This thread is dedicated to the most amazing era ever, the early 2000s. Post all your memories, photos, memorabilia, etc from the early 2000s 2000 - 2003 (numerical). This era was truly magical, I would never imagine as a kid growing up in that era that I would one day look back to that time with such awe.

The time when you had one cell phone in each family with basic calls and no text, when Britney Spears was always on the cube TV and the radio, when getting on your white CRT computer with Windows 2000 on it was considered "cool", when having 3-way calls with your friends on the landline like Miranda, Gordo, and Lizzie was every kid's dream, when you finally got MSN messaging on slow internet and were considered the popular kid if you had MSN, kick ass commercials on the TV, when kids were actually playing outside, collecting CDs and cassette tapes, VHS and DVDs.... I can talk about the early 2000s all day long I miss it so much I would do anything to go back and relive this era again.

There's many early 2000s topics man. Haha When I feel old tho, I just think about, I didn't completely miss the early 2000s. The 2000s in general is a era I would never want to miss and glad I didn't.

The earliest year I could remember was 2000 but I wish I was a kid or teen in the early 2000s.

The earliest year I could remember was 2000 but I wish I was a kid or teen in the early 2000s.

It was an amazing time. I was 5 - 8 years old and it was awesome.

Yass @ 2003 being part of the early 00s

I don't want to get into decadeology arguments so I am using the numerical years as those are facts and there are no arguments but I think everyone knows where I stand on that but we won't get into that lol.

There's many early 2000s topics man.

I've been feeling very nostalgic lately for some reason and have been spending a lot of time watching old videos on YouTube that were popular in my childhood. That's what inspired this thread.  :P But we need to keep the nostalgia going on this forum there isn't enough!

I was 5-8 too and this is definitely the period of my life that I’m most nostalgic for right now.

I had so much fun in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Block Buster Video sold Pokemon room greeters that would interact when you passed by them. I had  Charamander and I still to this day have a Squirtle room greeter.
General Mills cereals came with free CD games like Amazon Trail, Scrabble, Chutes and Ladders, and Carmen Sandiego

I was 1-4 years old. I only have vague memories of 2001 and 2002, but I can remember 2003 as clear as day. It's a year I have a lot of nostalgia for.

I can't believe it's so long ago. When I was a kid I thought I'd never be an adult. 10 years was an eternity. ;D Now I can't believe it's 20 years ago :o

I was first nostalgic for the early 2000s all the way back in 2009.

The early 2000s was a special time indeed. I started to massively become nostalgic back in like 2014/2015, especially after I graduated from high school and became active in the nostalgic internet community (this site in particular back in mid 2015).

One of my favorite years of my childhood, and the early 2000s in general, was the early 2000s 'finale' of sorts.... 2003:

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Oh and I see Slim95 has finally came around in realizing 2003 is part of the early section ;)

It's pretty funny how you're now even seeing Late 00s-Early 10s nostalgia on Facebook and Twitter, when not too long ago people ranted on that era as being the Downfall Era. I guess everyone comes around to appreciate every era.

Oh and I see Slim95 has finally came around in realizing 2003 is part of the early section ;)

I have not but we're sticking to numerical time here not cultural interpretation.  ;) In my opinion the best time of the early '00s anyway were 2000 and 2001, these were the Y2K years with the best futuristic aesthetic and primitive technology, and Pokemon card collecting was still in, it's the time I am most nostalgic for. That's the best era ever in my opinion, nothing beats 2000 - 2001. Yes there was bubblegum pop but as A 5 year old I liked that stuff.  ;D

One of my acquaintances I just met in a class was born in late 1993 and we talked about the early 2000's for a good 10 minutes  ;D 

we mentioned all the 2000 glasses people used to wear regularly throughout 2000 before the NY and afterwards because of how exciting it was to be in the new millennium! I know technically that wasn't until 2001, but the craze of us being in the 2 thousands now instead of the 1 thousands was epic at the time. I was only 4 in 2000 but it was extremely hard to not notice the craze of 2000 glasses even as a 4 year old. I had a pair of my own in my treasure chest.

