Skipper: The History Of Barbie's First Sister! 

Breaking up with her boyfriend at Pizza Hut is the most accurate to the reality of being a teen that Skipper has ever been

"Skipper and Barbie literally can't escape each other." Speaking as the younger of two sisters, VERY REALISTIC. Also, I always assumed Ricky was Alan's little brother because they looked so much alike.

5:06 The fact that Tutti is known for melting other dolls when she comes into contact with them really adds to her demonic appearance 😭

Growing Up Skipper's long skirt just reflects the prairie, crunchy granola aesthetic that was incredibly popular in 1970s' fashion. Granny dresses and skirts were totally the thing.

I would love more history on the other siblings! Stacie, Kelly (Chelsea?!), Tommy. So happy to learn about Tutti + Todd from this vid 😂

finding out that she wasn't used much in the 2000s makes a lot of sense to me now! i grew up in the early 2000s and didn't know about skipper until much later. i had a million barbies but no skippers. i remember asking about her and my mom being surprised like, "that's her sister!" my mom grew up in the 80s. it's interesting how so many generations have different experiences with barbie

Ricky wearing all of Alan's hand-me-downs. Lol

We finally meet the parents in Dreamhouse Adventures. I wish they would make them into dolls.

I’ve never been into actual Barbie dolls (I’m a Bratz girlie) but hearing the history and lore is way too interesting. Skipper was my favorite as kid.

I got the growing up Skipper doll for Christmas. It was the adults that passed it around and laughed at it the most. Also the last Barbie I ever got, as I was soon deemed "too old" to play with Barbies. I had to give my collection, my case that turned into a house, and of course, all the clothes to my cousins. Needless to say I was not happy.

Why on earth were all their names so ridiculous 😆 We had an 80s skipper doll growing up and I loved her ❤

Matching outfits for girls were extremely common in the 1960's and 1970's. Nightgowns, sweater sets, and occasionally dresses. Boys got matching sweaters.

I had the 90s mermaid Skipper doll and she was so cute! Her face mold and crimped, voluminous hair will always be iconic for me. What I also loved about her was her body type, it wasn't as skinny as Barbies at the time.

Thank you for mentioning Stacy and Todd. Honestly, I loved Todd. I was really happy to see him and the idea of him being a boy in this family full of sisters. I wish they had kept him around. Justice for Todd. I kind of really hope at some point you’ll do a Stacy and Todd video now.

I think teen fun skipper looks like an older version of Kelly, which I kind of like, cause then you could turn her into an older Kelly.

I am a Skipper collector, and I agree that the 1982 Skipper is the ugliest and does look like Sid!!! The reason Growing Up Skipper had a long maxi skirt for the more mature “teen” version is because that’s what was in style at that time! Great presentation, and thanks for this video!

It's so sad that Barbie's little brother died as a child...

I had a 1988 Skipper given to me by my aunt. Unfortunately, I lost her.

The “life in the dream house” version is probably the most iconic version of the character😭🤚

I never had a Skipper, but sometimes my Stacie also played a younger version of Barbie 😁 I also agree that I don't think there's anything weird about Growing Up Skipper - kids grow up and puberty happens, so talking about that should absolutely be normalised.

As a Gen Xer I think "Growing Up Skipper" was a form of sex ed for our working mom's to skip the "talk" 🤣🤣🤣 I love your videos! You are the Barbie Guru, it is so awesome!

I grew up in Mexico in the late 90s / early 2000s, and I don’t recall ever hearing about Skipper. The younger sister of Barbie was Kelly, who was adorable, I had one, but with all the recent Barbie hype, I haven’t heard anyone talk about her, she wasn’t even mentioned in the movie. It would be great if you could make a video about Kelly, or if there is not enough info about her, maybe a reel? Either way, your videos are awesome! So entertaining and informative 🫶🏻

I loved collecting Skipper dolls. My mom had the growing up skipper when she was younger, it's her favorite.

