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* LessonOfTheDaySpeech: Most of the movies include some kind of central message or theme, often including a quote spelling out the message plainly before or after the end credits. Common themes and aesops include ThePowerOfFriendship, ThePowerOfLove, HopeSpringsEternal, YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre etc.
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* AnAesop: Most of the movies include some kind of central message or theme, often including a quote spelling out the message plainly before or after the end credits. Common themes and aesops include ThePowerOfFriendship, ThePowerOfLove, HopeSpringsEternal, YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre etc.
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* GratuitousPrincess: Many of Barbie's characters are princesses (often by birth), especially in the earlier films, and it would probably be easier to name the ones where she ''isn't'' one at all (Elina from ''WesternAnimation/BarbieFairytopia'', Eden Starling from ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInAChristmasCarol'', and Barbie from ''WesternAnimation/TheBarbieDiaries'', to name a few). This goes all the way back to the first film, ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheNutcracker'', which not only made Clara a CompositeCharacter with the Sugarplum Fairy but also changed her title to that of the Sugarplum Princess.
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* GratuitousPrincess: Many of Barbie's characters are princesses (often (usually by birth), especially in the earlier films, and it would probably be easier to name the ones where she ''isn't'' one at all (Elina from ''WesternAnimation/BarbieFairytopia'', Eden Starling from ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInAChristmasCarol'', and Barbie from ''WesternAnimation/TheBarbieDiaries'', to name a few). This goes all the way back to the first film, ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheNutcracker'', which not only made Clara a CompositeCharacter with the Sugarplum Fairy but also changed her title to that of the Sugarplum Princess.
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** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheDiamondCastle'': Played almost absurdly straight with the Muses of Music, who are all attractive women in elegant, brightly colored dresses save for the BigBad Lydia, who was an ObviouslyEvil-looking type with too much eye makeup even while she was one of them.
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** ''WesternAnimation/BarbiePrincessCharmSchool'': Dame Devin is the villain, as well as a conventionally attractive RichBitch with a StrongFamilyResemblance to her daughter Delancy.
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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Often played straight in the earlier films, but also played with.
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheNutcracker'': Clara is a pretty teenage girl and the Nutcracker is clearly designed to be cute (even though Clara's brother calls him ugly), while the Mouse King and his bat minion Pimm are respectively ugly and goofy-looking.
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAsRapunzel'': Rapunzel is lovely; Gothel isn't ''ugly'', but she's an ObviouslyEvil-looking older woman with VillainousCheekbones and has an unpleasant-looking WickedWeasel for a pet.
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieOfSwanLake'': The beautiful Odette and handsome Prince Daniel are the heroes; the wizened Rothbart (who has a ridiculously big SinisterSchnoz) and sallow EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette Odile are the villains. The forest troll Erasmus is firmly a good guy on Odette's side, though.
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAsThePrincessAndThePauper'': Anneliese and Erika are the conventionally attractive heroines, while Preminger and his minions Nick and Nack are goofy-looking at best.
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieFairytopia'': Played with. The BigBad Laverna has ugly goblin henchmen, but Laverna herself is the twin sister of the graceful [[BigGood Enchantress]] and looks identical to her (at least when she hasn't been turned into a toad).
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheTwelveDancingPrincesses'': Mostly avoided; Duchess Rowena is elegant, and her manservant Desmond is more ape-like than outright ugly.
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAsTheIslandPrincess'': Queen Ariana is a FatBitch, while her kind-hearted daughter Luciana is a beautiful princess.
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheDiamondCastle'': Played almost absurdly straight with the Muses of Music, who are all attractive women in elegant, brightly colored dresses save for the BigBad Lydia, who was an ObviouslyEvil-looking type with too much eye makeup even while she was one of them.
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheNutcracker'': Clara is a pretty teenage girl and the Nutcracker is clearly designed to be cute (even though Clara's brother calls him ugly), while the Mouse King and his bat minion Pimm are respectively ugly and goofy-looking.
