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Share-Based Payments (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract] |
Schedule of Stock Option and Restricted Stock Unit Compensation Expense | Compensation expense, included within other selling and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations, related to stock options and RSUs is as follows:
| For the Three Months Ended |  | For the Nine Months Ended
| September 30, 2020 |  | September 30, 2019 |  | September 30, 2020 |  | September 30, 2019
| (In thousands)
Stock option compensation expense | $ | 3,095 |  |  | $ | 2,786 |  |  | $ | 8,602 |  |  | $ | 7,359 |
RSU compensation expense (a) | 13,437 |  |  | 12,045 |  |  | 31,344 |  |  | 31,781 |
| $ | 16,532 |  |  | $ | 14,831 |  |  | $ | 39,946 |  |  | $ | 39,140 |
_______________________________________ (a)Includes compensation expense associated with Mattel's long-term incentive programs of $5.5 million and $9.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, and $3.9 million and $6.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively.

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