History Characters / BarbieInThePrincessAndThePauper

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[[folder:Anneliese]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:''I'm savoring a first and last taste of freedom before getting married next week...to a total stranger.'']]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KellySheridan (English, speaking), Melissa Lyons (English, singing), Ilona Brokowski (German dub), Sanna Majuri (Finnish dub), Gisela (European Spanish dub), Luljeta Bitri, Odeta Katundi (Albanian dubs)
Anneliese is the princess of a bankrupt kingdom. In order to save her kingdom, she must marry a rich king, yet she is already in love.

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* ArrangedMarriage: She is to marry King Dominick so that his wealth will save her kingdom.
* CassandraTruth: [[spoiler:Neither the gate guard nor Madame Carp believe her when she says she is the princess.]]
* DamselOutOfDistress: She is able to [[spoiler: escape her kidnappers]] by [[BedsheetGhost having her cat pose as a scary ghost]].
* DisappearedDad: Her father is known to be dead, since her mother is called "widowed".
* DubNameChange: In the Polish dub her name is Anna-Lisa.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Like any other character Franchise/{{Barbie}} plays, Anneliese has wavy blonde hair, and is a caring princess.
* IdenticalTwin: To tell her apart from Erika, she has blonde hair and a royal birthmark on her shoulder.
* InnocentBlueEyes: No Barbie-played protagonist is complete without her signature blue eyes.
* KindheartedCatLover: She is very attached to her cat, Serafina. Unfortunately, this helps Nick and Nack lure her into a trap.
%% * PrincessClassic: At the beginning. [[spoiler: In the end she becomes a PoliticallyActivePrincess who creates a new mining industry with the geodes she found.]]
* PrincessesPreferPink: She's a princess and her favorite dress is mostly pink.
* RebelliousPrincess: She initially seems like she's set up to be this based on her verse from "Free," talking about wanting to fly away and do as she pleases, but this is ultimately subverted as she is determined to do her duty as a princess and go through with her ArrangedMarriage for the sake of her kingdom.
* RedOniBlueOni: She's the hopeful Blue to Erika's feisty Red.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: As a princess, she was raised in the lap of luxury, and is a kind, generous person who's willing to forsake her own personal happiness for the good of the kingdom. When she's stuck at Madame Carp's, she insists on helping out with the sewing, despite not having a clue what she's doing, because it wouldn't be fair to leave all the work to Erika's coworker.
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: The film is set in Britain, no accent from Anneliese or Erika.
* TheSmartGuy: Anneliese loves science, particularly geology.
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[[folder:Erika]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:''Though I know I have so little, my determination's strong. People will gather around the world to hear my song!'']]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KellySheridan (English, speaking), Julie Stevens (English, singing) Ilona Brokowski (German dub), Willemijn Verkaik (Dutch dub), Eri Ito (Japanese dub), Luljeta Bitri, Odeta Katundi (Albanian dubs), Csondor Kata (Hungarian dub)
Erika is a poor village girl who must work as a seamstress in order to pay off her parents' debt. She would much rather be a singer.

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* AlmostKiss: With Dominick.
* {{Determinator}}: Erika keeps working so that she can earn her freedom.
* IdenticalStranger: Resembles Anneliese dead-on to the point she has the same face. The only differences are her hair color and no birthmark.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: The only thing that sets her apart from Anneliese is she's a brunette instead of blonde, her hair parting is reversed, and has no royal birthmark.
* InnocentBlueEyes: Because she's identical to Anneliese, she has matching blue eyes.
* KindheartedCatLover: She loves her cat, Wolfie, very much and even sings a song about [[BeYourself not wanting him to change his dog-like nature]].
* LimitedWardrobe: She only owns one dress.
* LoveEpiphany: She realizes she's fallen in love with King Dominick while masquerading as Anneliese.
* MasterActor: She pulls off such a good impersonation of Anneliese, even the girl's own ''mother'' is fooled. Not bad considering Erika had only met her once before.
* [[spoiler:RagsToRoyalty: She marries King Dominick at the end of the story, becoming his queen.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: We are never told what happened to her parents, though [[UncertainDoom presumably they're dead]].
* RedOniBlueOni: She's the feisty Red to Anneliese's hopeful Blue.
* TrueBlueFemininity: Her main dress is mostly blue, as is her princess dress, and her [[spoiler: wedding dress]] has blue trim.
* WorkOffTheDebt: Erika is in debt because her parents borrowed money in order to feed her. [[spoiler: Anneliese helps her out of it.]]

