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41 Sentimental Bits of Nostalgia to Make You Question Why You Ever Decided to Grow Up

November 22, 2024

While gathering these nostalgic nuggets, we realized how insane it was for Robin Williams’ Peter Pan to ever leave Neverland in Hook. There’s a flashback scene where Peter decides to grow up, and we were screaming, “No! No, you idiot, don’t do it!” It was like Matthew McConaughey screaming at himself to not leave his daughter in Interstellar.

Man, we watch way too many movies. The point is that these lovable pieces of our past reminded us of how good we had it as a kid. We’d go back in a heartbeat if we could.

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Kids Movies

CRACKED YOU CAN'T MAKE DARK, DISTURBING MOVIES FOR KIDS ANYMORE. In the '80s, we had The Dark Crystal, The NeverEnding Story, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, and Gremlins before everything brightened up in the '90s. Back then, a ghost gave Ray oral in Ghostbusters and Batman was made by Tim Burton.

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Heelys

Adult Heelys should make a comeback. Who said we can't have fun once we 101 enter adulthood?

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Home Alone

Home Alone held a box office record for a grand total of 27 years. Specifically, it held the record of the domestically highest-grossing live-action comedy in Guinness World Records, and eventually lost that title to the Chinese comedy Never Say Die. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Scott Weiland

ICONIC '90s FRONTMEN STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Scott Weiland Stone Temple Pilots were one of the most successful bands of the '90s, selling over 40 million records. Frontman Scott Weiland was in and out of rehab, and in 2015 (at the age of 48) he passed away from an overdose on cocaine and other substances. CRACKED — Marañón/Flickr
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The Goonies

The kids saw the ship for the first time while filming. THE GOONIES CRACKED.COM They reacted the way any kids would: by cursing. They had to get a second take to supplement the explitive-laden first reaction. — Source

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Magic: The Gathering

During the mid-90s, moral guardians were convinced Magic: The Gathering trading cards were promoting SATANISM. (.ains of Nephtsropheles Griza Bers are

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Bleached Bangs

Men were 100 1994 1995 15 1994 bleaching 1009 their 1992 1993 01 1992 1990 199 hair in 3 the late 95 '90s. 1999 Bangs for men 1995 were 1996 1997 also 1998 1993 1999 1997 big at that time, either 1994 1995 1993 flipped up or curtained. 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 CRACKED.COM NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s — Source

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The Nutty Professor

TELL US NOW. ... David с. says the '90s Nutty Professor was the perfect remake. They updated the '50s white movie into a '90s urban comedy. Waaaaay better. And I love Jerry Lewis, but Eddie knocked it out of the park. CRACKED.COM

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Car Stereos

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.

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Pogs

Pogs were a rip-off of the Japanese game Menko. Menko's been popular since the 1600s, travelling to Hawaii when Japanese people imigrated in the early 20th century. CRACKED.COM

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Chris Cornell

ICONIC '90s FRONTMEN SOUNDGARDEN Chris Cornell The Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman was a huge influence on Seattle's Grunge scene in the early '90s. Sadly, he took his own life at 52, on May 17, 2017. CRACKED

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JNCO Jeans

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

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The McDLT

The McDLT CRACKED.COM The award for the most thoroughly '80s product, however, goes to the McDLT, a McDonald's hamburger that came in a special polystyrene container that sep- arated all the cold ingredients from the hot ones, to be assembled just prior to eating by the customer so as not to wilt those crisp, fresh veggies McDonald's is known for. It was obscenely wasteful, totally unnecessary, and mostly ineffec- tive. It was perfectly '80s. — Source: 15 Weirdest Food Trends of the ‘80s

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My Little Pony

If you were into My Little Pony as a child in the '80s, you could earn hundreds of dollars from adults today. On eBay, several generation one ponies

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The Rachel

If there was one cut that defined the '90s, 1990 92 1995 199 it was the Rachel. 1998 1999 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1995 1996 1997 1998 One way 1993 hairstylist 1994 estimates that 1999 40% of her mid-90s clients 1995 992 1993 wanted that Rachel look. 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM — Source

