My Little Pony: The Movie (1986) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Baby Lickety-Split ran away because her attempt to introduce unique moves during the important dance performance resulted in a disaster that drew the ire of her peers. Humiliated by the incident, she fled the scene with Spike chasing after her, which led to her accidentally tumbling down a waterfall and becoming trapped in a secluded valley.

• baby lickety-split
• dance routine
• humiliation
• valley trapped

The Smooze was a massive purple entity created by the evil witch Hydra at the Volcano of Gloom. It was an unstoppable ooze designed to engulf everything in its path and induce grumpiness in those it splashed. When unleashed, it storm toward Dream Castle, covering the castle and surrounding lands, trapping Baby Lickety-Split and Spike inside a mountain and forcing the ponies to evacuate.

• smooze
• hydra
• purple ooze
• threat
• ponyland

Megan attempted to counter the Smooze by releasing the power of the rainbow from her locket, but the rainbow was swallowed whole by the Smooze. Despite this failure, Megan reassured the ponies that another rainbow awaited them, keeping their hope alive for finding another solution.

• megan
• rainbow
• locket
• smooze failed

The Flutter Ponies are magical, elusive creatures who reside in Flutter Valley. They were crucial because they possessed the power to defeat the Smooze. Queen Rosedust led them, and after being convinced to join the fight, they used their magic to obliterate the Smooze with a powerful gust known as Utter Flutter.

• flutter ponies
• queen rosedust
• flutter valley
• utter flutter

In the climactic showdown, the Flutter Ponies used their powerful magic called Utter Flutter, a powerful gust, to obliterate the Smooze completely. After defeating the villainous entity, they captured Hydra and her daughters and returned them to the magma of the volcano, restoring peace to Dream Castle and the surrounding lands.

Foreshadowing: The Moonchick earlier provided Megan with a map to find the Flutter Ponies, establishing them as the key to defeating the Smooze.

• utter flutter
• smooze defeated
• flutter ponies
• victory

Hydra was angry because her two daughters, Reeka and Draggle, were inept and did not meet her wicked expectations. She sent them off on a mission to cause chaos during the festival, but they repeatedly failed, such as when their attempt to flood the area backfired and they got washed away themselves by the Sea Ponies.

• hydra
• reeka
• draggle
• daughters
• failed mission

The flume was an essential missing ingredient in Hydra's latest version of the Smooze. After discovering the Smooze was missing the flume, Hydra dispatched Reeka and Draggle to retrieve it from a monstrous plant residing on a rocky outcrop. They managed to escape with the flume, allowing Hydra to reactivate the Smooze and continue her attack on Ponyland.

• flume
• ingredient
• hydra
• smooze recipe

Queen Rosedust was initially resistant to aiding the ponies despite the urgency of the Smooze threat. However, she was ultimately swayed into action when Baby Lickety-Split arrived safe and sound in Flutter Valley, accompanied by Spike, the Grundles, and Morning Glory, a Flutter Pony she had saved. This demonstrated that the situation was urgent enough to warrant their involvement.

• queen rosedust
• flutter valley
• refused help
• baby lickety-split

After the Flutter Ponies defeated the Smooze using Utter Flutter, they captured Hydra and her daughters Reeka and Draggle. The villains were returned to the magma of the volcano, ensuring peace and safety for Ponyland once more. The ponies then joyously returned Megan and her siblings back home to the human world.

• hydra
• reeka
• draggle
• captured
• volcano
• ending

Baby Lickety-Split ended up trapped in a valley after tumbling down a waterfall during her escape from the dance disaster. She later escaped by finding her way to Flutter Valley, where she reunited with Megan and her friends. There, she arrived safe and sound alongside Spike, the Grundles, and Morning Glory, proving she had successfully navigated her way out of the valley.

• baby lickety-split
• valley
• escape
• flutter valley

When Reeka and Draggle attempted to flood the festival area to ruin the celebration, their plan backfired thanks to the intervention of the Sea Ponies. The Sea Ponies counteracted their flooding attempt, causing the water to wash away the witch daughters instead of destroying the festival. This comic relief moment demonstrated that even the villains' simple schemes were thwarted by the magical inhabitants of Ponyland.

• sea ponies
• reeka
• draggle
• flooding
• defeated

Megan was chosen because she was the guardian of the Rainbow locket, a powerful artifact. When Pegasus ponies Wind Whistle and North Star journeyed to the human world, they fetched Megan specifically for this role. Her locket contained the power of the rainbow, which she attempted to use against the Smooze. Megan also brought her younger siblings Danny and Molly along for the adventure.

• megan
• rainbow locket
• guardian
• pegasi
• chosen