My Little Pony: The Movie (1986)

Ponyland comes under attack from the Smooze, a massive purple ooze created by an evil witch who plans to destroy the ponies' annual spring festival.

Directors:

Mike Joens (as Michael Joens), Gerry Chiniquy (uncredited)

Writer:

George Arthur Bloom

Stars:

Danny DeVito, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Danny DeVito	...	Grundle King (voice)
Madeline Kahn	...	Draggle (voice)
Cloris Leachman	...	Hydia (voice)
Rhea Perlman	...	Reeka (voice)
Tony Randall	...	The Moochick (voice)
Tammy Amerson	...	Megan (voice)
Jon 'Bowzer' Bauman	...	The Smooze (voice) (as Jon Bauman)
Alice Playten	...	Baby Lickety Split / Bushwoolie #1 (voice)
Charlie Adler	...	Spike / Woodland Creature (voice)
Michael Bell	...	Grundle (voice)
Sheryl Bernstein	...	Buttons / Woodland Creature / Bushwoolie (voice)
Susan Blu	...	Lofty / Grundle / Bushwoolie (voice)
Cathy Cavadini	...	North Star (voice)
Nancy Cartwright	...	Gusty / Bushwoolie #4 (voice)
Peter Cullen	...	Grundle / Ahgg (voice)

Storyline

At Dream Castle, the Little Ponies are preparing a festival to celebrate the first day of Spring. From the Volcano of Gloom, the evil witch Hydia watches the event via her cauldron and, disgusted by the frivolity, tells her daughters that they must ruin it. Hydia's daughters, Draggle and Reeka, are inexperienced at causing mischief and fail utterly at ruining the festival. They return to the Volcano of Gloom in disgrace, where Witch Hydia presents a better plan - they will the make Smooze. The sisters collect a series of disgusting ingredients, but neglect to obtain the Phlume, the prospect of which terrifies them. The spell seems to work regardless, creating a pool of sentient purple lava that gleefully buries Ponyland.

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Plot Keywords:

female friendship | interspecies friendship | 1980s | spanking | pony | 

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Taglines:

It's the comedy adventure you have been waiting for!

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Genres:

Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 June 1986 (USA)

Also Known As:

Az én kicsi pónim

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$416,108, 8 June 1986

Gross USA:

$5,958,456

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$5,958,456

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sunbow Productions, Marvel Productions, Hasbro

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Madeline Kahn's first time voice acting in a theatrical film, she would later go onto voice Gussie Mausheimer in An American Tail (1986), and Gypsy the Gypsy Moth in A Bug's Life (1998).

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Goofs

The group who set out for Flutter Valley are chased by Ahhg the giant spider after tickling him and slipping away unnoticed. As they make a dash towards a nearby cliff, Gingerbread and Baby Lickety Split have somehow joined the group, but Baby Lickety Split should be with the Grundles and Spike, and Gingerbread should be back at Paradise Estate.

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Quotes

Wind Whistler: I'm afraid we're stuck with it.
Gusty: No, I'm stuck with it, big mouth!

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Connections

Follows My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina (1985)

User Reviews

Bad movie, great trip down memory lane

Back when I was six I dragged my poor Mom to see this in the theaters. I LOVED it! When I got older I watched it every time it was on the Disney channel. Now that I'm in college I still watch it every once in a while. Is it a bad movie? You better believe it. Is it great 80's nostalgia? You better believe it! I think out of the many 80's cartoon/toy lines that made it to theaters this is actually one of the better efforts. It's held up better over time than say, the Care Bear movies. Oh course being a little girl who loved ponies and horses it's no brainer why I thought this was one of the greatest movies ever when I was six. I still watch it now for a trip down memory lane.