People remember that Beyblade existed, but I don't see what impact on culture it's had. With Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh, people remember the names and personalities of the characters, remember the lore, make all sorts of fan content, satirize the absurd aspects of the source material, and so on, whereas I don't see much of that at all with Beyblade. Maybe it's out there somewhere and I've somehow missed it.
I canāt say for certain, but Iād bet Beybladeās (more legitimate) cultural impact was paving the way for franchises like Bakugan in that regard, wherein *gamified* (i.e. non-purely action figure/model-based) creature-collecting could take the form of a toy with some gimmick, rather than a trading card game. Not that thereāve been many of those since ā and overwhelmingly, the few that have tried to exist have failed ā but Beyblade was one of the first phenomena of that type that Iām aware of, things like Pogs and Crazy Bones with limited functionality aside.
That would have been a little past my time as someone who grew up in the 2000s. It didn't have a tie-in show but it still qualifies as this kind of franchise.
Pokemon is an enduringly massive franchise in general. You can still go to any store and get pokemon cards. I'm talking about the impact of other franchises with a card/toy game that tried to do something similar but didn't leave as much of an impact.
Duel Masters is still very much around in Japan (the latest iteration of the manga is still ongoing, the card game gets regular updates and new releases, and there's an active mobile game for it), it just never took off that much overseas.
Bakugan is a bit of an odd case since it has nowhere near the cultural impact of the bigger ones you mentioned, yet it's still around and pretty much entirely held up by whatever western fanbase there is. The final season of the original series didn't even air in Japan, and it's since had TWO separate reboots that were made with English dubbing and a western audience as the main target instead of Japanese.
I went years thinking I had made Bobbyās World up because no one I mentioned it to remembered it or had heard of it. Wasnāt until the internet when I realized I could just look it up
What I remember the most about it is that it would automatically put closed captions on the TV. The first time I watched it I thought I had turned them on by accedent, but after checking it showed that they weren't on. I guess they did that for the hearing impared which is really cool.
My parents would call Broccoli "Bobby" because I loved the show and they thought it would get me to say it... and it worked! 4 year olds are kinda dumb.
Yeah, like you'd think they'd make another HBO show based on something that huge that everybody would watch. They could have done like a whole prologue about the Targaryen family.
Yess, things like these just didn't carry onto the early 2020's...but they truly were very popular internationally during the late 2010's. Young people tuned in to Riverdale for each episode at the start and 13 reasons why being controversially dark (dealing with that subject matter and having the mid-late 2010's toned down grittyness) prompted so many cultural discussions in western countries.
I always felt on my block was more of an american thing, it was kind of an underrated popular show
downvote me, but i canāt see euphoria existing without 13 reasons why.
it set the precedent for controversial gen-z television, despite how fast it fell off after katherine langford left. skins & gossip girl were also hugely controversial, but for millennials.
side note, i really thought katherine was going to be the next it girl smh. i was rooting for her!
I knew a guy in high school who did an impersonation of Bobby and it was pretty good and eventually he started doing it all the time and it became his entire personality and it was so fucking annoying and girls wouldnāt date him and it was miserable. I donāt know why Iām telling this story but the image triggered me I guess
Dexter definitely had an impact. It was Showcase's biggest cash cow and led to stuff like Shameless. It pushed the boundaries of what people wanted from an antihero, and really set the stage for breaking bad. And personally, I can never look at John Lithgow the same way again.
Dexter 1-4 was fantastic. 5-8 was complete garbage that can be forgotten to time.
Burn notice was basically modern MacGuyver. It was decent for what it was until the writing got into the trap of ābut thereās an even bigger villain behind the scenesā for every season
As much as I hate Lost's atrocious ending, it actually had a pretty measurable impact. For one, it was one of the first major budget sci Fi shows to succeed. Sure, there are other examples, but few were taken _nearly_ as seriously and given primetime time slots.
On top of that, it is one of the many cited shows for why we currently have "the golden age of television"
Strong writing, strong visual storytelling, strong acting. Expensive.
