Early Tech
Released in 2001, this portable device advertised "1,000 songs in your pocket" and featured a mechanical click wheel
Ipod
Britney Spears' iconic 2000 hit single featured the repeated hook "Oops!... I Did It Again" and a music video where she wore a full suit made of this red material
Latex
Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie starred in this 2003 reality show where two wealthy socialites tried working low-wage rural jobs
The Simple Life
In Teen Titans, this green, shape-shifting team member is obsessed with eating tofu and video games
Beast Boy
In 2002's hit horror film The Ring, anyone who watches the cursed videocassette receives a phone call stating they will die in this exact number of days
Released in November 2000, this Sony home console became the best-selling video game console of all time, housing classics like Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
PlayStation 2
OutKast hit #1 in 2003 with "Hey Ya!", famously instructing listeners to shake it like this film product
Polaroid Picture
In 2002, Kelly Clarkson won the very first season of this groundbreaking singing competition show
American Idol
In Courage the Cowardly Dog, Courage lives in a small, remote farmhouse in the middle of this fictional Kansas town
Nowhere
In Legally Blonde, Elle Woods packs up her life and heads to this school to win back her ex-boyfriend, Warner
Harvard Law School
Long before TikTok or Instagram, this social media site created by Tom Anderson was the top platform where users argued over their "Top 8" friends list
MySpace
In 2003, Evanescence dominated rock radio with this dramatic hit featuring the chorus, "Wake me up inside"
Bring Me to Life
MTV’s hit automotive makeover show hosted by rapper Xzibit
Pimp My Ride
In Rocket Power, Otto, Regina, Twister, and Sam love grabbing burgers and fries at the Shore Shack, owned by this wise Hawaiian surfer who frequently quotes old proverbs
Tito
In Bring It On, the Toros cheerleading squad discovers their previous captain stole all their winning routines from this rival inner-city team
Launched in 2000, this life-simulation PC game allowed players to build homes, manage daily human routines, and speak a fictional language
The Sims
Usher spent 12 weeks at #1 in 2004 with this club banger featuring Lil Jon shouting "Yeah!" and a verse by this Atlanta rapper
Ludacris
MTV’s prank show hosted by Ashton Kutcher
Punk'd
In Hey Arnold!, bully Helga Pataki secretly harbors a massive crush on Arnold and keeps a hidden shrine dedicated to him in her closet containing a statue made out of this chewed substance
Gum
In National Treasure, Benjamin Franklin Gates steals this historic American document because a secret map is printed on the back in invisible ink
The Declaration of Independence
Launched in May 2000, this peer-to-peer file sharing client—famous for its lime-green logo—became notorious for downloading music files that ended up being computer viruses
LimeWire
Before going solo with "Hollaback Girl" in 2005, Gwen Stefani was the frontwoman for this rock band
Flavor Flav hosted this wild VH1 dating show from 2006 to 2008
Flavor of Love
In Rugrats, Tommy Pickles’ favorite fictional superhero who looks like a green dinosaur is named this
Reptar
In 2004's cult sci-fi rom-com Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet hire a medical firm to do this
Erase their memories of each other
Final Jeopardy: Fashion
This legendary American tattoo artist saw his namesake clothing brand explode into a mid-2000s pop culture phenomenon known for bedazzled skulls, rhinestones, and trucker hats.