History YMMV / BarbieAsThePrincessAndThePauper

** ''I Am A Girl Like You'' and ''Free'' brings Julie Stevens and Melissa Lyons' vocals as Erika and Anneliese put together to make an intriguing duet both times. The result is a surprisingly amazing tune where the voices blend in perfectly like bread and butter.

** ''How Could I Refuse''. Creator/MartinShort delivers utterly dramatic singing for the film, all while being rather boastful, cunning and sinister all at the same time.

** Even with only about fifteen minutes of screen time Preminger is easily one of the most well remembered parts of this film, for [[HamAndCheese many]] [[EvilIsSexy good]] [[MemeticMutation reasons.]]

* RonTheDeathEater: While she's not outwardly demonized, some people claim Annelise is a whiny SpoiledBrat and has no right comparing her life to the far less well-off Erika. Never mind that it was Erika who first compared their lives to one another, and even then Annelise never had the gall to claim they were ''exactly'' the same. It's also worth noting that while Annelise does privately angst about having to marry a stranger and having her life planned for her (which is quite understandable), she is still willing to go through with it to save the kingdom; Julian even gets tipped off that Anneliese was actually kidnapped because he knows [[OutOfCharacterAlert she'd never run away from her responsibilities]].

** Preminger is easily one of the most well remembered parts of this film, for [[HamAndCheese many]] [[EvilIsSexy good]] [[MemeticMutation reasons.]]

* FandomRivalry: Fans of this movie ''loathe WesternAnimation/BarbieAsThePrincessAndThePopstar.'' Granted, there were bound to be comparisons, but you'd be hard pressed to find anybody who grew up with this movie ''not'' calling the pseudo-sequel an inferior product.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: A lot of people, even diehard Anneliese/Erika shippers, really like Julian and King Dominick. It helps that unlike a lot of love interests in Barbie movies, they have distinct and likeable personalities that mesh very well with the girls'.

* RonTheDeathEater: While she's not outwardly demonized, some people claim Annelise is a whiny SpoiledBrat and has no right comparing her life to the far less well-off Erika. Never mind that it was Erika who first compared their lives to one another, and even she then never had the gall to claim they were ''exactly'' the same. It's also worth noting that while Anneliese does privately angst about having to marry a stranger and having her life planned for her (which is quite understandable) she is still willing to go through with it to save the kingdom; Julian even gets tipped off that Anneliese was actually kidnapped because he knows [[OutOfCharacterAlert she'd never run away from her responsibilities]].

* {{Squick}}: Preminger trying to marry Anneliese. He's old enough to be her ''father'' ([[TruthInTelevision which wasn't that out of place back then]], but very out of place in the soft and gentle Franchise/{{Barbie}}-fied version of nineteenth century Europe).

* RainbowLens: you can't throw a rock in the fandom and not hit anyone who belives that Wolfie is a metaphor for trans people, as he is a dog in a cat's body and has a song about being who you really are. his owner wearing dresses that are the colours of the trans flag only intensified it.

* {{Squick}}: Preminger trying to marry Anneliese. He's old enough to be her ''father'' (TruthInTelevision/which wasn't that out of place back then, but very out of place in the soft and gentle Franchise/{{Barbie}}-fied version of nineteenth century Europe).

* {{Squick}}: Preminger trying to marry Anneliese. He's old enough to be her ''father'' (which wasn't that out of place back then, but very out of place in the soft and gentle Franchise/{{Barbie}}-fied version of nineteenth century Europe).

* MandelaEffect: No, the title is not ''Barbie'' '''''in''''' ''the Princess and the Pauper'', as Barbie plays both Anneliese and Erika. However, some people believe that it is the actual title, likely because of many other Barbie films beginning with ''Barbie in'', such as ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheTwelveDancingPrincesses'', as well as Erika not appearing like she's being played by Barbie, due to Barbie's iconic blonde hair. Interestingly, [[Wiki/TVTropes This Very Wiki]]'s article used to be called that, before it was corrected.

* GrowingTheBeard: For the Barbie animated film series. While the previous entries (''[[WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheNutcracker Nutcracker]]'', ''[[WesternAnimation/BarbieAsRapunzel Rapunzel]]'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/BarbieOfSwanLake Swan Lake]]'') weren't seen as ''bad'', per se, they're widely regarded as SoOkayItsAverage at best. ''Princess and the Pauper'' took things up a notch, with tighter plotting, better developed characters, catchy songs and improved animation (which, amomg other things, helped tone down the occurences of UncannyValley in the earlier films). It was followed up by several other more acclaimed entries and to this day, ''Princess and the Pauper'' is one of the most popular movies in the whole series.

* UncannyValley: The ambassador falls into this, looking far more cartoonish than every other character.

** For some, a MarryThemAll / OneTrueThreesome situation is preferred because of Julian and Dominick's presence. Heck, even in the movie both couples get hitched in the same ceremony.

* MandelaEffect: No, the title is not ''Barbie'' '''''in''''' ''the Princess and the Pauper'', as Barbie plays both Anneliese and Erika. However, some people believe that it is the actual title, likely because of many other Barbie films beginning with ''Barbie in'', such as ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheTwelveDancingPrincesses''. Interestingly, [[Wiki/TVTropes This Very Wiki]]'s article used to be called that, before it was corrected.

* FanPreferredCouple: Anneliese/Erika has become incredibly popular over the years.
** For some, a MarryThemAll / OneTrueThreesome situation is preferred because of Julian and Dominick's presence.

* RonTheDeathEater: While she's not outwardly demonized, some people claim Annelise is a whiny SpoiledBrat and has no right comparing her life to the far less well-off Erika. Never mind that it was Erika in the first place to compare their lives to one another, and even she then never had the gall to claim they were ''exactly'' the same.

* MandelaEffect: No, the title is not ''Barbie'' '''''in''''' ''the Princess and the Pauper'', although some people believe that it is the actual title, likely because of many other Barbie films beginning with ''Barbie in'', such as ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheTwelveDancingPrincesses'' and ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheNutcracker''. Interestingly, [[Wiki/TVTropes This Very Wiki]]'s article used to be called that, before it was corrected.

* MandelaEffect: No, the title is not ''Barbie'' '''''in''''' ''the Princess and the Pauper'', although some people still believe it is the actual title. Interestingly, [[Wiki/TVTropes This Very Wiki]]'s article used to be called that, before it was corrected.

** Towards the end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5RnUetL_eg "Free"]], both heroines walk out of the room to the balcony, of all things. To the very edge of the balcony, to be precise. They do it right after they've been introduced to the biggest problem in their existences (especially Erika, poor thing). Note that they are both, like, sixteen; children of that age are capable of doing the most awful things on the whim. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything So these two hormone-addled grief-stricken teenage girls are standing at the edges of balconies high above the earth and singing how it would be wonderful to "take flight" (yep, "flight" means "escape", but if you take it literally...), so that they could be free.]] Of course, having as much as an allusion to suicide is impossible for a Barbie musical[[note]]Or any other [[WesternAnimation/{{Barbie Barbie movie]], for that matter[[/note]], but still, looks very suggestive.

* MandelaEffect: No, the title is not ''Barbie'' '''''in''''' ''the Princess and the Pauper'', although some people still believe it is the actual title. Interestingly, [[Website/TVTropes This Very Wiki]]'s article used to be called that, before it was corrected.

* MandelaEffect: No, the title is not ''Barbie'' '''''in''''' ''the Princess and the Pauper'', although some people still believe it is the actual title. Interestingly, the work page used to be called that, before it was corrected.