History Franchise / Barbie

* DeadlyFireworksDisplay: Toward the end of ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheDiamondCastle'', VainSorceress Lydia tries to cast a spell on {{the protagonist}}s, but it backfires and hits her instead, surrounding her with swirling green sparkles until she disappears in a flash of light. [[spoiler: Though she turns out to be NotQuiteDead...]]
** Also, in two of the three Barbie movies which are set in Fairytopia (respectively the first part, ''Fairytopia'', and the third part, ''Magic of the Rainbow''), where the BigBad of several movies gets hit by the Power of the Rainbow and (after getting swirled about in the first movie) "explodes" in a rain of rainbow-colored sparkles.

* GirlsNeedRoleModels: Despite the excessive critical focus on her [[ImpossibleHourglassFigure body shape]] and [[RealWomenNeverWearDresses clothes]], Barbie is an excellent role model in terms of having a wide variety of jobs, including a teacher, a ballerina, a surgeon, an airline pilot, an astronaut and various political roles among many others. Her famous pairing with Ken is incidental at best, never infringing on [[WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs her latest career choice]].

* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Or in her case, as the doll lines demand: She's always portrayed as good at what she does. Where "What she does" is just about any job under the sun.

* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: tweaked around 2000 to be at least somewhat realistic.
* NiceGirl: Barbie.

* WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs: She's always portrayed as good at what she does. Where "What she does" is just about any job under the sun.

* ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndHerSistersMalibuMysteries''

The original storyline attached to the dolls was that of Barbie Roberts, a teenager and the oldest of many sisters, and her career as a model. Her surname and age have now been long since forgotten, and she generally plays adult characters, being showcased in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie%27s_careers various careers]]. Barbie has also been featured in a series of animated direct-to-video features since 2001 (each with a tie-in toy line), most of them based on {{Fairy Tale}}s, but also including originals like the ''Fairytopia'' series. They tend to be accused of [[TastesLikeDiabetes Tasting Like Diabetes]], especially the newer ones, but have surprisingly strong, positive portrayals of women: i.e., the girls help each other without second intention and [[UsefulNotes/TheBechdelTest don't always bond only over guys]].

* UsefulNotes/TheBechdelTest: Surprisingly, all of the movies pass this, along with several installments of ''Life in the Dreamhouse''. The girls discuss guys once in a while, but they more often talk about friendship and their own goals.

* ''WebAnimation/BarbieBeSuper''

* Became the basic line after the 2014 rebrand of the Barbie playline to [[AuthorsSavingThrow counter declining sales]]. Features a bevy of characters at any given time (The current 2015 line features all of Barbie's named friends, both boys and two unnamed ones; a dark-skinned Christy-esque girl and a biracial girl with a massive afro).

* The most poseable dolls in the entire playline, these dolls are NoNameGiven, with the name on the box being the ''style'' of the doll, though the most recent set (''Swapping Styles'') have had a webseries similar to Mattels other line, MonsterHigh, on the Barbie [[http://barbie.com Web site]].
** As of 2011, the line has been reverted to a sort of ''Fashion Fever'' line, with Barbie, Teresa, Raquelle and Nikki taking over and eliminating the No Name Given element. It was also the first line to include [[{{Vaporware}} Ryan]]

!!! [[SassyBlackWoman The So in Style]] girls:
* A set of all black dolls featuring Barbie's friend Grace who has moved to Chicago, she meets two best friends (Trichelle and Kara) and participate in a pseudo-tutoring program (''The Little Sibling'' program, featuring [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII Dajh's clone]] as the first little brother).

!!! My Scene:
* A line that was created to compete with the {{Bratz}} line, featuring Barbie with an {{Animesque}} head and living in New York with her friends Chelsea, Madison ([[DubNameChange Westley]]), Nolee and Delancey. The line was the first line to feature webisodes (with a nice artistic quality to them). Barbie then left the line and was replaced with [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Kennedy]] (Barbie in this line had been the {{Tomboy|AndGirlyGirl}} and Kennedy was a [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl girly girl]]. It then found a huge [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff fanbase in Latin America]], and [[SeasonalRot what succeeded was a huge amount]] of PanderingToTheBase and then became NoExportForYou (the line is only sold in Latin America now), the webisodes also changed to a more cartoonish style and became less [[ActuallyPrettyFunny funny]] and more [[HormoneAddledTeenager current]].

!!! The Basics line:
* [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin One doll, one theme outfit]], the first line was the {{Little Black Dress}}es, and the second is the simple jeans and Tee line (and three male dolls were included this time).

