History WesternAnimation / Centaurworld

* ADogNamedDog: The horse is named Horse, and her rider is named Rider.

* ThePlace: The show is named after Centaurworld, one of the two primary worlds where the the story is set.

* FisherKingdom: When Horse first arrives in Centaurworld she's surprised to discover she can suddenly talk and spell. Shortly after she expresses brief anxiousness at also being able to gesture with her hooves. As seen in episode 5, [[spoiler:the longer Horse stays in Centaurworld, the more silly and cartoony-looking she gets]]. WorldOfGod is that characters don’t change their appearance based on how long they stay in Centaurworld, but how they let the world change them.

* FisherKingdom: When Horse first arrives in Centaurworld she's surprised to discover she can suddenly talk and spell. Shortly after she expresses brief anxiousness at also being able to gesture with her hooves. As seen in episode 5, [[spoiler:the longer Horse stays in Centaurworld, the more silly and cartoony-looking she gets]].

* FastballSpecial: A variant, in the first episode, Horse bucks Rider off forwards to send her flying towards a group of enemies. This is an intentional combat maneuver they have trained, as is proven beyond all doubt [[spoiler:when they do it again with discussion in the final episode to fight The Nowhere King.]]

** In "The Key", Ched dismisses the concept of Rider sitting on top of Horse as "stupid"... And he says this as he's riding on top of Durpleton's head.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: The birdtaurs method of communicating is essentially tweeting, where they "type" a message into a egg to send to each other. Then, a half-birthed nearly fetal baby bird hatches from the egg, barely able to move, to deliver the message. The entire herd, other than the birdtaurs, are disgusted and even say it is too much for them.

* GenreMashup: The show convincingly mixes [[YoungAdultLiterature young adult]] LowFantasy animation with [[SurrealHumour Surreal]] CringeComedy ThinLineAnimation. Both genres are [[PlayedStraight played with sufficient sincerity]].

''Centaurworld'' is a Creator/{{Netflix}}-exclusive animated musical-comedy-adventure series created by Megan Nicole Dong.

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: In episode one, [[spoiler: Rider is last seen face down at the edge of a cliff, sword still in scabbard, with countless enemies bearing down on her and cutting off her only line of retreat, including one in the process of swinging their weapon at her back]]. Towards the end [[spoiler:she shows up again, apparently having survived that encounter without obvious injury. However they did that, it was definitely awesome.]]

* TheNoseless: Most centaurs aren't drawn with noses (unless they [[SuddenAnatomy suddenly have them]] as part of a visual gag) which fits with Centaurworld's cartoony aesthetic, as opposed to Horse and Rider's more detailed world.

* ALoadOfBull: The evil forces waging war against both the Human World and Centaurworld are made out of armoured minotaurs. Interestingly, some of them seem to be SnakePeople, but are still referred to as minotaurs. [[spoiler: Season 2 reveals that the race was created by the Nowhere King merging humans and various animals using the power of The Artifact.]]

* OurMinotaursAreDifferent: The forces of the Nowhere King, [[spoiler:created by fusing humans and/or centaurs with non-sapient animals]]. Like centaurs, the term here is far broader than used normally, since minotaurs extend beyond bulls to virtually all kinds of anthropomorphic animals.

*** It also helps that Parvesh Cheena, Lea Salonga, and Donna Lynne Champlin (Zulius, the Mysterious Woman, and the Prairiedogtaur, respectively) all previously played characters on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Sunil, Aunt Myrna, and Paula Proctor, respectively).

*** It also helps that Parvesh Cheena, who voices Zulius, and Donna Lynne Champlin, who voices the Prairiedogtaur, were also on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend as Sunil and Paula, a recurring and main character, respectively.

* CrossestheLineTwice: The birdtaurs method of communicating is essentially tweeting, where they "type" a message into a egg to send to each other. Then, a half-birthed nearly fetal baby bird hatches from the egg, barely able to move, to deliver the message. The entire herd, other than the birdtaurs, are disgusted and even say it is too much for them.

* ExistentialHorror: The Centaurs all appear to have the ability to shoot little versions of themselves out of their hooves. All tiny versions suffer the horror of existing and question their purpose while running around, screaming. WordOfGod is that [[https://twitter.com/sketchshark/status/1431300315387621379 they all have memories of being the original centaur]], meaning from their perspective choosing to create clones suddenly made them a clone. Some are seen possibly committing suicide by jumping off of cliffs. This is PlayedForLaughs.

* CentralTheme: Dependence. Depending on others to achieve your goals and letting yourself be depended on to help them as well.

** Another song mentions leaving offerings to "Trevor", who looks suspiciously like Cthulhu.

* FastballSpecial: A variant, in the first episode, Horse bucks Rider off forwards to send her flying towards a group of enemies. This is an intentional combat maneuver they have trained, as is proven beyond all doubt [[spoiler: When they do it again with discussion in the final episode to fight The Nowhere King.]]

* BreakoutCharacter: Comfortable Doug, who even gets the last word.

* LeaningontheFourthWall: The entire episode with the birdtaurs is this. They all criticize, praise or ask questions of the cast as if they were watching the show, which to them, they were. One of the birds is even called Mouthpiece.

* NoodleIncident: Horse develops backstory magic and see how each of her herd met up. Except for Zulius, who tries to get her to watch but she doesn't. He begins telling them about an alley, a top hat, and pearls before the episode ends.

** In Season 2, there are other episodes that end with silent credits. Episode 6 [[spoiler:(The Ballad of Becky Apples) uses the same ominous ambient sound from S1E9, because it ends with a shot of the Nowhere King.]] Episode 7 [[spoiler:(The Hootenanny) is ''completely'' silent, since Horse has just jumped into the Nowhere King's mind, a cliffhanger leading to the finale.]] Episode 8 [[spoiler:(The Last Lullaby) doesn't play the normal music, but it's not silent, either...]]