#Barbie midge

[thecursedprince]

Finally hunted down the Chase Midge Deluxe Style Barbie Doll.

So excited to own this gorgeous rare Barbie Doll. She is breathtaking in persons the outfit is so much cuter on her.

All photos belong to @thecursedprince if you take or share any of my photos please be sure to credit my work.

[barbieforbreakfast]

I've been busy and kept forgetting to update this account! Midge had a redo, because her sticky face came back, so I retreated it and repainted her.

[cinderelmo]

2002 Barbie Happy Family Midge & Baby

[pizzahutchan124]

Anyone else think its kinda weird that Midge was just an afterthought throughout the movie? The audience just gets a "ew, pregnancy is weird. ANYWAY....." Only for motherhood to be later touched on as part of life and humanity. Yet even then, Midge is only a background character.

Allan and Kate McKinnon's Barbie got more fanservice then Barbies day one. Not cool Mattel. Not cool

[gregorio-loves-art]

Barbie Movie Art Dump

[barbie-girlll]

[phant0m-ch3rry]

you can see my heartbeat tonight <3

they were my FAVS they are my LOVES i am a midge and weird barbie stan to my core!!

[foundfamilyhq]

[green-tea-crow]

Something I found interesting about the Allan praise is Midge.

Midge, who as well as Allan doesn't fit into the Barbie or Ken binary. Who as well as Allan was discontinued but didn't leave to Weird Barbie's.

Everybody loves Allan for being the weird little guy, the guy who didn't fall into patriarchy/Kendom, the guy who is so nonbinary-coded, the guy who is such a good and interesting character. And who's also a man (presumably). Allan is everything Midge could've probably been just as well, but for some reason, he was the one who got to play this role instead of Midge. Midge only got to be a joke at the beginning, and I don't remember ever seeing her after that. Midge could've been the female Allan, but for some reason, she was resigned to a passing joke.

[1spooky-dad]

What we need after the Barbie movie isn't a Polly pocket movie, but rather the Midge Movie, where she goes to the human world to track down her Allen (who is NSync) and get him to explain what the fuck he did to her that makes her pregnant forever

[lesbianlorna]

not a day goes by where i don't mourn the wasted potential of midge in the barbie movie, they could've utilized her so much more outside those 2 gags....

[pinkpagesdirectory]

I've always wanted Mattel to start leaning into Barbie's heritage more -- like a Dairy Farmer Barbie. Or even a Green Bay Packers-themed Barbie, because you just know Barbie would wear a giant fake cheese block on her head (the lack of Packers is baffling, given that the team themselves sell a Packers cheerleader doll).

Have Barbie working at a Menard's too (if you know Menard's then you've already got the jingle stuck in your head).

Love my Wisconsin besties also always adored the way they introduced midge. This show really was and is everything.

[shiftythrifting]

Just gals being travel pals

[plurapony]

ill never forgive the world for what they did to midge. in 1990 they made an entire set dedicated to Midge's marriage. she was just a girl, Barbie's best friend who wanted a more simple life.

she just wanted a husband and kids and a wonderful family !!!! so in 2002- 12 YEARS! AFTER SHE GOT MARRIED! why was it such a controversy that she got pregnant and a pregnant doll was released?

the doll was intended to be for children who are expecting siblings into their family, to introduce them to the wonder of life that came with a new baby. such an incredibly sweet premise!!!

and midge was the perfect doll for it, she got married to alan 12 years prior and come onnn LOOK AT THEM!!! they are such a cute family.

and yet the public freaked out. and her entire character plot of being a wife and having a loving family was wiped from her character when introduced in 2013. midge ill never forget what they did to you and midge ill always love you 🩷

[overly-distressed-mouse]

Okay I'm now home from watching the Barbie movie, so I have to bestow some knowledge upon you fuckers (aka me infodumping actual Barbie lore because there were a lot of references there).

So, first and foremost, in one scene, we see "Earring Ken" and "Growing up Skipper" (very short scene, don't worry if you missed it). But these were actual Barbie dolls released by Mattel way back whenever (See pictures below)

So, "Earring Ken" was actually "Earring Magic Ken". His whole thing was Mattel wanted to be cool and hip with the kids or whatever, so they created him. Except their idea of going out and finding inspiration and information as to what was "hip with the kids", was gay bars. And raves. As you can imagine, Earring Magic Ken did not stay on shelves too long (about 6 months) (though he did sell actually really well and I believe is still one of their most sold despite only being available for such a short time). I'm pretty sure his necklace charm could be swapped out too and also worn as actual earrings. HOWEVER, the part about Earring Magic Ken that kills me, is that because they went to gay bars, not only did they give him a mesh shirt and shit (as seen above), but the charm on his necklace? Is a cock ring. Did Mattel realize this? Probably the fuck not, but that's what it was💕

Growing up Skipper was also an actual doll, and just like in the movie, if you twisted her arm, she grew boobs. She also grew like an inch taller or something. I'm pretty sure she also was not on the shelf long, but she was introduced in the 1970s. So that's fun

Next up, Midge and Allan (who both play slightly bigger roles in the film but here's pictures anyways)

So Midge was Barbie's best friend, and was released specifically because Mattel found themselves faced with high demand for a pregnant Barbie doll. But of course, Barbie can never get married or be pregnant or have kids, because it ages her, and obviously seeming a little older means Barbie is suddenly worthless and unappealing (Woo patriarchy!). So their solution was Midge, who, ironically, ended up being everything Barbie couldn't (which is kind of funny since she's supposed to be able to be any and everything ever). So, them making her only personality trait in the movie her pregnancy, is kind of spot on. She did have actual dolls initially but then seemed to disappear for a while, having been replaced with other "Barbie's best friend!"'s. Actually they also replaced Barbie's siblings several times but that's another post. Midge did eventually return though in Life in the Dreamhouse (See below)

One thing they never mentioned in the movie, however, is that Allan was actually Midge's boyfriend. I don't have too much on him besides that but I think it's worth mentioning.

Anywho, there's my rant on some of the characters in the Barbie movie, if you made it this far, thanks :))

[paper-lilypie]

the narrator taking a swing at mattel for casting margot robbie as barbie and making her say she wasn’t pretty like so true bestie scream it LOUDER