Oh and I see Slim95 has finally came around in realizing 2003 is part of the early section ;)


No one can ever tell me that Spring and Summer 2003 were NOT early 2000's. That period will always be early 2000's to me I don't care what anyone says or thinks. Even when you do your research when it comes to throwbacks and stuff Summer 2003 is still considered as part of the early. Fall 2003 on the other hand...... I can see extreme mid vibes coming in fast.

I'm going to be honest, here in 2019, I don't really care about generalizing the early 2000's anymore, to me, I'm nostalgic for ANY time period before social media started becoming a big part of our lives, and I'm not just talking about the modern YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Snapchat era we're in. I'm talking about a time before YouTube even existed and MySpace was the only major social media site around still really young. If it's a totally pre-social media time, then I'm nostalgic for it. So 2004 and 2005 are included in. IMO the real social media era doesn't begin until 2006, and it's EARLY compared to today.

2018 was a busy year for early 2000s nostalgia in music, between "2002", "Nice for What" taking elements from early 00s-R&B (it does feels a lot like "Slow Jamz"!), "Cry Me a River"-inspired "Without Me" and Ariana Grande making her "Thank U, Next" clip as a shout out to 2000-2004 teen movies and breaking YouTube records.

Artists are their hands on the era 8)

I'm going to be honest, here in 2019, I don't really care about generalizing the early 2000's anymore, to me, I'm nostalgic for ANY time period before social media started becoming a big part of our lives, and I'm not just talking about the modern YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Snapchat era we're in. I'm talking about a time before YouTube even existed and MySpace was the only major social media site around still really young. If it's a totally pre-social media time, then I'm nostalgic for it. So 2004 and 2005 are included in. IMO the real social media era doesn't begin until 2006, and it's EARLY compared to today.

Numerically you can divide the decade in half if you want where '00 - '04 is early 2000s and '05 - '09 is late 2000s. A lot of normies do this. I prefer early, mid, and late distinctions in terms of numerical division.

I'm gonna do my best to never mention cultural divisions on this site again and strictly stick to numerical divisions. Too much drama and controversy.

Numerically you can divide the decade in half if you want where '00 - '04 is early 2000s and '05 - '09 is late 2000s. A lot of normies do this. I prefer early, mid, and late distinctions in terms of numerical division.

I'm gonna do my best to never mention cultural divisions on this site again and strictly stick to numerical divisions. Too much drama and controversy.


You can't have 2003 without 2004, 2004 without 2005.  And so on.  Logisticly, it doesn't work.  How did we get here?  We went through all the 80's, 90's, 00's, and now even the 10's and now we are in the 20's and right back to where we were in the 1920's with the styles and music.  100 years flew by and nobody knew any better.

I'm going to be honest, here in 2019, I don't really care about generalizing the early 2000's anymore, to me, I'm nostalgic for ANY time period before social media started becoming a big part of our lives, and I'm not just talking about the modern YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Snapchat era we're in. I'm talking about a time before YouTube even existed and MySpace was the only major social media site around still really young. If it's a totally pre-social media time, then I'm nostalgic for it. So 2004 and 2005 are included in. IMO the real social media era doesn't begin until 2006, and it's EARLY compared to today.


Straight up facts brother. Im not gonna lie, I'm starting to become nostalgic of the entire (yes you heard right), the entire 2000s decade. The early 2000s will always be the sweet spot since that were my core pre school/early elementary days, but the mid-late 2000s when I was in elementary/middle school are starting to feel like a different world now, in a good way. I sometimes get weirdly nostalgic about 2008 of all years..... right around when I started actin like a fool ;D.

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The earliest year I could remember was 2000 but I wish I was a kid or teen in the early 2000s.

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Straight up facts brother. Im not gonna lie, I'm starting to become nostalgic of the entire (yes you heard right), the entire 2000s decade. The early 2000s will always be the sweet spot since that were my core pre school/early elementary days, but the mid-late 2000s when I was in elementary/middle school are starting to feel like a different world now, in a good way. I sometimes get weirdly nostalgic about 2008 of all years..... right around when I started actin like a fool ;D.


