Team Unicorn is a

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production team formed in

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, in 2010. Its current members are American actresses

Clare Grant Clare Grant is an American actress, model, and producer. She co-founded Team Unicorn, which has produced several web series and music video parodies including "Geek and Gamer Girls" and " All About That Base". She also appeared in 2023 comedy ho ...

Rileah Vanderbilt Rileah Elizabeth Vanderbilt is an American actress and producer. She is one of the founding members of Team Unicorn. Career Vanderbilt's film debut was ''Hatchet'', where she played the Young Victor Crowley. She reprised the role in '' Hatchet ...

, Milynn Sarley, and

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(who replaced Michele Boyd in 2014). The group is known for producing

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song videos such as " G33k & G4m3r Girls", a spoof of

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's "

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", and "All About that Base", a Star Wars parody of

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's song "

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". The group had a

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called ''The Team Unicorn Saturday Action Fun Hour!'', and have attended numerous science fiction and comic conventions.

History

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

song " G33k & G4m3r Girls" online in September 2010. The

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, spoofing

's "

", is filled with geek cultural references and pays tribute to women who love

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, and

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. 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

song "

", with the tagline lyric being "No Rebels". The video has a ''

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'' theme and featured

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dancing alongside cheerleaders dressed in attire inspired by

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. Mitchell Peters of ''Billboard'' opined that the

was "catchy" and "hilarious", while Donna Dickens of ''

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'' 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,

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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

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, and

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, but it was never made.

Filmography

Videos

Appearances

Awards and nominations

References

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