Needs Help: Dark Horse Victory

The page picture appears to have been changed at some point from something that effectively demonstrates the trope to something that does not. It used to have an image from the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episode "Fall Weather Friends", which clearly showed a third party prevailing over two competing parties. By contrast, the current picture only shows one party sitting at a finish line.

This needs to be in Image Pickin'; I'll move it.

Fixed the tag.

The current was chosen here; here's the old pic, which I still think is too busy.

edited 11th Oct '14 5:57:41 AM by Willbyr

The current image shows a rock as a winner. Can't be much more darkhorse than an immobile rock.

As I said in the previous thread, rocks are traditionally not particularly fast when it comes to racing and it's not down a hill.

Twilight beats rainbow, rock beats twilight, yet rainbow does not beat rock. Keep the current.

edited 11th Oct '14 7:46:52 AM by Elbruno

Current illustrates the trope humorously. Set it in stone.

Keep the current. The MLP one shows someone winning a race. It does nothing to indicate that they were expected to have no chance to win. As Duck said, Rocks are not noted for their speed — any rock winning a race on level ground can be safely assumed to be quite an unexpected victor. Additionally, if the note in the caption is correct, it's not even a "victory" at all — it's fifth place; so it's not only not a good illustration, it's not a good example, either.

edited 11th Oct '14 10:31:36 AM by Madrugada

I don't like that its a rock really, makes me think its something like a rock throwing contest or something.

There has got to be an image of a turtle beating the hare out there.

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edited 11th Oct '14 11:58:55 AM by Memers

How many rock throwing contests have a "finish" with lanes like that?

current, definitely. It's a hilariously awesome illustration as nobody would expat a freaking ROCK to win a race

Could be some weird hopscotch.

As I mentioned in the earlier thread, while the image does show the rock on the finish line, there's no indication that it actually won. No podium, no award, no other contestants—for all we know, the rock might have placed last. Isn't there some shot showing the rock on a podium or something?

14 has a good point but I like 10.2.

Except it's not a Dark Horse Victory at all. It's a rival beating another rival.

The Tortoise and the Hare would be good, but it's only two rivals as opposed to a third party prevailing. The rock example is better than the MLP example for the reasons Madrugada stated, but it still doesn't show any other competitors. I say Keep Until Better Image Suggested.

edited 31st Oct '14 10:38:24 AM by PacificGreen

The old pic has too much going on ^note  And said Darkhorse didn't actually win, the current falls under Just A Face And A Caption, and 10 isn't really good for exactly what and say.

Not sure about this. If we can't find a good image, I suggest we at least pull the rock image off.

edited 31st Oct '14 12:40:32 PM by valozzy

The current rocks. Keep it.

edited 31st Oct '14 11:18:50 AM by Spark9

There's a part of the Sponge Bob episode where the rock is at the finish line and a referee is waving a flag over it, which could help show both that it won and it was a race (which rocks aren't really good at).

I don't have a way to screencap it, though.

I would not only suggest to keep the rock image, but to make it impossible to remove .

Seems like we have agreement to keep the rock to me.

Seems like that to me, too.

Works for me.

Tag adjusted accordingly; closing this.