Barbie Dreamtopia

Barbie Dreamtopia,[1][2] Barbie: Dreamtopia[3] or simply Dreamtopia, is a web-based children's media franchise created by Julia Pistor for Mattel Television (previously Mattel Creations) which was active from 14 January 2016 to 21 October 2021.

Barbie Dreamtopia
Dreamtopia
Created byJulia Pistor
Original workBarbie Dreamtopia shorts
OwnerMattel Television
Years2016–2021
Films and television
Web series
  • Barbie Dreamtopia shorts
  • Barbie Dreamtopia: The Series
  • Barbie Return to Dreamtopia (part of Barbie's Dreamworld)
Television special(s)Barbie Dreamtopia: Festival of Fun
Television film(s)Barbie Dreamtopia TV special

The original Dreamtopia franchise was produced by Israeli animation studio Snowball Studios[4][5] with support from The Jerusalem Film & Television Fund.[6][7] from its beginning on 14 January 2016 until 1 April 2018. Toronto-based Relish Studios produced an 8-part mini-serial spin-off of the franchise titled Barbie Return to Dreamtopia as an part of a broader 3D CGI-animated web franchise known as Barbie's Dreamworld which was released by Mattel Television on YouTube Kids and YouTube, the latter via its Barbie user handle, between 21 July and 21 October 2021.[8][9]

Premise

The series follows Chelsea Roberts as she finds herself touring her own make-believe land known as Dreamtopia with her big sister, Barbie. There, they discover a whole new munch-able world; swim through rainbow rivers with small mermaids and fly through cotton candy clouds with fairies.[10]

Broadcast

Dreamtopia began with the release of a teaser promo video on 14 January 2016. The shorts then followed from 5 May to 21 July 2016 and was initially released as a YouTube Kids-exclusive production, but was later made available on YouTube. A 2D computer-animated television special spanning 46 minutes in length was distributed by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and broadcast on television in 5 countries and regions on 26 June 2016. The success of the TV special resulted in the greenlighting of an eponymous web series, with four episodes released early on YouTube and YouTube Kids on 4 May 2017.[11] The web series episodes began releasing weekly on YouTube and YouTube Kids from 5 November 2017 to 1 April 2018.[12] Barbie Dreamtopia: The Series premiered on Cartoon Network in Australia and New Zealand on 2 March 2018.[13] The series also premiered on Kabillion in the United States on 7 September 2018[14]

Main characters
  • Chelsea (voiced by Meira Bilnkoff):[3] Barbie's little sister and the focus of the franchise.[15]
  • Barbie (voiced by Erica Lindbeck):[3] Chelsea's older sister.
  • Honey (voiced by Lucien Dodge):[3] Chelsea's puppy.[15]
  • Otto / Notto Prince (voiced by Addie Chandler)[3] is Chelsea's neighbor. In Dreamtopia, his character is Notto Prince.[15]

Shorts

The Barbie: Dreamtopia franchise overall was centered on a series of 2D-oriented computer-animated shorts released exclusively on YouTube between 5 May and 21 July 2016.[16][17][18]

No.TitleRuntimeRelease dateRef
S1"Wispy Forest Part 1"3:43May 5, 2016 (2016-05-05)[19]
When Chelsea is frustrated that her hair won’t cooperate before the Pink Moon Jubilee, a festival when your hair can be anything you want it to be, her hair takes on a mind of its own and runs away.
S2"Wispy Forest Part 2"3:10May 13, 2016 (2016-05-13)[20]
Chelsea and Barbie chase her escaped hair creature through the Fair Hair Forest, discovering it in the hands (or on the head) of the Notto Prince. With the help of Barbie, Chelsea and her hair creature work out their differences, finally reuniting just in time to enjoy the Pink Moon Jubilee.
S3"Rainbow Cove Part 1"3:55May 19, 2016 (2016-05-19)[21]
Barbie, the Rainbow Princess, loses a magic stone that provides all of the color to Rainbow World. Worried that she won’t be able to recover the stone before her crowning ceremony, Chelsea and Honey help her look, as they race along the rainbow ramps against the Notto Prince, who wants the stone for himself.
S4"Rainbow Cove Part 2"2:59May 26, 2016 (2016-05-26)[22]
After the magic stone goes sliding down a rainbow, Chelsea and the Notto Prince race to retrieve it. With the help of Barbie and the other Rainbow Princesses, Chelsea retrieves the stone just in time for Barbie's ceremony.
S5"Sweetville Part 1"2:44June 30, 2016 (2016-06-30)[23]
When the bridge over the lemonade river is destroyed, the creatures of Sweetville are worried that they won’t make it across the river for the Innovation Celebration being held at the Lollipop Gardens. The townspeople work together using the unsuccessful ideas of the mysterious Captain Snickerdoodle, revealed to be the Notto Prince, who destroyed the bridge on purpose.
S6"Sweetville Part 2"2:53July 7, 2016 (2016-07-07)[24]
The Notto Prince reveals that he destroyed the bridge because he was afraid everyone would laugh at his ideas. Inspired by Notto and Chelsea, Barbie has an idea and they work together to build a giant cupcake trampoline so they can bounce across the river.
S7"Sparkle Mountain Part 1"2:19July 14, 2016 (2016-07-14)[25]
On a class scavenger hunt for magic jewels, Chelsea and Apprentice Queen Barbie engage in a race against the Notto Prince and the Elephant King who want the jewels for themselves.
S8"Sparkle Mountain Part 2"2:47July 21, 2016 (2016-07-21)[26]
In the final stretch, with one jewel to go, Barbie and Chelsea abandon their search for jewels to help a kitten in need. When they clean him up, they find that the kitten wears a collar adorned in jewels, and by helping someone in need instead of looking for jewels, Barbie passes her test. -->

Television film

An eponymous television film spanning 46 minutes in length was released on 26 June 2016 by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and broadcast on television in 5 countries and territories including Cartoon Network in Latin America, Super RTL in Germany, Pop in the UK and Ireland, MiniMini+ in Poland, Karusel in Russia and Media Prima in Malaysia.[11]

No.TitleRuntimeRelease date
M1"Barbie: Dreamtopia"46 minutesJune 26, 2016 (2016-06-26)

Barbie Dreamtopia: Festival of Fun

The web-based special, Festival of Fun, was released on 4 May 2017 on YouTube and its affiliate mobile app. It is a compilation of the first four episodes of Dreamtopia: The Series ahead of its official debut in November that year.

