1542e6 No.155664
Which pony has the lowest IQ? My vote goes for [spoiler]your favorite[spoiler].
1542e6 No.155665
Oh wait, I know who's the dumbest. Its me, the faggot who can't into syntax.
865b80 No.155666
c5388d No.155670
I like you, OP. You are A-O-K.
b98978 No.157697
Applejack stereotypically. Her southern accent = max iq of 105
twilight sparkle is pushing 150 and rarity clocks in at a more creative 139
a47d37 No.157723
>>157697
[citation needed]
I don't think its so easy to say.
and I would definitly not put rarity so high.
23e5a0 No.157726
>>157723
Rarity is pretty slow.
c20f80 No.157727
Aryanne because she's an evil stupid racist bigot
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dc7b8e No.157753
>>155664
>IQ
>hilariously outdated 19th Century system created to support eugenics
>applied to horses
23e5a0 No.157785
>>157727
>implying that's not why she's smart
669e16 No.157816
>>157697
>twilight sparkle is pushing 150
Is that smart? Twilight can't be smart anymore. She's a Princess.
19304f No.157864
>>157753
>implying eugenics is not worth supporting
2pleb, m80.
And damn right we're applying it to tiny horses. I think it's pretty obvious Fluts clocks in at the lowest; highest is a toss up between Rarity and Twilight.
>unicorn master race FTW including ex-unicorn, I guess:^(
23bdab No.157866
>>155664
rainbow dash is the dumbest of all mane 6
even dashfags know this to be true
661126 No.157888
>Anything besides Rainbow Dash
All the people saying Applejack are probably Northerners who get their idea of the South from Television.
661126 No.157889
>>157697
And 105 is still above average.
Topcunt is clearly -90
73fea1 No.157892
>>157864
She DOES fail at flying… what does that make Scootaloo?
347c7f No.157896
Ponk is shit-fucking retarded and we all know it. Possibly autistic.
57191f No.157898
>>157896
>possibly
You can bet your fucking ass that this is certain.
57191f No.157899
There are many instances where Orange Pone is more calm and rational than fucking Purple Pone. Purple Pone is a book worm; without her books she freaks out and finds it incredibly hard to adapt to the current situation at hand.
>Caring this much about pone
669e16 No.157905
>>157899
Do idiot savants usually have higher IQs than more "common sense" people?
c94e62 No.157907
>>157905
You need to define "intelligence" first.
57191f No.157918
>>157905
This is the problem when talking about intelligence. Doesn't the scientific community say something along the lines of "it's hard to pinpoint what can be defined as intelligent and what causes a high level of intelligence".
It depends on what you value more, a person with a high level of common sense; who can adapt to most situations easily. Or do you want a person who knows a lot about things, but can't operate outside of their comfort zone. Who knows?
Anyway, at least Orange Pone isn't having a panic attack every episode or the occasional mental illness outburst.
>>157899
Oh shit, forgot to check these.
c9702a No.157935
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for the record, it needs to be said that common sense is merely an application of intelligence and it assumes in advance that you know what is senseable.
661126 No.157938
>>157918
Which kind of person do you think is more likely to make a significant scientific discovery, or invent something that significantly improves the general slandered of living.
A Twilight or an Applejack?
57191f No.157939
>>157935
That seems like a compelling argument.
e9bed7 No.157942
>>157938
>a Twilight
You need at least sixteen Twilights in series to achieve that.
c9702a No.157950
>>157938
education =\= intelligence
669e16 No.157951
>>157942
16 unicorn Twilights with the wrong cutie mark, at least.
dc7b8e No.157954
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>>157938
Inventors are not necessarily the most cognatively gifted people. Usually, they just happen to be doing the right job at the right time. Twilight does a lot of research and experimentation, but it all within the realm of the theoretical. Case in point: the only thing she has ever invented has been a useless cutie mark switching spell, and she found that one half-done already.
Applejack is more practical, and she is motivated to relieve her heavy work load. Unfortunately for her, her disdain for anything new would make her an extremely unlikely inventor.
Do you know who would be a likely inventor? Apple Bloom. Sure, she is as dumb as a ball-peen hammer, but she is profoundly open to new ideas. Even beyond her insane cutie mark quest, Apple Bloom is ready and eager to try different things contrary to established wisdom. She also has the advantage of necessity. Soon she will be doing the same work that Applejack does, but unlike Applejack Apple Bloom will be looking for new ways to get it done. Of course, most of her ideas will end in catastrophy, as they always seem to, but eventually she will probably stumble onto something that works.
