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Line 1: {{trope}} [[File:ponydolls small 4129.jpg\|link=Dexter's Laboratory\|~~right~~frame]] {{quote\|''"For whatever reason, girls tend to have a thing for horses. Why in the heck do they have such love for big, smelly animals who leave [[Road Apples\|giant poo]] everywhere? Why horses and not the [[Ugly Cute\|Proboscis Monkey]]?"''~~\|''VideoPort'' review of ''[[The Saddle Club]]'', a series that runs on this trope.}}~~ \|''VideoPort'' review of ''[[The Saddle Club]]'', a series that runs on this trope.}} In reality, some girls like ponies. In TV Land, ''~~all~~'''All'' ~~girls~~Girls ~~like~~Like ~~ponies~~Ponies'''.<ref>(Except the ones who like ballet. Sometimes.)</ref> ''Especially'' the [[Spoiled Brat]]s. Ponies tend to be the stock Christmas wish that has no chance of ever coming true. References to formerly owned ponies can also mark a character as a [[Fallen Princess]]. Line 12 ⟶ 13: This is mainly a North America/Northern Europe trope. In many other parts of the world, liking horses is not considered feminine at all- hence you will not really encounter this trope. Now somewhat of a [[Dead Horse Trope]], due to more varieties of female characters being included in media. When it does appear, it's most likely a child using the [[Stock Phrase]] "[[I Want a Pony]]". Compare [[Pony Tale]] (a specific kind of book where the pony love is central to the plot), [[Girls Love Stuffed Animals]], [[Pink Means Feminine]]. {{examples}} == [[Advertising ]] ==▼ ▲== Advertising == * One of those odious car commercials that came out in the US Christmas 2008 had a little girl berating her adult self for thinking a new car was a better present than the ''pony'' she got when she was seven, that made her scream so loud the neighbors came over, and made the girl next door sickly jealous. * A Verizon commercial where three older girls are suggested to have each got what they actually wanted for Christmas, and one of them asked for a pony (the others? Cell phones). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-prMb6BdNs Turns out] it [[Be Careful What You Wish For\|wasn't such a great gift]] after all. Line 27: * An advertisement about spending money to earn reward points for NFL swag has a father going on a shopping spree for his daughter; at the end of the commercial, she is seen riding on a pony. == [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == * Beauty in the dub of ''[[Bobobo-Bo Bo-bobo]]''. * Aki from ''[[Silver Spoon]]'' was practically raised on horseback. == [[~~Comic~~Fan ~~Books~~Works]] == * In a passage late in the ''[[Harry Potter]]/[[Sailor Moon]]/[[Ranma ½]]'' crossover fic ''[[The Girl Who Loved]]'', Sailor Pluto spends some time explaining the benefits of economic warfare to Harry, and the profits (both military and economic) that can be reaped by taking your enemies' stuff away from them. When she finishes, Chibi-Usa turns to Harry and asks if she can have all the bad guys' ponies. * [[Calvin and Hobbes]]: Suzie ends a list of wishful thinking about improvements/politeness from Calvin with "and as long as I'm dreaming, I'd like a pony."▼ == Film ==▼ ▲== [[Film ]] == * ''[[Cruel Intentions]] 2'' uses a [[Fetish Fuel\|sexily]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20131204021317/http://www.metacafe.com/watch/712500/cruel_intentions_2_horse_lessons/ racy version] of this trope. * In ''[[Serenity]]'', Mal dresses as a woman to get into the temple where Inara is being held. His first words to her are: {{quote\|'''Mal''': Dear Buddha, please bring me a pony, and a plastic rocket--}} Line 48 ⟶ 45: * ''[[Dodgeball]]: An Underdog Story'': There's a close equivalent where Peter finds out through Kate's home decorating that she's obsessed about unicorns. == [[Literature ]] == * [[Piers Anthony]] beats this trope to death, resurrects it, and then beats it to death again, and keeps on beating it in just about all his writing. ...maybe because he actually is the father of a horse-crazy girl. * Possibly the reason why [[American Girls Collection]] Felicity Merriman exists. That and princess-y clothes, but she was far more historically accurate back in the day ''and'' still had the horse thing going on. * [[Discworld]]: In ''[[~~Discworld/~~Soul Music (novel)\|Soul Music]]'', there's a bit about how a certain type of girl who will refuse to clean her bedroom, even at gunpoint, but will fight for the privilege of mucking out a stable. Susan, however, is very much an exception, until she meets [[Cool Horse\|Binky]]. Adora Belle Dearheart (aka Spike) averts this, mentioning that she had a pony when she was younger but didn't like it very much. But she used to ride it or whatever you're supposed to do with the things. ** In ''[[~~Discworld/Hogfather\|~~Hogfather]]'', {{smallcaps\|Death}}, posing as the Santa [[Expy]], promises to deliver a pony to a little girl, complete with jodhpurs. Cue said girl's mother trying to explain they live