SOME TIME IN the 2000s, this figure was plastered on almost every item in any given Irish girl’s possession:
What was so alluring about Groovy Chick? Why did we covet every single bit of tat her extremely round head was on?
The reasons are still unknown, but the pattern of our obsession is clear as day.
1. It started out with something small, like a pencil case or a notebook
Just a little something to whet your appetite.
2. Then you discovered the breadth of merchandise available
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You NEEDED a Groovy Chick clock radio. You just did.
3. And the other Bang On The Door characters, which you related to equally
“OMG I am so Sparkle Girl.”
4. Your childhood drawings began to resemble them
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Roouuund heads, three fingers on each hand, dots for eyes, half a smile. Simple.
5. As well as your personal style
You only wanted to wear belly tops and flares.
6. You had a certain amount of time for the knockoffs, but only truly loved the original
Looking at people who presented you with ‘Groovy Chick’ stuff like, “Surely you know me better than this.”
7. You begged and pleaded for the bike
It had a furry seat cover AND a little bag on the handlebars for your sundry Groovy Chick items.
8. Instead, you ended up with some seriously random household bits’n'bobs
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Foldable chairs, blow-up beds, bedsheets.
9. But the goal, of course, was this
Reached by so few.
10. And remnants of your obsession still haunt your parents’ house
After the apocalypse, these mugs will live on with the cockroaches. Viva la Groovy Chick.