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Garbage Pail Kids

In the mid 80s, Cabbage Patch Kids RGLAIONIDS GARA dolls were at the height o-f popularity. PAILKIDS 20b GARBAGE LOSING FAI PHAT PHIL TOPS NL TENTSA 2

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The Beastie Boys

The Beastie Boys used to open for themselves in the '80s. They were a heavy metal band called Triphammer. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Wayne Gretzky

CRACKED WAYNE GRETZKY'S '80S WERE RECORD-BREAKING. Wayne Gretzky dominated the NHL in the 1980s, setting records for most points (2,857) and goals scored (894). HOWE 1850

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I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy 1953 CRACKED.COM The first televised birth (well, not graphic birth) goes to Lucille Ball, who wasn't even allowed to say the word 'pregnant' because it was too taboo. — Source

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The Golden Girls

CRACKED.COM THE GOLDEN GIRLS was inspired by MIAMI VICE. In 1984, NBC shot a humorous skit titled Miami Nice, starring two older actresses, for a special advertising their new shows (like Miami Vice). Execs liked it, and the idea was developed into a full series about old ladies living in Miami. — Source

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Happy Days

Happy Days RONNY-HOWARD CRACKED.COM The Happy Days crew started out on an episode of Love, American Style, which was basically an anthology of unconnected rom-com pilots. Their episode was meant to be a pilot for an entirely different show that was never picked up. Two years later, the characters and settings were yoinked for Happy Days. — Source

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‘80s Power Ballads

People hate 80s power ballads because they're typically over-produced songs with vapid lyrics created by music corporations. OXETT BONNIE TYLER LISTEN

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Napster

Napster helped fuel Spotify's success. The Max Reauto 100 Find # Clear Feide Advanced>> Filename Ditrate Free Length Uper Connection Ping Munic Wetalca The Unforgiven mp3 2.1135% 128 44100 215 Cable E The Thing That Should Not Be Metalca covedapp 6,463,892 128 44100 $40 Unknown . Incompleter Metalica -The Unforgiven.np3 299.000 128 44100 0.24 10m256 - % 80 . Music'Matalca Made of Puppetsup3 8,268,331 120 44100 $30 weekest Cable No Leal 0.237 056 192 44100 5:41 Cable obung 100 MusicMatalca Enter Sandman.up3 5.312.512 120 44100 5:30 Unknown ide 100 Ebe Matters mp3 44100 6:25 Unknown jdbs HE Metalica The Untogiven 5 mg3 44100 $:22 RedCX DSL

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McDonald’s MP3 Players

CRACKED MCDONALD'S MP3 PLAYERS. CRAZY FROS GHLANDO - Month No. McDonald's got in on the MP3 craze of the early 2000s with MP3 players in Happy Meals. It was basically cheap plastic shells that played one low quality popular song from Britney Spears and others. — Source

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Wayne’s World

The Bohemian Rhapsody opening sequence of Wayne's World was an instant pop culture hit and managed to revive the classic Queen single... ...but the

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Atari 2600

The brown-on-blue color scheme in the Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man was a result of the company having a rule against black backgrounds for non-space games. 396 SHARP KAD-M may CONDETTE - Programmer Tod Frye later said if CRACKED.COM he had known how important a blue maze on a black background was to Pac-Man's iconicity, he would have broken that rule. — Spoiler: 29 Video Game Features With Just Bonkers Backstories

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Early Disk Drives

CRACKED.COM The Mad Men-era washing machine-size IBM 2311 Disk Drive held 7MB. IBM That's about two songs in mp3 format. The $5.99 SanDisk Flash Cruzer Drive holds 16GB. That's over 5000 songs in mp3 format. — Source

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Family Matters

Family Matters CRACKED.COM Long before Urkel stole the show, the spotlight was supposed to be on Harriette Winslow. She was a breakout success on Perfect Strangers, where she played a sassy elevator operator whose cop husband used to drop by from time to time. In this scene, she delivers the line: excuse me baby, this is a family matter, and you're in the line of fire. — Source

