Though it ended more than 20 years ago, the '90s was a special decade. And we can still feel its influence. If we take a look at fashion, we see slip dresses, cycling shorts, and cargo trousers making a comeback, and if we turn to the music world, we hear bands like Slowdive coming back from a long hiatus and having a renaissance, and all while TV shows like the Rugrats become the inspiration for memes shared all over the internet.
So in order to give you a full dose of nostalgia (or to simply show you what that period was like if you haven't lived through it), we put together a collection of the top posts we've seen on the social media project '90s Babies Only' that shares posts about what it was like to grow up back then.
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My favorite butler/devil/clown/Soviet submariner/pirate/evil Cardinal/sweet transvestite/etc!
Not just for 90s babies! He obviously made a big impression on me in Rocky Horror in '75 and then felt so lucky to have seen him in '80 as Mozart in Amadeus on Broadway. He's just incredibly cool no matter what he does.
I haven't seen rooster from 'Annie" listed here. He was good at that. little kid me thought he was so evil!
I was just about to make that exact comment. He was fabulous as Rooster!
Load More Replies...I’m not from the 90’s, but I know who that is, the only two movies I’ve seen him in are home alone 2 and clue, but I still know who Tim Curry is
Thank you for reminding me of the exact things I've seen him in
Load More Replies...Lol turning it off and putting your arm next to it to feel the energy
My cat adapted by jumping on the tv credenza and laying down in front of the tv.
Load More Replies...Not to mention what happens when they break up. Loud bang, electric flash. Smoke. The smell of burning plastic and electronics. Panic. Chaos. What a time it was to feel truly alive.
Love it how one of the villains in 1st SCREAM movie died by one of big TVs falling on him... Good times...
I had one with a built in vhs/dvd player. I had to call my handyman for help. That thing weighed a ton.
Having to almost 360° heaving-turn the bottom one to plug in the N64. So heavy. Had to play that golden eye/Mario kart tho.
I know some people who are mad as heck now that a 42” tv is no longer a sign of opulence 🤣
Wait, that guy is adam sandler???? NO WAY, what happened between the 90s and idk 2009???
Buscemi's facial hair in Airheads reminds me so much of Chris Cornell (RIP).
I'M GONNA STAB YOUR HEADS OFF! WITH MY D**K! THERE'LL BE BLOOD FLYING EVERYWHERE! AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT... BECAUSE I'M A MADMAN...
It's wholesome and all, but this factoïd is so often presented on BP that I'm slowly getting to the "Jules' breaking point" : "Say 'Mr Roger narrate feeding the fish' again, I dare you! I double dare you MF!"
That would be me with that pic of the lamp that looks like a horror character
Load More Replies...Mr. Rogers was blamed for creating snowflakes but it was the complete opposite. He taught children how to emotionally deal with complex issues. The day after RFK was assassinated, he did an episode about assassination. He did part of a season about divorce. He hired officer Francois Clemons to be the first black actor to have a reoccurring role on a kids show. In the world of make believe he had king Friday get into an arms race with bombs. He did episodes about ADHD and autism decades before others even described them. Death, love, abandonment, or any other subject others considered taboo for kids - he did episodes or even entire seasons about it.
Ooo. In the feels. Core memories-unlocked; Mr. Rogers, The Elephant show, Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock. Just had the biggest bittersweet emotional rush. <3
My baby sister had his record album. We lived in Pittsburgh and she got to meet him, and then a little later got a speedy delivery. He was so awesome.
Mr. Rogers was a truly good person. He was kindhearted, intelligent and empathetic. He tackled tough subjects on his program from discrimination to fear of the unknown. He never talked down to children. Mr. Roger's Neighbourhood was one of my favourite programmes growing up.
The wholesomeness of Mister Rogers is beyond compare. His military history is stunning.
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” ― Fred Rogers Fred Rogers was a saint who did everything he could think of to try to help kids have a better childhood than he did.
I remember where I was when I found out this man died. I was on public transportation with my kids and picked up a paper someone left; I think it was a whole page dedicated to our fine Mr. Rogers. I gasped and started crying I couldn't help it.
