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Unico

Voiced by: Hiroya Oka (Unico: Black Cloud and White Feather) Katsue Miwa (JP films); Barbara Goodson (EN films); Matilde Vilariño (1984 Latin-American Spanish dub); Rosa Romay (2010 Spanish DVD dubs); Manja Doering (German dub); Kútvölgyi Erzsébet (Hungary); Melina Martello (1986 Italian dub); Irene Giuliano (2022 Italian redub and its sequel); Youngsun Eun (Korean dubs); Emília Tomanová (Slovak dub); Akiko Yajima (Saving our Fragile Earth: Unico Special Chapter); Rumiko Tezuka (Dr Pinoko's Forest Adventure); Nana Mizuki (2010); Ai Furihata (2020); Haruna Kawai (Kemono Friends 3)

An innocent and sweet-natured baby unicorn who has the ability to spread happiness alongside encouraging kindness, empathy, and love. Unfortunately for him, this angers The Gods (especially Venus) and is forced to leave different locations and getting his memories erased in the process.

• Adaptation Dye-Job:
  • In some merchandise and Tezuka's official artwork, Unico's mane is occasionally colored red/orange. In 70s and 80s era merchandise, his tail and mane is rainbow colored. Sometimes his pupils is colored blue like his appearance in the Sanrio Movies instead of orange like the manga and some of Tezuka's official illustrations
  • In Unico's first animated appearance in Unico Black Cloud and White Feathers, his mane is colored black instead of pink.
  • In the manga, his Mighty Unicorn Form kept the same fur and mane color as his regular appearance. In the Sanrio Movies and a few post-Tezuka projects, his body and mane was colored bright white.
  • In Unico: Awakening, his pupils are light grey as seen in Gurihiru's closeup shot of him.
• All-Loving Hero: Unico is very compassionate and kind towards others, including a few villains and antagonists he faces in a few storylines in the manga.
• Apologetic Attacker:
  • In Chapter 4 of the original manga, Unico is forced to regain The White Feather that a colony of ants had unknowingly stored in their food supply to prevent a girl from dying of illness. Before he hits piles of dirt to block their path, he apologizes to a group of ants.
  • During the climax of Unico in the Island of Magic, he apologizes to Kuruku for ramming into his chest since he didn't expect that special attack to badly injure him.
• Author Avatar: Unico appears to be a representation of Osamu Tezuka himself due to his optimistic and idealistic beliefs. He also gets easily emotional at times which Tezuka himself has expressed openly during his lifetime.
• Badass Adorable: While Unico is considered to be one of Osamu Tezuka's cutest characters, he isn't afraid of using his own horn as a weapon or tool. His powers actually starts increasing the more love and kindness his friends and others start expressing.
• Bearer of Bad News: In the manga, after befriending Piro/Marusu and his mother. Unico decides to leave his home to wander around a desert where he witnesses Piro's mother dying after badly wounded by Oedipus for solving her riddle. As he's listening to her dying words, he promises to make sure Piro becomes a strong and brave sphinx. When he returns to Piro's home, he breaks the news that his mother was killed and tries his best to comfort him as the young sphinx is mourning her death.
• Break the Cutie:
  • In "Unico and Solitude" and the first act of the 1981 movie, he starts crying his heart out when initially realizes he's very lonely. In the manga, he starts crying after Beezle ends up destroying his homemade house just for fun.
  • Near the end of Unico in the Island of Magic, after he witnesses Cherry getting turned into a lifeless puppet by Kuruku. Unico begins crying over her lifeless body as we hear her voice of kindness and love echoing in his head.
• But Now I Must Go: While he rarely gets a chance to say farewell to his friends after saving the day in all incarnations. In the "A Hometown Visit" chapter, Unico gets a chance to notify his sister that the West Wind will arrive soon and won't be returning home. He mentions that he will forgot Corn and his other family members soon and to make sure Corn tells his mother he said hello. Corn takes this news surprisingly well and decides to give him a Goodbye kiss before the West Wind arrives.
• The Cutie: With his big eyes and sweet personality, Unico is absolutely adorable.
