History Toys / RainbowHigh

** Sheryl: Lemon yellow
** Gabriela: Pale blue

** Daphne: Mint green
** Daria: Dark pink
** Emi: Plum purple
* CountryMouse: Ruby, though she doesn't have a strong country accent.

Originally started as a spin-off to ''[[Toys/{{Poopsie}} Poopsie Slime Surprise!]]'' called ''Rainbow Surprise'', Creator/MGAEntertainment has retooled the line into ''[[https://rainbowhigh.mgae.com/ Rainbow High]]''. Launched in 2020, the toyline centers around the students of the eponymous boarding school, with a prestigious focus on the arts. Each character is based on a [[ColorMotifs specific color]] and is focused on a certain art field. In early 2022, a spin-off campus called Pacific Coast High debuted with all-new characters, plus Bella Parker, who had been previously expelled from Rainbow High. The setting is an unnamed beachfront city. Later on came a rival school to Rainbow High; dubbed Shadow High, the students here all have color schemes of only white, black, or shades of gray.

Originally started as a spin-off to ''[[Toys/{{Poopsie}} Poopsie Slime Surprise!]]'' called ''Rainbow Surprise'', Creator/MGAEntertainment has retooled the line into ''[[https://rainbowhigh.mgae.com/ Rainbow High]]''. Launched in 2020, the toyline centers around the students of the eponymous boarding school, with a prestigious focus on the arts. Each character is based on a [[ColorMotifs specific color]] and is focused on a certain art field.

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Sunny, Skyler ([[YouGottaHaveBlueHair sort of]]), and Poppy, who happen to be roommates.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Sunny, Skyler, Avery, Karma and Kia.

** Skyler and Amaya will draw fashions in a matter of few seconds and some shimmering clouds. Even if they have only a pencil the designs will be colored and the models will have detailed features. Everyone just rolls with it.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Everyone's hair matches their theme color. Even ''[[RainbowMotif Amaya's]]''.

* AnAesop: The moral of “Going Viral” is that while taking revenge on someone is satisfying, it causes more harm than good. ''Especially'' if it’s committed against a friend, although they have wronged you in the past it does nothing but cause more tensions in the your friendship. In addition, the overall episode has a message against uploading videos of close friends with exploitative/malicious intent, even if they had consented to be filmed.

* AnAesop: The moral of “Going Viral” is that taking revenge on someone is satisfying, it causes more harm than good. ''Especially'' if it’s committed against a friend, although they have wronged you in the past it does nothing but cause more tensions in the your friendship. In addition, the overall episode has a message against uploading videos of close friends with exploitative/malicious intent, even if they had consented to be filmed.

** Poppy Rowan: Poppies are orange, but rowan trees have red-colored berries. But Rowan as a name means "little red-head". Additionally, she mainly composes ''pop'' music.

** Laurel and Holly: [[PolarOppositeTwins Warm and Cold color pallettes]]

** Jett: Also black

** "No Rain, No Rainbows": [[spoiler:'''Bella is back.''']]

** "No Rain, No Rainbows": [[spoiler:'''Bella is back.'']]

[[caption-width-right:340:True colors fly at Rainbow High![[note]]From left to right: [[CountryMouse Ruby Anderson]], [[NoIndoorVoice Poppy Rowan]], [[KidAppealCharacter Sunny Madison]], [[PerkyGoth Jade Hunter]], [[ShrinkingViolet Skyler Bradshaw]], and [[ItsAllAboutMe Violet Willow]][[/note]]]]

* MythologyGag:
** One of the ''[[Toys/{{Poopsie}} Poopsie]]'' characters appears as a sticker on Sunny's phone case. Three ''Fantasy Friends'' also appear as the "Hi-Hi Kawaii" characters from episode 3, with alterations to their designs to match Sunny, Poppy, and Skyler.
** The school mascot is a unicorn, and it appears to be a grown-up version of Rainbow Brightstar of the ''Poopsie'' line.