661126 No.157956
>>157950
>education =\= intelligence
For the sake of argument, lets say this Twilight and that Applejack are given the same education growing up
69b784 No.157958
>>157950
intelligence=getting into best school in country
69b784 No.157959
>>157753
Got a better system faggot?
dc7b8e No.157964
>>157958
If only! Having funding and scoring highly on tests gets a student into the best schools. Incidentally, I just got accepted into the best school in my state. Fuck yeah.
>>157959
Yeah, it's called "stop trying to graph disparate and nebulous cognative function on a linear formula, because that shit is retarded."
661126 No.157966
>>157964
Well there's why people shouldn't be allowed to buy their way into colleges.
I don't see what your problem is with tests though. Just make sure those tests actually cover the important information the student ought to know.
c9702a No.157968
>>157956
frankly, its probably impossible to pinpoint. the characters can't be any smarter than the writers are and the writers aren't dedicated to individual characters. i'll map out my opinion when I get off work, but I can't say Anything for certain right now.
>>157958
yes, but if you're talking specifically about twilight getting into a top magic school, I would say that natural magical ability has nothing to do with how smart you are.
dc7b8e No.157975
>>157966
Private colleges are businesses. Any time a business is involved in anything it will aim to make money above all else. The only way to stop it is to make all colleges entirely publically funded.
In any case, I did not buy my way in. I just had to trade four years of my life for my funding.
>I don't see what your problem is with tests though.
Test-taking is a skill as much as it is proof of retention. For example, on my enterance exam I tested through subjects that I have never studied. Anything multiple choice can be faked through, and half the time good test-takers do not realize how they are doing it.
On the other hand, people without the aptitude or experience for test-taking will test poorly, even when they have an understanding of the subject matter. Experience with testing is as important as it is with any skill. Thus, people who have not been acedemically tested repeatedly will always be at a disadvantage. That is who so many students who spend their early acedemic careers in the shitty baby-sitting services they call schools now frequently test so poorly.
Standardized tests give a false evaluation of students' respective knowledge. Experienced students like me always have a leg up on the system, while inexperienced students with equal or greater potential get held back. Worst of all, students who get held back have to pay a lot more money.
63a7fe No.158139
>>157723
>>157726
Actually, Rarity is the sharpest pony besides RD.
>>157723
I've seen Rarity toting some major brainpower without boasting it like a certain purple pony we all know.
>>157816
So how many points did magically growing wings spontaneously take off of her score?
63a7fe No.158142
>>158139
> it like
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c94e62 No.158144
As observed already in this thread
>Twilight has most book knowledge, factual information
>Rarity is most intelligent with handling other ponies, and aesthetics
>Rainbow knows her limits, and when to bet
>Applejack has the common sense, she can manage even tough situations
>Pinkie sense, enough said
>Fluttershy is the expert in non-verbal and animal communication
They're all equally intelligent in their own way. Same applies to humans: there is no single indicator if you're stupid or not. Some just have different gifts than others.
669e16 No.158271
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>>158139
You realize I was mostly joking, right?
661126 No.158282
>>158144
>>Rainbow knows her limits, and when to bet
Tanks for the Memories
f956f3 No.158288
>>158144
One is the possibly the single most skilled magic user alive, being chosen over Celestia and Luna as the one who should wield the sum total of princess magic in equestria against Tirek.
One is a successful business owner, fashion designer, martial artist, prospector, leader of a singing troupe, costume seamstress and on top of all that, she some how also manages to stay on top of the local gossip, national gossip AND hang out with her friends every day (so she likely also has supernatural time managing skills) and visit the local spa religiously.
One is… Ehm… Pinkie pie?
One is a dumb jock who at least knows her limits, so she usually avoids getting into too much trouble inspite of her lack of education and general cognitive capabilities.
One can speak to animals due to a magical talent and thats pretty much it.
And the last one can barely manage to keep the family farm from foreclosing, inspite of having ample free workforce, regular volunteers who also help for free, a monopoly on the local markets for most of their wares with a high demand to boot and she considers simple addition to be some kind of convoluted insult.
And she was also dumb enough to go to a catered high society party to sell carnie junkfood.
And worst of all, she's so arrogant and self-righteous she has no clue what her own limits are, blindly assuming she is the best and everything and that anything she doesn't already know isn't worth knowing. And she takes pride in this…
Even her inbred brother/father who can barely even string together coherent sentences, has said smarter things that she ever will.
4c57f1 No.161609
>>157954
I like you.
>>158288
>Even her inbred brother/father who can barely even string together coherent sentences
I would pay serious cash to bribe Larson to make this greentext canon.
