Most people tend to look back on their childhood as a magical time. We weren’t responsible for paying bills, making dinner or holding down a job. Instead, we got to spend our Saturday mornings watching cartoons, devouring Pop-Tarts lovingly toasted by Mom and biking around the neighborhood with our closest friends.
And if you were lucky enough to grow up during the 1990s, you might be hit with an intense wave of nostalgia while scrolling through this list. We took a trip to the 90s Kids Nostalgia Facebook group and gathered some of their best posts below. So enjoy your journey through these blasts from the past, and be sure to upvote the images that transport you back to childhood!
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Just watched in on a flight because I'd never watched it before. It IS scary!
Load More Replies...Between Poltergeist and The Ring I can't hear that sound without getting creeped out!
Take a lesson, people. AI is not your friend. It is a tool to render you subservient to the data factories. It only takes, it never gives.
The 90s Kids Nostalgia Facebook group is an extremely popular place. In fact, the community has amassed an impressive 1.8 million members since its creation in 2019. Members are encouraged to share their favorite memories from the 90s (and even the 80s as well!), and clearly, there’s no shortage of things to appreciate from those decades. From films to albums to popular snacks, this community will never grow tired of celebrating this iconic decade.
And when it comes to why we love looking back on the past so much, Wendy L. Patrick, PhD, at Psychology Today says that reminiscing can make us feel even better in the present. Nostalgic reflection has been found to be helpful in our social connectedness and in our search for meaning in life. Taking a trip down memory lane can also positively impact a person’s overall well-being.
trust me it started earlier than that, i watched the moon landing at school was my first day at the new school in year 6 at the time here in Australia
You're lucky. I got the space shuttle Challenger launch.
Load More Replies...In grade 5 & 6 we would watch Behind the News every Friday afternoon, which Ioved.
We did too in grade 5! I also loved it. We had to write reports on what we watched.
Load More Replies...When I was in 6th grade my teacher was a baseball fanatic and grabbed a TV for us to watch a matinee game. He put the sound on a radio and we watched the game on TV. Good times.
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But I could text without looking at the phone. I think I even did that in class once… or twice…. under the table, while I looked like I was following what the teacher said.
It was easier to do that wasn’t it mi didn’t have a phone till they year free they came out ,I was like 29 or there abouts yup that old , around 1999 n I actually got on with those really well ,we didn’t have to look at the screen lol just type sorted
Load More Replies...Or the joy of being able to go under the radar with no way to contact.
Friday night movie night! Every Friday with the kids. I bet a lot of millennials miss the tradition. I do!
We do it every weekend with our kids. They always complain beforehand, but love the movies afterwards.
Load More Replies...Golden eye 007 for Nintendo 64 will live forever in my heart, alongside Mario Kart 64, Turok: dinosaur hunter (both 1 and 2), Super Mario 64, Earthworm Jim(1 and 2), Mario kart 64, Star Fox 64, Conkers BAD FUR DAY, Zelda Ocarina of time and Majoras Mask, Wave race 64, Banjo and Kazooie and Diddy Kong racing 64 ❤️♥️❤️♥️❤️♥️❤️♥️❤️♥️
While we don’t want to get stuck in a loop of dwelling on the past, it’s great to revisit it from time to time. Especially if you’re not currently in the best place, it can be helpful to be reminded of just how beautiful life can be. And if it was like that for you previously, it can be like that again. After all, history repeats itself! So as you age, you can look back on multiple times in your life that you’d consider to be “the good old days.”
When it comes to the 1990s specifically, though, many people find themselves asking, “Was the decade really that special? Or are we just looking at it through rose-colored glasses?” Eloise Hendy at the Independent decided to explore this topic, and she noted that the decade is often romanticized because it was really the last time in history that people weren’t glued to technology at every moment. You could leave your house, and there wouldn’t be any way for friends or family to contact you until you returned home. There was a sense of freedom in that.
Yes but those had only 4 colors. In the 90's we got like 12. It was amazing.
