Ranking Hello Kitty Characters by Their Chances of Surviving in This Cruel World

40 Random Bits of Late-Night Talk Show Trivia That Were All, At One Point in Time, Vying for ‘The Tonight Show’

12 Farm-Fresh Trivia Tidbits for Tuesday, November 26, 2024

‘SNL’ to Become Your Child’s Least Favorite Little Golden Book

Cancel Culture Goes Too Far As Warner Bros. Puts Pants on Porky Pig

33 Trivia Tidbits About Pop Culture That Have Aged Poorly

Pop culture’s acne-ridden teen phase it’d like to forget

33 Trivia Tidbits About Pop Culture That Have Aged Poorly

July 04, 2024

The old adage “time heals all wounds” might be true for fading grudges, but we learned today that it definitely doesn’t work for pop culture. In the midst of your formative years, it seems like the things you think are cool will stay cool forever. But they didn’t, now did they?

Some are cool in retrospect. Enough to come back as a retro trend. But these ones… Not so much. They serve as hard-to-swallow proof that pop culture is incredibly fleeting.

Click right here to get the best of Cracked sent to your inbox.

33

CRACKED.COM HIGH WATTAGE CAR AUDIO SYSTEM THE DISTRACT YOU FROM THE OTHER DRIVERS, CONTRIBUTE TO HEARING LOSS, MAKE CAR PARTS BUZZ, AND NO ROOM TO TRANSPORT ANYTHING ELSE SOUND SYSTEM. — Source

32

SUPER TRENDY HAIRDOS (FROM ANY DECADE) JON BON JOYA www.n mak LOOK RIDICULOUS NOW GRACKED.COM — Source

31

Collectible Bubbles Pogs Pogs were incredibly popular for a little while, but so many companies started making them-and the designs weren't very good-that the bubble burst. CRACKED — Source

30

Collectible Bubbles Beanie Babies CAN DARY I AND 8 BOOK 24 Help We once - - dein run own Aux to - on - In the late '90s and early 2000s, Beanie Babies were all the rage. People were willing to pay huge amounts, with some even going for six figures. But eventually, the market cooled off, leaving many people with a lot less than they had invested. CRACKED — Source

29

CRACKED BLACK, WHITE, RED, BROWN, FEEL THE VIBRATION MARKY MARK AND THE FUNKY BUNCH EYYORK The I don't see color vibe is bad enough, but there's a key color missing there, and if you know Wahlberg's history, it's... glaring. — Source

28

Sea-monkeys are actually brine shrimp. E TITLE - HME the Sea-Monkeuse OCEAN-ZOO The Monte's Quty Instant Potal THE MOTORS UME Insta EE Sea-Monkets The People's OCEAN-ZOO The Morbits Only Instant Pital - entert to Crisp - The species (a cross-bred version of brine shrimp) doesn't exist in nature. They breath through their feet and grow a second eye in maturity. Gross. CRACKED.COM — Source

27

Skydancers were recalled in 2000. 8.9 million were recalled after about 150 reports of injuries, from eye injuries to facial lacerations to a broken rib. CRACKED.COM — Source

26

Miss Cleo wasn't Jamaican, named Cleo, or toll-free. 100 EAT TING ME? Unlike her clients, Youree Dell Harris avoided any charges. She died of cancer at 53. CRACKED.COM — Source

25

Beverly Hills 90210 spanned 096 the decade, airing from 1990-2000. 1000 1003 1001 1005 1006 10 In one fell swoop 1997 1998 it 1995 1990 THAT 1997 1998 1999 pioneered the teen soap 1996 1997 1995 drama and spawned a 1992 1993 small army of copycats. 1991 CRACKED.COM NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s — Source

24

In the '90s we 994 1995 19 1992 1993 1994 watched crime dramas 996 199 like 1990 Diagnosis: 199 Murder. 1999 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 TOYO JAATO And Jake and the Fatman. 1998 1999 1997 Because there's nothing more 1995 entertaining than formulaic 1993 crime-of-the-week bro dramas. 1999 991 1995 1996 1997 1998 NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM — Source

23

Probably North of That By Now

In the '90s, we wore stupidly- 1991 1992 1999 1990 oversized jeans. 97 1998 1999 1996 1997 And if you've 1992 got 1904 $300, 1995 you can buy them now. 1993 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM — Source

22

CHUCK BASS Chuck is an attempted rapist in the first episode of Gossip Girl, yet somehow becomes a romantic icon? CRACKED.COM — Source

21

COPS The reality show is deeply unsettling when you realize it's just exploitative reality show copaganda. CRACKED.COM — Source

20

CLIFF HUXTABLE With Bill Cosby's sexual assault cases, it's hard to be charmed by the purity of The Cosby Show anymore. CRACKED.COM — Source

19

PEPÉ LE PEW The cartoon skunk stalks and sexually assaults Penelope Pussycat, in a weird French stereotype. CRACKED.COM — Source

18

Hasn’t Aged Well...

