::Debut and Stats:: ::Overview of Series:: ::Characters:: ::Casting:: ::Main Theme Music:: ::Song Lyrics:: ::Episode Summaries::
My
Little Pony Television Series:
"My Little Pony Tales"
::Debut
and Stats:: ::Overview of Series:: ::Characters::
::Casting:: ::Main Theme Music::
::Song Lyrics:: ::Episode Summaries::
::Debut
and Stats::
"My Little Pony Tales" debuted in 1992, on the Disney Channel.
The series was not produced by Disney, however. It was produced by Sunbow
and leased to Disney for use. This was the last series of the bygone My Little
Pony era (the slim modeled versions of the late 90's excluded). The seven
characters of the story were only sold in the U. K., however the series aired
in the U. S. The series was broken into two 15 minute stories. Each episode
has one song. It is one of most favorite of all the films and series. It was
originally released on May 23, 1993.
::Overview
of Series::
My Little Pony Tales are stories of the grand adventures
of the International several youths and their teacher, Ms. Hackney.
Though the show aired in the U. S.
The show cetered around three boys and seven girls. The seven girls were made
into actual My Little Ponies, the 7
Characters. The show was also based on three boy ponies Ace, Lance, and
Teddy, which were not made into tangible ponies. They spend their
time in and out of pony school learning life lessions.
Below is a description of each character.
| Ace | boy--peach with white hair; soccer ball |
| Bright Eyes | light blue with orange hair; notebook and pen |
| Bon Bon | yellow with purple hair; piece of wrapped candy |
| Clover | lavender with pink hair; green four-leaf clover |
| Lancer | boy--dark blue with red orange hair; fleur-de-lis |
| Melody | dark pink with blue hair; yellow microphone surrounded by blue notes and stars |
| Patch | dark pink with blue hair; yellow microphone surrounded by blue notes and stars |
| Sweetheart | white with dark pink hair; one large heart and three little hearts |
| Starlight | pink with yellow hair; large yellow star and several small blue stars |
| Teddy | boy--blue with orange hair; comb |
| Ms. Hackney | _ |
| Brigetta Dau | Brad Swaile (Ace) |
| Laura Harris (Bright Eyes) | Shane Meier |
| Willow Johnson | Tony Sampson |
| Lalainia Lindberg | Kelly Sheridan |
| Maggie O'Hara | Venus Terzo |
| Kate Robbins | Chaira Zanni |
::Main
Theme Music::
Something is starting right now,
Something is starting...oh, wow!
My Little Pony, My Little Pony, My Little Pony Tales!
My Little Pony, My Little Pony, My Little Pony Tales!
Schoolhouse is our very first stop,
Then let's try the ice cream shop,
My Little Pony, My Little Pony, My Little Pony Tales!
My Little Pony, My Little Pony, My Little Pony Tales!
Starlight, Sweetheart, Melody,
Bright Eyes, Patch, and Clover,
Bon Bon's baking cookies,
< girls speaking> Hurry up on over!
My Little Pony, My Little Pony, My Little Pony Tales!
My Little Pony, My Little Pony, My Little Pony Tales!
My Little Pony Tales!
There were 26 songs
total, one for each 15 episode. Click
here for the song lyrics to al of the "My Little Pony Tales" Episode
Songs. You can also access these by clicking here or by going to each episode
summary to link to the individual song for that summary (see below).
These are listed
in the order that episode was aired; each segment was 15 minutes long. There
are a total of 26 episodes, each featuring a different song. Click on the link
to see each episode summary and lyrics to the song for each episode. A very
special thanks to Christine for all the summaries of each episode.
"An
Apple for Starlight"
The song
in this episode is "Lessons", click here
for the song lyrics.
When Miss Hackney comes down sick in the middle of
class, she calls on Starlight to watch the class and play the taped lesson.
When the class refuses to respect her and acts up, she decides to make
the class fun by taking them on a field trip, but the class gets stuck
in a cave. They use
the recorded lessons to rescue themselves. Back in the classroom,
Miss Hackney returns and presents Starlight with an apple and the
ponies realize the value of education.
