History Main / AnyoneRememberPogs

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', it turns out in "The Void" that all the things in Elmore considered "bad ideas" are [[RetGone erased from existence by the universe itself.]] This is shown to include such things as pogo balls, disco, Crazy Frog, mullets, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and people.]] In short, no one remembers pogs in Elmore because they ''[[LaserGuidedAmnesia can't!]]''

If the show is ''about'' Remembering Pogs (humorously or seriously), we have ILoveTheExties. If it's a character who just can't leave his pogs behind, he's DiscoDan. If it's so ridiculous that today's kids don't believe it was actually real, it's AluminumChristmasTrees. When the use of a widely popular fad ends up dating a work to a specific time period, it's UnintentionalPeriodPiece. When the fad in question later manages to stand the test of time, that's ItWillNeverCatchOn. When the fad in question progressively [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zags]] this trope as time goes on, that's PopularityPolynomial.

* ''Film/TheDeathOfDickLong'': Contributing to the film's darkly ironic atmosphere, the soundtrack consists of nothing but PostGrunge songs from the late 90s and early Aughts that have aged poorly. The main characters are {{Dreadful Musician}}s who specialize in these songs. The credits music is the infamous Music/{{Nickelback}} single "How You Remind Me"

*** Doctor Venture's comment about pogs is based around [[AluminumChristmasTrees a real complaint parents had about pogs]]. Typically, when playing pogs, kids would bet the pogs with the players winning the pogs they knock face up. As such, [[TheNewRockAndRoll parents complained that the game was promoting gambling]].

* This was PlayedForDrama in the ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' episode "Reborn to Be Wild", where Bobby becomes a born-again Christian thanks to the influence of a [[TotallyRadical skateboarding ministry.]] Hank opposes Bobby's conversion not because he disagrees with it, but because he fears that Bobby is going about it the wrong way, and that treating something as important as his faith in such a manner will have it turn out to be just another passing fad, like his old Toys/{{Tamagotchi}}, Toys/BeanieBabies, and [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Ninja Turtles]] costume currently collecting dust in the garage next to Hank's old Members Only jacket.

If the show is ''about'' Remembering Pogs (humorously or seriously), we have ILoveTheExties. If it's a character who just can't leave his pogs behind, he's DiscoDan. If it's so ridiculous that today's kids don't believe it was actually real, it's AluminumChristmasTrees. When the use of a widely popular fad ends up dating a work to a specific time period, it's UnintentionalPeriodPiece. When the fad in question later manages to withstand the test of time, that's ItWillNeverCatchOn. When the fad in question actually progressively [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zags]] this trope as time goes on, that's PopularityPolynomial.

*** Doctor Venture's comment about pogs is based around [[AluminumChristmasTrees a real complaint parents had about pogs]]. Typically, when playing pogs, kids would bet the pogs with the players winning the pogs they knock face up. As such, [[TheNewRockAndRoll parents complained the game was promoting gambling]].

** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E22RoundSpringfield 'Round Springfield]]" features The Ultimate Pog, which bears the likeness of Steve Allen.

* An episode of ''Series/TeenAngel'' had the titular character going back in time to try to prevent his death. When his past self demands proof he's from the future, he says "I know this may be a little hard to believe...but the Macarena is just a phase.", followed by his past self bemoaning his huge investment in "Planet Macarena" stock (which he later plans to sell and [[ComicallyMissingThePoint invest in Tony Danza t-shirts instead]]).

Throughout human history, people have become obsessed over the darndest things, especially in the consumer-driven economy that sprung up during the 1950s. Pet rocks, pins, breakdancing, various child stars, OneHitWonder bands, Silly Bandz, fidget spinners, and (of course) pogs were all once[[note]]1995 mostly, if the ''pog machine'' toy is any indication[[/note]] insanely popular, but like most fads [[FlashInThePanFad they faded away]], and these days most of us look back on all the hooplah and laugh.

