"Buffy soon grew into a cultural phenomenon that helped reshape what TV was going to look like in the late '90s and early 2000s."
"Lemmings overnight became a cultural phenomenon all its own and skyrocketed DMA's popularity through the roof."
"There's a generation of wrestling when wrestling was the biggest thing in the world that a lot of us grew up on."
"Pokémon’s massive success in the United States really was like the floodgate for the fact that anime could be marketable in the United States."
"It is so rare, but every now and then we as a culture are blessed with a collective experience that is so weird and so crazy."
"You've come to Portland, where we have taken crowd madness to the level of high art."
"We should create a religion based on John Wick."
"This is a cultural phenomenon; it's not politics."
"The backyard barbecue is a unique cultural phenomenon with a unique history in the United States, where it predates European settlement and has been intimately tied to politics, culture, and history."
"Twilight wasn't just a book or movie; it was a phenomenon."
"Stephen Hillenburg truly created something I don't think he even imagined becoming so beloved and ingrained into society."
"It's become a staple of online gaming and long since graduated from a funny gimmick minigame on GMod and Roblox to an undeniable cultural phenomenon."
"Ladies and gentlemen, in this time, for a repeat of what happened last season, which took the book reading world by storm, we could have never guessed to be a part of something like this."
"Four decades later, Bigfoot is still a worldwide phenomenon."
"One thing remains clear: the Bigfoot phenomenon is only growing."
"Gossip Girl is a show that broke all the rules and it was rewarded for it on every front. It's what people call lightning in a bottle, a recipe that's impossible to recreate."
"Hundreds of thousands of purported Bigfoot sightings each year in the United States of America alone."
"Fortnite has completely taken over the gaming landscape and has become that mythical money-making dragon that tons of other franchises are forever chasing. You don't ever catch the dragon."
"Butler cafes focus on providing a top-notch experience, making you feel like you're returning to your luxurious home."
"Nobody hates Star Wars more than Star Wars fans."
"Shang Chi and the legend of the ten rings can strike a similar chord in pop culture at large."
"Pokemon is beloved by children all over the world."
"The immense size of this science fiction franchise is difficult to grasp."
"The music is a symptom of a thing that is going on in cities all over the world."
"We're living in a FOMO culture, so how many of these people would just stay because they're afraid of missing something great?"
"Everyone loves that moment, it's been memed to death."
"It's taken the world by storm, like at least the Asian world, because everywhere you go dude, my brothers have been addicted to boba for years now."
"In Japan this weekend, the killing stone split in half."
"Jurassic Park was a phenomenon. It swept the whole world and it was an event. For the first time, man and dinosaur shared the earth."
"Avengers: Endgame truly took the movie world by storm."
"I'm from prison, I'm from a street gang, you know, and to see it become this global phenomenon..."
"Growing up in Florida at this time, what happened as Pokémon emerged."
"Elvis mania was in high gear... Broadway hadn't seen anything like it since Bobby Soxers had jammed the streets waiting to see Frank Sinatra over a decade earlier."
"It's what you might call a phenomenon. It's the most popular game in the world right now."
"Fortnite has become this like not just cultural phenomenon in terms of games, but like the eye of this storm around chess piece."
"Barbie is not just a movie, it's a genuine box office phenomenon."
"Meme culture and horror are proving extremely compatible."
"Squid Game became Netflix's most watched series, catapulting its actors to super stardom and garnering countless awards and nominations from prestigious award ceremonies."
"What if we're going to see a Dogecoin skit so amazing, so incredible that it takes the internet by storm?"
"Some cinemas have banned young people wearing suits from screenings of Minions: The Rise of Gru over rowdy behavior."
"It wasn't always the case that singing shows were permeating the airwaves like this and for a while American Idol was so huge that it's kind of hard to fathom."
"11 million with no anime out, I haven't seen hype like this in a very long time."
"For the first time ever they invited BTS and it just completely shut the whole thing down."
"Hannah Montana premiered in 2006 and was a massive success."
"I know everyone read this last year, I know everyone was in love with it last year."
