#Barbie and the island princess reference

[ladye-zelda]

Marin sings “Here On My Island” and you can’t convince me otherwise

[barbielore]

Thus far I have created polls to break down all the dolls in the Dolls of the World line that represent the same country or cultural group with, as far as I can tell (and it is very possible I've missed one), two exceptions.

These two exceptions being Native American and Pacific Islander.

If I can break down the trouble I am having with these two.

To my knowledge, there are 5 different dolls in the Dolls of the World line named "Native American Barbie", one named "Northwest Coast Native American Barbie" and one named "Princess of the Navajo". The majority of these dolls do not provide any further context on the doll packaging to indicate if they are specifically referring to a particular culture under the Native American umbrella. Their costumes may indicate specific tribes, but if so, I am not informed enough to know.

Pictured above are 1993 and 1994, both presented as Native American but with nothing more specific listed.

1995, whose box text indicates she is from the Southern Plains.

1996 and 1998 which are again unspecified - 1998 mentions Navajo and Hupa on her box text, but uses these as examples of Native American tribes without claiming identification with either.

And then Northwest Coast Native American Barbie and Princess of the Navajo.

I do not know enough about Native American culture to know whether it would be appropriate to combine these into one group and create a poll asking to pick which one is the best, but it does not feel respectful. It also does not feel appropriate to exclude them from the bracket. So I am at an impasse.

(Pacific Islander Barbies discussed in a separate post.)

[possibly-god]

Theory: Not only does the Suez Canal (or an equivalent artificial waterway) exist in the Barbie Animated Cinematic Universe, it existed possibly a century or more before it did in our reality.

Base Assumptions

The Barbie animated movies take place in the same universe - while all evidence for this theory is sourced from Barbie as the Island Princess (2007), based on various cross-references (Easter eggs, model sharing, etc.) and other scholars' work, I am a believer in the BACU.

The Barbie planet is some version of Earth - while cultural history may be different, details in dialogue, ecology, etc. imply that landmasses themselves are laid out similar to those on Earth.

Events happened factually in-universe as presented in the film - this is one Barbie movie that doesn't have a framing device as a story being told, and while Barbie's presence as an "actress" and the diegesis of the musical numbers complicate matters, the overall presentation implies that this is in-universe historical reality.

Point 1 - Locations

There are two key locations in the film, those being Ro's Island and the Kingdom of Apollonia. Ro's Island is identified as being in the "South Seas" - looking at the native wildlife (red pandas, peacocks, Asian elephants, and saltwater crocodiles) narrows it down to in or near the Bay of Bengal. Apollonia, meanwhile, can't be pinpointed with as much accuracy, but context (architecture, fashion, language, etc.) implies it is somewhere in Europe.

Point 2 - Travel Time

When Ro leaves the island with Prince Antonio, they are able to reach Apollonia within a single musical montage - while this is hardly a standard measure of time, we know it is not long enough for Ro and Prince Antonio's relationship to meaningfully progress despite being isolated in close quarters, and not a long enough absence to be remarked upon as anything more than an inconvenience to Apollonia's royal family. Additionally, no overland travel is shown - the journey is entirely by sea. The most efficient natural waterway between the Bay of Bengal and Europe would be sailing all the way around the southern tip of Africa - even a one-way trip could easily take up to half a year with the sailing ships shown in the film. Clearly a more efficient route is being used, and the most direct waterway between these two points would be cutting between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean - the Suez Canal.

Point 2.5 - Regional Relations

Consistent and efficient travel between Europe and South Asia in this universe is further evinced by Queen Danielle's ownership of a rhesus monkey and Queen Ariana's use of "sunset herb" (both endemic to the Bay of Bengal) implying trade relations between the regions, and by Ro's presence on her island to begin with, the revelation of her Paladian royal heritage (Paladia being presumably another European kingdom based on its apparent proximity to Apollonia) implying regular travel between the regions of her origin and shipwreck.

Point 3 - Historical Era

Pinpointing a specific historical era in a Barbie film is difficult, as cultural elements which are contemporary to each other in their universe correspond to many different eras in ours - the shipbuilding is 17th century, the fashions are 18th century, the germ theory is 19th century, etc. That said, only the most recent cultural reference points would place the time period consistent with that of the construction of the Suez Canal (1859-1869), while all others would indicate an earlier point in history. Thus, it's likely that the Suez Canal in the Barbie universe was constructed some time before ours.

I welcome contributions from other BACU scholars, whether to refute my observations or build upon them. The implications of this theory, while unclear to me, are undoubtedly far-reaching in terms of the Barbie universe's geopolitics.

