A meme account with the username @klitklittredge has questioned how one doll, Courtney, is able to own another doll, Molly, and speculated that the company’s founder is a witch, in an absurdist take that has delighted internet users.
“The fact that American Girl doll Courtney (1986) owns a Molly (1944) doll has complicated implications for the American Girl Universe (AGU), and it’s about time we unpacked them,” @klitklittredge.
The initial tweet had clocked up more than 17,000 likes at the time of publishing.
She continued: “Here’s what we know: 1. Courtney does not know she is an American Girl despite knowing the Girls exist. 2. Courtney does not believe her Molly McIntire doll is based on a real person.”
Founded by Pleasant T. Rowland, American Girl dolls were created because she believed that dolls with different backstories could help influence young children. With the historical dolls from different time periods came inspirational books and movies. Other than the historical figures, they’ve added customizable dolls as well as more decades.
“The American Girl experience is more than just a collection of toys. It is a collection of magical moments filled with goodness—moments that will nourish a little girl’s spirit, send her imagination soaring, and make her dreams come true,” Rowland said.
The thread goes on to joke that Rowland is a witch who put the spirits of real children in the dolls.
“Once the spirit of the girl is fully incorporated into the doll, all memories of her would disappear from those who knew her. (This is why Courtney has never heard of a “Molly McIntire” even though in 1986, she should be alive and well at only 52 years old.),” the thread continues.
Newsweek has contacted the American Girl Doll company for comment.
“Boy did this take a turn!” joked one commenter, while another added: “Fantastic horror story. Must read.”
American Girl Dolls made headlines recently when the company’s stance on the Supreme Court went viral and it delighted fans in the days following the repeal of Roe v. Wade.
A viral thread outlines how the “American Girl” dolls would feel about the Supreme Court, established in 1789, starting off with Kaya.
“Kaya, the American Girl Doll representing 1764, does not know what the Supreme Court is,” the account wrote with a picture of the doll saying “What?”
“Josefina, an American Girl doll living in what we now call New Mexico during the time between Mexico declaring its independence from Spain and the Mexican American War, does not have an opinion on the U.S. Supreme Court,” another tweet read.
“Addy, the American Girl Doll representing 1864, agrees with the essence of a famous Frederick Douglass speech delivered before the American Anti-Slavery Society on its anniversary in 1857,” the thread continued.
