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List of fictional characters within The Simpsons - Malibu Stacy

Malibu Stacy is a doll for young girls, comparable to (and a parody of) a Barbie doll. Waylon Smithers of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant owns the largest collection of Malibu Stacy dolls in the world; he also took a leave of absence from the power plant to produce and star in "Sold Separately," a musical based on Malibu Stacy. Malibu Stacy comes with a wide range of often ludicrous accessories, such as the "Malibu Stacy lunar rover".

Stacy was designed by Stacy Lovell, and her life is based on that of her creator. Lovell was in turn eventually dropped by her own company for funneling profits to the Viet Cong. The doll was originally designed to be edible, but while kids didn't much like the taste of dried onion meal, they loved the doll. A second, plastic Malibu Stacy took America by storm. Older Malibu Stacy dolls featured breasts that were so large and pointy that they could poke children's eyes out, and were recalled.

When "Talking Malibu Stacy" dolls were introduced, pushing a button on the doll's back provided a typically vapid catchphrase (such as "Don't ask me, I'm just a girl, hee hee hee"). Lisa fronted an effort to produce a competing doll called "Lisa Lionheart", which would be less stereotypically sexist and more of a positive role model; its sales were disappointingly low, however, because of the simultaneous release of "Malibu Stacy With NEW Hat."

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "Malibu Stacy", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki