~ A guide to the varying and wonderfully confusing titles of the original MLP specials ~
by Carrehz (http://kittieoflife.com)

There are like 2508250825 titles for the first special (the second special only 
has two names and it's only a letter's difference, but I might as well keep track 
of that, too) and I like documenting things, so here we go, here's a list of all 
the titles and what uses which name. Because why not, right.

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1ST SPECIAL ("Rescue at Midnight Castle"):
Original title screen in the uncut, unedited special: My Little Pony
Original US VHS box: My Little Pony (box + animation)
Original UK VHS: My Little Pony in Dreamland (box), My Little Pony (animation - same as US version)
Re-release US VHS box: Firefly's Adventure (box), My Little Pony (animation, AFAIK)
Original TV airing of the edited-for-time version: Rescue from Midnight Castle (title card for part 1), Escape from Midnight Castle (title card for part 2)
Original US DVD boxset (the one with G2 ponies on the cover): Escape from Midnight Castle, Rescue at Midnight Castle (back cover of box - yes, it used both titles), Escape from Midnight Castle (episode title cards)
Shout Factory DVD boxset: Rescue from Midnight Castle (inside of DVD box), Rescue at Midnight Castle (episode title cards)
Original Australian DVD boxset: Rescue at Midnight Castle (title card for part 1), Escape from Midnight Castle (title card for part 2) (Apparently? I haven't seen this for myself so this is second-hand info; would be nice to get confirmation on this)
Australian compilation DVD (w/ "The Prince and the Ponies" and "Escape from Katrina"; has G2 Ivy on the cover): Rescue from Midnight Castle (cover) (Not sure what title card this uses)

So there are at *least* two different versions of the edited-for-time version. The 
current Shout Factory release has the title cards written in a different font to 
every other episodes' title cards, whereas the original DVD release has it in the 
same font. (This is the version you can generally find on the internet, I believe)

Note that the Shout Factory version of the edited-for-time cut is exactly the same 
as any other version except for the title cards, so yes, the opening/ending credits 
and "A Little Piece of Rainbow" song are still cut.

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2ND SPECIAL ("Escape from Catrina"):
Original title screen in the uncut, unedited special: Escape from Catrina
Original UK VHS box: Escape from Catrina
Original US VHS box: Escape from Catrina
Original TV airing of the edited-for-time version: Escape from Katrina (title card - yes, they went to all the trouble of re-editing the title card just to change one letter..)
Original US DVD boxset: Escape from Katrina (cover + animation)
Australian DVDs: Escape from Katrina
Shout Factory DVD boxset: Escape from Catrina (cover + animation)

So basically, for the Shout Factory release, they went in and changed the title 
card for part 1 back to the original version, and made a new title card for part 
2. (Unlike with "Rescue at Midnight Castle", the font for Catrina's new title cards 
is the same as every other episode. Just as a note.)

Again, the Shout Factory release is still missing the ending credits and Catrina 
and Rep's song; the only difference is the title card.