65 Pictures That Perfectly Capture The 90s

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Kurt Cobain drinking from that one Jazz cup during the taping of Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged:

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Leonardo DiCaprio buying a bunch of The Phantom Menace toys at Toys “R” Us (maybe he, like all of us, thought they’d be worth something someday):

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Rosie O’Donnell playing with a Koosh Ball slingshot on the set of The Rosie O’Donnell Show:

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And Rosie being serenaded by NSYNC on the show:

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Sarah Michelle Gellar doing a Buffy the Vampire Slayer–themed 1-800-Collect commercial:

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And Sarah Michelle playing Posh Spice in a Spice Girls SNL skit:

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The Spice Girls visiting the AOL offices in New York and using those old-school giant computers:

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Cher dressed in her “Believe” music video outfit (because she had just perfectly recreated the music video live at the 1999 American Music Awards) and hanging out with the Goo Goo Dolls:

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Anna Nicole Smith being a guest on RuPaul’s late-night VH1 talk show, The RuPaul Show:

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And RuPaul hanging out with Nirvana backstage at the 1993 MTV VMAs:

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The Power Rangers making an appearance at Planet Hollywood:

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Janet Jackson receiving a Blockbuster (yes, as in the video store chain) Entertainment Award:

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Britney Spears hanging out backstage with Sugar Ray at Z-100’s Zootopia concert:

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And Britney Spears hanging out backstage with 98 Degrees at Z100’s Jingle Ball concert:

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98 Degrees and a whole bunch of Beanie Babies:

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This Beanie Baby price guide book, so that you could check how much they were worth and also predict how much they’ll be worth in the future:

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The O.J. Simpson “In the Slammer” Pog slammer:

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Jay Leno making a Barney joke on The Tonight Show:

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And Pamela Anderson on the Tonight Show talking about the Rolling Stone issue she did with Beavis and Butt-Head:

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Marky Mark (aka Mark Wahlberg) dropping trou and wearing a Cross Colours cap while performing at an MTV Rock N’ Jock basketball game:

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This Marky Mark workout video:

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And this Macarena Workout VHS tape:

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Seth Green posing for a pic with Blink-182 and Janine Lindemulder (aka the nurse on the cover of Enema of the State):

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Madonna and Tupac having a conversation with Raquel Welch at a party for Interview Magazine:

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An SNL skit where Wayne Campbell visits Melrose Place:

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Joey and Chandler’s duck from Friends attending the first-ever TV Guide Award show:

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Books based on The X Files:

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And books based on Clueless the movie and the TV show:

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The Clueless TV show filming at a mall and getting a Structure store in the background:

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Fran Drescher promoting dolls based on The Nanny:

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Maud Adams and Grace Jones arriving at a launch party for N64’s GoldenEye 007 video game:

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This photo of a guy buying Tamagotchis at a KB Toys store:

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These Beverly Hills, 90210 Topps trading cards:

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Jennifer Love Hewitt having a cameo in LFO’s music video for “Girl on TV”:

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And Jennifer Love Hewitt posing with the Backstreet Boys at the launch party for Teen People — which was held at a Planet Hollywood, of course:

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Kirsten Dunst looking excited to be holding the first issue of Teen People with Jennifer Love Hewitt on the cover:

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China Chow, Gwen Stefani, Kidada Jones, Aaliyah, and Rashida Jones all dressed head to toe in Tommy Hilfiger:

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This giant display to promote the VHS release of Titanic at a Tower Records store:

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This Blockbuster employee arranging lots and lots of VHS copies of Titanic ahead of its midnight release:

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This woman posing with a costume Heart of the Ocean necklace as a framed photo of Leo DiCaprio as Jack looks down:

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This person who decorated their bathroom with Arnold’s head and a Rugrats towel:

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Jamie Lee Curtis recreating her True Lies helicopter scene onstage at the Blockbuster Awards:

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Jim Carrey playing with Buzz and Woody toys while presenting at the Oscars:

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Mariah Carey doing an in-store signing for Rainbow at Tower Records while wearing her iconic jeans with the top cut off:

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This collection of Dinosaurs VHS tapes that come in neon colors:

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And this VH1 Divas Live VHS tape:

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This promotional Surge mix CD that was also an enhanced CD:

49.

An instructional video guide on how to use Windows 95 starring Matthew Perry and Jennifer Aniston:

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The weird Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Boy Meets World crossover:

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And Urkel doing a crossover episode on Step by Step:

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This bootleg Simpsons T-shirt that made zero sense:

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Oprah interviewing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on her talk show:

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TLC posing for photos while sitting on one of those uncomfortable inflatable couches that EVERYONE wanted:

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This Pokémon-themed Game Boy Camera:

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This designer impostor version of CK One:

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A Space Jam video game for PlayStation:

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And this entire section of the Warner Bros. Studio Store dedicated to Space Jam merch:

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These Magic Eye VHS tapes:

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President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton onstage with the cast after a performance of The Lion King on Broadway:

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Jonathan Taylor Thomas attending the launch party for Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog 2 at a Toys “R” Us and getting a pic with a questionable-looking Tails:

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Drew Barrymore with the most oh-so-’90s-thin brows on the cover of Playboy:

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A Pop Up Video Trivia Game:

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This hip-hop Looney Tunes T-shirt, where Taz and Bugs are supposed to look like Kris Kross:

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And lastly, this perfectly ’90s photo of a kid eating a Lunchables while rocking a hip-hop Looney Tunes T-shirt: