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Plot Summary:
The story of a human named Megan in a world of magical ponies and their adventures together in Pony Land.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Short, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: light, light hearted, feel good, humorous, semi serious
Best tv shows and movies like My Little Pony 'n Friends (1986):
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My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina (1987)
Plot Summary:
As Sundance and Baby Moondancer tries get ready for the upcoming pony costume ball, a cat-lady named Catrina, with the help of her chameleon-like lizard Rep, attempts to harvest the Witchweed potion that gives her power to grow and control weather. Unfortunately the Bushwoolies were nothing more than slave labor for Catrina, and the processing the potion yields only a few drops at a time despite Catrina's angry demands. When they decide to walk out on her, Catrina sets her sights on the Little Ponies to replace her absent workers in making more potion! She takes a drink of remaining potion, and blows in a blizzard to trap the ponies. Megan steps in and opens a locket containing the Rainbow of Light, canceling out the blizzard, melting the snow, and freeing the trapped ponies. Unlike Catrina, Rep tries to get her to change her ways, trying his best to tell her that she was better off with out the Witchweed potion, remembering the good times before it ever crossed her lips.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Animation, Short, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags:
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My Little Pony (1984)
Plot Summary:
The story begins as the peaceful ponies of Dream Valley are attacked by monsters, led by Scorpan, who kidnap several ponies and take them away to Midnight Castle. Enraged, Firefly, a Pegasus pony, takes to the skies to try to find someone who can help them defeat Tirek, a centaur-like demon whose plan is to use these ponies to pull his chariot of darkness. On her way, she crashes into 12-year-old Megan's well and asks her for her help. Megan is at first reluctant to go but after being confronted by the monsters, she sets out with the ponies to rescue them.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 879
Genere: Animation, Short, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: feel good
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Tickety Toc (2011)
Plot Summary:
In The Unstoppable, Unpoppable Bubble, our comedic heroes Tommy and Tallulah test McCoggins¿ new unpoppable bubble formula! But soon an unpoppable bubble becomes so large it engulfs the whole town! Will the town be rescued from the extra-large and extra-strong bubble? Will Tommy & Tallulah make it out of the bubble in time to chime? In this and 5 other exciting adventures, the Tickety Town team, along with your own preschoolers, will learn the importance of teamwork, community and social responsibility.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 294
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: South Korea, UK
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: educational, feel good, humorous, semi serious, light, exciting, fast, computer animated
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The Get Along Gang (1984)
Plot Summary:
The Get Along Gang are characters created in 1983 by American Greetings' toy design and licensing division, "Those Characters from Cleveland", for a series of greeting cards. The Get Along Gang are a group of twelve pre-adolescent anthropomorphic animal characters in the fictional town of Green Meadow, who form a club that meets in an abandoned caboose and who have various adventures whose upbeat stories intended to show the importance of teamwork and friendship. The success of the greeting card line led to a Saturday morning television series, which aired on CBS for 13 episodes in the 1984-1985 season, with reruns from January until June 1986.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 307
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: 2d animation
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Henry Hugglemonster (2013)
Plot Summary:
Henry Hugglemonster is the story of a mischievous 5-year-old monster named Henry who loves adventures, discoveries, and being with his family. Each day brings new opportunities for Henry to explore his feelings and learn important life lessons about working with others, showing kindness, and getting along with siblings. Henry finds love and support from his parents, Daddo and Momma; and his brothers and sisters, Cobby , Summer, and Ivor.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 422
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: Ireland, UK, USA, South Korea, Canada
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, sentimental, feel good, semi serious, captivating, offbeat, contemplative
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My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Friendship Games (2015)
Plot Summary:
Canterlot High meets its rival school, Crystal Prep Academy, in a competition that’s a long-standing tradition – The Friendship Games. Sunset Shimmer is tasked with keeping magic out of the games to avoid the appearance of impropriety while she and her friends compete against Crystal Prep’s top students led by someone with an equal amount of interest in Equestrian magic – this world’s TWILIGHT SPARKLE.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, entertaining, stylized, semi serious, sweet
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The 7D (2014)
Plot Summary:
The 7D is an American animated television series produced by Disney Television Animation loosely based on the 1937 film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Walt Disney Productions where The 7D must defend the land of Jollywood from the magical villains Grim and Hildy Gloom who attempt to dethrone Queen Delightful and rule Jollywood.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 696
Genere: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, feel good, fairy tale
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Maya the Bee (1975)
Plot Summary:
