Horses

The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is a frequent topic of conversation, bordering on obsession, on My Brother, My Brother and Me.

It sure is.

Below is a selection of notable horses and horse discussions over the years. For an attempt at a more complete list of all episodes that mention horses, see Category: Horses.

Notable Horse Mentions[]

Best Friend Horses[]

In Episode 385: Horses in the Drift, the McElroys discovered that horses are significantly more powerful when working together with other horses, especially when they're good friends.

Fugue for Brotherhorns (Ghost Horse)[]

Main Article: Fugue For Brotherhorns

During notable fourth-brother Lin-Manuel Miranda's first guestspert segment, he wrote a song for the brothers to the tune of "Fugue for Tinhorns" from Guys and Dolls. The song creates several new horse references, and expands on several others.

Fugue_for_Brotherhorns_(Ghost_Horse)_Lyrics — Fugue for Brotherhorns (Ghost Horse) Lyrics

Horsebonology[]

In one instance of the segment Farm Wisdom, the brothers learned about how horse legs are actually fingers.

HORSEWAR[]

Discussed in Episode 527: HORSEWAR. The sequel to the movie War Horse is Horse War, where when the horses go to war, they need to ride YOU into battle.

Horse World[]

The Horse World, also known as the Equester-verse, came to the brothers in Episode 322. Horse World is accessed by staring into a mirror during the "dark hour" when it will reveal its secrets to you. Horse World is a landscape of billowing manes: it is a plane where language does not exist. If your mirror breaks while you're in Horse World, you're stuck in there forever. Horse World has already claimed Patrick Swayze and Wanda Sykes.

The Kentucky Derby[]

Main Category: The Kentucky Derby

The big horse race is a common topic of discussions for the brothers, especially intriguing names of the competing horses. Notable episodes include Episode 354: Beanfreak, Episode 458: Race Island: A Horse Show, and Episode 661: Billionaire Beyblades.

Orb[]

Allegedly the 2013 Kentucky Derby winner of the same name, Orb was first mentioned in Episode 151. He(?) is described as a literal orb, a floating sphere implied to be of alien construction, and has apparently come to Earth to bed the local "Earth-horse women."

Orb later appeared in Episode 213, where he described himself as "two steel drums, turned to face each other."

"A Horse Called Orb" - A MBMBaM Animation!

Torsey[]

Torsey the Torso Horse was the subject of a goof in Episode 175.

Torsey the Torso Horse (w- MBMBaM)

MBMBaM Animatic- Torsey the Torso Horse! (KamAniMations)

Worldwide Webster[]

Main Article: Worldwide Webster

Worldwide Webster is a horse who was sponsored by the McElroys as one of the stretch goals for the 2019 MaxFunDrive. Webster's foster family decided to formally adopt him, and the McElroys used the rest of his sponsorship fund to support the animal rescue that facilitated the brothers' sponsorship of Webster.