| rdfs:comment | - AKA My Little Pony on acid; they not only cause nightmares, they sometimes are night mares. Want to emphasize how Badass a hero or villain is? Simple, given them a truly monstrous looking horse! Standard fare include wings, Red Eyes, Take Warning, horns, fangs, and split hooves (sometimes claws). Horses that are nothing but skeletons are also popular choices for The Undead to ride, and sometimes the horse can appear either to be on fire or leave burning hoofprints. Usually either truly untameable or ridden by villainous characters, but sometimes subverted into being tamed by The Hero. As these days horses are kept mostly for recreation and are often seen as something of oversized pets for little girls, the idea of scary and dangerous horses might seem a bit silly, as they lack any claws or
- The Hellish Horse, also known as the HellHorse, is an enemy from Final Fantasy III, fought in the Cave of Shadows. It is one of the few enemies in the cave that does not divide when attacked and is one of the weaker enemies of the cave due to this. It is still, however, moderately powerful like all other enemies in the cave, so take care to not let a player's HP drop below 900. They tend to travel in groups with Haniels and Valefors, so have any non-Dark Knight or Ancient Sword wielder attack them instead.
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| abstract | - AKA My Little Pony on acid; they not only cause nightmares, they sometimes are night mares. Want to emphasize how Badass a hero or villain is? Simple, given them a truly monstrous looking horse! Standard fare include wings, Red Eyes, Take Warning, horns, fangs, and split hooves (sometimes claws). Horses that are nothing but skeletons are also popular choices for The Undead to ride, and sometimes the horse can appear either to be on fire or leave burning hoofprints. Usually either truly untameable or ridden by villainous characters, but sometimes subverted into being tamed by The Hero. As these days horses are kept mostly for recreation and are often seen as something of oversized pets for little girls, the idea of scary and dangerous horses might seem a bit silly, as they lack any claws or fangs. But make no mistake, an angry or panicked horse can be truly frightening and easily kill a man with its hooves. Often goes hand in hand with Horsemen of the Apocalypse, as well as The Wild Hunt. A subtrope of Cool Horse. No relation at all to Hellish Copter. See also Hell Hound. Examples :
- The Hellish Horse, also known as the HellHorse, is an enemy from Final Fantasy III, fought in the Cave of Shadows. It is one of the few enemies in the cave that does not divide when attacked and is one of the weaker enemies of the cave due to this. It is still, however, moderately powerful like all other enemies in the cave, so take care to not let a player's HP drop below 900. They tend to travel in groups with Haniels and Valefors, so have any non-Dark Knight or Ancient Sword wielder attack them instead. In the DS remake, the Hellish Horse is much weaker and can be defeated relatively easily.
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