Load More Replies...I still have one, and the one color refuses to stay down, but yet it is still my favorite pen.
The one in College Park, MD had a literal Mrs. Pac-Man table. My grandmother would hurt someone in that game. That jukebox though... haven't thought of that particular one in years.
Not sure about having more flavour. I think we've just got used to better pizzas over the years, so some of the chain restaurant pizzas are now noticeably inferior. Depends where you live of course, but Pizza Hut in the UK, back in the 198s, was always poor, just that there was not so much competition around to compare it with.
I remember begging to go to pizza hut, but I don't remember actually ever going.
I still have one of these. It contains my Broadway cast recording collection. 😊
All my copied dvd's when Netflix sent you 3 at a time. Burn & Return lol.
Load More Replies...I have about 6 of these full. And a stash in the basement of vinyl 45s and lps
I remember when there were 45 rpm vinyl records. Only two songs on each record. One on each side.
My brother still has his CDs in his car in one of these. Mine are just in their cases in a cardboard box. I don't have itunes, though I do have Spotify, but I never use it in the car, radio or cds only.
However, some people argue that the 1990s still had huge issues that we tend to ignore nowadays. It’s not like racism and sexism didn’t exist; in fact, they were arguably even worse at the time. We just might be exposed to more of it today because people can spew their hateful beliefs on huge platforms online. But it’s impossible to deny the fact that the 90s was a special decade. The media of the time was iconic, and there was so much hope for the future. That hope, in and of itself, was priceless.
Thats nothing. What about our inflatable see-through FURNITURE?! 😆
I just got myself a pair of the clear jelly sandals which I am very excited about. It took me a bit to find them in the exact style I wanted, in my size, but also didn't want to spend a fortune on, luckily my efforts paid off. So nostalgic.
I got my kid some, she put them on and started crying because she hated how they felt, lol.
Load More Replies...I still have a green see through N64 with a purple see through controller. They work, too. Still playing on it.
Chocolate and strawberry were always the first ones to go.
Load More Replies...And they’re one of the only ice cream companies still producing 2L containers. One of the few brands I will happily buy
Load More Replies...There's a company in my province that still sells ice cream in boxes. (Chapman's in Newfoundland if anyone cares lol)
It's the Dixie cup design. The designer said she loves teal and purple together. Many things were teal and purple in the 90s. I'm not sure exactly why.
Many things were orange and pink in the 60s. Not sure why about that one either.
Load More Replies...The iconic teal-and-purple "Jazz" design that adorned disposable paper cups in the 1990s was created by Gina Ekiss, a graphic artist working for the Sweetheart Cup Company in Springfield, Missouri.
"Ekiss did not receive a bonus payment for her design, and did not receive royalties as Sweetheart took ownership of the design." 😥
Load More Replies...If we want to reminisce about some of the best moments of the 1990s, we can take a journey through Britannica’s timeline of the decade, which highlights all of the most iconic moments. One of the biggest events that took place in the early 90s was the collapse of the Soviet Union on December 31, 1991. This was an amazing moment for the countries in Europe and Asia that had been occupied by the U.S.S.R., and it was just the beginning of these nations embracing their freedom and starting a new, beautiful chapter of history.
I'm embarrassed to say I was a young adult when I did this one. 🤣 My clips didn't have butterflies in them though.
Oh dear lmao I’m 60 n I have two of them 😂one is a larger size one ,that goes on a pony tail n has crystals hang down its well lush 😋never had these as a kid tho ,
Also those little springs you put in sideways. I still have them in the cupboard, just in case...
And the little springs aswell the 90/00 era was my favourite the school discos being with friends youth club staying out till lights came on then play jack jack shine a light in the street bonfire night with street parties riding around on bikes and just leave em on friends lawn without em gettin nicked
I still have some. And I secretly still want to use them. Maybe I will on a Walmart day or something.
I still play this occasionally. I won't say I bad at it, but I usually will make a mistake and lose. But occasionally I will win a game.
Load More Replies...I never bothered to learn how to acually play it, i just kept clicking until BOOM.