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Super Mario

Mario wouldn't have that name if Nintendo wasn't late on rent. When Nintendo created the Mario sprite, he looked like a plumber, but was called Mr. Vi

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Digital Audio Tape

CRACKEDOON THE DAT (DIGITAL AUDIO TAPE] WAS DEVELOPED BY SONY IN THE '80S AS A DIGITAL REPLACEMENT FOR CASSETTE TAPES. IT COULD RECORD AND PLAY AUDIO

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Blank Cassettes

I got fired 3 days after starting a job at a video/music store for CRACKED.COM giving a $1.00 refund on a blank cassette tape a customer brought back, with receipt. LLEARE - YOU'RE FIRED MIX MEDY A SIDE 90 CASSETTE The manager said new employees were not allowed to do refunds and he was sorry if they forgot to tell me. — Source

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Street Fighter II

STREET FIGHTER II SHAMELESSLY RIPS OFF MOVIES. STREET ZICHER Capcom's CEO told designer Akira Yasuda to take inspiration from movies ... so Yasuda just went and plagiarized them. Notably, several stages were lifted from 1975's Hard Times - known in Japan as The Street Fighter. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Recording on VHS

RECORDING TV SHOWS USED TO MEAN CHOOSING WHICH NIGHTLY PROGRAM WAS WORTHY OF YOUR ONE VHS CASSETTE. PLAY o0e NOW THERE'S NO TIME TO WATCH ALL THE SH!T

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AOL

In the '90s, half of all CDs worldwide were for AOL. PROGRAM .... Week the - Via - and RO TS as LA By the NEW have A Fyo Enter Fregary Sears we km Pier spr Online was رجم point THE For All of the AOL CDs produced in the 1990s, which gifted hours CRACKED.COM of home internet use, took the company from 200,000 subscribers to 25 million. — The Atlantic

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Columbia House

TELL US NOW: BRILLIANT LOOPHOLES OLUMBIA HOUSE CRACKED Melissa B. fondly recalls what was basically the opposite of a Ponzi scheme: Columbia House CD club. I don't even know how many times I cancelled and restarted my membership to get the free CDs.

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Hit Songs on Vinyl

Hit Songs On Vinyl ABC THE YOUNG AlphA FOLKS THE JACKSON FIV Bits CEREAL GRACKED COM The Jackson 5's АВС on a box of Alpha-Bits, and The Archies' Sugar, Sugar on Sugar Crisp just makes sense. Okay, they weren't in the box, but cut outs of vinyl recordings from these groups, The Monkees, and Bobby Sherman on cereal boxes were very common in the 1970s. — Source: MeTV

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‘60s Costumes

REMEMBER THOSE BEN DREADFUL COSTUMES WITH PLASTIC MASKS COOPER AND VINYL SMOCKS? COSTUME FUNTASTIC! wIr MASK BEN COOPER THEY CAN GO FOR HUNDREDS OF TH

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Street Fighter

CAPCOM WAS AGAINST MIRROR MATCHES. STREET FIGHTER Why would anyone want to play the same character? the top brass said when the American team pitched the idea. Meanwhile, players were frustrated they couldn't do exactly that. The idea got traction eventually, though, and Street Fighter II: Champion Edition came out. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Pac-Man

PAC-MAN D F\B-MAW READY! C CRACKEDo Pac-Man was originally titled Puck-Man, based off of the character's disk-like shape, but the creators feared the impish Americans would turn the P into an F on arcade cabinets. — Source: CNN

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Super Mario Bros.

L M Originally, Mario and Luigi were identical twins When Luigi was introduced in Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. his character was just the same as Mario, but green. L The Luigi we all love exists only because of the Super Mario Bros. 2 U.S. release, which was actually a reskin of an Arabian-inspired game called Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic. Luigi was redesigned to replace the tall, lightfooted Mama character from the original Japanese title. GRACKED.COM — Source

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