This is a list of equines as fictional subjects, including horses, ponies, donkeys, mules, and zebras. This list excludes fantasy creatures such as centaurs, unicorns, and pegasus, and horses in mythology and folklore.
Literature
- Acorn, Davy's horse in the Chaos Walking series by Patrick Ness
- Arroch, Sindarin for 'noble horse', ridden into battle by Húrin in The Children of Húrin by J.R.R Tolkien
- Artax, Atreyu's horse in Michael Ende's The Neverending Story
- Asfaloth, Glorfindel's horse in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien
- Athansor, ridden by Peter Lake in Mark Helprin's A Winter's Tale
- Binky, ridden by Death in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels
- Black Beauty, from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
- Black Boy (known in later editions as "Best Boy") and Rapide, Jill Crewe's ponies from the series by Ruby Ferguson
- Black Gold, from Black Gold by Marguerite Henry
- The Black (Stallion), from a series of twenty-one books by Walter Farley beginning with The Black Stallion (1941)
- Blaze, from a series of children's books by Clarence William Anderson, beginning with Billy and Blaze (1936)
- Blessing, Celeste's first horse in The Secret Horse by Gina Bertaina
- Boxer, Mollie, and Clover, from Animal Farm by George Orwell
- Bree Hee Hinny Brinny Hoohy Hah ("Bree"), from The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis
- Bucephalus of Alexander the Great in Katherine Roberts' novel I Am the Great Horse
- Cloud, the pony owned by Veralidaine Sarrasri, and other ponies, in The Immortals quartet by Tamora Pierce
- 'Companions', human spirits reincarnated in the form of white horses in Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series
- Condor, the mount of Green Rider Karigan G'ladheon in Kristen Britain's Green Rider series
- Destrier, horse of Prince Caspian.
- Dilu, the mount of Chinese warlord Liu Bei in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, attributed to Luo Guanzhong
- Flame, from The Black Stallion series
- Flicka, from My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara
- Florian, from Felix Salten's novel '
- Fru-Fru, from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
- Fury, from the 1936 original story by Norman Krasna, adapted into a movie the same year
- Gabilan, from John Steinbeck's novel The Red Pony
- Gallant, Adolin Kholin's horse from Brandon Sanderson's series The Stormlight Archive
- Ginger, from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
- Glue-Boy, Cuthbert Allgood's horse from the Dark Tower series by Stephen King
- Goblin, from Johnny Tremaine by Esther Forbes
- The "great horses" owned by Angus Morton in The Chrysalids, the result of an officially sanctioned breeding program; technically, mutants
- Gunpowder, Ichabod Crane's horse from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
- Hatatitla, Old Shatterhand's horse in Karl May's Winnetou
- Hell Bitch, from Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
- The Houyhnhnms, a race of intelligent and cultured horses in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
- Hwin, from The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis
- Jim, cab-horse from Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by L. Frank Baum
- Joey, from War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
- Kholstomer, from the story of the same name by Leo Tolstoy
- Lukas, in the Emil i Lönneberga series by Astrid Lindgren
- Merrylegs, from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
- Miramis, with golden mane and hooves, from Astrid Lindgren's book Mio, My Son
- Misty of Chincoteague, a real pony made famous by Marguerite Henry's children's book of the same name
- Mortis, Death's steed and companion in the Incarnations of Immortality series by Piers Anthony who first appears in the book On A Pale Horse. Can transform into other modes of transportation, including a limousine.
- Nana, the racehorse named for the eponymous heroine of Zola's novel Nana, and fictional winner of the Grand Prix de Paris
- Napoleon, from The Black Stallion
- Peachblossom, the horse owned by Keladry in the Protector of the Small quartet by Tamora Pierce
- Persephone from House of Night by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast
- The Phantom, Misty's dam, Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
- The Pie, from National Velvet by Enid Bagnold
- Pilgrim from The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans and the film based on it
- The Ranyhyn, prescient and hyper-intelligent great horses in Steven Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Red Hare, the mount of Lü Bu and Guan Yu in the Chinese epic Romance of the Three Kingdoms
- Rih, Kara Ben Nemsi's horse in Karl May's tales of the Orient
- Roach, the name that Geralt of Rivia, from The Witcher series by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski, gives to all his horses
- Rochallor, Fingolfin's horse in The Silmarillion by J.R.R Tolkien and edited by Christopher Tolkien.
