The Complete and Total Chronology of Daring Do (PART 1)

[@banquo0]

I really had no idea there was this much lore about Daring Do. I can only imagine by the end of all of this, you looked like Charlie Day from that one episode of Always Sunny, trying to connect the dots with sticky notes, red thread, and approximately 2 hours of sleep over the course of 48 hours.

[@FrenchRarity]

I always thought Daring Do looked like that because it was how Rainbow Dash imagined her. She first appeared in bookform after all. Rainbow was pretending to be a book's main protagonist basically, so she looked like her in her head! ... But then she appears in person and, uh, yea, it's all out of the window I guess. I still think that was the initial idea, though.

[@b.b.3495]

That was the original Idea, but this show is for little Kids, so when Doring Do showed up in Person She had to be recognicable for them. The imaginated Version had to be used to ensure that, same as with Quibble Pants Mane. At first it was just Cosplay, but if the intended Audience can't recognice him in later Episodes he can't be used again, so he had to keep the Mane.

[@FrenchRarity]

@@b.b.3495 Ahh, that makes sense!

[@pbmultiverse2383]

​@@b.b.3495 So you're telling me it was a "literally me fr" Moment?

[@orktv4673]

That makes sense (and is probably the reason she does look that way) but Daring Do's design in Read It And Weep isn't just a figment of Rainbow Dash's imagination, we actually see her depicted like that on the cover of the book in the same episode.

[@FrenchRarity]

​@@orktv4673 I don't even remember the book cover! Oups. Well maybe they had the idea and gave it up before Read It And Weep was even released, Daring Do's design being a remnant of it... Of course, it's just a theory.

[@melpomenes]

Hi hello, I majored in art history+archeology and am moving on to specialize in Meso art/archeology...Quetzalcoatl is the feathered serpent deity and although he served many roles in Mesoamerican society, he is also known as the god of knowledge, books, and writing (as well the god of the morning and evening star (symbol of death)). The name is derived from the Nahuatl word quetzalli which means 'tail feather of the quetzal bird.' There are many stories about Quetzalcoatl and the deity is usually depicted with quetzal feathers or with serpent imagery in early artwork or codexes. Super fascinating stuff! Anyways, great video . I have always wanted to know more about Daring Do's lore, this was so well researched!

[@pbmultiverse2383]

Hi hello. I'm Mexican, and yup

[@gatorgoatjohnny]

This absolutely slaps. I'm honestly kind of mad how well researched this is. Awesome job!

[@twiny9139]

As someone who's been a fan of Daring but hasn't delve deep into her, outside of the show and Fimfic stuff, I thank you for the double D lore dump and look forward to the second part.

[@katanakiwi8832]

I've always been interested in the concept of Daring Do and her books. its a shame that they didn't do much with her outside of trying to push Rainbow Dash's character or whatever-i would have loved to read the actual books (I have the three real books, havent touched them in a while but i remember enjoying them) also love how sci twi fits so well with your voice and emotions lol

[@zecora4241]

I never knew there was THAT MUCH lore behind "Double D", even if some of it is Theory! Always love your *"over"*-analysing stuff like this and you humor! Thanks for being such a great creator :)

[@mlplover72]

Not even joking I started writing an essay about the weird things that don’t line up the daring do story around a month ago and now I’m so glad you’re talking about it! (Edit: holy shit this is 10x better than what I could’ve wrote great work!!)

[@devilsenpai1608]

8:02 its actually "quetzalcoatl"! i mainly know this because of a old animated musical show that had a feathered snake like character in it that has the same name. googles definition: Quetzalcoatl (/ˌkɛtsəlkoʊˈætəl/) is a deity in Aztec culture and literature. Among the Aztecs, it was related to wind, Venus, Sun, merchants, arts, crafts, knowledge, and learning. It was also the patron god of the Aztec priesthood.

[@silveryuno]

The lost Daring Do books would make a nice G5 episode.

[@supersonic2175]

The amount of dedication finding all the information for this video is extremely commendable and to be honest i'm pretty surprised with all the things I learned about Daring Do and some other things. Pretty well done video, good job!

