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I swear Rainbow High could make a killing if they made real-life full size versions of some of these outfits. I'd kill for Jett's drawn-on jacket.

not Cristina vee voicing ANOTHER character when shes still voicing Marinette, Verosika, and so much more like this girl is a legend.

A college that is JUST for fashion could both be the nicest place or the worst. The fashion community can be very nice and inclusive sometimes, but there is a lot of disagreements and opposite opinions

Holy crap, I always knew you said "break a leg" in the theater but I never knew that it was "to get into the cast." It makes so much sense, I feel dumb haha

Just wanted to add that the main reasons ppl were accusing MGA of queer baiting with jade and bella were the use of the # jella in the rainbow high side series the vi life, as well as giving corporate "just wait and see what's under the rainbow 😜" responses to ppl who asked about the ship on insta

I remember being so confused by the show adding a jock character... this is an art school, wouldn't the boys be artists too? I'm not saying sports can't overlap with creative arts, but it just feels odd to me. I guess they only did it to fit into "American high school" ideals, which just tires me out mentally.

I recall another youtuber who briefly went over the RH story and it still annoys me that this 'school' doesn't allow it's students to use their work to better their career/future. Getting more insight and seeing a further break down I can confirm RH is more like a corporation they all work at instead of a school. If an art school exists/existed that prevented you from building and using your portfolio (their primary purpose) then I hope everyone sees it and RUNS.

Honestly, I'm a fan of this show and the doll line. I mean, I can't buy anything, but I actually unironically like the series. It motivates me to be better in my own college life in an art school. Not to mention the outfits help me with arranging clothes too. Unironically waiting for the third season. I miss Monster High and Ever After High, so I guess this is my current binge-series rn. It's not super great but it is chill. They even Livestream episodes sometimes and it's chill enough to leave it playing in the background while I actually work haha.

The fearleading squad in Monster High wear 5-inch bolt-shaped platform heels as a part of their uniform. So the shoes that the cheerleading squad in Rainbow High wear is nothing to write home about

They knew Bella was going to leave from the start. I believe the teasers/early episodes showed that she had somehow left, so that was the big thing that they showed the series would lead up to. For example they showed previews of their big project at the end being disastrous and featured Jade saying that this wouldn’t have happened if Bella were here. When they initially released the dolls, they focused on the main 6, and I think Bella was part of the series 2 dolls.

I have never seen this series but just from this video I can only say that naming the one dark skinned character "Jet" would have been a horrible idea and I'm glad they changed direction before it was too late.

Bella’s sales and fan response actually is what brought her back to the rainbow high series, she even got a second doll in a line that probably wasn’t originally going to include her

I really don't like how they handled Bella's return. I liked the idea of her taking a risk and it paying off but that didn't happen. Bella broke the rules, and basically used money and a technicality to reenter the school. On top of that, Bella gets what she wanted all along, to work with her idol. Consequences amount to, "You know that friend who told you not to the thing. You don't get to hang out with her any more." I really believed they could have written a better resolution.

"That's why you say 'break a leg', so you can get into the *cast*" .... I've achieved an awakened state after hearing this.

as someone who studied animation at uni i just gotta say the rainbow high characters look less like art students and more like the kids who would have bullied said art students in high school

my biggest takeaway from this video is that actors say “break a leg” so that you end up *in the cast*. i have lived my entire life not knowing this. woah.

the thing about dolls and ethnicity, as an Asian person, is that when the only change is the skin color and they all have the same face, it leaves me hanging in limbo. Is the one with black hair and lighter skin _really_ East Asian like me, or just a white person with black hair? They sure look the same as all the other dolls, and usually these things take place in pocket dimensions without race, so there's never any definitive answer. edit: I do mean this about all doll lines: there's a very popular tumblr post praising the diversity of newer Barbie dolls. Intrigued, I went to the site and found a total of... about three East Asian dolls. I collected research on this back then, but explicitly Asian Mattel dolls still do lag behind all other races in quality of representation.

