It took Years for me to sit and watch this Entire MLP Special, and I honestly wish I had done so sooner. Even with some Glaring flaws, there's actually a lot to enjoy. I really miss how kid's shows weren't afraid to get scary :)
*DRWolf001* I only had a "lick" of MLP G1 from the "Escape from Catrina" special when I was little, when it was translated to Spanish. At the time it was a blur to remember. During my exploration by *Tricky Fox* UA-cam channel, where he reviewed the episode with other bronies, I felt the familiar scenes of Catrina and everything else. I became a fan when I saw G4.
Eh What's up Doc ? I hope you are keeping safe and every thing. Love it when you and Lighting Bliss come together and it fun to watch. and it made my Saturday a whole lot better.
I feel like everyone forgets how dark Gen1 was, like seriously, Dying seaponies , ponies being forced to choose between them or their friends being turned to stone, birds being murdered and haunting fillies, fillies being tricked into watching circus and having their shadows stolen, ponies having magic horse shoes stolen, unicorns being kidnapped and forced to have their mane cut off and then turn it into magic cloaks for witches... yeah, I love Gen1
whatever happen.? i was 90's child but still had a good dose of 80 and there was a variety of shows that got surprisingly dark. yet if you showed that sort of thing now you get yelled out. like people we already since horrible stuff by bloody Disney you can say died and be ok.
Doc: I hope G1 ain't like G3 which had no conflict and it's all about cute ponies and to sell merch Doc 8 seconds later: ok so that's NOT how this show works... Gotta say favorite line in this reaction
I actually saw "Rescue at Midnight Castle" on UA-cam years ago after watching CR's MLP retrospective videos discuss it. It's a really solid TV special, especially with how threatening Tirek was to everyone. Scorpan was easily my favorite character with his growing will to save Spike and the ponies from his master's reign of terror. Plus, I thought it was cool how Tirek was voiced by the G1 Transformers narrator, Victor Caroli. Although, they definitely could've done some foreshadowing on how Megan is supposed to be Ponyland's savior. Maybe they could've had a prophecy, or at least namedrop an old pony's tale about a courageous girl that helped the ponies of old battle an evil monster/overlord. Just a little something.
When I was around four or five I watched the G1 cartoon and during the credits they'd show this special. I always wanted to see it back then, but it never was on. Years later I ended up seeing on UA-cam.
Was surprised that this and "Escape from Catrina" were only 22 minutes long. Considering they're both specials I was expecting both to be around 45 minutes long, which I wish they were.
Tirek wanted eternal night, and he is defeated by a rainbow ribbon blast. Nightmare Moon wanted the night to last forever, and she is defeated by the elements of harmony creating a rainbow whirl wind. I never realized these similarities before this video.
It's that 80's cartoon villain template that several such characters had (monstrous looks, that 'you are doomed' alpha male monologue, working the minions to the bone, evil shadow powers, etc). I think his creation was inspired by Venger from the D&D cartoon, too, although I find Venger 10x more awesome.
It helps that Victor Carolli, the announcer for the original Transformers cartoon show, was the voice of Tirek. For those of you who aren’t familiar with him, his most recent performance was he voiced that paralyzed horse in Bravest Warriors.
And here's another connection that ties the series together with G1 MLP; the voice actor of Optimus Prime was also the voice actor for Venger in the D&D cartoon.
and its why I was disappointed by Tirek's G4 voice, as I feel having someone like Steve Blum or Ron Perlman or a simialr voice would've worked even better and fit clsoer to G1's tirek
@@sarafontanini7051 Foals get their strength sapped by a creepy stranger? Check. Spike falls in with a band of sociopaths running a protection racket? Check. Characters turned into glass or frozen in ice? Check. Megan nearly falls into lava? Check. And one _Tales_ short actually included an imagine spot of a Donner party! BTW, I'm certain that in "The Revolt of Paradise Estate" Beezen was looking for the Flash Stone, not realizing that the search would be fruitless.
G1 needs a lot more attention. Yes the show is plagued by the effects of the era it came out in, but holy shit does it have a lot of characters and storylines that deserve looking into.
In the serious: *They run for their lives when the dragons come from the sky* What I imagined it: *Air raid sirens going off and anti-air batteries (guns) going off and shooting at the dragons* Also Im amazed that their was a serious called D&D and that those people created mlp G1. :o
Tirek best line: THE RAINBOW OF DARKNESS THE DARKNESS SENDS NOW BIGING THE NIGHT THAT NEVER END!!! Wait the night that never end? Do thats maiby inspire nightmare moon eternal night plans? 🤔
A group of friends from the same small community, an outsider to help them, a villain that wants to bring never ending night, a trip to a scary old castle that requires help from (a) magical sea creature(s) to cross a river and the villain is defeated by a rainbow.
