"This is our story, what's yours?"
– Barbie |
Barbie: Spy Squad is the 32nd Barbie movie. It was released direct to video on February 8, 2016, and it made its TV premiere on Nickelodeon on March 20, 2016. This is the first Barbie film featuring Erica Lindbeck as the new voice of Barbie, as well as the last film under the name of "Mattel Playground Productions".
Description[]
"Barbie and her best friends Teresa and Renée transform from hard-working gymnasts to undercover secret agents in this exciting, action-packed adventure! When their amazing gymnastics skills catch the eye of a top-secret spy agency, the girls are soon following clues to a gem-stealing cat burglar who has escaped everyone on the case. With their high-tech gadgets, glam disguises and cute robo-pets, can they prove that smarts and teamwork can get the mission accomplished? It’s girl power to the rescue."
Plot[]
One night a cat burglar steals a gem and manages to escape into the night. The story then cuts to Gymnastics meet where Barbie and her teammates Renée and Teresa are getting ready to compete for the championships. Also at the meet are Chelsea, Mila and Renée's sweater knitting and cat loving Aunt Zoe who has never missed a meet. After seeing Patricia do well at her routine, Barbie wishes to do well like her. While doing their routine Barbie loses focus and doesn't make the pyramid. Despite the failed pyramid, the girls make to the championships but Barbie is still upset they didn't get the routine. To help cheer them up, Aunt Zoe invites the girls on a picnic, when the girls arrive at the address, they don't understand why they are at the Hollywood sign.
Seconds later a door opens up and the girls go in. They soon discover that it is a secret headquarters for a spy organization called International Intelligence and Innovation Agency or I3, and the head of the organization is none other than Aunt Zoe (who also has a British accent). The girls are surprised to learn this especially Renée who cannot believe that her aunt has a duel identity. Zoe also has a robotic pet, a cat named Violet (which means she's still a cat person). Zoe tells the girls after observing their gymnastic skills as well as their teamwork and friendship over the years, she wants the girls to join the organization. She tells them about the gem robberies that have been occurring and tells them that if all the rare gems are assembled, it will power a device strong enough to shut down their server and with their skills the girls can figure out who is behind all of this. While Barbie and Renée are in Teresa does need some prompting as she reminds them they are still teenagers with curfews. First the girls are given spy outfits next they train with Agent Dunbar and finally they go to Lazlo (who has a crush on Teresa but tries to pretend he's talking to all three of the girls) he gives them some spy gear (which is disguised as make up and fashion products) and their own pet-bot, a dog named Percy.
As means of transportation, the girls get motorcycles including a side seat for Percy. Due to being sworn to secrecy, the girls can't tell anyone about being a spy not even their own sisters. Soon the girls set off to protect the last three gems, they get word where one is being kept, unfortunately the girls were unprepared for the bugler's sneak attacks and she manages to escape with the gem. The next day the girls apologize for letting the thief get away, while Agent Dunbar chides the girls, Zoe assures them that there is always next time. After picking out disguises for their next mission, Babrie goes to practice with her GLISS, when she cannot seem to land the flips, Aunt Zoe gives her a quick trick, visualize your move and then do it, "See it then be it," it works. That night, the girls go off to save the next gem and use their disguises. They come as chefs but are mistaken as employees and end up making a mess in the kitchen, after getting into their dresses the girls keep their eyes and ears peeled. They end up falling for a diversion by the Cat Burglar and even with their skills improved, the thief gets away again.
The next morning, Zoe tells the girls with a heavy heart that there is only one gem left and because of them failing the mission two times in a row, they are dismissed from the agency, before they leave Lazlo lets the girls keep the gear for one more day and return it tomorrow. While practicing for their gymnastics routine Chelsea asks Barbie why she has been so distant lately, Barbie apologizes for that and tells her sister if she could tell her everything that's going on she would. To help Chelsea, Barbie teaches Chelsea the trick she learned about visualizing a move. While watching Patricia practice they notice a move similar to what the cat burglar did last night and when they hear a comment Patricia makes to them, the girls realize the cat burglar was right in front of them. They decide to stop Patricia even if they were dismissed by the agency, after their sisters leave Chelsea and Mila decide that their sisters should tell them when they are ready.
After getting no answer from Dunbar, Aunt Zoe or Lazlo, the girls follow Patricia on their bikes and a chase ensues, even though they lose Patricia, Barbie managed to place a tracker on her before she escaped. The girls see that Patricia is going to headquarters, the girls follow her to find out what's happening. They manage to sneak in before the door closes but their security passes were wiped from the system, thankfully Percy is there and he helps the girls in. When inside they discover Patricia is in an off limits section so they sneak in through the air ducts. It is there that they discover Patricia has been working for none other that Agent Dunbar, unfortunately Lazlo calls them while in the air duct and despite their efforts to stay quiet the girls are caught and ask him for help. When the girls are caught they ask why he is doing this, as it turns out Patricia was hired to get the gems to activate the weapon to shut down the agencies controls worst of all Dunbar will see to it that Aunt Zoe gets the blame and he'll be the new head of the agency like he should have been. Despite warnings about the damage he'll cause, he doesn't care as once he conquers the agency the world will be next. After hearing this Patricia wants out as she never wanted to be a part of a world domination, she only did this to earn some money. Dunbar tells Patricia she has to pick a side but Patricia says she's on her own side and manages to escape. Dunbar activates the security breech warning and makes his way to the control, Renée and Teresa along with Lazlo reprogram the bots to help them Barbie goes after Dunbar and even Patricia helps out. Even though the weapon is activated, Barbie manages to remove one of the gems and after Dunbar tries to escape the bots grab him and he is under arrest.
