LOL. My take on her disappearing siblings is that Tutti started using her real name "Stacie" as she grew older, just like Kelly became Chelsea. As for poor Todd, much like what happens on some reality shows, he opted out of being in the limelight and embraced his preteen privacy.
I get why barbies current friends have no names (so they're more customizable for play, like you get to make the name/story etc) but I do miss when they had names and were a lot of times released alongside barbie in all the different barbie lines.
I bet part of why they don't have names now is because some people wouldn't buy the same doll twice - like why would I buy Babysitter Whitney and Rollerskating Whitney when I already have Skateboarder Whitney? I'll just buy an outfit, which is less expensive! But if they don't have names then you can justify buying "Babysitter Friend" and "Rollerskating Friend" when you already have "Skateboarder Friend" because they don't have names so they can be different dolls, which costs more to you but is more profit for Mattel! That's just what I assume is the reason.
When I was a kid my mom used to make comments about Barbie’s parents waiting too long between kids and occasionally insinuated they were way too young when they had her and I was just like “this dress has glitter”.
So many of Barbie's friends were put on the bus in 2015 and I will probably never let that down 😂 Raquelle, Ryan, Summer, midge... I just miss them so much 😭
@Mirabiatoon Tammy and Raquelle are similar characters but in my opinion it's just not the same. Tammy just comes off as more annoying in comparison to Raquelle. Everything Raquelle did was funny especially in Life in the Dreamhouse.
@Mirabiatoon Also there seems to be 0 indication that midge will return. Everytime Barbie returns to Willows, Wisconsin in Dreamhouse Adventures she never brings up midge. And in "The Great Puppy Adventure" (which is in the same continuity as Dreamhouse Adventures) Barbie's only best friend from Wisconsin was Christie.
@Mirabiatoon it's an old vlog and I think the old ones were kinda made to get us ready for dreamhouse adventures. I consider them semi cannon since Ryan hasn't been seen since/brought up since those old vlogs.
You forgot about Brooklyn, she's been in two movies and has a couple of dolls. She's pretty interesting, you know how Mattel will often produce both a white and black version of Barbie dolls? Well, it's part of the lore now. When she went to art school, Barbie befriended another girl named Barbie. They call each other Malibu and Brooklyn, for obvious reasons.
Same I could legit hear Joey talk about Barbie all day. (I have done that to be fair where I'd binge watch a bunch of his videos in a row). It would be interesting to see him cover other characters in the Barbie series as they other than Ken don't tend to be talked about as much as Barbie herself.
I’m actually really surprised at how inclusive barbie was during time periods that weren’t that inclusive. Like, the wheelchair doll shocked me! I thought that was only a recent thing
@@reginawarburton3255 note I said, one of the first brands to do it (Mattel launched doll wheelchairs and walking aids for several doll lines including their American Girls, Barbies, and Cabbage Patch Kids around 1996-1998) *but late to the party on being inclusive* in the sense that I grew up in the 90s/00s and I had definitely seen TV/film/book characters in wheelchairs represented positively well before Mattel made doll sized ones - and I believe they incorporated a wheelchair doll in many of their big lines at the time due to demand… people had been making wheelchairs for cabbage patch kids and other dolls since the 80s - just none of the toy companies had done it officially.
Its really sad to see the old and new Barbie and friends next to each other - the quality has really gone these days! The face sculpt you referred to a few times is Steffie Face, a favourite of many collectors. And you didn't show the iconic 90s Christie. She was a beauty.
I was born in 82, but I remember finding an original Skipper doll as a small kid and thinking that it was so weird that this doll was completely flat chested. All dolls that weren’t babies had bumps there. Also, her hair was broomstick straight and that was very different. OG Skipper was dark tanned, but maybe she just oxidized that way. I really love watching these videos. Thank you for making them
Blaine actually started in the Generation Girl line before he became her boyfriend. And the reason why the friends “disappeared” in 2015, was the fashionistas reboot (yeah, it was rebooted). The modern fashionistas is actually a budget line that took the original name from the pivot Barbies from 2010 to 2014, including the original Fashionistas (who could move, whole point of the fashionistas, so they could pose), the Life In The Dream House line, and any doll with articulation from that time. So when they rebooted the line, they removed the articulation and thus also removed the names. But the dolls are still in production under the line, just named different. Honestly I wish they would bring back Raquelle, Summer, Midge (who I always think has duck like features, in a good way), Miko/Kira, Grace, Darren (from the Sis line), Ryan, and a bit more for the It Takes Two line, so they can have more characters in the line and the show. Also Barbara “Barbie/Brooklyn” Roberts wasn’t added. She’s new, but I think she’s going to be one of Barbie’s/Malibu’s friends.
Blaine from the Generation Girl line is Blaine Gordon he is from NY while Blaine from the Cali Girl line is Blaine O’Hare from Sydney, Australia they have different background stories face molds, and second names so I think they don't count as the same character
@@minervacarolinacastillo6153 Generation Girl dolls had their own book series and Cali Girl dolls had some info in the packaging. There’s a few more things about them that are different. Sorry for the late answer
How I miss the days of Barbie having friends with names. I lived for Teresa, Christie, and Kira. (I never had a Midge doll.) I also was absolutely obsessed with the Generation Girl line and got all of them because they were from different countries, had different hobbies, interests, backgrounds. I read all the chapter books and it made playing so much fun because I felt like I knew them! I wish they would go back to that. How awesome would it be to have Barbie Extra with names and hobbies other than the girls enjoying being...extra?
5:13 Now I don't know how much Todd was promoted as Stacie's friend but for the most part Todd was actually branded Stacie's twin brother. A lot of packages that included 90s Todd mentioned him as "twin brother of Stacie" they even shared a birthday at McDonald's together. This could possibly mean that Stacie is some sort of retcon of Tutti. Also for the most part I think his relation to midge was just being the ring bearer for her wedding.