01ff44 No.161612
Wouldn't it be better to have a cutely dumb favorite than cutely smart favorite. Although it's all about preference.
4bc661 No.161614
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4bc661 No.161615
>>161614
wait shit wrong tab
219685 No.161635
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>>158288
It is kind of difficult to defend Applejack's intelligence. She seems to have practical sense, at least in regards to things other that business. At least she is not prone to acts of reckless idiocy like the other five are.
Still, how the hell does she manage to poor while being the biggest land owner in town with no fewer than two monopolies (cider, zap apples)? Is it because she lets Fluttershy turn half her orchard into a fucking bat reserve? Is it because she sells her produce out of a cart in the market?
I mean, contrast that with Rarity who sells clothes in a giant nudist colony. She lives in silk and jewelry, owned her own place as a child, has an obscenely expensive collection of beauty supples, and at least weekly gets expensive spa treatments (probably treating NEET Fluttershy as well). It makes absolutely no sense for Rarity's little boutique to so wildly out-produce Applejack's vast orchards and farms unless Applejack is doing something monumentally wrong.
It makes me wonder what would happen to Sweet Apple Acres if Rarity were to take over the books.
669e16 No.161637
>>161635
>owned her own place as a child
You sure you're not misinterpreting that?
8e3999 No.161647
>>161637
Check "Cutie Mark Chronicles." Filly Rarity is shown sewing in Carousel Boutique. Yeah, that was probably just an oversight on the part of the storyboarders, but it still happened.
353079 No.161653
The characters all show varying levels of intelligence at different times on the basis that they can't be any smarter than the writer writing the episode. I can't give IQ levels, but I would say that most of them are average, including twilight.
Here's my order anyways
>Pinkie Pie
You would think that she would be lower wouldn't you? But when she's not being absolutely silly for comedic effect, she usually is pretty on the ball. When she seriously answers a question it usually comes out as "didn't everybody know that?"
>Applejack/Rarity
I'd have to tie these two, they're very different in their own rights, but both of them seem to have the know how to solve new problems that they haven't encountered before with their unique set of skills.
>Twilight
You'd think she'd be on top, but she constantly shows that she cannot think outside of a book to solve problems. She constantly doubts herself when she is not educated on a topic. She's a very good book learner, but generally solves problems by finding someone else's method than developing her own.
>Rainbow Dash
She's often headstrong and overconfident. She solves problems with nothing but her physical prowess rather than by any thought.
>Fluttershy
Unfortunately, I'm forced to rank her last. Of all her episodes, she never really comes across any problem other than "be more assertive" She's overly timid, and I would peg that on instinct controlling her actions rather than her own thoughts. She's thinks with her feelings.
>>161647
maybe she inherited it from her parents. I don't know, its just a possibility.
669e16 No.161662
>>161653
Just a reminder, these are characters intended for children.
ed983f No.161666
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>>161653
>maybe she inherited it from her parents. I don't know, its just a possibility.
Her parents are still alive.
Assuming you meant that her parents bought the boutique for her while she was still a child, that would make sense except for the fact that Rarity would have to already be doing something to make them think that she needed her own place. God knows that no parents would ever encourage their children to have their own place away from parental supervision without some extraordinary reason. Even if they did buy the boutique for Rarity, she must have already been making money as a seamstress which is nothing short of amazing.
669e16 No.161668
>>161666
I think he meant they all lived in the boutique when she was a child, and then it became hers when she became an adult.
78cff2 No.161670
>>158288
>>161635
Look, the farm isn't always broke because it's poorly run, the farm is always broke because it's a FARM. That is their natural state.
2acb87 No.161671
>>161662
just a reminder, we're all fucking manchilderen here boy.
>>161666
Yeah, but based on her attitude, she probably comes form money. Its possible her parents have more than one home.
669e16 No.161674
>>161671
I get more of a self-made, wanting to rise from nothing vibe from her.
8ec806 No.161675
Blue fast: 85-90
Flutter butter: 95-100
Ponk: 105-110
Appul: 115-120
Squiggles: 125-130
Purple nurple: 140-?
8ec806 No.161676
8ec806 No.161677
>>157938
>Implying AJ won't discover genetics via apple traits.
55d2c4 No.161679
>>161677
Your dubs have a point, but aren't apples kind of weird? Like you plant one and a different kind of apple tree might grow, or something like that?
ed983f No.161684
>>161670
Farms focused on simple commodities tend to turn a tiny profit, but Sweet Apple Acres is primarily an orchard. Orchards make mad bank, that is when there are no huge agribusinesses around to run them into the ground. Not only that, it is the oldest and largest property in the area. It should have been optimised for profit decades ago. It even has exclusive retail distribution deals. The Apples should be rolling in the dough.
