Annerika

Annerika is the femslash ship between Anneliese and Erika from the Barbie fandom.

Canon
Anneliese and Erika were both born on the same day, to different families, with different socioeconomic statuses. They were supposed to never meet. However, as the movie suggests, "destiny" unites them. Since Anneliese's kingdom is in danger because the gold reserves have been depleted, now they are suffering an economic crisis. Anneliese's mother, Queen Genevieve, doesn't know what to do because she does not have her trusted advisor in town. But from one moment to another, she remembers that near her kingdom lives a young prince named Dominick, whose wealth would help save the people. So Anneliese finds herself being forced to marry this man, "for her kingdom." Erika, on her part, is working under inhumane circumstances, in the store of a woman she supposedly owes a debt to, after her parents borrowed money from her, just to feed Erika. There, she makes dresses, although her dream is to be a singer.

Meanwhile, Anneliese's best friend and teacher invites her to go for a walk to the town to "clear her head up." As she walks through the streets of her town, she is captivated by the beautiful melody of someone's singing, so she decides to go in search of the origin of the music. Then, she meets Erika. The two of them are shocked to find out that they are nearly identical, with the difference in their hair color and a distinctive birthmark Aneliese has that Erika doesn't. To Anneliese's surprise, Erika is the creator of all her dresses. After that rare encounter, they both say goodbye with the promise that Anneliese will one day send for Erika to sing at the palace. However, things take a drastic turn when Anneliese is kidnapped. Julian, her best friend has a suspicion about ​​who could have kidnapped her. And he comes up with a plan where he needs someone to cover for Anneliese, which is when Erika comes in.

However, when the plan is is revealed, and it's revealed that Erika was posing as Anneliese, she is imprisoned. That's when Preminger, the antagonist of the movie, kidnaps Anneliese, and convinces the Queen to marry him, as she thinks that Anneliese is dead. Both Anneliese and Erika manage to escape. And when the Queen and Preminger were about to get married, Anneliese interrupts the wedding and the truth comes out as both girls smile at each other.

Fanon
Annerika is the most popular femslash ship within the Barbie movie. Fans ship Anneliese and Erika way more than they ship them with their romantic interests in the movie, due to the fact that fans of the ship often think that it would've made way more sense for the two of them to have gotten together in the end, since the movie was all about them and their connection to each other. The fact that they both get married to other men complicates things, but many ship Julian with Dominick as a side-ship. Some also offered a solution by depicting the four of them as a polycule, both getting married in a double wedding encourages this.

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 * Princess Pauper Polycule refers to the ship between the two, Julian and King Dominick