Prestige The Stickman

Prestige the Stickman is a 2020 American musical romantic drama film based on the fan-fiction of the same name, entering theaters in 2021, the film takes back to the earlier years of Communist Grub lore, revealing Prestige's origin.

The film is directed by Julia Hart, produced by Kristin Hahn, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Lee Stollman and Jordan Horowitz from a screenplay by Hahn, Hart and Horowitz, and stars Kurt Scholler, Grace VanderWaal, Graham Verchere, Giancarlo Esposito, Karan Brar, Darby Stanchfield, and Maximiliano Hernández, featuring Noah Schnapp, Justin Long, and Seth MacFarlane. The film was released on March 13, 2020.

Plot
In 1986, NASA discovers something that shocks the world: People made out of stars. This gets people talking about this milestone. The sky sends down serval grubs, guarantee a coming of them, As the early events of "Trollman and Rage Comic are Coming to Town" happen, 8 months before the first flight, serval more younger grubs are born with the same colors and genders of their older siblings, kicking off the events of "Sollux The Lazer Eyed Grub", which occur during Summer 1995. An authority figure constructs a statue to put in a school.

After Leo Borlock's father died, he began to wear a porcupine tie in remembrance of him. At a new school, he was beaten up, and his tie was cut. Since then, on each birthday, he has received a new porcupine tie from an unknown person, but he does not wear them in public. It's now 2000, in high school, Leo (Graham Verchere) plays trumpet in the marching band and helps his friend Kevin Singh (Karan Brar), a member of the A.V. club, host an interview show. One day, a free-spirited girl who also happens to be what was discovered, Stargirl Caraway (Grace VanderWaal), arrives and makes an impression on Leo when she sings "Happy Birthday" to him on a ukulele in front of the school, her magic results in a black stick figure statue named Prestige (Kurt Scholler) transforming and magically becoming conscious. Later, while their losing football team, the Mudfrogs, are playing, Stargirl performs a song, "Be True to Your School", that energizes them, and they almost get their first win. Kevin and Leo invite her onto their show, but she politely declines, much to Prestige's disappointment.

While Prestige becomes an icon, Stargirl becomes a good luck charm for the football team when she sings "We Got the Beat". She begins hanging out with Leo and tries to get him to come out of his shell. Archie (Giancarlo Esposito), the owner of the local paleontologist camp, tells Leo that Stargirl, lives with her single mother and was homeschooled much of her life. She learned about Leo through Archie. Later, Stargirl tries out for the Speech regionals against Kevin and wins with her unusual speech on rats. While anonymously returning a bike to a boy who was in the hospital, Leo mentions the ties, but Stargirl denies any knowledge of it. Stargirl gives a song suggestion to Leo ("Thirteen") and kisses him for the first time. They begin dating.

During the big game, one of the opposing players is severely injured. Stargirl rides with him to the hospital, confusing everyone. Afterward, Leo tells Stargirl that everyone was demoralized and that they lost, Prestige is furious and everyone now hates Stargirl, though most students are able to get Prestige's spirit back up, despite the school mascot claiming her a global emergency. Leo's friends are upset, but forgive him and apologize for being distant with him. Kevin invites Stargirl onto his show so to explain herself. Stargirl reveals that her real name is Susan; she chose Stargirl because she is made of stars. The audience of students turns on her when the popular girl Hillari (Shelby Simmons) scolds her for inconsiderately returning a bike to her brother, who was permanently injured while riding it. Stargirl runs off in tears, Prestige realizes the school is corrupted and he needs to find his true call, but slips on what he assumes is Stargirl's blood.

The next day, Leo finds Prestige leading serval students in a chant against Stargirl ("No Justice, No Peace"), Leo feels ridiculed by the fact that Prestige has gone crazy, and has been caught on school surveillance footage writing the words "MATERNITY WARD" on the girls' bathroom walls. The mascot has snapped under the pressure and goes on the Speech regionals to declare Stargirl a "Mica Emergency." Depsite his acts on that day, Prestige is still as popular, though he seems worried. During after hours, Prestige creates posters telling people to hate Stargirl, and to join his protests.

