Grasping hooves possibly magical?

[nooneimportantwashere 705]

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Edited February 10, 2022 by nooneimportantwashere

[lomk 20,663]

I like to call it "Spongebob syndrome"

 

Having a campfire underwater?...seems legit...

 

Holding things with a rounded marshmallow type...appendage...seems legit...

 

Don't forget that Spongebob Squarepans also has water underwater! 

 

Dang it! when will cartoons ever start to make sense? haha

[Forlong 1,726]

"Rainbows, darling, rainbows."

 

But in all seriousness, I think they work something like Velcro, what near microscopic hooks to latch on to whatever they grab.  It's a theory anyway.

[Koelath 445]

They work by being fictional cartoons and not bound to real physics. They are not the same as real hooves. There is no suggestion that they are magic either. They're just fiction.

[Frith is Magick 1,471]

Similar theory to @. Ponies have a harder outer hoof and a softer, muscled inner hoof. the muscles of the inner hoof allow them to grab objects. The frog pumps blood normally, but they grab by controlling muscle more directly, rather than controlling the blood pressure in the hoof. It is less versatile than a true hand (or a 'gripper'), giving them reason to use their mouth whenever it is practical. 

Edited October 22, 2013 by Frith is Magik

[Ianpiersonjdavis 512]

Well, in my head canon I've reasoned that it's more of a 'mind over matter' thing and that ponies have to sort of will themselves to be able to grip things.

 

I could just say 'cartoon logic' but, honestly that feels like too much of a cop-out for me.

[BalanceBrony 259]

I suppose it's possible that Applejack has those wedged into her frog:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog_(horse)

 

The scene that really hurts my head is during Pinkie Pie's "Smile" song, they show Ponies jumping rope

You mean right before the rope started turning itself, and a moment before Pinkie helps herself out of a hole? This is a Pinkie scene. No logic, cartoon or otherwise, is applicable.

[Pomfritter 165]

The point of ponies having hooves is for them to look like ponies. The point of them being able to use their hooves in various ways is to allow for the story to progress without having to spend time worrying about such trivial matters. Although, if you're going to analyze the show in whole, this is a pretty clear area of oddness that should be addressed.

[OceanSapphire 227]

I think Faust or McCarthy (can't remember which) confirmed that pony hooves have a "magical magnetism" that can be consciously turned on and off. Read it on EQD a long time ago.

[Noodles 109]

taking into account what was said about them "they are suppose to be hooves". and what they can do with them on the show. can you come up with an hypothesis that would fit?

[Passion 3,484]

 

Simply put, that's one of those things it is best not to discuss, since there's no scientific answer to it

 

I could ask the similar question: 

 

 

 

 

How can she even do that with her hoof...?

 

Just, leave it be, imo

[Untitled Goose Q 5,137]

Agreed, we do not have enough information to be able to answer the question, much as we'd like to. 

[Noodles 109]

ahh so kind of like pinkie pie it just works that way!

[Doc. Volt 2,561]

electrostatic field? oh wait.. that's me... i don't know there is a fan made episode of doctor whooves landing with his tardis in ponyville, turning in to a pony and helped by derpy to understand his new body... there is also the hoof thing.. look it out

 

[Heatwave 177]

Here's a good theory: (not made by me)

Source:

http://eagle1division.deviantart.com/art/My-Little-Hoof-Study-413413658

Edited November 18, 2013 by Heatwave

[Doc. Volt 2,561]

epic! we have build something like that with a robotic arm at the university.. it was able to grab even strawberry without crushing them

[Night Streak 1]

Here's a good theory: (not made by me)

Source:

http://eagle1division.deviantart.com/art/My-Little-Hoof-Study-413413658

That is a good theory! Seems like that would work

[Doc. Volt 2,561]

That is a good theory! Seems like that would work

It works.. trust me... we built it

[duidamasterXD 9,627]

@Noodles, hiya. Just letting you know that we already happened to have a topic for discussing hooves in MLP, and speculating how they work and such, and that your thread has been merged with the older one

[Philocleon 27]

I think that quite a few people are reading a little too much into something so small. I mean, c'mon! It's just a cartoon!

[Seaweed-Headed Dragon 359]

I've wondered how hooves work in the MLP universe. If the hooves work like they would IRL, it would be very difficult, if not impossible, to effectively hold anything, but in MLP, we see on a few occasions ponies successfully hold various items. (Like the stick in the example.) Is it just that hooves in MLP are different to those in real life? I guess it is an animated show, and isn't expected to follow reality, but I'd like to hear other peoples thoughts.

 

Yeah It's a cartoon, I mean in Apple Bucking season, AJ had a like a 10 foot drop face first and was fine, not to mention when RD was flung into the library after

[Princess Lona 382]

This is the exact same problem people had with Babar.

 

 

 

 

 

 

King of the elephants and original mind buck.

[Noodles 109]

yes its just a cartoon and how the hooves work is not all that important over all. some folks have fun trying to figure it out anyway.

will not knowing ruin the fun of the show not at all.

[Commander Fresh 36]

Maybe their hooves are breathable and they push air out of them in order for the lower pressure to create a kind of suction? Kind of like using a drinking straw.

[Magic Twinkle 204]

(I posted this on Equestria Forever as well but starting it here as well).

 

Ok, this just randomly popped in my head. Why not stop for a moment and think about all the possible situations/possibilities where the usage of hands and hooves differ? (example: holding a teacup). Then, if we don't count earth ponies, how would the pegasi do stuff for example? Unicorns can do almost anything.

So, concentrate on earth ponies and the pegasi. Smart and clever ones might come up with unicorn and hands differences as well. Also note that cartoon pony physics/possibilities are rather random (Pinkie Pie's actions obviously restricted here), for one example Applejack holding the candy sticks at Twilight's slumber party.

Then, if ponies can't do something with their hooves (or could, but would be difficult), what would they use instead? (Applejack using her lasso with her tail for example, ponies pouring liquid with their mouths etc.)

So this is what thread is for. Comparing human hands and all the ways ponies use (mouth, wings, magic, hooves...)

Oh, and keep it PG. x3