10 Things 90s Kids Will Have To Explain To Their Children

As a child, I always thought Ben Savage’s character was cute…
Now looking at his adult self, I’d say he’s fuckable.

Tomagachis made me realize I should probably never have children or they’ll likely drown in a sea of their own feces.

i wholeheartedly agree with this article except for one small thing in #4:  Will Smith’s ‘mediocre children’.  

sorry, but THE SMITH FAMILY IS PERFECT.

I never wanted this to end. Write a part 2 please?

nuh-uh. fred savage is cuter.

This is just so great.
Future children, take note.

Since the advent of Tumblr and “we remember…” facebook pages, I worried that 90′s nostalgia was one of those things that couldn’t be entertaining or funny anymore because it’s just everywhere, inflating our generation with this insane sense of self worth because we watched Nickelodeon and ate Lunchables. Maybe that’s not the case. I liked this. 

When I die, I’m leaving all of my worldly possessions to the Lisa Frank corporation for introducing me to colors only available in the deep recesses of the mind long before I knew of Timothy Leary.

Tamagotchi you mean.

Um, do people remember McDonald’s beanie baby craze? Or should I say, Teenie Beenie? Good god, that was a terrifying time.

This was amazing and I also didn’t want it to end. Lisa Frank changed my life. And N*Sync is still the greatest. Although I divided my love evenly between them and the Backstreet Boys. Best 90′s article I’ve ever read.

My friends’ parents were investors in Ty and even published all of the official “Beanie Baby Handbooks.” Lets’ just say they did really well and pulled out before the trend passed. They’re on their third new home, by the way.

Hell yeah.  Fred Savage can get it

I lived through this, but I would still love to take your course on 90s Kids and the Monsters They Became.

P.S., Back me up on this: isn’t everyone born after 1989 totally suspect?

furbies, polly pocket, wind breakers, stir up pants

Can we just give Chelsea a standing ovation for over a thousand ‘facebook shares’ in a few mere hours!!? Great article!!

no one liked Howie. hahahaha

The beanie baby thing is my favorite. Rip the tag off so help you God. I’m laughing..

I always got so pissed when my Tomagatchi shat on itself that I would immediately reset that bitch.

lol HEY NOW, I liked Howie! hahahaha, he had a really cute smile :)

although I had over 200 posters and pics of nsync all over my walls, i was still a fan of the lesser boy bands such as LFO and 98 degrees.  yeah, summer time girls!

THE LOGIC IS ERRATIC
POTATO IN A JACKET

“The black Power Ranger was black and the yellow Power Ranger was Asian”

Whoa, never put that one together.

This was seriously laugh-out-loud funny! 

Rap like an animal
But I’m a mammal

Probably because its not that serious.

Do you guys know what racism means? The yellow ranger being Asian is not racist. Power Rangers is derived from a Japanese show, where the yellow ranger is Asian every year. Are they racist too? They’re costume colors, for goodness sake.

And saying all NSYNC fans liked Justin is a big assumption.

Brilliant.

as a kid, howie was my favorite BSB and lance was my favorite N*Sync member. what does that say about me?

You do understand that this is a comedy post right?  Why the seriousness?

No one liked Howie. 

I use to have a little crush on Lance… when he came out, all the gay crushes that followed, finally made sense.

I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch…

One of my favorite posts.

hahahaha

lol forever

I just had the same discussion about Sam at a Halloween party. He was clearly biding his time. Clarissa Explains it All proved that all it took to get out of being a home invading peeping tom is a guy to follow you around and play surf guitar licks.

uhhh….wtf?

I have to explain this to my younger siblings all the time.
Also FTR, i would still marry will smith

Sorry, I meant FIVE THOUSAND!

Point 3….. hilariousness!!!

Thank you so much for validating all of the lovely memories I have of my childhood.  I still have a trashbag of over 200 beanie babies in my parents’ attic and I still go ape sh*t every time Spice Girls comes on (surprisingly not as often as I thought since I moved to London a few months ago). But you forgot one I’d say HUGE phenomenon that most of the female population succumbed to… whether or not we rooted for team BSB or NSYNC, i’m pretty much sure we all had our own love affair with Hanson.  I finally got to meet them a few years back and still swooned every time Taylor flipped his hair. Old habits die hard. Lol.

Did anybody wear Lee Pipes?  Or was that just me?  

I miss my beanie babies. Not so much the consuming Tamagotchi…

Anyone notice how Howie has aged so gracefully?  He looks gorgeous!!! Also, I used to like Howie simply because no one liked Howie. What does that say about me? Also Brian <3 

It’s the hardest thing I’ll ever have to do…to turn around and walk away pretending I don’t LOOOOVEEE you.

You’re a sweetheart. :)

Can’t forget Firby’s…

Always got the snake..

Lance probably had the best post music-venture. I mean, he can now tell people he was in an internationally successful boy-band (arguably the least many job title) and a cosmonaut (possibly the most, next to bare-handed lumberjack). 

The backs of Archie magazines were covered in Lisa Frank ads. I would PORE over those pink-purple rainbow unicorn pages, figuring out what exactly I wanted even though I never found Lisa Frank stuff in Canada til it was too late. 

Scientologist and all?

oh man, I haven’t laughed so hard in ages .

BEST THING I EVER READ ON THOUGHT CATALOG. EVER.

Howie was my favorite. In fact, I believe he is responsible for my love of Puerto Ricans.

Wow, this is great. I’m Chelsea fan #6. Climbing up the ranks. That said, I really hope a giant tidal wave of sand warps America and we all permanently lose our memory-awareness of the 90′s. This is a gift only the terrorists have the ability to grant us.

Good lord. Relax a little.

You’re taking this whole thing WAY too seriously.

Obvious troll is obvious. If you are actually serious, then this whole article went right over your head.

Wasn’t the red ranger Native too? Yeah, that show was great.

I always thought they were furbys…trust me to get the name of my childhood toy wrong:P

Of course I know this is in jest. I’ve seen the “Power Rangers is Racist LOL” meme all over the internet, and I just don’t find it that clever or funny.

nope, you’re right, they’re wrong. :)

New favorite Chelsea Fagan.  Fuck yea 90s!

#9: Not true. Just saw a whole bunch of Lisa Frank shit the other day.

Another scorcher. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rqZZgVxnCk

wow i completely forgot bout clarissa explains it all,sam was the shit
salute your shorts and are u afraid of the dark was the shit to

The new Lisa Frank stuff is weird. They made the eyes more Anime-like and they look even more fucked-up than before. Why do they screw with the way things look, it is bad enough Strawberry Shortcake can’t wear a dress anymore. . . .

I can never remember Howie’s name! Although, I was an N*SYNC fan. . .I liked Joey best.

tomagotchis?

uh… 

Topanga is pronounced “toe-pan-gah”.

I grew up in the 90s and I thought Fern Gully was crap. I’m sorry but not even Tim Curry and his awesome singing voice could save that lame movie.

Its Brian not Bryan from BSB.  SCOFFF.

This is amazing. You got me with the Lisa Frank. I had to laugh out loud at that one.

the cause of my temporary high cholesterol, I swear

“Essentially, liking *NSYNC meant you liked Justin Timberlake”

Sorry, but some of us had better taste, we were fans of JC, the far superior vocalist ;)

loved this entire article. the 90s ruled.

YES to all of the above. Two very enthusiastic thumbs up; fine holiday fun :-p

 jesus christ was a vocalist?

Love the beanie baby reference as my eldest daughter, b-1991 used to get me up at 6am on a Saturday for the  newest beanie baby at the Hallmark store. 

Love the Clueless reference! : )

was that a joke? because that was terrible.

yeah, I was confused as to why she got the spelling wrong too..

Born in the eighties, but spent elementary/middle school in the nineties. I definitely had a Tamagochi, and subsequently had my teacher take it away…to add to the pile she had collected from the class. I saw an episode of “Doug” randomly on tv late a night with my GF, and no joke she was able to remember exactly what happened in the upcoming scenes. I was thinking about other shows from that time and feel they need to be vocalized: Doug, Salute your shorts, fraggle rock, rocko’s modern life, ren and stimpy, clarissa explains it all, rugrats, captain America, ninja turtles (movies), and of course every weekend there was “Snick”. Ahh…better times.

please add more! those were great!

So Joey used to climb into Dawson’s window…not the other way.

I think the author is referring to Clarissa Explains It All on that one. Kids climbing in each others windows by way of a ladder…officially a 90′s trend :)

I just need to thank you for that last paragraph on Beanie Babies.
The description was so dead on it made me laugh for around 5 minutes.
Bravo = ]

Anyone remember Marky Mark? HOOOOT

While I thoroughly enjoyed this article (especially the BSB bit, spot on), I have to point out that the Spice Girls lyrics are wrong!

YES! and TGIF on ABC…

Lmaoooo I love it

Christians don’t think jokes about Jwsus are very funny!

Sweet Jesus how I hated that commercial.

I remember having SEVERAL Tamagotchis that I carried on a keychain thing…and you would hear one beep and have to search through all of my “pets” to find out which one needed me.  I think it’s the nineties version of being a crazy cat lady lol!

They are refering to the show “Clarissa Explains It All”.  In that show her best friend Sam (a guy) used a ladder to climb into Clarissa’s bedroom window on a daily basis.  That show came before Dawson’s Creek inwhich Joey climbed through Dawson’s wondow.

Not all Christians lack a sense of humor….I laughed.

I loved my Pipes! They were so comfortable lol

Ahhh Hanson. The Jonas Brothers of the 90′s… Only with better hair

… they’re accurate. It’s after the part that goes, “I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna…”

No Pog talk…wth

I loved this article. I was a huge BSB fan not so much N’Sync. Brian was my favorite BSB and I loved Lisa Frank. I still have a whole bunch of beanie babies and yes, heaven forbid if you mess up the tag. ^_^ Great article.

she was talking about “Clarissa Explains it All”

Pokemon?? Those shiny cards had power over the dearest of friendships..

yeah, his name is mark wahlberg, and he’s a very famous, A-list actor who has been in critically acclaimed movies such as “the departed” and “the fighter.” 

ahahahahahaha me and my siblings, all born between 1982 and 1991, still quote that commercial. if any of us ever says anything like “hey can you call mom?,” the response is “i’ll call now.”

an evangelist actually…

this article is pretty good, but i knew it was written by a girl before i checked who the author was. i need more stuff boys liked, like power wheels, pogs, LA lights, nick’s game shows (nick arcade, family DD, guts) and shows like duck tales, darkwing duck and tail spin. the original mac II version of oregon trail definitely should have made the list as well. and the intro claims the fashion was self-explanatory, but when has there ever been such a short period of time where such hideous clothes were popular? 

Pogs were popular for like 2 minutes in 1995. Doesn’t count.

My family was addicted to pogs! Ah those were the good old days.

How much lube did you have to use to get that stick up your ass?

For the record, Nick Carter was raised in Ruskin, Florida, which is located in Hillsborough County. In no sense is this northern Florida.
That is all.

Hanson all the way!

Topanga was my hero! This is a fabulous post. The 90′s were rocking

Furbies!!  lol

He is also an extremely well known Executive Producer of almost everything HBO! Thing about Marky Mark is that he was 80′s and faded in the 90′s.

Hilarious!

I went to Pog tourneys. 

I am not a fan of JT’s mediocre acting but, the album sales and grammies let you know who was the superior vocalist and performer… Men lie, women lie, but numbers don’t…

Oh how I loved all that Lisa Frank crap I got at the beginning of every school year!

are we that old?!

Pokemon was more the 2000′s :)

I feel like this article falls short, but I guess it is mostly just 10 things the author felt was important to mention about the 90s.

Anyway it’s still funny.

I feel like this was on Nickelodeon every other commercial, which makes no sense, as I was 8 and unable to make the air conditioning purchasing decisions in my home. 

PS – I love her tank top… is this still available at any retailers?

I loved Howie, he was and will always be my favorite BSB, so cute!!

Maybe they don’t but I’m pretty sure they can spell

I couldn’t agree more!! Howie was, by far, my favorite BSB. He waved at me at the concert because I was the only one with a fluorescent HOWIE sign waving it and jumping up and down! :) So yeah… there are Howie fans!! :)

seriously lol

he threw me a teddy bear on the millennium tour, suck it!

What about “saved by the bell”?! Shoulda been number 1

What about “Are You Afraid of the Dark” That show was awesome!!!

For the record, the black ranger was white (or asian i think?) and the yellow ranger was black shortly after….

Yeah, I wonder why they decided to switch that concept….

They mean the original Black and Yellow Rangers, Zack and Trini:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zack_Taylor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trini_Kwan

She can’t????

Not really.

FWIW, it could be worse, you could be a child of the 70′s who is going to have to explain Vinyl and a world with our computers, the internet or (gasp) Facebook and cell phones (forget smart phones and siri) to her child.  I freely admit that as a child of the 70′s and 80′s (born in 1970) I do not know what half the stuff in this article is.  I probably have a list of 100 things though :-)))

HyperColor T-shirts.

no the original black power ranger was black. His name was Zack. you’re thinking of Adam, who came after him. and the yellow ranger was also asian; you can check it on wikipedia; Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

I would have thought I was a 90s kid (graduated from high school late nineties), but I have no idea what the author is talking about.  Sounds more like the millenial generation to me.

Old fogey here:  born 1952–but I love music and I have extended family, so:  I actually loved N Sync (my daughter still laughs at me about that to this day!).  I have no clue what plastic eggs are. (At first I tho’t you were talking about pantihose.)  I loved Spice Girls too!  (I told you–I love music!!!)  I guess I’ll have to watch Fern Gully sometime to see what I’m missing.  :)  Thanks for the commentary.  It was a good one.

Oregon Trail was the bomb. AND you used to be able to play it in school.

I just scrolled through every comment. I did not see anyone mention Stick Stickly on Nick in the Afternoon.

I LOVED HOWIE!!! HE WAS ALWAYS THE HOTTEST!

Who loves orange soda? K-k-k-Kel loves orange soda. Is is true? Mmm-hmm I do I do I do I do-oo…

http://www.nick.com/videos/clip/kenan-and-kel-orange-soda-clip.html?xid=googlevideo-kenan-and-kel-orange-soda-clip

The 80s, the 70s, the 60s, Now, pick a decade.

what about Yikes! pencils… and the nano babies… aaaaaaaaaaaaand lets not forget Trapper Keeper… your whole life was in the Trapper Keeper lol 

Ha, this made me laugh so much! I had nearly forgotten completely about Tamagotchis… but yes, I totally had one. He lived in a turquoise egg, and I lurrrrved him.

Also, I will never tire of “classic” Nickelodeon, or Boy Meets World. They just don’t make TV like that anymore…

Oh, memories of the days where my biggest worry was memorizing all the BSB’s birthdays and favorite ice cream flavors.

Wasn’t the red ranger a black guy at some point? Maybe that was closer to the end…i dont realy remember..but I had all the power ranger dolls and watched all the movies…those were good times!! What about Sailor Moon, All That, Hey Arnold, Rocco’s Modern Life…etc..

I still remember the jingle “Write to me Stick Stickly PO Box 963 New York City, New York State 10108″

I agree, though I’m female. I completely loved everything you mentioned here.  

Uhhh no, 90s kid here. You were more of a 90s teenager? But I still have no idea how you missed any of these things. I was born in 1988, and I know every thing on this list.

