Tim Curry (Philippe) played a villain in Les trois mousquetaires (1993) as Cardinal Richelieu, in addition to playing the villain in Barbie dans Casse-noisette (2001).
In an attempt to heal the nation, on February 14, 2021, podcast hosts Richard Martin and Alexander "AJ" Jones of the Cult Popture Podcast released an 18+ hour comprehensive podcast reviewing the 37 Barbie films. The retrospective took over a month to prepare and features numerous guest speakers as well as an original song created specially for the podcast.
Starting with this release and all until Barbie et le Secret des sirènes 2 (2011), the NBC Universal byline was added to the 1997 Universal Pictures logo at the start of all Barbie Direct-to-video releases.