The Glo Friends | |
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Genre | Fantasy |
Voices of | Charlie Adler Roger C. Carmel Nancy Cartwright Pat Fraley Mona Marshall Don Messick Hal Rayle Susan Silo Russi Taylor Frank Welker Katie Leigh |
Composer | Robert J. Walsh |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 26 (+1 special) |
Production | |
Production companies | Hasbro Sunbow Productions Marvel Productions Toei Animation |
Original release | |
Network | Syndication |
Release | September 23, 1986 – March 17, 1987 |
The Glo Friends is an American television series that originally aired in 1986 as a segment of My Little Pony 'n Friends . Produced by Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions in collaboration with Toei Animation, the 26 segments of Glo Friends played in rotation as a secondary series, alternating with MoonDreamers and Potato Head Kids . [1] Glow Friends was later broadcast on the (CBN) Family Channel from 1989 to 1995 as part of the My Little Pony rebroadcast.
The television series was preceded by the Glo Friends toyline: small glow-in-the-dark toys in the shape of insects and other small creatures. The toys were adapted from the original Glo Worm introduced in 1982 by the Playskool division of Hasbro. A line of books from Ladybird Books were published to accompany each Glo Friend.
The title protagonists in The Glo Friends were a community of small, glow-in-the-dark bugs that live in Glo Land, a magical kingdom located in the middle of a forest. Their homes are built near the Glo Pond, where the Friends harvest a substance known as Moondrops, which enables their ability to glow in the dark.
The peaceful existence of the Friends is constantly threatened by the Moligans, a group of mole-like creatures led by Starnose. The Moligans were banished from the kingdom of Moleslavia for various crimes including unlawful digging, robbery, and cheating. Since their banishment, the Moligans have been living underground and plotting revenge. The short-sighted Moligans endeavor to kidnap the Glo Friends in order to light the dark tunnels of their mining operations, and thereby extracting more gold.
A race of fairies that can glow like the Glo Friends. They are known to be nature's helpers:
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# | Title | Director | Writer | U.S. Original airdate | |
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SP | "The Glo Friends Save Christmas" | Terry Lennon | George Arthur Bloom | 1985 | |
An evil witch called Blanche kidnaps Santa Claus and traps him in a cage of ice, so that presents cannot be delivered to the residents of Glo Land and around the world. The Glo Friends go on a quest to rescue Santa. | |||||
1–10 | "The Quest (Episodes 1-10)" | Unknown | George Arthur Bloom | September 23 – November 25, 1986 | |
Glo Moon Drop Pond, the lifeblood of the Glo Friends springs a leak, and Glo Worm, Garden Ant, and their friends go on a dangerous quest to search for Moon Drops. | |||||
11 | "Baby Glo Worm Goes Bye-Bye" | Unknown | Douglas Booth | December 2, 1986 | |
Baby Glo Worm runs off when she is supposed to be napping and ends up in the Moligan's hideout. Glo Worm and the others search for Baby Glo Worm but get trapped by the Moligans in the process. | |||||
12 | "Two of a Kind" | Unknown | Douglas Booth | December 9, 1986 | |
Bashful Bug runs off after being teased by Glo Worm during a dance. Scoop also runs away as well after wrecking one of the Moligan's tunnels. The two outcasts then meet and form an unlikely friendship. | |||||
13 | "Make No Mistake, It's Magic" | Unknown | Douglas Booth | December 16, 1986 | |
A series of coincidences in a berry patch make Glo Butterfly believe her wand really has magical properties. However, Bed Bug, Bop Bug, and Glo Spider know she is not really magic and attempt to show the other Glo Friends this. | |||||
14 | "The Forest Brigade" | Unknown | Douglas Booth | December 23, 1986 | |
The Moligans feast on the roots of a tree that Garden Ant planted, and Garden Ant attempts to save the tree before it dies. | |||||
15 | "Caverns of Mystery" | Unknown | Douglas Booth | December 30, 1986 | |
Glo Cricket runs out of stories to tell the other Glo Friends and decides to search for the legendary Glo Drop Moon Lake. He fails to find it, and lies about it when he gets back. | |||||
16 | "Front Page" | Unknown | Douglas Booth | January 6, 1987 | |
The Moligans decide to get interviewed for the Glo Land Times newspaper to improve their reputations, but things do not go to plan. | |||||
17 | "Bean Ball" | Unknown | Dale Hale | January 13, 1987 | |
18 | "The Masterpiece" | Unknown | Diane Duane | January 20, 1987 | |
Doodle Bug feels that no one in Glo Land understands his art, and so goes off to work in private with Snug Bug. | |||||
19 | "Beware Tales of Gold That Lead to Thorny Trails" | Unknown | Craig Rand | January 27, 1987 | |
20–23 | "Glo Friends Meet the Glo Wees (Episodes 1-4)" | TBD | George Arthur Bloom | February 3–24, 1987 | |
The Moligan's latest plan brings two races of Glo Land bug together, the Glo Friends and the Glo Wees. They form a partnership and work to defeat the Moligans and destroy a storm that will kill the Glo Wees. | |||||
24–25 | "Easy Money (Episodes 1-2)" | TBD | Douglas Booth | March 3–10, 1987 | |
The Moligans think they have discovered a way to use the Glofriends' dewdrops and moondrops to transform common rock into gold. Little do they know they're destined for a rocky future. | |||||
26 | "Wizard of Rook" | Unknown | Douglas Booth | March 17, 1987 |
The 1985 television special The Glo Friends Save Christmas aired prior to the regular series. [2] The plotline follows the Glo Friends rescuing Santa Claus and his reindeer from Blanche, the wicked witch of the north pole. With the help of a moose that had been rejected as one of Santa's reindeer, the Glo Friends save Santa Claus and defeat Blanche.
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