History WesternAnimation / BarbieInAChristmasCarol

* NiceCharacterMeanActor: InUniverse, Eden acts sweet and charming on stage, and then angrily throws some flowers once the curtain closes.

* StageMom: Aunt Marie, especially how much she prevented Eden from having fun as a child. When she came back as a spirit to Eden, she explicitly stated that the quote "In a selfish world, the selfish succeed" was just her excuse for not having become a star herself.
* StrawHypocrite: When visiting with the Spirit of Christmas Present, Eden constantly accuses everyone of being ungrateful towards her. In her selfishness, she ignores the fact that she has never been grateful to them and outright threatened to fire them if they refuse to work on Christmas, even though several of them asked her for the day off so they could spend the holiday with their families.

* UsedToBeASweetKid: Catherine's sister Nell greatly laments how Eden turned out.

* DarkerAndEdgier: While still a Barbie movie at heart, given the story that it is based on, it stands out in the Barbie film series as one of its heavier and somewhat moodier films.

'''Barbie in a Christmas Carol''' is a member of the [[WesternAnimation/{{Barbie}} the Barbie series]] of DirectToVideo films. It was released in 2008, preceded by ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheDiamondCastle'' and followed by ''WesternAnimation/BarbiePresentsThumbelina''.

%%* PajamaCladHero

* EvilBrit: Eden (well more of a [[MeanBrit bully]]). The only character from Europe Barbie has played that has an accent, also.

Part of [[WesternAnimation/{{Barbie}} the Barbie series]] of DirectToVideo films, this is a retelling of ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', told by Franchise/{{Barbie}} to her little sister, Kelly. Kelly doesn't want to attend a charity ball, as she doesn't understand the importance of caring for others.

* BeautyMark: Eden has one on her right cheek.

* YetAnotherChristmasCarol

* MeaningfulName: The main character's name is '''E'''den '''S'''tarling. Think about that for a second.

Part of the Franchise/{{Barbie}} series of DirectToVideo films, this is a retelling of ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', told by Barbie to her little sister, Kelly. Kelly doesn't want to attend a charity ball, as she doesn't understand the importance of caring for others.

* AGodAmI: Eden has this complex until the end.

* BigFun: As per usual, the Spirit of Christmas Present--although it's a rare female example.

* ChristmasEpisode / ChristmasSpecial: To the Barbie film series.

* {{Expy}}: Being based on ''A Christmas Carol'', there are a few of these to the original characters.
** Eden=Ebenezer Scrooge
** Catherine=Bob Cratchit
** Aunt Marie=Jacob Marley
** Tammy=Tiny Tim

* FinishingEachOthersSentences: The twins.

* IronicName: Eden means "paradise".

* PajamaCladHero

* PimpedOutDress: Several fancy dresses are worn, most are holiday dresses.

* RedheadInGreen: The Ghost of Christmas Present.
* RegalRinglets: Eden and Catherine.
* RichBitch: Eden.

* SingleMindedTwins: Ann and Nan.

* SwirlyEnergyThingy: The Ghosts of Christmas travel through these.
* ThatPoorCat: A {{running gag}}.

* AbusiveParents: Eden's aunt. Not severely and seemed to have never hurt her physically, though she forbade Eden from having fun or celebrating any sort of holiday lest she be distracted from achieving stardom.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Eden angrily throws the flowers while on backstage and promptly exclaims "I ''hate'' Christmas!"

** In the BadFuture, Eden also has to walk without a coat but it's because [[PrincessInRags she can't afford one any more]].

* HeelFaceTurn: After Eden is redeemed, Aunt Marie briefly rematerializes to wave goodbye to her--and she's now without her chains, suggesting that helping her niece has freed her from eternal punishment.

* SavingTheOrphanage: What Eden discovered after accusing Catherine of being ungrateful and noting the "other show" that she was working on behind her back. After Eden turns good she helped save it in the end by funding the orphanage.

* StrawHypocrite: When visiting with the Spirit of Christmas Present, Eden constantly accuses everyone of being ungrateful towards her. She however is the '''the real''' UngratefulBitch for not letting them off on Christmas, but is this trope as she does not intend to be grateful due to be her delusional selfishness.

* ChristmasEpisode: To the Barbie film series.

* CatsAreMean: Eden's pet cat Chuzzlewit is about as stuffy and self important as she is and if anything eggs on her behavior. Even in the BadFuture, he outright abandons her to stay with the now wealthy and successful Catherine.

* CatsAreMean: Eden's pet cat is about as stuffy and self important as she is and if anything eggs on her behavior.

* EvilBrit: Eden (well more of a [[MeanBrit bully]]). The only character from Europe Barbie has played that has an accent, also.

* EvilBrit: Eden (well more of a [[MeanBrit bully]]. The only character from Europe Barbie has played that has an accent, also.

* ThePrimaDonna: Eden is a famous singer, and very arrogant.

* RealAfterAll: At the beginning of the framing story, Barbie gives Kelly a snow globe of Victorian England with three small female figures inside. We later find out that this snow globe is identical to the one that Eden Catherine gave Eden in the past; Eden promises to pass it on to her to her children, and have those children pass it on to ''their'' children, etc., as a reminder to always keep Christmas in their hearts. After returning to the present, Kelly asks if the snow globe is ''really'' the same keepsake as in the story, and Barbie comments that she honestly doesn't know...but after Kelly and Barbie leave her bedroom to head for the charity ball, the three female figures--who are the Spirits of Christmas--come to life and wave their scepters, suggesting that Barbie really is descended from Eden, and that the story actually happened.

* SingleMindedTwins

* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: The Spirit of Christmas Future, portrayed by a pretty old lady looking quite different from the usual [[TheGrimReaper Grim Reaper]].

* [[PajamaCladHero Pajama Clad Heroine]]

* [[StageMom Stage Aunt]]: Aunt Marie, especially how much she prevented Eden from having fun as a child. When she came back as a spirit to Eden, she explicitly stated that the quote "In a selfish world, the selfish succeed" was just her excuse for not having become a star herself.

* AGodIAm: Eden has this complex until the end.

* BadFuture: Not as bad as dying alone[[note]]Or maybe it's even worse. See FridgeBrilliance.[[/note]], but Eden ends up destitute and eventually making her best friend as mean as she is.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Due to Mattel's forbidden of death, Eden Starling doesn't die outright, but is shown to become poor and lonely. Tammy isn't shown to have died, but the orphanage she lived in is closed down, and the final fate of its residents is left ambiguous.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Eden Starling doesn't die outright, but is shown to become poor and lonely. Tammy isn't shown to have died, but the orphanage she lived in is closed down, and the final fate of its residents is left ambiguous.

* BadFuture: Not as bad as dying alone, but Eden ends up destitute and eventually making her best friend as mean as she is.

* {{Expy}}: Being based on ''A Christmas Carol'', there are a new of these to the original characters.