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* AffectionateNickname: Special Week is called "Spe", while El Condor Pasa is referred as "El".
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* SomewhereAnEquestrianIsCrying: Despite the unrealistic premise, this mainly got {{Averted}} with a vengeance, with one notable exception - Trainer regularly approaching horsegirls from behind and suddenly feeling their thighs. It does get him well-deserved back-kicks, but he seems protected by a thick layer of PlotArmor. DoNotTryThisAtHome - if you do it with an actual horse, even the friendly and quiet kind, you might end up ''killed''.
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* RealPersonCameo: Yutaka Take, the legendary jockey who rode Special Week and many other prototype horses to their best victories, [[appeared http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/04/22/real-life-jockey-makes-the-jump-to-2d-in-umamusume-pretty-derby]] AsHimself as a real-time commentator at Nippon Derby in Episode 5 and was [[http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/ponpokonwes/imgs/7/0/70419e4e.jpg credited]] (bottom right) in the ending of the episode.
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* RealPersonCameo: Yutaka Take, the legendary jockey who rode Special Week and many other prototype horses to their best victories, [[appeared http://www.[[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/04/22/real-life-jockey-makes-the-jump-to-2d-in-umamusume-pretty-derby]] com/anime-news/2018/04/22/real-life-jockey-makes-the-jump-to-2d-in-umamusume-pretty-derby appears]] AsHimself as a real-time commentator at Nippon Derby in Episode 5 and was [[http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/ponpokonwes/imgs/7/0/70419e4e.jpg credited]] (bottom right) in the ending of the episode.
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* RealPersonCameo: Yutaka Take, the legendary jockey who rode Special Week and many other prototype horses to their best victories, [[appeared http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/04/22/real-life-jockey-makes-the-jump-to-2d-in-umamusume-pretty-derby]] AsHimself as the announcer at Nippon Derby in Episode 5 and was [[http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/ponpokonwes/imgs/7/0/70419e4e.jpg credited]] (bottom right) in the ending of the episode.
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* RealPersonCameo: Yutaka Take, the legendary jockey who rode Special Week and many other prototype horses to their best victories, [[appeared http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/04/22/real-life-jockey-makes-the-jump-to-2d-in-umamusume-pretty-derby]] AsHimself as the announcer a real-time commentator at Nippon Derby in Episode 5 and was [[http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/ponpokonwes/imgs/7/0/70419e4e.jpg credited]] (bottom right) in the ending of the episode.
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* RealPersonCameo: Yutaka Take, the legendary jockey who rode Special Week and many other prototype horses to their best victories, voiced [[appeared http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/04/22/real-life-jockey-makes-the-jump-to-2d-in-umamusume-pretty-derby]] AsHimself as the announcer at Nippon Derby in Episode 5 and was [[http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/ponpokonwes/imgs/7/0/70419e4e.jpg credited]] (bottom right) in the ending of the episode.
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* RealPersonCameo: Yutaka Take, the legendary jockey who rode Special Week and many other prototype horses to their best victories, voiced the announcer at Nippon Derby in Episode 5 and was credited in the ending of the episode.
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* RealPersonCameo: Yutaka Take, the legendary jockey who rode Special Week and many other prototype horses to their best victories, voiced the announcer at Nippon Derby in Episode 5 and was credited [[http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/ponpokonwes/imgs/7/0/70419e4e.jpg credited]] (bottom right) in the ending of the episode.
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* EyeScream: Every time Gold Ship tried to compete over something with Mejiro MacQueen, she gets hit in the eye.
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* EyeScream: Every time Gold Ship tried tries to compete over something with Mejiro MacQueen, [=MacQueen=], she gets hit in the eye.
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* BlatantLies: When Coach tries to deny he's nervous about the Derby, he's using the binoculars the wrong way.
* EyeScream: Every time Gold Ship tried to compete over something with Mejiro MacQueen, she gets hit in the eye.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: As expected from a game adaptation, the anime introduces over a dozen characters.
