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|name = Barbie & The Diamond Castle
 
|name = Barbie & The Diamond Castle
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|released = September 7, 2008 ([[Nickelodeon]])<br>September 9, 2008 (DVD)
 
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|genre =Musical, Fantasy, Adventure, Friendship
 
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'''''Barbie & The Diamond Castle''''' is the 13th Barbie movie. It was released on September 2, 2008. It is a musical fairy tale about two girls named [[Princess Liana]] and [[Princess Alexa (The Diamond Castle)|Princess Alexa]] and her best friend [[Teresa (The Diamond Castle)|Teresa]], and it is a story about friendship and music.
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'''''Barbie & The Diamond Castle''''' is the 13th Barbie movie. It premiered on [[Nickelodeon]] on September 7, 2008,<ref>[https://investors.mattel.com/news-releases/news-release-details/barbier-sparkles-all-new-barbietm-diamond-castle-dvd-movie Nickelodeon air date - Mattel.com press release]</ref> and it was released to DVD on September 9, 2008. It is a musical fairy tale about two girls named [[Princess Liana]], played by [[Barbie (The Diamond Castle)|Barbie]] and [[Princess Alexa (The Diamond Castle)|Princess Alexa]], played by [[Teresa (The Diamond Castle)|Teresa]]. It is a story about friendship and music.
   
 
==Official Summary==
 
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"One day their simple lives change when they are given an enchanted mirror and befriend the girl trapped inside! To save their new friend, Liana and Alexa embark on a dangerous journey to the hidden [[Diamond Castle]], that will put their friendship to the test. But through the power of song and with the companionship of two adorable puppies, the girls face their challenges together and learn that friendship is the true treasure."
 
"One day their simple lives change when they are given an enchanted mirror and befriend the girl trapped inside! To save their new friend, Liana and Alexa embark on a dangerous journey to the hidden [[Diamond Castle]], that will put their friendship to the test. But through the power of song and with the companionship of two adorable puppies, the girls face their challenges together and learn that friendship is the true treasure."
   
==Plot==
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==Story==
 
The movie begins with Barbie and Teresa writing a song together on their guitars when Barbie's sister Stacie storms in, angry with her friend Courtney. Barbie decides to tell Stacie the story of two friends named Liana and Alexa, who also get angry at each other.
 
The movie begins with Barbie and Teresa writing a song together on their guitars when Barbie's sister Stacie storms in, angry with her friend Courtney. Barbie decides to tell Stacie the story of two friends named Liana and Alexa, who also get angry at each other.
   
Although the two girls do not have much, they have each other, a love of music and depend on planting flowers to upkeep their living. They live in a hut in a beautiful garden. One day, they find a pair of heart-shaped stones in the river near their house, not realizing they are actually trinkets of the mythical Diamond Castle. They turn them into necklaces to symbolize their friendship. The next day, after sharing the last of their food with an old woman, she gives them a mirror, although none of them are aware that it is the hiding place of Melody, an apprentice muse on the run from Lydia, who turned evil and changed the other two muses to stone, but not before they hid their home, the Diamond Castle, and left the key with Melody. As the Diamond Castle is the birthplace of all music, [[Lydia]]'s finding it would mean the end of music, and with it, eventually the world. Liana and Alexa coax a song out of Melody by singing, and Lydia's minion, a dragon known as [[Slyder]], is able to locate the young muse by her voice.
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Although the two girls don't have much food and clothes, they have each other, love music, and depend on planting flowers to upkeep their living. They live in a cottage with a beautiful garden in the front yard. One day, they find a pair of heart-shaped stones in the river near their house, not realizing they are the mythical Diamond Castle trinkets. Suddenly, a windy rainstorm occurs that destroys their garden.
   
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When they go inside to stay out of the rain, they turn the heart-shaped stones into necklaces to symbolize their friendship. The next day, after sharing their bread and jam with an old homeless woman, she allows them to take one of her treasures in exchange, and they pick a heart-shaped mirror, but neither of them knows that it's the hiding place of Melody, an apprentice muse on the run from Lydia, who turned evil and turned the other two muses, Dori and Phaedra, into stone after they hid their home the Diamond Castle and left Melody the key. Since the Diamond Castle is the birthplace of all music, [[Lydia]]'s finding it would mean the end of music and with it, eventually the world. Liana and Alexa coax a song out of Melody by singing and a flying serpent serving Lydia named [[Slyder]] is able to locate the young muse by her voice.
With their home destroyed by Slyder, Alexa and Liana head off with Melody to find the Diamond Castle and keep it safe from Lydia, finding two small puppies on their way. Liana names one [[Sparkles]], and Alexa names the other one [[Lily]]. But with no food or money, they eagerly take the place of two wayward musicians at an inn that evening. The always late musicians, twin boys named [[Ian]] and [[Jeremy]], hear the girls play and sing, and instantly fall for them, but the girls leave them behind at the inn. No sooner are they out of the town than Lydia confronts them, using her magic flute to cast a mind spell on them, but the stones on their necklaces originally from the Diamond Castle itself protect them. Unable to use her magic against them, Lydia sics Slyder on them, and he nearly gets them, but the twins from the inn arrive on horseback, and the four of them give Slyder the slip.
 
