Barbie Pet Doctor Doll w Cat & Dog & Accessories (1996

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Sasha suggests that Robbie is actually ‘ The Shining Barbie’ as she appears to be mentally and emotionally interlinked with Gloria. As Barbie explains the vision she had of Sasha as a child, it dawns on them that these are Gloria’s memories, not Sasha’s. The second instalment from the Disney Channel archives contains potentially Zac Efron’s most-meme-able song, Bet On It.

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Gloria narrowly saves Barbie from a goodwill box, which resembles a similar moment from Toy Story 2, though Jessie is not so lucky. This satirical nod to the trope seen everywhere from Scooby-Doo 2 to Princess Diaries and Miss Congeniality, pokes fun at another misguided representation of female beauty – that women can only feel beautiful under the male gaze. In the advert for depressed Barbie, alongside her sweatpants and sweet addiction, this doll is said to watch reruns of the cult classic, Pride and Prejudice. It sets the tone for the attention to detail Gerwig has taken to ensure every element of this movie is an accurate representation of this cultural phenomenon.These toys provided a host of inspiration for Barbie’s cross-country travels into the real world, which Gerwig paid tribute to. The camera made her a child privacy nightmare to the extent that the FBI released concerns that the footage could be used to create child pornography.

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If this item contains incorrect or inappropriate information please contact us here to flag it for review. As Robbie towers over the stone-age girls with their baby dolls, she sports the original black and white striped swimsuit the original doll wore.Over the years, Skipper was re-released as a teen and began babysitting herself, as seen most recently in the computer-animated television film, Barbie: Skipper and the Big Babysitting Adventure. In an attempt to lure Ken to help Dr Barbie’s (Hari Nef) confidence, the other Barbies suggest she wears glasses so Ken can remove them to discover she’s beautiful. Gerwig includes several film references in Barbie, especially when waking the brain-washed Barbies from their patriarchy-submissive slumber, including a Zach Synder snub.

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In live-action, Tanner is the spitting image of his toy counterpart and even showcases his impressive poop skills. Gerwig showcases some of these well-known accessories in the film, such as the Barbie Care Clinic equipped with emergency medical tools.With a plethora of cultural touchstones to draw from, Gerwig weaves references from Mattel’s archive and historic feminist criticism of the sex symbol with contemporary quips to reflect the absurd contradictions women are held to in a patriarchal society.