Team Unicorn
Multimedia production team
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::summary Multimedia production team ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox musical artist"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Team Unicorn |
| image | Team Unicorn SDCC 2015.jpg |
| image_size | 300 |
| landscape | yes |
| caption | Team Unicorn at San Diego Comic-Con in 2015 |
| origin | Los Angeles, California |
| genre | Parody, comedy, nerd music |
| instrument | Vocals |
| years_active | 2010–present |
| current_members | {{Plainlist |
| past_members | Michele Boyd |
| website | |
| :: |
| name = Team Unicorn | image = Team Unicorn SDCC 2015.jpg | image_size = 300 | landscape = yes | caption = Team Unicorn at San Diego Comic-Con in 2015 | origin = Los Angeles, California | genre = Parody, comedy, nerd music | instrument = Vocals | years_active = 2010–present | current_members = {{Plainlist|
- Clare Grant
- Milynn Sarley
- Rileah Vanderbilt
- Alison Haislip | past_members = Michele Boyd | website =
Team Unicorn is a multimedia production team formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2010. Its current members are American actresses Clare Grant, Rileah Vanderbilt, Milynn Sarley, and Alison Haislip (who replaced Michele Boyd in 2014). The group is known for producing parody song videos such as "G33k & G4m3r Girls", a spoof of Katy Perry's "California Gurls", and "All About that Base", a Star Wars parody of Meghan Trainor's song "All About That Bass". The group had a pilot on Adult Swim called The Team Unicorn Saturday Action Fun Hour!, and have attended numerous science fiction and comic conventions.
History
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Rileah Vanderbilt is largely given credit to bringing the four women of Team Unicorn together. She and Clare Grant produced geek videos together and won two awards at the 2009 Star Wars Fan Film Awards for their short "Saber". Vanderbilt became friends with Milynn Sarley in 2009, and Michele Boyd was introduced in January 2010.
The group released its debut parody song "G33k & G4m3r Girls" online in September 2010. The music video, spoofing Katy Perry's "California Gurls", is filled with geek cultural references and pays tribute to women who love gaming, manga, and science fiction. The video reached 1 million views in its first week online, but met with some mixed responses to its portrayal of the women.
On December 7, 2014, Team Unicorn released "All About That Base", a parody of the Meghan Trainor song "All About That Bass", with the tagline lyric being "No Rebels". The video has a Star Wars theme and featured stormtroopers dancing alongside cheerleaders dressed in attire inspired by Darth Vader. Mitchell Peters of Billboard opined that the parody was "catchy" and "hilarious", while Donna Dickens of HitFix questioned whether the video sent the wrong message by "tacitly saying it's okay for geek girls to exist, only so long as they are acceptably 'hot'".
In 2013, Adult Swim announced a development agreement with the creators of Robot Chicken for a Team Unicorn live action/animation hybrid pilot called The Team Unicorn Saturday Action Fun Hour! which was intended to introduce Alison Haislip as the new Blue Unicorn, and star Jane Lynch, Alan Tudyk, Tara Strong, and Kevin Shinick, but it was never made.
Filmography
Videos
::data[format=table title="List of Team Unicorn videos"]
| Year | Title | Director | Notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | "G33k & G4m3r Girls" | Dave Yarvo | Music video parody of "California Gurls" | url=http://www.break.com/video/geek-and-gamer-girls-anthem-1914163 |
| 2010 | A Very Zombie Holiday | Sean Becker | ||
| superHarmony | Sean Becker | eHarmony parody with superheroes | url=https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/118816-adult-swim-reveals-the-team-unicorn-saturday-action-fun-hour | |
| Alien Beach Crashers | Sean Becker | |||
| "For the Win!" (feat. "Weird Al" Yankovic) | Dave Yarvo | Music video by Stage5 | ||
| The Team Unicorn Saturday Action Fun Hour! | Seth Green | Television pilot for Adult Swim | ||
| "All About That Base" | Sean Becker | Music video parody of "All About That Bass" and Star Wars | ||
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NEED NOTABILITY | || The UniCorps Wants YOU! || Sean Becker || ||
Appearances
::data[format=table title="List of Team Unicorn appearances"]
| Year | Title | Notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|
| "F.E.A.R. 3 Comes to Life" | Promotional video by Fearnet for the video game F.E.A.R. 3 | ||
| The Jace Hall Show | |||
| Top 100 Video Games of All Time | Guest on G4TV show | ||
| Robot Combat League | SyFy promotional clip where the group visits the show set | ||
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Awards and nominations
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| Year | Award | Category | Title of work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | LA Weekly's Best of 2010 | Best Online Video | "G33K & G4M3R Girls" | |
| 2011 | Dragon Con 2011 Film Festival Awards | Best Music Video | "G33K & G4M3R Girls" | |
| 2012 | International Academy of Web Television Awards | Best Variety Series | Team Unicorn | |
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References
References
- FcoD. (February 26, 2011). "The RadNerd Show:Episode 3.4 with Team Unicorn".