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* RunningGag: Every time Coach tries to touch the legs of a new horse girl, he gets kicked.
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** FridgeBrilliance: Spe-chan's adoptive mother bought this retro phone because it's hard for Special Week to use modern compact handsets. A horsegirl has to hold a phone handset up high at her horse ear and the mic does not pick anything up. The retro phone has a big handset which is easier for a horsegirl to handle. (It is clearly a retro phone, with a "disc" consisting of buttons, not an actual old phone).
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* FreezeFrameBonus: Special Week [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DbJsmWJX4AAEDwp.jpg holding a phone handset up to her horse ear, because she does not have human ears]].
** FridgeBrilliance: Spe-chan's adoptive mother bought this retro phone because it's hard for Special Week to use modern compact handsets. A horsegirl has to hold a phone handset up high at her horse ear and the mic does not pick anything up. The retro phone has a big handset which is easier for a horsegirl to handle. (It is clearly a retro phone, with a "disc" consisting of buttons, not an actual old phone).
** FridgeBrilliance: Spe-chan's adoptive mother bought this retro phone because it's hard for Special Week to use modern compact handsets. A horsegirl has to hold a phone handset up high at her horse ear and the mic does not pick anything up. The retro phone has a big handset which is easier for a horsegirl to handle. (It is clearly a retro phone, with a "disc" consisting of buttons, not an actual old phone).
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* ToastOfTardiness: Special Week does this in Episode 2, but with a carrot instead of a toast.
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* ToastOfTardiness: Special Week does this in Episode 2, but with a carrot instead of a a piece of toast.
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* BrilliantButLazy: Seiun Sky may spend most of her time sleeping or looking dozy, but when she puts her mind into it, she's an incredibly good runner.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Gold Ship tends to do and say odd things every now and then.
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* EpicFail: At the beginning of episode 3, despite winning their races, every member of Team Spica minus Suzuka does something embarrassing during the victory concert. So Coach asks Tokai Teio to train them to improve their performances.
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* FriendlyRivalry: El Condor Pasa develops one with Special Week and Seiun Sky.
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* TrainingMontage: During episode 4 Team Spica gives Special Week all sorts of training.
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* LateForSchool: Instead of the traditional slice of toast, Special Week runs to school with a carrot in her mouth.
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* BalloonBelly: Special Week, who ended up eating a little too much after a victory in episode 3. Only it comes back to bite her as her derby-uniform's skirt no longer seem to fit despite losing most of the weight beforehand.
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* ToastOfTardiness: Special Week does this in Episode 2, but with a carrot instead of a toast.
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* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The opening and ending themes are sung by the seven members of Team Spica.
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* ATasteOfDefeat: [[spoiler:Special Week]] experiences this in episode 3.
* BagOfKidnapping: Gold Ship, Daiwa Scarlet and Vodka use one to bring Special Week to their team.
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* CatharticScream: Tokai Teio and Special Week watch Hishi Amazon doing this on a tree trunk after losing.
* EpicFail: In episode 3, despite winning their races, every member of Team Spica minus Suzuka does something embarrassing during the victory concert.
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losing. [[spoiler:Special Week and Coach use it too in episode 3 after losing.]]
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* MissingMom: Special Week's biological mother died after she was born, so she was raised by her friend, which kind of counts as InterspeciesAdoption since her adoptive mother is human.
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* EpicFail: Funnily enough, every member of Team Rigil minus Suzuka does something embarrassing during the victory concert in episode 3.
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* StudentCouncilPresident: Symboli Rudolf has this role, and is the winner of the Triple Crown race.
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* StudentCouncilPresident: Symboli Rudolf has this role, and is the winner of the Triple Crown race.race.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Daiwa Scarlet and Vodka are constantly arguing with each other in the opening.