To everyone in the comments and the reviewers! Here's a friendly reminder that Tirek's G1 counterpart was named TIRAC in the cartoon bible and the first VHS covers, you've likely seen that spelling a lot and it'll do everyone a favor if we keep in mind that he was concieved with a different name! ;) Proof: derpibooru.org/images/2226236 As for where "Tirek" came from... Since the Rescue at Midnight Castle special unfortunately didn't credit any of the voice actors that took part in it, for a while no one knew how to pronounce the villain's name, and thus during the early years of the internet, before Friendship is Magic debuted even, people came up with the name Tirek, which became more popular and was eventually used in Friendship is Magic once Tirac "returned" in the season 4 finale, though if you watch the episode 'Bright Lights' of the original G1 show you'll notice that he's more like Erebus than Tirac... :P And I got proof of that too, if you don't want to watch Bright Lights: derpibooru.org/images/2280937 Oops, I talked so much about Tirac that I forgot to give my opinion of the review! xD Excellent work, you two (and the singer for the cover in the credits, that was a great cover, dear me), as a fan of MLP's first generation I love this special (and I like the other one too, as well as the rest of the series and the UK comics), its one flaw, in my opinion, is that it wasn't the movie. Imagine this special with an even bigger budget (and it already looks good thanks to Toei's best animators at the time working on it) and more time to develop the characters, especially Scorpan and Spike... That's the one thing I don't like about the special, how rushed it is. Nonetheless it's truly an inspirational piece of the franchise and a great start to the series that followed (along with the other special), it started much and influenced even more, plus Tirac is still the most vile and terrifying villain the ponies have ever encountered! As for why Tirac wanted to unleash the night that never ends, it's not made clear but you can figure out when you remember what the Rainbow of Darkness does. Tirac created Midnight Castle out of a huge tree and the twisted the area around him into a more horrific scene... If he unleashed his weapon into the sky, it would've spread across not only the land of the ponies, but the human world as well, corrupting everything and everyone into more monstrous versions of their past selves. Tirac, being the quasi-satanic archetype that he is, would've essentially created Hell on Earth!
There is actually a pink dragon character from the Spyro video games that is named Ember. She appeared in 'Sypro: A Hero's Tail'. One might say that she was Spyro's original girlfriend before Cynder came along. Spyro kinda shies from her overzealous approach somewhat, though, so she is basically the 'Amy Rose' of the Spyro series.
It IS Ember. Both these reviewers just misheard it. Ember & Amber DO sound alike. Also keep in mind that audio in the 80’s, while good compared to audio in the 20’s - 50’s, DID still have it’s problems compared to audio of today’s world.
Gotta be honest I myself never seen g1-3 but seeing this video inspired me to watch the og my little pony to see how these ponies got to where they are right now thanks for the inspiration Lightning bliss and DRWolf!
Woohooo a review of my favorite episode of G1 of MLP!!!!! ^_^ By the way when the rainbow of light was used to defeat tirek and in the end destroy him, could that mean, in a matter of speaking, Be the actual holder of the elements of harmony? One little thing containing a rainbow that is small at first but was unleashed as a huge wave of Magical power to destroy evil? O_O
Oh, man. Loved this look back on this crazy thing. I remember seeing this when it first came out (yikes, dating myself there), and being terrified of Scorpan, let alone Tirac, but insisting I wanted to see it for the Ponies. They got away with some crazy-dark stuff in cartoons back then, even in the shows produced for girls. Looking back at it now, I agree that there's a lot of wacky, breakneck pacing and it has its flaws, but I imagine that for a kid, that kind of pace was needed to keep them engaged and quickly set up the plot and get the action rolling. I feel like that was just a hallmark of 80s and early 90s cartoons in a nutshell. Great review, thanks for the trip down memory lane! It'd be cool to see some more of these old school reviews, if you get the chance. I'd love to see your review of something like the original MLP movie.
4:17 someone should have warned the doc about the 80s it was the dark times for children shows every kid's show and movie had to be at least little dark.
Tirek's Rainbow of Darkness. you know, the one you learned about in school: Seal_brown , Umber, Xanadu, Onyx, Navy_blue, Indigo, and Taupe -CR (FamiliarFacesChannel)
I have to admit that Tirek scared me as a kid, i mean he threatend to decapitate a kid! Also, fun fact: In the Swedish dub Megan was named Mimmi, Firefly was named Silver and Applejack, Isabella.
You know I have only seen one episode in g3 and I made sure never to go back and watch the rest this was before I was a bronie but after this one I might watch this myself once I have free time
gosh i remember watching that. honestly i grew up with G3 and while G3 is more of "no fighting" and no conflict drama its like a eh maybe a slice of life like "chill". [plus im still like how the pegasai and earth ponies never knew eachother existed but ey]. I have watched the G1 film before and i had watched G1s episodes [or is it G2?] and those episodes are..interesting and have alot of drama and such depending what episode your watching, and introduce more creatures in it. like the sunstone episodes with the witches, and the episode i remember the most was when these goons try turning the ponies home into glass. im being hit with nostalgia with this holy moly-
Thanks for reminding me, I need to catch up with Dr Wolf's DnD sessions... which will take forever with my luck. (I also think it'd be cool if you all end up doing an MLP based DND session someday in the future. Of course, it may take a few years at best.)
Maybe in future a new Gen of MLP could bring back the Human charecters interacting with ponies again but ofcourse being more like G4 and being more action packed like this ^^.
As a 90s kid, I remember renting this and the movie over and over again and even went and bought the original complete series dvd set for G1. I adored it so much as a kid and I still watch them even as an adult. I saw noticeable flaws and quirks Gen 1 had but still loved it all. This special was amazing to watch even with the errors you pointed out during your review and yes DR Wolf...…………..I have that Shoo Be Doo song stuck in my head and it has never left my mind. I'd like to say that Gen 1 will always be one of my favorite gens of MLP much like FiM and it was this cartoon and Rainbow Brite which will always have special places in my heart forever.