"....And the Winner is"
The song in
this episode is "The Choice", click here
for the song lyrics.
Dazzle is holding a drawing on PTV for the last two ticket's to the Cleveland
Bay's concert (the ponies' favorite band) when she announces Clover is the winner.
Suddenly Clover hears her mother's voice as she is awoken; it had all been a
dream. Clover goes to school, where all the other ponies are waiting anxiously
for the day to be over. When it's over, they all rush back to Clover's house
and sit in frount of the TV, just like in Clover's dream. Then Dazzle announces
the winner and Clover's dream really does come true. However, after Clover's
name is announced, she is surprised to see that the other ponies aren't thrilled
for her. They all immediatly leave, very disapointed. Not wanting to choose
one friend over the other, she promises the extra ticket to each of them except
for Sweetheart. She gives her own ticket to Sweetheart because she never asked
for it. In order to decide fairly, the ponies hold another drawing which Melody
and Clover win, again. They leave for the concert while the other ponies sit
at home together watching it on TV. However, the two soon realize that it's
not worth going to the concert if they all can't do it together. They sell their
tickets and bring home a pizza to the others. Clover realizes that her luckiest
win was having such great friends.
The song in this
episode is "Sweet Music", click here
for the song lyrics.
Melody is busy writing lyrics to a new song at the kitchen table when her little
twin sisters, Jing-a-ling and Ting-a-ling call her into the living room where
a Battle of the Bands contest is being advertised on PTV by Dazzle. Melody immediatly
asks her mother, a nurse, for permission to participate to which she agrees
but adds that Melody will have to find a babysitter because she will be working
that night at the hospital. Melody begins a rigerous practice scheldule with
the Rockin' Beats, determined on winning the Battle of the Bands. On Thursday
night, the night of the battle, Melody is busy preparing her outfit when her
mother asks her who she got to babysit. Melody frantically calls all of her
friends one by one, but none of them can help. She pleads with her mother to
stay home from work, but she refuses and repeats that it was her responsibility
to find a babysitter so that Melody is forced to stay at home with the twins.
The Rockin' Beats are forced to go without her. Melody watches the other acts
on TV and decides to go anyway taking the twins with her. She arrives just in
time; however, the twins wander off and begin wrecking havoc. Melody is forced
to leave the stage and find them. In the meantime, the Rockin' Beats start their
performance, sounding terrible without Melody to lead them. The twins end up
high above the stage. When Melody rescues them, they end up all being dropped
onto the stage. Melody and the twins finish the song and win the competition.
Later on, Melody is back home tucking the twins into bed when they promise each
other not to tell. However, when their mother arrives home, she congratulates
Melody for winning. She had been watching the program on TV while at work. Her
mom lets her off, Melody promises to get a babysitter next time, but the twins
insist that they only want Melody to watch them.
"Birds
of a Feather"
The song
in this episode is "In the Forest", click here
for the song lyrics.
Bright Eyes brings up the missing Green-winged Songbird at a club meeting in
the tea house. The ponies start out on a hike to the unexplored "old woods"
to find the bird. After getting chased by bees, the ponies are completely lost,
and Bon Bon falls into nettles. After Ace applies mud to the rash, she records
the experience in her diary. The ponies finally spot the Green-winged Songbird,
as well as discover that the old woods have almost completely been cut down,
causing the species near extinction. The ponies then realize that Bon Bon had
unknowingly written directions home by recording their experiences in her diary.
When the ponies return home with their discovery, the old forest is declared
Protected Forrest Land and the mayor presents them with "Pony of the Month
Awards" for their efforts.
"Blue
Ribbon Blues"
The song in this episode is "It's Harvest Time",
click here
for the song lyrics.