Throughout human history, people have become obsessed over the darndest things, especially in the consumer-driven economy that sprung up during the 1950s. Pet rocks, pins, breakdancing, various child stars, OneHitWonder bands, Silly Bandz, fidget spinners, and (of course) pogs were all once insanely popular, but like most fads [[FlashInThePanFad they faded away]], and these days most of us look back on all the hooplah and laugh.

[[caption-width-right:320:Thankfully they were forgotten... Or were they?[[note]]Not really. Pogs were introduced in Mexico and South America as ''Tazos'' in the 90s and new ones continue to be released and be somewhat popular to this day. [[/note]]]]

* The reference to Crystal Pepsi in the dub of ''Anime/{{FLCL}}''. It was an attempt at a CulturalTranslation of a reference to a similar fad soft drink sold in Japan, Cherio.

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* A ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}'' strip has Jeremy and Pierce reacting this way to Walt's description of tiddlywinks.
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* In ''VideoGame/CoffeeTalk Episode 2: Hibiscus and Butterfly'', Lucas gives you his contact card and a fidget spinner with his number on it, and he requests you to give either of them to Riona on her next visit. You can give the fidget spinner to [[spoiler:Rachel]] instead on her first visit, but she'll remark that it's "so 2017" and return it to you. [[spoiler:Giving it to Gala, on the other hand, will have him use it to entertain the hospital kids, but they'll think that it's passé.]]

* In ''VideoGame/CoffeeTalk Episode 2: Hibiscus and Butterfly'', Lucas gives you his contact card and a fidget spinner with his number on it, and he requests you to give them to Riona on her next visit. You can give the fidget spinner to [[spoiler:Rachel]] instead on her first visit, but she'll remark that it's "so 2017" and return it to you. [[spoiler:Giving it to Gala, on the other hand, will have him use it to entertain the hospital kids, but they'll think that it's passé.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Wasteland 2}}'' was made in 2014, [[SequelGap 26 years]] after the original ''VideoGame/{{Wasteland}}'', [[ZeerustCanon but still set in a world where the apocalypse happened in the 1990s.]] It playfully reminds the player of this by having bits of 1980s pop culture show up as ShopFodder: Rubik's cubes, Teddy Ruxpin dolls, and snap bracelets are just some of the things you'll find lying around.
* ''VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd''[='s=] "St. Freya Fiesta" event featured an interactive area where chibi versions of the characters could chat and pick up and exchange prizes. One of the possible commands was to have your chibi do the Macarena.
* The commentary in ''VideoGame/GettingOverItWithBennettFoddy'' {{discusse|dTrope}}s the trope in regards to PropRecycling. It's noted how people expected games to eventually ''all'' be created from premade assets in the same way this game is, but that never came to pass because, once an asset is recognized as able to be reused, it becomes "trash".

Throughout human history, people have become obsessed over the darndest things, especially in the consumer-driven economy that sprung up during the 1950s. Hula hoops, pet rocks, pins, breakdancing, various child stars, OneHitWonder bands, Silly Bandz, fidget spinners, and (of course) pogs were all once insanely popular, but like most fads [[FlashInThePanFad they faded away]], and these days most of us look back on all the hooplah and laugh.

* [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] once referenced this trope. He mentioned Music/VanillaIce as something that was [[CondemnedByHistory incredibly popular for a hilariously short period of time, and is now seen as thoroughly embarrassing by even the most die hard of fans]]. The context for the remark was that he predicted ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' would be going the same way.

* An early episode of the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' dub includes a Macarena reference. [[http://dogasu.bulbagarden.net/ Dogasu]] runs a site dedicated to the changes made in the dub, and even he had to [[http://dogasu.bulbagarden.net/comparisons/kanto/ep006.html snigger a bit]] at that.

** Doctor Venture's comment about pogs is based around [[AluminumChristmasTrees a real complaint parents had about pogs]]. Typically, when playing pogs, kids would bet the pogs with the players winning the pogs they knock face up. As such, [[TheNewRockAndRoll parents complained the game was promoting gambling]].

