I have always loved Bibble, I know people said he was annoying but that was precisely what made him endearing to me. Now this makes so much sense to me - I love Bibble because I aspire to become Bibble. A furry, adorable a creature who just flies around commenting in nonsense squeaks on what it sees and just spreading kindness and love... And then goes to sleep in a flower, rinse and repeat. Bibble is my idol 😂
I would love a second video exploring the Barbie fairyverse! I think the Mariposa films are some of the strongest entries (although I'm more nostalgic for the original trilogy). Of special note I think is the sequel, Mariposa and the Fairy Princess, where Mariposa gets to be an ambassador. Unfortunately she loses her lovely accent, and gets the classic "she's perfect except for her one flaw: clumsiness" treatment, which ruins her ambassador career. I wish we had got a film where there was a true disagreement between her and the king that they had to work through diplomatically. However, Mariposa and Katania also have a strong love story in mine and many other's eyes. And it's gorgeous visually. I hope you enjoy them if you haven't seen them yet :) Love your vids!
I saw fairytopia live!! It was amazing and magical and everything you could hope for in a stage adaptation of this cinematic masterpiece. The design of it is permanently stuck in my head, Elina flew at the end, at Lavernas defeat was dramatic, sparkly, and camp
I’d love if you deep dived into Thumbalina. When I was younger I was so confused as to if Thumbalina was barbie, or even part of the Barbie-verse because she looked so different.
7:57 Absolutely HATE the fact that this is the ONLY time we see Elina with her hair down - it looks SO Pretty!✨ & all the merchandise & posters showed her with her hair styled like this 🥺 but I guess it was easier for the crew to animate her hair in a bun since it WAS early 2000’s CGI.
Fairytopia is my favorite Barbie trilogy and I had no clue there was a musical- my family and I still quote the "lefting, left-a-roo" to this day. Ive only just started watching but thank you so much for this video, it makes me want to find the dvds and rewatch them all again
I grew up watching mermaidia every single day... I could basically recite it off by heart! The music and colour scheme are literally everything (as well as nori) 💕
Good news: I saw Fairytopia live! Bad news: I was four years old and only remember the gift shop where I got my own fairy wings. Thanks for unlocking a few more memories of the actual show 😂
The Fairytopia trilogy are my favorite Barbie movies ever (and YES that includes that new one with Margot Robbie!) I watched them the other day for the first time in years and I remembered why I loved them. They were corny and some things didn’t make sense but they just had this charm to them that makes you want to rewatch them over and over again. I pretty much owned every Fairytopia toy they made. It’s so heartbreaking that my old Fairytopia toys were stolen by a tenant at one of the apartments my family rents. They had been storing my old toys in the garage there and they let the new renter use the garage and they stole all my toys when they moved away.
I was a massive tomboy as a kid, but somehow I loved these movies. Sadly I was too deeply closeted even from myself back then to notice the wlw subtext in the second one... And holy shit, them swimming down this abyss in Mermaidia scared me so much... Such amazing eldritch horror design
As a kid, I remember how much I WANTEDDD The Elina Magic of the Rainbow doll 😂 it looked like literal magic when they show you can use the doll to control her game
I'm very lucky to say that I just purchased the entire fairytopia/mermaia plastic set along with the a Elina doll and the wonder fairies for roughly a $100 and yes multiple tiny little bibbles
YES Fairytopia, in my eyes, is still the best Barbie line to date. The dolls are so detailed and whimsical, the Mermaidia dolls being among my favorites for how beautiful the sculpting on the tails are. I still collect these dolls to this day- so far I've got an original Elina and Shella (the pink and green mermaid) but there's so many more with cool designs!! Aghhhhh I'd get em all of eBay if I could afford it- too bad these dolls are getting rarer and more valuable by the year tho, by the time I save up they'll be out of my price range again 😵
This is just a small detail I wanted to share, the "two" Elina dolls released for Mermadia were in fact one single doll with a detachable tail! the wings would fold down into the fin at the bottom and this plastic piece would hold it together into a tail shape. I had it as a kid and it actually broke really fast because the mechanism that folded the wings down was really flimsy LOL. Thanks for sending me back to more peaceful childhood days, it was fun to remember how much I ADORED this series.
