Go Away, Unicorn! is a Canadian animated children's television series produced for YTV and Disney Channel by Sonar Entertainment in association with Nelvana. Evan Thaler Hickey and Alex Ganetakos provide story editing services for the series, with Jason Groh directing. The series aired from September 7, 2018, to June 8, 2019.
| Go Away, Unicorn! | |
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| Genre | Comedy Fantasy |
| Created by | Emily Mullock |
| Based on | Go Away, Unicorn! by Emily Mullock |
| Developed by | Dan Signer |
| Directed by | Jason Groh |
| Voices of | Chris Diamantopoulos Rebecca Husain Jennifer Hale |
| Theme music composer | Walk Off the Earth |
| Composer | Matt Ouimet |
| Country of origin |
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| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
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| Executive producers | Andrea Gorfolova Ashley Rite |
| Producer | Coral Schoug |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production companies | Sonar Entertainment Nelvana |
| Original release | |
| Network | YTV (Canada) Disney Channel (US) |
| Release | September 7, 2018 – June 8, 2019 |
Plot
editThe series, based on the book of the same name by Emily Mullock (originally published by McKellar & Martin[1]), features a young girl named Alice and her best friend—an energetic male unicorn—as they explore their differences and realize that friendships can be found at the unlikeliest of places.[2]
The series stars Chris Diamantopoulos (Mickey Mouse) as the eponymous Unicorn and Rebecca Husain (Beat Bugs) as Alice. Alice's other friends include Varun Saranga as Ollie, an Indian-Canadian boy whose father was a champion speller back in his homeland, and spelled the very lengthy word vakrapucchalalajjihvaindramahhakarman, which is another word for a dog; and Pixie, a happy-go-lucky girl who loves pink glitter, tossing it into the air every now and then.
Characters
edit- Alice (voiced by Rebecca Husain) is a sassy 8-year-old girl who aspires to succeed in all of her endeavors.
- Unicorn (voiced by Chris Diamantopoulos) is a cheerful and energetic male unicorn who constantly causes all kinds of shenanigans, but ultimately comes through for Alice.
- Ollie (voiced by Varun Saranga) is an Indian-Canadian boy, whose father could spell in three languages in his native country as a child.
- Pixie (voiced by Josette Halpert) is a very happy-go-lucky girl who loves pink glitter, tossing it into the air every now and then.
- Hugo (voiced by Jennifer Hale) is Alice's baby brother.
- Tanya (voiced by Jennifer Hale) is Alice and Hugo's mom.
- Chuck (voiced by Chris Diamantopoulos) is Alice and Hugo's dad.
Production
editGo Away, Unicorn! was under development as a co-production between Tricon Films & Television via Tricon Kids & Family and Mercury Filmworks as of March 27, 2013 with Tricon as international distributor.[3] The series was pick up by Disney Channels Worldwide and Corus Entertainment when Tricon was considered insolvent in December 2016. Sonar Entertainment purchased Tricon's assets including this series.[4] By October 2017, Sonar and Nelvana began producing the planned 52 11-minute segments totaling 26 half-hour episodes, as well as 10 x one-minute shorts. The Canada Media Fund is aiding in the production of the series, while CentraIP is the worldwide licensing agent.[2][5]
Episodes
edit| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Canadian air date | American air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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| 1a | "Bounce Away, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Dan Signer | September 7, 2018 | March 3, 2019 | 101 | N/A |
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An unexpected unicorn showed up to Alice's birthday party. | |||||||
| 1b | "Take a Dive, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Dan Signer | September 7, 2018 | March 3, 2019 | 101 | N/A |
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Unicorn and Alice went to the aquarium to look at fish. | |||||||
| 2a | "Get a Clue, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Josh Sager & Jerome Simpson | September 7, 2018 | March 3, 2019 | 102 | N/A |
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Unicorn and Alice went on a mystery to find Alice's missing toy. | |||||||
| 2b | "Move Out, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Dan Signer | September 7, 2018 | March 3, 2019 | 102 | N/A |
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Alice had second thoughts after kicking Unicorn out to hang out with Pixie. | |||||||
| 3a | "Stop Babying Me, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Evan Thaler Hickey | September 15, 2018 [a] | March 10, 2019 | 103 | 0.31 |
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Unicorn was bragging about how babysitting was so easy. | |||||||
| 3b | "Take a Hike, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Nathaniel Moher | September 15, 2018 [b] | March 10, 2019 | 103 | 0.31 |
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Alice's family didn't listen to her about having no electronics on the hike, not even Unicorn. | |||||||
| 4a | "Kick It, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Steph Kaliner | September 16, 2018 | March 10, 2019 | 104 | 0.29 |