• Death Is a Sad Thing: While he witnesses death in "The Cat on the Broomstick" where he sadly looks at a baby bird that was killed by Baron Ghost. Unico's first true encounter with death is in "The Tale of the Fangs of Athens" chapter he sees Sphinx dying from her injures. While Unico handles the situation maturely, he manages to shed tears during his final conversation with her. Even after breaking the news to her son, he starts silently crying as Piro starts mourning her death. To prevent him from entering despair, Unico manages to gently tell him of his mother's last words which are words of encouragement and bravery.
• Disney Death: In the 1981 movie, Unico gets killed after Baron's demonic form ends up breaking his horn and falls down in the process. The combination of Katy's tears and Beezle giving his own horn to Unico ends up reviving him and transforms into The Mighty Unicorn out of intense love form the two.
• Does Not Know His Own Strength: Due to being a child, he's mostly unaware of his capabilities when it comes to pulling off stronger attacks or using his powers. In the 1981 film, he's horrified that he was able to draw blood after attacking The Baron.
• Gentle Giant: He has the ability to temporarily transform into "The Mighty Unicorn" if somebody truly loves him or showing an act of kindness toward him. In this form, he looks like a grown up unicorn and is able to use stronger power and magic such as turning gigantic. Despite his large appearance, Unico's innocent and sweet behavior is maintained which is notably shown in the manga.◊
• Glowing Eyes: In Unico: Awakening, when he uses the powers coming from his own horn, his horn and both of his eyes' glow bright white.
• Healing Magic Is the Hardest: Since he's a young unicorn, Unico rarely uses his powers as a healing method in "The Realm of The Gods" and "The Mortal Realm", especially when it comes to life-threatening situations such as critical sicknesses and death. The best he can do is to lick wounds and minor injuries from any living being. There are a few instances where he deeply considers using his powers when it comes to life-threatening situations.:
  • In "The Cat on the Broomstick", Unico and Chao befriend a poor old woman who suddenly becomes ill and on the verge of death midway through the chapter. After Chao is rescued, his final act of kindness is secretly using his magic to heal "Granny/The Old Beggar Woman" who's resting inside a wooden cabin. Before he uses this special power, he becomes worried if his magic could actually heal Granny. He even tells himself "Please heal Granny's illness." before aiming his horn between the cracks of the cabin to heal her.
  • In "Black Clouds and White Feather", he befriends a sweet young girl named Chico. However, she's become badly ill due to living in a city that's become polluted and full of smog caused by a factory. She's so ill that she has difficulty walking and standing up. Unico decides to stay with Chico and allows her grandfather to handle the situation and keeps track on the medicine she takes. He later tells Garappachi the rat that the medicine isn't helping Chico recover, which causes Unico to take drastic measures to prevent her from dying.
  • In "The Tale of the Fangs of Athens", Unico witnesses Sphinx (Piro's mother) dying after getting attacked by Oedipus after her riddle was solved. Her injures are so severe that he doesn't consider using his powers. The only thing he can do is to gently break the news to Piro that his mother has been killed and promises to make him become strong and sturdy after her death.
• The Heart: He's very reasonable and does his best to deeply understand people's problems. No matter how terrible the situation is, Unico always reassures his friends to avoid them from going into despair and finds ways to resolve conflict in a peaceful manner.
• How Do I Shot Web?: In the 1979 pilot, he's unaware that he magically summoned a slice of cake. He tries hitting his head a few times just for his powers to work again.
• Incorruptible Pure Pureness: A pure-hearted, compassionate, and innocent young unicorn whose kindness is unlimited, to the point that he actually empathizes with Lord Kuruku and a Demon Monster. In general, he doesn't like seeing anyone in pain and/or suffering (either physical and mental) whether they're good or evil, which causes him to show visible concern for them.
• In Touch with His Feminine Side: For a young unicorn, Unico's behavior and personality is meek and always speaks in a gentle tone. He's also shown fondness of wearing eyeliner as seen in the manga and various official artwork by Osamu Tezuka and Tezuka Productions. The introductory song to the 1981 film even shows him checking his own appearance while holding a small mirror while straightening up his pink mane.
