History Main / MoodyMount

* Horses in ''VideoGame/Survivalcraft'' will act like this if you try to ride them without a saddle.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'': Link can tame wild beasts (usually but not always horses) to use as mounts, but as they are wild, they don't obey right at first. At first they will actively try to throw him off, and even after he calms them into letting him ride, they will often disobey instructions and try to go do their own thing. Link has to work with them and train them before they act like loyal steeds, and some are more rebellious than others.

* There's a WesternAnimation/PinkPanther cartoon where he's trying to mount a horse who doesn't want to be ridden ("Pinto Pink"). It happens again in "Pink Valiant" where he plays a knight on a mission to rescue a kidnapped princess but can't even get out of the king's castle because his horse again refuses to be ridden. After several failed attempts to mount the horse he gives up and sells the horse to buy a more cooperative dragon mount, but by then he has forgotten what the mission was and ends up [[PityTheKidnapper rescuing the evil knight who kidnapped the princess instead]]. Another has him as Paul Revere looking for a horse, and the only one available is on the British side ("Pinky Doodle / Yankee Doodle Pink"). Other issues with horses can be found in "The Midnight Ride of Pink Revere" and "The Magnificent Pink One."

* Ash's Charizard in the first season of the ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries''. He fights when he wants and when he doesn't feel like it, he sleeps. An old lady that Ash meets says this is because [[SmugSuper Charizard is extremely skilled]], [[{{Pride}} but sees himself as superior to his owner]]. [[spoiler: When [[AllLovingHero Ash]] takes care of Charizard for a whole night after [[SickEpisode his tail flame is almost extinguished]] (which can have fatal consequences), in an incident [[BreakTheHaughty caused by Charizard's own refusal to acknowledge Ash]], he changes his mind and becomes ''[[UndyingLoyalty fiercely]]'' [[UndyingLoyalty protective]] of him.]]

* Ash's Charizard in the first season of the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime. He fights when he wants and when he doesn't feel like it, he sleeps. An old lady that Ash meets says this is because [[SmugSuper Charizard is extremely skilled]], [[{{Pride}} but sees himself as superior to his owner]]. [[spoiler: When [[AllLovingHero Ash]] takes care of Charizard for a whole night after [[SickEpisode his tail flame is almost extinguished]] (which can have fatal consequences), in an incident [[BreakTheHaughty caused by Charizard's own refusal to acknowledge Ash]], he changes his mind and becomes ''[[UndyingLoyalty fiercely]]'' [[UndyingLoyalty protective]] of him.]]