62 Things You Totally Forgot Happened In The Weirdly Wonderful Summer Of 2000

    What a time to be alive.

    Let's travel back 22 years ago to the summer of 2000...

    1. First and foremost, Destiny's Child started out the summer as four...

    four members posing outside

    2. ...and they ended the summer as three.

    three of the members posing at an event

    3. Joey Fatone was in his Ronald McDonald-era.

    joey smiling with red tipped hair

    4. And Lance Bass was apparently dating this lady.

    lance arm in arm with a woman on the red carpet

    5. This was fashion.

    an nsync member in a jean vest over a button-down and a paisley cowboy hat

    6. Fashion was also reflective bicycle tape on leather clothing.

    7. And here's what that looked like with flash because I know you wondering too.

    the reflector outfits doing their job

    8. NSYNC were constantly dressed as marionettes.

    the members as puppets

    9. Really, the marionettes were a really big deal.

    the members holding toy puppet versions of themselves

    10. And here's Jimmy Fallon making fun of them for it.

    jimmy fallon performing as an nsync puppet

    11. It was also the summer of the bandana, I just thought I should point that out.

    justin timberlake in the grocery store wearing a bandana on his head

    12. In the summer of 2000, Dwayne Johnson was known only as The Rock.

    The Rock wearing a metallic outfit

    13. Really, he was just a wrestler.

    the rock in the wrestling ring

    14. All he ever did was raise his eyebrow....

    close up of the rock raising an eyebrow

    15. ...and scream, "Do you smell what the Rock is cooking?!"

    the rock posing with his hands on his hips wearing a vest

    16. Oh, and here he is at the 2000 Republican National Convention.

    17. In the summer of 2000, Britney Spears invented the Eiffel Tower.

    britney posing with her arms up in front of the Eiffel tower

    18. Joey Fatone sandwiched himself between then-couple Diddy and Jennifer Lopez.

    19. Justin Timberlake was, well, Justin Timberlake.

    timberlake with cornrows

    20. And there were robot dog competitions.

    an audience circling a robot competition

    21. No, really, those were robot dogs playing a game of soccer.

    close up of robo dogs

    22. In the summer of 2000, we were all jealous of those TRL studio computers.

    nysnc members laughing around a desk of computers

    23. Mandy Moore had that flipped out hair trend.

    mandy singing on stage

    24. Nick and Jessica were still dating.

    nick and jess on a couch

    25. Joey Fatone accosted them.

    the three laughing at an event

    26. And Jennifer Lopez fans were going wild for her On The 6 CD.

    fans on the street holding j.lo signs

    27. In the summer of 2000 we were all about our No Strings Attached CDs.

    nsync taking photos with young fans

    28. Mandy Moore, Eve, LFO, and Tommy Hilfiger hung out.

    the group smiling for a photo

    29. And Britney proudly displayed her Choice Hottie surfboard.

    britney making a funny face with her surfboard award

    30. In the summer of 2000, they really tried to market us these bubblegum CDs.

    gum in the shape of a CD

    31. Christina Aguilera was really into crimped hair.

    32. Wilmer Valderrama dressed for prom at the Teen Choice Awards.

    wilmer in an oversized suit posing with mila kunis

    33. And Sisqo, Pink, and Tyrese were fast friends.

    the group hanging out by the beach

    34. In the summer of 2000, Tom Green rubbed Sisqo's head while holding a coffee maker.

    tom green making a funny face with one hand on sisqo's head and holding a coffee maker

    35. Steve Jobs presented the Holy Bible.

    36. The girlies were living.

    young girls in a limo with britney posters

    37. Seriously, truly living.

    a group of young girls wearing britney shirts

    38. And Britney Spears photobombed Vitamin C.

    britney making a funny face behind vitamin c

    39. I see ya, B!

    40. In the summer of 2000, the TRL studios had those sick flatscreen TVs.

    41. The boys from O-Town were on the set of All My Children for some reason.

    42. Tom and Nicole were still married.

    tom cruise and nicole kidman at an event

    43. And Brad and Jen just got married.

    brad and jen on the red carpet

    44. RIP to them...as a couple.

    45. The summer of 2000 was all about Jonathan Lipnicki and Stuart Little.

    jonathan posing with a stuart little cut out

    46. Verne Troyer and Mike Myers were buds.

    47. And apparently Verne Troyer did this photo shoot with a convertible and two *sexy* ladies.

    48. It was a whole thing.

    verne in a convertible with two women wearing bikinis

    49. Sex and the City had their third season premiere in the summer of 2000.

    the cast posing at an event

    50. Pre-Che Diaz <3

    51. And Sarah Jessica Parker really was all about that fashion icon life

    sarah on stage at an award show

    52. The first season of Survivor was premiering in the summer of 2000.

    two of the cast members on the beach

    53. Halle Berry gladly showed off her whale tail.

    halle posing with her butt sticking out at an event

    54. Prince William constantly posed for photos that would inevitably end up as four-page posters in J-14 magazine.

    55. Oh, and here's what Harry looked like that summer, too.

    the two brothers outside looking at each other

    56. The cinematic masterpiece known as Coyote Ugly was released in the summer of 2000.

    the cast posing around a bar counter

    57. Posh and Becks looked very much like wax figures.

    close up of victoria and david beckham

    58. These two thought they were cool/doing something.

    fred durst and eminem flipping the camera off

    59. Star Jones was seated next to Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar at a basketball game.

    60. The Harry Potter children looked like this.

    the young cast

    61. And our ultimate queen still reigned supreme.

    close up of Aaliyah

    62. Basically, take me back!