The Prince and the Ponies

The Prince and the Ponies
Generation 1 | Season 2 | Episode 13
My Little Pony 'n Friends
Original Airdate	September 23, 1987
Writer(s)	David Wise
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The Prince and the Ponies episode is 10 minutes long and it was the seventh and last story in the second series of My Little Pony 'n Friends. This aired in the US on 23rd September 1987.

Synopsis

The adult ponies are invited to a party over the weekend, in the New Borns honour, at the palace. The baby ponies are upset they can’t go so they decide to try to get some attention by rolling on a ball balanced on top of each other. They fall off and Heart Throb asks why they’re doing this which is because the New Borns are getting all the attention. Ribbon reminds them they love them as much as the New Borns before they make their way to the palace. The adult ponies are given a large room to sleep in and a girl is in their room looking for her lost brother from two years ago. The guard knocks the door and she runs off just vanishing into a room. During a meal for them the Duchess orders the New Borns that she claims are tired, to be taken to the ponies rooms. Heart Throb mentions the girl they saw earlier in their room but the Duchess tells her she must have been seeing things, even though the Duchess knows it’s a woman called Suzette whom she had locked in a room before this meal. The baby ponies decide to go to the palace and crash the party. The adult ponies heading back to their room discover the New Born twins are gone and then they get arrested. Locked in a cell they meet Prince Phillip and he explains the Duchess’ is his cook. Buttons steals the keys off of the sleeping guard’s belt and frees them. The baby ponies are then let in to the Palace by the woman named Suzette. The Duchess’ little girl is using the New Borns as toys or pets for herself seeing this the babies feel bad as they were hoping for it to happen to the New Borns. They take on the guards who are also keeping the Prince and adult ponies busy. The Prince and Suzette meet back up and find the baby ponies winning their fight against the guards. They go to save the New Borns from the girl and the prince gets the guards to choose who they want to serve, him or the Duchess. The guards pick the Prince and he thanks the little ponies for getting his kingdom back for him.

VHS

VHS with The Quest of the Princess Ponies and The Prince and the Pony [sic].

When the Newborn Twins receive a special invitation to visit royalty, the First Tooth Ponies get jealous and plot revenge. When they realize the Newborn Twins are in danger, will the First Tooth Ponies go to their rescue?

Running Time: 10 minutes approx.

Songs

• Those Newborn Twins

Baby Bouncy:
Ooh, those Newborn Twins!
They really make me mad!
Baby North Star:
If they met up with monsters
I'd be only too glad!
Baby Quackers:
Ooh, those Newborn brats!
They drive me up a wall - quack!
Baby Tic-Tac-Toe:
If they were chased by lightning
I wouldn't cry at all
Spike:
Don't be silly - they're just babies!
You're just talking out of spite!
You don't wanna see them hurt?
Baby Tic-Tac-Toe:
Why not? It sure would serve them right!
All:
Ooh, those Newborn Twins
Baby Lickety-Split:
I'd have no regrets
If someone bought them collars
And turned them into pets!
All:
Then you'd see us breaking into grins
Laughing and sneering
Joking and cheering
Sneering...at those Newborn Twins!

Cast

Charlie Adler as Spike
Katie Leigh as Heart Throb, Ribbon
Sherry Lynn as Cherries Jubilee
Jeannie Elias as Baby Lickety-Split
Robbie Lee as Baby Quackers, Baby Tic Tac Toe
Unknown actors as Baby Bouncy, Baby Fifi, Baby North Star, Milkweed and Tumbleweed, Sniffles and Snookums, Buttons

Non-speaking apperences by Magic Star, Posey.

Crew and Credits

Cast and Crew

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 Executive producer(s) Joe Bacal David H. DePatie (Rescue at Midnight Castle) Margaret Loesch (Escape from Catrina, Series 1 and 2) Tom Griffin Producer(s) Mike Joens Jeff Hall Production company(s) Marvel Productions Disney–ABC Domestic Television Sunbow Productions Sony Pictures Television Distributor Claster Television

Errors

• As Heart Throb lands with Baby Quackers on her back, Baby Bouncy’s bow on her tail is over the tail unlike the other baby ponies.
• As Baby Quackers runs with the group off to trash the party her back leg fails to move properly.
• Heart Throb is clearly the closest to the New Born Twins prams when entering the bed room, but as Cherries Jubilee encourages the others to follow her she is the nearest as she moves away.
• At the start of the song Baby Quackers has no Cutie mark that should be clearly visible.
• During the song as Baby North Star turns around to walk away she has no wings.
• Baby Quackers face first flashes pink and then her eye goes funny and moves to her ear.
• When Buttons takes the keys off of the belt, after when they’re floating at the gate Button’s horn isn’t glowing. Also the guards neck before that flashes flesh colour while he sleeps.
• When Baby Quackers runs out into the hall way and the guards attack, Suzette who was right behind her vanishes and all the baby ponies are lined up behind Baby Quackers.
• When the heroes are on their way to rescues the New Borns, the little girl picks up a yellow baby pony, when they zoom out it’s now a pink baby pony she is holding.
• Right at the end of the episode as the Prince thanks them, Buttons is missing her horn.

External Links

• "The Prince and the Pony" on youtube (English)
• "The Prince and the Pony" on youtube (Spanish)
• "The Prince and the Pony" on youtube (Greek)