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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]].]]

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

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

An animated [[The Film of the Book|Film Of The Book]], based on [[The Last Unicorn (~~Literature~~)|the novel]] by [[Peter S Beagle ~~(Creator)~~|Peter S Beagle]], and animated by [[Rankin/Bass Productions]].

An animated [[The Film of the Book|Film Of The Book]], based on [[The Last Unicorn (novel)|the novel]] by [[Peter S. Beagle|Peter S Beagle]], and animated by [[Rankin/Bass Productions]].

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.

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** Alternately, {{spoiler|Lir and Amalthea}} could be seen as a [[Beta Couple]] to {{spoiler|Schmendrick and Molly}}, as they get together sooner and easier, whereas the latter pair doesn't realize they're in love until the very end.

* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: The unicorn saves her people, at the cost of the happy human life she could have known.

* [[Born As an Adult]]: Amalthea.

* [[Born as an Adult]]: Amalthea.

* [[Blue Eyes]]: Lír. Lady Amalthea has dark blue eyes that border on purple.

* [[Bowdlerize]]: The 25th anniversary DVD edit out a few well-placed "damn"s, sometimes rather sloppily. Oddly, the bare-breasted Harpy is left completely alone.

* [[Broken Angel]]: Played straight immediately after the transformation, then gradually deconstructed.

* [[By the Eyes of ~~The~~ Blind]]:

* [[By the Eyes of the Blind]]:

{{quote| '''Skull:''' Oh, no. No, you don't. Not ''that'' one. Unicorn! Unicorn! Haggard! Haggard! '''''UNICORN! UNICORN!''''' Haggard, where are you? There they go! Down to the Red Bull! The clock, Haggard! There they go! Unicorn! '''''UNICORN!'''''}}

* [[Calling the Old Man Out|Calling The Unicorn Out]]: "Where have you ''been?!''"

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* [[Glowing Eyelights of Un-Death]]: The skull, during the "HAGGARD! HAGGARD!! '''UNICORN!'''" tirade.

* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: Unicorns may be [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness|incorruptible]], but they're also ''wild.''

* [[Harping On About Harpies]]

* [[Harping on About Harpies]]

* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Mabruk, King Haggard, Mommy Fortuna, and Rukh are all extremely quick to take offence, and enjoy bullying and intimidating others.

* [[Hannibal Lecture]]. King Haggard.

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

* [[Humanity Is Infectious]]: Amalthea eventually gains enough to the point where she "dies" when Schmendrick changes the unicorn back.

* [["I Am Becoming" Song]]: [[The Mind Is a Plaything of ~~The~~ Body|'Now That I'm]] [[Humanity Ensues|a Woman.']]

* [["I Am Becoming" Song]]: [[The Mind Is a Plaything of the Body|'Now That I'm]] [[Humanity Ensues|a Woman.']]

* [[I Just Want to Be Normal|I Just Want To Stay Normal]]: Amalthea begs Schmendrick not to change her back into a unicorn.

* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]: Unicorns, Molly, and Lír.

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** "Schmendrick" is a Yiddish word meaning someone who is foolish, clueless, or hopelessly out of his depth: a boy sent to do a man's job.

** The Harpy is called "Celaeno" because she is the dark and twisted yang to the Unicorn's light and pure yin.

* [[The Mind Is a Plaything of ~~The~~ Body]]: The unicorn's frightening personality change following her transformation.

* [[The Mind Is a Plaything of the Body]]: The unicorn's frightening personality change following her transformation.

* [[Motive Rant]]: King Haggard has one when he wistfully tells Lady Amalthea why he holds all the unicorns prisoner in the sea.

* [[Multi Boobage]]: The Harpy has not two, but three breasts.

* [[Naked On Arrival]]: Due to an aversion of [[Magic Pants]], this is the unicorn's human form at first sight. Copious amounts of [[Godiva Hair]] were used, naturally.

* [[Naked on Arrival]]: Due to an aversion of [[Magic Pants]], this is the unicorn's human form at first sight. Copious amounts of [[Godiva Hair]] were used, naturally.

* [[No Name Given]]: The unicorn. "Amalthea" is just an alias used when in human form.

* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: Numerous characters/voice actors quickly come and go, but Rene Auberjonois stands out as The Skull.

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* [[Princess Classic]]: Amalthea, especially as her humanity becomes more evident, acts like this, and nearly became an actual princess.

* [[Punny Name]]: As well as being a Yiddish word (see above), "Schmendrick the Magician" is also a pun on "[[Mandrake the Magician]]."

* [[Quest for ~~The~~ Rest]]

* [[Quest for the Rest]]

* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: Lady Amalthea.

* [[The Renaissance Age of Animation]]

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** The book explains that she meant either "gizzard" or "weasand" (an archaic term for the throat), and amalgamated the two.

* [[What Measure Is a Non Unique]]

* [[What Happened to ~~The~~ Mouse?]] Rather, what happened to the cat? {{spoiler|the whole castle does collapse at the end.}}

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]] Rather, what happened to the cat? {{spoiler|the whole castle does collapse at the end.}}

** If you look very closely in Schmendrick and Molly's final scene (when she's about to get on the horse after saying she will go with him), the cat is on the back of her horse.

** Four men-at-arms are mentioned (very minor characters in the book), but they never make an appearance.

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** Also Schmendrick comments at the end that Lir will achieve immortality through the unicorn's memory of loving him.

* [[The Wise Prince]]: Lír grows into this.

* [[World's Most Beautiful Woman]]: Not explicitly stated, but when the most beautiful creature in the world [[Humanity Ensues|becomes human]], this seems to be the result. It's worth noting however, that as [[The Mind Is a Plaything of ~~The~~ Body|she becomes more human]] she stays beautiful, but the mystical quality of her beauty fades away.

* [[World's Most Beautiful Woman]]: Not explicitly stated, but when the most beautiful creature in the world [[Humanity Ensues|becomes human]], this seems to be the result. It's worth noting however, that as [[The Mind Is a Plaything of the Body|she becomes more human]] she stays beautiful, but the mystical quality of her beauty fades away.

* [[You Can See Me?]]: Mommy Fortuna, Schmendrick, Molly, and (terrifyingly) the Red Bull all know the unicorn when they see her. Most ordinary people mistake the unicorn for a white horse, and Mommy Fortuna has to put a fake horn on the unicorn to exhibit her to the public. The cat is also able to see her, because:

{{quote| "No cat out of its first fur can ever be deceived by appearances. [[Take That|Unlike humans, who enjoy them]]."}}