I just want to say that the original Rapunzel story does not feature the concept of painting, so yeah, Disney actually stole that from freaking Barbie of all things.
If I had a nickel for every time Disney stole a concept from Mattel, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's funny that it happened twice (Don't get me wrong, I love Tangled and Tangled The Series more than Barbie as Rapunzel, but I'm never not gonna be mad at them for Ever After High)
Disney didn’t steal it… Disney has been using Brother Grimms stories since the 1950s whereas barbie has only been using them since 2001 so eventually Disney would’ve done rapunzel even if barbie didn’t do it first :/ the stories are completely different the only similarities are the literally description of rapunzel from the original story from the 1800s
@@Kourtable But the thing is, the original Brothers Grimm Rapunzel story didn't include any kind of painting/art. That was a fresh concept first done by Barbie in 2002, and then copied by Disney in 2011
Fun fact: the reason Martin Short brings it so hard in his performance is because his daughter was a big barbie fan. So he took the role and killed it for her!
He also just did an interview/podcast where he was asked about it and while he does remember the credit, he doesn’t remember the roll 😂 which is fair, but I just find it so funny that he doesn’t remember doing it when the rest of us think he’s so iconic in it 😂
There's nothing sexier than a guy who isn't insecure about his identity and will discuss 'girl stuff' in earnest and not be a weird 'girls r dum' freak about it. This is so refreshing, well done, funny, and I'm glad to add another youtuber to the list of 'Isn't a weak-willed whiny incel pissbaby creep' Excellent job! And good on your parents for letting you watch diverse media. Some parents get really stupid about that, but it sounds like you were able to experience more things than some, and that's very good.
oh yeah, real sexy to have a straight man take an interest in something as feminine as Barbie of all things. Maybe if he wore makeup and a dress, you'd be even more attracted to him lol.
The diamond castle is so good idc it’s about cottage core lesbians, two weird dancing dogs, and funny British boys that have nothing to do with the plot. Cinematic masterpiece❤️🔥
@@lunaraurora8308 It's interesting to note that Barbie movies often leave room for individual interpretation. In the movie "Barbie & the Diamond Castle," the characters are portrayed as friends. It's important to keep in mind that the movie was created during a time when same-sex marriage wasn't legalized in some places, including where I'm from, until 2017. While the filmmakers may not have intentionally meant for the characters' dresses to represent their sexualities or any specific symbolism, viewers can still use their imaginations. For instance, if someone believes that one of the characters could be bisexual, that's a valid interpretation. It's worth mentioning that the movie does not explicitly address any character's sexual orientation. However, part of the beauty of stories like these is that they allow viewers to explore their own narratives and imagine the characters in various ways. Perhaps, if there's another Barbie movie in the future that explores an LGBTQ storyline, it could shed more light on this topic. Ultimately, it's up to each viewer to make their own connections and interpretations based on their beliefs and personal understanding.
I loved Mariposa because back in the day she was the "Mexican" Barbie and I'm Mexican, therefor I was and still am legally required to love it. Never watched the sequel though, I was pissed that the voice changed and the entire time she wasn't in Latino-Land
In defense of King Randolph and his poor poor wife: 7 of those 12 princess are multiples (two sets of twins and a set of triplets). So it not like they wanted 12 kids, they only wanted a much more reasonable and manageable 8 children, and then lost out to whoever had twin genetics in their family tree.
I literally cried when she said that they tried to push Barbie being not straight behind the scenes, and tried to imply that she was. As a kid that is the experience I had, and it’s so validating to have that confirmed.
Justice for 12 Dancing Princesses, a bunch girls in dresses twirling is the energy we need right now! Princess and the Pauper supremacy tho. Videos amazing, you’re on another level!!
minnie maybe if i was a twirling girl in a dress id understand. maybe if i was even 12 girls in 12 twirling dresses id understand, but alas, i am a sweater wearing australian boy.
I cannot believe you got a Barbie writer to chat with you about this! As a kid who adored Bibble and Elina and the entire world of Fairytopia, it was so cool to see a small behind the scenes of that movie! I also agree that Princess and the Pauper should’ve been a stage show. I almost started writing one myself lol
Honestly, it makes me so happy to hear about writers doing the absolute most in their power to portray more representation the best they can at the time. It just makes me happy to see these story tellers actually care about these things and try to make members of their audiences feel more heard and included
i never thought it was gay. even in modern times (ive watched this movie over and over since i was a little girl) i still DONT see it. I’ve tried, but i guess ill never understand the logic.
@@turnipcrazy4602 yeah i don’t necessarily mind shipping, it’s honestly whatever. but sometimes people take it too far and deem it “canon” when it’s not lol
@@turnipcrazy4602I'm gay and I hate that movie the most out of the old Barbie movies. All the conflict was optimist vs pessimist and it just made the brunette seem so annoyingly useless. I personally think Mariposa is the most lesbian, with her nonchalance towards the prince's interest and her chemistry with the princess from the other kingdom.
32:59 so fun fact, the doll for aiden sold alongside the movie has rudimentary joint articulation in the elbows and knees for some weird, unexplained reason. meanwhile the annika doll had a weird dress changing mechanism i was never able to fully understand, so i remember the aiden doll a lot more fondly bc i thought the articulation was cool. however, i apparently liked it so much that eventually both of his arms just snapped off at the elbow, leaving him as a double amputee. so for the longest time, my favorite doll of all time was a ken doll with no arms, no shirt, and no shoes but somehow he kept his original pants. i miss him dearly, and i hope the void is treating him well
Interestingly enough, my aiden doll also lost half an arm, and he too solely kept his pants. Perhaps the void holds aiden amputee conventions or therapies, whatever is best for them.
to 12 dancing princesses' credit, I was always surprised that they actually managed to make each princess sorta stand out. like the one kelly doll princess collects bugs or something? for a short kids' film with so many characters it's kinda surprising how much detail they put in. and they even made a new doll model for the middle-aged siblings
6:19 as a former ballet dancer, I can say yes it is good actually because they used real-life ballet dancers for the ballet bits in the movie to capture the movement of ballet dancers by getting them to wear these costumes that had motion capture dots on them: here's how they did it with real ballet dancers th-cam.com/video/hoMS1cYmKx8/w-d-xo.html they really worked their butts off for this
The Twelve Dancing Princesses is an actual fairy tale originally pubslished by The Brother's Grimm, so we can blame them! There was a game I played where you had to match birthstones to each sister and it satisfied my need to categorize LOL. It's one of the most nostalgic movies of my childhood and pretty well adapted from the fairy tale I'd say
Watching someone actually hype up Barbie as the Island Princess as the best warmed my heart. It’s my favourite next to Barbie and the Pauper, and I applaud you sir for seeing the beauty of this film that has inspired me so much as a child. Bravo.
I was shocked it came first, but also pleasantly surprised that it did. It’s also in my top 5 Barbie movies, and honestly it would be my second favorite (princess and the pauper will forever remain the best imo) if it weren’t for Tika. I know she had good intentions and I know she was technically a baby, but man… the older I get while watching it, the more insufferable she becomes.
Okay, I gotta say it, Laverna is NOT Topaz's twin sister, she's the Enchantress's twin sister. Y'know, the ruler of Fairytopia and canonically the most magical fairy around? Basically Laverna invited her sister over to "reconcile their differences" but actually put her in a magical coma. She then went about kidnapping the seven fairy guardians (one for each colour of the rainbow) in order to steal their magic to make her more powerful, whilst also poisoning all the flying creatures in the land so she can later offer an antidote to make them love her enough to crown her queen. Love the video! I just had to get that off my chest
I love how in Barbie Diaries you pointed out the insanity of that girl being "the only girl who works there" 😭😭 I rewatched it recently, and I was shocked at that line! I wish you talked about the music from that movie more though, because they deserved recognition! I usually don't like when characters have a different singing VA, but Skye Sweetnam did a great job. I still sing those songs all the time
Fun fact about Martin Short: He just did an interview/podcast where he was asked about it and while he does remember the credit, he doesn’t remember the roll 😂 which is fair, but I just find it so funny that he doesn’t remember doing it when the rest of us think he’s so iconic in it 😂
My perspective on 12 dancing princesses: as someone with sisters, it always felt hard to stand out. The fact that the sister pretty much in the middle gets to stand strong but still have so many good moments with her family is so nice. I had a little mat that had all the flowers on it that you could dance on with an accompanying CD. It’s just good fluff with great music and there’s like kind of intense stakes: Rowena has like 5 attempted murders under her belt! She’s gonna dance until she literally dies!