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAsRapunzel'': Rapunzel is lovely; Gothel isn't ''ugly'', but she's an ObviouslyEvil-looking older woman with VillainousCheekbones and has an unpleasant-looking WickedWeasel for a pet.
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieOfSwanLake'': The beautiful Odette and handsome Prince Daniel are the heroes; the wizened Rothbart (who has a ridiculously big SinisterSchnoz) and sallow EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette Odile are the villains. The forest troll Erasmus is firmly a good guy on Odette's side, though.
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAsThePrincessAndThePauper'': Anneliese and Erika are the conventionally attractive heroines, while Preminger and his minions Nick and Nack are goofy-looking at best.
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieFairytopia'': Played with. The BigBad Laverna has ugly goblin henchmen, but Laverna herself is the twin sister of the graceful [[BigGood Enchantress]] and looks identical to her (at least when she hasn't been turned into a toad).
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheTwelveDancingPrincesses'': Mostly avoided; Duchess Rowena is elegant, and her manservant Desmond is more ape-like than outright ugly.
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAsTheIslandPrincess'': Queen Ariana is a FatBitch, while her kind-hearted daughter Luciana is a beautiful princess.
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheDiamondCastle'': Played almost absurdly straight with the Muses of Music, who are all attractive women in elegant, brightly colored dresses save for the BigBad Lydia, who was an ObviouslyEvil-looking type with too much eye makeup even while she was one of them.
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** Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheDiamondCastle'': Alexa and Liana are just two regular women who happened to stumble across Melody's mirror. Then it's played straight when the girls seek shelter in a BigFancyHouse, and the inhabitants of the manor say that a prophecy foretold Liana and Alexa's arrival, and by fate's decree it belongs to them. [[spoiler:Turns out it was a trap set by Lydia, and they really are just regular people going on this adventure because it's the right thing to do]].
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** Subverted Initially averted in ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheDiamondCastle'': Alexa and Liana are just two regular women who happened just happen to stumble across Melody's mirror. Then it's played straight when the girls seek shelter in a BigFancyHouse, mirror and the inhabitants of the manor say that a prophecy foretold Liana and Alexa's arrival, and by fate's decree it belongs to them. [[spoiler:Turns out it was a trap set by Lydia, and they really are just regular people going on this adventure help her because it's the right thing to do]].do. Later, however, they find a BigFancyHouse and the inhabitants claim a prophecy foretold their coming and that the manor is meant to belong to them. [[spoiler:This is subverted when the "prophecy" turns out to be a trap set up by [[BigBad Lydia]], who ensorcelled the house's true owners into helping her.]]
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* GenreRoulette: Following ''A Fashion Fairytale'', the films began to move beyond fantasy stories and experiment with different genres, resulting in the "Barbie" take on superheroes (''Princess Power'') spy fiction (''Spy Squad'') and sci-fi (''Starlight Adventure''), among others.
* GenreShift: The early Barbie movies were overwhelmingly HeroicFantasy or HighFantasy stories with vaguely historical settings, many of which were loose adaptations of existing stories or fairy tales. The release of ''A Fashion Fairytale'' marked a shift to original stories with modern settings, often featuring UrbanFantasy elements. The later movies also began to branch out and [[GenreRoulette incorporate elements from different genres]].
* GenreShift: The early Barbie movies were overwhelmingly HeroicFantasy or HighFantasy stories with vaguely historical settings, many of which were loose adaptations of existing stories or fairy tales. The release of ''A Fashion Fairytale'' marked a shift to original stories with modern settings, often featuring UrbanFantasy elements. The later movies also began to branch out and [[GenreRoulette incorporate elements from different genres]].
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More recently, Mattel has attempted to create a somewhat-cohesive continuity across ''Barbie'' media projects, with ''WesternAnimation/BarbieDreamhouseAdventures'', Barbie's first-ever regular TV series, being set in the same continuity as ''WesternAnimation/BarbieDolphinMagic'', ''WesternAnimation/BarbiePrincessAdventure'', and ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndChelseaTheLostBirthday'', as well as at least the last three years of ''WebAnimation/BarbieVlog''. ''WesternAnimation/BarbieBigCityBigDreams'' and its' spinoff series, ''Barbie: It Takes Two'', and the interactive film ''WesternAnimation/BarbieEpicRoadTrip'' are also a part of this unified continuity.
