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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: When Tika the elephant is in danger of drowning, she is fighting to keep her mouth above the water, with her trunk held aloft. Elephants breathe through their trunks, not their mouths. An elephant naturally swims with its mouth underwater and its trunk held above.

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When Tika the elephant is in danger of drowning, she is fighting to keep her mouth above the water, with her trunk held aloft. Elephants breathe through their trunks, not their mouths. An elephant naturally swims with its mouth underwater and its trunk held above.



* DoesNotLikeShoes: Ro spends most of the movie barefoot and in her jungle dress even whilst staying at Antonio's palace.

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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Ro spends most the first half of the movie barefoot and in her jungle dress even whilst staying at Antonio's palace.palace. She switches to a PimpedOutDress with shoes after the ball, though.



* PuppetQueen: Ariana's grand scheme includes turning her daughter into this once she ascendes the throne.

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* PuppetQueen: Ariana's grand scheme includes turning her daughter into this once she ascendes ascends the throne.


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* TheSpeechless: Ariana's rat Mat does not say a single word and looks and acts like a mime. Nat and Pat do all the talking.
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'''Barbie as the Island Princess'' is a DirectToVideo Franchise/{{Barbie}} film released in 2007, preceded by ''WesternAnimation/BarbieFairytopia: Magic of the Rainbow'' and followed by ''WesternAnimation/BarbieMariposa''.

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'''Barbie as the Island Princess'' Princess''' is a DirectToVideo Franchise/{{Barbie}} film released in 2007, preceded by ''WesternAnimation/BarbieFairytopia: Magic of the Rainbow'' and followed by ''WesternAnimation/BarbieMariposa''.
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** Also, Tika's eyes are not only ''much'' larger than a real elephant's eyes, they're also far closer together; in real life, an elephant's eyes are small and shunted off to the sides of its head.

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* BigDamnReunion: Ro realizes the Queen of Paladia is her mother and she is the kingdom's missing princess; the two then proceed to sing the lullaby as Ro's memory returns and they happily reunite.



* ForcedSleep: The animals of the kingdom end up falling into this thanks to Ariana's rats tampering their food with Sunset Herb.



* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Ariana's rats Nat, Pat, and Mat add Sunset Herb to the animals' food, causing them to fall into a deep sleep which can only be broken by Ro's rose tonic.



* TriumphantReprise: "Right Here In My Arms - Reunion", a reprise of Ro's lullaby sung by her and her mother, the queen, as they reunite.



--> "Your name is Rosella? I...I had a daughter named Rosella..."

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--> "Your Your name is Rosella? I...I had a daughter named Rosella..."
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* {{Revenge}}: Part of Queen Ariana's goals. To get back at Antonio's parents for banishing her and her family to a pig farm and allegedly forgetting them. The punishment for apparently attempting to kill them.

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* {{Revenge}}: Part of Queen Ariana's goals. To Ariana wants to get back at Antonio's parents for banishing her and her family to a pig farm and allegedly forgetting them. The as punishment for apparently attempting to kill them.
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* {{Revenge}}: Part of Queen Ariana's goals. To get back at Antonio's parents for banishing her and her family on a pig farm and allegedly forgot them. The punishment for apparently attempting to kill them.

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* {{Revenge}}: Part of Queen Ariana's goals. To get back at Antonio's parents for banishing her and her family on to a pig farm and allegedly forgot forgetting them. The punishment for apparently attempting to kill them.
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* ProperLady: Princess Luciana. Ariana specifically raised her into this to make her ideal bride material, but Antonio prefers an ActionGirl.

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* ProperLady: Princess Luciana. Ariana specifically raised her into this to make her ideal bride marriage material, but Antonio prefers an ActionGirl.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Ariana. ''In spades''. Especially prevalent during her interactions with Peter and his family, and any time she shows Luciana anything resembling praise.

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* FauxAffablyEvil: Ariana. ''In spades''. Especially prevalent during her interactions with Peter and his family, and any time she shows Luciana anything resembling praise.family.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: Well sort of lie here. Ro's fancy dress is topped with her having {{long hair| is feminine}} and wearing a CoolCrown. In the movie, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/island_princess_dress_up_1000.jpg her head is bare and the hair is up]] in a fancier version of a PrimAndProperBun. She also doesn't wear the crown at one point in the film.

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* CoversAlwaysLie: Well sort of lie here. Ro's fancy dress is topped with her having {{long hair| is feminine}} and wearing a CoolCrown. In the movie, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/island_princess_dress_up_1000.jpg her head is bare and the hair is up]] in a fancier version of a PrimAndProperBun. She also doesn't wear the crown at one point in the film.crown.
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* LohengrinAndMendelssohn: The latter plays during Prince Antonio and Princess Luciana's wedding.
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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Antonio's kingdom is modeled on Renaissance Italy.


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* FauxAffablyEvil: Ariana. ''In spades''. Especially prevalent during her interactions with Peter and his family, and any time she shows Luciana anything resembling praise.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: When Tika the elephant is in danger of drowning, she is fighting to keep her mouth above the water, with her trunk held aloft. Elephants breathe through their trunks, not their mouths. An elephant naturally swims with its mouth underwater and its trunk held above.
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Seldom Seen Species is no longer a trope.


* SeldomSeenSpecies: Sagi is a red panda. Granted, with more recent media such as the ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'' franchise and ''Anime/{{Aggretsuko}}'', there's a good chance these mammals are getting progressively more famous.
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* ShoutOut: While helping Ro get ready for the ball, Tallulah holds up [[WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheTwelveDancingPrincesses Genevieve's gown]] during "At The Ball".

