• Comic: Apple Blooms / Lights Out

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    Source: Didjargo

    I have to admit, the very concept of Cutie Marks is a bit scary.  What if a pony gets completely screwed on their special talent?  Is there some type of mechanism in their brain that immediately makes them love whatever they end up with? 

     And Pinkie Pie breaking walls below, as always.

    Thursday, January 19, 2012 op
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    43 comments:

    1. ShakeNDakeJanuary 19, 2012 at 9:00 PM

      first?

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    2. BombedrumbumJanuary 19, 2012 at 9:01 PM

      Apple Bloom......lawl. Too bad your parents didn't name you chaos, then we'll see what a chaos cutie mark would look like

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    3. BlightedAIJanuary 19, 2012 at 9:01 PM

      Oh Pinkie and your fourth wall breaking.

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    4. wackyponyJanuary 19, 2012 at 9:01 PM

      #1. I wonder if they're looking too early. Cheerilee seemed to be a late teen before she got hers, or she never took photos of herself.

      #2. Pinkie, put the lights back on.

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    5. ShakeNDakeJanuary 19, 2012 at 9:01 PM

      YES! I GOT A FIRST! Now I can stop trying to get them, what a relief!

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    6. wackyponyJanuary 19, 2012 at 9:02 PM

      @Bombedrumbum

      obviously like Chaos Zero

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    7. Metalworks41190January 19, 2012 at 9:02 PM

      there is no first.

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    8. Renegade the Last ShadowboltJanuary 19, 2012 at 9:03 PM

      #1 Me too, I guess it just goes with what they must truly love. Heck Trixe's could be a picture of herself.

      # Last one out, get Pinkie

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    9. RavensDaggerJanuary 19, 2012 at 9:03 PM

      I pity Applebloom, especially since this is whats most likely going to happen in the actual show.

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    10. Cobalt CometJanuary 19, 2012 at 9:07 PM

      Regarding cutie marks, I thought about that too. I guess whatever it is, it's something you have to have a great passion for. In real life, though we all have many hobbies and talents, often there's one or two that shine through especially well.

      #1 Wat? Apple with a bloom on it? Is this a term I don't know? lol

      #2 lol Pinkie is constantly breaking the fourth wall lately. I don't think there's really any wall left.

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    11. BackgroundJanuary 19, 2012 at 9:07 PM

      The parents decide what the special talent is going to be when they name their child. Which is why most pony names have something to do with their corresponding cutie marks.

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    12. AFBlueJanuary 19, 2012 at 9:08 PM

      1: Poor Applebloom. Good luck with your Apple/Flower arranging business!

      2: Well, we knew Pinkie could control wipes, so this is nothing surprising.

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    13. D. ShadowsJanuary 19, 2012 at 9:09 PM

      1. Litteral Cutie Marks Crusaded. I wonder if Scootaloo's is a chicken, because that what 'Scootaloo' immediately translates to in the Gibberish language.

      2. Pinkie... we love you... we get it already... now stop knocking down the same wall of our house everyday. (Sheesh she's been knocking down our homes fourth wall repeatedly, we have to live with three walls because of her.)

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    14. ShakeNDakeJanuary 19, 2012 at 9:11 PM

      @Background
      This is an interesting point, because then a parent could name there kid wrong and they wouldn't have a name fitting their cutie mark. Maybe they should get numbers...?

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    15. The InvincibleJanuary 19, 2012 at 9:11 PM

      There's a concept I've been pondering lately: Do you think it's possible for a pony to lose their cutie mark? Like for example, if they got sick, injured or something and couldn't perform their special talent anymore? What would happen then? Has anyone made that story yet?

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    16. NikoJanuary 19, 2012 at 9:14 PM

      Lol, I remember thinking about that whole subject regarding cutie marks. I always just guessed they came out how they would wanted it to.

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    17. NikoJanuary 19, 2012 at 9:16 PM

      @Niko How they would have wanted it to*

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    18. DandyManJanuary 19, 2012 at 9:24 PM

      @The Invincible in the zap apple episode tiaras ad cutie mark changed from a cent sign to moneybags

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    19. PopcornJanuary 19, 2012 at 9:25 PM

      Cutie Marks and names aren't always synonymous. Pinkie Pie has a talent for parties. That's not really reflected in her name. Though she does cook to IMPROVE her parties, cooking is not required for a good time.

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    20. KTSJanuary 19, 2012 at 9:33 PM

      1. APPLEBLOOM GET IT

      2. Pinkie why do you break the 4th wall.

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    21. FoxridleyJanuary 19, 2012 at 9:37 PM

      Perhaps pony parents are mildly psychic. At a foal's birth they may get a premonition (at least subconsciously) of what he/she will be like. Apple Bloom would be an exception; her folks just ignored the premonition and gave her the family name.

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    22. KyroneaJanuary 19, 2012 at 9:45 PM

      1. That's rather funny actually. Poor Apple Bloom.

      2. Poor Pinkie too...she accidentally pulled herself out of the world. WHOOPS.

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    23. MyBoyJJanuary 19, 2012 at 9:48 PM

      Maybe it's just an employee at Hasbro who gets paid to make up pony names and another employee gets paid to make up a matching cutie mark? (yeah right, like that's the case, lol)

      In all seriousness, it's probably a combination of genetic expression combined with magic. Maybe pony hospitals have a machine similar to, but more advanced than the Gene Projector in Fallout 3 that can tell what a foal will be like when they grow up, so the parents can name them appropriately.

