Basic Trope: Animals that aren't horses are used as steed.
- Straight: Bob rides on a big dog instead of a horse.
- Exaggerated: Literally no one rides horses in the work.
- Downplayed:
- Bob rarely rides his big dog, and usually rides his horse.
- Bob rides a zebra; its distinct enough from horses proper but is still a horse itself.
- Justified: Dogs are the main source of transportation in Bob's world, as horses don't exist.
- Inverted: A horse rides on Bob.
- Subverted: Bob sees a big dog and is about to sit on it, but switches to a horse instead.
- Double Subverted: He then rides on the dog later.
- Parodied: Horses aren't even allowed to be ridden, and even aliens ride other animals but horses.
- Averted: Bob rides a regular horse.
- Zig Zagged: Bob alternates between walking, riding his dog, and riding his horse.
- Enforced: The creators wanted to make Bob look cooler, so he rides a dog instead of a horse.
- Lampshaded: "That Bob just loves to ride his dog instead of his horse."
- Invoked: Bob adopts a big dog and puts a saddle on it.
- Exploited: Bob uses his dog to escape the Big Bad Wolf.
- Defied:
- Bob does not ride in his dog.
- Bob's dog does not let him ride his back.
- Discussed: "I'd totally not ride a dog. Eh, Bob's pretty weird, for riding a dog and not a horse."
- Conversed: "Is riding a dog possible?"
- Implied:: Bob says he owns lots of animals and has lots saddle equipment but none of them are shown on-screen.
- Deconstructed:
- Bob rides on his dog, but the dog's back hurts real bad and he fractures his spine.
- Bob attempts to go up to a woman's dog and ride it, but the woman yells at Bob for riding one of her dogs and calls the cops on him, getting Bob arrested.
- Reconstructed:
- Bob still rides on an Ostrich instead.
- While behind bars, Bob rides one of the prisoners instead.
Back to Horse of a Different Color.
