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Charlie the Unicorn (2005)

Charlie the Unicorn poster
Directed by
Jason Steele
Genre
comedy
Country
United States
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A lazy unicorn named Charlie gets tricked into a trip to Candy Mountain by two colorful unicorn companions. The journey ends badly for Charlie, who loses a kidney to his so-called friends.

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What happens

Charlie the Unicorn is a 2005 animated comedy short film created by Jason Steele. Independently produced by FilmCow, the short follows Charlie, a lethargic and pessimistic unicorn, who is taken by a blue unicorn and a pink unicorn on an adventure to the magical Candy Mountain. However, the journey turns out to be a farce, and Charlie has one of his kidneys stolen by the other two unicorns. Steele created the video as a birthday present for their mother; the video was partially credited to her and was uploaded by Steele on Newgrounds under the username TypeQueen, where it rapidly increased in popularity. The video was later uploaded onto YouTube by Geoff Swanson, where it gained large viewership and continued to increase in popularity. A merchandising line was later produced, as well as four sequels and a parody series titled Charlie teh Unicron. The first three episodes in the series were released to DVD in 2009 as part of The FilmCow Master Collection. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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