The older I get, the more I appreciate this guy. I can think of no one who captivated the hearts and minds of children (and adults) than Mr. Roger's. I'm 53, and very much remember laying on our crappy polyester carpet watching a TV with a dial on it when I was like 6, wondering when the trolley was going to come out (the trolley was my favorite part of the show).
I’ll be honest… I hear nothing but good things about Mr. Rogers (and I really want to watch the movie Hollywood made about him after his death), like he’s the real deal saint of all time. And I believe it most of the time because everything he’s done in public was truly progressive for his time. BUT idk why a part of me keeps waiting for the other shoe to fall/ball to drop. I keep thinking someone somewhere some years from now is going to come forward and say he’s actually a big d**k or something. He’s just too perfect, and he’s in the TV industry. I just have it in the back of my head the irrational unacceptance of his kindness in real life.
I loved that scene in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood when the reporter tells his girlfriend he'll be working on an article about Mr Rogers, and she says "Don't you DARE ruin my childhood!"
Load More Replies...I sounded so smart in college because of my breadth of knowledge in the classics. 100% Wishbone.
I tried to watch this with my family, but my dog is still not interested in literature.
A Jack Russell is the only small dog I'd ever consider getting. Because of Wishbone.
You regret none of it? Looks like there's something wrong with you. Ungrateful little bi$#%es
Limewire? More like *lamewire*. Pros used Kazaa... That was easily just as bad.
... I drove a stake through a guy's heart because I knew how his magic trick was done.
It was part of the magic of going out to eat. I have said this before, but we had a rockin McDonald's. It was purple and had a 50s car on display inside and life size Elvis, lights, a train track over head juke boxes on the tables and so much more. It has changed back to normal and boring
Load More Replies...The new ones are cold and uncomfortable, it's all get in and don't stay long.
I miss the playground equipment. The police hamburger dude you could climb around in his head, peeking through the metal bar "teeth". Bouncy fry guys you could sit on and ride....
The filthy frickin slides and ball pits... I call still smell the p**s.
I am so excited for the FNAF movie, he is supposed to be William Afton. :D I'm gonna go see it in theaters with my sister.
Yes, omg!! I was almost in tears when the animatronics were revealed, they made them so well, and certainly did them justice!
Load More Replies...SLC punk should be shown in school, a true masterpiece this film could help reform natzis and there ilk. Maybe scare a few kids off drugs.
Disney also turned Zeus into a caring father.....but in reality he fu(ked everything, that isnt away at the count of 3. That includes a cow.....
And if Hera wanted to do the same he would get just as jealous as she did. Hypocrite
Load More Replies...Me neither! "Because he's so boring!" Yeah, and John Smith is a real firework...
Well he is voice by Mel Gibson. He crazy.......but not boring.
Load More Replies...Well Pocahontas was portrayed as funny, she could have opened him up and make HIM laugh.
Load More Replies...And unrealistic body standards. I'm 35 and I've yet to find a man with paw print nipples!! 🐾😏
Still gross for cheating on his beautiful wife and having another child with the maid.
Live it dude, weird but ok. He's a legend , c'mon you loved those cheesy movie lines 🤣
He looks great, I'm so glad he's overcoming his addictions
Load More Replies..."Where's his glasses?! He needs his glasses! He can't see without them!" -Vada.. saddest movie I have ever watched! My Girl!
OK, I'm not one of those people who think the worst thing in the world is blacking out obscenities... but this is hilarious!
Never thought I would one day say "The censorship made my day". I wonder if it works in the comments. Courtney C*x? Oh, and Robin's name is D**k Grayson?
BoredPanda is one of the worst websites I've ever seen for censorship yet they have some of the worst trolls I've ever seen on a website.
Load More Replies...ENOUGH WITH THE DAMNED CENSORSHIP, BOREDPANDA. Honestly, what the hell is up with this damned site anymore. You honestly think it is alright to censor Courtney C*x's last name.
Mine too. But as an adult and parent I can’t watch it, can’t get past the scene after his mom dies and he sees the rock that looks like her shadow, then he just breaks down. Nope
Load More Replies...I have a plush Spike that has been everywhere with me!