* GirlsNeedRoleModels: Despite the excessive critical focus on her [[ImpossibleHourglassFigure body shape]] and [[RealWomanNeverWearDresses clothes]], Barbie is an excellent role model in terms of having a wide variety of jobs, including a teacher, a ballerina, a surgeon, an airline pilot, an astronaut and various political roles among many others. Her famous pairing with Ken is incidental at best, never infringing on [[WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs her latest career choice]].

** WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs: But she's always portrayed as good at what she does.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Teaching little girls that all they need to succeed in life, is to look stylish and everyone will love them regardless of character.

The original storyline attached to the dolls was that of Barbie Roberts, a teenager and the oldest of many sisters, and her career as a model. Her surname and age have now been long since forgotten, and she generally plays adult characters, being showcased in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie%27s_careers various careers]]. Barbie has also been featured in a series of animated direct-to-video features since 2001 (each with a tie-in toy line), most of them based on {{Fairy Tale}}s, but also including originals like the ''Fairytopia'' series. They tend to be accused of [[TastesLikeDiabetes Tasting Like Diabetes]], especially the newer ones, but have surprisingly strong, positive portrayals of women: i.e., the girls help each other without second intention and [[UsefulNotes/TheBechdelTest don't always bond only over guys]].

-->--The jingle to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hhjjhYGQtY the first Barbie commercial]].

* ''Barbie And Her Sisters In The Great Puppy Adventure''

** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieLifeInTheDreamhouse'', the TV special
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieLifeInTheDreamhouseTheAmazeChase''

Her [[UnlimitedWardrobe clothes]] and [[ImpossibleHourglassFigure figure]] look so neat\\
Her [[PimpedOutDress dazzling outfit]] rings a bell\\
At parties she will [[StatuesqueStunner cast a spell]]\\
A purse and [[NiceHat hats]] and [[OperaGloves gloves]] galore\\
And [[TheBeautifulElite all the gadgets]] gals adore!"''

** The ''WesternAnimation/BarbieLifeInTheDreamhouse'' TV specials spun off from the aforementioned series.

* SexySantaDress: Even she has worn some of those.

The original storyline attached to the dolls was that of Barbie Roberts, a teenager and the oldest of many sisters, and her career as a model. Her surname and age have now been long since forgotten, and she generally plays adult characters, being showcased in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie%27s_careers various careers]]. Barbie has also been featured in a series of animated direct-to-video features since 2001 (each with a tie-in toy line), most of them based on {{Fairy Tale}}s, but also including originals like the ''Fairytopia'' series. They tend to be accused of [[TastesLikeDiabetes Tasting Like Diabetes]], especially the newer ones, but have surprisingly strong, positive portrayals of women: i.e., the girls help each other without second intention and [[UserNotes/TheBechdelTest don't always bond only over guys]].

* UserNotes/TheBechdelTest: Surprisingly, all of the movies pass this, along with several installments of ''Life in the Dreamhouse''. The girls discuss guys once in a while, but they more often talk about friendship and their own goals.

The original storyline attached to the dolls was that of Barbie Roberts, a teenager and the oldest of many sisters, and her career as a model. Her surname and age have now been long since forgotten, and she generally plays adult characters, being showcased in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie%27s_careers various careers]]. Barbie has also been featured in a series of animated direct-to-video features since 2001 (each with a tie-in toy line), most of them based on {{Fairy Tale}}s, but also including originals like the ''Fairytopia'' series. They tend to be accused of [[TastesLikeDiabetes Tasting Like Diabetes]], especially the newer ones, but have surprisingly strong, positive portrayals of women: i.e., the girls help each other without second intention and [[User/TheBechdelTest don't always bond only over guys]].

* User/TheBechdelTest: Surprisingly, all of the movies pass this, along with several installments of ''Life in the Dreamhouse''. The girls discuss guys once in a while, but they more often talk about friendship and their own goals.

The original storyline attached to the dolls was that of Barbie Roberts, a teenager and the oldest of many sisters, and her career as a model. Her surname and age have now been long since forgotten, and she generally plays adult characters, being showcased in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie%27s_careers various careers]]. Barbie has also been featured in a series of animated direct-to-video features since 2001 (each with a tie-in toy line), most of them based on {{Fairy Tale}}s, but also including originals like the ''Fairytopia'' series. They tend to be accused of [[TastesLikeDiabetes Tasting Like Diabetes]], especially the newer ones, but have surprisingly strong, positive portrayals of women: i.e., the girls help each other without second intention and [[TheBechdelTest don't always bond only over guys]].

* TheBechdelTest: Surprisingly, all of the movies pass this. The girls discuss guys once in a while, but they more often talk about friendship and their own goals.

In April 2014, news broke that Creator/{{Universal}} and Mattel would collaborate on a [[LiveActionAdaptation live-action Barbie movie]].