The following is a complete list of My Little Pony episodes from the original series. The first 50 episodes premiered on first-run syndication in 1986, then another 15 more in 1987.
In the "Rescue at Midnight Castle" episodes, the first 50 seconds were cut, along with the scene where Applejack licks Glory. Because these pieces of footage did not survive, additional footage from the The Movie had to be used to complete the end credits of remastered prints.
Episodes[]
| Title | Original air date | Synopsis | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The End of Flutter Valley (part 1) | September 15, 1986 | On the day of the big Sunstone Celebration in Flutter Valley, the witches (Hydia, Reeka, and Draggle) show up and try to cause some trouble. |
| 2 | The End of Flutter Valley (part 2) | September 16, 1986 | The withces try to get the Flutter Ponies again, and the Little Ponies meet the Furbobs. |
| 3 | The End of Flutter Valley (part 3) | September 17, 1986 | The Little Ponies learn about the dnagers of the Stonebacks. |
| 4 | The End of Flutter Valley (part 4) | September 18, 1986 | Morning Glory escapes from Bumble and the Bees. |
| 5 | The End of Flutter Valley (part 5) | September 19, 1986 | The Sunstone nearly destroys Bumbleland and the Flutter Ponies! Beautiful Flutter Valley becomes dark, dank, and dreary. |
| 6 | The End of Flutter Valley (part 6) | September 22, 1986 | Sting the Bee decides he would rahter have the Flutter Ponies as his friends than his Queen, Bumble. |
| 7 | The End of Flutter Valley (part 7) | September 23, 1986 | Honeysuckle disappears. Forever? |
| 8 | The End of Flutter Valley (part 8) | September 24, 1986 | Honeysuckle to the rescue! |
| 9 | The End of Flutter Valley (part 9) | September 25, 1986 | The Flutter Ponies get cleaned up and Megan tries to tickle Ahhg, the giant spider. |
| 10 | The End of Flutter Valley (part 10) | September 26, 1986 | The Flutter Ponies get Flutter Valley back, and the witches get the Volcano of Gloom. |
| 11 | The Ghost of Paradise Estate (part 1) | September 29, 1986 | A ghost appears to the Baby Poines, but won't appear when Megan is around. |
| 12 | The Ghost of Paradise Estate (part 2) | September 30, 1986 | The ghost turns into a beautiful and mysterious creature, trying to rescue her grandfather. She destroys Paradise Estate. |
| 13 | The Ghost of Paradise Estate (part 3) | October 1, 1986 | Padaise Estate is partially restored, and the Poines help the mysterious creature battle Squirk the Evil Octopus. |
| 14 | The Ghost of Paradise Estate (part 4) | October 2, 1986 | While holding some of the Ponies prisoner, Squirk the Evil Octopus tries flooding all of Dream Valley! |
| 15 | The Great Rainbow Caper | October 3, 1986 | Danny gets into trouble with Surprise, and they try to get themselves out. |
| 16 | The Glass Princess (part 1) | October 6, 1986 | The nasty Raptorians, ugly flying creatures, come to Ponyland and kidnap some Ponies. |
| 17 | The Glass Princess (part 2) | October 7, 1986 | Megan and some Ponies go to the Black Mountains to try to resue their friends from Princess Porcina and the Raptorians. |
| 18 | The Glass Princess (part 3) | October 8, 1986 | The Ponies hair is turned into a magic cloak, while Ponyland is turned into glass! |
| 19 | The Glass Princess (part 4) | October 9, 1986 | The Glass Princess has turned Dream Valley into glass! Can Megan and the Ponies break the spell? |
| 20 | Pony Puppy | October 10, 1986 | The Ponies take in a Puppy -- that's twice as big as they are! |
| 21 | Bright Lights (part 1) | October 13, 1986 | The Baby Ponies run off with a Pony Star named Knightshade, who's mysterious assistant, a zebra named Zeb, uses a satchel to steal their shadows. |
| 22 | Bright Lights (part 2) | October 14, 1986 | While trying to find the Baby Ponies, Megan and the Ponies join some Mousies to do battle with some rats. |
| 23 | Bright Lights (part 3) | October 15, 1986 | In Knightshade's hometown, everyone's shadow has been stolen; the Ponies and Knightshade on their own have to face the evil Erebus. |
| 24 | Bright Lights (part 4) | October 16, 1986 | Zeb and Erebus nearly steal everyone's shadow before Molly's ride for help is a success. |
| 25 | Sweet Stuff and the Treasure Hunt | October 17, 1986 | Sweet Stuff feels like she doesn't fit in anywhere, until she figures out a special riddle. |
