Twinkles the Cat
- Caden Dickinson
- Apr 28
- 5 min read
Updated: Sep 10
CHARACTER(S): Twinkles the Cat
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 1984
PLACE OF PRODUCTION: Hong Kong
MANUFACTURING COMPANY: Hasbro
TYPICAL PRICE ONLINE: $10 individually, but often sold as an extra with ponies or as part of the Pretty Parlor play set
OTHER COMMENTS/INFO:
Released with the Pretty Parlor Play Set, alongside his best friend, Peachy!
The Brush Me Beautiful Boutique, a recolored sequel to the Pretty Parlor, included a recolored, white version of Twinkles, named "Snowball" or "Catnip"
Peachy, Twinkles, and the Pretty Parlor Play Set had a full re-release together for MLP's 35th anniversary (links are to the re-releases)
She is about 1.75 inches tall (4.5 cm)
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eBay - No longer available
Table of Contents
(Images sourced from My Little Wiki)
Media Appearances
Twinkles the Cat appears in the background of the first G1 MLP Special, and is featured several times in the UK G1 MLP Comics. He is also featured in some picture books
While the style the ponies are drawn in stays largely consistent throughout the UK comics, the way Twinkles is stylized changes quite a bit, as seen above -- Image sources: Heck Yeah Pony Scans
Twinkles is featured in a surprising amount of merchandise!
Media is inconsistent with Twinkle's gender/pronouns, with use of both "she" and "he" to describe them.
Snowball is featured a handful of times in the G1 comics, treated as a separate character from Twinkles
Twinkles in "A Problem for the baby Ponies" -- Source: Heck Yeah Pony Scans
USA Twinkles
Both the stripes and the face details are black
This version of Twinkles was also sold in Canada
On the right, for comparison, is the UK Twinkles, who is mostly the same, but has eyes placed closer together, at a slightly lopsided angle
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Euro Variant 1
This variant was for sure sold in the UK, and seems to have been sold in some other European countries as well - Belgium, Greece, Finland, Germany, France, Italy, and Sweden
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The Greek Twinkles appears to be this variant. This is interesting because the Greek set was made in Greece!
Greek:
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Italian:
My Little Wiki lists the Italian Twinkles as being a white cat, similar to Snowball from the Brush me Beautiful Boutique. All footage I can find of the set though, seem to feature this Euro variant - Although there isn't much to work off of
The video shows the Italian set with an orange Twinkles
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The Dutch/Belgium release, the Finnish and the Swedish release of Twinkles all fit the variant! These were sets are all labeled as made in Italy.
Dutch/Belgium:
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Finnish:
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Swedish:
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Euro Variant 2
This variant was sold in France, Germany, and the UK
The initial releases of the Pretty Parlor in UK appear to have had the other Euro variant, while the later UK Mail Order Pretty Parlor, which came with Snuzzle instead of Peachy, had the long-eyes version
Her facial features, particularly her eyes, are stretched out/elongated
He appears in one of the Pretty Parlor ads in the Argos Catalog from the UK alongside Peachy, though this isn't a guarantee he was ever sold with her, as sometimes catalog images don't match what ends up being sold
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French:
France had two Pretty Parlor releases, virtually identical but with slightly different accessories. One had a Twinkles that resembles the first Euro Twinkles, and one that resembles the second one
In France, Twinkles is called Pussey le Chat
Twinkles appears the same on the box for both French Versions, as they just reuse the US box but translate it to French
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German:
This long-faced variant shows up in one of the Pretty Parlor sets from Germany
Germany also, like France, did have a version sold with the other Euro variant of Twinkles, though
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Spanish Twinkles
There were two releases of the Pretty Parlor in Spain, one with the Piggy Pony style Peachy, and one with a standard-style Peachy. The Piggy Pony one for sure had this unique variant of Twinkles, I'm unsure about the other.
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No-Face Twinkles
There may or may not be a variant of Twinkles sold with no facial features - It's hard to know, because her facial features tend to degrade and fade over time anyway. In fact, it can be very hard to find a Twinkles with a fully in-tact face!
My Little Wiki says the faceless Twinkles may have been released in France, but does not show any photos of a faceless Twinkles with a French set
MLP Accessories does attribute a faceless Twinkles to the Mexican set, although My Little Wiki seems confident Twinkles got a different mold in Mexico. It was possible there were simply two (or more) releases.
The faceless Twinkles that is attributed to the Mexico set has indents for where his eyes and whiskers go, which is not usually the case for Twinkles
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eBay - FABRICAZ FABRIC STORE
Mexican Twinkles
The Twinkles sold in Mexico uses a different mold - It appears very similar to (if not the same) as the mold used for Custard in Strawberry shortcake. This mold was actually used for Twinkles in the Basic Fun re-release of the Pretty Parlor
There is not a lot of footage of her...
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Brazilian Twinkles
The Twinkles released in Brazil was made in Brazil by the company Estrela
Brazilian Twinkles has orange stripes instead of black stripes, but still has black facial details
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Argentinian Twinkles
There were several releases (at least 4) and variants of the Pretty Parlor in Argentina. While it seems there were just two variants of the Parlor itself, the accessories differed between releases. In turn, there are multiple Twinkles variants.
The Pretty Parlor, and Twinkles, sold in Argentina were produced in Argentina by the company Top Toys
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Peruvian Twinkles
There were four releases of the Pretty Parlor in Peru, at least one of which included a unique beige-colored Twinkles variant! Her eyes are very small, and she has either no whiskers or very faint, easily faded ones
There is another Twinkles variant believed to probably be from Peru, who is orange but has small eyes and differently drawn whiskers
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Columbian Twinkles:
The Columbian release includes a unique, yellow-toned Twinkles with what appears to be a slightly different mold! He also has very differently drawn stripes and whiskers
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See Also:
Snowball/Catnip (White Twinkles)
Brandy the Dog
Books with Twinkles
A Problem for the Baby Ponies
Other Merchandise with Twinkles
Stable Carry Case (UK variant)
Peachy & Lemon Drop Bag
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