History Film / RacingStripes

* EvilHasStandards: Trenton's Pride doesn't like Stripes. But when Sir Trenton arranges Stripes' absence from the big race. Trenton's Pride just wants to beat Stripes fairly. [[spoiler:Stripes beats ''him''.]]

* InterspeciesRomance: [[spoiler: Stripes eventually hooks up with Sandy, Arabian horse, and they have a foal together.]]

* ThoseTwoGuys: Buzz and Scuzz.

* NobleDemon: Trenton's Pride has shades of this. While Sir Trenton and Ruffshodd dismiss and reject Stripes outright, Pride offers him a chance to prove himself at the Blue Moon Races, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome which Pride wins due to having more training and experience]]. At the end, [[spoiler:he proves to be a gracious loser when Stripes wins the Kentucky Open.]]

* NobleDemon: Trenton's Pride has shades of this. While Sir Trenton and Ruffshod dismiss and reject Stripes outright, Pride offers him a chance to prove himself at the Blue Moon Races, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome which Pride wins due to having more training and experience]]. At the end, [[spoiler:he proves to be a gracious loser when Stripes wins the Kentucky Open.]]

* WellDoneSonGuy: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] with Trenton's Pride. He wants to make his father proud as a racer, but doesn't kiss up to him like his friend Ruffshod does.

* OverprotectiveDad: Nolan Walsh! Justified by the fatal racing accident he lost his wife to, Nolan Forbids is paranoid about losing his daughter Channing. To reduce the risk of losing Channing the same way he lost his wife, Nolan forbids her to ride a horse, especially in a race. He naturally objects to the idea of Channing riding their zebra, Stripes, but reluctantly allows it for once since she has no other mode of transportation to get her to work. Nolan reprimands Channing for racing around the racetrack after she falls off a spooked Stripes. He also threatens to get rid of Stripes unless Channing agrees to obey him and never ride Stripes again. Eventually, the barn animals remind Nolan of his glory days as one of the best racehorse trainers. The animals not only help Nolan get over his fear of losing Channing, but also convince him to help train Stripes for the Kentucky Open.

'''Stripes''': What do you know, you little nobody? YOU NEVER RACED! ''(''storms off)''\\

* InterspeciesRomance: [[spoiler: Stripes eventually hooks up with a horse and they have a foal together.]]

* EvilHasStandards: Sir Trenton's Pride doesn't like Stripes. But when Trenton arranges Stripes' absence from the big race. But Pride just wants to beat Stripes fairly. [[spoiler:Stripes beats ''him''.]]

* AluminumChristmasTrees: There is an actual racetrack in Kentucky called Turfway Park, albeit with a dirt course instead of a turf course.

* ArtisticLicenseAnimalCare: Stripes lives on a farm, when in the real world, the Walsh family would never be allowed to own him without proper licensing.
** Moreover, the only zebra species that even approaches the size of a pony (never mind a quarter horse) is the Grevy's, which is ''highly'' endangered. Keeping one as a pet would be legally dubious, and putting it in physical danger by riding or racing it would ''definitely'' be a crime.
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Horses are faster and have greater endurance than zebras, thus a zebra would be at a disadvantage in a race at the very least, if it could win at all. For this reason they used horses painted like zebras for some shots.
** Real zebras' spines aren't strong enough to carry a human's weight for long, and they are extremely aggressive and skittish animals that would ''not'' tolerate close handling, let alone a saddle, hood, or halter.
*** The Germans managed to use zebras as mounts during WWI, so it is possible. As soon as the war ended they went back to the vastly preferable horse.

* EpunymousTitle

A circus truck loses a baby zebra near the farm of a widowed former trainer Nolan Walsh (Creator/BruceGreenwood) and his teenage daughter Channing (Creator/HaydenPanettiere[[note]]who, ironically was thrown from a zebra and badly hurt during production -she did complete the film but was forbidden to mention the accident while promoting the movie[[/note]], in one of her several sports-related roles); the zebra, named Stripes (voiced by Hayden's brother Jansen as a baby, then by Creator/FrankieMuniz as an adult), grows up believing he's a horse and wants to race ([[PunnyTitle hence the title]]). On his side are a Shetland pony named Tucker (voiced by Creator/DustinHoffman) who's helped groom many successful horses, sassy goat Franny (voiced by Creator/WhoopiGoldberg), a jumper Arabian mare named Sandy (voiced by Creator/MandyMoore), hyperactive and dimwitted rooster Reggie (voiced by Creator/JeffFoxworthy), a nervous big city pelican named Goose (voiced by Creator/JoePantoliano) and a pair of comic-relief flies Buzz and Scuzz (voiced by Creator/SteveHarvey and Creator/DavidSpade). Not on his side are most of the ''real'' horses, especially pompous, egotistical champion Sir Trenton (voiced by Creator/FredDaltonThompson) and his son Trenton's Pride (voiced by Creator/JoshuaJackson).

