Pretty Woman; Twin Peaks; “Nothing Compares 2 U”; Marion Barry scandal; Ghost; Jack Kevorkian's controversial suicide technique; “The Humpty Dance”; MC Hammer, and Vanilla Ice; The Forbidden Dance, and the Lambada; “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You”; "I've fallen and I can't get up!" commercials; “Groove is in the Heart”; Provocative ads for Guess; Dances with Wolves; In Living Color; “Hold On”; Edward Scissorhands; slap bracelets; and Goodfellas.
Beverly Hills, 90210*; Boyz n the Hood; The Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill sexual harassment hearings; the rise of grunge music and fashion; New Jack City; Color Me Badd; The "Are those Bugle Boy jeans you're wearing?" commercial; “Rico Suave”; Thelma & Louise; Family Matters*; Pee-wee Herman caught masturbating; Super Bowl XXV, and Wide Right; “Enter Sandman”; Point Break; “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)”; rollerblades; Garth Brooks; and The Silence of the Lambs.
[originally premiered in 1990]
[*originally premiered in 1989]
[*originally released in 1990]
Wayne's World; Amy Fisher and Joey Buttafuoco; “Achy Breaky Heart”; Ross Perot; “I’m Too Sexy”; Fabio; The Real World; Woody Allen marries his stepdaughter; Kris Kross; Madonna's ‘Sex’ book; “Baby Got Back”; The Dream Team; The Ren and Stimpy Show*; Murphy Brown**; Single White Female; Arrested Development; Reservoir Dogs; Mortal Kombat; Barney & Friends; Reebok's "Dan & Dave" campaign; and The Bodyguard.
[originally premiered in 1991]
[*originally premiered in 1988]
Jurassic Park; Marge Schott; “Informer”; Where's Waldo?; Martin; Free Willy; John and Lorena Bobbitt; Blind Melon's "No Rain”; The Fugitive; The Waco siege; Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman; Dr. Dre, and Snoop Dogg; Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers; Dazed and Confused; Crystal Pepsi; Quantum Leap; ‘Get a Grip’; and The X-Files.
[originally introduced in 1987]
[originally premiered in 1992]
[*originally released in 1992]
[***originally introduced in 1992]
[**originally premiered in 1989]
Melrose Place*; Tonya Harding vs Nancy Kerrigan; Reality Bites, and Lisa Loeb's “Stay (I Missed You)”; John Tesh; Speed; The O. J. Simpson slow-speed chase; NYPD Blue*; “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm”; George Foreman Grill; Boyz II Men; Tommy Hilfiger; Pulp Fiction; Ace of Base; Woodstock '94; Salt-N-Pepa; and Forrest Gump.
[originally premiered in 1992]
[*originally premiered in 1993]
[*originally released in 1993]
Toy Story; Party of Five*; “Gangsta's Paradise”; Snapple; WaterWorld; Hugh Grant caught with prostitute Divine Brown; M&M’s spokescandies commercials; Heroin chic; ‘CrazySexyCool’;
Clueless; ”Cotton-Eyed Joe”; Xena, and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys; tattoos and piercings; Babe; PlayStation*; chat rooms and cybersex; X Games, and MTV Sports; Hootie and the Blowfish; and Braveheart.
[originally premiered in 1994]
[*originally released in 1994]
[*originally introduced in 1994]
The Macarena; Oakland Ebonics controversy; Twister; The Nanny*; Tickle Me Elmo; Oasis; Independence Day; Bob Dole; Zubaz; Tiger Woods, and Dennis Rodman; Mentos commercials; “C’mon 'n' Ride It (The Train)”; ‘Jagged Little Pill’; Kathie Lee Gifford's child labor scandal; Sling Blade; “One of Us”; and Jerry Maguire.
[originally premiered in 1993]
[*originally released in 1995]
[**originally released in 1995]
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery; Spice Girls; McCaughey septuplets; “Tubthumping”; The Full Monty; Hanson; Dolly the sheep; Beanie Babies; Boogie Nights; Fiona Apple; Tamagotchi; Jewel; Ally McBeal; “Barbie Girl”; Lilith Fair; Mike Tyson bites off a piece of Evander Holyfield's ear; the Heaven's Gate cult; and South Park.
The Lewinsky scandal; Viagra; John Glenn's return to space; Armageddon; “Gettin' Jiggy Wit It”; Teletubbies*; Backstreet Boys; Dawson's Creek; “Torn”; The Jerry Springer Show*; Jesse Ventura becomes governor of Minnesota; “The Dope Show”; Furby; The Big Lebowski; the Swing revival; Mark McGwire vs Sammy Sosa; Frasier; Martha Stewart; soccer moms; “Make 'em Say Uhh!”; and There's Something About Mary.
[originally premiered in 1997]
[*originally premiered in 1991]
[*originally premiered in 1993]
The Blair Witch Project; Tae Bo; Who Wants to Be a Millionaire; “Summer Girls”; Y2K; Fight Club; the Taco Bell chihuahua; John Rocker; The Sixth Sense; Harry Potter; Latin Pop; Elián González; “Mambo No. 5”; Office Space; Susan Lucci wins an Emmy after nineteen consecutive nominations; Teen Pop; The Atkins Diet; and The Matrix.