Rescue at Midnight Castle Question

[shimmer73083]

Hey Pony People,

Could you please help me identify the pony in this episode that is white with rainbow hair and has the cat sitting on her back?

Thank you!!!!!

Sorry for not being able to provide a screenshot - I am at work

[Dragonflitter]

This is a nameless pony that was never made into a toy. Many consider her to be a prototype for the Rainbow Hair ponies that came later that year, or perhaps a prototype for Lemondrop, who came with the stable playset and a pet orange cat.

[Summerlycoris]

Like Dragonflitter said, she doesn't have a name in the special and wasn't a toy, however there was later on a porcelain figure released that looked a lot like her called First Born. Pictures from the show and the porcelain figure can be seen here. http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/First_Born 

[Ivy]

Ah the mystery of time! Yes the mystery Rainbow Pony never was given a name or a toy. I think there have been customs made of her though.

[ember86]

I called her Dreadlocks because of her hair.

[shimmer73083]

Thank you for the answers! It's a shame she was never released because she is adorable. Aside from the exact symbol, do you think Raincurl resembles her?

[shabbychicdee]

Like Dragonflitter said, she doesn't have a name in the special and wasn't a toy, however there was later on a porcelain figure released that looked a lot like her called First Born. Pictures from the show and the porcelain figure can be seen here. http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/First_Born 

oh you can see your cutie mark/symbols yay, i have always wondered also, im glad someone asked
i always thought it was meant to be confitti (but the year doesn't work out)or starshine with peachys cat on her back but its so good to finally see the symbols, i must have always missed them..... awww the pony that never was

Post Merge: January 31, 2013, 02:52:10 PM

Thank you for the answers! It's a shame she was never released because she is adorable. Aside from the exact symbol, do you think Raincurl resembles her?

the closest to her now would be this
http://mlpland.com/?l=2&p=bekijk_pony&id=952
hope the link works

[hathorcat]

Ah the mystery of time! Yes the mystery Rainbow Pony never was given a name or a toy. I think there have been customs made of her though.

Lol - thats what I always think about this pony - she is like some awesome pony urban legend.

[Dragonflitter]

but its so good to finally see the symbols, i must have always missed them.....

Haha I had the original VHS tape as a kid and never saw them either, not until years later when they released the special on dvd. I think what happened was, the way they cut the footage to put it on VHS tape cut off her symbol in most of the shots.

[Silver_mirror46]

I always thought she was Confetti or something

[Tirac]

I call her Lux Arcus.
She's an unnamed character who was never released as a toy. Some people tie her with the porcelain figure "Newborn."
She's probably some sort of subtle "background pony" referencing the rainbow of light or even the animation company (Sunbow) that made the special

[rtattles]

That's why we have Confetti -  a good replacement for someone who really wants a pony who looks like the mystery pony but can't. lol

[Evening_Moonstone]

Mystery Pony is a timelord, showing up in the background of major events but not actually impacting the story. 
Sorry, too much Doctor Who for me...

She is so very mysterious.  They easily could have added in more of the early ponies (Seashell, Sunbeam, another one of the collector ponies besides Cotton Candy, or PEACHY - who actually came with Twinkles the Cat) but instead they gave us this strange, unnamed, non-toy pony instead.  I think it was a very strange marketing decision, since every other pony in the show was available as a toy.

[KarentheUnicorn]

Due to the year this movie came out and the ponies that were around that year I kinda think it was meant to be Confetti

[Dragonflitter]

Buuuut... the movie came out a full year before Confetti would be released, and no other ponies from that year were in the show. (Plus a rainbow symbol is very different from a confetti symbol.) Also note the four colors in Mystery Pony's hair (orange/yellow/green/purple) do not match the wave1 or the wave2 Rainbow Hair ponies!

My guess would be she was supposed to be just a hint at the forthcoming Rainbow Hair Ponies. There was a special for the Rainbow Hair ponies that was never made, supposedly coming out after Rescue at Midnight Castle, so it would not be surprising if they included a pony to get little girls thinking about the 'special rainbow ponies' that were supposed to be coming!