A circus truck loses a baby zebra near the farm of a widowed former trainer (Creator/BruceGreenwood) and his teenage daughter Channing (Creator/HaydenPanettiere[[note]]who, ironically was thrown from a zebra and badly hurt during production -she did complete the film but was forbidden to mention the accident while promoting the movie[[/note]], in one of her several sports-related roles); the zebra, named Stripes (voiced by Hayden's brother Jansen as a baby, then by Creator/FrankieMuniz as an adult), grows up believing he's a horse and wants to race ([[PunnyTitle hence the title]]). On his side are a Shetland pony named Tucker (voiced by Creator/DustinHoffman) who's helped groom many successful horses, sassy goat Franny (voiced by Creator/WhoopiGoldberg), a jumper Arabian mare named Sandy (voiced by Creator/MandyMoore), hyperactive and dimwitted rooster Reggie (voiced by Creator/JeffFoxworthy), a nervous big city pelican named Goose (voiced by Creator/JoePantoliano) and a pair of comic-relief flies Buzz and Scuzz (voiced by Creator/SteveHarvey and Creator/DavidSpade). Not on his side are most of the ''real'' horses, especially pompous, egotistical champion Sir Trenton (voiced by Creator/FredDaltonThompson) and his son Trenton's Pride (voiced by Creator/JoshuaJackson).

*** The Germans managed to use zebras as mounts during WWI so it is possible. As soon as the war ended they went back to the vastly preferable horse.

--> '''Tucker''': (to Goose) With the size of that pecker, I should've known you'd be a big mouth.
* EveryCarIsAPinto: In order for Channing to ride Stripes to work, Goose destroys her motorcycle—somehow causing it to explode!

'''Stripes''': What do you know, you little nobody? YOU NEVER RACED! (''storms off'')\\

* ThoseWhoCantDoTeach: It is a sore spot of Tucker's that, although he is excellent as motivating racers to train and persevere, his Shetland physique means he will never be able to be one. [[note]]There are Shetland-only races in RealLife, but they're rare and less prestigious than the more common Thoroughbred races.[[/note]]
-->'''Sir Trenton:''' Those legs won't carry you far!

** Goose laments that his aim with his bird droppings isn't very good. At the end of the film, he succeeds in landing one on Clara Darlrymple.

2005 combination of live-action humans and FX-assisted talking animals (though like ''{{Film/Babe}}'' and ''Literature/CharlottesWeb'' the latter never talk to the former). A circus truck loses a baby zebra near the farm of a widowed former trainer (Creator/BruceGreenwood) and his teenage daughter Channing (Creator/HaydenPanettiere[[note]]who, ironically was thrown from a zebra and badly hurt during production -she did complete the film but was forbidden to mention the accident while promoting the movie[[/note]], in one of her several sports-related roles); the zebra, named Stripes (voiced by Hayden's brother Jansen as a baby, then by Creator/FrankieMuniz as an adult), grows up believing he's a horse and wants to race ([[PunnyTitle hence the title]]). On his side are a Shetland pony named Tucker (voiced by Creator/DustinHoffman) who's helped groom many successful horses, sassy goat Franny (voiced by Creator/WhoopiGoldberg), a jumper Arabian mare named Sandy (voiced by Creator/MandyMoore), hyperactive and dimwitted rooster Reggie (voiced by Creator/JeffFoxworthy), a nervous big city pelican named Goose (voiced by Creator/JoePantoliano) and a pair of comic-relief flies Buzz and Scuzz (voiced by Creator/SteveHarvey and Creator/DavidSpade). Not on his side are most of the ''real'' horses, especially pompous, egotistical champion Sir Trenton (voiced by Creator/FredDaltonThompson) and his son Trenton's Pride (voiced by Creator/JoshuaJackson).

Meanwhile, Channing wants to follow in her late mother's footsteps and become a jockey, but her dad doesn't want her to do so as that was what killed in mother. Can our two underdog heroes overcome adversity to triumph at the Kentucky Open?

'''Stripes''': What do you know, you little nobody? YOU NEVER RACED! (''Stripes storms off'')\\

* ToiletHumor:

2005 combination of live-action humans and FX-assisted talking animals (though like ''{{Film/Babe}}'' and ''Literature/CharlottesWeb'' the latter never talk to the former). A circus truck loses a baby zebra near the farm of a widowed former trainer (Creator/BruceGreenwood) and his teenage daughter Channing (Creator/HaydenPanettiere[[note]]who, ironically was thrown from a zebra and badly hurt during production -she did complete the film but was forbidden to mention the accident while promoting the movie[[/note]], in one of her several sports-related roles); the zebra, named Stripes (voiced by Hayden's brother Jansen as a baby, then by Creator/FrankieMuniz as an adult), grows up believing he's a horse and wants to race ([[PunnyTitle hence the title]]). On his side are a Shetland pony named Tucker (voiced by Creator/DustinHoffman) who's helped groom many successful horses, sassy goat Franny (voiced by Creator/WhoopiGoldberg), a jumper Arabian mare named Sandy (voiced by Creator/MandyMoore), hyperactive rooster Reggie (voiced by Creator/JeffFoxworthy), a nervous big city pelican named Goose (voiced by Creator/JoePantoliano) and a pair of comic-relief flies Buzz and Scuzz (voiced by Creator/SteveHarvey and Creator/DavidSpade). Not on his side are most of the ''real'' horses, especially pompous, egotistical champion Sir Trenton (voiced by Creator/FredDaltonThompson) and his son Trenton's Pride (voiced by Creator/JoshuaJackson).