My Little Pony Crystal Princess: The Runaway Rainbow
Encyclopedia
My Little Pony Crystal Princess: The Runaway Rainbow is a computer animated
film produced by SD Entertainment
and distributed by Paramount Pictures
in association with Hasbro
. The film is the third of the Generation 3 My Little Pony
films and the second film to promote the Crystal Princess line. Unlike The Princess Promenade
, the film has been mostly criticized. The DVD also features another animated feature, Friends are Never Far Away, which was originally released on video in 2005.
Crystal Princess: The Runaway Rainbow is again re-released on The Hub's official website, alongside My Little Pony: A Very Minty Christmas
and My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade
.
A unicorn pony with a pink body, yellow, orange and dark pink mane and green, blue and purple tail. Her cutie mark was a heart with multiple-colored swirls surrounding it. She is a young unicorn in charge of one of the magic wands alongside Brights Brightly, Cheerilee and Whistle Wishes. Her wand allows her to control the colors to bring in the first rainbow of the season and lets her summon the Crystal Carriage.
Pinkie Pie
An earth pony with a pink body and a light pink mane & tail. Her cutie mark is three balloons. Pinkie Pie is imaginative, friendly and fun-loving. She also loves planning big parties and anything pink.
Rainbow Dash
An earth pony with a sky blue body, pink, orange, yellow and green mane and dark blue, purple and pink tail. She has a rainbow on the clouds as her cutie mark. She is stylish, and also caring. Usually speaks with a Zsa Zsa Gabor
-style accent and always adds the word "darling" into her speeches.
Minty
An earth pony with a mint green body and a pink mane and tail. Her cutie mark is three swirled mint candies. Minty is described to be a green machine, who likes anything green. She also loves collecting socks, standing on her head and playing checkers with Sweetberry.
Zipzee
A Breezy with a yellow body, a yellow antennae and a orange mane and tail with a yellow streak. Her cutie mark is Two orange and white flowers. She is always seen with Tiddlywink and Tra La La, living in Breezy Blossom. Unlike the two, she has an allergy to pollen and flowers.
Tiddly Wink
A Breezy with a purple body, a pink antennae and a dark purple mane and tail with a pink streak. Her cutie mark is a Purple flower. She is always seen with Zipzee and Tra La La, living in Breezy Blossom.
Tra La La
A Breezy with a light pink body, a pink antennae and a pink mane and tail. Her cutie mark is a Pink flower. She is always seen with Zipzee and Tiddly Wink, living in Breezy Blossom.
Spike
A blue dragon with orange scales. Awakened after 1000 years during the events of The Princess Promenade,when Wysteria touched the flower he held in his tail and became Princess Wysteria. Spike now resides in the Celebration Castle in Ponyville. He is shown to be knowledgeable on things and gives the ponies some advice.
An earth pony with a magenta body and a purple, green and white mane and tail. Her cutie mark is Two strawberries and a white flower. Sweetberry is the owner of the Sweetberry Sweet Shoppe and alongside Cotton Candy, works at the Cotton Candy Cafe. She likes to help each other out in and also likes to make several sweet treats for her friends. Sweetberry is sometimes busy but very reliable.
Cotton Candy
An earth pony with a pink body and a blue, light pink and white mane and tail. Her cutie mark is a Cotton candy on a Stick. The owner of the Cotton Candy Cafe, in where she serves ice cream and sundaes to her friends. She is also a storyteller, enjoying conversation.
Sparkleworks
An earth pony with an orange body and a pink mane and tail. Her cutie Mark is a Yellow, red, blue and white fireworks. Sparkleworks is a Glitzy pony, who has a big imagination and can make each and every day an adventure. She is also found of glittery stuff and Razaroo explained that she coated Ponyville with glitter during her birthday.
Sunny Daze
An earth pony with a white body and a yellow, pink, orange and purple mane and tail. Her cutie Mark is a Orange and pink smiling sun surrounded by purple clouds. Sunny Daze is a brave athletic pony, who usually loves outdoor activities and things with bright colors.
Cheerilee
A unicorn pony with a light purple body and a pink mane & tail. Her cutie mark is three pink flowers. She acts as Rarity's teacher and adviser. Alongside Brights Brightly, Whistle Wishes and Rarity, she was in charge on bringing in the first rainbow of the season until Rarity disappeared. She alongside Brights Brightly and Whistle Wishes venture outside Unicornia to search for her.