I just discovered your channel while shopping for a dream house for my great nieces. Being one year older than Barbie herself, I was fortunate to own the original ponytail Barbie, the original Ken, Skipper, Midge, and Alan dolls, as well as the cardboard fashion shop (my fave), the plastic Barbie "apartment", the orange Austin Healey car, and boxes and boxes of Barbie clothes. I have so many amazing memories of playing with Barbie and her friends and MY friends throughout my childhood. Not content with a fashion model Barbie, we would build entire Barbie CITIES, complete with many businesses run by my friends' Barbies and Kens. We had gas stations, grocery stores, hospitals, schools, swimming pools, all operated by Barbie and her friends for the rest of the Barbie "townspeople". We made "playing Barbie" an extensive, intricate, and beloved experience. Through the years, Barbie has been so criticized for her appearance, her "dumb blonde-ness", her unnatural body type, and her elitism, and although warranted in some cases, it makes me sad. The way WE played with Barbies, it was extremely educational and it positively impacted our intellectual and social development. I haven't approved of everything about Barbie throughout her history, but I hope her critics realize she can play an extremely important role in childhood creativity and learning. Thank you for your channel and for bringing back some wonderful memories of my own 1960s childhood.
A good list. You did forget a few of the earlier dolls. Barbie's "MODern"" cousin Francie (Fairchild) had a friend named Casey (1967-70) with the same face mold and body size. Mattel also introduced British fashion model Twiggy (1967-68) using the same face and body which was the first doll in the Barbie world based on a real person. There were plans for a Becky doll in this line, which was advertised, but never produced. Later, Mattel released this as a special edition doll in 2009. Another famous friend of Barbie was Julia (1969-1972) based on the television character played Diahann Carroll. This era also produced a Truly Scrumptious doll based on the character from Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang, and a Miss America doll all in the Barbie line, some of which were absolutely lovely dolls.
Thank you for mentioning Casey! I have her, despite her green ear. You also mentioned Truly Scrumptious! I believe she came in two versions with different dresses. I have the white dress version.
I remember there being a Julia doll-- I've often wondered why they didn't also have her little boy; he could've hung out with Barbie's little siblings!
@@MomLAU Julia was inspired by the ground breaking "Julia" tv show, that starred Diahann Carroll. It would have been a really good one to have included.
@@berticechepyha7728 Casey came in blonde and brunette hair, but also, the original Barbie Hair Fair Accessories, besides hair attachments, came with a Casey head you could put on another Barbie doll. I had one from the early 70s, and is still in my collection (though the rest of the accessories are long gone.
Miko and Kira are two different characters, Miko is supposed to be pacific islander and Kira is supposed to be Asian, and Teresa is supposed to be of Latin American origin, in one of the newer Barbie vlogs, she says that her family is from Mexico
I wish Mattel would go back to giving Barbie’s names, it would add a little character I think, it’s hard to get into the new Barbie’s when they’re literally just called Barbie 158
I love this video! When I was a little girl, I remember the 90s Barbie video games always had Barbie, Theresa, Kira, and Christie. I always played as Theresa because she looked like me with the olive skin and brown hair 💕
I really love how big and unique Barbie's family tree is. I grew up with the three main sisters, and they're my most favorite out of Barbie's family tree, but I also really like Jazzie, Millicent, and George and Margaret ^o^
I have the Midge wedding set. It was my big Christmas present when I was a child (not the year it came out, my grandma would save things for years that she loved so I think I got it in1998) Allen was/is my favorite Barbie doll, and I loved that whole set. The dolls all had great hair!
I really miss when more dolls had names. The silkstone Kitty Corner Francie is one of my grail dolls (one day...) and I also really want a Dreamhouse Midge
There was a happy family line for midge, which introduced Barbie as a doctor, midge’s husband and older son, and and little babies. They also had grandma and grandpa dolls.
Memory unlocked! I had a Tropical Miko doll and never knew that was her name! I don’t remember seeing a doll like her before and just assumed it was a Teresa doll. Awesome video!
Her full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. Raquelle was also featured in "A Fashion Fairytale" and "A Fairy Secret." Maybe Mattel just figured that the little girls who received the newer dolls would give them their own names that they thought of. I literally just got an advertisement for Barbie Dream Closet, coincidence, I think not!
What a fantastic video!!! I so enjoyed watching this! May I mention one more 1960s friend of Barbie? At the same time as Stacy and PJ, there was also a short-haired brunette called Casey. I have her, though she has a case of green ear (oh, those metal earrings!) and a broken ankle. I really wish Mattel would re-release Midge’s Happy Family grandparents. I would also love it if Barbie’s parents were released as dolls. To my knowledge, they never were. Nice job! 👍🏼 A+++
LOVED it. I would really like to see the movie version of this too. I do think it makes sense that some people we are friends with drift away from us in time and disappear, but I do really dislike that her new friends have no names.
I think some of her friends with no name in the fashionista line are just supposed to be random characters that the kids who play with them are supposed to project onto.
PS- Reina is pronounced "Ray-nah". My favorite Barbie was the "Jamie" doll of 1970. I also thought the Ryan doll was a good guy doll. With the new line of adult collector Barbies they are making them MTM. It reminds me of marionette puppets. How do you feel about the MTM?
Omg! A Barbie Family Reunion Line would be AMAZE! Then a Skipper & Friends and Stacie & Friends lines. Why does Bar ie and Chelsea get all the friends?
It would be pretty cool if Barbie had like older couple packs with the little kids or more mature designed characters for Barbie looks. It would make since for a playset ideas.