[lilliths-httyd-blog]

So I just watched Princess and the Popstar as part of my mega Barbie movie watch/rewatch. For reference, here's where it sits on my current personal tier list (I've seen more of them I promise, just not in a very long time). I feel that it's placement on my tier list is justified considering I feel the same way about it as I do Island Princess: two very good movies with just a few aspects which make me apprehensive about watching it twice (Tika. If Tika wasn't in Island Princess it would've been in yellow tier at least). I also didn't enjoy it as much as Diamond Castle or Three Musketeers, which are both films that came out in a similar timeframe to Princess and the Popstar. So, cyan-soon-to-be-green-tier-why-the-fuck-is-it-not-green-hold-on seems fitting.

I think y'all can tell that I like the Barbie movies.

Princess and the Popstar started off a banger (despite Princesses Wanna Have Fun being the bad kind of earworm - I hadn't watched the film in well over five years until today but that song was still getting stuck in my head every other week up until as of literally a few days ago probably). A nice little homage to Princess and the Pauper without totally ripping it off. Nice throwback to To Be a Princess there too, as a kid I hadn't seen Princess and the Pauper so I had no idea where the song came from or anything (literally I used to forget that the song was even in the movie) but as of today the original is literally my favourite Barbie movie ever so when I heard the opening lyrics I got... way too excited over this Barbie movie than I really should've. But yeah no the music in this damn movie is fantastic aside from the one song.

Tori and Keira were absolutely fantastic characters. They were VERY flawed but like can you blame them??? They're not even eighteen yet, they've both grown up in heavily restrictive environments (Keira having been performing since she was six and Tori acting out all the time as a result of the way she was brought up), have had such limited social interaction and have been taught to "never act your age" (act older than you really are) so it's totally reasonable that these girls are gonna fuck up and make mistakes and do stupid things (and hey they might be faking their identities but at least they're not committing identity theft pfffft). They don't have the wisdom of an average 17 year old yet but they're treated by everyone around them like they're so much older ESPECIALLY KEIRA (and yet she's the least impulsive one out of the two). Overall, I support womens wrongs. Genuinely listen to this movie's version of To Be a Princess, you'll absolutely get what I mean.

I still think that Serafina is superior to Vanessa but... Vanessa my beloved <3 Riff was not as fun but I love his name referring to a guitar riff while also being. Ya know. Dog.

My biggest complained about this movie is Crider's whole thing with the Diamond Gardenia like. If that whole plot hadn't been in the movie then it would've been so much better. Keep the whole drought thing for Tori's character development and whatnot, and make Amelia's whole thing about keeping Tori in line be about Amelia's Material Girl lifestyle and her not wanting Tori to find out about what kinda state the kingdom is in because "Vanessa, I'm a Material Girl" (make her an homage to best Barbie villain the Original Material Girl Preminger). Like girl does not want to give up her riches in order to help the populace. Do that instead of having an unrealistic magical diamond-growing plant and Basically Uncle Ian from Alvin and the Chipmunks having an unhealthy obsession with it... (the way he broke into the castle too like- those guards DESERVED to have their heads bonked with vases if that's how shit they are at their job).

To sum my thoughts up, I reckon this movie started off really strong but as soon as the Gardenia and Crider became a thing it began to very slowly fall off. A few changes could've made it so much better. Anyway it's nice to see that it wasn't as shit as I thought it would be, considering it was my childhood favourite :D

Also I stan Prince Liam. Dude was barely present, asked next to no questions and rolled with whatever out-of-left-field shenanigans were thrown at him and I support that. Also no forced romance or hinted feelings or anything, as far as I'm concerned he and Keira were just bros causing chaos together. Good for them.

[an-abandoned-sad-weirdo]

Sonadow Fanfiction Week: 003, Day 6,

Heeeyyyoooo!

It's me again! Here's today's delivery of the light that brightens out day; the Sonadow Fanfiction of the day,

MarinerMay!

Rating: Mature

Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Category: M/M

Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games), Sonic Prime (Cartoon 2022)

Relationship: Shadow the Hedgehog/Sonic the Hedgehog

Characters:

Knuckles the Echidna

Miles "Tails" Prower

Amy Rose (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Maria Robotnik

Gerald Robotnik

Jet the Hawk

Dr. Eggman | Dr. Robotnik

Queen Aleena Hedgehog

Sonia the Hedgehog

Manic the Hedgehog

Batten Rouge (Sonic Prime)

Knuckles the Dread (Sonic Prime)

Sails Tails (Sonic Prime)

Black Rose (Sonic Prime)

Faith the Tenrec (OC)

Scourge the Hedgehog

Anti-Antoine D'Coolette

Additional Tags:

Pirates

Some of the Prompts Will Use the Prime Names

treasure

Sirens

Hidden Maps

Pirates of the Caribbean References

The Graphic Violence is in later prompts

Inspired by Barbie: Island Princess

Hidden Map

To Kill a Kingdom References

Secret Identity

fight and make up

Will Add Tags accordingly

Pirate typical violence

Frozen 2 Elements

Tides of Chaos References

Guns

Memories

Faith Tenrec Saga References

Enemies to Lovers

Implied Sexual Content

Implied/Referenced Drug Use

Language:English

15,473 words, 14/31 chapters so far, on going.

The first day

The previous day

The next day

[thelargefrye]

JUST LOSERLINE!Y/N THINGS THAT EVERY FAN NEEDS TO KNOW ... headcanons

header image.

was one of the original four members along with hongjoong, seonghwa, and san

has an older brother who owns a music store, this is how the band got their first instruments

her brother also has all of loserline's albums signed on display in his store

your favorite color is pink

when you were on hiatus, the boys always wore something pink and seonghwa even dyed his hair pink

fans have jokingly referred to you as the child of princess bubblegum and marceline because of your aesthetic

you voiced the character uta in one piece red film

you love covering a lot of anime openings and most of your livestreams consist of you singing

when loserline first debuted you had a solid black microphone, but after the first world tour you got a pink one

your favorite songs are partners in crime, gaslight!, cracker island, and black sheep

you revealed in a livestream that you had gotten into the hot wheels movies that original came out in 2005

a few months later, mattel announced they had collabed with the band to create official loserline cars that were modeled after the albums and even had one designed by each member

you had to start wearing knee pads while promoting novocaine because at the beginning you would scream and then drop to the floor, which had began to hurt your knees

your emoji is 🦦 because you thinks it’s cute

your more well known for your stage outfits and the fact that you can jump and run around on stage in heels

non-fans know you as “that one barbie girl surrounded by eight grungy guys”

you trended on twitter multiple times for your red carpet looks at the grammys

you want to one day collab with tenacious d because you’ve always been a fan of jack black

you’re a huge fan of monster high and hope to someday get your own doll by them

[kojoty]

Me and my sister used to play these really elaborate role play scenes when we were children (I was like 11 and she was like 6) with littlest pet shops et all and the story lines were always set around this family Dynasty that were Uber powerful in their town because the patriarch was, despite his canonical nickname that everyone referred to him as being Pooper (his name was Cooper Yttik actually) an extremely talented inventor and scientist, and so they were often commissioned by the Royal Crown for various projects and to help provide defense procedures (lots of evil plots in this town). It was Cooper and I *want* to say his ex-wife, all of their children of various prowess, their associates, adoptee found family (Bluetooth the blue noil and Artemis the freckle dog being two I can think of off the top of my head)... The royal family, of course, consisted of barbie of the Island Princess fame and also some of the mermaids from mermaidia. Anyways, long story short, every single time we finished a story arc (which could take anywhere from one play session to several weeks), there'd ALWAYS, without fail, be an end-of-session blowout party where they'd all dance and get excited and ALWAYS, without fail, sing We Are Family by Sister Sledge. Whenever I think about this, I smile :)

[laceswan]

My thoughts on Barbie

Ok so firstly, INCREDIBLE FILM

• As someone who adores all that is pink, this film was a joy to look at for two hours.

• Weird Barbie is incredible, I want her to be my auntie.

• a little disappointed that they didn’t reference any of the movies tho. A little princess and the pauper or island princess moment would have been nice for those of us who grew up on that shit.

• Also I know it was supposed to be emotional, but during Gloria’s(America Ferrera) big speech, all I could focus on was how good her hair looked

Like EXCUSE ME the CURLS the SHINE

• Simu Liu is amazing, the kenergy is STRONG

• that dance number was so queer coded im sorry.

• I’m waiting for Ryan!Ken and Simu!Ken to fall in love, we need that enemies to lovers.

•ok on to more serious stuff, so spoilers ahead

•firstly, it is a movie that needs to be entertaining and of reasonable length, so they could never have covered everything.

• I personally would have loved to see a little more emphasis on equality between the Kens and Barbies. I know they imply and hint that it will be more equal in Barbieland eventually, but it would have been nice to see it more explicitly put.

• maybe something about how feminism isn’t the superiority of women, but the equality between genders. I know that was the whole point of the film, but maybe it needs to be said a little louder for the ppl in the back.

• I watched it with my mother, and she mentioned that she didn’t love that they took down Kendom through manipulation. I agree for the most part, but I think it would have worked if they put in a joke or something like that where one of the Barbies suggests compromise and conversation with the Kens, but either Gloria or Sasha says that the Kens won’t listen. At least then it would be addressed that manipulation is a last resort as opposed to diplomacy.

• And of course, Greta Gerwig still did and incredible job. You can’t have everything, especially in a feature length film.

*gets off soapbox*

Ok I’m done now.

And lastly,

You are kenough

[feralportalmaster]

In reference to the Rats SMP, everyone keeps bringing up the “we’re rats, we’re rats, we’re the rats” song.

Meanwhile, I keep thinking about that one song where the rats run around at night drugging everyone’s food in Barbie Island Princess.

You cringe but that shit slapped.

[locktobre]

I saw your Barbie posts related to accents, languages and nationalities and hae some thoughts:

Hadley from Charm School not speaking English as her mother tongue. She's played by Teresa, so she comes from a Latin American country. She is Latina, like Isla coming from Japan.

I just consider Mariposa Spain and they speak Spanish. Shimmervale, on the other hand, I view as Malta. Fairytopia, Portugal so they speak Portuguese. Island Princess, they speak Italian etc, Meribella is Monaco so French.

And Kira apparently is Vietnamese, Nia from Western Fun was Native American, and Miko was Native Hawaiian, as I saw an ask about why we didn't get other races.

Now an explanation that is needed: Fairy Secret. Why is Taylor British and why is Zane Italian, and in Mermaid Tale why does the lipstick fish have a Hungarian accent? She talks like Zsa Zsa Gabor??? What? And yes why isn't Summer Aussie, as well as why did Blaine never appear in a movie when Barbie wasn;t dating Ken, and why didn't Christie, Lea, and Kayla appaear? I mean Kira only had 2 dolls in the 2000s before being completely cut, so her I get.

Sat on this for awhile trying to decide if I wanted to be nice answering, and I decided that I do not want to be nice. I haven't talked about Barbie in months, really, so I have no idea what posts you're referring to. There are literally over 7,700 posts in my Barbie tag from the past 10 years so speaking vaguely about something not recent is of no help to me. But whatever, I'm going to deal with this and then turn off my ask again.

I tried searching my blog to see what the hell you're talking about so maybe I'm right, maybe I'm not, whatever.

Re: this post?

Hadley from Charm School not speaking English as her mother tongue. She's played by Teresa, so she comes from a Latin American country. She is Latina, like Isla coming from Japan.

A couple things here:

I don't really account for who "plays" the characters in the movies in my headcanons, because I have everyone existing alongside Barbie herself, so it doesn't matter. My most recent headcanon for Hadley had her coming from Johanistan (although that would most likely mean English is still not her first language).

Isla does not come from Japan. Nowhere in the movie is it said that she comes from Japan (her kingdom is never mentioned, in fact). That is your headcanon, it's not canon, and therefore has no bearing on anything.

Re: this post?

I just consider Mariposa Spain and they speak Spanish. Shimmervale, on the other hand, I view as Malta. Fairytopia, Portugal so they speak Portuguese. Island Princess, they speak Italian etc, Meribella is Monaco so French.

God where to begin here.

First of all, assuming I found the right post, you completely missed the fucking point of what I was saying. Fairytopia (which encompasses Flutterfield and Shimmervale, they are not separate, they are pieces of a whole) DOES NOT HAVE SPAIN. THEREFORE THEY CAN'T SPEAK SPANISH. That was the point I was making! Are you kidding me here? The point of that post was speculating what you might call a language analogous to Spanish, without Spain existing. Since it's spoken in Flutterfield, the language could be called Flutter, and therefore Marabella and Carlos have Flutter accents. Something like that. That was my point.

Secondly, Island Princess and Popstar have nothing at all to do with Fairytopia or, again, what I was saying. Irrelevant.

No idea what this is referring to, and I'm not going to bother looking this time bc I've ranted about Mattel's racism plenty of times.

And Kira apparently is Vietnamese, Nia from Western Fun was Native American, and Miko was Native Hawaiian, as I saw an ask about why we didn't get other races.

Those are old dolls from lines that haven't existed in decades, they're fully fucking irrelevant. There's a nameless horde of diverse Fashionistas these days, and that's great, I'm glad that ppl have them, but there is still a severe lack of diversity in the animated media that is appalling, and yes still even though Barbie "Brooklyn" Roberts exists now. I mean, for god's sake, the current universe started in 2018 and it took until 2021 for Barbie "Malibu" Roberts to have a second Black friend, and even that only happened bc of the BLM protests of May 2020. Like. Are you fucking kidding me? THAT'S what it took to expand Malibu's social circle? GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK. Mattel is racist and ppl have articulated it better than me, but it's just a fact. (This is when I decided to be mean btw. The unmitigated gall to try and defend Mattel to me... Shut the fuck up.)

