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Star Wars Kid
One of the first videos to prove that the internet could make a private moment global overnight.
Archive score98
Internet archive / 2002
Internet moments from 2002
Backdrop
The Internet in 2002
Year reference
FriendsterThe social graph became a familiar web idea.
Source: Friendster mark via Wikimedia Commons- Blogs and message boards were becoming the public diary and group-chat layer of the web.
- Friendster’s launch helped normalize the idea that your relationships could be organized into an online profile.
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Trails from 2002
Archive order
Archive picks
02
Peanut Butter Jelly Time
A dancing banana and a four-word refrain became an enduring online catchphrase.
Archive score96
03
Tribute
Tenacious D promises the greatest song in the world, then explains why this is not it.
Archive score94
04
Weebl & Bob
Two egg-shaped weirdos wanted pie, argued in nonsense, and made dial-up constraints feel like a comedy style.
Archive score93
05
We Like The Moon
Two huge-eyed Spongmonkies sang badly about the moon, cheese, and whatever else they could remember.
Archive score93
06
The Cheat Theme Song
A yellow blob got a theme song, learned Flash, and accidentally launched Homestar Runner’s fakely homemade-animation wing.
Archive score91
07
ZLAD! – Elektronik Supersonik
A dead-serious fake Eurovision space-disco anthem turns every broken-English boast into a quotable launch sequence.
Archive score91
08
Las Ketchup’s “The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)”
Las Ketchup’s chorus and simple dance steps made “Aserejé” a cross-border pop routine.
Archive score90
09
Move Your Feet
Two pixel characters dance through low-resolution visual gags.
Archive score89
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The Scary Maze Game
A concentration test turns into an ambush, which is exactly why people kept handing it to unsuspecting friends.
Archive score77
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Earth vs Funk
A bizarre Flash short made the case that, in a cosmic showdown, funk should obviously win.
Archive score77