• Kid Hero: While he's a young unicorn, he's able to handle dangerous and life threatening for the safety of others around him.
• Martial Pacifist: While he's a strong believer in non-violence and taking a peaceful approach when facing villains and antagonists, Unico isn't afraid of using his horn as a weapon when it comes to those harming or threatening his friends, villains with zero redeeming qualities, or as a defense mechanism.
• Nice Guy: He's a total sweetheart and generally kindhearted towards others.
• Out of Character Is Serious Business: While he rarely gets angry towards his friends in all incarnations. In the manga, he got angry at Chao for pretending to be a hunter and killing animals after showing her the amount of dead forest animals that was illegally killed by Baron. Especially when he shows Chao a dead bird floating in a lake. He tells Chao to "Cut that out!" and refuses to turn her into a human girl for her safety.
• Parental Substitute: In the manga, he becomes a parental figure to Piro the Sphinx Cub after witnessing his mother dying after Oedipus ends up attacking her after solving her riddle. Unico promises Piro's mother to make Piro become "A strong and brave sphinx!" after her death.
• Shrinking Violet: He's very shy and meek but is always open to helping out others and tries his hardest to make the world a better place.
• Sympathy for the Devil:
  • In Unico in the Island of Magic, he empathizes with Kuruku after learning that his hatred was due to Kuruku being abused by his owners as a regular puppet and spending centuries completely alone. Not only does he beg Kuruku to simply break his spell and release all his puppets before he's forced to unintentionally kill him, but he even insists on becoming his first friend so Kuruku won't be lonely anymore. Unico can only sadly watch as Kuruku is screaming in pain before reverting back to being a regular puppet.
  • In Saving our Fragile Earth, he feels sorry for a Demon Monster that was created out of humanity's carelessness with the environment and shows concern when the demon hurts himself while chasing him. Happily, Unico successfully befriends the demon, the demon vows to Unico that "They shall never meet again".
• Tender Tears: In all media, Unico is easily driven to tears when it comes to being mistreated, feeling lonely, or feeling intense sympathy towards others.
• Telepathy: In the manga, one of his abilities is to read minds, thoughts and feelings, and communicate non-verbally to others. In addition, he also has the ability to see another person's dreams. His telepathic ability is briefly shown in the 1981 movie when he notifies The West Wind and Beezle that he's in danger after Baron Ghost badly hurts him as he's rescuing Katy.
• Voice Changeling:
  • In the manga, he's able to replicate any animal noise and cry. He uses this in "The Cat on the Broomstick" arc, which involves him making various animal noises to distract Baron Ghost in order to rescue Chao. He later uses this as a scare tactic when facing a duo of hawks sent by Baron Ghost to destroy The Old Beggar Woman's house and attack her in the process. Only The West Wind is able to recognize Unico's voice when he's trying to trick her into thinking he's a frog while he is under water and she is above him.
  • In the chapter where he befriends Piro, he promises Piro's deceased mother that he will help him become braver and stronger. During a training session, Unico teaches him about the importance of self-defense and facing obstacles. While Piro is notably scared, Unico decides to mimic Piro's mother's voice to help him feel confident and braver during the training session, which actually works.
• Wise Beyond Their Years: Despite being a baby unicorn, Unico has the emotional maturity of a young adult. When he gets involved in mature situations (such as death and racism), he pays close attention to their problems and finds ways to reason with them. In "The Cat on the Broomstick" chapter, he explains to Chao about the dangers of meeting strangers (especially grown men) due to her naivety of humans and gullible towards Baron Ghost despite his brief meeting with her. In the "Hometown Visit" chapter, Unico discusses to his mother about the importance of "Needing sorrow to appreciate happiness" after learning that "Unicorns rarely feel unhappy" around bedtime.
• Wholesome Crossdresser: Unico is fond of dressing up in feminine attire and wearing makeup. In the manga and various illustrations, he's shown wearing yellow or pink colored eyeliner which extends to his Mighty Unicorn Form.