"Life is built on these powerful principles that you cannot violate."
"Stranger Things isn't a show, it's a phenomenon."
"Cancel culture is worse than ever like worse it's it's worse than the worst I've ever seen it in my life."
"Remember the guy who got plastic surgery to become a Korean woman?"
"Between memes and franchising, it's probably impossible to grow up without Shrek entering your life somehow."
"Pumpkin spice lattes debuted at Starbucks in 2003 and more than 400 million have been sold since then."
"The Blair Witch became a national phenomenon."
"It has almost become fashionable and part of our culture to cancel someone, to ridicule someone, and to point out someone's mistakes or actions."
"There is an energy on the internet right now that I think is palpable."
"Brexit may be depressing but the John Lewis ad never fails to warm our souls."
"This game was a phenomenon, a cultural asset."
"Twerking has actually been around for over two decades."
"A collective memory of a movie called Shazam which was starred actor comedian Sinbad in the 90s I thought that he it I really thought that that Sinbed was in Shazam and he wasn't it was Shaq's movie right?"
"All Star might be like my generation's Rickroll."
"The modern satanic panic started in the 70s and it kept growing as an excuse for Christians and politicians to use."
"Ja has become an almost Tik Tok cultural phenomenon."
"It's really kind of hard to explain the hype that was surrounding this thing at the time."
"We’re currently living in the golden era of the conspiracy theory."
"In conclusion, clearly it's been evident that the Emirates has become a global phenomenon..."
"The Blair Witch Project... people were genuinely scared."
"It's safe to say that this is one big nostalgic trip for '90s kids."
"Remaking things has been a thing ever since the inception of things."
"Slenderman has made a terrifying impact in recent years, even influencing real-world events."
"Adam Sandler and his crew of misfits brought the universe a whole new wave of surrealist comedy connecting us all through the universal language of ell-well-ing."
"Nostalgia is a hell of a drug, that's a powerful one."
"Cancel culture is a very specific thing that's actually happening."
"The series transcended the television screen of young kids and formed a whole generation of artists and viewers alike."
"It's hard to imagine anything looking more pathetic than that but it's also still enjoyed unironically by fans all across the globe."
"The cultural impact of the huge straw hat was incredible."
"Star Wars was a cultural juggernaut... everyone went to see Star Wars."
"It's like the Bachelor but with royalty and it's just so addictive."
"Indian man prays to life-sized statue of Donald Trump as his god."
"The Harlem Shake, I thought the song had like a special quality to it... Literally like overnight, everyone was doing it."
"Bro, baby shark is like whoever made that [expletive] is a [expletive] genius."
"Bonnie Tyler owned this song from Note One. She took a seven-minute song about vampires and made it everyone's song."
"Adventure Time took off... into a realization that it was indeed a massive epic." - former Cartoon Network staffer
"Most of us grew up on these games and when puberty hit Pokemon hit harder."
"Hamilton is incredible, it totally lived up to the hype."
"Some people are just born with a great legal mind might not have the education on paper but he's got the spirit."
"Avatar: a cultural phenomenon that smashed box office records."
"More than a million people are down to storm the most secret base in America known as Area 51. This is absolutely insane, is this real life right now?"
"Cancel culture is a real thing, and it's a problem."
"Conspiracy theories - you love them, I love them."
"Happy birthday, Batman. The film was a huge success, a phenomenon, really."
"Chuck Norris facts made him more than immortal, more than a legend, more than a joke."
"Avatar isn't a cartoon at this point, it's a religion."
"Harry Potter itself has become this sort of weird remixed religion for some people."
"Juvenile's 'Back That Ass Up' was a goddamn sensation in 1998."
"Spider-Man: No Way Home is a global phenomenon."
"They're just mouthpieces for virtue signaling."
"Welcome to Freddy Fazbear's pizzeria, the source of nightmares for an entire generation of let's players."
"Do you know what a meme is? Well, it refers to an amusing or an interesting item such as a caption, picture, or video that is spread widely online."
