Over the years the family has undergone some changes so just to recap quickly!
First and foremost we have Barbie. As we all know, Barbie debuted in 1959. Barbie was introduced as a "teen fashion model" but in subsequent years has run for President so we have to assume she is at least 35.
Skipper is Barbie's oldest younger sister. Skipper was released in 1963 - 1964 as an elementary school student, though over subsequent releases she aged into a teenager. (see also my post about the Growing Up Skipper.)
Next up was the Bendable! Poseable! Terrifying! Tutti. This sinister little sister debuted in 1965 but was discontinued in 1971.
Then comes Stacie. Stacie was comparable in age to Skipper was at debut, though she didn't debut until 1992.
Kelly, who later changed her name to Chelsea, was next along. She was introduced officially in 1995, though had one random appearance in 1991. She changed her name in 2010. Depending on release she was anything from a toddler to about six or seven years old.
Krissy was the short-lived baby of the family - she was only in production for four years, from 1999 to 2003.
But here's the thing about the Roberts family.
What is the story with Todd?
Todd was Tutti's twin brother on release.
However after Tutti was discontinued for the crime of looking like the most haunted Barbie I've ever seen, Todd hung around.
But now he was paired with Kelly?
This is the mysterious Kelly debut in 1991, before she was officially released as a younger doll a few years later.
As much as I enjoyed the barbie movie I was very disappointed by the lack of Kelly/Chelsea references. Unless I blinked and missed it or it happened while I was in the bathroom. I didn't expect either of them to be actual characters, but like Skipper was named and pictured, and even Stacie was one of the dolls featured in the credits.
Kelly was just a huge part of my childhood personally so it made me sad not to see her even mentioned :( but i think I'm in the minority so i get why they didn't try to fit it in
Hey, in your The Rogers Family AU, does Ken, Barbie’s boyfriend, get a Doo of his own? He has been dating Barbie for 43 years, according to Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse. He must have a Doo, or else they would have broken up by now. Also, why haven’t you mentioned Barbie’s sisters: Skipper, Stacie and Chelsea?
Yep, Ken does have a Doo. Hudson Doo.
Hudson and Ken met in one of the many Annual Rogers Meetings, the second one Ken went actually. Hudson is another case of "Non Great Dane Doo" like Taffy. He was adopted by Tiffany Doo when Skipper was 10 and Stacie was 1
Tiffany, as you may know, is bonded to Grandma Roberts, Joanne Roberts nee Rogers.
Most of the Doo's from the Roberts clan are all related, by blood or magical dog adoption, to Tiffany Doo, a Golden Retriever that was magically dog adopted by Penelope Doo, a Great Dane from the main Doo line once bonded to Matilda II Rogers, Shaggy's Great Grandmother and Joanne's Mother.
Later Joanne would marry Bernard Roberts (May he rest in peace) and had a son named George, who would later marry Margaret and have 4 daughters: Barbie, Skipper, Stacie and Chelsea.
As per Barbie & Her Sisters in The Great Puppy Adventure the Doos each girl has is:
Barbie: Taffy Doo
Skipper: DJ Doo
Stacie: Rookie Doo
Chelsea: Honey Doo
I haven't mentioned the girls before because I'm still ironing out the Rogers Family!AU and was giving a bigger focus to the main line of the Rogers Clan. Since Barbie and her sisters are Shaggy's second cousins, my mind focused on Barbie as the one Shaggy would talk the most since they are closer in age.
I made this for Pinterest, but I figured I’d share it here, too.
These are from my favorite Barbie movies and shows. I swear I learn so much from Barbie. The movies and shows are pure, and I’ve applied things to my life that I’ve learned from them.
Barbie has been recently defined by her careers, and of course, it is well-known that Barbie as a brand was conceptualized as an aspirational older character rather than a child or a baby. But Barbie's little sisters are now a prominent part of the line - especially, recently, Chelsea.
Chelsea is the littlest* sister of Barbie, previously known as Kelly or, in some markets, Shelly, before she changed her name. Since her release she has ranged in age from a toddler needing help with toileting and bedtime, to a child probably between 5 and 10 years old.
As a corollary to the very successful "You Can Be Anything" Barbie careers branding, Chelsea has her own range of Chelsea Can Be... dolls, depicting her trying out prospective careers.
Note these are distinctly career dolls, not simply viable hobbies for a child of Chelsea's approximate age, unlike, say, Lemonade Stand Chelsea.
For example, as part of the Chelsea Can Be... line, Chelsea was a construction worker, a career that even Barbie has only dabbled in very occasionally.
Or, for example, a pilot.
I assume these are meant to represent children imagining a world in which they have more power, or as opportunities to play-act a career. However I am forced to consider the alternative which is that there are no child labour laws in Barbieland.
Chelsea needs a fucking union.
*There was an even younger sister, Krissy, but she was only in production for four years.
all i’m saying is that greta gerwig’s barbie sequel should feature beanie feldstein, saoirse ronan, and florence pugh as aged-up versions of barbie’s sisters skipper, stacie, and chelsea that’s all