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* ElementalMotifs: Thowra is associated with the wind. He was named the Aboriginal word for "wind" because he was BornDuringAStorm, and his mother believed he would have to run as fast as the wind to avoid being hunted for his rare cream color. It is also implied he can shapeshift into a hawk.
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* ElementalMotifs: Thowra is associated with the wind. He was named the Aboriginal word for "wind" because he was BornDuringAStorm, and his mother believed he would have to run as fast as the wind to avoid being hunted for his rare cream color. It is also implied he can shapeshift into a hawk.
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Elyne Mitchell's ''Silver Brumby [[note]]brumby is an Australian term for mustang[[/note]]'' novel chronicles the life of Thowra, a wild foal whose father is killed by the vicious Brolga. In accordance with [[ComingOfAgeStory narrative tradition]], Thowra eventually grows strong enough to form his own herd and defeat the Brolga...although not without gaining humans' attention. Further sequels followed Thowra's descendants and allies.
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Elyne Mitchell's ''Silver Brumby [[note]]brumby Brumby''[[note]]brumby is an Australian term for mustang[[/note]]'' mustang[[/note]] novel chronicles the life of Thowra, a wild foal whose father is killed by the vicious Brolga. In accordance with [[ComingOfAgeStory narrative tradition]], Thowra eventually grows strong enough to form his own herd and defeat the Brolga...although not without gaining humans' attention. Further sequels followed Thowra's descendants and allies.
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* CruelToBeKind: Elyne takes an injured joey from the wild so she can tend to him, but as he heals she orders her daughter to keep him outside; if the joey doesn't get accustomed to the cold, he'll never survive an Australian winter. When they release him back into the bush, they also shoo him away, to make him develop a proper fear of humans (who might [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo_meat kill and eat him]]).
* HopeSpot: Golden- an ''extremely'' expensive mare- comes back to the man who owned her. She gives birth not long after, providing him with a similarly valuable foal. Then Thowra takes Golden ''again''. At which point the man, realizing his work has been AllForNothing, breaks down screaming in the mud.
* NatureIsNotNice: There's a shot of a foal starving to death in the snow, establishing the brumbies' constant, imperfect struggle to survive.
* HopeSpot: Golden- an ''extremely'' expensive mare- comes back to the man who owned her. She gives birth not long after, providing him with a similarly valuable foal. Then Thowra takes Golden ''again''. At which point the man, realizing his work has been AllForNothing, breaks down screaming in the mud.
* NatureIsNotNice: There's a shot of a foal starving to death in the snow, establishing the brumbies' constant, imperfect struggle to survive.
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Deleted because the original troper claimed that many horses captured by humans grew to enjoy their new life, as it guaranteed them regular food and shelter. This is explicitly NOT the case in the books featuring Thowra (I can't speak for the movie or TV series): only four horses are described as having any experience with humans. Mirri: caught as a yearling and escaped, describing treatment as "Man will put straps of leather upon your head, beat you if you bite or kick," and who is more terrified than usual of men due to the way they treated her. Golden: a formerly tame horse who fled her human master to join Thowra's herd. She returns to the humans only long enough for her foal to grow strong and healthy, then leaves again and never returns. Kunama: one of two horses to actually be caught during the book series, who hates it so much it drives her wilder and wilder, until she is eventually freed by a human boy out of pity. Karee: the only horse who doesn't seem too bothered about having been caught and broken in. However, when he loses his rider in a fire, the narrative talks about the hope that somehow he would lose his shoes, somehow he would get rid of the saddle on his back. The horse characters tend to view being caught as a terrible thing.
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* FromStrayToPet: A lot of the horses caught by humans come to enjoy their new life- there's something to be said for regular food and shelter.
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* AesopAmnesia: Arrow can't learn a lesson to save his life, prompting Thowra to save it for him. Constantly.
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* GoodFeelsGood: One episode starts with Benny explaining the nature of this trope.
-->'''Benny''': It's a funny thing about doing something good or something kind. You do it because it feels right, it's proper. It's not so much what's expected, but what you want to do.
* TheMentor: Benny the kangaroo is something like this to Thowra.
-->'''Benny''': It's a funny thing about doing something good or something kind. You do it because it feels right, it's proper. It's not so much what's expected, but what you want to do.
* TheMentor: Benny the kangaroo is something like this to Thowra.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In the very first episode, naturally. Thowra tries to warn Arrow about the Man who's after them, but Arrow scoffs and ignores his warning. Immediately after, the Man shows up and Arrow takes off, abandoning two of his friends to the Man in the process. This accurately displays his cowardly nature and constant putting of himself above others. Thowra also gets one by saving a foal who'd fallen into a fast flowing river, despite the colt being one of the many offspring of the Brolga.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Calling him evil is a bit of a stretch, but the Brolga is still hot-tempered, arrogant and rude. Even so, he cares a great deal for his herd and his daughters, Boon Boon in particular. In fact, it's only when he's talking to her that he seems the most gentle.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Man, who is always after Thowra and his group. He may be hellbent on capturing them, but the horses note that the difference between him and the trappers they meet later on is that the Man would never dream of killing a brumby, and almost never uses his gun. In contrast, the trappers try to shoot and kill anything that moves solely for sport.
* FakingTheDead: How Thowra finally gets the Man to stop chasing him. He jumps over a ledge when the Man corners him, leaving the latter to believe he'd jumped to his death. Since the fog was heavy, he could not see that Thowra landed safe and sound down below. Since then, the Man believes that any glimpses he catches of Thowra are just his ghost, and the horse intends to keep it that way.
* GoodFeelsGood: One episode starts withBenny Benni explaining the nature of this trope.
-->'''Benny''': -->'''Benni''': It's a funny thing about doing something good or something kind. You do it because it feels right, it's proper. It's not so much what's expected, but what you want to do.
