History WebAnimation / BarbieLifeInTheDreamhouse

* [[FiveManBand Five Girl Band]]:
** TheHero: Barbie (who else?)
** TheLancer: Nikki (the wittiest and most sarcastic of Barbie's friends)
** [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]]: Summer ("big" as in "strong and athletic")
** [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]: Midge (the nerdiest and most old-fashioned of the group)
** TheChick: Teresa (they all have traces of this, but Teresa is the one most associated with The Chick--she's perpetually happy and loves things like gossip and cupcakes)
** SixthRanger and TokenEvilTeammate: Raquelle (again, who else?)

* BakersDozen: The list of ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInPrincessPower'' bonus features includes a ''Life in the Dreamhouse'' episode, "Mission Impawsible", which has yet to appear online.

* ThemeTuneCameo: Chelsea sings, "Life in my dreeeamhouse!" at the end of "Dream a Little Dreamhouse".

Barbie's personality is that of a [[TheAce sparklingly cheerful girl who's done, and is good at, everything]], [[ParodySue to the point of comedy]]. Her boyfriend Ken is a [[{{Adorkable}} good-natured klutz]] [[{{Keet}} who's almost as perky as Barbie]], if nowhere near as skilled. She lives with her three younger sisters, [[InvisibleParents parents nowhere in sight]], and her three [[AmplifiedAnimalAptitude hyperintelligent pets]]. Her friends, [[SassyBlackWoman Nikki]], [[CloudCuckoolander Teresa]], [[DiscoDan Midge]] and [[GenkiGirl Summer]] often come over to hang out. Meanwhile, Barbie's "[[UnknownRival friend]]" Raquelle is often looking for ways to make her life difficult so that ''she'' can be the star for once, occasionally teaming up with her [[HalfIdenticalTwins twin brother]] Ryan, who really just wants in on Barbie. And the whole thing is filled to the brim with nods to Barbie's 50-odd year history, along with plenty of other {{Parental Bonus}}es and all-ages rapid-fire humor.

* {{Adorkable}}:
** Ken, who actually seems to ''realize'' that he's {{Adorkable}} and is disappointed that he can't seem to be more traditionally macho.
*** Averted some in "The Ken Den" where he converts one of the waiting rooms of Barbie's Buotique into a room for guys, and produces a hangout for men that even Al Bundy would be proud of.
** Midge proves so adorkable that the official website uses the word in reference to her.

The series can be found on [[http://www.barbie.com/en-us/videos/life-in-the-dreamhouse the official Barbie website.]] Plus, in 2013, [[WesternAnimation/BarbieLifeInTheDreamhouse a series of TV specials]] began airing on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}. The webseries and the TV specials have become available to stream on Creator/{{Netflix}}, and select episodes and music videos have made their way to DVD and Blu-Ray as bonus features for some of Barbie's movies. Starting in 2017, Mattel has used actual toys to remake some episodes as ''[[https://play.barbie.com/en-us/videos/live!-in-the-dreamhouse Barbie: Live! in the Dreamhouse]]''.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** Raquelle smiles suggestively at Ken as he undergoes a ComedicUnderwearExposure.
** From "Licensed to Drive":
-->'''Nikki:''' Twelve-footers have been spotted at Point Doom!
-->'''Teresa:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint And there's some really big waves, too!]]
** Ken to an offscreen swimmer: "Sir, you might wanna wear a suit with a little more coverage."
** The title of "Primp My Ride" references [[Series/PimpMyRide a show that most of the little girls watching might not gotten permission to see...]]
** Closet saying "I could have pulled that ensemble out of my USB port".
** One of Ryan's Valentine's Day fantasy sequences of winning over Barbie involves the two of them sitting on the floor in front of a fireplace with {{Sexophone}} music as she says "Oh, Ryan..." and winks, at which point Ryan cuts the fantasy, turning to the audience and saying 'Uh uh - this fantasy sequence is too good to share!'

[[caption-width-right:346:Three minutes of animated pink. And it is ''glorious''.[[labelnote: From L-R]] [[GamerGirl Skipper]], [[{{Tomboy}} Stacie]], [[HopelessSuitor Ryan]], [[CheerfulChild Chelsea]], Blissa, Tawny, Taffy, [[JackOfAllTrades Barbie]], [[{{Keet}} Ken]], [[LoveableAlphaBitch Raquelle]], [[SassyBlackWoman Nikki]], [[TheDitz Teresa]]. Not pictured: [[DiscoDan Midge]], [[CompetitionFreak Summer]] .[[/labelnote]]]]

[[caption-width-right:346:Three minutes of animated pink. And it is ''glorious''.[[labelnote: From L-R]] [[GamerGirl Skipper]], [[{{Tomboy}} Stacie]], [[HopelessLover Ryan]], [[CheerfulChild Chelsea]], Blissa, Tawny, Taffy, [[JackOfAllTrades Barbie]], [[{{Keet}} Ken]], Raquelle, [[SassyBlackWoman Nikki]], [[TheDitz Teresa]]. Not pictured: Midge, Summer.[[/labelnote]]]]

[[caption-width-right:346:Three minutes of animated pink. And it is ''glorious''.[[labelnote: From L-R]] Skipper, Stacie, Ryan, Chelsea, Blissa, Tawny, Taffy, Barbie, Ken, Raquelle, Nikki, Teresa. Not pictured: Midge, Summer.[[/labelnote]]]]

* HatesBaths: Barbie's pets, Taffy, Blissa, and Tawny.