[@DinoTamer-22]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I have been wanting to write these books since there aren’t any. I can’t even find fan fictions of em. So thank you so much for the info dump.❤

[@syrenking]

5:55 this made me remember about the guy who pretended to be an archeologist, until he found the place where the Troy war may have happened And his galactic brain decided that blowing up the place would be faster than digging

[@siaorihara]

5:03 🤣🤣🤣🤣 this part was so funny “who the 🦆 designed this and why is it in MLP?!” 😂😂😂

[@Flustershy]

I always found it so weird how many references to real life properties Daring Do is tied to, yet she has less screen time than Big Mac or the cake family. I personally always got this feeling that they wanted to do so much more with D.D using her maybe as some sort of 1-2 times per season world expansion character, taking the either the whole mane 6 or parts of them into new parts of Equestria the viewers hadn't seen yet. But then someone decided the keep the shows scope more narrow and rarely take the cast outside the nearby areas of Ponyville. Or whoever was writing the script for D.D related episodes was just a mad H.P & Indy & Aztec fan and made some fanfic.

[@nerfpup3089]

Your a huge nerd and I love you for it. Best pony tuber.

[@FrenchRarity]

Long live the nerd!

[@prismaticstetsons6601]

Hello, fellow Ravenclaw! Great to see that this video is finally out. I love double Ds!!

[@galaxythedragonshifter]

Honestly, Im surprised people dislike Daring Do. I actually really adore her as a character. (Heck, I even have the three books that were actually written) Honestly I found her really interesting as a little kid, and thats carried over into teenhood.

[@Cantersoft]

What in the wide world of Equestria is a reverse pincushion?

[@rjmckenzie4706]

This is just Part 1 and my mind is filled with so many info about Daring Do. As a person that loves History and Archeology since I was little, I am hyped for part 2. To bad this is just fantasy, because I would definitely would have signed up to be a daring archeologists/ explorer peace.

[@danielasolano5960]

u need to release full versions of ur end credits i love them sm

[@Kamikazekims]

nope the empress name is based off Quetzalcoatl the Feather Serpent god so it's a real Aztec name

[@QuantumHippologist]

Oh ffs, that is what they did, isn’t it?! They just “simplified” the spelling.

[@Foreleus]

Glad to see you back :)

[@danielasolano5960]

SO EXCITED FOR THIS

[@a_soysauce7718]

Them's Fightin' Herds combo video when???

[@ironpiyepic2666]

Alright, this was perfect, I'm really excited to see what you do after the last book as I don't specifically remember lol

[@somethingoriginal4372]

Wooo QuantumHippologist uploaded, happy seeing a vid of your again

[@MLMSonic]

I'm glad too see you uploading more!

[@DarthSylar12]

Can’t wait for the next part of this saga! I’m ready for the Double D exam at the end of the semester!

[@IsabellaPLuna]

love the video and a loved your Twilight Sparkle animation skills

[@ironpiyepic2666]

Ok, I've been excited for this, I've always commented about this. I'll comment again once I'm done with the video.

[@some_dude_maybe]

8:04 I think it's a reference to Quetzalcoatl?

[@danielasolano5960]

quantum is backk

[@NoPhoenix]

he's alive!!

[@fersalas3846]

i'm just glad taht u still alive

[@adamcheck4941]

The dark tower is an obvious reference to the book of the same name by Steven king

[@bendysans1473]

Wooo! A new video!

[@6-dpegasus425]

Wooo love your new videos

[@walkert-rex8560]

The Complete and Total Chronology of Daring Do (PART 2).

[@davidpescitelli8004]

I think it's pretty cool they made actual books of Daring Do for the fans to buy. Should really check them out sometime.

[@SoEeveelicious]

Still waiting for part 2

[@mr.g3145]

W vid I just got wing stop and I got scared that there was nothing to watch🙏

[@Numatruehome]

Hey you got it right, so many people forget that Anahuac is what the original name of the southern part of North America was before colonization and just call it by the few sub divisions like Inca and stuff like that.

[@GrimDrago]

One funny detail I remember about from reading the idw comics (I think so anyway) was that it's implied that Twilight Velvet is her editor Edit: that might be a fan theory

[@GrimDrago]

I need re-re-read the comics to finds the issue

[@derianimp]

the return of the king

[@adolfodef]

16:08 The "Dark Tower" is a Cosmic Keystone Laylines Crossing HUB [can not be destroyed without also terminating the whole Realm]. . The purpose of the rings was to reroute one of the Layline´s power flowing to/from the Dark Tower into the Basin (without creating a "sink" or another "destination" for this energy to flow out, it gets stuck & becomes raw heat in the whole area). . The dark magical enchantments placed on each of the rings made them indestructible, but after were combined & the "process" started, each piece became vulnerable to normal damage. . The early removal of the last ring caused the EPIC SPELL in progress to lose Focus (now pulling energies in random directions, instead of only specifically from the Dark Tower), causing the building to collapse & disintegrate from the vibrations/resonant_waves. -> Once Dash & Doo shattered the bottom ring, the flows altered by the magic stopped & would slowly return themselves back to normal eventually (hundreds of days, not hundreds of years).

