The Last Unicorn (animation): Difference between revisions

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[[File:TheLastUnicorn.jpg|frame|Of all unicorns, she is the only one who knows what regret is -- [[Cursed with Awesome|and love]].]]

 

{{quote|'''Molly''': ''Then what is magic for? What use is wizardry if it cannot save a [[Unicorn]]?''

'''Schmendrick''': ''That's what [[The Hero|heroes]] are for.'' }}

 

 

In a certain lilac wood, the leaves and snow never fall. This eternal springtime is watched over, and caused by, its magical resident--a unicorn. Having never left her forest, the unicorn is surprised to overhear two hunters speaking about the disappearance of the unicorns. In fact, they believe her to be the very last.

* [[Counterpoint Duet]]: "Now That I'm a Woman"/"That's All I've Got to Say"--Amalthea's mixed feelings about being human and Lír's song about failed attempts to court her. Becomes a love duet at the end.

* [[Creative Closing Credits|Creative Opening Credits]]: The opening of the movie is drawn to resemble [[Shown Their Work|a series of medieval tapestries come to life]] (and a few images from the Book of Hours)--specifically, [[wikipedia:The Hunt of the Unicorn|the Unicorn Tapestries]].

** Schmendrick's magic only works on occasion, and when it does, something usually goes wrong with it. {{spoiler|But by the end of the book, he is able to return the unicorn to her true form.}}

** Lír starts off as a lazy schmuck, but eventually {{spoiler|fights the Red Bull, [[Heroic Sacrifice|lays down his life to save the unicorn,]] and becomes King.}}

{{quote|'''Haggard:''' "I ''know'' you! I almost knew you as soon as I saw you on the road coming to my door. Since then, there is no movement of yours that has not betrayed you! A pace, a glance, a turn of the head, the flash of your throat as you breathe... even your way of standing perfectly still--they were all my spies!"}}

* [[Herald]]

* [[Hero's Journey]]

* [[Humanity Ensues]]: The unicorn is transformed by Schmendrick into a human woman, against her will.

 

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[[Category:Fantasy Animated Films]]

[[Category:The Renaissance Age of Animation]]

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