MLP Theory - Why Nopony Recognized Princess Twilight Sparkle
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- Опубликовано: 19 янв 2017
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Selective Attention Test by Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris (1999):
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I have a question
Why does no pony respect Twilight as a princess? Like, from an episode in S7 Misfortune, the crowd did not care about what Twilight said and persisted on what they wanted. It's like her turning into a princess did not even matter.
TheCrazyLittleGirl 20 Because I think Celestia turning her into a princess was pointless and clearly I believe the Ponies only see Celestia Luna Cadence and Flurry Heart as the only Alicorns so apparently Twilight Sparkle becoming an Alicorn Princess didn't even matter making Twilight an Alicorn Princess is just pointless anyway because she and the Mane Five are give no respect for what they have done for Equestria because I believe Celestia is keeping all the fame to herself.
Katelyn Bodiford it wasn't pointless it was her destiny
@@alex-iz5jv A destiny that ended up pointless. She doesn't wear her crown nor does she have a royal guard and she gets no respect or recognition from the populace. Plus shes constantly bowing down to celestia like shes a basic pony. Luna doesn't do that nor does cadance. If shes supposed to be a princess then shes doing a bad job at it.
The Darkness no twilight is not doing a bad job it’s just a show
@@katelynbodiford5680 Celestia didn't TURN twilight into an Alicorn though. If you re-watch the scene the magic clearly comes from twilight herself. When she was being levitated by this so-called magical essence, Celestia's horn was not glowing. She was merely watching the transformation take place in front of her. Honestly, in my opinion, I want to say some don't give her the "Appropriate Attention" is because well for one, Twilight does not do public events as Celestia does. She doesn't go around judging contests, she doesn't talk about politics, etc. Sure she is an element of harmony and saved Equestria multiple times. If you think about it not every pony in Equestria attends these ceremonies that celebrate Twilight's accomplishments. Sure there is a LOT of ponies that attend, but surely there can not be EVERY citizen in one location right? Sure the word would get around eventually but like in real life, if you were not there does it really affect you? If there was a storm far away from you and killed people, would you really let it affect your life or remember it afterwards? Sure you would feel maybe sad about the lost lives for maybe 5 minutes but afterward you're living your life normally again.
My theory was that Twilight cast an illusion spell on herself so that no one would notice she was an Alicorn. This was to prevent her from being mobbed anytime she went out in public.
Warrior of Virtue good theory, and its pretty likely too
If she did do that, it would be shown or mentioned.
@@oliviawilliams8549 you mean like spike whenever he travels to the chrystal empire and only the chrystal empire
Starlight noticed
FunnyFox 204 no it’s not. Fun to make these things up, but come on, the writers definitely are just winging it. It is a Y rated tv show after all!
You also gotta consider that it was raining, and he was is a hurry to get somewhere
I wonder why he didn´t metion that
Weird
This is why the president isn't always noticed in public.
@Modicai Doherty That came out of nowhere.
That was unexpected but ok.
Yes, i think when Twilight would wear her crown more, like Tia, Luna and Cady, that she would be noticed. Also that with the wings.
Tia = Celestia
Cady = Cadance
Also, even if Delegate 2 did notice the wings, he might have dismissed her as a Pegacorn instead of recognizing her as an Alicorn.
Anonymer Brony, I agree! Twilight is a PRINCESS! she needs to let go, get some guards!
Twilight Sparkle looks better without her crown anyway.
She should use the royal canterlot voice like Luna
Or maybe he just didn't care about that Twilight was an alicorn. I mean, just because she's a princess doesn't it mean that she could cut the line.
Yellow Normie yeah but I doubt he cares because she’s bit that important
Hmm, he still could have shown more respect towards twilight though.
That's my theory. He's from Manehatten. You know what they're like.
You want respect in Manehatten you have to earn it.
Bruh, omg. Look at me miss lil' goodie two shoes from four years ago. I had completely forgotten about writing this comment.
@@yellownormie4112
Beat me to it by four years. I am so behind the times.
I'm a psychology major and I loved every part of this video
me too! ponies need to respect princess twilight sparkle!
Wait then why didn't the other people in line notice her? they got a clear view of her horn and wings from the position she was standing they would have had a side view of her right?
Just like Delegate 2, they weren't really paying attention, they were all in a hurry to get to where they all needed to go to notice anything special about Twilight. Again, the fact that wings and horns are a common sight have come into play.
