Garbage Pail Kids satirized the Cabbage Patch Kids. Little kids who collected Cabbage Patch Kids in the 1980s probably remember receiving their new dolls along with adoption certifications.

RETRO FIND: Garbage Pail Kids were so controversial in ‘80s some schools banned them. They were like the Cabbage Patch Kids, but "ugly and nasty." ...

RETRO FIND: Garbage Pail Kids were so controversial in ‘80s some schools banned them. They were like the Cabbage Patch Kids, but "ugly and nasty." ...

That 10-year period gave us everything from the Care Bears to the California Raisins, Garbage Pail Kids, Smurfs and Pac-Man. And then, of course, there was the Cabbage News ...

RETRO FIND: Garbage Pail Kids were so controversial in ‘80s some schools banned them. They were like the Cabbage Patch Kids, but "ugly and nasty." ...

In the '80s, Cabbage Patch Kids were the most coveted toys on the market. ... TV specials and even crude parodies (remember Garbage Pail Kids?) and Cabbage Patch mania continued throughout the '80s.

Monday, Aug. 24, 2009 | Miriam Goldstein was floating on an inflatable raft in one of the planet’s oldest biological communities, curiously watching gelatinous creatures few humans have ever seen, ...

RETRO FIND: Garbage Pail Kids were so controversial in ‘80s some schools banned them. They were like the Cabbage Patch Kids, but "ugly and nasty." ...

RETRO FIND: Garbage Pail Kids were so controversial in ‘80s some schools banned them. They were like the Cabbage Patch Kids, but "ugly and nasty." ...

RETRO FIND: Garbage Pail Kids were so controversial in ‘80s some schools banned them. They were like the Cabbage Patch Kids, but "ugly and nasty." ...