62 Things You Totally Forgot Happened In The Weirdly Wonderful Summer Of 2000

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First and foremost, Destiny’s Child started out the summer as four…

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…and they ended the summer as three.

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Joey Fatone was in his Ronald McDonald-era.

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And Lance Bass was apparently dating this lady.

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This was fashion.

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Fashion was also reflective bicycle tape on leather clothing.

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And here’s what that looked like with flash because I know you wondering too.

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NSYNC were constantly dressed as marionettes.

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Really, the marionettes were a really big deal.

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And here’s Jimmy Fallon making fun of them for it.

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It was also the summer of the bandana, I just thought I should point that out.

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In the summer of 2000, Dwayne Johnson was known only as The Rock.

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Really, he was just a wrestler.

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All he ever did was raise his eyebrow….

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…and scream, “Do you smell what the Rock is cooking?!”

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Oh, and here he is at the 2000 Republican National Convention.

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In the summer of 2000, Britney Spears invented the Eiffel Tower.

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Joey Fatone sandwiched himself between then-couple Diddy and Jennifer Lopez.

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Justin Timberlake was, well, Justin Timberlake.

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And there were robot dog competitions.

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No, really, those were robot dogs playing a game of soccer.

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In the summer of 2000, we were all jealous of those TRL studio computers.

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Mandy Moore had that flipped out hair trend.

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Nick and Jessica were still dating.

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Joey Fatone accosted them.

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And Jennifer Lopez fans were going wild for her On The 6 CD.

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In the summer of 2000 we were all about our No Strings Attached CDs.

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Mandy Moore, Eve, LFO, and Tommy Hilfiger hung out.

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And Britney proudly displayed her Choice Hottie surfboard.

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In the summer of 2000, they really tried to market us these bubblegum CDs.

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Christina Aguilera was really into crimped hair.

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Wilmer Valderrama dressed for prom at the Teen Choice Awards.

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And Sisqo, Pink, and Tyrese were fast friends.

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In the summer of 2000, Tom Green rubbed Sisqo’s head while holding a coffee maker.

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Steve Jobs presented the Holy Bible.

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The girlies were living.

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Seriously, truly living.

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And Britney Spears photobombed Vitamin C.

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I see ya, B!

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In the summer of 2000, the TRL studios had those sick flatscreen TVs.

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The boys from O-Town were on the set of All My Children for some reason.

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Tom and Nicole were still married.

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And Brad and Jen just got married.

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RIP to them…as a couple.

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The summer of 2000 was all about Jonathan Lipnicki and Stuart Little.

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Verne Troyer and Mike Myers were buds.

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And apparently Verne Troyer did this photo shoot with a convertible and two *sexy* ladies.

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It was a whole thing.

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Sex and the City had their third season premiere in the summer of 2000.

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Pre-Che Diaz <3

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And Sarah Jessica Parker really was all about that fashion icon life

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The first season of Survivor was premiering in the summer of 2000.

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Halle Berry gladly showed off her whale tail.

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Prince William constantly posed for photos that would inevitably end up as four-page posters in J-14 magazine.

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Oh, and here’s what Harry looked like that summer, too.

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The cinematic masterpiece known as Coyote Ugly was released in the summer of 2000.

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Posh and Becks looked very much like wax figures.

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These two thought they were cool/doing something.

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Star Jones was seated next to Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar at a basketball game.

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The Harry Potter children looked like this.

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And our ultimate queen still reigned supreme.

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Basically, take me back!