Equal Sign Cutie Marks = What?

[Poetic Stone 1,040]

Perhaps they are all the same, since they all looked equally happy, and pretty much equally the same, I have'nt figured it out yet, but we shall see. Maybe they are some sort of clones of some sort, or they turn out to be evil, in any case we will find out soon.

[Dulset Tarn 441]

Wow, how has no one pointed this out yet?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yESDQWm8M7o

15 seconds in, take a look.

I honestly thought it was pretty obvious the moment they showed up. A cutie mark shows what makes a pony different from their peers, unique and special. These are essentially anti-cutie marks, showing that these ponies are all the same, or rather, they're all marked as if they're the same.

[RainbowTashie 378]

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

Yes i swear the new trailer kinda hinted towards zombie ponies.

[sonicdashie 120]

"THEY HAVE THE MARK"

*flashback to creepypastas*

what do you mean, creepy pastas and 'the mark'?

[ScarfaceOne 263]

I think the Equal Signs are used like the Hammer and Sickle or the Swastika as a symbol, eventually the symbolism of it will be banned in Equestria apart from maths equations. Thank you for rejecting Equalism.

what do you mean, creepy pastas and 'the mark'?

 

Have you read Story of the Blanks? That's what it is.

[Princess Oceangem 61]

I know this has already been said but the equal cutie marks mean that everyone is absolutely equal so nopony has a talent somepony else doesn't.

[Alan Crytex 165]

Probably "communist" ... I don't know :C

[LZRD WZRD 1,929]

There might be allusions to communism here, but it seems to me to be more about the concept of egalitarianism, equality of outcome that is. Individuality has been stripped away and replaced by a society of clones. It's very reminiscent of the Brave New World in the sense that the ponies have been conditioned to fulfill their state-determined purpose.

 

I touched on this more in my second analysis video of the trailer, which I've already posted in the trailer thread and in my profile so check that out if you got 3 minutes to spare

[CaptainDoubloon 856]

I'm thinking the episode will make a statement about conformity and how ponies should all act the same and be happy all the time instead of dealing with emotions or other ponies that look, act, or think differently then someone else.

[sonicdashie 120]

oh gawd I want to see season five so badly

[MindaFan 32]

It represents how they are equal and one in the same.

 

 

But seriously this episode looks to be creepy because I have a slight fear of being seen boring and the same am I the only one?

[Pastel 7,627]

Well we know what they mean after watching the trailers...

[CC_Maud_Pie 6,431]

Another theory is that they could be pony rights activists with their motto being "All ponies are created equal".

 

UPDATE: I rewatched the trailer and saw the part where there's a town where all the ponies had an equal sign cutie mark. It looks as though the ponies seem to be cursed or have an ideology I've described above. But something gets me when Twilight says "Something's not right". We'll see what it truly is.

Edited February 15, 2015 by CC_Maud_Pie

[RainbowTashie 378]

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

 

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

They have 3 races of ponies in this trailer though.

[Princess Lona 381]

I hope the episode isn't about communism. It's always so unsettling to me when complex political concepts are oversimplified in a story for the sake of easy vilification. When I saw the trailer I was immediately reminded of Fahrenheit 451 and its implied slippery slope fallacy.

 

I hope the episode shows how the ponies in the Equal town had problems with fairness in the past, so they did everything they could to make sure everyone has equal rights. But they took it a bit too far, overcompensated for whatever unfair things occurred in the past, maybe brought some magic into it, and are now trapped in a zombified state of perpetual conformity. The Mane Six will help to break the spell over the townsponies and the lesson of the episode will be that social equality doesn't have to come at the expense of individuality. The two concepts can exist together and even compliment each other.

[Metallic Strings 185]

After looking deeper into it. It means that all the ponies in that town have no differences and are all the same kind of person. Also, they don't have much of a special talent.

[retrosteamknight 22]

Has anyone ruled out the possibility of Mind Control yet?

[Mesme Rize 15,681]

Has anyone ruled out the possibility of Mind Control yet?

 

I think the possibility still stays in the room and i think that these ponies are infact mind controlled. The way they look and smile is just not natural and i don't think it's simply because they fear being punished, if they don't stay happy, i actually think that their brains are just reprogrammed.

 

Of course, i have nothing to back this up, it's just a theory.

Edited February 16, 2015 by Hypnosparkle

[Rebel the Wolfgirl 5,586]

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.

Huh...That was my first thought too...weird.

 

Anyways, maybe in the S5 premire, they go to some sort of utopian community.

[retrosteamknight 22]

I think the possibility still stays in the room and i think that these ponies are infact mind controlled. The way they look and smile is just not natural and i don't think it's simply because they fear being punished, if they don't stay happy, i actually think that their brains are just reprogrammed.

 

Of course, i have nothing to back this up, it's just a theory.

Look at this image.  "くらえ!" 

That Aria Blaze-like mare standing in the middle is not smiling the same way as the other ponies.

If the possibility of Mind Control still stands, we cannot deliver a full verdict!

Further research must be conducted on this matter.

[CC_Maud_Pie 6,431]

Look at this image.  "くらえ!" 

That Aria Blaze-like mare standing in the middle is not smiling the same way as the other ponies.

If the possibility of Mind Control still stands, we cannot deliver a full verdict!

Further research must be conducted on this matter.

That mare standing in the middle looks like the leader of a cult to me.

[PrymeStriker 408]

They have 3 races of ponies in this trailer though.

...So what? It doesn't make any difference. 

[RainbowTashie 378]

...So what? It doesn't make any difference. 

i suppose it doesn't i suppose the gimmick is none of them have any special talents

[Dulset Tarn 441]

i suppose it doesn't i suppose the gimmick is none of them have any special talents

Close, it's that none of the ponies are unique and special.

[Mesme Rize 15,681]

Look at this image.  "くらえ!" 

That Aria Blaze-like mare standing in the middle is not smiling the same way as the other ponies.

If the possibility of Mind Control still stands, we cannot deliver a full verdict!

Further research must be conducted on this matter.

 

Something that would also speak for mind control, is the fact that they probably can't say that they're being tortured in this show. If this was a PG show then it would actually be an option, but as it stands it is not.

Also, the writers seem to love to put mind control elements in this show. Not that i am complaining.