When most people think about iconic moments from the '90s, they may remember the Bush and Clinton years, the emergence of girl power and grunge music, or perhaps the funky fashions of the era. However, what sticks out the most to me about such a legendary decade, were all the '90s ads that won you over with wacky, outrageous, and brightly-colored commercials. I remember swearing up and down that I needed Moon Shoes if I had any hope of ever becoming an astronaut. Spoiler alert: NASA hasn't called me—yet. There was just something magically inticing about ads from the 1990s that captured the hearts of kids everywhere.
In fact, even as adults, the catchphrases made popular by random '90s commercials still survive in today's pop culture lexicon in some way or another. Though some sayings might be used as a joke or to show how dated something is (think: Budweiser's "Wassup?" ad from the late '90s), they've still stood the test of time.
Regardless of why or how an ad from the 1990s has remained memorable, it's a testament to the creative and eclectic minds of the decade and the young kids who were inspired by them. Do you think we'd have the commercial with grouchy stars who just need a Snicker's if we didn't have these '90s ads that totally won you over back in the day?
No summer was complete without getting water sprayed up your nose with the Super Soaker. You also knew you just had to have the latest one, too, which had a power gauge on it.
Who didn't love making miniature desserts and watching them cook via lightbulb? Sure, sometimes they came out hard as a rock, but they just looked so damn pretty.
Oh, you're playing with a regular football? How sad. Only the coolest kids had the Nerf Turbo Footballs that all your friends swore went faster and longer than any other kind.
I still don't really know what's so appealing about a stretchy guy. But in the early '90s, I felt like it was definitely a good toy to have in case of bank robbing emergencies.
