A Promise is a Promise
About Beezle and Unico
Warning! This summary contains spoilers for the movie The Fantastic Adventures of Unico. Read at your own risk ;)
Unico and Beezle are characters from the movie The Fantastic Adventures of Unico. In the movie, Unico (a baby unicorn who has the ability to make those around him happy) spends most of his time hiding out from the gods (who are jealous of his powers). The West Wind, his only friend, places him on the Island of the Devil of Solitude...the last place the gods would ever look for him. Unico wanders around the island and eventually meets the Devil of Solitude (a large, very scary looking statue) and later, the Devil of Solitude's son, Beezle. Beezle is an arrogant, bratty little demon child who is used to getting his own way. Unico offers to be his friend, but Beezle is only interested in one thing -- Unico's horn.
Unico promises to hand the horn over to Beezle for one day, in exchange for one day's worth of friendship from Beezle. Beezle accepts...but since he's never had a real friend before, he doesn't know how friendship works. He spends much of the day bossing Unico around and using Unico's horn to force Unico to do his bidding. He chases Unico all around the island and Unico ends up falling over the cliff and smack dab into the treacherous ocean. He begs Beezle to save him, but Beezle decides he can't really be bothered. He goes back to his castle, but while he's there he begins to re-think his decision. After all, if Unico dies in the ocean, Beezle won't be able to return Unico's horn (and, as Beezle notes, devils should always keep their promises..."Daddy was always very strict about that").
Beezle runs back outside and dives into the ocean (despite the fact that he knows that sea-water is like poison to devils). He braves the current, swimming out to Unico (who has lost all of his strength) and puts Unico's horn back on top of his head. Unico immediately wakes up, and when he realizes that Beezle is close to death due to the sea-water, he transforms into a mighty unicorn, picks up Beezle, and carries him to shore. Once there, Beezle regains consciousness and is stunned to see the adult unicorn standing over him. Unico shrinks back down to his normal form and explains that he is only able to transform when someone who truly loves him needs his help: "And I think you love me, Beezle."
Though Beezle is grossed out at the suggestion of a devil loving anyone, Unico ignores him and uses his powers to give Beezle a horn of his very own. Beezle becomes very excited by the present, and as he bounces all over the island, the once-barren ground becomes covered with beautiful green grass and flowers. Spring has at last come to the Island of the Devil of Solitude, thanks to Beezle's pure-hearted happiness.
Unfortunately, the gods (watching from the clouds) take notice of the fact that "a severe case of happiness" has now broken out all over the island. They realize that the West Wind has hidden Unico there, and they send the Night Wind (their loyal servant and the West Wind's enemy) to retrieve Unico.
The West Wind is two-steps ahead of them, however -- she rushes to the island herself. Once there, she explains the situation to Unico. Unico doesn't want to leave Beezle (who is on the other side of the island, still happily bouncing around), but he has no choice. The West Wind scoops him up and they fly off.
Beezle notices Unico's absence and looks for him all over the island. He catches sight of the West Wind and Unico soaring through the crowds and throws a tantrum, yelling at them both, ordering the West Wind to bring Unico back immediately ("Now that I'm your friend you don't get rid of me that easy!!"). But it is to no avail, and Beezle is left alone, again.
Unico goes through a few more adventures in a new land, and he and the new friend he has made there, Katy, wind up in danger at the hands of the evil Baron deGhost. The West Wind once again tries to go to Unico's aid...and flies past Beezle's island in the process. Beezle sees her and demands that she take him with her so that he can see Unico again. The West Wind relents, and Beezle and Unico are eventually reunited. They are overjoyed to see one another (and it's a happy treat for those viewers who didn't expect to see Beezle again after Unico left the Island of the Devil of Solitude). Beezle also plays an important part in saving the day when fighting the Baron (Beezle offers up some amusing insight regarding the demonic Baron's character: "Wow, that guy's even meaner looking than my dad!") While at the end of the movie, Unico is forced to leave with the West Wind once again, Beezle stays behind with Katy.
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