That was my favorite game! And my son loves it too! You can download it for your phone.
How roughly do you need to treat a gameboy for that to happen? Ours survived my mum falling asleep at the wheel, crashing into a wall and flipping the car. There's one in New York that survived a shelling in the Gulf war
That Gameboy stop a planet ending asteroid, along with a Nokia...
Load More Replies...The game boy is dead. The disc should be salvageable (I think I still have a disc doctor kit in a closet somewhere). The cassette just needs a bic pen and some patience. The tv is toast. The video tape needs the same treatment as the cassette on a slightly larger scale
In September 1994, television was forever changed after the iconic sitcom Friends aired its very first episode on NBC. Little did the stars and showrunners know that this would become one of the most beloved sitcoms of all time. It’s still extremely popular amongst young adults who weren’t even alive when the first episode aired, and the characters’ iconic looks have inspired countless fashion choices over the past 3 decades.
While he's done about a billion things, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" is the only correct answer.
Agreed, although I'll allow a soft OK if "Clue" is chosen.
Load More Replies...He was the best and weirdest devil (well, Darkness) in Legend.
Muppet Treasure Island was the first thing he was in that I saw, that I remember him more for his role in was ofc Rocky Horror.
Muppets treasure island rules. When you're a professional pirate...
Load More Replies...I was studying in London in summer school and a friend of mine said come with me. I wanna show you something. She plopped me in the theater, I have a seat right down in front with an empty seat next to me on the aisle. Rocky horror opens, and my mouth is wide open! The best part though was the empty seat was for the narrator! Oh my God, I have loved Tim Curry ever since then!
Rocky Horror of course, followed by Pennywise in IT, McHale's Navy, and Clue...
First saw him in IT, but my favorite will always be Doctor Frank-N-Furter.
Home alone, really? Was he the guy that works in the hotel?
Load More Replies...The boy in the middle needs to go to a hospital or something, he looks terrible.
Totally miss them now my daughter is dying for some. My favorite pair had neon green at the bottom
Load More Replies...They are aren’t they , cept these days lol the lads wearing em have em hanging of their bloody backsides looks awful 😂
Load More Replies...Silly putty. You can still buy it at some dollar stores. It now comes in different colours and glitter options. I guarantee every eighties kid knows the smell
This takes me back into the late 50s, when I was just four years old. Mom wouldn't buy it for me until I was a couple of years older. It was fun.
On December 19, 1997, one of the most popular films of all time debuted in theaters across the United States. Directed by James Cameron, Titanic became the first movie to earn over $1 billion worldwide, and it’s still hailed as one of the best pieces of cinema the world has ever seen. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, this heartbreaking tale became an instant classic, and it’s certainly worth a rewatch if you haven’t seen it in decades!
😈😈😈😈 Monopoly or UNO is when the first table was flipped. Before Teresa Guidice.
In the 80's Friday night at the roller rink was my favorite part of the week. 😁
Roller King had two "sessions" on Friday and Sat night. One went from 8-10, the second one went from 10-12. You knew you were coming up in the world when your parents let you stay for the second session.
The main roller-rink I went to in the 2000s is still going (last time I went was when I was babysitting in about 2012 and I was sore for days after, thanks to my fibromyalgia). The main one I went to in the 90s was turned into the more recent fad for kids birthdays, an indoor playcentre.
I could practically see the roller rink from my house. Friday nights and then the matinee session on Saturday. I loved the Roller rink.
Somehow, my mom saw every bit of light and tiny sound, even if I wore earphones.
Oh us mothers hear all n see all lol ,it’s what we do 😂
Load More Replies...I never had a gameboy. The only had held device I had was one of those cheap brick ones that had tetris etc. My sister got a gameboy advance in about 2006, from 'santa' (really second hand from a family friend).
I have seen this picture of this person quite a few times here on BP. Who or what tv show or movie is he from?