Awesome video. While I knew some if the Barbie family tree.... thanks to a Barbie parody channel called Sam & Micky, rated MA+15.....I learnt a lot more. The 70s dolls bring back memories for me. My first Barbie doll was called Julia. She was a nurse, based on a TV character of the same name. Wish I still had her 😢
The 90’s Todd era seems like such a fever dream. I didn’t know anyone who had him, but I remember he was always in the peripheral whenever I would go down the Barbie aisle as a kid. Definitely one of the most underrated characters in the Barbie line. There’s something about his big round blue eyes and brunette buzzcut that give me those weird “Mandela effect” memories, similar to when people listen to Vaporwave.
I remember having Krissy knock off :D I always thought they made this doll for kids to pretend it was barbie's baby, but branded it as her sister because well...barbie wasn't married 😂 Also, I think Kayla and Lea were different characters although maybe their names were interchangeable depending on the market? In Poland we had some imports from Europe and some from US (so we'd get both Madison and Westley for MyScene line). Anyway, I remember Kayla and Lea sometimes being in the same doll lines, with Kayla having more Southern-Asian look and Lea having more East-Asian look. I had Lea with necklace making set and my sister had Kayla with fake nails set - they were deffo different characters :)
You've a crazy amount of research for this - thanks! I have the Midge doll that was closest to you in the video. She's my favorite doll of all of them! she has real eyelashes, too!
The type of content i could watch for hours and never get bored. Love the extensive research. Now make more indepth analysis into each character lol. ❤
Joey you put so much research into this video! Thank you soo soo much, I have this journal I write these kind of lists and timelines in and seeing another person do that is awesome!
The "countryside" approach you mentioned here reminded me of The Sunshine Family dolls of the mid-1970's, who never lived in the city, unlike Barbie, her family and friends
I remember the Tracy & Todd dolls. In 1983 or 1984 my cousin and I went to a Barbie fashion show to promote some of the newer dolls. It was the highlight of our summer!
This video series of all things Barbie is amazing! I'm sure you're getting a lot more traffic to your site this year, with the release of the big Barbie Movie. And you deserve it. The work you have put into each video is astonishing. Thank you! Interest in Barbie has definitely been reignited and for those of us who played with some of the originals, then had daughters who played with more current ones, this is a trip down memory lane.
Wow! What an extensive chart! I knew she had a lot of "relatives" but not That many! 😲 Really interesting. Thank you so much for all the time you put into making this chart for us, truly appreciate it! 💜
I am a new subscriber of yours and I just wanted to say after watching a few of your videos it has sparked my inner childhood when I was heavy in collecting dolls and now I refound my love for Barbie’s and collecting again so for that I thank you and I just love your channel♥️♥️Also I literally purchased 7 Barbie dolls today ❤
This was a great video! I miss the baby Krissy dolls too! I was lucky enough to have a couple tiny Krissy baby dolls. My sister and I must have both got them and so naturally we made them twins! Thank you for this well researched trip down memory lane. 💗💗💗
Thank you for doing all this research, it must’ve taken ages! It’s worth it though, I feel more educated now!!! A video about the rest of her family members and friends from the movies would be great 😍
Great video interesting how they reuse names throughout barbie history. I really like your videos you are one of the few doll channels I watch because you are authentic and natural on video.
I had a PJ growing up mid-70’s. My main Barbie. Had sewn on sunglasses I cut off because they kept getting in the way of playing with her hair! LOL Thanks for all this info! Confirmed I’d not made up her name and she actually existed the way I remember. 😁 Still wondering what PJ stood for!
Whitney was Steffie that became PJ Jamie Kelly as you later point out, that they used for Midge later etc. It's a popular sculpt. Great work. Here's a like.
Wow, i must say, this is quite the research!. Very interesting, considering of how we've been fan of her for quite long sometimes now and would love to know this!. Great idea, joey! ❤️❤️❤️😂😂😍😍😊👍🏻
Apparently PJ 's last name is Robert's and is listed as Barbie's 1st cousin so maybe it's milificent daughter. Francie Fairchild is Barbie's British cousin. Who has a friend Casey Truehart who is also double for twiggy.
This is cool to see because recently I was looking into this myself; the history of Barbie’s various siblings/cousins and how some of them get scrapped/discontinued or they evolve into something new/different. I find the evolution of Skipper in particular quite fascinating. Would have liked if you put more pictures up in the video, but still - really cool!
I love this! I kept saying where is Christy? When you mentioned her I was like yes because that was one of the first of Barbies friends that I had for a doll. I have learned so much more about Barbie since I stumbled upon your channel. This is so much fun. I can’t wait for the Barbie movie.
Skipper's friend *Skooter* was available in three hair colors, blonde, brunette, and titian. *Midge* also was available in those same hair colors in the Vintage era, she wasn't just red haired. After Midge was reintroduced in 1987, she became canonically ginger haired. *Tiff* and *Fluff* were not sisters. They were unrelated characters who were offered as friends of Skipper at different times. Living Fluff was Skipper's friend in 1971, while Pose 'N Play Tiff was Skipper's friend in 1972. *P.J.* was available until 1984, at least, that's when new P.J. dolls were last introduced. 1984 was the year the Sweet Roses P.J. and Sun Gold Malibu P.J. were both first introduced, and both were available for at least part of 1985 as well. *Whitney* was only available from 1987-1989, and there were only four versions ever produced: 1987 Jewel Secrets Whitney, 1988 Perfume Pretty Whitney, 1988 Nurse Whitney and 1989 Style Magic Whitney. I don't know where the 1999 year is coming from, unless they are conflating the Stacie friend Whitney with the Barbie friend Whitney. This face sculpt was not unique to Whitney, and Whitney was not the first character to use the face sculpt. This is the 1972 "Steffie" face, which was used that year for three Steffie dolls, a P.J. doll, and a Miss America doll. Later, the sculpt would be used for lots of other characters, including Kelley, Cara, Valerie, Vicky, Christie and even Barbie herself (both 1980 Black Barbie and 1980 Hispanic Barbie use the Steffie face).
