Barbie is an American multimedia franchise created by Mattel and based on the fashion doll made by its co-founder, Ruth Handler. It began in 1984 with an eponymous video game and has since appeared in more video games, a film series and other formats across television and the Internet. The film series was released direct to video from 2001 and aired on Nickelodeon as television specials from 2002; from 2017 Mattel revamped the films as shorter streaming specials for services such as Netflix. Other works include the 1987 specials Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World and Barbie and the Sensations: Rockin' Back to Earth, web series such as Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse, television shows such as Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures, a live-action film and an interactive film. It is one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time and fans have called it the Barbie Cinematic Universe.
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Barbie is an American multimedia franchise created by Mattel based on the eponymous fashion doll created by its co-founder, Ruth Handler.
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Barbie is an American multimedia franchise created by Mattel based on the eponymous fashion doll created by its co-founder, Ruth Handler.
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It began with the release of an eponymous video game in 1984
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Barbie is an American multimedia franchise created by Mattel based on the eponymous fashion doll created by its co-founder, Ruth Handler.
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It began with the release of an eponymous video game in 1984 and has since been featured in more video games, a film series and in other media formats across technologies like television and the Internet.
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It began with the release of an eponymous video game in 1984 and has since been featured in more video games, a film series and in other media formats across technologies like television and the Internet.
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It began with the release of an eponymous video game in 1984 and has since been featured in more video games, a film series and in other media formats across technologies like television and the Internet.
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