Just post any photos or videos about this year, explain how your personal life was, any TV shows, movies, or music that you really liked from this year. Food products, restaurants, vacations, etc. Talk about the vibe or the fashion of how people dressed. Please no 9/11 talk, for once I'd like somebody to explain about the greatness from this year, and please lets keep the topic on the year 2001 when having this conversation :) I don't mean to be harsh or anything, I'm just really curious about this that's all. I'll post my thoughts on how 2001 was for me later. 

FINALLY! A 2001 discussion without 9/11 for once! Got tired of seeing it pop up whenever someone mentions 2001.

Gaming wise the year was great! PS2, Gamecube, Xbox, and GBA were all released by the end of the year. Had games like Final Fantasy 10, Halo, Luigi's Mansion, Jak and Daxter, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Sonic Adventure 2, Super Smash Bros Melee. TV show wise Cartoon Network, Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, Toon Disney, Boomerang etc had tons of variety in TV shows to the point where it's one of best years for a kid/teen to watch cartoons. By 2001 there was Fairly Odd Parents, Invader Zim, House of Mouse, Justice League and many more.The Xtreme cultural trend was still going strong and it was cool to see nearly everyone in my neighborhood traveling by skateboard or scooter. I like the fashion as well. The bleached spiky hair, bright colored clothing, pukashell necklaces, backwards baseball caps or helmets if people were skateboarding or riding a bike, chains, school girls having that Lizzie Mcquire hair etc. In terms of music I loved the techno/dance music that came out that year. And when discussing personal life it was a great year. I live in Florida so it was fun to go and see the beaches and relax out in the sun. In the Fall we went to the Nickelodeon studios at Universal Studios which was really awesome.

Overall 2001 was a good year for me. One of my most favorites. 8)

For me, personally, I really liked Jennifer Lopez that year, excluding that 'I'm Real' single with Ja Rule.

2001 was all around positive. The vibe of that year alone would have constantly repeat the hooks of songs to you. God, I miss Murda Inc's era. They were such a positive music label haha I had the biggest crush on Ashanti and the main characters from Disney's Zenon The Zequel. Rushing home after school to Toonami was the adventure of my day. Also, I'm just remembering how big fans of Sailor Moon we were. We would select our picks of who we had the most interest in from the series and our earliest friend would make up stories of us interacting with the characters before we fall asleep. 2001 was also the last year we slept on the floor under a sheet fort. Man, they were amazing connected with the fan haha I became more connected to Super Mario 64 during the time then my run with the PS1, but I do have great memories with Spyro The Dragon, Frogger 2, Croc 2 and Spyro: Year of The Dragon. I became obsessed with escalades, blown away by the Johto gen of Pokémon and actually disliked Penny from The Proud Family before she grew on me.

2001 kicked ass. So much good Pop Punk! All Killer No Filler, Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, With Hopes of Starting Over, Bleed American, Your New Favorite Weapon, Start Static, Perhaps I suppose. The movies were also totally rad. American Pie 2, Yet Another Teen Movie, Zoolander. My god, what an amazing year. I gotta say I love 2000, 2001 and 2002 equally. All those years are the one and the same era to me. The last three great years...

2001 was an absolutely fantastic year in gaming, probably the best ever.  The Nintendo 64 ended strong with Conker's Bad Fur Day and Pokémon Stadium 2, the Game Boy Color ended with Pokémon Crystal and Legend of Zelda Oracle of Ages & Seasons, and the Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, and Nintendo GameCube all had a bunch of excellent titles that year that brought my love of video games to a whole new level.  PC gaming also continued to succeed, thanks to two great expansion packs for The Sims.

Music in 2001 is not the absolute best, but it still brings back a lot of great memories and holds up well for me today.  Some of my favorite songs from that year include "Wish You Were Here," "Fallin'," "Never Had a Dream Come True," "Fat Lip," "Everywhere," "Always Come Back for Your Love," and "Short Skirt/Long Jacket."  Now 6 is also my favorite installment in the American Now That's What I Call Music! series, easily.

I still loved the fashion of 2001, which was mostly a continuation of 1999-2000.  There's something both empowering as well as emancipating about the bright, smooth styles that dominated the era, and I wish it was still more fashionable to wear crop tops, bob cuts, and sweat pants than side buzzes, tattoos, and thrift shop clothing.

2001 is also around the general vicinity of where I feel completely satisfied with technology.  I do like having the convenience of the Internet and cell phones, and I prefer DVD's over VHS (they weren't in their peak yet, but they were still definitely prevalent), but I like that the year wasn't bogged down in social media-oriented activities or anything else that kept you from doing something meaningfully productive.

