Basic Trope: The use of elephants or similar creatures in warfare.
- Straight: The Evil Empire’s most feared unit are their Black-teeth Elephants.
- Exaggerated: Every single imperial warrior rides an elephant to the battlefield!
- The imperials themselves ARE sapient elephants, hell yeah!
- Downplayed: Only Emperor Evulz and his elite guard get to ride on elephants.
- Justified: War Elephants have happened in the past, so it wouldn’t be that out of place from a fantasy setting.
- Inverted: Elephants ride humans into battle?
- Subverted: The elephant that entered the battle field is acting on musth.
- Double Subverted: The elephant in question is a technically AWOL soldier, not a wild one.
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