My favorite doll growing up was my Mom's original 1964 Skipper and I didn't realize until I was missing it when my Grandma suddenly donated all the barbies to my toddler cousin. A year later I was still upset over it and we managed to get that single doll back once I told them how old it was. Skipper went to the Barbie movie with me lol

I have always been crazy about Skipper. When I was little I had "Skipper jogging", I would literally bring her everywhere with me (except school obviously ". For some reason I loved loved her. Maybe because I was little, so it was easier for me to identify to such a doll. I had several other skippers. I was crazy about the teen time line dolls and clothings, they were everything,, very colorful and Courtney was amazing, I so much wanted her because she was brunette just like me. Skipper is great 😅 It's sad that Mattel forgets about her sometimes

I think the long skirt is just a reflection of the fashion of the time. It was very on trend for a teen girl to wear a long skirt, mainly because of high school dress codes.

Malibu Skipper: Sunscreen / Where are the parents? Growing up in the 80's and 90's, well past the 70's, I don't think I remember sunscreen being used much at all. It was always that coconut scented tanning oil. Then you'd get yourself coated in aloe gel. For Gen-X and Xennials, the parents were often nowhere to be found. Safety be damned. You know, "Bye mom, I'm going with 5 girls I've never met before to play Barbies behind some random abandoned steel mill." And your mom just reply "Okay dear, come home before the street lights come on".

OMG! That tiny slip is adorable & definitely a must have for girls back in the day. I was an 80's girl, so every time I'd wear a full circle skirt, I'd have a slip underneath to fill it out (make it poofy). It was definitely a necessity for turning a look. I still have a similar pair of Barbie panties that survived my childhood.

This was a fun and interesting history of Skipper. The names of the dolls created to be her friends though are bizarre and funny- Skooter, Tutti, Fluff and Tiff 😄

Gosh Ken looks so miserable in the 2010 dream wedding set 😂 Love the history of Skipper, thank you for the video!

those vintage 60s outfits are so cute and very realistic

I loved my skipper doll, growing up i loved how she was a “mini barbie” and just the perfect size to carry around.

90’s child here, I had both Cool Sitter Skipper (she actually had 4 babies, one is in a carrier behind her back that you can’t really see in the picture) and Fashion Party Skipper was just as cool as you think she is - I LOVED her outfits!

The Growing Up Skipper also had a convertible bedroom, which went from bunk beds to twin beds. The artwork showed both dolls in the bedroom.

Early to mid 90s will always be my Skipper. Great video! 👍🏼

Skipper is my favorite Barbie doll. The current. Babysitters Inc dolls r so pretty. They were my first petite dolls 16:05 ahhhhh that’s my first Skipper doll!!! I had gotten the whole camping set & dolls for that Christmas!!! Yes I still have her 16:42 ugh I love this era of Skipper. I can’t tell u how many of this version I bought 16:57 yes my favorite era of Skipper with different skin tones & hair just wish they had articulation

I had sun skipper. She came with stickers that you could put on her skin. When she tanned they would leave shapes like butterflies and hearts. Loved it! Tried it on myself. Got to love the 70s

My favorite video of yours yet! I'd love to see one about Kelly/Chelsea next. I especially enjoyed the shoutout to Tutti and Todd, I actually have 2 Tutti dolls that were my mom's as a child and I always thought her face was a little strange (especially compared to my 90's Kellys and Stacies) but I find her really cute and nostalgic now. I'm also just finding out that Ashley Katchadorian from The Most Popular Girls in School is a Skipper doll.

Great video, I have an extensive vintage Skipper collection, I related to her more than Barbie when I was little, you always put out high quality well researched content, thank you for that

Interesting video. Well done. As an aside, sunscreens existed in various parts of the world long before 1971, but if you had asked the average American citizen in 1971 if he/she used sunscreen, the response would have been something like, "Do you mean suntan lotion?" Malibu Skipper's parents probably would have thought she just looked healthy with that deep tan. It took a while longer for us to wise up.

Love this, would like to see something similar for the Kelly/Stacy dolls as well!

I got the original Skipper for my 4th birthday in 1966. In my opinion, she is the best one. Likely because she was my childhood doll. I still have her. Of all my collection, I love her the most.

I played with my sisters and their Barbies and my 12 lnch GI Joes back in the 1960's

Life in the dream house were her golden years

15:23 it’s 4 babies… not 3, so it’s quadruplets. There’s one hiding behind her shoulder in a carrier on her back. 🤣

I have the Target Skipper, my husband is a manager at Target and he thought it was cool and bought it for me when it first came out. She is the only Skipper doll I have or have ever had. I don't know why, I guess I'm just a Barbie girl but I am glad I got a Skipper and I went out and got a Stacie and Chelsea dolls as well.

