Barbie's First Movie Changed Me

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Barbie's First Movie Changed Me

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4 ай бұрын

Barbie in the Nutcracker was Barbie's very first movie. It began a bizarre legacy of crunchy computer-animated Barbie movies that currently total 42 entries, but it is, in many ways, the most iconic. Come with me on this journey of exploration through impeccable girl's cinema.
Featuring:
- Nutcracker fun 🥜
- sticking it to the man ✌️
- MANY CGI ballet sequences 🩰
- Tim Curry evil mouse 🐁
- woodphobia 🪵🚫
Sources include:
1. A. Michael Noll's 'Computer Ballet' (1965), & BBC Documentary on his work, via @computerartist | • Computer Ballet & Anim...
2. A Michael Noll's website, detailing his computer work | noll.uscannenbe...
3. Zipes, J. (2007) ‘Introduction by JACK ZIPES’, in Nutcracker and Mouse King. New York, New York: Penguin Books, p. 10. [note: this book was used for sourcing quotes from both E.T.A. Hoffman's original 'Nutcracker and Mouse King', and Alexandre Dumas' version - it contains both!]
4. Evolution of Sugarplum over the Years - @DanceLineBallet | • Evolution of Sugarplum...
5. 1999/2000 Secret Messages Barbie doll Commercial | • 1999/2000 Secret Messa...
6. John Cranko's Onegin | • John Cranko’s Onegin
7. Frankenstein - The Creature comes alive (The Royal Ballet) | • Frankenstein - The Cre...
8. Michael Pink's "Dracula" - @AtlantaBallet | • #DigitalDance - Michae...
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@Rosencreutzzz 4 ай бұрын

Indirectly convincing an academic to sit down and watch a straight to vhs Barbie movie has to be a career highlight.

@mothcub 4 ай бұрын

He just immediately emailed me back like I AM GOING TO WATCH THE BARBIE MOVIE YOU SPEAK OF. He knew what he had to do!

@mothmangotango 4 ай бұрын

I cited some of Zipes’ writing on fairy tales in my MFA thesis, when laying out the overlapping categories of “folk tale,” “fairy tale,” and “myth.” This is a context in which I never expected to hear his name!

@thatcher6923 4 ай бұрын

@mothmangotango Omg yes, I know his mainly from my personal research about Little Red Riding Hood. His book “The Trials and Tribulations of Little Red Riding Hood” was so useful to me. Wild seeing him here

@mothmangotango 4 ай бұрын

@@thatcher6923 I used “Fairytale as Myth, Myth as Fairytale”

@thatcher6923 4 ай бұрын

@mothmangotango Maybe I’ll check it out as well…

@DoAllDogsLikeMarmite 4 ай бұрын

Guysss you are not going to believe this but there are plants that smell just like peppermint in REAL LIFE

@jvgreendarmok 2 ай бұрын

Are they trees, though? (Maybe if you're doll sized they're trees)

@morgantrias3103 Ай бұрын

indeed, one of these plants is named pep- *I am stabbed by a big horticulture assassin before I can give away the secret*

@LackingSaint 4 ай бұрын

I dont think I realised until watching this video that I actually know almost nothing about the nutcracker. this is a messed up story

@mothcub 4 ай бұрын

Get nutpilled

@koolaidman_ 4 ай бұрын

Marzipan is always my nominee for best barbie movie animal companion. No annoying voice, consistently helpful, looks cool. All pros no cons

@caseymckenna7111 4 ай бұрын

“Sleep is the cousin of death.” - Nutcracker

@cornflakes-does-stuff 4 ай бұрын

Love that not only you did extensive research for this but actually emailed the academics you mention to ask them their specific thoughts and they replied, that's so cool!!

@mothcub 4 ай бұрын

They were both so lovely ❤️

@zentouro 4 ай бұрын

sephiroth in the barbie movie is the kingdom hearts we all need but don't deserve

@mothcub 4 ай бұрын

If they released a Barbie Kingdom Hearts it would be the best day of my life

@mito_sis 4 ай бұрын

I swear to god if this movie is titled "Barbie in The Nutcracker" I will eat one peanut

@mothcub 4 ай бұрын

start crackin that nut

@mito_sis 4 ай бұрын

I am a Barbie movie god and I crack this nut with pride for my predictive genius 👁👅👁🥜

@shanon4768 2 ай бұрын

considering that according to the lore barbie is canonically an actor starring in and sometimes playing herself in the barbie movies, yeah that's what the movie is called

@Butterfly__fairy 4 ай бұрын

4:01 Clock the Tchaikovsky painting in the background :) I love the 2000s Barbie movies and appreciate them for teaching young me about ballets and music and literature. I blame Barbie for my love of Tchaikovsky's compositions in particular!💛

@thehyperobsesr 4 ай бұрын

Same haha!

