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'''Basic Trope''': Horses and [[HorseOfADifferentColor other animals used as mounts]] aren't portrayed as needing basic care.
* '''Straight''': Jim's CoolHorse, [[ALizardNamedLiz Horace]], is portrayed as more of a machine than an animal -- Horace can run for long distances without ever needing to stop, [[TheSleepless doesn't need to sleep]], doesn't seem to need to eat, always follows commands, and isn't scared by anything.
* '''Exaggerated''': Horace is outright TheNeedless.
* '''Downplayed''': Horace occasionally needs to eat/sleep/take breaks, but much less often than a real horse would need to.
* '''Justified''':
** Horace ''is'' a MechanicalHorse.
** In more downplayed cases, Horace is especially well-trained.
** Horace [[HorseOfADifferentColor isn't actually a regular horse]], but a creature that really ''can'' go a while without needing to take breaks.
* '''Inverted''': Horace is a MoodyMount who is extremely difficult to train and needs to take more frequent breaks than normal.
* '''Subverted''': Jim is riding Horace for a while, but Horace finally starts getting tired and needs to take a break.
* '''Double Subverted''': After a very short time, Horace is ready to go again.
* '''Parodied''': Jim simply refuels Horace at a gas station when he needs to.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Horace needs to take frequent breaks, like any animal would.
* '''Enforced''': AcceptableBreaksFromReality -- Horace needing to take breaks would impede on the plot too much.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
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* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "Have you noticed that in fiction, horses tend to behave a lot more like machines than actual animals?"
* '''Deconstructed''': Horace is actually being overexerted, and [[HeroicRROD starts showing signs of this occurring]].
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