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* ShoutOut: While helping Ro get ready for the ball, Tallulah Talulah holds up [[WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheTwelveDancingPrincesses Genevieve's gown]] during "At The Ball".

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* RidingIntoTheSunset: The movie ends with Ro, Antonio and the animals sailing away from the kingdom on ship for their honeymoon.

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* RidingIntoTheSunset: The movie ends with Ro, Antonio and the animals sailing away from the kingdom on a ship for their honeymoon.


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* ShoutOut: While helping Ro get ready for the ball, Tallulah holds up [[WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheTwelveDancingPrincesses Genevieve's gown]] during "At The Ball".
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* SighOfLove: While describing Ro's adventurous nature to his parents, Antonio smiles and lets out a smitten sigh.
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A 2007 DirectToVideo Franchise/{{Barbie}} film that tells the story of a girl lost in a shipwreck and raised by the animals on a tropical island. The girl suffers from amnesia, and the only clue to her past is an item with a fragment of her name, "Ro" (short for "Rosella"). When she's grown up, Prince Antonio finds the island, and after Ro saves his life, he offers to take her to his home, and she comes along to find out about her past.

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\nA 2007 '''Barbie as the Island Princess'' is a DirectToVideo Franchise/{{Barbie}} film that released in 2007, preceded by ''WesternAnimation/BarbieFairytopia: Magic of the Rainbow'' and followed by ''WesternAnimation/BarbieMariposa''.

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tells the story of a girl lost in a shipwreck and raised by the animals on a tropical island. The girl suffers from amnesia, and the only clue to her past is an item with a fragment of her name, "Ro" (short for "Rosella"). When she's grown up, Prince Antonio finds the island, and after Ro saves his life, he offers to take her to his home, and she comes along to find out about her past.
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* ArrangedMarriage: But neither the would-be bride nor groom are happy about it.

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* %%* ArrangedMarriage: But neither the would-be bride nor groom are happy about it.



* EvilRedhead: Ariana.
* EvilBrit: Ariana.

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* %%* EvilRedhead: Ariana.
* %%* EvilBrit: Ariana.



* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Luciana wears a purple dress.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Ariana.

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* %%* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Luciana wears a purple dress.
* %%* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Ariana.
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* TheCameo: [[WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheTwelveDancingPrincesses Princess Edeline]] makes a few small appearances.

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* TheCameo: [[WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheTwelveDancingPrincesses Princess Edeline]] makes a few small appearances. Courtney, Ashlyn, and Fallon can also be seen in the audience at [[spoiler: Ro and Antonio's wedding.]]
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* OppositesAttract: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Antonio and Luciana. While the two try to find common ground to bond over, it's clear by their interactions that the adventurous Antonio and the book-shy Luciana just aren't a good match romantically.
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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Most trailers and the DVD description give away Ro's real name as Rosella, which she does not learn until the middle of the movie.
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A 2007 DirectToVideo Franchise/{{Barbie}} film that tells the story of a girl lost in a shipwreck and raised by the animals on a tropical island. The girl suffers from amnesia, and the only clue to her past is an item with a fragment of her name, "Ro". When she's grown up, Prince Antonio finds the island, and after Ro saves his life, he offers to take her to his home, and she comes along to find out about her past.

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A 2007 DirectToVideo Franchise/{{Barbie}} film that tells the story of a girl lost in a shipwreck and raised by the animals on a tropical island. The girl suffers from amnesia, and the only clue to her past is an item with a fragment of her name, "Ro"."Ro" (short for "Rosella"). When she's grown up, Prince Antonio finds the island, and after Ro saves his life, he offers to take her to his home, and she comes along to find out about her past.
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* TheCameo: [[WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheTwelveDancingPrincesses Princess Edeline]] makes a few small appearances.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Ariana's parents were banished to a pig farm after a failed attempt to kill the royal family, making pigs a touchy subject for her.

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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Ariana's parents were banished to a pig farm after a failed attempt to kill the royal family, making pigs a touchy subject for her. Ironically she's sent there ''again'' at the end of the movie.
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Chekov's Gun


* ChekovsGun: Ro's lullaby, "Right Here In My Arms". It's what causes the Queen of Paladia to identify her as her daughter.

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* ChekovsGun: ChekhovsGun: Ro's lullaby, "Right Here In My Arms". It's what causes the Queen of Paladia to identify her as her daughter.
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* ChekovsGun: Ro's lullaby, "Right Here In My Arms". It's what causes the Queen of Paladia to identify her as her daughter.
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* VillainSong: Ariana sings about the scheming and murdering she did to eventually get revenge on the royal family.

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* VillainSong: Ariana sings Ariana's song "Love is for Peasants", is about the scheming and murdering she did to eventually get revenge on the royal family.
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* ArrangedMarriage: But neither the would-be bride or groom are happy about it.

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* ArrangedMarriage: But neither the would-be bride or nor groom are happy about it.
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I think it's safe to add a poster for this film now that the trope that uses the film's poster Everythings Better Than Princesses no longer exists (or at least uses that pic anymore). There's also no image picking thread note on this page. So I think it's safe to add.


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[[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]]\n
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I think it's safe to add a poster for this film now that the trope that uses the film's poster Everythings Better Than Princesses no longer exists (or at least uses that pic anymore). There's also no image picking thread note on this page. So I think it's safe to add.


[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/island_princess_dress_up_1000.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Her friends helped her dress up for the ball.]]

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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/island_princess_dress_up_1000.org/pmwiki/pub/images/barbie_island_princess_poster.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Her friends helped her dress up for the ball.]]
[[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]]

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