   
 
With their home burnt down by Slyder, Alexa and Liana head off with Melody to find the Diamond Castle and keep it safe from Lydia, finding two small puppies on their way. Liana names one [[Sparkles]] and Alexa names the other [[Lily]]. But with no food or money, they eagerly take the place of two wayward musicians at an inn that evening. The always-late musicians, twin boys named [[Ian]] and [[Jeremy]] hear the girls play and sing and instantly fall for them, but the girls leave them behind at the inn. No sooner are they out of the town than Lydia confronts them, using her magic flute to mesmerize them, but the stones on their necklaces, which are originally from the Diamond Castle itself, protect them.
The girls travel with the twins, who wind up running into a troll that they had managed to trick the last time they met. The troll vows to eat the boys this time unless the girls answer his riddle. They do, which not only frees the boys, but reveals a rainbow bridge that carries the girls off, leaving the boys behind. Liana and Alexa continue to travel, but soon run out of food and water. But not for long, as Liana spots a mansion in the middle of a wood, and when they go in to ask for shelter, the servants there — bewitched by Lydia — tell them that they are the long-awaited mistresses of the house.
 
With all the food and clothes they could ever want, Alexa longs to stay, but Liana wants to honor the promise they made to Melody, and the two girls fight. In the end, Liana leaves and Alexa stays, ripping off her necklace in anger at her friend's apparent betrayal.
 
   
 
Unable to mesmerize them, Lydia sends Slyder to get them, but just before he can, the twins from the inn arrive on their horses, and the four of them give Slyder the slip. The women travel with the twins, who wind up running into a troll they had managed to trick the last time they met. The troll vows to eat the boys this time unless the girls answer his riddle. They do, which not only frees the boys but reveals a rainbow bridge that carries the girls off, leaving the boys behind. Liana and Alexa continue to travel but soon run out of food and water.
Almost as soon as Liana is gone, Slyder arrives and takes Alexa to Lydia. After determining that Melody is not with Alexa, Lydia uses her flute powers to get Liana's location, and because Alexa is no longer wearing the heart-shaped stone which would've protected her, Alexa is easily put under Lydia's control. Alexa tells Lydia that Liana and Melody are heading to the seven stones (the place where the Diamond Castle is hidden). Lydia sends Slyder to capture Liana as well.
 
   
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Liana then spots a mansion in the middle of a wood, and when they go in there for shelter, the servants of it, who are under Lydia's power, tell them that they're the house's prophesied owners and that a legend about two best friends has been foretold. Delighted to finally have more food to eat and more clothes to wear, Alexa decides to abandon the plan to help Melody, but Liana wants to honor the promise they made to Melody, and to this, the two get into an argument. After that, Liana leaves while Alexa stays, ripping off her necklace for Liana's apparent betrayal.
After Liana is captured, Lydia uses a mind-controlled Alexa to threaten Melody into telling her where to find the Diamond Castle. Although Lydia promises to release Liana and Alexa once the Diamond Castle is hers, Slyder knocks the two girls over a cliff, and they very narrowly escape falling into some kind of glowing, green lava-like acid. Liana uses Alexa's necklace to undo Lydia's spell, and they manage to climb up the cliff. One of the puppies leads the twins to where the girls are, and together they all head to the hiding place of the Diamond Castle.
 
   
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Almost as soon as Liana's gone, Slyder arrives and takes Alexa to Lydia. Alexa tells Lydia that Melody is not with her, and Lydia jesters Slyder over, who sniffs Alexa's basket for the mirror when suddenly, Lily attaches herself to his teeth with her tongue. He swings the puppy around, sending her flying across the ground. After hearing from Slyder that there's no mirror, Lydia asks Alexa, "Where is your friend? Or should I say, ex-friend?" Alexa acts as if she doesn't know where Liana is, and Lydia pulls out her flute to mesmerize her, but Alexa doubts that it will work on her.
Meanwhile, Melody kept Lydia busy with a fake story about the key to the castle (Placing rhinestones in the crevices of the rocks in a certain order), and by the time Lydia catches on, the girls and the twins have a plan of their own set in place. The twins lure Slyder away and keep him busy while the girls pretend to fall under Lydia's mind-control spell. Lydia creates a whirlpool in a nearby pond and commands the girls to jump in and drown, but Liana pulls away Lydia's flute instead. Lydia counters by threatening to break the mirror Melody is in, but Melody breaks it herself, rather than let the Diamond Castle fall into Lydia's hands. Liana drops Lydia's flute in the whirlpool, and Lydia goes after it, but gets caught in the flow. She tries to cast a spell to make the whirlpool disappear, but her waterlogged flute backfires and she disappears instead.
 
   
 
Lydia then says, "Bold words for a girl who no longer wears her necklace. As long as you and your friend wore your guardian stones, you were protected. But now..." And she plays her flute on Alexa to get Liana's location, and because Alexa is no longer wearing the heart-shaped stone which would've protected her, she is easily put under Lydia's power. Alexa tells Lydia that Liana and Melody are heading to the seven stones (where the Diamond Castle is hidden), and Lydia sends Slyder to capture Liana.
The girls realize that the song Melody sang earlier is the key, and their singing reveals the Diamond Castle. Stepping inside the castle changes everyone's clothes to more regal bearings, and releases Melody from the mirror. Melody leads Liana and Alexa to the other muses' instruments, but Lydia, not entirely gone for good, returns on Slyder and attacks. Melody saves the instruments from being turned to stone, and the girls play and sing, creating a barrier that turns Lydia's spells against her, turning both her and Slyder into stone and bringing peace to the Diamond Castle at last.
 
   
 
After Slyder captures Liana, Lydia uses a mesmerized Alexa to threaten Melody into telling her where to find the Diamond Castle. Although Lydia promises to release Liana and Alexa once the Diamond Castle is hers, Slyder knocks the two girls over a cliff, and they very narrowly escape falling into some kind of glowing, green lava-like acid. Lily tosses Alexa's necklace down to Liana, and she uses it on Alexa to undo Lydia's spell. After that, they manage to climb up the cliff when Sparkles leads the twins to where they are, and together, they all head to the Diamond Castle's hiding place.
With Lydia vanquished, the other muses, Dori and Phaedra, are returned to life and they return to the castle. They bestow the title of Princesses of Music to Liana and Alexa, promote Melody to a full muse, give Jeremy and Ian blue rocking electric guitars, and have sparkly tiaras placed on the puppies' heads. Although Melody would love for Liana and Alexa to stay at the castle forever, the girls just want to go back home. So the muses give them special flower seeds and send them on their way.
 
   
 
Meanwhile, Melody keeps Lydia busy by claiming that the key to the Diamond Castle is to place rhinestones in the crevices of the rocks in a certain order, and by the time Lydia catches on, the girls and the twins have a plan of their own set in place. The twins lure Slyder away and keep him distracted while the girls pretend to fall under Lydia's mind-control spell by hiding their necklaces under their shirts. Lydia creates a whirlpool with her flute in a perfectly round pond and commands the girls to jump in and drown, but Liana snatches Lydia's flute instead. Lydia counters by threatening to break the mirror Melody's in, but Melody breaks it herself rather than letting the Diamond Castle fall into Lydia's hands. Liana throws Lydia's flute in the whirlpool, and Lydia wades in after it but gets caught in the flow. She tries to cast a spell to stop the whirlpool, but her waterlogged flute backfires, and she seemingly disappears in a flash of light.
Back home, Liana and Alexa plant the magical flower seeds and soon beautiful flowers grow which have diamonds on them. Jeremy and Ian are successful in their performances with their electric guitars. The puppies follow at the girls' sides.
 
   
 
After that's over, Liana and Alexa realize that the song Melody sang earlier is the key, and their singing reveals the Diamond Castle. Stepping onto the castle's bridge changes everyone's clothes to more regal bearings and releases Melody from the mirror while the puppies become sparkly. Melody leads Liana and Alexa to the muses' instruments, but Lydia and Slyder aren't entirely gone, later returning and attacking. Melody saves the instruments from being destroyed, and the girls play and sing, creating a barrier that turns Lydia's spells against her, turning both her and Slyder into stone and bringing peace to the Diamond Castle at last.
When the story ends, Stacie realizes nothing can break true friendship. She goes to apologize to Courtney. A song from Barbie and Teresa ends the movie.
 
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With Lydia vanquished, the muses, Dori and Phaedra, return to life and return to the castle. They bestow the title of Princesses of Music to Liana and Alexa, promote Melody to a full muse, give Jeremy and Ian blue rocking electric guitars, and have sparkly tiaras placed on the puppies' heads. Although Melody would love for Liana and Alexa to stay at the castle forever, Alexa says, "Once I would've said yes in the blink of an eye, but now, I just want my old home back. It was more than enough." So the muses give them magical flower seeds to plant in their garden and send them on their way.
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When they're home, Liana and Alexa plant the magical flower seeds, and soon beautiful flowers grow which have diamonds on them while Jeremy and Ian are successful in their performances with their electric guitars. When the story ends, Stacie realizes nothing can break true friendship, apologizing to Courtney, and Barbie and Teresa resume their guitar playing.
   