I remember watching G1 pilot episode when I was little. It was recorded by my parents at the time, and my big sister seemed to have the dolls at that time (Most of them which still are in the attic even today). But to be honest, the names in the swedish-dubbed version were different at the time. Instead of Applejack being named Applejack, she was named Isabella, and even Firefly was instead named Silver (What??). Weird I know, but at that time the translator thought it would be hard to remember the original names and decided to experiment a little to give them suitable names. But man was it awesome to see the G1 Tirac again in this one, since the newer generations like Nowacking, ACRacebest and others need to understand that Twilight's Kingdom episode DID actually bring back Tirac as Tirek in that two-part episode. It is a must for the reaction crew to do a reaction to the G1 pilot to give them some perspective of knowledge here. All in all, a pretty good review once again, Bliss and Wolf. Hope to see more of you in the future. :-D P.S. for Dr Wolf: Shoo be-doo sho-shoo be-doo!
nice review lightning and doc, it was interesting to see how G1 cast of characters are before G4 like tirek and scorpan are brothers in G4. Just seen few like applejack and twilight look so different or seen spike is helping the villeins it was shock to see just how spike once started out as villein and nice artwork at the end of video by the way, for me it would have been nice to see scorpan in last season of mlp but maybe he might show up in G5 as hero or walk on roll character something along those lines
I am curious if Josh ever put the lines together when this video was in script writing process and it made him decide to take Bliss in more Dungeons and Dragons all thanks to MLP.
I also loved this episode I saw when it aired and fell in love with mlp. It was odd for me a briny before we were a thing. I must ask what did you think of the witches and the smuzz, or the g1 flutter poneies
The Brother-Sister relationship between Dr. Wolf and Lighting Bliss is truly enjoyable and I loved this review where it all began. Firefly is a daredevil than Rainbow Dash. And Scorpan is a badass to save and protect Spike. I would love to see them on *MLP G5.* BRING G1 OGs!
Fun Fact for the animation, I beleive the studio behind it was Toei Animation, or Toei Doga as they were called back in the 80s The same company who animated: Dragonball, Sailor Moon, One Piece, and for MLPs sibling series ...Transformers G1 Also another fun fact G1 Tirek is voiced by the same person who narrates the G1 Transformers series
I saw this review a while back but I had to watch it again, I love this review, great video Lightning Bliss DRWolf001 😊 (imagine if someone remade Escape from the 'Midnight Castle' animation in the G4 art style or perhaps in G5's but with the original audio?)
I grew up in the late 80s-ealy 90s and my family would record any cartoons for me and my siblings to watch. I remember seeing g1 mlp and at my young age I would watch it not knowing or caring that it was for little girls. It was because of g1 mlp, that I gave g4 mlp a watch and I'm glad I did.
Now I picture them working on a collab, when a third party, from off camera, declares "Oh, How cute and adorable!" Bliss eyetwitches, preparing to let loose the fury, but whomever that 3rd person is rushes past to abruptly hug up Wolf.
doc: did you know this was the same animation team for dungeons and dragons? Lightning bliss is shocked And then she says,woah woah woah are you telling me that I was addicted to dungeons and dragons before firebrand brought me into those season she years later!? For comedic timing, firebrand comes in out of nowhere singing,"what can I say except you're welcome?" That was perfect comedy I wasn't expecting that
It's actually Posey who is the inspiration for Fluttershy in G4. BTW pretty fun fact about the voice of Posey she's voiced by I kid you not Nancy Cartwright the voice of Bart Simpson. And Russi Taylor RIP also did voices in G1 MLP.
I grew up with the the VHS of this special so when the season 4 finale came out and I heard Lord Tirek I was like WHAAAATTT????!!!!!!!! 😱🤯🤩. Admittedly, when I first saw episodes 1&2 of G4 I couldn’t help but think the plot was very similar to this g1 special: villain with the goal of night that never ends. A character that is new to the area and key to defeating the villain, going through a forest to get to a castle, a rainbow defeats the villain, crossing turbulent water with the help of sea creatures, not to mention Spike and AJ are almost carbon copies of each other visually. Yeah, I was scratching my head to say the least. Add to all that the fact that I came across G4 because I was looking for this special on UA-cam! 😆
7:00 Note this As an Animation fan this was the entire reason i would watch this girls show. THE ONLY REASON AS A BOY i would watch it. An its because i loved Venger`s voice. I literally want a Skyrim version of Venger. This is why after Season 2 of D&D i wanted more!
This special was part of my childhood too, but the message I took from it wasn't that even a small rainbow could do great things, it was that sometimes someone could really be a good guy despite looking scary. I loved seeing Dr. Wolf's reactions to the insane stuff that I just calmly accepted as a kid. Could you guys do "Escape from Catrina" (and "MLP: The Movie") next?
G1 Scorpan was a human prince turned into a gargoyle by the evil Lord Tirac. G4 versions of these characters have a slight change in relationship to being actually brothers but their titles are still the same Lord Tirek and Prince Scorpan.
DrWolf001: Some which are actually pretty good for a short cartoon, others.... Me and Lighting Bliss: Shoo-bee-doo, shoo shoo bee Doo!!!! Me: WOO!!!! 14:17.
Dr. Wolf just pulled off a Looney Tunes joke where the character pop out of the TV, Computer or any other entertainment set that cartoon character pop out of!
Admit it doctor wolf, you like the mermaids. Also my most emorable G1 episodes are: The prince & the ponies (ponys+newborns are invited to a sleepover but it turns out its a trap so the babies can be enslaved by the usurping maids entitled daughhter) the wannabe dragon slayer (the ponys try to help a bumbling boy who wants to be a knight but keeps screwing up) and escape from katrina (ponys discover a evil tempered sorceress that has enslaved an entire race to feed her potion addiction)
To Lightening Bliss: Do you think they'll bring back Megan in g5 like they did with only two of the villains in G4, Tyrek wasn't the only villain who got brought back you know? Aside from Grogar who turns out it was Discord in disguise, they brought back the Smooze from G1's My little Pony the movie but it wasn't a villain, just a guest at a Grand Galloping Gala Episode as Discord's plus one for his first time at the gala.
