Cursed Cartoons
This yellow character lived in a pineapple and somehow held a job at age 16.
Who is SpongeBob SquarePants?
This chocolate milk brand hit harder than anything in adulthood.
What is Yoo-hoo or Nesquik?
These bracelets left imprints on your wrist for hours.
What are Silly Bandz?
This jingle began with “I’m a big kid now!”
What is the Pull-Ups commercial?
This toy on wheels caused more scraped knees than bike learning ever did.
What are Heelys?
This cartoon featured two mice trying to take over the world every night.
What is Pinky and the Brain?
These infamous circular items were not pizza… but they still tried.
What are school pizza lunchables / cafeteria pizza rounds?
Kids traded these paper creatures like stocks in the '90s.
What are Pokémon cards?
This toy commercial yelled “Moon Shoes! Mini-trampolines for your feet!”
What are Moon Shoes?
These plastic throwing toys should not have been marketed to children with faces.
What are Beyblades?
The villain in Powerpuff Girls whose name kids whispered because adults thought it was “too scary.
Who is HIM?
Kids treated these icy tubes like solid gold on field day.
What are Fla-Vor-Ice pops?
This toy “pet” cried when you ignored it and stressed kids out more than midterms.
What is a Tamagotchi?
This ad announced its product with “Wabba-lubba-lubba-dub-dub!”
What is the WubbaNub? (or acceptable: Furby weird noises)
A rubber ball attached to your ankle meant to “skip”… but mostly smack your shin.
What is a Skip-It?
This cartoon’s parents were literally never shown above the waist.
What is The Fairly OddParents? (or Ed, Edd n Eddy—both acceptable!)
These snacks left your fingers red for 12–48 business hours.
What are Hot Cheetos / Takis?
A playground craze where kids hit balls with sticks attached to their legs.
What is tetherball? (or “cup & ball ankle toy” depending on memory)
“ZooPals make eating fun!” was shouted in this plate commercial.
What are ZooPals?
This popular scooter brand folded into your ankle at Mach 5.
What is a Razor scooter?
This Cartoon Network show had a main character who aggressively yelled “Stupid dog!” every episode.
What is Courage the Cowardly Dog?
These cheesy breadsticks were the only reason some kids went to school on Fridays.
What are Bosco Sticks?
This “dance move” from YouTube was performed terribly at every sleepover.
What is the Soulja Boy / Crank That?
This infomercial taught an entire generation how to slam chop.
What is the Slap Chop?
This toy let you “draw” on a screen but required the thumb strength of a grown man to erase.
What is an Etch A Sketch?