Oh wow, I got the original Skipper in 1964, when I got my first Barbie. My mom didn't really approve of Barbie and bought my sister and I Skipper. My dad said, no ya gotta get the Barbie too.

I had no idea Skipper had so many friends/boyfriends. I wasn’t allowed to have Barbie dolls as a kid and my daughter didn’t show any interest in Barbies until she started watching the animated shows. She actually started with the baby sitting Skipper (brunette with purple streaks and 2 babies) followed by Barbie with puppies, and then Stacie & Chelsea with camping gear. She loves them, but I am very disappointed that so many Barbie dolls (especially ones that come with accessories/play sets) have cheap clothes, little to no articulation, and bad hair.

My first Mattel doll was a brunette Skooter, which I couldn’t stand. I always wanted a Skipper. As an adult, I have lots of Skippers.

YES another history lesson!

I always thought 80s/early 90s Skipper reminded me of DJ Tanner from Full House. In fact, I might have pretended she was, and Stacie and Kelly were Stephanie and Michelle Tanner 😅

Skipper was so cute. My little sister had the 1989 version and I loved that doll, the frilly clothes and crimped hair

I lovee skipper from the 80's and 90's! I have quite the collection going! I think my favorite is Extreme Green Skipper 😊

Cannot wait for the brides video!

My friend and I were talking about the wedding Barbies the other day because I had at least a full size one and at least a couple McDonald's happy meal ones. I think the idea of Barbie is that she can be anything. She's not supposed to be canonically married but it's important for girls to understand that there's nothing wrong with being married/domestic if that's what they WANT to do. Barbie is about representation.

I love watching the Sam & Mickey Barbie parodies and Skipper is my favorite character in those so it’s interesting to see her actual origins and dolls. Great video!

16:11 her 2009 version is cute and this 2007 2008 and 2008 kelly before she was discontinued had the what I call the Preschool body and it's super cute as well as Chelsea

It's funny you mentioned "Scott" I actually have him in my collection. I have a few different Skipper starting from the first one made. I love Skipper. This was a fun video.

Skipper, Barbies little sister. Her name is Skipper Roberts, created because some parents believed that Barbie was too adult looking for their daughters to play with. 1963/64 Skipper was supposed to be only 8 years old. Skooter and Ricky were Skippers first friends.😊

I had many skipper dolls growing up in the 80s, I loved them ^^ my favourite was Dream Date Skipper, because she had short brown hair just like me, and such a beautiful outfit

I am obsessed with your History of videos. I binge them repeatedly. Can't wait to see which doll you plan to do next.

this video made me realize that my childhood collection had like four of the late 90s Teen Skippers and only one actual Barbie lol

Oh my gosh i used to relate so hard to skipper!!! I would use the "you surf the way you wanna surf ill surf the way i want to surf"

In case you would plan on doing Q&A here's my question: is your channel gaining popularity during this Barbie movie hype?

Okay definitely going to need this video made for Kelly(Shelly), Stacie, etc!! LOVED this!

Ah yeah, even though I wasn't much of a doll fan in the 2000s, I do remember at one point thinking to myself, "What ever happened to Skipper? Is she Stacie now? Where did she go?" Glad to see her back. She's got so many cute dolls out there!

You can't beat late 90s early 2000 skipper

What a great video! I really enjoyed this history of Skipper and seeing all sorts of versions of her makes me want to add one to my Barbie collection. Thank you!

My wife and I finally got around to watching Barbie last night. Growing up in the 1960s/70s, Barbie was a big thing for her. (She still has a Scarlett O'Hara Barbie...sadly, the green gown is very faded on one side.). When they mentioned Skipper in the movie, she absolutely burst out laughing and talked about Growing Up Skipper. I had to investigate and that's how I found this video!

im normally not super into vintage barbie dolls but all the skipper dolls are sooo cute i might try to buy some... i like the idea that skipper is very fickle with friends and is always meeting new people to canonise why she has so many friends and boyfriends

I love Skipper. I have always been partial to her. She's my favorite of the Barbie sisters.

Growing up Skipper is fantastic! Such a bold move for the time. Thank you so much for making this video, it's really informative!