Teddy steals Sweetheart's picnic basket that she had packed up for the two of
them and accidentally drops it in the river. Angered, Sweetheart tells Teddy
that all he does is try to make other ponies miserable. Teddy insists that that's
not true, that he's good at plenty of other things, like farming. He takes Sweetheart
to his cousin Corny's farm to prove it. However, he tries so hard to impress
Sweetheart that he messes up all of his harvest chores. His cousin gets angry
and tells Teddy to stop acting like a jerk. Teddy than fights with the family's
prize pig, Yorkie, who is supposed to be shown at the fair tomorrow. While fighting,
Teddy's secret teddy bear is ripped. The family hears the struggle, comes in
and sees the ripped bear. They ask Teddy if it is his. Embarrassed, he denies
it, claiming it was to be a gift for Daisy, Corny's little sister. Sweetheart
quickly takes the bear halves volenteering to sew them back together, and protecting
Teddy's secret from the others. The next morning, Teddy has another struggle
with Yorkie, and he runs off . While rescuing Yorkie out of a river, Corny becomes
stuck, and Teddy must save him. Later, at the fair, Daisy finds the teddy and
Teddy gives it to her. Yorkie wins first prize and Teddy wins a stuffed pig
at a carnival game, which he trades with Daisy for his bear back. Sweetheart
tells him she's relieved to have discovered his good side, Teddy just tells
her not to let anybody else know about it.
The song in this
episode is "Secrets", click here
for the song lyrics.
Bon Bon and
Clover are baking over Bon Bon's house instead of studying for the Math test
they have tomorrow. When Bon Bon's mother arrives and sees the mess, she tells
Bon Bon that if she doesn't get good grades, she will have to give up baking.
To avoid failing, Bon Bon uses a cheat sheet on the test. On the way home from
school, Teddy bets her that he gets a better grade on the test. After he runs
off, she stops and records her guilty thoughts about cheating in her diary.
When she gets up to leave, the diary is accidently left behind where Teddy finds
it. Later at the ice cream shop, Bon Bon realizes she's lost her diary. The
ponies organize a search party, promising Bon Bon that if they find it, they
will not read her secrets inside. However, no one finds it. The next day, while
Bon Bon is on her way to school, Teddy reveals that he found her diary and blackmails
her, making her his personal servant. In class Miss Hackney congratulates Bon
Bon for earning the highest marks in the class on her test. Teddy than blackmails
Bon Bon into going to the school dance with him. Out of desperation, Bon Bon
turns to Sweetheart for advice. Bon Bon does not tell her the situation, but
Sweetheart is able to guess what's going on. Sweetheart then calls Teddy and
reminds him how awful it feels to have a secret. For example, him still having
a teddy bear. The next day at school, Bon Bon admits to Miss Hackney what she's
done. Miss Hackney lets her retest after school, and gives her back her diary
(without having read it) which Teddy had turned into her earlier. Bon Bon recieves
a C+ on the test, and Teddy admits that he only wanted to blackmail
her because he thought she would turn him down when he asked her to the dance.
Bon Bon accepts his invitation, but it turns out he can't go anyway-he's been
grounded for failing the test.
"The
Great Lemonade Stand Wars"
The song in this episode is "Think Again",
click here
for the song lyrics.
The ponies are teasing Bon Bon by playing Keep Away with
her diary, when they accidentally break a tea set. To replace it would cost
200 jangles, so to earn the money they open up a very successful lemonade stand.
Ace, Teddy, and the reluctant Lancer start their own, but they cannot figure
out how to make the lemonade taste right. Ace then takes Bon Bon out on a date
and pretends to like her so she will tell them her delicious recipe, which she
does. The boys stand ruins the ponies' business and Bon Bon must admit what
she's done. Lancer regrets their actions and brings the ponies a special Ice
Tea recipe from his cook. It works and business booms once again. Ace and Teddy
must admit defeat, and the ponies close their business and buy the new tea set
The song in this
episode is "Off You Go", click here
for the song lyrics.
At a rained out picnic, Sweetheart finds an injured frog and brings
him back with her to the teahouse. The ponies take him to the vet for treatment,
who puts him in a splint for 5 days. After they remove it, the ponies take turns
looking after him, but soon realize that he belongs in his natural habitat.
The Ponies, especially Sweetheart, bid him a sad farewell as they return him
to his rightful home.
"Happy
Birthday Sweetheart"
The song
in this episode is "An Unforgettable Party",
click here
for the song lyrics.
