We’re all hyped for Greta Gerwig’s highly anticipated Barbie film to hit theaters and see Margot Robbie bring the beloved character to life on the big screen.
And of course everyone can’t wait to get a taste of Ryan Gosling’s Kenergy.
But real Barbie fans know this is far from her first rodeo, even if it is the doll’s first time on the big screen.
Since the early 2000s, Mattel has been putting out animated Barbie films nearly every year.
These films were retellings of classic fairytales, original stories, or sometimes somewhere in between and while they all (of course) starred our favorite plastic Swiss Army woman, there’s a distinct lack of Ken in the early years of Barbie’s film career.
So while we anxiously await Barbie and Ken’s big-screen debut, there’s no better time to look back at the not-Kens that came before.
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