Meanie Babies | Garbage Pail Kids World

1. Various Autograph Cards could be located in randomly in the Meanie Babies boxes and signed by artist John Pound. The autographs could be found on any of the three promo cards produced for the set, signed on the front, with an Authentic Comic Images Autograph sticker on the backside. 500 cards were signed by Pound in total.

2. Besides the base card set, there is also a Parallel Sticker Set that contains a blank, completely white reverse card back to collect. Card #61, the checklist card, has card information only on the frontside since the reverse card back is blank.

3. The Promo Cards were distributed prior to the set being released and contained a GPK-like yellow nameplate. The nameplate was dropped for the regular release with the card showing the characters names in one of the six various colors found within the Meanie Babies header. The reverse card backs give a nice break-down of the set.

4. Cards #3 UPCHUCK the Duck and #35 DOWNCHUCK the DUCK are either the Same Character, vomiting after stuffing its gullet and stuffing its gullet before vomiting, or they are antithesis twins.

5. Card #59 GRRRILLA the Gorilla is the only card character that uses the Meanie Babies Logo Header as part of the card humor.

6. A deluxe, three-ring Meanie Babies Binder was offered on the back of the wrappers for only $19.95 and came with nine, nine-pocket pages; pictured above in the 'Product Overview' section.

7. The first parody set to have random Chase Cards located within the packs — not including the promo cards and bonus card. Besides the harder-to-find Autograph Cards, the Sketch and Omni-Chrome card could be found randomly in every box of Meanie Babies, averaging one sketch card and 3 chromium cards per box. The Sketch card reverse backs give a humorous account of the history of the three characters that John Pound created and contain the color rough for the final card image. The Omni-Chrome reverse card backs are in a vertical presentation rather than the horizontal layout of the base card and has an altogether different rhyme.

8. Unfortunately, there is No Puzzle within the release; the blank sticker backs would have been ideal for several puzzles.

9. A Guff! Comic featuring the Meanie Babies was produced by Dark Horse Comics around the same time the series was released, featuring a storyboard by Jay Lynch and final artwork by John Pound. As an added insentive, the comic included a Bonus Card (CY-CLONE the Sheep)whose image cannot be found in the regular base set and whose artwork is on the front of the comic; featured above in 'Product Overview' section. The reverse card back layout is more like the vertical presentation of the Omni-Chrome cards backs.

10. Card #38 SWAMPY has a Cabbage Patch Kid doll floating in the sewer water — the product that led to the Garbage Pail Kids brand; John Pound's second parody assigment for the Topps Company after the Wacky Packages.

#2 SNOTTY	#15 FLUSH	#27 FLAT
#38 SWAMPY	#47 GONUTS	#48 EXSTINKT
#50 BEAVIS	#52 GAME-BOAR	#57 HOT LIPPS

1. Comic Images had artist John Pound helmed the entire Meanie Babies set himself containing 61 different card characters; almost roughly 20 more images than a regular Garbage Pail Kids set; ie. Pound completed 41+ pieces for the OS1 set. The entire first printing sold out but the Beanie Babies' lawyers politely asked with a cease and desist letter that Dark Hourse not reprint the cards, let alone think about a second series. Card #45 POUND the Groundhog is a self-named card after the artist's last name and is reminiscent of the Whac-a-Mole game — which is called Mole Buster in Japan when translated to English.

2. During 2003, artist Jay Lynch was commisioned by the Topps company to create character drawings for a potential new parody set called Garbage Pail Pets. Although the product was never produced, Lynch developed three pre-production pen and ink concept sketches for the proposed set. Instead, Topps slightly rendered and eventually released the unpublished OS16 set from 1988 re-titled All-New Series from their non-sport card division. The idea is very similar to the 1998 Meanie Babies set by Comic Images, though the Garbage Pail Pets are a parody of the GPK format. The artwork was redrawn by artist Mark Pingitore and included in the Garbage Pail Pets subset for cards #1 through #3 for the 2015S2 30th anniversary set.

3. Jay Lynch wrote all of the limericks on the reverse card backs for the set and mini-profiles; his writing is exceptional as usual, and is very reminiscent of the profile backs of some of the earlier GPK card backs.