You had a mat with those flowers? You could buy someting like that back in the day? 😅 I made mine from many papers and I was gliding on it through our house. 😂 I got many bruises because of that. 😅
Thank you for acknowledging that amazing music that plays in Rapunzel when she is painting with the magic brush! I always loved that scene just because of that music haha
okay I'm writing notes as I watch for my comment so this is in list form: 1. Bibble should have stayed in prison 2. The fact that you got to interview Elise Allen is SO cool 3. THE FACT THAT ANIKA DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT BRIETTA DESPITE BEING AN ADULT HAS ALWAYS ALWAYS CONFUSED ME SINCE I WATCHED IT 19 YEARS AGO 4. Ollie the ogre is best boy 5. Barbie Diaries is so Death Note 6. Don't be such a 12 dancing princesses hater, you just don't get it 7. Mad respect for the amount of different sets you've got going on 8. "The problem with Bibble's new girlfriend is that he isn't single now" is NOT the direction I expected you to take with this 9. youre so wrong for your diamond castle take youre so incorrect for it youre so wrong 10. SYDNEY BEST CITY GO SYDNEY! SYDNEY W COMMON SYDNEY W!! If you're not from Sydney you're not even aussie to me :) 11. I can't believe we were both ballet boys 😔🤝😔 12. The barbie and the secret door world looks like something from a doctor seuss adaptation 13. Jesus fuck you put some dark moments in this 14. the barbie puppies are SO fucking ugly and i hate them 15. BARBIE VIDEO GAME HERO ABOVE DIAMOND CASTLE??????? Real talk though dude you went above and beyond for this video and it's come out so well, greatest snugvid of all time!!!!!!
I was expecting to see this video with almost a million views 🤨🤨🤨 The set design, editing and script are off the charts, and you’re wildly entertaining! Also I loved the interview w/ Elise Allen !!! 🧚♀️🧚🧚♂️
I love how its just the one character in a Christmas Carol that you realise Barbie reuses their old models 😭 they had prince Nulu's model with yellow highlighter hair and *legs* in the eariler movies 😂
i realized they reused models in magic of pegasus because i noticed a nalu lookalike back then i remember after 12 dancing princesses ESPECIALLY though they would reuse a lot of models
@@Mermain123 yep! Even Barbie's first model was reused in some of the later 2000s movies with changes, but still pretty noticeable, once they first changed her facial model back to Island Princess. I always thought it cool, but kinda confusing as a little kid lol.
Noticed the other day watching Magic of Pegasus, in the beginning (the crowd ice-skating before they are frozen) there are 2 dudes with the EXACT model but different coloring. As a kid I convinced myself they were twins, but as an adult I realize it was just cutting corners lol
I love noticing characters they reuse, there's a lot of crossovers in island princess especially. My headcannon was that they were actors/actresses like barbie and got cast in the same films
YESSS Island Princess deserves all the hype, I watched both Princess and the Pauper and the Island Princess over and over again until the dvd’s stopped working. Love them both to this day.
Thanks for the heart, Snug! First of all, I just want to say that the production quality on this video is incredible. A sponsorship and a 12 hour long shoot is no joke! It's giving Brian-David-Gilbert-losing-his-mind-over-the-Zelda-timeline energy and I absolutely love it. Secondly, I'm reeling at the fact that you placed Island Princess above Princess & the Pauper. I actually shouted "YO, WTF!" as my brother walked into my room. (Of course, I have all of the songs from Island Princess ingrained in my brain and I think it's a great film, but P&P is simply top tier. Give me less uncanny elephant and more Princess Luciana & her evil mom and maybe we can renegotiate lol.) Thirdly, I am very saddened that you do not have a soft spot for Rothbart. He may have his flaws, but he was a better father than most 😔 ... The rest of your criticisms are fair, though. If you want a more interesting retelling of the story, I highly recommend The Swan Princess animated film. It's truly a classic, and has one of the best opening sequences of any children's media. Plus, it's a musical! Anyways, I appreciate the effort you took to play some of the games and watch all the Barbie films so far. You and your clone are strong men indeed 😉
39:25 SB: "Barbie is starting her new school year as a sophomore. For non-americans, that is like, year 10" Me, a Polish person: **confused screeching**
Honestly, that character is ahead of its time with how they are treated. He is not pretending to be a dog, he is a dog. He barks even when he tries to meaw, he is naturally guarding, and other stuff. Calling him a cat would be stupid, since he naturally acts like a dog. And Erica is fully accepting and encouraging. No judgement there at all. Its super sweet.^^ And yeah, I can hear the attack helicopter jokes flying in as we speak, but as a metaphore in a kids movie I think the "dog in a cats body" works fine to show kids its ok to be trans.
If it was purposeful I would agree, that would be a great message of acceptance, but looking at the issues in the world at the time I really doubt that was the message. There was a whole song dedicated to him being told to accept himself. So I believe that was the intended purpose. That's just my interpretation I could be totally wrong. Everyone reserves the right to their own interpretation. Beauty of the human mind
@@meghandelate1549 I disagree, the entire thing was after he tries to meow and be like a cat and erika tells him to "be himself" meaning don't try to be like a cat and just accept himself the way he is (a dog). One of the lyrics is "if you bark, celebrate it"
First of all, hysterical. Second of all, your next binge HAS to be Life In The Dreamhouse. it's simply too good. And Chelsea (Kelly) isn't useless and annoying!
Elise's interview is such a bright spot in my day today, she is so cool and it makes me so happy to hear creative's perspectives on the things they love to do and work on. Thank you so much for including it!
Barbie as the Island Princess is made even better when you know that the voice actor for the prince is the same guy who voiced L in the english dub of Death Note
I had never seen anything by this channel, but this video goes so hard, the performance in front of the camera, the set, the comedy bits, it's just so well done, honestly, this deserves way more views, I had no choice but to subscribe to oppose the injustice.
Quick memories from the ones I saw or remember as a kid -Didn't expect what got myself into with the Nutcracker -I really wanted the paintbrush from Rapunzel as a kid -Princess and the Pauper is God-tier and yes I'm aware I'm completely biased to it -I thought Mermaidia was way better than Fairytopia -Bibble is an icon and should've gotten a spin-off movie or show -A Christmas Carol having a protagonist/antagonist was refreshing -3 Musketeers was the last one I saw and I ate it up Thank you, that was my Tedtalk
I literally spent two hours of my day watching a guy talking about Barbie movies without being ashamed of it which is amazing. It was also so much fun that I continued watching even after him trashing on Diamond Castle and saying it was boring when it's my ultimate favourite and literallly the gayest Barbie movie of all times but still... It was so fun that I continued watching and in the end I can just be so admirative of all the work you put in the video. So yeah, I disagree with lots of your rankings (honestly I feel like some of these movies deserved so much better and some others got wayyyy too much credit but it's your opinion and you watched the 42 movies in a row which as a Barbie fangirl I never did) but I just had so much fun.... Thank you so much for this, the video is pure 💫gem💫
Elise is so wholesome. Thank you for impacting my childhood. I used to have a dream as a child that I would one day own every single Barbie movie. Now I’m 23 and I own almost 40 of them. I like to go to thrift stores and pick up whatever Barbie movie they have that I don’t already own. It’s like a little scavenger hunt
So so so proud of you man! You’ve blown everyone’s expectations through the roof for the billionth time and genuinely keep moving from strength to strength. The production value is absolutely unreal and you’re such a natural in front of a camera it’s unfair! It’s so gratifying seeing your massive ambition fully come to fruition and it speaks volumes as to your artistic integrity as a creator. You’re always inspiring me and I’m sure loads of others with these top tier passion projects and I can’t thank you enough for that. Take as long of a break as you need big man, you deserve it! (Also congrats on the sponsor that transition was goated!!!) ❤️🔥
GPS thank you man. Thank you for always being my biggest suporter and encouraging me and inspring me and cheering me on. Love you so much my friend, and I can tell you I felt so ready to be on camera in this capacity when I saw you leap from voiceover to green screen. Thank you my friend. Can't wait to keep growing with you.
THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING HOW GOOD THE MUSIC IS. I’ve watched a few reviews now and you’re the first I’ve heard to recognize how surprisingly good it actually especially in Rapunzel, Princess and the Pauper, and 12 dancing princesses.
you’re never reading too much into it. Barbie is giving ‘this feels gay’ in so many of these movies. 😉 (also apparently I’m the only person who likes barbie and the secret door)
I used to watch that movie every single day when I was eight and my sisters were so fed up with it. I actually still listen to the soundtrack regularly and whoever doesn't think that soundtrack sounds good is WRONG
I really like Barbie and the Secret Door! I honestly have memories attached to that! On a local TV channel, Barbie movies used to play on Saturday and Sunday nights 8:30pm-10pm (this was like till 2015 or something, and then it suddenly stopped. Being that age, I was heartbroken). As a kid, my mother never let me watch the one on Sunday since I had school the next day, so I would long for those Saturday night movies. It also helped that I had restricted gadget usage (one of the best things my parents did) So one Saturday, I watched Barbie and the Secret Door and loved it! Fast forward like 5 years later, and me getting a tablet to watch stuff on only for the summer. At that time, I was on a mission to watch all the Barbie Movis there were. I came across Barbie and the Secret Door once again, and loved it. I watched it like 5 days in a row with no recollection of having watched it earlier. I realised much later that I'd seen it as a kid, and thought that the"girl with the pink hair" had been iconic (honestly, that's one of the only things I remember from when I watched the movie as a kid) But yeah, that's the story! Overall, love the movie 💕
the crossover between snugboy and the bcu (barbie cinematic universe) is not something i expected but i greatly appreciate edit: your top four is literally mine but i swapped princess and the pauper and island princess around (personally i prefer the romances in that one lol)!!!!! christmas carol is an underrated masterpiece i will die on this hill. also mattel definitely needs to make a live action adaptation of barbie diaries it would do so well.
