Basic Trope: Mounts during battles remain unharmed even when they should be.
- Played Straight: During the battle between a Troperian Cavalry and the Darthwikian Empire, the Troperians' horses are not shot at nor stabbed even once, while their riders are being killed and maimed by the dozen.
- Justified:
- Darthwikian culture has a heavy tabboo against harming horses.
- The Darthwikians have Improbable Aiming Skills.
- The Darthwikians want the horses alive to take for themselves.
- Enforced: The production doesn't want to make audience unconfertable seeing animals get hurt and massacared.
- Invoked: Justified #1.
- Played for Drama: The horses may have been unharmed physically in the battle, but psychologically, they are tramatised.