Pokemon exploded in 1998/1999.  Red and blue came out in 1998.  By 2002 it was irrelevant.  It’s the last 90′s kid fad.  How about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?  How about Carmen Sandiego?

Soooo true!!!!! 

This jingle still gets stuck in my head at least once a month.

nsync > bsb

90′s kid means you were born in the 90s, not that you graduated in the 90′s. And yes, they are considered the millenials.

Why are y’all discussing EITHER of the Savages?

Um, Rider Strong, duh, hello?

I want to rescue fierce Willow from those crazy, closeted cultists.

Girl, I ate a shit ton of caramel sundaes.

PUPPY SURPRISE

please never work in a care facility.

Born in 1988 and i just have to say, CRAP! I feel old. I loved Nsync but i loved Lance and Joey. I was a Lisa Frank junkie. Did anybody remember those brown/black chokers

Hello! They forgot to mention VHS tapes!

BBMak played instruments!

Zach was th original black ranger and Trini was the original yellow ranger, first three seasons thru till Tommy was the white ranger. It’s morphin time! Hahah

Whoa whoa whoa..you were no nineties kid. If you graduated HS in the nineties, that makes you an eighties kid. Steer clear, we know what’s up. I know every thing on this list. I am a nineties kid.

There was a red ranger that was black, but he wasn’t until the 2000′s. I’m totally with you thought. I loved Hey Arnold, Sailor Moon, Doug, etc.

POGS!!! I’m a girl, and i total remember getting those in McDonalds Happy Meals!!

FALSE!

When I mentioned that Third Eye Blind was my first cassette tape, a college girl (so born in the early to mid-90s) legitimately asked me what a cassette tape was. When I explained that it used to be what we recorded music on and listened to — popped them into walkmans, which played the tapes — she said, “Oh, so it’s like those CD things?”

FACE. PALM.

i have a vhs tape of sailor moon i found at a thrift store and had to get it for my kids and they love it lol oh and i recently found doug’s first movie which was another big hit in my house….lol

for some fern gully rocked i currently own it on vhs and my kids love it too and i have 5 oh and im looking for part 2 which is awesome too

What is wrong with you? Judy didn’t claim to be a 90s kid, she just said that she was born in 1952. She probably graduated in 1970.  Don’t be a jerk. 

does anybody remember the trolls with the gems on their bellies…when did they come out….oh and cabbage patch dolls….someone mentioned firbys which were awesome….what were the things that were kinda like tomagotchis only they were digital animals like dogs and stuff cuz i had one of those instead

I think trolls & cabbage patch dolls were 80s because I remember wanting those, but I was like 5 (around the time i was really into nkotb); I was born in 1985

Goosebumps.

I would definitely have been on a 90s kids’ version of ‘Hoarders’ as a nine-year-old…I had over TWENTY Tamagotchis and kept them on TWO lanyards that I wore around my neck at all times.  And I knew all of their individual beeps!

i think those were Giga Pets, but I never had that or the Tomagotchi.

I had a similar conversation with one of my cousins a couple of months ago.  It made me feel ancient, but I guess that’s how my parents felt when I asked about LP’s.

No, they actually are wrong!  The author didn’t include enough “really”s.  I 

 This made me LOL.  “I have no clue what plastic eggs are. (At first I tho’t you were talking about pantihose.)” HAHAHA cutest thing i’ve read all day!

Oh my god yes!!!!  It seriously was EVERY OTHER COMMERCIAL.  It was like someone was playing a joke or something…and they actually used the same commercial for several summers in a row.  Nonstop.  On a channel for children to watch when their parents just want them off their hands for a bit.

I was born in 1983, 7 years prior to qualification of being a 90′s kid, and I knew of every item on this list.  It’s a fluke for someone like that to not know of anything on the list.

Also – how can you be a 90s kid if you spent 20% of the decade crapping your diaper, and another 30% figuring out how to talk and retain memories?

What about 98 Degrees?  I loved Nick Lachey (and I got a secret pleasure watching him perform on the finale of the Singoff–although i never liked Give Me One Night (Una Noche).  Personally, I preferred them to BSB or NSYNC, both of which I liked, but I didn’t have to rush out for their CD’s like it with 98 Degrees and Rising (Actually my dad bought the BSB debut album…for himself).

Where on earth did you get your definition of “90s kid”? Not this article.  I was born in 1988 and thoroughly identify as a 90s kid.  All of the things on this list pretty much were defining elements of my childhood.

That girl was just ridiculous. I was born in the early nineties and still remember my favorite cassette tape and will never forgive my sister for unwinding it and using it for gymnastics ribbons.

Cabbage patch kids were huge huge huge around 84/85 and remained pretty popular for a few years and trolls were a little later I believe around 87/88. 

I tend to think it means you were a kid in the 90′s. If you were born in 99 does that still make you a 90′s kid? I wouldn’t think so. I consider myself an 80′s kid because my childhood & early teen years were in the 80′s not because I was born in the 80′s. 

If you were born in the 90′s then you just aren’t gonna remember half the crap from then as you were too young to know about it. 90′s kids to me IMO are people that were kids/early teens in the 90′s…people who experienced their childhood/pre-teen & early teen years during that decade. 

I’m waiting for my son to grasp the concept of time and ask me “you were born in the 1970′s? lol, but I remember everything on this list…how about Garfield and friends?  Or the mupet movies? Space Jam?

I remember standing in line for over an hour at our local gift shop to get first dibs on the newest Bernie babies! We use to hunt out places that sold them!

Agreed! I was born in ’86 and I totally consider myself a 90′s kid, not an 80′s kid. I would have no idea what the author was on about if this was “10 Things 80s Kids…”

Ehhh…. Howie had awkward phases during Millennium and Black & Blue. When they came back from hiatus for Never Gone though…

He just looks better with short hair.

That is what it means. This list applies to people who grew up in the 90′s, hence 90′s kid. Being born in 1988 would make you a 90′s kid and an 80′s baby.

Trolls have been around longer than I have and I’m 53. I think my mother had them when she was a kid in the dark ages!! LOL :)

I wouldn’t say it’s irrelevant. I know plenty of kids who are still getting into Pokemon and maybe we’re just riding on a giant wave of nostalgia, but plenty of college kids and recent college grads, too.

When I got an LP out the first time in front of my children (born 83, 86 & 87) they asked..is that a really big CD?

Yeah!! I remember when we had computer time in elementary school and go to play Oregon Trail, it was awesome!!

who framed roger rabbit anyone? along with the goonies, those were defining childhood movies. lol

I was born in the late 80s and I was a 90s kid. I still have my gig pet, nano pet, tamogatchi, power ranger cards and POGS, every season of saved by the bell on DVD. I was so happy when they brought back clarissa, doug, legends of the hidden temple, and hey dude on late night nick a few months ago. I will never forget David the Gnome, Nozzles, salute your shorts, double dare, nick arcade, wild and crazy kids, and Eurekas castle. I lived on paperboy on Nintendo. Nsync was nothing without JT but I spent my childhood listening to Hanson nonstop. 

I was born in ’84 and could totally relate to “10 Things 80s Kids…”  But I am very nostalgic like that.  :)  But yes I remember all this stuff…makes me feel old to know that there are now “Remember When…” lists are coming out for the decades I was growing up!

How about explaining to our kids who will all be hopped up on amphetamines about a time when coffee pills were considered a dangerous drug and caused a frizzy haired Jessie Spano to wig out and deliver the highlight of her acting career…the heart-string tugging, “I’m so excited…I’m so excited…I’m so…I’m so scared”. And how that all american, good girl sweetheart turned around and decided to do a little movie called Striptease, which left teenage boys tugging at something else.

NanoPets

Furbys, pogs, hey Arnold, Doug, giga pets, and Polly pockets

I still have 98 degrees and rising in my car.  I listen to it daily.

Polly pockets? The stuffed dogs that had babies in their tummies? Saved by the Bell? Anyone remember those…..miss the 90s!

My cousin (who was born in 97) asked me the other day who Cindy Crawford was.  If that isn’t bad enough she then proceeded to ask who Dennis Rodman and Carmen Electra was.  I think I died a little inside that day.

What about “Scruff McGruff Chicago Illinois 60652″

Well my day is now planned of youtube trolling for any and all of my childhood tv shows that I love.  Totally forgot about Davis the Gnome…classic! oh and I still  remember all the words to Eureka’s Castle…awesome…

Demi Moore starred in Striptease. Elizabeth Berkley, the actress who played Jessie Spano, went on to star in Showgirls which wasn’t as well received as Demi’s movie.

Puppy Surprise!! :D I remember all of those!

Giga pets were essentially the same as the tomagotchies(sp?) mentioned above.

Legends of the Hidden temple is still probably to this day one of my favorite game shows every, along with double dare!

That is ridiculous.  I guess having grown up in a household where we still use our record player and have a huge record collection has made me like older music more than my peers (born in 90).  But my first car also only had a tape player so the girl you talked to must have been rich or something because she definitely should have known what a tape was.  Oh, and I still have and use my walkman.

What about the plastic beads people would put on their tire spokes on their bikes?? Oh and the slap-on bracelets, jelly shoes, hair scrunchies, NIKON video cameras that rested on your shoulder because they were so big, pogs, tether-ball, The Secret World of Alex Mac, Polly Pockets, Giga/Nano pets, Skip-It, Sky Dancers… omg the list goes on and on for me!!! :P

Summer afternoons revolved around Stick Stickly.   Mornings were for baseball and bike riding, afternoons were for Stick Stickly.  Good times.

I was born in 1990 and know almost everything on this list.  Besides if you don’t connect with anything on this list then you don’t have to participate.  This seems to be a group who wants to remember all the great things that were popular throughout the 90s so let us.  This isn’t meant to be a grammer lesson on what a 90s kid is defined as.

There’s still more to the power rangers than people are realizing:

The black ranger was black.
The yellow ranger was Asian.
The red ranger was Native American.
The pink and blue ranger were both white and represented the stereotypical colors of boys and girls.
The green ranger was Italian (green horn). He later became the White ranger, the most powerful ranger of them all…
…Power rangers was the most racist show on tv haha

LOL!!! Wow… that IS racist!! :P

They’re just missing a hispanic ranger! :O

I found my puppy surprise at my parents house and gave it t o my girls (8&11). Still cool if a little creepy ;-)

Liking 98 Degrees over both NSYNC and BSB just means that you were desperate to be mildly different from every other pre-teen girl around you. Nick Lachey, his brother, and two randos will never be able to compare to a full set of five (or, arguably, four and a half) gorgeous, singing, and dancing pieces of unattainable man meat. God, I miss these kind of cat fights.

haha I agree! I’m thinking 90s kid is someone born in the 80s

No one even Charmed!  Also the fact that we used to actually play outside whenever we could and socialize with real life people.  Kids now spend way to much time playing with electronics and socializing on facebook.  Also the fact that as kids, we didn’t have cellphones until at least middle school. (born in 90)

Giga pets were Tomagatchies bastard cousins they don’t want to spend Thanksgiving with. They were the relatives that go to community college, while Tomagatchies went to Yale and spent summers abroad.

…Giga pets were for poor kids, and everyone knew it. If you did not know, then alas my friend, you are like me. You thought they were the same. You thought a Tickle-Me-Tweety was an acceptable alternative to Tickle-Me-Elmo. You perhaps had a Furbish or a Furdy instead of a Furby. “They sound the same!” “No one will know!” said mom-jeans clad moms.

Everyone knew.

Oh so many memories.. :( I want the 90′s back…

omg I had to kill my Ferby.. Those things were EVIL!!

The Disney movie “Cars” is racist too. There is an Italian car named “Guido” and a Hispanic car with tinted windows!

he was there. we just never saw him because he was napping in the cleaning closet.

Who loves orange soda???

LMAO just had me dying in public!

The second “red” ranger was Hispanic after Jason, Zack, and Trini went on a “peace conference.” The three most racist rangers “left” (aka media blacklash) and were replaced by people of completely different races. Red was Hispanic, Black was white, and Yellow was black. They are reflected in the movie.

David the Gnome and Eureka’s Castle! Throwbacksss

omg i miss skip-its. and i hated the jelly shoes, they were terrible haha

The 80′s were scary..  Proud to be born in ’86 and be a ’90′s kid.  :)

I would disagree that Pokemon is irrelevant. I babysit two kids (ages 7&4) who are obsessed with Pokemon, the new version of the show, and the cards. It’s not as good or popular as it was during it’s initial explosion, of course.

You are correct about the trolls. I am 49 and I remember playing with them when I was a kid. Not everything is new to the 90′s. For example, I remember when my youngest son, who is now 23, told me that his friends at school thought Aerosmith was a new band when he was in junior high.

It’s tamagotchi (a combination of the Japanese word for egg “tamago” and the Japanese loan word for watch, or uocchi, which, when combined, equals tamagocchi. That then got transliterated as tamagotchi). And I agree, giga pets were basically just the same as tamagotchi. 

The 11th thing you will have to explain to your kids: How to assemble the friggin’ silver monkey.

DAVID the gnome. Good show though. Except the spiders scared the shit outta me

enough said.

I know they touched on Boy Meets World and Topanga…but seriously TGIF – the early 90s line up will forever live on in my heart. I’m talking Full House, Family Matters, Boy Meets World and Step by Step…best Friday line-up ever!

I know they touched on Boy Meets World and Topanga…but seriously TGIF – the early 90s line up will forever live on in my heart. I’m talking Full House, Family Matters, Boy Meets World and Step by Step…best Friday line-up ever!

Kell loves Orange Soda!

I actually have a family member who was a casting director for power rangers and it’s many spin-offs. I remember bragging about this to my friends and classmates. Looking back at it now it seems pretty funny to brag about a cousin who lived thousands of miles away, much older than me, and who I had only really met a couple times. But we do have the same last name, which was proof enough. He also was the casting director for the 1997 comedy film “Orgazmo” by Trey Parker and Matt Stone (creators of South Park) and starred as the video store clerk in the film. And as far as I know he is not racist. haha!

i disagree. have you watched speedy gonzalez since 1997? give that show a watch now, you’ll see.

One word. Conges. Any true 90′s kid knows what these things are.

Fail. I wasn’t allowed to play outside after Mikaela was snatched up from the corner store. Or walk to school. The late 80s/ early 90s were the days of child snatchers galore and I was under lock and key! And I had no cell phone until college. I had a purple pager that I was a pro with the pager code. 143!!

I remember Toonami when it first started and was good, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Space Jam, I had the beanie babies, tamagotchi, and my furby would tell people to shut-up. My grandparents got the big box looking tv and sound system that was all the rage….I miss the 90′s

what about SPICE GIRLS!!!!!!

Also teenage mutant ninja turtles!!!! they were big in the 90s too!

try we didnt have cell phones til we could sign the contract…it was a right of passage…first graduation and then a bulky black phone and a 2 year contract…we had made it lol

Um… did you even read #8? “I really really really wanna zig a zig ahh” is a lyric from their song.

Duh.

#8

I totally agree! Born in 81 here and so many of these items are relevent to people my age. I was in 4th grade when Lisa Frank folders were at their height in popularity and 16 when the Backstreet boys came on the scene. I can’t imagine Fern Gully being very relevant to someone much younger than myself; I was 10 when it was released. Power rangers came out when I was 11. And again, Clarissa Explains it All came out when when I was 10 – I may have even been a little too young to enjoy it.