2001:

Now this was when my memories became VERY Clear. I would go to pre school for much of the 2000-2001 school year, learning about the alphabet and such. I would play my Gameboy Color almost all the time I was in the car. For my 5th birthday in March of 2001, we had a huge party at my house and I remember getting a Playstation 1, which came with that month's issue of Playstation Underground, along with the Playstation Underground Demo Disc. The first game I got with it was Tarzan, it was a side scroller with 3d polygons. It basically taught me the basics of gaming, which I appreciate deeply. I remember that year I would get tons of more PS1 games like Scooby Doo and the Cyber Chase, Spiderman, Spiderman 2: Enter Electro, 101 Dalmatians Puppies to the Rescue, Crash 3, Spyro Year of the Dragon, Monster's Inc. Scream Team, Rugrats Search of Reptar, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 & 3, and Ape Escape among countless others. My gaming life also continued with playing N64 at my cousins house with games like Super Smash Bros, Mario Kart 64, Super Mario 64, Mario Party 2, Diddy Kong Racing, Banjo Kazooie, & Conker's Bad Fur Day (this was my older cousins lol). I remember being fully in dept with Pokemania this year when it came to the game on my gameboy color, the card game with friends at school and of course the show along with other shows like Static Shock, X-Men Evolution, & Jackie Chan Adventures on Kids WB, shows like Digimon (and well thats it) on Fox Kids, and shows like Doug, Recess, Teacher's Pet, Buzz Lightyear Star Command, & Llyod in Space on One Saturday Morning. I also went to Chucky Cheese for the first time for a friends birthday party in spring of that year and I remember playing in the ball pin. I remember my pre school graduation, and everybody being dressed up including me! I also remember having a family picture shoot right after. That summer was pretty epic as well, I went to Six Flags for the first time, I went back to summer camp again this year, I went Coney Island a few times, going to two family reunions one in upstate New York and the other in Georgia, watching WWF with my cousins during the tail end of the Attitude Era, learning how to ride a bike, going to Circus, going to a block party in Harlem, etc. I remember my older sisters and cousins being into JLO, Destiny's Child, NSYNC, Britney Spears, Christina Agulliera, & Aaliyah (especially around when she died) that year. Along with a lot of alternative and hip hop on the radio. I also remember my first day of kindergarten like it was yesterday and being very scared, but ended up having a blast and making new friends. My family got cable in our entire household in October and I remember that I started to watch Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, & Toon Disney regularly. I would also watch Disney channel if they were playing a DCOM or Lizzie McGuire (a guilty pleasure of mine). That christmas, I remember I got a bunch of new PS1 games and GBC games, along with toys like a Bop It, another Hess Truck along with countless others. All in all 2001 brings back many great memories! 8)

I probably make a 2001 cultural debate in the near future after my 2003 one. WATCH OUT! :D ;)

Well guys 2001 DESPITE the horrific tragedy at the WTC in September 11; 2001 was probably the best year in gaming history besides 2004. N64 was STILL Very popular with Pokemon Stadium 2 being released in the year,despite the PS2 and original XBOX making some noise later on the year with SSX Tricky, halo 1, Devil May Cry, Jak and Daxter, GTA 3 etc. Gameboy color's last year of dominace before GBA came later in the year which I got for my 6th birthday. I saw movies like Shrek 1, Dr. Doolittle 2, Monsters Inc, Atlantis the Lost Empire, Jurassic Park 3, Spy Kids, Mummy Returns etc. Also kids networks were at their peaks that year! Nick, CN, Fox Kids, OSM, PBS Kids, etc. TV shows like REBA, 24, Scurbs, My wife and kids, Bernie Mac Show, Smallville, Crossing Jordan, Lizzie McGuire. etc.

Well guys 2001 DESPITE the horrific tragedy at the WTC in September 11; 2001 was probably the best year in gaming history besides 2004. N64 was STILL Very popular with Pokemon Stadium 2 being released in the year,despite the PS2 and original XBOX making some noise later on the year with SSX Tricky, halo 1, Devil May Cry, Jak and Daxter, GTA 3 etc. Gameboy color's last year of dominace before GBA came later in the year which I got for my 6th birthday. I saw movies like Shrek 1, Dr. Doolittle 2, Monsters Inc, Atlantis the Lost Empire, Jurassic Park 3, Spy Kids, Mummy Returns etc. Also kids networks were at their peaks that year! Nick, CN, Fox Kids, OSM, PBS Kids, etc. TV shows like REBA, 24, Scurbs, My wife and kids, Bernie Mac Show, Smallville, Crossing Jordan, Lizzie McGuire. etc.