I was a teenager when all of these movies and toys were coming out, but my little cousin was obsessed, and I remember watching some of these movies with her and playing with the dolls together. I wonder how much she remembers now
I remember going to the Live show!!! I was very young but I loved it. I don't remember the plot but all the girlies got dressed up and had little photo sessions with barbie and bibble. I was too afraid so i don't think i participated. The show was basically the movie with a few extra songs to fill out a full 2-3 hr showtime. The cast and ensemble ate every note. The butterfly flying moment stuck with me because it was Barbie on this HUGE rolling prop with fabric wings that really flapped . I think the show ended with like a glitter and bubble shower so all the kids could jump with glee.
i watched this so much when i was little but i think my brain genuinely repressed the memories of the butterfly man because his design was too much for my feeble mind to handle
I still remember the Christmas that I got the Nutcracker and Clara Barbie dolls. Clara’s hair was the most beautiful of any of my Barbie’s and the elbow/knee/joint articulation was SO cool. And Prince Nutcracker Ken had real hair which was neat until his head broke off (I truly don’t remember how). I still remember acting out soap operas where one of my Barbie’s would always end up slapping his head off 😂
first of all claps all around for your videos, they're so lovely, your vibe is great and the way you present things is so nice second, i knew the first fairytopia was my favorite barbie movie as a kid and i knew i was obsessed with it, but i forgot how much and seeing this with the dvd menus unlocked Memories for me i watched this movie so often i could quote it, and one day while watching it i fell off the couch and busted my chin so hard i had to go to the hospital to get it stitched my parents kept telling the tale of how i roleplayed the movie so hard i broke my chin for years i did ice skating as a kid, and for my costume i got to pick whatever i wanted, so naturally i drew an outfit based on elina and begged my parents for a seamstress to make it she didn't have pink fabric so she made it in blue but i was still happy about it, my performance song had nothing to do with barbie or fairies but i had to find a way to squeeze my hyperfixation of this movie into everything i did but yea, just random things i remembered since you asked for our experience with this movie, thanks for the video, hope you have a lovely day !
I had the blonde main character Barbie :) most memorably the wings somehow had a fibrous texture in addition to lighting up, reminded me of those old light up toys that were essentially like plastic hair with lights at the ends but compressed into wing shapes.
I just remembered that my dad bought the barbie Elina of the first Fairytopia and I was so done with her wings that I plucked them out and was happy cuz I could make her anything. I never considered that to be a fairy or even an angel you needed wings 😂❤ Another thing! For me hue was some kind of hybrid of fairy and butterfly and now that I'm an adult I'm horrified with the idea hahahahha
I'm so happy you had sections on the DVD menus and games which I feel have been a lost art. There have been many nights I would fall asleep to the menu screen after watching the movie and playing the games over and over again, it's one of the most nostolgic things to me.
I had all three of the sparkle fairies when I was younger. One or two of them came from a sale somewhere though so I think I had forgotten that they were made for fairytopia so I wasn't sure what to search for to find them. Unfortunately I do not have them anymore, I think they all eventually broke to some degree from being played with, but the lavender skirt may be laying in a barbie clothing box somewhere. Seeing them felt quite nostalgic, especially when the mini book was shown! I had forgotten about the book but seeing the pictures I remembered pretty much every page of it. Thank you.
If Bibble has million numbers of fan I am one of them. If Bibble has ten fans I am one of them. If Bibble has only one fan then that is me. If Bibble has no fans, that means I am no longer on the earth. If the world is against Bibble, I am against the world.