Those of you born in the 90s surely don’t get the references. I vaguely remember Simon, Rubix Cubes, and Cyndi Lauper, but that hardly makes me an 80s child. I was too young and those items hardly hold the iconic status that they would for someone who was born in the early 70s.

clearly someone didn’t read number 8

don’t think you got the reference in number 8 then

umm…obviously, you don’t know but the spice girls were mentioned….

and Surge :)

I was born in 1990 and I knew everything that was mentioned here. Fern Gully was a beloved movie from my childhood, I liked NSYNC and Backstreet Boys, but I preferred the Spice Girls (we used to play Spice Girls in school during recess). “Go, go Power Rangers” was a song that got ingrained into my head, I was the pink power ranger (Kimberly) for Halloween one year, and I loved Clarissa Explains It All. I may have only watched movies on DVD instead of in theaters and I may have only watched re-runs instead of the originally aired shows, but they were still stables of my childhood.

Heeellllloooo… check out #8.  If you didn’t get that reference then you’re clearly not a child of the 90s.

you mean “staples” of your childhood…unless you are keeping them all in a bunch of little barns ;)

I was the pink ranger on the playground and definitely own just as many VHS’s as I do DVDs…a true 80s baby/90s child *sigh* I must go reminisce about better times now…

you mean “staples” of your childhood…unless you are keeping them all in a bunch of little barns ;)

I was the pink ranger on the playground and definitely own just as many VHS’s as I do DVDs…a true 80s baby/90s child *sigh* I must go reminisce about better times now…

remember the mini beanie babies from mc donalds?!

remember the mini beanie babies from mc donalds?!

remember the mini beanie babies from mc donalds?!

Ah, thank you for that! I completely missed that little typo. I also have a ton of VHS tapes (more than I do DVDs, too). It’s one of the reasons why my house has a VHS/DVD player. :)

Ah, thank you for that! I completely missed that little typo. I also have a ton of VHS tapes (more than I do DVDs, too). It’s one of the reasons why my house has a VHS/DVD player. :)

Ah, thank you for that! I completely missed that little typo. I also have a ton of VHS tapes (more than I do DVDs, too). It’s one of the reasons why my house has a VHS/DVD player. :)

Yeah, I’m pretty sure that a “90s kid” means anyone born in the 80s or early 90s. Any earlier and you’re a 90′s teen. Any later, you’re a 90s baby. I don’t know, that’s just my logic.

Yeah, I’m pretty sure that a “90s kid” means anyone born in the 80s or early 90s. Any earlier and you’re a 90′s teen. Any later, you’re a 90s baby. I don’t know, that’s just my logic.

Yeah, I’m pretty sure that a “90s kid” means anyone born in the 80s or early 90s. Any earlier and you’re a 90′s teen. Any later, you’re a 90s baby. I don’t know, that’s just my logic.

Sorry, my punctuation was inconsistent! Ugh! :)

Sorry, my punctuation was inconsistent! Ugh! :)

Sorry, my punctuation was inconsistent! Ugh! :)

me too! Can’t live without my combo player (which sits above my boyfriends bluray player lol)

me too! Can’t live without my combo player (which sits above my boyfriends bluray player lol)

me too! Can’t live without my combo player (which sits above my boyfriends bluray player lol)

Yep.  Born in ’85 and a complete 90′s kid.  I get, resonate with and laughed at EVERYTHING on this list!

Yep.  Born in ’85 and a complete 90′s kid.  I get, resonate with and laughed at EVERYTHING on this list!

Yep.  Born in ’85 and a complete 90′s kid.  I get, resonate with and laughed at EVERYTHING on this list!

Where in the world is Carmen San Diego, anyone??

Where in the world is Carmen San Diego, anyone??

Where in the world is Carmen San Diego, anyone??

Hey Arnold is on Netflix.. For anyone who’s interested..

Um, excuse me…where was Beverly Hills 90210 on this list?? :) Dylan and Brenda were the It Couple, and whether you were a Dylan Girl or a Brandon Girl defined you almost as much as whether or not you liked Backstreet Boys or N*Sync.

And by the way, I wouldn’t call N*Sync a “90s band”. While they might have been formed in the 90s, “No Strings Attached” didn’t come out until 2000. I was Angela Chase’s age in the 90s, and so by the time “Bye, Bye, Bye” came out, I was already in college and out of their demo.

But I loved them anyway. :)

And I never really liked the Backstreet Boys. :)

Also, now that I’m thinking about 90210, what about Melrose Place? Models INC? Savannah? Aaron Spelling was a renewed TV God in the 90s! :) And Darren Starr was The Man. :)

Lastly, I have one more TV offering to make: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. The show that brought us Teri Hatcher and Dean Cain. :)

born in ’86, y is no one mentioning magic school bus? and bill nye the science guy?!?!?! i remember my elementary teachers bribing us with watching those at school when and if we behaved!!! haha ^_^

Umm try PeterPan from the 80′s…”What makes the Red man red?” song lyrics….

Does anyone remember Popples?  I think they were early nineties, but I had the soccer ball one and loved it!

What about Wishbone?!

agreed says me born in 74… lots of you are overlapping things from the greatest era the 80′s!

if you want t be my lover, you gotta get your shit straight

I liked Howie

or SNICK! LOL I can’t even remember what it started with, but I remember Roundhouse, All That, and Are You Afraid of the Dark! 

or SNICK! LOL I can’t even remember what it started with, but I remember Roundhouse, All That, and Are You Afraid of the Dark! 

That does seem true that those of us born in the 90s aren’t going to remember most of these. I will point out, however, that I was born in 1990, and I grew up with Fern Gully.  Along with Once Upon a Forest, it was one of my favorite movies. Not counting Disney movies, of course.  I was just old enough to know who the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC were, but unlike my friend, they didn’t mean much to me until later.  This list makes me think I’m only half 90′s kid.  I definitely remember the Lisa Frank folders.  I love those bursts of colored cuteness!

Those were called Spok-E-Dokes!

what about Pogs?!

“Tearin’ Up My Heart”, off of their first self-titled album in ’98.  No Strings Attached was their 3rd album, if you include that wretched Christmas CD.

I always preferred BSB anyway, though.  :p

I do I do I doOoOOOoOoOoooo

Those shows aren’t really for the 90′s babies. This is referring more to the younger side (like 7-13 perhaps). But those are great shows.

I still remember his address song!
“Write to me, Stick Stickly.
PO BOX  963,
New York City!
New York State!
10108!”

no one mentioned POKEMON?!?!?!?!??!  THE ATROCITY!!

I must have been spoiled. Had a cell phone in 6th grade/middle school… I had the newest smallest flip motorola my friends the Nokias. Texting cost 10 cents and getting a $300 dollar bill was not uncommon.

How about Jem and the Hollagrams and Garbage Pail Kids

I had a Lisa Frank Trapper Keeper. And I LOVED it. But that was in the late 80s, lol. :D

err…I meant Jem and the Holograms

What about Sister Sister.. Will Smith is still a BOSS

“10 things 90s kids will HAVE to explain to their children”… Pokemon needs no explanation and it will still be around when you have kids…

HOME ALONE!

Reading Rainbow, ya’ll!

I wish I could downvote you.

This was hilarious to read, but it should be 100 things 90′s kids will have to explain to their children!!! hahaha …. There are so many awesome comments left on here! Someone write a book! ……….Pogs were the underground child fight club!!!! …. We played for KEEPS! … and if you lost your favorite slammer in a bet you would sacrifice all of the pogs you have plus your jello at lunch for a week to get it back! …… What about Legends of the Hidden Temple, GUTS, and American Gladiators!!!??? …… Singled Out on MTV opened the world to how hot and slutty “spring break girls” would turn out to be all because of Jenny McCarthy!  …….. ….. and the Scream movies or “I know what you did last summer”!??? 

Can’t forget about Pokemon!  And gel pens!  And would I be right in saying there was a definite scooter fad somewhere in there?

american girl dolls? you might not remember it because only your rich friend had the actual doll, and you had to settle for the books.

Um…if you’re referring to the animated Disney film, that was released in 1953, sweetie.  

mine was purple, or pink?  My sister and I used to fight over who got which one for christmas.

mine was purple, or pink?  My sister and I used to fight over who got which one for christmas.

Pete and Pete. Please don’t forget Pete and Pete.

Pete and Pete. Please don’t forget Pete and Pete.

what about roller blades??  Mine showed up from santa for christmas.  wow this is back when! and the memories come flooding back!!!

what about roller blades??  Mine showed up from santa for christmas.  wow this is back when! and the memories come flooding back!!!

number 8

number 8

PARTY OF FIVE? TROLLS? TRL on MTV? POP UP VIDEO?

PARTY OF FIVE? TROLLS? TRL on MTV? POP UP VIDEO?

my son (8) loves space jam!

my son (8) loves space jam!

Pokemon is still a living trend.  You don’t have to explain anything to the kids today. :X

Pokemon is still a living trend.  You don’t have to explain anything to the kids today. :X

I killed other peoples for them. Horrible little things!

I killed other peoples for them. Horrible little things!

I thought i was the only one that remembered David the Gnome, or Eureka’s Castle… Nobody ever know’s what i am talking about

SPACCCCCEEE JAMMM!! EVERYBODY GET UP! ITS TIME TO JAM NOW!

so is Rugrats :)

What about Ghostwriter, The Oregon Trail and Goosebumps?

the 90′s list if you have a vagina…

these lists (not really this one in particular) need to condense all of nickelodeon stuff into one single entry.

that was 80s

no one liked howie.. lmao so true

Really, all of Nickelodeon.  Rocko’s Modern Life, Hey Dude, Salute Your Shorts, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Ren & Stimpy, Double Dare, Rugrats, all the classics.

SEEE-GAAAA!!!! (SEGA GENISIS)

The second Black Ranger, Adam, is actually half Korean.  Johnny Yong Bosch is almost definitely the most successful of the original Power Rangers.  Definitely my favorite voice actor by far.

Pogs weren’t 90′s! They were 80′s!lol

Anyone remember Sweet Secrets (Transformers for girls) & The Real Ghostbusters (cartoon show)? Not sure about the years on those, though.

I remember being excited about aol 2.0!…..dial up!!! (late 90s)

definitely not 90′s kids shows, maybe 90′s older teenager shows?? Most of those things first became popular in the 80′s no? N’sync is definitely a 90′s band. By the time no strings attached came out they were on the way out.

Great list. I could defiantly add another million
things. Oh nostalgia! Where does childhood go? I’d give
anything to live one day as a kid again.

P.S: Nickelodian kids shows made the 90′s. Cartoon network was pretty good too. Can’t forget
Johnny Bravo, dexters laboratory, cow and chicken, and a bunch others

A lot of these shows are on Netflix, streaming instantly right now.   They come and go, but usually at least one of them are available at any given time.

I once visited the White House when I was around 10 or so and had my favorite pet ‘Tamagotchi’ in my pocket. Security made me take it out and leave it while we took the tour. I don’t remember the tour but I remember being forced to part with my love. hahaha 

All That!

So is Rocko’s Modern Life AND Invader Zim…

Goosebumps, Furbys that stuck on your elementary school desks (everyone wanted mine), and the money sign every kid used to draw with 6 lines that connected in a certain way; that i never learned how to do :/….ahhh childhood

Gullah Gullah Island!!

I’m still convinced they were probably all  small pieces of Satan to this day…

CRAZY BONES?

stuessy sign

OK now everybody do “the Carlton”… best.dance.ever. 
Does any one remember clear pepsi… major fail!

Umm… no. Pogs were definitely 90′s. It may have existed in the 70′s 80′s but it wasn’t popular fad til the 90′s

LOVE  this <3 it makes me feel all goofy and yet warm and fuzzy to think of these things – childhood is strange to begin with but when you look back on all the fads and trends of the '90's… wow! :)

A list to continue (a collective of everyone’s ideas and a few of my own!):

-Other famous group bands (98 degrees?)
-Genie in a Bottle? Hit Me Baby One More Time? Vanilla Ice? Barbie Girl??!
-Sister Sister, Fresh Prince of Bel Air (I mean, who DOESN’T know that theme song?), Ghostwriter, Wishbone, Goosebumps, Clarissa Explains It All, Saved By the Bell, Space Jam (does anyone remember the WB stores in malls? I loved them!), F.R.I.E.N.D.S….really, all of Nickelodeon.
-Pokemon (it will NEVER be as huge as it was in the 90s. I still remember my first card and when everyone was collecting/trading them in elementary school!)
-Polly Pocket
-Barbie! Again, I know they’re still popular, but it seemed like EVERYONE had  50 in the 90s. They had planes, Malibu dream houses…
-Furbies (scariest things EVER!)
-All That (“welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger, can I take your order?”)
-Gel pens, jelly bracelets, jelly shoes
-Old-school Nintendo – N64, anyone?
-FULL HOUSE! When the Olsen twins were normal…
-TMNT – if you’re a 90s kid, you’ll know what this stands for!
-Buffy and Charmed
-Selena, Aaliyah, and Tupac, may they rest in peace.
-M.C. Hammer

This is just a small list, but you get the idea. :) I miss the 90s. Nothing will ever be the same!

hAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

They were DEFINITELY 90′s!  Check wikipedia!  I was in middle school at the time… scarred for life.  I’ll never forget!

 Does anyone remember that silly TGIF show where a boy ate a slice of pizza that was left under the bed, died and turned into a ghost? He hung out at his best friend’s house all the time and they did silly stuff together!

teen angel

The list is for 90′s KIDS, not 90′s babies….  I LOVED Lois & Clark!  I still think Melrose Place and 90210 were idiotic soap operas, just as I did when they were originally airing…. so no qualms there.  I can’t believe the 90′s started more than 20 years ago already.  Where does the time go?!

Ummmm are you kidding . POKEMON and SCOOBY-DOO?!? and last but certainly not least CAPTAIN $%^&* PLANET FTW!

I’ve never understood feminism. I know, like ice
cream, it comes in a cornucopia of flavors and melts away quickly when held in
a man’s hand (just kidding, ladies!) but I never understood its more…
paradoxical expressions. I’ve been accused from time to time of being a woman
hating woman (occasionally here on Thought Catalog) but that couldn’t be
further from the truth. It is simply that, as a woman,  I am often
expected to agree with general sentiments that don’t sit easily with my sense
of reason, never more so than with things like this.

For those of you who haven’t heard, there was a “Slutwalk” yesterday
in Toronto where women took to the street to raise
awareness for their right to… dress like sluts. Apparently, a police constable
made the unfortunate choice of publicly saying, “Women should avoid dressing
like sluts in order to not be victimized.” I think we can all agree here that
this was not the most delicate phrasing, but I would be lying if I said that
there wasn’t a good amount of truth to what he said.

We can all laugh when Dave Chappelle does his
routine about women dressing like sluts at clubs getting offended when men make
unwanted sexual advances, especially when he makes the apt comparison of
dressing like a police officer and then getting offended when people ask for
help on the street. That, to all of us, is funny and relatable. “Yeah,” we seem
to think, “women shouldn’t dress like prostitutes if they don’t want to be
propositioned for sex by a stranger.” Yet when a police officer makes a very
similar assertion, we no longer see what he’s saying. We can only think of it
in black-and-white terms. This is an officer of the law, and anyone who is
victimized should immediately be 100 percent innocent and showered with
sympathy and understanding.