"Cherry coke must have been like the Beatles of drinks."
"Coke is already a game changer, but cherry coke was hysteria."
"Cancel culture makes social media weak. People are so afraid to say anything."
"Barbieheimer is more than just a fun meme, it is a Showcase of not one but two hugely influential filmmakers at the height of their power."
"Even if you're not into eSports or even if you're not into Fortnite it's just crazy to see video games become this big of a freaking thing."
"This is like atomic evidence of the Mandela effect right here."
"Is it possible that everyone is wrong and this is just a mistake that keeps being repeated, or is this another example of the Mandela effect?"
"Embrace The Spook...pumpkin spice latte, you just embrace the spook."
"Cancel culture has become a Republican talking point."
"The internet brought the room to new legions of fans."
"Can we please make gingerbread sleep paralysis demon a thing?"
"I'm not embarrassed that we as a society gave some attention to Gangnam Style. It's the first song to break 2 billion views."
"NDEs are surprisingly common, occurring across cultures and countries."
"It's a cult of personality, there's no breaking that spell."
"This is the most dangerous food in America. This is fried butter."
"It's almost like a spiritual Tourette syndrome."
"The Attitude Era exploded into the mainstream."
"Build it, and they will come... and throw their underpants at Bon Jovi."
"Fan obsession with Tim Burton's Batman has extended to present day."
"All the memes and the prophecies came true. It was as planned. It was an absolute banger!"
"I came up in the early 90s which is when Death of Superman happened which was the biggest thing that had ever happened in my comic books."
"Cancel culture is the antithesis of a democracy."
"It was never supposed to be a thing... but it was like a tiny dive bar so then they were like wait can we do this this is like a thing yeah yeah."
"Something will never have the same impact that the release of Minecraft did."
"Roswell: where the ultimate conspiracy theory of aliens and UFOs began."
"Despite mixed reviews, Bee Movie gained unexpected popularity as an internet meme, spawning various parodies and videos."
"Mermaid sightings have become so common in Israel that the mayor of a coastal town has even put up a bounty for anyone that has irrefutable proof."
"Damn oh furiously mermaid sightings have become so common in Israel that the mayor of a coastal town has even put up a bounty for anyone that has irrefutable proof."
"We got to talk about Pokémon, right? It's the system that sold a billion copies."
"Star Wars didn't so much represent the birth of geek culture as the ascendancy of a consumer counterculture."
"Yo nostalgia is a strong beast and it is in full force here with the three OGs."
"Most people probably would [want to extend their life by 20 years into old age] and what this has to do with is the so-called French paradox."
"The real titanic panic was the friends we made along the way."
"QAnon is the arg evolution of the satanic panic."
"Cancel culture does exist... people interpret words and meanings differently."
"Total Eclipse of the Heart is beloved and ridiculed."
"People saw that trailer and acted like this is a second coming."
"Let's go Brandon, that's the strength that's the phrase that's taken the nation by storm and the world."
"Urban Dictionary is trending because this is a new trend, has users looking up their own names on the site."
"Racing on wangan was more or less an art form."
"Taylor Swift is genuinely a phenomenon. She is not a SCoP. People actually really like her." - Michael Knowles
"No show I think ever in history has had the pop cultural impact that Game of Thrones had."
"This is not just a short-lived trend, it's a lifelong phenomenon."
"By the 1950s and the rise of the atomic age martian fever was sweeping the nation."
"Grand Theft Auto is without debate one of the largest pop culture phenomenons."
"I agree, the first week of Pokémon GO was like as close to World peace as I think we have ever gotten."
"When your movie is called Star Wars everybody just loses their fucking minds."
"Clearly Rugrats has worked before and we are stuck in a stage of nostalgia."
"Gambling is one of the most favored pastimes."
"What was everyone's obsession with pickle Rick?"
"We are very lucky to be living in this Ryan Gosling Renaissance."
"By that summer, Macarena mania has overtaken the world... it's taken over other countries too."
"Don't throw away your shot to watch 'Hamilton.'"
