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In 2021, the series gained a major motion film adaption adapting events from the first season titled ''Spirit: Untamed,'' It should be noted that it's the first Dreamworks Netflix show to get one.

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In 2021, the series gained a [[RecursiveAdaptation major motion film adaption adaption]] adapting events from the first season titled ''Spirit: Untamed,'' It should be noted that it's the first Dreamworks Netflix show to get one.

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The Show has spawned two spinoffs, ''Spirit Riding Free: Pony Tales'' and ''Spirit Riding Free: Riding Academy''. It will even get a major motion film adaption in 2021 titled ''Spirit: Untamed'', notably making it the first Dreamworks Netflix show to get one.

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The Show has spawned two spinoffs, ''Spirit Riding Free: Pony Tales'' and ''Spirit Riding Free: Riding Academy''. It will even get

In 2021, the series gained
a major motion film adaption in 2021 adapting events from the first season titled ''Spirit: Untamed'', notably making it Untamed,'' It should be noted that it's the first Dreamworks Netflix show to get one.
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The Show has spawned two spinoffs, ''Spirit Riding Free: Pony Tales'' and ''Spirit Riding Free: Riding Academy''. It will even get a major motion film adaption in 2021, notably making it the first Dreamworks Netflix show to get one.

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The Show has spawned two spinoffs, ''Spirit Riding Free: Pony Tales'' and ''Spirit Riding Free: Riding Academy''. It will even get a major motion film adaption in 2021, 2021 titled ''Spirit: Untamed'', notably making it the first Dreamworks Netflix show to get one.
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: When Butch LePrey returns and hijacks a train, Grayson actually tries to [[EnemyMine help Lucky take her down]]. Soon after, during a confrontation with Butch, Grayson drops hints to her, revealing his last name and his relation to Judge Grayson, his father whom Butch killed while breaking out of prison in another town. Butch simply responds that she can’t be bothered to remember everyone who got in her way, implying that Judge Grayson was not the only person who tried to bring her to justice and wound up paying the price.
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* Hypocrite: “Lucky and the Flight Of Fancy” has Julian steal a hot air balloon which he cannot afford. He intends to pay off the balloon by selling people rides on it. When he sees the salesmen he stole the balloon from, Julian flees. Meanwhile, Lucky and Cora decide to take a ride on the balloon which is anchored to the house by a rope. As Julian climbs aboard and unties the rope to make his getaway, he admonishes Lucky for taking the hot air balloon without his permission while he has still stolen it. Julian also has the tendency to touch Lucky’s personal belongings (such as her binoculars) without her permission.
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* FiveSecondForshadowing: In “Lucky and the Wayward Wedding,” Jim returns home to see what’s holding Lucky up. As Jim approach’s his house, Spirit frantically gallops around it worried and upset. Spirit also tries preventing Jim from entering the house as if trying to warn him about something. Viewers might guess what is going to happen after watching the previous episode (“Lucky and the Cousins Caper”), which ends with Butch Lepray finding a clue where to find Lucky.

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* FiveSecondForshadowing: FiveSecondForeshadowing: In “Lucky and the Wayward Wedding,” Jim returns home to see what’s holding Lucky up. As Jim approach’s his house, Spirit frantically gallops around it worried and upset. Spirit also tries preventing Jim from entering the house as if trying to warn him about something. Viewers might guess what is going to happen after watching the previous episode (“Lucky and the Cousins Caper”), which ends with Butch Lepray finding a clue where to find Lucky.
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** Subverted with the episode "Lucky and the Price of Freedom", in which Lucky decides to join a race and has to dress in drag in order to enter, and Cora remarks how when she was a young girl Lucky's age (probably in the 1830s) girls weren't even allowed to ride horses.
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* AnachronismStew: The setting, like that of the movie, seems to be the late-1800s, yet the [=PALs=]' wardrobe look very 21st century.