No.TitleRuntimeRelease dateRefs
M2"Barbie Dreamtopia: Festival of Fun"39:08May 4, 2017 (2017-05-04)[27]

The Series

During MIPCOM 2016, Mattel Creations announced the greenlighting of an eponymous web series and afterwards on YouTube via its Barbie user handle on 12 October 2016, citing the success of the television film special released on 26 June as the reason.[11][28][17] It is, like the franchise overall, created by Julia Pistor with assistance from Saul Blinkoff and majority-directed by Eran Lazar.[7] This web series, like the earlier web shorts, was first released on YouTube Kids and to YouTube itself afterwards from 5 November 2017 to 1 April 2018.[2][29]

The series debuted on American television via children's programming block KidsClick from Sinclair Broadcast Group on 24 September 2018 and on South African television via eToonz on 25 March 2019.

No.TitleDirected byWritten byRuntimeRelease date (YouTube general)Ref
1"Building a Licorice Barn: A story about Patience"Eran LazarKate Boutilier9:06May 26, 2017 (2017-05-26)[30]
2"The Supersonic Sparkling Lemonator: A story about Teamwork"Eran LazarDavid Rosenberg9:25May 25, 2017 (2017-05-25)[31]
3"The Gemonstrator: A story about Discovery"Eran LazarJoan Considine Johnson10:03May 28, 2017 (2017-05-28)[32]
4"Keep On Looking 'til You Find It: A story about Not giving up"Eran LazarUnknown9:00May 27, 2017 (2017-05-27)[33]
5"The Sweetest Journey: a story about Patience"Eran LazarJoan Considine Johnson10:21November 5, 2017 (2017-11-05)[34]
6"A Mopple Mishap: a story about Communication"Eran LazarDavid Rosenberg10:23November 12, 2017 (2017-11-12)[35]
7"A Staticky Situation: a story about Being Flexible"Eran LazarDonna Logan10:24November 19, 2017 (2017-11-19)[36]
8"The Lost Treasure of the Prism Princess: a story about Teamwork"Eran LazarKate Boutilier10:25November 26, 2017 (2017-11-26)[37]
9"Four Times the Chelsea: a story about Different Points Of View"Eran LazarDavid Rosenberg10:23December 3, 2017 (2017-12-03)[38]
10"The Wispy Forest Hairathalon: a story about Listening"Eran LazarJoan Considine Johnson10:22December 10, 2017 (2017-12-10)[39]
11"A Winning Color Combination: a story about Forgiveness"Eran LazarDavid Rosenberg10:21December 17, 2017 (2017-12-17)[40]
12"The Damaged Spellbook: a story about Respecting Other People's Things"Eran LazarKate Boutilier10:27December 24, 2017 (2017-12-24)[41]
13"Concert in the Clouds: a story about Confidence"Eran LazarAlicyn Packard and Dana Middleton10:26December 31, 2017 (2017-12-31)[42]
14"Forest Full of Friendship: a story about Friendship"––10:10January 7, 2018 (2018-01-07)[43]
After receiving a friendship bracelet from Zoie, Chelsea goes to Dreamtopia to share the idea with her friends there.
15"Bearable Barry: a story about Being Different"Eran LazarDavid Rosenberg10:21January 13, 2018 (2018-01-13)[44]
16"Glitter Ball Trouble: a story about Responsibility"Eran LazarKate Boutilier10:20January 21, 2018 (2018-01-21)[45]
17"Unicorn in the Cloud: a story about Imagination"Eran LazarAnn Austen10:28January 28, 2018 (2018-01-28)[46]
18"Sailing on a String: a story about Kindness"Eran LazarJoan Cosidine Johnson10:13February 4, 2018 (2018-02-04)[47]
19"Rainbow Cove Games: a story about Fair Play"Eran LazarDavid Rosenberg10:32February 11, 2018 (2018-02-11)[48]
20"The Magic Seeds: a story about Working Together"Eran LazarAlicyn Packard and David Middleton10:26February 18, 2018 (2018-02-18)[49]
21"A Sound in Sweetville: a story about Being Brave"Eran LazarJoan Cosidine Johnson10:15February 25, 2018 (2018-02-25)[50]
22"It's Not Easy Being Clean: a story about Responsibility"Eran LazarDavid Rosenberg10:10March 4, 2018 (2018-03-04)[51]
23"Magical Gifts of the Forest: a story about Thoughtfulness"Eran LazarAlicyn Packard and David Middleton10:23March 11, 2018 (2018-03-11)[52]
24"The Sweetville Parade: a story about Overcoming Obstacles"Eran LazarJoan Cosidine Johnson9:57March 18, 2018 (2018-03-18)[53]
25"Fancy Cheese Fiasco: a story about Honesty"Eran LazarAlicyn Packard and David Middleton10:36March 25, 2018 (2018-03-25)[54]
26"The Tumblin' Tangleweed: a story about Being Tidy"Eran LazarAlicyn Packard and David Middleton10:13April 1, 2018 (2018-04-01)[55]

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