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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.
Compare [[Pony Tale]] (a specific kind of book where the pony love is central to the plot), [[Girls Love Stuffed Animals]], [[Pink Means Feminine]].
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* 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.
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* 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.
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* Beauty in the dub of ''[[Bobobo-Bo Bo-bobo]]''.
* Aki from ''[[Silver Spoon]]'' was practically raised on horseback.
== [[Fan 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.
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* ''[[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:
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* 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 ''[[
** 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 ''[[
* 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]].
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* 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".
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* 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.
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'''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?"
* 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.
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* 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.
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* [[Tom Petty]], "Free Falling".
{{quote|''"She's a good girl; she's crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend too..."''}}
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* ''[[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!"
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* ''Bella Sara'' is a trading card game that banks on this trope.
* ''[[My Little Pony]]'' caters to this trope.
* Lisa Frank. Bonus points for [[Tastes Like Diabetes]].
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* 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?
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* 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.
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* 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.)
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* 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]] ==
* 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.
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* [[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]] ==
* ''[[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 Is 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."
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* 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.
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