| “ | Mom, Dad, can I get a horse so I can train it and enter it into a horse show and live out a fairy tale of my very own? | ” |
"The Majestic Horse" is the ninth episode of the first season of The Replacements.
Synopsis[]
Riley begs her parents for a horse. When Dick buys her a mule named Prince Cinnamon Boots, she replaces the mule with Thunderbolt, the horse from her favorite movie.
Plot[]
Riley's favorite movie is The Majestic Horse, which stars a famous horse named Thunderbolt. After Riley watches it again, she starts begging her parents for a horse like Thunderbolt. She explains the benefits of owning a horse, but her parents refuse to budge. Dick finally caves in after Riley litters the floor with sugar cubes.
On his way to a horse ranch, Dick Daring encounters Sloan Stone, who is selling mules from his van. The con man showcases a mangy mule named Prince Cinnamon Boots, who dances when his tail is wound up like a toy. Dick spends $2,000 on the mule, not knowing the mule was worth only $100.
Riley riding Prince Cinnamon Boots.
When Dick unveils Prince Cinnamon Boots to his daughter, she sees the mule munching on C.A.R.’s seats. Dick takes a liking to the mule, but Riley is disappointed. She was expecting a beautiful horse like Thunderbolt. On top of that, Dick had signed Riley up for the upcoming horse show. Riley tries desperately to train P.C.B. for the horse show, but the mule refuses to cooperate.
Riley calls Fleemco to replace P.C.B. with a horse. She is willing to do anything to get rid of P.C.B., even sending him to the glue factory. Fleemco replaces P.C.B. with Thunderbolt himself. Riley must deal with the horse’s agent, as Thunderbolt is a professional animal actor. Thunderbolt has a very packed schedule, so the agent squeezes Riley in for fifteen minutes in November, giving the horse no time to prepare for the show. Meanwhile, Dick can’t tell Thunderbolt from P.C.B. Mr. Daring cranks Thunderbolt’s tail, causing the horse to kick him into the garage, much to C.A.R.'s amusement.
At the horse show, the agent informs Riley that Thunderbolt will not perform his signature tricks from The Majestic Horse. He also warns Riley not to upstage the horse. Riley and Thunderbolt pose for the paparazzi, but the horse blocks Riley with his head. When the photographers try to get a close-up picture of Riley, the horse gets offended and bucks Riley into the mud. Riley is about to call it quits, when suddenly, Prince Cinnamon Boots comes out of nowhere and reunites with Riley. The mule had escaped from a sugar cube factory to find his master. P.C.B. was loyal to Riley all along.
The horse show’s final stage is a jump similar to the one in The Majestic Horse. Riley and P.C.B. fail the jump and lose the horse show, but Riley accepts her mule as a new member of the family.
Trivia[]
- During the scene where Riley attempts to train Prince Cinnamon Boots, Riley changes into her equestrian outfit between shots.
- This is the first time Riley gets covered in mud.
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