In Barbieland, every day is the best day ever, until it isn't. That's the twist that made Greta Gerwig's Barbie movie such a massive hit in the summer of 2023. Audiences showed up in head to toe pink, half of them pairing it with a trip to see Oppenheimer the same weekend, and walked out talking about flat feet, existential dread and a monologue that made grown women cry in the cinema. But the other thing people walked away with was a question: if I lived in a Dreamhouse, which Barbie would I be?
A Doll With Over Two Hundred Careers
Barbie has always been more than one person. Ruth Handler introduced her at the New York Toy Fair in 1959, naming her after her daughter Barbara, and she wanted girls to see a doll who could grow up to be anything. Since then, Barbie has had more than two hundred careers, from astronaut and surgeon to presidential candidate, paleontologist and pilot. That idea sits right at the heart of the movie, where every Barbie in Barbieland runs a different part of the world while the Kens mostly hang out at the beach.
So when you ask which Barbie you are, you're really asking what kind of person you'd be if you could be literally anything. Leader, scientist, artist, healer, rebel or the classic, cheerful original who's starting to wonder what else is out there.
Meet the Barbies of Barbieland
Stereotypical Barbie, played by Margot Robbie, is the one everybody pictures. She wakes up smiling, floats down from her Dreamhouse and throws a perfect dance party every night, right up until she blurts out a question about death and her heels start touching the ground. Her trip to the Real World turns her into the most surprising character in the film.
President Barbie runs Barbieland with total confidence, and the Supreme Court is made up entirely of Barbies. Physicist Barbie represents the doll's long history of science careers, the brainy one who can explain how anything works. Writer Barbie represents creativity and words, the kind of Barbie who'd keep a notebook on her nightstand. Doctor Barbie is the caring, capable one, ready with a stethoscope and calm advice.
And then there's Weird Barbie, the scene stealer played by Kate McKinnon. She was played with too hard by a kid in the real world, so she's got chopped hair, marker on her face and a body that ends up in the splits. She lives in a strange house on the hill, and she's the one who offers Barbie the famous choice between a high heel and a Birkenstock. Everyone thinks she's odd. She's also the only one who truly knows what's going on.
Pink Is a State of Mind
The quiz below asks questions that would fit right into Barbieland. What does your Dreamhouse look like? What would you do on your first day in the Real World? Which outfit would you choose from your closet, how would you handle a Ken who thinks he runs the place and what job would you pick if you could have any career at all?
Your answers will lead to one of six Barbies: Stereotypical, President, Weird, Physicist, Writer or Doctor. Each one reflects a different kind of energy, from bright and hopeful to brilliant, bold, creative, caring or charmingly unusual.
Before You Step Into the Dreamhouse
Pick answers that sound like the real you, not the Barbie you think looks the best on a poster. The whole point of the movie is that there's no single perfect way to be a woman, or a person, and that being a bit weird, a bit tired or a bit unsure is completely normal. So grab your pink sunglasses, choose your shoes wisely and let's see which Barbie you'd be.
