Crusaders in high school?

[pixlz 1]

I find it kind of strange that the crusaders are in a high school since they are kinda young.Any ideas why/how?

[Green Precision 421]

Now that you mention it... yea, i never noticed

[1Bit 1,531]

I generally expect that the writer's just wanted a setting where every character we know from the show could be shoved into. Rather than make things difficult by having character's off all over the place, they put them all in the same school so it was easy to come  across them in the movies.

 

Probably the only reason they seem to be incredibly young compared to the rest of the students 

[pixlz 1]

I was thinking that they could be in some kind of gifted program or something

[cmarston1 5,951]

I was first confused on why they would be in high school as they seem to be way to young in the show, but then I realize they are freshmen. And in the show the cmc don't have their cutie marks and thus don't know where they want to be or what they are going to do in life and freshmen starting out in high school are a lot like that and unsure of where they are going in life. So it could be actually pretty clever thinking about that.

[Ashen Pathfinder 16,151]

Well, look at my high school. I went to Sherman High School, but they also shared a building with the Sherman Junior High School as well. So while the students of the two didn't really intermingle, it wasn't uncommon to see junior high students in the high school area.

 

It might be the same case here.

[Meanlucario 131]

Lets just assume that the school in the movies is one of those schools that are multiple schools in one.

[pixlz 1]

Even if it is a mixed school it seems as though only the crusaders along with snips and snails are the only younger students in that school.

[MysticShine 529]

At the very least, Twilight and her friends would have to be seniors, and the CMC would have to be Freshmen.

[Horse 63]

The CMC are freshmen.  The Mane 6 are upperclassmen.

[applejock 358]

BECAUSE!!!!

 

Rarity huffing over her younger sisters garments.........

 

 

CANNON!

[Soaring Symphony 372]

The only reason I can think of is that maybe CHS is also a middle school.  I honestly think the crusaders are about 11 or 12 at the oldest in which case they'd be in about 6th grade or so.  That would also explain why Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, Snips and Snails are all in that school as well.

Even if it is a mixed school it seems as though only the crusaders along with snips and snails are the only younger students in that school.

what about Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon?

Edited March 17, 2015 by Serenade

[Ruby Tuesday 52]

Maybe this is a really dumb question, but... how old would the mane six be anyway?

[Steve Piranha 28,778]

Have you noticed that human Cheerilee is older while the pony one is around the same age as the Mane6? Not to mention human Celestia and Luna, who are young women, while their pony counterparts, while probably the same age, they don't age much slowly 

[SCS 7,443]

I'm pretty sure the implication was that they were freshmen, but yeah, that's still a bit of an age gap. I don't think it's a big deal though, I'm pretty sure the artists were trying to put in as many EQG versions of FiM characters as they could, and I think that's cool. It's interesting to see what they look like in the alternate universe.

[JonasDarkmane 19,777]

I found it to be pretty strange as well. Don't have any children in the high school that I'm in  :okiedokielokie:. Might be different in other countries perhaps? 

[Zoraxe 546]

Well, look at my high school. I went to Sherman High School, but they also shared a building with the Sherman Junior High School as well. So while the students of the two didn't really intermingle, it wasn't uncommon to see junior high students in the high school area.

 

It might be the same case here.

 

My school was like that too, there was a High school part and a middle-school part, and were mostly separate from each other despite being connected. But things like the gym, library, and cafeteria were shared between the two, although middle schoolers never had lunch at the same time as High schoolers.

[ponyvangelist 732]

Putting On Pony Years

 

 

In Alternate Poniverse Canterlot High School World, everypony is in high school, even Granny Smith (though admittedly on the staff, rather than in the student body).

 

Meghan McCarthy wanted as many familiar characters as possible from the TV series to be in the movies, so the Cutie Mark Crusaders had to get some screen time.

 

Since it is an alternate reality with different rules from Equestria, the Pony Mane Six are presumably already past high school or its equivalent in Equestria, and humans and ponies age at different rates (at least in this world), it's not too much of a stretch to accept the CMC being freshmen at Canterlot High.

 

If we consider that here on Earth, ponies reach adulthood at about four years of age, and are already full-sized (though immature) at two years of age, putting the CMC within a few years of the Mane Six in the human world is actually surprisingly consistent.

 

Or not. You decide.

Edited March 23, 2015 by ponyvangelist

[Juggerpony 92]

Putting On Pony Years

 

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In Alternate Poniverse Canterlot High School World, everypony is in high school, even Granny Smith (though admittedly on the staff, rather than in the student body).

 

Meghan McCarthy wanted as many familiar characters as possible from the TV series to be in the movies, so the Cutie Mark Crusaders had to get some screen time.

 

Since it is an alternate reality with different rules from Equestria, the Pony Mane Six are presumably already past high school or its equivalent in Equestria, and humans and ponies age at different rates (at least in this world), it's not too much of a stretch to accept the CMC being freshmen at Canterlot High.

 

If we consider that here on Earth, ponies reach adulthood at about four years of age, and are already full-sized (though immature) at two years of age, putting the CMC within a few years of the Mane Six in the human world is actually surprisingly consistent.

 

Or not. You decide.

I was going to type something, but..... this kind of summed it up. I approve!

[Honsou 399]

My thoughts on it was something like the CMC are the equivalent to the American combined schools, where you have middle schools and high schools combine. Either that or they're freshman in Canterlot high.

[Juggerpony 92]

My thoughts on it was something like the CMC are the equivalent to the American combined schools, where you have middle schools and high schools combine. Either that or they're freshman in Canterlot high.

I used to go to a school like that, yeah. So I can imagine the CMC in Middle school or something, while everyone else was in the highschool. Or where I went to, the College was also across the street. So a mix a Middle, High, and College school kids were all kind of mingled.

[Hovershy 3,812]

I think they just put them in high school so they would show up in the movie. I pictured them as grade schoolers.

[Blackshirt Brony 415]

I don't think it was supposed to make sense; just a random cameo.

[MLG4Ever 876]

Their VAs are in high school too so that kinda makes sense!

[Adorkable 2,737]

The best idea I can think of is they're Freshman while the Mane 6 are Seniors.