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* MotionCapture: The ballet dances were rotoscoped.
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* MotionCapture: The ballet dances were rotoscoped.motion-captured from real-life dancers of the New York City Ballet.
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* TheOwlKnowingOne: An owl on top of a grandfather clock comes to life to tell Clara and the Nutcracker where they can find the Sugarplum Princess, and gives Clara a locket that will return her home when she opens it.
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* RockMonster: The Mouse King creates a giant monster out of a broken pillar with his wand at one point to go after the Nutcracker.
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* AnAesop: "Believe in yourself" and "If you are kind, clever and brave, anything is possible." Unlike in later Barbie movies, neither Aesop appears at the very end of the credits.
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* AnAesop: Believe in yourself.
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* AnAesop: Believe "Believe in yourself.yourself" and "If you are kind, clever and brave, anything is possible." Unlike in later Barbie movies, neither Aesop appears at the very end of the credits.
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[[caption-width-right:260:"If you are kind, clever and brave, anything is possible."]]
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[[caption-width-right:260:"If you are kind, clever and brave, anything is possible."]]
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* DanceOfRomance: Clara and the Nutcracker at the end.
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* DanceOfRomance: Clara and the Nutcracker do this twice at the end.end. [[spoiler:The first time is after she's revealed to be the Sugarplum Princess, and the second is when they meet again in the real world.]]
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* LeaveTheTwoLovebirdsAlone: [[spoiler:At the end, Aunt Drosselmeyer drags off a protesting Tommy to give Clara some privacy with the real world Eric.]]
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** The Mouse King has one scene in the ballet, in which he fights the Nutcracker, is defeated, and dies. Here, he's the BigBad, and antagonizes the heroes throughout. Subverted as this is closer to his role in the original Literature/TheNutcrackerAndTheMouseKing.
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** The Mouse King has one scene in the ballet, in which he fights the Nutcracker, is defeated, and dies. Here, he's the BigBad, and antagonizes the heroes throughout. Subverted as this This is ironically closer to his role in the original Literature/TheNutcrackerAndTheMouseKing.Literature/TheNutcrackerAndTheMouseKing, where he was a recurring villain, so it might count as an example of TruerToTheText.
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* MotionCapture: Dances The ballet dances were rotoscoped.
* ParentalAbandonment: The opening narration by Barbie mentions that Clara's parents died when she was very young, thus she and her younger brother Tommy live with their grandfather.
* RaisedByGrandparents: Due to their parents' deaths, Clara and Tommy live with their grandfather.
* StarringSmurfette: Clara is the protagonist, as well as the only girl in the main group.
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* ThoseTwoGuys: Major Mint and Captain Candy.
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* ThoseTwoGuys: Major Mint and Captain Candy.Candy, who are never seen apart.
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** The Mouse King has one scene in the ballet, in which he fights the Nutcracker, is defeated, and dies. Here, he's the BigBad, and antagonizes the heroes throughout.
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** The Mouse King has one scene in the ballet, in which he fights the Nutcracker, is defeated, and dies. Here, he's the BigBad, and antagonizes the heroes throughout. Subverted as this is closer to his role in the original Literature/TheNutcrackerAndTheMouseKing.
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* GorgeousGarmentGeneration: [[spoiler:When Clara is revealed to be the Sugarplum Princess at the end, her nightgown magically turns into a sparkly pink and white dress with a tiara and RegalRinglets.]]
* OrWasItADream: Clara wakes up to find [[spoiler: her nutcracker missing. While she asks everyone else if they knew where it went, Aunt Drosselmeyer enters, [[FantasyKeepsake and asks Clara to meet the son of a family friend, who looks exactly like the Nutcracker's human form]]]].
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* OrWasItADream: Clara wakes up to find [[spoiler: her nutcracker missing. While she asks everyone else if they knew where it went, Aunt Drosselmeyer enters, [[FantasyKeepsake and asks Clara to meet the son of a family friend, who looks exactly like the Nutcracker's human form]]]].
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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Clara is the only female member of the four-person traveling group on the quest to find the Sugarplum Princess.
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* AndYouWereThere: Barbie appears in the story as Clara and [[spoiler: the Sugarplum Princess]], while her sister, Kelly, plays a candy girl and a fairy, Ken plays the Nutcracker/ Prince Eric, and Ken's brother Tommy plays Clara's brother, Tommy and a candy boy.
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* AndYouWereThere: Barbie appears in the story as Clara and [[spoiler: the Sugarplum Princess]], while her sister, Kelly, plays a candy girl and a fairy, Ken plays the Nutcracker/ Prince Nutcracker/Prince Eric, and Ken's brother Tommy plays Clara's brother, Tommy and a candy boy.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This is one of the few Barbie movies not to feature any animal sidekicks (one could make an argument for Marzipan, but she only appears twice and no effort is made to establish a distinct personality for her). It is also one of the only movies where the bulk of the main characters are male.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This is one of the few Barbie movies not to feature any animal sidekicks (one could make an argument for Marzipan, but she only appears twice and no effort is made to establish a distinct personality for her). doesn't speak). It is also one of the only very few movies where the bulk most of the main characters are male.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Nutcracker reflects the Mouse King's own shrinking ray back at him in the climax.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Nutcracker [[spoiler:The Nutcracker/Eric reflects the Mouse King's own shrinking ray back at him in the climax. climax, reducing him to the size of an ordinary mouse that's too small to do anything but run away.]]
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* BigDamnKiss: Between Clara and [[spoiler:Prince Eric]] after they dance together in the ending. Especially notable since [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness later entries in the franchise would mostly stick with]] NoHuggingNoKissing.
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This was the first in what would later become [[WesternAnimation/{{Barbie}} a series of Barbie movies]]: a series which now spans 20 years.
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This was the first in what would later become [[WesternAnimation/{{Barbie}} a series of Barbie movies]]: a series which now spans 20 years.
years. The first successor was ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAsRapunzel'', released a year later in 2002.
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* TheUnintelligible: The Snow Fairy and Flower Fairy only communicate through use of high-pitched gibberish.
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* AdaptationNameChange: Clara's brother, Fritz, became Tommy.
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** Clara's brother, Fritz, becameTommy.Tommy.
** The Sugarplum Fairy from the ballet became the Sugarplum ''Princess'' here.
** Clara's brother, Fritz, became
** The Sugarplum Fairy from the ballet became the Sugarplum ''Princess'' here.
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* TeleportersAndTransporters: Clara's locket, which teleports her back to the real world when opened.
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* TeleportersAndTransporters: TeleportationWithDrawbacks: Clara's locket, which teleports her back to the real world when opened.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Having just missed being captured with the others, Clara is left behind on the island with no way to get off and wonders if she should use the locket to get home.
--> '''Clara:''' What am I saying? I can't leave. I'm their only hope.
--> '''Clara:''' What am I saying? I can't leave. I'm their only hope.
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This was the first in what would later become [[WesternAnimation/{{Barbie}} a series of Barbie movies: movies]]: a series which now spans 20 years.
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* CoolAunt: Aunt Drosselmeyer.
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* CoolAunt: Aunt Drosselmeyer.Drosselmeyer, who frequently dotes on Clara and fascinates her with fantastical stories of her adventures. She also apparently knows about Parthenia, and pauses knowingly when she introduces Eric as "the son of a dear friend".
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* GratuitousPrincess: The Sugar Plum Fairy of the original ballet is renamed to the Sugarplum Princess. Ironically, the Sugarplum Princess of the movie is a mythical figure who has the power to defeat the Mouse King rather than an interim ruler who looked after the kingdom in the Prince's absence, as she was in the ballet.
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