23 Dudes You Crushed On If You Were A Tween In The Early 2000s

Will Turner tho...

1. First, there's Troy Bolton from High School Musical, of course...

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Our hunky multi-tasking hero of 2006.

2. As well as his ~BFF with the better hair~ Chad Danforth:

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~What team?~ Team Chad, kthx.

3. Meanwhile, all manga fans will remember the exact moment they first laid eyes on Light Yagami, from Death Note:

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School uniforms never looked so slick.

4. And anyone who watched The Lion King 2 will remember having sudden and undeniable feelings about Kovu.

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Because who knew lions could be hot???

5. You can't ever forget Tyler Gage, from Step Up:

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Who singlehandedly made all of us wish for a bad boy bf who could actually dance!

6. And Chris Halliwell, from Charmed:

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He was from THE FUTURE!!! That meant he was SO WISE AND MATURE!!!

7. Or Peter Pevensie, from The Chronicles of Narnia:

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He was the older brother we never knew we needed.

8. There was Jacob Black, from Twilight, obviously:

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Whether you were Team Jacob or not was irrelevant to the objective evidence that he was SMOKIN' HOT.

9. And Shane Gray, from Camp Rock:

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He was our gateway Jonas.

10. Who could ever forget Nate Archibald, from Gossip Girl?

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Goddamn, boys in school uniforms were DANGEROUS.

11. Or Kyle, from Kyle XY?

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Admit it: the no-belly button thing was kind of hot.

12. Jake, from American Dragon, had a band, a skateboard, and extremely cool responsibility to protect mythical creatures:

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We stanned.

13. And HELLO YES Will Turner, from Pirates of the Caribbean WAS SWASHBUCKLING AS FUCK, FULL STOP:

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Love a man who can handle a sword though.

14. And s/o to Clark Kent, from Smallville, for making us lust ~super~ hard:

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The combo of angst + heroism was our Kryptonite, you might say.

15. For introducing us to Oliver Wood, Harry Potter wins 50 points for Gryffindor alone.

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**was suddenly interested in Quidditch**

16. And if you didn't already have a thing for cowboys, Travis Brody from Hannah Montana: The Movie made sure you did:

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Even though Travis couldn't find out that he girl he liked put on a blonde wig and became a pop star by himself, it didn't stop him from finding a place in your heart with his smile and his hat.

17. Ash Ketchum, from Pokémon, was sweet and adorable and determined in all the best ways:

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And he cared so much about the Pokémon's well-being!!!

18. And Noel Kahn made keeping up with Pretty Little Liars entirely worth it:

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Show of hands who else spent their time wondering if he could be A, then realizing that he wasn't A, then suspecting him of helping A and finally giving up and simply looking at him because he was just so good-looking?

19. One look at Peter Pan from the 2003 movie, and we suddenly understood Wendy's decision-making:

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11/10 would definitely fly out of a window for him.

20. And while Troy Bolton was the original musical jock to haunt our daydreams, Glee's Finn Hudson made us truly believe love was real:

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R.I.P. Cory Monteith <3

21. As did Will Blakelee, from The Last Song.

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Any moment spent not watching Miley watch Liam playing volleyball was a waste.

22. Real Disney Channel fans know that Cody was the cute one in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody:

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He was smart, sensitive, and such an adorable little rule-follower.

23. And finally, Gohan's muscled up body in Dragon Ball made us ALL feel things, and don't you dare pretend otherwise.

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This post was translated from Spanish.