Hi small theory on why the grow up skipper doll had a longer skirt for her as a teen. It could be a reference to how in the past little girls would wear just above the ankle length dresses until they were considered grown up which is when she would change to wear dresses that covered her ankles.

Oh myyyyy can you PLEASEEEE make a video of that generation girl line? 🙏🙏🙏 That picture is bringing back some memories, can anyone confirm if that line had like a college theme were everyone had their own room and stuff? Or that some other line?

This was fascinating, I had no idea Skipper morphed so many times. I had a 1965 Skipper, Ricky, Tutti, Todd, and Barbie (until my mum gave it all to the thrift store). I appreciate all the info and snippets, thank you for the time to present this.

I absolutely loved my skipper in the 70's. I loved hearing about her history. I had no idea about a lot of it. Thank you so much ❤

skipper is really cool.

As a lil girl I had the Sun Lovin Barbie, PJ and Skipper. Down the street from me there were three sisters Kathy 18, Chrissy 16, and their little sister Karen who was 12. I played with little sister Karen quite often as I didn’t have any sisters. I often admired the trio of sisters especially the older ones with their teen adventures and escapades. So, Barbie, PJ and Skipper quickly because Kathy, Chrissy and Karen. 😂

When I saw the "Life in the Dreamhouse" Skipper I *SCREAMED*! IT'S ASHLEY KATCHADORIAN! 😱

Love love love this video. Thank you for this review of Skipper over the years. ❤

I love this series you are doing!! Love to learn more about Barbie's family and how they came to the picture.

I just bought my first Kipper doll at my thrift store! She was only $2 such a steal.

Really interesting Joey, thanks for all your research. I find it so challenging to identify older barbies etc...these videos help a lot. 👍👍😊

I'm pretty happy to have found this channel all by myself, really underrated

I love Skipper , and I think the late 80s to early 90s produced the CUTEST Skipper dolls. Her big sparkly eyes and poofy hair was everything. 🥹💖 I think my favorite Skipper face mold is the Sun Sensation Skipper doll from 1991. She reminds me of Licca Chan. I also own Teen Time Courtney and she is too adorable especially in her white and red polka dot nightgown! ❤

We need a video of this with Stacey and Kelly/Chelsea

Can I just confess right now that you're like my.. Barbie Information TEACHER and I legitimately love to take notes on the History of...'Barbie related topic' thank you. genuine and sincere, thank you.

Cool Sitter Skipper was my favorite as a kid. She was so pretty. Loved her lowlights.

I love your history videos of the dreamhouses, pools, skippers.. I had Tropical Skipper.

1991 Babysitter Skipper was the only Skipper I ever owned. It took me ages to convince my Mom I absolutely needed her. She was one of my favorite dolls for a long long time! Loved her hair, outfit and all the baby accessories that came with her. I still have the accessories and Skipper. No idea what happened to the actual baby that came with her. Haven’t seen it in ages.

"Kevin sounds like an accountant." My bf is an accountant named Kevin. 😂

I’ve been collecting Barbie since I was 4, and I’m 53 now. I remember getting my growing up Skipper (and Ginger), of course I still have them. I remember as a child adoring her and liking the way her age could change but never once did I see her as a being sexualised as per the newspaper article, sometimes kids don’t think what adults think they think I guess…

This was so fun to watch , thank you for sharing.

My favorite skipper doll is malibu skipper! I used to love the smell of plastic at Christmas time! Love this video

Explains why the Barbie movie just had her as babysitting obsessed.

skipper was always my favorite because she was the only consistent movie character with brown hair, like me

The Pizza Hut Skipper doll was my first Skipper doll that I got for my 5th birthday!

It is so difficult not to make a joke about Skipper being Barbie's daughter, oh it's so tempting!

You didn’t mention when skipper played Velma when Mattel did Scooby Doo Barbie’s in the early 2000s. They released “Ken as fred”, “ken as shaggy”, “barbie as daphne” and “skipper as Velma”

Late 80’s early 90’s Skipper anime eyes was my absolute fav of all the Barbie dolls, for nostalgia sake. My fav doll was Cool Tops Skipper, but I really wanted a Courtney doll. I just bought my 5 year old a used Teen sweetheart Skipper and a Cool Crimps Courtney, and we got some Skipper fashions.