Animated series for Nickelodeon , and now the Cabbage Patch Kids, much like the Turtles, will once again be invading your living room.

Paramount Pictures confirmed to EW that Galen Walker, who is currently producing a live-action TMNT movie, will be also be producing the new Cabbage Patch Kids project. The Original Appalachian Artworks, owner of the Cabbage Patch Kids, sold their rights to the CWA Carlin West Agency, who will make the animated special. (West said in a statement, “I am excited that [creator] Xavier [Roberts] has granted us the rights to bring the magic of the Cabbage Patch Kids into the world of entertainment. I also am also thrilled to work on this project with Galen.”)

Yes, it’s true, those dolls with the perfectly round heads , yarn-like hair, unblinking gaze, and cutesy dimples that your parents fought to the death for to get you in the Christmas of 1983, are coming back. Though it’s hardly the first time the CPK (no, not the California Pizza Kitchen, thanks) will make a splash on the small screen, as they were front and center for mania-inducing commercials and 1985 animated Christmas special on ABC. But now the CPK, along with the Turtles, are ushering in a wave of nostalgia-heavy entertainment....

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SMKR's mission is comic relief, commiseration and birth control ; this is not about blame. If you’re a parent I hope you identify and cringe and laugh, and feel just a little bit better seeing that others go through it, too. And if you’re child-free, I hope you enjoy laughing at the miserable, unfortunate things some of our kids have done, and cherish being free from this particular brand of crap. $15 kind), it’ll come off in the wash. Put some perfume on the entire area where the sharpie is, wash it, and hang it up to dry. It should work. I accidentally marked on my mother’s best dress because I wasn’t being careful and a few months later she found that out. Since she hadn’t worn it or washed it, it was able to come right out. If it had been washed first, it would have been washed INTO the material.

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