And now, the last inanity:

Now an explanation that is needed: Fairy Secret. Why is Taylor British and why is Zane Italian, and in Mermaid Tale why does the lipstick fish have a Hungarian accent? She talks like Zsa Zsa Gabor??? What? And yes why isn't Summer Aussie, as well as why did Blaine never appear in a movie when Barbie wasn;t dating Ken, and why didn't Christie, Lea, and Kayla appaear? I mean Kira only had 2 dolls in the 2000s before being completely cut, so her I get.

Let's break this down.

So, you have no problem saying that Flutterfield is Spain, even tho Fairytopia is not Earth and has no known contact with Earth at all... but somehow the characters of Gloss Angeles, whose MAIN PLOT is about their connection with Earth, confuses you? What? WHAT? Why can't Taylor be British? Why can't Zane be Italian? What are you TALKING about?

Never really cared about what accent the lipstick fish had, but again, Mermaid Tale takes place on Earth. She could pick it up. Or it's some kind of fish accent. Who even cares?

The only animated depiction of Summer thus far has been Life in the Dreamhouse, and since Blaine didn't exist there, they might have retconned the fact that she's supposed to be Australian. Or maybe they forgot.

Barbie didn't date Blaine in the movies bc she stopped dating, period. There hasn't been a romantic arc in a Barbie movie since 2015 (longer since there's been a good one), and before Epic Road Trip, Barbie as herself's last romance... was Ken in Fairy Secret. And then she was a teenager and nobody was allowed to date for whatever reason. There was no reason for Blaine to be there lmfao. Also who even cares about Blaine? He sucks.

Christie, Lea, and Kayla have been dead for years so of course they're not going to appear in anything?? It was a miracle to see Christie in animated form in 2015 when she had already been dead for 10 full years at that point, but she was super whitewashed so like they couldn't even do that right lmfao.

Anyway you probably won't read this bc I'm blocking you as soon as I post this. Get well soon and never bother me again.

[delicatemystic]

Barbie Fun Fact

The origin and meaning of the names of the protagonists of the Barbie movies.

(The Nutcracker - 2001) Clara: Originated from Latin, Clara means "bright", "clear", "luminous" and "illustrious".

(Rapunzel - 2002) Rapunzel: Its origin is uncertain, but some linguists believe that the name comes from the word “rampion”, which is a very nutritious edible vegetable/flower.

(Swan Lake - 2003) Odette: Of French and Germanic origin, Odette means "rich", "full of goods", "virtuous".

(The Princess and the Pauper - 2004) Anneliese: French origin, Anneliese is a combination of Anna and Liese, with Anna being a form of the Hebrew Channah, meaning "full of grace", and Liese being a German diminutive of Elisabeth "My God is an oath". (The Princess and the Pauper - 2004) Erika : It means "eternal sovereign", "rich in honor and glory" or "she who reigns like an eagle". Of Germanic origin.

(Fairytopia - 2005) Elina: This name apparently has several origins and meanings, I don't know exactly which one is right. Elina means "noble serpent", "nobility serpent", "little noble", "the glittering one, the resplendent one". The name came from the Latin Alina, Alyna, variants of Adelina, a name with two possibilities. In its Greek origin, it means "bright light". in hebrew it means "Life is given by God".

(Magic of Pegasus - 2005) Annika: of russian origin, Annika means "gracious", "full of grace"; “army” or “splendour”.

(Twelve dancing princesses - 2006) Genevieve: Of Celtic origin, Genevieve means "white and soft woman", "woman white as the foam of the sea"; "woman of good origins".

(Island Princess - 2007) Rosella: Of Italian origin, Rosella Means "rose" and "beautiful flower".

(Mariposa and her butterfly fairy friends - 2008) Mariposa: Of Spanish Latin origin, Mariposa means "Butterfly".

(The Diamond Castle - 2008) Liana: This name has two origins, Liana in Hebrew means "light", in French it means "God is an oath."

(A Carol Christmas - 2008) Eden: Of Hebrew origin, Eden means "person whose company is pleasant". In addition to alluding to the paradise of Eden.

(Three Musketeers - 2009) Corinne: Originating from Latin, Corinne means "daughter of the crown", it also comes from Greek origin meaning "virgin". In addition to the English and French origin "beautiful maiden".