1:48:43 Barbie a mermaid tale was the only Barbie movie I watched as a kid, and I watched it A LOT. I was hoping for top 15 and I HAD IT and your TOOK IT AWAY. All in all there was an incredible amount of dedication to this and your style of commentary was right up my alley. Great freaking job, subscribed.
I love how TH-cam has turned to like 2hr long content as a normal thing and I am so here for it!! Let's go barbie content I probably will never rewatch again but will absolutely watch hours upon hours of content online for. Ps. I am flabbergasted that you didn't mention the Give Him to Me line in Rapunzel!! 😭 Lol
For reference: New York’s subway system was built in 1904 and as a whole hasn’t been updated since. The machinery (minus the trains) is like, damn near 100 years old now.
Island princess is 100% my fave barbie movie, the music is everything. I need to know is probably one of the best musical songs ever made, such a beautiful story
This video is so criminally underrated. It’s a masterpiece! The thought, creativity and effort you put into it was astounding to see. I don’t recall ever watching the Barbie films as a kid but I used to be obsessed with the games (specifically Wild Horse Rescue) and it still feels so nostalgic looking back on a part of something that made up a good chunk of so many people’s childhoods 🥰
There's actually another one! Kinda. Barbie and the Rockers is two episodes of a failed TV show from the 80s created solely to compete with Jem and the Holograms, and because it didn't get picked up, they just stapled them together and sold it as a straight to VHS movie. It often gets left off of lists, but is technically Barbie's first movie
I hated The Barbie Diaries even as a kid, or rather I liked it the least as a kid bc I simply preferred the fantasy fairytale stuff, and as I got closer to the age of the characters in the movie the more I hated it bc I absolutely could not relate to a single thing about it. Mainly I've just always generally had a deep dislike of the "getting wrapped up in popularity made you forget who your real friends are"-thing that were in so many early 2000-2010s teen media. idk man, I'm just too autistic to empathize with the willingness to discard your friends and entire identity for the sake of an ultimately fruitless and meaningless attempt at social climbing so protagonists who did this just frustrated me bc it wasn't a lesson autistic 10-12yr old me needed to learn and couldn't fathom anyone else needing it (although I know better now, as much as the concept still baffles me) If I gave it a look now with a couple of friends I think I might enjoy it for how cheezy it is, but generally I still can't stand high school dramas.
I 1000% get what you mean, and I think that is what I was trying to say in that segment. When I got to high school and nothing reflected those american high school teen drama movies I grew up watching, it further cemented in my mind that disconnect between reality and those movies. Thank you for sharing your take!!
I hated that one because I felt betrayed by it. So far Barbie had been all magic and fairytales, and this one in my translation was called "Barbie's Diary". So even though I found it boring at the start, when they introduced the diary I was like "FINALLY! NOW it gets interesting!" ...And then the movie says "it might be magic, maybe, actually no, it's not" and forgets about it. I was also someone who could not understand that kind of plotline or setting, partly because of cultural differences. AND the "magic diary" was clickbait. -2/10 they cruelly played with little me's heart and I was sad
Whilst I was watching this I thought “Oh, this is great quality! This guy must have like, at least a million subscribers.” But when I checked it was roughly 29.000???? What?? Are you not, like, missing one, two or even three zeroes?? Amazing video, high quality, love the slow and devastating decent into insanity and the clone plot thing you've got going on. I happily watched the whole thing and think you're criminally underrated!
Topaz was not the twin sister of Laverna. Laverna is the twin sister of the Enchantress. To be fair to King Randolph they didn't plan 12 princesses, 1 pregnancy was twins and another was triplets. So it was 9 pregnancies. I always found it weird how Azura was Elina's mentor despite Elina living under Topaz's domain. There are four Musketeeers in the Three Musketeers movie. I know it says Barbie AND the Three Musketeers but she isn't called Barbie in the film. So magic can exist in France but not America The Charm School makes me concerned for the future of that world. Like these girls should be learning politics and economics and making alliances. They only do dancing and tea parties. I'm sorry did you just call Princess and the Popstar good? Interesting opinion. You didn't actually give us your thoughts on the Skipper Babysitting movie
there's actually almost always four musketeers in adaptations, because there are four in the original novel. three musketeers is just an extremely misleading name lol. the fourth is d'artagnan, the youngest iirc!
This also means that, canonically, Kelly killed her mom. By being the youngest. And I find that hilarious in the worst way possible. Like from day one, shes been such a disaster that she took out a whole woman with her antic of being born.
To comment on your Azura statement. Topaz gets kidnapped as well as Ruby in the beginning of the movie. Dandelion tells this to Elina and says the closest guardian they can try to get help from is now Azura who’s “all the way in fairy town”. Elina actually forms a relationship with Azura which is why she chose her as her apprentice in magic of the rainbow.
I sang in a choir for a Final Fantasy Orchestra tour, and when I found out Arnie Roth,our conductor, wrote the music for the Barbie movies I was STARSTRUCK
watching this brought back so many memories of little me going on illegal pirating sites to binge every single barbie movie on my parents' cheap, low resolution laptop. i watched any movie as long as it had barbie in its title
Off topic, but I really appreciate the use of the score from the Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey game! That game literally shaped me as a child and I didn't think anyone could be aware of it! If you're ever interested in covering it as a retrospective or something that would be so cool!
Thank you so much for pointing that out! The moment I read your comment, one of the songs came on and I instantly recognized it. Loved that game as a kid, and the score still holds up. I'd love to see a retrospective of the game, too
Re: Moving from West Coast to East Coast As a california girl who lived in nyc for two years, there's a HUGE difference btwn the two. From the climates and seasons to transport to the people/drivers. Malibu, and Southern California in general, is more slow paced, chill, and spaced out. You need to drive everywhere and walks are for leisure. Nyc is fast paced, walking is for transport, the subway can be hella crowded/stinky/hot/dirty and a bit complicated to learn, and the ppl arent afraid to yell at you for stopping on the sidewalk lol
Can we also talk about the cathartic feeling of Gothel getting locked into the tower by her own spell "Never release your prisoner with a lying heart" FAVOURITE BARBIE MOVIE Also Princess and the Pauper, because holy crap seeing a character with the same name as you wearing your favourite colour made me so happy :D was probably my favourite Barbie doll to own too
Oh man, two hours of talking about Barbie Movies? Sign me up! First time watching this channel, and I'm really in awe of the effort and time that went into making this!! Definetly looking forward to your other vids :)
This video is great. The interview with Elise Allen is just perfect. I love her energy. Never seen once of these films but this video is still a real good one.
your final ranking really put me through emotional turmoil however you did put the barbie diaries at #4 which is so controversial yet so brave. thank you for speaking your truth.
I’ve been overwhelmed/exhausted lately, but this video made me forget about all of it for just a little bit. Thank you for that. My top 3 Barbie movies are as follows: 1. Barbie as the Island Princess 2. Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus 3. Barbie Mariposa.
12 dancing princesses was one of my favorites its not only based off the story and even though they might only have the princesses have one trait at the time it was enough to resonate with them.
1:40:30 New Yorker here. They would've gotten there much faster by train unless, you know, their station is skipped. Our trains don't break down as often as they used to. The only thing that causes delays is someone deciding to fight people.