Great job on the list! It's fun to look back on the past on all Barbie's counterparts! My favorites are Midge and Whitney (I'm an 80s kid) and I always thought Alan was much cuter than Ken. I had Cool Times Midge and Bride Midge and now I have that awesome early 90s Wedding set you showed. You did miss Dance Club Kayla from the late 1980s, she was one of my faves. I don't know if she ever appeared again.
ohhhh what a cool vid Joey!!! It's like the days of our lives of barbie!! I can't imagine how long it took you but kudos 👏👏👏👏. maybe you could do a timeline one day of barbie's careers 😂. There is one friend that I have that you didn't mention. I think Carla you mentioned from the 70s is actually called Cara. I have the original from my childhood. I still LOOOVE her ❤ Fantastic fun to watch 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍Why don't modern barbies have names???...well, mattel probably didn't want to pay extra for that 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Great segment, lots of hard work on the extensive family tree. I would like to show some love though to The Heart Family. ❤️I didn’t see them in the chart, they were a beautiful line of dolls in the Barbieverse!!!!
I loved this Barbie "family tree". Soo many of the dolls I remembered. Yeah- I had one of the first Barbies. Yeah, I am OLD! But, like Barbie, still smiling.
Raquelle was so iconic. They should have kept her if they were going to keep Niki and Teresa. I think they attempted to replace her in the dream house adventures Netflix series, with a girl named Tammy who gave off similar vibes. Just not as fashionable 😅
I had the special edition smile Becky doll. She was in a red wheelchair, flannel plaid shirt with jeans and red sneakers and a was a photographer. If I remember correctly, someone complained that Becky's wheelchair could not fit in the dream house and they actually rebuilt the dream house so she could fit. My name is Barbie by the way, but Becky was my favorite doll because I was a wheelchair user when I was little. I wish they would bring her back. I think it would be cute if they gave her service dog
12:39 the reina doll is so fricking adorable!!! i’m super into gyaru/ko-gal fashion so everything about her uniform fit and the leg warmers are the cutest thing ever 😭
I really loved the gossipy vibe of this video, specially when you got to Blaine hahahaha Boy, you did THE research with this one didnt you? Its awesome,congrats!
Teresa is Hispanic/Latina. Her full name is Teresa Rivera, she’s my favorite of Barbie’s friends :)
She’s my favorite to
She's my mums favourite. She used to collect her.
I like her and Raquell too
@@zackmubios7836 Raquelle is far superior to, ugh, Tammy.
Wait where/when was her last name revealed??
LOL. My take on her disappearing siblings is that Tutti started using her real name "Stacie" as she grew older, just like Kelly became Chelsea. As for poor Todd, much like what happens on some reality shows, he opted out of being in the limelight and embraced his preteen privacy.
I agree with this. I think the same thing. I think they should reintroduce Krissy as a toddler.
love this comment.... Lol
The TH-cam channel Sam and Mickey have their own explanation for Tutti and Todd.
I get why barbies current friends have no names (so they're more customizable for play, like you get to make the name/story etc) but I do miss when they had names and were a lot of times released alongside barbie in all the different barbie lines.
I bet part of why they don't have names now is because some people wouldn't buy the same doll twice - like why would I buy Babysitter Whitney and Rollerskating Whitney when I already have Skateboarder Whitney? I'll just buy an outfit, which is less expensive! But if they don't have names then you can justify buying "Babysitter Friend" and "Rollerskating Friend" when you already have "Skateboarder Friend" because they don't have names so they can be different dolls, which costs more to you but is more profit for Mattel!
That's just what I assume is the reason.
That's how I feel. I miss the days they named the dolls, but I do like the fact that we can name them, ourselves.
When I was a kid my mom used to make comments about Barbie’s parents waiting too long between kids and occasionally insinuated they were way too young when they had her and I was just like “this dress has glitter”.
So many of Barbie's friends were put on the bus in 2015 and I will probably never let that down 😂
Raquelle, Ryan, Summer, midge... I just miss them so much 😭
@Mirabiatoon Tammy and Raquelle are similar characters but in my opinion it's just not the same. Tammy just comes off as more annoying in comparison to Raquelle. Everything Raquelle did was funny especially in Life in the Dreamhouse.
@Mirabiatoon Also there seems to be 0 indication that midge will return. Everytime Barbie returns to Willows, Wisconsin in Dreamhouse Adventures she never brings up midge. And in "The Great Puppy Adventure" (which is in the same continuity as Dreamhouse Adventures) Barbie's only best friend from Wisconsin was Christie.
@Mirabiatoon that can work!
@Mirabiatoon it's an old vlog and I think the old ones were kinda made to get us ready for dreamhouse adventures. I consider them semi cannon since Ryan hasn't been seen since/brought up since those old vlogs.
Ryan makes me mad just because that's the name of one of Midge the doll's sons.
You forgot about Brooklyn, she's been in two movies and has a couple of dolls. She's pretty interesting, you know how Mattel will often produce both a white and black version of Barbie dolls? Well, it's part of the lore now. When she went to art school, Barbie befriended another girl named Barbie. They call each other Malibu and Brooklyn, for obvious reasons.
I also wanted to comment about Brooklyn! Thank you for your comment ☺️
Shes the worst character ever lol she takes the spotlight away from barbies family and old friends
@@HERHEATWAVESisn’t that the people who made the movie’s fault?
