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* '''Downplayed''': While most of the regulars at Tropington Stables are rich, Alice is the earnest PennyAmongDiamonds.

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* '''Downplayed''': While most of the regulars at Tropington Stables are rich, Alice is the earnest PennyAmongDiamonds.PennyAmongDiamonds, and she bonds with the middle-class equestrian Stacy.

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* '''Exploited''': In order to convincingly pose as a rich girl, Alice puts her horseback riding lessons to good use.

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** A robber searching for targets takes a peek at the Tropington guest list.
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'''Basic Trope''': Horse-related activities are hobbies for rich people.
* '''Straight''': The people who keep their horses at Tropington Stables are all very wealthy.
* '''Exaggerated''': Everyone who owns a horse -- even farmers and nomadic peoples -- is rich.
* '''Downplayed''': While most of the regulars at Tropington Stables are rich, Alice is the earnest PennyAmongDiamonds.
* '''Justified''': Tropington Stables is the only place one can keep horses in Tropington City, so it charges exorbitant fees that only rich people can afford anyway.
* '''Inverted''': Only poor people associate with horses.
* '''Subverted''':
** The Tropington Stables regulars are {{Mock Millionaire}}s.
** Alice later discovers another stable where middle-class and poor people ride for leisure, and they have a SlobsVsSnobs rivalry with Tropington.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': Upon inheriting a large amount of money, Alice is also gifted a pony.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Some horseback riders are rich, some are poor.
* '''Averted''': No horseback riding is shown in the work, and if there are it is not an indicator of social class.
* '''Enforced''': The editors think Tropington City needs something to make it posh, so an equestrian center for the wealthy is added.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Alice, you're headed to Tropington Stables? What are you, rich?"
* '''Invoked''': Alice is rich, and takes horseback riding lessons because she believes it's a proper hobby for the wealthy.
* '''Exploited''': In order to convincingly pose as a rich girl, Alice puts her horseback riding lessons to good use.
* '''Defied''':
** Alice is rich but refuses to take horseback riding lessons.
** Alice is poor but takes horseback riding lessons, refusing to let it remain a hobby for the rich.
* '''Discussed''': "Alice, you're headed to Tropington Stables? You're like a rich girl in the movies!"
* '''Conversed''': "Ever notice how the only people who ride horses in movies are rich?"
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