(Mermaid Tale - 2010) Merliah: Means "mermaid", "girl from the sea", "beautiful sea", "moon of the ocean".

(Princess Charm School - 2011) Blair: Scottish gaelic origin, Blair means "plain", "meadow" or "field".

(The Princess and the Popstar - 2012) Victoria: Meaning "victory," Victoria is of Latin origin. (The Princess and the Popstar - 2012) Kiera:  It is an Anglicized version of "Ciara" and means "Little Dark One", besides that Keira is an anagram of Erika, referring to the character of princess and paupper.

(Pink Shoes - 2013) Kristyn: Of Scandinavian and latin origins, the meaning of Kristyn is "follower of Christ".

(The Pearl Princess - 2014) Lumina: Name of Slavic origin that means "sunshine", romanian word for sunshine.

(The Secret Door - 2014) Alexa: of Greek origin, mean "defender of man", “protector of humanity” or “she who wards off enemies”. (Rock N Royals - 2015) Courtney: It means "short nose", "little nose". This name originated from an English noble surname, derived from the French Courtenay. (Rock N Royals - 2015) Erika Juno: Erika we already know the meaning, but Juno means "youth", "queen of the gods" or "she who was born in June". Juno is a name of mythological origin, which originated from Latin.

(Princess Power - 2015) Kara: Of Italian origin, Kara means "beloved" or "dear,"

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[barbie-edits]

Chelsea & The Lost Birthday

Idk about this voice actress she does NOT sound like Barbie to me. I thought she was new at first? How is this the same girl from Princess Adventure?? I'm so confused

Literally not processing much but the voice but damn cool pool.

Random vampire on the beach, I dig it (vampire on a cruise ship; is this a reference to Hotel Transylvania 3?)

Since the "missing day" isn't magic and then Chelsea immediately talks to a bird and starts looking for a magic gem, Imma guess this is all her imagination 🙄

Spiders?? Really? Ugh I never thought I'd have to worry about that in a Barbie movie.

Magic rainbow slides, they must lead to the diamond castle!

How is the entire ship staff not on high alert about a missing child? Especially when she might be alone on an island?? They wanna get sued???

ANOTHER SPIDER I know they're really cartoon quality but they still creep me out

I'm not very familiar with Dreamhouse Adventures universe but I kinda thought Barbie was just a vlogger? Based on that quicksand scene she's also some kinda gymnast/acrobat

Okay seriously the cruise ship staff are okay with potentially stranding a child here??

Well apparently it's "not a real island" but still.

Wait what does that even mean tho? Is it actually a peninsula?? And if it's fake why did they put itching flowers on it???

Anyway that was probably my least favorite of the Barbie movies I've seen. I mean I know they're all technically made to sell toys but this one felt like a lazy cashgrab

[missbrunettebarbie]

Top 5 Barbie antagonists?

1. Queen Ariana (Barbie as the Island Princess) - I admit I am biased, because she reminds me soo much of how I envision my Pandora/Mira's mother. I really, really need to find a way to put "Sunday we were wed, Monday he was dead" in the story as a description of how Pandora/Mira's parents' marriage worked. Maybe Mira could drop it as a direct reference to the movie as she would totally be a fan. Also, Luciana-Ariana parallels Mira-her mom very closely in some other aspects. Anyway, I love Ariana's plot, her presence, her signing voice, the fact that she has an actual motive for her evil plans (Look, we'll never know, but considering what she says and King Peter's temperament, I wouldn't be surprised if she was too young to be truly involved in her parents' plot, yet got exiled anyway). She's just great because she's awful in every way :D.

2. Wenlock (Barbie and the magic of Pegasus) - He's the only Barbie villain I truly find scary because a pathetic unimpressive man suddenly getting an incredible amount of power and using it to terrify others -especially women- is waaay too real. The guy is just *shudders*.

3. Henna (Barbie: Mariposa) - I really love how she parallels Mariposa: servants to important fairies who get overlooked and (most likely) overworked and who crave something more from their lives. Not to mention I loved Henna's fondness of Mariposa, the way you can easily see them bonding if things went just a little bit different. If I ever had to ship a Barbie/antagonist pair, this would be it. Also, Henna's plan of becoming queen? A++

4. Gothel (Barbie as Rapunzel) - I love her use of magic, the fact that, like Ariana, she has a reason to do what she does even if no one sane would think it a good reason and her overall ~presence. And her finally fate is deliciously suitable.

