Champion RD92 8,658 January 8, 2012 Share January 8, 2012 (edited) So according to Twilight in the Winter Wrap Up episode, Ponyville was founded hundreds of years ago, which would mean Granny Smith is hundreds of years old since she was alive during Ponyville's founding? That doesn't really seem to make much sense. What does everypony think about this? Edited January 8, 2012 by RainbowDash92 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero000 435 January 8, 2012 Share January 8, 2012 When did Twilight mention this? Signatures are for fillies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champion RD92 8,658 January 8, 2012 Author Share January 8, 2012 In the Winter Wrap Up episode, apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pondus30 152 January 8, 2012 Share January 8, 2012 Maybe she just is that old 0_o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robojot 152 January 8, 2012 Share January 8, 2012 granny smith is pretty old but i think more then 100 years is a bit too old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blank Flank 69 January 8, 2012 Share January 8, 2012 Well seeing that we don't know the average lifespan of an average (cartoon) pony, it could be possible that Granny Smith is that old. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nah 3,182 January 8, 2012 Share January 8, 2012 I think the producers and storywriters forgot about the winter wrap up episode, either that, or they were trying to be creative. dunno. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finesthour 7,287 January 8, 2012 Share January 8, 2012 Grany smith is immortal. Celestia needs her jam. FOREVER. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Rarity Pony 4,892 January 8, 2012 Share January 8, 2012 Hmmm, maybe she meant hundred(s) It does look like an error, I don't think regular ponies would live that long. LRP's opinions are subject to change without notice. Fees and penalties still apply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezynell 2,037 January 8, 2012 Share January 8, 2012 Would make sense. People in the bible lived hundreds of years, and I think this would be on the same level 2 GAK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuteycindyhoney 13,306 January 8, 2012 Share January 8, 2012 Granny Smith is a member of the Howard Families. Life is short. But the years are long. Not while the evil days come not. 2 Thank you Sparklefan1234!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krall 263 January 8, 2012 Share January 8, 2012 The full quotation from "Winter Wrap-Up" is: "Ponyville was started by Earth Ponies, so for hundreds of years they've never used magic to clean up winter." I don't think it's really a major error - it's entirely possible that Twilight was somewhat ignorant of the town's history, or that she meant that Earth Ponies in general haven't used magic to clean up winter for hundreds of years, rather than Ponyville ponies specifically. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akigawa 1 January 8, 2012 Share January 8, 2012 Slightly unrelated, but speaking of possible mess-ups in Winter Wrap Up: in the song AppleJack sings "everyone" not "everypony." This has bothered me since I realized it 2 weeks ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProjectRKA 2,848 January 8, 2012 Share January 8, 2012 Well it is possible to live for more than 100 years... so why wouldn't it be possible for Granny Smith as well ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
---------------------- 1,645 January 8, 2012 Share January 8, 2012 who knows, maybe granny smith can time travle 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krall 263 January 8, 2012 Share January 8, 2012 Slightly unrelated, but speaking of possible mess-ups in Winter Wrap Up: in the song AppleJack sings "everyone" not "everypony." This has bothered me since I realized it 2 weeks ago... I wouldn't really consider that a mistake; the term "everyone" doesn't inherently imply humans rather than ponies, and I don't see why Pony English shouldn't have synonyms. who knows, maybe granny smith can time travle Doctor Whooooooves! *Shakes fist angrily* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom The Diamond 1,830 January 8, 2012 Share January 8, 2012 ORRR Maybe Our years are longer then Equesrian Years. Who knows, its possible. Just a little thing to think about. Or maybe Granny Smith is that old. After all, she was old back when Big Mac and AJ were fillies, remember? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akigawa 1 January 8, 2012 Share January 8, 2012 I guess, but throughout the show and songs it's the first time I've been able to find an "everyone." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarGazer 129 January 9, 2012 Share January 9, 2012 She's so old that when she was a teenager the Dead Sea was still alive! *crickets* Okay, yeah, I got that from Steven Tyler. I like to think of her as being the pony equivalent of being in her 80s. I do love her though. The last episode did it for me, I loved seeing her hop around in her bunny suit singing the ABCs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83awsm 234 January 9, 2012 Share January 9, 2012 ORRR Maybe Our years are longer then Equesrian Years. Who knows, its possible. Just a little thing to think about. This!... The Equestrian Calendar thread debates the time span in Equestria vs IRL and establishes that the drawn calendar has less days per month than the one IRL does. Now this doesn't necessarily mean that it’s official, but based on past topics, Id run with this idea. 1 Awesomeness = at least 20% Cooler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocalhoun 30 January 12, 2012 Share January 12, 2012 I'd go with the 'she's just that old' theory. For one thing, if ponies commonly live a very long time, it kinda explains why nopony thinks it odd for Celestia and Luna to live so long. What if a normal pony lifespan was in the 500-1000 year range? My pony forum: www.BronyVille.org No such thing as too much pony, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Corck 12 January 12, 2012 Share January 12, 2012 I made a comment adressing this in my episode review, so have some sort of "copy and paste" without it being copy pasting. Maybe, time span in Equestria works different than on Earth. We know their clocks are of 8 hours, as we saw in Episode 22 of season 1 "A bird in the hoof". Their days last sisxteen hours, which makes the year shorter. I have my sister giving me a hand with these calculations, as she is the brainiac of the family, and he developed a very easy way to figure numbers out. To every amount of time that's said in the show, multiply it by 1,5 and you'll get the equivalent in Earth time. That said, 100 years in Equestria can last for 150 years on Earth, So when Granny Smith says she was there when Ponyville was founded she might actually be saying the truth, and she can easily be over a hundred years old. If I venture to be more specific, she might be around 125, 130 years old, which is almost two centuries. 1 CHECK WEEKLY EPISODE REVIEWS ON MY BLOG DOWN HERE http://awthredestim.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegentlegiant 1 January 13, 2012 Share January 13, 2012 who says that ponies cant live that long? as far as i know, there hasnt been any mention of lifespan for ponies mentioned in the show.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krall 263 January 13, 2012 Share January 13, 2012 I made a comment adressing this in my episode review, so have some sort of "copy and paste" without it being copy pasting. Maybe, time span in Equestria works different than on Earth. We know their clocks are of 8 hours, as we saw in Episode 22 of season 1 "A bird in the hoof". Their days last sisxteen hours, which makes the year shorter. I have my sister giving me a hand with these calculations, as she is the brainiac of the family, and he developed a very easy way to figure numbers out. To every amount of time that's said in the show, multiply it by 1,5 and you'll get the equivalent in Earth time. That said, 100 years in Equestria can last for 150 years on Earth, So when Granny Smith says she was there when Ponyville was founded she might actually be saying the truth, and she can easily be over a hundred years old. If I venture to be more specific, she might be around 125, 130 years old, which is almost two centuries. The problem with that is that you don't know how long an Equestrian hour is. Technically, you don't even know that an Equestrian day is 16 Equestrian hours, or that the clock in "A Bird in the Hoof" was showing hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupus 127 January 13, 2012 Share January 13, 2012 Slightly unrelated, but speaking of possible mess-ups in Winter Wrap Up: in the song AppleJack sings "everyone" not "everypony." This has bothered me since I realized it 2 weeks ago... Well, its not really an error so to speak, since "one" is a term of reference for whatever species Lupus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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