History WesternAnimation / Horseland

%%* AnAesop: Every episode.

* ColorCodedCharacters: Red for Sarah and Scarlet, pink for Molly and Calypso, green for Alma and Button, navy for Bailey and Aztec, cyan for Zoey and Pepper, lilac for Chloe and Chili, black for Will and Jimber, and yellow for Nani and Sunburst.

%%* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Sarah is teased about this.

%%* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Almost every episode is this.

** All the animals, really.
* AnAesop: Every episode.

* BigDamnHeroes: When the kids, Shep, and the horses show up to rescue Cubby from a mountain lion.
* BigEater: Teeny, being a [[AnimalStereotypes pig]].
* BookEnds: Used with most episodes.

* CatsAreMean: Angora, though she isn't mean all the time.
** Mosey subverts the trope in a [[AnachronicOrder later]] [[{{Flashback}} episode]]. [[ForegoneConclusion Unfortunately, he's dead by the time the series begins.]]

* DeadpanSnarker: Quite a few characters; Shep, Angora, Chili, Molly, Zoey and Chloe.

* DoubleEntendre: In “Mosey” when Sarah can’t find the fatally injured Mosey in the snowstorm, she says he’s “gone for good” — not only has he disappeared for good, he passed away.
* DullSurprise - A lot of the voice acting is ... not top notch. Best example is in "The Whispering Galley" when Zoey apologizes while trying not to cry, and really delivers an incredibly sarcastic line.

* EvilLaugh: Done very badly by Zoey and Chloe in “Bailey’s New Friend”.
* FeudEpisode: "The Competition."

* TheFreelanceShameSquad: Pepper is on the receiving end of this in "Added Weight" when the horses tease her about her weight gain.

* HeroicDog: Shep has his moments.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Chili and Pepper.
* InMediasRes[=/=]FramingDevice[=/=]{{Flashback}}: Most of the episodes don't start at the beginning leading Shep to recount the episode as a flashback. The first episode took it a further step by having human characters remembering Sarah's first day at Horseland.

* KilledOffForReal: Mosey.

* LIsForDyslexia: We learn that Sarah's cousin, Chase, has difficulty reading because of dyslexia. Sarah tries to show him that he needn't be embarrassed, because she has a good friend who is also dyslexic who still manages to get by quite well. [[spoiler:At the end of the episode, Will reveals that he is the friend she was speaking of.]]
* LimitedSocialCircle[=/=]MinimalistCast: Sarah, Molly, Alma, Bailey, Zoey, Chloe, Will, and Nani later on, their horses, Shep, Angora, and Teeny are the only characters featured. Though, [[TwentyFourHourPartyPeople other kids]] make occasional appearances in most episodes.

* ManlyTears: Shep sheds a few of these as he watches Mosey leave the barn to die.

* MissedMealAesop: In one episode, Pepper gained weight to the point where the saddle doesn't fit her anymore. As a result, she becomes determined to lose weight by stopping to eat and constantly practicing, but overtime she really starts to feel weaker, which affects her performance during a competition. After this experience, she stops neglecting her need of eating.
* MrFanservice: Bailey and, to a lesser extent, Will.

* NiceMeanAndInBetween: Sarah and Molly (nice), Zoey and Chloe (mean), and Alma and Bailey (in-between). Also the animals, Teeny (nice), Angora (mean), and Shep (in-between). The horses can qualify too, Scarlet and Calipso (nice), Chilli and Pepper (mean) and Button and Aztec (in-between).
* [[NewNeighboursAsThePlotDemands New Kid as the Plot Demands]]: The general purpose of the various characters of the day. They're around to spice up the episode plots and better give the illusion that the LimitedSocialCircle of horseback riding isn't as limited as it is in-show. As per the name, most of these characters of the day never show up more than once, so Nani Cloud and her horse Sunburst sticking around and [[SixthRanger joining the cast]] in season 3 becomes a notable exception.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Zoey and Chloe, [[RunningGag again]], look and act an awful lot like Paris Hilton and Lindsey Lohan.
** Also their last name is "[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Stilton]]".
* NorseByNorsewest: Princess Alexia of Svalberg.

