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* ValuesDissonance: The horses were shocked at the word "blockhead", one even thinking that is a bad word. Readers these days can think up [[SevenDirtyWords a lot of dirtier words]] that can make the word [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} "blockhead"]] sound squeaky-clean and even old-fashioned in comparison.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Despite its dark and real life-based premise, the book is often presented as children's literature for being about a horse. Some modern versions, such as the Dorling Kindersley version, have made it LighterAndSofter for children by removing the more unpleasant bits such as the puppies' ears being cropped.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl4DwADFVos "Galloping Home"]], the theme to the 70s ''The Adventures of Black Beauty'' ITV series (and its 90s continuation) is often synonymous with the title character for many UK audiences.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl4DwADFVos com/watch?v=lrCZUK2R7h0 "Galloping Home"]], the theme to the 70s ''The Adventures of Black Beauty'' ITV series (and its 90s continuation) is often synonymous with the title character for many UK audiences.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Music/DannyElfman's ''entire'' soundtrack for the 1994 adaptation counts, though special mentions goes to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T3k8sEGQmo "The Dance / Bye Merrylegs"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cnKzpAK5Vs "Goodbye Joe"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eD-YfR0DUI "Poor Ginger!"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75fsgNliVTg "Bye Jerry / Hard Times"]].
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** Music/DannyElfman's ''entire'' soundtrack for the 1994 adaptation counts, though special mentions goes to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T3k8sEGQmo "The Dance / Bye Merrylegs"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cnKzpAK5Vs "Goodbye Joe"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eD-YfR0DUI "Poor Ginger!"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75fsgNliVTg "Bye Jerry / Hard Times"]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl4DwADFVos "Galloping Home"]], the theme to the 70s ''The Adventures of Black Beauty'' ITV series (and its 90s continuation) is often synonymous with the title character for many UK audiences.
** Music/DannyElfman's ''entire'' soundtrack for the 1994 adaptation counts, though special mentions goes to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T3k8sEGQmo "The Dance / Bye Merrylegs"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cnKzpAK5Vs "Goodbye Joe"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eD-YfR0DUI "Poor Ginger!"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75fsgNliVTg "Bye Jerry / Hard Times"]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl4DwADFVos "Galloping Home"]], the theme to the 70s ''The Adventures of Black Beauty'' ITV series (and its 90s continuation) is often synonymous with the title character for many UK audiences.
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* {{Padding}}: See AuthorFilibuster on the main page.
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* ValuesDissonance: The horses were shocked at the word "blockhead", one even thinking that is a bad word. Readers these days can think up [[SevenDirtyWords a lot of dirtier words]] that can make the word [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} "blockhead"]] sound squeaky-clean and even old-fashioned in comparison.
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* {{Anvilicious}}: The book pulls no punches about the horrible treatment of horses in Victorian society, and Anna Sewell wrote it partially to educate the general public. The abuse of the bearing rein for 'fashion' disappeared almost immediately and there was an instant call for better treatment of animals in general. Anna Sewell also wisely made some of Beauty's suffering come from the well-meaning but ignorant, showing that owners who don't know how to handle horses can injure them just as badly as the indifferent and the cruel.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The book pulls no punches about the horrible treatment of horses in Victorian society, and Anna Sewell wrote it partially to educate the general public. The abuse of the bearing rein for 'fashion' disappeared almost immediately and there was an instant call for better treatment of animals in general. Anna Sewell also wisely made some of Beauty's suffering come from the well-meaning but ignorant, showing that owners who don't know how to handle horses can injure them just as badly as the indifferent and the cruel.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The book pulls no punches about the horrible treatment of horses in Victorian society, and Anna Sewell wrote it partially to educate the general public. The bearing rein was done away with almost immediately and there was instant call for better treatment of animals in general. Anna Sewell also wisely made some of Beauty's suffering come from the well-meaning but ignorant, showing that owners who don't know how to handle horses can injure them just as badly as the indifferent and the cruel.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The book pulls no punches about the horrible treatment of horses in Victorian society, and Anna Sewell wrote it partially to educate the general public. The abuse of the bearing rein was done away with for 'fashion' disappeared almost immediately and there was an instant call for better treatment of animals in general. Anna Sewell also wisely made some of Beauty's suffering come from the well-meaning but ignorant, showing that owners who don't know how to handle horses can injure them just as badly as the indifferent and the cruel.
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Reportedly, the book was [[BannedInChina banned in South Africa]] during UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra... because [[WhatAnIdiot clueless]], racist MoralGuardians assumed from the title that it was about race.