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* In an early episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' that dealt with fads, Arthur's grandmother gave him his father's old pet rock to substitute for a Woogle, the new toy everyone has. It barely lasts one scene before Arthur dumps it. He winds up creating a new fad by just popping a bottle cap. The kids instantly drop the new toys to get in on it and by the end of the episode, Woogles are in the bargain bin.

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': In "The Inconveniencing", Dipper and Mabel join Wendy and her friends in raiding an abandoned convenience store that shut down in the nineties. Dipper finds an old newspaper with a headline that reads "Cheese Crust Pizza Declared Delicious".

'''Everyone in the entire friggin world, including the makers of the song''': '''''LET'S NOT!'''''

*** Ironically, both of the above references came from episodes that originally aired in 1995 [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece when the pog craze was actually in full swing]], with the jokes being meant to mock ALF and Steve Allen as outdated fads clinging to relevance by [[WereStillRelevantDammit piggybacking on modern trends.]] This of course, makes them extra HilariousInHindsight.

* The ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' parody of Pokémon introduced [[ParodyNames Hokéycon]] as the latest "flavor of the week" fad destined to rot in closets everywhere. One later panel had a fanboy who boasts that Hokéycon is "a phenomenon whose popularity will never, ever fade" being approached by another desperate to trade him any number of Toys/BeanieBabies, [[WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs Smurfs]], Franchise/PowerRangers or Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles in exchange for a single Hokéycon card. (HilariousInHindsight, as all of these are ''still being made'' in some form, even though they're not as wildly popular as they once were--as is Pokémon itself, which is the most profitable franchise in the word. [[labelnote:For the record]] While none of these franchises save Pokémon are the media giants they used to be, they're all far from dead, with most of them still going strong well into the 2010s.[[/labelnote]])

* An increasing theme of Music/{{Eminem}}'s later music is that he begins to use deliberately out-of-date pop culture references to things from his own youth to mock himself for being a WhiteDwarfStarlet. For example, 2020's "Marsh" contains a shoutout to Invisibl Skratch Piklz and ''Series/{{ALF}}''.

Compare {{Zeerust}} and CyclicNationalFascination. Is only tangentially related to [[WebSite/{{Twitch}} "PogChamp"]].[[note]]Long story, but it's a chat emote command turned slang expression ultimately derived from a [[Website/YouTube YouTuber]] making a funny face and playing with actual pogs in separate videos.[[/note]]

* [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] once referenced this trope. He mentioned Music/VanillaIce as something that was incredibly popular for a hilariously short period of time, and is now seen as thoroughly embarrassing by even the most die hard of fans. The context for the remark was that he predicted ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' would be going the same way.

-->'''Homer:''' ''(drinks the beer)'' Ah, we elected the [[UsefulNotes/JimmyCarter wrong Carter.]]

-->'''Homer:''' The Internet? Is that thing still around?

* In an early episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' that dealt with fads, Arthur's grandmother gave him his father's old pet rock to substitute for a Woogle, the new toy everyone has. It barely lasts one scene before Arthur dumps it.
** Heck, Arthur winds up creating a new fad by just popping a bottle cap. The kids instantly drop the new toys to get in on it and by the end of the episode, Woogles are in the bargain bin.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' focused an episode on Kyle's difficulty in getting in with the recent [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Chinpokomon]] trend. Every time he ran to the toy store to get the latest part of the fad, he would return to find his friends had already moved onto the next new item.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', it turns out in "The Void" that all the things in Elmore considered "bad ideas" [[spoiler:are [[RetGone erased from existence]] by the universe itself.]] This is shown to include such things as pogo balls, disco, Crazy Frog, mullets, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and]] [[spoiler:people.]] In short, no one remembers pogs in Elmore because [[spoiler:they ''[[LaserGuidedAmnesia can't!]]'']]