@@pixk_axe yeah it is i never said it was someone else’s fault
@@HERHEATWAVES wouldn't that be the point? to give her some kind of foundation?
id 100% watch a 4 hour version of this where you cover every single barbie character
Same I could legit hear Joey talk about Barbie all day. (I have done that to be fair where I'd binge watch a bunch of his videos in a row). It would be interesting to see him cover other characters in the Barbie series as they other than Ken don't tend to be talked about as much as Barbie herself.
This needs to happen. It would go viral.
Please I need it
Seeing Tommy, Ken's baby brother unlocked some core memories for me 😅
Kelly-Shelley-Kelsey.....Chelsea needs an "it`s editing Joey, here" too...hahaha. Great work!!!!
i was about to say who gonna tell him hes pronouncing Chelsea wrong
This was bothering me so much lol
I’m actually really surprised at how inclusive barbie was during time periods that weren’t that inclusive. Like, the wheelchair doll shocked me! I thought that was only a recent thing
I mean… the wheelchair doll was mid-late 90s, so it definitely was late to the game. But one of the first dolls to do it.
@@Morgan-kc6ib late to the game how? which other brands beat mattel?
@@reginawarburton3255 note I said, one of the first brands to do it (Mattel launched doll wheelchairs and walking aids for several doll lines including their American Girls, Barbies, and Cabbage Patch Kids around 1996-1998) *but late to the party on being inclusive* in the sense that I grew up in the 90s/00s and I had definitely seen TV/film/book characters in wheelchairs represented positively well before Mattel made doll sized ones - and I believe they incorporated a wheelchair doll in many of their big lines at the time due to demand… people had been making wheelchairs for cabbage patch kids and other dolls since the 80s - just none of the toy companies had done it officially.
@@Morgan-kc6ib i wasn't trying to argue, that was supposed to come across as curiosity but such is the way of text alone.
Christie and Teresa are so iconic from my childhood and it kills me that Christie isn't still around. 😭
Same! I had Super Star Barbie and my friend had the Christie with the gold dress. I really liked that she looked like my friend 😊
Yes I loved Kira, Barbie’s Asian friend too. Sucks I never hear anything about her anymore ❤
accept it, Old Barbies will always be the best in her history
Its really sad to see the old and new Barbie and friends next to each other - the quality has really gone these days! The face sculpt you referred to a few times is Steffie Face, a favourite of many collectors. And you didn't show the iconic 90s Christie. She was a beauty.
I was born in 82, but I remember finding an original Skipper doll as a small kid and thinking that it was so weird that this doll was completely flat chested. All dolls that weren’t babies had bumps there. Also, her hair was broomstick straight and that was very different. OG Skipper was dark tanned, but maybe she just oxidized that way.
I really love watching these videos. Thank you for making them
This is just a reminder of how TH-cam channel “Sam and Mickey” keeps their Barbie sketches very accurate to the dolls canon family tree
I was looking for someone who ended up here through their channel. They did such a great job. Love that they even included Tutti and Todd
i love Sam and Mickey they’re so funny
I’m a massive Sam and Mickey fan!
Blaine actually started in the Generation Girl line before he became her boyfriend. And the reason why the friends “disappeared” in 2015, was the fashionistas reboot (yeah, it was rebooted). The modern fashionistas is actually a budget line that took the original name from the pivot Barbies from 2010 to 2014, including the original Fashionistas (who could move, whole point of the fashionistas, so they could pose), the Life In The Dream House line, and any doll with articulation from that time. So when they rebooted the line, they removed the articulation and thus also removed the names. But the dolls are still in production under the line, just named different.
Honestly I wish they would bring back Raquelle, Summer, Midge (who I always think has duck like features, in a good way), Miko/Kira, Grace, Darren (from the Sis line), Ryan, and a bit more for the It Takes Two line, so they can have more characters in the line and the show. Also Barbara “Barbie/Brooklyn” Roberts wasn’t added. She’s new, but I think she’s going to be one of Barbie’s/Malibu’s friends.
Blaine from the Generation Girl line is Blaine Gordon he is from NY while Blaine from the Cali Girl line is Blaine O’Hare from Sydney, Australia they have different background stories face molds, and second names so I think they don't count as the same character
Very nice insight. Where did you find this information?
@@cartoonmania398 So that would make his sister "Summer O'Hare"
@@minervacarolinacastillo6153 Generation Girl dolls had their own book series and Cali Girl dolls had some info in the packaging. There’s a few more things about them that are different. Sorry for the late answer
What Asha and Shani from 1990?
How I miss the days of Barbie having friends with names. I lived for Teresa, Christie, and Kira. (I never had a Midge doll.) I also was absolutely obsessed with the Generation Girl line and got all of them because they were from different countries, had different hobbies, interests, backgrounds. I read all the chapter books and it made playing so much fun because I felt like I knew them! I wish they would go back to that. How awesome would it be to have Barbie Extra with names and hobbies other than the girls enjoying being...extra?
5:13 Now I don't know how much Todd was promoted as Stacie's friend but for the most part Todd was actually branded Stacie's twin brother. A lot of packages that included 90s Todd mentioned him as "twin brother of Stacie" they even shared a birthday at McDonald's together.
This could possibly mean that Stacie is some sort of retcon of Tutti.
Also for the most part I think his relation to midge was just being the ring bearer for her wedding.
I'm glad I'm not the only one thinking this! I had them both, and remember them being called twins.
Raquelle is my favorite character in Life in the DreamHouse.
I miss her and Midge.
