What if My Little Pony: A New Generation were a 1980s movie?

My Little Pony is a 1985 fantasy-stop motion-musical-family film produced by Warner Bros. Pictures and distributed by the same company, is based on the Hasbro's My Little Pony toy line, created by Bonnie Zacherle in 1981. The film was directed by Danny DeVito and produced by Jim Danforth, an experienced stop motion animator, from a screenplay written by Jean Chalopin. the film features a voice cast featuring Sandy Duncan, Alice Playten, Kurt Russell, Bettina Bush, Liz Torres voicing the five leads, also featuring stars Jane Fonda, Mickey Rooney, Clint Eastwood, Christopher Reeve, as well as Pam Ferris, newcomer Matthew Broderick, Sondra Locke and Olivia Newton-John in supporting roles. the film's soundtrack was produced by James Horner, famous for his musical work on Avatar.

The plot follows Sunny Starscout, who meets the unicorn Izzy Moonbow, who due to the manipulation of Phyllis Cloverleaf, is treated as a threat, and after being trapped in Zephyr Heights, land ruled by Queen Haven and where the pegasus inhabit, after meeting her daughter Zipp Storm's eldest and heir to the throne, as well as popular socialite Pipp Petals, Zipp's younger sister, Hitch Trailblazer, Sunny's longtime friend and sheriff of Maretime Bay, go in search of them, stepping down as sheriff temporarily. vague, which makes Phyllis take advantage of the situation and convince her son Sprout Cloverleaf, a pony angry with Hitch because he is well-loved and successful unlike him, to assume the post of sheriff, but he takes advantage of the opportunity to convince the population to become his minions, using as a basis the recent occurrence of Izzy's arrival in the city. Sunny has been inspired since she was a foal to fight for the union of the three races, which however is considered something crazy by the others, this does not affect her tireless objective, and after joining Hitch, Izzy, Zipp and Pipp, they return to Maretime Bay to stop Sprout and the insane dictatorship he imposed by preying on fear.

My Little Pony was released in the US on June 24, 1985 to a commendable general reception, earning the 2nd highest-grossing film of 1985, bringing in a $203 million box office, as well as boosting the toy line it was inspired by. The film received nominations for several awards, in which it notably won 2 Academy Awards and 3 Golden Globes. In 1992, a sequel was released, titled My Little Pony: Tell Your Tale, to the same acclaim.

Plot
At the lighthouse in the seaside town of Maretime Bay, Sunny Starscout, Hitch Trailblazer and Sprout Cloverleaf play with toys representing ponies, unicorns and pegasi made by Sunny's father, Argyle Starshine. In the midst of this, Sprout says that the teacher said in class that unicorns are menaces, and that they fry the brains of other ponies, which Sunny disbelieves, and Hitch, although she thinks it is exaggerated, thinks the same thing. A short time later, Phyllis Cloverleaf, Sprout's mother, arrives and tells Argyle that he should be ashamed of himself for influencing other people's children and his own daughter to believe in something as absurd as a union between ponies, pegasus and unicorns, and then Instead, he orders Sprout to follow her back home, while muttering and repeatedly calling Argyle a "lunatic" and "loser". Phyllis, after putting her son to sleep, returns to her company, Canterlogic Inc., and it is revealed that she exerts total influence in the city, since her brand manufactures a product that aims to merge fashion and keep ponies protected from other races.

Years pass, Sunny wakes up and gets ready, and after looking at a photo of her father, revealing that Argyle is already deceased, she takes her skates and goes around Maretime Bay, she then finds Hitch and Sprout heading towards Canterlogic's headquarters along with other ponies, when Hitch reveals that she was forbidden to pass, but Sunny is not shaken and enters through an entrance that is in the basement of the factory and that an employee forgets open, meanwhile on the catwalk, Phyllis presents several models using the company's new products, and when it's time to reveal a new anti-unicorn and anti-pegasian technology, Sunny interrupts Phyllis' presentation. After kicking Sunny out of Canterlogic, Hitch tells her that he is jeopardizing their friendship with Sunny's childish behavior, and that although she tries, the fact remains that this is an impossible dream, and nothing will change fate, and that the three races will remain distant.

