40 Facts About Nostalgic Franchises and Products to Fill Your Veins With the Numbing Nectar of Nostalgia

The simpler times we’re dying for right now
40 Facts About Nostalgic Franchises and Products to Fill Your Veins With the Numbing Nectar of Nostalgia

It’s Friday night, and a sweet block of family-friendly sitcoms known as TGIF is about to begin. You quickly finish beating your brother in Pogs, and while he cries to your mom, you pop open a cool bottle of Orbitz and try desperately not to choke on those little balls of who knows what.

Life is good. Let’s take you back there, shall we?

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 were sold anywhere from $250 to $400. CRACKED.COM

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.

Magic Cards

During the mid-90s, moral guardians were convinced Magic: The Gathering trading cards were promoting SATANISM. Gaans of Mephistopheles Grizzly Dears Unisoly Serength Enchantment SummerBeurs If a player would druw a card Enchalt Cheatine first one be on she draws in 1 Don / try to untrum one of Dominia's draw step each turn, that pl Grizzler; ie'll catch you, knock you Target creatu a card instead. If the player doron, and eat you. card this way, be oz the dra gains +2/+ could net up a tree, In that case the player doesn I discard Oi course you you

JNCO Jeans

In the '90s, we wore stupidly- 1991 1992 1999 1990 oversized jeans. 97 1998 1999 1996 1997 1002 And if you've got 1901 $300, 1997 1995 you can buy them now. 1993 1997 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM

Garbage Pail Kids

In the mid 80s, CRACKED.COM Cabbage Patch at Kids 33а dolls were the GARE height of popularity. GARBAGE PAIL KIDS 20b LOSING FAI PHAT PHIL 1000 TOPPS CHEWRO DUM NC PATO NUSA AGE PAIL KIDS 24a GARBAGE PAll DRESSY JESSE So naturally, collecting GARBAGE PAIL KIDS cards felt like the BONNIS ultimate BUNNY expression NC RVOUS of anti-establishment rebellion.

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

Heelys

Adult Heelys should make a comeback. Who said we can't 046 have fun once we enter adulthood? GRAGKED.COM

YouTube

YouTube started when I was a senior in high school. Hunk sense Let.n EIER You Tube Yist Digital Video Reposition Search Videoo Upload Your Videos Featured Videos ... WHEN More Videos Denmas - Father's Des terrid Joe - سات Added - . 200 Adidas May . in TO 200 - 200m DOS TV IDENT by - تعته to - 20 2008 Year - - Comments Vitam 27|Conners - Veam . Commerci Contains Smith Gaporger . 2005 UNITED LLC RST Now, YouTube is the same age as a freshman in high school. You Tube

The Motorola Razr

My first-ever cell phone (The Motorola Razr) is now in museums. 2 . 3 5 P. O B - . F*****g museums! GRAGKED.COM

Nintendo

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. Video. Around that time, Nintendo of America's landlord showed up and demanded rent. Не was an Italian guy named Mario Segale who wore suspenders. The team nicknamed their sprite Mario, and eventually officially named him that. CRACKED.COM

Pokemon

I felt old when I realized that out of those who went to see Detective Pikachu, so many people weren't even yet alive when Pokemon was just starting out. GRACKED.COM

Chokes

WHEN DID I BECOME THE LAST OF MY GENERATION LOCK CHOKE TO USE A CHOKE CRACKED.COM ON A CAR - OR EVEN KNOW WHAT A CHOKE IS, OR DOES?

Cassette Tapes

GRAGKED.COM I had to explain to a college senior the origin of the word rewind.

Saved by the Bell

ZACK MORRIS IS NOW OLDER THAN MR. BELDING WAS WHEN SAVED BYTHE BELL BEGAN LIFE AS GOOD MORNING, MISS BLISS CRACKED COM

Star Wars

My 24-year-old son and I found this Darth Maul toy while browsing in an ANTIQUE STORE. AGES 4 AND UP SMALL VEHICLE STAR ASST. NO 04135 NO 84141 WARS EPISODE SITH SPEEDER™ AND DARTH MAUL Harbor WITH LAUNCHING SITH PROBE DROID™ Не then bought it, saying, I REMEMBER HAVING THIS WHEN I WAS FIVE! CRACKED.COM

The Simpsons

CRACKED COM depressing Amember that longest-running is It's to US animated series the

Muscle Cars

SS SS Not ******** The Last Jedi costume designer Michael Kaplan designed the Red Guard to look like 1970s muscle cars. CRACKED.COM

Nintendo

CRACKED.COM 1970s-1980s Video games NINTENDO IS AS OLD AS THE EIFFEL TOWER. M 1889 Playing cards

Waterbeds

Almost 1 of every 4 beds sold in the late '80s was a Waterbed. GRACKED.COM Waterbeds date all the way back to 3600 ВСЕ, when- Persians filled goat-skin mattresses with water warmed by the sun. Mod- ern waterbeds were de- signed for hospital ра- tients with bed sores.

G.I Joe

In the 1980s, the struggling HASBRO toy company released a new action figure for its GIJOE line. The new character SNAKE EYES was clad completely in BLACK because Hasbro couldn't afford COLORED PAINT. CRACKED.COM

The Goonies

EASTER EGGS IN '80S MOVIES The Goonies DO GREMLINS EXIST IN THE GOONIES UNIVERSE? The cop dismisses Chunk's call with, Just like that last prank about all those little creatures that multiply when you throw water on them? Both movies were written by Chris Columbus. CRACKED.COM

Hook

Amazing effects made without CGI Hook The island is a painting - and yet, the perspective subtly changes as Robin Williams blue-screen flies over it. This was done by slightly tilting the painting, and then returning it to an upright position. CRACKED.COM

‘80s 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.

