Garbage Pail Kids Parody Sets

Throughout the years several sets, that parody the Garbage Pail Kids craze of the late 80's, have been released, often created to mimic the popular curved GPK header. Topps attempted to recreate their own fame with the Trash Can Trolls poking fun at the Norfin Trolls popularity in the early 90's with the same format.

The following GPK parody examples were marketed to younger children in the late 80's through vending machines, at fast food restuarants and in department stores. Because of their limited releases and condition these sets are extremely hard to complete. Other similar sets not pictured can be found such as Dirty Rotten Kids and Garbage Patch Kids both not sold in vending machines.

The following examples of GPK parody had a more main-stream release, one fan-based set was only obtainable online, another set was only found at a fast food chain and hard to complete. These sets were mainly released in the 1990's and 2000's and were regular card size besides the skateboard stickers.

INDEPENDENTLY RELEASED ANTI-SMOKING CAMPAIGN SET RELEASED IN 2000 : 21 cards)
21 CARD SET

BURGER KING 'KIDS MEAL' 2001 RELEASE
CARD INSERT WITH SHREK TOY
23 CARD SET

REVERSE CARD OF JACK & THE MEAN JOCK

John Pound drew 13 of the published cards for the Fairy Tale Freaks release: Cappucchinocchio, Cindersmella, Old Woman Who Did Not Have a Clue, Thugly Duckling, Snoring Beauty, Little Rad Riding Hood, Rumbleina, Sobbin' Hood, Bumpty Dumpty, Gingershred Man, Glow White, 3 Brittle Pigs and Fubles Pigskins. Three of his unpublished titles are: Raw Bunion, Emperor's New Nose and Peter Hyper.