When the much-anticipated official Barbie movie trailer and cast posters dropped, the internet wasted absolutely zero time springing into action. The rollout was packed with memeable moments, including the cheeky "This Barbie/Ken is" posters and the sheer colorful campiness of the trailer.
We still don't fully know what Barbie is about — the Wizard of Oz? — but that doesn't matter, it's already the best, and most meme-worthy, movie ever. The cast is packed with celebrities, including stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as the central Barbie and Ken, though all the Barbies and Kens are named Barbie and Ken. Issa Rae plays a president Barbie, Sex Education stars Emma Mackey and Ncuti Gatwa play a Nobel Prize-winning Barbie and a cowboy Ken, and even Michael Cera and Dua Lipa are there! It can't be July 21 soon enough.
Below, check out some of our favorite Barbie memes so far.
Celebrity Barbies
The genius Barbie social team created a special website where you can create your own Barbie poster, much to the delight of stans and jokesters everywhere. Fans immediately posted odes to their biases, a la one of Jimin in a bright pink suit, or characters like Ashley Tisdale as Sharpay Evans in High School Musical. Can you imagine M3GAN as Barbie?!? The internet can. Even the official Yellowjackets account got in on the fun.
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She's Everything, He's Just Ken
Part of the official messaging of the film pokes fun at the original ethos of Barbie the doll: she does it all, and Ken is just ... there. This, of course, is the perfect format for a well-timed pop culture reference to everything from Scooby Doo to Princess Diana.
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"Three Tickets to the Barbie Movie" Memes
Imagining who will be in attendance at the movie when it premieres on July 21 was another popular meme format. Not even One Direction can resist the allure of Barbie.
