| My Little Pony | |
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| Format | Animated series |
| Written by | Michael Reaves George Arthur Bloom David Wise Michael Charles Hill Carla Conway Gerry Conway Tracy Mann Hill Gordon Kent Barbara Petty Rebecca Parr Martin Pasko Linda Woolverton |
| Creative director(s) | Jay Bacal |
| Voices of | Bettina Bush Scott Menville Keri Houlihan Susan Blu Katie Leigh Sherry Lynn Nancy Cartwright Ellen Gerstell |
| Composer(s) | Robert J. Walsh |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 63 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Joe Bacal Tom Griffin |
| Producer(s) | Mike Joens Jeff Hall |
| Running time | 10 minutes per episode |
| Production company(s) | Marvel Productions (20th Century Fox Television) Sunbow Productions (Sony Pictures Television) |
| Distributor | Claster Television, Inc. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Syndication |
| Original run | April 14, 1984 – September 23, 1987 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | My Little Pony Tales |
My Little Pony is an American animated television series based on the My Little Pony toys released by Hasbro. The series featured as the first segment of a program called My Little Pony 'n Friends. The second segment would be an unrelated cartoon based on another Hasbro franchise - either Glo Friends, MoonDreamers or Potato Head Kids. The show was originally broadcast each weekday. Generally the 'My Little Pony' segments broadcasted Monday to Thursday form a 3-part story, or two 2-part stories, with standalone episodes broadcast on Fridays. Episodes that continue a story open with a brief narrated recap: 'previously, on My Little Pony...'. Almost every segment features a musical number somewhere in the storyline.
The series debuted in the fourth quarter of 1986, a few months after the release of My Little Pony: The Movie, which had introduced the Paradise Estate and many of the series' main characters. 1987 saw a few new episodes added, mostly centering around the new products in the My Little Pony toy line that year. Two previous television specials were also edited into segments of My Little Pony and Friends: Rescue from Midnight Castle, first aired 1984, and Escape from Catrina from 1985.
The complete series of My Little Pony segments have been released on DVD in Regions 1 and 4; none of the other segments have been released on DVD at the present time.
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Ponyland is a mystical land, home to all kinds of magical creatures. The Little Ponies make their home in Paradise Estate, living a peaceful life filled with song and games. However, not all the creatures of Ponyland are so peaceful, and the Ponies often find themselves having to fight for survival against witches, trolls, goblins and all the other beasts that would love to see the Little Ponies destroyed, enslaved or otherwise harmed.[1]
The Little Ponies of Paradise Estate included:
Three human children often fly across the Rainbow to join the Little Ponies - siblings Megan, Danny and Molly. The group often seek advice on magical matters from the Moochick, a wise but eccentric gnome who lives in the nearby Mushromp, and his rabbit assistant, Habbit.
| # | Title | Director | Writer | U.S. Original airdate |
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| 1 | "My Little Pony" | April 14, 1984[2] | ||
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Tirek captures some of the little ponies to use as demons to pull his Chariot of Darkness at midnight. The rest of the ponies panic, fearing that they will be next. Firefly goes off for help and finds Megan, a girl who lives at a stable at the other end of the rainbow. Megan agrees to go to Pony Land with Firefly, but will they be able to rescue the little ponies in time? Originally untitled, this special was known as 'Rescue from Midnight Castle' in repeats and 'Firefly's Adventure' on VHS. |
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| 2 | "Escape from Catrina" | 1985 | ||
| The Little Ponies prepare for a "Welcome Back" party for their human friend, Megan. Meanwhile, little furballs called Bushwoolies are the slaves of a cat woman named Katrina and are watched over by a shape-shifting lizard named Rep. When they escape, she tries to make the Little Ponies her new slaves. | ||||