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* AnachronismStew: The setting, like that of the movie, seems to be the late-1800s, late-19th century (1910s at the absolute latest), yet the [=PALs=]' wardrobe look very 21st century.
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* AnachronismStew: The setting, like that of the movie, seems to be the mid-1800s, yet the [=PALs=]' wardrobe look very 21st century.
** In the music video, the [=PALs=] imitate singing into microphones, which haven't entered common household use at this time.

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* AnachronismStew: The setting, like that of the movie, seems to be the mid-1800s, late-1800s, yet the [=PALs=]' wardrobe look very 21st century.
** In the music video, the [=PALs=] imitate singing into microphones, which haven't entered common household use even been invented at this time.time (regular microphones weren't invented until 1927).
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* TheFaceless: Abigail and Snips’ parents! They are seen in silhouette form during the web short telling the story how [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R_f0fOqBIQ Abigail first met Boomerang]]. By the Christmas special, “The Christmas Spirit,” Abigail and Snips’ mother is seen by the lower half of her body and her face remains hidden.

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* TheFaceless: Abigail and Snips’ parents! parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stone! They are seen in silhouette form during the web short telling the story how [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R_f0fOqBIQ Abigail first met Boomerang]]. By In the Christmas special, “The Christmas Spirit,” Abigail and Snips’ mother is seen by the lower half of her body and her face remains hidden.hidden. This becomes subverted when Mr. and Mrs. Stone show up in the “Riding Academy” episode, “The Palomino Family Affaire.”
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* FiveSecondForshadowing: In “Lucky and the Wayward Wedding,” Jim returns home to see what’s holding Lucky up. As Jim approach’s his house, Spirit frantically gallops around it worried and upset. Spirit also tries preventing Jim from entering the house as if trying to warn him about something. Viewers might guess what is going to happen after watching the previous episode (“Lucky and the Cousins Caper”), which ends with Butch Lepray finding a clue where to find Lucky.
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* CoolHorse: Spirit no less!


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* SuddenDownerEnding: In “Lucky and the Wayward Wedding,” The Pals experience a series of misfortunes—especially Lucky. Things seem to be getting better when Jim and Kate’s wedding is about to begin. While Lucky doesn’t show up at the wedding on time, Jim returns home to see what’s holding her up. Jim enters the house finding himself and Lucky captured by Butch LePray.
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** “Lucky and the Train Tycoon” has Lucky’s grandfather, James Prescott Senior come to visit Miradeo. James is concerned for Lucky’s tomboy nature when he hears about her courageous actions on the frontier. He feels Lucky has become a wild spirit while expecting her to be a proper lady. As James criticizes Jim and Cora for how they raised Lucky, he reminds Cora that her sole responsibility was ensure Lucky’s proper upbringing and concludes she has failed. Realizing her father is right, Cora makes up her mind to move out. The episode ends with Lucky and her father, Jim sadly watching Cora leave.

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** “Lucky and the Train Tycoon” has Lucky’s grandfather, James Prescott Senior Sr. come to visit Miradeo. James is concerned for Lucky’s tomboy nature when he hears about her courageous actions on the frontier. He feels Lucky has become a wild spirit while expecting her to be a proper lady. As James criticizes Jim and Cora for how they raised Lucky, he reminds Cora that her sole responsibility was ensure Lucky’s proper upbringing and concludes she has failed. Realizing her father is right, Cora makes up her mind to move out. The episode ends with Lucky and her father, Jim sadly watching Cora leave.
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Grayson himself experiences this as appropriate retribution, because he keeps threatening to have the [=PALs=] arrested for trespassing on his property. When he comes to intimidate Lucky at her home, Jim insists Grayson has to leave or get arrested for ''trespassing on their property''.

