Wildfire (1986 TV series)

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Wildfire (1986 TV series)
Written by John Loy
Linda Woolverton
and others
Directed by Arthur Davis
Carl Urbano
Rudy Zamora
Oscar Dufau
Don Lusk
Voices of David Ackroyd
René Auberjonois
Billy Barty
Susan Blu
Townsend Coleman
Georgi Irene
Robert Jayne
Rob Paulsen
John Vernon
Jessica Walter
Frank Welker
Composer(s) Jimmy Webb
Hoyt Curtin
Country of origin USA
Production
Executive producer(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Producer(s) Peter Aries
Production company(s) Hanna-Barbera Productions
Broadcast
Original channel CBS
Original run September 13, 1986 – December 6, 1986

Wildfire is an American animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera in 1986. The series follows the adventures of Sara, a 13-year-old girl growing up in the American West, as she discovers her true identity as a princess-in-hiding from another realm. The show was first aired on CBS for one 13-episode season from September 13 to December 6, 1986.

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When she was just a baby, Princess Sara (voiced by Georgi Irene) was saved from the clutches of the evil Lady Diabolyn (voiced by Jessica Walter) by a mystic talking horse named Wildfire (voiced by John Vernon). Wildfire took her away from the planet Dar-Shan and deposited her in Montana where she is taken in by a farmer named John Cavanaugh (voiced by David Ackroyd). Lady Diabolyn was a stepsister to the late Queen Sarana (voiced by Amanda McBroom) whom she always considered weak and unfit to rule. In order to gain her "rightful" throne, she learned dark magic and allied herself with the demonic Spectres.

Twelve years later, when Sara was ready to fight evil, Wildfire brought her back to Dar-Shan to regain her kingdom. Wildfire summons Sara through her magic amulet and transports her across dimensions to her real home in Dar-Shan. Sara joins with her friends, a sorcerer named Alvinar (voiced by René Auberjonois), a young boy named Dorin (voiced by Robert Jayne), and a cowardly colt named Brutus (voiced by Susan Blu) to confront her wicked step-aunt. John Cavanaugh and Sara's Indian friend Ellen (voiced by Lilly Moon) provide moral support from back on planet Earth. Diabolyn is helped by the Goons, mischievous creatures led by Dweedle (voiced by Billy Barty). They were formerly Diabolyn's guards until they gained their monstrous appearances by the Spectres upon opening the urn containing them when Diabolyn told them not to.

Each episode revealed more and more of the mythical world of Dar-Shan and gave its audience a new puzzle piece to help reason out the past events that led up to the current state of affairs. It was later revealed that Sara's adopted father John was in fact Prince Cavan, her biological father sent to Earth in order to protect him from the curse which Lady Diabolyn and the Spectres had placed on Dar-Shan (Sara and Wildfire are the only ones who know John's true identity which has been kept secret even from him).

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Number Title Airdate Writer(s) Synopsis
1 The Once and Future Queen September 13, 1986 Lady Diabolyn captures some butterflies and the Royal Weaver in order to make a dress for her coronation.
2 A Visit to Wonderland September 20, 1986 John Loy Dorin and Brutus encounter some children who have been using a wand to immortalize some young horses into merry-go-round rides.
3 The Ogre's Bride September 27, 1986 Linda Woolverton Lady Diabolyn turns a man named Kent into an ogre before his wedding day in order to prevent his wedding to a girl named Cherylla and prevent the unity of two villages.
4 Secret of the Sinti Magic October 4, 1986 David Schwartz and John Loy While running from Rackteos, Wildfire ends up injuring his leg and he and Sara are saved by the Sintis (the source of all magic on Dar-Shan). Dweedle and his fellow goons discover this and report back to Diabolyn who plans to capture a Sinti.
5 A Meeting in Time October 11, 1986 John Loy and Tony Marino Sara falls off Wildfire in the portal between Earth and Dar-Shan. This ends up transporting her to Dar-Shan in the past where Queen Sarana will be married to Prince Cavan the same time when Diabolyn became allies with the Spectres.
6 The Highway Man October 18, 1986 Sara and Wildfire deal with an outlaw named Aragon and his horse Halavax.
7 The Pixie Painters October 25, 1986 Jina Bacaar and John Loy The pixies have come to Dar-Shan to paint the true queen.
8 The Name is the Game November 1, 1986 When Brutus ends up captured by a troll, Sara and Dorin end up working to decipher the troll's real name.
9 Strangers in the Night November 8, 1986 Wildfire takes Sara to meet with the Great Horse Chieftains and prove that she is Queen Sarana's daughter. When Sara and Dorin unknowingly free an ancient evil called the Goblin Master from beneath the ruins of Castle Thorinia, the entire country is thrown into chaos.
10 Dragons of Dar-Shan November 15, 1986 Mark Edward Edens, Eric Lewald, Jeff Segal and Kelly Ward Dorin and Brutus travel to Chimaera, a city that was once threatened by red dragons. When they find a dragon egg in the forest, Sara and Wildfire end up helping Dorin and Brutus into returning the egg to its parents before Chimaera ends up destroyed by the red dragons.
11 King for a Day November 22, 1986 Diabolyn makes a wish to become Queen of Dar-Shan which almost comes true. The wish ends up activating when a frog looks into the well and is transformed into a King whom Diabolyn plans to manipulate.
12 Where Dreams Come From December 6, 1986 When a mysterious figure named Mr. Spec appears at the Cavanaugh farm claiming to be Sara's real father, John works with Wildfire to rescue her. Meanwhile, Diabolyn finds that the Spectres aren't in their abyss and suspects that they deserted her for their own cause.
13 Wildfire: King of the Horses December 13, 1986 John Loy Vesta, a high Chieftain of the Sanctuary of Horses, is dying and has chosen Wildfire to be his successor over a horse named Thunderbolt. Though his duty to the sanctuary is strong, this happens to bring conflict to his vow to protect Sara when Diabolyn allies with a centauroid cat creature called Rothadode (an enemy of the Sanctuary) to capture the horses in his plot to rule the horses and her latest scheme to rule Dar-Shan.

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