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{{quote|'''Walt''': Did I hear what I think I just heard?! |
{{quote|'''Walt''': Did I hear what I think I just heard?! |
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'''Jeremy''': Dad, it's just a song lyric. |
'''Jeremy''': Dad, it's just a song lyric. |
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'''Walt''': Don't give me that! I'm sick of this new music that's [[Moral Guardians|nothing but drugs and sex]]! |
'''Walt''': Don't give me that! I'm sick of this new music that's [[Moral Guardians|nothing but drugs and sex]]! |
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'''Jeremy''': You mean like, "[[Bob Dylan|Lay Lady Lay]]", "[[The Beatles|Lucy in the Sky]]", "[[Jimi Hendrix|Purple Haze]]", "[[The Rolling Stones|Brown Sugar]]"? |
'''Jeremy''': You mean like, "[[Bob Dylan|Lay Lady Lay]]", "[[The Beatles|Lucy in the Sky]]", "[[Jimi Hendrix|Purple Haze]]", "[[The Rolling Stones|Brown Sugar]]"? |
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'''Walt''': Hey, that's different! Those are classics! |
'''Walt''': Hey, that's different! Those are classics! |
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'''Connie''': Ouch. One point for the teenager. }} |
'''Connie''': Ouch. One point for the teenager. }} |
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* Ruben Bolling's comic strip Tom the Dancing Bug advanced a theory that popular culture was at its height when you, the reader, were twelve years old. |
* Ruben Bolling's comic strip Tom the Dancing Bug advanced a theory that popular culture was at its height when you, the reader, were twelve years old. |
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* People tend to forget that while the animation in the 90's and late 80's were indeed much better than in the 60's and 70's [[Dork Age]], a lot of the painted cels made the shows look VERY unprofessional by today's standards, where you can now use a computer to digitally color in hand-drawn animation. |
* People tend to forget that while the animation in the 90's and late 80's were indeed much better than in the 60's and 70's [[Dork Age]], a lot of the painted cels made the shows look VERY unprofessional by today's standards, where you can now use a computer to digitally color in hand-drawn animation. |
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* This trope is played with in ''[[Recess]]'', when Vince apparently does not notice that his brother (who was revered by Vince's peers around his age) was a stereotypical nerd, remembering instead how "cool" he used to be. |
* This trope is played with in ''[[Recess]]'', when Vince apparently does not notice that his brother (who was revered by Vince's peers around his age) was a stereotypical nerd, remembering instead how "cool" he used to be. |
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* ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'': In one episode, Timmy's dad constantly speaks of his fond childhood memories of spending time in an Old West town, and Timmy goes through the trouble of making sure it doesn't get torn down for his dad's sake. However, actually being there again makes Timmy's dad realize how much his childhood sucked and has the place demolished for a few bucks. |
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** And another episode, in when Timmy and his dad were cleaning their attic, Timmy finds his dad's tiny box of dreams. He picks it up and it breaks. Timmy's dad was OK with it though, because his dreams were crushed many years ago. |
** And another episode, in when Timmy and his dad were cleaning their attic, Timmy finds his dad's tiny box of dreams. He picks it up and it breaks. Timmy's dad was OK with it though, because his dreams were crushed many years ago. |
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{{quote|'''Timmy''': How ''many'' years ago? |
{{quote|'''Timmy''': How ''many'' years ago? |
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[[Category:Double Standard]] |
[[Category:Double Standard]] |
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[[Category:Common Fan Fallacies]] |
[[Category:Common Fan Fallacies]] |
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