As he does not specify in his statement what
“victimized” means exactly, I’ll assume it runs the gamut from being cat called
on the street to being raped. And just like a young man dressed like a
gangbanger and walking through a bad neighborhood with a menacing, threatening
stance could be met with verbal aggression or a gunshot wound to the chest –
all things are not created equal. He does not deserve to be murdered because he
walked down the street, but he (as an adult) understood the risks he was
taking.

The truth of the matter is that rape, murder,
battery, verbal assault, and everything in between have existed for as long as
humans have. There is a constant threat, especially in concentrated urban
areas, that you will be a victim at some point. I myself live in a relatively
dangerous urban area where men are quite verbally forward. You learn quickly to
not make eye contact, to keep your posture upright, and to keep walking. And
beyond that, if you want to further increase your chances of remaining safe and
flying under the radar, you do not dress like a prostitute. You do not dress
like someone who is out tonight to find sex by any means necessary. You can
look pretty, feminine, elegant, attractive – without stripping your appeal down
to its basest, most physical level. Women know the kind of attention they
attract when they dress like that. And just like the Supreme Court can’t define
porn but knows it when it sees it, we know
when we look into the mirror before we go out if we look like we’re trying to
lay down for the first man that looks at us. Even if we don’t want to admit it.

I have, like pretty much every 22-year-old girl,
gone out looking like a slut occasionally. And I got a significantly higher
amount of leers, cat calls, and uncomfortable attention. I was not surprised; I
had no one but myself to blame for the sudden nervous feeling that flared up in
my stomach as I walked passed men checking out my shape in my revealing dress.
I don’t dress like this anymore for that very reason. I want men to look at me
and have thoughts other than, “I could have sex with her tonight if I wanted.”

And perhaps the most compelling reason to put at
least some of the responsibility on women here is that often, dressing in an
extremely suggestive manner can be the tipping point in a sexually charged
situation. Not all sexually aggressive acts are perpetrated by a violent repeat
offender hiding in an alley. Often times the situations that can make women the
most uncomfortable, and in some ways the most vulnerable, are in situations
where alcohol and socialization are involved. Women are pressured, followed,
and hounded by men who, when sober and in the light of day, often would never
do such a thing. And for a man, a sexually and visually driven man not in full
command of his wits, having a woman tell him “no” while wearing the most
provocative, arousing, blatantly sexual outfit possible is, to say the least,
confusing. And while that does not give him the right to violate her, it also
cannot be claimed that women are entirely innocent in this situation.

I know that the knee-jerk reaction to this kind
of scenario is that women are unequivocally the victims, but they are also
adults. They are also capable of assessing risks, the kind of risks that we
live with every day. And if they choose to ignore these risks, to feed into
them, to put themselves further into danger – they are not being the most
intelligent, capable adults they could. They are being, to some degree,
irresponsible. That just may not look quite as catchy on a pink sign. – Chelsea Fagan

Oh man, you are a hero. I will have to get on that!

Yes! First ever CD-Rom console. Literally played Vitural Fighter until I had a bleeding blister on my left (D-pad) thumb. 

Alex Mac and inspector gadget ( cartoon show). And secretly watching Baywatch!

80′s. TMNT was on there way out in the early 90′s. Trust me I’m 31 and still have a garbage bag full of them.

Oh my.. I remember underground Pog gatherings beneath the stairs in primary school.. that was some serious shiz!

While I don’t disagree with your premise….. what the hell did that have to do with being a 90′s kid?  You’ve got good points, but you’re undoubtedly going to get flamed by the online community for (at the very least) saying something completely off topic… and rather serious, to boot.

That said, I agree with your thesis and found your supporting evidence to be on target and helpful in conveying your thoughts.

Captain Planet definitely evokes 90′s culture…  but he sucks.  He sucked then, he definitely sucks now.  Ted Turner’s environmentalist super hero… anti-American tripe.

I’m not sure how this fits into the conversation, but I find what you’re saying interesting, and wrong.

You accept the fact that men rape or cat call or commit acts of violence and say society should conform to that unchangeable fact. You assert that because there are men like this, women should dress in a certain way or face the consequences.

How is this not problematic? How can you see the way a woman dresses as the problem here? Why are we telling women to change how they dress, and not telling men not to rape?

I totally have the entire series on DVD. Found it on ebay, and my life is complete. Mmm… Rio! (We used to buy the VHS from Blockbuster… back in like, 88/89??) But I STILL got LOVE!

But “With our power’s combined…” is a quintessential 90s-kid phrase, man!

Though, I agree entirely with you.

I’ll give you that! :)

Rant. Rant. Rant.

But they are distinct from each other in many ways. Example: SNICK – Saturday night Nick. BEST PROGRAMMING BLOCK EVER. Clarissa was not a part of SNICK, but she was an important part of Nickelodeon/the 90s. Additionally, the Nickelodeon game shows were hugely important – I mean, Legends of the Hidden Temple? C’mon people, the god damned silver monkey that no one could ever put together! UGH! And Nickelodeon’s slime and all the pies in the face! You Can’t Do That On Television! The first foray I ever had into the world of Canadian culture.

Nickelodeon cannot be condensed, it would be a crime against 90s kid culture.

I was in 4th grade when pogs were a big thing. I was in 4th grade in 1994.

NINETIES.

Magic School Bus books are still very popular with kids.

Bill Nye should be on here though, for sure.

As mush as I loved the 90′s I wish somethings had stayed there. Pokemon and Power Rangers get worse each year. Dont ruin my memories people!

First: Men aren’t the only gender that commit rape, although they are certainly the most publicized.Second: Rape has been around since the beginning and it isn’t going to go away through education.  It IS an unchangeable fact.Third: Dressing like a thug will get you dirty looks and people will cross the street to avoid walking anywhere near you.  This is no different than dressing like an easy woman is going to evoke sexual thoughts in men – some of whom are unwilling to or incapable of resisting their urges.  Chelsea didn’t argue that it was right or proper… she argued that it is true.  Here’s a news flash…. it IS true.  If the goal is to reduce the likelihood of a woman being raped, what do you think is the quicker means to achieve that goal, A) a woman changing her wardrobe or B) ALL men evolving out of the physiological response to the stimuli of provocatively dressed women?  If you picked A, you are intelligent.  If your answer is B, you’re a moron.

tl;dr

I think my Furby began to cuss so we threw it away. Annoying little things!

…..I liked Howie. Until I bought the first NSYNC cd, that shit was life-changing. Totally drank the Justin Timberlake Kool-Aid after that.

Why are all men naturally inclined to rape? You’re willing to blame women for dressing in a certain way more than you’re willing to blame men for RAPING?

Anyone should be able to dress however they’d like to without getting blamed for their own rape. We should be teaching young men to respect women. We shouldn’t be teaching them that they have a natural inclination toward violence and shouldn’t be blamed for THEIR OWN actions.

Both ideas are taught and created by society.

So yes, rape WILL go away with education. We’re just not educating the right way.

had forgotten but immediately/distinctly re-remembered all but 8

sweet

How am I going to explain that large numbers of people considered “Titanic” more Oscar-worthy than “In & Out”?

The only person who has suggested that all men are naturally inclined to rape is you, actually.  Chelsea and I both suggested that there are SOME men that are unwilling to or incapable of resisting their urges.  That does not mean ALL men.  Nor does that mean that either Chelsea or I are excusing those men’s behavior.  The problem here is that in order to punish a man for a rape, he has to first rape… and once that has happened it cannot be undone.  Have you ever heard the adage, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure?”

That is the argument being made here – a woman dressing provocatively isn’t “asking for it,” but she is certainly putting herself more at risk than a woman who dresses modestly.  If you refuse to acknowledge that basic truth, you are being intellectually dishonest… and this conversation will go nowhere fast.  Feel free to have the last word.  I’m not going to continue an intellectual debate with an unarmed opponent.

Does anyone remember the tv show Fudge, based on the Judy Blume books? I miss that kid!

What about Pogs?

What I understand to be your suggestion is that if a woman is dressed in a certain way, men are more likely to rape her. That if a woman is dressed in a certain way, men can’t be expected to control themselves, and therefore the woman is more in the wrong.

Rape is a wrong, dressing in a certain way is not.

I believed they were bugged by the government and were made to spy on kids. I ended up hiding mine in my closet. I think I still have it somewhere in my attic.

How then do you explain the fact that the majority of rape victims are women who are modestly dressed and a large amount are elderly?
Rape has nothing to do with how a woman is dressed, its all about power. The majority of rapists go for those who DON’T look flashy and easy, the more demure, modest and yes old a woman looks the more likely it is the rapist will target her as these women are thought to be less likely to report it.

What about Grunge Music!!! Baggy ass JINCO Jeans!! VANS and Airwalks!!
 The beginning of Rap-Rock!!! The beginning of Rap as pop music and not as an underground thing!
The end of Music being played on MTV!!

If that is truly what you understand to be my argument, you are misunderstanding what you read.  I specifically stated that a woman is not “asking for it.”  I did posit that if a woman is dressed a certain way, she is more likely to be a victim of a sexual assault; however, I did not suggest that she is to blame for the assault.  The blame for a rapist’s actions lies solely with the rapist.

Furthermore, I never suggested that dressing in a provocative manner is wrong – I stated quite clearly that it makes one more susceptible to being a victim: nothing more, nothing less.

I *never* stated that a man shouldn’t be expected to control himself or that a woman is more in the wrong for dressing provocatively than a man is for raping her.  That is your own bias being projected onto my words, and if you will go back and re-read what I have said, you will acknowledge the truth of that fact.

Spice Girls! lol

That is utterly ridiculous…  something in which you apparently specialize.

Here now you can learn! lol
http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljck9uOXHQ1qh8tero1_400.jpg

The only explanation for your argument is that it isn’t true… and no more explanation is needed.  Here are the facts:

15% of sexual assault and rape victims are under age 12
29% are age 12-17
44% are under age 18
80% are under age 30
12-34 are the highest risk years
Girls ages 16-19 are 4 times more likely than the general population to be victims of rape, attempted rape, or sexual assault.

This information comes from U.S. Department of Justice. 2004 National Crime Victimization Survey. 2004.

You can find more rape statistics to clear up any fantasy figures you present in future postings on the subject at http://www.rainn.org/get-information/statistics/sexual-assault-victims

Please don’t post on such a serious issue with made up, bogus crap.  Rape victims have a hard enough go of it without people fabricating stories.

Coming Home is my favorite Christmas album.

GOTH!!! Manson and NIN t-shirts, black lipstick and nail polish on both guys and girls.

OJ Simpson, Loraina Bobbit, Nancy Kerrigan, Bill Clinton/Lewinsky
(please forgive my spelling)

MAGIC THE GATHERING!!!!!!!!

Ken Griffey Jr!!!!

i still have my old popples sheets! and a vhs somewhere…

If you like this, you should probably check out http://things90skidsrealize.com…the status update ones are epic.

all those plus DINOSAURS!…and then tgif went slowly downhill. 

the “mega mack daddy of ecology”  !!!

Pokemon should totally be on here… especially the first generation, because we all knew they were the best

1.       1. Boy meets world

2.       2. Digipets

3.3.  3   Lol

4.      4  Lol

5.       5 Loved Fern gully!! Batty!!!

6.       6 Clarissa explains it all, Same anders!

7.       7 True

8.       8 Spice girls!

9.       9 Stickers and unicorns and beads

10.   10 The tag….it was true…goal….collect them all

No mention of Sublime… SMH

The article is amusing and the comments are great. It all takes me back to a better time that I currently have to explain to a sister who is 16 yrs younger than me. This seems to be popular lately; remember when?… I love these articles!
Long live Pogs! Magic the Gathering! And Kurt!
Peace!

Well trolled.

This is epic.

This is epic.

You spelled JNCO wrong and music was still being played on MTV through the early 21st century.

You spelled JNCO wrong and music was still being played on MTV through the early 21st century.

You spelled JNCO wrong and music was still being played on MTV through the early 21st century.

rape will go away with education? is that a joke? this is one of the oldest crimes in the book as well as one of the most heinous and malignant.  I wonder what type of education you are proposing.  educating girls and boys separately? it seems as though the argument that if men see and cannot legally touch, caution be damned – they’re gonna do it anyway.

TMNT was actually a 1980′s thing. Also, N64s are not “old school”. SNES or NES would be a better fit.

Funny enough, those Sweet Secrets are worth quite a bit of money these days if you have all of the original pieces.

Why couldn’t they just stay with yellow, blue, red…. :(

I didn’t just read that, I sang it in my head.

oh wow! gel pens, I LOVED JELLYROLLS!!! And polly pocket, I remember having some of those toys! TMNT of the 90s was pretty cool! And Super Nintendo was my addiction back then as was Sega Genesis.

Furby?

there was about three things on there of relevance.  otherwise dumb.  author should be embarrassed considering the amount of identical articles that have tons of value. nice try though

harsh. disagree.

Ditto.

I know TMNT started in 1987, but it finished in 1996 so it was largely a 90s thing. Also, the N64 released in the US in 1996! I know it’s not SUPER old, but it’s what I played on as a kid. :D

What about furbies?

I’m 50 years old and don’t know what half of that stuff you were talking about means.  Growing up in the 60′s and 70′s was awesome.  No internet.  We actually talked to people on the phone and socialized with friends in person.  And we had imagination.  Those idiots above who are arguing about rape need to go somewhere else.

Back then we would’ve said it was all that and a bag o’ chips. ;-)

This was awesome. I literally spit out my coffee I was laughing so hard when I got to the part about the Lisa Frank experience. And the de-valued beanie babies.. so true..

Nick was the cute blonde that all the girls liked.  I wouldn’t think to call him a “wholesome northern Florida redneck” (the hell?), and he’s from central Florida anyway.  Other than that, great assessment of the boy bands.  To me, the Backstreet Boys were like the Christina Aguilera of boy groups and *NSYNC was the Britney Spears, ’cause BSB was more about the talent and *NSYNC was more about hype and putting on a spectacular show with lots of dancing and special effects.  I always leaned more towards BSB… of course, I had a massive crush on Nick.  Screw *NSYNC.  ;-)

What about the Disney Renaissance, Nicktoons (the good ones), Baby-sitters Club, Full House, Family Matters, teen movies (She’s All That, Never Been Kissed, Can’t Hardly Wait, Scream and Scream 2, Varsity Blues, American Pie, Cruel Intentions, 10 Things I Hate About You) and Troll dolls?

Ok, so I hope I’m no the only one on here thinking this, but I’m a 90′s kid and I have no idea what you are talking about… Please explain…

Someone still goes to Backstreet Boy reunions…

@growing up in the 60′s and 70′s. Check what you are reading. The title is “90′s kids”.

furbies scared the heck outta me haha! o_O

Mehhh I listened to both, but really, have you heard NSYNC do acapella songs? They can ALL sing. BSB had nothing on that. Nick’s voice is all nasal. And contrary to the author, I was all about JC.

I remember reading those books in class! I’d get one from the library, and return it by the end of the day. And yeah, I never had one either, I played with my friend’s doll…more like I got to play with pet dog you could get. What was it called…coco? I know it was white lol

I don’t know about n*sync or backstreet boys but 98degrees!!!! Now they were awesome! Drew all the way! LOL This was an amazing flashback article! I love Fern Gully!