Leo suggests that Stargirl act like everyone else, much to her consternation, but she starts calling herself Susan and wearing clothes like those of her classmates, this does not help. At the Speech regionals, Leo asks her to the Winter Dance, and she accepts. Stargirl is about to give a speech on internet privacy, but shifts to a speech on flowers, which wins her first place. Although it is the very first trophy won at the school, nobody pays attention to it, they're still protesting with Prestige. Stargirl decides that being Susan betrays her identity. Leo begins to feel awful, but gets encouragement from his mother (Darby Stanchfield) and Kevin. The Winter Dance arrives and Prestige cancels his protests to attend and reconcile with Stargirl, Leo arrives, Stargirl reveals her surprise: him singing in front of everyone. Leo gets up and performs his and his father's favorite song, "Just What I Needed", leading everyone to dance in the courtyard, Hillari tries to confront Stargirl but is stopped by Prestige who claims she wants to help everybody.

While looking out the school window during after hours, Prestige spots unknown figures on an unknown flying vehicle pulled by unknown creatures ("Sollux The Lazer Eyed Grub"), he sees them land at Stargirl's house and smuggle a box into the house and leave, the two figures, Trollman (Justin Long) and Rage Comic (Seth MacFarlane) spot Prestige, and decide to check on June 1st, date of the Octilio Ball

It's the day of senior prank, and the seniors invite Prestige to join them to prank Stargirl. They sneak Laxatives into Stargirl's drink, Prestige sets up a trap in the stall he knows she's gonna use,

The real prank is to take a bunch of domestic animals and unleash them around the school before the next protest, this evolves into a riot, the prank on Stargirl kicks in, the animals are caught and bought back, the principal returns to the school, it seems like nothing has happened. Prestige receives a letter from the figures from the other night.

Stargirl sends Leo her collection of records, a record player and an invite for a "big surprise" at the dance, where Prestige is found by Trollman and Rage Comic, he is excited to meet them, and he is hyped up when he meets the duo's grub team: Mituna, Eridan, Kankri, Tarvos, Karkat, Equius, Cronus, Kurloz, and Sollux. Prestige becomes great friends with the Lazer Eyed Grub, and they come up with a plan.

The Octilio Ball rolls around, Stargirl attends with her friend Dori. the two at the dance on a bike covered in sunflowers. Though initially ignored by the other attendees, something about Stargirl attracts attention and temporary acceptance. Prestige and his friends crash the party and Prestige creates a guitar with his magic and performs "The Bunny Hop" along with the band, everyone joins in as the song is sung by Stargirl, Leo, and Prestige, even Trollman and Rage Comic and the 9 grubs join in.

When the song ends things get ugly, Hillari snaps at Stargirl and smacks her in the face, only to receive a giant kiss on the cheek, Stargirl disappears from the party, everyone laughs at what happened to Hillari, in one final parade, Prestige boards the sleigh and leaves Mica ("Prestige the Stickman (Reprised)") and Leo discovers that Stargirl moved away, but she has influenced the school in a positive way, and they eventually win more trophies and a historic mark to honor Prestige. Leo continues to get ties from Stargirl, and Archie reveals that she collected information on the townsfolk to help them. Even after graduating college, Leo never forgets what Stargirl did for him ("Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)").