The amount of dedication needed to go through and review all these movies in such an entertaining video is amazing. And the whole off the walls rant/ranking at the end was just hilarious
Dear Snugboy, I’m about to make the most OBNOXIOUSLY long comment but I think it’s what this video deserves. This is easily my favourite retrospective related to this franchise yet. Barbie Movies can be such a weird entity to review as a collective as the majority of them are so inherently subjective that you kinda have to tow the line between your own (often nostalgia-based) biases/opinions and considering their context as commercial productions to make it somewhat tangibly fair. You’re one of the few that actually bothered to consider that balance… not that I don’t enjoy the typical causal ranking that I see but the extra effort always makes these often loose arguments far more compelling. I feel you also best understood what these movies should be like at their peak. None of these (except for possibly Pauper,) were ever meant to be viewed as critical darlings but imo they should at least be able to give a sense of the childlike lens, as if we’re watching a dramatised reentactment of some kid’s playtime. It’s why I tend to connect most with the ones that aren’t necessarily the most thought out or subversive storywise but are effective in keeping the high emotional stakes throughout. I’m very glad you chose to give Diaries and Island Princess some of the longest segments here as many people have never been able to get past the dramatic shift in Diaries’ choice of tropes and art direction, or the absurd, admittedly culturally-insensitive setup, and the heavily involved animal cast of Island Princess. You articulated so beautifully what made both of those films somehow work really well for me. I’ve never actually thought about how I tend to view the US high school experience depicted in fiction but it absolutely does feel like it’s own thinly veiled fantasy realm. I’m not American either but I think the majority would agree it’s a very generalised account. I knew by the halfway point that you weren’t going to be putting as much time into discussing the post Classic films but I actually thought you had more to say than what the majority of them typically get. Some people don’t even bother talking beyond 2009 (tho I have been pleasantly surprised by how much love the 2010-2013 films have gotten in recent years.) I guess I’ll have to keep holding out on that deepdive on Netflix/Vlog Barbie as I CAN’T believe no one has tried to do this yet as there’s SO MUCH you can talk about with this era. It’ll require having to spend considerable more hours watching the Vlog catalogue and both Dreamhouse Adventures series…. I know it’s a lot to ask with the 42 theatric behemoth already there but it does provide some interesting background to the 2020 era films that very rarely gets acknowledged in these lists. But I can’t really fault you for investing the most time and passion into the ones the majority are actually familiar with and care about. It’s hard to argue against not getting excited about the mid 2010 ones… and that’s coming from someone who still had a good time with most of them for what they were. I wish we had better names to define these different modern eras too but they’re nowhere near as clearcut as the Fairytale era was. I tend to view 2010-2013 as the Glam era, 2014-2017 as the Existential Crisis era (Plastic Sister era is pretty solid too,) and 2018-present as Vlogverse. I love that you picked the Mariposa films as the times to mention the homoerotic subtext as most usually make that discussion with Diamond Castle and occasionally the later films with Dolphin Magic and Big City Big Dreams. You could easily dedicate a whole another video to discussing the potential subtext in ALL 42 of them, as even the earlier, more explicitly hetero ones have something there imo. It was comforting to know that you got Elise Allen herself to confirm that the subtext would have been at least welcomed by the team during her time, even if it wasn’t likely intentional. Speaking of Elise Allen, I was THRILLED to see our Lord and Saviour Bibble give birth to this blessed interview and the exquisite imagery of one of his creators, who once knew him as BOBBLE…. now witnessing him be proudly displayed at a college frat-party. Such a SHAME you didn’t get the Kelly cameo as I’ve actually witnessed a certain podcast get the Special Shoutout sooooo they must’ve been an exception then. I think I’ve gone long enough without outing myself as a fellow Australian. Now I’ve finally witnessed a significant enough Aussie’s take on Mermaid Tale 2…. I gotta air out my own grievances. I wholeheartedly agree with our shared grief that it took place in Sydney and you taking the trouble to fly over to personally flip off the Opera House. I don’t necessarily agree with choosing Melbourne tho as the beaches there are either far too underwhelming or cold to be a believable spot for a surf comp unfortunately (Geelong/Torquay or Ocean Grove might the best we’d get.) I’m actually a born regional Victorian similar to you but moved to Adelaide right before high school if you were wondering. I’ll wrap it up here but I’m still pressed to say few more minor things. 12DP and Diamond Castle are prob in my own top 5 but I’m forgiving of your indifference as I tend to have a similar ‘Generally Pretty Solid but Big Heavy Nostalgia Glasses’ with them like you do with Rapunzel. I’m glad someone said SOMETHING about Vlogverse Ken’s ill-fitting hairstyles and most urgently; you addressed Wolfie and Serafina’s many, many, MANY kittens. I genuinely have had lost sleep over that detail of their excessive procreation. Good Night.
I'm crying, this is a snug master piece... it's like a culmination of the snuggiest boy... i'm so happy to be here and even though i'm not a member, i do love the snug content and the snugmeister himself... keep going, i can't wait for your 43rd barbie review
I didn't even know Barbie diaries existed, but low key I love the idea that Barbie could technically go all death note on people with her diary- just a thought lol
the twelve dancing princesses altered my brain chemistry as a child purely because i'm a sucker for secret tunnels and worlds and that secret portal opening for them when they danced was my absolute SHIT
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I just want to say that the original Rapunzel story does not feature the concept of painting, so yeah, Disney actually stole that from freaking Barbie of all things.
If I had a nickel for every time Disney stole a concept from Mattel, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's funny that it happened twice
(Don't get me wrong, I love Tangled and Tangled The Series more than Barbie as Rapunzel, but I'm never not gonna be mad at them for Ever After High)
YES, SOMEONE ELSE SEES IT
Disney didn’t steal it… Disney has been using Brother Grimms stories since the 1950s whereas barbie has only been using them since 2001 so eventually Disney would’ve done rapunzel even if barbie didn’t do it first :/ the stories are completely different the only similarities are the literally description of rapunzel from the original story from the 1800s
@@Kourtable But the thing is, the original Brothers Grimm Rapunzel story didn't include any kind of painting/art. That was a fresh concept first done by Barbie in 2002, and then copied by Disney in 2011
@@Kourtableme when i don’t read the whole comment
Barbie could have turned that diary into a death note so easily
Or Burn Book
/ref
Fun fact: the reason Martin Short brings it so hard in his performance is because his daughter was a big barbie fan. So he took the role and killed it for her!
I didn't know that!! That's so cute!!!!
Awwww that's so sweet! 🥰
i wish my dad was that kind he just yelled at me to meke him stuff i couldnt eat
He also just did an interview/podcast where he was asked about it and while he does remember the credit, he doesn’t remember the roll 😂 which is fair, but I just find it so funny that he doesn’t remember doing it when the rest of us think he’s so iconic in it 😂
Bibble is like a generational phenomenon for people who watched the Barbie movies, he’s such an icon and a vital part of our childhoods lmao
I think about opera singing Bibble daily.
"I should peg him" finally a man who understands barbie
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There's nothing sexier than a guy who isn't insecure about his identity and will discuss 'girl stuff' in earnest and not be a weird 'girls r dum' freak about it. This is so refreshing, well done, funny, and I'm glad to add another youtuber to the list of 'Isn't a weak-willed whiny incel pissbaby creep'
Excellent job!
And good on your parents for letting you watch diverse media. Some parents get really stupid about that, but it sounds like you were able to experience more things than some, and that's very good.
Exactly
Yea the Barbie Movie does that to people
oh yeah, real sexy to have a straight man take an interest in something as feminine as Barbie of all things. Maybe if he wore makeup and a dress, you'd be even more attracted to him lol.
The diamond castle is so good idc it’s about cottage core lesbians, two weird dancing dogs, and funny British boys that have nothing to do with the plot. Cinematic masterpiece❤️🔥
Dimond castle feels like a fever dream. I used to watch it on DVD when I was little.
Wasn’t one of the two bisexual? Their colors represent their flag right?
"the movie is so good, I don't care about what make it bad" /j
@@lunaraurora8308 Flags came after the dresses, but yeah that's the headcanon
@@lunaraurora8308 It's interesting to note that Barbie movies often leave room for individual interpretation. In the movie "Barbie & the Diamond Castle," the characters are portrayed as friends. It's important to keep in mind that the movie was created during a time when same-sex marriage wasn't legalized in some places, including where I'm from, until 2017.
While the filmmakers may not have intentionally meant for the characters' dresses to represent their sexualities or any specific symbolism, viewers can still use their imaginations. For instance, if someone believes that one of the characters could be bisexual, that's a valid interpretation.
It's worth mentioning that the movie does not explicitly address any character's sexual orientation. However, part of the beauty of stories like these is that they allow viewers to explore their own narratives and imagine the characters in various ways. Perhaps, if there's another Barbie movie in the future that explores an LGBTQ storyline, it could shed more light on this topic.
Ultimately, it's up to each viewer to make their own connections and interpretations based on their beliefs and personal understanding.
I loved Mariposa because back in the day she was the "Mexican" Barbie and I'm Mexican, therefor I was and still am legally required to love it. Never watched the sequel though, I was pissed that the voice changed and the entire time she wasn't in Latino-Land
In defense of King Randolph and his poor poor wife: 7 of those 12 princess are multiples (two sets of twins and a set of triplets). So it not like they wanted 12 kids, they only wanted a much more reasonable and manageable 8 children, and then lost out to whoever had twin genetics in their family tree.
Wait there's two sets of twins I thought there was only one
@@lahlybird895I think it’s Delia and Edeline (the girls with orange and green gowns)
@@zharyu15 oh
@@lahlybird895 Delia and Edaline are one set, and Hadley and Isla are the other.
