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  • The moment near the beginning of the film when baby Spirit gets his tongue stuck on an icicle. His face is a picture. He then snaps it off and carries it with him. Esperanza rolls her eyes and shakes her head in bemused exasperation.
    • It directly follows the scene when he goes down a snowy slope akin to sledding, completely covering Esperanza and a few other disgruntled horses in snow as he passes. She gives a sheepish, ultimately unapologetic smile before shaking off the snow on her and onto the other horses.
  • Baby Spirit and the herd of bison which are Right Behind Him.
    • One of the bison gives his herd mate a side glance before bellowing in Spirit's face, as if to say "Watch this."
  • Everything happening to poor Murphy. Even the cavalry horses are laughing at him.
    • The gradually-increasing level of restraints used in an attempt to hold Spirit still long enough to groom him is hilarious in a No Kill like Overkill sense.
  • The montage of Spirit bucking the cavalry men off his back. One insults him ("Lousy heap of horse flesh!") and Spirit charges at the man, who barely manages to leap over the gate to safety.
    • There is also the fact that at one point Spirit seemed to start enjoying scaring off the men, as they didn't even have to force him back to the starting pen after throwing off one of them, he just skipped back with sarcastic joy in his step and a smug face.
  • The scene where Spirit first meets Little Creek at the fort. Although curious about how the boy seems different from the other humans, he's still not interested in being friendly with him. Little Creek tries to get Spirit's attention by clicking his tongue, then mimics him when he nickers in annoyance. In response, Spirit turns his butt towards him and nickers angrily, causing Little Creek to chuckle.
    • The fact that Spirit's butt fills up most of the frame is a pretty funny visual in itself.
  • During the night, Little Creek and his friends call to each other , with the latter howling like wolves or coyotes and the former hooting like an owl, much to Spirit's confusion. He is then startled when one of them throws a knife for Little Creek to cut himself loose with.
    Spirit: [narrating] There was just no end to the strange ways of the two-leggeds.
  • One soldier gets knocked into a pile of manure during Spirit's escape from the fort with Little Creek.
  • Murphy tries to prevent Spirit and Little Creek from escaping the fort by standing in front of the doors. Spirit smirks, Murphy's eyes widen in shock, and the scene cuts to outside the fort as his unconscious body hits the ground as Spirit jumps over him.
  • At the Lakota camp, Spirit is initially bewildered by the bond between Rain and Little Creek. When he sees them playing together, his narration makes it sound like he thinks they're lovers:
    Spirit: [narrating] I couldn't understand it. She treated this scrawny two-legged like one of our kind. Prancing around him like a lovestruck yearling. It was downright unnatural!
  • A Double Entendre in the Norwegian dub when Spirit monologues "Mares" after Rain whinnies at him for nearly attacking Little Creek; the Norwegian word for "mare" is also a rude name for women, pretty much meaning "bitch" but milder.
    • This is also funny because practically everyone who has ever ridden horses has had a "mares" moment, as mares tend to be more spirited and unruly than geldings at the best of times, and notoriously crazy/difficult when in heat (which is once a month every spring to late autumn).
  • The Musicalis Interruptus courtesy of Rain stopping abruptly at the edge of the Lakota village, and the rest of the scene where she prevents his efforts to escape.
    • Spirit proves to be strong enough to start pulling her away with him, so Rain plants herself on her rump and looks away coquettishly. Spirit jumps up and down to try to force her on her hooves, but it doesn't work.
    • Rain gets up and starts slowly circling Spirit, nickering softly and giving him "bedroom eyes," while the soundtrack plays soft tango music. Spirit watches Rain with each step, and at one point turns his head as she moves to walk behind him, making it look like he's checking out her butt.
    • As Spirit calms down and smiles, Rain suddenly lunges forward, revealing that she was wrapping the rope holding them together around his legs. Spirit is flipped to the ground and onto his back, and after he gets back up, Rain flicks her head to tell him to follow her back to the village.
    • Spirit admits through narration that he actually was impressed and amused by this, implying that this was when their gradual Relationship Upgrade started.
    Spirit: [[narrating]] Okay, I admit it. She was charming...in a stubborn and irritating kind of way. So, I let her show me her world.
  • Basically a lot of Spirit's initial interactions with the Lakota.
    • When he's initially captured by a few of Little Creek's friends, Spirit is understandably a little miffed.
    Spirit: [narrating] I couldn't believe it. One second, I was free; the next... more ropes...
    • Spirit observes some of the Lakota horses being painted on by their riders. Later, when Little Creek attempts putting paint on Spirit, Spirit steps on the bowl and douses the poor guy in blue paint, though Little Creek visibly smiles afterwards.
    • After his meeting with the little Lakota girl, Spirit glances over and sees Rain smiling over his warm interaction with a human. Spirit tries to act aloof and pass it off like it was no big deal, which Rain rolls her eyes at.
  • Spirit grabs Little Creek's riding blanket with his teeth, making Little Creek chase him around for it. After Little Creek tires out, Spirit gently gives it back to him. Spirit then pranks Little Creek by offering to let him climb on his back but then suddenly bucking him off, and neighs loudly to convey laughter. It takes a moment, but Little Creek laughs along with him. Compared to Little Creek's earlier attempt to ride a very angry Spirit, this scene shows Spirit being much more playful and friendly, yet still wild.
  • What's the first thing Spirit does when he and Little Creek reunite? Sneaks up on him (with his unshod hooves and the grass doing well to muffle his steps) and quickly shoving him into the water! Little Creek returns the favor by splashing Spirit after he jumps in the water after him.
  • While Spirit and Little Creek are staring at the opposite side of the gorge with Spirit clearly meaning to jump it.
    Little Creek: Oh, no.
    Spirit: [internally] Ohhh, yes.

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