5. Laverna (Barbie: Fairytopia) - Her Maleficent vibes and dramaticism are delightful. And I laughed when I realized she has the purple+green color combination I have given to my Nefele (not that they have anything else). Also I recently found out that Laverna was the Roman goddess of cons and thieves and I can't not appreciate the thought that went into creating this character after this.

[sandrinehbrt]

BARBIE MOVIE HEADCANONS

why am i doing this? oh, believe me, i am asking myself the same question. i have no idea but every time i watch barbie movies i also think of how sandrine would appreciate them and review them and yeah i guess this counts as character development and what not.

top five favourite movies

barbie and the magic of pegasus (ice skating, cute baby polar bear, kind of gay for the queen)

barbie as princess and the pauper (the SONGS the story the animation the everything, hands down the best barbie movie in the entire universe with swan lake as a close second)

barbie as the island princess (very adorable baby elephant, friendships are more important in the end than a semi pointless male interest no offense antonio but yeah full offense go away and colonize another island who cares)

barbie & the diamond castle (one word: LESBIANS)

barbie: a fashion fairytale (the terrible french accents deserve a special mention they made her laugh)

top five least favourite movies

barbie: videogame hero (it’s too high tech for this actual grandma)

barbie presents: thumbelina (the animation of the small creatures is very scary like their heads? are too big)

barbie fairytopia: the magic of the rainbow (they should have made a spin off about lesbian mermaid nori instead this was pointless laverna just go get lost for fucks sake)

barbie in the pink shoes (very confusing)

barbie: spy squad (she pays allegiance to totally spies, the ultimate female spies)

top five favourite characters

blair willows / princess sophia > princess charm school (the whole storyline is a dream: she was a waitress, won a contest to study at the royal school & ends up being the lost princess everyone thought died years ago.

annika > magic of pegasus (brave, bold & looks good in lilac)

clara > the nutcracker (she’s the sugarplum fairy, enough said)

viveca > three musketeers (very lesbian, very fashun, very hot)

sandrine > mermaid princess (for obvious reasons, also represents sandrine’s whole ‘i fall for people i can’t have’ since barbie sandrine has a lot of attitude and seems very hard to approach)

top five least favourite characters (excluding villains)

prince louis > three musketeers (sexist dumb pointless no chemistry with the main character whatsoever go get lost in your hot air balloon and complain it’s hard to be a prince bc you can’t talk to birds anymore)

the twins love interests > diamond castle (forced heterosexuality is boring make it stop)

janessa > 12 dancing princesses (she collects bugs BUGS!!!!!! nope not allowed)

eden starling > a christmas carol (great redemption arc and explanation of why she is pure evil but still, she gets a 0/10 for not being sweet like we get it eden you can sing and so does sandrine and yet she doesn't act like a diva)

stacie > great puppy adventure / great puppy chase (she's way too into sports child just chill and watch some cartoons give everyone a break pls)

best romantic relationships

liana & alexa > diamond castle (they live together they sing love songs to each other they sell flowers they find matching gems and make engagement necklaces together they lose their joy once they are separated, the whole movie is about liana wanting to date the muse melody and have a throuple and alexa wanting to keep their couple closed and alexa and liana finds out they don’t need anything else to be happy other than each other and this is gay)

odette & the fairy queen > swan lake (i feel like sandrine would call the fairy daddy for some reason, and odette bakes and dances? nice. swans are cute, good opportunity to say look at all those chickens)

rosella & luciana > island princess (full offense to antonio go back on your boat and let the two women in charge of your kingdom)

elina & nori > fairytopia: mermaidia (they “fight” for the same ugly merman but they end up having more chemistry together i stan! also nori becomes a better person and elina makes great sacrifices for her so it's perfect good girlfriends content)

geneviève & derek > 12 dancing princesses (listen LISTEN LISTEN this is prime romance, derek is attracted to geneviève, the misfit of the family despite all her other sisters being absolutely gorgeous, he gives her time, he shows his affection through small attentions, his own parrot ships them like this is goals and he does anything he can to make the whole family happy and to save them putting his love for gigi second)

in brief: sandrine your bisexuality is showing

(i disagree with the best top 5 especially but for the rest i feel like we would agree on most of this, especially about prince louis I HATE HIM WITH A BURNING PASSION like ;;;;; sir you are so flat and you have 0 personality and french monarchy? i don’t stan ~ also here’s the link to the barbie wiki page if you want context or u can ask me i’m a connoisseur phd in barbie movies i bought a barbie for my birthday does it validate my knowledge SHE’S LIKE “SWEET ORCHARD” THEME THAT IS SO ADORABLE idk what i will name her? thinking of cinnamon bc she comes with a basket of apples)

