My girlfriend had the Biggest Ever My Little Pony Video when she was little (this one: http://mylittlewiki.org/w/images/a/ae/Mlp-vhs-biggest.jpg) and it had uncut versions of both Rescue from Midnight Castle and Escape from Catrina. I can't find out when that video was released, but she bought it in 1997.
there's just the unedited aired television special which was never seen on VHS called RaMC, and the edited version that later aired and was eventually put on DVD called RfMC. After it
In 2003, almost two decades after the original airing of My Little Pony, Disney started airing edited versions of the original series: this particular entry was edited and aired as Rescue from Midnight Castle.
According to http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/My_Little_Pony_Special, "a scene including the 'Little Piece of Rainbow' song had been edited out."
there's just the unedited aired television special which was never seen on VHS called RaMC, and the edited version that later aired and was eventually put on DVD called RfMC. After it
.....what? No, I'm pretty sure all TV versions of the original special were edited..
Not sure what you're trying to do tbh but FWIW here's what I have written down for the specials:Spoiler1ST SPECIAL ("Rescue at Midnight Castle"):
Original title screen in the uncut, unedited special: My Little Pony
Original US VHS box: My Little Pony (box + animation)
Original UK VHS: My Little Pony in Dreamland (box), My Little Pony (animation - same as US version)
Re-release US VHS box: Firefly's Adventure (box), My Little Pony (animation, AFAIK)
Original TV airing of the edited-for-time version: Rescue from Midnight Castle (title card for part 1), Escape from Midnight Castle (title card for part 2)
Original US DVD boxset (the one with G2 ponies on the cover): Escape from Midnight Castle, Rescue at Midnight Castle (back cover of box - yes, it used both titles), Escape from Midnight Castle (episode title cards)
Shout Factory DVD boxset: Rescue from Midnight Castle (inside of DVD box), Rescue at Midnight Castle (episode title cards)
Original Australian DVD boxset: Rescue at Midnight Castle (title card for part 1), Escape from Midnight Castle (title card for part 2) (Apparently? I haven't seen this for myself so this is second-hand info; would be nice to get confirmation on this)
Australian compilation DVD (w/ "The Prince and the Ponies" and "Escape from Katrina"; has G2 Ivy on the cover): Rescue from Midnight Castle (cover) (Not sure what title card this uses)
So there are at *least* two different versions of the edited-for-time version. The
current Shout Factory release has the title cards written in a different font to
every other episodes' title cards, whereas the original DVD release has it in the
same font. (This is the version you can generally find on the internet, I believe)
Note that the Shout Factory version of the edited-for-time cut is exactly the same
as any other version except for the title cards, so yes, the opening/ending credits
and "A Little Piece of Rainbow" song are still cut.
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2ND SPECIAL ("Escape from Catrina"):
Original title screen in the uncut, unedited special: Escape from Catrina
Original UK VHS box: Escape from Catrina
Original US VHS box: Escape from Catrina
Original TV airing of the edited-for-time version: Escape from Katrina (title card - yes, they went to all the trouble of re-editing the title card just to change one letter..)
Original US DVD boxset: Escape from Katrina (cover + animation)
Australian DVDs: Escape from Katrina
Shout Factory DVD boxset: Escape from Catrina (cover + animation)
So basically, for the Shout Factory release, they went in and changed the title
card for part 1 back to the original version, and made a new title card for part
2. (Unlike with "Rescue at Midnight Castle", the font for Catrina's new title cards
is the same as every other episode. Just as a note.)
Again, the Shout Factory release is still missing the ending credits and Catrina
and Rep's song; the only difference is the title card.
There are uncut versions of the specials floating around out there... your best bet really is to find a decent VHS and copy it onto a DVD like I have, lol.
semi-related - anyone know when "Hurry" got edited? Was it edited after the first airing or when the show came to the Disney Channel? I've heard both so idk. It's hard to find anything about that one...
My girlfriend had the Biggest Ever My Little Pony Video when she was little (this one: http://mylittlewiki.org/w/images/a/ae/Mlp-vhs-biggest.jpg) and it had uncut versions of both Rescue from Midnight Castle and Escape from Catrina. I can't find out when that video was released, but she bought it in 1997.
Hasbro reacquired the entire Sunbow library, including the G1 specials, MLP & Friends, and MLP Tales, in 2008. There is 0% chance they will sell off any of the rights. (However that doesn't mean a complete version couldn't be snuck onto KissCartoon or other sites of questionable legality, if someone were able to make a clean rip from a VHS.)Eeyup. Even if Hasbro did have the missing footage and did know about it, Hasbro probably doesn't realize (or maybe just doesn't care) that the unedited version is worth something to collectors.