Me too they would come alive out of no where! yikes!

The majority of us growing up in the 90′s didn’t have internet either until we were well into our teenage years.  I rode my bike to my friends everyday after school, I used the(land-line) phone when I needed to talk to somebody, I played and imagined outside every single day, as did every other kid I knew. 

I know it’s hard to separate past events and dates from one another when you get old, but please, your embarrassing yourself with your ignorance.

Ha ha, I wish!

This is unbelievably accurate. I like the humor in this piece; sarcastic and deadpan. I laughed along with you while reminiscing about all those silly things that aren’t that far off into the past if you think about it! I wonder what kind of ridiculous things we will remember 10 years from now!

It’s “you’re” embarrassing yourself, not “your”.  And yes, you both kind of are…

oMG this is all taking me back ppl XDDDD gel pens hell yeah and lisa frank XDDD my tamagotchi died poor thing T-T i was the biggest clarissa fan and i loved sister-sister, kenan and kel, hey arnold as told by ginger, r u afraid of the dark and the real adventures of johnny quest XD i also remember we used to tape stuff on VHS ppl XDDDDD i used to love the backstreet boys AND nsync besides xtina and britney, aqua, bwitcked, the spice girls, m2m and the divas (mariah carey whitney houston celine dion) LON LIVE THE 90s

Ha. I loved reading all of these. Thanks for bringing back so many special memories. How about Smackers chapstick? There were hundreds of flavors. I had a substantial collection. Some of them had holes in the caps, so you could string them on a necklace….which I did. I wore about 8 around my neck. So weird.  :)

Nick wasn’t the greatest singer in that group, I’ll admit (I believe that honor actually went to Brian or A.J.), but damn, BSB’s harmonies were smooth when they sang together.  *NSYNC had pretty harmonies too, but they were more about the fast-paced dance songs with pumped-up percussions and beats, whereas BSB were more known for their love ballads.  I really liked *NSYNC’s rendition of Janet Jackson’s “That’s the Way Love Goes” at her tribute concert, though, especially Justin’s solo.

Nick wasn’t the greatest singer in that group, I’ll admit (I believe that honor actually went to Brian or A.J.), but damn, BSB’s harmonies were smooth when they sang together.  *NSYNC had pretty harmonies too, but they were more about the fast-paced dance songs with pumped-up percussions and beats, whereas BSB were more known for their love ballads.  I really liked *NSYNC’s rendition of Janet Jackson’s “That’s the Way Love Goes” at her tribute concert, though, especially Justin’s solo.

All of that is so true i have to show this to my 14yr old sister who thinks being born in 1997  counts as being a 90′s kid. I was that loner 11yr old who couldnt stand Nick Carter and his looks or voice. But Howie was and still is my favorite he only got better with age lol!

All of that is so true i have to show this to my 14yr old sister who thinks being born in 1997  counts as being a 90′s kid. I was that loner 11yr old who couldnt stand Nick Carter and his looks or voice. But Howie was and still is my favorite he only got better with age lol!

All of that is so true i have to show this to my 14yr old sister who thinks being born in 1997  counts as being a 90′s kid. I was that loner 11yr old who couldnt stand Nick Carter and his looks or voice. But Howie was and still is my favorite he only got better with age lol!

while the 90′s are rich with nostalgia, the sad thing about being born in the mid-80′s is that stuff i did in the early 2000′s is starting to feel dated.

http://www.things90skidsrealize.com is 10x better than this, it’s this article on roids.

I liked Joey Fatone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Final Fantasy VII should have made the list

Ahhhhh,, totally into Nick Carter–and he is amazingly better looking now then in the late 90′s-he’s gotten all healthy and skinny!  Beautiful!   And both Carter AND Timberlake had nasally boy voices–Nick’s has gotten deeper, JT’s has not.  nsync’s harmonies were straight up barbershop quartet harmony with a lead singer. Backstreet had more complex harmonies–alternating solo voices, dueling duets, explosions of all five voices going in different directions still maintaining harmonic control and done acapella. There’s a reason Elton John had Backstreet perform with him twice at the Grammies and once for his Concert in the Park and then untitled in his musical for Disney-El Dorado, while he had JT lipsync for one of his videos. 

yeah that things90skidsrealize.com site is pretty legit. i like retrojunk too

I remember it all!!!!! What about cutting off a thin strip of panty hose and wearing it as a necklace? I really cant believe i did that. Or when white eyeliner on the top lid was in. Yuck what was i thinking? What would you do? I loooved that show. Or the black braclets that if someone broke they had to have sex? Lol no one i knew did that. They broke them all right but thats where it began and ended. (Thank God) how embarrassing that would be. “How did u lose ur virginity? O someone broke my braclet so i had to have sex with them….. :| or how everything was “tight” or when kids would make “music” on their desks by flicking their pencil. kids! Lol thank God we have grown up! Wonder what crazy things our kids will do?

I kinda agree but I loved Howie D, (and Brian and Nick and AJ and Keven too) btw Justin Timberlake was never ever hot

I’d like to see an article like this that was about 80s kids.

I almost forgot about Alex Mac, I used to have a huge celebrity crush on her

AOL chat rooms through a dial up modem should be added to the list!

… we do tell men not to rape, its called the law. It doesn’t mean that some wont do it anyway, just like if you tell girls not to dress like sluts, some are going to do it anyway even if it isn’t against the law.

The black Power Ranger wasn’t black.. He was Tommy. Lol.. And the yellow Power Ranger was black and named Iecsha.. She was a girl! Duhh

Not the originals.. The black power ranger was black, and his name was Zach I do believe.. the first yellow power ranger’s name was Treeny (sp) and she was Asain.

Original Power Rangers hun. Also Tommy wasn’t a black ranger into the 2000′s and it’s Aisha.

The Power RangersJason Lee ScottThe original Red Ranger, as well as the original leader of the Power Rangers; portrayed by Austin St. John.Zack TaylorThe original Black Ranger; portrayed by Walter Emanuel Jones (credited as Walter Jones).Billy CranstonThe Blue Ranger and Blue Ninja Ranger; portrayed by David Yost.Trini KwanThe original Yellow Ranger; portrayed by Thuy Trang.Kimberly HartThe original Pink Ranger and original Pink Ninja Ranger; portrayed by Amy Jo Johnson.Tommy OliverOriginally the Green Ranger and later the White Ranger then White Ninja Ranger; portrayed by Jason David Frank (credited as Jason Frank in Season 1).Rocky DeSantosThe second Red Ranger and Red Ninja Ranger; portrayed by Steve Cardenas.Adam ParkThe second Black Ranger and Black Ninja Ranger; portrayed by Johnny Yong Bosch.Aisha CampbellThe second Yellow Ranger and Yellow Ninja Ranger; portrayed by Karan Ashley.Katherine “Kat” HillardThe second Pink Ranger and second Pink Ninja Ranger; portrayed by Catherine Sutherland.Get it right plz and ty

Pogs should be on the list!

Aha! I was right!! :) I spelled the names wrong, but I still got it right! Crazy to think I still know it.. haha

Pogs should be on the list!

nope sorry Tommy was the green ranger to start with and then the white ranger

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zack_Taylor Zach was black

Somebody obviously didn’t watch the original Power Rangers. Black ranger = Zack (Zach?), Yellow ranger = Trini.

Dr. Pepper flavor was the best!

think about all the stuff we could look back and think in another 15 years at now! we might actually finally be in floating cars and wearing silver suits with V necks! 

JTT?

I remember a girl in my high school in ’98 walking around doing surveys as apart of research on lipgloss addiction. Still sounds funny today — Smackers was a fun invention for the ages! :D

~Marilyn

You’re obviously not talking about the ORIGINAL Power rangers! If the pink ranger wasn’t Kimberly, you’re too young to get it! lol

I originally leaned toward BSB, but then when ABC and Disney started to show concerts from both of them and the behind the stage features where they would talk about what they were doing, you could tell NSYNC enjoyed what they did… BSB did not have a sense of humor and did not seem to care about their fans at all… Besides JC had the best voice out of all of the boy band members. His voice was like the Christina Aguilera for the boy bands and Nick (and yes JT) were the Britney Spears of the boy bands.

Ha, do you remember Mandy Moore and Jessica Simpson back then? ^_^

This is one of the most wonderfully crafted top ten lists I’ve read in a long time! Number 8 and Number 9 were my top favorites — the drama, the intrigue! :D

~Marilyn

And yet, this Funny or Die video is still more hilarity than Hoggish Greedly can shake a stick at!

Don Cheadle is Captain Planet: http://FunnyOrDie.com/m/60wj

Those are the two that got me too. My dad used to force my sister and I to wake up early on weekends and head down to Hallmark or the local mercantile to look like he had a legitimate reason for the three of us running to the back of the store and trying to grab the rares for him to sell on eBay.

He also thought the AOL username he registered meant that he also got the .com for it. He was pretty pissed when I told him otherwise; it was a really awful screen name.

Should also be added that old folks in nursing will listen to rap and r&b instead of oldies and classics

Full of awesome! Now we need one for the 70s and one for the 80s for all the 40-somethings!

Wow really? Tommy was NEVER the black ranger…he was originally the green ranger who was evil at first then turned good and who left and came back as the white ranger…Aeyesha (sp?) was the second yellow power ranger and yes she was black…the first yellow power ranger was Trini and she was aisian

Abc’s One Saturday Mornings!

tommy was the not a black guy…

I find it interesting that the racism might extend beyond what was said in the article.  The red ranger Austin St. John is part native American and the white ranger was obviously white. Whatever, it was still a kick ass show.

I know no one wants to hear this, but what’s with that random jab at Indiana?  I don’t even get it- I’m from there (obviously, or why would I care) and I absolutely don’t get what stereotype you are invoking.  It seems like you picked Indiana as a random middle America place that you’ve never been.  I know no one cares, but that attitude really gets to me: if it were some Indiana specific stereotype I wouldn’t care, but the fact that it seems to represent to you just some backwards place that no one is from is an annoying arrogance that I constantly have to deal with living on the West Coast and visiting family on the East coast.  It’s America: we’ve all got Starbucks and McDonald’s and MTV too.  And the Beanie baby craze/Hallmark lovers exist everywhere from Bakersfield, California to upstate New York to Sarasota Florida to Bellingham Washington, etc.

This post and the replies that followed are the mark of an epic troll. Well done sir.

There is so much stupid in this comment that I don’t even know how to respond.

Pogs!!!! I was just trying to remember what those things were called the other night!

Black – Zach
Yellow – Treeni
Red – Jason
Blue – Billy
Pink – Kimberly
Green/White – Tommy

http://www.peggyg.com/hostess.asp
first thing I found google-ing beanie babies and indiana, pretty intense lady

you’re a moron dude, clearly fortifying the indiana stereotype

Another great thing about the 90s was all the great Disney movies that we all grew up with and loved so dearly! Ya know….the classics like Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Lion King, Pocahontas, Mulan, Hercules, etc. All such good stuff and they just don’t make ‘em like that anymore!

Corn! It’s because of all the corn! And soybeans, and ice-storms! And Indiana Beach! Holiday World! All of those correlate to beanie babies… somehow. Yes. I should know. I own two worthless beanie babies AND I live in Indiana. I’m off to eat sweet corn now. The most delicious crop of them all.

1) Yikes!
2) the show roundhouse on snick
3) Slap bracelets
4) Hey Dude
5) The incredible Tick

Does nobody remember Shelby Woo from Nick? She was the 90s Nancy Drew on tv.

It honestly took me about ten times reading it to finally make sense of the sentence structure. I don’t think they were trying to bash Indianans too hard.

Ah, bu rap and r&b will be the oldies and classics once we live in nursing homes!

no one cares

yes… yess.. and yes.. ooh the 90s…

Yes! Loved Skip-it and Sky Dancers

You just ruined Raiders of the Lost Ark for me, loser.

The beauty of my childhood and growing up in the 90s

Honestly I live in Indiana as well, but I do not believe it is the greatest place in the world to live. Don’t get me wrong the jab in the middle of the post was off kilter; furthermore, for those who stereotype us regarding the corn comment, we are not even the leading producer of corn; Iowa produces the most corn. We’re actually fifth, and it is not like we are uncivilized human beings regardless of what people on either coast think of us.   

Oh wow! This is like a really really good read! :) even though I’m from a different country but I remember it all! Oh u totally forgot the bright leggings and cords!;)

How can you remember all of that?!?!

No one was bashing indiana, they were making a reference to a person and her actions, and she happened to live in indiana.   Chillax a bit.

Lol wow, I didn’t even watch the show and I know you’re wrong!  

I realize, with horror, that there was nothing about Jelly shoes.  Although the thoughts on Will Smith hit the nail on the ironic head.  No pun… intended?  

Yes! I loved that show! lol 

Thisisthe funniest thing I have ever read lmao!

You forgot Pluto was a planet.

Remember when no one overly used the word epic and we were slightly smarter then a as race?

I loved the article but I still believe there were other things more relevant than what was listed. Pokemon cards along with the Gameboy games were huge! Nintendo was starting to become big along with Playstation. I envied the kids that had the SNES soooo much. My parents waited to get me the N64 haha. AOL chat rooms along with AOL Instant Messenger was the equivalent of texting. Windows came out and was a major competitor to Apple. Pogs were a game you played during recess at school to see who had the better collection. VHS and cassette tapes which required rewinding were in. I remember always being outside running around or at the pool with my friends. I had a killer tan and was in awesome shape (not so much anymore lol). Everything seemed to be so much simpler then. I miss it. Pop music was actually pop music and I dearly miss 90′s alternative and grunge. That music was the best. Discovery channel and TLC were

Slap bracelets and jelly shoes have come back. That’s probably why they’re not on the list.

The first black Power Ranger was a black guy, to be replaced by an Asian guy (who also appeared in the movie).  And the yellow Power Ranger was an Asian girl, before she was replaced by a black girl (who appeared in the movie along with the new Asian black Power Ranger).  They made that switch sometime after the first season.  Also, sadly, the original yellow Power Ranger (Thuy Trang) passed away in a car accident in the early 2000′s.  R.I.P.

What about Hanson and TGIF and watching home improvement every night with the family? :) ahhh I miss the 90′s!

Yes!  I actually really liked Jessica Simpson pre-Newlyweds and thought she was Mariah Carey when I first heard her on the radio (“I Wanna Love You Forever”).  I thought Mandy Moore seemed sweet and cute and today she seems to be the most grounded out of all the girls (and I love Tangled!)… but I have to admit Christina Aguilera’s still my favorite to this day because of her voice.  Some of the songs from Stripped and Back to Basics can still bring tears to my eyes.

It just so happens that the absolute craziest example of Beanie Baby hysteria is a woman who, at the time, lived in Indiana. That’s why your precious state was mentioned. Perhaps you should work on that inferiority complex of yours.

Did anyone read up about the Blue ranger being up for the death penalty for murder?

POGS….

Number 6 also majes me think of Dawson’s Creek!

Thanks for this! I have a 1 year old who thinks all phones are touch screen and play music for him. He also recognizes the bright red screen of Netflix. I’m sad to think of the things he’ll never understand like the “click” sound of a camera!

MTV actually played music….

I think that some of the things you mention still exist. My siblings (16 and 18 years younger than me) play Pokemon on their DS (which is a gameboy). I still use AIM and so do tons of my friends, and my siblings and mother both IM me on it. Windows still exists.