for reference:

gif 1 = liana & alexa from barbie & the diamond castle

gif 2 = annika & aiden from barbie and the magic of pegasus

gif 3 = princess annelise & erika from barbie as princess and the pauper

gif 4 = elina & nori from barbie fairytopia: mermaidia

gif 5 = geneviève & derek from barbie and the 12 dancing princesses

gif 6 = odette & the fairy queen from barbie of swan lake

[garetthawke]

a list of movies i can either quote the entirety of word for word or reference and quote on an extremely regular basis and you can't judge me on:

the santa clause 2

the princess bride

the incredibles

alice in wonderland (2010)

megamind

star wars iii: revenge of the sith

ice age

hoodwinked

the emperor's new groove

disney's the kid

all 3 high school musicals

barbie the princess and the pauper and the nutcracker

bolt

finding nemo

winnie the pooh (2011)

meet the robinsons

charlie and the chocolate factory

fiddler on the roof

batman (1966)

the lego movie and lego batman

singing in the rain

prince of persia

sense and sensibility (1995)

pride and prejudice (both the 2005 and the 1995 bbc 5 hour production.)

the princess diaries 2

peter pan (1953) and hook (1991)

tarzan

tangled

101 dalmations (1996 live action)

toy story 1 and 2

hatari

pirates of the caribbean

muppet treasure island

like nearly the entirety of phineas and ferb and the suite life of zack and cody?? the whole shows??

[shesmyevangeline]

not that anyone asked but here are my favorite barbie movies of all eras in chronological order (i put it under the cut so you can just skip past this post if you want):

nutcracker (2001): there’s something so special about it since it’s the first barbie movie (i mean not technically but u know what i mean), i love the music, i love the ballet and the story and i looooove the sugar plum fairy dress. i think it’s my favorite barbie dress and Big Barbie Transformation ™ 

princess and the pauper (2004): this is my absolute favorite barbie movie. i love the songs so much, i still think this movie would make a great musical. i love the dutch voice actors so much, esp erica’s singing voice. i love how the designs are all so unique, which is such a difference from later movies i feel where they just copy designs from previous movies or give everyone the same design (in case you didn’t know im referring mainly to island princess and also 12 dancing princesses a little bit). i love how erica gets the chance to explore her dreams and i love how the love interests here aren’t rushed but actually really realistic. i love annalise and julian i still think they’re underappreciated.

island princess (2008): there are a few movies in between i like, but i don’t love them as much as this one. okay anyway this is my second favorite Big Barbie Transformation ™ or it’s a tie with the nutcracker dress bc wow, ro looks so incredible in that sparkly blue dress. i don’t super care for the rest of this movie i have to admit, im just very soft for princess luciana she’s basically my dream woman. if i could marry her, i would.

fashion fairytale (2010): i just want to point out i don’t really love any of the movies between island princess and fashion fairytale. picking fashion fairytale may seem like an odd choice, i realize that, but i really like it? i don’t know why but it’s just very sweet? i love aunt millicent and i love the animals and even the fairies or pixies are actually okay in this movie i think? and ken is adorable here trying to win barbie back. idk i just think it’s really cute

perfect christmas (2011): this is definitely my favorite christmas movie of the two. i like the idea of re-imagining a christmas carol, but i love this one because it’s a classic christmas movie, barbie style. i like the songs, i love christmas idk this is def my fave ‘barbie and her sisters’ movie

pink shoes (2013): i love that there is no real ‘love interest’ in this movie, i also love how it’s sort of a throwback to the old-school barbie ballet movies. i know some people have problems with it, but i really enjoy it? also i don’t hate the animation? it’s a lot better than what they did 2009/2010 - 2012 imo

secret door (2014): idk why but i don’t hate the movie? i don’t love the idea of ‘introverted girl has a lot of experiences and then she gets really extraverted at the end of the movie’ bc i actually like having an introverted protagonist buttt there is some nice character development there. and i like the songs, esp the villain song. she’s really one of my fave villains. i crack up every time at the end of the movie when her parents come back and are like ‘did you try to take over the kingdom again?’ oh and that yellow dress is so cute!!

puppy adventure (2015): not gonna lie, i love the plot of this movie. i love that they go looking all over town trying to find the treasure, i love the summer vibes, and i guess the puppies are pretty cute too!

star light adventure (2016): definitely my fave more recent barbie movie. i love love the world, i wish we’d gotten to see more of it, it’s beautifully animated, i love that braid and idk about the plot i just mostly really love the aesthetics

okay that’s all i know no one is going to read this but whatever i just needed to share this for a minute