The Nineties: Difference between revisions

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[[File:90s 1482.jpg|frame|'Twas also a good decade for pop culture.]]

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Then came the Dotcom Bubble of the late 90s, powering the biggest economic boom since the [[Roaring Twenties]]. As the Internet Browser was invented, garage entrepreneurs sold [[Vaporware|content-free websites]] for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Cars and electronics went from depressingly boxy to [[Everything Is an iPod In The Future|cartoonishly curvy]] thanks to computer-aided drafting and design. Internet dollars gentrified the inner city, turning what had been viewed as an [[Escape from New York|irredeemable wasteland]] into a [[Friends Rent Control|playpen for the rich]]. Every building, sneaker, and coffee shop was painted in pastel colors.

 

 

 

''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' [[Growing the Beard|got really good]], then was [[Screwed by the Network|canceled twice]]. After people got the answer as to [[Twin Peaks|who killed Laura Palmer]], [[The X-Files|Special Agents Mulder and Scully]] chased aliens, monsters, and other creepy creatures (and created enough [[Unresolved Sexual Tension|UST]] to explode a good-sized planet). Surfing and going to the beach became even more popular thanks to ''[[Baywatch]]''. This was also the heyday of modern-era ''[[Star Trek]]'', with ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|TNG]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|DS9]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Voyager|Voyager]]'' all airing in the same decade. Furthermore, that franchise finally got real competition from ''[[Babylon 5]]'' and ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''. Movies that were entirely animated through CGI began to amaze people, and started to displace 2D-animated films. Meanwhile, [[The Renaissance Age of Animation|The Disney Animation Renaissance]] dominated the movie screens, along with ''[[Titanic]]''. And [[Steven Spielberg]], blew our minds away when he [[Visual Effects of Awesome|brought dinosaurs back]] to life in ''[[Jurassic Park]]''.

Games like the ''[[Super Mario RPG]]'', ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'', and the ''[[Dragon Quest|Dragon Warrior]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series introduced Western gamers to the concept of the [[Japanese Role Playing Game]], and with the arrival of ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' and ''[[Pokémon]]'' in the latter part of the decade, the genre went mainstream: ''[[Pokémon]]'' became a worldwide phenomenon of unprecedented scale; [[Square Soft]] became a household name for any video game enthusiast, and their games came to exemplify the cutting edge of innovation in graphics, sound and storytelling in games for years to come.

 

 

 

Michael Jordan reigned, retired, and [[Rightful King Returns|returned]]. Mark McGwire and other beefy dudes beat out Roger Maris as home-run king, [[Blatant Lies|totally legitimately]]. The [[The Evil Empire|New York Yankees]] "dream team" inspired Americans with good old-fashioned teamwork from 1997-2001. David Beckham became a star.

Not to be confused with [[The Gay Nineties]], which were a century earlier. But these Nineties were probably [[Have a Gay Old Time|just as gay]].

 

 

Now has a [[Totally Radical|totally awesome]] [[The Nineties/Useful Notes|Useful Notes page]]!

 

<big>Stop: [[MC Hammer|Hammertime]].</big>

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{{tropelist|Tropes associated with the 1990s:}}

Naturally, a lot of technology tropes due to the rapid pace of technology and the Internet:

* [[Adventure Game]]s: All the rage prior to ''[[Doom]]'' and the triumph of the [[FPS]].

* [[American Kirby Is Hardcore]]: developed in the '90s.

* [[Blaxploitation Parody]]: It became acceptable in the Nineties to make fun of (and occasionally homage) the [[Blaxploitation]] films of the Seventies.

* [[Collectible Card Game]] - started with [[Magic: The Gathering]] in 1993, and now ''[[Trading Card Lame|everything]]'' has a CCG (no matter how short-lived).

** But then Sony came along mid-decade and handily won the next one with the [[PlayStation]], ending Sega's days as a console manufacturer and relegating Nintendo to "second-string kiddie-game maker" for about ten years.

* [[Covered in Gunge]]: Showed up in kids shows and cartoons a lot in this era.

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{{examples|Many things were created or existed in the 1990s:}}

== Anime & Manga ==

* [[After War Gundam X]]

* [[Fushigi Yuugi]]

* [[GaoGaiGar|Gao Gai Gar]]

* [[Great Teacher Onizuka]]

* [[Gunsmith Cats]]

* [[Slayers]]

* [[Sonic the Hedgehog The Movie]]

* [[Tenchi Muyo!|Tenchi Muyo]]

* [[Tenjho Tenge]]. Manga started in 1998.

** [[Beast Wars Neo]]

* [[Trigun]]

* [[The Vision of Escaflowne]]

* [[Wangan Midnight]]

** Infinity Crusade. Sequel, started in June, 1993.

* [[Gold Digger (Comic Book)|Gold Digger]]. First appeared in September, 1991.

* [[Squirrel Girl]]. First appeared in Winter, 1991.

* [[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (comics)|The Legend of Zelda a Link To The Past]] a year-long serial printed in ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' in 1992.

* ''[[Guess How Much I Love You]]''—first published in 1994, later installments appeared in the late 2000s, and an [[Animated Adaptation]] was created in 2011.

* ''[[Harry Hole]]''. The series started in 1997.

* ''[[High Fidelity]]''

* ''[[His Dark Materials]]''

* ''[[Nightfall]]''. The short story was published in 1941, the novel in 1990.

