George Roberts is a character in the animated series Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures. He is voiced by Greg Chun. George is Barbie's father, and the Roberts family live in a Dreamhouse in Malibu, California.
Story[]
Pre-Dreamhouse Adventures[]
In "Welcome to the Dreamhouse!", it is mentioned that George and his family moved to Malibu, California almost 10 years ago. They became neighbors with Ken.
In "Balancing Act", it is mentioned that ever since Barbie was about 6, Barbie and George have had a tradition of going out at midnight on the equinox to watch for meteors and balance eggs. They drink hot chocolate, eat curried egg-salad pizza, and George tells jokes about eggs. Stacie and George's tradition is that they do team tightrope at Beach Fest, and Skipper and George's tradition is that they go to a technology expo called the Gee Whiz Expo every Spring.
Season 1[]
In "Welcome to the Dreamhouse!", George and his family move into their new Dreamhouse. The Dreamhouse starts to malfunction and the Reardons have the Roberts' moving van towed. George says he forgot to tell the Reardons they were moving that day. Margaret gets annoyed, and George says she probably made a mistake with the Dreamhouse's programming. Margaret and George argue throughout the day as George repeatedly blames Margaret for the house malfunctioning. Margaret wonders if it really was her fault, so George comforts her. She later sees that a squirrel chewed the wires in the house's access panel, so she fixes it and the family get settled in their new house.
In "Clubhouse (Remix)", it is Chelsea's birthday. George and Margaret take Chelsea to the mall while her sisters attempt to redecorate Chelsea's clubhouse. They leave it by the curb while they look for decorations, so a garbage truck takes it away. George returns home with Chelsea and Margaret, so people distract Chelsea while Barbie and her friends find the clubhouse. They bring it home and surprise Chelsea with a redecorated clubhouse.
In "Nobody's Cupcake", Barbie competes in an extreme baking show called Bake 'til You Ache. Her rival is Tammy Bounceway, a rising social media lifestyle influencer. Ken and the Roberts family support Barbie from the audience. Margaret calculates Barbie's odds of winning by using an algorithm, but George says Barbie will be fine because he brought their lucky Wisconsin cheese bunny. Tammy cheats during the show, but Barbie wins with help from her family in the audience.
In "The Great Pioneer Adventure", George wants to make a documentary about a modern family living like American pioneers in 1840. The Roberts agree to spend the weekend without phones, cars and electronics, and they camp in their backyard. Margaret has a crisis at work and has to go to her office. Due to a traffic jam, Margaret won't be able to get to her office in time. George apologizes for inconveniencing her, but she says the traffic is not his fault. Barbie and Skipper ride a horse named Misty to Margaret's office in time to solve Margaret's work crisis, and then Barbie tells her family what happened around a campfire.
In "Baby Sister Babysitter", Barbie is supposed to babysit but she wants to see a movie with her friends. George suggests that Skipper babysit instead of going to the planetarium with him, Margaret, Stacie and Chelsea. Skipper is left alone with the kids she is babysitting, so Barbie worries about her. Barbie goes home to spy on Skipper and sets off an alarm by accident, so George and the others come home.
In "Picture Perfect Cake", Barbie enters a robotics competition at Robot Con. It takes place the same weekend as her parents' 20th anniversary. Barbie makes a surprise cake for their anniversary party, and Margaret insists that Barbie go to Robot Con. Skipper plans the anniversary party at the Dreamhouse, and accidentally ruins Barbie's cake. Chelsea distracts Margaret and George while Skipper, Stacie and Barbie make a new cake.
In "The Roof Fairy", Margaret and George go out to dinner and leave Barbie in charge. Chelsea tells Barbie about a the Roof Fairy. Barbie says she isn't real. Margaret and George call to check on the girls. When they find out about the Roof Fairy, Margaret and George find it cute and say that imagination is important.
Season 2[]
In "Balancing Act", Barbie feels like she has outgrown her father-daughter tradition of spending equinox with George. She agrees to let Chelsea do it instead, but Barbie feels sad about giving up the one-on-one time with George. Barbie finds them and admits she's not ready to give up the tradition, and the three of them do the tradition together.
