35 Childhood Things That '80s Kid Could Totally Never Forget, Even If They Tried

1.The absolute joy you got watching Muppet Babies (even if it was just a rerun):

2.And the pure bliss and excitement you got at just hearing the theme song for it:

3.Yet always wondering what the hell Nanny looked like:

4.That nobody could convince you that Kenner's Family Tree House wasn't part of the Fisher-Price's Little People collection. And just how much fun you had playing with it:

5. Being excited whenever you'd put one of these capsules in water — and also how gross they smelled (like a funky sponge):

Remember Capsule Critters? The little capsules you put in hot water and foam shapes would pop out? My parents invented them in the ‘80s! from nostalgia

6.Having these McDonald's glasses...

...and Burger King Return of the Jedi glasses as your go-to juice or milk glass — even as the paint on them faded:

7. Having one of these country goose cookie jars in your family's kitchen, which usually had matching glasses, dish towels, and plates:

Ceramic Goose Cookie Jars from the 80s from nostalgia

8.Wanting a waterbed because they were the coolest thing ever. Also, they were the funnest things to jump on:

9.The huge confusion over there being two cartoons called Ghostbusters — it just did not make sense in your mind:

But, of course, knowing The Real Ghostbusters was the superior one 'cause it was the one based on the movie. Plus, it even had the theme song for the intro:

10.Walking to the Ghostbusters' theme song and Michael Jackson's "Thriller" during your elementary school's Halloween parade:

11.That just looking at the cover of a Mead Académie Sketch Pad inspired you to want to draw:

12. Begging your parents to get you one of these fiber optic flashlights and then never playing with it again:

Fiber optic flashlights they'd sell at the circus and firework shows from nostalgia

13.Wanting a My Buddy and/or Kid Sister...

...because the commercial (mainly the infectious jingle for it) sold it to you!!!

14.That 75% of the fun of playing with Colorforms was sniffing them:

15.How traumatized you were by that episode of Punky Brewster where Cherie almost died after being locked in the abandoned fridge:

16.And how traumatized you were from the scene where Artax died in Swamp of Sadness in The NeverEnding Story:

17.How the illustrations from Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark were actually more frighting than the stories. Okay, yes the stories were very creepy too, FTR:

18. Having a collection Disney Read-Along Storybook and cassette books, which you'd sometimes play just for the songs they included in them:

The Disney storybook cassette tapes. “When you hear the chime, turn the page!” (late-80’s, early 90’s) from nostalgia

19.Loving your Popple, but always having an absolute struggle it was to get it back into its ball shape:

20.That every kid owned these rainbow flip-flops — that were also super painful, since the nylon on the straps would rub against your toes:

21.And that everyone either owned or knew someone that owned a Rainbow Brite doll that ended up covered in crayon marks and with the yarn hair all undone:

22. Being very tempted to eat Crest Sparke because it tasted like minty candy. Oh so, so sweet:

Crest Sparkle from the 80’s. I swear I can still taste it. from nostalgia

23.Wanting a Clapper because it felt so futuristic...

...and because of the commercial for it:

24. How these really did taste like the soda except way sweeter. Plus they left you so thirsty after you chewed a piece:

80's Soda Bubble Gum from nostalgia

25.Collecting shiny Sandylion stickers that you'd get from a craft store or stationary shop:

And of course, displaying your collection in sticker books:

26.How gross the stickers you had to lick tasted in Sticker Fun books. Also, how they dried all wrinkly and never stuck right in the book:

27. How these Coco-Cola cups that left a waxy taste to your Coke (or at least in your mind it did):

Wax paper Coke cups. A staple of '70s and '80s pizza parties. from nostalgia

28.Getting hungry every time you watched a Time for Timer PSA:

29.How you thought the car couch from My Two Dads was the coolest thing you ever saw and you wanted one badly:

30.Loving the theme song to Cheers, but find the show boring:

31. Always being a little freaked out by the tree with the face inside (or sometimes was outside in its PlayPlace) of McDonald's:

80s McDonald's party room from nostalgia

32.Being scared of burning yourself whenever you played on a metal jungle gyms on hot days:

33. Playing with those sliding puzzles and eventually getting frustrated with it and just pulling out all the pieces and putting them back together correctly:

Anybody else remember this Mickey & Minnie slide puzzle from the 80's? from nostalgia

34.The absolute disappointment you felt anytime you made shaved ice with the Snoopy Sno Cone Maker and only ended up with a slushy mess:

35.And lastly, not being able to fight the urge to yell out, "I learned it by watching you!," whenever the "Like Father, Like Son" anti-drug PSA came on: