History YMMV / Barbie

** Chelsea in Barbie 2.0.

** Chelsea in Barbie 2.0/

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: Articulated. Basics.
* CompleteMonster: Gothel from Barbie as Rapunzel.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Surprisingly, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxEeqEPhUMI ''Princess Dreams.'']] From ''Barbie And the Twelve Dancing Princesses.''

* FollowTheLeader: The DisneyPrincess line.
* FridgeBrilliance: In the first movie, ''Barbie in the Nutcracker'', PragmaticAdaptation turns the "Marie" of the original story into a "Clara" the name of her ''doll''. But this actually works in the new adaptation, since what else is '''Barbie''' but a doll? It makes perfect sense for her to be given Marie's doll's name from ''The Nutcracker'', and since The Nutcracker himself is a "doll" of sorts, for him and "Barbie" Clara to end up together segues perfectly into the preexisting storyline of E.T.A. Hoffman.
** Actually, Clara's the name usually given to the lead of the ballet, probably because the backstory's usually excised.

* LesYay: ''[[BarbieAndTheDiamondCastle Barbie and the Diamond Castle]]'' was practically built on this.

* RefugeInAudacity: This black troper nearly busted a gut laughing when she found out about [[http://www.museumofuncutfunk.com/The_Museum_of_Uncut_Funk/Black_Barbie_Exhibition.html Colored Francie]]
* TastesLikeDiabetes: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with 'Barbie in a Fashion Fairytale', which begins with her getting fired and goes downhill from there (She gets better).

* GirlsNeedRoleModels: YourMileageMayVary on how successful she is at this.

* RealWomenNeverWearDresses: Some people claim Barbie is a bad role model because she often sports feminine clothing, cares about her appearance, and goes out with Ken. Those complaints ignore that the point of Barbie is that she is whatever little girls want her to be. She has many careers to choose from including veterinarian, teacher, astronaut, many different kinds of doctors, nurse, and ''president of the U.S.A'' (Of course, even as the most powerful person on Earth, she '''still''' can't find an actual pair of shoes, thanks to being made from the same mold) along with the "girly" ones like model, flight attendant, and lifeguard[[hottip:*: The "I Can Be..." line best exemplifies this]]. Barbie encourages girls to have careers instead of merely being fashionable. And even though Ken was brought back after the 2004-Blaine debacle, he seems to be taking on the role of NonActionGuy.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with 'Barbie in a Fashion Fairytale', which begins with her getting fired and goes downhill from there ([[IGotBetter She gets better]]).

* RealWomenNeverWearDresses: Some people claim Barbie is a bad role model because she often sports feminine clothing, cares about her appearance, and goes out with Ken. Those complaints ignore that the point of Barbie is that she is whatever little girls want her to be. She has many careers to choose from including veterinarian, teacher, astronaut, many different kinds of doctors, nurse, and ''president of the U.S.A'' (Of course, even as the most powerful person on Earth, she '''still''' can't find an actual pair of shoes, thanks to being made from the same mold) along with the "girly" ones like model, flight attendant, and lifeguard[[hottip:*: The "I Can Be..." line best exemplifies this]]. Barbie encourages girls to have careers instead of merely being fashionable. Also, Ken has not been in the picture since 2004, and since then Barbie has dated a variety of men and had no steady love interest.

* BetterThanItSounds - Admist the collection of fantasy movies [[TastesLikeDiabetes of a similar fantasy flavor]], when she's grounded in real life scenarios it works much better, such as in TheBarbieDiaries & BarbieAFashionFairytale as well as ''Barbie in a Mermaid's Tale'', all of which use fantasy but feature more realistic reactions/characters than the other works.

* RealWomenNeverWearDresses: Some people claim Barbie is a bad role model because she often sports feminine clothing, cares about her appearance, and goes out with Ken. Those complaints ignore that the point of Barbie is that she is whatever little girls want her to be. She has many careers to choose from including veterinarian, teacher, astronaut, many different kinds of doctors, nurse, and ''president of the U.S.A'' along with the "girly" ones like model, flight attendant, and lifeguard[[hottip:*: The "I Can Be..." line best exemplifies this]]. Barbie encourages girls to have careers instead of merely being fashionable. Also, Ken has not been in the picture since 2004, and since then Barbie has dated a variety of men and had no steady love interest.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with the latest movie, 'Barbie in a Fashion Fairytale', which begins with her getting fired and [[ItGetsWorse goes downhill from there]].

* RealWomenNeverWearDresses: Some people claim Barbie is a bad role model because she often sports feminine clothing, cares about her appearance, and goes out with Ken. Those complaints ignore that the point of Barbie is that she is whatever little girls want her to be. She has many careers to choose from including veterinarian, teacher, astronaut, many different kinds of doctors, nurse, and ''president of the U.S.A'' along with the "girly" ones like model, flight attendant, and lifeguard. Compared to [[{{Bratz}} other toys for girls]], Barbie encourages girls to have careers instead of merely being fashionable. Also, Ken has not been in the picture since 2004, and since then Barbie has dated a variety of men and had no steady love interest.

* MissedMomentOfAwesome: Marketing for ''Barbie and TheThreeMusketeers'' looked as though it would involve the trope HotChickWithASword more than it actually did.

* FetishFuel: For crying out loud, the creator based her design off a doll — Lilli — marketed toward ''adult men'' in Germany!

* FetishFuel: For crying out loud, the creator based her design off a doll — Lilli — marketed toward ''adult men'' in Germany!

* FetishFuel: For crying out loud, the creator based her design off a doll — Lilli — marketed toward ''adult men'' in Germany!

* PeripheryHatedom: Everyone who doesn't love Barbie loves to hate Barbie. Although after ''{{Bratz}}'', suddenly she doesn't seem so bad.

** YourMileageMayVary on this one.

** YourMileageMayVary on this one. This troper personally thinks the characters in the newer films are more exaggerated than those in the fantasy series.

* BetterThanItSounds - Admist the collection of fantasy movies [[TastesLikeDiabetes of a similar fantasy flavor]], when she's grounded in real life scenarios it works much better, such as in TheBarbieDiaries & BarbieAFashionFairytale as well as ''Barbie in a Mermaid's Tale'', all of which use fantasy but feature more realistic reactions/characters than the other works.

* FridgeBrilliance: In the first movie, ''Barbie in the Nutcracker'', PragmaticAdaptation turns the "Marie" of the original story into a "Clara" the name of her ''doll''. But this actually works in the new adaptation, since what else is '''Barbie''' but a doll? It makes perfect sense for her to be given Marie's doll's name from ''The Nutcracker'', and since The Nutcracker himself is a "doll" of sorts, for him and "Barbie" Clara to end up together segues perfectly into the preexisting storyline of E.T.A. Hoffman.
* RealWomenNeverWearDresses: Some people claim Barbie is a bad role model because she often sports feminine clothing, cares about her appearance, and goes out with Ken. Those complaints ignore that the point of Barbie is that she is whatever little girls want her to be. She has many careers to choose from including veterinarian, teacher, astronaut, many different kinds of doctors, nurse, and ''president of the U.S.A'' along with the "girly" ones like model, flight attendant, and lifeguard. Compared to [[{{Bratz}} other toys for girls]], Barbie encourages girls to have careers instead of merely being fashionable. Also, Ken has not been in the picture since 2004, and since then Barbie has dated a variety of men and had no steady love interest.