This September, we said goodbye to summer, football officially kicked off, the Panthers beat the Raiders, and the Stormstrouper.com Todds of the Month Club collected another elite member.
If you’re hearing about the Todd of the Month, for the time being, it’s just like Employees of the Month, but we at Stormstrouper.com honor individuals and things for just being named Todd. There’s only that one box to check, and here’s who’s checked it so far this year.
✔Me, I am the Todd behind Stormstrouper.com and who started the Todd of the Month
✔Todd Flanders from The Simpsons
✔Todd, North Carolina
✔Todd the Wraith from Stargate: Atlantis
✔Todd Street (the road, not an individual)
✔Todd Lanuzi, the Beavis and Butt-head bully
✔King Todd, the print cat model
Now let me explain why I said another Todd was collected. Individuals are always collecting things from X-Force comic books, baseball cards, things to survive the zombie apocalypse, items to be ready for whenever Doomsday happens, or some other hobby.
I’m not saying that the Todds so far are collectibles sitting somewhere in an underground bunker or living in a plastic-protected case, but this month’s pickup, we would definitely consider a collectible that someone like you maybe once bought a pack of and then unwrapped the foil from the pack.
Before I unwrap the foil and reveal who this month’s magnificent Todd is, let’s reminisce about some of the popular objects and things people have collected and gathered these past few decades.
Remember:
-Beanie Babies
-Elvis Presly stamps
-Upper Deck hologram sports cards
-50 state quarters
-McDonald’s Monopoly pieces
-X-Men Fleer Ultra trading cards
-Pez dispensers
-Good Luck Trolls
I may have just compiled a list of things I’ve collected throughout my life. A great question now is, where are all my collectibles? Hmmmm.
And finally, do you remember Garbage Pail Kids (GPK) trading cards?
Topps Company introduced GPK sticker trading cards in the mid-1980s as a comical counterpart to Cabbage Patch Dolls, which were super popular collectibles at this time. Each card featured cartoon characters with an alliterative or punny name of whatever over-the-top craziness the peelable artwork, like Bob Slob, Damaged Don, Joltin Joe, and Totaled Todd, which happens to be the ninth Todd of the Month.
Totaled Todd is clinging to a car steering wheel, inside a car tire, surrounded by a smoking and fire wreckage, presumably moments after an accident of some sort. We don’t know what happened in those moments! The condition of the other individuals and their vehicles involved are pretty unknown. But we know that this Todd is a survivor, even after being totaled. Surviving is an excellent quality, but his name alone checked him into the Todd of the Month society.
Other Garbage Pail Kids who made the honorary cut were Odd Todd, Todd Zilla, and Spit Wad Todd. They are all also great!
We have a few more months of Todds to add this year. What other Todds would you like to get this honor? Reach out to the Stormstrouper Instagram account or email stormstrouper.writing@gmail.com with your names.
Any images of the Garbage Pail Kids used in this post are not my property but the property of Topps Company.