| 26 | Return to Tambelon (part 1) | October 20, 1986 | The Unicorns disappear from Ponylnad, leaving only the clue "Tambelon" in a dream. |
| 27 | Return to Tambelon (part 2) | October 21, 1986 | The medieval city of Tambelon has returned from the Realm of Darkness, and under leadership of the powerful Grogar, has taken over Ponyland. |
| 28 | Return to Tambelon (part 3) | October 22, 1986 | While trying to rescue the Ponies, the would-be rescuers seem to get help from a Troggle, who is one of Grogar's assistants. |
| 29 | Return to Tambelon (part 4) | October 23, 1986 | If the Ponies don't stop Grogar by midnight, he'll rule Ponyland forever! |
| 30 | Little Piece of Magic | October 24, 1986 | Four baby Ponies learn how to use their imaginations and make a dull afternoon a treat. |
| 31 | The Magic Coins (part 1) | October 27, 1986 | While on a picnic, some coins turn up that make wishes come true. But they can sometimes cause trouble. |
| 32 | The Magic Coins (part 2) | October 28, 1986 | Because of a mistaken wish, Ponyland is nearly dried up. While the Baby Sea Ponies barely hold on, the Moochick sends Megan and a group of Ponies to the source of their troubles. |
| 33 | The Magic Coins (part 3) | October 29, 1986 | Niblick the Troll agrees to end the drought in Ponyland, if Megan and the Ponies will bring him something equal in value to the used Magic Coins. |
| 34 | The Magic Coins (part 4) | October 30, 1986 | As Dream Valley burns, Megan tries to use the remaining Magic Coin to save all her friends. |
| 35 | Mish Mash Melee | October 31, 1986 | Four Ponies go underground and turn everything upside down. |
| 36 | Woe is Me (part 1) | November 3, 1986 | A jinxed little man turns up at Paradise Estate, and the Ponies won't let him go. |
| 37 | Woe is Me (part 2) | November 4, 1986 | The Ponies help a jinxed little man regain his confidence. |
| 38 | Fugitive Flowers (part 1) | November 5, 1986 | The pretty and delicate Flories enter Ponyland, pursued by the ugly Crabnasties. Posey instantly likes the Flories, not knowing they can hide evil within. |
| 39 | Fugitive Flowers (part 2) | November 6, 1986 | The now huge Flories try to destroy Ponyland, while the Poines and Megan join forces with the Crabnasties. Posey learns that the ugly can sometimes hide the good. |
| 40 | Would-Be Dragon Slayer | November 7, 1986 | When a young knight tries to slay Spike the Dragon, Megan and the Ponies decide to try and show him what a good deed really is. |
| 41 | Baby, It's Cold Outside (part 1) | November 10, 1986 | An unusual blizzard in the summertime leads Megan and some Ponies to the evil King Charlatan the Penguin. |
| 42 | Baby, It's Cold Outside (part 2) | November 11, 1986 | The Ponies try to find a way to make the King of Penguins thaw out Ponyland. |
| 43 | Crunch the Rockdog (part 1) | November 12, 1986 | Bushwoolies come running for help, Crunch the Rockdog is coming, and everything he touches turns to stone! |
| 44 | Crunch the Rockdog (part 2) | November 13, 1986 | Using the magical Heartstone, Megan and Windwhistler try to outwit Crunch the Rockdog, and save Ponyland from turning into stone. |
| 45 | The Revolt of Paradise Estate (part 1) | November 14, 1986 | Sweet Stuff and Paradise try to fix up Paradise Estate with some Magic Paint that has unforeseen side effects. |
| 46 | The Revolt of Paradise Estate (part 2) | November 17, 1986 | Locked out of their home by the evil wizard Beezen, the Ponies do their darndest to get back in, with some unexpected help from Baby Heart Throb and her baby buggy. |
| 47 | Through the Door (part 1) | November 18, 1986 | Paradise opens the door to the Land of the Legends, and though she brings some interesting characters to Ponyland, she also brings some trouble. |
| 48 | Through the Door (part 2) | November 19, 1986 | When all the legends have dissapeared from her storybooks, Megan goes to Ponyland to help get them back where they belong, before the Land of Legends and Ponyland fall to pieces. |
| 49 | Rescue at Midnight Castle (part 1) | November 20, 1986 | When the Stratodons come out of the sky, stealing away Little Ponies, Firefly goes over the Rainbow and gets Megan to help them. |