Honestly the shows cute, but like you said definitely just to sell dolls. I do like a doll line with an associated show tho! I’m excited to see the pacific coast show/mini series and the shadow high spin off!

Okay my boyfriend and I watched these kind of ironically the same way we did with Monster High (ended up unironically loving that series despite some of the cringe and flaws) and I was practically frothing at the mouth from how frustrated I was. This series so BADLY wants to be in a college setting it hurts; all of the drama is super 'freshman in college' in vibe and the school literally functions like an Art University or very similar to the one I went to for four years. Even the outfits and sense of style feels very college age to me, I didn't see a lot of people wearing stuff like this in high school but it was just too much effort. You got to Art Uni for a little and realize everyone dresses up like mad when they don't have a morning class.

They did a lot more with "Jella" in the episode she was expelled. With Jade and her having what if it was done with a Boy and Girl would be seen as a date.

The queerbaiting thing is because they started hinting at the shipp on socials and on Vi Life but then made the "best friends" move. It would've been okay if they just left the shipp alone if they were planning to not make it canon, but the fact that they hinted at it being canon and then it wasn't is what makes it not okay. Also, kinda lame to have a brand with a rainbow thematic and a "embrace diversity" message but not throwing any queer rep in it.

bella first appeared in the show, not as a doll, and her doll was released like maybe a week after she was kicked out of the school so no it wasnt "she wasnt selling well" lol that was just her storyline

I feel the real thing going downhill with Rainbow High is the inflated price points. They are getting a bit insane after Series 3.

"Aw, sadness," feels very mid 00's to me, lmao. Like it lives in my brain with awesome-sauce and nyancat.

You can't copyright clothes, it's how the fashion show world works. A person in a random country makes a nice cat shirt, someone in france copies it, then it's copied again in fashion week Milan and by the end of it no one remembers the original shirt

Wait hearing all these characters’ names is actually kind of funny…because I grew up with _Rainbow Magic,_ a franchise that has differently themed fairies in each series, and it started with rainbow fairies. The red one was also named Ruby, the yellow one is also named Sunny, and the blue one is named Sky (so similar to Skyler). Idk but it was just vaguely funny to me; like I guess people come to think of the same things for names themed around rainbows/colours lol.

Maybe they got rid of Bella in the first season because pink isn’t a color in the rainbow? And for the first wave of dolls they just wanted the seven core colors in the rainbow. Because you know it’s the first wave and they wanted to emphasize the rainbow theme?

POV: you're seeing the shows artstyle for the first time: 👁️👃🏻👁️ 👄

I don't say frowny face or sadness, I say "Awe tear" while using my finger to draw a line down from my eye as though tracing a tear.

I graduated from an arts high school. We had a small make up department but we did have a big costuming course. Drama city. Let me tell you. I still check up on the drama that comes out of my old school sometimes. This series doesn’t make me miss high school but it reminds me how hard we all worked our asses off during lockdown (end of the year projects where we stayed in school for 24 hours to get things done)

15:29 I knew that saying bad luck to someone doing an audition was a thing but I never heard the second part of it. Break a leg so you end up in the cast Well I learned something new today. Love these videos.

I really like the style of the show. Even though it’s set in a high school, I like that it feels like a college type of school since the cast live there boarding school style.

Is it me, or does Sunny's hairstyle remind you of Sailor Moon's hairstyle? 🤔

About the queerbaiting thing, basically Rainbow High had a side series called the Vi Life where they made a lot of references to "Jella" which is the ship between Bella and Jade but kinda were also flip-flopping about it when asked if they were gonna be canon or not. Personally, Id love to see it get canon cuz it'll be a cute Bffs to Lovers story and they clearly have contrasting aesthetics so visually gives a lot of base to work on future projects and ideas. Plus, having a series called Rainbow High and having a cute queer couple in it is just cheery on the top

Rainbow High is a surprisingly uplifting show to watch. The series centers around different characters with different majors working hard to accomplish their dreams. Rainbow High is supposed to be a very competitive school, so each character is shown to be incredibly passionate in their talents and goals. I especially loved Bella’s story where she risked breaking school rules to get an internship. It shows just how passionate these students are. As a lost college student, Rainbow High actually helped motivate me to reach my career goals, as cheesy as the show may be.