* PreCap: Every episode begins with a 15-second trailer showing what will happen in the episode, with one of the characters narrating.

* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Sarah is teased about this.

* StatusQuoIsGod: Zoey and Chloe will always, for example, have AesopAmnesia.

* TalkingAnimal: At least when humans aren't around.

* TownGirls: Zoey and Chloe are Femme, Molly and Alma are Butch, and Sarah is Neither.

-->'''Sarah:''' [[DoubleMeaning He's gone, Scarlet.]] [[NeverSayDie And he's not coming back.]]

* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Almost every episode is this.
* YouKnowWhatYouDid: The Gossip episode.

* ManlyTears: Shep sheds a few of these as he watches Mosey leave the barn [[{{TearJerker}} to die]].

* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude - The horses understand a lot of human speech, and act more like intelligent dogs than horses. They do bolt and spook, but not at times you'd really expect them to.

* FiveTokenBand: Sarah and Will are blonde, Molly is Black, Alma is Hispanic, Zoey is redhead, Chloe is ginger, and Bailey is brunette. They are later joined by Nani, who is Native American.

* AbsenteeActor: Shep and Teeny are the only characters to appear every episode, while Shep is the only character to appear in the FramingDevice at the beginning and end. Not all the human and horse main characters will appear in every episode. Most pronounced whenever Bailey or Will are absent, being the immediate family of Horseland's owners who ''live there'' after all.
** The only episodes where Sarah is absent from are "New Pup in Town" and "The Last Drop" from Season 3.
** Zoey and Chloe don't appear in "Mosey", "International Sarah" and "Wild Horses".
** Molly doesn't appear in "Win Some, Lose Some", "The Newbies" and "A New Development", while Alma doesn't appear in "Added Weight", "No News Is Good News" and "The Last Drop".
** Angora is absent in "The Whispering Gallery" and "A New Development".

* LovableAlphaBitch: Zoey and Chloe Stilton. Sure they do have their moments, but they're not technically against Sarah and the others and are on good terms with them. Averted with Talia Bentley, who cares of nothing but winning.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Zoey and Chloe Stilton. Even though they consistently act like bitches to almost everyone, they do have soft sides that they will show on occasion. Of note, by nature of the show's premise, most of the human characters, major and one-shot, would more than likely have to come from some form of well-off background, to varying extents (Jesse being the son of another ranch-owning family[[note]]which was primarily why he and Bailey got along so well[[/note]], for example), yet despite this, no one else plays this Trope straight like Zoey and Chloe do. Special mention goes to Sarah, as implied wealthy as the Stilton twins, who was assumed to be just as stuck-up as them by the other girls on her first day, thus setting up a "Don't judge a book by its cover." [[AnAesop Aesop]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: The one-off character Talia Bentley from "Changing Spots"; she's an even worse AlphaBitch example than the Stiltons are, only caring about winning on the spot. She's basically what the Stiltons would've been if they weren't loveable.

* RapunzelHair: The horses have unrealistically long manes and tails.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: The horses are have normal coat colors, but their manes and tails are veined with unnatural colours. The strangeness of this is never brought up in the show, and has become a sort of RunningGag among the fanbase. Stylistic choice is one possible explanation for this.

* CampingEpisode: "Fire, Fire Burning Bright" has the cast go camping in the woods, which gets jepordized by a forest fire thanks to the Stiltons' laziness.

** Molly doesn't appear in "The Newbies" and "A New Development", while Alma doesn't appear in "Added Weight", "No News Is Good News" and "The Last Drop".

** Molly doesn't appear in "The Newbies" and "A New Development", while Alma doesn't appear in "Added Weight" and "The Last Drop".