@LifesNeverHumDrum 16 күн бұрын

This movie and Barbie as Rapunzel shaped me as a lil one. I wanted so desperately to take ballet classes (couldn’t afford it unfort) but I’ve never stopped loving dance and art ❤

@kyleek6152 4 ай бұрын

this made me realize how much barbie rapunzel affected me. i watched that vhs so much

@LifesNeverHumDrum 16 күн бұрын

Same. I watched the featurette about female artists soooo much. And I loved the dress up game

@hpalpha7323 4 ай бұрын

Tim Curry Mouse is the real sex icon

@Taycatte 4 ай бұрын

omg. For the longest time my friend and I have made an event out of every straight-to-video barbie movie. It's become our thing. One just came out last week. Barbie movies deserve more attention. Thank you for doing your part.

@mothcub 4 ай бұрын

That's so fun!! I need to catch up on all of them bc I haven't seen about 6 of the newest ones :-)

@linceed 4 ай бұрын

LMAO YOU ACTUALLY WROTE CLARA X SEPHIROTH FANFIC THIS IS AMAZING

@mothcub 4 ай бұрын

I was born to do this

@emmamaki5862 Ай бұрын

Something interesting about this movie is that the romantic leads were played by the same voice actors as the english dub voices of Sango and Miroku from Inuyasha. Kind of a fun little coincidence for fans of that couple to appreciate

@mothcub Ай бұрын

Inuyasha moment (I have never watched Inuyasha)

@LifesNeverHumDrum 16 күн бұрын

OH MY GOD YOURE RIGHT!!! Oh my god that’s amazing

@mathieuleader8601 4 ай бұрын

that transition from drawing to flesh is awesome

@mothcub 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! I was really happy with that! A fun lil way to open :)

@tonoornottono 4 ай бұрын

@@mothcubbut did you actually become flesh or is it just movie magic

@cam4636 Ай бұрын

@@tonoornottono Don't be ridiculous, flesh doesn't exist

@clarab2665 4 ай бұрын

im only 15 minutes in and... oh my god? this is BY FAR, one of the best analyses ive ever seen on youtube. barbie in the nutcracker was so detrimental to my childhood and current love for ballet, tchaikovsky, literature and quite literally most of the arts. ive been on this train of constant curiosity about how others feel about my most favorite movie as a child, and this truly has sparked the same feeling i felt watching it for the very first time. and also this was another reminder that the nutcracker/eric's voice actor, kirby morrow, is no longer with us 💔

@mothcub 4 ай бұрын

Hey thank you so much!! It's such a fun film

@finlaygibb6763 4 ай бұрын

I love how you blend in your little animated treats and other editing funnies! so expressive:)

@mothcub 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊

@jottXD 4 ай бұрын

Omg I forgtot the bat existed! It looks like it sprung from a glitchy old RPG

@mothcub 4 ай бұрын

runescape barbie when?

@emilyhatfield3335 29 күн бұрын

I unironically would play this @@mothcub

@ninajones6696 Ай бұрын

girl I beg of you please please please make this at least a little series like I'm just begging for your take on other Barbie movies ESPECIALLY Swan Lake omg plz we needed this so much

@mothcub Ай бұрын

I would love to do some more sometime!! So glad you enjoyed 💕

@BeStillandKnow0000 4 ай бұрын

I loved that movie as a kid! my ballet teacher gave each of us a copy because we all got Distinction for our ballet exam 💕

@mothcub 4 ай бұрын

Aww that's so cute :-)

@jvever4904 Ай бұрын

Well now I want to see more videos about the Barbie Cinematic Universe, this first video was so entertaining!

@mothcub Ай бұрын

Thank you! I'd love to do more at some point, the Barbie movies are so fun!

@AssistedTwister 4 ай бұрын

Really cool that you consulted people for this video, and I'm impressed they were such good sports.

@SkellaBella1396 Ай бұрын

I’m so glad the algorithm plopped this video in front of my face. What a gem, truly lol This movie IS a fever dream and I was obsessed as a wee child and have been shipping weird monster princes with sweet capable princess types ever since lmao

@adobecult 4 ай бұрын

the amount of thoughtfulness and serious research you put into an essay about a cgi mattel mouse movie is just wonderful, thank you 🙏

@mathieuleader8601 4 ай бұрын

I like to think Rattigan from the Great Mouse Detective is the Mouse King's descendant

@plateoshrimp9685 4 ай бұрын

This video essay was a crackin' good time!

@KaminoKatie Ай бұрын

It's kinda funny how both Barbie in The Nutcracker and Bionicle: Mask of Light have the same general plot

@thatcher6923 4 ай бұрын

You have such a captivating way of talking that I somehow made it to the end of the video despite not knowing shot about either Barbie or The Nutcracker

@user-ux2vc5sk5u 4 ай бұрын

Omg I waited so long for well researched Barbie movie. Mouse king is the best in the movie

@SIDEKICKDUSTY 4 ай бұрын

I knew Barbie straight-to-dvd cg movies existed, but forty something of them sounds impossible to me, there's no way that can be right, check it again

@mothcub 4 ай бұрын

I have tragically only seen 36 of them! 6 beautiful mysteries await me...

@ElkiLG 4 ай бұрын

I was expecting the video to just have fun at the awkward CGI movie that exists to sell toys, but I was pleasantly surprised by the analysis and research that went into this. Great work!

@anthonybautista5239 4 ай бұрын

Adoring your vids. Like the editing, references, timing, and delivery are so good. I have teehee'd so much

@mothcub 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! Tee hee

@MsOkayAwesome 21 күн бұрын

I relate so hard to your sleep rant. I hate when this kind of thing isn't made clear! Can he sleep? Yes or no!!

@kako008 4 ай бұрын

Girl, the c o m m i t m e n t - I’m impressed. Really enjoyed it, well constructed and also hilarious, plus my inner child is screaming from joy and bursting nostalgia powered tears :’) I am looking forward for your future content!

@mothcub 4 ай бұрын

Hey thank you so much! I had so much fun making this one ❤

@emmakuru8546 2 ай бұрын

This weird movie is one of my childhood favorites. 😂I even rewatch it around Christmas time for nostalgia sake. I never realized how weird it actually is until I watched your video. Brilliant analysis. The commentary is witty, smart, and informative. So glad stumbled across it. Tim Curry as the Mouse King. 👑

@Felixiroflife28 4 ай бұрын

I’m surprised there aren’t more videos about Barbie Nutcracker, it was an all time fave in my childhood and it’s iconic

@GanguroKonata 4 ай бұрын

Said hell yea out loud at the Kirby Air Ride mention because thats tue response that game deserves

@mothcub 4 ай бұрын

Yea :)

@kariscoyne1886 Ай бұрын

So this movie was one of my childhood fixations & apparently quite a lot of it is still seared into my brain meat

@ghirathim 4 ай бұрын

I saw a Dracula ballet and there was a lotta gay subtext. It was very sensual! and the male characters danced together! Sensually!!

@hbeau1900 2 ай бұрын

For those wondering where the idea of a multi headed rat king comes from. When large populations of rodents are forced into a confined space, like a wall cavity, their tails can get tangled resulting in a single writhing mass. In Europe these were quickly seen as a bad omens as they were often followed by plauges, though linking them to rat overpopulation took a while.

@Rosencreutzzz 4 ай бұрын

I'm sort of surprised she didn't say "you mean you used to be... taller?" at 9:35

@deptofcarstereorepair 4 ай бұрын

Nutcracker: he ain't got no alibi

@wanda5983 4 ай бұрын

I love love love your editing

@mothcub 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

@PogieJoe 4 ай бұрын

This genre of review will always delight and entrance me

@moirad3895 4 ай бұрын

This movie has a chokehold on me! My favorite comfort movie!!! I have the original Clara ballerina doll and it’s my favorite collection 🥰

@kyushiko 3 ай бұрын

I adored this movie as a child. And in a way this felt like a really nice retrospective.

