History WesternAnimation / Wildfire

Wildfire, a magical talking horse, escaped with the infant Princess Sara from the magical land of Dar-Shan and took her to Montana. When she was 13, he came back for her and they attempted to save Dar-Shan from the evil Diabolyn and her Spectres. Sara herself had no magical abilities and usually succeeded by her wits and with the sometimes dubious assistance of a sorcerer, his apprentice and an orphaned colt.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: In the real world, Sarah's adoptive father, John Cavanaugh, is an ordinary, somewhat prosaic human, to whom Sarah sometimes has trouble explaining her strange absences [[spoiler:and who can't remember their past life in Dar-Shan, where he was her ''real'' father, the handsome prince of the prior generation's fairy tale]]. However, in one episode when Sara gets into such trouble that she can't be rescued any other way, [[spoiler:Wildfire temporarily abates the amnesia to bring her father back to save her--at which point it is revealed just why he was such a hero.]]

* MissingMom: Sara's mother died within one year of marriage because of a curse cast by Diabolyn. Sara and her father left Dar Shan so the curse wouldn't reach them.

* OurCentaursAreDifferent: Sometimes you see centaurs...but in this show you get one where the top half is some kind of cat abomination. Sometimes the monster-of-week designers at Creator/HannaBarbera went nuts; this is one of those instances.

* StableTimeLoop: [[spoiler:In episode 5, it's revealed that time-traveling Sara was a key component in allowing her parents' marriage and her subsequent existence to occur.]]

* ShoutOut: The Highwayman is an {{Expy}} of Literature/RobinHood. Also, one episode featured [[Literature/{{Rumpelstiltskin}} a troll challenging people to figure out his name]].

* DuelingShows: Sort of. There was one other show that was airing at the time that involved horses in a FantasyLand [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePony to some degree]].

''Wildfire'' was a 1986 cartoon by {{Hanna-Barbera}}, airing on Creator/{{CBS}}.

* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: A man waged his whole fortune in an attempt to double it. [[RichesToRags He lost]].

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: In the real world, Sarah's adoptive father John Cavanaugh is an ordinary, somewhat prosaic human, who Sarah sometimes has trouble explaining her strange absences to [[spoiler:and who can't remember their past life in Dar-Shan, where he was her ''real'' father, the handsome prince of the prior generation's fairy tale]]. However, in one episode when Sara gets into such trouble that she can't be rescued any other way, [[spoiler:Wildfire temporarily abates the amnesia to bring her father back to save her--at which point it is revealed just why he was such a hero]].

* GoldDigger: When the people of Dar-Shan hailed Waddler as their new King, Diabolyn tried to marry him to become Queen.
* GoldMakesEverythingShiny: Diabolyn tried to win over the people of Dar Shan by wearing a dress made of Golden fabric. It failed when Princess Sara revealed where the gold came from.
* LonelyAtTheTop: In "The Name is the Game", the first person who won the game became such a powerful sorcerer he has no friends because everyone is either jealous of his power or afraid of him.

* MissingMom: Sara's mother died within one year of marriage because of a curse cast by Diabolyn. Sara and her father left Dar Shan so the curse won't reach them.
* MuggleBestFriend: Ellen is from Earth but knows about Sara being the Princess of a MagicalLand.
* MuggleFosterParents: John Cavanaugh was this to Princess Sara [[spoiler:until it was revealed he's her real father but had this knowledge erased from his memory]].
* OurCentaursAreDifferent: Sometimes you see centaurs...but in this show you get one where the top half is some kind of cat abomination. Sometimes the monster of week designers at Creator/HannaBarbera went nuts, this is one of them.
* ShoutOut: The Highwayman is an {{Expy}} of ''RobinHood''. Also, one episode featured [[{{Rumpelstiltskin}} a troll challenging people to figure out his name]].
* SomewhereAnEquestrianIsCrying: Wildfire's many rearing poses. Or his anatomy in general.

* StableTimeLoop: [[spoiler: In episode 5, it's revealed that time-traveling Sara was a key component in allowing her parent's marriage and her subsequent existence to occur.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Diabolyn tried to be this to convince the Pixie Painters to paint a portrait of her.

Fun fact: PeterSBeagle was a creative consultant on this series, which helps explain its unusual high quality for mid-80s HB fare.

Tropes:

* ShoutOut: The Highwayman is an {{Expy}} of ''RobinHood''. Also, one episode featured [[{{Rumplestiltskin}} a troll challenging people to figure out his name]].

* MuggleBestFriend: Helen is from Earth but knows about Sara being the Princess of a MagicalLand.

''Wildfire'' was a 1986 cartoon by {{Hanna-Barbera}}, airing on {{CBS}}.

* {{Everythings Better with Princesses}}: Princess Sara.
* {{God Save Us From the Queen}}: Averted with Queen Sarana; played straight with Diabolyn.

* {{Somewhere an Equestrian is Crying}}: Wildfire's many rearing poses. Or his anatomy in general.
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* DoorstepBaby: Wildfire left Sara at John Cavanaugh's doorstep. Never seen by those who missed the intro, however.

Wildfire was a 1986 cartoon by Hanna-Barbara airing on CBS.

Wildfire, a magical talking horse, escaped with the infant Princess Sara from the magical land of Dar-Shan and took her to Montana. When she was thirteen, he came back for her and they attempted to save Dar-Shan from the evil Diabolyn and her Spectres. Sara herself had no magical abilities and usually succeeded by her wits and with the sometimes dubious assistance of a sorcerer, his apprentice and an orphaned colt.

{{Everythings Better with Princesses}}: Princess Sara.

{{God Save Us From the Queen}}: Averted with Queen Sarana, played straight with Diabolyn.

{{Somewhere an Equestrian is Crying}}: Wildfire's many rearing poses. Or his anatomy in general.