Line #2 YMMV/Bratz


1	!!The dolls themselves:
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3	* BrokenAesop:
4	** The main characters constantly tell the one-shot characters that they should be themselves and follow their own style... right after they give them a makeover or finish gawking at the villains' untrendy LimitedWardrobe.
5	** In addition, the villains are supposed to reinforce the message that the viewer should be unique and look like nobody else... and yet the main characters and their boyfriends are all recolors of one another. (Yes, that includes their outfits.)
6	* FairForItsDay: Back when the franchise was still huge, it was actually somewhat praised for its large cast of diverse (at least on the surface) characters; the four core characters alone consisted of Hispanic Yasmin, Caucasian Cloe, African-American Sasha and Asian-American Jade. Some aspects of the franchise are perceived as having aged badly (such as teenage or younger characters wearing skimpy clothes and the fixation on consumerism), but some appreciated its attempts at diversity, with other brands like Barbie taking longer to adopt this.
7	* FandomRivalry: With Franchise/{{Barbie}}, especially in the 2000s when Bratz was at its most popular. Bratz fans found Bratz to be more hip and trendy compared to Barbie, which they saw as past its prime and unable to appeal to anyone but very young children; Bratz was also initially praised for having more racial/ethnic diversity among the dolls. Barbie fans found Bratz to have creepy-looking dolls with overly-sexualized clothing and questionable messages for children (in the early days, Bratz tended to revolve around partying, shopping, being 'cool' and not a whole lot else, while Barbie is depicted engaging in a wider range of activities and careers, although Bratz did later make some effort to have messages about being yourself and friendship); Barbie also did eventually make attempts to diversify their brand such as by adding dolls with varying body types. The legal troubles between the two brands didn't help. To this day, some parodies of both brands, such as ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' sketches and the ''Creator/SamAndMickey'' web series, will crack jokes about the rivalry between Barbie and the Bratz.
8	* FriendlyFandoms: Surprisingly, after time passed and the heyday of Bratz died down, it also gained this with Barbie. Many Barbie fans have also had Bratz dolls and seen the cartoon and/or movies in addition to the Barbie films, and vice versa.
9	* OlderThanTheDemographic: Controversially so. The toys feature arguably sexualized teens but are aimed at preteens. It's been criticized for being age-inappropriate. As a result, the characters were eventually retooled to dress more conservatively and put more emphasis on the BeYourself aesop rather than the fashion and partying.
10	* OvershadowedByControversy: Outside of the target demographic, the dolls are best known for the controversy they caused about being "ultra-sexualized".
11	* UnintentionalUncannyValley: Many comments and jokes have been made about how creepy and inhuman the Bratz look, due to their heads being massively oversized for their bodies, huge eyes and lips and tiny noses (so tiny they're almost invisible). And don't even get us started on the feet (unlike Barbies where the shoes can be removed and added normally, the legs of Bratz dolls end in stumps and the feet can be pulled off completely).
12	* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
13	** This is likely the reason (along with the [[ScrewedByTheLawyers Mattel lawsuit]]) that the Bratz fell out of favor while Barbie continued to sell. Bratz was very much based on the then-current "hip" 2000s trends of flaunting wealth, nightclubs, partying, and shopping, all of which gradually grew outdated and became outright tacky after the recession, while Barbie's premise of being TheEveryman for girls to project onto meant she could easily adapt to new trends every decade. Bratz didn't have the same benefit, and as a result, its attempts to rebrand by emphasizing friendship and having more modest outfits only caused fans to complain about the changes.
14	** Many of the clothes worn by the Bratz are clearly influenced by 2000s fashion trends, such as low-slung pants, wide-legged jeans, ruffled skirts, crop-tops, skirts or short dresses paired with jeans and so forth.
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16	!![[WesternAnimation/{{Bratz}} The cartoon]] contains examples of:
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18	* AccidentalInnuendo:
19	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeqI-0MZTKo grunts "Oh my gosh, this is too hard! I can't go on, I'm like gonna die!"]]
20	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5xkQ5spmUU "I want a big daddy! I want my daddy!"]]
21	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27vxVzXxtNA&ab_channel=aries "So are you ready for me to whip you?"]]
22	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
23	** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6jtEdBlNqLI "One Of A Kind"]]
24	* CantUnHearIt: Viewers who have watched ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' and/or ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'' won't be able to unhear Burdine's voice actress Wendie Malick who has voiced Eda Clawthrone and [[Characters/BojackHorsemanBeatriceHorseman Beatrice Horseman]] respectively.
