♪ Whoa oh oh oh ♪
♪ So much to see ♪
♪ So much to do ♪
♪ Let's share a dream ♪
♪ Make it come true ♪
♪ Us girls got
the right combination ♪
♪ Make our way
to new destinations ♪
♪ Imagine all
the possibilities ♪
♪ Hey hey hey ♪
♪ You can be anything ♪
♪ Hey hey hey ♪
♪ Barbie's here,
gonna sing ♪
♪ Hey hey hey ♪
♪ Adventure, yeah that's
our thing ♪
♪ Whoa oh oh ♪
♪ It's the Dreamhouse
Adventures ♪
[howling]
[Barbie]: What? You've never
seen a manzanita bush
sneak through the Malibu hills
while carrying a curried
egg salad pizza?
OK, it was new for me, too.
But really, there is a very
simple explanation.
It's tradition.
Sort of.
Let me explain.
It all started a few days ago.
Ooh, ooh, aah, aah. Sss!
Ooh! [chuckles]
You think you can handle this?
Ah, alright.
Chelsea is very picky
about her smoothies.
Kind of an expert.
No one better with quick
reflexes under pressure
than a lifeguard...
In training.
Still, I got this.
-Woo, woo, woo!
-OK.
-Chelsea, call it.
-Strawberry!
Banana! Banana! Banana!
Blueberry!
Whoa! OK.
And a kumquat.
[gasps]
Ahhhh!
Whew!
A kumquat? Really?
It's rich in Vitamin C.
Hey, you can't argue
with good nutrition.
Smoothie time?
You know it.
Hey, Mr. Roberts.
Let me help you.
Shark att*ck!
Think fast!
[both growling]
-Ahh!
-Rawr!
Whoa!
The eggs!
-Ha!
-Yeah!
-Ha!
-Hah!
OK.
Nice try, girls.
Close, but no Chihuahua.
No chi-what-what?
We're helping Ken with
his lifeguard training.
If we land a successful
shark att*ck
before our agreed upon
allotted time,
Ken's gonna clean our room
for us.
And if you don't?
We're gonna clean it ourselves.
The mess in there
was really bothering me.
Yeah, I am down with anything
that gets you two
to clean your room,
but maybe keep the shark att*cks
out of the kitchen, OK?
-We only have so many eggs.
-No problem.
Uh, like we'd repeat ourselves.
Later, sharkenators.
Good luck.
You'll need it.
Ha. You wish.
When you least expect it.
Shark domination.
[evil laughter]
Well, that was egg-citing.
Dad.
Oh, come on.
The equinox is tomorrow night.
I'm just getting warmed up.
What's the equalox?
[laughs] Equinox.
A day and night of perfect
cosmic balance,
when even eggs can sense the
harmony of the celestial spheres
and balance on their ends.
Whoa.
Dad and I have this tradition
of going out at midnight
to watch for meteors
and balance eggs.
It's fun.
We drink hot chocolate,
eat curried egg salad pizza,
and Dad tells a lot
of bad jokes.
Bad?
You love my egg jokes.
I'm not six anymore, Dad.
Hey, that's ageism.
And how come you never
told me about this?
[gasps]
Huh.
Well, I guess you've always been
asleep when we head out.
Yeah, it's our
daddy-daughter tradition.
Like Stacie and Dad always do
team tightrope at Beach Fest.
Oh... kay.
Ta-da!
[announcer]:
And, in second place,
George and Stacie Roberts!
Second?
Second?
Who was better than us?
[whinnying]
[cheering]
Uh... no competing with that.
Or how Dad and Skipper go to
the Gee Whiz expo every spring.
[both grunting]
[both gasp, then laugh]
Hmm.
Those are awesome!
I want a tradition with Dad.
You bet.
After I put away these
groceries,
let's start brainstorming
some ideas.
-Great.
-Ah...
Barbie was just about your age
the first time we went out
for the equinox.