- Rocinante, from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes; also the name of fictional horses in several other books and movies
- Roheryn, Aragorn's horse in The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Secret, from Gina Bertaina's The Secret Horse
- Shadowfax, the horse ridden by Gandalf the White in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
- Sham from King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
- Silver Blaze, from the Sherlock Holmes story The Adventure of Silver Blaze by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Sir Chess, the Knight Destrier, in Linda Medley's Castle Waiting
- Smiler, Theon Greyjoy's warhorse from A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin
- Smoky, from Smoky the Cow Horse, written and illustrated by Will James
- Snowmane, the horse of King Théoden which falls on and mortally wounds him during battle in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien
- Stardust, from Ashleigh's Hope by Joanna Campbell
- Stayer and Stepper, Perrin's horses in The Wheel of Time series
- Stormy, from Stormy, Misty's Foal by Marguerite Henry
- Stranger, Sandor Clegane's warhorse from A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin
- Talat, Aerin's horse in The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
- Thowra, a creamy-silver stallion, the main character in Silver Brumby, by Elyne Mitchell
- Thunderhead, son of Flicka in the book by Mary O'Hara
- Trotsky, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's horse in the books by Betty MacDonald
- Tsornin (Sungold), Harry Crewe's horse in The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
- Tug, Will's trained small horse/pony in the Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan
- Whinney from the Earth's Children series by Jean M. Auel, first appearing in the book The Valley of Horses. Later books in the series also feature Whinney's offspring, Racer and Grey
- Whirlwind from Shadow Horse by Alison Hart
- Windfola, who carries both ÃÂowyn and Merry Brandybuck in the charge of the Rohirrim on the Pelennor Fields in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien
- Wings, sire of Stormy, in Stormy, Misty's Foal by Marguerite Henry
Film
- Aldebaran, Antares, Rigel, and Altair from Ben-Hur (one of four from the chariot race)
- Arizona Pie, Sarah Brown's horse from International Velvet
- April Love, from April Love (1957)
- Artax, Atreyu's horse from The NeverEnding Story
- Bad Horse, from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
- Beau, from True Grit with John Wayne
- Beric, Lancelot's horse, from Knights of the Round Table with Robert Taylor
- Big John, from For Richer or Poorer
- The Black Stallion, from The Black Stallion and The Black Stallion Returns, based on Walter Farley's books; played by the Arabian stallion Cass Ole
- The Young Black Stallion from The Young Black Stallion film based on Walter Farley's book.