      Pound Cake likes to pound things after all.

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    24. L33tsaberJanuary 19, 2012 at 9:51 PM

      @Popcorn Along that string of thought, why was a family named Pie farming rocks?

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    25. Jason ShadowJanuary 19, 2012 at 10:55 PM

      "What if a pony gets completely screwed on their special talent?" -Sethisto

      That's always worried me, myself. What if a pony accidentally discovers that their Special Talent is, say, murder? Even if they forsake their talent, they still have to deal with having a bloody knife or whatever on their flank.

      Or perhaps it's something more socially acceptable, but still problematic. Since a pony's economic livelihood tends to relate to their talent, what if they are, say, talented at being really good in bed (nudge nudge, wink wink). How are you supposed to make a living off of that?

      ...

      How are you supposed to LEGALLY make a living off of that?

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    26. AnonymousJanuary 19, 2012 at 11:29 PM

      @DandyMan

      Nah. That was Mr. Filth's grandfather, Stinkin' Rich, with the cent sign cutie mark.

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    27. banjo2EJanuary 19, 2012 at 11:44 PM

      @Jason Shadow

      Or getting a cutie mark in, say, scrubbing toilets.

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    28. Mr. MediocreJanuary 19, 2012 at 11:48 PM

      I thought it was Apple bloom as In "Late Bloomer". How with time and effort, things can become even MORE beautiful. I believe her talent is not so much fixing things so much as it is persistence and tenacity. How working hard at something is worth the reward.

      The Fruits of Labor.

      But that's just my opinion.

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    29. Mr. MediocreJanuary 19, 2012 at 11:48 PM

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    30. scienceandponiesJanuary 20, 2012 at 12:18 AM

      @Jason Shadow

      Maybe prostitution is legal in Equestria, like in the Netherlands?

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    31. Senior WafflesJanuary 20, 2012 at 12:25 AM

      #1 Heh heh heh, poor Applebloom, just can't catch a break. I believe it's all in the name.

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    32. CommanderHurricaneJanuary 20, 2012 at 2:49 AM

      I pity the pony a few episodes back who got a bowling cutie mark.

      Twilight's special talent is magic
      Dash's is speed
      Fluttershy's shows that she's good with animals.
      Even Cheerilee can stretch her flowers as a symbolic thing and say that they represent her students.

      Bowling pony is good at a game that features a ball that isn't even designed for ponies to hold.

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    33. ultra8January 20, 2012 at 3:13 AM

      @Mr. Mediocre

      That's actually poetic and makes some sense.

      We know that they can be misleading without some knowledge on the pony in question. If I didn't know Cheerilee was a teacher I would have assumed her talent involved flowers in some way.

      At least cutiemarks don't signify your employement that way that one unlucky sod with the "highly explosive lab accident" cutiemark at least has a final say in wether he want's the job.

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    34. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2012 at 4:15 AM

      Poor Apple Bloom.

      Hope she get her real cutie mark.

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    35. SaddlesoapJanuary 20, 2012 at 6:33 AM

      @Jason Shadow
      "What if they are, say, talented at being really good in bed (nudge nudge, wink wink)?"

      Yeah...it does seem like it might be troublesome for a mare to have, say, a rooster and a lollipop on her flank. XD

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    36. YetAnotherBronyJanuary 20, 2012 at 7:34 AM

      Cutie marks are open to interpretation, really. It's a combination of genetics, magic, and the environment the pony grew up in.

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    37. HoverHoofJanuary 20, 2012 at 7:41 AM

      @jason shadow
      There must be a law which prevents blank flanks from having you-know-what, so that that cutiemark can never appear

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    38. SN3AKYf0xJanuary 20, 2012 at 11:34 AM

      i think i get the joke but i cant tell what the cutie mark actually is, it looks like a apple with a metal maple leaf space ship on it or something D:

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    39. UnknownJanuary 20, 2012 at 1:14 PM

      I don't think the way the universe works, that you can get 'screwed' with your cutie mark. 'Special talents' are things you are good at and enjoy. By definition, you can't have a cutie mark for something you don't enjoy doing.

      Besides, your cutie mark doesn't define what you do in life. Rarity has a 'gems' cutie mark but she doesn't make jewelry, she makes dresses. Pinkie has a 'party' cutie mark and she works (lives?) in a bakery. She throws parties at the drop of a hat, but that's not her job. Just what she likes to do.

      So not much to worry about, I think.

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    40. Nykkes64January 20, 2012 at 1:34 PM

      I thnik im in the 40's

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    41. QugoJanuary 20, 2012 at 1:50 PM

      Pinkie Pie keeps breaking the fourth wall
      and the first comic was just funny

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    42. Gogeta69zMay 23, 2013 at 6:23 AM

      @Bombedrumbum it would be a golden apple

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    43. sofiaOctober 23, 2024 at 6:52 AM

      Orchards in bloom promise future fruit harvests. Bloomsybox

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