#	CARD & STICKER NAME + MINI MEANINGS	ARTIST	WRITER
1	HAIRBALL the Cat; A ball of hair formed in the stomach from licking fur.	John Pound	Jay Lynch
2	SNOTTY the Baby Bull; A cow's runny nose	John Pound	Jay Lynch
3	UPCHUCK the Duck; To vomit; throw up	John Pound	Jay Lynch
4	SPHINXTER the Baby Sphinx; sphinx + sphincter, the muscle of the anus	John Pound	Jay Lynch
5	NO BRAINER the Camel; parody of Joe Camel, the cigarette mascot	John Pound	Jay Lynch
6	PICKLES the Pickled Pig; pickled pig feet + pickled cucumbers	John Pound	Jay Lynch
7	LITTERS the Cat; kitty litter box	John Pound	Jay Lynch
8	BABY CUE the Unicorn; barbecue skewer	John Pound	Jay Lynch
9	SCUMMY the Baby Pond Scum; a mass of algae formed on stagnant water	John Pound	Jay Lynch
10	WARTY the Frog; warts + frog, although, toads have warts, not frogs	John Pound	Jay Lynch
11	VAL the Crow; Velcro + black crow, fastening strip	John Pound	Jay Lynch
12	FROGENSTEIN the Frog; frog + Frankenstein	John Pound	Jay Lynch
13	MOLDIE the Dead Goldfish; fungus growing on damp decaying organic matter	John Pound	Jay Lynch
14	ROADHOG the Pig; road hog, a motorist who drives recklessly or inconsiderately	John Pound	Jay Lynch
15	FLUSH the Alligator; a parody of 'sewer alligator' stories, urban legends	John Pound	Jay Lynch
16	E.COLI the Baby Bacteria; Escherichia coli bacteria that lives in the intestines	John Pound	Jay Lynch
17	EDDIE the Yetti; rhyming parody of a mythical apelike creature resembling Bigfoot	John Pound	Jay Lynch
18	BAD HARE the Rabbit; bad hair + hare, a fast-running, long-eared & hind legs mammal	John Pound	Jay Lynch
19	SALMONELLA the Salmon; a bacterium that occurs in the intestine; food poisoning	John Pound	Jay Lynch
20	PIERCY the Rhino; body & face piercing + rhinoplasty; thick skinned	John Pound	Jay Lynch
21	FARTFACE the Bear; slang for worthless talk + gas releasing magical beans	John Pound	Jay Lynch
22	SPRITZER the Cobra; spitting cobra + spritzer, a mixture of wine & soda water	John Pound	Jay Lynch
23	HIPPY the Hippopotamus; hippy + hippo, similar-sounding	John Pound	Jay Lynch
24	ROTO ROOSTER the Domestic Fowl; a parody of Roto-Rooter plumbing service	John Pound	Jay Lynch
25	PICKY-PICKY the Elephant; to pick with the fingers (trunk proboscis), pick the nose	John Pound	Jay Lynch
26	ZIPPITY the Bunny; to zip or zipper + hippity hop bunny movements	John Pound	Jay Lynch
27	FLAT the Squished Cat; roadkill flattened by traffic; parody of Goodyear tires (marks)	John Pound	Jay Lynch
28	BUM-BEE the Bee; bum + bumblebee, no money/no honey panhandling parody	John Pound	Jay Lynch
29	DOWNSIZE the Dog; to make smaller, to press	John Pound	Jay Lynch
30	HOLEY COW the Heavenly Cow; holy cow exclamation + swiss cheese w/ holes	John Pound	Jay Lynch
31	SUCKER the Mosquito; bloodsucking mosquitos + an easily deceived person	John Pound	Jay Lynch
32	SPOT-LESS the Dalmation; Spot the dog + spot remover = spotlessly immaculate	John Pound	Jay Lynch
33	CLEARCUT the Beaver; clear cut forests + beaver felled trees	John Pound	Jay Lynch
34	BIG MOUTH the Mouse; the juxtpostion one of the smallest rodents + largest mouth	John Pound	Jay Lynch
35	DOWNCHUCK the Duck; down-chuck means to drop or 'throw down'; an idiot	John Pound	Jay Lynch
36	VILE-RUS the Computer Virus; vile + walrus, an extremely unpleasant infective agent	John Pound	Jay Lynch
37	RAT-RACE the Rat; a frustratig, hard-to-break financial lifestyle; competitive	John Pound	Jay Lynch
38	SWAMPY the Sewer Creature; a murky, muddy, dirty conduit for waste & refuse	John Pound	Jay Lynch
39	PIDDLES the Poodle; piddle, to urinate, or the act of urinating; puddles of piddle	John Pound	Jay Lynch
40	OXYMORON the Ox; ox + moron (stupid person), opposing terms appearing in conjunction	John Pound	Jay Lynch