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* GorgeousGarmentGeneration: ''WesternAnimation/{{Barbie}}'': This happens in a fair number of films:
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* GorgeousGarmentGeneration: ''WesternAnimation/{{Barbie}}'': This happens in a fair number of films:
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheNutcracker'': Clara's nightgown turns into a pink and white tutu (complete with RegalRinglets and a tiara) [[spoiler:when she is revealed to be the Sugarplum Princess.]]
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAsRapunzel'': Rapunzel uses her magic paintbrush to turn her dress into several different gowns, eventually settling on a glittery pink and purple number.
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieOfSwanLake'': Odette's dress is transformed twice, once into a pink gown for her evening with Daniel and again into a sparkly swan feathered gown.
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheDiamondCastle'': Four times over (six if you count the dogs getting all sparkly).
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheNutcracker'': Clara's nightgown turns into a pink and white tutu (complete with RegalRinglets and a tiara) [[spoiler:when she is revealed to be the Sugarplum Princess.]]
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAsRapunzel'': Rapunzel uses her magic paintbrush to turn her dress into several different gowns, eventually settling on a glittery pink and purple number.
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieOfSwanLake'': Odette's dress is transformed twice, once into a pink gown for her evening with Daniel and again into a sparkly swan feathered gown.
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheDiamondCastle'': Four times over (six if you count the dogs getting all sparkly).
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* PrincessProtagonist: Earlier films frequently had Barbie's character be a princess, usually (but not always) by birth. Later movies mostly dropped this after moving away from fairy tales, but it still pops up occasionally.
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* OddballInTheSeries: ''The Barbie Diaries'' wasn't produced at Mainframe/Rainmaker as the other films are/were; instead production was handled by Curious Pictures, resulting in some ''seriously'' UncannyValley CGI (even in comparison to the other films at the time). It was also set in the modern day, as opposed to the various historical/semi-historical or outright fantasy settings.
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* OddballInTheSeries: ''The Barbie Diaries'' wasn't produced at Mainframe/Rainmaker as the other films are/were; instead production was handled by Curious Picturesm Pictures, resulting in some ''seriously'' UncannyValley CGI (even in comparison to the other films at the time). It was also set in the modern day, as opposed to the various historical/semi-historical or outright fantasy settings.
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* OddballInTheSeries: ''The Barbie Diaries'' wasn't produced at Mainframe/Rainmaker as the other films are/were; instead production was handled by Curious Picturesm resulting in some ''seriously'' UncannyValley CGI (even in comparison to the other films at the time). It was also set in the modern day, as opposed to the various historical/semi-historical or outright fantasy settings.
** Also, the two 1980s ''Barbie and the Rockers''/''Barbie and the Sensations'' specials, which were little more than [[PoorlyDisguisedPilot potential pilots]] for a regular ''Barbie'' animated series (when negotiations with Mattel apparently fell apart, Creator/DiCEntertainment repurposed much of their production materials into the Hasbro-backed ''WesternAnimation/MaxiesWorld'').
** Also, the two 1980s ''Barbie and the Rockers''/''Barbie and the Sensations'' specials, which were little more than [[PoorlyDisguisedPilot potential pilots]] for a regular ''Barbie'' animated series (when negotiations with Mattel apparently fell apart, Creator/DiCEntertainment repurposed much of their production materials into the Hasbro-backed ''WesternAnimation/MaxiesWorld'').
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* TheChosenOne: A recurring theme in the earlier movies.
** Clara is revealed to be the mythical Sugar Plum Princess in ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheNutcracker''.
** Odette from ''WesternAnimation/BarbieOfSwanLake'' has a magical destiny to save the inhabitants of the Enchanted Forest from Rothbart's reign of terror.