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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
** The ending. Beauty gets a happy ending after years of hardship.
** In the 1994 version, Beauty and Joe's bonding montage, and the part where Ginger and Merrylegs "dance" together.
** From the same version, the moment where [[spoiler: Joe recognizes Beauty after having not seen him for over a decade]] is both this and a massive TearJerker.
** The ending. Beauty gets a happy ending after years of hardship.
** In the 1994 version, Beauty and Joe's bonding montage, and the part where Ginger and Merrylegs "dance" together.
** From the same version, the moment where [[spoiler: Joe recognizes Beauty after having not seen him for over a decade]] is both this and a massive TearJerker.
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Reportedly, the book was [[BannedInChina banned in South Africa]] during UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra... because [[WhatAnIdiot clueless]] MoralGuardians assumed from the title that it was about race.
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Reportedly, the book was [[BannedInChina banned in South Africa]] during UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra... because [[WhatAnIdiot clueless]] clueless]], racist MoralGuardians assumed from the title that it was about race.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The book pulls no punches about the horrible treatment of horses in Victorian society, and Anna Sewell wrote it partially to educate the general public. The bearing rein was done away with almost immediately and there was instant call for better treatment of animals in general. Anna Sewell also wisely made some of Beauty's owners not simply cruel, but ignorant of how to care for a horse.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The book pulls no punches about the horrible treatment of horses in Victorian society, and Anna Sewell wrote it partially to educate the general public. The bearing rein was done away with almost immediately and there was instant call for better treatment of animals in general. Anna Sewell also wisely made some of Beauty's suffering come from the well-meaning but ignorant, showing that owners not simply cruel, but ignorant of who don't know how to care for a horse.handle horses can injure them just as badly as the indifferent and the cruel.
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* AwesomeMusic: Music/DannyElfman's ''entire'' soundtrack for the 1994 adaptation counts, though special mentions goes to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T3k8sEGQmo "The Dance / Bye Merrylegs"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cnKzpAK5Vs "Goodbye Joe"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eD-YfR0DUI "Poor Ginger!"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75fsgNliVTg "Bye Jerry / Hard Times"]].
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* AwesomeMusic: SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Music/DannyElfman's ''entire'' soundtrack for the 1994 adaptation counts, though special mentions goes to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T3k8sEGQmo "The Dance / Bye Merrylegs"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cnKzpAK5Vs "Goodbye Joe"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eD-YfR0DUI "Poor Ginger!"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75fsgNliVTg "Bye Jerry / Hard Times"]].
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** From this same version, the moment when [[spoiler: Joe recognizes Beauty after having not seen him for over a decade]] is both this and a massive TearJerker.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Despite its dark and real life-based premise, the book is often presented as children's literature for being about a horse. Some modern version have made it LighterAndSofter for children.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The book pulls no punches about the horrible treatment of horses in Victorian society, and Anna Sewell wrote it partially to educate the general public. The bearing reign was done away with almost immediately and there was instant call for better treatment of animals in general. Anna Sewell also wisely made some of Beauty's owners not simply cruel, but ignorant of how to care for a horse.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The book pulls no punches about the horrible treatment of horses in Victorian society, and Anna Sewell wrote it partially to educate the general public. The bearing reign rein was done away with almost immediately and there was instant call for better treatment of animals in general. Anna Sewell also wisely made some of Beauty's owners not simply cruel, but ignorant of how to care for a horse.
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* HeartwarmingMoments: The ending.
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** Theending.ending. Beauty gets a happy ending after years of hardship.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Despite its dark and real life-based premise, the book is often presented as children's literature for being about a horse.
* TheWoobie: Black Beauty himself. It doesn't help that he (and his mother) believe that StoicWoobie is the equine ideal.
** JerkassWoobie: Ginger. Sweet buttery Jesus, ''Ginger''... If any horse has a FreudianExcuse for their behavior, she does.
*** In fact, some people wouldn't even class her as "JerkassWoobie", just straight out "TheWoobie".
* TheWoobie: Black Beauty himself. It doesn't help that he (and his mother) believe that StoicWoobie is the equine ideal.
** JerkassWoobie: Ginger. Sweet buttery Jesus, ''Ginger''... If any horse has a FreudianExcuse for their behavior, she does.
*** In fact, some people wouldn't even class her as "JerkassWoobie", just straight out "TheWoobie".
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The book pulls no punches about the horrible treatment of horses in Victorian society, and Anna Sewell wrote it partially to educate the general public. The bearing reign was done away with almost immediately and there was instant call for better treatment of animals in general. Anna Sewell also wisely made some of Beauty's owners not simply cruel, but ignorant of how to care for a horse.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Despite its dark and real life-based premise, the book is often presented as children's literature for being about ahorse.
horse. Some modern version have made it LighterAndSofter for children.