 
==Cast and Characters==
 
==Cast and Characters==
*[[Barbie (The Diamond Castle)|Barbie]]/[[Princess Liana]]: [[Voice Artists#Kelly Sheridan|Kelly Sheridan]]
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*[[Barbie/The Diamond Castle|Barbie]]/[[Princess Liana]]: [[Voice Artists#Kelly Sheridan|Kelly Sheridan]]
 
*Singing Voice of Liana: [[Melissa Lyons]]
 
*Singing Voice of Liana: [[Melissa Lyons]]
*[[Teresa (The Diamond Castle)|Teresa]]/[[Princess Alexa (The Diamond Castle)|Alexa]]: [[Voice Artists#Cassidy Ladden|Cassidy Ladden]]
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*[[Teresa/The Diamond Castle|Teresa]]/[[Princess Alexa (The Diamond Castle)|Alexa]]: [[Voice Artists#Cassidy Ladden|Cassidy Ladden]]
*[[Stacie (The Diamond Castle)|Stacie]]: [[Voice Artists#Chantal Strand|Chantal Strand]]
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*[[Stacie/The Diamond Castle|Stacie]]: [[Voice Artists#Chantal Strand|Chantal Strand]]
 
*[[Melody]]: [[Voice Artists#Maryke Hendrikse|Maryke Hendrikse]]
 
*[[Melody]]: [[Voice Artists#Maryke Hendrikse|Maryke Hendrikse]]
 
*Singing Voice of Melody: [[Voice Artists#Lara Janine|Lara Janine]]
 
*Singing Voice of Melody: [[Voice Artists#Lara Janine|Lara Janine]]
 
*[[Lydia]]: [[Voice Artists#Kathleen Barr|Kathleen Barr]]
 
*[[Lydia]]: [[Voice Artists#Kathleen Barr|Kathleen Barr]]
 
*[[Slyder]]: [[Voice Artists#Mark Acheson|Mark Acheson]]
 
*[[Slyder]]: [[Voice Artists#Mark Acheson|Mark Acheson]]
*Troll: [[Voice Artists#Scott McNeil|Scott McNeil]]
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*[[Troll]]: [[Voice Artists#Scott McNeil|Scott McNeil]]
 
*[[Jeremy]]: [[Voice Artists#Jeremy From|Jeremy From]]
 
*[[Jeremy]]: [[Voice Artists#Jeremy From|Jeremy From]]
 
*[[Ian]]: [[Voice Artists#Noel Johansen|Noel Johansen]]
 
*[[Ian]]: [[Voice Artists#Noel Johansen|Noel Johansen]]
*[[Dori]]/Maid: [[Voice Artists#Nicole Oliver|Nicole Oliver]]
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*[[Dori]]/[[Maid]]: [[Voice Artists#Nicole Oliver|Nicole Oliver]]
*[[Phaedra]]/Waitress: [[Voice Artists#Heather Doerksen|Heather Doerksen]]
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*[[Phaedra]]/[[Waitress]]: [[Voice Artists#Heather Doerksen|Heather Doerksen]]
*Innkeeper: [[Voice Artists#Michael Dobson|Michael Dobson]]
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*[[Edgar The Innkeeper|Edgar the Innkeeper]]: [[Voice Artists#Michael Dobson|Michael Dobson]]
*Butler: [[Voice Artists#Ron Halder|Ron Halder]]
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*[[Butler]]: [[Voice Artists#Ron Halder|Ron Halder]]
*Old Woman: [[Voice Artists#Linda Sorenson|Linda Sorenson]]
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*[[Old Woman]]: [[Voice Artists#Linda Sorenson|Linda Sorenson]]
 
*[[Sparkles]]/[[Lily]]: [[Voice Artists#Veena Sood|Veena Sood]]
 
*[[Sparkles]]/[[Lily]]: [[Voice Artists#Veena Sood|Veena Sood]]
   
==Gallery==
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==Locations==
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* [https://barbiemovies.fandom.com/wiki/Diamond_Castle Diamond Castle]
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* [https://barbiemovies.fandom.com/wiki/Liana_and_Alexa%27s_Cottage Liana and Alexa's Cottage]
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* [https://barbiemovies.fandom.com/wiki/Mansion Mansion]
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* [https://barbiemovies.fandom.com/wiki/Valley_of_Flowers Valley of Flowers]
   
 
==Videos==
 
==Videos==
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Barbie And Diamond Castle Blooper Trailer (Read Description)
 
Barbie And Diamond Castle Blooper Trailer (Read Description)
 
2008 Barbie And The Diamond Castle DVD Trailer
 
2008 Barbie And The Diamond Castle DVD Trailer
Barbie™ & The Diamond Castle Secret Scene
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Barbie and the Diamond castle official behind the scene
 