The ponies are practicing their synchronized swimming routine the day before the competition. Teddy shows up, taunts them, and ruins their session. Sweetheart's birthday party will be taking place after the competition on Lancer's parent's yacht. The next day at the competition, Teddy dresses up as a sea monster and ruins the ponies' routine, disqualifying them. Furious, the ponies refuse to attend Sweetheart's birthday party if she does not un-invite Teddy. Forced to choose between Teddy and her friends, she decides to call off the party. Lancer tricks both the ponies and Teddy to coming to the party and confronts them about letting Sweetheart down, by putting their conflict before their friend. Both Teddy and the ponies decide to put aside their differences and come together and throw Sweetheart a wonderful surprise party.
The song in this episode is "Perfect Pair", click here for the song lyrics.
At aerobics class,
Clover trips, knocking everyone over. After that, the ponies go for health drinks
at the ice cream shop, where they see Ace. Ace tells Patch about their upcoming
soccer practice tomorrow for the big game. Melody arrives late from band practice
when Ace tries to buy her a drink. Melody turns him down and leaves again for
her aerobics class; Ace quickly follows her out the door. Starlight sighs, upset.
The others counsel her because she likes Ace, who likes Melody, who does not
like Ace back. Starlight decides that she needs to change to get him to like
her. She goes to the team's soccer practice to try and cheer him on, but Ace
kicks a ball that spatters her with mud. Starlight then asks Miss Hackney for
advice, she suggests that she goes out for the soccer team, but there's a problem:
she's never played soccer before. She tries out anyway, and surprises herself
by doing very well, too well! Ace gets jealous and trips her on purpose. Starlight
runs away crying, but Patch finds her and tells her she's made the team anyway.
The next day at the big game, Starlight scores the winning goal and Ace does
not. He runs off, upset, but later comes back and apologizes and congratulates
Starlight on her great play and even
offers to practice with her soon.
The
song in this episode is "The Best Dream",
click here
for the song lyrics.
After the class does well on a difficult exam, the school decides to reward
them by throwing a masquerade ball that night. Miss Hackney instructs them
to dress as what that want to be when they grow up. Excited, the ponies
head out for some ice cream and discuss their costumes: Melody will go as a
rock star, Bright Eyes as an environmentalist, Patch as a clown, Sweetheart
as a doctor, Starlight as a teacher, and Clover as a ballerina. However,
Bon-Bon doesn't disclose her costume and surprises them by leaving without
a treat. She rushes home, embarrassed that she wants to be a model. After
some motherly encouragement, she eventually decides to attend. However, she
arrives late and during a comic routine that is being put on by Patch. As
she walks in, she hears jokes and laughs directed at Patch, but she believes
they are aimed at her and her costume. Upset, she runs out into the woods
and climbs a high cliff to escape. The ponies follow her into the woods and
explain that they were laughing at Patches' antics, not at her or her
costume. She agrees to come back, but the cliff begins to crumble. The
ponies rescue her, and they all return to the ball. When Bon-Bon reenters,
everyone congratulates her on her appearance.
"Out
of Luck"
The song in this episode
is "When Fortune Smiled on Me", click here
for the song lyrics.
Clover's father is searching through a garbage pile for objects for his
sculpture. Clover finds a teapot and decides to use it as a symbol for the
teahouse and her friends. Later, the ponies recount the story of Aladdin
and his magic lamp, so Clover decides to try wishing on the teapot. Her
first wish is that it would rain jangles. It immediately begins to rain, but
storms raindrops, not money. Her second wish is that the clubhouse fixes
itself, but only more accidents happen. Clover goes home to relax and take
a bath, but she overflows the tub. The next morning she takes the teapot
out to the trash convinced that it has caused her luck to turn bad, but a
garbage pony finds and returns it.
When Clover returns home she finds it
again and is mortified. Not only that, but she has a note from Miss Hackney
for not having her homework done and is grounded for it. Fed up, she climbs
out her window and throws the teapot into Paradise lake, where a fisher pony
finds it and returns it again. Her father lectures her about littering, and
she confesses that she threw it in the lake only out of desperation to be
rid of her bad luck. To prove to her that it is not cursed, he decides to
include the teapot in his latest sculpture for his opening the next day.