41	DE-ODOR-ANT the Ant; de- prefix (to remove) + odor (unpleasant body stink), conceal	John Pound	Jay Lynch
42	HUNGRY the Lion; a strong desire for food, hungry like a wolf, bear, etc; self-cannibalism	John Pound	Jay Lynch
43	BULL-ONEY the Bull; foolish talk, nonsense; the variant of bologna mystery meat product	John Pound	Jay Lynch
44	MAGGOTY the Maggot; the legless, soft-bodied, wormlike larva found in decaying matter	John Pound	Jay Lynch
45	POUND the Groundhog; to hit severely; a pounding, splitting headache; Bayer aspirin	John Pound	Jay Lynch
46	SMARTASS the Donkey; smart + ass (a hoofed mammal, jackass or stupid person)	John Pound	Jay Lynch
47	GONUTS the Squirrel; idiom, to do something enthusiastically; squirrels zipper & eat nuts	John Pound	Jay Lynch
48	EXSTINKT the Saber-Toothed Skunk; stink + extinct, to smell + no longer exist	John Pound	Jay Lynch
49	NOSEJOB the Reindeer; a Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer parody; rinoplasty	John Pound	Jay Lynch
50	BEAVIS the Butt-Erfly; Beavis and Butt-head protagonists name parody, MTV show	John Pound	Jay Lynch
51	WHINOSAUR the Dinosaur; whine + dinosaur, to cry, wail or weep loudly, a tantrum	John Pound	Jay Lynch
52	GAME-BOAR the Wild Boar; Game Boy, the Nintendo handheld gaming system + a boar	John Pound	Jay Lynch
53	CHESTER the Turtle; chest of drawers, a bureau, furniture with stacked drawers	John Pound	Jay Lynch
54	WEBSTER the Spider; spider web + WWW, a network of fine threads + World Wide Web network + the online Webster dictionary	John Pound	Jay Lynch
55	ARMPIT the Amorphous Creature; a bushy armpit + an unclassifiable undefined form	John Pound	Jay Lynch
56	HOUSEFLY the Fly; quite literally, a fly shaped like a house	John Pound	Jay Lynch
57	HOT LIPPS the Dragon; in the heat of the moment; unresistable; kissable; trumpet player	John Pound	Jay Lynch
58	HOOOTERS the Owl; hoot + hooters, an owl noise + chichis, a woman's breast	John Pound	Jay Lynch
59	GRRRILLA the Gorilla; Grr + Gorilla, a growling, angry sound + a chest-beating great ape	John Pound	Jay Lynch
60	TICKED OFF the Deer; ticked off + deer tick, upset or angry + an ixodid tick, parasitic on deer that transmit infectious agents including the bacterium causing Lyme disease	John Pound	Jay Lynch
61	CHECKLIST	none	none
#	CHASE CARDS	ARTIST	ARTIST
BONUS	CY-CLONE (Guff Comic Bonus Card); closed, rotating circular fluid motion + clone, a organism or cell, or group, produced asexually from one ancestor or stock; genetically identical	John Pound	Jay Lynch
P1 of 3	LITTERS	John Pound	none
P2 of 3	UPCHUCK	John Pound	none
P3 of 3	SPHINXTER	John Pound	none
SKETCH 1	VILE-RUS	John Pound	Jay Lynch
SKETCH 2	NO-BRAINER	John Pound	Jay Lynch
SKETCH 3	BAD-HARE	John Pound	Jay Lynch
OMNI 1	FLUSH	John Pound	Jay Lynch
OMNI 2	WARTY	John Pound	Jay Lynch
OMNI 3	MOLDIE	John Pound	Jay Lynch
OMNI 4	BABY CUE	John Pound	Jay Lynch
OMNI 5	ROTO ROOSTER	John Pound	Jay Lynch
OMNI 6	ZIPPITY	John Pound	Jay Lynch
AUTO 1 of 3	LITTERS (Autograph Card w/ Seal)	John Pound	none
AUTO 2 of 3	UPCHUCK (Autograph Card w/ Seal)	John Pound	none
AUTO 3 of 3	SPHINXTER (Autograph Card w/ Seal)	John Pound	none
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DISPLAY BOX TWO VARIATIONS : 30 COUNT BOX or 48 COUNT BOX ARTWORK : JOHN POUND	WRAPPER NO PACKAGING CODE
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GUFF! COMIC INCLUDES CY-CLONE BONUS CARD	ADVERTISEMENT SHEET DESIGN : McNABB STUDIOS : 8.5 x 11 INCHES
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MAIL-AWAY BINDER OFFER FRONT & BACK : 10 x 11.5 INCHES
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MAGAZINE COVER TUFF STUFF'S COLLECT! : JANUARY 1998	MAGAZINE COVER NON-SPORT UPDATE : VOL 9, NO.1 FEB-MAR 1998