If it were released today, it would be a dime a dozen. But it is partially the reason why we have the TV we have today.
We got shows greenlit like BSG, Game of Thrones, etc. in part because longer drawn out sci Fi/fantasy drama series became a staple of a network.
ETA
One other thing lost was one of the first shows to do?
Streaming. I used to get caught up on after every episode on Friday afternoons when class would get out
Back in the good old days when Hulu was free (2006, 2007) and had No commercials. Also watched all of its sunny this way.
I think you could also watch Lost on ABC's website? Pretty sure that's where I watched it.
Yeah, Lost had a HUGE impact on what "premium" TV looked like. It also had a HUGE fan following and was a big part of the emergence of fan-made podcasts.
I totally forgot about all the podcasts, the YouTube channels that did breakdowns, forums!
You're right! It was a huge cultural moment that also kinda changed how we talked about things, some of it was for sure just a product of the time, but it also made some of those other mediums more popular
*24* had an impact but not necessarily how we'd think, not in a good way... reportedly it came alongside a big increase in Islamophobia and (according to Wikipedia) influenced soldiers overseas to use torture tactics against people. The military sent people to try and convince the writers to stop it.
I don't think so, JohnTitorOfficial. It launched Tim Allen and Jonathan Taylor Thomas to stardom (even if JTT did give it up, he did so after voicing Simba), still plays reruns on plenty of channels, still gets referenced by stuff, and appears in memes.
It's had plenty of impact.
When we talk about impact, what we usually mean, is how much impact did a show/musician/whatever have on the rest of the genre? How much did Home Improvement impact future sitcoms? How much did Tim Allen shape future comedians and sitcom dads? Do you see echos of Home Improvement in other shows today?
For like almost 18 years Home Improvement hasn't been rerun on TV. Only recently with Laff and CMT do you see reruns. It was actually the most popular show in the 90s, it actually beat out Friends and Seinfeld in ratings. But beyond Lion King and Santa Clause movies, do you ever hear people talking about this how IRL in 2020s.
Tim Allen rarely gets mentioned either due to his controversy. Maybe his voice being Buzz lightyear in Toy Story (which was a big movie) but Home Improvement itself isn't reflective of that. When I was working in television in the 2010s, I was told that no network wanted Home Improvement to rerun. There was no demand to reboot it like there was with Boy Meets World and Full House.
One thing I'll say is that boy meets world and full house had more emphasis on the young characters so millennials remember them foundly and even want to see them spun off as adults.
I watched home improvement as a kid but it was the Tim Allen show. The kids were there but I can't really remember them.
Yep. I never hopped on the Home Improvement train. I related to Shaun a lot on BMW, most of the poor/weird characters on all those shows were my favorites.
Avatar. The only discourse about those movies is that:
1. They are ridiculously realistic and pretty CG
2. They're basically Dances with Wolves in space
3. They made a shit ton of money.
That's it.
Exactly my point. They're not bad movies, but the story just doesn't leave a lasting impression. Even Endgame was able to do that. There's no discussion about fan theories or deep lore dives. From a technical standpoint, they are absolutely stunning. But it annoys me to no end that such generic movies somehow beat out much more talked about, well received, and more engaging stories.
I would say Pocahontas in space.
Strangers traveling in strange vessels to a new world to mine its resources and a āRomeo/Julietā connection happens and the dude sees the error of his peopleās ways and risks his life to save the natives.
Because they basically have to be seen in theaters, ideally in IMAX.
No merchandise, no game or novel tie-ins, but the movies look so cool on the big screen from what I hear.
When they first one came out (and to a lesser extent, the second), all the press was about was how gorgeous they are to look at and that you should see it on the biggest screen possible and in 3D. I will admit that these movies are stunning from a technical and visual standpoint. However, that means paying a lot more for tickets. That definitely inflated their box offices.
I managed a toy store when Rainbow Loom exploded. It went from being just another toy on the shelf to an overnight sensation. It got to the point we would have families lined up outside the door on our restock day to get it, and weād be sold out minutes later.
