Just re-watching S1 and had a timing problem

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  1. Echoax

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    The show creators intentionally skipped forward a month because otherwise the episode would be about two newborn foals. Also known as a "flashforward".

    And going with the original topic, a flashforward still could apply. We don't really know how long Twi has actually been in Ponyville. If the show creators went day by day that'd be quite boring. Clearly a scenery change was needed and that was what they went with.

    Also, instead of thinking about the legitimacy, take a look at every other cartoon series or movie and you'll realize this is an extremely popular story telling tactic.
     
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    Except that Pinkie sang a song all about them being a month old. :derpe:

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    Also, we need to take in to account the train.
     
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    in episode, pinkie pie celebrated their 1 month old birthday.
    therefore, one month passed in couple minutes.
     
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    Okay, I have been out-bronied... :) I have only seen all the episodes once and a few of Season 1 a second time.
     
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    And by what evidence do the ponies in MLP grow like actual horses? It's most realistic to assume they grow at a similar rate to humans.
     
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    Perheaps nothing much happened during the spring and summer, so right to fall for a good story~
     
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    Or maybe the cameras they used to film it can't send their feed in Spring and Summer, hence the gap.
     
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    I don't over think when it comes to a cartoon, but it does leave some interesting background information like the Ed Edd and Eddy Purgatory. I don't think the creators thought about this and just put the episodes in a order that's somewhat follows the seasons.
     
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    Equestria season schedule:
    Winter > Spring > Summer > Autumn > Winter > Autumn > Summer > Spring > Winter > Spring...
     
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    I thought Hasbro said the episodes weren't in chronological order, so they can be watched in any order. If not then I don't know how to explain that
     
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