@Nova_the_starcatcher 2 ай бұрын

oh my god... I just discovered your KZfaq channel and watched quite a few videos back to back only to finally see your profile photo and realize you've been a favorite artist ive been following on instagram for awhile!! 😳 omg what a wonderful day to discover more of your content!!

@mothcub 2 ай бұрын

Stealth mothcub

@user-yy7gq5yw5k 4 ай бұрын

Bring back sexy hippo ballet

@samb3209 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for this gem

@nottoday3561 Ай бұрын

Your way of narrating things is delightful and genuinely hilarious to me. Subbed!

@starfingahsintheface 4 ай бұрын

I have vague memories of this movie that I saw as a toddler! Thank you for the video and for the in-depth analysis!

@toxicsugarart2103 4 ай бұрын

I love your humor and little drawings, I could listen to u talk about Barbie for hours ✨

@mothcub 4 ай бұрын

Thank u so much!!

@linceed 4 ай бұрын

I'm glad I found your channel, it's so good. This video really scratches that old movie rundown itch that no channel has really managed to scratch for some time. I find that every time I go back to videos by Spoony or TNC or stuff I like that I find that they're just... really dumb? So it's nice to find a channel that's smart, funny, and talks about Barbie. I don't know why it hasn't gained more traction, but I really hope it takes off. (quick anecdote: I used to be really prejudiced against Barbie movies, naturally, but when I saw Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus when I was 20 years old and going to film school I found that the screenplay was surprisingly good)

@mothcub 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, I appreciate it!

@rusted_ursa Ай бұрын

I own two editions of Jack Zipes' translations of the Brothers Grimm, and when I tell you I squeed when you brought him up! Love this video. Do not use AI.

@Will-ms9vq 4 ай бұрын

Haven’t thought about this movie in a while, used to watch it with my sister a ton I forgot about that weird bat guy and that fruit eating part haha Oh I used to love that Rock Golem too, thought he was so cool!

@entchen2958 4 ай бұрын

i enjoy your content so very much, especially the satc 2 video but THIS - ugh barbie has such a special place in my heart and i loved hearing your thoughts and interpretations❤

@user-yy7gq5yw5k 4 ай бұрын

Why they do nutcracker like that ☠️

@bluemagix16 4 ай бұрын

you're brilliant and hilarious and more people deserve to know it

@mothcub 4 ай бұрын

Thank you my love 💕

@MadAnime963 2 ай бұрын

Watching this, i was dying every now and then when a moment of memory would shoot through my heart. I have been wanting to rewatch the barbie movies so bad, and yhis jist proved to me that i NEED to

@laymayday Ай бұрын

I remember really loving this movie as a child, minus the romance and the dancing parts 😂

@xandermin 4 ай бұрын

this was a great video, i'd love to see you cover more barbie movies!

@sepplin 4 ай бұрын

This video is so good, its gonna make me Barbie in the Nutcracker 2001 produced by Mainframe.

@171QA 2 ай бұрын

Iconic summary of this already iconic film. :D

@Goatmaster-ek8rq 4 ай бұрын

This video is dope

@heywhatupitsash7389 Ай бұрын

My sister and I watched this movie on vhs over and over and over as kids. Safe to say it is deeply embedded into both our psyche. Honestly, a very formative experience. We were discussing it recently, and found out that we both subconsciouly assumed that Major Mint and Captain Candy were dating. In love. They just were, simple fact. Before either of us even knew gay people existed (our parents were slow on the uptake). This probably exposes a lot about the romantic relationships we were seeing around us but shhh let our unknowingly fruity child selves be. We had dreams then

@zacharyunger2004 Ай бұрын

This video has taught me so much. Well done. And do not use AI.

@spiky-duck 3 ай бұрын

I think you could make a video essay on almost all of the animated barbie movies, I watch them with my gf and we always laugh a lot! They are really weird. I need to see your hot takes on Bibble 😁

@mothcub 3 ай бұрын

Yessss Bibble is an extremely powerful being 💕

@ToastyGhost2 20 күн бұрын

that bat literally sounds so much like Zach from oney plays 😭

@justin1858 2 ай бұрын

great video

@mothcub 2 ай бұрын

THANK YOU SHREK

@0meAcat1 4 ай бұрын

...mouse (king) maze...

@mothcub 4 ай бұрын

really true.......