These ponies are all supposed to be parodies of New Yorkers, who are all stereotyped as being jaded and used to unusual sights. XD
Kelaiah01 Apparently New Yorkers are jerks and rude
They simply don't care about her
I have a good one for you. Why does no pony recognize the Mane 6? The Mane 6 saved everypony in Equestria numerous times. Even before Twilight was an alicorn, no pony recognized her or her friends as the heroes they are. It was made clear to everypony that the Mane 6 are heroes, and yet, no pony seems to care. They casually interact with the Mane 6 as if they are just normal strangers. Maybe selective attention was at work here, too, but this has happened far too often for me to consider it that. I mean, come on! Pinkie Pie socializes with all of Ponyville pretty much every day. How could they not recognize her? The others are constantly seen throughout Ponyville. Only Twilight is recognized occasionally when ponies actually notice her wings. Maybe I missed something, and I'm just being stupid. I don't know. ~Jasmine
Probably because no one knows what the Main 6 look like. Most of their heroism is done in Ponyvill, or a small area of Canterlot, or where no one is around.
The thing about war heroes, though, they're not all that celebrated. Sure, they might get a parade or a banquet in their honor upon success, but then they just return to their normal lives. I'm sure it's the same with the Mane 6, even though they haven't technically been in any wars.
They do most of their heroism when nobody's around
Arianna and Jasmine just a thought, so im probably wrong, but count how many times they saved the world and there were actually ponies there? And how many times ponys were there, but panicking and running for their lives? Trying to remember a person's face while trying to avoid changlings that can change their appearance is kinda hard.
when pinkie talks to people in pony ville alp of them know her she says that she knows everyone in ponyville
i think that this perspective is an opportunity for twilight to not get too carried away as an alicorn and have a way more relaxed life without so much stress , sure , it would be nice to be recognized as an alicorn , but those paparazzi wouldnt let her go anywhere from that moment unnoticed . its kinda like being a disguised superstar . if you are not noticed so much its way easier to get through the normal life instead of being recognized and have always the full attention . celestia and luna can handle that already , because they rose up with that , but twilight could get a breakdown with her nerves . we know very well , how good this works out ;D
Well, I think another reason Twilight wasn't noticed was she wasn't surrounded by Royal Guards the way she should have been. Notice in "Slice of Life" episode, both Celestia and Luna are at the wedding yet no one pays any special attention to them at all. When Cadance comes to Ponyville in "Three's a Crowd", no one seems to pay any special attention to her either. With all the background alicorns they've shown in the show, perhaps they aren't really all that uncommon. Like Hollywood Celebrities.
She should have said "Do you even know who are you talking to?"
Yes. That would have been hilarious
yeah, I think it's plausible. nice touch with putting a horn on your character, by the way 😂 yeah, I caught it.
He did? I suspected he had done something like it, but I never saw it. When?
Arden Kroesbergen
Nope, not while he's showing the video, I had to wait longer when doublechecking, until he got back to "delegate 2".
RubberyCat oops, yeah, it's at 5:40.
Arden Kroesbergen I saw it too
Yeah I saw that to
There is actually a more simple explanation to why that pony ignored her. There are some people that don't give a rat's ass if you are a peasant or royalty. I know it sounds crazy but for me royalty are people like me and they should not get any special treatment when in a public place. That is also especially true for city ppl that don't have time to waste. If he would give up the taxi just because Twilight was royalty that would be power abuse. If delegate pony were to give up his taxi it should have been because of generosity and not fear of authority. But it seems he wasn't feeling too generous in that moment.
indiana201333 he seemed really busy tooo
He probably thought it was an animation error
you turned in to a alicorn for a second.
I saw dat too!!
time stamp?
@@ToriGachaGirl it's been 3 years but I guess this is what I'm doing
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@@evajuliajohannsdottir1185 thx, and sorry 4 bothing u
@@ToriGachaGirl sure thing
Good job on the random horn. Never noticed it on till I saw the comments and went back to look for it.
You proved your point well XD
I saw the gorilla and counted 15. I also thought to myself “I wonder if this gorilla will have anything big attached to it” when I saw it. But I believe selective attention is real.
Perhaps Twilight tells her subjects to address her like a regular unicorn, because being a princess is one thing, but being the princess of friendship is another. All of the princesses don't appear to have friends. So Twilight wants to stand out, it's kinda her job as representing friendship, but do friends try to be the best, and be addressed as "princess" or "your highness"?
No
that makes sense but i really feel like if this pony was willing to comply to her wishes then he would be kinder
i loved that you did the horn thing!!! anyways i really loved this video because i took psychology so this stuff is right up my ally. You did a great job!!!!
I don’t know if anyone else has noticed, but ponies seem more excited to meet Twilight after she becomes a princess, than ever before. How many times did she save Equestria before she became a princess? Someone like that ought to be held in high regard for that, no? And yet, she isn’t famous until she gains a monarch title. She didn’t even have any real royal duties until an entire season after she became an alicorn princess, so it’s not like any pony just admired her field of work or accomplishments since becoming royal (not that they had changed much since she was a civilian).