The nostalgia was so strong in this video. When you showed the games I got hit with so many memories. The barbie movies were my childhood. Thanks for making this
For me the ending feels bad because her not having wings can quickly be seen as a disability in this world so to give her wings will be making her into an Able Body person and I would feel much better if I don't know the enchantress gave her like prosthetic Wings because that wouldn't feel bad because she technically is still disabled in this world only she has an aide to help her live in this world more easily
had this one on DVD as a kid and the case was so top tier. it had a tiny little velcro closure that i just loved to mess with and bumpy texture on the front. i definitely spent way too long playing boogie with bibble. ALSO seeing the first picture book you showed UNLOCKED a memory in me Edit: TOTALLY meant to mention: the fungi are probably all depicted as the same dude as a nod to some species of fungi reproducing asexually. at least that is what I have always thought
It is interesting you mention songs being a part of a different version of the movie, because there was meant to be a fourth movie that got cancelled! The Elina doll with the Swan Lake-esque wings, also known as Magic Lights Elina (I think?) is apparently her outfit from the film, and is one of the rarer dolls as it got quickly pulled off shelves when the movie never came out. Maybe the songs were meant to go in it! Lovely video, your scrapbook pages were sooooo cute!!
Please make more parts about the Barbie verse uwu Also, i love the scrapbook pages!! They make your videos feel more personal and unique just bc they are there❤❤❤
!!! i had the blue mermaid magic doll when i was a kid!! i took her for a swim in lake erie and lost her tail fin :| iirc i liked the first two movies and never saw magic of the rainbow. i remember liking the designs of the butterfly fairies in mariposa more than the fairytopia faires, and also being deeply bothered by pretty much and "animal" character (although this was my standard reaction to barbie movie cgi "animals") also if anyone was curious bibble's first opera snippet is quando m'en vo / musetta's waltz from la boheme. it's a song about being smokin' hot and enjoying the hell out of it. not how i would describe bibble but I Guess?? the one he distracts the fungi with is der holle rache kocht in meinem herzen (the wrath of hell is burning in my bosom) which is from the scene in die zauberflote (the magic flute) where the queen of the night threatens to disown her daughter if she doesn't kill some guy. he seems a little too happy about this imo. that's probably too much context. i like analyzing opera snippets when they appear in films and stuff to see if there's a connection to the story but i think they just picked some pretty ones in this case. they're also both really well known pieces so this doesn't feel like a case of "obviously someone in the production of this film is an opera fan" (see princess diaries for this where they use an arrangement of non piu mesta from la cenerentola as background music during the dance lessons scene which is appropriate bc its the scene where cinderella becomes a princess) ok im shutting up now sorry
I love your videos, you are quickly becoming one of the best resources for toy and movie related history on youtube. Thank you for all your effort!❤❤❤❤
Am I the only person who thought this movie was really similar to Thumbelina? I mean, it stands on its own as it’s own thing, and I really love it, but especially the ending where her reward is getting wings reminds me so much of Thumbelina.
Whoaaa I went to see fairytopia live & it was sooo beautiful!!! I was 7, I think. I dressed in my elina costume and it really sparked an interest in theatre production for me. I was so obsessed with fairies and still am. I def have the cd soundtrack somewhere lol.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Such a wonderful video! And I can't get over the background music you choose for every video - just love recognising tunes from all my favourite old DS games! Unlocks so much nostalgia! 🥰
I really love the way you do the scrapbook 🥰 mermaidia is my fav barbie movie, I’m way more into the fairytopia trilogy but I’d love to hear your thoughts on Mariposa. I remember always seeing the trailer for it on the mermaidia dvd as a kid but never got to watch it until I was an adult
15:20 WAIT A MINUTE!!! I THINK I HAVE THAT DOLL! I got her from a yard sale but her wings were gone (I assume they got broken off) and she had light pink glitter skin and an outfit just like that with a pink glitter top! I had no idea it was from the Barbie Fairytopia doll line!
So we've done Tinkerbell and now Barbie... dare i ask if a Bratz video is in the possible future? 🥺 would be SO on brand to explore the messy world of Bratz pixies and genie magic and such
My magic barbie experiences dated a bit before this, but the mermaid barbies of the late 90's were enchanting and I still have several of my jeweled mermaid tails. Love your videos and the nostalgia they bring.
