Rainbow Brite

Rainbow Brite is a cartoon from the 1980’s chronicling the adventures of Rainbow Brite an orphan turned hero to the colors of the world. Originally named Wisp[, Rainbow Brite was an orphan girl in the real world who was wisped away by unknown forces to [Rainbow Land]] to save it from the evil villain, The King of Shadows. The King of Shadows locks away all the Color Kids plunging Rainbow Land into a colorless void. With her new found friends, a flying, talking horse named Starlite and a sprite named Wink, Rainbow Brite sets the Color Kids free and the whole gang goes on to control all the color in the world and protect it from evil. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Brite

Though Rainbow Brite is and was a beloved cartoon favorite of millions it was not received well by critics due to it’s origins as a Hallmark greeting card.

For example Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote in her review,

She goes on to basically equate the series to a crap marketing scheme no better than a series length commercial.

The New York Times was not alone in their criticism of the childhood favorite of millions, Rainbow Brite, the Boston Globe’s Micheal Bowen had this to say about the colorful kids series,

"[it] is so incompetently crafted that it makes the Saturday-morning cartoons seem like Disney classics." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Brite_and_the_Star_Stealer

• Rainbow Brite/Wisp: Bettina Bush

• Starlite the Horse: Andre Stojka

• Twink and the Other Sprites: Robbie Lee

• The Shadow King: Pat Fraley

• Narrator: Peter Cullen

• Hey Glumface! Next time there's a rainbow look up! You'll feel better... and you might see me too! -Rainbow Brite

• We have been chasing that rainbow brat for years and years and years! -Murky