Sep 13, 2018

50 Things That'll Make '90s Kids Say, "Oh, I Completely Forgot About That"

Just a bunch of mems that are buried deep down.

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Brian Galindo

by Brian Galindo

BuzzFeed Staff

Dave Stopera

by Dave Stopera

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1. These Disney read-along tapes and books, that basically sliced your hand open when you tried to get them out of the packaging:

2. Life Savers Holes that were essentially candy Tic Tacs:

3. The Natural Wonders store — which was always one of your first stops whenever you went to the mall:

4. Magic the Old Navy dog:

5. The way too short-lived cartoon, Freakazoid!:

6. Marvin's Magic Drawing Board and the commercials for it that played non-stop on Nick:

7. These plastic snake things:

8. TGIF's Aliens in the Family...

9. ...and Teen Angel that were really WTF TV. (Honestly, who greenlit a show about a dead teenager who becomes the guardian angel of his BFF?!)

10. Alex Mack books:

11. VR Troopers and its catchy as hell theme song:

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12. The creepy AF Puttermans from the Duracell commercials:

13. AA Duracell batteries that you would (painfully) squeeze to see how much life was still in them:

14. Wilson from Home Improvement:

15. These chairs your parents had from the '80s, that were only comfortable for like 2 minutes:

16. The THX logo that would play before some movies. (And that you can still hear in your head!):

17. The Chevron Cars who loved to spill the tea about their owners:

18. The Burger King Kids Club (I'm still not exactly sure what you got for being a member):

19. Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist which was always playing in the afternoon on Comedy Central:

20. These old-school Halloween decorations that your elementary school teacher would use to decorate the classroom with:

21. Thirteen Dead End Drive, which was more fun to set up than actually play:

22. Zany Brainy, where you played with a bunch of toys your parents never ended up buying you:

23. Saved by the Bell: The New Class...

24. ...and Hang Time — which were the two shows that ended the Saturday morning lineup before golf came on:

25. These Disney Store bags (which you actually saved and reused):

26. This SNES TV adaptor that came with a coax cable that you had to carefully twist into place:

27. Straining your eyes to read the lyrics printed on cassette tape liner notes:

28. The Budweiser Frogs:

29. Stephen Biesty's Incredible Cross-Sections books (which were mind-blowing, not going to lie):

30. DK Eyewitness Books (that were also mind-blowing):

31. These chairs that were always staticky:

32. TopsyTail and the commercials for it that played non-stop:

33. Vac-Man that, yes, did have a limit to which you could actually stretch him:

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34. The Simpsons' Rainy Day Fun Book, which was actually fun:

35. Yoyo Ball, which was basically a cheaters way of playing yo-yo:

36. Herbal Essences ads that featured NSYNC:

37. Chicken Tonight's oh-so-catchy jingle:

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38. These old-school electric pencil sharpeners that your teachers kept on their desk:

39. This Kermit the Frog poster:

40. Amby and Dexter which aired on Nick Jr.:

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41. Tony Little's Abs Only Workout video that your parents had, but never really used:

42. Michigan J. Frog as the mascot for The WB:

43. Jimmy Ray, whose "Are You Jimmy Ray?" video actually got played a lot for a minute on MTV:

44. McDonald's gift certificates, which were always a default gift you got from a relative you didn't know very well:

45. These McD chairs that were always sticky and wobbly:

46. Sound Bites lollipops, which low-key just hurt your teeth when turned on:

47. Squiggle Wiggle pens:

48. The Kids Travel book that saved your sanity on low car rides:

49. This Tupperware that was always at your grandma's house:

50. And finally, the Blockbuster drop box that your parents rushed to before midnight to avoid late charges:

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