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[edit] Wow, i was a little delayed in checking it...
So now that the 2000's page is gone, is there any way i can salvage an archived copy or some of the info from it? I want to at least save a copy for myself, just in case anyone ever wants to start it up again...Thanks, --Technofreak90 01:05, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Thanks so much!
i sorta freaked out after I saw that the page was deleted, i guess ill just keep these as nostalgia, so in 2015 i can look back on all the obscure stuff that was popular in the 00's. Also, if u have any fads u see or find out, you can notify me, im still collecting them as a word doc. --Technofreak90 20:42, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] 2000s fads and trends list
Please do not post under the 2000s fads and trends list section. It is meant to save all of the info from the page that was deleted.
[edit] Continued from the 1990s
- 50 State Quarters
- Alterative rock
- Boybands
- Neopets
- Soccer Moms and SUVs
- Spongebob Squarepants and related merchandise
- Teen Pop music
[edit] 2000
- 2000 U.S. Presidential Election jokes
- Billy Bass
- Bop It
- Camera phones (2000: now a common feature on cell phones)
- Cha Cha Slide
- Christina Aguilera Doll
- Craigslist
- Dragonball Z
- Gel pens
- Geocaching
- Elián González controversy
- Energy drinks
- Hamtaro
- Heinz E-Z Squirt colored ketchup
- Hit Clips
- Homestar Runner
- Hot or Not
- Jared the Subway Guy & the Subway Diet
- Low-carbohydrate diet (South Beach diet, Atkins Diet)
- Napster
- Nike iD and surrounding controversy
- P2P hype
- Plasma TV and HDTV (2000: now a common item in households)
- PS2, replacing the original PlayStation
- Razor scooters
- Reality television boom
- Robotic Pets such as Poo-Chi, Tekno, and I-Cybie.
- Scary Movie Film Series and other popular spoof genre movies
- The Sims
- Speed dating
- TheDOG Artlist collection
- Thong Song by Sisqo
- TiVo
- "Wassup"; from the Budweiser ads
- Who Let The Dogs Out?
- Xanga
- Yu-Gi-Oh!
[edit] 2001
- 24 TV show on FOX, Jack Bauer internet meme and related merchandise
- Adult Swim
- Alias TV show on ABC and related merchandise
- Alternate Reality Games
- Bed Head hairstyles
- LEGO Bionicle
- Bootylicious
- Bratz dolls and merchandise
- Bushisms
- Cardcaptors
- The Fairly OddParents and related merchandise
- Fear Factor
- Flash drives
- Grand Theft Auto PS2 videogame series and controversy that followed
- Halo series & Halo Parties
- Hot Topic's surge in popularity and move into mainstream and resulting criticism
- I Love The 80's later on including I Love the '90s and '70s
- Invader Zim and related merchandise
- Import Scene, grew tremendously, partly due to The Fast and the Furious movie
- iPod (2001: Now a commonly used MP3 player)
- Kidz Bop
- Listerine PocketPaks
- Lizzie McGuire
- The Lord of the Rings and related merchandise (the books have actually existed since the 1950s)
- Low-rise jeans
- Lower back tattoos
- Moulin Rouge!
- Mountain Dew Code Red
- Myachi
- Nike Shox
- Nintendo Game Boy Advance series
- Nostradamus predictions, and the Q33NY controversy
- P2P file-sharing boom after Napster was shut down and resulting controversy
- Patriotic clothing, flags, and flag stickers on cars; spawned from the aftermath of the September 11 terror attacks
- P-O-X
- Rumble Robots
- RuneScape
- Segway HT
- Skannerz
- Spy Game
- Tech Deck Dude
- Upturned collars
- Weakest Link game show and the phrase, "You are the weakest link, goodbye."
- What would Reagan do?
- Wikipedia (2001: now a commonly used tool)
- Windows XP
- XFL football league
- X-Men Evolution and related merchandise
- Zoids
[edit] 2002
- Skater Shoes (such as Adio Footwear)
- American Idol
- Animal Crossing video game series
- Axe deodorent brand
- Bennifer hysteria and jokes
- Beyblade spinning tops
- Botox
- "Can you hear me now?" Verizon Wireless ads.
- DisneyMania
- Dr. Phil
- Dude You're Getting a Dell Commercials
- everGirl
- Earth & Beyond
- Geico "I have good news" commercials
- Heelys
- Kingdom Hearts
- My Scene Barbie dolls
- Peanut Butter Jelly Time Internet Cartoon
- Pepsi Blue
- Plug-and-Play video games
- Poker craze: i.e World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker
- Pop-up ads
- Super Powerball jackpots and the hysteria when the prize is over $300million. Powerball's companion game Hot Lotto began this year.
- Ring tones
- Reality TV dating shows
- Phlat Ball
- Single strap backpacks become mainstream
- Snoop Dogg speak
- Terror alert color system and related criticisms
- Vanilla Coke
- Xbox Live
- XM and Sirius satellite radio take off
- Trucker hats
[edit] 2003
- 1980s nostalgia hits mainstream, replacing the 1970s nostalgia of the 1990s, spawning, for example, That 80's Show
- Anti-French movement during and around the time of the invasion of Iraq (Freedom Fries, "Freedom Toast", boycotting french wine + other products, etc.)
