Do the Girls Have Parents?

[number1pegasister 8]

Okay,we know that the human mane 6 have homes,and most things are the same...but do they have any parents!?(Besides AJ)The human mane 6 are only in highs school,they can't be able to mange their own houses!In Equestria,I can understand,They seem more 'of age' to do certain things,as in paying bills.But as humans I don't think having a part-time job(as I'd expect some of them to have)would pay bills.Apple Jack has Granny Smith,who,I guess you could say,is a legal guardian to her,Big Mac,and Apple Bloom.Also,(I know this is off subject)I wanted to know if any of you thought Sunset Shimmer has a home.I guess she could 'live' in the library,like Twilight did in the first movie,but she probably couldn't stay there long without getting caught.So I don't know about that.So I'd like to hear your opinions on the two subjects.

[Megas 27,577]

If they have parents in horseland, then they have parents in humanland

[PiratePony 8,475]

Yeah, that's one thing about EqG that's gotten to me. They must have parents, but in this world this seems to be a land where parents don't go to big school functions (Band competition; huge athletic event between two schools?).

 

So they're more apathetic to their kids than Sweetie Belle and Rarity's parents are in Equestria.

 

Or the team just conveniently figured kids wouldn't care about this detail.

[PoisonClaw 8,164]

By this point, I'm under the impression that they're like the parents/adults from Charlie Brown, they're there offscreen, you just never see or hear them. Given that the girls are all high school age, I just assume they all live with their parents (except for Sunset, for obvious reasons.)

[Steve Piranha 29,419]

They obviously do, but it's curious why their absence . I doubt Sunny lives with the human counterpart of her parents, but it's been implied she has a home

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,367]

Either the parents are at workplaces when there would be times we would see them or they are asleep. One of the two it seems. Pinkie's other sisters were nowhere to be se4en as well at her place.

[Unlikeable Pony 2,698]

Because they aren't important to the plot and they'd get in the way. They took 6 characters who are essentially adults and on their own from FIM and made them an age where they're dependent on others for survival in EQG; logic's going to run into problems here.

 

As such, the easiest way to avoid this is just pretend the parents don't exist and avoid featuring them unless absolutely required. Kind of like how the power rangers never had their parents show up on screen.

[cmarston1 5,959]

Yes I am pretty sure that they have parents.

They just aren't shown on screen because they aren't important enough to take part in the narrative.

[IsraelYabuki 443]

I'm pretty sure they got 'em but they didn't get any screen time.

[CT-1138 3,182]

I presume they all have parents. 

 

Except for Applejack, who lives with her grandmother. 

[Thrond 3,263]

I would presume we never see the parents because the writers/animators/directors want to maintain the tone of the show. They're very likely there, just offscreen. I mean, except Applejack's, obviously. As for where Shimmer lives? That's an element of the series we've gotten absolutely no hint towards. Any guesses are basically fanfiction, as there is zero evidence to go on. I tend to think either she's allowed to sleep at the school or somehow built up a lot of money, either by working a lot or because of something she brought through the portal. 

[Sketchy Tail 206]

You'd think they would. (Except for AJ) As for Sunset, her parents could be back in Equestria somewhere, idk. That, or she doesn't have parents anymore.

I'd also love to know where she lives, like, is she homeless, or what.

[----- 477]

Fluttershy's (and Sunset's) parents are mentioned in the EG comics, so yes I think they do have parents.

Edited July 28, 2016 by Fluidty

[Ankha 35]

Nope, they all grew from the ground like trees.

[Wind Chaser 4,768]

They all live in a group home.

[cider float 2,537]

They probably do have parents since they've followed almost every aspect of a high school having human high school elements. Since it seems they rush the movies and don't seem to be able to squeeze every detail in there it would be harder to put parents in there. I suppose during the competition games or whatever it was they might have been able to squeeze some in there at the stands but who knows why.