Is Rainbow Dash REALLY the only one who can do a Sonic Rainboom?

[FlareGun45 2,221]

Yeah, it's an old legend they said. It can be done in real life by anypony they said. Then Rainbow Dash comes around and finally does one.

 

What if it's not a legend? It could be just a story somepony made, but maybe it actually happened in the past by another pony a long time ago. I mean basically, all you need is a rainbow mane, and know how to fly really, really, REALLY fast to be able to break the sound barrier, and wallah, a rainboom is made!

 

The only reason nopony else can do a Sonic Rainboom is because they don't have rainbow hair. Spitfire looks like she can easily make a Sonic FIREboom! I mean mainly because she has different color hair, but she has the strength and velocity to break the sound barrier. Same with Lightning Dust being able to do a Sonic Lightboom!

 

So what if the Sonic Rainboom actually happened in the past, and Rainbow's not the first one? Perhaps somepony in the past had rainbow hair and knows how to break the sound barrier. Rainbow Dash's ancestor, maybe?

 

What if Rainbow finds another fast pegasus pony with rainbow hair and can be able to do a rainboom like her? I'm just saying... it's possible.

[bluseymoe 258]

I think the fact that Rainbow Dash was able to do it as a filly with little effort or experience probably means that it's just a unique gift she alone was born with. It's what makes her special.

[Midnight Seashell 206]

Didn't Twilight also do something similar to a sonic rainboom but it was purple and the shape of her cutie mark

[Megas 27,625]

Didn't Twilight also do something similar to a sonic rainboom but it was purple and the shape of her cutie mark

Meghan confirmed that was just magic, not Twilight actually doing a Rainboom

[Unlikeable Pony 2,698]

Well, if you bring in the Wonderbolts handbook, its apparently old hat and EVERY wonderbolt can do one...

[FlareGun45 2,221]

Well, if you bring in the Wonderbolts handbook, its apparently old hat and EVERY wonderbolt can do one...

 

Seriously? A Sonic RAINboom? Maybe a type of sonic boom, but I don't think a rainboom. None of them have rainbow hair.

[cuteycindyhoney 13,307]

It's been stated several times in the series that Rainbow Dash is the only Pegasus in living history to produce a sonic rainboom. I'm sorry, but the tie in moneygrab book, isn't canon. 

[Miss 6,229]

Well, if you bring in the Wonderbolts handbook, its apparently old hat and EVERY wonderbolt can do one...

Yea that made me mad when I saw that. Also they said another pony first made it when looking at the historical ponies

In my opinion, I feel like the Sonic Rainboom should just be a Rainbow Dash thing. Well, first not only in the show they say its a legend but for other reasons too.

 

The sonic rainboom is the reason why Equestria is still in tact.

Think about it,

 

Without the sonic rainboom the mane 6 would not have gotten the same cutie marks, meaning, Twilight would not have got hers, which is where? On the Tree of Harmony. That in itself shows that it was destined for somepony to get that exact cutie mark, which happens to be Twilight. Back to the Sonic Rainboom, the mane 6 would not have gotten the same cutie mark, meaning they would not have been there to stop Nightmare Moon, Discord, Sombra, cHRYSALIS, Tirek (who was going to destroy Equestria, etc. Basically, it was destined for the Mane 6 to come and return harmony to Equestria. Starlight Glimmer stopped the Rainboom making Equestria fall into disharmony every time.

 

So yea the Sonic Rainboom should be like a prophecy. If any pony could do it that kind of ruins the significance on what makes the mane 6 bond so special and Rainbow Dash in herself in a way.  Maybe thousands and thousands of moons ago maybe some pony did it, but I would not say because genes because that's kinda dumb. I would say because magic! XD Sonic Rainboom created harmony once and once the lands before Equestria fell into disharmony it became prophesied that a Sonic Rainboom would bring harmony again. But because it took so long probably just evolved into a legend. But still say no pony has ever done it except Rainbow Dash, so pony probably had a vision or something and saw it.

 

So yea my opinion on how the Sonic Rainboom should be depicted.

[El Duderino 879]

Maybe a sonic boom, but I think the rainbow part is unique to Rainbow Dash. 

[Unlikeable Pony 2,698]

 

 

So yea the Sonic Rainboom should be like a prophecy.

Only pony with prophecies or foretold destiny around here is twilight, what with her cutie mark being on the tree of harmony and all that

Kind of sucked that the "Sonic rainboom plot never happened" plot wasn't done with a focus on the six or an actual focus on how their lives would have changed, but just "DON'T THINK ABOUT IT, TIME'S JUST MESSED UP, K?!" setup.

[Miss 6,229]

Only pony with prophecies or foretold destiny around here is twilight, what with her cutie mark being on the tree of harmony and all that

 

Yea but it was her destiny to meet those specific ponies. It was her destiny to be affected by the sonic rainboom to get her cutie mark which led to everything else. So I say it is possible. Best route imo

[Sombra369 3]

RD is by far the most accomplished Sonic Rainboomer to the point it's her signature move and owns it herself.

[Sunny Fox 5,950]

You can't have a legend / Old Mare's Tale of the Sonic Rainboom unless someone else once managed to do it. I think RD is unique in being the only pony in this generation (and presumably many generations prior) in being able to do it. Twilight's version was magical in nature, so it doesn't count.

