Wildfire is an animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera in 1986. The series followed 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. The music was composed by Jimmy Webb and Hoyt Curtin. When she was just a baby, Princess Sara (voiced by Georgi Irene) was saved from the clutches of a wicked sorceress named Lady Diabolyn (voiced by Jessica Walter), by a mystic talking horse named Wildfire (voiced by John Vernon), who 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). The evil 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 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 throne. 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 villainous step-aunt. John and Sara's friend Ellen (voiced by Lilly Moon) provided moral support from back on planet Earth. Diabolyn is helped by the Goons, mischievous creatures led by Dweedle (voiced by Billy Barty). 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 Diabolyn's tyrannical rule. It was later revealed that Sara's adopted father John was in fact her biological father Prince Cavan 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). [edit] Episodes | 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. | | 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 | | When Sara and Dorin unknowingly free an ancient evil 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. | | 12 | Where Dreams Come From | December 6, 1986 | | When a mysterious figure appears at the Cavanaugh farm claiming to be Sara's real father, John works with Wildfire to rescue her. | | 13 | Wildfire: King of Horses | December 13, 1986 | John Loy | Vesta, a high chieftain of the sanctuary, is dying. He then chooses Wildfire to be his successor. Though his duty to the sanctuary is strong, this happens to bring conflict to his vow to protect Sara from Diabolyn's latest plot. | [edit] Production Credits - Executive Producers: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
- Co-Executive Producer: Joe Taritero
- Producer: Peter Aries, Jr.
- Creative Supervisors and Story Editors: Jeff Segal and Kelly Ward
- Creative Consultant: Peter S. Beagle
- Creative Design: Iwao Takamoto
- Supervising Director: Ray Patterson
- Director: Don Lusk
- Animation Directors: Jay Sarbry, Frank Andrina, Oliver Callahan
- Story Direction: Ric Estrada
- Recording Director: Gordon Hunt
- Animation Casting Director: Andrea Romano
- Talent Coordinator: Kris Zimmerman
- Voices: David Ackroyd, Remy Auberjonois, René Auberjonois, Billy Barty, Susan Blu, Victoria Carroll, Louise Chamis, Philip L. Clarke, Townsend Coleman, Gino Conforti, Jerry Dexter, George DiCenzo, Paul Eiding, Dick Erdman, Melanie Gaffin, Dick Gautier, Barbara Goodson, Scott Grimes, Noah Hathaway, Darryl Hickman, Georgi Irene, Bobby Jacoby, Laura Jacoby, Lauri Johnson, Aron Kincaid, Rob Leibman, Marilyn Lightstone, June Lockhart, Janet May, Amanda McBroom, Marissa Mendenhall, Michael Mish, Lilly Moon, Daniel O'Herlihy, Rob Paulsen, Diane Pershing, Brock Peters, Peter Renaday, Peter Mark Richman, Josh Rodine, Roger Rose, Neilson Ross, Will Ryan, William Schallert, Brandon Stewart, Alexandra Stoddart, Andre Stojka, Jeffrey Tambor, Les Tremayne, Ginny Tyler, John Vernon, Jessica Walter, Frank Welker, Ted Zeigler
- Title: Bill Perez
- Graphics: Iraj Paran, Tom Wogatzke
- Main Title Theme: Jimmy Webb
- Musical Director: Hoyt Curtin
- Music Coordination: Joanne Miller
- Design Supervisor: Floro Dery
- Character Design: Art Leonardi, Tony Sgroi
- Layout Supervisor: Jaime Diaz
- Animation Supervisors: Julian Harris, Paul Sabella, Shivan Ramsaran
- Key Background Supervisor: Al Gmuer
- Key Backgrounds: Bonnie Goodknight, Andy Phillipson, Bill Proctor, Jeff Riche
- Color Design Supervisor: Alison Leopold
- Sound Direction: Alvy Dorman, Phil Flad, C.A.S.
- Supervising Film Editors: Larry C. Cowan and Gil Iverson
- Dubbing Supervisor: Pat Foley
- Music and Effects: Paul Vitello
- Post Production Supervisor: Joed Eaton
- Produced in Association With: Wang Film Productions, Inc., Cuckoo's Nest Studios
- Production Supervisor: Bob Marples
- Executive in Charge of Production: Jayne Barbera
- A HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCTION
- (c) 1986 HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCTIONS, INC.
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