Load More Replies...Yeah.. full of excitment I showed this movie to my 10y old.... he was super bored after 10min.. lol
You're thinking of the bird water whistles things I bet.
Load More Replies...I know I had these, but I instantly had home alone 2- turtle doves flashback.
My grandma got me one of these once…I was amazed and NEVER understood how it worked
Extra weights in the wingtips. That didn't affect the amazement for me.
Load More Replies...And I always wanted one no matter what...extra mayo and mustard
Load More Replies...Oh ick. I ate that same sandwich every day for about 6 years, until one day I was like "WTF is this? It's disgusting!" And that was the last time I ever touched bologna. I believe it was 1986. :)
miracle whip ? omg. Shelly…we can’t be friends. lol. Miracle Whip says on the jar “salad dressing “. You only use Best Foods/Hellman’s Real Mayonnaise! *trying to help you girl so you don’t look silly*. lmao
Load More Replies...I would smash the bread getting all the air out of it! Classic flat bread!!!
Growing up in the 80 I often wonder what went wrong. We were fighting for something better like this and we had this whole, be who you want to be culture rolling. How could it go backwards so badly
...OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.................
Load More Replies...I still remember when I went to see Matilda in the theater. I was with my best friend and we only saw it because they wouldn't let us in to see Independence Day without an adult. Once the movie ended we snuck into Independence Day 😂
Still, having my own money is better than not having my own money. Being confident beats feeling the need to justify my hobbies. Now I don't have to prove that the thing I like is "A stunning visual novel with a deep subtext that leaves a lot to think of" or "A unique animated narration with complex plot and appealing characters that all have many layers" or "A complex, challenging interactive feature with an original plot". I feel fine just saying "I like this cartoon, this videogame and this comic book about guys in spandex beating the living hell out of each other". I don't miss the childhood.
I miss the free time of childhood, but enjoy the relative freedom of adulthood. I don't have to justify to anyone other than myself my choice to buy a new video game....but alas I don't have the bloody time to play it!
Load More Replies...They were the best. My aunt and uncle had a beach time-share growing up and would take me and my cousins at least once every summer...the two girls across the hall were our yearly buddies, they seemed to have the same schedule for their apartment as we did. Lost touch with them, but have many awesome memories of early morning pool outings, evening beach play and Nintendo tourneys all night. Good, GOOD times :)
Load More Replies...I met this girl named Kim at the beach when we were 8 and the next year we met up again. I was shook. It was random and I consider myself lucky.
Sadly enough I would probably have said "remember a few years ago when they dressed up"
OK... I thought that was funny... maybe a bit un-PC but totally in line with his humor.
Load More Replies...Also: Girls on Tik Tok teaching you how to wear a tank top "the right way".
Still looks good when its just a slice but an entire cake. Yikes. You know who would eat it? Fluffy.
Not enough chocolate. I don't see any ganache, no chocolate syrup, no hot fudge, not even any chocolate mousse...4/10 lousy effort
I would eat a whole cake of that edit for grammar
I want that in my mouth hole right stat now and I don't even like the sweet food stuffs that much. 😭 F**k... *takes midol and prepares for the worst*... (edited after realization hit) 🥺
I read some where that is famous mumbling in the movie was due to the fact that he coukdn't hold his f***s and it was the only way he could.
It's a Hollywood party; I hope it's just alcohol.
Load More Replies...Hubby and buy at Costco 4 times a month and always use the larger carts, we only buy what we need and nothing that we don’t.
Load More Replies...All my grocery stores are getting rid of them for huge carts and the baskets get heavy really quick. I look so dumb with a huge cart and like 7 items.
Doesn’t look dumb. Not everyone needs a lot, finds what they are looking for, or impulse shops their way to a full cart. I usually grab a cart in case I end up getting mores than what I came for which I usually do, but not so much I couldn’t have awkwardly carried it.
Load More Replies...Safeway still has these. I use them every time I shop. All those giant carts are so heavy and unwieldy!
How did you know?!?!?!? I thought I was the only one who loved these?!?!?!
Since we can't spend the $ to fill a regular size cart, this can give the illusion all is still well....
YES!!!!!!!! I will walk across the entire parking lot to find an abandoned one because there are never any at the entrance to the store.