@Nagoragama 4 ай бұрын

Glad to meet a fellow rock man enthusiast

@Catherine-yb5xb 3 ай бұрын

I love this movie sm

@Draqua 4 ай бұрын

I feel like some other adaptations have leaned into Clara/Mouse King...

@mothcub 4 ай бұрын

👀

@danmacarro Ай бұрын

You must've made that 19th century German literature scholars day contacting him, I cannot image he gets much feedback or questions from the general public outside of academics

@ScrapTakes 4 ай бұрын

Yo this movie is nuts

@Bub383 2 ай бұрын

Iconic

@92Audun 16 күн бұрын

This guy actually got sick of not-enough-bacon-itis.

@Gamingpandacat 4 ай бұрын

Family and I watched barbie movies a long time ago, all I remember is that they kept my attention and that some scenes have no heterosexual explanation, so I would say they're worth watching, maybe a few of them

@gilgameshlxi 4 ай бұрын

Dunno about any movies, but I played the horse and the detective games when I was little lol

@lexg5317 4 ай бұрын

this is unlocking memories lmao i remember watching barbie nutcrackr with a friend and we killed ourselves laughing whenever something bad happened to the ugly bat Also the tumblrinas are right, white haired nutcracker is more attractive

@McLovin-ko3ff 4 ай бұрын

I like this good job

@anon4015 4 ай бұрын

Question that has bothered me for 20 years that I need some consensus on: Does, or does not, Rock Giant have a mustache?

@mothcub 4 ай бұрын

I believe he is clean shaven

@JPH1138 3 ай бұрын

The Mouse King having seven or more heads in the original story could also be related to the phenomenon of 'rat kings' where large numbers rats in high density areas supposedly continued living symbiotically after having their tails stuck together.

@staceymurray3475 Ай бұрын

I dont know who you are, but you have my sword, my bow and my axe. Long live strangely alluring Rat King

@rampion1228 Ай бұрын

Where did the love actually video go 😭😭

@mothcub Ай бұрын

It got age restricted so I'm reuploading it lol, currently waiting on 2 copyright claims on it to be released before I can make the new CLEAN version public ❤️

@rampion1228 Ай бұрын

@@mothcub that sucks 😭 I'm glad it's not gone forever it's my favourite rewatch for adhd background noise❤️

@Jenninka Ай бұрын

I came here to ask this same thing! I’m eagerly awaiting its return If you had to take out the last bit with the Portuguese Google translate I’ll be so sad

@mathieuleader8601 4 ай бұрын

Jamburg really feels like a location on Big Mam from One Piece's island headquarters of Totland.

@boomgirlbucko 4 ай бұрын

5:38

@dl-zf9dj 4 ай бұрын

😊😊

@beanholder3634 4 ай бұрын

Mrs Nesbitt is the OG

@BananaTheLemon 4 ай бұрын

Micheal noll based 👏👏

@_willow_dino_ 2 ай бұрын

I was scared by the snow fairy dance scene so much I don’t remember the rest of the movie so I might have stopped watching all together

@nelnel6875 4 ай бұрын

❤️❤️

@diurtydantv8061 28 күн бұрын

Does the mouse king have multiple heads because hes a ratking?

@yourfriendlyneighborhoodgh29 4 ай бұрын

I’ve never been this early

@mothcub 4 ай бұрын

welcome traveller

@FlynnWilbur Ай бұрын

Isn't the jack in the box more of the incel than the tin soldier?

@mothcub Ай бұрын

Fair

@tomhomunculus 2 ай бұрын

Dismayed and devastated that you don't like my boy the bat. He's an icon, the most expressive character in the movie, and my friend. Apologize >:-((( NAY, grovel for forgiveness you don't deserve >8-(

@radiocoffee7700 2 ай бұрын

too little bacon..,.

@waluigifuc 4 ай бұрын

0/10 -NOT ENOUGH REALMS.

@mothcub 4 ай бұрын

true

@pleasedonotwatchmychannel 4 ай бұрын

I was pleasantly surprised by the Barbie movies when my daughter started watching them when she was little. I expected cheap trash, but ended up really appreciating the filmmakers’ clear desire to show dance and whimsy to the audience. A nice change from “action” scenes and melodrama!

@em_gamez8805 4 ай бұрын

Wow, so glad to finally place this masterpiece in the context of its inspiration and circumstances. Thanks for the insight and humor and no thanks for reminding me of that horrid bat.