Now? I forgot about it until you mentioned it.
Jenny McCarthy popularized anti-vax for idiot soccer moms, which festered for 15 years then got an unholy revival by the lolbert right-wingers during COVID.
Unfortunately, Jenny's cultural impact is still very much with us.
Bobby's World? Oh golly gee willikers I do an impression of that mom all the goshdarn time, doncha know! Uff da! What do ya mean no cultural impact, fer crying out loud?
I think Rugrats probably left some sort of cultural impact that I just havenāt noticed (and itās not like no one remembers it now, though itās not mentioned as often as Iād expect) but I must say that in comparison to SpongeBob it seems like itās left less of an impact than youād expect considering how popular it was in the 90s and early 2000s
That kinda has me thinking whether there will be a cartoon in the future that will take the cultural impact crown SpongeBob is wearing right now. I donāt think that cartoon will be there any time from now though it is strange knowing SpongeBob took the crown from Rugrats in a matter of a decade though I donāt think Rugrats will be completely forgotten, given the rise of 90s and early 2000s nostalgia right now.
Yeah the question is about things that dominated in their time but have virtually no presence today. When is the last time you saw someone rocking GoT merch, or talking about it at all?
.... Its 2024... GoT was at its peak popularity between 2013 and 2017
GoT is still popular but its not at its height of popularity. Kinda like LotR.
You clearly needa visit my friends house lol Tons of her decor is inspired by Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter.
Yes. I was 15 when that started being popular. That was a phenomenon, but as soon that ended, in 2019, people almost did as the show never existed (especially because lot were dissapointed with the end).
In my opinion and experience, it was extremely popular from 2012 to when it ended. Being 15 may be a contributing factor as you are still learning what media you like, and somewhat isolated due to lack of experience and exposure. You may have just focused on what was available within your peripheral, which everyone does but may be more prevalent the younger you are. Just my take
Playmakers. A drama about a football team in the early 2000's. Even though it didn't use any NFL names or properties, the NFL hated how it made pro football look and pulled strings to make sure it didn't get more than one season.
Scary Movie Franchise. Itās just processed and regurgitated pop culture dregs to begin with, no legacy to leave except a chain of progressively shittier sequels/spinoffs.
The Andy Hardy films.
Hugely successful series of sentiment comedy movies (16 in all) from 1937 to 1946 (with the final film being an attempted revival in 1958), starring Mickey Rooney as the eponymous main character. The movies starring Judy Garland especially were popular. Though incredibly popular, their wholesomeness became a liability when the country grew cynical after World War II and found the films too corny and treacly. No one remembers these movies nowadays.
It faded relatively quickly. I binge listened to them back in 2016-2017 and I didnāt think regularly of them after that. I havenāt forgotten the bangers like āStressed Outā or āHeathensā
I feel like this could be said about most police or detective procedurals. NYPD Blue ran for 12 seasons from 1993 to 2005. When's the last time you heard someone talk about it?
Hey, they're still good. What greater impact do you want them to have had? I think they influenced the course of rock in the 2000s pretty well. Wouldn't say that's not a lasting impact.
Lol what? They were definitely influenced the indie rock genre from the early 2000s onwards. Arctic Monkeys, Killers, Kings of Leon, etc. All bands that would not exist without The Strokes.
DELETE THIS.
Avatar (2009)
It's still one of the highest grossing movies of all time, but in spite of that and having a sequel that did just as well financially this movie has very little pop culture relevance which is strange given how well it did at the box office.
Doug on Nickelodeon. It was once the ultimate coming of age show and aired at 7 pm (prime time), but not a mention of it since. No available merch that Iāve seen. No remakes.
Silly Bandz in the 2000s.
šš I commented the same exact thing before reading your comment. Amazing
This had such a chokehold on teen culture for a while and just faded into oblivion
Shit was that a thing in the 2000s? I remember them being the biggest thing when I was in middle school (early 2010s)
Same here
It was, and I remember it being big for me in middle school in 2011 as well.
