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Zebras Are Just Striped Horses
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Zebras are technically very close relatives of horses, as horses, asses, and zebras all belong to the genus Equus, making the three as closely related to each other as lions, tigers, and leopards (all members of Panthera), though this doesn't mean that zebra will act the same way as a domesticated thoroughbred (they are also closer to asses than to horses). Part of the reason is that zebras are still wild animals, and have never been successfully domesticated. They make poor steeds or work animals since they are known for being more high-strung and aggressive than a horse, largely because they evolved in a more predator-rich environment, where they are a common prey item for many large carnivores such as lions, spotted hyenas, wild dogs and crocodiles (donkeys are also more stubborn and aggressive than horses since their wild ancestor also comes from Africa). You won't see a zebra at a stable or participating in a horse race, due to their unpredictable nature, and zebras are actually among the most common large animals to injure and sometimes even kill zookeepers. Zebras can be tamed, insofar as they can be raised to tolerate humans around themselves, but they're not domesticated like horses or even donkeys. Zebra can be bred with horses and asses to produce hybrids, called a zeedonk (zebra+donkey) or a zorse (zebra+horse) (since they are genetically so close), but the offspring tend to be infertile. On the other hand, some media depict zebras as being more similar to their domesticated counterparts than they actually are. When this trope is in play, a zebra will be seen alongside horses and even acting like them. People may ride on them or hitch them to chariots, or they may appear as the "horse" half of a centaur. This is particularly common for African countries or Africa-derived Fantasy Counterpart Cultures, which are often shown using zebras as an exotic alternative for horses. A common variant is that zebras make horselike neighing and whinnying sounds, more like a high-pitched bray, instead of their own unique vocalization. Another variant is to portray zebras with horse-like tails, while real zebra tails are longer and have shorter hairs, akin to those of donkeys, or with horselike manes instead of the short, bristly manes of the real animal. Compare Horse of a Different Color, for when animals other than horses are used as steeds and pack animals. Related to All Animals Are Domesticated and could be considered an equine version of All Animals Are Dogs, White-Tailed Reindeer, and Penguins Are Ducks. |
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Saga: While on the planet Pervious, Alana rides a white, zebra-like animal with orange stripes at the front that fade to grey at the back. | |
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Spears of the Dawn, a game set in a fantasy version of ancient Africa, mentions one kingdom as fielding units of zebra-riding cavalry. This is despite the fact that horses are perfectly common in the setting. | |
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Looney Tunes: Parodied. In one cartoon, Daffy Duck lets a baby zebra out of the bag into Porky Pig's house. Said zebra foal sounds like a horse for comedic effect. | |
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Cthulhu Mythos: Some tales of the Mythos set in the Dreamlands mention the use of zebras as mounts for cross-country travel. Possibly a self-enforced example: because so many waking humans accept this trope's premise, the zebras of Dreamland may behave more like horses than actual wild zebras, the better to accord with dreamers' expectations. | |
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Mickey Mouse (2013): A one point in the episode "Safari, So Good", the zebras sound like donkeys. | |
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World of Warcraft has the Zhevra, a unicorn-like zebra, which runs wild in the in-game equivalent of the African savanna, but can also be seen anywhere else as a mount, once available to any player. | |
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The Hair Bear Bunch: In "Ark Lark", the Bunch uses shoe polish to disguise Stripes the Zebra as a horse and enter him in a horse race. | |
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Viva Piñata: When a Horstachio (Horse) consumes blackberries and daisies, it will turn into a Zumbug (Zebra). This is the only way to get the zebra piñata. | |
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Peppa Pig makes the mistake of using horse noises for zebras; Zoe the zebra will let out a "Neigh!" instead of a "Bark!" | |
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Heroes of the Storm has a Zebra mount, which is organized under horses in the collection. Its flavour text even lampshades this: | |
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Seton Academy: Join the Pack!: A Grevy's Zebra named Kuroe Mashima initially exploited this trope as she believed herself to be a special unique mare, establishing herself as the school's Alpha Bitch. However, Jin exposes that she and other zebras are more related to donkeys by exposing her donkey-like tail, causing her to run off in embarrassment. It did lead Kuroe to Took a Level in Kindness and find True Companions with a pair of donkey brothers. | |
