Please slip into your comfiest checkered Vans, because we’re about to take a long trip down memory lane, all the way back to the early-to-late aughts, when your life consisted of velour tracksuits, custom-covered flip phones, and a near-constant stream of loud, obnoxious references to these 13 hugely viral YouTube videos, below.
Get ready for a big ol’ dose of oh-my-god nostalgia and to mutter, "wow, I feel old," approximately 100 times to yourself.
13. Peanut Butter Jelly Time
“Peanut butter jelly with a baseball bat.”
VIEWS: 27.7 million
12. Evolution of Dance
From Elvis’ “Nothin' But a Hound Dog” to Outkast’s “Hey, Ya!” this clip was straight-up magic.
VIEWS: 300 million
11. Salad Fingers
“The feeling of rust against my salad fingers is almost orgasmic.” Still terrifying. Still hate this.
VIEWS: 31 million
10. Mr. Trololo
Yes, this song has been stuck in your head for almost a full decade.
VIEWS: 26.4 million
9. Mortal Kombat Theme
That time the comedy duo Smosh created a super grainy music video for Mortal Kombat, and the internet lost its collective mind.
VIEWS: 29.3 million
8. Muffins
“Imaaaginary muffin!”
VIEWS: 27.7 million
7. Very Scary Car Driving
You to your friends: “No, no, it’s fine; I promise. Just watch it.”
VIEWS: 9 million
6. Potter Puppet Pals
“It’s a pipe bomb!”
VIEWS: 160.4 million
5. Numa Numa
When lip-synching to O-Zone’s “Dragostea Din Tei” could get you viral. Fact: This video still holds up. And I hate myself.
VIEWS: 26.7 million
4. Badger, Badger, Badger
“Snake! A snake! Oooh, it’s a snake.”
VIEWS: 24.3 million
3. Charlie the Unicorn
"It's a leopluridon Charlie!"
"A MAGICAL leopluridon!"
VIEWS: 30.3 million
2. Shoes
“Shoes. Shoes. Shoes. Oh, my god, shoes.”
VIEWS: 62.3 million
1. Chocolate Rain
Just…no words needed.
VIEWS: 145 million
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