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Pete, the resident feline critic
The Pete Gazette
The Cabbage Patch Kid Desk Reviewed for kids & the grown-ups who shop for them Reviewed from the windowsill
Lead Review · From: Cabbage Patch Kids
Conquered, Then Promoted to Furniture
Our critic defeats the powdery interloper in under a minute, confiscates its blanket, and grudgingly grants the vanquished doll a role as decorative tribute.

My Human has presented me with what appears to be a miniature, half-formed homunculus swaddled in a garish purple blanket. They refer to it as a "Cabbage Patch Kid," a preposterous origin story that insults my intelligence. Its primary features are a soft, yielding body—a single point in its favor for potential biscuit-making—and an unnervingly vacant stare…

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Fig. 1 — the subject
Pete's Verdict
★★★☆☆
Acceptable, once it knows its place.
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