Like me, are you a child of the 90s?

[MrMeanGreen]

Yes, I grew up in the 80s. However, I spent most of my teenage years in the 90s where most of this counts. This really brings back some memories!

 

You're a 90's kid if:

 

You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE!"

 

You can sing the rap to "The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air"

 

You remember when Kurt Cobain, Tu Pac, River Phoenix, and Selena died.

 

You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey from "Blossom" and that "How Rude!" comes from Stephanie from "Full House"

 

You remember when it was actually worth getting up early

on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

 

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

 

You remember reading "Goosebumps"

 

You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, wax off"

 

You have pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

 

You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.

 

You danced to "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls, Females: had a new motto, Males: got a whole lot gay-er. (so tell me what you want, what you really really want.)

 

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...

 

Where in the world is Carmen San Diego? was both a game and a TV game show.

 

Captain Planet.

 

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

 

When playing power rangers with friends you fought over who got to be who............and still all ended up being Tommy.

 

You remember when super nintendo's became popular.

 

You remember watching home alone 1, 2 , and 3........and tried to pull the pranks on "intruders"

 

"I've fallen and I can't get up"

 

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

 

Two words... Trapper Keeper.

 

You never got injured on a Slip 'n' Slide

 

You wore socks over leggings scrunched down

 

"Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack, all dressed in black, black, black, with silver buttons, buttons, buttons, all down her back, back, back" SHE ASKED HER MOTHER MOTHER MOTHER FOR FIFTY CENTS CENTS CENTS TO SEE THE ELEPHANTS PHANTS PHANTS JUMP OVER THE FENCE THE FENCE THE FENCE

he jumped so high high high he touched the sky sky sky and he didnt come back back back til the forth of july ly ly he jumped so low ow ow he stubbed his toe toe toe and thats the end end end of the elephants show show show

 

You remember boom boxes vs. cd players

 

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 played and/or collected "Pogs"

 

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

 

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

 

NANCY DREW AND THE HARDY BOYS WERE THE BEST MYSTERY BOOKS

 

Yikes pencils and erasers were the stuff!

 

All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand.(pencils.notebooks.b

 

inders.etc.)

 

You remember when the new Beanie Babies were always sold out.

 

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

 

You remember a time before the WB.

 

You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"

 

You know the Macarena by heart.

 

"Talk to the hand" ... enough said

 

You thought Brain woud finally take over the world

 

You always said, "Then why don't you marry it!"

 

You remember when everyone went slinky crazy.

 

You remember when razor scooters were cool.

 

 

 

When we were younger:

 

Before the MySpace frenzy...

 

Before the Internet & text messaging...

 

Before Sidekicks & iPods...

 

Before MIKE JONES...

 

Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX...

 

...Back when you put off the 5 hours of homework you had every night.

 

When light up sneakers were cool.

 

When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.

 

When gas was $0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was a new thing.

 

When we recorded stuff on VCRs & paid $3.50 for a movie.

 

When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off our walkmans.

 

When 2Pac and Biggie where alive.

 

When the Chicago Bulls were the best team ever.

 

Way back.

 

Tag.

 

Get Over Here!!!! means something to you.

 

Hide-n-Go Seek at dusk.

 

Red Light, Green Light.

 

Heads Up 7 Up.

 

Playing Kickball & Dodgeball until your porch light came on.

 

Hopskotch.

 

Slip-n-Slides.

 

Tree Houses.

 

Hula Hoops.

 

HELLO....HOT WHEELS!!!!!

 

"POWER OF LOVE" BY CELINE DION..ONLY COUPLES COULD SKATE TO THIS.

 

The annoying Giga Pets & Furbies.

 

Running through the sprinklers.

 

That "Little Mermaid"

 

Crying when Mufasa died in the Lion King.

 

Happy Meals where you chose a Barbie or a Hot Wheels car.

 

Getting the privelage to sit in the front seat of the car.

 

Drinking Sqeeze It "Squeeze The Fun Out Of It"

 

CAPRI SUN

 

Watching Saturday Morning Cartoons in your PJ's still wrapped up in your TMNT, Power Rangers, Barbie, Fairy Princess comforter.

 

The original Power Rangers

 

Or what about:

 

Hey Arnold.

 

Rugrats.

 

The Secret World of Alex Mac.

 

Ren & Stimpy.

 

Double Dare.

 

Rocco's Modern Life.

 

AAAHH!! REAL MONSTERS.

 

Wild & Crazy Kids.

 

Clarissa Explains it All.

 

CAMP NOWHERE

 

Salute Your Shorts(CAMP ANAWANA)

 

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

 

The original cast members of All That.

 

Kenan & Kel.

 

"CITY GUYS"...ROLLW/ THE CITY GUYS

 

Doug.

 

Magic School Bus.

 

Nick Arcade.

 

Flash Forward.

 

The Adventures of Pete and Pete.

 

Legends of the Hidden Temple

 

Hey Dude.

 

Dinosaurs.

 

Alladin.

 

Mummies Alive

 

Pinky and the Brain

 

Sailor Moon.

 

Blossom.

 

Hangin with Mr. Cooper.

 

Martin

 

Beavis & Butt-Head

 

Wishbone.

 

Bill Nye the Science Guy

 

MR RODGERS!!!!

 

Who could forget Snick? & Nick @ Nite with Bewitched, I Dream of Jenie, The Facts of Life & I Love Lucy.

