You know you're a 90s kid when...

The Common Room Off-Topic
#1

Time for nostalgia.

You remember reading “Goosebumps”

You’ve worn skorts and felt stylish

You yearned to be part of the Baby-Sitters Club

You’ve ever ended a sentence with the word “PSYCHE!”

You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

You owned a Skip It

You just cant resist finishing this . . . “Iiiiiiin west Philidelphia born and raised . . .”

You use to love playing with your MY Little Pet Shop

You know that “How Rude!” comes from Stephanie from “Full House”

You wore a ponytail on the side of your head and had fluffed bangs.

You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.

The announcer used to say, “Coming soon on video cassette!”

You have pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.

You wanted to personally kill Dee Dee on Dexter’s Lab and felt sorry for Johnny Bravo.

You remember the craze-- then the banning of slap bracelets and slam books.

You still get the urge to say “NOT” after (almost) every sentence…Not…

You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green Ranger were meant to be together.

You remember “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.”

“Family” genre home videos used to come in big, white, shell cases.

You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates

You ever got injured on a Slip ‘n’ Slide

You ate Happy Meals just so you could collect the whole set of Beanie Babies.

You wore socks over leggings scrunched down

You remember painstakingly baking your 3 inch cakes under a tiny lightbulb and dividing it to share. Easy Bake.

You remember boom boxes vs. cd players

You knew what it meant to say “Care Bear Stare”

You remember New Kids on The Block when they were cool

You knew all the characters names and their life stories on “Saved By The Bell”

You thought that you could be the greatest Pokemon fan on earth.

You saw Toy Story while it was still in theatres

You played and or collected “Pogs”

You had at least one GigaPet or Nano and brought it everywhere

You watched the original Care Bears, My Little Pony, and Ninja Turtles

All your school supplies were “Lisa Frank” brand(pencils,notebooks,binders,etc.)

You used to wear those stick on earings, not only on your ears, but at the corners of your eyes.

You can expound on the shows:
“Ahhhhhh! Real Monsters”-“Rocko’s Modern Life”,“Hey Arnold!”, “Doug”-“Angry Beavers”-“KaBLAM”-“Rugrats”(pre-Dill), and wondered what it would feel like to “Get slimed.”

You remember a time before the WB.

The Windows '95 was practically your PS3, and you remember Frogger–2D.

You played with linkin’ logs and related them to Abraman Lincoln

You’ve gotten creeped out by “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” And if you were really bad, “Tales from the Crypt” - Both, live action and cartoon

You thought it would be so cool to be Alex Mack.

You know the Macarena by heart.

You’ve said “Talk to the hand” and “Take a chill pill”

You thought Brain would finally take over the world.

Furbies

“Where in the world is Carmen San Diego?” was the best game show on tv before “Millionaire”

All That was better than SNL

You had a doll of your favorite Spice Girl

“Sock’Em Boppers, Sock’em Boppers,
More fun than a pillow fight!”

Boys had Hot Wheels tracks, girls had Polly Pockets.

The typical backyard fun was never complete without nerf toy guns and supersoakers.

And of course, “You don’t need pants for the victory dance!”

:sunglasses: Our generation is So. Cool.

You fellas got anything to add? Please contribute!

~Sarah

#2

ohhhh…i remember the beanie babies <3

i still have mine…about 20.

#3

read it a couple of years ago, some don’t apply to me (UK)

#4

I once really thought I’m the greatest Pokémon fan XD
And the one with getting up early on Saturday morning and the Happy Meals appy to me, too. Although it were mostly Happy Meals with toys of the newest Disney movie.

#5

I’m guessin you got this from Facebook eh? :wink:

Heh I joined that group. :-D)

Hmmmm…let’s see…I got a couple to add…

You remember:

  • when DVDs came out
    -If you had friends or cousins over you would play “house”
    -Dreamcast, Genesis, and Super Nintendo was where it was at
    -In a happy meal, it was a barbie for girls and a Hot Wheels car for boys
  • The Block Heads were always up to trouble
  • You needed a giant map in your car to travel far
    -Turtlenecks and bellbottom jeans all the way!
  • You know ther words and the melody to the Skip it commercial cause it came on so much…
    -The only place you would hear surround sound was at the movies
    -Everyone wanted to be Scream for Halloween

That’s all I can think of for now…:wink:

:mrgreen:

#6

I remember Pokemon, yo-yo and bouncy ball fads. That seems like such a long time ago. :laughing:

#7

also Garfield and Friends.

#8

LOL at Stephanie from Full House. :laughing:

#9

Puh-ha! Dude, I remember almost all of that! The 90s were the best, man…

I still end sentences with that word!

Dude, I think I still might have part of the set! :laughing:

Heck, yeah.

Yes!! It’s one of the best games ever! :mrgreen:

I still own those, man! (snigger)

Yeah, I did, actually… is embarrassed

It was the best game show in the world – better than “Millionaire”!

We lived in one of the best decades, I swear. We’re able to say to the next generation, “Yeah, I used to watch Bill Nye the Science Guy on TV.”

– Mitch

#10

The 90s were the best years for kids to grow up in. Now? No way, José.

#11

Every generation says the same exact thing.

#12

Fett101: :laugh: LOL! So true. :laughing: XD

#13

Oh boy, I think I can apllyy to most of these!

#14

why don’t you marry it them?

#15

What do you mean by that WALL-E?

#16

Here’s a list for those a lil older.

You’re an '80s child if…

Snap bracelets were always getting you in trouble at school.

You played with “My Little Pony.”

Friendship bracelets were ties that couldn’t be broken.

You’ve ever read Nancy Drew, Archies, The Hardy Boys, The Babysitters Club (Say Hello to your friends!), or Sweet Valley High.