Whenever I get bored. I watch Rescue at Midnight castle, or My Little Pony Tales. I like all the older MLP. The original has bad things happen, epic battle scenes and characters to give kids nightmares. With just a hint of BUY OUR TOYS. The characters are fun, though the pace is fast, it's pretty fun to watch. My Little Pony Tales actually has kid characters (maybe around 10 or 12) And the plot honestly is just a day in the life for kids. It includes school, bullies, just things kids could relate too. And the lessons in it are honestly pretty good. And I really don't think there's too many "BUY OUR TOYS" in it, if there even is any at all. G3. Wow. The show is for sure meant for a pretty young audience. It also has a pretty strong "BUY OUR TOYS" and nothing bad really happens, well, not like G1 or G4 that is. I think all the older generations are pretty interesting, some better than others, but in the end, I love all of them!
I get the feeling Blissy will make me sit down and watch it with her at some point. Though at least what I already saw of it didnt seem too terrible especially as 80s cartoons go. Nice review ^^
Wait. Blissy didn't know about the AD&D angle? The Dungeons & Dragons show was from my era, and so when G1 came out and I saw the same animation style, I gave it a shot... and liked it. Really, you can't miss the similarities if you've seen both!
one interesting thing is that Scorpan's face turn doesn't come out of nowhere, as is typical of the trope, but instead there are LOTS of hints of him being a good guy (such as him saving megan and trying to warn her away, as well as how he acts towards spike) and even his initial scene could be him trying to subtly warn the ponies abotu what's going on, or at very least put on a false persona, but that could jsut be me reading too deeply. If there's one thign G1 did better than G4 in this one instance, it was Scorpan's redemption compared to CERTAIN redemptions, but that's just MY hot take.
It took Years for me to sit and watch this Entire MLP Special, and I honestly wish I had done so sooner. Even with some Glaring flaws, there's actually a lot to enjoy. I really miss how kid's shows weren't afraid to get scary :)
*DRWolf001* I only had a "lick" of MLP G1 from the "Escape from Catrina" special when I was little, when it was translated to Spanish. At the time it was a blur to remember. During my exploration by *Tricky Fox* UA-cam channel, where he reviewed the episode with other bronies, I felt the familiar scenes of Catrina and everything else. I became a fan when I saw G4.
DRWolf001 goodos 🕶
Eh What's up Doc ?
I hope you are keeping safe and every thing.
Love it when you and Lighting Bliss come together and it fun to watch.
and it made my Saturday a whole lot better.
DRWolf001 this pilot was created by middle age men
Whats up doc?
I feel like everyone forgets how dark Gen1 was, like seriously,
Dying seaponies , ponies being forced to choose between them or their friends being turned to stone, birds being murdered and haunting fillies, fillies being tricked into watching circus and having their shadows stolen, ponies having magic horse shoes stolen, unicorns being kidnapped and forced to have their mane cut off and then turn it into magic cloaks for witches... yeah, I love Gen1
After Artist Kids stuff in the 80’s whernt great wasin’t it, they where so...Not-kids-frendly 😊
And Drug PSA cat.
whatever happen.? i was 90's child but still had a good dose of 80 and there was a variety of shows that got surprisingly dark. yet if you showed that sort of thing now you get yelled out. like people we already since horrible stuff by bloody Disney you can say died and be ok.
Do you know a place I could watch the episode? That sounds really cool
@@shiningstar6649 www.wco.tv/anime/my-little-pony-n-friends here you go.
Doc: I hope G1 ain't like G3 which had no conflict and it's all about cute ponies and to sell merch
Doc 8 seconds later: ok so that's NOT how this show works...
Gotta say favorite line in this reaction
Doc:She's too small to fulfill Tirek's dark plans
Cozy Glow:Am I a joke to you?
No Cozy Glow, jokes are funny.
I actually saw "Rescue at Midnight Castle" on UA-cam years ago after watching CR's MLP retrospective videos discuss it. It's a really solid TV special, especially with how threatening Tirek was to everyone. Scorpan was easily my favorite character with his growing will to save Spike and the ponies from his master's reign of terror. Plus, I thought it was cool how Tirek was voiced by the G1 Transformers narrator, Victor Caroli.
Although, they definitely could've done some foreshadowing on how Megan is supposed to be Ponyland's savior. Maybe they could've had a prophecy, or at least namedrop an old pony's tale about a courageous girl that helped the ponies of old battle an evil monster/overlord. Just a little something.
Yeah, but there's only so much you can fit into a half hour time slot.
When I was around four or five I watched the G1 cartoon and during the credits they'd show this special. I always wanted to see it back then, but it never was on. Years later I ended up seeing on UA-cam.
Who agrees that doc is like blissy's father or older brother,
PS: cant choose though, free to choose which one is better
Both
@@s.knaturegirl9895 Both is good
Definitely both.
T2 X-TREME she calls him her “Wolf-Bro” 😊😊😊
Hmm, well, I guess older brother is more accurate.
Ooh the original g1 pilot! My fave! Great review Lightning Bliss! And kudos to you and doc for getting me interested in g1 back in 2017!
Ya know, I wouldn't mind seeing more G1 reviews.
Some
Was surprised that this and "Escape from Catrina" were only 22 minutes long. Considering they're both specials I was expecting both to be around 45 minutes long, which I wish they were.
Wait, "Escape from CATRINA"? Predictive programming much?...
Tirek wanted eternal night, and he is defeated by a rainbow ribbon blast.
Nightmare Moon wanted the night to last forever, and she is defeated by the elements of harmony creating a rainbow whirl wind.
I never realized these similarities before this video.
"Danger is my life."