Brights Brightly
A unicorn pony with a yellow body and a orange and a pink mane and tail. Her cutie mark is a rising sun over stylized water, with three pink hearts flying over the sun. She is one of Cheerilee's friends, who alongside Whistle Wishes and Rarity, in charge on bringing in the first rainbow of the season until Rarity disappeared.
Whistle Wishes
A unicorn pony with a blue body and a multicolored mane and tail composing of pink, yellow and green. Her cutie mark is rainbow stars and a cloud. Also one of Cheerilee's friends, who alongside Brights Brightly and Rarity, in charge on bringing in the first rainbow of the season until Rarity disappeared.
in 2006.
and published by THQ
under license from Hasbro. The game was released on the Game Boy Advance
on September 13, 2006 in North America only.
giving it the score of 5/10.
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
film produced by SD Entertainment
SD Entertainment
SD Entertainment is an animation studio specialising in direct-to-DVD movies for children. The "SD" in the initials of the company name stand for Sabella Dern, the respective last names of its founders: former MGM Animation employees Paul Sabella and Johnathan Dern.The company is based in Woodland...
and distributed by Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
in association with Hasbro
Hasbro
Hasbro is a multinational toy and boardgame company from the United States of America. It is one of the largest toy makers in the world. The corporate headquarters is located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States...
. The film is the third of the Generation 3 My Little Pony
My Little Pony
My Little Pony is a brand of toy ponies marketed primarily to girls produced by the toy manufacturer Hasbro. These ponies can be identified by their colorful bodies and manes and a unique symbol on one or both sides of their flanks...
films and the second film to promote the Crystal Princess line. Unlike The Princess Promenade
My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade
My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade is a computer animated film coinciding with the release of the Crystal Princess line of My Little Pony. It featured the debut of the Breezies who live in Breezie Blossom and the 2006 re-design of Spike the dragon, who originally featured in the first run of My...
, the film has been mostly criticized. The DVD also features another animated feature, Friends are Never Far Away, which was originally released on video in 2005.
Crystal Princess: The Runaway Rainbow is again re-released on The Hub's official website, alongside My Little Pony: A Very Minty Christmas
My Little Pony: A Very Minty Christmas
My Little Pony: A Very Minty Christmas is a direct-to-DVD computer animated film produced by SD Entertainment released on October 25, 2005 by Paramount Pictures. It marks the first film appearance of the titular toy franchise since their big-screen debut in 1986...
and My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade
My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade
My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade is a computer animated film coinciding with the release of the Crystal Princess line of My Little Pony. It featured the debut of the Breezies who live in Breezie Blossom and the 2006 re-design of Spike the dragon, who originally featured in the first run of My...
.
Plot
The Rainbow Celebration is almost near as everyone in Ponyville prepares and awaits the First Rainbow of the Season. Meanwhile at the magical city of Unicornia, Cheerilee is teaching a young unicorn pony named Rarity about being a Rainbow Princess and her duties to make the First Rainbow of the Season using the magic wand. Rarity is still young and she accidentally uses the wand, in which she teleports into the middle of Breezie Blossom. Cheerilee, Brights Brightly and Whistle Wishes venture outside Unicornia in search of her. Rarity, befriends the Breezies and they visit Ponyville and later, Rarity feels homesick. Pinkie Pie, Minty, Rainbow Dash, Spike and the Breezies help her get home, just in time for the First Rainbow of the Season.Major Characters
Rarity- Voiced by: Cathy WeseluckCathy WeseluckCathy Weseluck is a Canadian voice actress who frequently works with Ocean Productions in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is known with providing the voice for characters in various anime series such as Mirai Yashima , Dorothy Catalonia and Catherine Bloom , Near , Shampoo , Kagome's mother , Misa...
A unicorn pony with a pink body, yellow, orange and dark pink mane and green, blue and purple tail. Her cutie mark was a heart with multiple-colored swirls surrounding it. She is a young unicorn in charge of one of the magic wands alongside Brights Brightly, Cheerilee and Whistle Wishes. Her wand allows her to control the colors to bring in the first rainbow of the season and lets her summon the Crystal Carriage.
Pinkie Pie
- Voiced by: Janyse JaudJanyse JaudJanyse Aldis Jaud is a Canadian actress, dancer and singer/songwriter. She is of Icelandic-French descent....