[laughs] We're still on
for tomorrow, right?
Oh... of course!
It's my favorite night
of the year.
At least it used to be.
I mean, I still loved
the thought of it,
but somehow it just didn't feel
the same this time
and it was bugging me.
I needed to talk it over with
someone who totally gets me.
But Mom was out of town,
so I went to see Ken.
-Hmm.
-[Barbie]: Hey, Ken.
-[gasps]
-[Barbie yelps]
Um...
Sorry. I thought you were
your sisters.
Uh... no sharks here.
Just looking for some
friendly advice.
That I can do.
What's up?
It's about the equinox.
[together] Huh?
Ha ha ha!
[growling]
Not on my watch.
[growling]
-A-ha!
-Whoa!
Ugh! Really?
Anyway, it's tomorrow,
but I'm just not feeling it
like I used to.
Well, you've been doing it
for a long time.
Maybe you've outgrown it.
What if I have?
Dad is so excited,
I can't even think
about letting him down.
[giggling]
[evil laughter]
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
I feel for you, Barbie.
That's a tough spot.
I know, right?
What should I do?
Talk to your dad.
Probably. But tomorrow.
[screaming]
I want to sleep on it.
Whoa.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
[screaming]
[chuckles]
-Hi, Barbie.
-[startled gasp]
Oh, I thought you were a bedroom
shark for a second there.
No, but I feel kinda
like a shark.
Did you know they
don't sleep?
I know the feeling.
What's keeping you up?
Trying to think of a tradition
for me and Dad.
Maybe I can help.
-Would you?
-Sure.
Let's start with some things
you like.
Favorite class in school?
Um, science.
Astronomy to be exact.
-Favorite hobby?
-Telling egg jokes.
Hmm. Favorite pizza?
-Curried egg salad.
-Are you pranking me?
-Why?
-I'm sensing a theme here.
Have you ever tried
curried egg salad pizza?
No, but it sounded so good.
I can't stop thinking about it.
Everything you do with Dad
for your tradition sounds fun.
It is.
You know what?
Maybe you should...
Go with Dad for the equinox?
I can't believe you'd do that
for me!
You're the best sister ever.
Right. Give up my tradition.
That's exactly what
I was going to say.
[sighs]
OK, so Chelsea was
so excited.
Handing down my tradition
to her just made sense.
She would love it,
Dad would love it.
Win-win, right?
And if maybe a tiny part of me
was feeling just
an itsy bit sad.
PACE: Positive Attitude
Changes Everything.
So, no problem.
All I had to do was tell Dad.
So, it's not like
I'm abandoning you,
I'm doing something really
special for both of you, right?
Please say it's OK.
It's very sweet of you to give
the equinox to Chelsea,
but are you sure?
I thought you liked
our tradition.
I do. Just-
I think I might be...
outgrowing it a little.
You're not disappointed,
are you?
[laughs]
How could I be disappointed
when you're becoming
such a kind, mature,
and generous
young woman?
-Come here.
-Aww, thank you.
You and I will just have
to start
a new, more grown up tradition.
Yes, of course.
It's not like we can't still do
fun stuff together.
Exactly.
So, what do you think
we could do?
-Hmm.
-Umm...
Oh, I know.
We could do the annual
polar bear swim.
[together] One, two, three!
Ahhhhhhh!!!
[splash]
[shivering]
So cold.
Maybe not.
How about the Malibu
father-daughter
swing dancing contest?
[Barbie gasps]:
That would be fun!
But don't the Reardon's
judge that?
-Huh?
-Hey!
-[cries out]
-Whoa!
Ah, good point.
I know, we could invent
our own event,
like blindfolded free-throwing
championships.
[Ken]: Hey!
[woman screaming]
[groans]
-[both grunt]
-[Barbie] Ow.
[together] Nah.
Inventing traditions is hard.
No wonder Chelsea
couldn't sleep last night.
You know, you can always
come along with Chelsea and me
and think of something
for next year.