| # | Title | Director | Writer | U.S. Original airdate |
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| 1-10 | "The End of Flutter Valley" | 15-26 September 1986 | ||
| The Ponies are on their way to Flutter Valley for the "Sun Tuesday" celebration with the Flutter Ponies. Meanwhile, the Witches from the Volcano of Gloom are busy hatching a plan to destroy Flutter Valley and the Ponies. However, The Witches from the Volcano of Gloom ally with an army of giant bees to get their revenge on the Flutter Ponies. The bees steal the precious Sun Stone - if the Flutter Ponies can't get it back, their home will be destroyed. | ||||
| 11-14 | "The Ghost of Paradise Estate" | 27 September-2 October 1986 | ||
| A ghost comes to Paradise Estate to scare the little ponies.However, when it flies away, it becomes tangled in a tree, this convinces Megan it is not really a ghost. She introduces herself as Pluma, a shape-shifting bird.She told them about a creature who lived in Dream Valley before the Paradise Estate was built and is planning to destroy the Little Ponies' home. Megan and the others decide to help Pluma recover the Flashstone and save her grandfather. | ||||
| 15 | "The Great Rainbow Caper" | 3 October 1986 | ||
| A pair of monkeys called Gizmonks take Danny and Surprise prisoner until Megan turns over the Rainbow of Light to them. | ||||
| 16-19 | "The Glass Princess" | Gabe Newell | 6-9 October 1986 | |
| A Self-obsessed witch named Porcina wants to turn the world into glass, to see her reflection everywhere. Three captured ponies are the key to Porcina's plan and Megan and her friends must stop her using their own magic to destroy their friends.Meanwhile,Shady is accusing herself about lots of things. | ||||
| 20 | "Pony Puppy" | 10 October 1986 | ||
| The Ponies find a puppy and decide to keep her and build her a doghouse and name her Dinah. When the new puppy is reunited with her family the following Spring, the Ponies are sad to see her go, but they realize that even though friends come and go they will never leave their hearts. | ||||
| 21-24 | "Bright Lights" | 13-16 October 1986 | ||
| The Baby Ponies are delighted when rock star Knight Shade performs for them - but the concert is a front to steal their shadows and feed his dark master! | ||||
| 25 | "Sweet Stuff and the Treasure Hunt" | 17 October 1986 | ||
| Sweet Stuff wants to play games with everyone else, but feels left out because she is an Earth Pony and doesn't seem to be good at anything. She ends up surprising everyone (even herself!) when she joins a treasure hunt with the pegasi and is the only one able to answer the last riddle and win the game! | ||||
| 26-29 | "The Return of Tambelon" | 20-23 October 1986 | ||
| The ancient city of Tambelon disappeared 500 years ago. Now, it returns to Dream Valley and all of the unicorns mysteriously vanish. | ||||
| 30 | "Little Piece of Magic" | 24 October 1986 | ||
| The baby Ponies are bored and want Ribbon and Buttons to play a game with them. Ribbon suggests that they play a game of Make Believe and runs out to go get them a red ball to use in their game. She explains that the red ball is magic and can be anything they want it to be. While she's gone the baby Ponies take turns imagining what the red ball will be... | ||||
| 31-34 | "The Magic Coins" | 27-30 October 1986 | ||
| The ponies are delighted to discover a treasure chest of magic coins, until Ponyland becomes a drought after they wished it stopped raining. To undo the spell, they must appease the troll to whom the treasure really belongs. | ||||
| 35 | "Mish Mash Melee" | 31 October 1986 | ||
| After a magical mishap, Fizzy, Shady, Wind Whistler and Gusty must live each other's lives until they can restore the balance of nature. | ||||
| 36-37 | "Woe Is Me" | 3-4 November 1986 | ||
| The Little Ponies provide shelter to Woebegone, a wandering hobo who brings bad luck and disaster wherever he goes. | ||||
| 38-39 | "Fugitive Flowers" | 5-6 November 1986 | ||
| Posey finds some sentient flowers wandering around her garden and offers them shelter and water, but she has no idea what they have in store for her to repay her kindness! After the Flouries have taken Masquerade hostage and are on their way to sucking the life out of Dream Valley unless the ponies can stop them! | ||||
| 40 | "Would Be Dragonslayer" | 7 November 1986 | ||