8:39 These must have horrified me so much as a kid I completely blocked them out. I do not remember them being in the movie. They look so out of place and uncanny 😭
35:07 I remember having the doll and it never worked or when it did all it did it would turn right and only right So I ended up having to take out the batteries and using the DVD controller to move it
It’s like this video was made for me. Fairies, Swan Lake, Barbie Fairytopia, Bibble, Animal Crossing New Leaf 1PM music, childlike wonder 💗I had the fairytopia Barbie with Bibble. Soon my mom kept the little Bibble so that we’d never lose him. I still have him 💕
Lovely video! Old barbie movies will always be so unique and special in their own ways Your naration is so calm and nice ! Definitely would love to see more about the barbie cinematic universe :3!
Yess Barbie Mariposa is so good! I loved that movie growing up and seeing the new types of wings. This video was so good, and im excited for the next one!!
I only had/watched the first movie as a kid, but this made me remember all the other characters besides Elina and Bibble. I had totally forgotten about Hue before this 😂 (Luckily I didn't lose my Bibble toy!) I also agree that the environments felt very dreamlike. That's pretty much my memory of the first Fairytopia. ...OMG THE POP UP BOOK
Nori was my lesbian awakening as a kid ALSO the scrapbooking for all your videos makes me so so happy !!! I just found you yesterday and I’ve been binging your videos I love them so much
I had the biggest crush on the Joybelle wonder fairy doll as a kid, I was obsessed with her and she was always the coolest character in all my storylines (unfortunately she was my neighbour’s doll 😮💨)
I know I'm super late but what I love about these movies is how accessible they still are. I sadly never got to own the dvds when the were made, luckily hasbro is still selling fresh copies of these movies in bundles for a reasonable price
Bibble being an all knowing creature simply choosing to fly around and do random stuff makes too much sense
I have always loved Bibble, I know people said he was annoying but that was precisely what made him endearing to me. Now this makes so much sense to me - I love Bibble because I aspire to become Bibble. A furry, adorable a creature who just flies around commenting in nonsense squeaks on what it sees and just spreading kindness and love... And then goes to sleep in a flower, rinse and repeat. Bibble is my idol 😂
That's how I'd act too tbh
The scrapbook pages in each video are so cute🥺
they are so good
Yeah, they're so cute
my fav part tbh
Ikrrr
i am politely requesting more stawberry sprite barbie videos because this was actually so good
Bruh...the Fairytopia trilogy is singlehandedly responsible for my lifelong obsession of petal dresses and gigantic flower houses 🌷
ME
THIS AND PIXIE HOLLOW
YES
Just absolutely can't get enough how pretty and asthetic each video is, love it so much also Bibble is my source of happiness Bibble is life 🙏
bibble > bible
I would love a second video exploring the Barbie fairyverse! I think the Mariposa films are some of the strongest entries (although I'm more nostalgic for the original trilogy). Of special note I think is the sequel, Mariposa and the Fairy Princess, where Mariposa gets to be an ambassador. Unfortunately she loses her lovely accent, and gets the classic "she's perfect except for her one flaw: clumsiness" treatment, which ruins her ambassador career. I wish we had got a film where there was a true disagreement between her and the king that they had to work through diplomatically. However, Mariposa and Katania also have a strong love story in mine and many other's eyes. And it's gorgeous visually. I hope you enjoy them if you haven't seen them yet :) Love your vids!
I was about to comment about Mariposa!
Mariposa x Catania ftw✨✨
I saw fairytopia live!! It was amazing and magical and everything you could hope for in a stage adaptation of this cinematic masterpiece. The design of it is permanently stuck in my head, Elina flew at the end, at Lavernas defeat was dramatic, sparkly, and camp
aw that’s so wonderful!! it’s amazing to hear from someone who was there 💫
You're so luckyyyy
I’d love if you deep dived into Thumbalina. When I was younger I was so confused as to if Thumbalina was barbie, or even part of the Barbie-verse because she looked so different.
7:57 Absolutely HATE the fact that this is the ONLY time we see Elina with her hair down - it looks SO Pretty!✨ & all the merchandise & posters showed her with her hair styled like this 🥺 but I guess it was easier for the crew to animate her hair in a bun since it WAS early 2000’s CGI.