Yep, I could totally see G4 Rainbow Dash saying this. Sums her character perfectly.
Somehow G1 Tirek is more impressive than G4 Tirek.
It's that 80's cartoon villain template that several such characters had (monstrous looks, that 'you are doomed' alpha male monologue, working the minions to the bone, evil shadow powers, etc). I think his creation was inspired by Venger from the D&D cartoon, too, although I find Venger 10x more awesome.
Well, G4 Tirek is the current villain in Dragon Ball Super.
the difference is that G1 Tirek was allowed to be scary,while G4 Tirek,while not a bad villain, wasn't
Lol 😂 nope 👎
It helps that Victor Carolli, the announcer for the original Transformers cartoon show, was the voice of Tirek. For those of you who aren’t familiar with him, his most recent performance was he voiced that paralyzed horse in Bravest Warriors.
That sudden sea pony-appearence always cracks me up for some reason.
3:06 the bigger pony reminds me of Toriel.
The animation style is like The Last Unicorn movie
Fun Fact: G1 Spike was voiced by Charlie Adler who also provided the voices for both G1 Silverbolt and Bayverse Starscream.
Don't forget Cow and Chicken.
And buster bunny
Couple things:
I pretty sure the good doctor is at least a demigod.
And I want a full Firebrand cover of You’re Welcome. Please.
THE NARRATOR OF THE OG G1 TRANSFORMERS WAS TIREK?!?!?!
the crossover was confirmed long before the announcement
And here's another connection that ties the series together with G1 MLP; the voice actor of Optimus Prime was also the voice actor for Venger in the D&D cartoon.
and its why I was disappointed by Tirek's G4 voice, as I feel having someone like Steve Blum or Ron Perlman or a simialr voice would've worked even better and fit clsoer to G1's tirek
@@williamcrowe2576 the same actor also voice one of the Crabnasties in an episode of G1 MLP
So are we just going to ignore the fact that the villain threatened to decapitate a child? CAUSE I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THAT A LITTLE BIT!
He was a 80's movie villain. Child murder was a just a Tuesday.
@@ligtningdog6399
This was the same time that some NES games were based off of rated r movies of the time.
My Little Pony G1 was metal as fuck
@@sarafontanini7051
Foals get their strength sapped by a creepy stranger? Check.
Spike falls in with a band of sociopaths running a protection racket? Check.
Characters turned into glass or frozen in ice? Check.
Megan nearly falls into lava? Check.
And one _Tales_ short actually included an imagine spot of a Donner party!
BTW, I'm certain that in "The Revolt of Paradise Estate" Beezen was looking for the Flash Stone, not realizing that the search would be fruitless.
oh damnit our OC is sooooo cute and what you have her do is adorable. also, yay colab with the puppers
G1 needs a lot more attention. Yes the show is plagued by the effects of the era it came out in, but holy shit does it have a lot of characters and storylines that deserve looking into.
In the serious: *They run for their lives when the dragons come from the sky*
What I imagined it: *Air raid sirens going off and anti-air batteries (guns) going off and shooting at the dragons*
Also Im amazed that their was a serious called D&D and that those people created mlp G1. :o
Tirek best line: THE RAINBOW OF DARKNESS THE DARKNESS SENDS NOW BIGING THE NIGHT THAT NEVER END!!!
Wait the night that never end? Do thats maiby inspire nightmare moon eternal night plans? 🤔
I think it might have.
*King Fire storm* BINGO. G4 needed inspiration to be a true successor to past MLP Generations. G1 had to be one of them.
You would be surprised at how many G1 references there are in G4's shows and comics.
A group of friends from the same small community, an outsider to help them, a villain that wants to bring never ending night, a trip to a scary old castle that requires help from (a) magical sea creature(s) to cross a river and the villain is defeated by a rainbow.
@@wendyheatherwood Why does that sound so familiar? *WINK* 😉 😉 😉
I actually like G1 despite some moments
Also, you didn't mention Tirek would behead Spike?
To quote Doug “Like seriously how did we get a TV-Y out of this?!?”
To everyone in the comments and the reviewers! Here's a friendly reminder that Tirek's G1 counterpart was named TIRAC in the cartoon bible and the first VHS covers, you've likely seen that spelling a lot and it'll do everyone a favor if we keep in mind that he was concieved with a different name! ;)
Proof: derpibooru.org/images/2226236
As for where "Tirek" came from... Since the Rescue at Midnight Castle special unfortunately didn't credit any of the voice actors that took part in it, for a while no one knew how to pronounce the villain's name, and thus during the early years of the internet, before Friendship is Magic debuted even, people came up with the name Tirek, which became more popular and was eventually used in Friendship is Magic once Tirac "returned" in the season 4 finale, though if you watch the episode 'Bright Lights' of the original G1 show you'll notice that he's more like Erebus than Tirac... :P
And I got proof of that too, if you don't want to watch Bright Lights: derpibooru.org/images/2280937
Oops, I talked so much about Tirac that I forgot to give my opinion of the review! xD
Excellent work, you two (and the singer for the cover in the credits, that was a great cover, dear me), as a fan of MLP's first generation I love this special (and I like the other one too, as well as the rest of the series and the UK comics), its one flaw, in my opinion, is that it wasn't the movie. Imagine this special with an even bigger budget (and it already looks good thanks to Toei's best animators at the time working on it) and more time to develop the characters, especially Scorpan and Spike... That's the one thing I don't like about the special, how rushed it is. Nonetheless it's truly an inspirational piece of the franchise and a great start to the series that followed (along with the other special), it started much and influenced even more, plus Tirac is still the most vile and terrifying villain the ponies have ever encountered!