| 50 | Rescue at Midnight Castle (part 2) | November 21, 1986 | Megan and his Little Ponies go to Midnight Castle, but Tirac and his Rainbow of Darkness seem ready to take over all of Ponyland. Will Megan and the tiny Rainbow of Light be able to come to the rescue? |
| NOTE: The two episodes above are an edited version of the 1984 pilot. | |||
| 51 | The Quest of the Princess Ponies (part 1) | September 7, 1987 | Spike and the Bushwoolies discover the Royal Paradise, where the Princess Ponies live, just as the lava demon La-van steals their Magic Wands! |
| 52 | The Quest of the Princess Ponies (part 2) | September 8, 1987 | All the magic in Ponyland has gone crazy. Will Megan and Princess Tiffany be able to save the day? |
| 53 | The Quest of the Princess Ponies (part 3) | September 9, 1987 | The Princess Ponies learn to overlook their differences, as the Ice Orcs and the Lava Demons become friends. |
| 54 | The Quest of the Princess Ponies (part 4) | September 10, 1987 | The Princess Ponies learn to work together to make their Magic Wands save the magic of Ponyland, and their new friends the Bushwoolies get the royal treatment themselves. |
| 55 | Spike's Search | September 11, 1987 | One day Spike sneezes, and his flame seems out of control, so he goes looking for some older dragons to give him some advice. |
| 56 | The Golden Horseshoes (part 1) | September 14, 1987 | Mimic the unicorn has a strange illness. Megan and four of the Pegasus Ponies go looking for four Golden Horseshoes that might save Mimic's life. |
| 57 | The Golden Horseshoes (part 2) | September 15, 1987 | The search for the horseshoes takes Megan and the Pegasus Ponies to a remote Elvin kingdom, where they must convice a little girl to give up her favorite toy to save a pony. Will she do it? |
| 58 | Flight to Cloud Castle (part 1) | September 16, 1987 | Heart Throb, Locket, and Twilight meet a gnome, whose true love is kept prisoner in a flying castle. They go to to help rescue her but end up in trouble themselves. |
| 59 | Flight to Cloud Castle (part 2) | September 17, 1987 | Heart Throb, Locket, and Twilight help rescue the princess, but she surprises them all. |
| 60 | The Ice Cream Wars | September 18, 1987 | When the First Tooth Ponies take the Newborn Twins to the Satin Slipper Sweet Shoppe, there's no ice cream to be had. Will the Baby Ponies get the ice cream they want? |
| 61 | Somnambula (part 1) | September 21, 1987 | As Truly and the other ponies get ready for the Big Brother Ponies return, a mysterious carnival shows up and lures all but Truly and the Baby Ponies and Spike far away. |
| 62 | Somnambula (part 2) | September 22, 1987 | All the Little Ponies have been lured into a magic amusement park, that makes them grow old. Will the Big Brother Ponies be strong enough to defeat the evil With Somnambula? |
| 63 | The Prince and the Ponies | September 23, 1987 | 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 their rescue? |
| 64 | Escape from Catrina (part 1) | September 24, 1987 | Under Ponyland and the Bushwoolies are slaves to the evil witch Catrina. When they escape, will Catrina take revenge on the Little Ponies? |
| 65 | Escape from Catrina (part 2) | September 25, 1987 | Megan and the Little Ponies are in the middle of a magic blizzard, caused by the witch Catrina. Will the Rainbow of Light rescue them before they freeze? |
| NOTE: The two episodes above are an edited version of the original 1985 episode. | |||
Broadcast timeline[]
| Episodes 1-50 | |
| 1 | September 15, 1986 – November 21, 1986 |
|---|---|
| 2 | November 24, 1986 – January 30, 1987 |
| 3 | February 2, 1987 – April 10, 1987 |
| 4 | April 13, 1987 – June 19, 1987 |
| 5 | June 22, 1987 – August 28, 1987 |
| All 65 episodes (Note: Episodes 51–65 premiered after reruns of the first five episodes) | |
| 6 | August 31, 1987 – November 27, 1987 |
| 7 | November 30, 1987 – February 26, 1988 |
| 8 | February 29, 1988 – May 27, 1988 |
| 9 | May 30, 1988 – August 26, 1988 |
| 10 | August 29, 1988 – November 25, 1988 |
| 11 | November 28, 1988 – February 24, 1989 |
| 12 | February 27, 1989 – May 26, 1989 |
| 13 | May 29, 1989 – August 25, 1989 |
My Little Pony began airing on Sundays as well starting on February 14, 1988.
The first five episodes aired for the last time from August 28 through September 1, 1989.