''Barbie Dreamtopia'', ''Barbie: Dreamtopia'' or simply ''Dreamtopia'', (stylized as Barbie DREAMTOPIA) is a web-based

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created by Julia Pistor for

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which was active from 14 January 2016 to 21 October 2021. Dreamtopia was originally produced by Israeli

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Snowball Studios with support from The Jerusalem Film & Television Fund. from 14 January 2016 to 1 April 2018.

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-based Relish Studios produced an 8-part mini-serial spin-off of the franchise titled ''Barbie Return to Dreamtopia'' as an part of a broader animated web franchise known as ''Barbie's Dreamworld'' which was released by

on YouTube Kids and YouTube, the latter via its Barbie user handle, between 21 July and 21 October 2021.

Premise

The series follows Chelsea Roberts as she finds herself touring her own make-believe land known as Dreamtopia with her big sister,

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. There, they discover a whole new munch-able world; swim through rainbow rivers with small mermaids and fly through cotton candy clouds with fairies.

Broadcast

''Dreamtopia'' began with the release of a teaser promo video on 14 January 2016. The shorts then followed from 5 May to 21 July 2016 and was initially released as a

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-exclusive production, but was later made available on

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. An animated television special spanning 46 minutes in length was distributed by

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and broadcast on television in 5 countries and regions on 26 June 2016. The success of the TV special resulted in the

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ing of an eponymous web series, with four episodes released early on YouTube and YouTube Kids on 4 May 2017. The web series episodes began releasing weekly on YouTube and YouTube Kids from 5 November 2017 to 1 April 2018. ''Barbie Dreamtopia: The Series'' premiered on

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and

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on 2 March 2018. The series also premiered on

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and

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in the

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on 7 September and 24 September 2018, respectively.

Main characters

* Chelsea (voiced by Meira Bilnkoff): Barbie's little sister and the focus of the franchise. *

(voiced by

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): Chelsea's older sister. * Honey (voiced by

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): Chelsea's puppy. * Otto / Notto Prince (voiced by Addie Chandler) is Chelsea's neighbor. In Dreamtopia, his character is Notto Prince.

Shorts

The ''Barbie: Dreamtopia'' franchise overall was centered on a series of animated shorts released exclusively on YouTube between 5 May and 21 July 2016.

Television film

An eponymous

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spanning 46 minutes in length was released on 26 June 2016 by

and broadcast on television in 5 countries and territories including

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in Germany,

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and

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in Poland,

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in Russia and

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in Malaysia.

''Barbie Dreamtopia: Festival of Fun''

The web-based special, ''Festival of Fun'', was released on 4 May 2017 on YouTube and its affiliate

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. It is a compilation of the first four episodes of ''Dreamtopia: The Series'' ahead of its official debut in November that year.

The series

During MIPCOM 2016, Mattel Creations announced the

ing of an eponymous web series and afterwards on

via its Barbie user handle on 12 October 2016, citing the success of the television film special released on 26 June as the reason. It is, like the franchise overall, created by Julia Pistor with assistance from Saul Blinkoff and majority-directed by Eran Lazar. This web series, like the earlier web shorts, was first released on

and to YouTube itself afterwards from 5 November 2017 to 1 April 2018. The series debuted on American television via children's

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from

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on 24 September 2018 and on South African television via

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on 25 March 2019.

Books

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Video games

Note: These were individually listed on the Barbie.com website during its run and were all discontinued in 2022. * ''Magical Hair'' * ''Coloring Creations Game'' * ''Sparkle Mountain Ride'' * ''Rainbow Cove Cloud Creations'' * ''Wispy Forest Spot The Difference'' * ''Sweetville Sugar Match'' * ''Dreamtopia Adventure Games''