Scootaloo

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***Scootaloo*** (\*Spring 995 in Ponyville, Equestria; † 1030 in Cloudsdale Weather Factory, Cloudsdale, Equestria (Aged 35)), later called ***Absentia***, due to her being completely absent from her life for over 20 years, was an orange Pegasus Mare. She was responsible for the 1010 Incident and the 1030 Upper Factory Disaster. She was Orion's best friend/crush and a former member of the Cutie Mark Crusaders.

## Scootaloo

* Absentia
* Scootaloo

### Aliases

Absentia, Scoots, Squirt, Pipsqueak, Failure, Worthless Whore of a Foal

### Relatives

Snap Shutter (Father)
Mane Allgood (Mother)
Holiday (Paternal Aunt)
Lofty (Aunt)
Rainbow Dash (Caretaker/Adoptive Sister; Formerly)
Orion Solstice (Crush; Deceased)

### Affiliation

Cutie Mark Crusaders (Formerly)
The Official Rainbow Dash Fan Club (Formerly)

### Occupation

Flight School Student (Formerly; Failed)br/>President of The Official Rainbow Dash Fan Club (Formerly)

## Biographical information

### Place of death

Cloudsdale Weather Factory, Cloudsdale, Equestria

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

PurpleRoselyn (Rainbow Dash & Scootaloo sing Pegasus Device)

### Appears in

Rainbow Factory
Pegasus Device
Rainbow's Factory

## Biography

Scootaloo was born in 995 to Austailian parents Snap Shutter and Mane Allgood. She was born disabled with stunted wings and abandoned by her parents shortly after. Her aunts, Holiday and Lofty took over custody of her and raised her in Ponyville.

In 1000, Apple Bloom tried to hide her lack of a cutie mark and sneak out of Diamond Tiara's cute-ceañera, but despite all her efforts she's found out. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon start to mock her for being "not special", only for two other blank-flanked fillies, a unicorn named Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo, to rush to her defense. They, and Twilight, point out that still having the potential to become anything can be regarded as special too, turning the crowd positively interested towards Apple Bloom, much to Diamond Tiara's and Silver Spoon's annoyance. The trio resolve to become fast friends, and to help each other find their purpose in life as the "Cutie Mark Crusaders". Twilight, meanwhile, is inspired to write a friendship report about how something you think will alienate you from others can actually lead you to making good friends.

In the Summer of 1001, Rainbow Dash took over custody of Scootaloo and in 1003, she moved to Coudsdale to live with her.

In Cloudsdale, she met Orion Solstice and soon became his best friend.

1003-1009 marked a steady increase in cognition, reasoning and mechanical skill. Personal training and support by Rainbow Dash helped compensate for her wing disability and by Spring 1004 her flight aptitude was registered as average for her age group.

Following the election of Rainbow Dash to Executive Director position, personalized training was intensified in scope and frequency, until her flight  aptitude was registered as outstanding by 1009. At that same time, a slight decrease in school marks was noted.

Somewhere around this time, she earned her Cutie Mark.

Despite the exhaustive training, she failed her flight test in 1010 during the Fly portion of the exam, due to being distracted by Orion rushing to Aurora Dawn's, a filly that dislocated her wings and fell to the ground, aid instead of finishing his flight maneuvers. Director Dash personally chose to oversee the  processing for this batch of "Failures" Due to her close personal relationship (and disregard of policies regarding these scenarios), a major breach of resources and subsequent loss of employee life now known as The 1010 Incident occurred.

The damage caused by the Incident was written off as a major industrial accident and Director Dash used the opportunity (and subsequent insurance funds) to commission a massive overhaul of the Upper Factory facilities. Scootaloo was, despite still being slated for processing, detained by Director Dash in the Main Theatre Room indefinitely.

Scootaloo remained in custody under technical ‘Rogue Failure’ status within the MTR until the 1030 Upper Factory Disaster, when she was released by Cloud Cover and Corona and used her knowledge of both the Old Factory layout and Director Dash to cause massive damage, excessive loss of employee life and ultimately escape processing.

During the Upper Factory Disaster, Scootaloo came into contact with lethal amounts of liquid thunder reserves. Witnessing this (again in contravention of personal relationship policies) debilitated Director Dash. A Termination crew was dispatched to the lower foothills, where the remains of Scootaloo were located, recovered and ultimately discarded somewhere over the Everfree Forest.

## Personality

Scootaloo was energetic and tomboyish, much like her idol Rainbow Dash. Although brash and spunky, she is skittish and self-conscious occasionally. Scootaloo called Rainbow Dash "the coolest pony in Ponyville" and voiced her enthusiasm to hear about how she got her cutie mark. Scootaloo chairs the "Official Rainbow Dash Fan Club", at which she wore a rainbow-colored wig and attempted to find a word to sum up Rainbow Dash's virtues.

After finding out about the going-ons in the Rainbow Factory and Rainbow Dash showed her real face, her whole world view shattered. She became angry and very depressed. She always cared alot about her friends, ensuring they were doing well and survived.

As Absentia, she completely forgot about her past and who she was, even having forgotten her own name. She was driven completely insane by isolation. As she was completely shut off from the outside world, she never matured and acted like a foal for the rest of her life. She was depressed and completely hopeless, before finally finding peace in death.

## Appearance

Scootaloo was an orange Pegasus Mare with a wild purple mane & tail, which was trying to imitate Rainbow Dash's. Her wings were rather short and stunted, leaving her disabled. Her eyes were purple aswell. Her Cutie Mark was a black wheel with a yellow lightning bolt shooting out of it.

As Absentia, all her colours looked more dull and dusty. Her mane was more ruffed up and longer grown too.

## Appearances

### The Factoryverse

* 2011 - Rainbow Factory
* 2012-2013 - Pegasus Device
* 2021 - Rainbow's Factory

### Books

* 2014 - Rainbow Factory
* 2021 - The Pegasus Device

### Songs

* 2013 - Pegasus Device - SlyphStorm
* 2020 - A Flight That Never Comes - TheLostNarrator (Mentioned)

## Trivia

* She was held captive in the main theatre room for exactly 20 years (1010-1030).
* Absentia is the old Alicornian word for "missing".

## Quotes

### Rainbow Factory

* “C’mon, Orion! We’re gonna be late for our final test!” - Scootaloo's first line.
* “You shut the Tartarus up about us, you have no right to treat others like this!”
* “I THOUGHT YOU LOVED ME!” - to Rainbow Dash, after learning her true intentions.
* “I thought you loved me! How could you do this to me? I thought you cared for me! After all the help… All my life, you’ve treated me like a little sister! And I treated you like my big sister! You were my big sister, to me! You were the only family I’ve ever had, and you knew it! After… after everything… you’re just going to let me die? I tried so hard, for you...”
* “...Goodbye, Orion, I… I love you too.”
* "You have beautiful eyes."

## Sources

* Lore Document - AuroraDawn
* TVTropes