This show is getting out of control with its meta. Basically Midge here comes to visit Barbie from her âhometownâ, and is a vintage style doll like the original Barbies and is all old fashioned, black and white, and even comes with a 50s/60s sitcom style laugh track. She canât even bend like current Barbie does!
I looked it up on the wiki, and in real life, Midge was introduced in 1963 as Barbieâs âoriginalâ best friend, and for the first two years, she did not have bendable legs. Also, the doll went out of production for 20 years and didnât come back until 1988 as California Dream Midge, so her appearing at Barbieâs house suddenly after being separated from her for a long time, getting a makeover and immediately grabbing a surfboard is all a SUPER NERDY reference to that. I love that aficionados are Barbie history and its ever changing canon are being catered to here, what a niche.
Also vintage Midge got married and had three kids in a âhappy familyâ doll line and there was a pregnant Midge doll that caused controversy because parents thought she was too young to have children (though I donât see any reference to her being a specific age?)
So I choose to believe in the canon of this show, Midge faked her death and abandoned her family back in Barbieâs hometown to start a new life in California. This dark twist adds drama.
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