* AbsenteeActor: Shep, Teeny and Angora are the only characters to appear every episode, while Shep is the only character to appear in the FramingDevice at the beginning and end. Not all the human and horse main characters will appear in every episode. Most pronounced whenever Bailey or Will are absent, being the immediate family of Horseland's owners who ''live there'' after all.

** Zoey and Chloe don't appear in "Mosey" and "International Sarah".

It stars a bunch of teenage kids, primarily focusing on four of them -- Sarah, Alma, Molly and Bailey -- at a horse ranch called, you guessed it, Horseland. It features your typical teen problems and various situations involving horses. Each episode is narrated by Shep, a wise border collie, as he provides the moral of each episode and how to understand them. Basically, it's an animated version of ''Literature/TheSaddleClub''.

* EmpathyPet: The horses' personalities sometimes reflect those of their of their riders.

** Some episodes have Shep, Teeny and Angora disappear or stop talking before the more serious moments, particularly in "Mosey" when Sarah wakes up and sees Mosey has disappeared and takes off into the storm to find him before coming to the conclusion he's gone and will never come back.

** Sarah is rich, but dresses more tomboyish and prefers friends over wealth. Chloe and Zoey, on the other hand, dress feminine and are frequently self-centered.

* AbsenteeActor: Not all the main characters will appear in every episode. Most pronounced whenever Bailey or Will are absent, being the immediate family of Horseland's owners who ''live there'' after all.

[[caption-width-right:350:Let’s go to Horseland!]]

* InMediasRes[=/=]FramingDevice[=/=]{{Flashback}}: Some of the episodes don't start at the beginning leading Shep to recount the episode as a flashback. The first episode took it a further step by having human characters remembering Sarah's first day at Horseland.

* KarmaHoudini: In "Bailey's New Friend", Chloe and Zoey tricked Bailey and his new friend Jesse to pick-up chicken feed and take the long way, to make Sarah even more left out. And they didn't get called out for lying.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Bailey in "Bailey's New Friend" when he realizes he spent so much time with Jessie that he completely forgot about Sarah, Molly and Alma.

* SickEpisode: “Pepper’s Pain” deals with Pepper getting injured and Zoey fearing she can’t ride her again.

* TenderTomboyishnessFoulFemininity: Sarah is rich, but dresses more tomboyish and prefers friends over wealth. Chloe and Zoey, on the other hand, dress feminine and are frequently self-centered.

* TrueCompanions: The horses are, as a whole, far less prone to fighting and doubt than their riders. One of their POV episodes is actually devoted to explaining the herd instinct and how it bonds them.

* TheOneGuy: Bailey is the only member of the central friendship circle with Sarah, Molly and Alma. Also, Chili was the only male horse owned by a female lead until Sunburst's introduction.

It stars a bunch of teenage kids at a horse ranch called, you guessed it, Horseland. It features your typical teen problems and various situations involving horses. Each episode is narrated by Shep, a wise border collie, as he provides the moral of each episode and how to understand it. Basically, it's an animated version of ''Literature/TheSaddleClub''.

%% * LovableAlphaBitch: Zoey and Chloe Stilton.

It stars a bunch of teenage kids at a horse ranch called, you guessed it, Horseland. It features your typical teen problems and various situations involving horses. Basically, it's an animated version of ''Literature/TheSaddleClub''.

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[[caption-width-right:300:Let’s go to Horseland!]]

* GenderEqualEnsemble: Not for the humans but for the horses. Scarlet, Calypso, Button and Peeper are female, while Chili, Aztec, Jimber and Sunburst are male.

* NoAntagonist: The series has no major villain whatsoever. Although Chloe and Zoey are stuck-up, they’re not technically ''against'' Sarah and the others.

* TenderTomboyishnessFoulFemininity: Sarah is rich, but dresses more tomboyish and prefers friends over wealth. Chloe and Zoey, on the other hand, dress feminine and are frequently self-centered,

** Molly doesn't appear in "The Newbies", while Alma doesn't appear in "Added Weight" and "The Last Drop".