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* KickChick: Unsurprisingly horse girls do this when upset, and they tend to be as strong as an actual horse when they kick backwards
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* KickChick: Unsurprisingly horse girls do this when upset. Special Week has a habit of using her kicks as a form of PervertRevengeMode, with the power of an ''actual horse'' to boot seeing how it afgected the Trainer.
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* NaiveNewcomer: Special Week is the latest transfer to Tracen, having never paricipated in races beforehand back in the country.
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* GenderFlip: A lot of the real life racehorses that the characters are based on, including [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Week Special Week]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silence_Suzuka Silence Suzuka]] are actually stallions.
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For tropes about the original game, see [[VideoGame/UmaMusume here]].
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For tropes about the original game, see [[VideoGame/UmaMusume here]].here]].
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Coach maybe eccentric, but he certainly knows how to make the girls run.
* ButtMonkey: Haru Urara is named after a horse who was famous for ''never'' winning a race, and she's clearly not a particularly good racer.
* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: The Coach is always referred as such.
* FunbagAirbag: A minor case occurs when Special Week bumps into Gold Ship.
* ImprobablyFemaleCast: Besides Coach, there are no other males in the anime.
* KickChick: Unsurprisingly horse girls do this when upset.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: As expected from a game adaptation, the anime introduces over a dozen characters.
* StudentCouncilPresident: Symboli Rudolf has this role, and is the winner of the Triple Crown race.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Coach maybe eccentric, but he certainly knows how to make the girls run.
* ButtMonkey: Haru Urara is named after a horse who was famous for ''never'' winning a race, and she's clearly not a particularly good racer.
* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: The Coach is always referred as such.
* FunbagAirbag: A minor case occurs when Special Week bumps into Gold Ship.
* ImprobablyFemaleCast: Besides Coach, there are no other males in the anime.
* KickChick: Unsurprisingly horse girls do this when upset.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: As expected from a game adaptation, the anime introduces over a dozen characters.
* StudentCouncilPresident: Symboli Rudolf has this role, and is the winner of the Triple Crown race.
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Special Week is one such horse girl. She strikes out from her small countryside home to make it at Thracen Academy, the premier school for aspiring racers. Despite being a newcomer to the competition, she hopes to become Japan's best horse girl. But in this new, competitive environment, will she stick to her guns despite the pressure and fulfill her lifelong dream?
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Special Week is one such horse girl. She strikes out from her small countryside home to make it at Thracen Tracen Academy, the premier school for aspiring racers. Despite being a newcomer to the competition, she hopes to become Japan's best horse girl. But in this new, competitive environment, will she stick to her guns despite the pressure and fulfill her lifelong dream?
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Named after the racehorses of a different world, the Uma Musume (ウマ娘, ''horse girls'') dedicate their lives to running. For many of these young women, their biggest dream is to participate in the Twinkle Series, run alongside Japan's fastest, and shine on the winner's stage.
Special Week is one such horse girl. She strikes out from her small countryside home to make it at Thracen Academy, the premier school for aspiring racers. Despite being a newcomer to the competition, she hopes to become Japan's best horse girl. But in this new, competitive environment, will she stick to her guns despite the pressure and fulfill her lifelong dream?
Based on the mobile training game by Cygames, ''Uma Musume: Pretty Derby'' is Creator/PAWorks' animated take on the horse girl racing scene.
For tropes about the original game, see [[VideoGame/UmaMusume here]].
Special Week is one such horse girl. She strikes out from her small countryside home to make it at Thracen Academy, the premier school for aspiring racers. Despite being a newcomer to the competition, she hopes to become Japan's best horse girl. But in this new, competitive environment, will she stick to her guns despite the pressure and fulfill her lifelong dream?
Based on the mobile training game by Cygames, ''Uma Musume: Pretty Derby'' is Creator/PAWorks' animated take on the horse girl racing scene.
For tropes about the original game, see [[VideoGame/UmaMusume here]].