- Blue Boy, race horse from Laurel and Hardy's 1929 comedy short, Wrong Again
- Broadway Bill, from the 1934 film Broadway Bill, and its 1950 remake, Riding High, starring Bing Crosby
- Bucephalus, from The Adventures of Baron Munchausen and Alexander
- Butch, a stallion residing on the Durango Ranch in Dr. Dolittle 3
- Casey's Shadow, from Casey's Shadow
- Checkers, from Moondance Alexander
- Cisco, John Dunbar's buckskin gelding from Dances with Wolves
- Cochise, the Appaloosa stallion ridden by John Wayne in the movie El Dorado
- Conquistador, the General's horse stolen and rescued by Pablito from The Littlest Outlaw
- Copper, one of the horses ridden by Eddie Dean in his films
- Denny, the buckskin gelding of The Man From Snowy River and its sequel, The Man from Snowy River II)
- Diablo, the black and white pinto from the Cisco Kid movies
- Dollar, the horse of John Wayne's character (John Bernard "J.B." Books) in The Shootist, 1976
- Don, talking horse from Hot to Trot
- Dover, race horse from My Fair Lady
- Feldspur, Fiyero's horse in Wicked
- Flash, from Flash
- Flicka, from Flicka, based on the book My Friend Flicka
- Ginger, from Black Beauty
- Goliath, from Ladyhawke
- Gulliver, from The Horse Whisperer book and film of the same name
- Gunpowder, Constable Ichabod Crane's horse in the film The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- Gypsy, Meggie MacWade's horse, which undertakes a journey to be reunited with her in Gypsy Colt
- Hidalgo, paint stallion from the movie of the same name (disputed)
- The Horse of a Different Color, from The Wizard of Oz
- Joey, from the movie War Horse
- Little Blackie, from the John Wayne film True Grit
- Lucky Number Slevin, from the movie of the same name
- Khartoum, the ill-fated horse from The Godfather
- Mane Attraction, anthropomorphic Andalusian from the animated film GOAT
- Maximus, horse featured in the animated film Tangled
- Napoleon, Snoe's gray cart horse and The Black's stable mate in the film The Black Stallion
- Nurah and Thebes, the horses of Pharaoh Ramses from Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 The Ten Commandments
- Pepper, from Two Bits & Pepper (1995)
- Phillip, Edmund's horse from '
- Pie, Velvet Brown's horse from National Velvet
- Pilgrim, troubled, injured horse from The Horse Whisperer film and book
- Sonny, Joe's horse in My Outlaw Brother
- Spirit, buckskin stallion from '
- Sprout, from The Parent Trap
- Sylvester, from Sylvester (1985)
- Taff/Bo, the main horse character in Disney's Ride a Wild Pony
- TÃÂr na nÃÂg from Into the West
- Tolo, gelding from The Long Shot
- Two Bits, from Two Bits & Pepper (1995)
Television
- AlÃÂpio, from puppet series Cocoricó
- Amigo, Cordell Walker's horse in the TV series Walker, Texas Ranger
- Argo, from '
- Bandit, buckskin from Caitlin's Way
- Belle, Anne Shirley's mare in Anne with an E
- Birdie, a horse residing in Green Gables in Anne with an E
- The Black Stallion in Adventures of the Black Stallion
- Blue Jeans, Miley Stewart's horse in Hannah Montana
- Buck, the buckskin horse of Ben Cartwright on the TV series Bonanza
- Buck, the buckskin horse ridden by Trampas in the TV series The Virginian
- Champion the Wonder Horse, Gene Autry's horse and the eponymous hero of a 1950s television series
- Chestnut, from the TV series 2 Broke Girls
- Chico, also his real name, Queen of Swords horse
- Chub, Chubb, or Chubby, the horse of Hoss Cartwright on the Bonanza television series
- Cochise, Little Joe's horse on the Bonanza television series
- Cocoa, Nick Barkley's horse on The Big Valley TV series; retired at the end of the episode "Hunter's Moon" in the fourth season
- Domino, the pinto ridden by Bill Longley, played by Rory Calhoun in The Texan TV series
- Fury, the eponymous black stallion of the 1950s TV series
- Goldenmane, Fantaghirò
- Grace's Secret, Tommy's racehorse in Series 2 of Peaky Blinders
- Hercules, Steptoe and Sons horse
- Joe D., the horse ridden by the Virginian in the TV series The Virginian
- Katy, the paint mare belonging to The Kid from The Young Riders
- Li'l Sebastian, the little horse beloved by Pawnee, Indiana in the sitcom Parks and Recreation
- Lightning, Elsa Dutton's horse in 1883
- Mister Ed, eponymous horse of the CBS series, 1961âÂÂ1966.
- Meindert het Paard, a horse who is a character in the Dutch TV children's puppet series De Fabeltjeskrant.