Maya the Bee is an anime television series produced by Zuiyo Enterprise in Japan. The series consisted of 52 episodes and was originally telecast across Japan from April 1975 to April 1976 on the TV Asahi network. Based on the classic children's book Maya the Bee by Waldemar Bonsels, the anime series has become extremely popular in Europe and has been rebroadcast in countries and languages all around the world since its premiere. Two English-dubbed versions of the series exist, a British version, using a translated version of the original theme tune, and featuring British accents for the characters; and a United States version with an entirely new theme tune, produced by Saban Entertainment, which was broadcast from January 1, 1990 to December 31, 1992 on the children's television channel Nickelodeon. Maya the Bee aired alongside other juvenile-targeted anime such as Adventures of the Little Koala, Noozles and The Littl' Bits as part of Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block of programming for young children. A second Maya the Bee series, Shin Mitsubachi Māya no Bōken, was a co-production made in 1979 by Wako Productions and Austrian/German Apollo Film, Wien. The second series first premiered in Germany from September 1979 to September 1980. The very different and cartoon-like second series, which lasted for 52 episodes, wasn't very popular and did not premiere in Japan until October 1982, on TV Osaka, and aired through September 1983. Ten episodes from this series were added to 45 from the original for the U.S. broadcast run, bringing the total of Maya episodes aired on Nickelodeon in the U.S. to 55.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Austria, Japan, West Germany
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, retro, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Wishenpoof! (2014)
Plot Summary:
Bianca is just like any other little girl, except for one teensy little thing. Bianca has Wish Magic, so she can make wishes come true. Whether she's at home in Wish World, at the Willow Tree with her fairy friends, or at school with her non-fairy friends, Bianca and her hilarious teddy bear sidekick Bob navigate day-to-day problems with a little help from Bianca's mom and of course, wish magic!.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: educational, feel good, entertaining, psychological, captivating, sentimental, semi serious, computer animated
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Dragon Tales (1999)
Plot Summary:
Dragon Tales is an American-Canadian animated pre-school children's television series created by Jim Coane and Ron Rodecker and developed by Coane, Wesley Eure, Jeffrey Scott, Cliff Ruby and Elana Lesser. The story focuses on the adventures of two siblings, Max and Emmy and their dragon friends Cassie, Ord, Zak, Wheezie, and Quetzal. The series began broadcasting on the Public Broadcasting Service on their PBS Kids block on September 6, 1999, with its final episode aired on November 25, 2005. Re-runs ceased in 2010.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: educational, anime, exciting, humorous, semi serious, cute, sweet, learning, nostalgic
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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (2010)
Plot Summary:
"Get your muzzle out of those books and make some friends!" That's what Princess Celestia tells Twilight Sparkle. She may be the smartest unicorn in Equestria, but Twilight Sparkle gets an "incomplete" in friendship. There's more to life than learning magic, after all -- so she goes to Ponyville on a mission to make friends. There she meets five special ponies who take her on exciting adventures and teach her the most powerful magic of all ... the magic of friendship!.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, epic, anime, slapstick comedy, humorous, retro, 2d animation, cult film, nostalgic
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My Little Pony: The Movie (1986)
Plot Summary:
The little ponies send out a search party for Lickity Split and Spike, while the witch Hydia decides to make the Smooze, an unstoppable purple ooze that will eat and destroy everything in its path.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Italy, South Korea
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film, feel good, humorous, semi serious, 2d animation
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Wonder Pets! (2006)
Plot Summary:
Wonder Pets! is an American animated children's television series. It debuted on March 3, 2006, on the Nick Jr. block of the Nickelodeon cable television network and Noggin on the same day. It won an Emmy Award in 2008 for Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition in the United States.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, funny, light, captivating, entertaining, exciting
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Dora and Friends: Into the City! (2001)
Plot Summary:
Dora goes to school and lives in Playa Verde, which is a city. Together with the explorer girls Emma, Kate, Naiya, and Alana and her only male companion, Pablo, Dora and her friends work together and go on amazing adventures while discovering the secrets of their city. Dora has a magical charm bracelet and a smart phone, complete with an app version of the previous Map to aid her. Her friend Kate is fond of drama, while Emma loves music. Alana is tomboyish but loves animals, Naiya is smart and loves to read, and Pablo loves playing soccer.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 365
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: semi serious, light, humorous, entertaining, feel good, captivating, educational
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Tree Fu Tom (2012)
Plot Summary:
Tom appears to be a normal boy, but Tree Fu transforms him into a superhero.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 227
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, entertaining, light, humorous, semi serious, computer animated
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My Little Pony: Pony Life (2020)
Plot Summary:
A look at the funny side of friendship. The new center of the world is Sugarcube Corner – just like going to a friend’s house after school, this is our ponies’ home away from home. Here, Pinkie Pie serves up frosted cupcakes to the best customers in the world— her friends!.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 530
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Ireland, Canada
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, entertaining, captivating
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Animalia (2007)
Plot Summary:
Animalia is an Australian children's television series based on the 1986 picture book of the same name by illustrator Graeme Base in 2012 being distributed by Cyber Group Studios.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 216