That's OK.
The equinox is Chelsea's
tradition now.
What was Barbie-Dad time
is now Chelsea-Dad time.
You guys enjoy.
I'm sure I'll find something
else to do tonight.
Hmm.
Huh?
Ahh.
-Hey, Ken.
-[startled yelp]
-You wanna hang out tonight?
-[gasping]
Can't. I have to be on guard.
The later it gets, the more
desperate the sharks become.
Probably won't make for
a very relaxing night.
Aaaaa-haaaa!
Aaah!
Ooof.
Whatcha gonna do, huh?
[grunts] Arrrr!!!
Gotcha, gotcha, gotcha!
-[gasps]
-Ha, ha!
-Ah!
-Rawr!!!
Hey, uh!
Na, na, na, na, na!!!
Chomp, chomp, chomp!
I told you it wasn't
gonna be relaxing.
Well, hanging out with my dad
hasn't always been
so relaxing, either.
This one time,
it rained all night.
We were completely soaked.
-[thunder rolls]
-It was so cloudy,
we couldn't even see the moon,
let alone any meteors.
And then there was
this other time...
-Ta- dah!
-Yes!
[Barbie]: Huh?
What happened?
It was right here.
[howling]
[Barbie]: A coyote
ate our pizza.
And once...
Are we lost?
No, silly.
Um... you sure we're not lost?
Of course not.
Dad?
Don't worry, Barbie.
I've got everything under...
-Whoops.
-What?
Yeah, we're lost.
Dad missed a turn-off
and we ended up in Fresno.
On the bright side, they have
some very nice motels in Fresno.
[growling]
Yeah, we had a good time anyway,
even if it wasn't quite
our usual thing.
You survived.
And so will your
dad and Chelsea.
-Yah!
-Huh?
-Whoo!
-As for your other
shark-loving sisters...
[grunts]
[both]: Whoa, whoa, whoa!
[Stacie laughing]
Alright, so at this point
you might be asking
"Barbie, if the tradition
was always such a disaster,
and you were feeling too old
for it anyway,
why was it so hard
to let go?"
Bye! Have fun!
Without me.
Good question.
[doorbell rings]
-Hey, Barbie.
-Hi there.
Hey, guys.
What's going on?
Ken texted.
Something about rotten eggs.
It's balancing eggs,
but I'm totally fine.
You sure?
No.
I guess I'm having a little
trouble letting go
of my daddy-daughter tradition.
Moving on's hard.
I think there's really
only one thing to do
in a situation like this.
Night swimming?
[together] Yeah! Pool party!
[laughing]
Pizza's here.
-Yum.
-Careful.
-It could be a trap.
-You think we would stoop
to the spring-loaded-sharks-
in-a-pizza-box trick?
I am offended.
It's like you don't even
know us.
-[screams] Wha-
-[gasps]
-Are you OK?
-What happened?
-Shark?
-[gasps]
Worse. What is that?
Curried egg salad equinox pizza.
It's for Dad and Chelsea.
Our orders must have
gotten mixed up.
Nobody gets to say the food at
my house is weird ever again.
I was five.
How was I supposed to know
chicken feet are delicious?
-Right?
-This is bad.
It's not the equinox
without curried egg salad pizza.
I have to get this to them.
There's still time.
Enjoy the party!
We will now. Ugh.
[gasps] Whoa.
[grunts] Ouch.
[both laughing]
OK, I made this one up.
It's really good.
Why did the egg cross
the road?
I don't know. Why did-
Because it was stapled
to the chicken!
[chuckles]
[laughs]
Oh...
I cr*ck myself up.
Get it? cr*ck?
Oh, that's so bad
it's egg-stra awesome.
Egg-cellent!
Egg-xactly!
[laughing]
[Barbie]:
They seem to be doing OK
but I didn't want Chelsea
to have just an OK equinox.
It was her first one.
It had to be perfect.
Barbie stealth pizza delivery
mode activate.
