Thus far, "Charlie the Unicorn" movies have followed a twisted take on the "Monomyth," also known as the "Hero's Journey." The Hero's Journey consists of 5 major parts, and all (or variants) are found in both this and the first Charlie video. I shall analyze and demonstrate the formulaic nature of both these videos in the paradigm of the Hero's Journey.

Both videos may be viewed at http://www.videosift.com/search?q=charlie+unicorn

1. A Call to Adventure - Charlie's "friends" find some excuse to take him on a journey.

First movie: map to candy mountain
Second movie: magical amulet that must be taken to the banana king

2. A Road of Trials - Charlie, after initially rejecting the offer of adventure, eventually relents and decides to travel with the other unicorns. The journey involves a lot of walking and non-sequitors from the other two unicorns, and they always meet at least 1 strange object/animal along the way before reaching the goal.

First movie: Liopleurodon
Second movie: Monolithic Z

In addition, after the initial meeting with the object/animal, the subsequent scene involves a unique form of transportation of some kind, often unsettling to Charlie. Combined with the annoyances of the other two unicorns, one could say that the ultimate trial is that on Charlie's patience.

First movie: magical bridge of hope and wonder
Second movie: choo choo shoe

3. Achieving the goal or "boon" - Charlie and co. finally reach the intended destination. This is always accompanied with a victorious song of some kind performed by unrelated character(s).

First movie: the letters C, A, N, D, and Y dance and sing to convince Charlie to enter the cave of Candy Mountain.
Second movie: the "steward" of the Temple of the Banana King, a green lizard of some kind with a spade-shaped tail and wearing Santa Claus regalia, sings about how Charlie should put a banana in his ear.

4. A return to the ordinary world - Charlie makes his way back to where he started, only to find himself worse off than when he started.

First movie: the other 2 unicorns steal one of Charlie's kidneys.
Second movie: the other 2 unicorns steal Charlie's stuff.

5. Applying the boon - This stage does not occur in the Charlie stories, and can probably be replaced with a stage entitled "Schadenfreude," in which Charlie's misery is humorous due to the circumstances he was put through only to ultimately find himself deprived of things he possessed before he embarked on the journey. One could call it a "Tragic Hero's Journey." See Aristotlian Tragedy for more information.

In conclusion, it is clear that Mr. Jason Steele is a hackneyed ripoff of James Joyce and Joseph Campbell. Also, we may conclude that Charlie the Unicorn is very bad at pattern recognition.

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