I dislike 2008 but Soulja Boy makes me nostalgia now. 2008 also has the English dub premier of the Sasuke Retrieval arc/Naruto, Cater 3 and Paper Trail, two albums with significant sounds.
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Quality post. Pure 2000s, I hate it. Hahaha If I could just wake up back in that decade bruh.  :\'(

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What I meant was I wish I could have clear memories of the early 2000s if I was a big kid or a teen.

Ok guys. Play nice. If you can't play nice, I will lock this thread.

Also, please limit the amount of pics you put in each post. It takes a long time to load on some people's devices.


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I'm shocked someone at your age as parents of us would care so much about this. While you're not wrong with some of your analysis, you need to be careful and listen to what Cat said.

Anyways, imma leave this here.

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What things here stick out as favorites or least favorites for y'all?

The Early 2000s were much better than the late 2000s. Despite of the horrible that happened concerning politics,they were still many good things from the early 2000s.

What things here stick out as favorites or least favorites for y'all?

This was my sheesh back in the year 2000 8)
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This + a cup of tea (I was heavily allergic to milk ;D) was my morning routine every day :D!

when i think of the early 00s i instantly think of this game
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Anyways, lets get back to the purpose of this thread, which is appreciating the early 2000s

Old school TOONAMI anyone....?

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This just brings back great memories 8). 6 year old me rushing home to watch Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Transformers Armada, etc.


Oh and those Sock'em Boppers looked mad rad :D Always wanted a pair of those

Slim that's mid/late-2000s MSN. Here's the real early 2000s MSN!

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Nostalgiiaaaaaaa

Probably the later 95ers.

It doesn't matter people, and as time goes on it's going to matter less and less. Let's just be glad we spent most of our pre-teenage (not preteens, all years before teen) years in a world without social media being dominated. I appreciate 2004 and 2005 a lot more now than I did before.


I used to be one of those people who’d be all like “Anything 2007 and onwards was crap. I’m glad to have grown up before that for most of my childhood.” Yes, 2003-2006 were more magical childhood years for me, but looking back, the final 3 years of my childhood (2007-2009) weren’t so bad since it was still an era before social media became overly commercialized.

Probably the later 95ers.

It doesn't matter people, and as time goes on it's going to matter less and less. Let's just be glad we spent most of our pre-teenage (not preteens, all years before teen) years in a world without social media being dominated. I appreciate 2004 and 2005 a lot more now than I did before.
I always held those years in a high regard, but as time moves on I start to see those years as classic rather than just nostalgic years.

I used to be one of those people who’d be all like “Anything 2007 and onwards was crap. I’m glad to have grown up before that for most of my childhood.” Yes, 2003-2006 were more magical childhood years for me, but looking back, the final 3 years of my childhood (2007-2009) weren’t so bad since it was still an era before social media became overly commercialized.


I still prefer the early 10's over the late 00's, my opinion will never change on that, but hey I can't control what era anyone on here likes. Former president Barack Obama's election and inauguration were such a surreal moment, and I had a lot of good memories on my DS and Wii. Those were the biggest highlights of the late 00's for me.

Millennium is probably the nicest most chill mod in the history of this site so far.

The most aggressive, no mercy mod on this site, literally and figuratively is a no brainer if you’ve been paying close attention.

I sprinkled the thread with holy water.

what happened to the decade kid debate? i wanted to know why someone 2 months older then me was the ultimate 90s kid but not me

what happened to the decade kid debate? i wanted to know why someone 2 months older then me was the ultimate 90s kid but not me

He had an exorcism when I threw my holy water on him.

Millennium is probably the nicest most chill mod in the history of this site so far.

The most aggressive, no mercy mod on this site, literally and figuratively is a no brainer if you’ve been paying close attention.

Thanks man.

Slim that's mid/late-2000s MSN. Here's the real early 2000s MSN!

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Nice! I didn't get to go on this version of MSN but only the mid '00s version of it which I suppose that version of MSN started around 2003.

I used to be one of those people who’d be all like “Anything 2007 and onwards was crap. I’m glad to have grown up before that for most of my childhood.” Yes, 2003-2006 were more magical childhood years for me, but looking back, the final 3 years of my childhood (2007-2009) weren’t so bad since it was still an era before social media became overly commercialized.