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Unicorn became a disaster to Alice's team so Alice switched him with the other team. | |||||||
| 4b | "Stop Stirring the Pot, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Evan Thaler Hickey | September 16, 2018 | March 10, 2019 | 104 | 0.29 |
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Unicorn was scared after mistakingly claiming a Chef was using "Unicorn Chowder". | |||||||
| 5a | "Giddy Up, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Nathaniel Moher | September 22, 2018 | March 17, 2019 | 105 | 0.30 |
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Alice's plans to win the horse contest were ruined when Unicorn sent her horse on a cruise. | |||||||
| 5b | "Go Away for a Spell, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Nadiya Chettiar | September 22, 2018 | March 17, 2019 | 105 | 0.30 |
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All of the stuff Unicorn was doing to Ollie weren't helping preparing for the Spelling Bee. | |||||||
| 6a | "March Away, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Josh Sager & Jerome Simpson | September 23, 2018 | March 17, 2019 | 106 | 0.28 |
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Unicorn became a distraction to the marching band team. | |||||||
| 6b | "Bow Out, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Dan Signer | September 23, 2018 | March 17, 2019 | 106 | 0.28 |
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Alice's plans of doing karate and getting the brown belt were interrupted when Unicorn causes a disturbance to everyone. | |||||||
| 7a | "Rap it Up, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Steph Kaliner | September 29, 2018 | March 24, 2019 | 107 | N/A |
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Alice didn't know how to rap to save the convenience store. | |||||||
| 7b | "Repeat After Me, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Story by : Dan Signer Teleplay by : Nathaniel Moher | September 29, 2018 | March 24, 2019 | 107 | N/A |
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Alice was sick so she wanted Unicorn to take over to get her accepted at the science studio. | |||||||
| 8a | "Trick or Treat, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Shawn Kalb | October 20, 2018 | October 27, 2019 | 108 | N/A |
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Unicorn celebrated his first halloween. | |||||||
| 8b | "Go Away, Frankencorn!" | Jason Groh | Ken Cuperus | October 20, 2018 | October 27, 2019 | 108 | N/A |
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Alice made Unicorn a new friend, which he disliked at first but was quickly becoming friends afterwards. | |||||||
| 9a | "Strut and Turn, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Cole Bastedo | September 30, 2018 | March 24, 2019 | 109 | N/A |
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Pixie and Alice were squabbling over what was best at a fashion show. | |||||||
| 9b | "Roll On, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Evan Thaler Hickey | September 30, 2018 | March 24, 2019 | 109 | N/A |
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Alice didn't know how to ride a bike. | |||||||
| 10a | "Make Like a Tree, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Ashley Lannigan | December 1, 2018 | December 22, 2019 | 110 | N/A |
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Unicorn was messing around while trying to decorate the Christmas Tree. | |||||||
| 10b | "Claus Out, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Alex Ganetakos | December 1, 2018 | December 22, 2019 | 110 | N/A |
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Unicorn was disguised as Santa Claus. | |||||||
| 11a | "Smarten Up, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Steph Kaliner | October 27, 2018 | March 31, 2019 | 111 | 0.31 |
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Unicorn found Naja insufferable when she was "getting all the attention from Alice". | |||||||
| 11b | "Go Away, Corné!" | Jason Groh | Steph Kaliner | October 27, 2018 | March 31, 2019 | 111 | 0.31 |
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Unicorn was disguised as Corné to get the kids inside the art studio which was for adults only. | |||||||
| 12a | "Ready, Set, Go Away, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Ashley Lannigan | November 10, 2018 | March 31, 2019 | 112 | 0.31 |
| 12b | "Can't Touch This, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Emer Connon | November 10, 2018 | March 31, 2019 | 112 | 0.31 |
| 13a | "Swap 'Til You Drop, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Story by : Dan Signer Teleplay by : Nathaniel Moher | November 24, 2018 | April 7, 2019 | 113 | 0.34 |
| 13b | "Grow Up, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Jeremy Winkels | November 24, 2018 | April 7, 2019 | 113 | 0.34 |
| 14a | "Let it Slide, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Ashley Lannigan | December 8, 2018 | April 7, 2019 | 114 | 0.34 |
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Unicorn was too scared to get out of the way in the slide at the water park. | |||||||
| 14b | "The Tooth Hurts, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Mike McPhaden | December 8, 2018 | April 7, 2019 | 114 | 0.34 |
