Can do better.: Cool Horse

Has this version of Sleipnir been suggested yet?◊

No...not crazy about it, it's too busy.

Bump. I feel like we have enough for a crowner, but I'm not totally for any of the images so far.

Frollo's horse? Ganondorf's horse? Those are the first two examples that come to mind for me.

Why not Epona◊? The horse is not only cool, but also makes the rider look even more cool by virtue of riding her, which is actually part of the trope description.

It's really just a normal looking horse

How about Jolly Jumper winning at Tic Tac Toe◊

Jolly Jumper Playing Chess◊

edited 10th Aug '11 12:59:52 PM by Ghilz

Someone mentioned Ganondorf◊?

Edit: Phantom Ganon, but whatever.

edited 10th Aug '11 1:30:29 PM by unhappyyak

As far as I can tell, this trope just requires the horse to look cool, not that it has to be extraordinary in how it looks.

I◊ couldn't resist◊. Caption: My Horse is Amazing

edited 10th Aug '11 6:27:41 PM by shark33

May I suggest a griffin mount?

It's a "horse" (in that it's a mount). It's a mix 'n match creature. It can be armored, it's a "horse of a different color". It flies and it's ultra badass.

edited 19th Aug '11 7:45:33 PM by LordGriffin

Suggest a particular image, please.

@Griffin: No. A Cool Horse is a horse, of course.

As for suggestions... hmm...

• http://wallpapers.free-review.net/12__Pegasus_-_The_Flying_Horse_of_Greek_Mythology.htm
• http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10575645
• http://www.kaboodle.com/reviews/schleich-lion-coat-of-arms-prince-on-reared-up-horse

edited 19th Aug '11 8:00:17 PM by Stratadrake

Actually no the description says it includes any Horse of a Different Color.

Any mount.

edited 19th Aug '11 7:58:42 PM by Raso

However, Cool Horse is the more general supertrope. If you want a page image of something that is an example of one of the more specific subtropes, it should be on the subtrope's page, the same way that examples that fit the subtropes should be on the subtrope page, not the supertrope page.

Finding [1]◊ without text would work pretty well nothing says Cool Horse than making it into a Motorcycle.

edited 19th Aug '11 8:50:03 PM by Raso

That's My Horse Is a Motorbike. Subtrope.

What? No. that trope is about literal Motorbikes. Sengoku isnt even an example of it. Its just a horse with handlebars.

Then it's a Mechanical Horse.

Nope its a real horse with handlebars instead of what ever those things are called that you control a horse with.

Automaton Horses

Automaton Horse is about horses not needing the care they do in real life, so it's not that either. Still, it looks like an example of Mechanical Horse, and could therefore cause trope misuse.

I think if we just go around suggesting very example of a Cool Horse we'll be here all day.

I vote for half of post 20. Unless there's a problem with having spider horses... An eight-legged horse seems really impractical...

I'm still partial to "Silver fightin' a bear" myself. There are a whole bunch of subtropes, most of which are about overtly "fantastical" horses. That makes me think the supertrope should have a relatively "ordinary" looking horse.

Hero from The Phantom?

Ghilz: Jolly Jumper playing against Luke is on Sapient Steed.

edited 20th Aug '11 9:11:17 AM by EgregiousEric