- Pie-O-My, Ralph Cifaretto's horse from Episodes 44 and 48 of Season 4 of The Sopranos
- Phantom, Zorro's white horse in the Disney series Zorro
- Pokey, the pony from The Gumby Show
- Polka-Dotted Horse, Ludicrous Lion's horse from H.R. Pufnstuf
- Ringo, black horse with a white star ridden by Josh Randall in all but the first few episodes of the TV series Wanted Dead or Alive
- Saddle Club horses from The Saddle Club
- Scar, Vint BonnerâÂÂs horse on The Restless Gun
- Scout, Tonto's pinto horse
- Silver, the Lone Ranger's horse
- Sophie, Colonel Potter's horse on M*A*S*H
- Spartan, Amy Fleming's horse from Heartland
- Sport, the chestnut gelding of Adam Cartwright on the television series Bonanza
- Superstar, the real name of the black horse who played James West's horse in the TV series The Wild Wild West
- Tornado, also occasionally "Toronado", Zorro's black horse
- Wildfire, from ABC Family's Wildfire
Animation
- Achilles, horse of Captain Phoebus in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Altivo, Cortez's warhorse from DreamWorks' The Road to El Dorado
- Amadeus, Tina's Stallion in Bibi and Tina
- Angus, horse of Merida in Disney's Brave
- BoJack Horseman, the titular alcoholic celebrity horse in BoJack Horseman
- Brian Winddancer, Former actor and current Mayor of Zootopia in Zootopia 2
- Bucephalus, demon-horse of Alexander the Great from Reign: The Conqueror
- Buck, the sheriff's horse from Home on the Range
- Bullseye, Woody's horse in Toy Story franchise
- Captain, the authoritative farm horse in Disney's 101 Dalmatians
- Chet, from The Littlest Pet Shop
- Cyril Proudbottom, Toad's helpful but clumsy horse friend in Disney's The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
- De Royal, Double Eight, Chestnut, Mikagehomare, Miyako, and Rosanna from Silver Spoon
- Deablo the Horse, from Johnny Bravo.
- Donny the White Horse, Bubbles' friend in the reboot of The Powerpuff Girls.
- Frou-Frou, from The Aristocats
- Fun Saiki, from Mobile Fighter G Gundam
- Gallopin' Gals
- Horace Horsecollar from the Walt Disney cartoons
- Horse, Dudley Do-Right's horse in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
- Horse, from Centaurworld
- Ico, from Ico, el Caballito valiente
- James Baxter, from Adventure Time
- Khan, the Fa family's horse from Disney's Mulan
- Kokuoh, Raoh's horse from Fist of the North Star
- Lightning, from '
- Majesty, from Barbie & Her Sisters in A Pony Tale
- Major, from Cinderella.
- Maximus, the horse who pursued Flynn Rider in Disney's Tangled
- Mr. Horse from Ren and Stimpy
- '
- , an earth pony who runs Sweet Apple Acres.
- Apple Bloom, Applejack's sister who has a talent for being repairing.
- Pinkie Pie, an earth pony who throws parties.
- Noble Heart Horse, a Care Bears Cousin from the television series and films
- Opal, in Ribon no Kishi
- Phar Fignewton, Pinky's girlfriend on Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain
- Phillipe, Belle and her father's horse from Disney's Beauty and the Beast
- Pony Puff Princess, Dee Dee's idol in Dexter's Laboratory
- Ponycorn, from Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden
- Ponygon and his parents, Kardio from Zatch Bell!
- Princess, Lisa's horse in The Simpsons
- Quick Draw McGraw, of Hanna-Barbera's cartoon series
- Rain, the paint mare from '
- Sabrina, Bibi's mare in Bibi and Tina
- Sabure, in Tari Tari
- Samson, Prince Phillip's horse from Disney's Sleeping Beauty
- Spirit from She-Ra
- Spirit, the stallion from '
- Starlight and Skydancer, from Rainbow Brite
- Tempest, Princess Sissi's horse from the show of the same name
- Thirty/Thirty, the Equistroid Deputy of Marshal BraveStarr
- Thowra, the Silver Brumby in The Silver Brumby cartoon series
- Tybalt, the talking horse in '
- Yato, from Legend of Basara
Comics
- Alsan, from Red River
- Arabesque, Blutch's horse in Les Tuniques Bleues, whom he has trained to fall down during battle so he can act as if he is wounded and thus survive the battles.
