Submitted by E Bennett

A while back, there was talk about a Thundercats remake. I imagine Hollywood works something like this:

Knock, knock.

Who’s there?

Hollywood.

Hollywood who?

Hollywood, who likes to ruin everything you ever loved about your childhood.

Last I checked, though, the movie was halted. Thundercats seems lost on the younger generation though. Anyone else remember in Juno when she says “Thundercats are go!”? I think she meant “Thundercats ho!” or “Thunderbirds are go.”

Submitted by Jessica H

Personally, I don’t really understand these. I remember them being all the rage, but why? Were they a summer camp thing? And why lizards? Please answer my questions in the comments so I can sleep at night. I’ll post the best responses.

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Submitted by A Stein

Speaking of Care Bears, this franchise of plush, colorful teddy bears were a staple of ’80s childhoods. Like many toys of the era, the Care Bears eventually found their way into a television series and (I believe) three movies.

In 2007, the Care Bears were reintroduced with the intention of ruining your fondest childhood memories. Mission accomplished. Well, at least Robot Chicken has a pretty funny Care Bears spoof.

Submitted by M Block

File Sea Monkeys under “Pets for Kids Who Weren’t Allowed to Have Real Pets,” joining the ranks of the Pet Rock, Chia Pet, and Ant Farm. According to Wikipedia, Sea Monkeys are actually brine shrimp that have entered a natural state of suspended animation called cryptobiosis. Totally sci-fi!

Here at Once Upon a Win, we like to say things like start rants with “Remember when…” and “Back in the good ‘ol days…”, which might almost make it sound like our parents. But our friends at I Had To Post This spend their day writing down and publishing things parents have actually said! Why? Because they had to. Or something.

Seriously though, this is one of my favorite new sites. Check out this gem:

Here are a few other quotable nuggets from parents like yours:

• Parents on yearbooks.
• Parents on Care Bears.
• Parents on cartoons.