Talk:Spike/@comment-92.15.136.69-20130618192951

As we saw in episode 23 of season one, Twilight hatched Spike from an egg as part of an admission exam for a school of magic run by Celestia, gaining both her cutie mark and a chance to study under Celestia's direct guidance.

I discussed it at length in a previous note, but we need to know, why did Celestia have his egg in the first place? We know from “Secret of My Excess” and “Dragon Quest” that not only do ponies know next to nothing about dragon anatomy and culture but that Spike is also essentially the only dragon brought up by ponies. Through out the first season, I suspected that perhaps, just as with the case of mules, griffons, and buffalo there existed at least a subclass of Dragons who either were on diplomatically positive relations with Celestia, if not, as we see from Donkeys and Mules, completely assimilated, a subclass if you will, of pony civilization. Yet we have seen no other “poniezed” dragons, and we see from “Dragon Quest” that the three teenage dragons have no respect for Celestia.

A lot of us have posted a lot of interesting theories about Spike’s biological origins, ranging from he was an egg found on the ground, to that he was part of an exchange program. I hope, for better or for worse, the show will explore in greater detail Spike’s origins.