>>161671
The funny thing about Rarity's parents is the bizarre Wisconsin accent. They do not sound like old money, and they dress like white trash with the Hawaiian shirt and stretch pants. Rarity may put on airs like she is high born, but her parents and Sweetie Belle put the lie to that notion.
Still, it would make sense that Rarity's parents somehow purchased Carousel Boutique for her. How else would she have gotten it? Still, her parents would have had no reason discernable to buy it for her. That is, unless she has been making ensembles for the Gala for quite a bit longer than she let on in "Ticket Master." Rarity would have to have been a rare prodigy either way. I am now imagining Rarity's mother as a Wisconsonian Leopold Mozart don'cha know and Rarity as young Wolfgang.
bb6117 No.161687
>>161684
>The Apples should be rolling in the dough
They've made a few pies
df8ad2 No.161728
>>161684
Something you wrote bothered me a bit, Anon. If Rarity is faking her accent to sound more rich, how come none of the actual rich characters sound anything like her? For that matter, none of the nobles including alicorns do either. Rarity isn't faking anything. She just sounds like – Rarity I guess.
Your observations about the Corousel Boutique and Sweet Apple Acres are on spot.
c29dc6 No.161736
Highest to lowest.
>Purple Smart
>Rarara
>Yellow Quiet
>Blue Fast
>APPUL
>Ponk
73fea1 No.161739
>>161736
Fluttershy is absolutely retarded, what are you even saying.
Applejack may lack the education, but she's sure as hell smarter than butter and the cunt.
75f316 No.161741
>>157975
I don't get how people do poorly on tests? I mean I'm sure if it's your first time taking a standard test, yeah you might get tripped up.
But it follows a lot of common sense. Don't spend half your allotted time on one question. Use common sense with multiple choice to improve your chances when blindly guessing, etc.
I always did better with standardized testing than in classes after elementary because I was too lazy to apply myself.
01ff44 No.161743
>>161676
Tfw 103iq and i was expecting something really horrific.
4c57f1 No.161744
>all these backbirths painting Ponk as a tard
>the only pony in the show with an eidetic memory
>can play at least 9 different instruments
>can bake complex cake recipes from memory
>organization skills that rival Twilight
>also has innate divination
She's the fucking pony Batman. Her brain would be off the charts.
01ff44 No.161745
ITT: You're favorite pony / The pony i perceive to be is the most dumb.
646558 No.161754
>>157866
This. Just look at her. But she's still the most fuckable one.
646558 No.161755
>>157896
>>157898
>Ponk
>autistic
You clearly have no fucking idea what autism is. She defines herself and her happiness by making others happy, that's like the exact opposite of autism. She might not be as empathetic as the Fluttershy, but she definitely is not autistic.
f956f3 No.161762
>>161635
>>161684
Only explanation is that AJ is a terrible business mare who keeps fucking up her finances and has no clue how to make bits.
Its almost like she has next to no formal education or something…
Rarity rarely sees customers come into her shop, but she has often mentioned getting orders from out of town. Either special orders from the like of Sapphire Shores, bulk orders the like of Hoity Toity who had a chain of stores or costume design work from that musical in Manehattan.
Even if she has few local customers on account of selling clothes in a nudist colony, its clear is is raking in bits on her design work, as a self made mare putting on the airs of being high born as part of her business and for social climbing purposes.
As far as old money goes? That Filthy Rich. As old as money gets in ponyville at any rate, which is only 1-2 generations old.
Rarity's parents seem as down to earth as you can get without digging a hole. Most likely explanation is that they used to live in Carousel Boutiqe but Rarity took it over when her business took off and she bought them another home with money from the design business.
When comparing the two, I just don't see how anyone would rate the financial failure as being smarter than the successful high fashion designer, who's doing so well some of the biggest names in equestrian fashion are seeking her out in spite of her living out in the sticks.
4c57f1 No.161786
The Apple Family's situation certainly deserves some deeper explanation than we are ever likely to get, but here's a theory..
**Maybe Big Mac keeps another set of books because he doesn't trust his sister with the family finances.
Maybe she used to have a colt friend that stole a significant amount from them.
Maybe the depression and damage that incident did to Applejack is what led to her incestuous relationship with her brother. She needed comfort.
But he still doesn't trust her with money and lets her think they are living on the brink as a form of punishment.
And she still doesn't trust stallions that aren't kin**
cb70ad No.161810
>>161728
Rarity's Mid-Atlantic accent is one that does not occur in nature. It can only be learned and affected. IRL it was used by stage performers and taught in some American finishing schools, which may be a clue as to why Rarity has that accent.