25	* CrossesTheLineTwice: A clearly distraught radio caller tells Kirstee that their cat has recently died. What does Kirstee say? "Get a new one." In the most non-caring way possible. How blunt she says it in response to a ''pet's death'' is just offputtingly hysterical.
26	* FandomEnragingMisconception: No, Burdine is not related to the Tweevils. She's just their BadBoss. (Although in "A Cinderella Story", they do play the WickedStepmother and step-sisters.)
27	* FountainOfMemes: Take any scene from the series out-of-context and the results are ''legendary''. This is especially true for anything the Tweevils and/or Burdine say.
28	* HamAndCheese: Creator/WendieMalick really, ''really'' gives it her all in her performance as Burdine Maxwell in this poorly-animated cartoon series.
29	* InformedWrongness: In Meygan's story for ''Sleepover Adventure'', her eventually becoming scared by the park's loneliness after a magic trick was meant to be a way for her to learn a lesson in snapping at her sister and wishing to be alone, but with said sister being extremely bossy and patronizing, the park's local clown being rude and slobby, and a rider (seemingly ''deliberately'') throwing up on Meygan's clothes earlier, the vomit ruining them beyond repair, and not shown apologizing, ''and'' her sister giving Meygan a shirt too big for her only to mock it, it can be hard to blame her.
30	* ItWasHisSled: Ginger from ''Kidz: Sleepover Adventure'' was DeadAllAlong. It's the only comprehensible thing you can gather from the GainaxEnding.
31	* LoveToHate: The antics of Burdine and the Tweevil Twins are so over-the-top that you can't help but watch the show merely because of them.
32	* MemeticMutation:
33	** "My cat died today..." "Get a new one." is becoming a popular source of audio on [=TikTok=] for its CrossesTheLineTwice nature.
34	** The GainaxEnding for the first ''Bratz Kidz'' movie is often talked about for how it scared and/or confused the ones that watched it.
35	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFHSvu4txvQ "You're standing in poison ivy!"]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Cameron warns Dylan that he stepped into poison ivy on their camping trip. The scene in question has become infamously hilarious for the [[{{Narm}} wrong reasons]], mainly that Dylan's only [[SpecialEffectFailure standing on dirt]] and the weird scream Dylan reacts with.[[/labelnote]]
36	** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x80tt2x6s2Q "GIRLFRIEND STOP GET BACK IN THE CAR."]]
37	** Cloe saying [[https://youtu.be/appQFGgPF4c?si=PR_3-Ziuvohom38P "EEWWW!"]] over the sight of [[FauxHorrific ugly shoes]] has become a popular StockScream in response to anything considered {{Squick}}y, popularized by WebVideo/AthenaP.
38	* RetroactiveRecognition: [[Creator/WendieMalick Burdine Maxwell (Season 1)]] is [[WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman BoJack Horseman's mother]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse Eda the Owl Lady]].
39	* SoBadItsGood: The CGI animation was clearly made on a shoestring budget that has not aged well. Yet it features a lot of bizarre plots and scenes that has to be seen to be believed, especially when watching them out of context. Also helping is Burdine and the Tweevils with their over the top antics that practically steal the show.
40	* StrawmanHasAPoint: In "It's Not About Me Week"; due to her co-host Kirstee giving absurd or mean-spirited advice, Chloe tells a listener of the Teen Hotline to refer to her by giving her phone number live on the radio. Kirstee rightfully points out that "...all these losers are going to be, like, calling you in the middle of the night!"
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43	!![[Film/{{Bratz}} The movie]] contains examples of:
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45	* {{Anvilicious}}: All of the other students are stereotypes in a highly stratified social system, making it easy to argue against cliques and for [[BeYourself expressing your true identity.]]
46	* AudienceAlienatingPremise: An InNameOnly LiveActionAdaptation of a doll line that was losing popularity at the time, with just about ''every'' single [[ClicheStorm high school teen movie cliche that you can think of]].
47	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "Rainy Day" from the soundtrack is actually a pretty good song. Shame it ended up attached to this movie.
48	** Heck half of the songs qualify.
49	* BileFascination: It's so horrible ''it has to be seen to be believed''.
50	* BrokenAesop: The movie is infamous for its promotion of unbridled materialism, since their looks and fashion seem to be the only thing the heroines have in common. This undermines the BeYourself lesson by reducing people to their looks and accessories. No wonder Meredith split the girls up so easily.
