Here are 15 hidden moments you might have missed in Barbie. Watch along as Variety breaks down some of the discontinued Barbies cameos, cartoon Barbie movie references and all of the hidden B's!
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00:00 "I thought I might stay over tonight."
00:02 "Why?"
00:03 "Because we're girlfriend-boyfriend."
00:04 "To do what?"
00:07 "I'm actually not sure."
00:10 Here are all the things you missed when watching The Barbie Movie.
00:15 The highly anticipated 2023 Barbie film, directed by Greta Gerwig and starring Margot Robbie,
00:21 is out now, and the film features tons of hidden Easter eggs.
00:26 "Blood!
00:27 Feet!
00:28 Eyes! and a nose!"
00:30 Throughout the film, there are countless hidden bees.
00:32 "There must be thousands of bees everywhere because they also have designs in the carpet
00:38 and so that thousands, thousands."
00:42 BarbieLand features an airport with a sign B-A-X.
00:45 This is likely an ode to the iconic LAX in California.
00:48 "Hi Barbie!
00:49 Hi Barbie!
00:50 Hi Barbie!"
00:51 In this scene, when Barbie is talking to her fellow Barbies, the statue carved into the
00:55 rock behind her is a pegasus.
00:58 This is a reference to the classic film, Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus, released in 2005.
01:03 "There's a moment where Ruth Handler, who created Barbie, and the Barbie I play meet,
01:09 and when she hands her a cup of tea, our hands touch like the Michelangelo.
01:13 I just snuck that in there."
01:15 "If this got out that our dolls were coming to Los Angeles from BarbieLand, this would
01:21 be catastrophic!"
01:24 Weird Barbie's pet pal is Barbie's dog Tanner.
01:27 Tanner's best friend Taffy was featured in the show Barbie Life in the Dreamhouse.
01:32 They are both golden retrievers.
01:35 Barbie has owned over 40 pets, including a parrot, panda, chimpanzee, a giraffe, and
01:41 a zebra.
01:42 "Hi Barbie!
01:43 Oh, hi Alan!
01:44 There are no multiples of Alan.
01:46 He's just Alan.
01:47 Yeah, I'm confused about that."
01:50 Alan is based on the doll released in 1964 who was created to be Ken's buddy.
01:55 The main selling point for the doll was that he could share Ken's clothes and be in Barbie
02:00 and Ken's wedding.
02:02 Unfortunately, Alan was discontinued.
02:05 In this scene, Barbie is reading a magazine.
02:07 If you look closely, you can see this is a nod to the Barbie magazine which ran from
02:11 1988 to May 2006.
02:15 The magazine featured crafts, puzzles, facts, and stickers.
02:22 In this scene, on one of the buildings behind Ken is a poster of Barbie looking like a fairy.
02:28 This is a reference to Barbie from the film A Fairy's Secret, released in 2011.
02:33 She is even wearing the exact same outfit.
02:38 When Barbie is driving down the street, we see some shops like Perfect Hair, and on the
02:42 other side of the street we see a candy store that is cleverly named "Candy" with an
02:47 "ie".
02:48 This is a nod to the Toy Barbies Pets, released in the mid-90s.
02:52 Candy is a part of the Best Friends of Goldie dog collection.
02:59 Mark Ronson, who produced tracks with Lady Gaga, Duran Duran, and Bruno Mars, worked
03:04 on the Barbie film to create some iconic tracks.
03:08 In the film, Ryan Gosling performs an 80s ballad, "I'm Just Ken."
03:13 It took about a year for Mark Ronson to finesse the track.
03:16 The song even features Slash from Guns N' Roses.
03:33 At the Barbie dance party, you see a character who is pregnant.
03:37 This is Midge.
03:38 Midge was introduced in 1963 to be Barbie's best friend.
03:42 Midge was then discontinued in 1967 and replaced by PJ, who used the same face mold.
03:49 Midge was later relaunched in 2002, the Happy Family set, where she was married to Alan,
03:55 and they even had a baby.
03:57 This Happy Family set became quite controversial as many parents felt Midge was too young to
04:01 have kids.
04:05 In the film, when Barbie is driving past a movie theater, you can see some posters of
04:09 The Wizard of Oz being advertised.
04:12 What you might not notice is that inside the theater is a yellow brick road leading to
04:16 Oz.
04:25 In this scene, when all of the Barbies are saying hi, one of the stores in the back is
04:29 named Tutti Frutti.
04:31 This is a reference to Barbie and Skipper's younger sister, Tutti, who was released in
04:36 1965.
04:37 Tutti had a twin named Todd.
04:39 They were both discontinued in 1971.
04:42 In this scene, there's one character dressed differently than the rest.
04:46 The Barbie with a blue hat is a nod to the 1991 Teen Talk Barbie.
04:58 One of her catchphrases, though, was "Map class is tough," which drew heavy criticism
05:03 for portraying a non-feminist Barbie.
05:06 Thankfully, she was discontinued.
05:17 Barbie drives a custom 1956 pink Corvette in the film.
05:20 Although they used some blue screen for some of the driving scenes, the car is real, actually
05:26 drives, and is even electric.
05:27 Oh, and the flamingo mailbox outside of Barbie's house doubles as a charging station.
05:33 We love an eco-friendly Barbie car.
05:40 Here are all the Easter eggs that we caught in the Barbie film.
05:43 Did we miss any?
05:44 Let us know in the comments below.