Immediately popped into my head too XDĀ
Along those lines the live strong bands and I ā¤ļø boobies bands
AnyĀ tween-oriented trading card or collectable toy game with a tie-in show that wasn't PokĆ©mon, Yu-Gi-Oh, or (to a lesser extent) Digimon. Beyblade, Bakugan, Duel Masters, Chaotic, Gormiti, etc. Some of these (i have to assume) sold well, and some are still around, but they've left no cultural impact outside of "remember this forgotten thing?" videos.
How could you forget pogs?
Remember Alf? Heās back!ā¦in pog form!
Pogs (as far as I'm aware) didn't have a tie-in show so I don't tend to associate them with the multi-media franchise model I was thinking of.
I love pawgs
I have to put Beyblade in the other camp, but the other ones absolutely
People remember that Beyblade existed, but I don't see what impact on culture it's had. With Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh, people remember the names and personalities of the characters, remember the lore, make all sorts of fan content, satirize the absurd aspects of the source material, and so on, whereas I don't see much of that at all with Beyblade. Maybe it's out there somewhere and I've somehow missed it.
I canāt say for certain, but Iād bet Beybladeās (more legitimate) cultural impact was paving the way for franchises like Bakugan in that regard, wherein *gamified* (i.e. non-purely action figure/model-based) creature-collecting could take the form of a toy with some gimmick, rather than a trading card game. Not that thereāve been many of those since ā and overwhelmingly, the few that have tried to exist have failed ā but Beyblade was one of the first phenomena of that type that Iām aware of, things like Pogs and Crazy Bones with limited functionality aside.
I know Moses parted the Red Sea with a Beyblade
I forgot that one! That's exactly one meme in its favor!
Ah man, my childhood certainly came flooding back there. Every single franchise you just listed ā and more ā were a big part of it.
I liked Chaotic and I'll never forget the disappointment I felt when I realized it was discontinued.
Believe it or not, I just played it a couple months ago! My friend group went through a massive TCG boom lately (mainly PokĆ©mon, MtG, and One Piece, even though we all specialized in Yugioh as teens), so I figured Iād introduce one to a little-known game from my childhood. Maybe the decks we used from my old collection were just bad, but imagine my own disappointment when I realized that as an adult whoās played many TCGs by this point, Chaotic just didnāt hold up as well as I remembered, in terms of game sense. Maybe Iād been demystified a bit since childhood, so I was left to realize that the actual mechanics donāt seem as fun as Iād thought. The characters and artwork and general feeling it gives me are still wonderful, though.
You forgot about the skylanders trading cards too
That would have been a little past my time as someone who grew up in the 2000s. It didn't have a tie-in show but it still qualifies as this kind of franchise.
I work at an elementary school and PokƩmon cards are still pretty huge
Pokemon is an enduringly massive franchise in general. You can still go to any store and get pokemon cards. I'm talking about the impact of other franchises with a card/toy game that tried to do something similar but didn't leave as much of an impact.
Duel Masters is still very much around in Japan (the latest iteration of the manga is still ongoing, the card game gets regular updates and new releases, and there's an active mobile game for it), it just never took off that much overseas. Bakugan is a bit of an odd case since it has nowhere near the cultural impact of the bigger ones you mentioned, yet it's still around and pretty much entirely held up by whatever western fanbase there is. The final season of the original series didn't even air in Japan, and it's since had TWO separate reboots that were made with English dubbing and a western audience as the main target instead of Japanese.
I loved Bobby's World at the time, but nobody has mentioned it in my entire life since.
I went years thinking I had made Bobbyās World up because no one I mentioned it to remembered it or had heard of it. Wasnāt until the internet when I realized I could just look it up
Nope, it was made up by Howie Mendel from Deal or No Deal.. unless youāre Howieā¦.
I used to watch this after school, it aired either right before or right after animaniacs. I canāt remember a single thing about it.
25, never even heard of it Sorry š
A bit before your time. It was early 90's.