** Elina from ''WesternAnimation/BarbieFairytopia'' has "the rainbow in her eye", which marks her for a great destiny.
** Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheDiamondCastle'': Alexa and Liana are just two regular women who happened to stumble across Melody's mirror. Then it's played straight when the girls seek shelter in a BigFancyHouse, and the inhabitants of the manor say that a prophecy foretold Liana and Alexa's arrival, and by fate's decree it belongs to them. [[spoiler:Turns out it was a trap set by Lydia, and they really are just regular people going on this adventure because it's the right thing to do]].
** Clara is revealed to be the mythical Sugar Plum Princess in ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheNutcracker''.
** Odette from ''WesternAnimation/BarbieOfSwanLake'' has a magical destiny to save the inhabitants of the Enchanted Forest from Rothbart's reign of terror.
** Elina from ''WesternAnimation/BarbieFairytopia'' has "the rainbow in her eye", which marks her for a great destiny.
** Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheDiamondCastle'': Alexa and Liana are just two regular women who happened to stumble across Melody's mirror. Then it's played straight when the girls seek shelter in a BigFancyHouse, and the inhabitants of the manor say that a prophecy foretold Liana and Alexa's arrival, and by fate's decree it belongs to them. [[spoiler:Turns out it was a trap set by Lydia, and they really are just regular people going on this adventure because it's the right thing to do]].
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* ParentalAbandonment: The earlier films, which were mostly based on fairy tales, had this trope a fair few times.
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheNutcracker'': Clara and Tommy's parents are specified to have died when they were younger, and they live with their grandfather.
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAsRapunzel'': Rapunzel is told by Gothel that her parents abandoned her when she was a baby before Gothel adopted her. [[spoiler:In reality, Gothel kidnapped her from her parents to get back at Rapunzel's father for rejecting her affections, and in the end Rapunzel reunites with them.]]
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieOfSwanLake'': Odette lives with her father and older sister, but her mother is never mentioned or seen and is presumably dead.
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAsThePrincessAndThePauper'': Anneliese's father is briefly seen in the prologue but disappears after that, and is all but outright stated to have died. Erika's parents are deceased, and their debts from taking loans from Madame Carp are why she's forced to work for her.
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheTwelveDancingPrincesses'': Queen Isabella, the mother of Genevieve and her sisters, is long deceased (and unlike the above examples, is at least named).
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAsTheIslandPrincess'': Ro was found and raised by animals on a tropical island as a child when she washed up on the shore, and has no memory of her past. [[spoiler:In the end, she reunites with her mother and finds out her true identity is Princess Rosella.]]
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbiePrincessCharmSchool'': Blair has an adoptive mother and little sister, having been a DoorstopBaby. [[spoiler:She later discovers she is actually Sophia, princess of Gardenia, and her family was killed in an accident engineered by Dame Devin.]]
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheNutcracker'': Clara and Tommy's parents are specified to have died when they were younger, and they live with their grandfather.
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAsRapunzel'': Rapunzel is told by Gothel that her parents abandoned her when she was a baby before Gothel adopted her. [[spoiler:In reality, Gothel kidnapped her from her parents to get back at Rapunzel's father for rejecting her affections, and in the end Rapunzel reunites with them.]]
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieOfSwanLake'': Odette lives with her father and older sister, but her mother is never mentioned or seen and is presumably dead.
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAsThePrincessAndThePauper'': Anneliese's father is briefly seen in the prologue but disappears after that, and is all but outright stated to have died. Erika's parents are deceased, and their debts from taking loans from Madame Carp are why she's forced to work for her.
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheTwelveDancingPrincesses'': Queen Isabella, the mother of Genevieve and her sisters, is long deceased (and unlike the above examples, is at least named).
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAsTheIslandPrincess'': Ro was found and raised by animals on a tropical island as a child when she washed up on the shore, and has no memory of her past. [[spoiler:In the end, she reunites with her mother and finds out her true identity is Princess Rosella.]]
** ''WesternAnimation/BarbiePrincessCharmSchool'': Blair has an adoptive mother and little sister, having been a DoorstopBaby. [[spoiler:She later discovers she is actually Sophia, princess of Gardenia, and her family was killed in an accident engineered by Dame Devin.]]
