Basic Trope: Zebras are depicted neighing and acting like horses.
- Straight: Zoe often neighs like a horse and lets Alice ride on her back.
- Exaggerated:
- Zoe doesn't even have a single trait that would define her as a zebra, as she is even kept in a horse farm and is referred to as a 'horse'.
- Even donkeys and mules neigh in this story.
- Downplayed:
- While Zoe the zebra does neigh every now and then, she still is a zebra for the most part and behaves and often sounds like one.
- Riding a zebra is difficult but possible, being a zebra rider is seen as a sign of being an experienced equestrian.
- Justified: Zoe has the brain and vocal cords of a horse, or maybe she was raised by horses, or maybe was raised by Alice, or maybe it's how zebras act in this universe.
- Inverted: Harold is a horse that acts too much like a zebra and makes 'wah-wah' noises.
- Subverted:
- Bob is going to attract some zebras, and neighing is heard, but those neighs simply come from Bob's audio recording, and the zebras make "wah-wah" sounds in reality.
- Alice sees Zoe and attempts to climb onto her back, but she makes a loud 'wah-wah' sound and kicks her head.
- Double Subverted:
- A zebra then approaches Bob and neighs at him.
- Zoe was just playing with Alice and neighs and lets Alice ride her back after the brutal kick.
- Parodied: As Alice brings Zoe to a horse show, the guards find out that she's a zebra and the show only accepts horses and kick Alice and Zoe out.
- Zig Zagged: Zoe alternates between Neighing, Braying, and Wah-Wah-ing.
- Averted: Zoe is just a normal zebra.
- Enforced: The show wanted to make Zoe more lovable, and they think that making her horse-like is cool and will add funny effect.
- Lampshaded: "Why does Zoe act like a horse instead of a zebra?"
- Invoked: A scientist gives Zoe the brain and vocal cords of a horse.
- Exploited: Alice paints Zoe brown so that she can disguise Zoe the horse-like Zebra and sneak her into the horse show.
- Defied: Zoe doesn't let Alice ride on her back.
- Discussed: "I know, Zoe can't act like a zebra!"
- Conversed: "The writers don't know what a zebra acts and sounds like."
- Implied: Bob introduces Sam to Alice and mentions she has cool pets, including a Zebra, but we never see the Zebra on screen.
- Deconstructed: As Alice tries to ride Zoe, Zoe starts bucking around to get Alice off.
- Reconstructed: Alice then tames Zoe with a carrot, and they become friends. She can still keep Zoe despite her aggression.
