If "My Little Pony 'n Friends" Had Continued... · 1:32am Dec 10th, 2015
Here's a what if. What if "The Transformers" and "G.I. Joe A Real American Hero" didn't self-destruct in 1986? Not only did they set themselves up for cancellation, but they also dragged down My Little Pony and Jem and the Holograms before their time. They originally ordered 61 episodes of the My Little Pony side of "My Little Pony 'n Friends" with the intent to use "Rescue at Midnight Castle" and "Escape with Katrina" with a K to bring it up to the magical 65 episode mark. Unfortunately, that was all that would end up being ordered, as 1986 was one debacle after another with Sunbow and Marvel's flagship shows. While My Little Pony did okay in it's own right, it was far from the smash hit needed to justify keeping the operation going just to keep it going. Even in production it was done on the cheap.
However, there were plans to take it beyond this original order should they get more episodes. The world of My Little Pony was probably the most open of any of the shows backed by Hasbro. They knew new material was coming, and had plans to incorporate it. So, let's say "The Transformers" and "G.I. Joe" did just fine, and "My Little Pony 'n Friends" did okay. They probably would have gotten a new order of maybe 65 more episodes. Season 2 would have probably had 48 new episodes instead of 13, and there would have been a Season 3 with 30.
So, 65 episodes that were never made. What would they have done? More development of the Princess Ponies? More from the flutter ponies? More Wind Whistler being awesome? Something to postulate. There would likely be nine more standalone episodes and some mixture of four-part and two part stories. Perhaps seven four-part stories and fourteen two-part stories.
Just something I'm considering.
