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[[File:MLP opening.png|270px|thumb|''My Little Pony, My Little Pony, what will today's adventure be?'']]
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The series lasted for two seasons, though two later episodes were re-edited versions of films, the aforementioned "Rescue at Midnight Castle" and "[[Escape From Katrina]]". Ostensibly, the show followed the adventures of the [[Ponies of Paradise Valley]] and the [[Williams family]], though the show was also somewhat of an anthology, following a large ensemble cast in unconnected adventures.
Indeed, the original cartoon has had a long and impactful legacy, but best not to forget that it was also ''really'' weird. Plotlines were far more fantastical then even ''Friendship is Magic'', and rarely had any real continuity. Episodes tended to introduce strange new species, places, and magical objects on the fly with little to any rhyme or reason, giving the show a very 'off the wall' vibe that kept things fresh and always interesting.
 
Sometimes the later show ''[[My Little Pony Tales]]'' is listed as the shows' "season 3" on websites such as IMDb, this is not the case and the two series' have little in common aside from being apart of the same franchise.
 
==Synopsis==
===Format===
As mentioned above, this show was odd. It can best be described as a highly episodic show, though most individual episodes were apart of a much longer television story, the longest of these, "[[The End of Flutter Valley]]" lasted for 10 episodes, while most episodes tended to last between 3-4, but varied considerably. As the shows theme song implies, the show was highly adventurous, with most episodes taking place in entirely different places, with a surprisingly varied plot structure with imaginative and creative stories.
Although the show did not follow any sort of overarching storyline, continuity was still considered and rigidly followed. Each episode was 11 minutes in length, though were often serialized to form stories longer than found in other cartoons of the time. Every episode featured a song, usually performed by the regular cast of the show and sometimes by the story's villain. Likewise, nearly every episode featured an unique villain for the ponies to face off against, but some episodes featured no such thing, letting a dire circumstance serve as the antagonistic force instead.
 
 
===''My Little Pony 'n Friends''===
 
==Production==
''My Little Pony'' employed a large and talented pool of staff members, with several of its directors being golden-age alumni, with many of its writers having worked with companies such as Disney or Marvel Comics.
'''My Little Pony'' was animated by two companies, [[AKOM]] and [[Toei Animation]], {{RW|South Korea|South Korean}} and {{RW|Japan|Japanese}} companies respectively. The shows production itself was also handled by two different parties, [[Sunbow Productions]] and [[Marvel Productions]]. The series was apart of a programming block called ''[[My Little Pony 'n Friends]]'', which aired additional cartoons as the titular "friends" of ''My Little Pony'', including ''[[The Glo-Friends]]'', ''[[Moon Dreamers]]'', and ''[[The Mister Potato Head Show]]''. The main series began airing three months after ''My Little Pony: The Movie'' and two years after "Rescue at Midnight Castle", with the first episode airing on {{D|Sep|15|1986}}.
 
===Animation===
 
===Music===
 
==Episodes==
===Season 1 (1986)===
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==Merchandising==
 
==Legacy==
 
==Around the world==
===Airings===
===Dubbings===
 
==Notes==
* Although many sources claim [[AKOM]] animated the show, this is not mentioned in the shows' credits, nor on AKOM's website in any known archived version. AKOM ''did'' animate the film and ''My Little Pony Tales''.
 
==External links==
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