Akuma-kun/Mr. Demon/Beezle

Voiced by: Junko Hori (JP); Cheryl Chase (EN); Mari Pe Castro (Spanish dub); Ghadah Al-akel (German dub); Jeong Ok-joo (Korean dub); Fabio Boccanera (1986 Italian dub); Santo Verduci (2022 Italian redub)

A young imp who lives at an island with zero inhabitants and the son of Lucifer. He tries to keep as title as "The Demon of Solitude" but starts reconsidering it after befriending Unico.

• Adaptation Dye-Job:
  • In the 1981 film, he has dark blue colored hair with a light blue body and a baby blue colored gem on his stomach. In the original manga, Beezle's was colored yellow and had black hair. In modern merchandise, Beezle's color would alternate between his manga design and his film appearance.
  • In some 80s merchandise, his hair was colored green but maintained his yellow colored body from the manga.
• Act of True Love: Despite water being poisonous to demons, Beezle risks his life to rescue a now powerless Unico from drowning in the ocean.
• Defrosting Ice King: He starts out very hostile towards Unico but slowly grows to love him overtime. By the story's end, Beezle has become friends with Unico after being given his own horn as a reward for saving him from drowning in the ocean.
• Eyes Out of Sight: He has long bushy hair that covers both of his eyes. In the 1981 film, he's revealed to have small beady eyes after getting a closer look at Unico's Mighty Unicorn form after getting rescued from drowning.
• Friendless Background: Due to living alone at an island for a long time, Beezle has difficult time understanding how to be helpful or understanding friendship. Unico manages to help him understand the importance of having friends and making his life less lonely.
• Heel–Face Turn: In the manga and 1981 movie, Beezle starts out very antagonistic towards Unico but slowly starts showing signs that he cares about him. It isn't until he rescues Unico from drowning that he fully becomes a friendly young demon.
• Our Demons Are Different: For a young demon, he resembles a young humanoid child and not as threatening compared to Baron Ghost (who's implied to be an evil demon).
• What Is This Thing You Call "Love"?: He finds the concept of "Love" to be disgusting and gross. After Unico rewards Beezle by giving the demon child his own horn, he quickly changes his mind.

Chao/Chow/Katy/Chloe

Voiced by: Kazuko Sugiyama (JP); Robin Levenson (EN); Ángel González (1984 Spanish dub); Sándor Erzsi (Hungary); Ranja Bonalana (German dub); Clelia Bernacchi (1986 Italian dub); Laura Valastro (2022 Italian redub); Ayari Fukamachi (2010); Yurika Suda (2020)

A black cat who wishes to became a "Witch's Cat" after getting abandoned by an elderly couple.

