Since her film debut appearance in 1987 in Barbie and the Rockers: Out of this World, Barbie has been a computer-animated virtual actress starring in several feature films and short films. After a fourteen-year absence, Mattel commissioned films to feature Barbie as a heroine of several princess or fairy-themed stories to accompany a franchise of related dolls and accessories.
Many of the Barbie movies are stand alone tales, within the 25, there are several series within the overall collection. The most notable of these is the Fairytopia series (5 movies, including the Mariposa sub-series), a pair of modern day fairy series, a mermaid movie and sequel, as well as two different musical takes on Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper.
