Basic Trope: Herbivorous animals are portrayed as friendly, especially if Predators Are Mean.
- Straight: The main heroes in "The Adventures of Horace the Horse" are horses and other herbivorous animals, while the main antagonists are wolves and other predators.
- Exaggerated: Every single herbivorous species is portrayed as an All-Loving Hero, and any species that has ever been known to eat meat at all is Always Chaotic Evil. Odd, considering horses have occasionally been known to eat small animals.
- Downplayed:
- "The Adventures of Horace the Horse" is mostly Grey-and-Grey Morality, but for the most part the herbivores tend to be nicer characters than the carnivores.
- Calling them friendly is an overstatement, but they're certainly nice in comparison to the predators.
- Justified: The horses in the work have no reason to be aggressive, such as due to having good owners or no predators to need to fend off.
- Inverted:
- Xenophobic Herbivore
- "The Adventures of Wally the Wolf" has predators as the heroes and herbivores as the villains.
- Subverted: ???
- Double Subverted: ???
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted: There is nothing unique about the morality of herbivores and carnivores in the work.
- Enforced: "How do we let the audience know which characters are the heroes and villains in a work featuring animals?" "I know! Make the good guys plant-eaters and the bad guys meat-eaters!"
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: A villainous prey animal takes advantage of the fact that they're seen as less threatening to throw off suspicion or get others to let their guards down.
- Defied: The wolves learn how to be nicer characters.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "I wonder why the predators are always the bad guys."
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