[@adolfodef]

[The Dark Tower] is the "Masterpiece" collection of novels written by Stephen King (80% of all of the stories of his previous books are now retconned into being part of a extensive multiverse that converges into it).

[@godkingbest7108]

I love Daring Do personality

[@m488thunderbird3]

with Simon being your spirit animal I'm going to have to agree with Diamondbolt that the Chipmunks have really annoying voices and Diamondbolt even said if it's called Alvin and the Chipmunks then he said in his review "then what is Alvin".

[@plebeychips]

8:03 I think it’s referring to the Quetzalcoatl which is an Aztec deity (credit to my bro who always corrected my pronunciation of it)

[@SkydreamPony]

I completely forgot the Isles of Scaly were a thing in Daring Do lore... As they have now come up in G5 MYM Chapter 5 :D

[@unripetheberrby6283]

Quetzalcoatl is real thing, The Empress' name is just spelled differently (if her name is based of this)

[@bobcake8904]

YOOOOO HE GOT PATRON

[@gurtap3615]

holy crap it's griffy in a quantum video!!!

[@inkofspades979]

Big fan of the scitwi today

[@tygical]

13:59 the lipsyncing 😭😭😭

[@rolay7730]

I always love videos discussing lore I haven't put much thought into. I would love a video like this on Flim and Flam. Personally, it really annoys me that they were in the right in their first episode and are still treated as bad guys. They had an amazing machine that made cider on par with the Apple family, then Granny LIED in front of everyone. She literally lied in front of a crowd to make the competition seem worse, and they never punished her for that? That is literally worse than anything Flim and Flam did in that episode. Plus, the part where Aj steals their cider and says that it "had" to be made of apple family apples with no proof that they stole anything. Aj's family doesn't have a complete monopoly on all apples. Then the episode ends with them making bad cider and getting punished, even though it was just a bad batch, and the machine can make cider just as good as the apple family. They never tricked anyone throughout the entire episode. They even make sure to only show up AFTER the Apples sell all their cider and are out. To put it plainly, they were the good guys, while the Apples spent the entire episode using dirty business tactics and lying through their teeth.

[@CreatorHybrid]

13:56. It actually looks like he said it😭😭😭

[@generalspitfire01]

Well... let me get the cookies and a Brisk Pink Lemonade. Cause this is going to be a long one people. Also, what happened to that drone you had?

[@QuantumHippologist]

Gone. Reduced to atoms.

[@generalspitfire01]

@@QuantumHippologist so it died...

[@SmokeTheHorsehog]

It's fitting that the Book 7 of Daring Do was criticized so much by Quibble Pants, as Dating Do is an Indiana Jones/J.K. Rowling expy. Think about what people have thought about Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and The Cursed Child.

[@lautaroroldanpizzorno7494]

Cursed Child is "book" 8, not 7 (really not a book, but rather a script).

[@SmokeTheHorsehog]

@@lautaroroldanpizzorno7494 I meant, more in the fact that her latest entry was heavily criticized.

[@lautaroroldanpizzorno7494]

@@SmokeTheHorsehog Then the comparison makes no sense lol. Daring Do book 7 is not the latest entry in the series so what's the connection?

[@greenstarlover1]

1:58 - love the mlp in a nutshell homage 😂

[@TobbyMLP]

Daring Do

[@tygical]

5:04 ARID SANDS LETS GOOO and 8:50 more sonic unleashed egypt place 11:18 more sonic and more sonic shortly after

[@zippyzoom8786]

I hear the jet set radio music my boy👌

[@klashnex7378]

RADIO MUSIC!! ZippyZoooom!! 😃

[@DarkSamus288]

The fact that you're using Sci-Twi for this video makes a whole lot of sense. Mainly because this is exactly the way she would explain Daring Do to someone.

