Is Rarity the only native-Ponyvillian in the Mane 6?

[RainbowMau 291]

Let's recap:

 

- Twilight was born in Canterlot

- Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy were born in Cloudsdale

- Applejack is from Sweet Apple Acres which has it's distance from Ponyville (unless she was born in Ponyville hospital)

- Pinkie Pie was born in a farm (which apparently is closer to Cloudsdale since Pinkie saw Rainbow Dash doing the Sonic-Rainboom)

 

So? Is Rarity the only one since she said she was born in Ponyville?

[Moonlight 7,279]

Out of the mane 6, then Rarity seems to be the only one born in Ponyville, however it all depends whether or not you count Sweet Apple Acres as a part of Ponyville, which it doesn't seem to be. 

 

 

Or it at least appears a fair distance away. 

[Cloud Strife 928]

- Applejack is from Sweet Apple Acres which has it's distance from Ponyville (unless she was born in Ponyville hospital)

 

Isn't Sweet Apple Acres stationed within Ponyville? It's just a business inside of the town that needs its own private land.

 

To put it in perspective, it's like saying the train station on the edge of Ponyville isn't within Ponyville either.

[RainbowMau 291]

Isn't Sweet Apple Acres stationed within Ponyville? It's just a business inside of the town that needs its own private land.

 

To put it in perspective, it's like saying the train station on the edge of Ponyville isn't within Ponyville either.

 

In Family Appreciation day it seems to be further from Ponyville, also in the game you have to take a train to go from Ponyville to SAA (not canon, but you get the idea    )

[Jeric 46,835]

I don't see anything to suggest that Sweet Apple Acres is its own town. I live in a town that has a huge suburban aspect to it, but at the edge of town there are acres and acres of cow pastures. It is still part of my town. No, Sweet Apple Acres is on the outskirts of Ponyville and part of Ponyville. 

[Cloud Strife 928]

In Family Appreciation day it seems to be further from Ponyville, also in the game you have to take a train to go from Ponyville to SAA (not canon, but you get the idea    )

 

If it's not canon, then it doesn't really count. Every time we've seen Sweet Apple Acres in the show, it has always appeared to be close enough to be a simple walk away from the main town of Ponyville. Heck, Fluttershy isn't that fast a flyer and her and Rainbow Dash managed to reach Sweet Apple Acres from her cottage within the span of an hour (at least, so much is implied, as they were trying to get there at the crack of dawn before the selling of cider opened).

[boiteporte 591]

I believe that both AppleJack and Rarity are from Ponyville. Although I must say, Rarity would probably fit better in Canterlot.

[Lady Leopardess 393]

When Granny Smith told her story it made it sound like Ponyville grew because of Sweet Apple Acres , so I'm gonna say it's part of ponyville . The distance is just because they have a big farm. 

[sweetolebob18 724]

I grew up in a really small town.  As in Ponyville, there were working farms just outside of town.  In episode 1 (among others) Twilight walks out to the farm from town.  Apple Bloom goes to school there & apparently walks.  It can't be THAT far

 

I would say it depends on "What do you call native?"  AJ's farm is almost certainly very close, but it is equally certain that it is outside of the city limits.  Thus, strictly, "no, she ain't".  But, I'd bet that if you asked, she'd say she was a native & if you told her "technically, you are not" she'd get annoyed at you for lawyering.

 

I'm also a little unclear as to how close the Pie farm is.  Since Pinkie has a little sister who doesn't seem to go to school in Ponyville, I'll go with "It's too far for Pinkie to count as a native."

[Banul 3,831]

Didn't Granny Smith FOUND Ponyville? I'd think Applejack would be considered a native Ponyvillian. Sweet Apple Acres is probably integral to Ponyville's economy.

[Jammo 986]

Sweet Apple Acres is in the rural outskirts of Ponyville. Many towns are like this. You have business and residential making up the core and the sorounding areas they use all that space for farmland. Ever been to Toronto? Leave the city, you'll see no shortage of farmland to supply and fund the main hub. There's Toronto itself and the greater Toronto area. Small communities and farmlands run by the same government.

[Radiance64 7,051]

Applejack is also from Ponyville, Sweet Apple Acres is pretty much the reason that Ponyville exists so I'd say that it's part of it... Apple Bloom goes to school there and it's probably where they sell most of their stuff after all.

So, yeah Rarity and Applejack.

[Andrebeccus 17]

Agree. Sweet Apple Acres is defiantly part of Ponyville. No SAA, no Ponyville. Because of the great Granny Smith. However, the show did not mention where Rarity came from (at least from what I can remember.) So, I would like to believe she was born in Ponyville but due to the lack of evidence I don't want to make false assumptions.

[sweetolebob18 724]

In season 2 Sweet and Elite (Episode 35) Rarity is staying at the castle in Canterlot.  She describes herself as having been born in Ponyville (Hey, she was there, she should know)

[Larkybird~ 734]

Nope. AJ and Rarity are both native ponyvillian. UuU

[Zekromic 1,054]

Out of the mane 6, then Rarity seems to be the only one born in Ponyville, however it all depends whether or not you count Sweet Apple Acres as a part of Ponyville, which it doesn't seem to be. 

