27 Bits of Trivia About Cultural Touchstones That Have Aged Like a Fish Milkshake
These should’ve come with expiration dates
![27 Bits of Trivia About Cultural Touchstones That Have Aged Like a Fish Milkshake](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/5/0/1119550_320x180.jpg)
They have expiration dates on food, so why can’t they slap a few on material that “walks the line”?
Sure, it could be difficult, since these creators from yesteryear thought their work was timeless. But if we could find a time traveler, they could go back and slap a 5-, 10- or 20-year label on some of these tunes, movies and TV shows. Because somewhere along the way, they turned.
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![CHUCK BASS Chuck is an attempted rapist in the first episode of Gossip Girl, yet somehow becomes a romantic icon? CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/1/1114541.jpg)
![COPS The reality show is deeply unsettling when you realize it's just exploitative reality show copaganda. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/0/1114540.jpg)
![PEPÉ LE PEW The cartoon skunk stalks and sexually assaults Penelope Pussycat, in a weird French stereotype. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/9/1114539.jpg)
![SI AND AM The Lady and the Tramp antagonists rely on heavy Asian stereotypes to taunt Lady and cause havoc. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/8/1114538.jpg)
![SEVERUS SNAPE Alan Rickman was great, but the character's redemptive incel arc? Not so much. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/7/1114537.jpg)
![CRACKED CARRIE BRADSHAW IS SELFISH AND SUPERFICIAL. SEX AND THE CITY As viewers matured, they realized that Carrie was materialistic, needy with toxic men (prioritizing them over her friends), and she never matured into a strong independent role model for young women.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/6/1114536.jpg)
![CRACKED POUTING DOESN'T MAKE ROSS GELLER A NICE GUY. FRIENDS Seen as the ultimate nice guy, he's a jealous control freak who never supports Rachel's career. Не cheats (claiming they were on a break), lied about reading her letter, and lied about the annulment so Rachel would stay married to him (without her knowledge).](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/5/1114535.jpg)
![CRACKED ТОМ HANSEN WAS THE PROTOTYPICAL NICE GUY. 500 DAYS OF SUMMER planet earth ISPY par - NOWHERE CINCERNA DO TOUT LOVE WILL TEAR US AFAKI LOST 1SOT 12303 After years of hearing what nice guy Tom was, Joseph Gordon-Levitt said, I would encourage anyone who has a crush on my character to watch it again and examine how selfish he is.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/4/1114534.jpg)
![CRACKED THE DEPLORABLE PRIME MINISTER. LOVE ACTUALLY Hugh Grant as The Prime Minister is essentially Tony Blair with a Bill Clinton libido. Grant might be lovable in '90s rom-coms, but he abuses his power to sleep with a young aide. Relentless, he and his security guards even crash her family Christmas.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/3/1114533.jpg)
![CRACKED WILLY WONKA WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY He's egotistical, and does nothing to help the endangered children that displease him. Oh and the Oompa Loompas are basically slaves.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/2/1114532.jpg)
![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.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/1/1114531.jpg)
![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.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/0/1114530.jpg)
![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.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/2/9/1114529.jpg)
![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.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/2/8/1114528.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM BRATZ BABYZ SHOW YOU'RE NEVER TOO YOUNG TO BE A MINX. I These dolls went through the whole process of being conceived, designed, pitched, approved, manufactured, and distributed, and apparently no one along the line thought of saying, You know, maybe we really shouldn't sexualize babies.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/2/7/1114527.jpg)
![Tobacco Gum CRACKED.COM The '80s were a wild time for the chewing gum business, which also insisted on announcing Have some practice chaw, kids! with the introduction of Big League Chew in 1980. The shredded strands of stickiness looked just like that weird-smelling stuff all their favorite baseball players and least-favorite uncle were always chewing.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/2/6/1114526.jpg)
![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](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/2/5/1114525.jpg)
![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](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/2/4/1114524.jpg)
![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](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/2/1/1114521.jpg)
![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](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/1/9/1114519.jpg)
![McDonald's McSpaghetti СС on ald's Spaghetti was introduced in the 1970s, when no one was begging the burger company to attempt Italian. However, it did take off in the Philippines where it's still available. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/2/0/1114520.jpg)
![POWER RANGERS Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was a lesson in racial stereotypes, starting with the Rangers' color choices. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/1/6/1114516.jpg)
![FLASHBACK MONICA Almost any character wearing a fat suit for the laughs is just cringey. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/2/3/1114523.jpg)
![LONG DUK DONG Sixteen Candles is a rough nowadays, but nothing is quite as insufferable as the racist stereotypes the character emobodied. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/2/2/1114522.jpg)
![MANGO RIA DE - den COSTUMES MANAGEMENT The Saturday Night Live character (arguably) now reeks of using homophobia for laughs. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/1/5/1114515.jpg)
![CRACKED NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK HAD A BUNCH OF HITS, CHINESE FOOD MAKES ME SICK P LFO M LIN This summer jam reads like Jason Mendoza attempting a stream-of-consciousness exercise.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/1/8/1114518.jpg)
![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.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/1/7/1114517.jpg)