Line #1 Trivia/Playboy


1	* Some people really do [[IReadItForTheArticles read it for the articles]]: Playboy is actually one of the magazines that The Library of Congress funded having printed in Braille. In 1985 it was dropped from the list. In 1986 the funding was restored when it was argued in court that blind readers who use the Braille edition really ''do'' get it for the articles since the Braille edition contained no ads or pictures.
2	* [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Marge Simpson's]] November 2009 appearance on the cover makes her the first animated character to do so.
3	* From 1999 onwards, Playboy usually featured a Wrestling/{{WWE}} Diva posing nude. If she posed for the magazine it become tradition for her to have a match at [=WrestleMania=]. Upon WWE going PG in 2008, this was dropped. Divas who posed were:
4	** {{Wrestling/Sable}} was the first to do so in 1999. She appeared on a second a few months later. A magazine dedicated to her two pictorials was released later, making her the first woman in Playboy history to have three covers in one year.
5	** {{Wrestling/Chyna}} in 2000. She posed again in 2002 after she had left the company.
6	** Wrestling/TorrieWilson in 2003.
7	** Torrie again in 2004 with Sable, becoming the first Divas to pose together.
8	** Wrestling/ChristyHemme in 2005.
9	** Wrestling/CandiceMichelle in 2006. Candice had also posed back in 2002.
10	** Wrestling/AshleyMassaro in 2007. She had previously posed twice in 2003 and 2004 under the pseudonym "Ryan [=McKenzie=]".
11	** Wrestling/MariaKanellis in 2008.
12	** {{Wrestling/Maryse}} and Wrestling/TarynTerrell had posed before they were in the company.
13	** Wrestling/TrishStratus, {{Wrestling/Lita}} and Wrestling/StacyKeibler were all asked to pose but turned the offer down.
14	** Wrestling/StacyCarter (The Kat) claims that she was asked to pose in 2001 but the deal was scrapped when she was abruptly released.
15	** A contestant on the first season of ''Wrestling/WWEToughEnough'' Bobbi Jo stated that her main goal was to pose for Playboy.
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17	* BannedInChina: Plus India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, and most Arab countries.
18	* BestKnownForTheFanservice: The naked ladies were what the magazine was best known for.
19	* ContentLeak: Along with how in the 2000s the pictures would spread across the internet as soon as some subscribers digitized their issues, at least once it happened prior, as one employee of the Brazilian printer decided he had to forward the main pictorial to a friend. (He was understandably fired)
20	* DuelingProducts: With ''Penthouse'', [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pubic_Wars leading to the]] "[[PunnyName Pubic Wars]]". And then came ''Hustler'' and its overtly graphic pictures.
21	* FountainOfExpies: As probably the most famous men's magazine of all time, there have been [[PlayboyParody innumerable expies]] (with titles like "Playpen") throughout almost all media. Likewise, whenever the publisher of such a magazine is depicted, it will almost always be a pajama-wearing, martini-drinking knockoff of Hef.
22	* IdiosyncraticCoverArt EasterEgg: The Playboy bunny icon is hidden somewhere on every cover.
23	* ItsNotPornItsArt: A common justification... including during the early days, with several lawsuits trying to ban the magazine as obscene content. (And considering how raunchy equivalents such as ''Penthouse'' and ''Hustler'' get, the magazine got a pass with this trope)

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