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Unicorn believe that the tooth fairy would come. | |||||||
| 15a | "Party On, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Steph Kaliner | December 22, 2018 | April 14, 2019 | 115 | 0.32 |
| 15b | "Quiet on the Set, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Emer Connon | December 22, 2018 | April 14, 2019 | 115 | 0.32 |
| 16a | "Dig This, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Jeremy Winkels | January 26, 2019 | April 14, 2019 | 116 | 0.32 |
| 16b | "Disappear, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Steph Kaliner | January 26, 2019 | April 14, 2019 | 116 | 0.32 |
| 17a | "Snap Out Of It, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Shawn Kalb | February 2, 2019 | April 21, 2019 | 117 | 0.32 |
| 17b | "Fix It Up, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Mark Steinberg | February 2, 2019 | April 21, 2019 | 117 | 0.32 |
| 18a | "This Is Tutu Much, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Jocelyn Geddie | March 9, 2019 | April 21, 2019 | 118 | 0.32 |
| 18b | "Get Real, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Josh Saltzman | March 9, 2019 | April 21, 2019 | 118 | 0.32 |
| 19a | "Blast Off, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Doug Hadders & Adam Rotstein | March 16, 2019 | April 28, 2019 | 119 | 0.30 |
| 19b | "Stay Out, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Mark De Angelis | March 16, 2019 | April 28, 2019 | 119 | 0.30 |
| 20a | "Buzz Off, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Nathaniel Moher | March 23, 2019 | April 28, 2019 | 120 | 0.30 |
| 20b | "There's No Escape, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Mike McPhaden | March 23, 2019 | April 28, 2019 | 120 | 0.30 |
| 21a | "Go Away, Unipox!" | Jason Groh | Josh Saltzman | March 30, 2019 | May 5, 2019 | 121 | 0.30 |
| 21b | "Quit Foolin' Around, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Charles Johnston | March 30, 2019 | May 5, 2019 | 121 | 0.30 |
| 22a | "Go Away, Tune-icorn!" | Jason Groh | Alex Ganetakos | April 27, 2019 | May 12, 2019 | 122 | 0.30 |
| 22b | "You've Been Flagged, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Jocelyn Geddie | April 27, 2019 | May 12, 2019 | 122 | 0.30 |
| 23a | "Snow Away, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Jeremy Winkels | May 4, 2019 | May 19, 2019 | 123 | 0.25 |
| 23b | "Lead the Way, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Grant Sauvé | May 4, 2019 | May 19, 2019 | 123 | 0.25 |
| 24a | "Ready or Bot, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Evan Thaler Hickey | May 18, 2019 | June 2, 2019 | 124 | 0.29 |
| 24b | "Pig Out, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Alex Ganetakos | May 18, 2019 | June 2, 2019 | 124 | 0.29 |
| 25a | "Dream On, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Alex Ganetakos | May 25, 2019 | June 9, 2019 | 125 | 0.34 |
| 25b | "You Rule, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Evan Thaler Hickey | May 25, 2019 | June 9, 2019 | 125 | 0.34 |
| 26a | "Big Surprise, Unicorn!" | Jason Groh | Evan Thaler Hickey | June 8, 2019 | June 16, 2019 | 126 | 0.27 |
| 26b | "Go Away, Alice!" | Jason Groh | Alex Ganetakos | June 8, 2019 | June 16, 2019 | 126 | 0.27 |
Broadcast
editThe show broadcast worldwide but premiere in the third quarter of 2018 on YTV in Canada before an international roll out.[6][7][8] The series was also shown on Teletoon's French counterpart Télétoon.
In the United States of America, Go Away, Unicorn! aired from March 3 to December 22, 2019 on Disney Channel.[7][8][5]
Merchandise
editToys have been licensed worldwide by Jazwares, and were scheduled for release during fall 2019.
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "Go Away Unicorn | McKellar & Martin Publishing Group, Limited". www.mckellarmartin.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-19. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- ^ a b "Sonar dives into Go Away, Unicorn! production". Kidscreen. Archived from the original on January 16, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^ Milligan, Mercedes (March 27, 2013). "Tricon, Mercury Unite for 'Unicorn'". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on March 10, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
- ^ Pinto, Jordan (December 20, 2016). "Sonar Entertainment moves into kids content". Kidscreen. Archived from the original on September 8, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
- ^ a b Milligan, Mercedes (November 7, 2018). "Sonar Names Jazwares Global Master Toy for 'Go Away Unicorn!'". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on November 8, 2018. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- ^ "Sonar Starts Production on 'Go Away, Unicorn!' for Disney, Corus". Animation Magazine. 11 October 2017. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^ a b Tong, Joanna Padovano (September 7, 2018). "Sonar's Go Away Unicorn! Lands in Canada". TVKIDS - World Screen. Archived from the original on September 10, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
- ^ a b MacLellan, Julie (September 18, 2018). "Unicorns are good luck for these New West book publishers". New Westminster Record. Archived from the original on September 18, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.