As for why Tirac wanted to unleash the night that never ends, it's not made clear but you can figure out when you remember what the Rainbow of Darkness does. Tirac created Midnight Castle out of a huge tree and the twisted the area around him into a more horrific scene... If he unleashed his weapon into the sky, it would've spread across not only the land of the ponies, but the human world as well, corrupting everything and everyone into more monstrous versions of their past selves. Tirac, being the quasi-satanic archetype that he is, would've essentially created Hell on Earth!
A truly enjoyable and superb review Blissy and Doc i love it.
Wow, I'm pleasantly surprised! Might wanna give it a watch too! Good review Blissy and Doc!
This was a great review Blissy. I definitely wouldn’t seeing a lot more G1 reviews for My Little Pony. This was actually fun.
Man the first MLP is a dark one as it had its darkest villan ever and inspired Tirek from G4!
I thought the pony was being called _Ember_ , not _Amber_ ... and Ember is also a very fitting dragon name.
There is actually a pink dragon character from the Spyro video games that is named Ember. She appeared in 'Sypro: A Hero's Tail'. One might say that she was Spyro's original girlfriend before Cynder came along. Spyro kinda shies from her overzealous approach somewhat, though, so she is basically the 'Amy Rose' of the Spyro series.
It IS Ember. Both these reviewers just misheard it. Ember & Amber DO sound alike.
Also keep in mind that audio in the 80’s, while good compared to audio in the 20’s - 50’s, DID still have it’s problems compared to audio of today’s world.
Dragon lord Ember anyone?
Gotta be honest I myself never seen g1-3 but seeing this video inspired me to watch the og my little pony to see how these ponies got to where they are right now thanks for the inspiration Lightning bliss and DRWolf!
Woohooo a review of my favorite episode of G1 of MLP!!!!! ^_^ By the way when the rainbow of light was used to defeat tirek and in the end destroy him, could that mean, in a matter of speaking, Be the actual holder of the elements of harmony? One little thing containing a rainbow that is small at first but was unleashed as a huge wave of Magical power to destroy evil? O_O
Oh, man. Loved this look back on this crazy thing. I remember seeing this when it first came out (yikes, dating myself there), and being terrified of Scorpan, let alone Tirac, but insisting I wanted to see it for the Ponies. They got away with some crazy-dark stuff in cartoons back then, even in the shows produced for girls. Looking back at it now, I agree that there's a lot of wacky, breakneck pacing and it has its flaws, but I imagine that for a kid, that kind of pace was needed to keep them engaged and quickly set up the plot and get the action rolling. I feel like that was just a hallmark of 80s and early 90s cartoons in a nutshell.
Great review, thanks for the trip down memory lane! It'd be cool to see some more of these old school reviews, if you get the chance. I'd love to see your review of something like the original MLP movie.
4:17 someone should have warned the doc about the 80s it was the dark times for children shows every kid's show and movie had to be at least little dark.
Tirek's Rainbow of Darkness. you know, the one you learned about in school:
Seal_brown
, Umber, Xanadu, Onyx, Navy_blue, Indigo, and Taupe
-CR (FamiliarFacesChannel)
When the sea pony’s appear and start singing
Dr wolf- internally screaming
Bliss- joins in with the song
I have to admit that Tirek scared me as a kid, i mean he threatend to decapitate a kid!
Also, fun fact: In the Swedish dub Megan was named Mimmi, Firefly was named Silver and Applejack, Isabella.
Dr. Wolf: Amber... wait a minute...
*exposed*
There are so many hilarious moments in this review! I know this is a relatively old video, but KEEP IT UP! 👍🏼
Funny how G1 Tirek sounds like the narrator from G1 Transformers.
I also believe that the narrator from the original Voltron was the voice for the original Optimus Prime, although I've yet to research that.
SAME VA
12:18
Those eyes look exactly like what I’d expect to happen when Doc somehow snaps
The one Pony you called Amber is actually named Ember. I know this because I’m the original Brony. I grew up with Gen 1.
You know I have only seen one episode in g3 and I made sure never to go back and watch the rest this was before I was a bronie but after this one I might watch this myself once I have free time
10:29
"DIE AQUATIC SPAWN OF EVIL!!"
-Silver Quill, with a Machine Gun, controlled by King Sombra.
I laugh my paws off
6:12
Come on Lightning Bliss we were both there. That is the universal theme of all 80's cartoons.
Legend says Dr.W0lf still has the sea pony song stuck in his head.
*Shoo Be Do Be Do*
gosh i remember watching that. honestly i grew up with G3 and while G3 is more of "no fighting" and no conflict drama its like a eh maybe a slice of life like "chill". [plus im still like how the pegasai and earth ponies never knew eachother existed but ey]. I have watched the G1 film before and i had watched G1s episodes [or is it G2?] and those episodes are..interesting and have alot of drama and such depending what episode your watching, and introduce more creatures in it. like the sunstone episodes with the witches, and the episode i remember the most was when these goons try turning the ponies home into glass. im being hit with nostalgia with this holy moly-
Thanks for reminding me, I need to catch up with Dr Wolf's DnD sessions... which will take forever with my luck. (I also think it'd be cool if you all end up doing an MLP based DND session someday in the future. Of course, it may take a few years at best.)
This is amazing. No other words, it's amazing.
Boi... I need my Boiled Toast... And my Fresh WEED 👍 BTW Happy Eggster! 🐣 (Easter)
10:29 Enter one of Silver Quill's worst nightmares: the G-1 Sea-pony song. For evidence, I suggest watching the the video "After the Fact: Bats!".
