▸ the soundtrack of
Class of 1993
Middle School
1986–1988Awkward dances and your first favorite band.
High School
1989–1993The lunch table, the hallway crush, the parking lot.
First Car
1991–1993Windows down, volume up, finally free.
College Years
1993–1997Dorm rooms, road trips, and figuring it out.
Early Adulthood
1998–2002First apartment, first heartbreak, first paycheck.
30-year reunion
2023
Generation
Gen X
You'd be about
51
🔙 The world when you walked the stage
The world around the music — what was on screen, and what was on the shelf.
🎬 Set the scene
Nothing fancy — just 1993, Batman: The Animated Series, a Snapple, a Rice Krispies Treat, and the kind of afternoon that disappeared before dinner.
📼 Saturday cartoons
- Doug👕 tee →
- Rugrats👕 tee →
- The Ren & Stimpy Show
- X-Men👕 tee →
- Batman: The Animated Series👕 tee →
- Animaniacs👕 tee →
- Rocko's Modern Life
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles👕 tee →
📰 Headlines
- WTC bombing
- Waco siege
- Clinton inaugurated
- Oslo Accords signed
- Brady gun bill passes
💡 Tech & Firsts
- Mosaic web browser released
- Intel Pentium chip debuts
- Apple Newton ships
- Doom released (PC gaming)
- Myst CD-ROM hit
🏆 Sports
- Blue Jays repeat (Carter walk-off)
- Bulls three-peat
- Cowboys win Super Bowl XXVII
- Canadiens win the Stanley Cup
- Jordan's first retirement
🤪 Crazes & fads
- Beanie Babies launch
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
- Jurassic Park dino-mania
- The X-Files debuts
- Mortal Kombat fervor
👖 Clothes
- Flannel & combat boots
- Chokers
- Slip dresses
- Doc Martens
- Plaid everything
💵 What it cost
- Stamp: 29¢
- Gas: ~$1.11/gal
- Movie ticket: ~$4.14
- Median new home: ~$126,500
- New car avg: ~$17,000
🧸 Toy chest
🍬 On the shelf
- Fruit by the Foot🛒 grab some →
- Shark Bites🛒 grab some →
- String Thing
- Butterfinger BB's
- Sour Punch Straws🛒 grab some →
- Airheads Xtremes🛒 grab some →
- Cheetos Paws
- Planters P.B. Crisps
- Planters Cheez Balls🛒 grab some →
- Kudos Bars
🥤 In the fridge
How well do you remember Class of 1993?
7 quick questions — the songs, the artists, the year. No cheating. 😏
💬 Memories from the Class of 1993
“getting rickrolled”
— Anonymouson this song →
📸 Your Class of 1993 card
A neon card of your class's year — post it to your reunion group or tag your class.
👥 Find your class
The people who came up on the same songs are hanging out right now.
🎓 Class of 1993 gear
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