Barbie has frequently been the target of parody:
- In 1993 a group calling itself the "Barbie Liberation Organization" secretly modified a group of Barbie dolls by implanting voice boxes from G.I. Joe dolls, then returning the Barbies to the toy stores from where they were purchased.[36][37]
- Malibu Stacy from The Simpsons episode "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy".
- Aqua's song "Barbie Girl" was the subject of a lawsuit by Mattel.[38][39]
- Two commercials by automobile company Nissan featuring dolls similar to Barbie and Ken was the subject of another lawsuit in 1997. In the first commercial, a female doll is lured into a car by a doll resembling GI Joe to the dismay of a Ken-like doll, accompanied by Van Halen's You Really Got Me.[40] In the second commercial, the "Barbie" doll is saved by the "G.I. Joe" doll after she is accidentally knocked into a swimming pool by the "Ken" doll to Kiss's "Dr. Love".[41] The makers of the commercial said that the dolls' names were Roxanne, Nick, and Tad. Mattel claimed that the commercial did "irreparable damage" to its products,[42][43]but settled.[44]
- Saturday Night Live aired a parody of the Barbie commercials featuring "Gangsta Bitch Barbie" and "Tupac Ken".[45] In 2002, the show also aired a skit, which starred Britney Spears as Barbie's sister Skipper.[46]
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno displayed a "Barbie Crystal Meth Lab".[citation needed]
- Mattel sued artist Tom Forsythe over a series of photographs called Food Chain Barbie in which Barbie winds up in a blender.[47][48][49]
- In November 2002 a New York judge refused an injunction against the British-based artist Susanne Pitt, who had produced a "Dungeon Barbie" doll in bondage clothing.[50]
- Mattel filed a lawsuit in 2004 against Barbara Anderson-Walley over her website
www.barbiesshop.com, which sells fetish clothing.[51][52]
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