Queen Vera is a character in Barbie in The Pink Shoes. She is voiced by Teryl Rothery.
Story[]
In the original ballet, the Queen is recently widowed and only has her son, Prince Siegfried left. She cares deeply for her son, but is determined that he will make a great king when his time to take over the throne comes. However, Siegfried has little interest in his role as a Prince, which deeply worries his mother. When Siegfried is celebrating his 21st birthday with his friends and tutor, the Queen interrupts the celebrations and almost ruins everybody's fun by telling Siegfried that it's high time he starts taking his responsibilities seriously.
Expressing her displeasure with the celebrations, she announces that she has arranged a ball for the following evening in honor of Siegfried's rise to the throne. Many eligible princesses will be attending and the Queen makes it clear that Siegfried is expected to choose one as his bride, because it is time for him to marry and settle down. This news makes Siegfried unhappy because he is not in love, but the Queen is not sympathetic and departs. But later that very evening, Siegfried falls in love with Princess Odette, who he meets at a lake in the forest while on a hunting expedition.
The next evening, the ball begins with the Queen and Siegfried's arrival and the Queen wastes no time in presenting six potential brides to Siegfried, in the hope that he will choose one to marry. But to her dismay, Siegfried rejects them all because he is in love with Odette and the Queen is not impressed with him for failing to choose a bride. But suddenly, two uninvited guests arrive - the evil sorcerer, Von Rothbart and his daughter, Odile, who he has magically disguised as Odette.
Siegfried immediately devotes his attention to Odile, much to his mother's delight, who happily watches the two dance. Afterward, the Queen is thrilled when Siegfried announces that he has found a bride and swears eternal love to Odile, not realizing until too late that he has been tricked into breaking his promise to Odette. Rothbart and Odile reveal their trickery, much to Siegfried and the Queen's horror. The Queen tries in vain to comfort her devastated son, but she watches helplessly as he flees the ball, searching for his beloved Odette, unaware that she will never see him again.
Role in Barbie in The Pink Shoes[]
After Siegfried and Odette dance together near the Swan Lake, he starts to fall for her. Before Kristyn and Hailey manage to leave the Ballet World, Rothbart turns them into swans. The girls decide to go to the ball since only true love could break the spell. But before they arrive at the castle, Rothbart makes his daughter, Odile look like Odette and the girls arrive at the castle before sunset, but they can't turn back into humans until the sun sets.
Prince Siegfried and the Queen get confused and they don't know which one is the real Odette. But when Kristyn starts to dance her way, Siegfried realizes it's her. The Queen is very impressed by Odette's (Kristyn's) dancing style and compliments her too. While Siegfried proposes to Odette, the Snow Queen takes Hailey away, telling her that she does not belong in the story. Odette runs away to find her friend though Siegfried tries to stop her.
Quotes[]
- "Tonight Siegfried, you choose a bride."
- "She's lovely, my dear."
- Your style is magnificent Odette. I didn't know my son could dance like that."
Trivia[]
- Queen Vera has already been portrayed in Barbie of Swan Lake as the mother of Prince Daniel and is simply known as the Queen Mother.
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 Quote: "Listen to the beat of your heart and keep on dancing" Media: Barbie in The Pink Shoes | Land of Sweets Characters: Kristyn Farraday | Hailey | Tara Pennington | Odile | Hannah | Dillon Matthews | Prince Siegfried | Madame Natasha | Snow Queen | Sugar Plum Fairy | Cygnets | Rothbart | Peasants | Madame Katerina | Berthe | Queen Vera | Prince Albrecht | Hilarion | Ballet Scouts | Nutcracker | Mr. Pennington | Thorpe Objects: Pink Shoes Locations: Ballet World | Siegfried's Castle | Snow Queen's Palace Songs: "Keep on Dancing" | "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt" |