* ''[[A Night in the Lonesome October]]''

* ''[[Nim's Island|Nims Island]]''

* ''[[Novels of the Jaran]]''

* ''[[Stellaluna]]''

* [[Stephen King]]'s "late period" begins in the '90s, and marks the time when his films ceased to massively under-perform his books... or vice versa, depending on how you look at it:

** ''[[Needful Things]]''

** ''Dolores Claiborne''

* [[Figure It Out]]

* [[First Wave]]

* [[Flash Forward (TV series)|Flash Forward]]

* [[Forever Knight]]

* [[Have I Got News for You]]

* [[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]

* [[Holby City]]

* [[Human Target]]

* [[In Living Color]]

* [[Martin]]

* [[The Master Blackmailer]]

* [[Maybe Its Me]]

* [[Melrose Place]]

** [[Stargate SG-1|Stargate SG 1]]

* [[Star Trek]]

* [[Step by Step]]

* [[Suddenly Susan]]

* [[Black Eyed Peas]]

* Blind Melon

* Boys II Men, Kings of the prom anthem.

* Brandy

* Immature

* [[Janet Jackson]] released her two most ''Critically'' acclaimed albums this decade. ''Janet''., And ''The Velvet Rope''

* Jellyfish, and splinter acts Imperial Drag, The Grays and Jason Falkner.

* [[Jennifer Lopez]]. Debuted in 1999.

* Kriss Kross

* [[Lauryn Hill]]

* Lenny Kravitz

* Lisa Loeb

* [[System of a Down]]. Another influential 1980s band that survived into the 1990s (and to the present day as well).

* [[Third Eye Blind]]

* Timbaland

* [[TLC (band)|TLC]]

* [[Ministry of Darkness]]

* [[Mitsuharu Misawa]]

* The [[Montreal Screwjob]]

* The [[New World Order|nWo]]

** [[Air Combat]]

** [[Ace Combat 2]]

* [[Adventure Island]] series

** ''Adventure Island II'' (1991)

** ''Master Takahashi's Adventure Island IV'' (1994)

** ''Super Adventure Island II'' (1995)

* ''[[Altered Beast]]''

* ''[[Another World (video game)|Another World]]''

* ''[[Aztec Wars]]''

* ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]''

* ''[[Battle City (video game)|Battle City]]'' series

* [[Castlevania]]

** [[Kid Dracula|Akumajou Special: Boku Dracula-Kun!]]

** [[Super Castlevania IV]]

** [[Kid Dracula]]

** [[Castlevania Chronicles|Akumajou Dracula]]

** [[Castlevania Bloodlines]]

** [[Castlevania: Symphony of the Night]]

** [[Final Fantasy Tactics]]

* [[Fire Emblem]], [[No Export for You|at least in Japan.]] Western players had to wait until 2003 to get [[Sequel First|their first installment.]]

* [[Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru|For the Frog The Bell Tolls]]

* [[Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist]]

** [[Mortal Kombat 4]]

* [[Mother]]

* [[The Neverhood]]

* [[Nightmare Ned (video game)|Nightmare Ned]]

* [[Policenauts]]

* [[Quackshot]]

* [[Resident Evil]]

** [[Resident Evil (video game)|Resident Evil]]

** [[Resident Evil 2]]

* [[Ristar]]

* [[Rival Schools|Rival Schools: United By Fate]]

* [[Quake (video game)|Quake I]]

** [[Quake II]]

* [[Serf City]]

* [[The Settlers]]

* [[Shadow President]]

* [[Shinobi (series)|Shinobi]] series

** [[Silent Hill 1|Silent Hill]] (the first one)

* [[The Silver Case]]

** [[Sim Earth]]

** [[Sim Life]]

** [[Sim Farm]], anyone?

* [[Simon the Sorcerer]], and a couple of hilarious [[Discworld]] adventures.

* [[Smash TV]]

* [[SPISPOPD]]

* [[Spyro the Dragon]]

* [[Star Control]]

* [[Star Fox (series)|Star FOX]]

** [[Star Fox (video game)|Star FOX]]

* [[Super Mario Bros.]]

** [[Super Mario Bros 3]]

** [[Wario Land]]

** [[Dr. Mario]]

 

 

* [[Web Comics]] ''period'', as the Internet first saw widespread use in the middle of this decade.

 

 

* [[Earthworm Jim (animation)|Earthworm Jim]]

* [[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy|Ed, Edd n Eddy]]

* [[Exo Squad]]

* [[Extreme Ghostbusters]]

* [[Fly Tales]]

* [[Franklin]]

* [[Futurama]]

* [[Garfield and Friends]]

* [[Goof Troop]]

* [[Hammerman]]

* [[Hey Arnold!]]

* [[Histeria!]]

* [[Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures|Jonny Quest the Real Adventures]]

* [[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|Jungle Cubs]]. Series based on a feature film.

* [[Kevin Spencer]]

* [[Life With Louie]]

* [[Rocko's Modern Life]]

* [[Rolie Polie Olie]]

* [[Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles]]

* [[Rugrats]]

* [[Science Court]]

* [[Scooby-Doo (animation)|Scooby Doo]]

* [[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]

** [[The Itchy and Scratchy Show]]

* [[X-Men (animation)|X-Men]]

* [[Wallace and Gromit]]

* [[Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa|Wild West Cowboys of Moo Mesa]]

* [[Wish Kid]]

 

 

* ''[[Black Lagoon]]''

 

* Large parts of ''[[The Dark Tower/Song of Susannah|Song of Susannah]]'', and ''[[The Dark Tower/The Dark Tower|The Dark Tower]]'', the last two books of [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[The Dark Tower]]'' series, both released in 2004, are set in 1999.

* ''[[Ubik]]'' (made in 1969, set in 1992) A case of [[I Want My Jetpack]].

 

 

 

== Video Games ==

 

 

 

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