Yesss the hairstyle inconveniences irked me so much growing up like come on, let that hair flow
This is my comfort channel. You’re voice is so soothing and you’re so aesthetic please never change 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
Agreed!
9:31 Dahlia’s actually a Dryad (a Wood Nymph 🧚)
Fairytopia is my favorite Barbie trilogy and I had no clue there was a musical- my family and I still quote the "lefting, left-a-roo" to this day. Ive only just started watching but thank you so much for this video, it makes me want to find the dvds and rewatch them all again
Lmao my bestie quotes that all the time with her sisters too X’D
I grew up watching mermaidia every single day... I could basically recite it off by heart! The music and colour scheme are literally everything (as well as nori) 💕
nori my beloved 💕
Good news: I saw Fairytopia live!
Bad news: I was four years old and only remember the gift shop where I got my own fairy wings. Thanks for unlocking a few more memories of the actual show 😂
Also I would absolutely love to hear you cover Mariposa! The movies were one of my favorites growing up and I have fond memories of them
The Fairytopia trilogy are my favorite Barbie movies ever (and YES that includes that new one with Margot Robbie!) I watched them the other day for the first time in years and I remembered why I loved them. They were corny and some things didn’t make sense but they just had this charm to them that makes you want to rewatch them over and over again. I pretty much owned every Fairytopia toy they made. It’s so heartbreaking that my old Fairytopia toys were stolen by a tenant at one of the apartments my family rents. They had been storing my old toys in the garage there and they let the new renter use the garage and they stole all my toys when they moved away.
No joke I would kill for an open world exploration game set in fairytopia's expansive biomes
14:16 is the music from the animal jam dress up mini game.
I was a massive tomboy as a kid, but somehow I loved these movies. Sadly I was too deeply closeted even from myself back then to notice the wlw subtext in the second one...
And holy shit, them swimming down this abyss in Mermaidia scared me so much... Such amazing eldritch horror design
I love your voice so much it’s so calming 😊 I was such a Fairytopia and Mermaidia girl growing up so I’m excited you made this!
SAME 💖
As a kid, I remember how much I WANTEDDD The Elina Magic of the Rainbow doll 😂 it looked like literal magic when they show you can use the doll to control her game
I'm very lucky to say that I just purchased the entire fairytopia/mermaia plastic set along with the a Elina doll and the wonder fairies for roughly a $100 and yes multiple tiny little bibbles
barbie fairytopia were my favorite barbie movies as a kid, i really related to them because i myself am physically disabled
YES Fairytopia, in my eyes, is still the best Barbie line to date. The dolls are so detailed and whimsical, the Mermaidia dolls being among my favorites for how beautiful the sculpting on the tails are. I still collect these dolls to this day- so far I've got an original Elina and Shella (the pink and green mermaid) but there's so many more with cool designs!! Aghhhhh I'd get em all of eBay if I could afford it- too bad these dolls are getting rarer and more valuable by the year tho, by the time I save up they'll be out of my price range again 😵
24:20 - you say it like the memory was hidden to begin with. Singing Bibble is iconic ✨
A live action reboot of the 12 dancing princesses WHEN??????
Please make a video regarding the rise and fall of celebrity dress up games in the 2000s . Major thankies .
Mariposa is my favorite barbie movie pls talk about it!!!!
Because of Elina telling Mariposa’s story, I definitely consider the two Mariposa movies to be part of the Fairytopia universe.
This is just a small detail I wanted to share, the "two" Elina dolls released for Mermadia were in fact one single doll with a detachable tail! the wings would fold down into the fin at the bottom and this plastic piece would hold it together into a tail shape. I had it as a kid and it actually broke really fast because the mechanism that folded the wings down was really flimsy LOL. Thanks for sending me back to more peaceful childhood days, it was fun to remember how much I ADORED this series.