| Spike is harassed by a young boy trying to become a knight. The Ponies help him to find a good deed that doesn't involve slaying their friend. | ||||
| 41-42 | "Baby, It's Cold Outside" | 10-11 November 1986 | ||
| The Ponies are delighted as snow falls in summer, not realizing that it's a plot by the Penguin King to freeze Ponyland and destroy those that can't survive the cold. | ||||
| 43-44 | "Crunch the Rockdog" | 12-13 November 1986 | ||
| A vicious dog carved from rock charges through Ponyland, turning everything it encounters to stone. | ||||
| 45-46 | "The Revolt of Paradise Estate" | 14, 17 November 1986 | ||
| A magic spell brings the Paradise Estate to life - and its furniture declares war on the Little Ponies. | ||||
| 47-48 | "Through the Door" | 18-19 November 1986 | ||
| A door is opened to the world of fairy tales, and the ponies meet such legends as Robin Hood, Aladdin's genie and Hercules. | ||||
| 49-50 | "Rescue from Midnight Castle" | 20-21 November 1986 | ||
| The untitled 1984 special, edited into two parts. The opening and closing credits were replaced with standard versions and the song 'A Little Piece of Rainbow' was removed. The second episode was mistakenly captioned 'Escape from Midnight Castle' in the version shown in Australia. | ||||
| # | Title | Director | Writer | U.S. Original airdate |
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| 1-4 | "The Quest of the Princess Ponies" | 1987 | ||
| Lavan, a lava demon, kidnaps the Princess Ponies and steal their magic wands. As Lavan grows in power, Ponyland's magic is thrown into chaos. Can he be stopped before everything is destroyed? | ||||
| 5 | "Spike's Search" | 1987 | ||
| Spike goes in search of his roots and joins a dragon horde, but finds he does not agree with their bullying ways. | ||||
| 6-7 | "The Golden Horseshoes" | 1987 | ||
| When Mimic becomes afflicted with a mysterious illness, Megan and the ponies embark on a series of odd adventures to find the four golden horseshoes with the power to heal the ailing unicorn. | ||||
| 8-9 | "Flight to Cloud Castle" | 1987 | ||
| Heart Throb, Locket, and Twilight help a young man rescue his true love from an enchanted castle. | ||||
| 10 | "The Ice Cream Wars" | 1987 | ||
| The First Tooth Baby Ponies are put in charge of the Newborn Twins: Sniffles & Snookums and Milkweed & Tumbleweed. The unruly twins are temporarily subdued with the promise of ice cream, but first the First Tooth Baby Ponies must reunite the feuding ice cream makers Rocky Ripple and Fudgy McSwain, who have cut off Ponyland's ice cream supply. | ||||
| 11-12 | "Somnambula" | 1987 | ||
| The ponies prepare a surprise Welcome Home party for the Big Brother ponies, but the surprise they give them isn't at all what they intended! | ||||
| 13 | "The Prince and the Ponies" | 1987 | ||
| The ponies come to the aid of two wronged royals when they attend an exclusive party at the Palace de Branforr. Meanwhile, the First Tooth Baby Ponies learn to be careful what they wish for. | ||||
| 14-15 | "Escape from Katrina" | 1987 | ||
| The 1985 special Escape from Catrina, edited into two parts. The opening and closing credits were replaced with standard versions (which misspelled the original title) and the song 'Those Good (Before You Turned Bad) Old Days' was removed. | ||||
A very different set of My Little Ponies featured in the 1992 series My Little Pony Tales. This series is considered a spin-off, as it removed the more fantastic elements of the original series and had the ponies living essentially like human beings.
A new series of My Little Pony animated TV specials launched in 2005 with My Little Pony: A Very Minty Christmas. It was followed in 2006 by My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade and My Little Pony: The Runaway Rainbow. In 2007, My Little Pony: A Very Pony Place was released, featuring the mini-episodes Come Back, Lily Lightly!, Two for the Sky, and Positively Pink. The G3 line has other shorts as well: the pilot, "A Charming Birthday", "Dancing in the Clouds", "Friends are Never Far Away", "Pinkie Pie's Ladybug Jamboree", and "Greetings from Unicornia".
On October 10, 2010, a reboot to the 1986 series titled My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic was released to promote the G4 line. This incarnation was developed for television by Lauren Faust.
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