"Break a leg, so you end up in the cast" l have never thought of that in my life.

I know the point is to have long flowing hair girls can style but I would really appreciate some short/medium length hair representation. I don’t want it to be tomboy either, because short hair doesn’t always mean tomboy. I don’t have a problem with tomboys but I really want a character who slays with shorter hair. And not the bob the principal has either, like something cute and fun. Idk. I know it’ll probably never happen but I can dream 💔

I had NO idea Rainbow High had a cartoon. My only experience with these dolls was when I saw one at a Best Buy that looked like Cher from Clueless.

To answer the question abt Bella being kicked out wasn’t because her sales weren’t doing well. The Bella doll was a little bit earlier than the rest of series 2 but she was very new by the time that episode was released so I think it was for drama

Fun fact! I go to a career based highschool that is a lot like this just no dorms. I’m enrolled for digital art but there is also fashion and cosmetology courses :). Same with the show you have to apply to get in and meet certain requirements

something i find really funny is how there are so many anime/adult cartoon in the show. its so crazy seeing Lucy Heartfilia's voice come out of a doll

The only advantage to watch Season 1 on Netflix was the little sequences between each webisode where we could seen the front of school before it was finally shown in Season 2 webisodes. Another trivia: At the launch of Rainbow High, some Skyler dolls have "Skylar" written on the box instead of "Skyler" which confused a lot of people about what's her real name at this time. Thank you for your new video! ^^

I find the show fun to watch. I always get excited seeing the dolls that were newly released to be in some episodes. It gives off a different feeling for some reason.

As someone who's been buying the dolls since the day they came out, yeah I didn't see the show till after the second wave and the cheer leader dolls came out lol I stopped trying to buy every single doll, but that's going to change once Shadow High comes out, those dolls are EPIC.

I love how MGA easily taps into current fashion while still making it all look cute on its own, but the dialogue for their shows/movies/etc. feels out of touch and outdated sometimes.

3:03 um, they're 14-15. Plus the way Violet dismissed Sunny in literally all the episodes made it seem like she genuinely didn't want to continue the friendship.

I envy their ability to do makeup so well. Every video they look like a god damn queen, and I'm living for it 🙏

Now I wanna see negative review the polly pocket series. Loved that show

cartoons for toys have rlly gone downhill since eah got cancelled

depending on how they prep the dolls for designs, demoes, production and etc, they might already have a rigged 3d model for each characters, which would make it faster to swap or add characters mid season

Headcanons I have with this show: >it's a college >Jade and Bella are girlfriends >Ruby is lowkey bi >Ainsley and Avery are girlfriends

So since you've done rainbow high videos on the dolls and the show, maybe the fandom next? Theres a whole community of people collecting dolls, making fan theories and aus, and making unique ocs who are all connected in the same universe

The Fear Squad (the Cheerleading team) in Monster High wore high heels. 😉

10:33 , Just like to note Bella came out in series 2 which I do not believe was out at the time!

Yes all the characters are reskinned versions of each other but can't help but appreciate the amount of detail they went into making different outfits. Making all those 3D assets is probably where most of the budget went and some of the outfits are pretty cute. I wouldn't watch the show nor really care for anything it stands for but was an interesting video to watch nonetheless.

10:35 well actually originally Poppy was supposed to get kicked out but they didn’t want one of the main characters to get kicked out so they went with the more of a side character like Bella but they did make a doll of her after she got kicked out

Bellas doll actually came out after the series premiered

17:27 from what I've heard, you can copyright a pattern but not an entire design in the US🤔 but if there's smo who knows more, feel free to correct/elaborate

Just wanted to share the first Amiya doll did look like the character in the show and the second doll was reg size and her hair was mainly blue and she was also made into the very big doll. Just wanted to share ... And interested to see what you think about Shadow High and the narrative they are starting with. I personally don't have a good feeling about it !!!