"A cultural phenomenon does not gain popularity because it's the first of its kind; it gains popularity because its release touches the minds of many."
"K-Pop has gone from popular internationally to like, EXPLOSIVE internationally."
"It's a cultural phenomenon for sure."
"This is the film that took Star Wars from a movie and then turned it into a religion."
"Harry Potter for them, I feel like, is too big to fail."
"Mortal Kombat was quite the cultural phenomenon at the time."
"Twilight" mania dominated pop culture.
"The Beatles are an interesting phenomena as an archetype of the Aquarian age... Everybody now is trying to become creative."
"When it hit theaters in 1999, The Matrix was unlike anything anyone had ever seen before."
"WWE and its annual WrestleMania events became a cultural phenomenon."
"Star Wars, the impact is staggering. Never in the history of motion pictures has one film been so popular, but the craze did not stop at the box office."
"Twilight was a cultural phenomenon to say the least."
"Avatar has become a universally acclaimed animated series and cultural phenomenon."
"Lisa Frank was so popular among girls in the 90s."
"Top Gun was a starting off point for many talented people behind and in front of the camera, and it kick-started a new wave of filmmaking and demonstrated the power of marketing and music to sell a movie to a whole generation of moviegoers young and old."
"The legacy and history of the Beatles is straight out of a blockbuster movie."
"Honestly, I just don't get the whole satanic thing. I do. You think it's definitely a thing with when, was it like in the 80s, the whole titanic panic?"
"Steve Urkel's impact stole the show and became a cultural phenomenon."
"Oh my God, the movie adaptation. I mean, that would be interesting, right? It's become such a cultural phenomenon."
"Kind of like Star Wars, Lord of the Rings. I mean, Harry Potter, you can't deny it's a phenomenon."
"The Lord of the Rings had gone from being a book examined and discussed by academics to being a pop culture monolith."
"More than just literary creations, the Little House books have become a cultural phenomenon."
"The guy who invented saying cheese has been forgotten and we all say it and we stole his swag and we don't even know him. Isn't that sad?"
"This idea that irony was dead, it was imposed on all of us but it ultimately failed."
"What did Americans call the '60s collective madness over Beat Music performed by The Beatles and The Rolling Stones?"
"This is a cultural phenomenon right now. It's the height. It's the third highest grossing opening ever. They'll bring them all back."
"Superbad can be credited with popularizing raunchy terms into regular vernacular."
"People acted like they would like saw a Pokemon I didn't realize people cared that much."
"These are special times to be alive and there is a Bitcoin only playlist."
"Zach Efron is a cultural phenomenon."
"The combination of Doctor Who’s resurgent popularity, Tennant’s casting and the development of active social media usage by so-called ‘tweens’, seemingly obsessed by the burgeoning romance between the Doctor and his audience identification figure companion, was a perfect storm."
"The movie sparked so much interest that parodying it became very commonplace."
"This is my generation's Star Wars. It's like we've just got something that's ours now."
"...the spiritual Resurgence in Russia is absolutely phenomenal."
"I don't know why OJ is a thing, guys, but it is and I'm not bothered by it."
"Game of Thrones became the biggest show in the world because it was a shared experience around the same time."
"We basically started a whole jerking era."
"I remember last year during the Pokémon Go phase, dude this was like a PokéStop."
"Ghost is the one that everyone decided to focus on."
"Twilight is a full-blown pop culture phenomenon."
"I know I'm so late to this, like the internet went wild, they went wild, okay, over Denise Richards."
"...this gives me that feeling of what people spoke about when Star Wars first came out..."
"Titanic became a cultural phenomenon and is still to this day one of the highest grossing movies of all time."
"Gangnam Style, billions of views, wow."
"What a time to be alive, this is Star Wars!"
"A very interesting time in Hip Hop."
"Disney is an artistic, cultural phenomenon that will never ever leave."
"The show has just crossed... so many places are just globally, globally, it's just such a different thing."
"Speakeasies: secret enough to need a password, but everyone knew about them."
"This became something that was bigger than just a movie; this became a phenomena."