List of unicorns
This is a list of unicorns in modern popular culture, chiefly literature, film and television, arranged chronologically:
- 1871: Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll, features the nursery rhyme characters of "The Lion and the Unicorn."
- 1940 : Fantasia depicts unicorns and a unicorn donkey in the Pastoral Symphony segment of the film.
- 1940: Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe, unicorns are seen being ridden by Princess Aura and Lady Sonja in the sixth chapter, “Flaming Death.”
- 1956 Forbidden Planet makes reference to a virgin's ability to tame unicorns.
- 1956 The Last Battle, by C. S. Lewis, describes Jewel, a noble unicorn who is King Tirian's best friend.
- 1962: "The Unicorn" is a song by Shel Silverstein, best known in the 1968 recording by The Irish Rovers.
- 1965: The Wandering Unicorn, a novel by the Argentinian Manuel Mujica Láinez features a magical unicorn's horn used as a lance during the Crusades.
- 1965: Elidor by Alan Garner features a lost unicorn from another world.
- 1968: The Last Unicorn, a worldwide best-selling novel by Peter S. Beagle, believes she is the last of her kind in the world and undertakes a quest to discover what has happened to the others.
- 1976: Unico features a baby unicorn from Osamu Tezuka.
- 1978 : Battlestar Galactica : Unicorns are seen living on the planet Atilla in the episode "The Young Lords."
- 1981: Unicorn Variation, a novelette by Roger Zelazny, is about a chess game between a man and a unicorn in an abandoned bar.
- 1982 : Tokimeki Tonight episode 4 features a unicorn pulling a carriage that the star family takes to the underworld. Two are also seen at the end of episode 6 when an imaginary one is seen pulling a carriage carrying the two stars in wedding regalia, and then another appears tugging another pursuing carriage.
- 1982 : The Last Unicorn, a film adaptation of the 1968 novel, features a unicorn on the cover.
- 1983: Dungeons & Dragons features a unicorn called Uni.
- 1983: My Little Pony features three unicorns known as Moondancer, Majesty, and Glory.
- 1984: ': She-Ra's horse turns into a unicorn during She-Ra's transformation.
- 1985: Legend features a unicorn's horn being cut off by the villain.
- 1985: In Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami, the narrator learns to 'read' dreams from the skulls of unicorns.
- 1987: The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland: saving a unicorn is part of Alice's princess test.
- 1992: Blade Runner: in the director's cut, Rick Deckard has a dream of a unicorn. The meaning of the dream is central to his self-identity.
- 1994-2010: The Unicorn Chronicles are a fantasy series by Bruce Coville, including Into the Land of the Unicorns, Song of the Wanderer, Dark Whispers and The Last Hunt.
- 1995-1996: Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders includes a trio of girls who ride unicorns. The protagonist has a winged unicorn.
- 1996: Kleo the Misfit Unicorn also features a wide cast of normal unicorns to complement the main character, who is a winged unicorn.
- 1996: Pokémon Red and Blue, the Pokémon Rapidash is a unicorn with a mane made out of fire.
- 1997: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone a unicorn is injured and its blood is drunk.
- 1998: Nico the Unicorn movie, based on the 1996 book by Frank Sacks.
- 1999: "" a unicorn is seen throughout the game, and represents the purity and holiness of the bloodline of Jesus Christ.
- 2000 Fantasia 2000 A unicorn in Pomp And Circumstance, along with a dragon and a griffin, is laughing at all the other animals for going into Noah's ark.
- 2001 : Zoo Tycoon video game Easter egg unicorn cheats exhibits.
- 2001 : Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone , Lord Voldemort and Professor Quirrell are shown to be feeding off the blood of a dead unicorn.
- 2002: The Twelve Kingdoms anime has "Qilin", the Japanese term for unicorns.
- 2005 : Jack Frost features a very ugly unicorn.
- 2005 : Charlie the Unicorn, a viral video first released on Newgrounds, features the eponymous unicorn Charlie as well as two other unicorns.
- 2005 : ' shows Peter riding a unicorn into battle.
- 2006 : Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn serial novel begins.
- 2006 : Wonder Pets! features a baby unicorn in the season 1 episode "Save the Unicorn."
- 2006 : ' Sidequest.
- 2006 : Sugar Sugar Rune anime episode 49 has a unicorn transformed into a boy in the final exam, Chocolat and Vanilla need to retrieve his horn.
- 2007: Planet Unicorn features 3 unicorns named Feathers, Cadillac, and Tom Cruise.
- 2007 : Noah's Ark features unnamed unicorn.
- 2007 : Stardust features a unicorn coming to help out Yvaine the fallen star.
- 2007 : Animal Mechanicals features a character who is named Unicorn and is one of its main characters. She has the ability of flight and can shoot ice, wind, and lightning from her horn.
- 2009 : The Princess and the Unicorn is a children's novel in which a unicorn is vital to the survival of a fairy community.
- 2010 : Robot Unicorn Attack is a side-scrolling platform game in which the user controls the movement of a robotic unicorn. The object of the game is to prolong gameplay without falling off the stage, crashing into the edges of platforms, or colliding with crystal stars.
- 2010 : Toy Story 3 features Buttercup.
- 2010 : ' features two unicorn protagonists, Twilight Sparkle and Rarity, along with many other unicorn characters in subsequent seasons.
- 2011: Puella Magi Madoka Magica episode 9 features one alongside a mermaid.
- 2012 : The Season 7, 14th episode of Supernatural, "Plucky Pennywhistle's Magical Menagerie" shows a unicorn chasing down a neglectful father and impaling him on its horn.
- 2012 : The Cabin in the Woods depicts a unicorn killing a man by stabbing him through the chest
- 2012 : Phoebe and her Unicorn webcomic series debuts
- 2013 : The Fire Ascending from the series The Last Dragon Chronicles by Chris d'Lacey features an unnamed unicorn.
- 2013 in the book, The Garden at the Roof of the World by W. B. J. Williams, Britomar, and Gwenaella try to return to Eden to save the life of the unicorn who walked with Eve in paradise.
- 2013 : Lana Del Rey's short film Tropico features a unicorn along with other animals.
- 2013 : Butt Stallion as a unicorn-like character from the DLC "Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep" of Borderlands 2.
- 2015, in the cartoon Star vs. the Forces of Evil:
- 2015 : In the Gravity Falls episode "The Last Mabelcorn", unicorns appear, parodying those seen in The Last Unicorn. They are believed to be able to judge how "pure of heart" humans are, but this is revealed to be a scam they use to trick humans.
- In the book Unicorn on a Roll by Dana Simpson, Marigold Heavenly Nostrils and Phoebe have many fun adventures throughout the year.
- 2017 : features unicorns that are from Kiyoshi's moon. Sleepy Unicorn and Twisted Unicorn are voiced by Avery Waddell while the others are voiced by Debi Derryberry.
- 2018: In the Season 4 premiere of Legends of Tomorrow, the team finds a unicorn in the Woodstock Peace Rally that comes from hell.
- 2019 : In the series Corn & Peg, one of the main characters is Corn whose name is a play on the word unicorn.
- 2019 : Filly Funtasia features unicorn fillies, including the main character, Rose.