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Line 1: {{~~trope~~work}} [[File:~~Cabbage_Patch_kids_1693~~Cabbage Patch kids 1693.jpg\|frame\|They've got lifeless eyes, like a....well, you know.]] In 1978, Xavier Roberts started marketing a set of cloth dolls with exaggerated features of a baby under the name of Little People. Initially sold at craft shows, the dolls took off and in 1982, he rebranded them as "Cabbage Patch Kids" and created a backstory involving a young boy named [[Author Avatar\|Xavier Roberts]] following a BunnyBee and discovering the world of the eponymous kids. The dolls became a big hit, inspiring books and an animated Christmas special, but the craze peaked and fell around 1988. The line continued in a smaller vein, going through a series of companies, from Colēco to Hasbro to Mattel, but have largely become a historical footnote. Line 6: The dolls had a number of interesting gimmicks. One is that they were ostensibly "adopted" by new owners, not bought (they came with birth certificates). Another is that each doll was slightly different, having been manufactured through a process that would change a variable each time. This helped keep up the "real baby, not a doll" illusion. Perhaps because of the general cuteness of it all (and the doll's wild popularity), two disturbing [[Urban Legend~~\|Urban Legends~~]]s sprang up concerning them. One is that dolls returned to the factory for repairs would be returned in coffin-shaped ~~boxes -- or~~boxes—or not returned at ~~all -- with~~all—with a Death Certificate for the bereaved owner. The other is that the dolls' features (close-set eyes and a somewhat pinched face) was all part of a campaign to acclimatize kids to a world in which those features would be common: as a mutation caused by nuclear war. Needless to say, [[Snopes]] found no substance in either of these rumors. ---- {{tropelist}} ~~=== This product exhibits the following tropes: ===~~ * [[Animated Adaptation]] - There was a cartoon series and a [[Christmas Special]]. * [[Author Avatar]] - Xavier Roberts * [[Bald Black Leader Guy]] - Otis Lee * [[Collectible Cloney Babies]]: Exploited this trope. You could find a baby and collect it, with varieties. Unlike other collectibles, though, Cabbage Patch Kids were manufactured with a process that randomized each doll, making it essentially unique; the psychology behind their collectability was less about finding specific rare varieties and more about acquiring dolls with features or combinations of features that appealed to the collector. * [[Delivery Stork]] - Colonel Casey of the [[Animated Adaptation]]. * [[Evil Counterpart]] - The [[Garbage Pail Kids]]. * [[Hair -Raising Hare]] - Cabbage Jack is an anthropomorphic jackrabbit who helps Lavendar kidnap the kids. * [[Mix -and -Match Critters]] - The BunnyBees have the striped body of a bee and the head of a bunny. They fly by flapping their ears. * [[Would Hurt a Child]] - Lavendar McDade constantly seeks to enslave the Cabbage Patch Kids to work in her gold mine. Line 22 ⟶ 24: [[Category:Toys]] [[Category:Cabbage Patch Kids]] [[Category:~~Trope~~Toys of the 1980s]]