Soon the girls are at the championships, Patricia wishes them well and using visualization Barbie, Teresa and Renée land the pyramid perfectly. The girls continue their work at the agency as spies and head off to their next assignment.
Cast[]
- Erica Lindbeck as Barbie
- Stephanie Sheh as Renée
- Jenny Pellicer as Teresa
- Alyssya Swales as Chelsea
- Elizabeth Irving as Mila
- Brian Dobson as Agent Dunbar, Announcer and Head Chef
- Rebecca Husain as Patricia
- Cathy Weseluck as Zoe
- Ian Hanlin as Lazlo
- Jonathan Holmes as Percy
- Kathleen Barr as Violet and Alarm
Release Dates[]
Country | Type of Release | Date |
---|---|---|
Poland | Cinematic | January 15, 2016 |
Greece | Home Release | January 28, 2016 |
United Kingdom | Cinematic | January 23, 2016 |
United Kingdom | Home Release | February 15, 2016 |
U.S. and Canada | Home Video | March 1, 2016 |
Asian Countries (excluding Vietnam) | Cinematic | March 1, 2016 |
Vietnam | Netflix Vietnam |
DVD and Blu-ray Additional Features[]
- Outtakes
- "Strength in Numbers" music video
Trivia[]
- This is the last Barbie film released under Mattel Playground Productions before the division was placed within Mattel Creations and later, folded into it.
- The teaser trailer featured on the Barbie in Rock 'N Royals, Barbie & Her Sisters in The Great Puppy Adventure, and Monster High: Boo York, Boo York home video releases.
- The UK premiere took place at the Odeon Covent Garden on January 23, 2016. The film had limited releases at Odeon cinemas in the UK on January 23 and 24, both at 10:00 (UTC).
- Kelly Sheridan was credited on the BBFC website. However, Sheridan stated on Twitter in September 2015 that she was not in the film. She did not know if she was no longer voicing Barbie at all, of if it was just Spy Squad that she was not cast in.
- The DVD has English, Spanish, Arabic, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish options for subtitles.
- Elizabeth Irving, who voiced Mila, posted on Instagram twice about Barbie: Spy Squad.
- In the full trailer, several outfits from previous Barbie films are shown: Princess Alexa's colorful ballgown; Lumina's outfit; Princess Kara's Super Sparkle costume and ballgown; Corinne's ballgown and Dark Sparkle costume; Makayla's party outfit; Erika Juno's rockstar outfit; one of Mariposa's outfits; and Princess Courtney's short pink dress. The Nutcracker also appears.
- In the teaser trailer, the film had a more different logo compared to the final one used.
- Agent Dunbar says the first rule of being a secret agent is to tell no one. Then he says the second rule is the same as the first rule. This is a reference to the movie Fight Club.
- There are two Nutcracker cameos.
Goofs[]
- When the girls are in their spy gear they have color streaks in their hair, the rest of the time, they have no streaks.
Other language titles[]
- Arabic - باربي بنات المخابراتنتورك (Barbie: Smart Girls)
- Croatian - Barbie: Špijunski odred or Barbie: Tajna agentica
- Hungarian - Barbie Titkos ügynökök (Barbie: Secret Agents)
- German - Barbie in Das Agenten-Team (Barbie in the Agent Team)
- French - Barbie Agents Secrets (Barbie: Secret Agents)
- Italian - Barbie Squadra Speciale (Barbie: Special Squad)
- Albanian - Barbie Agjentet Sekrete (Barbie: The Secret Agents)
- Polish - Barbie Tajne agentki (Barbie: Secret Agents)
- Dutch - Barbie en het Geheime Team (Barbie and the Secret Team)
- Portuguese - Barbie e as Agentes Secretas (Barbie and the Secret Agents)
- Mexico - Barbie Escuadrón Secreto (Barbie: Secret Squadron)
- Spanish - Barbie Equipo de Espías (Barbie: Team of Spies)
- Turkish - Barbie ve Ajanlar Gizli Görevde (Barbie and the Secret Service Agents)
- Swedish - Barbie Superagenterna (Barbie: Super Agents)
- Finnish - Barbie Agenttikolmikko (Barbie: Agent Threesome)
- Greek - Barbie και οι Μυστικοί Πράκτορες (Barbie and the Secret Agents)
- Czech - Barbie Tajná agentka (Barbie: The Secret Agent)
- Russian - Barbie и команда шпионов (Barbie and The Team of Spies)
- Romanian - Barbie si echipa de spioni (Barbie and the team of spies)
- Hindi - Barbie: Spy Squad
- Hebrew - ברבי: יחידת הריגול (Barbie: The Spy Unit)
- Chinese- 芭比之间谍特工队