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Rainbow Dash is already very similar—in appearance, personality, and abilities—to Sonic. Scootaloo is also very similar—in appearance, personality, and relationship with their respective heroes—to pre-character development Tails. While part of me would almost want them to go ahead with "Super Rainbow Dash" just for the complete hell of it, I think that increasing the similarities between the two series is the absolute last thing they should do.

Not confirmed in the slightest. Scoots being crippled is essentially Lauren's personal interpretation on her character. The writers could do something completely different and Lauren couldn't stop them. *shrug* With that said, there hasn't really been time to formally introduce Scootaloo's parents, seeing how she hasn't gotten her own episode yet, but there should've been enough time to throw them in the background somewhere during the times they should have been around, like when the CMC went to Canterlot for Hearth's Warming Eve. To throw another ridiculous theory out there, I argue that Derpy's daughter is Scootaloo, not Dinky. This works in a few ways...first, Scootaloo is embarrassed of her mom, which is why you never see Scoots with her parents around. Scootaloo is embarrassed of her mom because she does embarrassing things, like wave to her daughter in the middle of the Hearth's Warming pageant. It also fixes the whole "Dinky and Sparkler are sisters" issue. My fanon world is so weird...

How would this apply to Scootaloo though? (I mean, disregarding the theories about her being an orphan.) Maybe "mature" to pegasi is seven years old or something...

Oh yeah, I did forget about Granny Pie. Still, she hasn't been seen in the show, so I guess she doesn't count as much...eh, whatever, not going to bother editing my post.

I suddenly had this thought out of nowhere, so I'm making an account here to get it off my chest. Let's look at the family members of the Main 6 + CMC, and see what we find. Unicorns: Twilight Sparkle: Twilight has a mother and father, the former named in merchandise (Twilight Velvet), though admittedly neither have a voice or characterization. Twilight also has a brother, Shining Armor, and a sister-in-law, Cadance, who are both full-fledged characters. Rarity: Rarity has a mother and a father, both with distinct appearances and characterization, although no names. Her sister, Sweetie Belle, is a main character. Sweetie Belle: She's Rarity's sister, and she obviously has a mother and father as well due to that. Earth ponies: Pinkie Pie: She has a mother and a father, both with voices and implied characterizations. She also has two sisters, although neither have spoken. All of Pinkie's family members are nameless, which seems to be a common theme in this show. Applejack: No parents, but she does have a grandmother, a brother, and a sister, and all of them are major characters in the series. On top of that, there's also Braeburn, Applejack's cousin, along with the rest of the huge-if-vague Apple family. Apple Bloom: Applejack's sister, so shares the same family (along with the same odd lack of parents). Pegasi: Rainbow Dash: None. Fluttershy: None. Scootaloo: None. ... We have a problem here. Apparently pegasi don't have families. Theories welcome, because I have no idea what's going on here. Maybe pegasi are like birds and lay eggs instead of birthing children, and enough pegasi misplaced their eggs often enough that at one point the government decided to collect all the eggs and keep them safe until they hatched. And then some idiot lost the tags that identified which eggs belonged with which parents. So now we have an entire generation of family-less pegasi. ... It's possible.