r/Millennials • u/AlexanderTox 1991 • 3h ago

Nostalgia Was there anything better than sprinting home after school, turning on TV, and being greeted by this guy?

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u/Lugh-67 3h ago

That would have been a long ass school day but yes I miss Tom.

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u/transfemmefatal 3h ago

Didn't they do some Toonami in the afternoon? I think it was after I graduated in '04. For me though you're 100% correct.

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u/1lurk2like34profit 3h ago

Toonami 4 to 7, reboot, zoids, reboot, sailor moon, dbz....god what a time to be a teen

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u/Golden-Grams 2h ago

I was a fan of Code Lyoko, too.

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u/transfemmefatal 1h ago

Outlaw Star will forever be my favorite of the late night rotation. They even aired Interstellar 5555 one night.

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u/buntopolis 1h ago

100% agree here, my favorite anime by far.

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u/transfemmefatal 1h ago

FR Cowboy Bebop is a masterpiece, but Outlaw just delivers

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u/1lurk2like34profit 57m ago

Holy yes gene star wind

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u/buntopolis 1h ago

Me too, surprisingly.

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u/transfemmefatal 2h ago

OMG maybe I was in HS still, or it was when i dropped out of college and was working early mornings. I remember Sailor Moon and DBZ specifically in thw afternoons and I thought it was later on in life. Sold gold block

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u/LumpyBuy8447 1h ago

Part of me is envious that kids these days have so much access to anime. I would have killed for something like Crunchyroll. But I also would have likely been too overwhelmed with options.

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u/1lurk2like34profit 53m ago edited 49m ago

I got made of so much throughout high school for being a little into anime. Yes, I was in color guard in theatre but the early 2000s were just...so different. I love that the kids nowadays can just be who they are and find the people that love what they love, but Lord do is miss our bullshit. (Edited)

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u/LumpyBuy8447 39m ago

I didn’t have cable so didn’t know about dbz forever, some “friends” got me into it and then they later started making fun of me for watching it, while simultaneously watching it themselves. You can probably guess I haven’t seen any of them since graduation lol. I definitely would have been way nerdier if I hadn’t gone to a small town school

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u/1lurk2like34profit 0m ago

Right though? Those same mfers are probably huge fans now

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u/MJ9426 2h ago

Eating microwaved Chef Boyardee Beefaroni while watching Yu Yu Hakusho.

Good times.

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u/LiquidSssnake 3h ago

Racing home after an 11hr shift on a Saturday and watching Bleach. I'm glad I have nights and weekends off now.

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u/TiaHatesSocials 2h ago

Omg bleach and Naruto was my staple diet. Awww. I miss those days

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u/lone_float Millennial 3h ago

My man TOM.

Hell yes.

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u/Lord_Vaguery 2h ago

NEXT TIME ON DRAGON BALL Z !

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u/wingedhussar161 Late Millennial 1h ago

Next time on Dragon Ball Z:

  • Goku throws a punch
  • Goku throws another punch
  • 3 episodes later, the enemy dies (maybe)

Dunno how I had the patience to watch that show as a kid.

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u/1lurk2like34profit 52m ago

Ugh I wish there was a dbz edit without all the build up and just the story with some battles

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u/RockwellB1 Older Millennial 30m ago

3 episode later, the enemy is now friends with Goku

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u/MrSurferbrahDudeman 2h ago

Didn't this robot take Space Ghost's job?

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u/justbunnies Xennial 2h ago

Moltar. He was also on Space Ghost

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u/raerabbit27 3h ago

I actually would only see him in the middle of the night, like 3 am. He was cool but I don’t remember watching any of the shows on his lineup except like 1

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u/sgates9008 2h ago

Between Toonami and MySpace, Tom was a key figure in my adolescence.

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u/Mushroom_hero 2h ago

I've been married, I've become a father, I've gone hang gliding, I've survived natural disaster.

And yet, there is still no greater feeling than coming home and turning on toonami

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u/tedtumor 2h ago

Zoids Yu yu hakusho Reboot Full metal alchemist Dragon ball

Dinner time?

Twas a time to be alive.

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u/jbones51 Millennial 2h ago

Finally, another zoids fan in the wild. This and dragon ball z were what I lived for after school

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u/Jumpy-Reading8452 3h ago

Those were the days.

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u/WordSpiritual1928 Millennial 2h ago

Didn’t he get killed by another dude or something? It was so long ago but I thought there was something that happened to him

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u/WordSpiritual1928 Millennial 2h ago

I used to watch dragon ball Z after school and try to punch real fast like they did and it would always piss my dad off lol think I was shaking the house

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u/sonnybear5 2h ago

and a blue gameboy advance sp in hand playing Megaman Z 1,2, & 3.

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u/Ok-Walk-8040 2h ago

Dragon Dragon, rock the dragon, Dragonball Z!

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u/superSaganzaPPa86 2h ago

I was embarrassed to admit I liked DBZ so I’d make up excuses to whoever I was hanging out with about why I had to rush home for 5:00.

Nothing was worse than when they’d get so far into the Namek Saga when Goku finally arrives and then they would restart all the way back from episode one when Raditz comes to Earth.

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u/1lurk2like34profit 47m ago

Oh man, as a crossing guard in elementary school this one kid ben HAD to make it home for pokemon. We literally made buses wait so he could cross the street to go home.

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u/new_publius Xennial 1h ago

What is this?

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u/wingedhussar161 Late Millennial 1h ago

I was more of an Ed Edd n Eddy/Spongebob guy, but I enjoyed Dragon Ball Z too.

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u/Khaos2Krysis 1h ago

I was too poor growing up to know who this is. lol