My Little Pony was a syndicated, animated series. Trailblazed by the television special "My Little Pony" on April 14, 1984, this television series continued on by featuring a new character, Megan, who travelled to Dream Valley to watch over the ponies. An additional special entitled "Escape from Catrina" aired a year later. Consisting of dozens of multi-colored ponies and unicorns living within the Paradise Estate, each pony had itsown unique symbols displayed on their side (similar to the unique patterns of the "Care Bears"). They were pestered by Captain Crabnasty [Peter Cullen] and the witch Hydia [Cloris Leachman], and relied on each other's magical abilities to save the day.

The ponies existed as different types: traditional land-walking ponies, flying pegasus ponies, magically teleporting unicorns, seahorse-like sea ponies, and butterfly-like flutter ponies. Other characters in the cartoon series included Spike, a harmless baby dragon adopted by the ponies, and the Bushwoolies - reminiscent of the Star Trek "tribbles," a group of multi-colored furballs.

The 1986 "My Little Pony: The Movie" was responsible for the release of several new characters and songs. The television series spanned several different formats, beginning in 1986 with "My Little Pony 'n Friends," an 18-episode series that spun off directly from the television specials. In 1987, the series continued on with a second series, including abridged episodes of other cartoons such as "Moon Dreamers," "Potato Head Kids" and "Glo-Friends." The series was later resurrected in 1992 with "My Little Pony Tales," a 24-episode series removing the magic theme featured from the initial series, and focusing more on relationships.

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Hasbro produced the highly successful and massive My Little Pony toy line in 1983, with soft plastic ponies that had brushable manes. The animated series supplemented this product line with each new series, and the movie helped introduce new characters; therefore, new toy line additions.