Rainbow Brite | |
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Genre | Adventure Fantasy |
Created by | Hallmark Cards Garry Glissmeyer Lanny Julian |
Written by | Woody Kling Howard R Cohen Felicia Maliani |
Directed by | Bruno Bianchi Osamu Dezaki Rich Rudish |
Voices of | See Voices |
Composers | Shuki Levy Haim Saban |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 13 episodes (+2 half-hour live-action specials and 4 read-along videos) |
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Executive producers | Jean Chalopin Andy Heyward |
Producer | Tetsuo Katayama |
Running time | 25 minutes |
Production company | DIC Enterprises |
Animation services | TMS Entertainment |
Original release | |
Network | Syndication ( Kideo TV ) |
Release | June 27, 1984 – July 24, 1986 |
Related | |
Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer (film) |
Rainbow Brite is a 1980s animated series based on Hallmark's media franchise of the same name. [1] Produced by DIC Enterprises with animation provided by Japanese TMS Entertainment, the show began as a part of DIC's Kideo TV syndicated anthology package. [2] In this series, Rainbow Brite uses her magical belt to protect the colors of Rainbowland from the bumbling Murky & Lurky. [3]
A young girl named Wisp is brought to a dark, desolate land with the mission to bring color to this fictional world by locating the "Sphere of Light." Along the way, she befriends a sprite named Twink and a talking horse named Starlite. [4] She also finds a mysterious baby who turns out to be the key to her mission. With the help of her new friends, Wisp locates the legendary Color Belt and rescues the seven Color Kids, whom the King of Shadows had trapped. Using the Color Belt, Wisp defeats the King of Shadows, liberates the sprites, and brings color and beauty to the land, henceforth called Rainbow Land. Wisp is renamed Rainbow Brite by the Sphere of Light in recognition of her leadership role over the Color Kids. Together, Rainbow Brite and the Color Kids are responsible for managing all the colors in the universe.
The Color Kids spread color across the universe from the Color Console inside the Color Castle. Each member of the Color Kids is responsible for a specific color on the visible spectrum. They each have a personal assistant sprite, and are in charge of several sprites that extract Color Crystals from nearby caves. These crystals are processed into Star Sprinkles, which are the essential components to brightening and coloring any object or place. Rainbow Brite and the Color Kids' mission is often complicated by Murky Dismal, his sidekick Lurky, and other villains. Brian, a boy from Earth, sometimes assists Rainbow Brite in her adventures.
In the movie Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer , the setting expands to include the diamond planet Spectra. [5] All the light in the universe passes through Spectra before coming to Earth. However, Earth soon falls into wintry darkness when the diamond-obsessed Dark Princess decides to steal Spectra for her own. Rainbow Brite and her horse Starlite team up with Spectra's boy warrior Krys and his robotic horse On-X. Together, they defeat the powers of darkness and save Spectra, Earth, and the universe.
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No. | Title | Original air date | |
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1 | "The Beginning of Rainbowland, Part I" | 27 June 1984 | |
A colorless wasteland is ruled by an Evil Force that took the form of wind and storm. A little girl named Wisp is sent to find the light and color of this desolate land and set it free. Her only hope is to find the magical color belt, but many obstacles stand in her path. | |||
2 | "The Beginning of Rainbowland, Part II" | 4 July 1984 | |
After Wisp has found the magic Color Belt, she and her friends Twink Sprite and Starlite, find the seven Color Kids. Together, they defeat the King of Shadows to set the colors free. But Murky Dismal and Lurky, the evil force's minions are still trying to stop her! When Wisp and her friends succeeds at her mission, the land becomes bright, colorful, and is remained Rainbow Land. Wisp is renamed Rainbow Brite and becomes its leader. | |||
3 | "Peril in the Pits" | 5 December 1984 | |
While attempting to cheer up an 11-year-old boy named Brian, Rainbow Brite accidentally covers him with colors and must take him to Rainbow Land to remove them. While in Rainbow Land, Murky Dismal and his assistant Lurky have plans of their own and cause trouble by kidnapping the Color Kids! Aided by her horse Starlite, favorite Sprite Twink, and new friend Brian, Rainbow Brite must now save the day. | |||
4 | "The Mighty Monstromurk Menace, Part I" | 22 April 1985 | |
Rainbow Land is a mess when one of Murky Dismal's most dangerous creations, called the Monstromurk, escapes his prison with plans of becoming King of Rainbow Land and destroying all the colors! | |||
5 | "The Mighty Monstromurk Menace, Part II" | 23 April 1985 | |
The Plot continues and thickens in this second part of the Monstromurk Menace adventure as Murky has trapped Rainbow Brite in a magic bottle and it is now up to her friends to rescue her. |
No. | Title | Written by | Original air date | |
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6 | "Invasion of Rainbowland" | Howard R. Cohen | June 5, 1986 | |
A space alien named Wajah has crash landed on Rainbow Land and needs Rainbow Brite's help to return home. It ends up that the alien himself eats colors and when Murky Dismal finds this out, he plans on keeping Wajah in Rainbow land with hopes of destroying it! | ||||
7 | "Mom" | Howard R. Cohen | June 12, 1986 | |
Murky Dismal's mom comes for a visit, Murky goes above and beyond to try to impress his mother by telling her HE is in charge of Rainbow Land. This little lie takes on a life of its own as he attempts to take over rainbow land and murk it up while Rainbow Brite is away. | ||||
8 | "Rainbow Night" | Howard R. Cohen | June 19, 1986 | |
Murky Dismal attempts to take all the color from the night when he kidnaps Moonglow, the color kid who makes the night shine. Now Rainbow Brite must rescue her or risk dark nights forever. | ||||
9 | "Star Sprinkled" | Howard R. Cohen | June 26, 1986 | |
When a sneaking intergalactic salesman tricks Twink into signing over the Color Caves, Rainbow Brite and her friends have to convince him that they need them back for more than just profit. | ||||
10 | "Chasing Rainbows" | Howard R. Cohen | July 3, 1986 | |
Murky Dismal tries his greatest trick yet, creating a "Rainbow Brite Robot" to trick her friends! But can they be tricked. | ||||
11 | "Murky's Comet" | Felicia Maliani | July 10, 1986 | |
When a wizard barters for spaceship repairs with a magic spell to destroy Rainbow Land with a comet, Rainbow Brite has to find a way to stop it before it crashes into the color caves and destroys the Rainbow Land. | ||||
12 | "A Horse of a Different Color" | Howard R. Cohen | July 17, 1986 | |
Murky Dismal kidnaps Starlite and On-X in a horse race with a plan to pollute Rainbow Land, but with the help of Sunriser, a new Rainbow Land horse, his plans soon become undone! | ||||
13 | "The Queen of the Sprites" | Howard R. Cohen | July 24, 1986 | |
The Dark Princess from the Star Stealer film returns for another showdown with Rainbow Brite and her attempt to become Queen of the Sprites and take over Rainbow Land! |
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