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2 | [[caption-width-right:300:''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' this ain't.]] |
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4 | ->''Connie started smoking drugs and drinking, and Connie's sisters also started smoking drugs and drinking; so when Latawnya, the naughty horse, saw Connie smoking drugs and drinking, Latawnya started smoking drugs and drinking too.'' |
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6 | In this self-published book from 1991, we learn the story of a horse named Latawnya, and the way she learns her lesson not to engage in "smoking games" and "drinking games", just because the other horses are doing it. |
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8 | In 2010, a sequel was published, called simply ''Latawnya the Naughty Horse Two'', which introduces a "low life drug pusher" as the antagonist. |
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11 | !!This book contains examples of: |
12 | * AndThatsTerrible: The story often mentions just how bad using drugs is. The second line is "Using drugs is not a good idea", Connie and her sisters are near-constantly described as "bad", and Latawnya is frequently described as naughty. |
13 | * TheArtifact: Judging by the blurb, in ''Latawnya the Naughty Horse Two'', Latawnya is not only ''not'' naughty, she seems to be leading the charge against the evil drug pusher Spooky. |
14 | %%* AuthorTract |
15 | * BigStupidDoodooHead: Daisy and Latoya say, "We do not want to be with you because you are bad!" to Connie and her sisters. |
16 | * CantHoldHerLiquor: Latawnya has one drink and instantly becomes nauseated and dizzy (it is also partially caused by the "drug smoke", but still). |
17 | * CivilisedAnimal: |
18 | ** The horses talk, use drugs, and have a civilisation but are otherwise normal horses. |
19 | ** In the sequel, they play basketball in an organized league and organize a talent show. They're still drawn as non-anthropomorphic horses on the cover. |
20 | * CluelessAesop: It's a children's book about a non-anthropomorphic horse who learns the dangers of drug abuse. |
21 | * DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: |
22 | ** The author would like to thank God. "Thank you, God." |
23 | ** "Connie started smoking drugs and drinking, and Connie's sisters also started smoking drugs and drinking; so when Latawnya, the naughty horse, saw Connie smoking drugs and drinking, Latawnya started smoking drugs and drinking too." |
24 | ** There's quite a lot of reiterating the moral and repeating stuff in the same paragraph. |
25 | * DoubleAesop: The story's two morals are "Don't do drugs" and "Don't do things just because you see other people doing them". |
26 | * DrugsAreBad: So bad, that Latawnya gets sick the instant she tries them. She immediately regrets doing drugs even before her parents give her a lecture. |
27 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Latawnya imitates a scary noise she hears. This is meant to show that Latawnya is naughty and prone to imitating others, which is why she's tempted to do drugs. |
28 | * ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The story is indeed about a wayward equine who gets the DrugsAreBad message dropped on her. |
29 | * FantasticAesop: [[http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-control/plants/plant-list-horses.html According to the ASPCA]], marijuana is toxic to horses (fatalities are rare but possible). |
30 | * FatalFlaw: Latawyna's is being impressionable. She imitates a sound she hears for no reason and decides to do drugs just because other people are doing it. |
31 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Latawnya is the foolish sibling to Latoya and Daisy's Responsible. She's convinced to try drugs and alcohol while the other two warn her against it. |
32 | %%* GhettoName: Latawnya. |
33 | * InformedFlaw: Until she starts playing smoking games and drinking games, the naughtiest thing we see Latawnya do is mimic a noise she hears, which actually winds up scaring away the thing that made the noise in the first place (thus keeping it from attacking her and her sisters). |
34 | * InsistentTerminology: Latawnya's name is rarely mentioned without some variation of "the naughty horse" being tagged onto it. |
35 | * LongLostUncleAesop: The part about Father Horse's friend that died from overdosing. |
36 | * MassiveNumberedSiblings: Latawnya has eight siblings. |
37 | * RuleOfSymbolism: In the second book, Spooky the drug dealer is black, with red horns and a cactus up his butt which is probably meant to be a horned tail. |
38 | * ScareEmStraight: The book is written with the idea of scaring readers from the idea of doing drugs, complete with a character dying of overdose. |
39 | * SpeciesSurname: All the horses appear to have the last name "horse", not capitalized. This suggests that instead of it being Latawnya "The Naughty Horse," it's Latawnya "The Naughty" Horse. |
40 | * TheTeetotaler: Daisy and Latoya outright say that they don't drink. |
41 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: |
42 | ** Latawnya's EstablishingCharacterMoment shows her imitating a noise she heard, to establish that she's a bit of a copycat. However, it's never revealed what the noise was, and the issue of the noise is forgotten entirely once Connie and her sisters show up. |
43 | ** The beginning reveals that Latawnya has five other sisters besides Daisy and Latoya, plus a brother named Gregory, but they're never seen or mentioned again for the remainder of the book. |
44 | * WorkInfoTitle: One of those titles that sums up the entire book. |
45 | %%* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry |
46 | %%* VanityPublishing: How this got made. |
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