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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: This "kid's movie" has graphically adult content (such as a triple-breasted harpy) and emotional themes that go way beyond a children's film.

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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: This "kid's movie" The movie has graphically dark and adult content (such as a triple-breasted harpy) themes, mild language, and emotional themes that go way beyond frequent FamilyUnfriendlyViolence Sounds of flesh ripping can be heard when Fortuna and Rukh die, the animated tree has large breasts, the harpy has three breasts with very visible nipples, and the unicorn is completely nude with only her hair covering where her nipples would be. While the film would've gotten at least a children's film.
PG-13 rating today (or just a PG rating back then), it was only rated G.
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* AnimationAgeGhetto: The movie looks like an {{Animesque}} kids' cartoon; and the story can be mistaken for a standard fantasy story about quests and magic and unicorns. In truth, it's nothing of the sort. The book has won many awards and is considered by fans and other authors to be one of the best works of fantasy ever written and the film is a beautifully animated [[note]]Through a conjunction of Rankin/Bass and animators who would later to become part of Creator/StudioGhibli[[/note]] faithful adaptation of the story.

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* AnimationAgeGhetto: The movie looks like an {{Animesque}} kids' cartoon; and the story can be mistaken for a standard fantasy story about quests and magic and unicorns. In truth, it's nothing of the sort. The book has won many awards and is considered by fans and other authors to be one of the best works of fantasy ever written and the film is a beautifully animated [[note]]Through a conjunction of Rankin/Bass and animators [[Creator/{{Topcraft}} animators]] who would later to become part of Creator/StudioGhibli[[/note]] faithful adaptation of the story.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: This "kid's movie" has graphically adult content (such as a triple breasted harpy) and emotional themes that go way beyond a children's film.

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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: This "kid's movie" has graphically adult content (such as a triple breasted triple-breasted harpy) and emotional themes that go way beyond a children's film.

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* FridgeBrilliance: In addition to Lír [[MeaningfulName being named after]] a sea god in Irish mythology, other forms of his name hearken back to other aspects of his character:

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In addition to Lír [[MeaningfulName being named after]] a sea god in Irish mythology, other forms of his name hearken back to other aspects of his character:

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* {{Applicability}}: Could the story in general carry a metaphor for a woman's virginity/women growing up? After all it all but mentions it with Molly's story (''"Where were you when I was new!? When I was one of those young and innocent maidens you always come to!?"'') and unicorns being described as being incredibly pure creatures. You could even say the Unicorn/Amalthea carries this allegory in her journey, starting by being this innocent, pure creature who doesn't know much of the world of men, and once turned into an adult woman (by the interference of a red colored being and a man, no less- possibly alluding to a woman's first period or her "first" time?) she begins fearing and feeling anxious, and finally she falls in love, common feelings for humans but before these thoughts and ideas were alien to her (''"I can never regret. I can feel sorrow, but it's not the same thing."''). It is not very different from how young people transition from childhood to adulthood, by experiencing new feelings and being anxious about it. It's exemplified by the song "Now That I'm A Woman" in the film.

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Could the story in general carry a metaphor for a woman's virginity/women growing up? After all it all but mentions it with Molly's story (''"Where were you when I was new!? When I was one of those young and innocent maidens you always come to!?"'') and unicorns being described as being incredibly pure creatures. You could even say the Unicorn/Amalthea carries this allegory in her journey, starting by being this innocent, pure creature who doesn't know much of the world of men, and once turned into an adult woman (by the interference of a red colored being and a man, no less- possibly alluding to a woman's first period or her "first" time?) she begins fearing and feeling anxious, and finally she falls in love, common feelings for humans but before these thoughts and ideas were alien to her (''"I can never regret. I can feel sorrow, but it's not the same thing."''). It is not very different from how young people transition from childhood to adulthood, by experiencing new feelings and being anxious about it. It's exemplified by the song "Now That I'm A Woman" in the film.



* BestKnownForTheFanservice: Or in this case FanDisservice. The triple-breasted harpy is often mentioned when the film is brought up, despite the character appearing only briefly in the first act. Perhaps even more infamous though is the large breasted tree that sends Shckemdrick to MarshmallowHell. During some screenings of the movie, Peter S. Beagle admitted the triple-breasted harpy sequence made him very uncomfortable.

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Or in this case FanDisservice. The triple-breasted harpy is often mentioned when the film is brought up, despite the character appearing only briefly in the first act. Perhaps even more infamous though is the large breasted tree that sends Shckemdrick to MarshmallowHell. During some screenings of the movie, Peter S. Beagle admitted the triple-breasted harpy sequence made him very uncomfortable.



* BrokenBase: Some of the songs - "Now That I'm A Woman" and "That's All I've Got To Say" in particular. They either add a lot to the story or else detract from it. Some of the ambivalence towards the songs might only be due to the probably unwise choice to allow Creator/MiaFarrow and Creator/JeffBridges to do the singing instead of hiring professional vocalists. Others feel that their somewhat unpolished singing numbers reflect a certain sincerity. Notably the songs by ''America'' are less divisive.
** It must be noted in the original theatrical and HBO cuts, Farrow's singing was edited out, and during the duet with Lir, a different singer was used.

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* BrokenBase: Some of the songs - "Now That I'm A Woman" and "That's All I've Got To Say" in particular. They either add a lot to the story or else detract from it. Some of the ambivalence towards the songs might only be due to the probably unwise choice to allow Creator/MiaFarrow and Creator/JeffBridges to do the singing instead of hiring professional vocalists. Others feel that their somewhat unpolished singing numbers reflect a certain sincerity. Notably the songs by ''America'' are less divisive.
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divisive. It must be noted in the original theatrical and HBO cuts, Farrow's singing was edited out, and during the duet with Lir, a different singer was used.



* FriendlyFandoms: With fans of the [[Manga/{{Unico}} Unico franchise]] by Creator/OsamuTezuka in the West and Japan to a small degree. Since ''The Last Unicorn'' and [[Anime/TheFantasticAdventuresOfUnico Unico]] [[Anime/UnicoInTheIslandOfMagic series both]] contain darker moments and have a melancholy tone. Alongside the fact that both movies have unicorns as the main characters. Helps that fans of both works remember seeing both movies during the 80s and ''The Last Unicorn'' was a [[InternationalCoProduction Japanese-American co-production]].

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With fans of the [[Manga/{{Unico}} Unico franchise]] by Creator/OsamuTezuka in the West and Japan to a small degree. Since ''The Last Unicorn'' and [[Anime/TheFantasticAdventuresOfUnico Unico]] [[Anime/UnicoInTheIslandOfMagic series both]] contain darker moments and have a melancholy tone. Alongside the fact that both movies have unicorns as the main characters. Helps that fans of both works remember seeing both movies during the 80s and ''The Last Unicorn'' was a [[InternationalCoProduction Japanese-American co-production]].
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* CrossoverShip: People have taken to ship the Lady Amalthea with many characters in the Non-Disney community: [[Franchise/TheLittleMermaid Ariel]], [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Princess Aurora]], WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}, [[WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron the Horned King]]...Her design is certainly very alluring and many in canon are in awe of her beauty.

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* CrossoverShip: People have taken to ship shipping the Lady Amalthea with many characters in the Non-Disney Disney community: [[Franchise/TheLittleMermaid Ariel]], [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Princess Aurora]], WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}, [[WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron the Horned King]]...King]]... Her design is certainly very alluring and many in canon are in awe of her beauty.

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