Barbie And The diamond Castle Bloopers
 
Barbie And The diamond Castle Bloopers
 
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==Bloopers==
 
==Bloopers==
*The first blooper was taken from the Valley of Flowers. Liana smells roses, and the scene goes on to where they supposedly found Sparkles and Lily. Unfortunately, when Alexa was about to find them, she sees Lily, listening to music on headphones, and Sparkles breakdancing.
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*The first blooper was taken from the Valley of Flowers. Liana smells roses, and the scene goes on to where they supposedly found Sparkles and Lily. Unfortunately, when Alexa is about to find them, she sees Lily listening to music with headphones and Sparkles breakdancing.
*The next outtake was when they're going to see the heart-shaped stones. Liana was gonna help Alexa skip the slippery stone, but she slipped into the water. Alexa is then shown with a fish on her head.
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*The next outtake is when we're gonna see the heart-shaped stones. Liana's gonna help Alexa skip the slippery stone, but she slips into the water. Alexa is then shown with a fish on her head.
*The next scene was at the Diamond Castle. It is a close-up of Sparkles and Lily when they got glitter on them, but they shake themselves so the glitter on them comes off their body. Shimmer, the pink sparkly horse sneezes. Then the director says, "Bless you.", and Sparkles and Lily giggle.
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*The next scene is at the Diamond Castle. It begins with Sparkles and Lily covered in glitter, and they shake themselves, so the glitter on them comes off. Glimmer, the sparkly pink horse, sneezes, then the director says, "Bless you." and Sparkles and Lily giggle.
*The next one was when Wilhelm (the troll) caught Sparkles and Lily in the film, but the puppies are gone. It turns out that they're dancing again, and Wilhelm starts to dance with them. The director goes, "Cut, people, people! Focus, please?"
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*The next one is when Wilhelm the troll catches Sparkles and Lily in the film, but the puppies are gone. It turns out that they're dancing again, and Wilhelm starts to dance with them. The director then says, "Uh, people, people, focus, please."
*The next blooper was never seen in the final film. Glimmer was on her way to the Diamond Castle when a bird gets in her way. Glimmer was glad that she didn't hit the bird, but the bird is then shown relaxing on Glimmer's head.
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*The next blooper is a scene that's never seen in the final film. Glimmer is on her way to the Diamond Castle when a bird gets in her way. Glimmer is glad that she didn't hit the bird, but the bird is then shown relaxing on Glimmer's head.
*This scene was before Slyder caught Alexa. He was flying on the roof when he slips, hitting his chin. He claims he meant to do that and laughs, embarrassed, and his eyes start rolling around in different ways.
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*This scene is before Slyder catches Alexa. He flies on the roof when he slips, hitting his chin. He claims he meant to do that and laughs, embarrassed, and his eyes start rolling in different directions.
*The next was when Alexa was hypnotized by Lydia, and begins to walk to the edge of the cliff. Lily tried to stop her by pulling Alexa's dress, but she pulled so hard that she tore off, exposing her underwear. Alexa, embarrassed, starts to laugh, along with Lily, who's embarrassed about what she did.
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*The next scene is when Alexa's been mesmerized by Lydia and begins to walk to the edge of the cliff. Lily tries to stop her by pulling Alexa's dress, but she pulls it so hard that she tears it off, revealing her underwear. Embarrassed, Alexa starts to laugh when Lily's embarrassed about what she did.
*The last one was after Melody came out of the mirror, who then hugs Liana and Alexa. The director says, "Cut! Now that's a wrap!", and Lily and Sparkles are shown dancing again, and the three girls laugh at them.
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*The last scene is after Melody's freed from the mirror, who then hugs Liana and Alexa. The director says, "Cut! Now that's a wrap!" And Lily and Sparkles are shown dancing again, and the three girls laugh at them.
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
*"Connected" is an English version of the Mexican group RBD's song "Tenerte y Quererte".
 
*Early trailers show Liana with a bun hairstyle, and Melody with strawberry blonde hair.
 
*[[Glimmer (The Diamond Castle)|Glimmer]] resembles Brietta from ''[[Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus]]''.
 
 
*This film marks the 20th anniversary of Teresa and Barbie being friends.
 
*This film marks the 20th anniversary of Teresa and Barbie being friends.
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*Barbie has a completely different design.
*A man that looks like Mr. Fabien from ''[[Barbie in The 12 Dancing Princesses]]'' appears in the mansion.
 
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*This is the first movie to include Barbie's other sister Stacie, as well as the first film since [[Barbie of Swan Lake]] to have Barbie tell her sister a story.
*While in the mansion, Alexa finds a closet full of dresses similar to the ones worn in ''Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses'' and to [[Princess Luciana|Princess Luciana's]] purple gown from'' [[Barbie as The Island Princess]] ''
 
 
*"Connected" is an English version of the Mexican group RBD's song Tenerte y Quererte.
*Liana's original name was [http://www.amazon.com/Barbie%C2%AE-Diamond-Castle-Princess-Liana/dp/B0017KOE5O Emma] while Alexa was [http://www.assroooo.com/Mattel-Barbie-the-Diamond-Cast-p-7361.html Isobel].
 
 
*[[Glimmer (The Diamond Castle)|Glimmer]] resembles Brietta from ''[[Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus]]''.
*The earliest trailers show Liana and Melody with a different hairstyle, and Alexa with an all purple ballgown. It also refers to the heart shaped stones as "Guardian Stones." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmr3Gz72r3I
 
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*The mansion's butler looks just like [[Fabian]] from ''[[Barbie in The 12 Dancing Princesses]]'', on that note, the mistress of the mansion looks just like [[Princess Blair]] from the same film.
*At the beginning of the movie there are shown pictures of Barbie, Teresa and Nikki. One of them, where they are in swimming suits is made on the Island from ''Barbie as the Island Princess''.
 
 
*While in the mansion, Alexa finds a closet full of dresses that look similar to the ones in ''Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses'' and to [[Princess Luciana|Princess Luciana's]] purple gown from ''[[Barbie as The Island Princess]]''.
 
