Equal Sign Cutie Marks = What?

[PonyFunk 155]

Hmm, so this is part of the Season 5 premiere, huh? What could this mean?

 

[Soul Flare 403]

Could be just a placeholder.

Or maybe that pony's talent is making oreos :v

[Dattebayo 2,850]

"THEY HAVE THE MARK"

 

*flashback to creepypastas*

[11th Doctor Whooves 794]

I think that it means everypony in that town is equal to the others.  Perhaps their true cutie marks have been taken somehow.  I'm sure it'll all be explained in due time

[PrymeStriker 408]

Everyone in this town is the same and equal with no defining traits or anything that makes them unique. Pretty self-explanatory.
 

Could be just a placeholder.
Or maybe that pony's talent is making oreos :v

That'd be fine...if everyone in that scene didn't have the same cutie mark.

[Soul Flare 403]

 

That'd be fine...if everyone in that scene didn't have the same cutie mark.

Maybe that's why they needed a placeholder. So that they don't have to think of all the cutie marks and save it for later.

After all, it IS just a sketch :v

[PrymeStriker 408]

Maybe that's why they needed a placeholder. So that they don't have to think of all the cutie marks and save it for later.

After all, it IS just a sketch :v

 

What? Twilight Sparkle specifically points out the fact that everyone has an equal sign for a cutie mark in that scene! These cutie marks are an important part of the plot, not a placeholder.

[Soul Flare 403]

What? Twilight Sparkle specifically points out the fact that everyone has an equal sign for a cutie mark in that scene! These cutie marks are an important part of the plot, not a placeholder.

Oh

Well I didn't know that :v but again. It might be some evil plot made by an evil villain to make everyone talentless and stuff. It's the only thing my intuition can think of right now 

[Zekromic 1,054]

I know what's up, the Equalist are planing to attack Equestria 

 

 

To be serious, is no placeholder or anything, the Mane6 noticed the cutiemarks to be the same. I believe it will be an anti-communism episode

[Starshine 16,330]

All are created equal, all are the same, and those who dare to be different are <insert something bad here>

 

Heh, even the whole village is nothing but two rows of houses, aka equal sign from above. Dunno about you guys, but their smiles look very, very forced there.

[mars 4,861]

When I first saw that, my first thought was that there was a villain changing everyone's special talent so that they were equal (perhaps equally talentless) and the Mane 6 would go find him/her and go defeat him/her.

[Vox 870]

Something to do with the damn liberals and their "equality" and such....... lol

[Shadowking58 1,136]

The animatic has mentioned that the fact that they all have the same cutie mark is part of the plot.

[Wind Chaser 4,767]

I definitely believe it has something to do with the ponies all being generalized and having their individuality crushed. Kind of like what modern education systems do to kids.

 

There will definitely be some kind of moral about tolerating differences and respecting uniqueness and individuality. In a way, the focus on self-confidence and self-image in several episodes last season as well as the opening lyrics of the Season 4 finale's final song foreshadow this:

 

"Each one of us has something special

that makes us different, that makes us rare.

We have a light that shines within us

that we were all meant to share."

[Magnum Flare 553]

I believe that the premiere will tackle on the ideals of equality, where everyone is equal. That's what I think.

 

Or maybe someone control them and make them as equalist. 

[Visual Spectrum 1,932]

All are created equal, all are the same, and those who dare to be different are <insert something bad here>

 

Heh, even the whole village is nothing but two rows of houses, aka equal sign from above. Dunno about you guys, but their smiles look very, very forced there.

 

Even Pinkie Pie didn't like their smiles. If Pinkie Pie doesn't like a smile, something is seriously wrong. 

[SilverStarApple 849]

Option 1: Placeholder mark.

Option 2: He's a moronic social justice warrior who would have probably served Tirek because "A magic-less Equestria is an equal Equestria".

Option 3: He does math.

Option 4: He's The Equalizer.

Option 5: Communist pony.

Option 6: "All things must be equal or be destroyed. No pony can rule over another or show individuality. There is no individuality. there is no Self. There is only The Herd."

Edited October 2, 2014 by Asquerade

[Visual Spectrum 1,932]

Option 1: Placeholder mark.

Option 2: He's a moronic social justice warrior who would have probably served Tirek because "A magic-less Equestria is an equal Equestria".

Option 3: He does math.

Option 4: He's The Equalizer.

Option 5: Communist pony.

Option 6: "All things must be equal or be destroyed. No pony can rule over another or show individuality. There is no individuality. there is no Self. There is only The Herd."

Option 1 is disproven.

 

Option 2 is very unlikely

 

Option 3 is also very unlikely

 

Option 4 to 6 are very possible though. 

[Megas 27,052]

The town is run by Equalists with Pony Amon a-...*notices someone took the joke*

 

 

awww

[GenderIsAnIllusion 2,177]

maybe his special talent is making thing parallel.... Makes sense right?

[SilverStarApple 849]

maybe his special talent is making thing parallel.... Makes sense right?

Does that mean if he walked past Applejack and Apple Bloom, he'd try to "Make her compact", so "They'd be parallel?"

[Jeric 46,834]

Stand in symbol for the flash team to use the same mark for all incidental ponies. It likely won't be an equal sign.

 

Just saying

[Starshine 16,330]

Those who have finished Korra season 1 should know that Amon, if he ever get ponified, his talent would never be 'setting things equal'. He's... onto a different purpose

It's very likely that whatever the deal might be, some people are gonna be reaaaaaaally upset that the writers didn't tackle the real world equality crisis as they liked

Edited October 4, 2014 by Starshine

[ScarfaceOne 263]

It's Communism. Somehow this episode will teach children the dangers of Communism and everything. I don't know if Little Girls should be taught about it though. Basically the episode features a Communist society where everyone is unusually happy and are treated as equal. 

 

Or the alternative theory(Which is more likely) is it is like the Doctor Who episode ''The Happiness Patrol''. Where the planet is unnaturally happy. And there is an evil killer robot that makes poisoned candy. There is a patrol that eliminates anyone who is not happy. So It's either Commie or Doctor Who.

[yeet 2,026]

Tis a symbol to show that twilight is gonna cast a spell to give every living thing in the world a goatee and moustache.