- Arnold Schwarzenegger's gubernatorial win and the term "the governator"
- Awareness ribbon bumper stickers (i.e. "support our troops") popularity rise after the beginning of the Iraq War
- Banzai and surrounding controversy
- BitTorrent
- Blue Collar Comedy Tour and related phrases, such as Git-R-Done
- Boho-chic
- Bungee Balls
- Crunk music explosion
- Dance Dance Revolution
- Chapelle's Show and related catchphrases such as "I'm Rick James, bitch!"
- The Da Vinci Code book (2003 – 2004)[132]
- Ello (2003 – 2006±)[133]
- EyeToy for the PS2 (2003 – 2005)[134]
- Hilary Duff, Lizzie McGuire and related media
- Hipster subculture and The Hipster Handbook
- Hummer H2 (epitomized the huge SUV craze and is the target of many environmentalist groups)
- Fantasy sports boom
- Finding Nemo and related jokes to the film such as "Finding Emo"
- Flash mobs such as Pillow fight flash mobs and Zombie Walks
- Jones Soda Co. turkey-and-gravy flavored soda and later offbeat flavors
- McDonalds I'm Lovin It ad campaign and their healthy eating campaign with Mya trainer DVD's.
- Metrosexuality's rise in popularity and acceptance
- MySpace (2003: now a commonly used social networking website)
- Most Extreme Elimination Challenge
- Nokia N-Gage
- Pink clothes for men and Tough Guys Wear Pink t-shirt
- Ponchos for girls
- Punk'd
- Queer Eye For the Straight Guy and spinoffs
- Safety paranoia and the increase in sales of safety gadgets such as duct tape, plastic sheets, and band-aids, and the duct tape alert
- Simple Life, a television series featuring Paris Hilton.
- Spike TV; previously TNN
- Spinners
- Star Wars kid
- T-Mobile Sidekick and popularity rise after Paris Hilton's Sidekick was hacked
- Teeth-whitening
- Texas hold'em poker
- Ugg Boots
- Che Guevara T-shirts
- VideoNow
[edit] 2004
- America by Jon Stewart
- Anime boom
- Apple iPod silhouette commercials and spoofs
- The Apprentice, Donald Trump and the phrase, "You're fired!"
- Bedazzled and customized cell phones
- Burger King King
- Chrysler 300C
- Dean scream
- Designer dogs
- Digg.com
- Dodgeball, including local tournaments, the television game show Extreme Dodgeball, and the movie Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
- Duel Masters and related merchandise
- Emo subculture hits mainstream
- Föm pillows
- G4/TechTV merger
- Google's fast rise to popularity and introduction into the vernacular as the verb "to google ____"
- Grime music
- Gwen Stefani L.A.M.B fashion
- Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy
- Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi and related merchandise
- JibJab political cartoons during and after the 2004 elections
- Livestrong wristband
- Mean Girls phrases and merchandise
- Michael Moore and Farenheit 911
- Napoleon Dynamite catchphrases and "Vote For Pedro" T-shirts
- Pimp My Ride and parodies
- Pocket bikes
- Punk Band Necktie & other Punk and Emo fashions, lifestyles, and music
- RAZR cellphone
- Red state vs. blue state divide
- Reggaeton music explosion
- Scion xB
- The phrase, "That's Hot", coined by Paris Hilton
- Toyota Prius and hybrid cars' rapid rise in popularity
- Vlogs
- World of Warcraft
[edit] 2005
- Airboarding takes off in America.
- Bluetooth earpieces
- Cellphone media explosion (V CAST, MobiTV, etc)
- Cosplay becomes popular in the U.S.
- Crazy Frog music and related ringtone.
- Chuck Norris Jokes
- Classic rock revival in popularity, especially with Generation Y
- "Cube World" toy, by Radica Games
- The Easy Button
- The Flying Spaghetti Monster fad
- Grillz
- GTA: San Andreas hot-coffee mod and surrounding controversy
- Guitar Hero
- Happy Tree Friends
- Happy Bunny merchandise
- "The Hoff" images and David Hasselhoff being an internet star
- Inverted Christmas trees
- Katamari Damacy
- Katrinagate jokes and anti-FEMA and anti-Bush political cartoons criticizing responsibility such as Kanye West "Gold Digger" remixes about Katrina and the infamous clip of him standing next to Mike Myers saying, "George Bush doesn't care about black people".
- 1337 (Leet speak) gains popularity and moves into the mainstream
- Live 8
- My Bling Bling Barbie
- Nanny shows such as Nanny 911 and Supernanny
- Nintendo DS
- Nintendogs
- Numa Numa Phenomenon
- Pixel Chix
- PlayStation Portable
- Robot Chicken and related spoofs
- Second Life
- Snap Music and Dance epidemic
- Slingbox
- Sudoku
- Surge in text messaging, spawning the term, "texting"
- The Million Dollar Homepage and pixel advertising
- Tom Cruise jokes and merchandise surrounding his "couch jump" on Oprah, TomKat, and his belief in Scientology.
