My Little Pony Tales
My Little Pony Tales was made by Sunbow productions. A
total of 26 episodes were made. Each episode was made
up of two stories and each story contained one song.
This was the follow-up to the original My Little Pony cartoon
and the show was again aimed at young girls. Not only that,
but the original cast had changed too, which was probably
more to do with selling different named My Little Pony toys
to the already established fan base.
Not all of the fan base was happy with the changes. Not
because of the pony names, but more to do with how the
storylines and plots had changed. This time the Ponies
lived in houses with modern appliances and
loved nothing better than
doing
aerobics and
talking about boys.
You can tell this show was made in America,
because its absolutely hilarious that they think that
the clock can stop in a soccer match! (football to us).
I'll let you in on a secret, the clock does not stop till
half time or the end of the match. In the USA, soccer is
mainly a girls sport, which is why I think it was included
in the show.
Story
In Ponyland, the Ponies attended school, where Miss Hackney would teach them. This was quite
a cool school, as it had a slide that was built into the side of it. Maybe it was to get a quick exit
when the clock struck 3pm and they could go home (the poor Cuckoo Clock had a bad time, as
the Ponies were always trying to shoot things at it).
But after school, they didn't go home and instead rushed to the local Ice Cream parlour, where
they would chat about their lives and (amazingly) eat ice cream and drink shakes. I think they
must of felt guilty about eating that stuff, as they would regularly got to aerobic classes to keep fit
(or go to the roller rink).
As you can probably tell, most of the Ponies were female, but there were a couple of male ponies
to keep up the numbers. But they were mostly portrayed as bullies, or they liked to sulk (maybe
they got it spot on?).
The show looks very 80's (even though it was made in the 90's), as they all walk around with
sweatbands on and legwarmers (even the male ponies!).
The female ponies have their own secret club where they meet to
discuss things, but boys are not allowed because they are
always running around, causing trouble and being a
nuisance (type cast eh?).
The trouble is that they meet in a deserted house,
but found out the hard way that new owners were
moving in (they tried to ambush them!). So to make
things right, the club members helped to tidy up and
paint the deserted house and even let the new owners
son join their club. I think he was really after the great
cookies that Bon Bon cooks.
Bon Bon
She is a good little pony that likes to cook, but she isn't always good.
Once she cheated on her Maths test, so not to disappoint her Mom and
Dad. She felt really bad about cheating, as she had never done
anything like that before.
She wrote about it in her diary, including that she cheated, but she was
mortified when she had found out that she had lost the diary. She was
scared that someone would read her diary and find out her secret, and
she was right to be scared because someone did read the diary - Teddy!
She has a baby brother called (you'll never guess) Baby Pony and she pretended to get a cold to get attention from everyone, as her baby brother
was getting all the attention because of his cold.
She is part of a large family, which includes - Misty, Rusty, Mom, Dad and Baby Pony and she wants to be a world famous model when she grows up.
Clover
She is the luckiest little pony and always wins the competitions (to her friends dismay), but it looks like her luck has been
changing and she seems to end up on the receiving end. She was even told off for throwing a teapot into the lake, as she
thought it was bringing her bad luck.
Not only that, she isn't good at making a decision. She told all her friends that they could have her concert tickets, even
when there wasn't enough to go round.
Her father is an artist and she wants to be a great ballerina when she grows up.
Teddy
He sports a Mohican hair cut and he thinks that he's a bit of a tough guy, who is really cool, but in fact he is a bit of a bully.
He found Bon Bon's diary and wouldn't give it back. He read it and used it to blackmail her into liking him.
Luckily Sweetheart had a hunch that he had her diary and threatened to tell everyone that he has a Teddy Bear. So he
turned it in to Miss Hackney. He told Bon Bon that he hadn't meant to blackmail her, but he just wanted to hang out with her.
He wants to be a pirate when he grows up.
Sweetheart
Sweetheart and Clover are sisters. She is very responsible and level headed. She even defended Teddy when he was
accused of stealing Melody's cassette player. All the other ponies pressurised her into turning her back on Teddy, but she
stuck to her principals and stood by him.
She wants to be a doctor when she grows up.
Ace
He has a crush on melody, but the feelings aren't returned.
He is captain of the soccer team and is a bit over confident. I think that he would stop if he passed a mirror, he just looks
vain! Not only that, he became jealous of the new member of the soccer team - Starlight.
When they got to the soccer final, he tried to stop the coach bringing on Starlight for the last 30 seconds. He was even more
gutted, when Starlight scored the winning goal. Eventually they became friends.
Patch
She is also on the soccer team and is a little immature. She wants to be a circus clown when she grows up.
Melody
She is part of a band called 'The Rockin Beats', who sound a bit boring to me. The band contains Half Note, Tune Full and
I'm not sure what the others are called.
They entered the 'Battle of the Bands' which was being televised on PTV, and won the contest. She dreams of being a
famous Rock and Roll star.
She has two twin sisters called - Jing-a-ling and Ting-a-ling, who are always getting into trouble.
Starlight
She works at the ice cream shop and is always drooling after Ace, but he doesn't even notice her.
She went to Miss Hackney for advice, who recommended that she should try out for the soccer team to get close to Ace, but
the plan backfired when he got jealous because she was good at soccer. He tried everything in the book to try and make
sure she didn't join.
She wants to be a teacher when she grows up.
Bright Eyes
She wants to be an environmentalist when she grows up, to keep their world beautiful.
Miss Hackney
She is the teacher at school and tries to be fair with everyone. When Teddy was accused of stealing Melody's cassette
player, she set up a pretend court room, to teach the ponies the real meaning of justice.
This was a good lesson, as eventually it was proven that Teddy didn't steal anything and instead it had been put in the 'lost
and found' basket at the school.
Starlight secretly goes to Miss Hackney for advice on things in her life.
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Flashback
Episodes
Series 1 (1992)
1. Slumber Party / Too Sick To Notice
2. Battle Of The Bands / And The Winner
Is...
3. Stand By Me / The Tea Party
4. The Masquerade / Out Of Luck
5. The Play's The Thing / Shop Talk
6. The Impractical Joker / The Great
Lemonade Stand Wars
7. Blue Ribbon Blues / Roll Around The
Clock
8. Princess Problems / An Apple For
Starlight
9. Up, Up, And Away / Sister Of The Bride
10. Birds Of A Feather / Send In The
Clowns
11. Happy Birthday, Sweetheart / Gribet
12. Bon Bon's Diary / Just For Kicks
13. Ponies In Paradise / Who's
Responsible?
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