Twilight HATES being a princess, but it is her destiny! She is staying a princess till she dies thousands of years of being royalty!
Elizabeth Michelle Hawkins Luna and celestia are over 600 years old
@@Afrcanqueen Over 1000 actually
Actually, Twilight will not be living for 1000 years or even 100. Because she gave up her power and lose her 1000+ lives.
She gave up all her power to the crystal in the G5.
This is why some people in the DC comics don't realize that Clarke Kent and Superman are the same person right away.
But clark actually wears a disguise doesn't he? Sure it's just glasses, but it's SOMETHING.
also wouldn't everyone notice she looks EXACTLY like equestria's newest princess
Maybe he thought it was an animation error
My theory is that he did notice and simply didn't care, he had little reason to change his behavior even if he did realize she was a princess.
The 'they didn't notice' explanation is so simple, yet people almost never think of it. There are so many 'plot holes' that can be explained by the simplest explanation. Another simple explanation that is often overlooked is 'they were lying'. Like when Rainbow said she was the first in her class to get her cutie mark but then one of the flight school bullies had one before her in the flashback. It never occurs to many people that a bragger might stretch the truth to make themselves look better.
I know there's plenty of people that saw pics of alicorn Twilight while watching seasons 1-3 and were still surprised when she got wings at the end of 3. I know one person that walked right by a giant store display of Twilight with her wings extended and still didn't notice, probably because they had it in their mind that she didn't have wings so wasn't looking for it.
Also, it's raining. Even in a cartoon, it's hard to see something like wings in a downpour added to he other things he mentioned.
5:42
I was paying attention, and happened to notice a horn on your head, only for it to disappear soon after.
Did anyone else see it?
I like this. Not many people realize that in this universe, Twilight doesn't exactly stand out that much. People forget that ponies recognize alicorns as two or three specific ponies, and even then, most of those ponies are really tall and noticeable.
Unless they are paying specific attention (like Starlight - even she took a couple seconds to notice even when analyzing her.)
I love this! Nice explanation for a rather gaping plot hole. I especially love the temporary horn at 5:40, I was very excited when I noticed it ;)
I actually did see the Gorilla, but when I watched a similar video, I completely missed the other changes in the scene. So guilty.
I had noticed the horn
did anyone else see the horn
"Delicate 2"
:D
Personally, I think there may have been more than that at work for delegate 2. Yes, he was inattentive and short-tempered. it was also raining, which for a lot of people makes it harder to focus on things, on top of being stressed and waiting for what is apparently an extremely rare cab, and he's been waiting there for a while, if that line's any indication. people are less likely to be interested in noting things like that if they're stressed or upset, and the environment was certainly not playing to Twilight's favor with the weather.
thx so much for the captions!
I saw that horn, boy
yeah I'm guilty of having a bad memory. Just recently I realized that my Dentist was also one of my music teachers XD
why did you randomly had a horn?
Googlypuffers Oh! makes sense.
i thought i was the only one who saw it =)
I didn't ^_^
Cameo Shadowness selective attention
Me three
I saw a horn randomly appear on your head and the comments are very reassuring because now I know I’m not going insane and seeing things from lack of sleep
Just took the selestive attention test, yes, I counted all fifteen passes, and yes, I did see the gorilla. When taking a test like that, I always look for gorillas because more often than not, either a gorilla or a penguin walks across screen.
I think Twilight should get a flowing Mane like Celestia and Luna's so she's more noticeable aside from her wings and Horn which actually just here as a alicorn but either way she should have a flowing Mane it would just make sense and Cadence should have one too
Max Max I think Celestia and Luna's flowing manes and tails are not their real manes and tails and their real manes and tails are actually pink and light blue. Also it's possible that Celestia and Luna are actually Windigos disguised as Alicorns that's why they have flowing manes and tails.
Untrue. The manes are real and I'm pretty sure they're flowing due to the immense power that the two sisters have. As one can tell in the episode where the three princesses give their magic to Twilight. Her mane had the same appearance as theirs for a short moment.
5:38
Me: THE HECK?! ARE YOU TESTING ME??!!
Awesome vid man. Loved it :)
PRINCESS TWILIGHT SPARKLE NEEDS TO LET GO OF HER PAST!!!
What past ?...... this video isn't even focused on that what are you on about
why did he have a horn at one point of the video I'm confused????
To prove his theory. :)
I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE THE HORN UNTIL I SCROLLED THROUGH THE COMMENTS LOL
Pause at 5:42... HE HAS A HORN?!?
H B BearTM Bear
youre right:o
O_O Didn't notice that, oh my gosh.
I don't feel guilty for missing that. I was trying to multi-task.
