Talk:Twilight Sparkle/@comment-4664963-20111211110840/@comment-76.250.3.254-20111211235121

EquZephyr: I'm not looking for special numbers. It makes sense if you read the book, but suffice it to say that in the books a machine is constructed to find the "Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything." It returns the answer "42." It then goes on to say, when asked what the question is, that it can't discern that, but can design a greater computer which can. Early experiments with the computer to find the question returns "What is six times nine?" (math and memory fail on my part, 6x7 does equal 42. 9 still figures as a number of importance in some philosophies, and it's base-13, although it was not originally intended by the author.) But I admit this is all just me thinking about it way too much.

All that really needs to be pointed out is that 42 is a big number in nerd culture because of H2G2, and there were 98 other number they could have used (not including 0, or going into triple digits) for her number. I tend to figure that when 42 is used, there's a reason, and with all of the pop culture references made in MLP, I think it's fair to assume this was one as well.

Pop Culture References in MLP: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ShoutOut/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic