Princess Odette (Barbie)

Princess Odette, also simply known as Odette, is the main protagonist in the 2003 direct-to-DVD animated fantasy film, Barbie of Swan Lake and its PC game adaptation, Barbie of Swan Lake: The Enchanted Garden.
She is played by Barbie Roberts and voiced by Kelly Sheridan in Barbie of Swan Lake, and Anndi McAfee in the Barbie of Swan Lake: The Enchanted Garden PC game. In the Japanese dub from the movie, she is voiced by Ryōka Yuzuki, who also voiced Clara Drosselmayer, Rapunzel, Princess Anneliese, and Queen Erika.
==Bio==
Odette is a baker's daughter who falls victim to a curse that turns her into a swan and learns she's destined to save the Enchanted Forest. She gets turned into a sapient swan by Rothbart. The Fairy Queen is able to alter the curse so that she can become human at night, but unless Odette finds a way to break the curse permanently, she becomes a swan again the moment the sun rises.
==Story==
The story, as told by Barbie to her little sister Kelly while at camp and showing her the constellation Cygnus in the night sky, begins when the young daughter of a baker named Odette, follows a unicorn into the Enchanted Forest, and is transformed into a swan by an evil wizard intent on defeating the Fairy Queen. Her passion in life is dancing, but since she’s too busy living in her small village and running the bakery, not to mention her elder sister Marie being an expert horse rider, there’s little time for dancing, even though she’s very talented.
One day, a unicorn runs through the village, trying to escape people trying to hunt her. Odette notices this event and decides to help the mystical creature, whose name is Lila. Odette manages to free Lila and ends up following her to an enchanted forest. When Lila gets caught in a trap, Odette tries to find something to free her. As she does, she's unaware that she's being watched by the Fairy Queen and several of her helpers.
She finds a crystal embedded in a nearby tree and easily cuts Lila free. Other creatures that live in the forest watch with astonishment at what Odette did. That is when the Fairy Queen appears before Odette and reveals that the crystal she pulled out to help Lila is the fabled Magic Crystal that is designed to help stop the Fairy Queen's ruthless cousin Rothbart from taking over the Enchanted Forest, and Odette, being the one who freed it, is the fabled Chosen One that will help stop him. However, not willing to take on such a big responsibility due to just being a lowly baker's daughter, Odette refuses. Understanding her decision, the Fairy Queen has Lila escort Odette back to the entrance so she can go home and forget anything in the Enchanted Forest ever happened.
Unfortunately for Odette, before she can leave and return to her father's bakery, she is confronted by Rothbart himself and his daughter Odile. Despite how she refused the call to take up arms against him, Rothbart refuses to take the risk of Odette being a threat to him later, even if she does return home, due to knowing too much already, and using his dark magic, turns Odette into a swan. Luckily, the Magic Crystal protects her from far worse when Rothbart straight up tries to kill her next, and he's forced to retreat for the moment. The Fairy Queen is able to partially reverse the spell and restore Odette to human form, but only during the night, like with her other subjects, as her power is waning as Rothbart conquers more and more of the Enchanted Forest and his power waxes in turn. However, the Fairy Queen does suggest Odette visit Erasmus the Troll, the Enchanted Forest's librarian, for a solution to her situation. In the meantime, Rothbart decides to have Prince Daniel, son of the queen of the kingdom Odette's family lives in, hunt and kill Odette since he is unable to with the Magic Crystal protecting her.
After Erasmus is initially unable to help Odette, Daniel enters the Enchanted Forest and soon sees Odette in her swan form, but can't bring himself to kill her because of her beauty. When she returns to her human form at sundown, Daniel falls in love with her and they spend an evening date together, with Odette's original dress she was wearing when Rothbart cursed her being replaced by a beautiful pink evening dress for her date with Daniel. As sunrise comes, Daniel departs to return home, but agrees to pass on the message from Odette to her father and sister Marie that she's fine and they don't need to worry about her. Daniel also invites Odette to an upcoming ball at his castle, and she accepts.