Me:*Sees G3*
Also Me:*Grabs Flamethrower* Im about to end this generations career
lol
My sister got g3 pony toys years ago that came with a DVD of the g3 show. I can't say I was thrilled with it.
Maybe in future a new Gen of MLP could bring back the Human charecters interacting with ponies again but ofcourse being more like G4 and being more action packed like this ^^.
You wanna talk about a theme song that will never leave the theme song for the 1994 fantastic 4 cartoon. It will never leave my head.
I think the show is awful but I have to admit that I like the theme song.
Amazing review!!
As a 90s kid, I remember renting this and the movie over and over again and even went and bought the original complete series dvd set for G1. I adored it so much as a kid and I still watch them even as an adult. I saw noticeable flaws and quirks Gen 1 had but still loved it all. This special was amazing to watch even with the errors you pointed out during your review and yes DR Wolf...…………..I have that Shoo Be Doo song stuck in my head and it has never left my mind. I'd like to say that Gen 1 will always be one of my favorite gens of MLP much like FiM and it was this cartoon and Rainbow Brite which will always have special places in my heart forever.
Hey Blissy, I was curious if you remember the Care Bears movie that had a villain also defeated by a rainbow, but it was called the Care Bear Stare.
I remember watching G1 pilot episode when I was little. It was recorded by my parents at the time, and my big sister seemed to have the dolls at that time (Most of them which still are in the attic even today).
But to be honest, the names in the swedish-dubbed version were different at the time. Instead of Applejack being named Applejack, she was named Isabella, and even Firefly was instead named Silver (What??). Weird I know, but at that time the translator thought it would be hard to remember the original names and decided to experiment a little to give them suitable names.
But man was it awesome to see the G1 Tirac again in this one, since the newer generations like Nowacking, ACRacebest and others need to understand that Twilight's Kingdom episode DID actually bring back Tirac as Tirek in that two-part episode. It is a must for the reaction crew to do a reaction to the G1 pilot to give them some perspective of knowledge here.
All in all, a pretty good review once again, Bliss and Wolf. Hope to see more of you in the future. :-D
P.S. for Dr Wolf: Shoo be-doo sho-shoo be-doo!
nice review lightning and doc, it was interesting to see how G1 cast of characters are before G4 like tirek and scorpan are brothers in G4. Just seen few like applejack and twilight look so different or seen spike is helping the villeins it was shock to see just how spike once started out as villein and nice artwork at the end of video by the way, for me it would have been nice to see scorpan in last season of mlp but maybe he might show up in G5 as hero or walk on roll character something along those lines
4:54- Huh. I did not expect to see that meme on Dr. Wolf. Interesting.
I am curious if Josh ever put the lines together when this video was in script writing process and it made him decide to take Bliss in more Dungeons and Dragons all thanks to MLP.
Don't deny your happiness, Blissy. Whenever your schedule isn't disturbed, you enjoy time with your friends.
I also loved this episode I saw when it aired and fell in love with mlp. It was odd for me a briny before we were a thing. I must ask what did you think of the witches and the smuzz, or the g1 flutter poneies
The Brother-Sister relationship between Dr. Wolf and Lighting Bliss is truly enjoyable and I loved this review where it all began.
Firefly is a daredevil than Rainbow Dash. And Scorpan is a badass to save and protect Spike. I would love to see them on *MLP G5.* BRING G1 OGs!
This was one of my absolute favorite movies to watch as a child. I couldn't get enough of it.
Fun Fact for the animation, I beleive the studio behind it was Toei Animation, or Toei Doga as they were called back in the 80s
The same company who animated: Dragonball, Sailor Moon, One Piece, and for MLPs sibling series ...Transformers G1
Also another fun fact G1 Tirek is voiced by the same person who narrates the G1 Transformers series
I saw this review a while back but I had to watch it again, I love this review, great video Lightning Bliss DRWolf001 😊 (imagine if someone remade Escape from the 'Midnight Castle' animation in the G4 art style or perhaps in G5's but with the original audio?)
I grew up in the late 80s-ealy 90s and my family would record any cartoons for me and my siblings to watch. I remember seeing g1 mlp and at my young age I would watch it not knowing or caring that it was for little girls. It was because of g1 mlp, that I gave g4 mlp a watch and I'm glad I did.
I often forget how teeny Dr. Wolf is.
Now I picture them working on a collab, when a third party, from off camera, declares "Oh, How cute and adorable!" Bliss eyetwitches, preparing to let loose the fury, but whomever that 3rd person is rushes past to abruptly hug up Wolf.
Great video I love your content that makes me smile and don’t forget to take breaks I love your channel because it always makes me smile
While I was watching this, I got an ad that was literally a full episode of MLP gen 4, I didn't even know that was possible
doc: did you know this was the same animation team for dungeons and dragons?
Lightning bliss is shocked
And then she says,woah woah woah are you telling me that I was addicted to dungeons and dragons before firebrand brought me into those season she years later!?
For comedic timing, firebrand comes in out of nowhere singing,"what can I say except you're welcome?" That was perfect comedy I wasn't expecting that
It's actually Posey who is the inspiration for Fluttershy in G4. BTW pretty fun fact about the voice of Posey she's voiced by I kid you not Nancy Cartwright the voice of Bart Simpson. And Russi Taylor RIP also did voices in G1 MLP.
I grew up with the the VHS of this special so when the season 4 finale came out and I heard Lord Tirek I was like WHAAAATTT????!!!!!!!! 😱🤯🤩. Admittedly, when I first saw episodes 1&2 of G4 I couldn’t help but think the plot was very similar to this g1 special: villain with the goal of night that never ends. A character that is new to the area and key to defeating the villain, going through a forest to get to a castle, a rainbow defeats the villain, crossing turbulent water with the help of sea creatures, not to mention Spike and AJ are almost carbon copies of each other visually. Yeah, I was scratching my head to say the least. Add to all that the fact that I came across G4 because I was looking for this special on UA-cam! 😆
7:00 Note this As an Animation fan this was the entire reason i would watch this girls show. THE ONLY REASON AS A BOY i would watch it. An its because i loved Venger`s voice. I literally want a Skyrim version of Venger. This is why after Season 2 of D&D i wanted more!
Poor doc had a hard time keeping up with this one
Hahaha... It will be far more than weeks Doc. I have been trying to get that song out of my head for YEARS!
7:56
Uh oh....Doc is getting psychological again. Brace yourselves everyone.
May 'Ah mention that Megan William's "Escape from midnight castle" design likely served inspiration for Gen 4 & EqG's Applejack?
This special was part of my childhood too, but the message I took from it wasn't that even a small rainbow could do great things, it was that sometimes someone could really be a good guy despite looking scary.
I loved seeing Dr. Wolf's reactions to the insane stuff that I just calmly accepted as a kid. Could you guys do "Escape from Catrina" (and "MLP: The Movie") next?
I would love to see a review of Dungon and dragon with Josh or Silverquile heck why not both..
G1 Scorpan was a human prince turned into a gargoyle by the evil Lord Tirac. G4 versions of these characters have a slight change in relationship to being actually brothers but their titles are still the same Lord Tirek and Prince Scorpan.
0:54 A wise man once said "be careful what you wish for."
DrWolf001: Some which are actually pretty good for a short cartoon, others.... Me and Lighting Bliss: Shoo-bee-doo, shoo shoo bee Doo!!!! Me: WOO!!!! 14:17.
Dr. Wolf just pulled off a Looney Tunes joke where the character pop out of the TV, Computer or any other entertainment set that cartoon character pop out of!
God this brings back memories! I'm 26 years old and I feel old just watching that show and I still love it!
I used to watch “escape from flutter Wally” at a friends house growing up. Love that special ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Admit it doctor wolf, you like the mermaids. Also my most emorable G1 episodes are: The prince & the ponies (ponys+newborns are invited to a sleepover but it turns out its a trap so the babies can be enslaved by the usurping maids entitled daughhter) the wannabe dragon slayer (the ponys try to help a bumbling boy who wants to be a knight but keeps screwing up) and escape from katrina (ponys discover a evil tempered sorceress that has enslaved an entire race to feed her potion addiction)
I love this special. I also had it on VHS and watched it all the time when I was little.
Me looking Lightning Bliss' dnd and mlp brony oc connection chart at 8:06
Me: Bliss is an Illuminati!!!
All jokes aside, this is a really good review.
To Lightening Bliss: Do you think they'll bring back Megan in g5 like they did with only two of the villains in G4, Tyrek wasn't the only villain who got brought back you know? Aside from Grogar who turns out it was Discord in disguise, they brought back the
Smooze from G1's My little Pony the movie but it wasn't a villain, just a guest at a Grand Galloping Gala Episode as Discord's plus
one for his first time at the gala.
I honestly do not know what they will do for G5, I prefer to stay surprised on that front.
Whenever I get bored. I watch Rescue at Midnight castle, or My Little Pony Tales. I like all the older MLP. The original has bad things happen, epic battle scenes and characters to give kids nightmares. With just a hint of BUY OUR TOYS. The characters are fun, though the pace is fast, it's pretty fun to watch. My Little Pony Tales actually has kid characters (maybe around 10 or 12) And the plot honestly is just a day in the life for kids. It includes school, bullies, just things kids could relate too. And the lessons in it are honestly pretty good. And I really don't think there's too many "BUY OUR TOYS" in it, if there even is any at all. G3. Wow. The show is for sure meant for a pretty young audience. It also has a pretty strong "BUY OUR TOYS" and nothing bad really happens, well, not like G1 or G4 that is. I think all the older generations are pretty interesting, some better than others, but in the end, I love all of them!
7:02 WHAIT IT WAS CALLED DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS IN INGLISH???? Oh my god! I grew up with dungeons and dragons and I didint even know!
I get the feeling Blissy will make me sit down and watch it with her at some point. Though at least what I already saw of it didnt seem too terrible especially as 80s cartoons go. Nice review ^^
Is that a request? *Evil grin*
@@lightning-bliss Sure ~ ^^ im down for anything
G1 is my favorite gen of all the cartoons. It had some of the best villains the series ever seen.
Wait. Blissy didn't know about the AD&D angle? The Dungeons & Dragons show was from my era, and so when G1 came out and I saw the same animation style, I gave it a shot... and liked it. Really, you can't miss the similarities if you've seen both!
Well i did had a wonderful time watching this review.
and i hope that song as well the Duck Tails theme song don't get stuck in my head.
it was fun.
It just hit me. Both Gen 1 and Gen 4 start out with the ponies using a rainbow ta stop eternal darkness-
One of my favorites was the "Bright Lights" special, and the "Somnabula" multi-episode.
I thought the inspiration for flutter Shy was Posey
one interesting thing is that Scorpan's face turn doesn't come out of nowhere, as is typical of the trope, but instead there are LOTS of hints of him being a good guy (such as him saving megan and trying to warn her away, as well as how he acts towards spike) and even his initial scene could be him trying to subtly warn the ponies abotu what's going on, or at very least put on a false persona, but that could jsut be me reading too deeply.
If there's one thign G1 did better than G4 in this one instance, it was Scorpan's redemption compared to CERTAIN redemptions, but that's just MY hot take.