- United States housing bubble craze and shows like Flip This House
- Urban Dictionary
- Vault soft drink
- The War on Christmas and controversy
- Webkinz
- Xbox 360 replacing the Xbox
[edit] 2006
- Blu Ray vs. HD-DVD and resulting consumer confusion
- Borat spoofs, jokes, phrases, and controversy
- Brokeback Mountain Trailer Remixes
- Calculator gaming reaches mainstream
- FurReal Butterscotch pony
- Peak of CGI animal adventure movies
- "Crackberry" term and culture reach mainstream
- Crocs slippers
- The CW
- The Da Vinci Code webquests
- Deal or No Deal craze
- Dick Cheney hunting incident jokes and spoofs
- "Disney Channel" teen pop - Miley Cyrus, Hilary Duff, Ashley Tisdale, High School Musical cast.
- DOSBox MS-DOS emulator is heavily downloaded by fans of old 90s DOS games.
- Elmo TMX
- Environmentalism and "Going Green" dramatically increases in popularity
- Free Hugs Campaign
- Get a Mac ads
- Ghostriding
- Google Earth (2006: now a commonly used tool)
- Great American Boycott/A Day without A Mexican protests
- Hannah Montana and related merchandise
- HeadOn advertisements and related spoofs
- High School Musical and related merchandise
- Hollister, American Eagle, gains popularity with the prep crowd.
- John Cena catch phrases, personalities, and related media. (Chain Gang, U can't see me)
- June 6, 2006 (6/6/06) superstitions
- LG Chocolate
- Line Rider
- Lonelygirl15
- Mentos and coke YouTube phenomenon
- Naruto and related merchandise
- Nike+iPod training system
- Nintendo Wii, replacing the Gamecube
- Oversized sunglasses
- PlayMania and other interactive game shows
- PlayStation 3, replacing the PS2
- Product Red brand
- "Series of tubes" fad
- Shoes Internet Video and Kelly
- Skinny jeans resurgence
- Simlish re-recordings of popular songs by bands
- "Bringing sexyback" phrase
- Steve Irwin stingray incident and resulting jokes, spoofs, halloween costume, controversy, death of Steve Irwin
- Snakes on a Plane and related Internet Meme
- Teen Buzz ringtone
- The North Face Denali jacket
- Using internet slang in everyday speech such as OMG, LOL, BRB, TTYL, WTF, ROFL, LMAO, GTFO, TBH, LOLWTFBBQ etc.
- Web 2.0 boom
- White & Nerdy, "Weird Al" Yankovic's first top ten hit on the Billboard charts. (2006)
- World Jump Day
- Yo Momma
- YouTube (2006: now a commonly visited website)
- Vera Bradley oversized bags
- Zero Trans fats craze
[edit] 2007
- July 7, 2007 frenzy and hype, also many weddings are planned for this day
- 300 popularity and the "THIS IS SPARTA!" Internet meme
- Apple iPhone
- Apple TV
- Anna Nicole Smith media spawned from her death
- Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?
- The term "BALLIN'" gains enormous popularity after it is featured in the song "We Fly High" by Jim Jones
- Bape Hoodies
- BarbieGirls.com
- Bermuda shorts, Board shorts, and Plaid shorts resurgence in popularity
- 2007 Boston Mooninite Scare
- Britney Spears shaved head controversy
- Chinese product safety scares
- Cingular commercial, "IDK my BFF Jill" and resulting internet meme
- Dick in a Box parodies and internet meme
- Electropop-influenced music hits mainstream with songs like, "Electropop" by Jupiter Rising, "Stronger" by Kanye West, "Ayo Technology" by 50 Cent, "Potential Break Up Song" by Aly & AJ, "With Love" and "Stranger" by Hilary Duff, "Shut Up And Drive" Rihanna, "Do It" by Nelly Furtado.
- Gino Green Gear
- Glacier Surfing
- Google Streetview and surrounding controversy
- Habbo's popularity in North America rises
- "IM IN UR ___, ___ing UR __" Internet Meme
- Live Earth
- J-Pop becoming more popular to a non-Japanese audience. In 2007 j-pop was added to many iTunes worldwide
- Me.com
- MU-STIK Format
- The North Face Denali jacket
- Obama Girl, Clinton Girl, and so forth
- Perez Hilton.com and surrounding controversy, and his reality show on VH1
- Rick Roll
- Sanjaya Malakar's popularity on American Idol and the rise in popularity of the Vote for the Worst campaign
- The Simpsons Movie and related media, Simpsonize-me.com, Kwik-E-Mart conversion of various 7-11's, and The Simpsons Movie inspired products
- Transformers resurgence in popularity due to the movie
- Windows Vista launch hype
- World Without Oil alternate reality game
- YouTube Poop
[edit] 2008
- Microsoft Surface
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