51	-->'''Animat:''' The last thing on earth that should tell me about [[BeYourself being myself]] is a toy line that emphasises I'm nothing more than their looks, fashion and going out with boys. This is the equivalent of Hitler telling you to respect other people's beliefs.
52	** Meredith may be enforcing social stereotypes because she's a dictator and likes to be AlphaBitch, but face it, why wouldn't people with similar interests want to meet each other? It's not as if the Bratz discover they hate the cliques they're pushed into. If you've ever been lonely, you may have encountered groups that explicitly help you meet up with people who share your interests.
53	* EpilepticTrees: Watch this movie with the mindset that it's White Supremacist Propaganda. It won't make the movie good, but it will make the experience of watching it more bearable.
54	* HamAndCheese: Creator/ChelseaKane just '''knew''' this was a bad movie. So she had a lot of [[{{Yandere}} fun]] [[DisproportionateRetribution with]] [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments being]] an AlphaBitch.
55	* RetroactiveRecognition:
56	** [[Series/HouseOfAnubis Nathalia Ramos (Nina)]] plays Yasmin.
57	** Likewise with Stephen Lundsford, AKA [[Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight Kit Taylor]].
58	** Jade is [[Series/PrettyLittleLiars Mona]].
59	* SignatureScene: The scene in which Yasmin bumps into Dylan, a deaf kid who puts her in her place after she's rude to him, has become famous over the years for being one of the only great parts of the film, and being a small example of ValuesResonance.
60	* {{Squick}}: The fact that the AlphaBitch's eleven year old sister is being hit on by a high school aged boy.
61	* UnnecessaryMakeover: It's a Bratz movie, of course this happens at some point!
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63	!!''Bratz'' in general contains examples of:
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65	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Most parodies of these dolls portray the girls as tramps/[[TheVamp man-eaters]]/outright prostitutes.
66	* [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Awesome Music]]: Most of the things associated with the ''Rock Angelz'' movie and doll-line, the CD included some pretty great songs (''Nobody's Girl'' and ''So Good'') and the video game (also mentioned below).
67	* ContinuityLockOut: If you want to watch any of the videos, you better start out with the first two (Rock Angelz and Genie Magic) as those two have callbacks to later events and Genie has a sequel called ''Desert Jewelz''. The only ones you don't need to worry are the 2D ones and the Babyz (Super Babyz and Saves Christmas) and Kidz spinoffs. The former because they're a different continuity and the latter, while still the same canon as the CGI ones, don't really have a strong continuity.
68	* CreatorsPet:
69	** There is a ''reason'' the word Closmin exists. MGA's ability to create lines with only Cloe and Yasmin and if not create clones, nicknamed [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Closmin clones]], who are Cloe and Yasmin in all but name.
70	** Supposedly the preference for Yasmin is because the name and appearance of the doll is based on the creator's daughter.
71	* CriticalDissonance: Go up to any adult about ''Bratz'', and they will most likely tell you how much of a terrible influence they are to young children due to how sexualized and materialistic they are. But go up to those who grew up with the dolls, and they will most likely tell you how groundbreaking and inspiring the toyline was, at least in 2000s fashion.
72	* FandomRivalry: ''Bratz'' versus ''Franchise/{{Barbie}}'' and ''Bratzillaz'' versus ''Toys/MonsterHigh''. Now that the latter has a [[Toys/EverAfterHigh fairy tale spinoff]], woe betide those on the MGA side of the war should they make their own...
73	* FanonDiscontinuity: For some fans, Bratz are ''not'' back.
74	* MemeticMutation: [[{{Bowdlerise}} LEGGINS]].
75	* {{Moe}}: Bratz Babyz and Bratz Kidz.
76	* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: And yes, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOIBT7ZN9U Bratz Are Back]]
77	* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: A series of video games based around Bratz were eventually introduced. All of these games used the exact same engine and gameplay, had painfully forced tutorials, poor graphics and terrible controls.
78	* SoBadItsGood: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-TMhRdNTzM This 2010 song]] is like listening to a train crash in slow motion with teenybopper lyrics.
79	* {{Squick}}: One of the extra clothes one could buy for the Babyz was a small bikini. Another one had ''fishnet stockings''.
80	* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Jade's favorite music was still listed as Music/GwenStefani even in 2012. It's been listed as that since as far back as 2005. Stefani was pretty big as a solo artist in the mid-2000s and was also still known for her Music/NoDoubt hits in the 90s, but by the 2010s she hadn't released any new music for years (she released a moderately successful third album in 2015).
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