23:41 “just take a left at this cornerrrrr” “leftingggg leftiroo!” Gets stuck in my head every time I take a left 😅
God I wanted those little flower cups so bad as a kid
I was a teenager when all of these movies and toys were coming out, but my little cousin was obsessed, and I remember watching some of these movies with her and playing with the dolls together. I wonder how much she remembers now
I remember going to the Live show!!! I was very young but I loved it. I don't remember the plot but all the girlies got dressed up and had little photo sessions with barbie and bibble. I was too afraid so i don't think i participated. The show was basically the movie with a few extra songs to fill out a full 2-3 hr showtime. The cast and ensemble ate every note. The butterfly flying moment stuck with me because it was Barbie on this HUGE rolling prop with fabric wings that really flapped . I think the show ended with like a glitter and bubble shower so all the kids could jump with glee.
tysm for sharing!! 💗
Mariposa is iconiccccc
Mariposa is one of my favorite Barbie movies
Your music choice’s in your videos are immaculate 🫶🏻
i watched this so much when i was little but i think my brain genuinely repressed the memories of the butterfly man because his design was too much for my feeble mind to handle
I still remember the Christmas that I got the Nutcracker and Clara Barbie dolls. Clara’s hair was the most beautiful of any of my Barbie’s and the elbow/knee/joint articulation was SO cool. And Prince Nutcracker Ken had real hair which was neat until his head broke off (I truly don’t remember how). I still remember acting out soap operas where one of my Barbie’s would always end up slapping his head off 😂
first of all claps all around for your videos, they're so lovely, your vibe is great and the way you present things is so nice
second, i knew the first fairytopia was my favorite barbie movie as a kid and i knew i was obsessed with it, but i forgot how much and seeing this with the dvd menus unlocked Memories for me
i watched this movie so often i could quote it, and one day while watching it i fell off the couch and busted my chin so hard i had to go to the hospital to get it stitched
my parents kept telling the tale of how i roleplayed the movie so hard i broke my chin for years
i did ice skating as a kid, and for my costume i got to pick whatever i wanted, so naturally i drew an outfit based on elina and begged my parents for a seamstress to make it
she didn't have pink fabric so she made it in blue but i was still happy about it, my performance song had nothing to do with barbie or fairies but i had to find a way to squeeze my hyperfixation of this movie into everything i did
but yea, just random things i remembered since you asked for our experience with this movie, thanks for the video, hope you have a lovely day !
I had the blonde main character Barbie :) most memorably the wings somehow had a fibrous texture in addition to lighting up, reminded me of those old light up toys that were essentially like plastic hair with lights at the ends but compressed into wing shapes.
I love your discussion of the DVD bonus features! Those things were so much fun to get lost in!
I love the niche your channel occupies between nostalgic children's media and interesting deep dives and analysis!
I just remembered that my dad bought the barbie Elina of the first Fairytopia and I was so done with her wings that I plucked them out and was happy cuz I could make her anything. I never considered that to be a fairy or even an angel you needed wings 😂❤
Another thing! For me hue was some kind of hybrid of fairy and butterfly and now that I'm an adult I'm horrified with the idea hahahahha
I'm so happy you had sections on the DVD menus and games which I feel have been a lost art. There have been many nights I would fall asleep to the menu screen after watching the movie and playing the games over and over again, it's one of the most nostolgic things to me.
I had all three of the sparkle fairies when I was younger. One or two of them came from a sale somewhere though so I think I had forgotten that they were made for fairytopia so I wasn't sure what to search for to find them. Unfortunately I do not have them anymore, I think they all eventually broke to some degree from being played with, but the lavender skirt may be laying in a barbie clothing box somewhere. Seeing them felt quite nostalgic, especially when the mini book was shown! I had forgotten about the book but seeing the pictures I remembered pretty much every page of it. Thank you.
Fairytopia was such a great trilogy! 💕
If Bibble has million numbers of fan I am one of them.
If Bibble has ten fans I am one of them.
If Bibble has only one fan then that is me.
If Bibble has no fans, that means I am no longer on the earth.
If the world is against Bibble, I am against the world.
you should do a deep dive into the other fairy barbie movies (mariposa!!) great video
The nostalgia was so strong in this video. When you showed the games I got hit with so many memories. The barbie movies were my childhood. Thanks for making this
these movies, especially the first, were some of my favorites as a kid!!!!