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[[folder:Julian]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AlessandroJuliani
Anneliese's royal tutor and best friend, as well as her secret love.

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* BrainyBrunette: Julian is a male example as he is very smart, educated and observant.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Implied with Annelise.
%% * GentlemanAndAScholar
* HotTeacher: He is Anneliese's tutor and is very handsome.
* HotForStudent: Granted, he is her tutor, not a teacher and they are close in age but Julien is head over heels for Anneliese.
* OneTrueLove: He and Anneliese love each other very much.
* [[spoiler: RagsToRoyalty: He marries Anneliese at the end of the film, therefore becoming her future consort.]]
* RelationshipUpgrade: With Anneliese in the end.
* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: The poor suitor to Dominick's rich suitor for Anneliese.

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[[folder:Dominick]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Mark Hildreth (speaking), Mark Luna (singing)
A rich, young, and charming king. He is also very handsome and talented when it comes to playing instruments, and he can play the trumpet, the piano and the dulcimer. Like Anneliese, he hopes to find true love without any pretense. He soon falls head over heels for the disguised Erika.

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* ArrangedMarriage: He and Annelise were originally to have a political marriage but he ends up falling in love with Erika and Anneliese already had been in love with Julien.
* TheGoodKing: He is the ruler of his kingdom and is a very kind, courageous and generous person.
* InnocentBlueEyes: He has blue eyes and is a very kind person.
* KingIncognito: He has a habit of using disguises, Erika even [[LampshadeHanging comments]] on it at one point.
* LoveAtFirstNote: The moment he overhears Erika (still pretending to be Anneliese) singing, his heart is gone.
* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: He is the Rich Suitor to Julian's Poor Suitor to Anneliese.
* TheyDo: [[spoiler: He and Erika get married in the end.]]
* UptownGuy: Erika's a pauper and he's royalty.
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[[folder:Queen Genevieve]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Ellen Kennedy
Anneliese's widowed mother and the current ruler of the kingdom.

* BlindWithoutEm: She has trouble seeing without her glasses, a fact Julian exploits by hiding them from her while Erika poses as Anneliese.
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: She wears an elegant purple gown.
* TheHighQueen: She's very regal and poised, befitting a monarch.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: She trusts Preminger with important court business, yet she's completely unaware of his plot against her throne.
* LimitedWardrobe: Never changes her clothes once throughout the movie, possibly because of the bankruptcy of the kingdom. It even extends into the wedding with Preminger.
* ShipperOnDeck: While she initially hopes her daughter will marry King Dominick, once she learns Anneliese is in love with Julian, she's incredibly supportive.
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[[folder:Preminger]]
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[[caption-width-right:210:''Yes, before this chapter closes, I'll be big as Charlamagne!'']]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MartinShort
Preminger is the main antagonist of the movie. His goal is to become the king of Anneliese's kingdom.

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* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: His plan is to marry Anneliese [[spoiler: (and later, her mother)]] so that he can become king.
* TheBully: He talks down to Julian and even [[KickTheDog kicks Wolfie]]!
* CatchPhrase: "How can I refuse?"
** He uses it frequently in the [[VillainSong song of the same name]] and any other time he can. Variants include "how ''could'' I refuse?" and at one point, "how can ''you'' refuse?"
* EvilChancellor: A member of the royal court and quite willing to take over the throne through any means possible.
* EvilBrit: Has a very pronounced British accent and is a classically evil person who wants to usurp the throne.
* KickTheDog: Well, kick the cat that thinks he's a dog, but he outright kicks Wolfie away from him in one scene.
* ObviouslyEvil: Frequently spouts [[EvilLaugh evil laughter]] in front of Queen Genevieve.
* RagsToRiches: Implied; he states in his song that he is a peasant's son.
* SurroundedByIdiots: His two henchmen, Nick and Nack are nowhere near as intelligent as he is. [[SarcasmMode How original]].
* VillainBall: Averted, as he [[spoiler:captures Julian and attempts to kill him and Anneliese later right away]].
* VillainSong: "How Can I Refuse?"
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: A heartless villain in a powdered white wig.
* XanatosSpeedChess: When his plans go awry, he tends to come up with a new plan pretty quickly or readjusts his existing plans to fit whatever came up.

