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Baby, teen, adult and in-between, dolls are basically human — or human-like — figures that are toys for children. Dolls go back for nearly all of human history and are likely one of the oldest toys to ever exist in some form, with archeological evidence of dolls being found as far back as Ancient Egypt, and continue to prevail as one of the most popular toys for children of all ages. Doll frequently are a symbol for youth and innocence; a child that still plays with dolls is likely not yet knowledgeable to the darker ways of the world. Dolls are also frequently used to show that characters are girly or feminine — dolls often come in pink clothes and have pink accessories, and Pink Means Feminine. So the Tomboy character is likely not going to like dolls and may even wreck or destroy them, as opposed to the Girly Girl who eagerly plays with or collect them — or the Lonely Doll Girl who only has dolls as friends instead of real people. Dolls often get a bad reputation from more "serious" people who think badly of them or think they're useless toys, under the idea that dolls don't "do anything" (like implied in a Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comic) — or if they do, it's not explained outside of being "magic" — and limit the girls they're targeted at to only caring about frivolous things such as fashion, taking care of babies, boys, Slumber Parties, makeovers, housework, and tea parties instead of "interesting" or "smarter" topics like science, math, sports, and technology. They're also considered childish, with older kids thinking they're too cool or old to care about things like dolls and that dolls are toys to grow out of fast; the idea that one still "plays with dolls" over a certain age means you're acting under your real age and should grow up and stop being a Manchild. However, dolls have their own uses and can spark thoughtful activities and creative play of their own. These include pretend and imaginative play, hair and clothing styling, sewing and crafting (it's much easier to sew for a doll than for a person since they have set body shapes and are less pliable), photography, and much more. And not everyone ages out of dolls and considers them temporary toys; doll collectors range in ages from children to adults and a collector can focus on specific brands, types, or even one specific kind. Several doll brands lean into the Creepy Doll trope, focusing on macabre and strange dolls which are not aimed at the typical little girl audience. Some doll collectors even go beyond just getting and playing with them and highly customize dolls which can mean taking them apart and putting them together again, repainting faces, resculpting bodies, and changing them completely from factory default. (Akin to Sid from Toy Story, but with a lot more artistry.) Dolls can be sorted into several variations: Baby Dolls: Dolls shaped like babies or young children. Many of these dolls focus on the idea of caretaking of infants and young children, with diapers, feeding, cribs, strollers, and the like. These dolls get the worst rap when it comes to dolls being "for little kids" and are considered to have the "shortest" lifespan of playtime. However, there's an interesting use past childhood where realistic baby dolls (such as RealCare Baby) are used for teenagers Egg Sitting; these electronic dolls cry and need "feeding" and care, in an effort to inform the teens how much work a baby actually is before they go out and make one. Companion Dolls: Dolls that are intended to be "companions", or friends or playmates to the owner. These—if named characters—are often elementary school child age (6-12), neither adults or teens to look up to or babies to look after. Companions are probably one of the oldest kinds of dolls along with baby dolls, and sometimes are treated like baby dolls in media. These historically were in the form of homemade cloth or "rag" dolls; one of the most well known "branded" rag dolls is Raggedy Ann, with the other highly known rag doll being Amish dolls, which are well known for having no faces. Manufactured companion dolls vary, but are frequently of 18" height; this is because one of the most well known brands is American Girl which launched in 1986 and sparked many other companies to follow their design and sizing—though there were, as stated, companion dolls long before their style came along. Fashion Dolls: Dolls intended to be dressed up in various fashionable outfits as play. Generally these dolls have characters in the range of teen to adult, with a plethora of dolls in the late 2010s and 2020s being focused on High School aged characters. The idea is to buy a few dolls and then lots and lots of clothes for them — or buy multiple dolls in various fashions to mix and match among them. Barbie is the most famous line of these dolls, having launched in 1959 and remaining some degree of popular ever since, setting the standard for fashion dolls. Many doll collectors focus on these since they're considered less childish and fleeting than baby dolls, with more to "do" with such as style hair, change clothes, and customize. Ball-Jointed Dolls: Dolls (of varying sizes) that have ball joints in the limbs and bodies, held together internally with strung elastic cord (much like dolls were in the late 19th and early 20th century). Abbreviated to BJD by collectors. The multiple joints allow for varied and more complex poseability. Many of these are designed in East Asian countries and have Animesque features, but Western style dolls may also be ball-jointed. They're also exceptionally customizable, with many dolls being purchased blank, nude, or as separate body and head parts; the blank canvas is to allow the owners to paint and design the look themselves, making them one of a kind. Ball-joint dolls are one of the more expensive style of dolls due to the complex joints, small level manufacturing, and often being made of higher quality resin (though some brands are lesser plastics and may have internal PVC skeletons or permanently connected joints). Many fashion dolls starting in the 2000s added multiple joints in the limbs and body similar to ball-jointed dolls, though most of the time they aren't strung with elastic cord similar to the larger PVC skeleton ones and the joints are snapped or molded together. Figurines and Display Dolls: Dolls that are less for play and more for display. A lot of porcelain dolls fall into this category. This also includes dolls intended for use in dollhouses, which can be played with but rarely designed to change clothes and are intended to be the residents of the doll house they're made for. There's also variations such as marionettes (dolls as puppets), bed dolls—a fashion of the 1930s—paper dolls (flat dolls with paper clothes to dress up in) anthropomorphic dolls (dolls that are Funny Animals) and many more. Lots of media about dolls—or some that have them as a character's prop—will create the dolls as The Merch. Compare My Little Pony, which are toy horses, and Teddy Bears, which are their own category. Notably, humanoid figures aimed at boys and/or adults (such as Figma or G.I. Joe) prefer to be called "action figures" or "figurines", lest they end up in the toy equivalent of the Girl-Show Ghetto. Voodoo Dolls are a completely different type of doll altogether. Also not to be confused with the following: A 1987 horror film. A 2002 Japanese art film. A 2012 short story. A 1995 manga anthology about living dolls. A 2005 josei manga. Please Note: Tropes that apply to dolls should be listed on Dolls and Puppets Tropes or Toy Tropes. This is intended to be an index of doll brands and media that focus on dolls or have a prominent doll character. Just having a doll being carried around by someone else (or as a motivation for character actions but the doll not being a character of their own) doesn't count. If you could replace the motivating doll with a lamp, toy truck, or a shoe, it's not doll media. Media listed here needs to have dolls either be the foundation of the brand or episode, have major characters that are dolls, or the doll aspect needs to be just as prominent as other media that's related to it or has taken it over so that the dolls are more well known than the original media. So Child's Play counts (as the franchise is based on a murderous doll), but not Disney Princess (who, while many dolls have been released, is not a franchise based on dolls). Media properties that have dolls released as part of The Merch aren't part of this index either, or we could list practically every media ever made. |
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