in an apartment. * One [[Ross O 'Carroll -Kelly]] novel claims that girls who grew up owning a horse end up mentally messed up, as their first love never showed any affection (horses not being the kindest of pets). * At least some of the adaptations of ''[[Black Beauty]]'', which [[Trope Maker\|may have even started the whole trend]]. * [[George R. R. Martin]] has somebody theorize in his ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' that woman like horses because they rub them the right way. Although there are a few women who dislike horses, namely Sansa. Line 72 ⟶ 68: * In ''[[Harry Potter]]'' Parvati Patil and Lavender Brown go into fits of delight whenever they get shown horselike magical creatures such as Hippogriffs, centaurs and unicorns. With regards to the unicorns, [[Alpha Bitch]] Pansy Parkinson is described as having to "work hard to conceal how much she liked them". == [[Live -Action TV ]] ==▼ ▲== Live Action TV == * Summer from ''[[The OC]]''. Also, Marissa's little sister Caitlin, before she got [[Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome]]. And non-little-girl Seth, of course. * Elliot Reed from ''[[Scrubs]]''. Prior to one episode her "best moment" of working in medicine was being able to ride a horse to work. Line 88 ⟶ 82: '''Daisy''': If she'd wanted to do that, then she could have bought me that pony! }} * In ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)\|Robin Hood]]'' After a fight with Marian, Guy of Gisborne tries to appease her by...bringing her a pony! And it works. Of course in the Middle Ages getting a horse was rather like getting a car; a pretty palfrey was the equivalent of a classic convertible. * Similarly, on ''[[The Mentalist]]'', when Patrick Jane misses Teresa Lisbon's birthday (or at least turns up without a present,) she gets upset. Rather annoyed, he says, "What? Upset you didn't get your pony?" {{spoiler\|At the end of the episode, her absent present comes. It is, of course, a pony.}} * In the later seasons of ''[[Full House]]'', Michelle rides horses at a barn, and one of the other girls there races her and causes her to fall off the horse and get [[Easy Amnesia\|amnesia.]] * Hilariously averted in ''[[Leverage]]'': Parker is absolutely [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?\|terrified]] of horses, stemming from a traumatic childhood incident in which a man in a horse suit beat up a clown during a birthday party. Line 110 ⟶ 104: * Young Olive from [[Pushing Daisies]] wanted one after her first riding lesson. When her parents refuse she tries to go to Arabia, [[Digging to China\|by taking the shortest possible route.]] About ten feet down she finds a T. Rex skeleton that an Arabian Shaw trades her a horse for the skeleton. == [[Music ]] == * [[Tom Petty]], "Free Falling". {{quote\|''"She's a good girl; she's crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend too..."''}} Line 122 ⟶ 115: ''Maybe I used too many monkeys'' ''Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?"'' }} * "I want a pony" pops up in the closing minutes of "Wonderful Toys", [[Jim Steinman]]'s song for [[The Joker]] from his never-made [[Crazy Awesome]] ''[[Batman]]'' [[The Musical\|musical]]. == [[Newspaper ~~Stand-Up Comedy~~ Comics]] == ▲* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'': Suzie ends a list of wishful thinking about improvements/politeness from Calvin with "and as long as I'm dreaming, I'd like a pony." == [[Recorded and Stand Up Comedy]] == * [[Louis CK]], no stranger to deconstructing "adorable animal" cliches, recounts a story of him showing his daughter a large gathering of Italian wild ponies. She was elated right up until one of them reached down and bit her on the leg. CK and his kid looked it up later and discovered that, in fact, "ponies are assholes; they bite all the time!" == [[Toys ]] == * ''Bella Sara'' is a trading card game that banks on this trope. * ~~Bella~~''[[My ~~Sara~~Little isPony]]'' acaters ~~trading card game that banks on~~to this trope. * ''[[My Little Pony]]'' is made of this trope. * Lisa Frank. Bonus points for [[Tastes Like Diabetes]]. == [[Video Games ]] == * Maria Luna of ''[[Backyard Sports]]'' almost perfectly fits this trope. She has a huge collection of pony dolls and wants a real one. This is subverted, however, when she goes to the circus; she hates the ponies there. * ''[[Robot Unicorn Attack]]'' is this trope turned [[Up to Eleven]]. Although honestly, who ''wouldn't'' want a robot rainbow unicorn? Line 146 ⟶ 140: * In ''[[Whacked]]'', Charity - the [[Spoiled Brat]] contestant who embodies [[Greed]] - loves ponies. Unfortunately for Van (the show's demonic emcee), she tends to confuse hammy game show hosts with ponies. == [[Web Comics ]] == * In ''[[Darths and Droids]]'', Sally [http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0020.html "invents"] Jar Jar Binks, giving him a pony face, then later describes the Gungan army as having [http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0153.html dinosaur ponies.] * Millie from ''[[Ozy and Millie]]'' likes ponies. (On the other hand, so does the Dread Pirate Locke, so in that universe it might be a species thing instead of a gender thing.) Line 165 ⟶ 158: * Played straight ''and'' parodied in [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/1/9/ this strip] of [[Penny Arcade]]. All of the girls do love ponies, but then, so does Gabe. * [http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws452/ This] ''[[Girls with Slingshots]]'' strip. * Graham offers Celeste a Pony in ''[[Wizard School]]'' to let him go back to the real world - although he wants to feed it [https://web.archive.org/web/20121105001210/http://www.meetmyminion.com/?p=1303 "processed pony chow, made from other ponies. Or whatever it is neglected ponies eat."]. * In ''[[Sinfest]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209171144/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2208 God announces impending Doomsday. Monique's reaction: Ponies!] == [[Web Original]] ==▼ ▲== Web Original == * Sarah of ''[[Lonelygirl15]]'' thinks "ponies are awesome", as stated in "Getting Her Back". * [[The Nostalgia Chick]] says that all girls go through a "horsie" phase ([[The Ladette\|not her, though]]), which [[My Little Pony\|Hasbro]] exploited and exploited well. Line 175 ⟶ 167: * [[The Whitest Kids U' Know]] used this [[Crosses the Line Twice\|and abused it]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tguEfzN6BKA in a similar matter to] ''[[Family Guy]].'' == [[Western Animation]] ==▼ ▲== Western Animation == * ''[[My Little Pony]]'' is built off this trope, and Megan, the main human character, has a pony of her own (that can't talk). She also takes Firefly's appearance out of nowhere and being whisked off to a land of talking ponies quite well. ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic\|Friendship isIs Magic]]'', in spite of its [[Periphery Demographic]] (adults ranging from 18-25), is very much aimed at little girls, and the diverse personalities of the characters were made specifically to appeal to various little girls. As [[Lauren Faust]] says, "There's no wrong way to be a girl." Ironically subverted in the series, since there's ''no humans'' in the series. The girls are ''the ponies themselves.'' * Lisa Simpson from ''[[The Simpsons (animation)\|The Simpsons]]''. On her Christmas list, she listed "pony" over and over again. Line 198 ⟶ 189: * Tina from ''[[Bob's Burgers]]'' likes horses almost as much as she likes zombies. * Subverted in ''[[Ugly Americans]]'' when male demon Twayne is instructed to think of his favorite thing to counter stage fright, he whispers "ponies, ponies, ponies" to himself. * Played with in ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy ~~and~~& Mandy]]'', when the cast goes to a backwards shadow dimension. Mandy meets an ultra-girly, feminine version of herself who of course loves ponies. Mandy psychologically ~~BREAKS~~''breaks'' her, and turns her into an indistinguishably similar clone of herself. The pair then proceed to destroy all of the stuffed animals in the room with a chainsaw and a flamethrower. Another episode had Grim try to get money to renew a canceled series obviously parodying [[My Little Pony]] called "My Troubled Pony" by turning the violent Schlubs in Billy's backyward(who are themselves parodies of [[The Smurfs]]) into gold. Subverted with Mandy in yet another episode where they go to Costmo (the [[Bland-Name Product]] version of Cosco) and buys a gigantic box filled with porcelain unicorns, prompting Grim to wonder ~~outloud~~out-loud why unicorns are such a big deal to little girls. Becomes a [[Brick Joke]] at the end where the unicorns are used as baseballs for Mindy to smash with her baseball bat. * Played with and (double?) subverted in the first [[Christmas Episode]] of ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''. Mr. Krabs wishes for a pony... [[Money, Dear Boy\|with saddlebags full of money]]. * An episode of ''[[Camp Lazlo]]'' had the Beanscout trio trick their [[Distaff Counterpart]]s, the Squirrel Scouts, into taking their spitting llama (which they thought was a unicorn) by sticking an ice-cream cone on its head. In addition, the Scouts themselves felt lousy that they didn't have any horses. * Parodied in ''[[Dave the Barbarian]]'' with Twinkle the Marvel Horse. After Princess Candy grows out of this stage she stops visiting and he doesn't cope very well with being abandoned... {{quote\|'''Twinkle the Marvel Horse''': I've been...so lonely...in here. Such ''terrible'' thoughts one has. Alone. In the dark. '''Candy''': Uh, like I said, I'm ''really'' sorry I haven't visited you in a while. }} {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Equine and Equestrian Tropes]]▼ [[Category:Femininity Tropes]] [[Category:Stereotype]] ▲[[Category:Equine and Equestrian Tropes]] ▲[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]