You know all the words to “Ice Ice Baby”.

You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.

You had a crush on one of the New Kids on the Block members.

You remember the New Kids On The Block.

You wanted to be on Star Search.

You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before.

Heaven forbid you wore one of those t-shirt rings or a scrunchi on one side of your shirt during your youth.

You were styling with your french rolled pants.

You had puff painted your own shirt at least once.

You owned a doll with ‘Xavier Roberts’ signed on it’s butt. Cabbage Patch Kids!

You knew what Willis was “talkin’ 'bout.”

You know the profound meaning of “Wax on, Wax off”

You were upset when She-ra, Princess of Power, and He-Man cancelled.

Zack, Kelly, A.C. Slater, Lisa, Jesse, Screech, Mr. Belding, and Ms. Bliss are the coolest kids that ever went to school!!!

You remember Full House when Michelle was still a little baby. Awwww!

You have seen at least 10 episodes of Fraggle Rock.

You hold a special place in your heart for “Back to the Future.”

You know where to go if you “wanna go where everybody knows your name.”

You wanted to be a Goonie. (“Goonies never say die.”)

You remember Madonna in her cone-bra stage. And as Breathless Mahoney in “Dick Tracy.”

You knew “The Artist” when he was humbly called “Prince.”

You even wore flourescent-neon clothing…

You could breakdance, or wished you could.

You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.

The graphics in NINTENDO were just beyond your comprehension.

You remember M.C. Hammer and Paula Abdul.

You can still sing the rap to “Fresh Prince of Bel Air”.

How many of you can recite the theme to DuckTales? (“Life is like a hurricane…”)

You own any cassettes?

You owned a pair of L.A. Gear, Keds, or Converse tennis shoes.

You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunchbox.

You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf. (And how come Baby Smurf never grew up…)

My Little Pony, Gummy Bears, Transformers, You Can’t Do That on Television, Noozles, KIDS Incorporated, Ghost Busters, Double Dare, and Hey Dude Ranch are familiar to you.

You ever had a Swatch Watch or a Doonie and Burke.

You actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the “Care Bear stare”.(there is nothing wrong with that!!!)

or Superman underoos. (you know it! :wink:

You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.

You spent hours in the basement building and re-building Lego cities.

Do Polly Pockets (think of the song) or Popples ring a bell?

Big wheels and bicycles with streamers were the way to go.

With your playschool record player you sang back up to Debbie Gibson.

“Party like it’s 1999” seemed SO far away!!

You stayed up all night listening to Teddy Rupskin.

Can we say Trapper Keeper?

Can you tell you me how to get to Sesame Street?

If you wanted to be on the GLADIATORS!!!

If you still have a crimper in your bathroom drawer.

If you remember singing Amy Grants “Baby, Baby”

You owned a Indiana Jones hat.

You loved your pink jeans, black stretch pants and big loop earings.

If you wanted to pick a lock with a toothbrush just like MacGyver.

You wanted to travel through time on Quantum Leap.

If you remember when rollerblades were the new thing.

If you learned how to spell mouse from the Mickey Mouse Club theme song.

You felt like a big girl when your mom bought you GIRL TALK.

You used to wear bright pink slip-ons and jelly shoes.

You used to compare your little brother to Ferguson.

You were scared of the Gremlins.

You remember when Ren and Stimpy was a new show.

You can complete the line “When there’s something strange in the neighborhood…”

“We Are The World” holds a VERY special place in your heart, and you get teary-eyed every time you hear it.

If Reaganomics and “Read My Lips” sound familiar to you! And Saddam Hussein was the scariest guy on earth!

When MTV was all about Rock Hard videos and BIG hair (first aired in 1981!!!) Who the heck is Nirvana, and why did they kill Hair Bands?

You don’t have a negative connotation in mind when you think of Pee Wee Herman and and the amazing Pee Wee’s Play House, not to mention Pee Wee’s Big Adventure.

Rainbow Brite…Fanny Packs (need I say more…: )

If you were upset when David the Gnome became a tree. : (

You were kept safe at night by your Glow Worm.

Your house was filled by the sweet smells of Strawberry Shortcake

You were shocked to hear the news about Milli Vanilli just as you were shocked to see Madonna dancing infront of a burning cross.

The Cosby Show and Roseanne were groundbreaking shows!

You rushed home to catch the “Disney Afternoon.”

you remember the little alien dude named “Alf” If you can identify with at least half of these, you are a child of the 80’s!! You can’t forget My Buddy and Ring Pops or Pogo Balls or Skip It… the list goes on and on! Add to the list if you want, but make sure to keep it going on.

I still have my Cabbage Patch Kid. He’s on my shelf right now.

#17

Where do you guys find this stuff?

#18

google.com/

#19

Pixfan: I got most of them from the IMDB Toy Story board from a thread by the same name, and added about 20 more! I almost took off a few that I didn’t recognize, but I know that I’m not the only 90s kid out there! I can’t believe I forgot the 60s retro fashions. Too bad my mom never bought my flared jeans; I can’t believe I still get upset about that.

Mitch!!! squee lol, you related to all the stuff I wrote! I still have that cheapo pink and black “oven” too! It’s probably full of wasp nests in the attic, but I have unbaked mixes in the kitchen. Hmm. Do I still have to share?

Oh, and how could I forget?! Get my brother in here and we’ll start singing, “Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill! – Bill Nye the Science Guy!” ;-o

That, plus I need to add a bit on Gumby. ;-p Y’all remember those, right? Nightmarish, long-legged, colored, clay creatures. I love the 90s!

~Sarah
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#20

C90 cassettes FTW!!!