[groans]
Ow! Mmmm!
Uh, Dad?
-What's that?
-Huh.
A manzanita bush, I believe.
[reading] "...from the genus
Arctostaphylos.
An evergreen shrub found in the
chaparral biome of the western-"
-Do they have legs?
-[gasp]
Wait, what?
It moved.
Unless it's really a tumbleweed.
'Cause that would
be egg-straordinary.
[laughs]
[Barbie]: What? You never know
when you're gonna have
a fishing-related emergency.
[gasp]
[grunts]
[gasps] No!
Ahh!
Oof.
[gasp]
Whoa. Look at them!
Look at them.
That's when I realized
the equinox isn't about
the curried egg pizza or
the meteors or bad jokes
or even the equinox.
It was about spending
time together.
Just us.
That's what I wasn't
ready to let go of.
-[squeaking]
-Huh?
[startled gasp]
Aww.
[chitters]
-Hey!
-[chitters]
[yelps]
Ugh!
Whoa!
[gasps]
Ah, ahhhhhhh!!!!!!
Whoa!
[chitters]
Whoa!
Ahhhhhh!!!
Whoa!
-Whoa!
-[chitters]
Ahh! Ahh! Ahhh!
-Ahhhh!
-[chitters]
Ahhh!
[chitters]
Look out!
[both]: Huh?
Ugh!!!
Uh...
Hey.
Barbie?
Honey, what're you doing here?
Um...
[chitters]
[laughs nervously]
Surprise?
[laughing]
[alarm goes off]
One minute to go.
Is there any pizza left?
I think there's a box
on the table.
Hey, can you hand it to me, Ken?
Ow.
[giggling]
Sure.
[cries out]
Whoa, whoa!
Whoaaaaa!
[splash]
[laughing]
Ahhhhh!!!
[gasps]
Ahhhhhh!!!!!
[panting]
Ah!
Ahhhh!
Oh, yeah!
We win!
[Skipper laughing]
[sputtering]
Gosh.
We would never lower ourselves
to the spring-loaded sharks gag
in the first pizza box.
You can start cleaning
our room tomorrow.
It's gonna be so great
to be rid of your mess.
[Skipper]: What do you mean
"my mess"?
Oh, man.
[laughing]
Are you OK?
I'm fine.
Just, you know,
maybe I don't love the jokes
as much as I used to
and the curried egg salad
pizza can get a little old
but I'm not ready
to give it all up.
Oh, honey.
Why didn't you say something?
I don't know.
I thought I was ready.
And Chelsea was so excited.
Oh, why is this so hard?
Come here.
Growing up is not easy.
It's gonna happen
whether you're ready or not.
But that doesn't mean you won't
always be the little girl
who sat on this hill with me
and marveled at the universe.
Give it time.
You'll find the right balance.
Like I did.
Ta-dah!
-[Barbie gasps]
-Woo-hoo!
Amazing!
[all chuckle]
Mind if I stay and watch a few
meteors with you guys?
Sure. As many as you want.
Pull up a rock.
Or pizza box.
'Cause there's no way I'm eating
what's inside this.
[both laughing]
-Hey, Chelsea?
-Yeah?
Why does Humpty Dumpty
do so well in school?
-Why?
-Because he's an egg head.
[laughs]
Hey, you're poaching
my best jokes.
Do you mean we're b*ating
your egg joke skills?
'Cause that's not hard.
It's over-easy.
[all laughing]
[Barbie]: Sometimes even a good
change can be hard.
That's when you need to rely
on things that never change.
Like the love of your family,
the support of your friends,
and the inexplicable comfort
of really bad jokes.
♪
02x01 - Balancing Act
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Series centered on the activities and adventures of Barbie, her sisters, other family members and friends, and it follows up from the film, Barbie: Dolphin Magic.
Series centered on the activities and adventures of Barbie, her sisters, other family members and friends, and it follows up from the film, Barbie: Dolphin Magic.