My guess is Hasbro does have the full copy of the specials somewhere, but are not versed enough in pony lore to actually know that the syndicated versions are missing footage.
Kim Shriner used to sell VHS (copied from her home recordings) of the old MLP & Friends series. I imagine the animation for "Hurry" was on them since, from what I remember, her site was the source of the Hurry audio. (She used to have a 'song of the week' feature, which was quite a novelty at the time because Youtube etc didn't exist.):O Anyone with that specific tape could probably sell it for upwards of $100, at least.
So if anyone knows someone who bought the MLP & Friends copies from Kim . . .
QuoteKim Shriner used to sell VHS (copied from her home recordings) of the old MLP & Friends series. I imagine the animation for "Hurry" was on them since, from what I remember, her site was the source of the Hurry audio. (She used to have a 'song of the week' feature, which was quite a novelty at the time because Youtube etc didn't exist.):O Anyone with that specific tape could probably sell it for upwards of $100, at least.
So if anyone knows someone who bought the MLP & Friends copies from Kim . . .
Years ago I heard that a pony collector did have a copy of “The Glass Princess” that included “Hurry” at one time but that they had taped over it, not realizing that “Hurry” would be cut and never put back in. This person said the song showed Megan, the ponies and the bushwoolies working through the night to weave the fake cloak out of bushwoolie fur and finishing just as the sun came up
Which would suggest that whatever Hasbro has may well be the cut versions anyway, as manifested by DVD releases.
In the late 90s Hasbro would not have had any of the Sunbow features, as Rhino Entertainment owned the rights at that point. Then Sony Pictures acquired the rights. Then the rights bounced around from company to company until Hasbro reacquired them in 2008. :)
Am imagining a feud in the screenplay department spilling over into the animation studio xd.
I think the weirdest thing about it is the Catrina/Katrina change. RaMC having multiple titles I can sort of understand, but why go out of their way to alter the spelling of Catrina? Weird.
I also have never had this video so can't confirm. I remember that my sister and I between us from carboot sales accumulated all the UK vhs we could find and never found a tape with (I think) Through the Door on it - but I can't remember whether different vhs versions from different time periods demonstrated different features. I also remember that when they aired MLP on Sky 1, we didn't have it but a friend of my sister's was recording all of them and lent my sister the tapes. I recall End of Flutter Valley being in episodes rather than a full length thing.
Taffeta - I have that VHS and I can confirm the "Dreamland" title is just on the box. The special itself is 100% the same as the US VHS (at least the original one - haven't got the "Firefly's Adventure" VHS but I assume that's the same too?).
I know I saw the "previously on.." segments online some time ago. I'll have to try and find them again. I know that Shout Factory's Tales DVD had the commercial bumpers, which makes me suspect that Hasbro probably doesn't have anything like that for MLP and Friends or probably they'd have wound up on the DVDs too.. if that makes sense?
FWIW I'm also in the "the uncut copies probably don't exist any
more” camp.
I think the weirdest thing about it is the Catrina/Katrina change. RaMC having multiple titles I can sort of understand, but why go out of their way to alter the spelling of Catrina? Weird.
Ponyfan - ooooh I've never seen the slipcase before, thanks for sharing!!! I love seeing MLP videos ^_^
THere's also definitely a difference between the VHS version of Revolt of PE I had as a kid and what's on the US release DVD, for what it's worth. I knew that episode so well as a kid that watching it on the DVD made me go, huh? I think the DVD has a scene or something that the VHS doesn't...
I don’t think it gets mentioned as much “Little Piece of Rainbow” but I think the 2 part episode version of Rescue at Midnight Castle also deletes the short scene where Applejack was licking the applesauce/smashed apples off of Glory also.
I don’t think it gets mentioned as much “Little Piece of Rainbow” but I think the 2 part episode version of Rescue at Midnight Castle also deletes the short scene where Applejack was licking the applesauce/smashed apples off of Glory also.
Yeah, that did get cut short in the TV version. They cut out a lot of the opening theme sequence.
I have a VHS that has a 'full' version of "The End of Flutter Valley" - pretty sure it's the same as the version that's split into parts, it's just that it isn't.. split into parts. :p I wonder if all the multi-part episodes existed like that..
I also somewhere have French videos for a couple of these. Also a French DVD I think, unless I got rid of it. Although obviously not in English, I am now wondering which version of the episode these were made from and whether they include these cut sections...
I also somewhere have French videos for a couple of these. Also a French DVD I think, unless I got rid of it. Although obviously not in English, I am now wondering which version of the episode these were made from and whether they include these cut sections...