After Hitch's quote, they notice that all the ponies around are in panic and when they look closely at what it is, they notice the presence of a unicorn, with everyone running away, including the sheriff, who goes to his office to prepare to imprison her. The unicorn introduces herself as Izzy Moonbow, Sunny then takes Izzy to the lighthouse, where she will be safe, shortly afterwards, Hitch and Sprout arrive, with a loudspeaker, the sheriff asks Sunny and Izzy to leave and not try to react, and mind saying that the lighthouse is surrounded. Izzy then leaves, to the horror of the two officers, and after undressing them, Sunny and Izzy reach a consensus that the best thing to do is disappear from Maretime Bay, so both go without a destination.

But halfway through, Izzy reveals that unicorns don't have magic, and that pegasi don't know how to fly, after learning this, the two end up arriving in a foggy ravine, where they are slightly scared by a fast being, which later reveals itself to be a pegasus. , when asking the name of the pegasus, two other pegasus, who are guards, approach and arrest Sunny and Izzy. While in Maretime Bay, Hitch shows concern for Sunny's disappearance, fearing that she has been kidnapped by Izzy, thus leading him to the conclusion that the best thing to do is to go in search of her, and after Hitch says goodbye, Sprout reveals himself very upset by the fact that Hitch has everything he wants, and is popular and a heartthrob that charms all the girls, and while he complains, Phyllis arrives, and when noticing the absence of Hitch, and Sprout says that this went in search of Sunny, decides to incite his son to take the position of sheriff for himself, which he ends up finding great, finally celebrating that he will be able to have prestige in the same way as his friend. After that, Sprout then notices a crowd around the delgacia and as he leaves, he is surprised by several ponies pressing for action in relation to Izzy's coming to town, which makes Sprout use opportunism to gradually gain more popularity, taking advantage of from the fear of the inhabitants of Maretime Bay.

Hitch finally finds Sunny and Izzy after seeing it on a large screen in Zephyr Heights, where it is noted that a news program is being displayed where the two are being taken to court, during the trip, Sunny asks several questions to one of the guards, who he even answers some questions, but is repressed by his colleague, saying that she may be trying to gather information. At the royal court, Sunny recognizes the pegasus she found in the ravine, with one of the guards revealing her name, Princess Zipp Storm, and also her sister, Pipp Petals, who at first mocks Sunny's appearance, until finally, Queen Haven arrives to judge the two intruders, revealing that the names of the two officers who arrested Sunny and Izzy are Zoom Zephyrwing and Thunder Flap.

Sunny and Izzy are sentenced to prison, and there they convince Zipp to allow them to have access to a festive room where Pipp will perform, there, she ends up accessing the control room after meeting Hitch and running away, and without having control. of the situation and scaring the person in charge of the room, who ends up doing everything wrong, and revealing that the royal family does not have the power to fly, causing Haven to be arrested and Zipp and Pipp have to accompany Sunny, Izzy and Hitch to where the unicorn live.

Back in Martime Bay, it is discovered that Sprout has become a dictator, and is building a machine of destruction that he names "Sprouticus Maximus", Phyllis demonstrates that she is not very sure that her son is being a good sheriff, he also proves to be a diligent boss, demonstrating not to care about accidents at work.

The five heroes finally arrive in Bridlewood, where Izzy lives in La Villa Izzy, as soon as they arrive, they notice that the unicorns are completely downcast, without any kind of emotion, when they arrive at Izzy's house, she provides everyone with fake horns, and after that they leave for the Crystal Tea Room, where Sunny challenges the clerk, Alphabittle Blossomforth, to a dance battle, in exchange for the third crystal, to be joined to the two others she already obtained and the one acquired in Zephyr Heights, but shortly after receiving the award, it is noted that his horn was fake, and after that the five flee the place, with Alphabittle and the others chasing them, but when they arrive at the exit of Bridlewood, they are surprised by Haven, Zoom and Thunder, who are looking for the other crystal, surrounded on all sides, Sunny can only try to unite the crystals right there.