• Adaptational Backstory Change: In the manga, she meets Unico after pulling him out of a pit of mud after a flock of sheep "attempt" to change his fur color from blue to white. She's also fully aware that Unico is able to transform her into a human girl. In The Fantastic Adventures of Unico, Unico doesn't meet Chow until accidentally falling into her basket and isn't aware that Unico is able to transform her into a human girl and believes The Old Beggar Woman to be an actual witch.
• Adaptation Dye-Job:
  • Her human form in the original manga◊ had brown colored hair and wore a black dress with brown dots and red boots, which is the same color as her cat form. In the 1981 movie, she's given blue hair, wears a pink dress and wears red heels.
  • Her fur color was changed to bright pink in a few 80s era merchandise.◊
• Adaptation Name Change: In Unico: Awakening she's renamed "Chloe", which is a mixture of her English and Japanese names.
• Black Bead Eyes: She's usually depicted with beady eyes in her cat form, but is depicted with pupils when she's very upset, shocked, or worried. It's more notable in the original manga, compared to the 1981 film where she's only depicted with pupils a few times in the movie.
• Cute Kitten: She's a very cute and peppy cat despite getting abandoned by her owners.
• Cry into Chest: In the manga, after Unico witnesses her getting put inside a basket and thrown into a river. Chao instantly breaks down into Unico's arms after realizing that her owners (particularly an unnamed middle-aged women) didn't care her and calling her a "Witches' Cat". Unico can only gently hug her back reassuring her to be thankful she isn't dead. He later comforts her as she cried herself to sleep when realizing there's no food due to starving.
• Daydream Believer: In the 1981 film, Chow believes that witches are real due to owning a book about fairy tales. Unlike the original manga version, she still believes The Old Lady/The Old Beggar Woman to be an actual witch after becoming a human due to Unico secretly making a wish come true.
• Dude, Not Funny!: She gets this response from Unico after pretending to be a hunter and mimicking a handgun. Chao's insensitive response actually angers Unico causing him to raise his voice at her.
• "Eureka!" Moment: When her previous owner called her "A witches' cat", Chao took that as an insult which she explained to Unico after she finished crying. Eventually, this causes her to think that becoming a witches cat is a great idea since she can use her powers to make others cheerful. Unico finds this idea very flaw by telling her "That even if she uses witch powers for good. She would still be called "A Demon Cat" by others".
• Fell Asleep Crying: After she and Unico discover an abandoned cottage and struggling to find food. Chao becomes so upset at the lack of food that she cried herself to sleep. Witnessing this greatly saddens Unico and struggles to think of what he could do to cheer her up. Realizing his stronger powers are triggered by being loved, Unico summons stacks of fish that the kitty was dreaming off into reality.
• Tantrum Throwing: In the manga, after Unico becomes aware of Baron Ghost's sadistic activity towards forest animals and suspicious of Chao's sneaky behavior due to meeting The Baron. He decides to put his foot down after she asks him to extend the amount of time as a human causing her to throw a tantrum in front of him. To calm her down, Unico decides to travel with Chao to The Baron's Manor where he promises her to turn her into a human only when it's safe and during times of urgency.
• Tears of Fear: In the manga, after she gets kidnapped by Baron Ghost in her human form for the second time. She gets locked up inside a cage to make sure she doesn't escape for good. Due to being in a deadly situation, she starts crying in fear and yelling for Unico or somebody else to save her life.

Kon/Corn

A young female unicorn and the oldest of Unico's siblings. She developed a major crush on Unico and tries giving him a Love Flower to prove that he loved him back in a romantic way.

• Mother, I Want to Marry My Brother: She immediately develops a major crush on Unico not long after the West Wind drops him off at his hometown. She tries to give him a "Love Flower" to make sure he loves her back. Unico hesitatingly holds the flower but drops it, causing her to cry. She then chases him back to her home, where Unico ends up reuniting with his parents and siblings. As she cries to her mother that Unico didn't accept the Love Flower, she reveals that Unico is her younger brother. While she doesn't mind loving her brother in a non-romantic way, she's actually heartbroken but gets better near the chapter's conclusion.
• Post Stress Over Eating: Her mother tells her that she can't love Unico in a romantic way due to them being siblings. The next morning, Corn decides to binge eat tons of special food that came from Mount Olympus in the hopes of increasing her beauty. Unico tries to warn her that if she keeps binge eating, she will become very fat. Corn ignores her brother's warnings due to being bitter until she notices the size of her stomach and legs. After Unico fights off a group of Unicorn Hunters (who made the food for the unicorns), Corn develops a crush on one of the defeated members before she bids her brother farewell.
• Swiss-Army Tears: The final page for "A Hometown Visit" chapter mentions that after the West Wind takes Unico away from Corn, she cries for so long that she unknowingly reverts back to her normally cute and pretty appearance, implying that her tears caused her to lose tons of weight.
• Last Kiss: After Unico tells her that the West Wind is about to take him to a faraway place and that he will end up forgetting the memories of his sister and family members, Corn is saddened by the news and decides to give him a kiss before he is taken away.

Piro/Marusu/Sphinx's Daughter/Son

Voiced by: Noriko Tsukase (JP, 1983), Lara Cody (EN), Erica Laiolo (2022 Italian dub), Jeong Seon-hye (Korean), Eba Ojanguren (Spanish)

A sphinx cub that Unico befriends after failing to solve Sphinx's riddles. After his mother's death, Unico teaches him the importance of self-defense and being brave. In Unico in the Island of Magic, he helps Unico and Cherry confront Kuruku midway through the movie.