At the opening, a very rich pony admires the sculpture, especially for
the use of the teapot and other everyday items. She buys the sculpture,
making Clover's father famous, and Clover realizes that good or bad luck
does not control her.
The
song in this episode is "The Magic of Theater",
click here
for the song lyrics.
Melody tries out for the lead in the school play (to be a beautiful princess).
After receiving the part, she takes the role too far, acting every bit the princess
by refusing to help on the production and demanding special treatment. The others
play a trick on her by messing up their parts in dress rehearsal. Only then
does Melody realize that it is not the star alone that makes a play successful.
"Princess
Problems"
The
song in this episode is "A Princess Must Look Beautiful",
click here
for the song lyrics.
Patch and the others are working (and visiting her friend
Rosy) at the orphanage where Patch used to live, when they find out the
King and Queen of the Isle of Pony are visiting looking for their long
lost daughter.
While Patch was painting at the orphanage, a drop of paint fell
on her hoof in the same spot where the princess has a birthmark, so the
ponies assume
that Patch is her. At the meeting, Patch second guesses leaving
her adoptive parents and discovers that the "birthmark" is coming
off. It is
then that they discover that Rosy is the real princess, Patch gets
to stay with her loving parents, and Rosy gets the parents that she has
longed for
so long.
The
song in this episode is "She's So Much Better Than
Me ", click here
for the song lyrics.
Clover's sister, the famous ballerina Meadowlark, returns home to great fanfare
because her company will be performing "The Nutcracker". Clumsy Clover's
ballet class will be their understudies, she receives the part of the Harlequinn.
At dress rehearsal the "real" Harlequinn is injured, so Clover must
play her part. Clover then develops a major case of stage fright, causing her
to come down with "amnesia" rendering her unable to go on. Before
she leaves for her performance, Meadowlark tells Clover that she understands
how hard it is for her, but that some ponies never even get such an opportunity.
Clover returns to the show, and after an early near-fall, she performs magnificently.
"Sister
of the Bride"
The
song in this episode is "Today's my Wedding Day",
click here
for the song lyrics.
Clover's sister, Meadowlark, (a famous ballerina) is having
her wedding day. Clover fears that her clumsiness will interfere with
the preparation, so she and the others run errands for the wedding. While
out, she sees her sister's fiance kissing another pony! When Clover confronts
him before the wedding, she finds out it was only his sister. All the
ponies pull together and help put together a beautiful wedding.
The
song in this episode is "A Juicy Story",
click here
for the song lyrics.
Starlight overhears her Mom gossiping in her beauty shop, and when she leaves
for the night Starlight invites everyone over to do each other's manes and gossip.
Patch jokes that Teddy isn't as tough as he may seem, that he probably snuggles
up to a teddy bear at night. When Sweetheart, who knows him best, won't deny
Patch's joke, Ace (who overhears the ponies' gossip) teases Teddy about it.
Betrayed, Teddy blames Sweetheart. It is then that the ponies realize that their
gossip has gone too far. Bright Eyes and Melody invite Ace and Lancer over and
trick them into dressing up like babies. Sweetheart takes a picture of them
and gives it to Teddy. It is then that they all agree to stop spreading gossip,
and Teddy's secret is finally safe.
The
song in this episode is "The Adventure",
click here
for the song lyrics.
Bright Eyes and Patch convince the ponies to camp out
at Pony's Peak, where a UFO has recently been sighted, but the
police have barricaded off the area. The next day at school
a balloonist visits (Mr. Kadoo) who is an "old Friend"
of Miss Hackney's. Before he starts his presentation,
he invites them all to tea. Impatiently, Patch gets into the balloon
and her and Bon-Bon accidentally take off in it. When the adventure goes
awry and they start to crash, the "UFO" comes to save them, and turns
out to be a magical group of glowing Pegasus. Their leader,
Brightglow, advises Patch to be more cautious. That night,
Brightglow and the others return to ensure that Patch
returned home safely, and to say their farewells.
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