[@zwaph]

What's the intro song , the first part of the video?

[@QuantumHippologist]

Humming The Bassline - Jet Set Radio

[@MistyLose]

Ngl i like the sci twi for you better dunno why it fits you

[@zadauwu]

the vast error ost ❤

[@cameoshadowness7757]

Daring Do is in the Bestiary of Equestria but she gets a small thing for basic stuff. I'll send it all here since its not much. Its on page 78 to anyone who wants to fact check me.. Body: D10 Mind: D10 Charm: D10 Stamina: 20 Talents: Creative Flair: Writing D12 Special Skill: Acrobatics D10 Keen Knowledge: History D10 Special Skill: Climbing D10 Fly D10 Quirks: Secret Identity "Another day, another dungeon!"

[@bendysans1473]

XD love the gametheorists refrence

[@chloestorm19946]

lmaoo not you showing my actual hometown during the horavia part im sobbing-- also wait did you just call us an island ...

[@QuantumHippologist]

Sorry lol. I also called the Isles of Scilly the “Isles of Sicilly”. Geography was never my forté

[@chloestorm19946]

@@QuantumHippologist XD all good

[@I_S_E_N]

Can you make a list of all your sources in part 2?

[@QuantumHippologist]

I can try, yep

[@ggnicklu]

STICK PONIES!!

[@millabasset1710]

Rainbow Dash is the fastest being in Equestria, she can't handle Daring Do's villains.

[@Place-Holder]

The video we nerds needed.

[@fluttershyisnotadoormat4678]

well, at the begining I didn't recognize you, probably because of the glasses :3

[@squeakybelle3711]

ayooo new vid lesgoo

[@mnm8058]

I would like to see all of the mlp media including the comics,books and everything in chronological order. I’m curious to know how it all happens in the right order. when is that video coming out?

[@jeremyflynn3728]

I'm pretty sure that Ketztwctl is just a really weird spelling of Quetzalcoatl

[@malachiwonder6800]

Too late, Adagio/Daring Do headcanon has now been accepted.

[@Mayo_Nayoo]

WHERE IS MY PART 2!?

[@secreqet4617]

Omg is this wast error music?

[@caseytaylor4896]

“Also I’m Sci Twi today because fuck you-“ YEAAAA always love to see Sci Twi :3

[@Razzaroola]

1:25 am I going insane or isn't the background music from the vast error soundtrack

[@QuantumHippologist]

I mean, my name _is_ a reference to ectoBiologist, so…

[@echolai9102]

I love how many profile pics are mlp

[@redeye3869]

Part 2 when?

[@bunuie]

Man theirs not a part two >:(

[@chesapeakedproductions3009]

$5 says 1:30 will happen

[@PluggedHades62]

I really, really don’t get why I love DD so much, I just do

[@shinypaintf588]

what is that song in the intro?? it sounds so familiar but i can't remember it

[@QuantumHippologist]

@@shinypaintf588 Blood Right from Vast Error

[@cripwalker665]

_sighs_ *adds to watch later*

[@darkdragon7210]

What if Daring Do was actually Scootaloo's Mother; because didn't it say in Daring Do's debut episode that she had Wing Problems or something? PS. Why did the call it Read it & Weap? Why not Reading Rainbow? Eh, eh.

[@HandheldGamer1991]

Daring do is just tomb raider and i lover her for that :)

[@Mirthful_Panda]

I don’t hate the concept of Daring Do being real and like all the episodes featuring her I just hate the episode Daring Doubt where they essentially reformed Ahuizotl and Cabelleron fast at the end

[@daraghokane4236]

Cabelleron is still stealing things for money at the end, and Ahuizotl writing a book at the end was funny he was lying in the book

[@ryanfever8686]

Cool My Little Pony vid

[@Mayo_Nayoo]

also she was wrong af rats are predators to some degree but yeah they're the only smol on there

[@Third7Plays]

"Also Im scitwi today because FUCK YOU" i love this guy. are Guybosses a thing?

[@squallycannon55]

MANager

[@SillyPone]

Hufflepuff is where it's at.

[@QuantumHippologist]

Sounds like cope to me.

[@SillyPone]

@@QuantumHippologist *seethes*

[@NoPhoenix]

day 139 of asking quantum to eat a book

[@booish1846]

My second time getting first comment...

[@NoPhoenix]

day 140 of asking quantum to eat a book