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Grayson **Grayson himself experiences this as appropriate retribution, because he keeps threatening to have the [=PALs=] arrested for trespassing on his property. When he comes to intimidate Lucky at her home, Jim insists Grayson has to leave or get arrested for ''trespassing on their property''.
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* CuttingTheKnot: When locked into a horse stall, Lucky starts giving Spirit complex instructions on how to pass her the key from outside. Spirit simply slides the key under the gap of the door.
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* SecondaryCharacterTitle: Lucky Prescott is the main protagonist, but the series is titled after Spirit, the wild stallion Lucky befriends. This is mainly justified by the fact that the series was inspired by the original Dreamworks animated film, “Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron.”
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* LiteralMinded: In “Lucky and the Train Tycoon,” Lucky receives a telegram from her grandfather, who is coming to visit her. Lucky runs home to inform her family. When her father, Jim asks “So where’s the fire?” Lucky responds “there is no fire.”
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* TheFaceless: Abigail and Snips’ parents! They are seen in silhouette form during the web short telling the story how Abigail first met Boomerang. By the Christmas special, “The Christmas Spirit,” Abigail and Snips’ mother is seen by the lower half of her body and her face remains hidden.

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* TheFaceless: Abigail and Snips’ parents! They are seen in silhouette form during the web short telling the story how [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R_f0fOqBIQ Abigail first met Boomerang.Boomerang]]. By the Christmas special, “The Christmas Spirit,” Abigail and Snips’ mother is seen by the lower half of her body and her face remains hidden.

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* AlliterativeName: Polly Prescott.



* EvilRedhead: Butch LePray

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* EvilRedhead: Butch LePray [=LePray=].


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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Mary-Pat as the responsible sibling to her foolish sister Bianca.
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** Spirit has his share of fear when Lucky’s in peril, such as when she captured by Butch Lepray and falls into a frozen lake.

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** Spirit has his share of fear when Lucky’s in peril, such as when she captured by Butch Lepray [=LePray=] and falls into a frozen lake.



** Inverted with Butch Lepray’s blue shirt.

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** Inverted with Butch Lepray’s [=LePray=]’s blue shirt.



*** “Lucky and the Wayward Wedding”: Just when Jim is about to marry Miss Flores, he and Lucky are suddenly captured by Butch LePray.

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*** “Lucky and the Wayward Wedding”: Just when Jim is about to marry Miss Flores, he and Lucky are suddenly captured by Butch LePray.[=LePray=].



-->''Grayson''': I don’t want to sell him... ''(To Lucky)'' ...especially not to you.

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-->''Grayson''': -->'''Grayson''': I don’t want to sell him... ''(To Lucky)'' ...especially not to you.



* LeanAndMean: Harlan Grayson and Butch Lepray both have slender figures and fit this trope quite well.
** Grayson is no outlaw, not to mention how he strives to capture Butch Lepray (a true outlaw). Even though he helps Lucky save her father from Lepray, he remains mean as can be.

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* LeanAndMean: Harlan Grayson and Butch Lepray [=LePray=] both have slender figures and fit this trope quite well.
** Grayson is no outlaw, not to mention how he strives to capture Butch Lepray [=LePray=] (a true outlaw). Even though he helps Lucky save her father from Lepray, [=LePray=], he remains mean as can be.

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* BittersweetEnding: “Lucky and the Big Goodbye” has the [=PALs=] leave the circus and return home to Miradeo. Lucky reunites with her father. Then she embraces Miss Flores breaking down into crying before walking into the house with them.