 

Where everyone wanted to be in love after watching The Wonder Years.

 

or Nick Jr. with Face

 

Gulah Gulah Island

 

Little Bear

 

Busy Town

 

Under the Umbrella Tree

 

PEE-WEE!!!

 

The Big Comfy Couch

 

Kool-Aid was the drink of choice.

 

Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school.

 

Class field trips.

 

When Christmas was the most exciting time of year.

 

When $5 seemed like a million, & another dollar a miracle.

 

When you begged to go to McDonalds for dinner everyday.

 

When Toys R Us overuled the mall.

 

 

 

Go back to the time when:

 

Decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe'.

 

Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming 'do over!'

 

'Race issue' ment arguing about who ran the fastest.

 

Money issues were handled by whoever was banker in 'Monopoly.'

 

It wasn't odd to have two or three 'best' friends.

 

Being old referred to anyone over 20.

 

A chance to skate as a couple at the local roller rink was like winning the lottery.

 

Scrapes & bruises were kissed & made better.

 

It was a big deal to finally be tall enought to ride the 'big people' rides at the fair.

 

When playing Nintendo was the hardest thing ever.

 

When Ninja Turtles ruled the world.

 

Another Baby Sitter Club and Little Sister (Karen) book came out and you put your name on hold for it at the library.

 

When Aladdin was new, before the trilogy was complete.

 

Before we realized all this would eventually disappear

 

Who would have thought you'd miss the 90's so much!!!!!

[evan9381]

thats a long f'ing list. i read to about the macarena part, and remembered most of it

[wnaplay1647545503]

Alot of those dont even seem like they were in the 90's I must be getting old. I dont consider stuff that came out after I already had kids, things I grew up with.

[wnaplay1647545503]

Oregon trail was badass, we were just talking about that. Heads up 7up was also great.

[Total Sign]

Oregon Trail kicks ass. I was thinking about that the other day. Who sells that anymore? I want a copy.

[Guest Hal]

oregon trail was amazing. I would also love to have a copy of that!

[cptn janks]

right here

 

http://jeff.greenfld.net/appleii.html

 

 

download an Apple II emulator, then the game

 

good times

[Rally Pat]

I was born in the 80's, and grew up in the ninties. I remember most of the stuff on that list, and yes I can rap the Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme. Ask my friend Pat.

[RangerTurbo]

Crap, Im a kid of the 90's

[McGraw]

Clarissa was a hot peice of ass.

[verse]

I wish all those TV shows were still viewable or at least you were able to purchase the DVD seasons.

[Buck531]

Kick the can was cool at dark. We even went so far as to wear cammo, get some grass, spit in your hands and wipe it on our faces.

[RangerTurbo]

wtf, that list had oregon trail and power rangers? They were like 10 years apart..

decade = 10 years, play the spread

[Duff1647545513]

10 years apart my ass, I remember going to school in the 4th grade and playing Oregon Trail and the Math Racer game ("oh no, Oh No, OH NO!") on the little 7 inch computer monitor then coming home and watching the black power ranger kick some ass

[Mr3GTP]

Great list. I'm a child of the '70s, and some of that list applies to me, really. Case in point; the Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries were popular when I was in Elementary & Junior High. I think they date back to the '50s or '60s, not sure.

 

We played outside, the neighborhood was full of kids, and we knew EVERYONE for blocks around (in the 'burbs). Most of us were always active. Hell, I roller skated, skateboarded, rode BMX to train for touring rides. Good times, when we used our imaginations for entertainment.

As for video games, I was in my early teens when we got an Atari 2600. Before that, I had played my neighbor's Coleco-vision...

My preference was Pinball, but I couldn't afford a machine for the house.

[Shields1181]

Damn...can't believe I just read all that but I can honestly say I remember about 97% of everything there! Amazing and Yes, I miss it!

[Guest tt331fox]

I remeber the game duck hunt from my days......

[351mach11647545510]

damn, I remember every single thing on that, but I must say Fraggle Rock ftmfw

[Patrick]

Fraggle rock wins.

[Duff1647545513]

Yeah then you'd come home and play N64.. not my fault you went to ghetto schools 9-10 years ago

 

I dont remember when N64 came out, but I do remember gettin SNES on the Christmas that it was released along with all the other game systems the years to come and I had an NES before it all too.

 

My school was kinda poor though.... They built a new one 2 years ago, now the little bastards have nicer shit that the high schoolers do, It kinda pissed me off, but I'm in college now so fuck London Schools, they were horrible.

[Rally Pat]

I got an SNES when I was 5 or 6. It was the Special Edition Donkey Kong Country one, that had the special box. I sold my SNES to clbsinvader's cousins to fund an N64.

[2pointslow]

i miss saturday morning cartoons... hell if they still had good ones id get up and watch them!!!

[Rally Pat]

2 words sum up 90's saturday morning cartoons

 

THE TICK

[l36tols1]

Before MIKE JONES! HAHAHA.. anybody remember Number Munchers? that was my shit!! fractions use to give me problems though.. and those stinking other monsters that could eat you! I never used the arrow keys on my keyboard that much in my life!

[Duff1647545513]

2 words sum up 90's saturday morning cartoons

 

THE TICK

 

Didnt The Tick turn into a more adult cartoon and was shown on comedy central? I do remember it being a kids cartoon too.