They were the best 😔
I just discovered your channel while shopping for a dream house for my great nieces. Being one year older than Barbie herself, I was fortunate to own the original ponytail Barbie, the original Ken, Skipper, Midge, and Alan dolls, as well as the cardboard fashion shop (my fave), the plastic Barbie "apartment", the orange Austin Healey car, and boxes and boxes of Barbie clothes. I have so many amazing memories of playing with Barbie and her friends and MY friends throughout my childhood. Not content with a fashion model Barbie, we would build entire Barbie CITIES, complete with many businesses run by my friends' Barbies and Kens. We had gas stations, grocery stores, hospitals, schools, swimming pools, all operated by Barbie and her friends for the rest of the Barbie "townspeople". We made "playing Barbie" an extensive, intricate, and beloved experience. Through the years, Barbie has been so criticized for her appearance, her "dumb blonde-ness", her unnatural body type, and her elitism, and although warranted in some cases, it makes me sad. The way WE played with Barbies, it was extremely educational and it positively impacted our intellectual and social development. I haven't approved of everything about Barbie throughout her history, but I hope her critics realize she can play an extremely important role in childhood creativity and learning. Thank you for your channel and for bringing back some wonderful memories of my own 1960s childhood.
A good list. You did forget a few of the earlier dolls. Barbie's "MODern"" cousin Francie (Fairchild) had a friend named Casey (1967-70) with the same face mold and body size. Mattel also introduced British fashion model Twiggy (1967-68) using the same face and body which was the first doll in the Barbie world based on a real person. There were plans for a Becky doll in this line, which was advertised, but never produced. Later, Mattel released this as a special edition doll in 2009. Another famous friend of Barbie was Julia (1969-1972) based on the television character played Diahann Carroll. This era also produced a Truly Scrumptious doll based on the character from Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang, and a Miss America doll all in the Barbie line, some of which were absolutely lovely dolls.
Thank you for mentioning Casey! I have her, despite her green ear. You also mentioned Truly Scrumptious! I believe she came in two versions with different dresses. I have the white dress version.
I remember there being a Julia doll-- I've often wondered why they didn't also have her little boy; he could've hung out with Barbie's little siblings!
@@MomLAU Julia was inspired by the ground breaking "Julia" tv show, that starred Diahann Carroll. It would have been a really good one to have included.
@@berticechepyha7728 Casey came in blonde and brunette hair, but also, the original Barbie Hair Fair Accessories, besides hair attachments, came with a Casey head you could put on another Barbie doll. I had one from the early 70s, and is still in my collection (though the rest of the accessories are long gone.
Miko and Kira are two different characters, Miko is supposed to be pacific islander and Kira is supposed to be Asian, and Teresa is supposed to be of Latin American origin, in one of the newer Barbie vlogs, she says that her family is from Mexico
Awww I absolutely loved Kira, Miko, Christie, Kira and Teresa. Brings back so many memories ❤
I wish Mattel would go back to giving Barbie’s names, it would add a little character I think, it’s hard to get into the new Barbie’s when they’re literally just called Barbie 158
I love this video!
When I was a little girl, I remember the 90s Barbie video games always had Barbie, Theresa, Kira, and Christie. I always played as Theresa because she looked like me with the olive skin and brown hair 💕
Ooh yeah! I remember a game called barbie magic hair styler that had all 4 friends :D 💕🛐 (My sister played that game when she was younger :0)
Fun Fact: Blaine and Summer were brother and sister.
4:10 Scott looks too old for skipper 🤣
I really love how big and unique Barbie's family tree is. I grew up with the three main sisters, and they're my most favorite out of Barbie's family tree, but I also really like Jazzie, Millicent, and George and Margaret ^o^
I have the Midge wedding set. It was my big Christmas present when I was a child (not the year it came out, my grandma would save things for years that she loved so I think I got it in1998) Allen was/is my favorite Barbie doll, and I loved that whole set. The dolls all had great hair!
I really miss when more dolls had names. The silkstone Kitty Corner Francie is one of my grail dolls (one day...) and I also really want a Dreamhouse Midge
There was a happy family line for midge, which introduced Barbie as a doctor, midge’s husband and older son, and and little babies. They also had grandma and grandpa dolls.
And they had an African American line
Memory unlocked! I had a Tropical Miko doll and never knew that was her name! I don’t remember seeing a doll like her before and just assumed it was a Teresa doll. Awesome video!
Her full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. Raquelle was also featured in "A Fashion Fairytale" and "A Fairy Secret." Maybe Mattel just figured that the little girls who received the newer dolls would give them their own names that they thought of. I literally just got an advertisement for Barbie Dream Closet, coincidence, I think not!
What a fantastic video!!! I so enjoyed watching this!
May I mention one more 1960s friend of Barbie? At the same time as Stacy and PJ, there was also a short-haired brunette called Casey. I have her, though she has a case of green ear (oh, those metal earrings!) and a broken ankle.
I really wish Mattel would re-release Midge’s Happy Family grandparents. I would also love it if Barbie’s parents were released as dolls. To my knowledge, they never were.
Nice job! 👍🏼 A+++
Wow 🤩
I really want the midge and Alan dolls
LOVED it. I would really like to see the movie version of this too.
I do think it makes sense that some people we are friends with drift away from us in time and disappear, but I do really dislike that her new friends have no names.
I think some of her friends with no name in the fashionista line are just supposed to be random characters that the kids who play with them are supposed to project onto.
PS- Reina is pronounced "Ray-nah". My favorite Barbie was the "Jamie" doll of 1970. I also thought the Ryan doll was a good guy doll. With the new line of adult collector Barbies they are making them MTM. It reminds me of marionette puppets. How do you feel about the MTM?
Omg! A Barbie Family Reunion Line would be AMAZE! Then a Skipper & Friends and Stacie & Friends lines. Why does Bar ie and Chelsea get all the friends?
