Line #21 PlayingWith/AllGirlsLikePonies


1	'''Basic Trope''': A [[AlwaysFemale female]] character will be obsessed with ponies, often from a very young age.
2	* '''Straight''': Alice asks for a pony for Christmas. Her bedroom is also filled with a collection of toy ponies, and unicorns.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** When Alice grows up, her entire home is decorated with a horse motif, from the throw pillows on the couch, to the paintings on the walls, to her china pattern. And despite being well into her 30's and married, some of these horses are still pastel or rainbow colored, and/or unicorns. Speaking of her marriage, her wedding had a horse or Western theme to it and took place at a ranch or on a farm, and she rode down the aisle on horseback.
5	** Every girl in the '''whole galaxy''' loves ponies, and every male utterly hates them with a passion.
6	* '''Downplayed''': Alice has a poster with a horse on it, but it never really comes up, and is in fact tucked away in an awkward corner, so she doesn't think about it too much.
7	** [[{{Tomboy}} Despite being barely feminine]], Alice likes larger Thoroughbred horses and stallions. She is obsessed with old historical cavalry battles and techniques. She participates in the rodeo even as an adult, and doesn't believe horses are overtly feminine.
8	* '''Justified''':
9	** Alice just likes ponies.
10	** Alice grew up on a horse ranch and learned to ride at an early age. She's a product of her environment.
11	** Alice is obsessed by an ubiquitous ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePony'' {{Expy}}.
12	* '''Inverted''':
13	** Alice's dad buys her a pony, but she turns it down, saying she hates ponies and would rather have her father buy her a toy truck instead.
14	** All Ponies Like Girls.
15	** Men like stallions and riding on horseback.
16	* '''Gender Inverted''': Bob asks for a pony for Christmas, and has a collection of toy ponies and unicorns.
17	* '''Subverted''':
18	** Alice ''thinks'' about asking for a pony for Christmas, but wonders how SantaClaus would possibly be able to get it to her, and decides against it.
19	** Alice moves to a new apartment, and whoever lived there before left a painting of a horse in the living room. Alice takes it down.
20	** Alice had some pony-related stuff and/or took riding lessons as a little girl, but by the time high school rolled around, she no longer cared about horses.
21	** Ponies are brought in or introduced for the little girls who would be expected to squee over them. The ponies are a hit with little boys, older boys, and men, who squee even louder and more vocally than the little girls.
22	** There's a lot of pony merch in Alice's house. But it turns out it's actually [[RealMenWearPink her father's stuff.]]
23	* '''Double Subverted''':
24	** She asks for a rocking horse instead.
25	** She puts it up in her bedroom instead.
26	** But in college, she joins the equestrian club and relearned how to ride. And when it came time to make up her bridal registry, one of the items included was a set of wine glasses with galloping horses etched into the glass.
27	** It's her father's stuff, and ponies are a key point of bonding between them.
28	* '''Parodied''':
29	** Alice loves ponies so much, she asks to be made into a [[OurCentaursAreDifferent centaurette]].
30	** Alice loves ponies so much to style [[TomboyishPonytail her own hair like that]].
31	** Alternatively, Alice buys a CoolCar named after ponies.
32	** Alice begins a romantic relationship with an [[FunnyAnimal anthropomorphic horse]].
33	* '''Zig Zagged''': Some girls and women are shown to be interested in horses, some are not shown to be either interested or disinterested, and some absolutely ''despise'' horses.
34	* '''Averted''':
35	** There are no girls, or no girls of any importance In-Universe.
36	** Alice is not interested at all in horses.
37	* '''Enforced''':
38	** AcceptableFeminineGoals
39	** "[[ProductPlacement this show is sponsored by the American Union of Pony Ranches]]"
40	* '''Lampshaded''': "Buy her a toy pony. [[TitleDrop All girls like ponies!]]"
41	* '''Invoked''': Alice is encouraged to like [[PrincessPhase ponies and princesses]] as a little girl.
42	* '''Exploited''':
43	** An artist markets works featuring ponies chiefly to young girls and to women.
44	** A ManipulativeBastard promises Alice (who, despite being 20 years old, [[NaiveEverygirl has never left her]] PrincessPhase) that he'll buy her a pony, in order to make her more willing to sleep with him.
45	* '''Defied''':
46	** Alice is never shown to have any interest in ponies, and would honestly rather play with trucks anyway.
47	** Alice's parents encourage her to play with ''any'' kind of toys she wants, and not to worry about fitting any sort of gender roles.
48	** Alice's parents forbid her to play with "girly" toys, either on the grounds that RealWomenDontWearDresses, or because they wanted a boy and decided to [[RaisedAsTheOppositeGender raise her as a boy]] instead.
49	* '''Discussed''': "Just because someone likes ponies doesn't mean that they're female."
50	* '''Conversed''': ???
51	* '''Played For Drama''': Alice lives in an abusive household. She fantasizes about being able to ride a pony in the country, symbolizing freedom to her. However, she's well aware this fantasy will probably never come true.
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53	Back to AllGirlsLikePonies. Don't forget to get your daughter / little sister / niece / little cousin / unidentified younger female relative a pony for her birthday.
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55	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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57	%%* '''Implied''': ???
58	%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
59	%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
60	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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