We know that Rarity attended the regular Ponyville public school, since we saw her doing as much in "Cutie Mark Chronicles." That does not, however, preclude her having attended a finishing school later. If her parents do indeed have money, which only makes sense, that would have been a desirable option especially when taking Young Rarity's predilection for style into account.
Lending credence to that theory is Sweetie Belle. If Rarity's parents had been as eager to dump Young Rarity off on someone else as they are with Sweetie Belle, a finishing school would be practical and relatively responsible. That would also explain why Sweetie Belle speaks with that West Coast accent that seems to be common in Ponyville–she has not been to a finishing school.
cb70ad No.161812
>>161762
Yeah, what is with Applejack's seeming lack of an education? She grew up in the same town as Rarity and Cheerilee. It would only make sense that they all attended the same school. Did Applejack have to drop out to help on the farm when her parents died?
73fea1 No.161813
>>161810
That… makes a ton of sense.
78cff2 No.161818
>>161684
>>161762
Bigger the farm is, the bigger the costs.
Besides, we see the damn place getting attacked by fruit bats, parasprites, eggplant monsters, dragons, timber wolves, cows, Rainbow Dash, and Celestia knows what else in MLP's fucked up near D&D setting. Fixing all that shit up every time adds up.
AND we can't forget the heavily implied PARENTS ARE DEAAAAD, which probably means Big Mac and Applejack have been the only able-bodied ponies on the farm for years, with Granny Smith too frail to do many tasks.
>>161810
I always just figured it was a result of Rarity trying to sound posh, since her entire thing is being a self-made pony who desperately wants to become a part of high society. Or just a family thing, her parents also have weird regional American accents. Makes me wonder what Sweetie Belle will grow up sounding like.
cb70ad No.161837
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>>161818
What exactly are the costs of running a farm without heavy machinery, GMOs, or haber-bosch fertilizer? They would need a constant supply of steel tools (eg. Big Mac's saggy old plow). They would need wood, which they may or may not be able to get from the nearby forests. They would need water rights, assuming they do not straight up own them since their ancestors were the first homesteaders. If they have any sense, hired labor would be another expense, although we never see non-Apples working the farm.
Your idea that constant disasters keep Sweet Apple Acres from turning a huge profit makes as much sense as anything that I can think of. Crops and buildings get destroyed all the time in the show, and it only makes sense that would carve a massive chunk out of the Apples' profits. They need to, like, hire some samurai or something for protection.
f956f3 No.161841
>>161818
Maybe the farm is just too big for her and Big Mac to work it effectively and she's too "stubborn and proud" (as in, too dumb to ask for help)
Her willingness to set apart large chunks of it for fruitbats makes sense in that context. She has just never mentioned any such problems, and it would make sense for them to hire extra help if it was the case. They wouldn't even need someone from outside the appleclan for that. Someone like braeburn or other such members of the clan would love to come and help them out. However, we just don't see hired workers on the farm.
AJ dropping out of school to work the farm as >>161812 suggested also makes a lot of sense.
I don't buy the disasters theory though. Those hit ponyville and Rarity's boutique about as often as the farm gets hit, yet the farm seems far worse off economically than the rest of the town. Why do they hurt worse than the boutiqe when it gets demolished by yaks and her entire inventory and supply of materials get demolished, as compared to the apples need a new barn due to pinkie pie happening while they where rebuilding the old one after it had been rainbow dashed?
Besides, such things aren't new. The farm has always been sitting right next to the big forest of nightmarish pony eating horrors. Surely the family has learned how to keep manticores off their land in the 2-3 generations they have lived there.
cb70ad No.161846
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>>161818
Oh, and to the point of Rarity's accent being a professional affectation, even if her thespian Mid-Atlantic accent does sound more posh than that of the average Ponyvillian, why would she choose to speak with that one instead of the accent that upper class Canterlotians like Jet Set, Upper Crust, Fleur De Lis, Hoity Toity, and the rest use? If she is going to play at being from Canterlot, why try to sound like an actress? Maybe she is aiming for "nouveau riche" instead of "old money," but then Filthy Rich, who actually is Ponyvillian new money, speaks with a Southwestern accent almost like Cal Worthington.
fbae65 No.161853
>>155664
THE MANE SIX FROM MOST TO LEAST INTELLIGENT: THE OFFICIAL /pone/ POWER RANKING
1. Twilight Sparkle
2. Rarity
3. Fluttershy
4. Applejack
5. Rainbow Dash
6. Pinkie Pie