My Little Pony "Rainbow Ponies" (partially found production material of cancelled special of animated TV series; 1984-1985)

The Katrina cover art.

Status: Lost

The scene from the end of Children's Video Library VHS.

After the success of the original My Little Pony special - which would later be known as Rescue at Midnight Castle - in 1984 there were plans for another special episode. The Unreleased My Little Pony Special was to involve the Rainbow Ponies and bring back several of the cast from the first episode. No such special was released, instead another one-off known as Escape from Katrina was created. The only footage that survives is ten seconds of footage seen at the end of a VHS for Rescue at Midnight Castle.

There is a European VHS cover for the Escape from Katrina special that has nothing to do with the actual special. It's speculated that this was based on the Rainbow Ponies special as a few of the ponies appear on the cover. A prototypical incarnation of Megan and her little brother Danny both appear on the cover as well. Danny, who would later co-star in the My Little Pony 'N' Friends series, appears riding an older, winged version of Spike.