This is Leonardo Di Caprio playing Calvin Candie in the movie Django Unchained
Load More Replies...Now, if we’re celebrating the 1990s, we cannot forget all of the music legends of the decade. We’ve got Nirvana, Alanis Morissette, Oasis, TLC, NSYNC, Spice Girls, Destiny’s Child and Green Day. We’ll still be listening to the biggest hits from the decade for years and years to come. And we’ll be lucky to see such iconic artists emerge from the younger generations today!
The Jeeves part was dropped in 2006, but it's site under ask.com still runs, albeit LLM driven.
LLM? And is that not a good thing? 🤷♂️ gen don't know.
Load More Replies...If you grew up in Britain then you probably remember Jeeves and Wooster first.
Dumb am Dumber is a great comedy movie. Ace Ventura didnt age well tho. And "The Mask"...HEY PACHUCO!
Watched both Ace Venturas last week when they were on TV, and they definitely didn't age well...
Load More Replies...I like the Cuban Pete scene at mask, but his best movies surely are The Truman show and Eternal sunshine of a spotless mind. I like I love you Philip Morris too, but I recognize this is questionable. Anyway, Jim Carrey gives me a bad vibe since I saw him at some late show segment where he was in the streets offering people free haircuts. An old lady, obviously a fan, agreed to it, and he took the opportunity to make her pretty much bald. I thought this was so disrespectful, hair is so important for most women, and he defined took advantage of the power dynamic. Nobody was expecting a good haircut, sure, but he intentionally ruined the woman’s hair. I just don’t understand why do that to someone else. I would feel absolutely humiliated if my idol did that to me on live tv.
Load More Replies...The only thing I will watch with JC is The Grinch, the rest? YUCK!!!
WOKE! AND, that a GOOD THING! A Canadian if you didn't know . . .
I have loathed Jim Carey since his in living color days. Never thought he was funny. Just trying too hard
Watch "Man on the Moon" and The Truman Show". In both movies he shines as an actor.
Load More Replies...I was an adult when this came out. I watched maybe couple of the episodes.
Load More Replies...Is this list transporting you back to the magical days of the 1990s, pandas? Keep upvoting all of the photos that smack you with a wave of nostalgia, and feel free to let us know in the comments below what you miss most about that decade. Then, if you’d like to reminisce about the good old days even more, you can find another Bored Panda article featuring funny 90s kids memes right here!
Nope this is probably a usa thing that people think it's universal.
Lol, YES !!! We have a 7 month old grandgem & every time I see him, I start singing " Monchichi, Monchichi O' so soft & cuddly !! " I sing it in a loving way, not a mean way. 🐒🐵🐒
Load More Replies...We were too poor to have one. I had a virtual pet dog toy from the $2 shop.
I worked at Kmart in the 90’s and we had this cafe. Some of the best awful food evar.
Ours had a cafe in the back, and a deli in the front where you could buy submarine sandwiches.
I can hear, smell and feel the pencil sharpener. I can hear and feel the Velcro Catch game. I can hear and feel the snap bracelets. "EA Sports, It's in the Game!" "Bop It, Twist It, Pull It.."
These are all still around. My son brings stuff like this home from the prize box at school
I am so glad they don't have this! K willing to bet that they were not well cared for 😁
OMG I forgot about the fish! My sister bought a betta fish named prince bubbles from there and mom used to leave me watching the fish while she shopped
My and my friend would look at the fish and count how many dead ones we could find.
I was thinking about this not to long ago when Walmart had fish for sale.
I hated Teletubbies, which my mum was happy about. 10 years late she had to put up with my sister watching it. The first time my mum heard of it, was when a 20-something male fellow nursing student was raving about it at uni.
It all ended horribly when it was discovered that Teletubbies were edible . . .
Not me. This was past my time. I was more into Size Small and Camp Cariboo.
Did you know that when movies first started they used nitrate I belive which is very flammable chemicals and they used incandescent light bulbs in the projectors which created high heat. So a lot of times the flim would catch in fire and people would die from the fires in the movie theaters.
