What was wrong with the dolly?

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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

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rebschucks — 9 years ago(December 12, 2016 05:28 PM)

The doll on The Island of Misfit Toys doesn't have anything noticeably wrong with her. Did I miss something? What was her defect?

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Brynjolf_Bjarme — 9 years ago(December 12, 2016 08:15 PM)

http://worldofpopculture.com/2015/11/what-was-wrong-with-rudolphs-dolly-for-sue/
In 2007, on NPRs Wait Wait, Dont Tell Me, Rudolph producer Arthur Rankin Jr., said that Dollys problem was psychological, and was caused from being abandoned by her mistress (Sue?) and suffering depression from feeling unloved. Backing that up, when sold at CVS in 1998, her tag said Im a little rag doll who just wants a friend. I think that will help my broken heart mend. The reality: She was a last-minute add-on misfit toy so the young girls watching had a toy they could relate to.

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You see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.

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JR541 — 9 years ago(December 12, 2016 11:03 PM)

She was unloved.
He's taking the knife out of the Cheese!
Do you think he wants some cheese?

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jonathan_k80 — 9 years ago(December 14, 2016 06:14 PM)

Remember what King Moonracer explained to Rudolph? "A toy is never truly happy until it is loved by a child."
The doll wasn't defective, just unwanted. Maybe she sat for years on a toy shop shelf.

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JR541 — 9 years ago(December 16, 2016 02:10 AM)

Or just unloved by the child that owned it.
He's taking the knife out of the Cheese!
Do you think he wants some cheese?