Pokémon Stadium 2 and Devil May Cry :D Some of my favourite games of all time.

There was also Mario Party 3, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Paper Mario, Luigi's Mansion, Sonic Adventure 2 and many others.

Pokémon Stadium 2 and Devil May Cry :D Some of my favourite games of all time.

There was also Mario Party 3, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Paper Mario, Luigi's Mansion, Sonic Adventure 2 and many others.

Aww yeah the Gamecube came out later in the year and was NOWHERE NEAR as popular or impactful as it's predecessor. :o  SEGA discontinued the Dreamcast and exited the console market! :\'(  :\'(

Aww yeah the Gamecube came out later in the year and was NOWHERE NEAR as popular or impactful as it's predecessor. :o  SEGA discontinued the Dreamcast and exited the console market! :\'(  :\'(


Lol yeah. I actually bought my Gamecube in 2002 and there was a massive drought the in 2002/03 for it from what I remember. I was still playing my N64 those years.

These sports moments!
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Aww yeah the brief return of the GOAT! :D
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Aww yeah the brief return of the GOAT! :D
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He wasn't that good with the Wizards.

SNL had one of it's best Weekend Update teams ever with Jimmy Fallon and Tina Fey.
WWF presented Wrestlemania X7 and became the ONLY major Pro Wrestling Company in the USA.
Playstation 2 started catching on with Final Fantasy X, GTA 3, etc. XBox and Gamecube lauched with an impressive line up of games.
Movies had The Fast and Furious 1, Shrek, Oceans Eleven, American Pie 2, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. etc.
South Park had one of it's funniest seasons along with 24, Jackass, and Smallville debuting
Music saw Alicia Keys debut this year and have a huge song with "Fallin", The Gorillaz were pretty cool, "All For You" by Janet Jackson,

I probably make a 2001 cultural debate in the near future after my 2003 one. WATCH OUT! :D ;)


Uhh... I don't think we need anymore cultural debate threads. We shouldn't clog up the forum with stuff like that.


He wasn't that good with the Wizards.


Callin' me a Bieber fan, ehh???

Well guys 2001 DESPITE the horrific tragedy at the WTC in September 11; 2001 was probably the best year in gaming history besides 2004. N64 was STILL Very popular with Pokemon Stadium 2 being released in the year,despite the PS2 and original XBOX making some noise later on the year with SSX Tricky, halo 1, Devil May Cry, Jak and Daxter, GTA 3 etc. Gameboy color's last year of dominace before GBA came later in the year which I got for my 6th birthday. I saw movies like Shrek 1, Dr. Doolittle 2, Monsters Inc, Atlantis the Lost Empire, Jurassic Park 3, Spy Kids, Mummy Returns etc. Also kids networks were at their peaks that year! Nick, CN, Fox Kids, OSM, PBS Kids, etc. TV shows like REBA, 24, Scurbs, My wife and kids, Bernie Mac Show, Smallville, Crossing Jordan, Lizzie McGuire. etc.


In short if you were a kid/teen in 2001 then you had a good time.  8) I liked Gaming, Fashion, Music, Comics, Movies, Cartoons, Sitcoms, Commercials, and everything effected by the extreme sports popularity at the time (which was everything I just mentioned. From the Cartoons to the Video Games).

In short if you were a kid/teen in 2001 then you had a good time.  8)


As someone who was 17-20 during this era, I gotta say, being that age during 2000, 2001 and 2002 was ultra rad! 8)

2001 is also around the general vicinity of where I feel completely satisfied with technology.  I do like having the convenience of the Internet and cell phones, and I prefer DVD's over VHS (they weren't in their peak yet, but they were still definitely prevalent), but I like that the year wasn't bogged down in social media-oriented activities or anything else that kept you from doing something meaningfully productive.


This is something I also liked about 2001. There was advancing tech (there will always be advancing tech), but people still weren't as obsessed with it as they are today. A nice balance. And all the entertaining pop cultural was pretty good in 2001.


Uhh... I don't think we need anymore cultural debate threads. We shouldn't clog up the forum with stuff like that.


Yeah, no more debate threads for a while. I'm afraid of the cycle that won't reach an end.

Person 1: The culture of this year was like this
Person 2: Actually the year was like this because of
Person 3: It's all based on how one experienced the year



Even when taking into consideration that how a person sees a year is mainly based on their experience it still won't stop the endless debates.  And then sometime down the thread the topic gets derailed. I will admit that I'm guilty of taking part in the derailing at times.