@@jazzycat8917 right I knew about the younger set
I literally cried when she said that they tried to push Barbie being not straight behind the scenes, and tried to imply that she was. As a kid that is the experience I had, and it’s so validating to have that confirmed.
Wait what?!?!
Preminger is more iconic than a Barbie movie villain has any right to be
"No! I won't let goooo!"
The “Your mother is a handsome woman 👹” always takes me out
AGREED
Or that blooper, which I quote literally all the time. "Is that really me? In there? Looking at me? Lucky me!"
REAL
BIBBLE IS AN ICON.... especially the scene where he eats fruits and starts belting singing lol...
Iconic
Justice for 12 Dancing Princesses, a bunch girls in dresses twirling is the energy we need right now! Princess and the Pauper supremacy tho.
Videos amazing, you’re on another level!!
minnie maybe if i was a twirling girl in a dress id understand. maybe if i was even 12 girls in 12 twirling dresses id understand, but alas, i am a sweater wearing australian boy.
@@Snugboy hahaha that’s fair but if the sweater was big enough even an Australian boy could twirl in it 🤔
@@leminnie7 that is SO true
@@leminnie7that’s…so deep.
@@leminnie7 this statement was so moving it relocated me to a different municipality and I fell off my chair
I cannot believe you got a Barbie writer to chat with you about this! As a kid who adored Bibble and Elina and the entire world of Fairytopia, it was so cool to see a small behind the scenes of that movie! I also agree that Princess and the Pauper should’ve been a stage show. I almost started writing one myself lol
12 dancing princesses was always my fave: the score goes hard, the choreography is great and IT HAS A WHOLE HEIST AT THE END
No literally
My dvd had this whole mini documentary on how they used motion capture for the ballet
Ok but the mermaid one has banging pop music
THIS THIS THIS i was flabbergasted at the rating of it, the soundtrack is just a banger after banger and the dances are fantastic!
Big facts right there. The score is goated
Honestly, it makes me so happy to hear about writers doing the absolute most in their power to portray more representation the best they can at the time. It just makes me happy to see these story tellers actually care about these things and try to make members of their audiences feel more heard and included
I can't believe that he didn't think the Diamond castle was also gay. That seems to be the definitive gay Barbie movie.
THAT’S WHAT I’M SAYING
i never thought it was gay. even in modern times (ive watched this movie over and over since i was a little girl) i still DONT see it. I’ve tried, but i guess ill never understand the logic.
@@abcd-mo5mo Fair, if you can't see it then you can't see it. There are so many ships people have in the internet and I've said, "I don't see it"
@@turnipcrazy4602 yeah i don’t necessarily mind shipping, it’s honestly whatever. but sometimes people take it too far and deem it “canon” when it’s not lol
@@turnipcrazy4602I'm gay and I hate that movie the most out of the old Barbie movies. All the conflict was optimist vs pessimist and it just made the brunette seem so annoyingly useless. I personally think Mariposa is the most lesbian, with her nonchalance towards the prince's interest and her chemistry with the princess from the other kingdom.
32:59 so fun fact, the doll for aiden sold alongside the movie has rudimentary joint articulation in the elbows and knees for some weird, unexplained reason. meanwhile the annika doll had a weird dress changing mechanism i was never able to fully understand, so i remember the aiden doll a lot more fondly bc i thought the articulation was cool. however, i apparently liked it so much that eventually both of his arms just snapped off at the elbow, leaving him as a double amputee. so for the longest time, my favorite doll of all time was a ken doll with no arms, no shirt, and no shoes but somehow he kept his original pants. i miss him dearly, and i hope the void is treating him well
I can't BREATH
Interestingly enough, my aiden doll also lost half an arm, and he too solely kept his pants. Perhaps the void holds aiden amputee conventions or therapies, whatever is best for them.
i'm absolutely flabbergasted by how underrated this video is
That is so sweet! But 2 thousand people is so insane!!!! I can’t even picture that many people in a room.
Ikr?? This deserves a million views
@@Snugboywould have been better if you mentioned the insanely horny animals in the early movies!
Mainly the horny weasel in Rapunzel
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to 12 dancing princesses' credit, I was always surprised that they actually managed to make each princess sorta stand out. like the one kelly doll princess collects bugs or something? for a short kids' film with so many characters it's kinda surprising how much detail they put in. and they even made a new doll model for the middle-aged siblings
6:19 as a former ballet dancer, I can say yes it is good actually because they used real-life ballet dancers for the ballet bits in the movie to capture the movement of ballet dancers by getting them to wear these costumes that had motion capture dots on them:
here's how they did it with real ballet dancers th-cam.com/video/hoMS1cYmKx8/w-d-xo.html
they really worked their butts off for this
The Twelve Dancing Princesses is an actual fairy tale originally pubslished by The Brother's Grimm, so we can blame them! There was a game I played where you had to match birthstones to each sister and it satisfied my need to categorize LOL. It's one of the most nostalgic movies of my childhood and pretty well adapted from the fairy tale I'd say
Watching someone actually hype up Barbie as the Island Princess as the best warmed my heart. It’s my favourite next to Barbie and the Pauper, and I applaud you sir for seeing the beauty of this film that has inspired me so much as a child. Bravo.
yes! those are my top two (princess and the pauper absolutely cannot be beat)
Island Princess was always my personal fav, loved animals and always wanted to talk to them so boom, perfect movie
I was shocked it came first, but also pleasantly surprised that it did. It’s also in my top 5 Barbie movies, and honestly it would be my second favorite (princess and the pauper will forever remain the best imo) if it weren’t for Tika. I know she had good intentions and I know she was technically a baby, but man… the older I get while watching it, the more insufferable she becomes.
Okay, I gotta say it, Laverna is NOT Topaz's twin sister, she's the Enchantress's twin sister. Y'know, the ruler of Fairytopia and canonically the most magical fairy around?
Basically Laverna invited her sister over to "reconcile their differences" but actually put her in a magical coma. She then went about kidnapping the seven fairy guardians (one for each colour of the rainbow) in order to steal their magic to make her more powerful, whilst also poisoning all the flying creatures in the land so she can later offer an antidote to make them love her enough to crown her queen.
Love the video! I just had to get that off my chest
I was forced to watch some Barbie shows/movies with my sister as a kid. Now I realized they're real cinema.
what is your pfp from? looks oddly familiar but also not
@@avr7120it's from a movie called "Buffalo 66".
I love how in Barbie Diaries you pointed out the insanity of that girl being "the only girl who works there" 😭😭 I rewatched it recently, and I was shocked at that line! I wish you talked about the music from that movie more though, because they deserved recognition! I usually don't like when characters have a different singing VA, but Skye Sweetnam did a great job. I still sing those songs all the time
Ok but clarification, could she just mean she is the only “girl” who works there?
Princess And The Pauper is an actual masterpiece, one of my favorite films of all time
I’M JUST LIKE YEW
@@randombrokeperson YOU'RE JUST LIKE MEE
I almost wanna see a remake of it. Not a live action bc fuck that. But moder animation version
@@AtlantisBrooke I'd love to see it in the style of a Studio Ghibli movie or a 3D Disney/Pixar movie
@@kidgoku1984that'd be SO AMAZING
Fun fact about Martin Short:
He just did an interview/podcast where he was asked about it and while he does remember the credit, he doesn’t remember the roll 😂 which is fair, but I just find it so funny that he doesn’t remember doing it when the rest of us think he’s so iconic in it 😂
WHAT PODCAST????? WHAT??????????
My perspective on 12 dancing princesses: as someone with sisters, it always felt hard to stand out. The fact that the sister pretty much in the middle gets to stand strong but still have so many good moments with her family is so nice. I had a little mat that had all the flowers on it that you could dance on with an accompanying CD. It’s just good fluff with great music and there’s like kind of intense stakes: Rowena has like 5 attempted murders under her belt! She’s gonna dance until she literally dies!
You had a mat with those flowers? You could buy someting like that back in the day? 😅 I made mine from many papers and I was gliding on it through our house. 😂 I got many bruises because of that. 😅
Thank you for acknowledging that amazing music that plays in Rapunzel when she is painting with the magic brush! I always loved that scene just because of that music haha
okay I'm writing notes as I watch for my comment so this is in list form:
1. Bibble should have stayed in prison
2. The fact that you got to interview Elise Allen is SO cool
3. THE FACT THAT ANIKA DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT BRIETTA DESPITE BEING AN ADULT HAS ALWAYS ALWAYS CONFUSED ME SINCE I WATCHED IT 19 YEARS AGO
4. Ollie the ogre is best boy
5. Barbie Diaries is so Death Note
6. Don't be such a 12 dancing princesses hater, you just don't get it
7. Mad respect for the amount of different sets you've got going on
8. "The problem with Bibble's new girlfriend is that he isn't single now" is NOT the direction I expected you to take with this
9. youre so wrong for your diamond castle take youre so incorrect for it youre so wrong
10. SYDNEY BEST CITY GO SYDNEY! SYDNEY W COMMON SYDNEY W!! If you're not from Sydney you're not even aussie to me :)
11. I can't believe we were both ballet boys 😔🤝😔
12. The barbie and the secret door world looks like something from a doctor seuss adaptation
13. Jesus fuck you put some dark moments in this
14. the barbie puppies are SO fucking ugly and i hate them
15. BARBIE VIDEO GAME HERO ABOVE DIAMOND CASTLE???????
Real talk though dude you went above and beyond for this video and it's come out so well, greatest snugvid of all time!!!!!!
