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Back in the days before any kind of engines existed, horses provided man's primary method of transportation (that is, if you don't count walking). This, of course, is reflected in Hollywoodland portrayals of period pieces such as [[Medieval European Fantasy|Medieval European Fantasies]] or works that take place in [[The Wild West]].

 

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* Altivo from ''[[The Road to El Dorado]]'', who belongs to Miguel, a thief. [[Justified]] in that he originally belonged to explorer Hernan Cortes.

** Taking into account that Miguel is one of the two protagonists of the film and certainly heroic, while Hernan Cortes serves as an antagonist, the trope is still played straight, although it zigzags a little in the beginning.

** Prince Achmed's horse in ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]''.

** The Prince's horse in ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|Snow White]]''.

* In the 2004 film ''King Arthur'', the titular character rides a white horse, as expected. The trope is subverted, however, as Galahad and Tristan also rode white steeds.

* In the 2010 version of ''[[Robin Hood (2010 film)|Robin Hood]]'', Robin acquires a white horse early on and rides it around for the remainder of the movie. [[Justified]] in that the horse once belonged to King Richard.

* The Duke of [[Kate and Leopold]] rides down a purse snatcher through Central Park on the back of a horse that he borrowed from a carriage ride. It just so happens that the horse is white.

 

* [[The Bible]]: The first of [[The Four Horsemen]] rides a white horse, and is thought to be either an actual victorious military leader or an [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of Conquest itself.

* Binky, the pale horse of {{smallcaps|Death}} from the ''[[Discworld]]'' series.

* In the [[Chronicles of the Kencyrath]] series by P.C. Hodgell, heroine Jame has two white mounts. Bel-tairi is a Whinno-hir, an intelligent, nigh-immortal beast, dainty of stature, sure-footed and dependable; she's Jame's mount for regular travel. Death's-head, however, is what Jame rides into battle; he is a white rathorn, basically an armored, carnivorous unicorn. Both are quite symbolic.

 

* [[The Lone Ranger]]'s horse Silver.

** Interestingly enough, Silver was played by two horses, both of which where true whites.

** Morgana also rode a white horse before her [[Face Heel Turn]].

 

* In the Telephone song "Cendrillon", a group of one hundred men on white horses comes to Cinderella to take her children away. (The Prince has left her for Sleeping Beauty and now he wants his children back.) A [[Subverted Trope|subversion]], since the men on white horses represent a bad thing in this case.

* The country song "Suds in the Bucket" has a "prince in a white pickup truck."

 

 

* In ''[[Fire Emblem]]: [[Fire Emblem Jugdral|Seisen no Keifu]]'', both Lords of the game, Sigurd and Celice, ride white steeds.

* In ''[[Harvest Moon]]: [[Darker and Edgier|A Wonderful Life]] Special Edition'' you can receive a white stallion if you're lucky enough.

* ''Final Fantasy XIII'': Lightning has a white horse summon called Odin.

 

* [[Roza]]: [http://www.junglestudio.com/roza/?date=2007-05-06 The horse prince is white].

 

* [[She-Ra]] had Spirit, who turned into the winged Swift Wind.

* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' has Princess Celestia, a white-coated [[Winged Unicorn]] [[God-Emperor|God-Princess]] of the sun, as mentioned in the description. There's also Rarity, a white unicorn mare with expectations of nobility. {{spoiler|And Prince Blueblood, a white unicorn who currently is the page image for [[Prince Charmless]].}} Not to mention Shining Armor.

 

* "What color was Napoleon's white horse?" [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]'s horse is best remembered as white due to Jacques-Louis David's 1800 portrait of him. In reality, Napoleon owned and rode over 150 different steeds during his life; many of them were light-coated Arabians, usually greys or greyish-whites. He did, however, own a pure white Norman called Intendant (aka "Coco"), which was the one he used for parades and other such state functions, going with this trope.

** It should be noted that there are five different versions of Jacques-Louis David's portrait of Napoleon crossing the Alps. Bonaparte is not pictured riding a pure white horse in ''any'' of them.

* The most famous painting of Charles XI of Sweden has him riding a white horse at the battle of Lund (its name was Brilliant and was a gift from the french). Interestingly enough a famous poem about the occasion [[Did Not Do the Research|claims it was black]].

* Amedeo Guillet, "The man on the white horse", who led his Amhara cavalry against British troops in East Africa, riding his white horse Sandor.

 

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