SI AND AM The Lady and the Tramp antagonists rely on heavy Asian stereotypes to taunt Lady and cause havoc. CRACKED.COM — Source

17

SEVERUS SNAPE Alan Rickman was great, but the character's redemptive incel arc? Not so much. CRACKED.COM — Source

16

CRACKED DIRTY HARRY NEEDS A BODYCAM TO KEEP HIM IN CHECK. DIRTY HARRY In one of Clint Eastwood's most iconic films, this rogue cop is supposed to follow a strict code of conduct, but he violates civil rights, abuses prisoners, and kills at will. He's portrayed as good, but he's a menace to society. — Source

15

CRACKED JAKE RYAN OFFERS HIS PASSED OUT GIRLFRIEND UP AS A PLAY THING. SIXTEEN CANDLES He's played up as the perfect high school good guy, but why, because he likes the nerdy girl? His infatuation becomes outright stalking, and he hands his drunk, passed out girlfriend to the perverted Anthony Michael Hall saying, Do whatever you want. — Source

14

SETH'S CRACKED ENTIRE PLOT IS DATE RAPE. SUPERBAD His master plan is to get Emma Stone's character drunk enough to sleep with him. When he discovers she doesn't drink, he whines, gets grabby, and vomits on her. Worse, he seems to be practicing for a string of similar assaults in college. — Source

13

CRACKED MAUI TRIED TO MURDER MOANA. MOANA Не starts by dooming the world for selfish reasons, then when Moana needs him to rectify this, he shut her in a cave without food or water, and sails off on her boat. Then he leaves her with those murderous coconuts. — Source

12

New Coke EW! 12 FL OZ 354 mL Coke Trade-mark ® CRACKED.COM After its much-hyped launch in 1985, New Coke crashed and burned so bad its name has become syn- onymous with failure. Ev- eryone can learn a lesson here: Do not buckle to the Pepsi Challenge. — Source

11

Fresh Prince Lyrics

Cringey lyrics from the '80s DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince Parents Just Don't Understand And this girl's hand was steadily moving up my thigh. She had opened up three buttons on her shirt so far. I almost had a heart attack that day. Come to find out the girl was a twelve-year-old runaway. Will Smith was 20 when this was released, and even if the song was about his younger self, he picks up this girl while driving his car. Do we need to keep listing reasons this is problematic?! CRACKED — Source

10

Cringey lyrics from the '80s The Beastie Boys Girls I asked her out, she said 'No way.' I should of probably guessed her gay. If a girl isn't into you, she must be gay! Lyrics for the fragile ego of the rejected bro. And it's have, Beastie Boys. You should have probably guessed that she is gay. CRACKED — Source

9

Cringey lyrics from the '80s Poison I Want Action I can't wait to get my hands on them. I won't give up until they give in. If I can't have her, I'll take her and make her. You're gonna make her, Bret Michaels? Well, no means no, Bret Michaels! We'd say this didn't age well, but it wasn't acceptable back then (or ever!). CRACKED — Source

8

Taco Bell's Bell Beefer In the 1970s, Taco Bell introduced its chili burger. Basically a taco but with a bun instead of a shell. As if there weren't enough fast-food burger options, who thought we needed a harder-to-eat attempt? CRACKED.COM — Source

7

McDonald's Onion Nuggets MIZZONARES Onion Nuggets Before the Chicken McNugget, there was the Onion Nugget. Introduced in the 1970s, they were clumps of onions deep-breaded and fried. CRACKED.COM — Source

6

Taco Bell's Seafood Salad To compete with the Filet-O-Fish, Taco Bell introduced a seafood salad in the 1980s. Unsurprisingly, it was a complete flop. Salad AND seafood? From Taco Bell? Hard pass. CRACKED.COM — Source

5

POWER RANGERS Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was a lesson in racial stereotypes, starting with the Rangers' color choices. CRACKED.COM — Source

4

FLASHBACK MONICA Almost any character wearing a fat suit for the laughs is just cringey. CRACKED.COM — Source

3

LONG DUK DONG Sixteen Candles is a rough nowadays, but nothing is quite as insufferable as the racist stereotypes the character emobodied. CRACKED.COM — Source

2

MANGO RIA DE - den COSTUMES MANAGEMENT The Saturday Night Live character (arguably) now reeks of using homophobia for laughs. CRACKED.COM — Source

1

CRACKED I'M TOO SEXY FOR MY CAT RIGHT SAID FRED s PUK BUDD Never listen too closely to this song, which is really a bleak portrait of self-defeating narcissism, but this pet-owner relationship is even better left unexplored. — Source

Tags:

Visual

Scroll down for the next article

Must Read

Trivia & Jokes

45 Random Bits of Trivia That’ll Stick to Your Brain Like Those Little Thistle Balls on Socks

Movies & TV

‘SNL’ Forced Blue Öyster Cult to Put the Cowbell Back in Their Live Shows

Trivia & Jokes

34 of the Funniest Tweets from Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Comedy

Your Favorite Comedian, According to Your Astrological Sign

Comedy

Dave Chappelle Bans Journalism From His Stand-Up Shows

Comedy

Martin Short Is the GOAT of Roast Comics, According to Jim Gaffigan

VIRAL ON CRACKED

1

5 Ridiculous Lies That Fooled The Whole World

2

34 of the Funniest Tweets from Tuesday, November 26, 2024

3

12 Bizarre Ways Actors Landed Their Most-Famous Roles

4

45 Random Bits of Trivia That’ll Stick to Your Brain Like Those Little Thistle Balls on Socks

5

23 Eyebrow-Arching Backstories Behind Musician Stage Names