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 stars a stick figure named Prestige, who comes to life one day.

The film is directed by Julia Hart, produced by Kristin Hahn, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Lee Stollman and Jordan Horowitz from a screenplay written by Hahn, Hart and Horowitz, and stars Grace VanderWaal and Graham Verchere, with the voice talent of Kurt Scholler. The film was released in 2021. The film destroyed box office... and started speculation of a sequel

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, this gives life to the statue Prestige The Stickman (Kurt Scholler), who becomes a popular icon. 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.

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, Prestige leads the school 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 delays his protests to attend, during after hours, he spots unknown figures on an unknown 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 (Octillio Ball Date).

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, Leo arrives, Stargirl reveals her surprise: him singing in front of everyone. Prestige and his friends crash the party and join Leo who gets up and performs his and his father's favorite song, "Just What I Needed", leading everyone to dance in the courtyard, after that, Prestige creates a guitar with his magic and joins the band in "The Bunny Hop", everyone gets excited, the song is sung by Stargirl, Leo, and Prestige.

Things get ugly, Hillari snaps at Stargirl and smacks her in the face, only to recieve a giant kiss on the cheek and Stargirl disappears from the party everyone laughs at that moment. Prestige leads the school in one last parade, he boards Trollman and Rage Comic's 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. 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").

A sing along of "Prestige the Stickman" is then played with previous footage from the film with the music and lyrics. ("Prestige the Stickman")

Cast
Kurt Scholler as Prestige the Stickman

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 builds 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) Be True to Your School (Extra verse)– Grace VanderWaal, ft Jesse Choy
 * 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!”