This might seem a little obvious but it just occurred to me the other day. Bojack is a horse, horses used to be animals that were used all the time. But as time went on people used them less and less with the rise of automobiles. Eventually horses fell out of popular use. I could see this maybe being an analogy for Bojack, his rise to fame and then his fall into insignificance. What do you guys think, was it intentional?
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I didn’t have the heart to tell him. So I just said yes
How is this not higher?
that ties in ti the old horse town bit at the end of the series
i can’t believe they didn’t make a horses ass joke though
His second name would be a bit strange if he was any other animal
Not particularly. I just think it works well with a lot of wordplay, which the series often uses.
No, you obviously missed the deeper hidden subtext we intellectuals masturbate to because porn has become so gauche.
Hold your horses. This guy is onto something
Whoaaaaanelly
That’s too much, man!
I think Bojack could’ve been any animal and they’d have thought of some wordplay for him. Like PC and her Jellicles hold music is gold… but I do think that horse is a good animal for him to be. I won’t elaborate, we all know, mostly.
So a horse walks into a bar…
This might seem a little obvious but it just occurred to me the other day. Bojack is a horse
Doggy doggy what now?
I think it’s the long face
Doubtful. The creator, Bob-Waksburg, based it on a horseman that Hanawalt drew in college. It wasn’t really deeper than he thought there was something unique to the design he could use for the show. Iirc.
this probably isn’t it but there was a sitcom with a talking horse called “Mr. Ed” back in the 60s, at least one of the writers knows about it cuz they reference the shows theme song in one episode, but it’s likely incidental. it would be funny if they wanted to explore what the talking horse’s life was like after being a widely famous tv celebrity, obviously unlikely but would be funny.
The symbolism is horse man funny, haha
Lets turn it into the most depressing cartoon ever(not most depressive actually, but you get the point)It’s because he has a long face. Because he’s a horse. Get it? Do you get it?
Nah, he played the horse. Horse means heroin
I think they just did it for the puns
I think there are certain traits that the main anthropomorphic characters took from their animal. Bojack’s appetites, Mr. Peanutbutter’s blithe optimism, PC’s tenacity and ability to land on her feet, etc. I don’t think the symbolism is hidden so much as it makes for a convenient storytelling tool.
“Horse” sounds like “whores”. And considering Butterscotch was just some dreamy bum who knocked up a rich girl, and considering BoJack’s promiscuity and his indifference toward anyone else, hm.