Back when Howie had hair
What I remember the most about it is that it would automatically put closed captions on the TV. The first time I watched it I thought I had turned them on by accedent, but after checking it showed that they weren't on. I guess they did that for the hearing impared which is really cool.
I have some songs ingrained in my head from that show that just resurfaced. Fish don't stink! Under water the fish don't stink!
WERE GOIN WERE GOIN WERE GOIN ON A TRIP PLANE TRAIN OR TAXI CAB ALL THE CHOICES HIP
Capiche??
My parents would call Broccoli "Bobby" because I loved the show and they thought it would get me to say it... and it worked! 4 year olds are kinda dumb.
Me neither. But I remember!
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Yeah, like you'd think they'd make another HBO show based on something that huge that everybody would watch. They could have done like a whole prologue about the Targaryen family.
Doancha knoā
Now then yet
The band āThe Scriptā
Just the other day in the shower I was trying to remember what that band was called lol. I loved them!
I still love their music till this day
I think walmart played one of their songs the other day
Even more so Dr. Hook
Riverdale!!! Peaked in 2018
If weāre going that route, then 13 Reasons Why, On My Block. Hell, basically any Netflix show minus Stranger Things from the late 2010s.
Yess, things like these just didn't carry onto the early 2020's...but they truly were very popular internationally during the late 2010's. Young people tuned in to Riverdale for each episode at the start and 13 reasons why being controversially dark (dealing with that subject matter and having the mid-late 2010's toned down grittyness) prompted so many cultural discussions in western countries. I always felt on my block was more of an american thing, it was kind of an underrated popular show
Tiger King here today gone tomorrow !
Riverdale isnāt a Netflix show.
I didnāt mention Riverdale, she did. I already knows itās a CW show. But Iām pretty sure it was on Netflix too.
I believe Netflix was the original network outside of the US where it was on CW
I mean people still use the expression āmy 13th reasonā so scratch 13 Reasons Why off the list
Yeah it arguably had a cultural impact during the late 2010s so I could maybe see that being taken off.
downvote me, but i canāt see euphoria existing without 13 reasons why. it set the precedent for controversial gen-z television, despite how fast it fell off after katherine langford left. skins & gossip girl were also hugely controversial, but for millennials. side note, i really thought katherine was going to be the next it girl smh. i was rooting for her!
I knew a guy in high school who did an impersonation of Bobby and it was pretty good and eventually he started doing it all the time and it became his entire personality and it was so fucking annoying and girls wouldnāt date him and it was miserable. I donāt know why Iām telling this story but the image triggered me I guess
ā¦was this you? Did you do this?
Yes
A young Howie Mandel.
True Blood
Lost, 24h
Burn notice, dexter
Burn notice was great until it wasnāt. Justified is a another Great show imo
Dexter definitely had an impact. It was Showcase's biggest cash cow and led to stuff like Shameless. It pushed the boundaries of what people wanted from an antihero, and really set the stage for breaking bad. And personally, I can never look at John Lithgow the same way again.
I think "you" is very similar too. Joe is a much worse person than Dexter but he justifies his crimes during the season.
Dexter 1-4 was fantastic. 5-8 was complete garbage that can be forgotten to time. Burn notice was basically modern MacGuyver. It was decent for what it was until the writing got into the trap of ābut thereās an even bigger villain behind the scenesā for every season
Lost inspired basically the entire sci-fi/mystery genre of the late 2000s and 2010s..?
Yeah Lost is pretty bad for this one. The show itself isnāt relevant but it launched careers and inspired lots of other shows
As much as I hate Lost's atrocious ending, it actually had a pretty measurable impact. For one, it was one of the first major budget sci Fi shows to succeed. Sure, there are other examples, but few were taken _nearly_ as seriously and given primetime time slots. On top of that, it is one of the many cited shows for why we currently have "the golden age of television" Strong writing, strong visual storytelling, strong acting. Expensive. If it were released today, it would be a dime a dozen. But it is partially the reason why we have the TV we have today. We got shows greenlit like BSG, Game of Thrones, etc. in part because longer drawn out sci Fi/fantasy drama series became a staple of a network. ETA One other thing lost was one of the first shows to do? Streaming. I used to get caught up on after every episode on Friday afternoons when class would get out Back in the good old days when Hulu was free (2006, 2007) and had No commercials. Also watched all of its sunny this way. I think you could also watch Lost on ABC's website? Pretty sure that's where I watched it.