 

Also Pinkie's line "When a pegasus like Rainbow Dash gets going so fast... boom!... [etc]" could be interpreted as referring to her rainbow-coloured mane (which is not unique - see Rainbow Daddy for more details) or just the fact that she can fly at that level of speed. (Which presumably is rare but not unique either - Lightning Dust comes to mind.) All in all, RD is probably not unique in history as having the ability, but she's unique in this generation.

[cmarston1 5,959]

In order for the Sonic Rainboom to have been some kind of legend or something, someone had to do it before Rainbow Dash.

[Luminance 2,186]

My idea is, I think the Sonic Rainboom can only be done on a Pegasi with a rainbow mane and tail, hence the array of rainbow colors when performing one. I also like to think that's when the "old mare's tale" portion comes into play is when a Pegasi is born with the rainbow colored mane and tale but what are the odds? Rainbow Dash may not be the only one to pull it off if there must of been somepony, related or not to Rainbow Dash who could done it before in the past. Rainbow's ever so mysterious mother perhaps or even the supposed teacher/father Stallion with the rainbow mane? It seems like an rare trait to certain Pegasi who can only perform one if Rainbow wasn't the first.

[cider float 2,538]

I think ponies saying that "Rainbow Dash can do a Sonic Rainboom" could imply that it has been done before. Not really sure as I don't remember previous episodes where they gloss over it more but that's how I felt about it from the beginning.

 

I wonder if Scootaloo will also develop the Sonic Rainboom but on the ground on her scooter that would be a real kick.

[Justin_Case001 4,888]

Well, if you bring in the Wonderbolts handbook, its apparently old hat and EVERY wonderbolt can do one...

The f*ck?  I.....uh....just....er.....wha.....um.....THE F*CK?!  The f*ck am I looking at right now?  What is this sh*t?  Um....   Maybe they were having an argument over who can do a better sonic rainboom:  filly Rainbow Dash or adult Rainbow Dash.  (But seriously, this book is some bullsh*t.)

 

So, I'm not 100% convinced that the rainbow part is unique to Dash.  Who says you must have rainbow colored hair to do it?  The rainbow colored trail she leaves in her wake is definitely due to the mane and tail, but the rainbow colored nova blast thing might not be.  News flash: rainbows exist, and are caused by light refraction.  (Or maybe diffraction.  I always mix them up.)  The point is, I see no reason why this phenomenon necessarily has to be tied to her hair color.  In fact, in my opinion, it seems rather illogical.  It makes more sense to me that it's just a refractional effect of some type in the air caused by breaking the sound barrier in the magical world of Equestria.  Maybe there has to be a certain level of moisture in the air for it to occur.  Anyway, I've always believed that Twilight could do it by simply propelling herself with telekinesis, if she only thought to try.  I think she's strong enough.  But that would sort of kill Rainbow's unique and special thing.  I definitely believe that others have done it in the past, in order for a legend to exist about it.  It's much less probable that it was completely made-up, and then Rainbow just happened to do it coincidentally.  That would be like if we found out that Santa Claus and his flying reindeer just happened to exist.

[cider float 2,538]

It is a mystery why it's called a Sonic Rainboom. No doubt the first one to ever did it had a rainbow mane. What if it was Celestia that did the first Rainboom? That would be a twist. But then again she couldn't out-fly Luna so meh. 

Edited September 18, 2016 by cider float

[Mlppotterwhoovian 381]

Anypony should be able to perform a sonic rainboom, but it would probably be called something different,for example, if lightning dust would, it would be called a lightboom, and if celestia  would, it would be a celestial - boom and so on. But according to Justin case 001 and unlikable pony  every wonderbolt can achieve a sonic rainboom, therefore... it includes lightning dust and she could if she found out how, unless the book was fanmade and untrue.

Edited November 17, 2017 by Mlppotterwhoovian

[Jade Fire 7,059]

rainbowdash is the only one that we know of that can do it right now, however it is an old mare's tale which means somepony in the past had to do it somewhere but we do know it's very rare.

[Flutterstep 47,077]

This is my theory: I think any fast pegasus can perform a Sonic Rainboom, even Fluttershy if she really had to. The this is, Rainbow being Rainbow, over-hypes it like it's a special talent on she can do, when in reality it's something as easy as curling your tongue.

[ShadOBabe 18,997]

As has been pointed out, you can't have a legend of something unless it was already a pre-existing idea/story/event. And I don't believe you need to have rainbow hair to perform the Rainboom. I think a Rainboom is the name of any giant, multicolored sonicboom performed by a pony.

Personal headcanon I enjoy: Young Celestia actually performed the original Rainboom of legend, but it was before she was a princess and she never took credit for it. Here's someone else's art of the idea. I think hers would be more of a pastel rainbow though.

Spoiler

 

[Mlppotterwhoovian 381]

2 theories: rainbow dash is the only one to have performed the rainboom, and the old mares tale was proven by accident,or one of her old ancestors with a rainbow mane performed it, and it was published into a book, and rainbow inherited the ability to do the rainboom:) 

Edited November 17, 2017 by Mlppotterwhoovian

[Goat-kun 2,527]

Every named pony with wings can potentially do a sonic rainboom. The question is: Can you get it on griffins? How about hedgehogs? These are legitimate questions.

[Le Trotteur Sauvage 13,051]

I'm sure every alicorn can do it since they are really magical and powerful, with a little of practive, and maybe some really well trained ponies, but the thing is, the rainbow in the rainbooms comes from the colour of Rainbow Dash ! So maybe other ponies can do *****booms but it won't be the same colours !