- Aragorn, the name of several winged horses in Marvel Comics
- Banshee, the horse of Phantom Rider from Marvel Comics
- Basashi, from K -Memory of Red- and K -Days of Blue-
- Billy Boy, in Bamse by Rune Andréasson
- Blue Horse and Brown Horse, two programmers from the web comic horse++
- Butter Rum, Firestar's horse that dies in a stable fire secretly set by Emma Frost.
- Comet, Supergirl's pet horse
- Ember, Calico's horse in Marvel Comics
- Godasse, horse of the French soldier Godaille in the comics series Godaille et Godasse by Jacques Sandron.
- Het Gouden Paard, a horse whose skin is gold. Appears in the Suske en Wiske story Het Gouden Paard.
- Hero, the fastest horse in the world; owned by The Phantom.
- Hirnu the pony, the protagonist of Hirnu, a Finnish comic strip by Joonas.
- Hortense, Scrooge McDuck's horse in The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck by Don Rosa
- Jolly Jumper, Lucky Luke's horse and friend in Lucky Luke.
- Kipper, the pony of Penelope in Penelope by Norman Thelwell.
- Little Thunder, the personal pony of Yakari
- Lucy, pet horse and special friend to Danae in Wiley Miller's Non Sequitur
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- Nightmare, from Casper the Friendly Ghost.
- Rik Drie ("Rik Three"). A horse of Nero in the story "Het Geheim van Bakkendoen" ("The Secret of Bakkendoen"). It turns invisible due to a serum. Nero named him "Rik Three", because "he is even greater than Rik One and Rik Two". Cyclist champions Rik Van Steenbergen and Rik Van Looy were popularly nicknamed "Rik One" and "Rik Two", because they were active around the same time.
- Isuzu Sohma, also known as Rin, who is cursed to take the form of a horse, from Fruits Basket.
- Het Rijmende Paard ("The Rhyming Horse"). He is the horse of Saint Martin of Tours on Antoon van Dyck's famous painting. In the Suske en Wiske album "Het Rijmende Paard", he is brought alive and escapes, causing the protagonists to start a search for him.
- Ruby, the horse of cowboy Jerry Spring.
- Slow Dancer, fictional Appaloosa of Johnny Joestar from Steel Ball Run
- Steve, the carthorse in Roland Davies' comic strip Come On, Steve.
- Spark Plug. He is the horse of Barney Google.
- Thunder. He is the horse of Red Ryder.
- Troy. The family's horse in The Timbertoes.
Song
- Becky, the mule from Carl Perkins' Movie Magg.
- Bottle of Smoke, the eponymous horse in the song by The Pogues
- Chestnut Mare, the eponymous horse in the song by The Byrds
- Feitlebaum, the racehorse who always comes up from behind to finish first in songs by Doodles Weaver, performed with Spike Jones and his City Slickers
- Galway Bay, the 'coal-black mare with a white starred chest' in the song "The Galway Farmer" by Steve Knightly of Show of Hands
- Henry the Horse, the waltzing horse from The Beatles' "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!"; based on a real horse called Zanthus, from Pablo Fanque's Circus Royal
- The Horse With No Name, the horse in the eponymous song by America
- Leroy, the cowboy's horse in "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)" by Big & Rich
- Lisette, crazed horse in the song "Run Lisette" by Glass Hammer
- Mac, from Mason Proffit's "Two Hangmen"
- Mighty Little from Frank Zappa's "Montana"
- Molly O'Brian and Tenbrooks, who raced in the song "The Ballad of Molly and Tenbrooks" written by Bill Monroe
- The Old Gray Mare, the horse in the eponymous song
- Paul Revere, the horse from the song of the same name, Paul Revere, by the Beastie Boys
- Een paard in de gang, a horse which somehow ended up in neighbour Jansen's hallway. From the eponymous song by comedian André van Duin.