Pogs, on the other hand, I would love to try to explain to my sibs.

This is by far the best thing I have read in a very long time. Perfect.

Magic is still in! lol. I go to tournaments! (;

I had forgotten about that until just this very moment when I read your comment.  Holy crap.  Even at my young and naive age, I knew that was a terrible show.

… I still watched it every Friday night though.

In reading the replies, I am reminded that yes, the epitome of the Beanie Baby craze was in fact the lady from Indiana. However, the whole beginning of that statement threw me for a loop as well. I’m not from Indiana, and while I don’t feel it was the author’s intent to throw a jab at the state, I don’t really see why it’s necessary to bring that up – at least in the opening sentence regarding Beanie Babies. 

I agree with just about everything else on this list though, so I’m not too worried about it.

I was expecting this to be better. Shame

You forgot Miami. I’m now offended. :p Come on, loosen up. The article was absolutely hilarious and on point. It’s not the author’s fault that the lady she was talking about was from Indiana and not California or any other state. It’s unnecessary to bring it up. 

this argument wouldn’t have happened in the 90s… just saying :) 

We dont think you are mindless or uncivilized but you guys have the pacers, colts, david lettermen and mike epps and thats about it

We also missed talking about stirrup pants…*shudder*

WOW !!!! SOOOOO TRUE !!!!!!!

I had no idea about the Indiana/crazy-lady situation, but even if it was somehow intended to be a direct jab at Indianans (is that even close?!), it happens to all states. I can’t count the number of cracks and criticisms I’ve gotten over the years from living in the ‘Golden Coast’ of Connecticut, even from fellow Connecticuttians! People make assumptions based on what little (seldom accurate or at least representative) information they’ve got to work with. Welcome to the world.

Hoosiers, btw. but you’re great for trying =]

Being born in 1990, I would have to agree with this article…except for the Spice Girl’s “zig-a-zig ah” one…I still don’t get that one…I do miss the days when kids could freely ride their bikes everywhere and stay out past dark playing hide-and-seek until they heard their parents calling from the front door that it’s time for them to go home. Yes…I grew up in the 90s and that happened…just for all those who may think differently…oh, and Furbies were scary! I’ll never forget waking up in the middle of the night just to rip through my closet to try to find the stupid thing that decided to start talking randomly!

Connecticunites!

Tickle Me Elmo! 

No, that was the 80s.

Yea why were those things so popular

Garfield, Indy 500, John Mellencamp, John Dillinger

POGS lol!!!!!!! thanks for the awesome reminder.

IDK about pogs. I was born in 88 and remember pogs, but had to explain to someone born in 92 what they were and what the point of them was. LOL when to her reaction of (people really did that, just throw a slammer down on a stack of circle cardboard cutouts? whats the point.) told her she wouldnt get it.

The 90′s were way more awesome than this. How 50+ things we’ll have to explain. :)

This list was darn pretty good, but (I always have to spoil things, sorry) what I want to say is a lot of “90′s” kids don’t call themselves that because they were born at the tail end of the 80′s just getting a taste of Jem and the Holograms, Princess Bride, and acid wash jeans, and to sort of up our snark factor we late 80′s babies don’t really call ourselves 90′s kids (I don’t know why but this is just what I’ve seen, myself included). But some of the stuff listed here happened early in the 90′s so if you were born in say 90′ or 91 you may not remember Fern Gully the way I do, or Clarissa I was almost too young for Clarissa, so I don’t know how someone born after me was going to look upon it fondly… But that’s what I’ve noticed about this strange schism in the demographic(s) included here.

I know Lip Smackers existed long before us, but the collecting of flavors and wearing them like conquests post kill… that sounds totally like something a 90′s kid would do. I know I did. :)

I was born in 1970 and I consider myself an 80s kid cause that was the decade I remember most and had the most fun of my childhood.  Go ahead everyone born in the 80s and call yourselves the 90s kids.  I don’t know many who will associate with the 1st decade of their lives much.

I don’t know about slap bracelets, but I do have a slap coozie now.

Not really impressed with this list. Some of u have listed far better & more memorable things that should have been on this list. Anyone remember that skit on nick bout the old guy who kept that boy chained up in that dungeon? Maybe it was Salute Your Shorts! All That was great too. I remember being able to roam the streets (to an extent) when I was 4, but that was 87′ & I was also well beyond my years. Now a days kids don’t have any common sense & there’s so many crazies out there. Id never let my kids do the things I was doing at their age. Damn I miss the good ol’ days..

I’m going to have to explain to my kids that, no matter how hard you tried, you could never get the Silver Monkey Statue put together correctly in one try on Legends of the Hidden Temple.

Ahh the 90′s. Back when kids still played outside and were not feeble minded videogame zombies like they are now and 11 year old girls didnt dress like $10 hookers

Uh, since Topanga is a place in California, I’m pretty sure some of our children will still have heard it out loud.

ya gem and the holograms!… i am adding to the list
11. all that… the “apropritate snl” of our generation. with awesome sketches like the noisy librarian, and dear ashley… thats me!
12. got milk adds… making a real life embarrising moment of having stuff on you face made cool by celebrities and ofcourse collecting them
13. yoyos
14. bandanas were cool to wear
15. pay phones
16. classic teeny bopper movies that all had the same plot and the same people in it: clueless, 10 thigns i hate about you, drive me crazy, whatever it takes…
17. pogs
18. car phones
19. mighty ducks: a movie so awesome they named a professional team after it 
20. bop it and simon
21. when joey lawrence thought he had a promising music carreer, taking wooooaaaah! to a whole new level
22. when being blue (dabadee dabadye) was a good thing- and yes the words arent if i were green i would die, or i’m in need of a guy 

the orginal  yellow power ranger was trany and she was asian… dont mess with my fav power ranger yo lol…. the later generation of power rangers doesnt count in this list

*Jem and the Holograms and still one of my favorite cartoons.

Does that make Ninja Turtles an 80s thing?

No we always knew it was, it just seemed irrelevant. Today’s kid will never know of Pluto,  the little planet that hid among the giants.

I was born in ’91 and I fondly remember pogs. I loved collecting all of the different ones :)

I am 20 years old and I still as in love with Pokemon as I was when Blue version came out… Those little guys will never die to me.

Those are back. I saw them in the store the other day. :|

Yeah, but I was born in ’86 but “grew up” in the 90′s. Do you really remember much that you did in the ’80s? I mean, the pictures of me in the 80s don’t lie… I had some huge hair for a toddler… but my “childhood” was spent in the 90′s.

Com’on people. It isn’t called “The Only 10 Things 90s Kids will Have to Explain to their Children.” Fantastic list. Made me laugh out loud in my cubicle multiple times. :D

Indiana blows

Pogs were the be-all, end-all. Beanie Babies had nothing on a metal, circular-saw slammer.

Pogs were the be-all, end-all. Beanie Babies had nothing on a metal, circular-saw slammer.

someone born in 92 didnt grown up in the 90s. they had AOL by the time they would have be smart enough to figure out pogs

i dont think so. I watched ninja turtles and i was born in 85. 

i dont think so. I watched ninja turtles and i was born in 85. 

I was ten when I was hospitalized in 1996 because the chicken pox had gone to my brain.  While I was in a coma some firemen came around handing out pogs.  My sister explained to them what happened to me and they gave her probably about 50 of them.  Apparently they were in tears over it.

I was ten when I was hospitalized in 1996 because the chicken pox had gone to my brain.  While I was in a coma some firemen came around handing out pogs.  My sister explained to them what happened to me and they gave her probably about 50 of them.  Apparently they were in tears over it.

I was ten when I was hospitalized in 1996 because the chicken pox had gone to my brain.  While I was in a coma some firemen came around handing out pogs.  My sister explained to them what happened to me and they gave her probably about 50 of them.  Apparently they were in tears over it.

bop its and simons are still so awesome they have them out now…though they are a little fancier now. I busted out my old simon this summer, so hard to play drunk btw.  And to this day I cant wash a brownie down with water after the got milk ad in the brownie factory where the poor kid is taste testing brownies with water.

I was a touch traumatized when it was declared not a planet.  I’d spent a week working my buns off to complete a report about it in high school.

I was a touch traumatized when it was declared not a planet.  I’d spent a week working my buns off to complete a report about it in high school.

Has anyone else noticed that a lot of the “rock and roll” and/or pop-songs of the 90s are now showing up as country today?

What’s up with that???

Yes! The metal circular saw slammer was essential! Also the cheesy graphics of skulls and 8 balls paired with tribal marks, flames, and sparkly colors. 

i was also born in 85 and loved (and still love) the ninja turtles. first live action movie (far better than the crappy second one, but that’s another debate that i will gladly have) came out in 1990, so overall, i would say they’re a 90′s thing

I was born in 1986 and I went through all of these things… but I was a kid in the ’90s. Pretty funny to read the one about the Tamagotchi pets.  

Biggest thing to come out of the 90′s was Grunge and you didn’t mention it.

yeah.. i was born in 87 but i don’t call myself an 80s kid… i call myself a 90s kid. i’m an 80′s BABY.. but i don’t remember dick from the 80s hahaha.

what about American Gladiators? and mullets?

they forgot to add that the red ranger was an indian guy, also pretty racist

POGS!!! HELLO?!?! What the hell is wrong with you people…POGS are what made the 90s the 90s!!! LOL

And all of this is what made the 90′s totally forgettable except as precursor to the death of culture in America.

With all due respect, there aren’t any more crazies out there than there were 10 or 20 or 30 or 40 years ago–it’s just that the tube does a good job of keeping us in a generally fearful state, and the longer it lasts (and the better they get at selling that world view to us) the worse we think it’s getting.  As for “common sense”, I don’t see any decline.

Is it me, or does a ’90s childhood really seem not that much different from an ’80s childhood, except in the details?

WHO LOVES ORANGE SODA!?!?!

I fondly remember signing into AOL chat rooms and stalking people’s profiles until they were worthy of a one on one chat.  A/S/L  Anyone?

Ah, the 1850′s. Back when kids still worked for a living and actually wore the cotton clothes they chopped off their little fingers to make. It was a simpler time. 

If you were born in 85 you were still a kid in the 90s

If you were born in 85 you were still a kid in the 90s

Ah yes, because everyone knows random cities in California.

Hardtail!!!

Kel loves orange soda! I do, I do, I doooooo!

I was born in ’92 and remember playing pogs with the neighbor boy (who I decided looked like Ioan Gruffud) in ’97/’98

the real world is what really started killing the american culture… showing that being stupid and slutty was acceptable and making reality show popular.. if no one came up with the real world.. we wouldn’t be cursed with the jersey shore…

This was epically awesome. Chelsea Fagan, we salute you.

beanie babies, TGIF, pogs, FLOPPY DISKS!!! :D actually having to rewind through the previews on the VHS tape to get to the movie :O the awesome PBS shows (yes, i’m a PBS geek) like Wishbone, The Magic School Bus, Reading Rainbow, Kratt’s Creatures, Bill Nye the Science Guy…. *sigh* oohooh! what about PHONES THAT HAD THE CORDS ATTACHED??!! SOOOOOO old fashioned! :D Disney Channel Original Movies……. oh, don’t forget about those of us who were actually taught to respect our elders, even if they weren’t related to us?! and last, but not least…….i know it’s corny, but SHOWS THAT WERE FUNNY WITHOUT SWEARING EVERY OTHER WORD!!! and every 90s kid can gasp “To-pan-ga!” and know what it means :D (i’m referring to Cory and Shawn always saying it). oh, and praying that Ross and Rachel would FINALLY marry

or the rewinding of the film

things90skidsrealize.com FTW

Anyone remember are you afraid of the dark? and Goosebumps? Rugrats… There is so much more that can be added to this list.  Sockem boppers and Ring pops the list goes on and on

collecting trolls. those were the sh*t!

I think we lost train cabooses in the 90′s, so sad.

wanna buy some pokemon cards? lol

How bout the Chicago Bulls Dynasty??? Man I loved watching the Bulls win all those championships back in the day.  Team of the 90s!!!
Haven’t seen TRL mentioned yet? That was a major part of our middle school years for us 90s kids
And who else grew up watching The Wonder Years reruns on Nick at Nite??

Movies like Dumb and Dumber, Billy Madison, Tommy Boy, and Ace Ventura

He didn’t look Indian, at least?

Out of the like 5,000 bands 10,000 times more significant to the 90s that Sublime, you picked Sublime? Really? You know they’re still around despite the fact that their frontman died, right?

No idea what you’re talking about.

I WAS SO HOT FOR THE LIVING KID. lol The show was called “Teen Angel” and the still alive kid is named Corbin Allred in real life. He has not aged well…

I have ever intention of showing those to my kids, so I don’t think I’ll need to explain them…

IS IT TRUUUUE?

LOL, zing.

 i thought the 80′s were much cooler with the ripped acid washed jeans, rock music , tv shows, and lets not forget the hairstyles

Uh, what 90s did you grow up in? We had atari, nintendo, super nintendo, and segas plus a few others. And that’s when 11 year olds weren’t dressing like $10 hookers true; but pretty close to it.

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? LOL

I never watched the show, but I loved the game! 

What about Saved by the Bell and how it was on about 4-5 times daily! Still love catching the early morning re-runs on TBS.

and pogs!

What about Fraggal Rock ( I think that is how it was spelled), The Magic School bus, and School House Rock which taught you how to work verbs and such properly.  I loved those things.  Also what about explaining Atari and the FIRST Nintendo and how we had to blow into it and smack it to get it to work right blow in the machine and the game then put it and the sometimes take it back out and then put it in again. And how we actually had controllers with WIRES!!! Oh and our cell phones were the size of a small dog when they first came out even came in a purse and kids never got one heck most adults didn’t get one!  I didn’t even get one until I got a car!
Also does anyone remember Rainbow Bright and Heman and Shera?  

Something to make your day a little better- PBS here in Dallas (KERA here) still shows Kratt’s Creatures- now renamed Wild Kratts.  Another station, Qubo, has The Magic School Bus. KERA was showing Wishbone up until a couple years ago- not sure if it’ll be coming back again, but I hope so! My kids love TMSB and WK. And I *know* my daughter would love Wishbone, she adores animals. A show about a real life dog (even fantasy) would like… blow her mind. Lol.

I still say yikes all the time….I keep that dream alive

Wow you really pulled Bakersfield outta no where did you? Sorry it’s funny cuz I grew up an hour away and yeah…..we didn’t have any of those crazy ladies there….

calm down it’s a joke…

What about Surge the drink that had more caffeine and sugar than Mountain Dew! It was nothing short of meth in a can!

they have them at target :) I own 5 of them!

Somethings that I think are definitely missing… The show lamb chop, All That and like someone said jelly shoes. Besides that the list is right on.

And Reading Rainbow and Wishbone can’t forget those

Bill Nye the science guy!!

Omg that would drive me nuts! NO ONE ever won any of that stupid yamaha crap

zoobilee zoo anyone?

Oregon Trail.

I have to disagree with the assessment of Fern Gully. That movie was and is shit, I didnt even like it when it came out.

These are definitely highlights we’ll have to explain. What about Doug, Rugrats, All That,
Kci and Jojo, Zoobilee Zoo, Stretch armstrong, Rainbow Bright, (the real) Polly Pocket,
Recording songs off radio with cassette tape (where you had to clog up that hole on the top)
Stick on earrings, L.A. Gear light up shoes, shoes with “pumps” on the tongue,
Clarissa, zach and kelly, aladdin, legend, are you afraid of the dark, magic school bus,
Rachel and ross, i mean sooooooo much!

