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Barbie as the Island Princess

Barbie as the Island Princess is a 2007 animated musical film and the eleventh installment in the film series based on Mattel's Barbie toyline. The only entry animated by Mainframe Studios as Rainmaker Animation, the film stars the voice of Kelly Sheridan.

The score was composed by Arnie Roth, with songs written by Megan Cavallari, Amy Powers and executive producer Rob Hudnut. It was released direct-to-DVD on September 18, 2007, with a television premiere five days later on Nickelodeon.

Sagi the red panda and Azul the Indian peacock live on a tropical island in the South Seas. One day, they discover a little girl washed up on shore after a storm, and decide to take her in. A chest washed up with her has the letters "R-O" on its broken nameplate; the animals name the girl Ro, and she grows up playing with them and an Asian elephant named Tika, but having lost her memory of her past aside from a lullaby from her birth.

Ten years later, Prince Antonio of Apollonia is out exploring the South Seas, and finds himself on Ro's Island. Ro, now a young woman able to communicate with animals, saves him from a float of crocodiles. Antonio invites her to come to Apollonia so she can research her past. Ro agrees, bringing her three friends with her. During the journey, Ro and Antonio begin to fall in love.

In Apollonia, Antonio's parents, King Peter and Queen Danielle, are shocked by Ro's arrival. While Antonio had been away, Peter had arranged a marriage for him to force him to settle down and stop adventuring. Peter immediately dislikes Ro for disrupting his plans; however, Antonio's little sisters Rita, Sofia, and Gina, and Danielle's pet rhesus monkey Tallulah, all immediately befriend Ro and her animals. When Ro is homesick and misses the island, she and the animals take up residence in the royal greenhouse where they feel more at home.

Antonio's betrothed, Princess Luciana, arrives in Apollonia with her mother Ariana so that Antonio can meet them. Unbeknownst to everyone present, even Luciana, Ariana is secretly the daughter of a couple of nobles whom Peter demoted to be swineherds after they committed treason. Ariana had moved abroad, married an elderly king to become queen, and has now returned to enact her revenge. Sensing that Ro may be a threat, she sabotages all Ro's attempts to fit in; however, Antonio only falls deeper in love with Ro, and Luciana comes to feel sorry for her.

Ro, demoralized by her "failures," thinks about returning to her island. The animals cheer her up and help her get dressed for the royal engagement ball. At the ball, everyone is impressed by Ro's beauty and grace, and Antonio privately proposes to her. Ro declines, unwilling to defy Peter. While outside, Sagi spots a carriage with the same flag washed ashore with Ro, and she talks with the horse, who reveals it belongs to another kingdom called Paladia, but the people he carries only have three sons and no daughters.

Antonio argues with Peter and abdicates the throne to Rita. He leaves a note for Ro, saying he will run away with her. Tika overhears and hides the note, fearing she may lose Ro. Meanwhile, Ariana sends her pet rats to spread "sunset herb" through the kingdom. The poison causes all animals who ingest it to fall into a coma, including Tallulah and Azul. Peter imprisons Ro and her animals, believing they brought the "disease" to Apollonia.

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