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Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Allowances | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2025
SEC Schedule, 12-09, Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Allowances | SCHEDULE II MATTEL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND ALLOWANCES
| Balance at Beginning of Year |  | Additions (Reductions) Charged to Operations |  | Net Deductions and Other |  | Balance at End of Year
| (In thousands)
Allowance for Credit Losses: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year Ended December 31, 2025 | $ | 8,214 |  |  | $ | 9,807 |  |  | $ | (638) |  | (a) | $ | 17,383 |
Year Ended December 31, 2024 | 8,751 |  |  | 2,940 |  |  | (3,477) |  | (a) | 8,214 |
Year Ended December 31, 2023 | 27,603 |  |  | (1,502) |  |  | (17,350) |  | (a) | 8,751 |
Income Tax Valuation Allowances: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year Ended December 31, 2025 | $ | 97,661 |  |  | $ | 7,063 |  | (b) | $ | (4,270) |  | (c) | $ | 100,454 |
Year Ended December 31, 2024 | 85,352 |  |  | 19,876 |  | (b) | (7,567) |  | (c) | 97,661 |
Year Ended December 31, 2023 | 89,841 |  |  | 215,915 |  | (b) | (220,404) |  | (c) | 85,352 |
(a)Includes write-offs, recoveries of previous write-offs, probable insurance recoveries, and currency translation adjustments. (b)For the year ended December 31, 2025, the additions primarily represent the establishment of a valuation allowance of $3.1 million on certain U.S. federal and state and foreign deferred tax assets during the fourth quarter of 2025 related to deferred tax assets without benefit. For the year ended December 31, 2024, the additions primarily represent the establishment of a valuation allowance of $14.2 million on certain foreign deferred tax assets during the fourth quarter of 2024 related to losses without benefit. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the additions primarily represent the establishment of a valuation allowance of $212.4 million on certain foreign deferred tax assets during the third quarter of 2023 resulting from the intragroup transfer of certain IP rights and increases related to losses and credits without benefit. See Item 8 "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data – Note 16 to the Consolidated Financial Statements – Income Taxes" for additional details. (c)For the year ended December 31, 2025, the deductions primarily related to projected utilization of loss carryforwards and credits. For the year ended December 31, 2024, the deductions primarily related to projected utilization of loss carryforwards and credits and the reversal of the valuation allowances on certain state and foreign deferred tax assets. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the deductions primarily represent the subsequent write-off of the $212.4 million of foreign deferred tax assets that were reserved for in the third quarter of 2023 and projected utilization of loss carryforwards. See Item 8 "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data – Note 16 to the Consolidated Financial Statements – Income Taxes" for additional details.

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