In a post-credits scene, at an unspecified time, Stargirl sings a song to Leo ("Today and Tomorrow"), and then an interactive sing along to Prestige the Stickman is played. ("Prestige the Stickman")

Cast

 * Kurt Scholler as Prestige the Stickman (speaking voice)
 * Dan Romer as Prestige the Stickman (singing voice)
 * Grace VanderWaal as Susan "Stargirl" Caraway
 * Graham Verchere as Leo Borlock
 * Enzo Charles de Angelis as Leo age 8
 * Giancarlo Esposito as Archie Brubaker, Leo's mentor
 * Karan Brar as Kevin Singh, Leo's best friend
 * Atharva Varma as Kevin age 8
 * Darby Stanchfield as Gloria Borlock, Leo's mother
 * Maximiliano Hernández as Mr. Robineau
 * Annacheska Brown as Tess Reid
 * Collin Blackford as Benny Burrito
 * Allison Wentworth as Dori Dilson
 * Juliocesar Chavez as Alan Ferko
 * Artemis as Mallory Franklin
 * Julia Flores as Summer
 * Gabriella Surodjawan as Kim
 * Shelby Simmons as Hillari Kimble
 * John Apolinar as Wayne Parnell
 * Alex James as Zack James
 * Lucinda Marker as Principal Sutters
 * Sara Arrington as Ana Caraway
 * Steve Buscemi as Drake Caraway
 * Damian O'Hare as Leo's Dad
 * Dwayne Hill as the authority figure who built Prestige
 * Justin Long as Trollman
 * Seth MacFarlane as Rage Comic
 * Freddie Highmore as Mituna
 * Owen Vacaro as Eridan
 * Logan Lerman as Kankri
 * Thomas Barbusca as Tarvos
 * Chandler Canterbury as Karkat
 * Phillip Daniel Bolden as Equius
 * Milo Parker as Cronus
 * Pierce Gangon as Kurloz
 * Noah Schnapp as Sollux

Songs

 * 1) Prestige The Stickman - Rusty Cage
 * 2) Leo
 * 3) Cake for One
 * 4) Be True to Your School (Acoustic) – Grace VanderWaal
 * 5) Cinnamon
 * 6) We Got the Beat – Grace VanderWaal
 * 7) Mudfrogs
 * 8) Thirteen – Big Star
 * 9) Mica Fight Song – Mudfrog Marching Band
 * 10) Be True to Your School – Grace VanderWaal
 * 11) Thirteen – Grace VanderWaal & Graham Verchere
 * 12) I Like Who I Am
 * 13) Have You Ever Seen a Flower Grow
 * 14) No Justice, No Peace - Kurt Scholler
 * 15) This Kid, Lying in the Middle
 * 16) Just What I Needed – Graham Verchere
 * 17) Susan Caraway
 * 18) Stargirl
 * 19) Sollux The Lazer-Eyed Grub - Rusty Cage
 * 20) The Bunny Hop - Kurt Scholler, Grace VanderWaal, Graham Vechere
 * 21) Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) – Grace VanderWaal
 * 22) Today and Tomorrow – Grace VanderWaal
 * 23) Prestige The Stickman (Reprise) - Rusty Cage ft Entire Cast
 * 24) Thirteen (Bonus) – Grace VanderWaal

Prestige the Stickman Lyrics
Prestige The Stickman

Was a fun, amazing, soul

He was black as coal

Is tall as a pole

And is very lovable

Prestige The Stickman

Was a statue once they say

But then something uncool

At the Mica high School

Made him rise that very day

There must have been some magic

From the ukulele's magical sound

When Stargirl strummed throughout the room

Guess who began to dance around

Prestige The Stickman

Was alive as he could be

And the students say

He was fun all day

And he’s just like you and me

Prestige The Stickman

Saw something bad happen one day

And he said “Oh god, It didn’t last long”

“Now we have Stargirl to hate!”

Down through the hallways

Leading protests when he can

Chanting here and there

Without a care

Yelling “Join me if you can"

He led kids down

The parks of town

Right to the traffic cop

And only paused the moment

When he heard him say  “Yo Stop.”

Hoppity Hop hop

Hoppity Hop hop

Looking at Prestige go

Hoppity Hop hop

Hoppity Hop hop

Even through ice and snow

Prestige The Stickman

He left on the last day

But he waved goodbye and said “Don’t get high”

“Cuz I’ll meet your kids one day!”

Sequel
It has already been confirmed that there will be a sequel called Prestige The Stickman 2