Recommended Episodes for a first time G1 Viewer?

[Chelsea7]

Okay, I caved

I've loved MLP since I was a kid, when G2 was a thing. However, G2 never had its own show, and so my first MLP television show was actually G4, which I enjoy watching.

However, I find it to be of great insult to not give the original MLP G1 80s cartoon a chance. I have watched the MLP Movie, with the Smooze, but that's about it!

Can anyone recommend particularly good episodes for a newbie viewer like myself? I'd like to watch more, plus I am trying to learn how to draw a distinct pony style, and I feel like watching more animation might help.

Thanks in advance!

[LNS]

Rescue from Midnight Castle ... very much one when introducing people to G1 MLP this is the one I always recommend. The animation style is lovely to look at, really fantastic villain who doesn't change his ways, the sea pony song oh how that can get stuck in one's head for ages.

[Leave a Whisper]

We all have our own favorites and you will too.

Fan favorites in general tend to be:

Rescue at Midnight Castle
Return of Tambelon
Bright Lights
Baby It's Cold Outside
Crunch the Rockdog
Golden Horseshoes
The Magic Coins
Mish Mash Melee

My personal favourites are:
My Little Pony the Movie
The Glass Princess
Crunch the Rockdog
Somnambula
Flight to Cloud Castle
Baby it's Cold Outside
Fugitive Flowers
The Magic Coins
The Golden Horseshoes
Return of Tambelon
The Revolt of Paradise Estate

[LadyMoondancer]

Rescue at Midnight Castle for sure

Escape from Catrina

The Golden Horseshoes

Quest of the Princess Ponies

Return of Tambelon

[Ponyfan]

Rescue at Midnight Castle is a great place to start. As Leave a  Whisper said we all have our favorites.

I recommend

Rescue at Midnight castle

Escape from Catrina

The Glass Princess (everyone should see the pony wash scene)

The Golden Horseshoes

The Magic Coins

Mish Mash Melee

Baby It's Cold Outside

The Prince and the Ponies (although you have to put up with the Baby Ponies speaking in baby talk.)

I also enjoy My Little Pony tales but it takes place in an entirely different Ponyland.


Ponyfan

[Al-1701]

My List would be:
-Rescue at Midnight Castle
-The Return of Tambeleon
-The Magic Coins
-Mish Mash Melee
-Crunch the Rockdog
-Quest of the Princess Ponies
-The Golden Horseshoes

Other recommendations
-Escape from Catrina (though find the full special because the syndicated version is cut)
-The Ghost of Paradise Estate
-Sweet Stuff and the Treasure Hunt
-The Fugitive Flowers
-Baby, It's Cold Outside
-Spike's Search

Also, Wind Whistler is best pony with Fizzy a close second.

[Jorgito93]

My List would be:
-Rescue at Midnight Castle
-The Return of Tambeleon
-The Magic Coins
-Mish Mash Melee
-Crunch the Rockdog
-Quest of the Princess Ponies
-The Golden Horseshoes

Other recommendations
-Escape from Catrina (though find the full special because the syndicated version is cut)
-The Ghost of Paradise Estate
-Sweet Stuff and the Treasure Hunt
-The Fugitive Flowers
-Baby, It's Cold Outside
-Spike's Search

Also, Wind Whistler is best pony with Fizzy a close second.

About it, which episodes show Wind Whistler the best?I watch them in order, i'm at Return of Tambelon and i didn't saw her great personnality yet (or i'm blind).

[Al-1701]

Good Wind Whistler episodes

Magic Coins
Mish Mash Melee
And especially Crunch the Rockdog

[northstar3184]

I can see you like Galaxy, so I definitely recommend Baby it's Cold Outside and The Magic Coins

[Jorgito93]

And if you seek good g1 songs, for me all the songs in Rescue at midnight castle and Return of Tambelon are awesome,especially Call Upon the Seaponies and Escape.

[Chelsea7]

Thank you everyone for the recommendations!
This gives me a good list to start on, I look forward to watching~

It'll be interesting to see ponies from my collection with a voice

@northstar3184- I'm definitely checking out animated Galaxy, she's my favorite TE and honestly I think my favorite pony in my collection!

[Jorgito93]

Thank you everyone for the recommendations!
This gives me a good list to start on, I look forward to watching~

It'll be interesting to see ponies from my collection with a voice

@northstar3184- I'm definitely checking out animated Galaxy, she's my favorite TE and honestly I think my favorite pony in my collection!

Yes, that's what i like too, seeing animated versions of ponies in my collection is kinda cool.

[zombienixon]

The first G1 episode I saw was Rescue at Midnight Castle, and it's still my favorite today.

[Taffeta]

Thank you everyone for the recommendations!
This gives me a good list to start on, I look forward to watching~

It'll be interesting to see ponies from my collection with a voice

@northstar3184- I'm definitely checking out animated Galaxy, she's my favorite TE and honestly I think my favorite pony in my collection!

She has a solo song section in Baby it's Cold Outside A rousing song to brighten the hearts of the troops. I always think of it as her song, even though that annoying Megan takes it over I believe.

I could put money on this thread before I even clicked it to have mass recommends for Rescue at Midnight Castle. I think it remains the classic. But I also think that there's fun stuff in a lot of the episodes. How expensive is the DVD box set of all episodes these days?

[Jorgito93]

Thank you everyone for the recommendations!
This gives me a good list to start on, I look forward to watching~

It'll be interesting to see ponies from my collection with a voice

@northstar3184- I'm definitely checking out animated Galaxy, she's my favorite TE and honestly I think my favorite pony in my collection!

She has a solo song section in Baby it's Cold Outside A rousing song to brighten the hearts of the troops. I always think of it as her song, even though that annoying Megan takes it over I believe.

I could put money on this thread before I even clicked it to have mass recommends for Rescue at Midnight Castle. I think it remains the classic. But I also think that there's fun stuff in a lot of the episodes. How expensive is the DVD box set of all episodes these days?

I only read solo on the first sentence...And then i was imagining Galaxy shredding on an electric guitar.Quite an epic scene to see.