* BoardingSchoolOfHorrors: Downplayed for Rainbow High. The rules are heavily enforced, handful of them are extremely strict (i.e. if you photograph your own work, [[FelonyMisdemeanor you are immediately expelled]]), and [[ThereAreNoTherapists there doesn’t seem to be any guidance counselors around.]] The teachers, not even the principal also don’t step in to resolve fighting between students (case-and-point “Going Viral”). Nonetheless the students are quite determined about their classes, and otherwise for the occasional drama outbursts they all get along.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to ''Really Rainbow Surprise'', the webseries has more dramatic stakes and arcs, however self-contained episodes do prop up from time to time.

* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: Of all the runaway group members, Ruby takes on the role as TheLeader in most moments due to her being [[RedIsHeroic the red ranger.]]

* HowWeGotHere: The webseries begins with Violet vlogging the runaway group all freaking out over their first project minutes before the deadline. Skyler and Poppy are trying to contact someone with no success, Ruby is insisting they should search for (missing!) Amaya's help, and Jade claims they wouldn’t be in this mess if Bella was still here. Yes, Bella is ''absent''. The scene ends in a freeze frame of everyone screaming before Violet begins to give context of what’s happening, going back to the first day of school and starting the episode.

* BoardingSchoolOfHorrors: Downplayed for Rainbow High. The rules are heavily enforced, handful of them are extremely strict (i.e. if you photograph your own work, [[FelonyMisdemeanor you are immediately expelled), and [[ThereAreNoTherapists there doesn’t seem to be any guidance counselors around.]] The teachers, not even the principal also don’t step in to resolve fighting between students (case-and-point “Going Viral”). Nonetheless the students are quite determined about their classes, and otherwise for the occasional drama outbursts they all get along.

** Sheryl Meyer: “Meyer” comes from Meyer lemons. And “Sheryl” sounds like ''[[Film/{{Cher}} Cher]]''yl.

** "Poppy Rowan, Keepin' the Beats Goin'": Poppy

* AdaptationalDiversity: Skyler has a darker complexion than her doll in the webseries.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Aiden, TheOneGuy of [[GirlPosse the As]], is more effeminate than the other boys at Rainbow High. His sexuality is still out in the open, however.

* ForeignExchangeStudent: Stella Monroe, hence the British accent.
* GenkiGirl: Sunny Madison.

* MythologyGag: One of the ''[[Toys/{{Poopsie}} Poopsie]]'' characters appears as a sticker on Sunny's phone case. Three ''Fantasy Friends'' also appear as the "Hi-Hi Kawaii" characters from episode 3, with alterations to their designs to match Sunny, Poppy, and Skyler.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Stella Monroe is a spoof of Creator/MarilynMonroe and her iconic pink dress seen in ''Film/GentlemenPreferBlondes''.
* NoIndoorVoice: Poppy.
* OdangoHair: Sunny's GirlishPigtails.

* PomPomGirl: The ''Cheer'' line has everyone as this.

* RapunzelHair: Amaya in her first doll that was released alongside a playset. Her wave 2 release has her hair shorter and in curls.

* TrueBlueFemininity: Skyler, of course.

* HowWeGotHere: The webseries begins with Violet vlogging the runaway group all freaking out over their first project minutes before the deadline. Skyler and Poppy are trying to contact someone with no success, Ruby is insisting they should search for Amaya's help, and Jade claims they wouldn’t be in this mess if Bella was still here. Yes, Bella is ''absent''. The scene ends in a freeze frame of everyone screaming before Violet begins to give context of what’s happening, going back to the first day of school and starting the episode.

A WebOriginal series based on the toyline released the same year. Released alongside is "The Vi Life", a recap series of shorts hosted by Violet Willow, an InUniverse social media influencer. Both series can be found on [[https://www.youtube.com/c/RainbowHigh/videos YouTube]].
Since March 2021, the series can also be streamed on Creator/{{Netflix}}, edited to be fit for a 22-minute episode format.

* HimeCut: Both of the wigs Avery comes with are styled like this with tinsel streaks, in the colors light purple and hot pink. Her illustration, however, has her light purple tinsel wig as a [[SubvertedTrope side part.]]

* IntrepidReporter: Krystal Bailey runs the school magazine, The Rainbow High Scene, and is always looking for the next scoop.

* LovableJock: River is on the football team and he has a sensitive side. His bio even states that “He’s one of those guys in high school [[ChickMagnet everyone has a crush on]].”