In "Trey Is for Horses", Chelsea wants to raise funds start a school that will teach puppies how to read. Only Skipper and George donate. Chelsea wants to get donations quickly, so George suggests a garage sale. Chelsea asks people for items she can sell. Skipper gives her an autographed photo of a cartoon character. George gives Chelsea his wooden carvings of ducks. At the garage sale, George buys the autographed photo and Skipper wants the wooden ducks. Chelsea thanks everyone who bought things.
In "A Dreamhouse Puppy Tale", Chelsea tells her family a story about how the vacuum and an alligator toy want to take over the Dreamhouse while the Roberts are asleep. They steal items from around the house to make a slingshot to launch the puppies into the sea. In reality, the items went missing because Chelsea made a sculpture as a surprise for Margaret's birthday. The sculpture is of the Roberts sisters and Margaret on an island, since Margaret wants to go on vacation to Hawaii the following year. Chelsea used one of Barbie's photos to have their faces on the sculpture. George isn't included properly because Chelsea couldn't find a small enough photo of him to use. Chelsea also used George's electric screwdriver and modelling clay.
In "Putts for Pups", Chelsea holds a mini golf charity event in their neighborhood to get money for books so she can teach puppies to read. Poppy and Whittaker don't want Chelsea to play in front of their house. Skipper and Stacie bake things for George, but Barbie trying to use the food to persuade Trey to convince his parents to join in. Chelsea completes the tournament and everyone donates books. Skipper and Stacie bake dog treats to celebrate, and George eats one by accident.
In "Pied Pupper", Barbie attaches a camera to Honey's collar so that Chelsea can film a day in the life of a dog. They wonder if Honey will be able to find where George hid their Christmas presents. Barbie says that George probably forgot where he put them.
In "A Delicate Situation", Chelsea asks George if they can play mini golf, but he is busy. Renee comes to stay and practices a performance she might do for her family at Chinese New Year. She plays the violin badly so George and Margaret cover their ears. They lie that it's because it's their annual "Ear Wax Removal Day."
Season 3[]
In "Virtually Famous", Barbie gets "vlogger's block" and needs help thinking of vlog ideas. Her friends help her to film a vlog, and it goes viral. Barbie's friends visit and say it's for something important, so George lets them in. Barbie goes in her room and sees her friends planning more videos. Teresa becomes obsessed with making more viral videos. Barbie finds it hard to be honest that she's not having fun chasing internet fame. Barbie eventually tells Teresa the truth, and they film a lip dub video with everyone, including George.
In "All Dogs Go to the Beach", Poppy uses her connections to ban dogs from the beach. Barbie and Nikki are unhappy about the dog ban, so Nikki runs for office with Barbie as her campaign manager. George helps by planning a campaign event for Nikki. He sets up a debate between Nikki and Poppy. He originally gets the date wrong so he has to rearrange it. The Reardons sabotage Nikki's campaign and Poppy wins by one point after the debate goes badly for Nikki. Poppy is caught insulting the voters, so to avoid a recall election, she pretends to love dogs and reverses the dog ban.
In "The Ballad of Windy Willows", Barbie and Daisy visit Willows to see Barbie's Aunt Adele at Windy Willows inn. George and Margaret see the girls off and Margaret tells Barbie to give Adele their love. At the inn, Barbie and Daisy use an electric juicer that George and Margaret gave Adele as a birthday present ages ago.
In "Room Swap", George and Margaret go to a college reunion and leave Barbie in charge. When they're leaving, Chelsea comes to say bye to them again and she sees them off with Barbie. While they are gone, Barbie swaps rooms with Skipper and Stacie and the Dreamhouse gets infested with ants because of Chelsea.
In "Totally Spying", the Reardons get the Roberts' mail, including a wooden duck carving magazine for George and a notice that says if the Roberts don't file the Dreamhouse blueprints by the next day, they could be forced to move. Poppy tells Trey to steal the blueprints so they can make the Roberts move far away. Trey pretends to get injured by Stacie's skateboard while his parents are away, so the Roberts sisters bring him into the Dreamhouse. George and Margaret rush home when they hear Trey was injured. George keeps Trey company. Trey pretends he is interested in architecture, so George shows him the blueprints. They carve wooden ducks together. Trey likes it, but asks to take a break. After being overwhelmed by the Roberts' care, he admits he lied about being injured and that he liked spending time with them because they are caring, unlike his parents. He feels wistful when he overhears George for asking his straight chisel, and he leaves. He has Rookie secretly put the blueprints back.