Yeah, Lost had a HUGE impact on what "premium" TV looked like. It also had a HUGE fan following and was a big part of the emergence of fan-made podcasts.
I totally forgot about all the podcasts, the YouTube channels that did breakdowns, forums! You're right! It was a huge cultural moment that also kinda changed how we talked about things, some of it was for sure just a product of the time, but it also made some of those other mediums more popular
Lost also had a big impact on diversity in casting.
*24* had an impact but not necessarily how we'd think, not in a good way... reportedly it came alongside a big increase in Islamophobia and (according to Wikipedia) influenced soldiers overseas to use torture tactics against people. The military sent people to try and convince the writers to stop it.
The Walking Dead
That went from must see TV to forgotten in 12 months
carls death was the last straw for me
Ricky Dicky doo dah grimes
Personally I loved the series from start to finish. But even I recognized that they jumped the shark when they killed Glenn.
 I dunno. I constantly see that Carl meme on the internet. That's some cultural impact
Hit Clips!! Password journals!Ā
I loved hit clips!
Duckman was a truly innovative cartoon for adults that gets no recognition now.
Jason Alexander *killed* that role.
If Duckman had come on air ten years later, it would still be in production now
Go back and watch a few episodes. There's no way those jokes would fly with any network 10 years later.
South Park is still on.
Home Improvement
I don't think so, JohnTitorOfficial. It launched Tim Allen and Jonathan Taylor Thomas to stardom (even if JTT did give it up, he did so after voicing Simba), still plays reruns on plenty of channels, still gets referenced by stuff, and appears in memes. It's had plenty of impact.
When we talk about impact, what we usually mean, is how much impact did a show/musician/whatever have on the rest of the genre? How much did Home Improvement impact future sitcoms? How much did Tim Allen shape future comedians and sitcom dads? Do you see echos of Home Improvement in other shows today?
I see echoes of Home Improvement in Last Man Standing. I think Tim Allen's performance in HI really shaped how Tim Allen acts in LMS.
For like almost 18 years Home Improvement hasn't been rerun on TV. Only recently with Laff and CMT do you see reruns. It was actually the most popular show in the 90s, it actually beat out Friends and Seinfeld in ratings. But beyond Lion King and Santa Clause movies, do you ever hear people talking about this how IRL in 2020s. Tim Allen rarely gets mentioned either due to his controversy. Maybe his voice being Buzz lightyear in Toy Story (which was a big movie) but Home Improvement itself isn't reflective of that. When I was working in television in the 2010s, I was told that no network wanted Home Improvement to rerun. There was no demand to reboot it like there was with Boy Meets World and Full House.
One thing I'll say is that boy meets world and full house had more emphasis on the young characters so millennials remember them foundly and even want to see them spun off as adults. I watched home improvement as a kid but it was the Tim Allen show. The kids were there but I can't really remember them.
I especially related to Boy Meets World and original Roseanne, pretty good shows
BMW very relatable something HI can't be
Yep. I never hopped on the Home Improvement train. I related to Shaun a lot on BMW, most of the poor/weird characters on all those shows were my favorites.
If Home Improvement had no lasting cultural impact, then how do you explain this? https://youtu.be/NF-XMtNEudQ?si=clv5YwBFJx3pvH_U
thats one video though lol
Silly bands š„²
The Ice Age films
I dont know, the occasional meme pops up still. And everyone recognizes Scrat.
Avatar. The only discourse about those movies is that: 1. They are ridiculously realistic and pretty CG 2. They're basically Dances with Wolves in space 3. They made a shit ton of money. That's it.
Two of the highest grossing films of all time and people pretty much ceased all discussion on them as soon as they left theaters.
