Barbie: Spy Squad (2016)

Overview
Barbie and her best friends Teresa and Renee transform from hard-working gymnasts to undercover secret agents. When their amazing gymnastics skills catch the eye of a top-secret spy agency, the girls are soon following clues to a gem-stealing cat burglar, using high-tech gadgets, glam disguises and cute robo-pets to save the day.
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Overview
Barbie and her best friends Teresa and Renee transform from hard-working gymnasts to undercover secret agents. When their amazing gymnastics skills catch the eye of a top-secret spy agency, the girls are soon following clues to a gem-stealing cat burglar, using high-tech gadgets, glam disguises and cute robo-pets to save the day.
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Primary
The film's narrative centers on an apolitical spy adventure where teamwork and problem-solving are used to prevent crime, thus avoiding explicit promotion of either progressive or conservative ideologies.
The film features a visibly diverse main cast with established characters, including Barbie, Teresa, and Renee. The narrative focuses on a children's spy adventure, emphasizing themes of teamwork and friendship, without explicitly critiquing or negatively portraying traditional identities.
Secondary
Barbie: Spy Squad is an animated children's film that focuses on adventure and friendship. There are no discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes present in the movie's plot or character arcs. Consequently, the film's net impact on LGBTQ+ portrayal is N/A, as it does not engage with these identities or issues.
The film features Barbie, Teresa, and Renee as secret agents who primarily use gadgets, stealth, and gymnastic agility to overcome obstacles and antagonists. There are no scenes depicting a female character defeating one or more male opponents in direct hand-to-hand combat or melee weapon fights.
The film features Barbie and her friends in an original spy adventure. All main and supporting characters are either new creations for this specific story or maintain their established gender from within the Barbie franchise. There are no instances of characters being adapted from prior source material or history with a changed gender.
This animated film features established Barbie characters like Barbie, Teresa, and Renee, who maintain their historically consistent racial portrayals. No characters canonically established as one race are depicted as a different race in this installment.
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