Fun FactNo. 01
The Y2K bug
People worried computers storing years as two digits would crash when 1999 rolled into 2000.
📷 Bug de l'an 2000 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commonsy2k_bug.exe
Time capsule of the day
1999
Y2K panic and Pokémon cards in every backpack.
MovieNo. 02
TV ShowNo. 03
SpongeBob SquarePants
Premiered May 1, 1999. A pineapple under the sea was never the same.
📷 Poster via TMDBGameNo. 04
SnackNo. 05
Push Pop
Candy on a stick that you pushed up from a tube, then capped for later.
📷 Unknown author · free license · Wikimedia CommonsFoodNo. 06
Dino nuggets
Chicken nuggets shaped like dinosaurs. They tasted better. Science.
📷 James Palinsad · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsToyNo. 07
Pokémon cards
The English trading card game arrived in January 1999. Holo Charizard was king.
📷 Pokémon, Nintendo/Creatures Inc./Game Freak Inc. · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsJokeNo. 08
Why did the computer panic on New Year's Eve 1999?
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Top of 1999
The most watched movies that yearTitles and posters from TMDB.
What everyone was into in 1999
💡 The Y2K bug · 🎬 Toy Story 2 · 📺 SpongeBob SquarePants · 🎮 Pokémon Yellow · 🍬 Push Pop · 🍕 Dino nuggets · 🧸 Pokémon cards
Top movies of 1999
- Fight Club
- The Matrix
- The Green Mile
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
- Toy Story 2
- American Beauty
- The Sixth Sense
- The Mummy
- 10 Things I Hate About You
- American Pie
- Sleepy Hollow
- Tarzan
- Eyes Wide Shut
- Notting Hill
- The Iron Giant
- The Blair Witch Project
- Being John Malkovich
- Stuart Little
- The Talented Mr. Ripley
- Girl, Interrupted
Top TV shows of 1999
- One Piece
- Family Guy
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Futurama
- The Sopranos
- Yo soy Betty, la fea
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Courage the Cowardly Dog
- Angel
- Digimon: Digital Monsters
- Freaks and Geeks
- Ed, Edd n Eddy
- Batman Beyond
- Farscape
- The West Wing
- Spaced
- Roswell
- Oggy and the Cockroaches
- Zoids: Chaotic Century
- Storm of the Century
Top video games of 1999
- Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
- Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia
- Silent Hill
- Grand Theft Auto 2
- Final Fantasy VIII
- Super Smash Bros.
- Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
- Crash Team Racing
- Pokémon Silver Version
- Planescape: Torment
- Quake III Arena
- Pokémon Gold Version
- System Shock 2
- Worms Armageddon
- Pokémon Stadium
- Unreal Tournament
- Pokémon Snap
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
- Crazy Taxi
- Driver