Team Unicorn
{{short description|Multimedia production team}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| 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 = {{URL|http://www.TeamUnicornFTW.com}}
}}
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
File:Team Unicorn- G44K & G4M3R Girls.jpg" in 2010. Left to right: Rileah Vanderbilt, Milynn Sarley, Michele Boyd, Clare Grant ]]
Rileah Vanderbilt is largely given credit to bringing the four women of Team Unicorn together.{{cite web |author=FcoD|url=http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/2011/02/26/radnerd-episode-3-4-with-team-unicorn-filmed-at-meltdowncomics/ |title=The RadNerd Show:Episode 3.4 with Team Unicorn |website=Meltcomics.com |date=February 26, 2011 |access-date=2024-10-02 |archive-date=2014-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106173358/http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/2011/02/26/radnerd-episode-3-4-with-team-unicorn-filmed-at-meltdowncomics/ |url-status=dead }} She and Clare Grant produced geek videos together and won two awards at the 2009 Star Wars Fan Film Awards for their short "Saber"."[http://www.atom.com/spotlights/starwars/challenge/ Official Star Wars Fan Film Challenge Web Site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112202028/http://www.atom.com/spotlights/starwars/challenge/ |date=2012-01-12 }}" Vanderbilt became friends with Milynn Sarley in 2009, and Michele Boyd was introduced in January 2010.[http://smodcast.com/baggedandboarded/bb/bb83.html Bagged and Boarded 83: For The Win] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301100928/http://smodcast.com/baggedandboarded/bb/bb83.html |date=March 1, 2011 }}
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.{{cite web|url=http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010/09/15/geek-and-gamer-girls-video-katy-perry-california-gurls/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918011207/http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010/09/15/geek-and-gamer-girls-video-katy-perry-california-gurls |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 18, 2010 |title=MTV Splash Page: Katy Perry's 'California Gurls' Parodied In Awesome 'Geek And Gamer Girls' Video |publisher=Splashpage.mtv.com |date=2010-09-15 |accessdate=2013-07-25}}{{cite web|url=http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/index.php/2010/09/10/star-wars-shout-outs-in-g33k-g4m3r-girls-music-video/ |title=Star Wars Shout Outs in "G33k & G4M3R Girls" Music Video | Star Wars Blog |publisher=Starwarsblog.starwars.com |date=2010-09-10 |accessdate=2013-07-25}}{{cite web|last=Wallace |first=Lewis |url=https://www.wired.com/underwire/tag/team-unicorn |title=Spot the Geek Refs in 'Geek and Gamer Girls' Song |publisher=Wired |date=2013-03-28 |accessdate=2013-07-25}}[http://www.fox5sandiego.com/videobeta/95c0a11e-e1b9-4f3b-a2cf-c2b5eb23bf94/Community/Meet-the-Geek-Girls Fox 5: Meet the Geek Girls] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100930031059/http://www.fox5sandiego.com/videobeta/95c0a11e-e1b9-4f3b-a2cf-c2b5eb23bf94/Community/Meet-the-Geek-Girls |date=September 30, 2010 }}{{cite web |author=Winda Benedetti |url=http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/09/11/5092629-look-a-unicorn-music-video-pays-tribute-to-geeky-gals-and-gamer-girls |title=MSNBC.com: Look, a unicorn! Music video pays tribute to geeky gals and gamer girls |publisher=MSNBC |date=2010-09-11 |access-date=2013-07-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104050822/http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/09/11/5092629-look-a-unicorn-music-video-pays-tribute-to-geeky-gals-and-gamer-girls |archive-date=2011-11-04 }}{{cite web|last=Flick |first=Action |url=http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/g33k-g4m3r-girls-interview/ |title=Team Unicorn Interview |publisher=Actionflickchick.com |date=2010-09-17 |accessdate=2013-07-25}} The video reached 1 million views in its first week online,{{cite web|last=Flick |first=Action |url=http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/g33k-g4m3r-girls-interview/ |title=Interview: G33K & G4M3R GIRLS (Geek and Gamer Girls Video) 1 Week, 1 Million Views |publisher=Actionflickchick.com |date=2010-09-17 |accessdate=2013-07-25}} but met with some mixed responses to its portrayal of the women.{{cite web|last=Flick |first=Action |url=http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/geeks-and-gamers-on-g33k-g4m3r-girls/ |title=G33K & G4M3R GIRLS Fangirl Furor: Should Geek and Gamer Girls Go Sexy, Sexless, Something Else? |publisher=Actionflickchick.com |date=2010-09-22 |accessdate=2013-07-25}}
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".{{cite web|last1=O'Neil|first1=Lorena|title='Star Wars' Parody of 'All About That Bass' Is Out of This Galaxy|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/earshot/star-wars-parody-all-bass-747074|website=www.hollywoodreporter.com|date=6 November 2014|accessdate=6 November 2014}} 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",{{cite news|author =Peters, Mitchell|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6385941/watch-meghan-trainors-all-about-that-bass-get-star-wars-parody|title=Meghan Trainor's 'All About That Bass' Gets 'Star Wars' Parody Treatment|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=December 7, 2014|accessdate=December 29, 2014}} 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'".{{cite news|author =Dickens, Donna|url=https://uproxx.com/hitfix/is-it-time-to-stop-pretending-team-unicorn-is-about-girl-power/|title=Is it time to stop pretending 'Team Unicorn' is about Girl Power?|work=HitFix|publisher=Uproxx|date=November 6, 2014|accessdate=November 30, 2018}}
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!{{cite web|last=ANDREEVA|first=NELLIE|title=Adult Swim Announces New Series & Pilots|date=10 May 2013|url=https://deadline.com/2013/05/adult-swim-announces-new-series-pilots-494945/|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=10 May 2013}} which was intended to introduce Alison Haislip as the new Blue Unicorn, and star Jane Lynch, Alan Tudyk, Tara Strong, and Kevin Shinick,{{cite web|last=The Deadline Team|title=Jane Lynch, Alan Tudyk Among Cast Set For Adult Swim's 'Team Unicorn' Pilot From Robot Chicken Duo|date=28 May 2014|url=https://deadline.com/2014/05/jane-lynch-alan-tudyk-among-cast-set-for-adult-swims-team-unicorn-pilot-from-robot-chicken-duo-736456/|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=28 May 2014}}{{cite web|last=Goldberg|first=Lesley|title=Adult Swim Sets Cast for 'Team Unicorn' Pilot|date=28 May 2014|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/adult-swim-sets-cast-team-707261|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=28 May 2014}} but it was never made.
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Filmography
=Videos=
=Appearances=
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Award ! Category ! Title of work ! Result |
|---|
| 2010
| "G33K & G4M3R Girls" | {{won}} |
| 2011
| Dragon Con 2011 Film Festival Awards | Best Music Video | "G33K & G4M3R Girls" | {{nom}} |
| 2012
| International Academy of Web Television Awards | Best Variety Series | Team Unicorn | {{nom}} |
References
External links
{{commons category}}
- {{Official website|http://teamunicornftw.com/}}
- {{IMDb title|1941957}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:American pop music groups
Category:Musical groups established in 2010
Category:American musical quartets