Rainbow Brite
On another planet, a girl called Wisp discovers an end to the universe's dark times and becomes the keeper of color. Thus her name changes to Rainbow Brite. As she battles silly villains like Murky and Lurky who prefer gray, Rainbow makes friends with many creatures. Some are other kids who want to help keep everything bright, others are animals such as the egotistical horse Starlite and the quivering sprite Twink. Only one person on the planet Earth knows of Rainbow Brite, her best friend Brian. When things go wrong in our world, all he has to do is use his rainbow key and ask Rainbow Brite for help.
- 1984-1986
- 1 season
- LBS Communications
- Animation, Family, Fantasy
- TV-G
On another planet, a girl called Wisp discovers an end to the universe's dark times and becomes the keeper of color. Thus her name changes to Rainbow Brite. As she battles silly villains like Murky and Lurky who prefer gray, Rainbow makes friends with many creatures. Some are other kids who want to help keep everything bright, others are animals such as the egotistical horse Starlite and the quivering sprite Twink. Only one person on the planet Earth knows of Rainbow Brite, her best friend Brian. When things go wrong in our world, all he has to do is use his rainbow key and ask Rainbow Brite for help.
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 1984 - 1986
Episode 1
Peril in the Pits
Wed, Jun 27, 1984
On earth, human boy Brian becomes covered with colors after he walks right through a rainbow. Rainbow Brite had made it to try to cheer him up. In order to get the colors off Brian, she must take him to Rainbowland where no outsider has ever been. Meanwhile, bad guys Murky Dismal and Lurky kidnap the Color Kids in ransom for Rainbow Brite's Color Belt. Brian goes with Rainbow Brite, Twink, and Starlite to the Pits to help rescue them!
Episode 2
The Mighty Monstromurk Menace: Part 1
Tue, Dec 4, 1984
Episode 3
The Mighty Monstromurk Menace: Part 2
Wed, Dec 5, 1984
Episode 4
The Beginning of Rainbowland: Part 1
Mon, Apr 22, 1985
The origin story of Rainbow Brite begins! A little girl named Wisp is transported to a dark, colorless world. Her quest is to find the light and the color of this dark world and set it free. In order to make the darkness disappear, she must find the Sphere of Light. She runs into Twink (literally) and he tells her about "the evil one" who lives in the castle. On the way to the castle, Wisp and Twink meet Stalite and he tells them the legend of the Color Belt.
Episode 5
The Beginning of Rainbowland: Part 2
Tue, Apr 23, 1985
The second part of the origin story of Rainbow Brite. Starting in the cave where they found the Color Belt, Rainbow Brite, Twink, Starlite and the baby continue on Rainbow Brite's quest to find the light and color of the land and set it free. First they must find and rescue all seven Color Kids (Red Butler, Lala Orange, Canary Yellow, Patty O'Green, Buddy Blue, Indigo, and Shy Violet) then find the Sphere of Light. Can they do it and defeat the King of Shadows to bring color to the land?
Episode 6
Invasion of Rainbowland
Mon, Sep 8, 1986
A spaceship crash lands in Rainbowland right in front of the Color Castle. Out pops Wajah, a creature who gets his energy from color. Rainbow Brite and friends must work quickly to repair his spaceship before he absorbs all the color in Rainbowland! Meanwhile, Murky Dismal's new invention, the Gloom Transformer, turns star sprinkles into rain sprinkles. He also has his eye on kidnapping Wajah!
Episode 7
Mom
Mon, Sep 8, 1986 20 mins
It's the first day of spring and Murky Dismal's mother has come to visit him. He tries to impress her by acting like he is in charge of Rainbowland.
Episode 8
Rainbow Night
Mon, Sep 8, 1986
Murky Dismal kidnaps Moonglow to stop her from making the night beautiful. With Moonglow gone, Rainbowland and the earth have no stars in the night sky. It's up to Rainbow Brite and her friends to rescue her.
Episode 9
Star Sprinkled
Mon, Sep 8, 1986
A magician named Plock comes to Rainbowland and tricks Twink and the rest of the sprites into trading him the Color Cave for a basket of "magic" seeds.
Episode 10
Chasing Rainbows
Mon, Sep 8, 1986
While everyone in Rainbowland is busy spring cleaning, Murky Dismal makes a wind-up, robotic Rainbow Brite to try and trick them.
Episode 11
Murky's Comet
Mon, Sep 8, 1986
While everyone in Rainbowland is preparing for the Color Festival Parade, Sorrell the Sorcerer crashes in the Pits. Murky Dismal asks him to destroy the Color Cave and in return he'll supply Sorrell the Sorcerer with the parts he needs to fix his space ship. They hatch a scheme to create a comet to destroy the Color Cave.
Episode 12
A Horse of a Different Color
Mon, Sep 8, 1986
It's the Sprite Fair and almost time for the big horse race. Murky Dismal makes a robotic horse to enter the race so he can spread a cloud of gloom all over the track in order to kidnap Starlite. That way, when Rainbow Brite goes to rescue Starlite, he can fill Rainbowland with gloom.
Episode 13
The Queen of the Sprites
Mon, Sep 8, 1986
When the sprites venture far back in the Color Cave, they discover the Princess and Count Blogg (from Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer (1985)). The Princess tells them she's the queen of the sprites and her "diamond finder" indicated there were diamonds in the Color Cave. She demands the sprites dig for them so she can get enough to re-energize her "magic stone." With that done, she can get her power back and "do something about that nasty little girl who destroyed" it. With the colors fading all over Rainbowland, Rainbow Brite must defeat the Princess once again!