• Author Avatar: Some of Piro's characteristics and behavior is based on different aspects of Tezuka's personality and unique behavior. Alongside his fondness of cute feline characters and being a fan of the Japanese singing group "Pink Lady".
• Ambiguous Gender: While Piro/Marusu is a male in the manga, Piro's appearance in the 1983 film Unico in the Island of Magic never mentions his exact gender. Some foreign dubs (such as the English dub) has given him a notably feminine voice compared to the Spanish and 2022 Italian dubs.
• Badass Adorable: After he turns back into a sphinx, he manages to become brave and fights off a group of wild dogs. In the process, he also learns to finally show his claws during fights as self-defense.
• Break the Cutie: After he learns that his mother was killed after Oedipus solved her riddle. He becomes an emotional wreck to the point that he wishes to be dead just to reunite with his mother. He has a very hard time training with Unico to become brave and strong until he changes his voice to Piro's deceased mother to help Piro feel better.
• Berserk Button: In the manga, he hates being called "A Kitten" due to starting out weak causing him to feel insecure as a young sphinx.
• Cowardly Lion: Due to his mother's death and being a young sphinx, Piro lacks confidence, is easily frightened, and doesn't know how to defend himself. Unico tries to become a new parental figure to him and attempts to train him to become a "Brave and Sturdy Sphinx", which isn't an easy task.
• Hallucinations: When being faced with a group of wild dogs, he suddenly sees his deceased mother telling him that "He will transform back into an ass (Donkey) if he doesn't become brave and sturdy". This causes Piro to become brave and less cowardly which greatly delights Unico when the two reunite.
• Heroic BSoD: After Unico breaks the news of Sphinx being killed by Oedipus, Piro turns into a sobbing wreck and yells out "Why did she have to die? I want to be dead too!" before Unico tries comforting him and tells him to not give into despair and to keep his mother's promise about his bravery and strength.
• Ironic Echo: During a training session, Unico decides to change his voice to Sphinx's voice by quoting his deceased mother's warnings about Piro's selfish and spoiled behavior, which actually boosts his confidence when trying to swing on a vine in Athens.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: In his 1983 film appearance, he's notably loudmouthed and gets very feisty and impatient.
• Leeroy Jenkins: In Unico in the Island of Magic, when he (alongside Cherry and Unico) return to Nightmare Island, he tries to attract a giant robot dragon by attempting to fight it, which only causes Unico, Cherry, and Piro to get quickly alerted before being chased.
• My God, What Have I Done?: Piro feels terrible for his spoiled and selfish behavior towards his mother. After mourning her death, he decides to build a giant sand sculpture of Sphinx in his memory to make up for his rude behavior toward her.
• Our Sphinxes Are Different: Despite being a sphinx cub, he resembles a lion cub instead of a half-human/lion design like his mother.
• Parting-Words Regret: His last interaction with his mother is arguing with her over wanting to have something else to eat. Due to Unico failing to solve Sphinx's riddles, she offers to let Piro to have him for dinner, which Piro refuses as he wants spaghetti instead. After her death, he starts crying out of sorrow and guilt, with Unico trying his best to lift his spirits up.

The West Wind/Zephyrus

Voiced by: Chieko Baisho (JP); Diane Lander (EN)

A Wind Spirit sent by Venus (unnamed Gods in the 1981 movie) who's forced to separate Unico from his friends and erasing his memories in the process. Despite this, she clearly cares for the unicorn and only doing it to prevent him from getting killed by The Gods.