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Australia, USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, fairy tale, exciting, educational, computer animated, semi serious
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Chloe's Closet (2009)
Plot Summary:
An animated children's program about a little girl, her security blanket, and the adventures she has wile playing dress up in her closet.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Netherlands, Ireland, France
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: computer animated, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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The Care Bears Family (1986)
Plot Summary:
The Care Bears live in a faraway place up in the clouds called Care-a-Lot. They travel around the world on Missions in Caring, whilst evil villains such as Professor Coldheart and Lord No Heart, try to thwart their plans.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, children's program, prehistoric, retro, anime, touching, 2d animation
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Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1985)
Plot Summary:
A group of reclusive humanoid bears and a few trusted humans explore their lost heritage and prevent their enemies from exploiting it.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, funny, captivating, colorful, fairy tale, children's program, semi serious, retro, absurd
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Pinky Dinky Doo (2005)
Plot Summary:
Pinky Dinky Doo dances her way into her Story Box to tell stories and solve problems using her big imagination and fancy words.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, feel good, light, exciting
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Dora the Explorer (2000)
Plot Summary:
Dora the Explorer is an American educational animated TV series created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh, and Eric Weiner. Dora the Explorer became a regular series in 2000. The show is carried on the Nickelodeon cable television network, including the associated Nick Jr. channel.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, educational, entertaining, anime, semi serious, buddy comedy, 2d animation, learning
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The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper (1996)
Plot Summary:
The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper is an animated television spin-off of the feature film Casper, which, in turn, was based on the Harvey Comics character of Casper the Friendly Ghost.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, gothic, spooky, spoof, parody
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The Backyardigans (2001)
Plot Summary:
Meet five lively animal friends who love to sing, dance and use their imaginations to embark on outrageous adventures to magical places.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious, computer animated, exciting, motion capture, nostalgic
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My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (2013)
Plot Summary:
Via a magic mirror, Twilight Sparkle travels into an alternate universe in order to recover a crown that was stolen from the Crystal Empire. Upon her arrival she is horrified to learn that she has turned into a human.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, stylized, sweet
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Guess How Much I Love You (2012)
Plot Summary:
Based on the books by Sam McBratney, and illustrated by Anita Jeram, Guess How Much I Love You sees Little and Big Nutbrown Hare explore their beautiful surroundings, play with their friends and delight in the love between them. The series not only explores the tender idea of the boundless love between father and son, but opens up their world... a beautiful and pristine valley full of playful friends and delights of nature in every season.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia, UK, Singapore
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, entertaining, captivating, touching, semi serious
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Jake and the Never Land Pirates (2011)
Plot Summary:
A crew of kid pirates - leader Jake and pals Izzy and Cubby - and their Never Land adventures as they work to outwit two infamous characters, the one and only Captain Hook and Smee.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, entertaining, tense, sincere, feel good, captivating, exciting, computer animated
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Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures (2009)
Plot Summary:
The new Strawberry Shortcake is a comedy/educational CG series of 22-minute episodes for girls ages 3-6. The series focuses on the quirky community of Berry Bitty City, a miniature town tucked into a strawberry patch. It is home to Strawberry Shortcake and her five girlfriends, all nine years old and two inches tall. The series teaches social/emotional lessons and Emotional Intelligence lessons on community life that will benefit our young audience. The series is also fruit forward Strawberrys earlier series has evolved from a world plentiful with cake and candy to one that now emphasizes fruit, vegetables and healthy eating. Colorful, whimsical fruit motifs are used in visuals and naming conventions.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 326
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, USA, Canada
Duration: 29 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, computer animated, funny, light, captivating, entertaining, sentimental
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My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade (2006)
Plot Summary:
Wysteria is beaming with pride! Her gardens are in bloom, her little Breezie friends are in town, and it's time for Ponyville's fanciest spring parade, the ultimate celebration of flowers, flowers, flowers! But things don't go according to plan when Wysteria accidentally awakens Spike the Dragon, a sleepy, silly, 1,000-year-old dragon!.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, sweet
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Corn & Peg (2019)
Plot Summary:
A unicorn and a pegasus, two inseparable best friends, strive to make their world of Galloping Grove a better place.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration:
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating