Barbie Games and Toy Story 3

I love Toy Story 3, and the character I loved the most is Barbie. Sure, there’s Woody and Buzz and the fun of all that, but Barbie is a surprise character that has just as much heart as the rest of them along with a sharpness we just don’t see on that blonde bombshell in most of the Barbie games. Barbie is often written off as being a bit less than a superstar brainiac. In fact, there was a scandal once upon a time when the Barbie games had Barbie saying “Math is hard!” when you pushed a certain button on her back. The Barbie games we traditionally played had Barbie much more concerned about fashion and her hairstyle than anything else, but this wasn’t the case in Toy Story 3.

In the show, Barbie is unexpectedly cast off and donated to a daycare center. She meets Ken and love ensues almost off the bat. It flourishes until Barbie discovers that Ken has a double life – loving her in one and torturing her friends in another. Fortunately Ken is easy to work with being a bit less than brilliant himself and clever Barbie winds up saving the day and getting her man – not an easy job to do for someone with long blonde hair and plastic legs.