Garbage Pail Kids is a series of stickers and trading cards produced by The Topps Company since 1985. A spin-off of Wacky Packages, the cards parody Cabbage Patch Kids dolls. It was later adapted into a live-action film in 1987 and an animated television show in 1988.
Muppet Mentions[]
- A card parodying Kermit the Frog, titled "Froggy Frank"/"Leggy Peggy," was released in 2015. It features a collared frog eating his own legs.
- A card released as part of the 2018 series "We Hate the '80s" parodies Fraggle Rock. The card, titled "Fran-ggle Rocked"/"Rumpled Rocky," features a character resembling Red Fraggle getting crushed by a rock.
- The 2019 series "We Hate the '90s" features cards parodying Tickle Me Elmo ("Ticked Elmo"/"Sesame Skeet") and Dinosaurs ("Dana Saurs"/"Baby Dino").
- In 2023, Garbage Pail Kids artist David Gross released a promo card parodying Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem. The 1a card is titled "Marty Mayhem," and the 1b card is titled "Doctored Teeth." Both feature the same artwork of Dr. Teeth with the other Electric Mayhem members as his teeth. While the card wasn't mass-produced (it was only sold at Gross' booth at the Philly Non-Sports Card Show), it was officially printed by Topps.[1]
Connections[]
- Alyson Court voiced Terri Cloth and other characters on the 1988 animated TV series
- John Criswell worked on the animatronics for The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
- Jim Cummings voiced Greaser Greg and Nat Nerd in The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
- Cree Summer voiced Clogged Duane and other characters on the 1988 animated TV series