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Fantasia: The "Pastoral Symphony" sequence features a pair of African centaurs whose equine half is that of a zebra. | |
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The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck: Scrooge, at the time stranded in the African wilderness, considers riding a zebra as if it was a horse, even calling it a striped horse, but opts for a lion instead. Justified in that he hadn't been in South Africa for long — and he had been using a horse-driven cart before it was stolen. | |
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Dumbo: The zebras pull a carriage during the circus parade. | |
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Sheena: The titular heroine rides on a zebra, which was a white horse painted with black stripes. | |
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A Song of Ice and Fire: Zorses are a black-and-white striped species of equine from Essos. It's not clear if they're supposed to be real-world zebras, a fictional species similar to a zebra, or a cross between a zebra and a horse. Whatever they are, they can be ridden in battle, and there's an entire culture of people Born in the Saddle who use them as mounts. | |
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Equestria at War: Largely averted; zebras are treated as different from ponies, with a different racial tech tree and different unique special units compared to the four species of pony. But the mad esoteric fascists of the Ascendancy in Colthage do lump zebras and ponies together as "Equinity" in their crazy pseudo-biological and spiritual caste system. Because so much of their beliefs are built around genocidal racism towards "Avians," the existence of pegasi and hippogriffs do cause some confusing issues. | |
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Animal Crossing has a zebra villager named Savannah who's just a retextured horse. | |
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The Legend of Tarzan: Discussed and subverted. Tarzan tells George Washington Williams that, while a horse will just throw you off its back, a zebra will go on kicking you until it kills you. | |
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Julius Zebra: Played with. The first book shows a comparison between horses and zebras, and Julius is called a stripy horse in some parts. The third book has Julius and Brutus race against horses in a chariot race. | |
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Minecraft: Played With in the Wildlife Safari behavior pack. The zebras don't neigh like horses, they bray like donkeys. | |
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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: Subverted. In "Bridle Gossip", ponies initially think that Zecora, a zebra, is just a weird-colored pony; Twilight is the only one who knows what a zebra is. Zecora also acts very differently from the ponies (which leads them to mistakenly believe that she is a witch). While her affinity for potions and rhyming are cultural, the part where she paws at the ground is a real difference between ponies and zebras. Horses paw at the ground as a threat display, while zebras just do it to look for water. | |
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Asterix: In Asterix and the Chariot Race, Princesses Nefersaynefer and Kweenlatifer from the kingdom of Kush use zebras instead of horses to pull their chariot. | |
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The Greatest Showman: Barnum and his family are shown riding in a coach driven by a pair of zebras when he takes them to their new mansion. Careful examination reveals them to be horses painted to look like zebras, a classic example of Barnum being, well, The Barnum. | |
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Racing Stripes: A zebra by the name of Stripes is trained to take part in a horse race. In real life, this trope was very much not the case in filming, as lead actress Hayden Panettiere was thrown off the zebra used in filming. | |
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Zoo Tycoon: The first game inverts this trope. For some reason the developers made unicorns "bark" like zebras instead of neighing. | |
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Red Dead Redemption 2: Played With, Lampshaded, and Subverted. One side mission involves finding a zebra belonging to a traveling circus show headed by a moustahioed British man named Margaret. The zebra sounds like a mule, and in fact turns out to be one painted as a zebra. | |
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Game Shakers: Zigzagged in the episode "Tiny Pickles", Double G claims he was riding a stripeless zebra in a dream he had. While Babe claims that's just a horse, there are actual cases of stripeless zebras dating back to 2004, though chances are Double G didn't know this. | |
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The Lion Guard makes the mistake of using horse noises for zebras. Interestingly, in "The Zebra Mastermind", the zebra Thurston was referred to as a donkey with stripes, alluding to the fact zebras are closely related to donkeys. | |
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Rulah, Jungle Goddess: Rulah often uses a zebra as her personal mount. | |
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