Boo Sydney sucks Melbourne supremacy
bocci you're so based, i can't believe snug doesn't like diamond castle??!! it's so good 😔
Barbie diaries=death note was exactly what I was thinking too
NO HES A 12 DANCINg pRINCESSES HATER??
you watch death note, i watch barbie diaries we are not the same
I was expecting to see this video with almost a million views 🤨🤨🤨 The set design, editing and script are off the charts, and you’re wildly entertaining! Also I loved the interview w/ Elise Allen !!! 🧚♀️🧚🧚♂️
I love how its just the one character in a Christmas Carol that you realise Barbie reuses their old models 😭 they had prince Nulu's model with yellow highlighter hair and *legs* in the eariler movies 😂
i realized they reused models in magic of pegasus because i noticed a nalu lookalike back then
i remember after 12 dancing princesses ESPECIALLY though they would reuse a lot of models
@@Mermain123 yep! Even Barbie's first model was reused in some of the later 2000s movies with changes, but still pretty noticeable, once they first changed her facial model back to Island Princess. I always thought it cool, but kinda confusing as a little kid lol.
Noticed the other day watching Magic of Pegasus, in the beginning (the crowd ice-skating before they are frozen) there are 2 dudes with the EXACT model but different coloring. As a kid I convinced myself they were twins, but as an adult I realize it was just cutting corners lol
@@Adamant_Adam honestly twins in real life are kinda like reused models
I love noticing characters they reuse, there's a lot of crossovers in island princess especially. My headcannon was that they were actors/actresses like barbie and got cast in the same films
I feel like I’m the only one who loved the absolute shit out of Barbie of swan lake 💀 but that is probably my love for Tchaikovsky + nostalgia glasses
You're not the only one. It's actually one of my favorite Barbie movies. 😊😁💙
There were three men I idolized as a child: Jack Sparrow, Batman, and the god-tier Preminger.
these are the men i idolize now in my young adulthood
“I’m going to shatter your world…mermaids!” Should not have made me laugh as hard as it did
YESSS Island Princess deserves all the hype, I watched both Princess and the Pauper and the Island Princess over and over again until the dvd’s stopped working. Love them both to this day.
As a kid I watched A Fairy Secret more times than I can count. The entire plot might as well be engraved into my brain 🤪
I almost cried tears of joy when I saw this video on my feed while settling in for a laundry-folding session. Thank you, Snugboy!
Thanks for the heart, Snug! First of all, I just want to say that the production quality on this video is incredible. A sponsorship and a 12 hour long shoot is no joke! It's giving Brian-David-Gilbert-losing-his-mind-over-the-Zelda-timeline energy and I absolutely love it.
Secondly, I'm reeling at the fact that you placed Island Princess above Princess & the Pauper. I actually shouted "YO, WTF!" as my brother walked into my room. (Of course, I have all of the songs from Island Princess ingrained in my brain and I think it's a great film, but P&P is simply top tier. Give me less uncanny elephant and more Princess Luciana & her evil mom and maybe we can renegotiate lol.)
Thirdly, I am very saddened that you do not have a soft spot for Rothbart. He may have his flaws, but he was a better father than most 😔 ... The rest of your criticisms are fair, though. If you want a more interesting retelling of the story, I highly recommend The Swan Princess animated film. It's truly a classic, and has one of the best opening sequences of any children's media. Plus, it's a musical!
Anyways, I appreciate the effort you took to play some of the games and watch all the Barbie films so far. You and your clone are strong men indeed 😉
39:25 SB: "Barbie is starting her new school year as a sophomore. For non-americans, that is like, year 10"
Me, a Polish person: **confused screeching**
I appreciate that you respect Erika's pet's gender by calling them a dog instead of a cat 😌
Honestly, that character is ahead of its time with how they are treated. He is not pretending to be a dog, he is a dog. He barks even when he tries to meaw, he is naturally guarding, and other stuff. Calling him a cat would be stupid, since he naturally acts like a dog.
And Erica is fully accepting and encouraging. No judgement there at all. Its super sweet.^^
And yeah, I can hear the attack helicopter jokes flying in as we speak, but as a metaphore in a kids movie I think the "dog in a cats body" works fine to show kids its ok to be trans.
If it was purposeful I would agree, that would be a great message of acceptance, but looking at the issues in the world at the time I really doubt that was the message.
There was a whole song dedicated to him being told to accept himself. So I believe that was the intended purpose.
That's just my interpretation I could be totally wrong. Everyone reserves the right to their own interpretation. Beauty of the human mind
@@meghandelate1549 His whole character was half comedic relief
@@meghandelate1549 I disagree, the entire thing was after he tries to meow and be like a cat and erika tells him to "be himself" meaning don't try to be like a cat and just accept himself the way he is (a dog). One of the lyrics is "if you bark, celebrate it"
ah yes the two genders, Dog and Cat
First of all, hysterical.
Second of all, your next binge HAS to be Life In The Dreamhouse. it's simply too good. And Chelsea (Kelly) isn't useless and annoying!
Fun fact. Julian from princess and the pauper is voiced by the same voice actor as L. Yes, from Death Note.
maybe this is why I found L weirdly attractive
I'm dead 😂😂😂😂 this is gold
I feel so happy that I'm not the only one that sees the chemistry of Mariposa and Catania!!
THEY SHOULD HAVE TO GET MARRIED
Elise's interview is such a bright spot in my day today, she is so cool and it makes me so happy to hear creative's perspectives on the things they love to do and work on. Thank you so much for including it!
Barbie as the Island Princess is made even better when you know that the voice actor for the prince is the same guy who voiced L in the english dub of Death Note
The ballet sequences are based of real dancers and dance moves, so yes, they are actually very good!
32:16 “And the worst offender…We’ll get to her.” 🤣🤣
I had never seen anything by this channel, but this video goes so hard, the performance in front of the camera, the set, the comedy bits, it's just so well done, honestly, this deserves way more views, I had no choice but to subscribe to oppose the injustice.
The first 7 Barbie movies were my childhood. I used to eat, sleep, breathe them. Fairytopia and Mermaidia had me in a CHOKEHOLD.
Snugboy: "WTF is a Muppets!?"
Me: "I would dedicate another two hours of my life to see him give the Muppets this treatment too."
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Me too 😊
I love how the subtitles seem to be the script and not the actions or words. Interesting to see what got cut or changed.
i cant lie as a person who relies on subtitles they were so distracting and often didntt match the exact words he was saying and it really bothered me
Quick memories from the ones I saw or remember as a kid
-Didn't expect what got myself into with the Nutcracker
-I really wanted the paintbrush from Rapunzel as a kid
-Princess and the Pauper is God-tier and yes I'm aware I'm completely biased to it
-I thought Mermaidia was way better than Fairytopia
-Bibble is an icon and should've gotten a spin-off movie or show
-A Christmas Carol having a protagonist/antagonist was refreshing
-3 Musketeers was the last one I saw and I ate it up
Thank you, that was my Tedtalk
I literally spent two hours of my day watching a guy talking about Barbie movies without being ashamed of it which is amazing. It was also so much fun that I continued watching even after him trashing on Diamond Castle and saying it was boring when it's my ultimate favourite and literallly the gayest Barbie movie of all times but still... It was so fun that I continued watching and in the end I can just be so admirative of all the work you put in the video. So yeah, I disagree with lots of your rankings (honestly I feel like some of these movies deserved so much better and some others got wayyyy too much credit but it's your opinion and you watched the 42 movies in a row which as a Barbie fangirl I never did) but I just had so much fun.... Thank you so much for this, the video is pure 💫gem💫
Elise is so wholesome. Thank you for impacting my childhood. I used to have a dream as a child that I would one day own every single Barbie movie. Now I’m 23 and I own almost 40 of them. I like to go to thrift stores and pick up whatever Barbie movie they have that I don’t already own. It’s like a little scavenger hunt
barbie farytopia fucking ate. bibble for president. the peak of 2000s cinema.