 

 

Or it at least appears a fair distance away. 

SAA looks like is suburb of Ponyville, but there doesn't seems to be many more farms around that area, so, I think SAA is part of Ponyville

[Tao 6,738]

Given Granny Smith's family

helped to well,  FOUND the town,

that would make AJ a pony of the

town along with Rarity!

[Timid Lullaby 20]

Pinkie Rarity and Applejack are the only 3 of the Mane 6 born in Ponyville.

 

 

 

Pinkie was born on the Rock Farm, Applejack born on sweet apple acres, and Rarity.. Well who knows..

 

 

Explanation to the 3, Starting with Pinkie. As someone said The Rock Farm is stationed somewhere near Cloudsdale and considering Cloudsdale is a floating city above Ponyville it comes to the assumption that Pinkie Pie in fact was born in the residence of Ponyville, I mean come on.. how do you think the Pie's ate food. Apple Jack's Granny; Granny Smith is part of the family that founded Ponyville, this is revealed in the Episode "Family Appreciation Day" Season 2, Episode 12. Being the first people to create Ponyville the generation would pass on and Apple Jack would be born in Ponyville. Rarity.. Well in several episodes Rarity is show as a little filly making dresses for a school production or play granting the theory that if she was in Ponyville while she was a filly she would most likely be born there as well. And well.. in "Sweet and Elite" Season 2, Episode 9 Rarity mentions that she was in fact born in Ponyville.

 

 

Hope I helped clear things up!

 

 

Cheers,

[Will Guide 21,325]

- Pinkie Pie was born in a farm (which apparently is closer to Cloudsdale since Pinkie saw Rainbow Dash doing the Sonic-Rainboom)

 

First of all, when Filly Pinkie saw the rainbow that caused her to smile, she didn't know it was from Rainbow Dash's Sonic-Rainboom. Even by the time of the Young Fliers Competition (Episode: Sonic Rainboom), she said "I've never seen one before", because at the time, she didn't know the rainbow and the Rainboom were one and the same until Dash made the dive to save Rarity and made the second Rainboom of her life.

 

I agree with those saying that because Granny Smith was among those who founded Ponyville, Sweet Apple Acres in a part of Ponyville, so A.J. should be considered born in Ponyville. So my answer to the topic's question of "Is Rarity the only native Ponyvillian in the Mane 6" is NO.

 

Funny how the suffix, "-Villian", meaning "some citizen of a village", can easily be mistaken for the word, "Villain", meaning "an antagonist that opposes our heroes".

[Zoraxe 546]

Well, the definition of town is a bit wonky, as in different regions define what it is differently.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_town

In New England, our county governments barely even exist, we don't even have county governments in 2 states and in most of Massachusetts. Territory of the towns divide up the states entirely, as in when you leave one town you are immediatly entering another, even if there is nothing but woods and hills where you are currently crossing.

 

So if Ponyville is like that, then yes, Sweet Apple acres is in Ponyville.

Edited December 10, 2014 by Zoraxe

[RainbowMau 291]

First of all, when Filly Pinkie saw the rainbow that caused her to smile, she didn't know it was from Rainbow Dash's Sonic-Rainboom. Even by the time of the Young Fliers Competition (Episode: Sonic Rainboom), she said "I've never seen one before", because at the time, she didn't know the rainbow and the Rainboom were one and the same until Dash made the dive to save Rarity and made the second Rainboom of her life.

 

That's not the point! The real point here is that if it RD was there then it may mean that Pinkie's home was closer to Cloudsdale than from Ponyville.

Edited December 10, 2014 by RainbowMau

[Orablanco Account 3,706]

Was it ever said that Fluttershy was from Cloudsdale? She always struck me as a pegasus who was born and raised on the ground and thus had a hard time getting used to heights, let alone flying. And Sweet Apple Acres was the genesis for Ponyville, so of course it's a part of the town.

 

As for Rarity, I actually always thought her and her family moved to Ponyville from Vanhoover (or somewhere else very Canadian).

[Zoraxe 546]

@@CITRUS KING46,

Why? Rarity doesn't seem particularly Canadian to me. Her accent is so-called "mid-Atlantic" (American, but fancy). But her parents sound mid-western.

[Orablanco Account 3,706]

@@CITRUS KING46,

Why? Rarity doesn't seem particularly Canadian to me. Her accent is so-called "mid-Atlantic" (American, but fancy). But her parents sound mid-western.

 

They sound Canadian to me, but they could be from Horse Fargo for all I know. What I do know is that no one else in town sounds like they are from Horse Fargo.

 

I have a headcanon where Rarity was born and spent her very early years in whatever town her parents are from, and she had that same accent and mannerism. That is, until she visited Canterlot and got a taste of that high society at a young, impressionable age, which led to an interest in fashion and to her adopting the Audrey Hepburn accent. That persona is something she built for herself.

 

Sweetie Belle sounds normal because she was born and raised in Ponyville.

[galaxysquid 2,121]

Yeah, I've gotta say. Sweet Apple Acres is still part of Ponyville, even if it looks distant. It's the reason Ponyville was made!

 

So, AJ and Rarity are both native to Ponyville.