*Liana was initially meant to be named [http://www.amazon.com/Barbie%C2%AE-Diamond-Castle-Princess-Liana/dp/B0017KOE5O Emma] and Alexa was going to be named [http://www.assroooo.com/Mattel-Barbie-the-Diamond-Cast-p-7361.html Isobel].
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*The early trailer shows Liana and Melody with a different hairstyle, and it refers to the heart-shaped stones as "Guardian Stones". Not to mention Melody has strawberry blonde hair.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmr3Gz72r3I Teaser trailer]</ref>. In fact, Melody looked very much like [[Princess Fallon]] from [[Barbie in The 12 Dancing Princesses]].
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*At the beginning of the movie, there are photos of Barbie, Teresa, and Nikki.
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*This was the last Barbie movie to air on tv before being released on DVD.
   
 
==Also Known As==
 
==Also Known As==
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*Dutch - '''''Barbie en het Diamantkasteel'''''
 
*Dutch - '''''Barbie en het Diamantkasteel'''''
 
*French - '''''Barbie et le Palais de Diamant'''''
 
*French - '''''Barbie et le Palais de Diamant'''''
*Croatian - '''''Barbie i Dijamantni Dvorac'''''
 
 
*Albanian - '''''Barbie dhe Kështjella e Diamanteve'''''
 
*Albanian - '''''Barbie dhe Kështjella e Diamanteve'''''
 
*German - '''''Barbie und das Diamantschloss'''''
 
*German - '''''Barbie und das Diamantschloss'''''
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*Greek - '''''Η Μπάρμπι και το Διαμαντένιο Κάστρο'''''
 
*Greek - '''''Η Μπάρμπι και το Διαμαντένιο Κάστρο'''''
 
*Persian - '''''باربى و قصر الماس'''''
 
*Persian - '''''باربى و قصر الماس'''''
 
*Croatian - '''''Barbie i dijamantni dvorac'''''
 
*Hungarian - '''''Barbie és a Gyémánt Kastély'''''
 
*Hungarian - '''''Barbie és a Gyémánt Kastély'''''
 
*Georgian - '''''ბარბი და ბროლის სასახლე'''''
 
*Georgian - '''''ბარბი და ბროლის სასახლე'''''
 
* Russian - '''''Барби и Хрустальный замок'''''
 
* Russian - '''''Барби и Хрустальный замок'''''
 
* Hebrew - '''''ברבי וטירת היהלומים'''''
 
* Hebrew - '''''ברבי וטירת היהלומים'''''
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* Korean - '''다이아몬드의 바비'''
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* Japanese - '''''バービーのダイヤモンドの城'''''
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*Chinese- '''''芭比之钻石城堡'''''
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==References==
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{{reflist}}
   
==External Links==
 
*[http://www.barbie.com/diamond-castle/ Official US Site]
 
 
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Latest revision as of 14:30, 22 November 2023

"Friendship is the true treasure."
– Barbie

Barbie & The Diamond Castle is the 13th Barbie movie. It premiered on Nickelodeon on September 7, 2008,[1] and it was released to DVD on September 9, 2008. It is a musical fairy tale about two girls named Princess Liana, played by Barbie and Princess Alexa, played by Teresa. It is a story about friendship and music.

Official Summary

"Barbie and Teresa tell us the fairy tale story of Liana and Alexa, best friends who share everything including their love of music."

"One day their simple lives change when they are given an enchanted mirror and befriend the girl trapped inside! To save their new friend, Liana and Alexa embark on a dangerous journey to the hidden Diamond Castle, that will put their friendship to the test. But through the power of song and with the companionship of two adorable puppies, the girls face their challenges together and learn that friendship is the true treasure."

Story

The movie begins with Barbie and Teresa writing a song together on their guitars when Barbie's sister Stacie storms in, angry with her friend Courtney. Barbie decides to tell Stacie the story of two friends named Liana and Alexa, who also get angry at each other.

Although the two girls don't have much food and clothes, they have each other, love music, and depend on planting flowers to upkeep their living. They live in a cottage with a beautiful garden in the front yard. One day, they find a pair of heart-shaped stones in the river near their house, not realizing they are the mythical Diamond Castle trinkets. Suddenly, a windy rainstorm occurs that destroys their garden.

When they go inside to stay out of the rain, they turn the heart-shaped stones into necklaces to symbolize their friendship. The next day, after sharing their bread and jam with an old homeless woman, she allows them to take one of her treasures in exchange, and they pick a heart-shaped mirror, but neither of them knows that it's the hiding place of Melody, an apprentice muse on the run from Lydia, who turned evil and turned the other two muses, Dori and Phaedra, into stone after they hid their home the Diamond Castle and left Melody the key. Since the Diamond Castle is the birthplace of all music, Lydia's finding it would mean the end of music and with it, eventually the world. Liana and Alexa coax a song out of Melody by singing and a flying serpent serving Lydia named Slyder is able to locate the young muse by her voice.