My mom used the same container of paprika for deviled eggs from the time she married my dad in 1965, until we cleaned out her condo in 2006
Load More Replies...Earlier this year I was looking for something in the pantry and found spice and pudding packs from Czechoslovakia.
My oldest spice jar is allspice from the '70s. My grandmother gave it, and other spices, to me when I left home. I don't like allspice and have only used it once, back in the '80s. Still, I can't make myself throw it away.
Was recently making some bread and realized that my baking soda was in a box from a grocery store that went out of business 27 years ago--may explain the failure to rise...
I’ve got AP flour from 2000 in my cupboard- it’s in a Tupperware ModularMate… not sure if I can use it.
Load More Replies...When helping my mother move, we discovered that she had a can of escargot that expired in 1987.
Dried spices do not expire (herbs do, there's a difference). Honey doesn't either. There are laws in some areas that require these, and companies love it when you throw their stuff out and buy more.
The most frustrating feeling in the world is the attempt to balance natural light with the amount of windows to clean
Load More Replies...Technically, this room is more a veranda than anything... Cold as Hoth in winter, Hot as Mustafar in summer !
Lets hope no one uses the water cooler and accidentally drinks fish-poop water....
I loved that he had a remote for everything, like folding a sofa out of the wall xDD
i thought the bed was an avocado for a bit, then i realized what this is lmao
Radiators are fricking annoying. The hissing. And the windows up top...waking me up with the sun... I work nights. I need not any of your morning early light.
I read a while back that the "pimp" jobs were done so poorly things would be falling apart a week later. Most people ended up having to take pieces of the car apart or just selling it because they were so unusable. And those were the things they actually left in the car. 1/2 the stuff MTV swapped out after the recording. Like spinners for straight rims and taking out like the tvs/gaming systems/laptops
Load More Replies...Most of the cool stuff got removed before the vehicles owners retook possession of their car again. It was all for show. Much like on "home make over", most of the home owners lost their home due to increased taxes on the property and home value.
I remember once they put a juice blender in the trunk, all the stuff was so stupid lol
https://youtu.be/GX79IILLDlE this YouTube vid shows what happened to the pink minivan
Well known that after the end of the show they took most of the equipment they could reuse
There were a few good ones, then, they just got ridiculous and impractical.
My best friend and i were tasked by the science teacher to record new episodes of bill nye to bring into class. I noticed that he never did a show on atoms so i emailed the show and a few weeks later a "special edition" show came out all about atoms.
My classmates would freak out and beg my teacher to hurry up every single time this happened!!
One time the science teacher put on a Bill Nye episode, and when the theme song came on he was like 'Oh I'll just fast forward through this part' and the entire class just SCREAMED at him because hell no, the theme song is friggin awesome!
I liked the Lohan Parent Trap, but to me the Hayley Mills version will always be definitive.
Aww innocence at its finest. Dennis Quaid is well known but not overly famous.
I was the Hayley Mills parent trap. The original, the better one. But will alway miss the beautiful Natasha Richardson.
This is the picture you show everyone when they say "you can't smell a photo!" I can smell this!
I still can't figure out why we all ended up putting them in our mouths...
Because pencils kept leaving splinters in our gums
Load More Replies...I had a few of those!! They bounced pretty well but split too easily.
Nobody but the young generation understands the young generations fashion. So it was in the past, so it will be in the future.
99% of people that dressed like this look back and cringe hard at themselves too. Teenagers gonna teenage ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Load More Replies...The number of teenagers I have seen wearing well-executed early/mid 90s fashions lately has blown my mind. This proves once again that everything looks good on young people.
I was riding my bike by a high school and was amazed by how well the girls were cosplaying me in high school, and wondered if teenagers always dress that way or the 30 year fashion cycle is perfect. I’m 48.
Load More Replies...Yep it was a bit niche....we had the "group" at my school that dressed like this(the scene kids)...it certainly wasn't everybody and not even close to the majority.
Load More Replies...This one girl alone put a Hot Topic shareholder's kid through college.
I’m actually cool with most of it. Can’t wrap my mind around skinny jeans though.
