Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures

***Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures*** (also called ***Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures*** or ***Dreamhouse Adventures***) is an adventure comedy children's streaming television series produced by Mattel Television (previously known as *Mattel Creations*) and Mainframe Studios. In the United States, it was first released on May 3, 2018 on Netflix, while in Canada, it premiered on YTV on June 22. Originally created to complement the Barbie: Dreamtopia franchise, the series is rather centered on the activities of Barbie, her sisters, other family members and friends, and it follows up from the 2017 film, *Barbie: Dolphin Magic*. The series' 4th and 5th seasons were referred to on-screen as ***Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures: Go Team Roberts!***

## Background

According to Mattel's then-chief content officer, (CCO), Catherine Balsam Schwaber, and Senior Vice President of content development & production, Christopher Keenan, the series was in response to kids wanting to know more about the iconic character, her sisters and her entire family and friends.

## Broadcast

The TV show premiered on May 3, 2018 as a Netflix original in episode bundles referred to as "seasons". Each "season" consists of 8 episodes which was released at certain dates and varied in countries and territories worldwide. The series premiered on YTV in Canada on June 22, Pop in the UK and Ireland on October 22, all in 2018, Gulli in France and Super RTL in Germany, the latter two with local-dubbing replacements. The second season of 8 episodes premiered on the streaming service on September 13, 2018 and the third season on February 14, 2019. As ***Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures:Go Team Roberts!***, the fourth season premiered on November 1, 2019 and the fifth season premiered on January 19, 2020.

## Cast

* America Young as Barbie Roberts
	+ Elli Moore as the singing voice of Barbie
* Kirsten Day as Skipper Roberts, Barbie's oldest younger sister. She is a smart teenager who loves technology.
* Cassandra Lee Morris as Stacie Roberts, Barbie's second-oldest younger sister. She is courageous and a talented athlete.
* Cassidy Naber as Chelsea Roberts, Barbie's youngest sister. She is the more imaginative of the Roberts girls.
* Ritesh Rajan as Ken Carson, Barbie's best friend (in Dreamhouse Adventures Ken isn't Barbie's Boyfriend until the last episode of the last season) and the Roberts' longtime neighbor. He wants to become a marine biologist.
* Desirae Whitfield as Nikki Watkins, Barbie's African-American best friend, who is into fashion.
* Cristina Milizia as Teresa Rivera, Barbie's Latina best friend, who is an aspiring singer and songwriter. She is also a straight-A student and gymnast.
* Stephanie Sheh as Renee Chow, Barbie's Chinese-American best friend and a main character in the franchise since *Spy Squad*. Her relatives live in China.
* Emma Galvin as Daisy Costopolis, Barbie's best friend who likes DJing and has pink hair.
* Lisa Fuson as Margaret Roberts, Barbie's mom, and Poppy Reardon, an antagonistic neighbor.
* Greg Chun as George Roberts, Barbie's dad.
* Johnny Yong Bosch as Whittaker Reardon, Poppy's husband.
* Eamon Brennan as Trevelian Finknoddle "Trey" Reardon, Poppy and Whittaker's only son. He is selfish and calls himself the king of Malibu.

### Others

* Tara Sands as Dreamhouse Door
* Kirsten Day as Ben, Teresa's Phone, and Tammy Bounceaway, an Asian-American rival of Barbie.
* Benjamin Diskin as Greg
* Rhomeyn Johnson as Johnny Bee
* Cassidy Naber as Young Barbie and Honey, Chelsea's puppy. Honey is a girl puppy and she is sweet.
* Megan Jameson as Rookie, Stacie's puppy. He is a sporty boy puppy.
* AJ Hudson as DJ, Skipper's puppy. He is a boy puppy that likes music.
* Kaitlyn McCormick as Taffy, Barbie's puppy. Taffy is the youngest puppy.
* Charlie Diecker as Jonny
* Cristina Milizia as Baby Bonnie and Mew Mew
* Johnny Yong Bosch as Mr. Guerrero
* Ogie Banks as Ned and Ted Johnson, Trey's best friends. They are also known as The Dudes.
* Ben Pronsky as Henric Henricson, Rufus, and Narrator
* Nakia Burrise as Principal Miller
* Spike Spencer as Jonathan and Harry Havarti
* Amber May as Barbie "Brooklyn" Roberts, a girl from New York who happens to have the same name as Barbie.

## Episodes

### Season 4 (2019)

From this season onwards, the series was subtitled as *Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures: Go Team Roberts* on Netflix. Available on Netflix.

### Films

Mattel Television (previously called Mattel Creations) has expanded the TV series into television films, which like the series premiered on Netflix as "television specials" and were then picked for television broadcast in certain countries. The first film from 2017, *Barbie: Dolphin Magic*, not only served as the pilot for the series, but returned Barbie to the streaming service since the 2012-15 shorts series, *Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse*. The second film revived the well-known Barbie film franchise which was put on a hiatus after the release of the first film and permanently made the streaming service the destination for upcoming and newer Barbie content.

 *Barbie: Princess Adventure* | Conrad Helten
 *Barbie & Chelsea: The Lost Birthday* | Cassandra Mackay (credited as *Cassi Simonds*)
(story by Charlotte Fullerton)
 *Barbie: Big City, Big Dreams* | Scott Pleydell-Pearce