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* BittersweetEnding: BittersweetEnding:
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“Lucky and the Big Goodbye” has the [=PALs=] leave the circus and return home to Miradeo. Lucky reunites with her father. Then she embraces Miss Flores breaking down into crying before walking into the house with them.them.
** In "Lucky and the Doomed Delivery", the [=PALs=] find that the orphanage where Kate grew up was abandoned, so the wedding invitation never made it to the nuns who raised her. But nonetheless, Kate is touched that Lucky tried to do something so meaningful for her, and the envelope Lucky found not only contained a necklace that belonged to Kate's mother but also a photo of her parents and her as a baby.
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* ShowdownAtHighNoon: Lucky challenges Snips to one when trying to get his haircut in “Lucky and the Escape Artist.”
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** Each season finale that ends on a cliffhanger:
*** “Lucky and the Price Of Freedom”: Grayson captures Spirit and sells him to the auction house. Then Spirit is sent away on the train. Lucky tries to save him, but can’t keep up with the train.
*** “Lucky and her New Family Part 2”: Lucky is upset that her father didn’t show up to watch her perform in the circus. Then she is shocked when she overhears that Jim purposed to Miss Flores. Unwilling to accept Miss Flores as her new stepmother, Lucky runs away from home.
*** “Lucky and the Wayward Wedding”: Just when Jim is about to marry Miss Flores, he and Lucky are suddenly captured by Butch LePray.
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** The dynamite shack in “Lucky and the Warm Welcome.”


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* DownerEnding:
** “Lucky and the Train Tycoon” has Lucky’s grandfather, James Prescott Senior come to visit Miradeo. James is concerned for Lucky’s tomboy nature when he hears about her courageous actions on the frontier. He feels Lucky has become a wild spirit while expecting her to be a proper lady. As James criticizes Jim and Cora for how they raised Lucky, he reminds Cora that her sole responsibility was ensure Lucky’s proper upbringing and concludes she has failed. Realizing her father is right, Cora makes up her mind to move out. The episode ends with Lucky and her father, Jim sadly watching Cora leave.
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** '''Abigail:''' What's down there? Spiders? Bats? Creepy spider bats?
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*** The BUDS: Beatrice, Ursula, and Daphne respectively.
*** There are also some of the young boys including Julian (blonde), Javier (brunette), Truro (brunette), and Snips (redhead).


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* EvilRedhead: Butch LePray

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** Various episodes show horses eating or being fed things that horses should not be eating, like popcorn tied on string or marshmallows. Even apples, which are popular horse treats, are shown being given to the horses to eat whole. This is generally frowned upon.

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** Various episodes show horses eating or being fed things that horses should not be eating, like popcorn tied on string or marshmallows. Even apples, which are popular horse treats, are shown being given to the horses to eat whole. This is generally frowned upon. To make matters worse, Mystery is shown eating holly in "The Spirit of Christmas". Horses shouldn't be fed holly, as it is moderately toxic to them and can lead to health problems.
** Horses don't jump on their hind legs, as shown by Spirit and, later, Xerxes in "Lucky and the Ray of Sunshine".

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* SomewhereAnEquestrianIsCrying: To all 12-year-old girls out there, you ''can't'' just immediately be able to ride a wild stallion bareback and with no training, no matter how nice you are to it. Sure, Lucky starts having trouble riding Spirit in the second episode, but in the pilot, she might as well have been riding since she [[MarySue exited the womb]].

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* SomewhereAnEquestrianIsCrying: SomewhereAnEquestrianIsCrying:
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To all 12-year-old girls out there, you ''can't'' just immediately be able to ride a wild stallion bareback and with no training, no matter how nice you are to it. Sure, Lucky starts having trouble riding Spirit in the second episode, but in the pilot, she might as well have been riding since she [[MarySue exited the womb]].womb]].
** Various episodes show horses eating or being fed things that horses should not be eating, like popcorn tied on string or marshmallows. Even apples, which are popular horse treats, are shown being given to the horses to eat whole. This is generally frowned upon.
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* SomewhereAnEquestrianIsCrying: To all 12-year-old girls out there, you ''can't'' just immediately be able to ride a wild stallion bareback and with no training, no matter how nice you are to it. Sure, Lucky starts having trouble riding Spirit in the second episode, but in the pilot, she might as well have been riding since she exited the womb.

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* SomewhereAnEquestrianIsCrying: To all 12-year-old girls out there, you ''can't'' just immediately be able to ride a wild stallion bareback and with no training, no matter how nice you are to it. Sure, Lucky starts having trouble riding Spirit in the second episode, but in the pilot, she might as well have been riding since she [[MarySue exited the womb.womb]].

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