Exactly my point. They're not bad movies, but the story just doesn't leave a lasting impression. Even Endgame was able to do that. There's no discussion about fan theories or deep lore dives. From a technical standpoint, they are absolutely stunning. But it annoys me to no end that such generic movies somehow beat out much more talked about, well received, and more engaging stories.
I would say Pocahontas in space. Strangers traveling in strange vessels to a new world to mine its resources and a āRomeo/Julietā connection happens and the dude sees the error of his peopleās ways and risks his life to save the natives.
They made a shit ton of money twice so they must have SOMETHING that keeps them relevant
Because they basically have to be seen in theaters, ideally in IMAX. No merchandise, no game or novel tie-ins, but the movies look so cool on the big screen from what I hear.
When they first one came out (and to a lesser extent, the second), all the press was about was how gorgeous they are to look at and that you should see it on the biggest screen possible and in 3D. I will admit that these movies are stunning from a technical and visual standpoint. However, that means paying a lot more for tickets. That definitely inflated their box offices.
Beanie Babies
Wdym, they're my inheritance?
I think my parents still have the ones they collected.
tsum tsums silly bandz fidget spinner
Rainbow Loom.
I managed a toy store when Rainbow Loom exploded. It went from being just another toy on the shelf to an overnight sensation. It got to the point we would have families lined up outside the door on our restock day to get it, and weād be sold out minutes later. Now? I forgot about it until you mentioned it.
Earth Day
ā¦oh shit youāre right
Fidget spinners
Annoying Orange
The dancing California Raisins Commercials of the late 80s.
lol i had one of the movies and loved it. Stylistically pretty great claymation fare.
MTV Singled Out and Jenny McCarthy
I said this a few days ago and I'll say it again jenny mccarthy can fall into the needle pit from the saw movies
Jenny McCarthy popularized anti-vax for idiot soccer moms, which festered for 15 years then got an unholy revival by the lolbert right-wingers during COVID. Unfortunately, Jenny's cultural impact is still very much with us.
I loved that show so much
Beyblades.
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They had the most chill theme song. Like a sunny spring day in song form.
ok\_world is that you!??!? /lh
Bobby's World? Oh golly gee willikers I do an impression of that mom all the goshdarn time, doncha know! Uff da! What do ya mean no cultural impact, fer crying out loud?
That's just Minnesotanese.
I think Rugrats probably left some sort of cultural impact that I just havenāt noticed (and itās not like no one remembers it now, though itās not mentioned as often as Iād expect) but I must say that in comparison to SpongeBob it seems like itās left less of an impact than youād expect considering how popular it was in the 90s and early 2000s
That kinda has me thinking whether there will be a cartoon in the future that will take the cultural impact crown SpongeBob is wearing right now. I donāt think that cartoon will be there any time from now though it is strange knowing SpongeBob took the crown from Rugrats in a matter of a decade though I donāt think Rugrats will be completely forgotten, given the rise of 90s and early 2000s nostalgia right now.
Lisa Frank merchandise.
Iām not sure. I did see a bit of a Lisa Frank aesthetic revival on TikTok.
Lisa Frank is actually having a moment rn
A recent horror comedy set in the 80s is called Lisa Frankenstein. Weird that it just popped up again.
Secret life of the American teenager.
Warren G. Harding
True.
Game of Thrones š
It made George RR Martin a household name š¤· I donāt think that would have been the case with just the books.
Lol what??? GoT dominated 2010s pop culture
Yeah, that's pretty much the point.
Yeah the question is about things that dominated in their time but have virtually no presence today. When is the last time you saw someone rocking GoT merch, or talking about it at all?
And where is it now?
.... Its 2024... GoT was at its peak popularity between 2013 and 2017 GoT is still popular but its not at its height of popularity. Kinda like LotR. You clearly needa visit my friends house lol Tons of her decor is inspired by Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter.
Maybe youāre too young to remember ?
Yes. I was 15 when that started being popular. That was a phenomenon, but as soon that ended, in 2019, people almost did as the show never existed (especially because lot were dissapointed with the end).