I use a selfie stick just for taking selfies at home, since phone camera lenses have that thing where they make you look much worse than you do if you take a photo from a close range vs from a distance, so a selfie stick is good for that. For streaming with a phone people use a gimbal, MUCH different from a selfie stick lmao Also, Bella wasn't a doll yet when the episode of her being replaced happened.

As far as copyright for clothes go, it's confusing to me. Certain aspects can be protected but bc clothing is considered an essential item it can't be completely protected. I think that's how fast fashion companies are able to copy designs

The fact that in the 1st minute you call out the fact that I headcannon that rh is actually a college

The whole renew the subscription point is defeated by the fact that all promotional material about the show leads you to the KZfaq channel but also it being on KZfaq is printed on every box the dolls and accessories come with.

They gonna release two spin-off series now as well so I’m wondering how’s that gonna be. Cuz one will be pacific coast ( where Bella might be the main character) and the other will be Shadow high which might interested you even more due to the edgy aesthetic they have and how they are made to be grayscale! But I just this doesn’t mean the main series will lose quality and they manage to add something more. I feel a movie will help the show a lot

I haven't watched the series since the end of season one

I found the dolls before the show dropped and fell in love with the wave one (and 2) designs. I was really in love with season one and the developing freindship between Jade and Bella. Season two though..Hopefully the release of Shadow High will pick things up! :)

I honestly LOVE the series very much🤩 As an artist, I connect to a lot of the characters. It may be a little bit shallow in context, but that's what I like about it.. the somewhat innocence it inflicts reminds me of my childhood and how everything can go so so wrong, but in the end, there's always gonna be a rainbow. It talks about passion, relationships, and a touch of conflict for realism.. maybe it's just me, but this would be a dream if this was the high school I went to... it's just so appealing to me.

The reason that Bella was removed from the show is that Barbie sued Rainbow high for a shirt that Bella was wearing at the beginning of the series

I'm pretty sure a lot of the anger with queerbaiting had been after mga used the hashtag/ship name jella in several things

I immensely relate to saying 'sadness', both aloud and in text form

I really like the high quality on the dolls, but I can't help but have a few gripes with RH. If you look at the first wave and blur your eyes a little, Ruby, Poppy, Skylar and Jade look just look like recolors of one another, especially with the hairstyles. The rainbow gimmick would work for maybe a sub-line, but applying it to the whole brand in some cases just doesn't really give a chance for the designs to pop, which they might have otherwise done with one or two more colors thrown in there. Most of the characters also have a very similar designer/glamourous fashion style, which makes it feel more homogeneous. You do have eg. Sunny who has harajuku inspired elements, but this stays at just elements. Compare this to Monster High where eg. Frankie was way more preppy, Lagoona had that beach aesthetic, Draculaura lolita, etc. There was still an underlying goth thread, but the dolls all had their own clear fashionstyle that set them aside. Ironically enough, RH is supposed to be a fashion school and I miss that diversity in sense of fashion.

I miss Rainbow High so much. There is no content for it right now and it's killing me. Watching this again because I'm sad with nothing else to do. Rainbow High, bring back my content 😭

Did you not catch the monster high fearleader uniform reference?!?! The 1980s uniform?!

I discovered the show on Netflix, which made me research it online to find out the episodes are on here (KZfaq). Netflix only has season 1, so I watched season 2 on here. I honestly like the show.

So to clear up the queer bating thing, when ever fans commented to “Make Jella Canon” on Instagram they replied with the following statement : “The story is being written. The future is bright at Rainbow High, and we hope you come along for the journey! 🌈”. So when season 2 came around and Jella still weren’t official, fans got upset.