I still think 2006 is when things started to suck but that's just me.  :P

Im one of the few mid 90s born who always appreciated 2006 kid culture. I honestly enjoyed the late 00s better than the early 10s. I still view 07 and 08 as apart of my childhood even though I was in middle school those years. I was old enough to experience pop culture but young enough to still enjoy kid stuff. I was still young and innocent those years, I didn't start feeling disconnected from my childhood till around late 2009.

I’m increasingly nostalgic for the late 2000s, especially for the music. I’ve recently been on a late 2000s music binge. Those years weren’t always good for me since my early teen years were a little.. tumultuous.. but there were plenty of good points.

He had an exorcism when I threw my holy water on him.


That reminds me of when my grandma was seeing ghosts and threw holy water on me and my computer.

Where oh where have the smart people gone
where oh where could they be?

Im one of the few mid 90s born who always appreciated 2006 kid culture. I honestly enjoyed the late 00s better than the early 10s. I still view 07 and 08 as apart of my childhood even though I was in middle school those years. I was old enough to experience pop culture but young enough to still enjoy kid stuff. I was still young and innocent those years, I didn't start feeling disconnected from my childhood till around late 2009.


There's still some kid culture I enjoyed from the late 00's and even early 10's, but it was very minimal tho. The DS, Wii, and Angry Birds immediately come to mind. My first trip to New York in Summer 2011 was so surreal that I felt like a young kid lost in the city, even tho I was 15 because it was my first time ever there. I just went to New York again this past Christmas and it felt COMPLETELY DIFFERENT and I was more familiar with the city. I had a love and hate experience with New York during Christmas.

Anyways, the kid culture of 2006 was my least favorite of my core childhood, but luckily 2006 was the best summer of my childhood (talked about it many times on this forum) so I didn't have to worry about it, and I got a DS that year and started online gaming for the first time. 2007-2009 were fun years for being a preteen or teen tho when it came to the early days of Facebook/YouTube, the late years of MySpace, and the movies that came out around that time. 2007 was an epic year for cinema bruh, I could go on and on. 2009 had Avatar and The Blind Side so you couldn't go wrong with that year either. Also the music at the time was really great and underappreciated, it was a huge improvement from the mid 00's TBH, and a lot of artists who made an impact on 10's music started around throughout the late 00's.

I literally thought of 2006 when I was in the shower. 2006 is at the most quality of cheesy to me. I only like early 2006.

2006 is the year I got myself really into sciences. I recieved a microscope for my b-day that year, and throughout the year I got a telescope, a space exploration kit and tons of informative books.
I was such a nerdy kid :-[

2006 is the year I got myself really into sciences. I recieved a microscope for my b-day that year, and throughout the year I got a telescope, a space exploration kit and tons of informative books.
I was such a nerdy kid :-[


I got this toy for my 7th birthday that taught me all of the planets of the solar system, back when there were NINE planets  :\'(

Anyone remember “102 Dalmatians: Puppies To The Rescue”?

Released in 2000, though I played the hell out of it in Kinder and first grade in 2002-2003.

Anyone remember “102 Dalmatians: Puppies To The Rescue”?

Released in 2000, though I played the hell out of it in Kinder and first grade in 2002-2003.


I didn't get to watch that one, but I unironically like the 1996 movie ;D

And that only reminded me of the late '90s TV show. Now that was some good stuff!

There's still some kid culture I enjoyed from the late 00's and even early 10's, but it was very minimal tho. The DS, Wii, and Angry Birds immediately come to mind. My first trip to New York in Summer 2011 was so surreal that I felt like a young kid lost in the city, even tho I was 15 because it was my first time ever there. I just went to New York again this past Christmas and it felt COMPLETELY DIFFERENT and I was more familiar with the city. I had a love and hate experience with New York during Christmas.