With their home burnt down by Slyder, Alexa and Liana head off with Melody to find the Diamond Castle and keep it safe from Lydia, finding two small puppies on their way. Liana names one Sparkles and Alexa names the other Lily. But with no food or money, they eagerly take the place of two wayward musicians at an inn that evening. The always-late musicians, twin boys named Ian and Jeremy hear the girls play and sing and instantly fall for them, but the girls leave them behind at the inn. No sooner are they out of the town than Lydia confronts them, using her magic flute to mesmerize them, but the stones on their necklaces, which are originally from the Diamond Castle itself, protect them.

Unable to mesmerize them, Lydia sends Slyder to get them, but just before he can, the twins from the inn arrive on their horses, and the four of them give Slyder the slip. The women travel with the twins, who wind up running into a troll they had managed to trick the last time they met. The troll vows to eat the boys this time unless the girls answer his riddle. They do, which not only frees the boys but reveals a rainbow bridge that carries the girls off, leaving the boys behind. Liana and Alexa continue to travel but soon run out of food and water.

Liana then spots a mansion in the middle of a wood, and when they go in there for shelter, the servants of it, who are under Lydia's power, tell them that they're the house's prophesied owners and that a legend about two best friends has been foretold. Delighted to finally have more food to eat and more clothes to wear, Alexa decides to abandon the plan to help Melody, but Liana wants to honor the promise they made to Melody, and to this, the two get into an argument. After that, Liana leaves while Alexa stays, ripping off her necklace for Liana's apparent betrayal.

Almost as soon as Liana's gone, Slyder arrives and takes Alexa to Lydia. Alexa tells Lydia that Melody is not with her, and Lydia jesters Slyder over, who sniffs Alexa's basket for the mirror when suddenly, Lily attaches herself to his teeth with her tongue. He swings the puppy around, sending her flying across the ground. After hearing from Slyder that there's no mirror, Lydia asks Alexa, "Where is your friend? Or should I say, ex-friend?" Alexa acts as if she doesn't know where Liana is, and Lydia pulls out her flute to mesmerize her, but Alexa doubts that it will work on her.

Lydia then says, "Bold words for a girl who no longer wears her necklace. As long as you and your friend wore your guardian stones, you were protected. But now..." And she plays her flute on Alexa to get Liana's location, and because Alexa is no longer wearing the heart-shaped stone which would've protected her, she is easily put under Lydia's power. Alexa tells Lydia that Liana and Melody are heading to the seven stones (where the Diamond Castle is hidden), and Lydia sends Slyder to capture Liana.

After Slyder captures Liana, Lydia uses a mesmerized Alexa to threaten Melody into telling her where to find the Diamond Castle. Although Lydia promises to release Liana and Alexa once the Diamond Castle is hers, Slyder knocks the two girls over a cliff, and they very narrowly escape falling into some kind of glowing, green lava-like acid. Lily tosses Alexa's necklace down to Liana, and she uses it on Alexa to undo Lydia's spell. After that, they manage to climb up the cliff when Sparkles leads the twins to where they are, and together, they all head to the Diamond Castle's hiding place.

Meanwhile, Melody keeps Lydia busy by claiming that the key to the Diamond Castle is to place rhinestones in the crevices of the rocks in a certain order, and by the time Lydia catches on, the girls and the twins have a plan of their own set in place. The twins lure Slyder away and keep him distracted while the girls pretend to fall under Lydia's mind-control spell by hiding their necklaces under their shirts. Lydia creates a whirlpool with her flute in a perfectly round pond and commands the girls to jump in and drown, but Liana snatches Lydia's flute instead. Lydia counters by threatening to break the mirror Melody's in, but Melody breaks it herself rather than letting the Diamond Castle fall into Lydia's hands. Liana throws Lydia's flute in the whirlpool, and Lydia wades in after it but gets caught in the flow. She tries to cast a spell to stop the whirlpool, but her waterlogged flute backfires, and she seemingly disappears in a flash of light.

After that's over, Liana and Alexa realize that the song Melody sang earlier is the key, and their singing reveals the Diamond Castle. Stepping onto the castle's bridge changes everyone's clothes to more regal bearings and releases Melody from the mirror while the puppies become sparkly. Melody leads Liana and Alexa to the muses' instruments, but Lydia and Slyder aren't entirely gone, later returning and attacking. Melody saves the instruments from being destroyed, and the girls play and sing, creating a barrier that turns Lydia's spells against her, turning both her and Slyder into stone and bringing peace to the Diamond Castle at last.

With Lydia vanquished, the muses, Dori and Phaedra, return to life and return to the castle. They bestow the title of Princesses of Music to Liana and Alexa, promote Melody to a full muse, give Jeremy and Ian blue rocking electric guitars, and have sparkly tiaras placed on the puppies' heads. Although Melody would love for Liana and Alexa to stay at the castle forever, Alexa says, "Once I would've said yes in the blink of an eye, but now, I just want my old home back. It was more than enough." So the muses give them magical flower seeds to plant in their garden and send them on their way.