For me the ending feels bad because her not having wings can quickly be seen as a disability in this world so to give her wings will be making her into an Able Body person and I would feel much better if I don't know the enchantress gave her like prosthetic Wings because that wouldn't feel bad because she technically is still disabled in this world only she has an aide to help her live in this world more easily
had this one on DVD as a kid and the case was so top tier. it had a tiny little velcro closure that i just loved to mess with and bumpy texture on the front. i definitely spent way too long playing boogie with bibble.
ALSO seeing the first picture book you showed UNLOCKED a memory in me
Edit: TOTALLY meant to mention: the fungi are probably all depicted as the same dude as a nod to some species of fungi reproducing asexually. at least that is what I have always thought
I’d give anything for a recording of that Fairytopia musical! Or even better, let’s get a Broadway revival! Wonderful video!
It is interesting you mention songs being a part of a different version of the movie, because there was meant to be a fourth movie that got cancelled! The Elina doll with the Swan Lake-esque wings, also known as Magic Lights Elina (I think?) is apparently her outfit from the film, and is one of the rarer dolls as it got quickly pulled off shelves when the movie never came out. Maybe the songs were meant to go in it!
Lovely video, your scrapbook pages were sooooo cute!!
Please make more parts about the Barbie verse uwu
Also, i love the scrapbook pages!! They make your videos feel more personal and unique just bc they are there❤❤❤
that bibble plushie is the cutest thing i've ever seen
each video makes me fall more inlove with ur channel !! 🍓
3:04 the fantasy life background music made me feel so nostalgic :,)
you just unlocked so many memories deep within me in this video... i'm pretty sure that Elina and Nori where my bi awakening lmao
as a kid, i was so confused why the dolls had their hair down to the point that i thought they were knock offs 😭
We only had Mermaidia when I growing up, I still don't think I've seen Fairytopia. Mermaidia will always be the iconic barbie movie for me.
!!! i had the blue mermaid magic doll when i was a kid!! i took her for a swim in lake erie and lost her tail fin :| iirc i liked the first two movies and never saw magic of the rainbow. i remember liking the designs of the butterfly fairies in mariposa more than the fairytopia faires, and also being deeply bothered by pretty much and "animal" character (although this was my standard reaction to barbie movie cgi "animals")
also if anyone was curious bibble's first opera snippet is quando m'en vo / musetta's waltz from la boheme. it's a song about being smokin' hot and enjoying the hell out of it. not how i would describe bibble but I Guess?? the one he distracts the fungi with is der holle rache kocht in meinem herzen (the wrath of hell is burning in my bosom) which is from the scene in die zauberflote (the magic flute) where the queen of the night threatens to disown her daughter if she doesn't kill some guy. he seems a little too happy about this imo.
that's probably too much context. i like analyzing opera snippets when they appear in films and stuff to see if there's a connection to the story but i think they just picked some pretty ones in this case. they're also both really well known pieces so this doesn't feel like a case of "obviously someone in the production of this film is an opera fan" (see princess diaries for this where they use an arrangement of non piu mesta from la cenerentola as background music during the dance lessons scene which is appropriate bc its the scene where cinderella becomes a princess) ok im shutting up now sorry
I love your videos, you are quickly becoming one of the best resources for toy and movie related history on youtube. Thank you for all your effort!❤❤❤❤
You have such a calming voice
Am I the only person who thought this movie was really similar to Thumbelina? I mean, it stands on its own as it’s own thing, and I really love it, but especially the ending where her reward is getting wings reminds me so much of Thumbelina.
Whoaaa I went to see fairytopia live & it was sooo beautiful!!! I was 7, I think. I dressed in my elina costume and it really sparked an interest in theatre production for me. I was so obsessed with fairies and still am. I def have the cd soundtrack somewhere lol.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Such a wonderful video! And I can't get over the background music you choose for every video - just love recognising tunes from all my favourite old DS games! Unlocks so much nostalgia! 🥰
I really love the way you do the scrapbook 🥰 mermaidia is my fav barbie movie, I’m way more into the fairytopia trilogy but I’d love to hear your thoughts on Mariposa. I remember always seeing the trailer for it on the mermaidia dvd as a kid but never got to watch it until I was an adult
amazing video! Would love more videos about the barbie movies! they were such a big part of my childhood.