- Pinto the wonder horse from the song by Tom T. Hall.
- Seven Horses in the Sky, seven horses who appeared in the sky, according to the 1969 eponymous hit song by The Pebbles.
- Sorrow, the name of the carnie's horse in the Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds song "The Carnie"
- Stewball, from the eponymous song by Peter, Paul and Mary
- The Strawberry Roan, an unrideable horse in the eponymous song performed by Marty Robbins, Chris LeDoux, and others
- The Tennessee Stud, the horse in the eponymous song written by Jimmy Driftwood and later covered by Doc Watson and Johnny Cash.
- Trigger, the horse who pulled the fastest milkcart in the West in Benny Hill's Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West).
- Wildfire, the horse in the eponymous song by Michael Martin Murphey
Video games
- Agro, the horse of Wander, and Phaedra, the 4th Colossus in Shadow of the Colossus
- Arvak, a skeletal horse with blue flames in ', obtained after completing the "Soul Cairn Horse Quest"
- "The Boss's Horse", an Andalusian horse who appears in ', in ' as a painting, and in ' as the temporary steed of Big Boss
- Butt Stallion in Borderlands 2, a pure diamond horse owned by Handsome Jack
- Blitzle, the Electrified Pokémon from the Pokémon series
- Callus, the horse that takes Joel and Ellie to the University of Eastern Colorado and Silver Lake in The Last of Us
- Despair, Horse of Death in Darksiders II
- D-Horse, an Andalusian horse who appears in as the steed of Venom Snake.
- Epona, the horse Link usually rides in The Legend of Zelda franchise
- Frost, a breeding stallion in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, obtained after completing the quest "Promises to Keep"
- Geryon, demon horse in Devil May Cry 3
- Glastrier, the Wild Horse Pokémon, which is ridden by Calyrex in the Pokémon series
- Hudson Horstachio, Viva Pinata
- Invincible, undead steed of Arthas, the Lich King in World of Warcraft.
- Ixion, one of Yuna's summons from Final Fantasy X
- Kage (Shadow), Nobu (Trust), and Sora (Sky), each a starter horse from Ghost of Tsushima
- Keldeo, the Colt Pokémon and the fourth member of the Swords of Justice in the Pokémon series
- Mary Lou, Hank Hoffman Jr.'s horse in Dragon Quest IV, who pulls the party's wagon; in the original NES release, she is named Primrose
- Matsukaze, from the video game series Samurai Warriors
- Mudbray, the Donkey Pokémon from the Pokémon series
- Mudsdale, the Draft Horse Pokémon which evolves from Mudbray from the Pokémon series
- Old Gary, the rotten old horse from Peasant's Quest
- Pebbles, a grey mare in ' and its '. She is acquired for free by the games' protagonist Henry of Skalitz in the first game and is considered to be his canonical mount, as he retains her in the second game.
- Phear lap, the skeletal ghost horse mini-boss from Cuphead
- Ponyta, the Fire Horse Pokémon from the Pokémon series
- Rapidash, the Fire Horse Pokémon which evolves from Ponyta from the Pokémon series
- Red Hare, from the video game series Dynasty Warriors
- Roach, Geralt of Rivia's mare in ' and '
- Ruin, horse of War in Darksiders
- Shadowmere, a black horse with red eyes in ' and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, obtained after joining the Dark Brotherhood
- Shadowmere, a black horse in Kingdom Come: Deliverance, obtained from the Pribyslavitz horse trader. It is a reference to the horse of the same name from The Elder Scrolls.
- Smith, Iolo's horse in the Ultima series, who talks and can give clues
- Spectrier, the Swift Horse Pokémon, which is ridden by Calyrex in the Pokémon series
- The Knight, a chess piece inspired mini-boss from Cuphead who takes the form of a horse
- Torrent, a spirit steed bearing a set of horns given to the protagonist by Melina in Elden Ring
- Zebstrika, the Thunderbolt Pokémon which evolves from Blitzle in the Pokémon series
Toys
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