The Lion and the Unicorn are a couple of nursery rhyme characters who appear in Mother Goose: Rhymes To The Rescue.
Background[]
The lion and the unicorn
Were fighting for the crown
The lion beat the unicorn
All around the town.
Some gave them white bread,
And some gave them brown;
Some gave them plum cake
and drummed them out of town.
The Lion and the Unicorn may be fighters and they may not like each other very much, but they sure know what to do in any kind of situation when it comes to facing those terrible Ill Wills. This odd couple can do whatever it takes to help save Rhymeville, even if they are opposite forces.
The Lion is an African lion wearing a brown belt with a silver buckle while the Unicorn is a white horse with gray hooves, a rainbow-colored horn, a navy blue tail and mane which covers his eyes, and yellow-green vest.
Appearances[]
In the movie, the Lion and the Unicorn are seen fighting, but stop fighting only to wave to Old MacDonald who waves back while riding on Marshall the Horse. They even sing their rhyme as part of "The Nursery Rhyme Medley".
As soon as the Ill Wills take control of Rhymeville, the Lion and the Unicorn are no longer allowed to fight, let alone get any more bread or plum cake. So they decides to join Old MacDonald, Marshall, Hickory Dickory Dock, the Itsy Bitsy Spider, Mrs. Pumpkin-Eater, Little Jack Horner,Mary with her little lamb, the Cat with the fiddle, the Cow that jumps over the moon, the Little Dog, the Dish and the Spoon, despite their grudge against each other.
Humpty rides the Unicorn while Mary and Jack ride the Lion. The gang makes it past many obstacles until they decide to rest for the night, realizing that they need to believe in themselves in order to save their home. When Mary is captured by the Ill Wills, Old Mac and his gang follow her lamb to find the paper fortress.
They enter the fortress disguised as a giant centipede; once inside, the rhymesters take off their disguise and free their friends. But before they can escape, the Ill Wills trap them refusing to let them continue their rhymes since the Wills hate rhymes and children.
While Mother Goose goes after Commander Will, the Rhymesters take on the other Wills. The Lion scratches the papers with his claws and the Unicorn pounds them with his hooves. As soon as all the Ill Wills are gone, Mother Goose decrees that she and her Rhymesters shall continue to do their rhymes.
The Lion and the Unicorn are even seen at the celebration party in Old King Cole's castle; after the party, the Lion, the Unicorn, and their friends return home to continue acting out their rhymes. In the end, the Lion, the Unicorn and the other Rhymesters wave goodbye to the viewers.
Video Games[]
The Lion and the Unicorn appear in the video game as playable characters once freed from imprisonment in Downtown Rhymeville. The Lion can fight with his teeth and claws while the Unicorn can fight with his hooves and horn.
Trivia[]
- The Lion and the Unicorn are also seen in the book by Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass.
- Most of the time, the Lion and the Unicorn are on two feet, but when Jack Horner, Mary, and Humpty ride them, they are on all fours.
- Although the Lion and the Unicorn are not imprisoned in the movie, they are in the video game until released.
- The Unicorn is rather more friendly and is liked more by Mother Goose than the Lion is; a reference to Hear Miser and Snow Miser from The Year Without a Santa Claus and A Miser Brothers' Christmas.
- Even though the Unicorn's mane covers his eyes, he can still see just like the Willie Brothers in Home On The Range.