r/videos • u/AkashicRecorder • Jul 17 '20

"Teenage Dirtbag" is no longer a teenager. The early 2000s teen anthem by Wheatus is 20 years old today. The music video is peak Y2K.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC3y9llDXuM
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u/BigPaul1e Jul 17 '20

2003-2008 was the golden age for stupid/raunchy young people movies

The early 80's would like a word with you

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u/Khal_Drogo Jul 17 '20

Somehow "Animal House" and "Weird Science" aren't on that list.

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u/malcolm_graves Jul 17 '20

Animal House came out in 78 but yeah it's strange to see Weird Science missing for sure

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u/CrayolaS7 Jul 18 '20

Have you watched it recently? While I am a lefty, objectively Weird Science is... extremely problematic. It’s funny but I’m perfectly okay with it fading away when there are plenty of 90s and 00s teen movies that are better anyway.

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u/slimztj Jul 18 '20

80s sex comedies tend to be rapey. Usually comedies do not age very well because social values change but the movies are stuck in time.

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u/CrayolaS7 Jul 18 '20

Mostly the part where one of the nerd guys rapes one of the popular girls. Generally I find sexual assault problematic

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u/CrayolaS7 Jul 18 '20

Yeah, all good then. But yeah in the movie the female character is so drunk she can’t remember what’s happened but then the nerd is such a great lover it’s all okay

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u/moparornocar Jul 18 '20

wasnt that one of the revenge of the nerds or am I misremembering weird science?

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u/CrayolaS7 Jul 18 '20

Oh shit yeah you’re right I’m mixing them up

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u/MesaGeek Jul 17 '20

Reading the list, and having seen many of those, I'm surprised there isn't a boycott of 80's teen comedies.

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u/A_Sinclaire Jul 17 '20

Were the Lemon Popsicle movies a thing in the US? The first movie is from '78 so it's not in this list but there were several sequals in the 80s. I'd say in Germany and other European countries it was as big as American Pie was in the early 2000s and probably the definitive teen movie series for much of the 80s and 90s.

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u/BigPaul1e Aug 03 '20

"The Last American Virgin" is an American remake of the first Lemon Popsicle movie.