My name is Shelby and I only ever hear Shelby Woo references from 90s kids lol

thats a shame

Don’t forget Kenan & Kel and the orange clay Nickelodeon logo.

Sailor Moon?  Space Jam?  The Astrocrag?  Are You Afraid of the Dark?  Salute Your Shorts?  Double Dare? … huh.  I guess I watched Nickelodeon a lot.  Hey, remember Nick at Night?  When they would show all those I Love Lucy episodes?  Loved it!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ferngully was, is and will always be amazing. like my face.

you mean AGGROcrag. poser!

MMM HMMMM! I DO, I DO, I DOOO-OOO!

Ohh the 90′s how I miss thee. When life was simple and enjoyable and pokemon trading cards were handled by everyone!

Lisa Frank!! I had the lunchbox the binders, the stickers….and the lunchbox had a picture of Nick Carter taped inside of it. And the picture was cut out from my Teen magazine of course

I was totally a nickelodeon junkie! The adventures of Pete & Pete. fave.

The above list seems to apply to late 90s teens. Us early 90s teens were an entirely different animal and I would say that society is lucky that humans were only made that way for 4-5 years so our numbers are relatively low.

hey dont forget.. if that freakin nintendo didnt play having to stick a butter knife or another game in it!! had to do that countless times and cell phone? who had a cell phone as a kid? umm i remember beepers and pagers lol and does noone remember gem? the rockstar barbie?! i have shera tatted on my leg lol and grimlock the transformer still protectin my house!! and when pee wee herman was awesome? i had his whole playhouse and bike.. i still want that bike!

duuuuude.. pogs!! shoe boxes full!! and sams club had a deal.. 7 thousand pogs for 7 bucks!! with 2 slammers!

I disagree … But Im a child from 69…

welcome to good burger, home of the good burger can i take your order? lol.. loved it!! then they came out with a movie.. it went all wrong from there,.,. um can i say i still say hi to the sewer things in hopes of the real ninja turtles hearing me??

Zubaz and Starter Jackets

ya know i still have the first game boy? in the box.. with tetris 1 AND 2 and battle toads. and instructions.. and the cool fannypack you could get.. still in black in white. and to this day when i get bored of my wii i take it out and play it!  i miss my parents tellin me the music they listened to was ok.. (led zepplin.. acdc) was ok compared to what i listen to now (korn, ffdp) lol really? we are the old generation.. have we not realized it yet? i mean really.. vanilla ice is no longer a rapper but a home improvement guy.. wtf?! i had a thing that looked like a car that ONLY rewinded tapes.. and one more thing.. knight rider. GI-joe, not some remake but the real things.. when they remake your favorite things is when you know you’re getting old!! ugh.. now i must face the fact i am getting old.. bleh.. still sucks.

what was the saying? my very educated mother just made us nine pizzas?

bebop and rocksteady are definitely about as ’80′s as it gets…

BAYWATCH!!!!!! when the theme song of baywatch gave you the chills…. oh the 90′s….

I’ll be the guy that adds it: for extra mind-blowing from a mid 80s/90s kid…the actor that plays George Feeney was the voice of K.I.T.T. in Knight Rider (the original of course).

i was born in 85 and vividly remember all of these things.  we were teens by the late 90′s

Those shows wouldn’t have lasted a season if no one watched them.

i remember sitting at home “NO!  Not that one!  the other one!  Dont choose that door!  NOOOO!”

I agree with Sami, i was born in 85 and my sister in 87, we are 90′s kids.  i dont remember the 80′s…

lets see your list then!

i learned how to type because of AOL IM and chat rooms!  run home after school to chat online with the friends you just spent all day with…  the good ol’ days!

Treasure Trolls! I still have all of mine.

First of all, it’s pronounced Ta-pang-a. Get it right, or pay the price. Second of all, only the first half of the 90′s was good. Judging by most of these comments, these kids are 16-21. Us “older” 90′s kids remember it differently. O’Doyle rules.

We had video games, but weren’t stuck in front if them all day, like today’s kids. At least my friends and I weren’t… unless you’re counting that summer that we beat the teenage mutant ninja turtles for Super Nintendo.

First and foremost:  Cassette tapes and VHS! Also, NES and blowing in the cartridges. Mine still works, but it had to be disassembled. The top cover is off and I have to set a rock on top of the game to get it to work. Oh, and Atari. DOS. Macintosh. I used to play Lemonade Stand on DOS. Lime green text on a black screen, and that was it. No Windows. I don’t know about you, but I will have to explain some 70′s and 80′s stuff to my kids as well. I grew up with what my parents grew up with. Vinyl.

I have endeavored a response to your post:

http://trickywicket.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/that-recently-bygone-era-was-certainly-an-idiosyncratic-one-worthy-of-nostalgic-remark/

What about sit-n-spins and hippity hops? Anyone else remember those?

I Salute your use of references. 

and let’s not forget slap bracelets

ummm… what about POGS???

I absolutely LOVE Fern Gully. And the soundtrack. And what could possibly be more 90′s than Robin Williams rapping??

Furbies! Duh!

um.. goosebumps? animorphs? the labyrinth? tech vests? thick white eyeliner? mighty mighty bosstones? my little pony? & fern gully was better, obviously not for graphics or dialogue, but because we had it first & it meant way more to us as children back then.

Lol all ’80′s babies and ’90′s kids remember this stuff!! I say you increase the list to 20 things so I can laugh out loud longer <3

“Are You Afraid of the Dark?”

Why were we allowed Polly pockets I loved them but seriously ? The most hazardous toy for kids out there haha

GET THE FUCK OUT.

oh my god lambchop terrified me but I loved it all the same

FUCKING DOWNER.

I was born in 1990 watched the show, the movies, and had ninja turtle action figures, pajamas, bedding, and fanny packs but I also had to older brothers who loved it.. so maybe it originated in the 80s but it was extremely relevant during my upbringing

As an avid hip-hop fan, I have to say that the 90′s just got better and better – and then hip-hop died in 2000. 

Furby didnt happen until 98 or 99. That’s pushing it

OMG I forgot about the white eyeliner!!! 

This is the song that doesn’t end…

Disney Channel Original Movies were awesome. Also the Avonlea series. Love it. When Disney didn’t air commercials because it was a CABLE channel lol

When the sound of dial up and “you’ve got mail!” was exciting

What about using the biggest curling iron you could find to curl your bangs and then put so much hairspray they didn’t move? Beach bum shirts (that were too expensive for my mom to buy me :-( ) , Doug (and that sound the sound would make that I can’t type out… chickapa chiapka chaaa or something!), Tales of the Crypt, Ralph Lauren shirts tucked in the front but not in the back… what was that other brand of pencils (not Lisa Frank) that were soo cool (and also too expensive) with the weird shaped erasers and colors? Ace of Base!!! 

Man, my parents made me ride my bike to school with I was in 4th/5th grade! Does that still happen?P.S. I had a pog themed birthday party when I was in elementary school. I was born in 84, so I a younger 90′s kid. I had my teenage years later 90s/early 2000s. 

Awesome :)

I had a pog-themed 10th birthday party! It was the COOLEST!

Oh man, I LOVED Nick at Night. And Snick. All That, Kenan and Kel… Anyone else love Legends of the Hidden Temple?? I used to get so angry when those kids couldn’t get the golden monkey together in 2 minutes lol. I dreamed about being on that show.

And pogo-balls. We can’t the pogo-balls.

Those are coming back. And now they have watches with slap bands.

On the subject of beanie babies… I was at our Manager’s Conference in 1999 when our Vice President came out on stage with a beanie baby in hand and proclaimed,  ” We will no longer sell these. America has finally figured out they are just a bag of beans…” And threw it into a garbage can. The cheering was deafening…..

how about drawing “stoosies” everywhere?  those “s” shaped things you could just make CHAAAAAINS of.  Does anyone remember that?

goosebumps!  Then evolving to R.L.Stine’s “Horror High”, and how I had to sneak them because the cover was risque!

Yes Pogo balls were my fave, and Unicorns, and that Babe cologne for girls it was pink and smelled like baby powder and hairspray, how about Z Cavaricchi pants, and those see through color block shirts with see through sleeves? and Paula Abdul singing DO DO you love me ?

How about the skip-it thing you put on your ankle to spin and jump over like a jump rope?

Fern Gully was the best, still have no desire to see Avatar. What about Discmans, overalls with only one side hooked, airbrushed everything?

POGS.  Babysitter’s club! Binders.  MASH!  Camp Anawana! (did I spell that right!?)

correction: tah-paen-gah

tommy girl perfume was the ultimate in teen girl fragrances.   “fear street” by r.l.stein.  lifetime movies!  

Pluto. Was. A planet.

BOARD GAMES.. which did not involve secluding oneself in front of a screen for hours!! TROUBLE, 13 DEAD-END DRIVE, the SweetValley High game, JENGA, OPERATION, hungryhungry hippos…Cooties… and LITE BRITE :) 

Thanks for reminding me how much the 1990s sucked.

For the record:

Rainbow Brite, He-Man, TMNT, Jem and the Holograms, the NES where you had to blow into the cartridge to get it to work, the first Game Boy, and Atari are all relics of the 1980s.but you guys will probably not even care.Whatever.

“Baby soft” was the pink powder scented cologne.
Do you remember the “If you like Georgio, you’ll love Primo” perfumes?
Gosh- how did our noses (and those of our parents survive?!

Two words…. Contempo Casuals

I loved fern gully!!!

The game Mall Madness with the credit cards. We were so cool.

Those weren’t S’s they were hearts lol

They still have them, my son has a sit and spin

But Pluto remained a planet well into the 2000s. Not to mention the fact that Pluto was also a planet in the 1980s, the 1970s, the 1960s, etc. Pluto being a planet was hardly a ’90s thing.

While I love the topic, I still can’t get passed the fact that Mr. Feeny is spelled wrong!

I am a UPS driver in Michigan. Years ago, I delivered a Beanie Baby to a woman that she purchased from some guy in Connecticut. It was a COD transaction, so I had to collect a cashiers check for $1100!!!!! For one freakin’ Beanie Baby. Her hands were literally shaking as she handed me the check. I got out of there fast, she frightened me. If it was the wrong Beanie or something she would have come after me with a bat. More money than brains.

This article speaks to me on so many levels, lol. It’s the true story of
us 90s kids and our brilliant legacy. Yes, there was a time when I too
worshipped the ground upon which Leonardo DiCaprio walked, and purchased
myself a big ol’shiny tome about him from the Scholastic book sale.

#2,
3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 couldn’t be more accurate. Well do I recall my
Tamagotchis and Giga/Nano Pets. Fern Gully is a terrifying, thrilling,
exquisitely beautiful masterpiece without which no one may call his or
her existence complete–and yes, the Batty Rap rattles off grim and
gruesome truths you won’t really want to think about, but should. I
mean, if you don’t hiss, “Heeeexxxxuuuuussss…” every time you spy a
big, fat, gnarly tree, there’s something seriously missing from your
life.

I was never quite sure which side of the Backstreet
Boy/N*SYNC fence I was on, but then, there was always 98 Degrees. At any
rate, I still enjoy the music of both, but I the band I REALLY idolized
was the Spice Girls. I mean literally was THE ultimate Spice fanatic in
every way. (Favorite order? Ginger, Sporty, Baby, Posh, Scary. Baby
used to be ahead of Sporty, but they’re still close. And for the record,
Mel C has the best voice.)

And ahhhhh, Beanie Babies. I must
shamefully admit to actually removing my own tags, knowing full well
what I had just done…purely because I figured they’d be more
comfortable without their “earrings.” >_< And don't we
automatically remove tags from other products immediately after
purchase? (Except of course for the ones on pillows, mattresses,
comforters, etc., that will send you to prison.) For me the Beanie
fierceness came into play with regard to being the kid with the MOST and
the BEST (meaning, basically, my favorite) Beanies. I had a little
collector's book and I started piling them up with every trip to
Hallmark, O'Johnnie's, and every store that carried them.

#9
almost makes me weep with pride…why those glorious words are not part
of our nation's Constitution, I shall never comprehend. I believe that I
am now, and have always been, the world's biggest Lisa Frank collector.
A lifelong club member and lover of all things vivid, shiny, smooth,
and animal-based, I hereby pledge my eternal allegiance to Lisa
Frank–Queen of Color, Mistress of Magic, finest artist who ever graced
the planet, and future President.

Despite the fact that I see
myself as a "pet parent," IF I ever adopt a child, s/he shall know of
Power Rangers, every last old school Nickelodeon and Nick, Jr., program,
Bradlees, all classic cartoons, shows, films (I'd have FAAAAAAR too
many dozens of films, TV shows, etc., to name, and many other people
have already thrown a lot of them out there), Disney (including the
channel before it went down the tubes), Pogs, Pokemon, Puppy in My
Pockets, Polly Pockets that truly fit inside your pocket, Littlest Pet
Shop toys that hadn't yet needed to give in to the modern
giant-head/tiny-body trend, Dream Phone, Mall Madness, The Baby-Sitters
Club, The Boxcar Children, Goosebumps, Sweet Valley, Scary Stories to
Tell in the Dark, Clueless, all the little games we played, old school
school supplies (e.g., binders and those plastic pencil boxes with the
squishy magnetic covers and pop-out accessories), key rings that flip
open and have little spring-activated moving creatures inside, VHS and
cassette tapes, floppy discs, N64 and other video games, tons of my old
PC games, big ol' computers and wireless phones and old programs or
versions of them such as The Print Shop Deluxe Ensemble, and every
single other individual element (book, film, TV series, toy,
song/musician/band, board game, card game, video game, product, trend,
etc.) that made my 90s childhood as bloody magical as it was, and which I
love to this very day.

When I think of how it must be to grow up
in the 00s, I'm overwhelmed with gratitude for having been born when I
was (if I couldn't have lived in even earlier decades.)

No, they were S’s–or at least, they started out as S’s, and became long chain-link things. You could continue them forever with sufficient room. ;) I’ll never forget the precise moment I was taught how to draw one, at a table in the library of elementary school. Man, after that, you couldn’t stop me–I still draw them sometimes!!

On that note, I could list hundreds of titles of shows and movies…but how ’bout the pens with multiple tubes of colored ink inside? You press down on the color you want, and it slides out the bottom! Press the button on top, and it retracts. Alsooo…Skechers sneakers with the swirly goo on the sides…light-up sneakers, roller skate sneakers…gelly and rubber pencil grips (I bought a million from the elementary school “general store”…)

Pokemon cards showed up briefly towards the end of the 90s but fizzled out around the turn of the millenium. But I’m sure they live on in the hearts of Magic: The Gathering, D&D players and 90s kids everywhere. Yu-Gi-Oh doesn’t count; it’s just not the same.

Malibu musk, Exclamation perfume, hypercolor shirts, and you just weren’t cool if you didn’t have a silk shirt in every color from DEB.

believe it or not… pokemon is still raving!! it is the presessor to getting kids into magic the gathering…

thanks for the memories!!

my dad just bought another stupid ferby from the thrift store…

“hi there… face here..”

captian planet was cook before you realize now that they were brain washing you to become a hippie..