Sylvester Stallone

CRACKED Stallone jumped between Rocky and Rambo in the '80s. Between 1976 and 1990, he made 5 Rocky movies and 3 Rambo movies. Between 1982 and 1985, the first 2 Rambo movies dropped between Rocky III and IV.

Websites

Some absolutely huge websites were 199 launched 1993 in the '90s. 1999 1995 1997 1994 MAM 16.24 Sep 14:00 Tablets Rosage Beerbater Verlaud Leonswithen VIN - Associate the Camel - m Schweler - Internal - منا Google Disney Google Deutschland IMDb (1993), EBay (1995), Amazon (1994), GeoCities (1994), Netscape (1994), Yahoo! (1995), AltaVista (1995), ICQ (1996), Hotmail (1996), Google (1998), and Napster (1999). CRACKED.COM NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s

Comic Books

Collectible Bubbles NINE '90s comics Back in the '90s, X-Men #1, Superman #75, and Avengers #200 were wildly popular. Nowadays they're not worth much, because they were made in massive quantities and are pretty easy to get. CRACKED

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

Friends

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

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

Baseball Cards

Collectible Bubbles a JO topas 00 topes C A Sports cards - The worth of a lot of collectibles from the '80s and '90s, like sports cards, has gone way down since it was at its highest in the early '90s. So much for pop culture ephemera as investment vehicles. CRACKED

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.

Best Week Ever

BEST In the early 2000s, WEEK Best Week Ever eveR featured pop culture observations by some future comic superstars. Including John Mulaney, Melissa Rauch, Nick Kroll, and Patton Oswalt. CRACKED.COM

Scream

The original title for Scream was Scary Movie. CRACKED.COM The 1996 horror film would be parodied in 2000s Scary Movie, starring Anna Faris and Marlon Wayans.

Sir Ian McKellen

CRACKED Sir lan McKellen was Gandalf and Magneto. Between 2000 and 2006, he starred in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the original X-Men trilogy. Between 2012 and 2014, he reprised his role as Gandalf in The Hobbit trilogy, and Magneto in X-Men: Days of Future Past.

Myspace

Let's face it. myspace.com PODERED EN Web . Search Canada. Google Home Mail (97) Profile Friends Music Video More Free Layou.. Lite My Account Sign Out Free Layouts 4 MySpace Free Lavouts . MySpace vouts 4 MySauce Got SomeWow Layouts On Female A 4 33 years old CALIFORNIA United States outs - DU Entry [Subscribe to this : of Blog Nown Last Login: 15/05/2009 X new ayouts US on line New more Mood: artistic View My: Pick Videos [verw - Blag Extriot Contacting Free Lavouts 4 CasSace Free Layouts 4.MySpace's Send Heasage C mars Strend About me: Add Fri Friends - Myspace

Napster

Napster helped fuel Spotify's success. INSTITUTO Fille Max Reauts 100 Find-el Clear Feide Advanced>> Filmame Flesze Freg Length Upon Connection Ping Muse Wetalca The Unforgiven.ne3 21135% 128 44100 2:15 sek2cool Cable . Thing That Should Not to Metalica covedap3 6,463,892 128 44100 $40 . - The Unforgiven.mp3 299.008 126 44100 0.24 10m256 56K 50 MusicMatalca -Made of Puppets up? 0,268,331 128 44100 $:30 Cable neeked = Leaf Clover mp) 0,237,056 192 44100 541 Cable robung 100 MusicMatalca Color Sandrun جهم 5.312.512 120 64100 5:30 Unknown ide 100 Ebe Matters no? 44100 6:25 Unknown jdbs 100 statulca The Untorgiven 6 mg3 44100 $22 RedCX DSL

Columbia House

... TELL US NOW: BRILLIANT LOOPHOLES COLUMBIA HOUSE CRACKED Melissa В. 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.

CD Cases

CD cases Remember lugging around this party suitcase with 300 little slots for your CDs? Now, with apps like Apple Music and Spotify, we have every song we could ever want right there on our phones. CRACKED.COM

Vinyl

Vinyl records sell as much as CDs. While most of the music industry's revenue comes from streaming, many people like to physically own the music they listen to. Vinyl records are a favored format for this, with sales going up as CD sales keep falling. CRACKED.COM

VHS

Some people still think VHS is cool, especially younger generations who are into the nostalgia of it. PINOCCHIO The O ALICE MERMAID - PeterPan Bambi ELTS FANTASIA Aladdin BAMBI ETURN JAFAR THE bugs life LION KING Winnie the Pooh Disney Professo the - POCAHONTAS FINDING NEMO Fox RESCUERS Hound adidas Jungle Book Beauty cBeast Since HER Smore Story RCULES TERO .. HERO CRACKED.COM Snow White EG Target and Disney are selling products that evoke VHS culture, and used tapes can be found easily on sites like eBay and Amazon Marketplace.

Tags:

Scroll down for the next article

Must Read

VIRAL ON CRACKED

A WEEKLY
NEWSLETTER OF
JOKES + TRIVIA

Forgot Password?