History Main / SeahorseSteed

* In an ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', [=SpongeBob=] befriends a seahorse he calls Mystery. Seahorses are also regularly depicted for horseback riding scenes or as chariot-pullers, such as the seahorses that pull King Neptune's chariot in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobSquarepantsMovie''.

SubTrope of ArtisticLicenseMarineBiology, HorseOfADifferentColor and PunBasedCreature. Compare and contrast OurHippocampsAreDifferent. See also SeahorsesAreDragons for another creature that seahorses are often compared to.

* Myth/ClassicalMythology: Poseidon was often shown with his chariot pulled by horses or seahorses. However, these were originally different from regular seahorses, with the head of a horse, fins for hooves, and a dolphin tail.

* There is a seahorse race in Creator/{{Dreamworks}}' ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale''; Oscar lost all his money trying to bet on the races.

* Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} sometimes rides a giant seahorse, named Storm (in UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}}, anyway). Storm returned a couple of times in the modern age, with writers and artists doing their best to make a giant seahorse DarkerAndEdgier. In ''Comicbook/BlackestNight'', Black Lantern Aquaman rides a [[RaisingTheSteaks zombified]] Storm.
* A Disney Comics story where WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck, Scrooge, and Gyro discover an underwater kingdom near one of Scrooge's drilling sites. The seapeople have seahorse ''racing''.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: A few of the merfolk from Ronno's undersea village off the coast of Paradise Island ride giant seahorses sidesaddle.

* OlderThanFeudalism: [[Myth/GreekMythology Poseidon]] was often shown with his chariot pulled by horses or seahorses. However, these were originally different from regular seahorses, with the head of a horse, fins for hooves, and a dolphin tail.

* In the children's book series ''Literature/MermaidTales'' one of the main characters owns a couple of seahorses for riding.

* OlderThanFeudalism: [[Myth/GreekMythology Poseidon]] was often shown with his chariot pulled by horses or seahorses.

* In ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader'' in the far Eastern Sea Lucy sees a race of merpeople who ride seahorses [[/folder]]

SubTrope of ArtisticLicenseMarineBiology and PunBasedCreature. Compare and contrast OurHippocampsAreDifferent. See also SeahorsesAreDragons for another creature that seahorses are often compared to.

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* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', Eridan's lusus is a giant flying seahorse that serves as his steed while he hunts other trolls' lusus, [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/2408 as seen here.]]

Most often a SubTrope of ArtisticLicenseMarineBiology. Compare and contrast OurHippocampsAreDifferent. See also SeahorsesAreDragons for another creature that seahorses are often compared to.

Compare and contrast OurHippocampsAreDifferent. See also SeahorsesAreDragons for another creature that seahorses are often compared to.

* In ''Literature/TheVoyceOfTheDawnTreader'' In the far Eastern Sea Lucy sees a race of merpeople who ride seahorses [[/folder]]

* In the {{Atlantis}} episode of ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', [[GirlNextDoor Isabella]] mentions that she could get an [[MeritBadgesForEverything underwater equestrian badge]] if they find a seahorse. When they come across some, Baljeet brings that up, only for her [[LampshadeHanging to point out that they are far too small to ride]]. After that, Buford [[DoubleSubversion rounds several up together and proceeds to ride them]].

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Sometimes seahorses are portrayed as the underwater equivalent of horses, and can be [[HorseOfADifferentColor ridden by characters]] or used as [[ChariotPulledByCats chariot pullers]].

Compare and contrast OurHippocampsAreDifferent.

* There is a seahorse race in Creator/{{Dreamworks}}' ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale''.

* Eridan of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004308 as seen here.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': [=SpongeBob=] befriends a sea horse he calls Mystery.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': A few of the merfolk from Ronno's undersea village off the coast of Paradise Island ride giant seahorses sidesaddle.

* The ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' Horsea and Skrelp (and their other evolutionary relatives), despite being very small, can be taught the move Surf via TM, which lets it ferry its trainer around. You don't actually get to ''see'' yourself riding it, due to the game using a generic sprite depiction for all surfing Pokemon, though.
** Their fully evolved forms are around 6 feet long and make more plausible steeds.

* Naturally, ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid: The AnimatedSeries'' has Ariel tame an uncontrollable purple seahorse named [[ShoutOut Stormy]]. Other episodes had merpeople riding seahorses as well. Averted with Herald the seahorse, however.