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 (November 13): Fantasia depicts unicorns and a unicorn donkey in the Pastoral Symphony segment of the film.
• 1956 (March 15) Forbidden Planet makes reference to a virgin's ability to tame unicorns.
• 1956 (September 4) 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.
• 1982 (October 28): 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 (November 19): The Last Unicorn, a film adaptation of the 1968 novel, features a unicorn on the cover.^[1]
• 1983: Dungeons & Dragons features a unicorn called Uni.
• 1984: She-Ra: Princess of Power: 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.
• 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 (1994), Song of the Wanderer (1999), Dark Whispers (2008) and The Last Hunt (2010).
• 1996: Kleo the Misfit Unicorn also features a wide cast of normal unicorns to complement the main character, who is a winged unicorn.
• 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.
• 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 (October 17): Zoo Tycoon video game Easter egg unicorn cheats exhibits.
• 2001 (November 4): Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film), 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 (May): Jack Frost (manhwa) features a very ugly unicorn.
• 2005 (November 26): Charlie the Unicorn, a viral video first released on Newgrounds, features the eponymous unicorn Charlie as well as two other unicorns.
• 2005 (December 8): The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe shows Peter riding a unicorn into battle.
• 2006 (February): Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn serial novel begins.
• 2006 (March 20): The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Sidequest.
• 2006 (June 10): 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 (July 5): Noah's Ark features unnamed unicorn.
• 2007 (August 10): Stardust features a unicorn coming to help out Yvaine the fallen star.
• 2009 (February 24): The Princess and the Unicorn is a children's novel in which a unicorn is vital to the survival of a fairy community.
• 2010 (June 18): Toy Story 3 features Buttercup.
• 2010 (October 10): My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic has a variety of unicorn ponies. Some of the main cast (both Rarity and Sweetie Belle) are unicorns. The main character Twilight Sparkle was a normal unicorn for the first three seasons until becoming a winged unicorn.
• 2011: Puella Magi Madoka Magica episode 9 features one alongside a mermaid.
• 2012 (February 10): 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 (March 9): The Cabin in the Woods depicts a unicorn killing a man by stabbing him through the chest
• 2012 (April 22): Phoebe and her Unicorn webcomic series debuts^[2]
• 2013 (April 30): The Fire Ascending from the series The Last Dragon Chronicles by Chris d'Lacey features an unnamed unicorn.
• 2013 (December 4): Lana Del Rey's short film Tropico features a unicorn along with other animals.
• 2013 (June 25): Butt Stallion as a unicorn character from the DLC "Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep" of Borderlands 2
• 2015, in the cartoon Star vs. the Forces of Evil:

Star vs. the Forces of Evil episode 1b ("Party With a Pony", January 18): Flying Princess Pony Head, who is a floating unicorn head, is introduced.

Star vs. the Forces of Evil episode "Quest By": a unicorn on a treadmill is revealed to power Star's wand.

Star vs. the Forces of Evil episode 7b ("Sleep Spells", June 22): when Star paints a picture of her childhood, there is a purple unicorn in it.

• 2015 (September 7): In the Gravity Falls episode "The Last Mabelcorn", unicorns appear, parodying those seen in The Last Unicorn and My Little Pony. 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 (a unicorn) and Phoebe (a human) have many fun adventures throughout the year.
• 2017 (January 12): Hanazuki: Full of Treasures 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.

References

See also

• List of winged unicorns