Garbage Pail Kids

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Garbage Pail Kids is a series of trading cards produced by the Topps Company, originally released in 1985 and designed to parody the Cabbage Patch Kids dolls which were popular at the time.

The series was adapted into an infamous film, The Garbage Pail Kids Movie, and an animated series, Garbage Pail Kids.

The following tropes are common to many or all entries in the Garbage Pail Kids franchise.
For tropes specific to individual installments, visit their respective work pages.