History WesternAnimation / TheBarbieDiaries

In this one, Barbie and her friends are a GarageBand; the main action takes place at her school. The three have started their sophomore year and Barbie looks forward for everything to change for her.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The movie qualifies for this in the overarching Barbie franchise as, aside from the acquiring of the bracelet/diary, the film mostly deal in a realm with no magic, has relatively low stakes (no princesses or fancy ball gowns here, just teen angst) and is driven purely on character choices and the developments they cause.

* BettyAndVeronica: Shallow JerkJock Todd versus friendly {{Childhood Friend}} Kevin. In the end, when Barbie finds out Kevin was the one behind the love letters, she chooses him.

* BroughtDownToNormal: Raquelle stealing Barbie's bracelet which is used to unlock the diary means she cannot access it anymore, and with that, she also lost all her magic and is forced to make amends.

The eighth entry in the Franchise/{{Barbie}} direct-to-video film series, it's Barbie [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] ''Film/MeanGirls'' with a touch of vaguely defined fantasy in this installment, an odd-movie-out in Barbie's usual fantasy oeuvre. It was released on May 9, 2006.

The eighth entry in the Franchise/{{Barbie}} film series, it's Barbie [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] ''Film/MeanGirls'' with a touch of vaguely defined fantasy in this installment, an odd-movie-out in Barbie's usual fantasy oeuvre. It was released on May 9, 2006.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Dawn and Regen may be snobby bullies who are a part of Raquelle's GirlPosse, but they're right to be angry that Barbie befriended them simply to do a news story about them. Regen is especially right to argue that Barbie's actions are no different than what she and her friends do.

* WhatTheHellHero: Near the end, Dawn and Regen call out Barbie for talking about the secrets they confided in her live on air to the school, with the former even arguing it makes her no better than Raquelle. Later on, Tia and Courtney are similarly angry with her for leaving them behind and gossiping about Tia with Dawn and Regen. Realizing that she really ''is'' on the verge of being an AlphaBitch like Raquelle, Barbie makes amends by publicly apologizing on air and reconciling with her friends.

-->'''Regen''': So...you wanted to show the world how terrible populars are for pretending to be friends with people when all they really wanna do is gather dirt. [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Why does that sound familiar?]]

* GirlPosse: Dawn and Regan serve as this for Raquelle, being her cronies who follow her around everywhere. They're portrayed slightly more sympathetically than is usual for the trope, as Barbie briefly befriends them and them calling her out for discussing their confidences to her on air is portrayed as them being in the right to serve as Barbie's wake-up call to reconcile with her friends.

* PowerTrio: Barbie's two best friends are Tia and Courtney, and thus form this with her. She also briefly befriends Raquelle's own friends, Regan and Dawn, but that ends when she has a HeelRealization about her association with them.

* WhatTheHellHero: Near the end, Dawn and Regan call out Barbie for talking about the secrets they confided in her live on air to the school, and Tia and Courtney are similarly angry with her for leaving them behind. Realizing that she's on the verge of being an AlphaBitch like Raquelle, Barbie makes amends by publicly apologizing on air and reconciling with her friends.

* Tomboy: Courtney.

* TokenMinority: Japanese-American GenkiGirl Tomboy Courtney and African-American BlackAndNerdy Tia are the only characters of color in an otherwise all-white cast.

* TokenMinority: Japanese-American Courtney and African-American Tia are the only characters of color in an otherwise all-white cast.

* EvilRedhead: Raquelle is the resident AlphaBitch rival to Barbie and has red hair (in contrast to all her later appearances, where she has black hair).

* HighSchoolDance: The climax and ending of the movie takes place at a dance, where Barbie and her friends perform as a band.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Barbie and Kevin are mentioned to have been best friends since they were kids, and at the end Barbie realizes he, not Tod, is the guy for her.

* JerkJock: Tod is the football quarterback and Raquelle's boyfriend. He isn't an outright bully like she is but is rather shallow and fickle, immediately dumping Barbie to go back to Raquelle when she shows interest in taking him back solely to spite the former. A {{Hilarious Outtake}} shows him being [[DistractedByMyOwnSexy distracted by his reflection in a locker mirror]] and obsessively preening over his hair.

* CanonImmigrant: Raquelle makes her first appearance in this movie (and it's accompanying toyline), and was later added to the main toyline (but with a different hair color; see EarlyInstallmentWeirdness later in the article).

* EvilRedhead: Raquelle is the resident AlphaBitch rival to Barbie and has red hair (in contrast to her later appearances, where she has black hair).

And, as in any American high school, there is the AlphaBitch, who is in this case named Raquelle. As the movie opens, Barbie receives the position of Raquelle's official toady for the school TV news show. And, as usual, Barbie has a crush on Raquelle's boyfriend, Todd, who she thinks is her SecretAdmirer. Luck turns to Barbie's side for once when she recieves a mysterious diary which can only be unlocked with its included charm bracelet, and Todd not only breaks up with Raquelle, but also hooks up with Barbie in the same day; Barbie soon discovers the diary is magical, and whatever she writes in it is coming true. This leads to a rise in popularity for Barbie and she effectively [[WhatTheHellHero dumps her own friends]] in favor of developing a GirlPosse with members stolen from Raquelle. But when Raquelle steals the bracelet, Barbie feels like she lost all her magic until her friends come together.

Of course it turns out okay when it turns out the SecretAdmirer is [[VictoriousChildhoodFriend Kevin]] and she makes up with her friends to finish the movie with a song.

* IndulgentFantasySequence: At one point, Barbie imagines dumping water from a carboy on Raquelle's head as retaliation.

%%* AlphaBitch: Raquelle, and Barbie in the middle.
%%* AppliedPhlebotinum: The diary.

%%* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Barbie and Kevin.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Not the movie, but one of the characters, and even then it's a minor example. This movie introduces Raquelle who has reddish hair in this movie. She would go on to have black hair in later appearances.
** The movie itself qualifies for this in the overarching Barbie franchise as, aside from the acquiring of the bracelet/diary, the film mostly deal in a realm with no magic, has relatively low stakes (no princesses or fancy ball gowns here, just teen angst) and is driven purely on character choices and the developments they cause.

%%* HighSchoolDance: The climax and ending of the movie.

* LoveLetterLunacy: Barbie thinks her secret admirer is [[JerkJock Todd]], but it turns out to be [[VictoriousChildhoodFriend Kevin]]

%%* PowerTrio: Barbie, Tia, Courtney.
%%* TokenMinority: Japanese-American Courtney and black Tia.
* ToylessToylineCharacter: Despite playing a significant part in the movie, Kevin wasn't produced.

%%* WishFulfillment: The diary does this for Barbie.