It would be pretty cool if Barbie had like older couple packs with the little kids or more mature designed characters for Barbie looks. It would make since for a playset ideas.
Great idea about the more mature doll couples! I agree!
There were the Happy Family grandparents.
Awesome video. While I knew some if the Barbie family tree.... thanks to a Barbie parody channel called Sam & Micky, rated MA+15.....I learnt a lot more. The 70s dolls bring back memories for me. My first Barbie doll was called Julia. She was a nurse, based on a TV character of the same name. Wish I still had her 😢
Diahann Carroll!
The 90’s Todd era seems like such a fever dream. I didn’t know anyone who had him, but I remember he was always in the peripheral whenever I would go down the Barbie aisle as a kid. Definitely one of the most underrated characters in the Barbie line. There’s something about his big round blue eyes and brunette buzzcut that give me those weird “Mandela effect” memories, similar to when people listen to Vaporwave.
I remember having a Todd and Stacy who worked at McDonald’s but that’s the only Todd I remember!
I remember having Krissy knock off :D I always thought they made this doll for kids to pretend it was barbie's baby, but branded it as her sister because well...barbie wasn't married 😂
Also, I think Kayla and Lea were different characters although maybe their names were interchangeable depending on the market? In Poland we had some imports from Europe and some from US (so we'd get both Madison and Westley for MyScene line). Anyway, I remember Kayla and Lea sometimes being in the same doll lines, with Kayla having more Southern-Asian look and Lea having more East-Asian look. I had Lea with necklace making set and my sister had Kayla with fake nails set - they were deffo different characters :)
I'd love too see some vintage barbie characters be brought back with a modern look
I miss Barbie Friends so much. But you forgot about Steven.
Barbies friends for the most part still exsist
@@rexbesong2157 a lot of them don't exist anymore though
You've a crazy amount of research for this - thanks! I have the Midge doll that was closest to you in the video. She's my favorite doll of all of them! she has real eyelashes, too!
The type of content i could watch for hours and never get bored. Love the extensive research. Now make more indepth analysis into each character lol. ❤
Joey you put so much research into this video! Thank you soo soo much, I have this journal I write these kind of lists and timelines in and seeing another person do that is awesome!
Steffie is so cute, it's sad that she barely appeared... she would be perfect for a more "countryside" approach to Barbie dolls
The "countryside" approach you mentioned here reminded me of The Sunshine Family dolls of the mid-1970's, who never lived in the city, unlike Barbie, her family and friends
I remember the Tracy & Todd dolls. In 1983 or 1984 my cousin and I went to a Barbie fashion show to promote some of the newer dolls. It was the highlight of our summer!
This was so much fun! I’m born in 87 and had both Todd and Stacie with exactly the outfits from 89 and 90’s 😁😁 Thanks for this video!😍
This video was amazing !!!! Absolutely loved getting to see some of the dolls I had in the 90's... A great stroll down memory lane :)
This video series of all things Barbie is amazing! I'm sure you're getting a lot more traffic to your site this year, with the release of the big Barbie Movie. And you deserve it. The work you have put into each video is astonishing. Thank you! Interest in Barbie has definitely been reignited and for those of us who played with some of the originals, then had daughters who played with more current ones, this is a trip down memory lane.
Really cool! Love seeing the dolls from back in my day! I had Christi when I was a kid. Hilarious take 😂❤️
Random Fact : Allan was named after the real life Barbie (Ruth Handler 's daughter ) 's husband and was discontinued when they got divorced .
Wow! What an extensive chart! I knew she had a lot of "relatives" but not That many! 😲 Really interesting. Thank you so much for all the time you put into making this chart for us, truly appreciate it! 💜
I am a new subscriber of yours and I just wanted to say after watching a few of your videos it has sparked my inner childhood when I was heavy in collecting dolls and now I refound my love for Barbie’s and collecting again so for that I thank you and I just love your channel♥️♥️Also I literally purchased 7 Barbie dolls today ❤
This was a great video! I miss the baby Krissy dolls too! I was lucky enough to have a couple tiny Krissy baby dolls. My sister and I must have both got them and so naturally we made them twins! Thank you for this well researched trip down memory lane. 💗💗💗
Ahhh!!! I LOVE that you made a chart and everything!!
This was so interesting, I love that you made that entire poster!
Wow! That was quite a research, but I really love it! Great work, Joey
Thank you for doing all this research, it must’ve taken ages! It’s worth it though, I feel more educated now!!! A video about the rest of her family members and friends from the movies would be great 😍
Great video interesting how they reuse names throughout barbie history. I really like your videos you are one of the few doll channels I watch because you are authentic and natural on video.
I loved Krissy when I was a little kid, and even now as a doll customizer she’s perfectly proportioned for my other dolls
Wow, you put a lot of work into this video. Was really interesting; thank you! 💚
I really love how much effort you always put into your videos :)
I had a PJ growing up mid-70’s. My main Barbie. Had sewn on sunglasses I cut off because they kept getting in the way of playing with her hair! LOL Thanks for all this info! Confirmed I’d not made up her name and she actually existed the way I remember. 😁 Still wondering what PJ stood for!
I still have so many of these!! I'm so glad my daughter gets to have them too.
Whitney was Steffie that became PJ Jamie Kelly as you later point out, that they used for Midge later etc. It's a popular sculpt. Great work. Here's a like.
My absolute favourite.
@@fightthefairy And then Reese / Neve copy from Dynamite Girls makes that sculpt even better.
