''Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures'', ''Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures'' or just ''Dreamhouse Adventures'', is a CGI-animated

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released between May 3, 2018 and April 12, 2020 on

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in the United States, while in Canada, it premiered on YTV on June 22, 2018. Originally created to complement the '' Barbie: Dreamtopia'' web-based franchise, the series is rather centered on the activities and adventures of Barbie, her sisters, other family members and friends, and it follows up from the 2017 film, '' Barbie: Dolphin Magic''. The series' 4th and 5th seasons were referred to on-screen as ''Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures: Go Team Roberts!'' With the series release wrapped up on Netflix, it got adapted into 4 streaming television films which featured a portion of the core family and friends going along with Barbie on certain adventures.

Background

According to Mattel's then-

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, (CCO), Catherine Balsam Schwaber, and Senior Vice President of content development & production, Christopher Keenan, the series was in response to kids wanting to know more about the iconic character, her sisters and her entire family and friends.

Broadcast

The TV show premiered on May 3, 2018 as a

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on June 22, Pop in the UK and

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on October 22, all in 2018,

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and

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, the latter two with local-

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replacements. The second season of 8 episodes premiered on the streaming service on September 13, 2018, and the third season on February 14, 2019. As ''Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures: Go Team Roberts!'', the fourth season premiered on November 1, 2019 and the fifth and final season premiered on January 19, 2020 and concluded on April 12, 2020.

Cast

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as Barbie Roberts **Elli Moore as the singing voice of Barbie *Kirsten Day as Skipper Roberts, Barbie's oldest sister. She is a smart teenager who loves technology and

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. *

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as Stacie Roberts, Barbie's second youngest sister. She is funny, creative and a talented athlete. *Cassidy Naber as Chelsea Roberts, Barbie's youngest sister. She is the more imaginative of the Roberts girls. * Ritesh Rajan as

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, Barbie's best friend and the Roberts' longtime neighbor. He wants to become a marine biologist. *Desirae Whitfield as Nikki Watkins, Barbie's

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best friend, who is into fashion. *Cristina Milizia as

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, Barbie's Latina best friend, who is an aspiring singer and songwriter. She is also a straight-A student and gymnast. *

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as Renee Chow, Barbie's

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best friend and a main character in the franchise since ''Barbie: Spy Squad''. Her relatives live in China. *Emma Galvin as Daisy Costopolis, Barbie's curvy best friend who likes Scratch Djing and has pink hair. Daisy inspired Skipper to be a Scratch DJ. *

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as Margaret Roberts, Barbie, Skipper, Stacie, and Chelsea's mom, and Poppy Reardon, an antagonistic neighbor. *

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as George Roberts, Barbie, Skipper, Stacie, and Chelsea's dad. *

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as Whittaker Reardon, Poppy's husband. *Eamon Brennan as Trevelian Finknoddle "Trey" Reardon, Poppy and Whittaker's only son. He is selfish and calls himself the king of Malibu.

Others

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as Dreamhouse Door *Kirsten Day as Ben, Teresa's phone, and Tammy Bounceaway, an Asian-American rival of Barbie. *

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as Greg *Rhomeyn Johnson as Johnny Bee *Cassidy Naber as Young Barbie and Honey, Chelsea's female puppy *Megan Jameson as Rookie, Stacie's sporty male puppy *AJ Hudson as DJ, Skipper's music-influenced puppy *Kaitlyn McCormick as Taffy, Barbie's youngest puppy *Charlie Diecker as Jonny *Cristina Milizia as Baby Bonnie and Mew Mew *Johnny Yong Bosch as Mr. Guerrero *

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as Ned and Ted Johnson, Trey's twin best friends also known as "The Dudes" *

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as Henric Henricson, Rufus, and Narrator *

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as Principal Miller *

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as Jonathan and Harry Havarti

Episodes

Season 1 (2018)

Season 2 (2018)

Season 3 (2019)

Season 4 (2019)

From this season until its end, the series was titled ''Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures: Go Team Roberts'' on-screen.

Season 5 (2020)

Films

With the series wrapped up on 12 April 2020,

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expanded the TV series into

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s, which like the series premiered on

as "

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s" and were then picked up for television broadcast in certain countries. The first film from 2017, '' Barbie: Dolphin Magic'', not only served as the pilot for the series, but returned Barbie to the streaming service since the 2012–15

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, '' Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse''. The second film revived the well-known Barbie film franchise which was put on a hiatus after the release of the first film and permanently made the streaming service the destination for upcoming and newer Barbie content in the United States.

Notes

References

External links

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