• Adaptation Dye-Job: In Unico: Awakening, her body has changed to sky blue color with her hair now changed to baby blue. Compared to her original design where her entire body was colored bright white resembling a guardian angel.
• Beware the Nice Ones: Midway through "The Tale of the Fangs of Athens", she becomes annoyed at Unico's refusal to leave due to being located close to Mount Olympus and tries sidetracking Unico's mission to rescue Piro (who got transformed into a donkey). Eventually, Puck the Fairy had to summon The Night Wind to distract her which allows him to have enough time to save Piro from being skinned.
• Leitmotif: In the 1979 pilot and 1981 movie, her character theme consists of operatic style singing.
• Oh, Crap!: In the final chapter of the manga, she becomes extremely nervous after Venus finds out that she secretly cared for Unico and didn't follow her orders.
• Power Echoes: In the English dub, Zephyrus is given a voice that constantly echoes. The Night Wind also speaks in a similar manner as the West Wind.
• Tears of Remorse: In the prologue for Unico: Awakening, she starts shedding tears due to feeling terrible for endlessly making Unico forgot the friends he's made and his own identity.
• Throw the Dog a Bone: In "A Hometown Visit" chapter, she secretly takes Unico to his hometown to reunite with his parents and siblings for a total of 24 hours before taking him to another location. His home is located between the mortal realm and Mount Olympus.

Danshaku/Baron de Ghost/Baron Ghost/Byron

Voiced by: Makio Inoue (JP); Dave Mallow (EN)

The main antagonist of "The Cat on the Broomstick" chapter and Big Bad of The Fantastic Adventures of Unico. He's a ruler of a forest who doesn't care about wildlife. He takes Chao/Chaw/Katy captive to either force her into marrying him or end up killed and turned into a taxidermied cat.

• Adaptation Dye-Job: In the movie, he's given long green hair compared to the manga where he's depicted with both blonde and orange colored hair. His design in Unico: Awakening gives him short blonde hair.
• Adaptation Name Change: In Unico: Awakening he's renamed to Byron.
• Ambiguously Human: The manga implies that he's an evil demonic being due to his sadistic nature towards both animals and humans. In the 1981 movie, Unico discovers that Baron isn't even human after noticing his different colored skin and later transforms into a gigantic monstrous demon during the film's climax.
• Alien Blood: After Unico attacks Baron, he ends up gushing green blood which horrified the little unicorn.
• Big Bad: He's the main antagonist of the 1981 movie.
• Death by Adaptation: During the climax of the 1981 film, Unico (in his Mighty Unicorn form) rams into Baron's demonic form which sends him straight to Hell/The Underworld.
• Egomaniac Hunter: In the manga, he hunts illegally around a peaceful forest during the evening and takes pleasure in killing innocent animals. He even kills a mother fox and her offspring with no remorse. Midway through the chapter, he reveals to Chao that he owns tons of mounted animals that he hunted which includes domestic animals like dogs.
• Evil Laugh: Occurs in both the manga and 1981 movie, such as taunting Unico after ending up badly injured after trying to save Katy and transforming into a demonic beast.
• Hate Sink: He's a sadistic and irredeemable hunter who threatens harm to everybody. In the manga, he actually killed off all the servants who reside at his mansion off-screen. He's one of the only villainous characters that Unico is unable to redeem due to his extremely wicked nature.
• Hellish Horse: He rides a black colored horse who's given a very ominous appearance as a complete contrast to Unico.
• Knight of Cerebus: In the movie and manga, the series' upbeat and optimistic tone is quickly removed once he first meets Chao near a small lake.
• Names to Run Away from Really Fast: When Unico and Chao asks local forest animals about where Baron resides in. The forest animals are instantly scared just by hearing his name.
• Not Quite Dead: In the movie, he appears dead after falling onto a sharp spike after Unico attacks him to free Chao/Katy. Until his eyes open and smiles evilly before transforming into his true form.
• One-Winged Angel: After he gets impaled after falling off his mansion. He transforms into a huge demonic beast which ends up destroying his castle and temporarily killing Unico.
• Taxidermy Terror: In the manga, he shows Chao his collection of mounted animal heads that he hunted in the past and currently searching for a cat to complete his collection. Chao (in her human form) is completely terrified and unable to perform which Baron notices and insists on having her drink tons of wine to calm her down. As she begins drinking it, she wishes Unico would be there to save her.
• Would Harm a Senior: In the manga, after he kidnaps and makes Chao drunk by drinking too much wine. He sends a trio of vultures to destroy the house that The Old Lady/Older Begger Woman resides in and plans to kill her in the process. Luckily, Unico manages to fight off two vultures while the third one tries nursing the women who's becoming badly sick.