Ten years. Ten lists. Start with the episodes that are already out, or jump to any year and see what's coming.
1990 · Episode
From Bart Simpson shirts and pump-up sneakers to portable Tetris and four pizza-loving turtles, these were the television shows, toys, games, movies, and music crazes that seemed to follow Americans everywhere in 1990.
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From Lisa Frank folders and Hypercolor shirts to Nirvana and the Nintendo-Sega rivalry, these ten hypes show how 1991 turned everyday interests into ways to express who you were.
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Titanic, Beanie Babies, Spice Girls and Tamagotchi — the movies, toys and pop explosions that took over America in 1997.
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Furby, Pokémon, Titanic's Oscar year, the Seinfeld finale — the crazes, movies and gadgets that America could not escape in 1998.
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Pokémon, Y2K, The Matrix, Britney Spears and The Phantom Menace — the obsessions that closed out the American 1990s.
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