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"No, but I wonder if any man before us ever thought his time a good time for unicorns."''|''[[The Last Unicorn (novel)|The Last Unicorn]]''}}

The loveliest of all was the unicorn|The Irish Rovers, ''The Unicorn Song''}}

** They lisp, which this troper finds amusing. The fifth book gets into a little more detail about their uses, dead or alive. Also, {{spoiler|the complete lack of brains and personality is due to being in the presence of a virgin. Otherwise, they do exhibit some sense.}}

*** There's a funny bit in ''Fortune's Fool'' where three female unicorns come rushing to protect the virgin male hero ([[A Man Is Not a Virgin|Don't say it so loudly!]]) from a female ghost -- but then it turns out the ''ghost'' is a virgin, too.

"I'm sure there are virgin creatures of darkness ''all the time''," the leader retorted, stamping her forehoof. }}

*** And then a ''male'' unicorn shows up, intent on protecting the ghost, because she's a virgin female, after all....

* On the ''[[Discworld]]'', unicorns, like the fairies, adhere to the more classical myths of vicious supernatural creatures (though they are still subject to [[Virgin Power]]). As in [[Real Life]], people have misremembered unicorns and fairies as cutesy magical pals for little girls.

** In ''[[Discworld/Guards Guards|Guards Guards]]'', a group of professional monster hunters are conversing about their previous successes. One talks about the difficulty of capturing unicorns and the need to use virgins, followed by an old joke:

Yep and the unicorns are hard to find too }}

* ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' unicorns are just about the least threatening thing you'll find in the Forbidden Forest. The foals are golden, but they turn silver when they're about two. They're described as being 'pure', and to kill one and drink its blood will save your life from anything, but the act is so evil that you are doomed to 'a half life... a cursed life.' Unknown what that actually meant. Unicorn parts have other uses without the drawback as they don't require killing unicorn to get them. For example, the hairs are used for wand cores, as well as rope. You can also apparently chisel off part of the horn and leave it alive, as there are no qualms about using unicorn horn in potions.

* The Forestmaster in ''[[Dragonlance]]'' turns out to be a unicorn; she speaks to the party, provides them with food and instructs several pegasi to serve as temporary mounts for them, and appears to be at least somewhat aware of the ultimate fate of at least one person there.

* [[Lewis Carroll]]'s ''[[Alice in Wonderland|Through the Looking Glass]]'', Alice meets the Lion and the Unicorn -- [[Mother Goose|fighting for the crown]].

"Well, now that we have seen each other," said the Unicorn, "if you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you. Is that a bargain?" }}

* In L. Jagi Lamplighter's [[Prospero's Daughter]] trilogy, the Lady Miranda serves is a unicorn, Miranda keeps unicorn pets, and one historical band of evil-doers hunted unicorns.

* In [[Jasper Fforde]]'s ''[[Thursday Next|Well of Lost Plots]]'', Perkins complains of how many unicorns careless writers of fantasy produce

* [[Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World]]. The "Hard-Boiled Wonderland" segments has the protagonist encounter a unicorn skull, while "The End of the World" segments has the protagonist read old dreams from a unicorn skull. There are also unicorn-like creatures that reside outside the Town.

* The unicorns from [[Return to Neverend]] are the guardians of Neverend. They have the ability to [[Playing with Fire|conjure/control fire]], and one doesn't need to [[Virgin Power|be a virgin]] in order to ride one (although [[Chivalrous Pervert|Sage]] seemed awfully happy to meet one).

* In the miniseries ''[[The Voyage Of The Unicorn]]'', the crew of ''The Unicorn'' must find the real thing, in order to use its tears to restore to life a fellow shipmate who has been turned to stone. In an interesting variation, the unicorn is portrayed as black with a gold horn, although the only two characters who ever ride it are young (and therefore presumably virgin) girls.

* ''[[Scrubs]]'': J.D.'s girlishness is emphasised by his drawing of a unicorn on his journal in the episode "''My Unicorn''"

* [[Doctor Who|The Doctor]], Jamie and Zoe encounter a unicorn in "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S6 E2 The Mind Robber|The Mind Robber]]". It attacks them on sight.

* The Elders from [[Charmed]] gave Wyatt a unicorn for his first birthday. The horn is supposedly made up entirely of solid magic, which comes in very useful when the sisters lose their powers.

** Regrets? Those are for people who are not [[Villain Protagonist|The Overlord]]!

** Gnarl, your [[Voice with an Internet Connection]], [[Lampshade Hanging|hangs a lampshade]] on their frequency in fantasy works.

* Rapidash from ''[[Pokémon]]'' is a unicorn ''[[Incendiary Exponent|on fire]]'' . Upon evolving from Ponyta, it gains access to a number of horn-based moves.

** Blitzle and Zebstrika are electric unicorn zebras.