Barbie (film)/Trivia

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 * Banned in Vietnam: Due to a map in the movie that allegedly includes China's controversial nine-dash line, which was repudiated in an international arbitration ruling by a court in The Hague in 2016, a ruling which China does not recognize. The map in question was taken out of context however, as it does not resemble the real world at all but rather a child's crude representation of it, with the dashed lines denoting Barbieland; Philippine authorities sought to have the film banned but the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board ruled to have the film cleared for exhibition once they realised that it wasn't representing any disputed territory at all.
 * Shout-Out:
 * A Mortal Kombat cabinet is seen besides one of the houses. Warner Bros. currently owns the rights to the franchise.
 * Allan claims that the members of *NSYNC were Allan dolls who escaped Barbieland and became human.
 * The scene where Barbie stumbles upon Ruth Handler's kitchen is reminiscent of when Neo meets the Oracle in The Matrix Reloaded.
 * Similarly, the scene where Weird Barbie gives Stereotypical Barbie a choice between staying in Barbieland or venturing to the real world to seek the truth is based on the Red Pill, Blue Pill scene from The Matrix, except she isn't actually given a choice at all.