In "Barbie Roberts: Undercover Mermaid Part 1", George goes to a tropical island with his family and Barbie's friends. George and Margaret are going to a documentary festival. Margaret worries about her younger daughters and gives them rules to follow. George tells Margaret that they will be fine. They turn off their phones during the festival. Barbie and her friends go to a mermaid convention. There will be a fashion show judged by Nikki's idol, Fairuza Ukwani, so Barbie suggests they model Nikki's designs at the show. Margaret lets Nikki borrow a necklace for the show, but Chelsea accidentally drops it while pranking Barbie. A monkey from the island steals the necklace. A hotel detective catches Barbie's sisters trying to prank her and he assumes they are responsible for the escalating thefts at the hotel.
In "Barbie Roberts: Undercover Mermaid Part 2", George and Margaret are at the documentary festival. George is one of the judges. George and Margaret have their phones off while they watch documentaries, so their daughters are unable to contact them. They cry after a documentary because it is about daughters. George says he is even more proud of his daughters now, and Margaret stops worrying about them because she thinks they would never get in real trouble. They go to get popcorn before the next documentary. Barbie's sisters prove their innocence thanks to a plan by Barbie, and Barbie also gets Margaret's necklace back.
In "A Dog's Day in Court", Nikki is at the Dreamhouse getting help with her pet business. Some dogs run over to the Reardons and give Trey fleas. This inspires a plan by Poppy to make the Roberts move away. The Reardons release fleas in the neighborhood and cause a 3-mile wide flea infestation. Nikki has no customers because of this. While the houses are being fumigated, there is an official city order that there can be no animals on the premises. George and Margaret take Blissa and the puppies to a pet hotel. Poppy rents several animals and has them delivered to the Dreamhouse. An animal inspector checks the Dreamhouse, sees the animals, and says the Roberts have the right to appear before the city council and plead their case. In court, George and Margaret stall until Barbie finds a animal rental receipt and a witness (the person who delivered the animals) to prove that Poppy is to blame. Poppy resigns from the city council and the Roberts are saved from being evicted.
Go Team Roberts! Season 1[]
In "Magical Mermaid Mystery: Part 1", George and his family are going on vacation to Costa Rica so George can film a whale documentary. Barbie is disappointed to miss the vacation, but she is excited about her job and her parents are proud of her for being mature, responsible and committed to her job. While the Roberts are away and Barbie is busy working, Trey plans to have a party at the Dreamhouse. The vacation starts off rough, since there was turbulence on the plane and George miscalculated how long travelling would take. Chelsea asks their driver, Juan, if he believes in mermaids, and he says the mermaid legend is true. George is skeptical but Juan says he believes it because he's seen it. He drops the Roberts off at some small shacks. George says it looked bigger in pictures, but it's the closest place they can stay to where the whale migration ends.
Go Team Roberts! Season 2[]
Personality[]
George is easy-going and kind. He likes telling "dad jokes" and making puns, watching American football. He makes documentaries for a living and wants to have his own editing suite in the Dreamhouse. George enjoys carving wooden ducks. He has six duck carvings that represent each of his documentaries. George calls them "duck-umentaries" and he feels very attached to them. He has a magazine subscription for wood carving. He believes in good luck so he uses a lucky Wisconsin cheese bunny.
George loves his family and they call themselves Team Roberts. He dislikes his family using technology too much. When Margaret is annoyed with him, he laughs nervously, tries complimenting her, and blames Ken for self-preservation. George has unique father-daughter traditions with each of his daughters. When Barbie feels too old for her tradition, she lets Chelsea do it instead. George reassures Barbie that he isn't disappointed. When Barbie admits she actually isn't ready to let go of the tradition, George advises her that growing up isn't easy, but with time she will find the right balance between growing up and being a little girl.
Physical Appearance[]
George has black hair with gray streaks, blue eyes and light skin. He wears black glasses. George's outfit is a blue grid checkered shirt with rolled-up sleeves, a white top underneath, light beige pants and brown shoes. He also wears a watch.
Trivia[]
- In "Trey Is for Horses", it is shown that one of George's hobbies is making wood carvings of ducks. In "Totally Spying", he has a subscription for a magazine related to this hobby.