15:20 WAIT A MINUTE!!! I THINK I HAVE THAT DOLL! I got her from a yard sale but her wings were gone (I assume they got broken off) and she had light pink glitter skin and an outfit just like that with a pink glitter top! I had no idea it was from the Barbie Fairytopia doll line!
I have a very vague memory of seeing Fairytopia Live.. I mostly remember posing for a picture next to Hue and I still have my Bibble from it!!
you are so pretty and your voice is so soothing! i love your videos keep it up!
Deep dive into the other Barbie movie films please! I LOVED the Barbie Rapunzel, and Nutcracker films
Bibble singing the queen of the night aria from the magic flute is iconic
So we've done Tinkerbell and now Barbie... dare i ask if a Bratz video is in the possible future? 🥺 would be SO on brand to explore the messy world of Bratz pixies and genie magic and such
My magic barbie experiences dated a bit before this, but the mermaid barbies of the late 90's were enchanting and I still have several of my jeweled mermaid tails. Love your videos and the nostalgia they bring.
i’m so happy i found your channel wow :,)
I always assumed that Alina would only have her wings if she kept the necklace on
And that if she ever lost it or took it off, she wouldn’t have them
No, I think they are permanent
The necklace only contained the spell to make them appear at the beginning, like a "container"
8:39 These must have horrified me so much as a kid I completely blocked them out. I do not remember them being in the movie. They look so out of place and uncanny 😭
loved the video!!!! theank you so much for adding visual aid of the films, it felt so nostalgic
35:07 I remember having the doll and it never worked or when it did all it did it would turn right and only right
So I ended up having to take out the batteries and using the DVD controller to move it
Barely remember anything about this franchise other than having the biggest crush on the butterfly
BIBBLE was my favourite thing from the barbie franchise
It’s like this video was made for me. Fairies, Swan Lake, Barbie Fairytopia, Bibble, Animal Crossing New Leaf 1PM music, childlike wonder 💗I had the fairytopia Barbie with Bibble. Soon my mom kept the little Bibble so that we’d never lose him. I still have him 💕
Lovely video! Old barbie movies will always be so unique and special in their own ways
Your naration is so calm and nice ! Definitely would love to see more about the barbie cinematic universe :3!
the way i flip out whenever strawberry sprite posts omg
Her voice sounds like one of those guided meditation ladies in the best way possible
I love how Bibble waking Elina up by saying "elina my daddy pee"
Yess Barbie Mariposa is so good! I loved that movie growing up and seeing the new types of wings. This video was so good, and im excited for the next one!!
I only had/watched the first movie as a kid, but this made me remember all the other characters besides Elina and Bibble. I had totally forgotten about Hue before this 😂
(Luckily I didn't lose my Bibble toy!)
I also agree that the environments felt very dreamlike. That's pretty much my memory of the first Fairytopia.
...OMG THE POP UP BOOK
your videos feel like a soft hug i love it 🫶
Nori was my lesbian awakening as a kid
ALSO the scrapbooking for all your videos makes me so so happy !!! I just found you yesterday and I’ve been binging your videos I love them so much
I had the biggest crush on the Joybelle wonder fairy doll as a kid, I was obsessed with her and she was always the coolest character in all my storylines (unfortunately she was my neighbour’s doll 😮💨)
Man, I grew up watching fairytopia. I honestly completely forgot about until seeing this video...
This video was so comforting, your bg music taste is immaculate ^-^*
please make another video about the barbie fairy universe!!
omg i would LOVE a mariposa video those were my favs as a kid :,)
I love these videos, Make more please
I know I'm super late but what I love about these movies is how accessible they still are. I sadly never got to own the dvds when the were made, luckily hasbro is still selling fresh copies of these movies in bundles for a reasonable price