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The Unicorn in the Garden

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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })"The Unicorn In The Garden" is a 1953 animated short directed by William T. Hurtz, produced by UPA and released through Columbia Pictures. The short is based directly on James Thurber's short story of the same name, originally published in The New Yorker magazine on October 21, 1939, and later collected in Fables For Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated (1940). The short closely imitates the style of the author's own illustrations and cartoons. Like many of Thurber's fictions, "The Unicorn in the Garden" deals with the fundamental conflict between men and women, and the romantic vs. practical mindset represented by each, respectively.
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Henpecked Husband: Typical of Thurber's stories.
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Animated Adaptation
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Animated Adaptation: Inverted. There is a live-action rendition of this short, which cleverly chooses not to show the unicorn itself. Watch it here.
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Catchphrase: The unicorn is a mythical beast.
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Cassandra Truth
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Cassandra Truth: The husband telling his wife about the unicorn, and later what the wife tells the psychiatrist and the police.
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Limited Animation: The 'toon is extremely stylized, as was typical of all UPA animation. In this particular case, this may be because the style is that of the original story's author.
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Aside Glance: The husband after his wife is taken away to the asylum.
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It Was Here, I Swear!
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It Was Here, I Swear!: The husband tries to get his wife to come outside to see the unicorn, but she refuses. By the time he returns outside, the unicorn is gone.
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Have a Gay Old Time
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Have a Gay Old Time: Some younger viewers may not realize that "booby" here has nothing to do with breasts, but refers to the mentally ill: the "booby-hatch" is an insane asylum.
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