Pokémon bouncy balls (1998)
I remember what they called super balls. They were very bouncy. You could bouncy one off a hard surface and they would bounce extremely high or far.
We didn't dare to play with the ones with a character inside, they scrathed and eventually crubled around the character. These were for colelcting, the cheaper ones were for bouncing!
I do not miss the walk of shame after the pencil lead broke and having to standing at the door, in front of the class turning that loud crank, while the teacher shakes her head in disprovement.
I remember being 7-9 in the mid 80s and so remember being an 80s kid but I was a teenager and young adult in the 90s so I remember being a 90s kid as well.
I still chuckle remembering how miraculously amazing Pong was when it came out. I also remember the room, TV and friend that brought the console over 😀
Load More Replies...#1. Older brother had an Atari. Loved it. Got a Sega Master System II when I was 11 in 1991.
Pam Ferris also played Aunt Marge in Prisoner of Azkaban. She plays a lot of these character roles but is the sweetest, nicest person!
I think I had it on a jigsaw puzzle but don't know more than that.
Load More Replies...I loved this book/movie when I was younger. I always felt so bad when they come across a porcupine.
You watch the movie and see the reaction of the kids when the lost are found, tears stream down your face!
I was able to recall "Homeward Bound" to mind, but not "The Incredible Journey", and I'd be in trouble if my life depended on naming any one of the three.
I'm squeezing in with that girl in the back with the freckles, pigtails, and glasses. Y'all know why.
Sugar pop was one name. Sugar crisps were a different cereal.
Load More Replies...I wouldn't use it daily, even if the internet didn't drop out and stop it working, but I do have one and I use it every so often. My dad prints out a crossword on it weekly.
Load More Replies...I started refusing to use home printers when they wanted me to pay a subscription. If that ever goes away maybe I'll consider one for photos.
Load More Replies...My printer stopped working for the 37485th time. I thought I had finally bought a good one and I trusted they had fixed whatever is wrong with printers since I had my last one. I wanna print photographs and stickers. All the photos I printed turned out ok, but after a short while, turned out green - they weren’t even exposed to any sunlight!! 😑
I've got my Brother HL-L2360D laser black and white, from 2016. Still works like a charm. DSCN1915_a...be91d6.jpg
I have a 5370DW, been thru at least 3 Windows versions and Linux, and 2 phones and still works like a champ.
Load More Replies...I have one that I got when I went back to school again, about 2 years ago.
I would say the bottom two were more early 2000s, but maybe we were late to the trends in Australia again
My sister usually gets them in her Melbourne Show bags
Load More Replies...This 60's kid just discovered those last month, Otter Pops are better.
Another usa specific thing they think it's universal. I have absolutely no idea what those are and i grew up in the 90s.
Load More Replies...The Simpsons, Spongebob, The Flintstones, Powerpuff Girls, Courage The Cowardly Dog, Foster's Home For Imaginary Kids, Dexter's Lab, Fairly Odd Parents, Code Name: Kid's Next Door.
This totally changes my entire childhood perspective now. I would have been perfectly fine going on with my life without ever having seeing this. Thanks, no.
Yeah, even All Grown Up wasn't this grown up!
Load More Replies...no one respooled a vhs with a pencil. that was cassette tapes. you had to use your finger for the vhs and you didnt dare put it back in the player without alcohol swabbing the reader head. this is also why you always find small seemingly useless screws around the house every so often. Its because the first time you had to clean the reader you never put the screws back in.
I'm of the decade before this, but if this was supposed to be the 90s, where was Daria?
Some of these, especially the first ones go way back before the nineties.
I think all the BP writers are Gen Z and don't know the difference!
Load More Replies...I was born in 2012 but I grew up with 80’s and 90’s stuff, I wish I was born then
I'm of the decade before this, but if this was supposed to be the 90s, where was Daria?
Some of these, especially the first ones go way back before the nineties.
I think all the BP writers are Gen Z and don't know the difference!
Load More Replies...I was born in 2012 but I grew up with 80’s and 90’s stuff, I wish I was born then
