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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:"Even the smallest person can make a big difference."]] |
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| 4 | '''Barbie Presents Thumbelina''' is a Franchise/{{Barbie}} direct-to-video movie released in 2009, preceded by ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInAChristmasCarol'' and followed by ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheThreeMusketeers''. |
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| 6 | Barbie takes a class of kindergartners to plant trees in a park and, when one girl is teased for her tree being smaller, tells the story of the [[OurFairiesAreDifferent Twillerbee]] Thumbelina and her friends who are waiting for the Twillerbabies to be born from flowers. However, after being accidentally kidnapped, they learn their field will be turned into a factory. Enlisting the help of Makena, daughter of the people planning to build the factory, they try to stop it and save the Twillerbabies. |
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| 9 | !!Includes examples of: |
| 10 | * AdaptationalNationality: The characters and story were originally from Denmark, in this version it's set in the USA or Canada. |
| 11 | * GreenAesop: The lesson of this movie is that even little people (both literally with the Twillerbees and figuratively with the young girl Makena) can help the environment. |
| 12 | * GreenThumb: The Twillerbees have the power to make plants grow. |
| 13 | * HiddenElfVillage: The tiny Twillerbee village is hidden in a field of flowers. |
| 14 | * InNameOnly: There's a protagonist named Thumbelina and that's where the similarities to the original source material end. |
| 15 | * NotQuiteFlight: Thumbelina creates wings for herself, Janessa, and Chrysella that enable them to glide. |
| 16 | * OddNameOut: All other Barbie movies are ''Barbie as'' or ''Barbie in'', while this is ''Barbie presents''. It makes sense as this is the only Barbie movie where she did not play the main character. |
| 17 | * OurFairiesAreDifferent: The Twillerbees are small and have the power to make plants grow, but they don't have wings. |
| 18 | * ThePowerOfFriendship: Thumbelina explains to Makenna that Twillerbees take friendship very seriously. Learning that Thumbelina considers her a friend leads to Makenna changing her mind about showing her off to Violet, and start taking saving the flower field more seriously. |
| 19 | * SpoiledBrat: Makenna starts out as one, although most of this behaviour [[IJustWantToHaveFriends comes from wanting to be able to impress her other rich "friends"]]. Thumbelina gets the idea of teaming up with Makenna to save her home when she overhears Makenna's father saying he'll give her anything she wants. |
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| 21 | ->''Even the smallest person can make a big difference.'' |
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