The 80s cartoon that dared ask: what if saving the universe required friendship AND a talking horse?
Rainbow Brite, and her magical horse Starlite, must stop an evil princess and her underlings from taking over the planet Spectra. When they meet Orin, the wise Sprite tries to make the two children get along and work together to stop the evil Princess. Orin tells them that they can only destroy her by combining their own powers against her. Getting in the way of their mission is the sinister Murky Dismal and his bumbling assistant Lurky who, as usual, are lavishing in the new gloom created by the darkening of Spectra, as well as trying to steal Rainbow's magical color belt.
Practical Effects
Hand-painted animation backgrounds that actually sparkle
Sound
Peter Cullen's villainous Murky pre-dates Optimus Prime gravitas
Costume
Rainbow's belt remains iconic character design efficiency
Director
Bernard Deyriès
Bettina Bush
Rainbow Brite (voice) (as Bettina)
Pat Fraley
Lurky / On-X / Buddy Blue / Dog / Guard / Spectran / Slurthie / Glitterbot (voice) (as Patrick Fraley)
Peter Cullen
Murky Dismal / Castle Monster / Glitterbot / Guard / Skydancer / Slurthie (voice)
Robbie Lee
Twink / Shy Violet / Indigo / La La Orange / Spectran / Sprites (voice)
Andre Stojka
Starlite / Wizard / Spectran (voice)
David Mendenhall
Krys (voice)
Rhonda Aldrich
The Princess / The Creature (voice)
Les Tremayne
Orin / Bombo / TV announcer (voice)
Mona Marshall
Red Butler / Witch / Spectran / Castle Creature / Patty O'Green / Canary Yellow (voice)
Jonathan Harris
Count Blogg (voice)
Scott Menville
Brian (voice)
Charlie Adler
Popo (voice)
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