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[[folder:Madame Carp]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"What do you think I'm running here, a cabaret?"]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Pam Hyatt

Madame Carp is a minor antagonist of the movie. She is Erika's cruel boss. Erika's parents took a loan from her, which she is stuck paying off.

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* BadBoss: She treats Erika and the other seamstresses terribly.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She claims that she and the princess are friends. Unfortunately for her, she mistook her "friend" for Erika, and showed her true colors.
* TheBully: She bullies her employees, overworks them and steals credit for their work.
* EvilBrit: She has a thick Cockney accent and is very cruel.
* HateSink: We can’t really hate Preminger due to his comedic quirks, but we can hate Madame Carp for being an absolute bitch with an extremely submicroscopic amount of likeable moments.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Loses her business after Annalisse makes good on her warning.
* RichesToRags: In the end, she goes out of business after losing the royal family as clients.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: A white-haired woman with the nastiest of hearts.

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[[folder:Nick and Nack]]

Preminger’s henchmen.

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* BumblingHenchmenDuo: They are hilariously incompetent, but probably the most loyal persons in all the kingdom to Preminger.
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: The two are unbearably stupid to the point where it even irritates Preminger.
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[[folder:Serafina]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:''I may be dainty, but I'm still a feline!'']]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KathleenBarr
Serafina is Anneliese's pet cat. She falls in love with Wolfie.

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* CatDogDichotomy: With Wolfie, [[AllAnimalsAreDogs kind of]].
* CatsAreMean: Averted, she and Wolfie are very friendly cats.
* NeatFreak: She ''hates'' getting dirty. However, she risks it to [[spoiler:get to the kidnapped Anneliese]].

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[[folder:Wolfie]]
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[[caption-width-right:210:''A cat always lands on his feet. Even one that barks.'']]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IanJamesCorlett

Wolfie is Erika's pet cat. He acts like a dog, and he falls in love with Serafina.

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* AllAnimalsAreDogs: He acts exactly like a dog and even barks.
* CatDogDichotomy: With Serafina, [[AllAnimalsAreDogs kind of]].
* CatsAreMean: Averted, he and Serafina are very friendly cats.
* ChekhovsSkill: His dog-like sense of smell comes in handy when [[spoiler: he tries to find a way to get to Serafina and Anneliese trapped in the gold mine]].
%%* [[HeroicDog Heroic Doggish Cat]]

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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Like any other character Franchise/{{Barbie}} plays, Annaliese has wavy blonde hair, and is a caring princess.

* InnocentBlueEyes: Because she's identical to Annaliese, she has matching blue eyes.

Annalise's royal tutor and best friend secret love.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Implied with Annalise.

* HotTeacher: He is Annalise's tutor and is very handsome.
* HotForStudent: Granted, he is her tutor, not a teacher and they are close in age but Julien is head over heels for Annalise.
* OneTrueLove: He and Annalise love each other very much.

* RelationshipUpgrade: With Annalise in the end.

A rich, young, and charming king. He is also very handsome and talented when it comes to playing instruments, and he can play the trumpet, the piano and the dulcimer. Like Anneliese, he hopes to find true love without any pretense. He soon falls head over heels for the disguised Erika

Annelise's widowed mother and the current ruler of the kingdom.

%% * [[spoiler:RagsToRoyalty: She marries King Dominick at the end.]]

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Like any other character Barbie plays, Annaliese has wavy blonde hair, and is a caring princess.