I think I was perhaps nine years-old when this series aired but it rapidly became a personal favourite. I was a big My Little Pony fan at the time so multi-coloured talking horses were right up my alley... although Wildfire wasn't like my chubby little ponies--Wildfire was a horse that looked like a horse, with all the grace, power and beauty that entailed. Long, long after I had forgotten the name of the series or even what it was about, the memory of the beautiful dark horse with the fiery red mane stuck in my mind. It wasn't until today that I could put a name to that very blurred memory and actually remember the words to the theme song that I had sung repeatedly in my bedroom as a child.

If that isn't testament to the impact and staying power of a cartoon series, I don't know what is...