MoonDreamers

Moon Dreamers
Genre	Animation, Family, Fantasy
Created by	Jackie Waterman McLoughlin
Written by	Cynthia Friedlob John Semper Betty G. Birney Evelyn Gabai Larry Morriss Jackie Waterman McLoughlin
Voices of	Peter Cullen Jennifer Darling Elizabeth Lyn Fraser Melanie Gaffin Robin Kaufman Tress MacNeille Clive Revill Neil Ross
Theme music composer	Robert J. Walsh
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of episodes	16
Production company(s)	Marvel Productions Sunbow Productions
Broadcast
Original run	September 25, 1986 – January 8, 1987

Moondreamers is an animated television series that aired in 1986 as part of the My Little Pony 'n Friends lineup. My Little Pony aired the first 15 minutes, and the second half rotated among MoonDreamers, Potato Head Kids, and Glo Friends. All of these cartoons promoted Hasbro toys.

Plot

The MoonDreamers are a group of celestial people who create and deliver pleasant dreams to Earth children. Their main enemy is the evil Queen Scowlene, who attempts to keep everyone awake at night with her nightmare crystals.

Characters

• Crystall Starr (voiced by Tress MacNeille) - The main character, she is supposedly the leader of the MoonDreamers, though it seems they work as a team with equal authority. She designs stars.
• Whimzee - The dream designer, she uses her imagination to create dreams for Dreamcasting. Throughout the series, she encounters many problems doing so. She once accidentally brings her dream, a dreamkin, into reality where it wreaks havoc in Starry Up despite its adorable appearance. Another time she loses her imagination and needs to go on a journey to find it, engaging in a duel with the supposed queen of imagination and nearly getting killed.
• Celeste - Her job is to ride on Galaxia and bring night time to earth so that dreams can begin to be sent out.
  • Galaxia - Celeste's magical space dragon with feather-like wings.
• Sparky Dreamer - A brainy MoonDreamer, she is a know-it-all and is often stuck fixing the mistakes of the other MoonDreamers.
• Dream Gazer (voiced by Jennifer Darling) - The eldest MoonDreamer, she is considerably older than the other members and is the wisest. She has a star tattooed over her left eye and has a very wistful voice. She does not make many appearances. Dream Gazer stirs the all the different ingredients that make dreams into a secret recipe called the imagination combination.
• Bucky Buckaroo - He is the MoonDreamers "very own comet rider". He takes the dream crystals to the stars on his favourite comet, Halley.
• Blinky and Bitsy (voiced by Robin Kaufman and Elizabeth Lyn Fraser) - Two little MoonDreamers in training, they are young girls who want to help the MoonDreamers, but often get in the way. They first appeared in episode one. They act as Starfinders.
  • Ursa Major (voiced by Tress MacNeille) - A flying solar bear who is Blinky's companion. She and Roary used to work in a Star Circus until they were abducted by Queen Scowlene in an attempt to count them to sleep, but escaped when Ursa Major's fur made her sneeze.
  • Roary (voiced by Neil Ross) A flying lion who is Bitsy's companion. He and Ursa Major used to work in a Star Circus until they were abducted by Queen Scowlene in an attempt to count them to sleep, but escaped when Ursa Major's fur made her sneeze.
• Frolic - A Starfinder who explores the uncharted universe.
  • Fluffin - A peacock who is Frolic's companion.
• Stardust - A Starfinder who looks for lonely planets that need stars.
  • Hornsby - A ram that is Stardust's companion.
• Celeste - A Night Carrier who brings the night.
  • Galaxia - A dragon who is Celeste's companion.
• Dawn - A Sunfinder who searches for the sun to start the morning.
  • Bunnyhop - A rabbit who is Dawn's companion.
• Dusky - A Sunfinder who places the sun at the spot where it is supposed to set.
  • Sunscout - A dog who is Sunscout's companion.
• Sundazzle - A Sunsparkler who polishes the sun.
• Fundreamer - A Sunsparkler who creates happy dreams for children.
• Daystar - A Sunsparkler who supervises every sunny day.
• Cloudpuff - A Sunsparkler who makes the designs of the clouds.
• Ursa Minor - Ursa Major's mischievous niece.

Villains

• Queen Scowlene (voiced by Tress MacNeille) - The primary antagonist of the series who lives in Monstrous Middle. She is the mother of Scowlette. She hasn't slept a wink and has plans to take over Starry Up so that she could keep everyone up at night. In "The Poobah of Pontoon," it is revealed that Queen Scowlene's older brother is the Poobah of Pontoon making him Scowlette's uncle.
• Scowlette - The daughter of Queen Scowlene. Scowlette seems to be about the same age as Whimzee and lives with her mother. She is often trying to destroy the MoonDreamers in order to impress her mother, though it never works out.
• Professor Grimace (voiced by Clive Revill) - A mad scientist who helps Queen Scowlene with her plans by inventing machines that would go horribly wrong.
  • Igon (voiced by Peter Cullen) - A short, three-legged troll-like creature who is one of Professor Grimace's worst experiments. He acts as Professor Grimace's assistant.
• Sleep Creeps - The minions of Queen Scowlene that go bump in the night.
  • Shiner - A Sleep Creep who wakes children with his flashlight.
  • Creaky - A Sleep Creep who fills the night with creaks and groans.
  • Squawker (voiced by Tress MacNeille) - A Sleep Creep who makes loud noises that keep people awake.

Episodes

1. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Moondreamer Pt. 1 -
2. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Moondreamer Pt. 2 -
3. All in a Night's Sleep -
4. The Star of Star's -
5. The Poobah of Pontoon - Queen Scowlene's older brother the Poobah of Pontoon arrives in Monstrous Middle to find a replacement for the weak lions that pull his cart. Due to Roary unknowingly stopping the Sleep Creeps earlier, Queen Scowlene and Scowlette plan to have the Poobah of Pontoon take Roary.
6. The Dreamkin -
7. Minor Problems -
8. Igon the Terrible - After being sent on a vacation into the Frightful Forest by Queen Scowlene for accidentally wrecking Professor Grimace's Anti-MoonDreamer Beamer, Igon ends up befriending a giant Gundar named Hebo after saving him from a volcano. As a favor to Hebo, Igon uses him to get revenge on Queen Scowlene and plans to take Starry Up for himself.
9. Stuck on Bucky -
10. The Dreamnapping -
11. Bucky's Comet -
12. Dreamland Express -
13. Whimzee Come Home! -
14. Zodies on the Loose -
15. The Night Mare Pt. 1 -
16. The Night Mare Pt. 2 -

Cast

• Adam Carl -
• Peter Cullen - Igon
• Jennifer Darling - Dream Gazer
• Elizabeth Lyn Fraser - Bitsy
• Melanie Gaffin - Ursa Minor
• Liz Georges -
• Renae Jacobs -
• Robin Kaufman - Blinky
• Tress MacNeille - Crystal Starr, Queen Scowlene, Squawker, Ursa Major
• Terence McGovern -
• Clive Revill - Professor Grimace
• Neil Ross - Roary
• Ken Sansom -
• Judy Strangis -

Crew

• Alan Dinehart - Voice Director

External links

• Moondreamers Identification Page
• Moondust4Moondreamers
• MoonDreamers at the Internet Movie Database