An earth pony with a pink body and a light pink mane & tail. Her cutie mark is three balloons. Pinkie Pie is imaginative, friendly and fun-loving. She also loves planning big parties and anything pink.
Rainbow Dash
- Voiced by: Venus TerzoVenus TerzoVenus Terzo is a Canadian actress best noted for her role as Detective Angela Kosmo in Da Vinci's Inquest and its spinoff, Da Vinci's City Hall. She was nominated in 2002 for the Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role in that same role...
An earth pony with a sky blue body, pink, orange, yellow and green mane and dark blue, purple and pink tail. She has a rainbow on the clouds as her cutie mark. She is stylish, and also caring. Usually speaks with a Zsa Zsa Gabor
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Zsa Zsa Gabor is a Hungarian-born American stage, film and television actress.She acted on stage in Vienna, Austria, in 1932, and was crowned Miss Hungary in 1936. She emigrated to the United States in 1941 and became a sought-after actress with "European flair and style", with a personality that...
-style accent and always adds the word "darling" into her speeches.
Minty
- Voiced by: Tabitha St. GermainTabitha St. GermainTabitha St. Germain is a Canadian stage actress. She has made the transition from stage work to voice work, and has since become one of the core female voice actresses working with Ocean Productions in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.- Anime :* .hack//Roots - Asta, Nazo Grunty* Black Lagoon -...
An earth pony with a mint green body and a pink mane and tail. Her cutie mark is three swirled mint candies. Minty is described to be a green machine, who likes anything green. She also loves collecting socks, standing on her head and playing checkers with Sweetberry.
Zipzee
- Voiced by: Andrea LibmanAndrea LibmanAndrea Eva Libman is a Canadian actress, television writer, and singer, whose most popular on-screen appearances are on the Little Women movie, Andre and a guest-role on The X-Files...
A Breezy with a yellow body, a yellow antennae and a orange mane and tail with a yellow streak. Her cutie mark is Two orange and white flowers. She is always seen with Tiddlywink and Tra La La, living in Breezy Blossom. Unlike the two, she has an allergy to pollen and flowers.
Tiddly Wink
- Voiced by: Chantal StrandChantal StrandChantal Strand is a Canadian actress and singer. She is best known for the voice role of Bijou in Hamtaro, Cassie in Dragon Tales and did the voice of Secret Bear in the Care Bears 2000's merchandise as a talking toy.-Biography:She has a twin sister Michelle Strand...
A Breezy with a purple body, a pink antennae and a dark purple mane and tail with a pink streak. Her cutie mark is a Purple flower. She is always seen with Zipzee and Tra La La, living in Breezy Blossom.
Tra La La
- Voiced by: Britt McKillipBritt McKillipBrittney "Britt" McKillip is a Canadian actress and musician best known for her role in the movie Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular and its sequel Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy as Hannah Marie, and for her role as Reggie Lass in the cable series Dead Like Me, the film Dead Like Me:...
A Breezy with a light pink body, a pink antennae and a pink mane and tail. Her cutie mark is a Pink flower. She is always seen with Zipzee and Tiddly Wink, living in Breezy Blossom.
Spike
- Voiced by: Brian DrummondBrian DrummondBrian Drummond is a Canadian actor. He also serves on the board of directors for the New Westminster-based Urban Academy along with his wife, Laura Drummond, also a voice artist. He and his wife serve as vice-president and president, respectively.- Career :Drummond was born in Salmon Arm, British...
A blue dragon with orange scales. Awakened after 1000 years during the events of The Princess Promenade,when Wysteria touched the flower he held in his tail and became Princess Wysteria. Spike now resides in the Celebration Castle in Ponyville. He is shown to be knowledgeable on things and gives the ponies some advice.
Minor Characters
Sweetberry- Voiced by Kathleen BarrKathleen BarrKathleen Barr is a Canadian voice actress. She is also the sister of Professor Mark Lyle Barr at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.-Filmography:...
An earth pony with a magenta body and a purple, green and white mane and tail. Her cutie mark is Two strawberries and a white flower. Sweetberry is the owner of the Sweetberry Sweet Shoppe and alongside Cotton Candy, works at the Cotton Candy Cafe. She likes to help each other out in and also likes to make several sweet treats for her friends. Sweetberry is sometimes busy but very reliable.
Cotton Candy
- Voiced by Kelly SheridanKelly SheridanKelly Sheridan is a Canadian voice actress based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.-Biography:Sheridan has voiced various roles in anime and other animated cartoons, such as Barbie in the computer generated Barbie film series since 2001...
An earth pony with a pink body and a blue, light pink and white mane and tail. Her cutie mark is a Cotton candy on a Stick. The owner of the Cotton Candy Cafe, in where she serves ice cream and sundaes to her friends. She is also a storyteller, enjoying conversation.
Sparkleworks
- Voiced by Venus TerzoVenus TerzoVenus Terzo is a Canadian actress best noted for her role as Detective Angela Kosmo in Da Vinci's Inquest and its spinoff, Da Vinci's City Hall. She was nominated in 2002 for the Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role in that same role...
An earth pony with an orange body and a pink mane and tail. Her cutie Mark is a Yellow, red, blue and white fireworks. Sparkleworks is a Glitzy pony, who has a big imagination and can make each and every day an adventure. She is also found of glittery stuff and Razaroo explained that she coated Ponyville with glitter during her birthday.
Sunny Daze
- Voiced by Adrienne Carter
An earth pony with a white body and a yellow, pink, orange and purple mane and tail. Her cutie Mark is a Orange and pink smiling sun surrounded by purple clouds. Sunny Daze is a brave athletic pony, who usually loves outdoor activities and things with bright colors.
Cheerilee
- Voiced by: Tracey MooreTracey MooreTracey Ann Moore in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian animated voice actress. She was the voice of Princess Toadstool in the two North American cartoon television series, The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World...
A unicorn pony with a light purple body and a pink mane & tail. Her cutie mark is three pink flowers. She acts as Rarity's teacher and adviser. Alongside Brights Brightly, Whistle Wishes and Rarity, she was in charge on bringing in the first rainbow of the season until Rarity disappeared. She alongside Brights Brightly and Whistle Wishes venture outside Unicornia to search for her.
Brights Brightly
- Voiced by: Maryke HendrikseMaryke HendrikseMaryke Hendrikse is a Canadian voice actress who works for Ocean Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada...
A unicorn pony with a yellow body and a orange and a pink mane and tail. Her cutie mark is a rising sun over stylized water, with three pink hearts flying over the sun. She is one of Cheerilee's friends, who alongside Whistle Wishes and Rarity, in charge on bringing in the first rainbow of the season until Rarity disappeared.
Whistle Wishes
- Voiced by: Brittney WilsonBrittney WilsonBrittney Meriah Wilson is a Canadian actress. She was born in Chilliwack, British Columbia.-Movies:* Ice Blues - Lilah/Amy* Scar - Joan Burrows* Spymate - Jules* Connie and Carla - Young Carla...
A unicorn pony with a blue body and a multicolored mane and tail composing of pink, yellow and green. Her cutie mark is rainbow stars and a cloud. Also one of Cheerilee's friends, who alongside Brights Brightly and Rarity, in charge on bringing in the first rainbow of the season until Rarity disappeared.
Friends are Never Far Away
The DVD also includes an animated feature titled Friends are Never Far Away, which is first released in 2005 on DVD packaged alongside the Pegasus pony named Hidden Treasure. It's the sequel of the last feature Dancing in the Clouds, as it explains how Star Catcher and Skywishes help the Pegasus Ponies to make friends with the residents of Ponyville.Books
A storybook adaptation of the film was created by Nora Pelizzari and was published by HarperFestival on August 15, 2006. A comic adaption is also published by TokyopopTokyopop
Tokyopop, styled TOKYOPOP, and formerly known as Mixx, is a distributor, licensor, and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa, and Western manga-style works. The existing German publishing division produces German translations of licensed Japanese properties and original English-language manga, as well...
in 2006.
Video game
A video game adaptation of the movie, titled My Little Pony Crystal Princess: The Runaway Rainbow was developed by Webfoot TechnologiesWebfoot Technologies
Webfoot Technologies is a developer of personal computer games and video games for varied platforms. Titles released include "Hello Kitty: Happy Party Pals" and "Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku" for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance....
and published by THQ
THQ
THQ Inc. is an American developer and publisher of video games. Founded in 1989 in the United States, the company develops products for video game consoles, handheld game systems, as well as for personal computers and wireless devices...
under license from Hasbro. The game was released on the Game Boy Advance
Game Boy Advance
The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001; and in the People's Republic of China...
on September 13, 2006 in North America only.
Reception
The special received mixed reviews from critics, with Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database
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giving it the score of 5/10.