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** Barbie has also had Gloria projecting her thoughts onto her. Gloria obviously knows about sex since...well...[[CaptainObvious she has a daughter]], so Barbie would now subconsciously have an idea the longer Gloria projects onto her.
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** Possibly it doesn't apply to males, since Barbie is for girls.
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** Barbie seems to know that she's a doll and that she's the first thing someone thinks of when they say "think of a Barbie", so Mattel may be viewed as like God, or perhaps Ruth Handler is the true deity.
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* When the CEO learns that Barbie is in the Real World, he's shocked, but not surprised: his reaction stems from knowing the potential danger, not from the fact that Barbie exists as a living entity. Likewise, he immediately knows how she came to the Real World, how to get there himself, and, after arriving, he seems to know a number of details about how Barbieland works (such as knowing that the Kens couldn't have weapons). All together it implies that this has happened so many times before that the CEO is familiar with Barbieland--either personally or, perhaps, because this information is a "trade secret" given to every CEO. Some of the rank-and-file employees, like Aaron, seem to have knowledge that this ''could'' happen in order to recognize emergency scenarios, but even he's confused about Barbieland's physical existence, while Gloria, also a Mattel employee, is completely in the dark and initially doesn't believe such a thing is possible. How well is this information known in the corporation? Who gets to know? Is it only the execs? Does the ''government'' know there's a parallel world whose inhabitants can invade California at will? Could the U.S. annex Barbieland for tax purposes?
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* When the CEO learns that Barbie is in the Real World, he's shocked, but not surprised: his reaction stems from knowing the potential danger, not from the fact that Barbie exists as a living entity. Likewise, he immediately knows how she came to the Real World, how to get there himself, and, after arriving, he seems to know a number of details about how Barbieland works (such as knowing that the Kens couldn't have weapons). All together it implies that this has happened so many times before that the CEO is familiar with Barbieland--either personally or, perhaps, because this information is a "trade secret" given to every CEO. Some of the rank-and-file employees, like Aaron, seem to have knowledge that this ''could'' happen in order to recognize emergency scenarios, but even he's confused about Barbieland's physical existence, while Gloria, also a Mattel employee, is completely in the dark and initially doesn't believe such a thing is possible. Moreover, the ''FBI'' knows about Barbieland, implying that this information goes all the way to the federal government. How well is this information known in the corporation? Who known, and who gets to know? Is it only the execs? Does the ''government'' know there's a parallel world whose inhabitants can invade California at will? Could the U.S. annex Barbieland for tax purposes? know?
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* When the CEO learns that Barbie is in the Real World, he's shocked, but not surprised: his reaction stems from knowing the potential danger, not from the fact that Barbie exists as a living entity. Likewise, he immediately knows how she came to the Real World, how to get there himself, and, after arriving, he seems to know a number of details about how Barbieland works (such as knowing that the Kens couldn't have weapons). All together it implies that this has happened so many times before that the CEO is familiar with Barbieland--either personally or, perhaps, because this information is a "trade secret" given to every CEO. Some of the rank-and-file employees, like Aaron, seem to have knowledge that this ''could'' happen in order to recognize emergency scenarios, but even he's confused about Barbieland's physical existence, while Gloria, also a Mattel employee, is completely in the dark and initially doesn't believe such a thing is possible. How well is this information known in the corporation? Who gets to know? Is it only the execs? Does the ''government'' know there's a parallel world whose inhabitants can invade California at will? Could the U.S. annex Barbieland for tax purposes?
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** Even if somebody factually knows about sex, they can still be clueless about certain implications due to their lack of a sex drive. Plus, Barbie is disinterested in Ken, so she simply didn't connect the dots. When it came to the construction workers, they straight up catcalled her and left no ambiguity to their sexual intent, thus Barbie could work out what their intentions were.
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** Seconded. Barbie doesn't seem to know about sex, but does know about double entendres, and that they relate to genitals?
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** The film doesn't go into it, but it ''does'' state that Stereotypical Barbie must also be partially responsible for the portal. It's never addressed what that might have been or why Barbie had enough awareness to connect with Gloria as Gloria connected with her, but something about this particular Stereotypical Barbie reached out to the Real World as Gloria in the Real World was reaching out to Stereotypical Barbie. Weird Barbie expressly states it takes two to open a portal, which would be an extremely rare occurrence.
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****The store owner was present while they were booking them and said to let them keep the clothes. It's implied they allow it because she's so attractive in them.
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Judging by Barbie's relief upon being taken into custody by agents of Mattel and her awe at stepping into Mattel Headquarters, it seems that at the very least, Barbies are aware of Mattel and regard it as an important, powerful, and benevolent force in their lives. After all, it ''does'' manufacture/create Barbies, as well as every physical object in their world. Is Mattel like God for Barbies? What exactly is that relationship like?
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** During pre-production, a lot of concepts were thrown around to make the Barbies and Kens more doll-like, including hands with fingers that don't move, plastic-like makeup, and hiding the Kens' nipples to resemble a real Ken's chest (the Barbies, of course, would never be shown topless). All of these experiments ended up being UnintentionalUncannyValley and were scrapped. So the short, practical answer is that nippleless live-action Kens just looked too weird.