H B BearTM Bear oh
did you see how, well, when he was talking about Focus, Fringe, and Margin, He had a Alicorn horn?
Kinda like how it took me so long to find the button to drop the cube when I glanced at it several times XD
My brain does work that way tho... Oh, no wonder I heard voices in my head!😅
my brain was already turn into an ice-cream 😵 and.... i like your video, i learned a lot you know so... thank you😊
You also have to take into account her horn. Her horn is kinda sticking out and is a lot more obvious than her folded up wings. Plus, its closer to her face, so its more likely to be noticed.
This Ponys name is background pony number 33 😂🤣
Just learned about selective attention! 😀
What I remember isn't much so memories are mostly detailed but some are detailed
The irony.
In a video about selective attention i don't notice the boat until about halfway through the video
I swear twighlight forgets the fact that she's a fucking princess. I'd use my wings as an advantage. Cutting in line and shit
Zaliyah Whitaker
Twilight*
I really watched the selective attention thing and while counting went "oh, a gorilla lol" and at the end realized I wasn't supposed to see it 😭
I agree with your theory!
Just got to 5:44 in the video and noticed the horn.
Though I wasn't watching, huh?
You're right! Twilight is a Princess and ponies should be amazed and follow her
5:36 I SEE THAT HORN THERE,KING
I did notice the gorilla but I still followed your explanation and understood.
XD I remember the first time I saw that little test - I got completely distracted by the gorilla, but I also noticed that the 'replay' was /completely different from the first part of the video/ so that thing is just super unfair anyway -.- (sorry I'm still jaded at my high school teacher making my classmates feel silly for not noticing it on the first view then brushing me off for pointing out that freaking DANCE in the second half)
in the MLP phone Game the unnamend pony called 'lucky clover'
Yeah, as soon as he saw the horn, he wasn't looking for if she was an alicorn pegasus or unicorn
To be honest I kinda wished Twilight used her royal title to get the taxi. I don't remember the exact plot of that episode anymore, but Rarity was trying to get a taxi in that scene, right? Twilight could've simply spread her wings, let everypony take in the moment she was an alicorn princess as Rarity walks through the line of the taxi. Ta-da. Not much of a hassle anymore.
5:40 HE HAD A HORN
DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUUUUN
PRINCESS BRONY LOL
5:40 Horn! You thought that that would go unnoticed?
I notice the gorilla, I didn't notice it "beated(?)" its chest but I notice it (almost took my attention from the white shirt people actually)
actually that guy lives in ponyville. I've seen him a few times in ponyville
All the ponies are used to seeing the random alicorn animation error ponies that they dont bat a eye when talking to twilight and only when her wings are unfurled do they see she has the actual wing span of a legitimate alicorn
No he was like "she's the princess of friendship I don't really need to respect her; 'cause she's the princess of friendship she soppost to be friendly, beside she's new princess that mean she use to treat like other..."
At 5:49 I noticed you had a horn cuz I was so focused I was one of the people who saw the gorilla point proven
5:40 *You thought I wouldn't notice*
Spotting different things in the background is my thing
I have great attention to detail this means change blindness is getting rare
I SAW YOUR ALICORN FORM AT 5:40!!!!
I think its because twi walks around and visits places in equestria it wasnt much of a surprise to see her. He probably sees her all the time
5:42 You were an alicorn. I have ADD.
4:27 I mean he was in the Middle of the game, hard to miss.
That’s just like Thomas in Big World! Big Adventures! No one has recognised him as THE famous ‘Thomas the Tank Engine’.
5:40 hes an alicorn
5:42 I am paying attention, obviously.
(I didn't notice the first 10 times)
anybody else notice DragonTrainer201's horn at 5:43??
That grey pony with green cutiemark lucky clover 🍀 I knewed that from the mlp gameplay
2:54 - aww that face ;-;
my eyes are really good I saw the horn and the gorilla bcuz my eyes dart around alot
Yep
do you have any coralation with Red Cord and BlueRav3
I decided to watch the selective attention test again... First time I saw it, I never saw the gorilla and the second time is the same. Now. I did.
even if it is true she eis also the element of hamony either no one knows of them or he is forgetting one the most important person in equestria
Like all the things said around 4:50 about not being able to take in all the information because our brains filter it out, I have ADD, that's literally the one thing my brain sucks at, I DO receive all the sensors and the information and let me tell you that shit is exhausting. Also I did see the gorilla, like immediately lmfao
I also spotted the horn ahahaha
I paused to get chips when he had a horn at 5:44
I payed no attention to ya the second time i watched this. I looked around the background
maybe he ha the horn for 'selective attention'! hahah
2:37 the author of this trivia is from the same country as I'm from!
i've watched 2 or three of your videos and i havent noticed that you're an alicorn until now
5:42 He is an alicorn lol