Raquelle is a character in Barbie: A Fairy Secret. Raquelle is an actress who went to school with her ex-best friend Barbie. They went on to act together even though they found it hard to get along with each other. Raquelle has a crush on Ken, Barbie's boyfriend, and almost caused Barbie and him to break up after she created a misunderstanding. She decided to try and put her differences aside with Barbie after an adventure in Gloss Angeles.
Story
Raquelle isn't getting as much attention as Barbie at a film premiere, so she rips Barbie's dress "by accident". The next day, Barbie confronts her about it, but Ken gets kidnapped by Princess Graciella's assistants while they are distracted by each other. Barbie wants to go with her fairy friends, Carrie and Taylor, to rescue Ken, but Raquelle wants to come too because she considers Ken one of her friends, and she has a crush on him. In Gloss Angeles, a city in the fairy world, they go inside an Airavator, they go to the wings and things, and they find Pegaponies.
When they try to sneak into the castle, they got caught when Barbie wants to call Ken. Barbie told everything to Graciella about the love potion that Crystal gave her. Crystal got scared, and she was worried that she would be caught, but then she was able to think of a diversion. She noticed that one of the chefs was wearing pink shoes, and she knew that those pink shoes actually belonged to Taylor. Taylor had been banned from Gloss Angeles years before by Graciella. She knew that Graciella would get mad at Taylor for returning if she knew it was her, and if she got mad at someone else, maybe she would forget about Crystal.
She decided to reveal Taylor's true identity to Graciella so that Graciella would know that Taylor was there and she had come back even when she was not supposed to make Graciella mad and get her in trouble so she would stop paying so much attention to her and she might think that everyone was lying because it was Carrie and Taylor, who she hated. Maybe then she would forget about Crystal, which was what happened. This made Graciella furious that Carrie and Taylor had returned to Gloss Angeles even though Graciella had banned them before, and then she trapped Barbie, Raquelle, Carrie, and Taylor in Fury Spheres which were escape-proof.
Graciella had Barbie and Raquelle sent to the dungeon and realized they are not friends because of a misunderstanding. They forgave each other, and because of their forgiveness, it let the Fury Sphere disappear and let them fly with their new wings and clothes. Later, they object to the wedding between Ken and Graciella, which made the princess furious once again, and she tried to stop them. However, because of Raquelle's help, they finally snapped Graciella back to normal. Graciella tells Barbie and Raquelle that their wings will disappear when they return to the human world, but they would re-appear when they came back to Gloss Angeles, and she makes them promise to keep the fairy world a secret. But Raquelle doesn't promise to keep Gloss Angeles a secret, so Graciella throws dust on them that makes them forget everything that happened. The next morning, Barbie, Raquelle, and Ken woke up, thinking it was all a dream. Carrie and Taylor tell Barbie and Raquelle that they are going to visit a friend which they re-connected with (Princess Graciella) at their hometown (Gloss Angeles).
Physical Appearance
Raquelle has long black hair with red lips and pale skin. She usually wears blue and silver clothes with a pair of high heels.
At the movie premiere for Raquelle and Barbie's new movie, Raquelle had her hair down and wore shiny, blue teardrop earrings. Her nails were painted pink, and she had simple makeup. She was wearing a sparkly gown to the premiere that had a blue lining around the top. It was strapless on the right side and had two blue straps on the left. There was a light blue corsage at the end of the straps. The top part of the dress was purple down to the hips, and the skirt was flowing and bright blue. It revealed her legs from the knee down, but it was longer in the back. In addition, Raquelle wore strappy, purple platform high heels with a blue design on them.
When Raquelle traveled around Gloss Angeles, she wore the same outfit that she was wearing when she went to see Ken at Wally's. She had her hair in a ponytail with a sparkly, silver hairband, and she was wearing earrings and a sparkly bracelet. Raquelle was wearing a short, dark purple dress with a sweetheart neckline. The skirt had a sparkly silver belt around it. Over her dress, she was wearing a white, short-sleeved cropped cardigan with pink and red spots on it. Under her skirt, she was wearing shiny black leggings, and her shoes were silver high-heeled sandals. Raquelle also wore fake wings. They were large and light purple and very detailed, with swirly patterns all over them.
When Raquelle was transformed into a fairy, she still had her hair up, and she wore blue and silver teardrop earrings. She got an intricate pearl necklace with pink butterflies on it. Her dress was purple with a sweetheart neckline that had a frilly white lining. She had a sparkly silver belt around the waist. The dress skirt was frilly and puffy, with light blue frills underneath, and light pink frills underneath the blue ones. Her appearance as a fairy was less colorful than Barbie's. Raquelle's shoes were silver and had straps that wrapped around her shins. They were high-heeled sandals and had butterflies on some straps on the foot. Her wings were larger than her fake ones and looked like swirly crayon art. They were pink, white, purple, and blue, and there was also a bit of yellow. They were very detailed and swirly.
In the book illustration, her hair was down and had purple highlights. Her headband had a pink butterfly on it, and she still wore a purple dress. However, the purple skirt looked more like petals.
At the end of the movie, Raquelle goes to meet up with Barbie and Ken at Wally's after having a feeling that they would be there. She had her hair down and had dangly earrings. Her eyeshadow was purple, and her lipstick was pink. Raquelle also had a gold necklace on, and her outfit was a shiny, royal blue-colored bolero over a red and white striped top. She had blue shorts on that had a bow on them. Her shoes were shiny red high heels. She wore light blue eyeshadow and pink lipstick.
Personality
- "Always hungry for fame, she'll do anything to steal the spotlight! Can she form a friendship with movie star Barbie?"
- —Barbie.com
Raquelle is rude to Barbie, flirts with Ken in front of her, and doesn't even realize sometimes when she is rude. However, Ken is still friends with her, even after what she puts Barbie through. Raquelle doesn't like Barbie because she thought Barbie never liked her, but it was just a misunderstanding.
It was revealed in A Fairy Secret that Barbie used to be popular in school, and Raquelle felt like Barbie didn't want to be friends with her. Since then, Raquelle has tried to beat Barbie at things Barbie cares about, like acting. For example, she rips Barbie's dress at a film premiere when Barbie starts getting all the attention. Raquelle is good at horseback riding. She is vain, sarcastic, crafty, and mean.
Trivia
- According to the pedigree magazines, she is 178 cm tall (5'10") and loves water skiing.[1]
References
| Barbie: A Fairy Secret |
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 Quote: "Forgiveness lets you fly" Characters: Barbie | Carrie | Crystal | Graylen | Ken | Lilliana Roxelle | Pegapony | Prince Zane | Princess Graciella | Princess Graciella's Assistants | Raquelle | Reena | Taylor | Tracy Clinger Locations: Beach House | Sunset | Fairy Flyway | Gloss Angeles | Paris, France | Lilliana Roxelle's House | Princess Graciella's Palace | Wally's | Wings and Things Song: "Can You Keep A Secret" |