THE UNICORN ACADEMY: Chapter 3: “Legendary Summer”

Name: THE UNICORN ACADEMY: Chapter 3: “Legendary Summer”
Item: THE UNICORN ACADEMY: Chapter 3: “Legendary Summer”
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"A Magical Friendship"

Family Content: -1 Caution advised for older children, including teenagers, and sensitive adults.

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What You Need To Know:

Chapter 3 of THE UNICORN ACADEMY, an animated fantasy series on Netflix, takes place at a magical school where the students have magical unicorns who work with them to keep and restore the world’s magic. Chapter 3 follows Layla and her unicorn, Glacier, as they try to undo a problem they created. Layla picks a magical flower from the dark land of Grimoria. The flower causes havoc on Unicorn Island when its vines begin to take away the unicorns’ magic. To destroy the flower’s power source, Layla inadvertently releases Tabaditha, a creepy woman who also begins to steal everyone’s magic. Can Layla and the other students stop Tabaditha before it’s too late?

The production values in Chapter 3 of THE UNICORN ACADEMY are fairly decent, with many creative elements. The animation could be better, though. That said, Chapter 3 has an entertaining, consistent storyline that extols friendship, helping one another and good overcoming evil. However, Chapter 3 of THE UNICORN ACADEMY also has some light violence and strong occult elements that center on using magical powers. So, MOVIEGUIDE® advises caution for older children.

Content:

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Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements:

Light moral worldview promotes helping each other, friendship and good defeating evil, but there are strong occult elements about using magic;

Foul Language:

No foul language;

Violence:

A unicorn is thrown to the ground with magic, a villain traps another villain to the wall with magical vines, a thrown boulder is diverted before it can hurt some characters, and a villain is transformed into a harmless object by magical beams;

Sex:

No sex;

Nudity:

No nudity;

Alcohol Use:

No alcohol use;

Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse:

No smoking or drugs; and,

Miscellaneous Immorality:

Main character places the blame on another person for something she did, a villain uses deception, and female students try to distract and deceive their teacher from finding out what’s really happening.

More Detail:

THE UNICORN ACADEMY on Netflix is an animated fantasy series about a magical school where the students have magical unicorns who work with them to keep and restore all magic in the world. Chapter 3, titled “Legendary Summer,” follows Layla and her unicorn, Glacier, as they try to undo a problem they created. After picking a magical flower from the dark land of Grimoria, havoc is unleashed on Unicorn Island when mysterious vines take away the unicorns’ magic. Layla and the other unicorn riders must find a way to destroy the flower’s power source before it’s too late.

Chapter 3 begins with unicorn riders and unicorns playing on the beach. Layla wants to be like Farafay, a former unicorn rider she admires. She also wants to be in the Sparklebook, which tells magical stories. Layla goes to the Academy for the summer, where she pairs up with her friend, Ava, to research magical plants. While exploring, the girls come to a dark bridge that leads to Grimoria, a forbidden place they’re supposed to avoid. They cross the bridge, and Layla picks an unusual flower that awakens a creepy creature.

Later that night, vines grow from the flower and wrap around Glacier, Layla’s unicorn. This takes away Glacier’s magic. The next morning, strange new flowers and vines are found around campus. The students learn that the vines remove the magic from whatever they touch. Layla calls on a magical map to see how fast roots spread and how bad things look. She goes through a magic portal to visit the evil queen, Ravenzella, and blames her friend, Ava, for the trouble she herself has caused. Queen Ravenzella deceives Layla, telling her to return to Grimoria to find and destroy a magic plant.

The unicorns use magic to kill the plant, but a creepy girl named Tabaditha emerges and wraps Glacier the unicorn with her vines to suck out her magic. Glacier falls to the ground. Tabaditha is free and goes to Unicorn Island in search of more magic. Tabaditha traps the unicorns and takes their magic. Can Layla and the other students stop Tabaditha before it’s too late?

Chapter 3 of THE UNICORN ACADEMY is artistic and colorful, with many unique and creative elements. The animation is fairly decent, but the quality could be better. The episode has a light moral worldview where the unicorns and riders work together to defeat evil. It also extols friendship and helping one another. However, Chapter 3 of THE UNICORN ACADEMY has light violence and some strong occult elements focusing on magic. So, MOVIEGUIDE® advises caution for older children.