Fun FactNo. 01
Google is founded
Larry Page and Sergey Brin incorporated Google in September 1998, working out of a rented garage.
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Time capsule of the day
1998
Gotta catch 'em all before the millennium.
MovieNo. 02
Mulan
Disney's warrior heroine, Mushu the dragon, and a training montage that still slaps.
📷 Poster via TMDBTV ShowNo. 03
The Powerpuff Girls
Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup take on Mojo Jojo. Premiered on Cartoon Network in November.
📷 Poster via TMDBGameNo. 04
Pokémon Red & Blue
Hit North America in September 1998. Link cables became a schoolyard currency.
📷 Cover via IGDBSnackNo. 05
Gushers
Fruit snacks with a liquid center that burst when you bit them.
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Bagel Bites
Mini pizzas on bagels, straight from the microwave, eaten way too hot.
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Furby
The must-have toy of the 1998 holidays. It talked, blinked, and never turned off.
📷 Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsJokeNo. 08
What did the Tamagotchi say after a weekend at Grandma's?
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Top of 1998
The most watched movies that yearTitles and posters from TMDB.
What everyone was into in 1998
💡 Google is founded · 🎬 Mulan · 📺 The Powerpuff Girls · 🎮 Pokémon Red & Blue · 🍬 Gushers · 🍕 Bagel Bites · 🧸 Furby
Top movies of 1998
- The Truman Show
- Saving Private Ryan
- American History X
- The Big Lebowski
- Mulan
- A Bug's Life
- Armageddon
- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
- Blade
- Meet Joe Black
- Rush Hour
- There's Something About Mary
- Cube
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- Antz
- The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
- The Parent Trap
- The Mask of Zorro
- The Prince of Egypt
- Enemy of the State
Top TV shows of 1998
- Charmed
- Sex and the City
- Cowboy Bebop
- That '70s Show
- The Powerpuff Girls
- Cardcaptor Sakura
- The King of Queens
- Serial Experiments Lain
- Dawson's Creek
- Will & Grace
- TRIGUN
- CatDog
- Deceptions
- Celebrity Deathmatch
- Whose Line Is It Anyway?
- Mortal Kombat: Conquest
- Hercules
- Merlin
- The Wild Thornberrys
- The Count of Monte Cristo
Top video games of 1998
- Half-Life
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- Metal Gear Solid
- StarCraft
- Fallout 2
- Resident Evil 2
- Crash Bandicoot: Warped
- Grim Fandango
- Banjo-Kazooie
- Spyro the Dragon
- Baldur's Gate
- Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
- Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
- Sonic Adventure
- Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft
- Mario Party
- Metal Slug 2
- Thief: The Dark Project
- MediEvil
- Pokémon Trading Card Game