So so so proud of you man! You’ve blown everyone’s expectations through the roof for the billionth time and genuinely keep moving from strength to strength. The production value is absolutely unreal and you’re such a natural in front of a camera it’s unfair! It’s so gratifying seeing your massive ambition fully come to fruition and it speaks volumes as to your artistic integrity as a creator. You’re always inspiring me and I’m sure loads of others with these top tier passion projects and I can’t thank you enough for that. Take as long of a break as you need big man, you deserve it! (Also congrats on the sponsor that transition was goated!!!) ❤️🔥
GPS thank you man. Thank you for always being my biggest suporter and encouraging me and inspring me and cheering me on. Love you so much my friend, and I can tell you I felt so ready to be on camera in this capacity when I saw you leap from voiceover to green screen. Thank you my friend. Can't wait to keep growing with you.
THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING HOW GOOD THE MUSIC IS. I’ve watched a few reviews now and you’re the first I’ve heard to recognize how surprisingly good it actually especially in Rapunzel, Princess and the Pauper, and 12 dancing princesses.
you’re never reading too much into it. Barbie is giving ‘this feels gay’ in so many of these movies. 😉
(also apparently I’m the only person who likes barbie and the secret door)
I used to love Barbie and the secret door when I was younger! I even had a fairy doll of one of the characters.
I used to watch that movie every single day when I was eight and my sisters were so fed up with it. I actually still listen to the soundtrack regularly and whoever doesn't think that soundtrack sounds good is WRONG
I really like Barbie and the Secret Door! I honestly have memories attached to that!
On a local TV channel, Barbie movies used to play on Saturday and Sunday nights 8:30pm-10pm (this was like till 2015 or something, and then it suddenly stopped. Being that age, I was heartbroken). As a kid, my mother never let me watch the one on Sunday since I had school the next day, so I would long for those Saturday night movies. It also helped that I had restricted gadget usage (one of the best things my parents did)
So one Saturday, I watched Barbie and the Secret Door and loved it! Fast forward like 5 years later, and me getting a tablet to watch stuff on only for the summer. At that time, I was on a mission to watch all the Barbie Movis there were. I came across Barbie and the Secret Door once again, and loved it. I watched it like 5 days in a row with no recollection of having watched it earlier.
I realised much later that I'd seen it as a kid, and thought that the"girl with the pink hair" had been iconic (honestly, that's one of the only things I remember from when I watched the movie as a kid)
But yeah, that's the story! Overall, love the movie 💕
It is a good movie deserves to be in top 25 ,he gave it last rank is so dissappointing
i love barbie and the secret door too, you’re not alone
Ted brought me here, glad there's more people who've taken up this challenge.
the crossover between snugboy and the bcu (barbie cinematic universe) is not something i expected but i greatly appreciate
edit: your top four is literally mine but i swapped princess and the pauper and island princess around (personally i prefer the romances in that one lol)!!!!! christmas carol is an underrated masterpiece i will die on this hill. also mattel definitely needs to make a live action adaptation of barbie diaries it would do so well.
you are SO real for that top 4 ill be so honest
Can't believe he didn't say Eden hot like most people do lmao
Christmas Carol is definitely one of the funniest. I actually bought it last Christmas and it totally holds up
Princess Charm School is lowkey one of my favourite Barbie movies, you really dont see a lot of people talking about it even though its Good
My guy let me tell you. This video is gonna BANG.
Bang who ?
1:48:43 Barbie a mermaid tale was the only Barbie movie I watched as a kid, and I watched it A LOT. I was hoping for top 15 and I HAD IT and your TOOK IT AWAY.
All in all there was an incredible amount of dedication to this and your style of commentary was right up my alley. Great freaking job, subscribed.
IKR! I mean Queen of the Waves is such a banger!
so happy to see barbie as the island princess getting the love it deserves
The frantic, sleep deprived, yet honest and true ranking of the Barbie movies really brought it all together for me
I love how TH-cam has turned to like 2hr long content as a normal thing and I am so here for it!! Let's go barbie content I probably will never rewatch again but will absolutely watch hours upon hours of content online for.
Ps. I am flabbergasted that you didn't mention the Give Him to Me line in Rapunzel!! 😭 Lol
Once you watch a 6 hour video, you can never go back to the 10 minute videos of old. (yes, I have watched a couple 6 hour long videos)
Not Kelly rejecting whilst hitting you with the “goodluck with your video?” WHY THE QUESTION MARK KELLY 💀💀 absolutely brutal
For reference: New York’s subway system was built in 1904 and as a whole hasn’t been updated since. The machinery (minus the trains) is like, damn near 100 years old now.
Island princess is 100% my fave barbie movie, the music is everything. I need to know is probably one of the best musical songs ever made, such a beautiful story
This video is so criminally underrated. It’s a masterpiece! The thought, creativity and effort you put into it was astounding to see. I don’t recall ever watching the Barbie films as a kid but I used to be obsessed with the games (specifically Wild Horse Rescue) and it still feels so nostalgic looking back on a part of something that made up a good chunk of so many people’s childhoods 🥰
There's actually another one! Kinda. Barbie and the Rockers is two episodes of a failed TV show from the 80s created solely to compete with Jem and the Holograms, and because it didn't get picked up, they just stapled them together and sold it as a straight to VHS movie. It often gets left off of lists, but is technically Barbie's first movie
i was thinking of this as well, i feel like people who do these kinds of binge watches never mention or look at them and its a travesty
I hated The Barbie Diaries even as a kid, or rather I liked it the least as a kid bc I simply preferred the fantasy fairytale stuff, and as I got closer to the age of the characters in the movie the more I hated it bc I absolutely could not relate to a single thing about it.
Mainly I've just always generally had a deep dislike of the "getting wrapped up in popularity made you forget who your real friends are"-thing that were in so many early 2000-2010s teen media.
idk man, I'm just too autistic to empathize with the willingness to discard your friends and entire identity for the sake of an ultimately fruitless and meaningless attempt at social climbing so protagonists who did this just frustrated me bc it wasn't a lesson autistic 10-12yr old me needed to learn and couldn't fathom anyone else needing it
(although I know better now, as much as the concept still baffles me)
If I gave it a look now with a couple of friends I think I might enjoy it for how cheezy it is, but generally I still can't stand high school dramas.
I 1000% get what you mean, and I think that is what I was trying to say in that segment. When I got to high school and nothing reflected those american high school teen drama movies I grew up watching, it further cemented in my mind that disconnect between reality and those movies.
Thank you for sharing your take!!
Yeah, I definetly feel the too autistic to understand. I also have the too aroace to really get romantic subplots.
I hated that one because I felt betrayed by it.
So far Barbie had been all magic and fairytales, and this one in my translation was called "Barbie's Diary". So even though I found it boring at the start, when they introduced the diary I was like "FINALLY! NOW it gets interesting!" ...And then the movie says "it might be magic, maybe, actually no, it's not" and forgets about it.
I was also someone who could not understand that kind of plotline or setting, partly because of cultural differences. AND the "magic diary" was clickbait.
-2/10 they cruelly played with little me's heart and I was sad
Whilst I was watching this I thought “Oh, this is great quality! This guy must have like, at least a million subscribers.” But when I checked it was roughly 29.000???? What?? Are you not, like, missing one, two or even three zeroes?? Amazing video, high quality, love the slow and devastating decent into insanity and the clone plot thing you've got going on. I happily watched the whole thing and think you're criminally underrated!
Topaz was not the twin sister of Laverna. Laverna is the twin sister of the Enchantress.
To be fair to King Randolph they didn't plan 12 princesses, 1 pregnancy was twins and another was triplets. So it was 9 pregnancies.
I always found it weird how Azura was Elina's mentor despite Elina living under Topaz's domain.
There are four Musketeeers in the Three Musketeers movie. I know it says Barbie AND the Three Musketeers but she isn't called Barbie in the film.
So magic can exist in France but not America
The Charm School makes me concerned for the future of that world. Like these girls should be learning politics and economics and making alliances. They only do dancing and tea parties.
I'm sorry did you just call Princess and the Popstar good? Interesting opinion.
You didn't actually give us your thoughts on the Skipper Babysitting movie
perhaps it was 8 pregnancies, edeline and delia are unidentical twins
there's actually almost always four musketeers in adaptations, because there are four in the original novel. three musketeers is just an extremely misleading name lol. the fourth is d'artagnan, the youngest iirc!
This also means that, canonically, Kelly killed her mom. By being the youngest. And I find that hilarious in the worst way possible. Like from day one, shes been such a disaster that she took out a whole woman with her antic of being born.
From what I’ve seen it’s called The Three Musketeers because there are 3 main ones and 1 newbie who isn’t an official musketeer yet
To comment on your Azura statement. Topaz gets kidnapped as well as Ruby in the beginning of the movie. Dandelion tells this to Elina and says the closest guardian they can try to get help from is now Azura who’s “all the way in fairy town”. Elina actually forms a relationship with Azura which is why she chose her as her apprentice in magic of the rainbow.
SERIOUSLY Barbie as THE ISLAND PRINSESS has my heart, I've always had to defend it against my friends' opinions
I sang in a choir for a Final Fantasy Orchestra tour, and when I found out Arnie Roth,our conductor, wrote the music for the Barbie movies I was STARSTRUCK
WHAT OMG THAT IS SO SICK DID YOU SAY ANYTHING TO HIM
watching this brought back so many memories of little me going on illegal pirating sites to binge every single barbie movie on my parents' cheap, low resolution laptop. i watched any movie as long as it had barbie in its title
Off topic, but I really appreciate the use of the score from the Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey game! That game literally shaped me as a child and I didn't think anyone could be aware of it! If you're ever interested in covering it as a retrospective or something that would be so cool!
Thank you so much for pointing that out! The moment I read your comment, one of the songs came on and I instantly recognized it. Loved that game as a kid, and the score still holds up. I'd love to see a retrospective of the game, too
I actually got the game for my nieces last year and.....I couldn't stop "helping" them play it. It was such a fun game!
I think it also might have been recycled for other Disney games, because I’m getting serious Pixie Hollow flashbacks from this score
Re: Moving from West Coast to East Coast
As a california girl who lived in nyc for two years, there's a HUGE difference btwn the two. From the climates and seasons to transport to the people/drivers.
Malibu, and Southern California in general, is more slow paced, chill, and spaced out. You need to drive everywhere and walks are for leisure.
Nyc is fast paced, walking is for transport, the subway can be hella crowded/stinky/hot/dirty and a bit complicated to learn, and the ppl arent afraid to yell at you for stopping on the sidewalk lol
Princess and the Pauper should become a stage show and 12 Dancing Princesses should become a real ballet.
Facts. The soundtrack is goated af
Can we also talk about the cathartic feeling of Gothel getting locked into the tower by her own spell "Never release your prisoner with a lying heart" FAVOURITE BARBIE MOVIE
Also Princess and the Pauper, because holy crap seeing a character with the same name as you wearing your favourite colour made me so happy :D was probably my favourite Barbie doll to own too
Oh man, two hours of talking about Barbie Movies? Sign me up! First time watching this channel, and I'm really in awe of the effort and time that went into making this!! Definetly looking forward to your other vids :)
Watching the barbie movies on dvd on roadtrips with my sisters is such a core memory for me
This video is great. The interview with Elise Allen is just perfect. I love her energy. Never seen once of these films but this video is still a real good one.
I WILL NEVER TAKE OFF MY SWAN LAKE NOSTALGIA GLASSES!!! BEST BARBIE MOVIE
your final ranking really put me through emotional turmoil however you did put the barbie diaries at #4 which is so controversial yet so brave. thank you for speaking your truth.
I’m sorry but I absolutely REFUSE. The first one is The Princess and The Pauper and that’s JUST AN OBJECTIVE, SCIENTIFIC FACT AND IMMUTABLE REALITY.
I’ve been overwhelmed/exhausted lately, but this video made me forget about all of it for just a little bit. Thank you for that. My top 3 Barbie movies are as follows:
1. Barbie as the Island Princess
2. Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus
3. Barbie Mariposa.
this man seems unhinged throughout the entire video. subbed
also goated ost selection
12 dancing princesses was one of my favorites its not only based off the story and even though they might only have the princesses have one trait at the time it was enough to resonate with them.
1:40:30 New Yorker here. They would've gotten there much faster by train unless, you know, their station is skipped. Our trains don't break down as often as they used to. The only thing that causes delays is someone deciding to fight people.
The amount of dedication needed to go through and review all these movies in such an entertaining video is amazing. And the whole off the walls rant/ranking at the end was just hilarious
Hearing you call the Twelve Dancing Princesses okay and dull....idk man. Literally my childhood 💀
Dear Snugboy, I’m about to make the most OBNOXIOUSLY long comment but I think it’s what this video deserves. This is easily my favourite retrospective related to this franchise yet.
Barbie Movies can be such a weird entity to review as a collective as the majority of them are so inherently subjective that you kinda have to tow the line between your own (often nostalgia-based) biases/opinions and considering their context as commercial productions to make it somewhat tangibly fair. You’re one of the few that actually bothered to consider that balance… not that I don’t enjoy the typical causal ranking that I see but the extra effort always makes these often loose arguments far more compelling.
I feel you also best understood what these movies should be like at their peak. None of these (except for possibly Pauper,) were ever meant to be viewed as critical darlings but imo they should at least be able to give a sense of the childlike lens, as if we’re watching a dramatised reentactment of some kid’s playtime. It’s why I tend to connect most with the ones that aren’t necessarily the most thought out or subversive storywise but are effective in keeping the high emotional stakes throughout. I’m very glad you chose to give Diaries and Island Princess some of the longest segments here as many people have never been able to get past the dramatic shift in Diaries’ choice of tropes and art direction, or the absurd, admittedly culturally-insensitive setup, and the heavily involved animal cast of Island Princess. You articulated so beautifully what made both of those films somehow work really well for me. I’ve never actually thought about how I tend to view the US high school experience depicted in fiction but it absolutely does feel like it’s own thinly veiled fantasy realm. I’m not American either but I think the majority would agree it’s a very generalised account.
I knew by the halfway point that you weren’t going to be putting as much time into discussing the post Classic films but I actually thought you had more to say than what the majority of them typically get. Some people don’t even bother talking beyond 2009 (tho I have been pleasantly surprised by how much love the 2010-2013 films have gotten in recent years.) I guess I’ll have to keep holding out on that deepdive on Netflix/Vlog Barbie as I CAN’T believe no one has tried to do this yet as there’s SO MUCH you can talk about with this era. It’ll require having to spend considerable more hours watching the Vlog catalogue and both Dreamhouse Adventures series…. I know it’s a lot to ask with the 42 theatric behemoth already there but it does provide some interesting background to the 2020 era films that very rarely gets acknowledged in these lists. But I can’t really fault you for investing the most time and passion into the ones the majority are actually familiar with and care about. It’s hard to argue against not getting excited about the mid 2010 ones… and that’s coming from someone who still had a good time with most of them for what they were.
I wish we had better names to define these different modern eras too but they’re nowhere near as clearcut as the Fairytale era was. I tend to view 2010-2013 as the Glam era, 2014-2017 as the Existential Crisis era (Plastic Sister era is pretty solid too,) and 2018-present as Vlogverse.
I love that you picked the Mariposa films as the times to mention the homoerotic subtext as most usually make that discussion with Diamond Castle and occasionally the later films with Dolphin Magic and Big City Big Dreams. You could easily dedicate a whole another video to discussing the potential subtext in ALL 42 of them, as even the earlier, more explicitly hetero ones have something there imo. It was comforting to know that you got Elise Allen herself to confirm that the subtext would have been at least welcomed by the team during her time, even if it wasn’t likely intentional.
Speaking of Elise Allen, I was THRILLED to see our Lord and Saviour Bibble give birth to this blessed interview and the exquisite imagery of one of his creators, who once knew him as BOBBLE…. now witnessing him be proudly displayed at a college frat-party. Such a SHAME you didn’t get the Kelly cameo as I’ve actually witnessed a certain podcast get the Special Shoutout sooooo they must’ve been an exception then.
I think I’ve gone long enough without outing myself as a fellow Australian. Now I’ve finally witnessed a significant enough Aussie’s take on Mermaid Tale 2…. I gotta air out my own grievances. I wholeheartedly agree with our shared grief that it took place in Sydney and you taking the trouble to fly over to personally flip off the Opera House. I don’t necessarily agree with choosing Melbourne tho as the beaches there are either far too underwhelming or cold to be a believable spot for a surf comp unfortunately (Geelong/Torquay or Ocean Grove might the best we’d get.) I’m actually a born regional Victorian similar to you but moved to Adelaide right before high school if you were wondering.
I’ll wrap it up here but I’m still pressed to say few more minor things. 12DP and Diamond Castle are prob in my own top 5 but I’m forgiving of your indifference as I tend to have a similar ‘Generally Pretty Solid but Big Heavy Nostalgia Glasses’ with them like you do with Rapunzel. I’m glad someone said SOMETHING about Vlogverse Ken’s ill-fitting hairstyles and most urgently; you addressed Wolfie and Serafina’s many, many, MANY kittens. I genuinely have had lost sleep over that detail of their excessive procreation. Good Night.
Princess and the Pauper is unironically my favorite film of all time, yes I’m a fully adult women it’s just really good!!
I'm crying, this is a snug master piece... it's like a culmination of the snuggiest boy... i'm so happy to be here and even though i'm not a member, i do love the snug content and the snugmeister himself... keep going, i can't wait for your 43rd barbie review
43rd review coming soon
I didn't even know Barbie diaries existed, but low key I love the idea that Barbie could technically go all death note on people with her diary- just a thought lol
the twelve dancing princesses altered my brain chemistry as a child purely because i'm a sucker for secret tunnels and worlds and that secret portal opening for them when they danced was my absolute SHIT
This is my very first impression of this channel and now the expectation is sooo high. Im so impressed right now, I'm quaking in my pink gogo boots