Anyways, the kid culture of 2006 was my least favorite of my core childhood, but luckily 2006 was the best summer of my childhood (talked about it many times on this forum) so I didn't have to worry about it, and I got a DS that year and started online gaming for the first time. 2007-2009 were fun years for being a preteen or teen tho when it came to the early days of Facebook/YouTube, the late years of MySpace, and the movies that came out around that time. 2007 was an epic year for cinema bruh, I could go on and on. 2009 had Avatar and The Blind Side so you couldn't go wrong with that year either. Also the music at the time was really great and underappreciated, it was a huge improvement from the mid 00's TBH, and a lot of artists who made an impact on 10's music started around throughout the late 00's.
I remember you telling me went to nyc at 15, New York is one the those places that changes every time you visit. Coming from someone who use to live in NYC and would visit every year up until recently I can attest to that statement. As far as lthe late 00s kid stuff I liked it was the first few seasons of icarly, Bakugan, Class of 3000, Total Drama Island, DS lite, Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, Ben 10 Allen Force, Wizards of Waverley Place. Most of the backlash 2006 gets is pretty unfair, yea the "late 2006" happens but in the grand scheme of things 2006 wasn't all that different from 2004 and 2005. It was still a mid 2000s year and everything people loved about the 00s were still relevant in 06 for the most part. Music wise I get that not everyone liked the snap rap but they were still some good and memorable songs that released that year, gaming was transtioning to 6th to 7th gen and CN and Nick, and Disney still had decent shows to watch despite Hannah Montana release.

Anyone remember “102 Dalmatians: Puppies To The Rescue”?

Released in 2000, though I played the hell out of it in Kinder and first grade in 2002-2003.


Lol I had that game back in the early 2000s on PS1 :D

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Speaking of early 2000s games, any of y'all play this game?

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It was a Crash Bandicoot clone, but had a charm of its own, with the boomerangs being a rather unique weapon in video games. The sequels tried making it more "Edgy", especially the third game, with mechs and Sonic Adventure 2-esque plots. They were good too, but kinda lost the charm of the first game.

I remember you telling me went to nyc at 15, New York is one the those places that changes every time you visit. Coming from someone who use to live in NYC and would visit every year up until recently I can attest to that statement. As far as lthe late 00s kid stuff I liked it was the first few seasons of icarly, Bakugan, Class of 3000, Total Drama Island, DS lite, Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, Ben 10 Allen Force, Wizards of Waverley Place. Most of the backlash 2006 gets is pretty unfair, yea the "late 2006" happens but in the grand scheme of things 2006 wasn't all that different from 2004 and 2005. It was still a mid 2000s year and everything people loved about the 00s were still relevant in 06 for the most part. Music wise I get that not everyone liked the snap rap but they were still some good and memorable songs that released that year, gaming was transtioning to 6th to 7th gen and CN and Nick, and Disney still had decent shows to watch despite Hannah Montana release.


2006 definitely has its audience. For me it was also the first year I experienced heartbreak that made the rest of it feel dramatic. I was also dumb asf that year
Speaking of early 2000s games, any of y'all play this game?

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It was a Crash Bandicoot clone, but had a charm of its own, with the boomerangs being a rather unique weapon in video games. The sequels tried making it more "Edgy", especially the third game, with mechs and Sonic Adventure 2-esque plots. They were good too, but kinda lost the charm of the first game.


My best friend had 2. I have sick memories of watching him play. I was immense in the game's environments and I like how the game wasn't about "owning" the enemies.

The game still has a potentially timeless aesthetic.

I remember you telling me went to nyc at 15, New York is one the those places that changes every time you visit. Coming from someone who use to live in NYC and would visit every year up until recently I can attest to that statement. As far as lthe late 00s kid stuff I liked it was the first few seasons of icarly, Bakugan, Class of 3000, Total Drama Island, DS lite, Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, Ben 10 Allen Force, Wizards of Waverley Place. Most of the backlash 2006 gets is pretty unfair, yea the "late 2006" happens but in the grand scheme of things 2006 wasn't all that different from 2004 and 2005. It was still a mid 2000s year and everything people loved about the 00s were still relevant in 06 for the most part. Music wise I get that not everyone liked the snap rap but they were still some good and memorable songs that released that year, gaming was transtioning to 6th to 7th gen and CN and Nick, and Disney still had decent shows to watch despite Hannah Montana release.


Unpopular opinion, but for me, I’d extend it to 2007. But I’m from the Philippines and in the 00s, we were always culturally behind by 6 months to a year, so that might factor in.