Shortly thereafter, Erasmus arrives with the book revealing how Odette can break the spell on herself, and the rest of the Fairy Queen's subjects, and stop Rothbart. According to the book, if Daniel professes his love to Odette, the Magic Crystal's power will be fully released and undo all of Rothbart's evil. However, there's a catch: If Daniel professes his love to another, Odette will become gravely weakened, and the Magic Crystal will lose its power, leaving Rothbart unstoppable. To help Odette prepare for her waltz with Daniel, the Fairy Queen transforms her dress from her date with Daniel into a beautiful swan-themed ballgown, before transforming it and her own dress into ballerina versions of themselves so the Fairy Queen can tutor Odette personally. Although the lessons go well and Odette is soon dancing as well as the Fairy Queen, the moment goes sour when Rothbart swoops in and kidnaps Erasmus, along with the vital book that has the details in it to stop him. The Fairy Queen's attempts to stop Rothbart are unsuccessful as Erasmus' kidnapping causes the Fairy Queen to lose more of her power, leaving her further weakened and vulnerable.
Although Odette then travels to Rothbart's lair to rescue Erasmus, Rothbart learns of the means to undo his spells and how to render Odette vulnerable so he can lay claim to the Magic Crystal himself. Disguising Odile as Odette and himself as Odette's father, the town baker, Rothbart takes Odile to the ball where Daniel is waiting. As the two dance, Daniel is unaware he is being deceived, as Rothbart swore Odile to an oath of silence to avoid breaking the ruse. By the time Odette gets there in her swan form, it is too late. Daniel professes his love to "Odette", and the real Odette collapses, gravely weakened, while the Magic Crystal loses its power.
His plans having succeeded, Rothbart reveals himself and Odile to all gathered at the party, before taking his leave, to an enraged Daniel's fury at having been duped. Finding Odette outside on the balcony, Rothbart places the now powerless Magic Crystal on the knot of his tie so he can use it to augment his own dark powers. When Daniel comes out to confront him, in the fight that follows, Rothbart accidentally hits Odile and turns her into a pig, much to both of their horror. However, when the Fairy Queen arrives to recover Odette and flee back into the Enchanted Forest, an enraged Rothbart goes after her to end this, leaving Odile behind.
Back in the Enchanted Forest, after Rothbart crashes the Fairy Queen's carriage, she futilely tries to protect Odette by fighting her cousin herself, but in her weakened state, he is faster on the draw and turns her into a mouse. Daniel arrives to try and help, but it is clear Rothbart is too powerful for any of them to stop. Odette soon recovers and comes to, but as she and Daniel rush to each other's side, Rothbart decides to end it and prepares a potentially lethal spell. Despite knowing that she's no longer protected by the Magic Crystal, Odette tries to protect Daniel, and he does the same for her, and both take the full brunt of Rothbart's attack, apparently killing them as they fall to the ground, with Odette on top of Daniel, and both holding hands to signify their love and willingness to die together.
Rothbart believes he's won and the Enchanted Forest and beyond will be all his, but as he declares his ultimate victory and has the Magic Crystal glow blood red with his dark powers, the glow suddenly changes to a vibrant and furious bright pink, paralyzing him. It is only then he realizes, to his own horror, that when he struck down Daniel and Odette, their attempts to protect each other constituted an act of true love, and the Magic Crystal's power was restored in full as a result, the very thing he wanted to prevent. Rothbart can only scream in horror and anguish as the Magic Crystal's power envelops and overwhelms him. Elsewhere in the forest, his hideout crumbles and collapses into the swamp as the area is restored to vibrant life as his dark powers are removed. Back with the Fairy Queen, she is soon restored to human form with her own powers fully restored now that Rothbart has been eliminated. Her followers are freed of their own curses, and soon enough, Daniel and Odette begin to awaken, completely healthy and unharmed. With Rothbart defeated and the forest freed of his influence, Daniel professes his love to Odette, and she embraces him in a heartwarming hug to show she reciprocates it now that their nightmare is finally over.
Some time later, Daniel's mother, the Queen, and several of her subjects have come to the Enchanted Forest to celebrate the wedding of Odette and Daniel, with Daniel dancing with his mom, while Odette dances with her father. With her hair now all stacked up on her head, and with a pair of wings accenting the back of her gown, Odette is told by her father of how proud he is of her for her heroics that he had no idea about until now. When Daniel then steps up asking if he can dance with his bride-to-be, Odette's father allows it, but on one condition: How many layers on the wedding cake, since he'll be the one whipping it up. Odette can only laugh as she tells her father to put on as many as he wants, before joining Daniel in a dance together, showing that Odette and Daniel live happily ever after.
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