history, trauma, etc is not your business; don't ask invasive questions about it, don't make assumptions about it, don't theorize about it, don't romanticize it, don't fetishize it, don't infantalize it, etc.
2) scootaloo is a disabled character, yes, but she's also a character in a magical world where a pony's physical characteristics and abilities are determined by an infinite amount of magical and non-magical variables. i don't think we'll ever fully understand how pony genetics work, and that goes for scootaloo as well. if you want to good-naturedly and respectfully theorize about how disability functions in the mlp universe, that's dope. if you're disabled and you find comfort/joy in scootaloo's portrayal, great! i do too!
3) i see some comments positing that scootaloo's underdeveloped wings are the result of insufficient training or even parental neglect. be careful with this.
alright my meds are making my brain fuzzy so I'm gonna wrap it up here. i welcome all well-intentioned feedback. thank you for coming to my ted talk :)

hello! i'm disabled (cfs/me, adhd, asd) so while i am not at all an authority on this topic, I did want to give my thoughts:
1) scootaloo is not a one-to-one representation of how humans in the real world experience disability. she is an allegory. allegories are always going to be (at least) a little shaky. the way we allow ourselves to discuss the possibly-magical disability of a fictional character is going to be VERY DIFFERENT from how one should discusse the *real disabilities* of *real people*. a disabled person's disability, medical history, trauma, etc is not your business; don't ask invasive questions about it, don't make assumptions about it, don't theorize about it, don't romanticize it, don't fetishize it, don't infantalize it, etc.
2) scootaloo is a disabled character, yes, but she's also a character in a magical world where a pony's physical characteristics and abilities are determined by an infinite amount of magical and non-magical variables. i don't think we'll ever fully understand how pony genetics work, and that goes for scootaloo as well. if you want to good-naturedly and respectfully theorize about how disability functions in the mlp universe, that's dope. if you're disabled and you find comfort/joy in scootaloo's portrayal, great! i do too!
3) i see some comments positing that scootaloo's underdeveloped wings are the result of insufficient training or even parental neglect. be careful with this.
alright my meds are making my brain fuzzy so I'm gonna wrap it up here. i welcome all well-intentioned feedback. thank you for coming to my ted talk :)


<b>That joke at the beginning of the video reminded me of something I saw:</b> “According to humans, bees’ wings are too small to get their fat little bodies of the ground. But bees don’t care about what humans think so they fly anyway, Yellow, Black, Yellow, Black.

*That joke at the beginning of the video reminded me of something I saw:* “According to humans, bees’ wings are too small to get their fat little bodies of the ground. But bees don’t care about what humans think so they fly anyway, Yellow, Black, Yellow, Black.


I always wondered if she only had two of the three magics of earth and air but is missing a third component such as some unicorns magic as a catalyst that integrates the physical wings and the magical flight ability. If this were missing it would easily explain the situation with Scootaloo. The unicorn magic acts as a catalyst that facilitates integration but doesn't participate in the flight magic but is necessary


Y'know, it's nice to know the MLP generation 4 fandom isn't dead even after G5. It's nice that people are still making MLP theories and connecting them with G5. To those who have watched MLP since it came out and watched till the end of the show, your a legend. Just cause you grew up doesn't mean you can't not like it anymore. People who say it's a baby's show clearly don't watch it and understand the important messages in the show :)


I have a pretty Meh theory as to why she can't fly. It could be some sort of thing where she inherited the ability to glide and stand on clouds from her mother, but her fathers genetics make it so that she can't REALLY fly. I'm not sure I'm sure that there are a few flaws in this theory.


Sawtooth have you considered that Pegasus wings have hollow bones because maybe the X-ray didn’t show the inside of the wings it just shows the outer shell of the bones.