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* BigYes: Delivered by Laverna in the first movie when the guardians' magic begins to transfer to her.
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* ForcedTransformation: After eating a "true self" berry (thinking it was the immunity berry) at the end of the second movie, Laverna is turned into a toad.
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* ForcedTransformation: After eating a "true self" berry (thinking it was the immunity berry) at the end of the second movie, Laverna is turned into a toad. She gets turned into a ''real'' toad in the third movie after leaving the bogs, and Elina accidentally releases her with the undo spell she learned from Luminescence.
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* PreAssKickingOneLiner: In the first movie, after Azura manages to break Elina out of Laverna's control and she realizes the blue crystal is the union point, she gives one heck of a liner before throwing Azura's necklace at it to release the magic and banish Laverna.
-->'''Elina:''' I don't need your wings, Laverna!
-->'''Elina:''' I don't need your wings, Laverna!
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[[caption-width-right:295:''What makes you different makes you special.''[[note]]The tagline for ''Barbie: Fairytopia - Mermaidia'': "Trust your true self." and for ''Barbie: Fairytopia - Magic of the Rainbow'': "Together, we are strong."[[/note]]]]
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[[caption-width-right:295:''You know, you have the rainbow in your eyes. That's a sign you're destined for great things.'']]
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Dahlia and Hue never reappear or are even mentioned after the first movie. The mermaids also disappear after Mermaida, but that's more understandable.
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Dahlia and Hue never reappear or are even mentioned after the first movie. The mermaids also disappear after Mermaida, ''Mermaidia'', but that's more understandable.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Laverna's plan in the first film would've gone well had it not been for Elina [[DisabilitySuperpower not having wings and walking everywhere]], which led to Elina being the one to defeat Laverna again and again.
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** Laverna delivers a third and final one when she is finally destroyed in ''Magic of the Rainbow''.
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* BreakingOldTrends: The first film is the first to have an original plot and not adapted from previous literary sources. It is also the first Barbie film to be released in the spring, breaking the annual fall release cycle of the previous films.
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* BigNo:
** Laverna delivers a really good one in the first film when she is about to be banished by all the released guardian magic.
** Laverna gives a shocked one in ''Mermadia'' when she realizes she was turned into a toad by the True Self Berry.
** Laverna delivers a really good one in the first film when she is about to be banished by all the released guardian magic.
** Laverna gives a shocked one in ''Mermadia'' when she realizes she was turned into a toad by the True Self Berry.
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* ChekhovsGun: When Elina and Nori get to an underwater cave full of different berries while looking for the immunity berry, one of the berries there is a berry that reveals a person's true self, which also happens to look somewhat similar to the immunity berry. Elina later tricks Laverna's henchmen by hiding the immunity berry somewhere while giving them one of the "true self" berries. Also, the "true self" berry helps Elina turn back into a fairy after she gets stuck in mermaid form.
* ChekhovsSkill: Elina's pretty good at pitching, isn't she? [[spoiler: She later throws Azura's necklace at the gem in Laverna's power-stripping device, breaking it.]]
* ChekhovsSkill: Elina's pretty good at pitching, isn't she? [[spoiler: She later throws Azura's necklace at the gem in Laverna's power-stripping device, breaking it.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: ChekhovsGun:
** When Elina and Nori get to an underwater cave full of different berries while looking for the immunity berry, one of the berries there is a berry that reveals a person's true self, which also happens to look somewhat similar to the immunity berry. Elina later tricks Laverna's henchmen by hiding the immunity berry somewhere while giving them one of the "true self" berries. Also, the "true self" berry helps Elina turn back into a fairy after she gets stuck in mermaid form.
** During magic class, Sunburst warns Elina she can't touch water because water is a weakness to Sparkle Fairies like her, which could drain all her magic if coming into contact with such. Later on, Elina looks at the water realizing Laverna put the real Sunburst in water when taking her place, and successfully saves her from underwater.
*ChekhovsSkill: ChekhovsSkill:
** Elina's pretty good at pitching, isn't she? [[spoiler: She later throws Azura's necklace at the gem in Laverna's power-stripping device, breaking it.]]]]
** Also during the first Luminescence lesson in ''Magic of the Rainbow'', Elina uses the undo spell used by Azura to undo Laverna's toad transformation and release her.
** When Elina and Nori get to an underwater cave full of different berries while looking for the immunity berry, one of the berries there is a berry that reveals a person's true self, which also happens to look somewhat similar to the immunity berry. Elina later tricks Laverna's henchmen by hiding the immunity berry somewhere while giving them one of the "true self" berries. Also, the "true self" berry helps Elina turn back into a fairy after she gets stuck in mermaid form.
** During magic class, Sunburst warns Elina she can't touch water because water is a weakness to Sparkle Fairies like her, which could drain all her magic if coming into contact with such. Later on, Elina looks at the water realizing Laverna put the real Sunburst in water when taking her place, and successfully saves her from underwater.
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** Elina's pretty good at pitching, isn't she? [[spoiler: She later throws Azura's necklace at the gem in Laverna's power-stripping device, breaking it.
** Also during the first Luminescence lesson in ''Magic of the Rainbow'', Elina uses the undo spell used by Azura to undo Laverna's toad transformation and release her.
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** While exploring the berry realm in the second film, one of the berries has the power to reveal the true self. In fact, the berry was the source of getting Elina back to her fairy mode, and also defeating Laverna in the process.
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** While exploring the berry realm in the second film, one of the berries has the power to reveal the true self.self of whoever eats it. In fact, the berry was the source of getting Elina back to her fairy mode, and also defeating Laverna in the process.
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: In the climax of the first film, Elina delivers a good one when Azura snaps her out of Laverna's influence, realizing the crystal used to transfer the guardians' magic to her is the "union point" and prepares to destroy it with Azura's necklace.
-->'''Elina:''' I don't need your wings, Laverna!
-->'''Elina:''' I don't need your wings, Laverna!
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* ShapeshifterModeLock: In the second movie, Elina is told that she needs to trade her wings for a mermaid tail if she wants to be strong enough to swim through some currents, but Elina doesn't want to give up her wings as she hasn't had them for long. She is given a necklace that can allow her to become a mermaid, but if she doesn't make it out of the water before the magic in the necklace runs out, she will be stuck in mermaid form forever.
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* ShapeshifterModeLock: In the second movie, Elina is told that she needs to trade her wings for a mermaid tail if she wants to be strong enough to swim through some currents, but Elina doesn't want to give up her wings as she hasn't had them for long. She is given a necklace that can allow her to become a mermaid, but if she doesn't make it out of the water before by the time the magic in the necklace runs out, she will be stuck in mermaid form forever.
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* VocalDissonance: Hugh the butterfly has a deep voice.
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* VocalDissonance: Hugh Hue the butterfly has a deep voice.
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* WaterIsAir: ''Mermaidia'' takes place primarily underwater and zig-zags this. On one hand, the problem of land creatures spending extended time under the surface is resolved via a magical seaweed that lets you breathe underwater, people don't just swim along the sea floor unless they need to, and there's a plot point where Elina must magically trade her wings for a mermaid tail because her fairy body isn't strong enough to swim for long periods, in particular struggling to keep up with Nori. On the other hand, people can talk underwater just fine and things like water pressure and vision aren't an issue (though that could be handwaved by the magic seaweed) and it's too bright in deeper parts of the sea, among other things. No one's hair or loose clothing floats either, though that's likely due to the limitations of the animation (both technological and budgetary).