* HistoryRepeats: It's implied near the end of the series that Yarraman, Thowra's father, was "twice as old" as the Brolga at the time of his defeat. Now here comes Thowra, who's half the Brolga's age and intent on taking back his father's throne. The Brolga is not pleased when Aranda points this out to him.
* MotorMouth: The emus never stop talking and often interrupt each other while doing it.
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: It turns out that the Old Prospector has as little patience for the hunters and trappers as the animals do. Benni proudly considers the man to be one of them.
* RhymesOnADime: The Mopoke speaks in rhyme all the time.
* TheMentor:Benny Benni the kangaroo is something like this to Thowra.Thowra.
* TooDumbToLive: Arrow, again.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Calling him evil is a bit of a stretch, but the Brolga is still hot-tempered, arrogant and rude. Even so, he cares a great deal for his herd and his daughters, Boon Boon in particular. In fact, it's only when he's talking to her that he seems the most gentle.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Man, who is always after Thowra and his group. He may be hellbent on capturing them, but the horses note that the difference between him and the trappers they meet later on is that the Man would never dream of killing a brumby, and almost never uses his gun. In contrast, the trappers try to shoot and kill anything that moves solely for sport.
* FakingTheDead: How Thowra finally gets the Man to stop chasing him. He jumps over a ledge when the Man corners him, leaving the latter to believe he'd jumped to his death. Since the fog was heavy, he could not see that Thowra landed safe and sound down below. Since then, the Man believes that any glimpses he catches of Thowra are just his ghost, and the horse intends to keep it that way.
* GoodFeelsGood: One episode starts with
* HistoryRepeats: It's implied near the end of the series that Yarraman, Thowra's father, was "twice as old" as the Brolga at the time of his defeat. Now here comes Thowra, who's half the Brolga's age and intent on taking back his father's throne. The Brolga is not pleased when Aranda points this out to him.
* MotorMouth: The emus never stop talking and often interrupt each other while doing it.
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: It turns out that the Old Prospector has as little patience for the hunters and trappers as the animals do. Benni proudly considers the man to be one of them.
* RhymesOnADime: The Mopoke speaks in rhyme all the time.
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* TooDumbToLive: Arrow, again.
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* ElementalMotifs: Thowra is associated with the wind. He was named the Aboriginal word for "wind" because he was BornDuringAStorm, and his mother believed he would have to run as fast as the wind to avoid being hunted for his rare cream color. It is also implied he can shapeshift into a hawk.
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* BornDuringAStorm: Thowra was born during a storm. It's part of the reason he got his name, which is an Aboriginal word for "wind".
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* HappinessInSlavery: A lot of the horses caught by humans come to enjoy their new life- there's something to be said for regular food and shelter.
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* StrayAnimalStory: ''The Silver Brumby'' is about a feral horse.
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* {{Catchphrase}}: Wombat has ''three'' ("Outta my way, outta my way!", "That'll be right, that'll be right!", and "Typical, typical!"), and he passes them on to his son.
* GoodFeelsGood: One episode starts with Benny explaining the nature of this trope.
-->'''Benny''': It's a funny thing about doing something good or something kind. You do it because it feels right, it's proper. It's not so much what's expected, but what you want to do.
* TheMentor: Benny the kangaroo is something like this to Thowra.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After being a major character in season 1, Storm suddenly disappears for the rest of the series.
* GoodFeelsGood: One episode starts with Benny explaining the nature of this trope.
-->'''Benny''': It's a funny thing about doing something good or something kind. You do it because it feels right, it's proper. It's not so much what's expected, but what you want to do.
* TheMentor: Benny the kangaroo is something like this to Thowra.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After being a major character in season 1, Storm suddenly disappears for the rest of the series.
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* AnimalsLackAttributes: Averted. The male horses are all drawn with visible sheaths.
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Elyne Mitchell's ''Silver Brumby [[note]]brumby is an Australian term for mustang[[/note]]'' novel chronicles the life of Thowra, a wild foal whose father is killed by the vicious Brolga. In accordance with [[ComingOfAgeStory narrative tradition]], Thowra eventually grows strong enough to form his own herd and defeat the Brolga...although not without gaining humans' attention. Further sequels followed Thowra's descendants and allies.
The series had two adaptations- a cartoon series and a film- and was rereleased in omnibus format during 2012.
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* HappinessInSlavery: A lot of the horses caught by humans come to enjoy their new life- there's something to be said for regular food and shelter.
* MeaningfulName: The main characters are typically named for their speed (Thowra [[note]]an Aboriginal word for "wind"[[/note]], Baringa [[note]]"light"[[/note]], Lightning) or their appearance (Kunama [[note]]"snow"[[/note]], Golden, Wurring [[note]]"sun"[[/note]]).
* WeakButSkilled: Thowra and Baringa, while colts. Though not as bulky as other horses, they were fast and graceful enough to survive (if not win) every fight they got in. On top of that, Bel Bel taught them how to stealthily escape unwanted attention.
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The series had two adaptations- a cartoon series and a film- and was rereleased in omnibus format during 2012.
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* HappinessInSlavery: A lot of the horses caught by humans come to enjoy their new life- there's something to be said for regular food and shelter.
* MeaningfulName: The main characters are typically named for their speed (Thowra [[note]]an Aboriginal word for "wind"[[/note]], Baringa [[note]]"light"[[/note]], Lightning) or their appearance (Kunama [[note]]"snow"[[/note]], Golden, Wurring [[note]]"sun"[[/note]]).
* WeakButSkilled: Thowra and Baringa, while colts. Though not as bulky as other horses, they were fast and graceful enough to survive (if not win) every fight they got in. On top of that, Bel Bel taught them how to stealthily escape unwanted attention.
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