I have a soft spot for 2002-2007, most especially 2003-2005, an era when the PPG and the KND intersected. :)

I and my fellow mid-late 90s babies were disappointed that our experience with the classic Nicktoons and Cartoon Network Powerhouse era was cut short (3 years in that era at most), and I guess the disappearance of such cartoons made us biased against the latter half of the decade. But now that I’m well past that phase, come to think of it, no one era is totally abysmal imho. The mid-late 00s (05-07) used to get a lot of flak for crappy CN shows like Squirrel Boy, but now, people are realizing that it was still a solid era; it’s just that people were comparing the best of one era with the worst of another one. Many great things that started in the early 00s (e.g. KND, Chalkzone, Billy & Mandy) continued on to that era & even well past it. It even had its fair share of great series of its own (e.g. Avatar, Danny Phantom).


Lol I had that game back in the early 2000s on PS1 :D

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Mine was on PC hahaha. Was my first “real” game.

I remember you telling me went to nyc at 15, New York is one the those places that changes every time you visit. Coming from someone who use to live in NYC and would visit every year up until recently I can attest to that statement. As far as lthe late 00s kid stuff I liked it was the first few seasons of icarly, Bakugan, Class of 3000, Total Drama Island, DS lite, Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, Ben 10 Allen Force, Wizards of Waverley Place. Most of the backlash 2006 gets is pretty unfair, yea the "late 2006" happens but in the grand scheme of things 2006 wasn't all that different from 2004 and 2005. It was still a mid 2000s year and everything people loved about the 00s were still relevant in 06 for the most part. Music wise I get that not everyone liked the snap rap but they were still some good and memorable songs that released that year, gaming was transtioning to 6th to 7th gen and CN and Nick, and Disney still had decent shows to watch despite Hannah Montana release.


Yeah, this past Christmas was my first trip to New York in 7 1/2 years, and it definitely didn't feel the same as my first time going there in 2011. Christmas in New York was a great experience, but I do think it's a bit overhyped if you don't know what you're doing. It was COLD AF "blurrrrr" walking in that weather all day and night long  8-P but I still had a lot of fun. This time we stayed with a family member then went to a hotel for a little bit. The Whole Foods in NY was amazing. Macy's was as good as I remembered, and we went to this extremely fancy dress store and there were 2 separate story buildings for the men and women. We decided to do the Uber a lot more than the Subway this time. My favorite moments of this Christmas trip to NY was the WICKED play and Radio City Rockettes. The WICKED play exceeded my expectations by so much I was amazed!

So anyways, when it comes to kid shows of the 00's, I've said this multiple times before, K & 1st grade it was cartoons only, 2nd-4th grade during the center of my elementary years it was a mixture of both cartoons and live-action shows, then in 5th & 6th grade I just stuck with the live-action shows and moved on to more mature shows. There were some exceptions. I still watched American Dragon Jake Long, Danny Phantom, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Ed Edd n Eddy, Codename: KND, and Foster's Home, but only casually. I also started watching Boomerang in late 2006 too.

It was normal for our age group to be into iCarly because that's an older target audience, same goes for Total Drama Island. TDI was targeted towards 9-14 year old's, that wasn't really a little kid cartoon with the type of dialogue and humor in the show. When I got my DS in May 2006 that's when I began to shift away from a lot of kids TV in general. When I was 10 and 11 I started getting into random shows on G4, TruTV, Spike, , TBS, FOX, and so forth.

Nickelodeon was probably the best, or least worst of the kids stations throughout the late 00's, because you still had the splat logo before 2009, and you had iCarly and Avatar: The Last Airbender. The nicktoon ideas started dying around this time tho, as every new nicktoon being created was really bad while Spongebob and Fairly Odd Parents began to clog up the network. The live-action shows of Nick (without any bias) were still realistically creative through Victorious (which was a show I was NOT into). After Victorious and Sam & Cat (which were the early 10's) it all fell apart.

I'm shocked you were into Bakugan  :o because I had completely lost interest in ALL kiddy anime well before that show came out! I've never heard of anyone who I grew up with near my age into that franchise. I fell off of Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh as I got into Naruto and Bleach.