- "[http://www.atom.com/spotlights/starwars/challenge/ Official Star Wars Fan Film Challenge Web Site] {{Webarchive. link. (2012-01-12 ")
- [http://smodcast.com/baggedandboarded/bb/bb83.html Bagged and Boarded 83: For The Win] {{webarchive. link. (March 1, 2011)
- (2010-09-15). "MTV Splash Page: Katy Perry's 'California Gurls' Parodied In Awesome 'Geek And Gamer Girls' Video". Splashpage.mtv.com.
- (2010-09-10). "Star Wars Shout Outs in "G33k & G4M3R Girls" Music Video | Star Wars Blog". Starwarsblog.starwars.com.
- Wallace, Lewis. (2013-03-28). "Spot the Geek Refs in 'Geek and Gamer Girls' Song". Wired.
- [http://www.fox5sandiego.com/videobeta/95c0a11e-e1b9-4f3b-a2cf-c2b5eb23bf94/Community/Meet-the-Geek-Girls Fox 5: Meet the Geek Girls] {{webarchive. link. (September 30, 2010)
- Winda Benedetti. (2010-09-11). "MSNBC.com: Look, a unicorn! Music video pays tribute to geeky gals and gamer girls". [[MSNBC]].
- Flick, Action. (2010-09-17). "Team Unicorn Interview". Actionflickchick.com.
- Flick, Action. (2010-09-17). "Interview: G33K & G4M3R GIRLS (Geek and Gamer Girls Video) 1 Week, 1 Million Views". Actionflickchick.com.
- Flick, Action. (2010-09-22). "G33K & G4M3R GIRLS Fangirl Furor: Should Geek and Gamer Girls Go Sexy, Sexless, Something Else?". Actionflickchick.com.
- (6 November 2014). "'Star Wars' Parody of 'All About That Bass' Is Out of This Galaxy".
- Peters, Mitchell. (December 7, 2014). "Meghan Trainor's 'All About That Bass' Gets 'Star Wars' Parody Treatment". Prometheus Global Media.
- Dickens, Donna. (November 6, 2014). "Is it time to stop pretending 'Team Unicorn' is about Girl Power?". [[Uproxx]].
- ANDREEVA, NELLIE. (10 May 2013). "Adult Swim Announces New Series & Pilots". Deadline Hollywood.
- The Deadline Team. (28 May 2014). "Jane Lynch, Alan Tudyk Among Cast Set For Adult Swim's 'Team Unicorn' Pilot From Robot Chicken Duo". Deadline Hollywood.
- Goldberg, Lesley. (28 May 2014). "Adult Swim Sets Cast for 'Team Unicorn' Pilot". The Hollywood Reporter.
- "Geek and Gamer Girls Anthem". Break.
- (22 December 2010). "Team Unicorn Presents: A Very Zombie Holiday". Nerd Appropriate.
- (18 September 2012). "The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, Volume 2: 2000-2010". McFarland.
- (29 May 2014). "Adult Swim Reveals the Team Unicorn Saturday Action Fun Hour!". ComingSoon.net.
- (15 February 2011). "SuperHarmony, the Dating Site for Heroes and Villains". themarysue.com.
- (21 June 2011). "Who Will Save Us from the Alien Beach Crashers?". Dread Central.
- Kristen. (9 May 2013). "Team Unicorn: For The Win". The Geekie Awards.
- ANDREEVA, NELLIE. (10 May 2013). "Adult Swim Announces New Series & Pilots". Deadline Hollywood.
- "Is it time to stop pretending 'Team Unicorn' is about Girl Power?". HitFix.
- (22 June 2011). "Watch 'F.E.A.R. 3' Come to Glorious, Sexy Life with the Ladies of Team Unicorn".
- "Jace Hall on Twitter". Twitter.
- "TEAM UNICORN ON G4'S "TOP 100 VIDEO GAMES OF ALL TIME" @ Rileah Vanderbilt". rileahvanderbilt.com.
- (26 February 2013). "Team Unicorn vs. Robot Combat League".
- (13 February 2011). "RadNerd: Team Unicorn".
- "Web Series Wednesday: NOBILITY And GEEK DIY - SciFi Mafia". SciFi Mafia.
- Ohanesian, Liz. "Best Online Video: "Geek and Gamer Girls Song," by Team Unicorn". LA Weekly.
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