Wow, i must say, this is quite the research!. Very interesting, considering of how we've been fan of her for quite long sometimes now and would love to know this!. Great idea, joey! ❤️❤️❤️😂😂😍😍😊👍🏻
This is actually really cool, I didn't know any of this!! Thanks! 🙂
Apparently PJ 's last name is Robert's and is listed as Barbie's 1st cousin so maybe it's milificent daughter. Francie Fairchild is Barbie's British cousin. Who has a friend Casey Truehart who is also double for twiggy.
Just now seeing this. Wow! You've really done your homework! Great research and review!
I would love to see the the family and friends in the show!!! This video was great!!!
This is cool to see because recently I was looking into this myself; the history of Barbie’s various siblings/cousins and how some of them get scrapped/discontinued or they evolve into something new/different. I find the evolution of Skipper in particular quite fascinating. Would have liked if you put more pictures up in the video, but still - really cool!
Barbie and her family and friends has changed a lot during the years
I love this! I kept saying where is Christy? When you mentioned her I was like yes because that was one of the first of Barbies friends that I had for a doll. I have learned so much more about Barbie since I stumbled upon your channel. This is so much fun. I can’t wait for the Barbie movie.
I love this! I’ve been looking for more history on Kelly and Barbies sisters! 💖
Omg I had that grandparents set and I never knew they were supposed to be Midge’s parents and not Barbies! I loved having them
Skipper's friend *Skooter* was available in three hair colors, blonde, brunette, and titian. *Midge* also was available in those same hair colors in the Vintage era, she wasn't just red haired. After Midge was reintroduced in 1987, she became canonically ginger haired.
*Tiff* and *Fluff* were not sisters. They were unrelated characters who were offered as friends of Skipper at different times. Living Fluff was Skipper's friend in 1971, while Pose 'N Play Tiff was Skipper's friend in 1972.
*P.J.* was available until 1984, at least, that's when new P.J. dolls were last introduced. 1984 was the year the Sweet Roses P.J. and Sun Gold Malibu P.J. were both first introduced, and both were available for at least part of 1985 as well.
*Whitney* was only available from 1987-1989, and there were only four versions ever produced: 1987 Jewel Secrets Whitney, 1988 Perfume Pretty Whitney, 1988 Nurse Whitney and 1989 Style Magic Whitney. I don't know where the 1999 year is coming from, unless they are conflating the Stacie friend Whitney with the Barbie friend Whitney. This face sculpt was not unique to Whitney, and Whitney was not the first character to use the face sculpt. This is the 1972 "Steffie" face, which was used that year for three Steffie dolls, a P.J. doll, and a Miss America doll. Later, the sculpt would be used for lots of other characters, including Kelley, Cara, Valerie, Vicky, Christie and even Barbie herself (both 1980 Black Barbie and 1980 Hispanic Barbie use the Steffie face).
Omg I'd LOVE a video about Barbie characters from the films!!
Great job on the list! It's fun to look back on the past on all Barbie's counterparts! My favorites are Midge and Whitney (I'm an 80s kid) and I always thought Alan was much cuter than Ken. I had Cool Times Midge and Bride Midge and now I have that awesome early 90s Wedding set you showed. You did miss Dance Club Kayla from the late 1980s, she was one of my faves. I don't know if she ever appeared again.
Thank you so much, I really miss Summer and Raquelle
congratulations for the video, it was super well explained, I loved the brainstorming hahaha
This was so fun! Thanks for something different and unique
ohhhh what a cool vid Joey!!! It's like the days of our lives of barbie!! I can't imagine how long it took you but kudos 👏👏👏👏. maybe you could do a timeline one day of barbie's careers 😂. There is one friend that I have that you didn't mention. I think Carla you mentioned from the 70s is actually called Cara. I have the original from my childhood. I still LOOOVE her ❤ Fantastic fun to watch 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍Why don't modern barbies have names???...well, mattel probably didn't want to pay extra for that 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Great segment, lots of hard work on the extensive family tree. I would like to show some love though to The Heart Family. ❤️I didn’t see them in the chart, they were a beautiful line of dolls in the Barbieverse!!!!
Very cool video! I’ve learned about this huge family / friend list thanks to that video haha
I loved this Barbie "family tree". Soo many of the dolls I remembered. Yeah- I had one of the first Barbies. Yeah, I am OLD! But, like Barbie, still smiling.
I like to think we’re in class together and you’re giving your end of the year research presentation to the class.
Raquelle was so iconic. They should have kept her if they were going to keep Niki and Teresa.
I think they attempted to replace her in the dream house adventures Netflix series, with a girl named Tammy who gave off similar vibes. Just not as fashionable 😅
I had the special edition smile Becky doll. She was in a red wheelchair, flannel plaid shirt with jeans and red sneakers and a was a photographer. If I remember correctly, someone complained that Becky's wheelchair could not fit in the dream house and they actually rebuilt the dream house so she could fit. My name is Barbie by the way, but Becky was my favorite doll because I was a wheelchair user when I was little. I wish they would bring her back. I think it would be cute if they gave her service dog
Love it. Great job on this.
Omg you did a great job making this video this video is the best and you are the best
12:39 the reina doll is so fricking adorable!!! i’m super into gyaru/ko-gal fashion so everything about her uniform fit and the leg warmers are the cutest thing ever 😭
I really loved the gossipy vibe of this video, specially when you got to Blaine hahahaha
Boy, you did THE research with this one didnt you? Its awesome,congrats!
What a great video! I didn’t know Barbie had so many sisters and friends!
I totally forgot I had that whole Midge wedding set until you showed it! My sister’s drove me crazy taking it all the time.
Thanks this was so much fun. Midge was my favorite doll. I would love to have that wedding set and pregnant Midge.
Nice video! I watch Sam & Mickey’s parodies and they have a lot of family drama in them so it’s fun to see the actual family tree
Reina is so cute!
Omg I love this so much such a good idea 😭💕💕