When they're home, Liana and Alexa plant the magical flower seeds, and soon beautiful flowers grow which have diamonds on them while Jeremy and Ian are successful in their performances with their electric guitars. When the story ends, Stacie realizes nothing can break true friendship, apologizing to Courtney, and Barbie and Teresa resume their guitar playing.

Cast and Characters

Locations

Videos

Bloopers

  • The first blooper was taken from the Valley of Flowers. Liana smells roses, and the scene goes on to where they supposedly found Sparkles and Lily. Unfortunately, when Alexa is about to find them, she sees Lily listening to music with headphones and Sparkles breakdancing.
  • The next outtake is when we're gonna see the heart-shaped stones. Liana's gonna help Alexa skip the slippery stone, but she slips into the water. Alexa is then shown with a fish on her head.
  • The next scene is at the Diamond Castle. It begins with Sparkles and Lily covered in glitter, and they shake themselves, so the glitter on them comes off. Glimmer, the sparkly pink horse, sneezes, then the director says, "Bless you." and Sparkles and Lily giggle.
  • The next one is when Wilhelm the troll catches Sparkles and Lily in the film, but the puppies are gone. It turns out that they're dancing again, and Wilhelm starts to dance with them. The director then says, "Uh, people, people, focus, please."
  • The next blooper is a scene that's never seen in the final film. Glimmer is on her way to the Diamond Castle when a bird gets in her way. Glimmer is glad that she didn't hit the bird, but the bird is then shown relaxing on Glimmer's head.
  • This scene is before Slyder catches Alexa. He flies on the roof when he slips, hitting his chin. He claims he meant to do that and laughs, embarrassed, and his eyes start rolling in different directions.
  • The next scene is when Alexa's been mesmerized by Lydia and begins to walk to the edge of the cliff. Lily tries to stop her by pulling Alexa's dress, but she pulls it so hard that she tears it off, revealing her underwear. Embarrassed, Alexa starts to laugh when Lily's embarrassed about what she did.
  • The last scene is after Melody's freed from the mirror, who then hugs Liana and Alexa. The director says, "Cut! Now that's a wrap!" And Lily and Sparkles are shown dancing again, and the three girls laugh at them.

Trivia

  • This film marks the 20th anniversary of Teresa and Barbie being friends.
  • Barbie has a completely different design.
  • This is the first movie to include Barbie's other sister Stacie, as well as the first film since Barbie of Swan Lake to have Barbie tell her sister a story.
  • "Connected" is an English version of the Mexican group RBD's song Tenerte y Quererte.
  • Glimmer resembles Brietta from Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus.
  • The mansion's butler looks just like Fabian from Barbie in The 12 Dancing Princesses, on that note, the mistress of the mansion looks just like Princess Blair from the same film.
  • While in the mansion, Alexa finds a closet full of dresses that look similar to the ones in Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses and to Princess Luciana's purple gown from Barbie as The Island Princess.
  • Liana was initially meant to be named Emma and Alexa was going to be named Isobel.
  • The early trailer shows Liana and Melody with a different hairstyle, and it refers to the heart-shaped stones as "Guardian Stones". Not to mention Melody has strawberry blonde hair.[2]. In fact, Melody looked very much like Princess Fallon from Barbie in The 12 Dancing Princesses.
  • At the beginning of the movie, there are photos of Barbie, Teresa, and Nikki.
  • This was the last Barbie movie to air on tv before being released on DVD.

Also Known As

  • Portuguese - Barbie e o Castelo de Diamante
  • Dutch - Barbie en het Diamantkasteel
  • French - Barbie et le Palais de Diamant
  • Albanian - Barbie dhe Kështjella e Diamanteve
  • German - Barbie und das Diamantschloss
  • Italian - Barbie e il castello di diamanti
  • Spanish - Barbie y el Castillo de Diamantes
  • Polish - Barbie i diamentowy pałac
  • Finnish - Barbie ja Tiamttilinna
  • Turkish - Barbie ve Kristal Şato
  • Greek - Η Μπάρμπι και το Διαμαντένιο Κάστρο
  • Persian - باربى و قصر الماس
  • Croatian - Barbie i dijamantni dvorac
  • Hungarian - Barbie és a Gyémánt Kastély
  • Georgian - ბარბი და ბროლის სასახლე
  • Russian - Барби и Хрустальный замок
  • Hebrew - ברבי וטירת היהלומים
  • Korean - 다이아몬드의 바비
  • Japanese - バービーのダイヤモンドの城
  • Chinese- 芭比之钻石城堡

References

Barbie & The Diamond Castle
Barbie & The Diamond Castle Digital Copy

Quote: "Friendship is the true treasure."

Characters: Alexa | Barbie | Dori | Glimmer | Ian | Jeremy | Liana | Lily | Lydia | Melody | Muses of Music | Phaedra | Slyder | Sparkles | Stacie | Teresa

Objects: Magic Mirror

Locations: Diamond Castle | Liana and Alexa's Cottage | Mansion | Valley of Flowers

Songs: "Believe" | "Connected" | "Double Vision" | "Two Voices, One Song" | "We're Gonna Find It" | "Wonderful Me"