Slap bracelets, MC Hammer, calling your friends Sesame Street character names

Pogs…

For the kids today… (ta-pain-ga)

Past…get past

No, its passed. Lol.

In the 90′s, people could write using proper sentences.

The Chuck Klosterman quote on drawing the line between N*Sync and Backstreet Boys is very true haha.

 I thought I was the only one that had that game! None of my friends did…

milky pens!

I thought it went “This is the song that never ends…” btw I’m 23 and was singing that at work the other day. I think my manager secretly hates me. lol

Don’t forget about Good Burger!

Hmm…and Wonder Bread was the best bread ever.

No problem; reminiscing is always so much fun….=]

It’s “past”…you can’t get past something, not passed.

I really liked your comment! but i must point out that you will not go to jail/ prison if you remove tags from comforters/ pillows or mattresses. they state that under the penalty of law the tag cannot be removed except by the consumer. so after you’ve purchased it, you can remove the tags all you want :) but other than that i totally agree with your comment! :D

“past” relates to time as in “i don’t think about the past”… the term “passed” is the past tense of “to pass” which means to proceed or move forward, so in this case “passed” is the more appropriate version because it seems the author can’t move away from the fact that a name was spelled incorrectly, which has nothing to do with time (past).

Wow, I just had a flashback to the 6th grade when you wrote this. Nice nod to the 90s Indeed! the girls in my school were crazy for those!

My BFF loved Howie! hahahaha He’s super adorable now too….anyway, YES. To you 90′s, forever a special place in history!!

Welcome to Good Burger home of the good burger can I take your order?

Any one remember the sugar filled beverage surge!? Totally nineties

I think the poster of that comment was making fun if the label.

Great post! I loved it, there is so much to the culture who could forget pogs or furbys or gel pens? Lol I honestly thought that number 6 was talking about sister sister until the end!an remember Alex mac and admit it Brittany spears lol isn’t that when the first now cd came out and now there’s like 49 lol are u afraid of the dark and skipping much more… Wow!

Thanks for a reminder of how god AWFUL this era was! Lol
Tamagotchi, Fern Gully, Clarissa Explains it All, and boy bands?!
Wow if thats what you’re proud of I am SOO glad I didn’t grow up during this time.
What a shit decade. I mean, seriously!

you forgot “please” at the end ;)

What about Catdog, Light Brights, Easy Bake Ovens, Scrunchies, and the dial up sound while logging into AOL and hearing “You’ve Got Mail!”

I thought Topanga was pronounced “Toe-pan-gah”…. :(

Mine is still in my old closet at my parents house (in the box, of course)… The disturbing thing is that it still works. “YUUUUUUMMMMM”

yll nvr understnd

i still use this sometimes as people walk though the door of my burger joint, except i use our name instead of good burger of courseee 

mary-kate & ashley movies! full house, roseanne, cheers, blossom, seinfeld, friends, & dr quinn medicine woman! ahh i love the 90s :). oh! and also MTV ane VH1 actually played music!!

Using a jelly roll at work right now… some habits just never die.

White eyeliner.
Glitter everywhere.
The “pouf” but with the huge rounded bangs to go along with it.
Bum Equipment. J.T.T.!!!
Sweatshirts worn inside out.
All Black Converse, Vans, or Keds.
Mr Rags.
Keychain collections so big you couldn’t carry them in your pocket. Grunge. No Doubt. Ross and Rachel. Clueless. Anything on Nickelodeon. Painting my pager with sparkle nail polish. Pagers (ROFL)

FUCK YOU > YOU DON”T KNOW

Pop up video!!! ;D oh and who can forget Hanson they went right along with the spice girls for me. Lol this is great.

“You Have Died of Dysentery”… like we knew what that even was LOL

Well done, well-written. This has been done before but you did it better. Thanks!

What about Polly Pockets that actually fit IN YOUR POCKET! Or Furbies? How about Rugrats? AHHHHH! Real Monsters, anyone?! Angry Beavers ftw! THE NINETIES WILL ALWAYS RULE!

Uuummm DAWSONS CREEK!!!!?? DUH LOL. But very well done!

As a preposition, ‘past’ means
‘beyond’ or denotes movement ‘from one side of a reference point to the
other’.

Don’t go past the gate.

(past = beyond)

It was !

All of you kids should have been around in thje 40′s, 50′s, 60′s, and 70′s….. Now, those were the days !!!

Does anyone remember Royal Castle ?

I used to bake Wonder Bread, also Monk’s Bread  and Holsum…

…Hahahaha…and watch out for the squirrels, they L o v e nuts !

Growing up in the 80′s was waaaay better.

more like 90s, american, white middle class kids…

You got the Power Rangers backwards. The black ranger was Asian, and the yellow ranger was black.

Sorry, but you’re totally wrong about that, buddy….

I laughed so hard I cried!  Especially over how no one loved Howie, the secret of zig-ah-zig-ah, and best of all Lisa Frank!  I love how you write!

Great post!!!

Because you’re decade was so much better?  This was just a list of things we’d have to explain – not everything that was great. 

I would gave enjoyed the 50′s and 60′s..the 90′s werent that great and with every year it just gets worse.

Oh my!  Yes, some of those are going to be quite interesting to explain lol. 

This had sooooo better have been sarcasm!!!! ;-D

Oh yeah–decent Olsen twins books, mysteries, party episodes, and movies!!

Yes, yes, yes…!! I would have done well growing up in earlier decades, too, but a lot of awesome stuff carried over into my childhood. The 90s were one heck of an amazing decade and a perfect time to be a kid, looking back on it all.

Videosmarts, Lite Brite, Teddy Ruxpin, Creepy Crawlers, Super Van City and other awesome Matchbox-type cars and playsets, Berenstain Bears (and not the hyper-religious ones) Pound Puppies, Shrinky Dinks, juice boxes (and holders!), squirty Kool-Aid bottles, Skip-It, Funnoodles, Sky Dancers, Star Castle…okay, you get the idea. I could go on all day listing terrific items and things I had an enjoyed as a kid.

MILKY PENS

You’re thinking of the first movie, the one with Ivan Ooze. Think even further back than that.

I’m dying here laughing over the huge keychain collection!!!!!!!! 

toe-pang-uh  <3

I remember listing to the song “blue” all the time! And still do :)

I will always be grateful that I grew up in the 90′s. I do not feel I would have been as completely saturated by the culture of any other era. Sonic the Hedgehog, Angry Beavers, nylon clothing in neon colors, Nirvana. None of you will believe this, but I was actually In a band with little Aaron Carter. He never did get any better at singing.

…which would basically be the majority of the demographic she is writing to now…

Ahhh…nostalgia :) 

Lisa Frank has a clothing line now, and a lot of it comes in adult sizes!

I always thought Topanga sounded like a Vulcan’s name (T’Penga?) but then, I’m an 80s kid…

Are you afraid the dark, f’yeah.

uhm….to bad i was poor white trailer trash and know all to well about this shananigans homie…

So sad but so totally true

Saturn comes after Jupiter; there’s no “m” planet there. My school used: my very elegant mother just sat upon nine pins.

Ah, Step by Step.  Was anyone surprised when the youngest daughter (not the baby born during the show’s run) turned out to be SOOOOOO HOT?  

Doug, Clarissa

Bill Nye, the Science Guy.  I can still hear the music.  I came across his show on the tv listings a while back and got so excited, until I realized it was in spanish.  It takes away some of the allure when you need a translator.

The 80s fashion.  

SPIROGRAPHS

By Eiffel 65? I LOVE that song! :D

My sis Would KILL me if I stole her pen! Ha ha ha

Pogs and trolls! Who owned a puff-a-lump??

My son is probably going to ask if Xena and Gabriel were lesbians, to which I’ll reply, “Son, to this day I am still unsure, just as I’m sure if favoring Xena over Hercules makes you gay.  Now go to your room.” 

Maybe middle class, but not just white

Yesss!!  Teddy Ruxpin and Creepy Crawlers!  And ironically, I just visited my mom’s house and took home all my pound puppies, lol!!

Oh, this comment brought me such joy for so many reasons!  I watched Clueless this morning on TV, and I was so disturbed when they changed the Littlest Pet Shop toys.  I had two huge boxes of the original toys, and my mom says she, “doesn’t know what happened to them.”  :(

Funny thing about the Power Ranger thing … the casting and production team genuinely didn’t realise that they’d cast a black guy as the Black Ranger and an Asian woman as the Yellow Ranger.

It was only a few episodes in that they realised what they’d done. But by then, it was too late, they couldn’t go back and reshoot the last few episodes. So they let it go.

For the record, in 20 years of the show, we’ve only ever had *one* other black Black Ranger, and never has a Yellow Ranger been Asian again. 

yes TRini was the yellow power ranger!

and was Chinese/Asian

In the original Power Rangers Zack was black, and he was the Black Ranger, and Trini was the Yellow Ranger.  It wasn’t until later that Adam(asian) became the Black Ranger and Aisha(black) became the Yellow Ranger.

Originally, the black ranger was black and the yellow ranger was Asian. Then after a while there was a character switch out. The yellow ranger was black and I believe (not sure) the black ranger was Asian. 

Don’t mention it! :) Strolling down Memory Lane is among my favorite pastimes…

Ha, ha, ha…thank you, I’m so
glad you enjoyed what I had such a nice time writing. I AM aware that the
authorities won’t actually hunt you down, convict you, and throw you in jail
for the removal of those tags…it’s just a joke based upon the long and
severe-sounding warning tags, which started for me when my mom first told me
that she literally used to be terrified that the police would come and get her
for cutting off one of those. xD

=D =D Awesome!! I actually love the new Pound Puppies show on The Hub, but I’ll always like the originals. I’ve got a bagful of little plastic Puppies and Purries; they go with their own version of Super Van City and a few other fold-out play sets that I have. :3

And Creepy Crawlers are sooooo  much fun to make…and then we used to find them all over the pebbles that made up the floor of my old backyard playhouse, after they got lost among the many toys stored in there. xD

=} I’m so glad I could share so many happy memories with people!
I don’t know WHY they felt the need to change our old toys–they were perfect!! :’O It’s so sad. And I know exactly how you feel. I’d still have loads of Barbie, Polly Pocket, Melanie’s Mall, Littlest Pet Shop, Berenstain Bear, and maaaany other awesome toys & books had my mom not been such a “spring-cleaning” freak (though your stuff was fairly unsafe all year ’round…) Occasionally she’d claim that something had been “lost,” but we could all see right through most of *those*. My consolation was that my things would be bringing happiness to other kids, but I realized that I shouldn’t have let her persuade me that “making room for new stuff” was the right thing to do, lol. Where there’s a will there’s a way, and I’m sure I could’ve willfully found the right storage method…*siiiigh*

number nine rules

I love how none of these comments are negative. Milky pens, now and then, goosebumps, dunk-er-Roos- and the easy lifestyle the 90′s brought to us is something I’ll never forget

I got myself a newspaper route that paid me in my choice of Pizza Hut or Shinders gift certificates. Since Pizza Hut didn’t sell Pogs, I of corset chose Shinders n my Pog collection was the envy of the neighborhood. Some other things I will never forget: What I call 3D sweaters, hideous garments with raised puppies attached or dangling rose buds sewed on… TGIF, the ORIGINAL, Full House, Family Matters, etc… the epic moment when I graduated from Goosebumps to Fear Street, French cuff jeans, rolled socks, and heaven forbid they didn’t match your scrunchy!, Goop, Puppy Chow as a reward for the whole class passing a quiz, McGruff the crime fighting dog, candy cigarettes, and of course, watching the intro to Saved by the Bell to see if it was a Tori episode or a Kelly one. And playing Trouble while drinking Yo-J if it was Tori.

I had a Lisa Frank lunch box, a Kirsten American Girl doll, and played pogs with my brother after school. One of our favorite games was “recording,” talking into our cassette player onto a blank tape. I also was an expert tree-climber.

Gah! I remember the pogs… I liked playing those. I never could pick a side when it came to nsync and backstreet boys though a friend in highschool was obsessed with justin. She swore she would marry him some day. I thought she was nutts.
But I must also remind you all of lemmings, oregon trail and the most feared fuzzy creatures that woke you in the night with their feindish cackles… Were FURBY’S! DUN DUN DUN!!

I loved my puf-a-lump!!! His name was puffy of course haha

Proud to be a 90′s kid, where you could roam your neighborhood and your parents weren’t afraid you’d be taken. I swear my furby was possessed, and I could never choose between BSB and N’SYNC. (and does anyone remember 98 degrees?)

this is for white folks.

ok, i loved everyone one of these…but i am clueless on the zig a zig ahh…so apparently I am not in that club, lol, they also forgot to mention the original 90210!! And what about garbage pail kids?

it refers to the song wannabe by spice girls. more commonly known as if u want to be my lover

For sure remember allof these. Awe when the days were simpler! Pretty sad when your disscusing the 90′s and people still have to be racist….pathetic! Anyway yay 90′s! :)

Are you my twin? I also had the Kirsten doll (could never pronounce her name right) had a Lisa Frank trapper keeper and lunch box and had a pog machine and made my own pogs and slammers mostly with the photos of boys from those magazine TeenBeat and BB (Devon Sawa, JTT, etc). Me and my sister used to have talk shows and record them on our boombox. I really wish I could find those cassette tapes now – she did a mean impression of Barbara Walters. And “mix tapes” when you actually used tapes were the best.  Mixed CDs are definitely not the same.

I will never forget scruff mcgruffs address now. Chicago Illinois–60652. I can sing the chant in my head right now. here’s to taking a bite out of crime.

I just had MAJOR flashbacks of the mid 90′s watching Legend Of The Hidden Temple, thank you good sir!

def milky way pens….but what about Are You Afraid of the Dark? and Pokemon?? just saying…

ummm hello yikes pencils? tiny toon adventures? how about anamaniacs? at least pinky and the brain…..this article mised all the GOOD shows!

Hate reading these things all it does is remind me how old i am !!!!!!! How time flies

garbage pail kids????—-80′s 90210 to early 90′s for the 90′s kids

You mis-quoted the spice girls.

You misspelled Feeny. I have no words, except that I am very disappointed.

Number 10 is truth. God forbid you ever bent the tag by accident. 

 You go Clarissa, Im gonna tell Jordan Catilano about you and see you on the legends of the hidden temple!   This was hysterical and very well written.  

ah those were the simpler times

where in the world is carmen san diego, brittney vs christina, even stevens, rockos modern life, gel pens, the pencils that were plastic and had removable tips, and im sorry but my furby was more evil than my older sister.

Really? I would cut of the my beanie baby’s tags when I brought them home as a way of “welcoming them to the beanie kingdom” aka my room. They didn’t feel like they were mine if the tag was still on.

 my first furby met a microwave death.  my second met a freezer death.

cabbage patch kids you mean?

Even Stevens? More like 2000′s.

“no one liked howie.”

C’mon nobody read the Goosebumps books?

i read this along with the comments and i just cant help but laugh and reminisce. how about the big ass cell phones or better yet the corded phones that were so long you could walk around your house with it but by the time you got back to the reciever, you were so tangled up you would need assistance. the good ol days. wtf happened?

And ribbon dancers, Skip-Its, Pokemon, Bumbleballs, light-up sneakers, Gak, Gameboys, and TRL.

I watched Tiny Toons EVERY DAY. Good times.

I read them all and loved them :)