Lol I love skinny jeans. Skinny jeans with no holes are the only jeans I ever wear
Load More Replies...“It’s more fun than a pillow fight! Blow em up, put your hand inside, get ready to have the time of your life!” I sing this to myself at work way too often lol
Load More Replies...These were great until my dad got a few beers in him and realized you could fill them with water and freeze them. Amazing how fast a kids bday party can turn into a blood sport. Parents actually started taking bets and pitting there kids against each other. Magical times.
LOL I literally made a joke at work about these the other day. I said we should get a WWE-esque like ring in the middle of the lobby and have Sockem Bopper matches!
Had these they were fun until you or your brother started to get mad, then threw them off and used bare knuckles and tried to kill each other.
Same, oddly enough. To be fair, it took me almost 15 years to finally confess my feelings to my now-wife...
Load More Replies...singing our song all day long at HOOOOOOOgwarts "hey guys! i found the scource of the ticking! it's a p!pe b0mb!" "YAYYYYYYY"
I actually just watched that again last week. It came up in my YouTube recommendations. And it's still hilarious! Snape, Snape, Severus Snape. Dumbledore! Ron, Ron, Ron Weasley. Voldemort Voldemort oh Voldy Voldemort.
Load More Replies...My coworker and I were obsessed with Hamster Dance. She even got me stickers of it for Xmas. :)
Load More Replies...Shun the non-believers...Shuuuun!!! - Actually, I've been here since before the dancing baby.
I started spending too much time on the Internet around the time when Charlie bit his brother's finger.
I’m pretty sure I wasn’t born when *Mickey Mouse Club* first came out. If I was, I would’ve been way too young to remember it much.
🎶 Wonder pets, wonder pets, they're on the way! To help the baby animals and save the day! We're not too big and we're not too tough, but when we work together, we've got the right stuff! GGggooo, WONER PETS!"🎶
🎶What's gonna work? Team work! What's gonna work? Team work!🎶
Load More Replies...I still sing "the phone. The phone is ringing!" when the phone rings. My kids have no idea what I'm talking about.
ITS HAPPENING AGAIN THE THING WHEN I REMEMBER SOMETHING BUT DON’T AT THE SAME TIME LIKE IVE WATCHED IT BUT I DON’T REMEMBER WHY
My 23 yr old and I sang this entire theme song together the other day. I can't remember what prompted it. It made me sad though. I miss the kids being little and watching stuff like this. Of course, it was amazing how mamy times my husband and I would find ourselves watching shows like this when the kids weren't even around--like they had fallen asleep or left the room to go play but we were sucked into the story and had to make sure everything turned out OK.
Yeah.... mine too....also this looks like instant Diabetes
Load More Replies...That’s quite a lot of sugar, but we probably would’ve thought that was delicious for at least a moment…..!
I haven't seen Bee Movie. Is the homie in the back voiced by Patrick Warburton? Because I'm getting serious Puddy vibes from that face.
It’s a behavior chart. My teacher had one in Elementary school. If your card was green, you were good. If you went on yellow, you were being warned. Red meant an in-class punishment, and black meant a phone call to your parents.
Load More Replies...Same! Decades have definitely gotten shorter.
Load More Replies...Jesus Christ, BoredPanda! Enough with damned censorship. What the hell has happened to this site. Did you honestly censor Courtney C*x's name. Who the heck do you think your reader's are!?
This actually applies to 80s babies too. Pretty much applies to all people who were kids in the 90s.
Too many of these are just kid things. Oscar Meyer has been making bologna for 125 years, sliced bread is 95 years old and Kraft came out with the fake American cheese slices in 1956. Our grandparents got those sandwiches stuck to the roof of their mouth.
Same! Decades have definitely gotten shorter.
Load More Replies...Jesus Christ, BoredPanda! Enough with damned censorship. What the hell has happened to this site. Did you honestly censor Courtney C*x's name. Who the heck do you think your reader's are!?
This actually applies to 80s babies too. Pretty much applies to all people who were kids in the 90s.
Too many of these are just kid things. Oscar Meyer has been making bologna for 125 years, sliced bread is 95 years old and Kraft came out with the fake American cheese slices in 1956. Our grandparents got those sandwiches stuck to the roof of their mouth.