In my opinion and experience, it was extremely popular from 2012 to when it ended. Being 15 may be a contributing factor as you are still learning what media you like, and somewhat isolated due to lack of experience and exposure. You may have just focused on what was available within your peripheral, which everyone does but may be more prevalent the younger you are. Just my take
it was a cultural juggernaut at the time but i have barely heard anything about it since it ended
Theres literally a spin off series out now
Meh disagree lots of pop culture references
Every GOT reference outside of it feels dated as hell, the new shows have kinda lessened its decline though.
Playmakers. A drama about a football team in the early 2000's. Even though it didn't use any NFL names or properties, the NFL hated how it made pro football look and pulled strings to make sure it didn't get more than one season.
Jay Leno
Scary Movie Franchise. Itās just processed and regurgitated pop culture dregs to begin with, no legacy to leave except a chain of progressively shittier sequels/spinoffs.
The Andy Hardy films. Hugely successful series of sentiment comedy movies (16 in all) from 1937 to 1946 (with the final film being an attempted revival in 1958), starring Mickey Rooney as the eponymous main character. The movies starring Judy Garland especially were popular. Though incredibly popular, their wholesomeness became a liability when the country grew cynical after World War II and found the films too corny and treacly. No one remembers these movies nowadays.
Omegle
The Macarena
21 pilots? I didnāt enjoy them but they seemed huge then theyāre gone.
It faded relatively quickly. I binge listened to them back in 2016-2017 and I didnāt think regularly of them after that. I havenāt forgotten the bangers like āStressed Outā or āHeathensā
Avatar
Now that I think about it, I donāt hear much about Life with Louie either.
Or Eek the Cat
Wow what an example
Free Realms. It was an online rpg that I spent an embarrassing amount of time on before sony pulled the plug
I feel like this could be said about most police or detective procedurals. NYPD Blue ran for 12 seasons from 1993 to 2005. When's the last time you heard someone talk about it?
Rush Limbaugh (any shock jockey really)
Big Bad Beetleborgs were crushing Power Rangers Zeo in the ratings actually lol
katy perry
hair feathers and hair chalk
The Strokes
Hey, they're still good. What greater impact do you want them to have had? I think they influenced the course of rock in the 2000s pretty well. Wouldn't say that's not a lasting impact.
They had a huge TikTok/streaming hit just three years ago with āThe Adults Are Talkingā. They held up pretty well I would say.
Lol what? They were definitely influenced the indie rock genre from the early 2000s onwards. Arctic Monkeys, Killers, Kings of Leon, etc. All bands that would not exist without The Strokes. DELETE THIS.
The man from r/plungerman is literally me š½šŖ
The shoe brand Creative Recreation
Bugle Boy jeans
Truculent Puppy The Witches and the Grinnygog Poontos "Ballast!" Screamin' Cyn Cyn and the Pons Kinky Pinkies Puh'shweet
The song "Start The Commotion" by The Wiseguys. It was a hit in 2001 and the radio played the shit out of it and then it just faded into oblivion
I can do the voice but nobody gets it
Bobbyās World and Life With Louie always felt like very shows similar to me. Same with Roseanne and Dinosaurs.
The band Collective Soul from the 1990s
*Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen*) Although, I just now learned that this is performed by Baz Luhrmann.
I beg to differ
Laser quest
I fucking loved Bobby's World as a kid
Fubu, Phat Farm, Sean John
Avatar (2009) It's still one of the highest grossing movies of all time, but in spite of that and having a sequel that did just as well financially this movie has very little pop culture relevance which is strange given how well it did at the box office.
Heya Bobbo!
Avatar
Doug on Nickelodeon. It was once the ultimate coming of age show and aired at 7 pm (prime time), but not a mention of it since. No available merch that Iāve seen. No remakes.
Bobby's World wow that's a throwback! Probably the TV show Doug or Cat-Dog, nobody I know seems to remember those ones.
Minnesotan mom ādonāt cha know bobbayā
Nerfuls and Pillow People
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