*TheWoobie: TheWoobie:
** Black Beauty himself. It doesn't help that he (and his mother) believe that StoicWoobie is the equine ideal.
**JerkassWoobie: Ginger. Sweet buttery Jesus, ''Ginger''... If any horse has a FreudianExcuse for their behavior, Ginger teeters between this and JerkassWoobie but she does.
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*** In fact, some people wouldn't even class her as "JerkassWoobie", just straight out "Woobie".
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* {{Narm}}: One complaint of the 1994 version is that Alan Cumming's narration as Beauty can get a bit much at times.
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* FollowTheLeader: Inspired many similar books.
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* TheWoobie: Black Beauty himself.
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Reportedly, the book was [[BannedInChina banned in South Africa]] during TheApartheidEra... because [[WhatAnIdiot clueless]] MoralGuardians assumed from the title that it was about race.
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Reportedly, the book was [[BannedInChina banned in South Africa]] during TheApartheidEra...UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra... because [[WhatAnIdiot clueless]] MoralGuardians assumed from the title that it was about race.
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* AwesomeMusic: DannyElfman's ''entire'' soundtrack for the 1994 adaptation counts, though special mentions goes to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T3k8sEGQmo "The Dance / Bye Merrylegs"]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cnKzpAK5Vs "Goodbye Joe"]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eD-YfR0DUI "Poor Ginger!"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75fsgNliVTg "Bye Jerry / Hard Times"]].
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* AwesomeMusic: DannyElfman's Music/DannyElfman's ''entire'' soundtrack for the 1994 adaptation counts, though special mentions goes to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T3k8sEGQmo "The Dance / Bye Merrylegs"]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cnKzpAK5Vs "Goodbye Joe"]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eD-YfR0DUI "Poor Ginger!"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75fsgNliVTg "Bye Jerry / Hard Times"]].
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* AwesomeMusic: DannyElfman's ''entire'' soundtrack for the 1994 adaptation counts, though special mentions goes to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T3k8sEGQmo "The Dance / Bye Merrylegs"]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cnKzpAK5Vs "Goodbye Joe"]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eD-YfR0DUI "Poor Ginger!"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75fsgNliVTg "Bye Jerry / Hard Times"]].
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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: The ending.
** In the 1994 version, Beauty and Joe's bonding montage, and the part where Ginger and Merrylegs "dance" together.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: DannyElfman's ''entire'' soundtrack for the 1994 adaptation counts, though special mentions goes to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T3k8sEGQmo "The Dance / Bye Merrylegs"]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cnKzpAK5Vs "Goodbye Joe"]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eD-YfR0DUI "Poor Ginger!"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75fsgNliVTg "Bye Jerry / Hard Times"]]. They might be more a case of Crowning Music Of Sadness however.
** In the 1994 version, Beauty and Joe's bonding montage, and the part where Ginger and Merrylegs "dance" together.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: DannyElfman's ''entire'' soundtrack for the 1994 adaptation counts, though special mentions goes to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T3k8sEGQmo "The Dance / Bye Merrylegs"]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cnKzpAK5Vs "Goodbye Joe"]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eD-YfR0DUI "Poor Ginger!"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75fsgNliVTg "Bye Jerry / Hard Times"]]. They might be more a case of Crowning Music Of Sadness however.
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* HeartwarmingMoments: The ending.
** In the 1994 version, Beauty and Joe's bonding montage, and the part where Ginger and Merrylegs "dance" together.
** In the 1994 version, Beauty and Joe's bonding montage, and the part where Ginger and Merrylegs "dance" together.
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* FollowTheLeader: Inspired many similar books.
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* TearJerker: Leaves most readers crying.
** Joe and Beauty's reunion, especially in the 1994 adaptation. Joe's reaction when he pushes Beauty's bangs away and recognizes the star on his head...
--> '''Joe:''' ''(cries)'' Black Beauty. ...I'm here, Beauty... I'm here... you're safe now...
** For added effect, go to about 2:55 on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75fsgNliVTg this soundtrack]] which plays during this part, and try to hold back the tears.
** Joe and Beauty's reunion, especially in the 1994 adaptation. Joe's reaction when he pushes Beauty's bangs away and recognizes the star on his head...
--> '''Joe:''' ''(cries)'' Black Beauty. ...I'm here, Beauty... I'm here... you're safe now...
** For added effect, go to about 2:55 on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75fsgNliVTg this soundtrack]] which plays during this part, and try to hold back the tears.
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--> '''Joe:''' ''(cries)'' Black Beauty. ...I'm here, Beauty... I'm here... You're you're safe now...
