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* [[Determinator]]: Nothing is going to stop Albert from finding Joey, nor Joey from finding Albert.
* [[Determinator]]: Nothing is going to stop Albert from finding Joey, nor Joey from finding Albert.
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: Albert spends three years in the trenches and comes home with his horse. Joey survives ''four'' years of the same and comes home with his human.
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: Albert spends three years in the trenches and comes home with his horse. Joey survives ''four'' years of the same and comes home with his human.
* [[Epic Fail]]: Albert impresses [[Upperclass Twit|David]]'s upper class girl friend by having Joey run even faster than their car. He tries to up this by having Joey jump over the fence. Joey couldn't. But he could sure brake very quickly.
* [[Epic Fail]]: Albert impresses [[Upper Class Twit|David]]'s upper class girl friend by having Joey run even faster than their car. He tries to up this by having Joey jump over the fence. Joey couldn't. But he could sure brake very quickly.
* [[Eye Scream]]: Implied - Albert is caught in a cloud of mustard gas in the trenches, and the next time we see him, his eyes are bandaged. He recovers, however.
* [[Eye Scream]]: Implied - Albert is caught in a cloud of mustard gas in the trenches, and the next time we see him, his eyes are bandaged. He recovers, however.
* [[Fire-Forged Friends]]: David and Albert overcome their class differences after the war and seem to become friends. David even volunteered to help declare Joey as an officer's horse to ensure he does not get auctioned off after the war.
* [[Fire-Forged Friends]]: David and Albert overcome their class differences after the war and seem to become friends. David even volunteered to help declare Joey as an officer's horse to ensure he does not get auctioned off after the war.
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* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]: A single goose is constantly providing stupid antics during times of great stress, such as when Joey is training to plow and right before he enlists in the army. It even [[Stealth Pun|gooses]] Albert's father after a particularly stupid blunder.
* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]: A single goose is constantly providing stupid antics during times of great stress, such as when Joey is training to plow and right before he enlists in the army. It even [[Stealth Pun|gooses]] Albert's father after a particularly stupid blunder.
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Nicholls and Fridrich.
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Nicholls and Fridrich.
** In the film, the [[Upperclass Twit]] (who is an officer only because of his father's wealth) becomes this. First he asks Albert to leave him behind since he has been wounded, and later, helps Albert to get Joey back.
** In the film, the [[Upper Class Twit]] (who is an officer only because of his father's wealth) becomes this. First he asks Albert to leave him behind since he has been wounded, and later, helps Albert to get Joey back.
* [[Recycled in Space]]: [[Black Beauty]] in WORLD WAR ONE!
* [[Recycled in Space]]: [[Black Beauty]] in WORLD WAR ONE!
* [[Scenery Porn]]: The English countryside combined with [[Janusz Kaminski]]'s cinematography is absolutely breathtaking. Steven Spielberg himself even called it the most beautiful place he'd ever shot a film.
* [[Scenery Porn]]: The English countryside combined with [[Janusz Kaminski]]'s cinematography is absolutely breathtaking. Steven Spielberg himself even called it the most beautiful place he'd ever shot a film.
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