Barbie (media franchise)

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Barbie is an American multimedia franchise created by Mattel based on the eponymous fashion doll created by its co-founder, Ruth Handler. It began with the release of an eponymous video game in 1984 and has since been featured in more video games, a film series and in other media formats across technologies like television and the Internet. It is one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time and has been referred to among fans as the "Barbie Cinematic Universe". The film series were released direct-to-video from 2001 and aired regularly on Nickelodeon as television specials in the United States from 2002, with both running until early 2017. Since mid-2017, beginning with Barbie Dolphin Magic, Mattel revamped them into streaming television films, branded or marketed them as animated "specials" with a reduced 1-hour video length as opposed to the feature films beforehand and moved them to streaming media services, Netflix, but also including Amazon Prime Video, Google Play and...

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