Personally my sister and I loved the show The style and unique personality/fashion sense each character has is cool to see

They should make a “create a monster” type doll. I know a lot of doll customizer want to do rainbow high but are a bit afraid due to the default face up. So they only buy one doll for their collection and sales stagnate. If you opened the door for customs the customizers would buy much more dolls and collectors would to because of the custom resale

I actually bought the twins after just seeing them in store. I would love another Amaya (I have the blue hair one) but I'm not a big fan of the white hair that she was introduced with in the show, and iirc there's one other Amaya doll with another color hair but eh. Generally I just like the multitone hair dolls. Jett's split hair is cool, and the designs/hair of the rockers are pretty cool too

I am just scared my friends will leave me because I have anxiety issues about that and it is not necessarily because it’s an insecure relationship. Sometimes you are insecure and not the other person, sigh.

I meaaaan- if I'm being honest the cartoon is actually decent, I enjoy looking at the outfits and stuff, and I really like their hair TvT

I bought two dolls because of your videos..... I don't know how to feel about that but they're really pretty. No regrets so far. Can't wait for Shadow high. Update 2 weeks later: The number has reached eight and is growing.

Having _both_ Violet _and_ Sunny be character names just makes me think of _A Series of Unfortunate Events._ The Jim Carrey one, not the Netflix show. EDIT: A: thank you for explaining the phrase "break a leg" to me. I've been wondering about that shit my whole life, didn't expect it to be a dad joke lol B: I _think_ clothing designs might fall under patents rather than copyright, but don't quote me on that.

I love your videos! And I own 20 rainbow high dolls. I think that they were targeted at doll collectors because they're high quality dolls

It’s crazy when I started watching the web series I got interested in the dolls because I first I was not interested and I didn’t like them but I really like the characters and realize how beautiful the dolls are. Also I really like your videos and you’re very nice looking

The fact that you teased you would get a big amaya doll but didn't even mention that amaya's radiant week perspective project was literally just big amaya

I have a selfie stick that turns into a tripod and a Bluetooth shutter button so I can do cosplay shoots by myself and then sometimes I use it out side of that. I don’t use it to vlog or anything though

The first wave included Ruby, Poppy, Sunny, Jade, Skylar, and Violet. Bella is in wave 2 with Krystal, River, Karma, Amaya, and a Hot pink doll.

You should check out "Rainbow magic". It was a book series made by Daisy Meadows! There's also a cartoon/anime about it! It was really cool! (Kind of...) you should totally check it out!

am... Am I missing a color pun with "Colin"? everyone else has color appropriate names and then there's this tool with the name of a canadian comedian?

Omg a Rainbow High video by Negative Legend on my birthday? That’s a cool gift!

13:08 I wonder if they actually sell life sized versions of the outfits, that would be neat! Also, I need that outfit in real life please.

I binged season 1 but didn't know season 2 came out. I like the look of the faces in the show better than on the dolls. But the faces are so similar in the show that I sometimes forget which character is which, even with the different colors. Also I know their hairstyles are all the same lengh coz of their dolls, but varying hairlength could have helped me identify them better. And by the time I watched it last year, the language really was outdated already, so it felt kinda cringy. I enjoyed season 1 though, for what it set out to do. Solid series.

omg, I want all the shoes from this show. Literally ALL of them. Also thinking to learn how to sew, just to make the outfits... They should make a fashion line or something, I swear it would sell better than the dolls itself.

So I know it just came out but I really need an opinion on the shadow high dolls!

I just saw an ad for shadow high dolls, they're part of rainbow high, they're different shades of black, white, and grey

Hey, I know you do mostly animated shows. However, there is this Netflix show called Julie and the Phantoms. It's a live action musical show that was inspired by a Brazilian show of the same name. It only has 9 episodes and you can binge it in a day. Sadly, Netflix canceled the series and it isn't getting the second season I truly believe it deserves. The best way to support the show now is to grow it's audience and raise awareness in hopes that Netflix will realize they've done a bad. Thanks for reading and I hope you consider it.

Hey! There are actually more episodes now! And it’s gotten a lot better! Check it out!

Hey! I love your content and it’s super informative and interesting to watch. Would you maybe be able to do a video on what happened to Novi Stars, a previous doll line by MGA preceding Rainbow High? Have a colorful day! (Sorry bad pun) ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

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