->''Years ago,we were uncomfortable and nervous about defining Barbie too much, but today we can celebrate her role in pop culture, and her more than 40-year love affair with Ken.''
-->--'''Creator/{{Mattel}} VP Lisa [=McKnigh=]'''

The series can be found on [[http://www.barbie.com/en-us/videos/life-in-the-dreamhouse the official Barbie website.]] Plus, in 2013, [[WesternAnimation/BarbieLifeInTheDreamhouse a series of TV specials]] began airing on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}. The webseries and the TV specials have become available to stream on Creator/{{Netflix}}, and select episodes and music videos have made their way to DVD and Blu-Ray as bonus features for some of Barbie's movies.

* ShotForShotRemake: Mattel has used actual toys to remake some episodes as ''[[https://play.barbie.com/en-us/videos/live!-in-the-dreamhouse Barbie: Live! in the Dreamhouse]]''.

* SplitScreenPhoneCall: Barbie has one with Teresa and Nikki in "Licensed to Drive", with Barbie demonstrating the ability to pass objects over the split line.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Chelsea owns a dollhouse even smaller than the Dreamhouse, inhabited by inanimate dolls even smaller than herself and the other leads. Even though this sounds like a MindScrew, Mattel really does make dollhouses and dolls small enough for Barbies (and {{American Girls|Collection}}) to play with.

* RunningGag: The Schlond Poofa, the muffler of Barbie's car, has a tendency to become disconnected from the car and turn up in random places.

-->''Hey, hey! Life in the Dreamhouse! Oh, yeah! Life in the Dreamhouse! Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse!'' ''(bow wow)''

-->'''Physicist:''' Booyah! We did it! In your face, physics!* EatTheCamera: After Chelsea tires of Barbie asking if she wants a unicorn for her birthday, she gives a BigNo, and the camera zooms into her mouth. The camera then zooms out of Ken's mouth as ''he'' gives a BigNo while facing the tennis-playing robot.

* EatTheCamera: After Chelsea tires of Barbie asking if she wants a unicorn for her birthday, she gives a BigNo, and the camera zooms into her mouth. The camera then zooms out of Ken's mouth as ''he'' gives a BigNo while facing the tennis-playing robot.

* FormulaSpam: Barbie has over 150 careers so finding time to spend with her sisters requires a team of physicists. One is seen working on a very busy chalkboard.
-->'''Physicist:'''Booyah! We did it! In your face, physics!

* FormulaSpam. Barbie has over 150 careers so finding time to spend with her sisters requires a team of physicists. One is seen working on a very busy chalkboard.
-->Booyah! We did it! In your face, physics!

* MindScrew: After Midge makes a picture frame out of some seashells, she fills the frame with a photo of herself and Barbie taking a photo of themselves, taken from an angle where you can actually see Barbie and Midge holding a camera to photograph their faces.

* BritishAccents: Animals when their UnlikelyConfessionCam segments are translated into human speech, at least in the English version.

* {{Overcrank}}: After Raquelle barely scores higher than Barbie in their beach games, she runs and cheers, "I win!" in slow motion. Music that sounds {{suspiciously similar|song}} to the ''Film/ChariotsOfFire'' theme plays as she does this.

An animated series that ties in with the popular ''Franchise/{{Barbie}}'' toyline, ''Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse'' is a 2012 web series produced by Mattel. The series follows a SliceOfLife look into Barbie's, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin life]] in her Malibu dream house, with brief RealityTelevision-esque asides into Barbie and her friends' thoughts. Barbie attends parties, goes to the beach, dates Ken, hangs out with her sisters, and does all of the sort of things you would expect Barbie to do. What's ''unexpected'' is the ''massive'' helping of {{Affectionate|Parody}} SelfParody, LampshadeHanging, MediumAwareness, and ParentalBonus on display, adding up to a lovingly parodic version of the Barbie universe not completely out of line with her ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' depiction.

The series can be found on [[http://www.barbie.com/en-us/videos/life-in-the-dreamhouse the official Barbie website.]] Plus, in 2013, [[WesternAnimation/BarbieLifeInTheDreamhouse a series of TV specials]] began airing on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}. Both the webseries and the TV specials have become available to stream on Creator/{{Netflix}}, and select episodes and music videos have made their way to DVD and Blu-Ray as bonus features for some of Barbie's movies.

* BearyFriendly: A friendly plastic bear sometimes appears, to the lack of surprise from Barbie's sisters. She first appeared in "Oh, How Campy Too", [[spoiler:helping Stacie earn a merit badge, so that she herself could earn one for helping a human.]]

* BearyFriendly: [[spoiler:In "Oh, How Campy Too", a bear acts as Stacie's DeusExMachina in hopes of earning a merit badge]].

* BrokenRecord: The robot Barbie in "Send in the Clones" can only say three sentences before Ken grants her AritificialIntelligence: "Hi, there. I'm Barbie! What's up?"