Brooklyn/Mermaid Power

For the other Barbie Roberts, see Barbie/Mermaid Power.

Barbie "Brooklyn" Roberts
Information
Movies	Barbie: Mermaid Power
Species	Human/Mermaid

Barbie Roberts, nicknamed Brooklyn, is one of the main characters in Barbie: Mermaid Power. She has a best friend with the same name as her, so they nicknamed each other based on where they are from. Barbie is nicknamed "Brooklyn", and her friend is nicknamed "Malibu". They turn into mermaids and save a sea kingdom. During her adventure in Pacifica, Brooklyn discovers her powers and becomes a Fire mermaid.

Story

Brooklyn accompanies Malibu and her three sisters out to the ocean to clean up trash in the area, when Malibu is alerted by Stacie to a glow in her backpack and reveals the necklace given to her by Isla before they parted at the end of their previous adventure. Brooklyn is reluctant to believe Malibu's story, but Malibu convinces her to join them on this new adventure, and upon seeing an unusual bird fly past her, she decides to trust the sisters and their story.

While joining hands with Malibu and her sisters, they leap underwater, where they are all transformed into mermaids almost instantly. As Malibu uses her necklace to guide them to Isla, Brooklyn is completely enthralled at the idea of having become a mermaid and relates, in song, how much no one knows about the world until they look beyond the surface.

When Isla meets Brooklyn, she is fascinated by the idea of another human named Barbie and welcomes the both of them into Pacifica, where they encounter several other merfolk, including Finn and Aquaryah Aquavilla, Talleigha Fishtail, and Sareena Seasquid. Later, she attends the opening ceremony, where the contestants in the competition are welcomed by Coralia and told of the challenges that await them and the fact that no one in Pacifica will know who will earn the title of Power Keeper, regarded as the most powerful of all mermen and mermaids. Once the ceremony is over, Brooklyn suggests that they start practicing, but not before learning from Isla that mermen and mermaids are distrustful of any strangers, which explains why Talleigha, Sareena, and Finn have berated her and the Roberts sisters.

As Malibu and Brooklyn are engaged in their practice session, Brooklyn tries to console Malibu about being unable to summon any power, when Aquaryah offers to teach them how to summon power. As Brooklyn is training with Aquaryah, she begins to develop Fire powers, but finds she has no control over them. Just then, Finn arrives and attempts to dissuade his sister from helping Brooklyn and Malibu, but Aquaryah argues that she is capable of handling herself. On this note, as Brooklyn watches, Skipper's rage gets the better of her and she awakens Air powers, using them on Finn and being congratulated by Aquaryah for her discovery.

At the nightly feast, Malibu and Brooklyn are confronted by Talleigha and Sareena and challenged to a "Power-Off" over a deadly whirlpool. Because of Malibu's inability to summon forth any power, she and Brooklyn are at a huge disadvantage. When Talleigha insults Malibu openly about her inability to call forth power, it angers Brooklyn to the point that she fully awakens her Fire power. Talleigha, refusing to be outdone by a human, awakens her own Fire power in response and uses it to attack Malibu and push her toward the whirlpool. However, Stacie's concern for her sister's safety awakens her Earth powers, and she uses them to manipulate a boulder to block the whirlpool before Malibu is completely pulled into it. Upon bearing witness to Talleigha's blatant example of poor sportsmanship, Brooklyn calls off the Power-Off and swims away with the sisters before any protests about her decision can be made.

During the competition the next day, Malibu is still unable to summon power, and does not get off to a good start until Brooklyn volunteers her help. Brooklyn also witnesses Finn and Sareena's awakenings of Earth and Water powers, respectively, but then, she learns that from Sareena and Malibu's translations of Viva the vaquita's language that Aquaryah and Chelsea have been kidnapped.

When Malibu offers to go with Viva and rescue the two children, Talleigha berates her for putting others' needs before her own, and Brooklyn snaps at her with her explanation on the true meaning of sisterhood. On this note, Coralia suddenly alerts the mermaids of an emergency that could threaten the Mermaid Moon festival if not immediately dealt with. Brooklyn leaves with other merfolk who currently have powers to attempt to eradicate an island of trash built up in the ocean, near Mermaid Rock.

Even though Brooklyn works with the others in the cleanup, their powers are not enough to get rid of the island of trash, until Malibu arrives with Marlo, Chelsea, and Aquaryah, who is revealed to be Pacifica's new Power Keeper. Brooklyn, working alongside her friends and the rest of the Pacificans, channels her power into Aquaryah, and together, they obliterate the island of trash. Brooklyn is later seen celebrating with the other merpeople at Mermaid Rock, under the light of the Mermaid Moon, helping Talleigha deliver firework effects into the sky.

Physical Appearance

Human

Brooklyn has dark brown skin, brown eyes, and freckles. Her dark brown, almost black, hair is wavy, but worn down and possibly natural. The hair uses a very similar model to Teresa's style in Dreamhouse Adventures. She wears a pink one-piece swimsuit.

Mermaid

Her hair looks longer and is purple, with the underside colored hot pink. Her tail ombres from red to orange to yellow. She has purple fins and wears a purple seashell top. Her eyes can turn red whenever she is angered. Upon unlocking her Fire powers, she gains a seashell-and-starfish crown on her head.

Personality

Brooklyn is energetic, sassy, and loves singing and dancing. She did not believe in mermaids when she was shown Malibu's glowing mermaid necklace, even though the other Roberts sisters insisted it was real. She starts off very skeptical, but decides to trust the sisters and joins hands with them and transforms. After becoming a mermaid, she is amazed at her new form and impressed by the world of mermaids before her eyes, but has difficulty coming to terms with it, and thus sings about how things can change when you thought you knew everything about the world. In addition, she cares for Malibu and is fiercely protective of her. This protectiveness is what helped her unlock her powers.

Powers

As a mermaid, Brooklyn learns to harness the power of fire, but also learns to use earth and air to some degree. With fire element, she can control heat, blast fire and control volcanos.

Trivia

• In the live action Barbie movie, the doll of mermaid Brooklyn makes a cameo in the end credits.