CHOREOGRAPHIES, MERMAIDS, AND PLASTIC BRACELETS: MY ULTIMATE NOSTALGIA COLLECTION ⋆˚࿔
Yesterday, I was listening to one of my nostalgic playlists filled with tons of soundtracks of animated movies and kids tv shows that I used to watch when I
was a child. I am an ‘02 liner which means that I have grown up with the Disney Channel era, the Nickelodeon cartoons and all those things that now kids might not even know what they are. Wow, I really feel old now…
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All those programs really shaped my childhood and remind me of how beautiful it was when I was a kid. I remember creating imaginary worlds and backgrounds with my younger sister right after we watched our afternoon program. Or when we used to sing out loud the opening theme of the majestic old Winx Club show (I have always been Bloom, by the way. But I loved Musa so much too!). It is insanely special to remember the old days when playing outside was the most amazing thing to do to create our own personalized worlds mixing up all the things that we saw on TV! Not to mention the swimming pool days that used to turn into a fantasy world where the water was part of the Moon Pool and, of course, we were mermaids looking for seashells as in the Mako Mermaids or H2O shows.
So without further ado, let’s get into it and travel back in time thanks to my personal collection of movies and shows I used to watch when I was a kid.
I still remember the cozy feeling of coming back home from school, throwing my backpack on the floor and sitting on the couch with a chocolate snack while waiting for the usual daily date with Disney Channel. I spent so many afternoons and evenings enjoying so many different shows with my sister and laughing my lungs out because of them. Not to mention the happiness when a new episode was coming out and we didn’t have to rewatch an old one (that was still so much fun!).
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Some days it was the cozy and familiar vibe of Good Luck Charlie with Teddy’s  |
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daily vlogs or Jessie with the pure chaos of their daily adventures. Other days it was Girl Meets World or the holiday vibe of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, or a little bit of magic with the Wizards of Waverly Place. Needless to say that our soul was already being shaped through so many shows about dancing and singing like Shake It Up, Austin & Ally or A.N.T. Farm. These weren’t just background shows, they made up our all personality. I remember recording videos with my sister as if we were popular artists around the world showing our (nonexistent) talent. We laugh so hard every time those videos pop up in our memories. Not to mention the amazing talent of choreographers that we’ve attributed to ourselves… choreographies that probably even fish could make better, BUT that was definitely a lot of fun.
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We also had this elastic trampoline in our garden and that was the best stage of every moment and every imaginary universe we used to create. The stage for our performances from Violetta or the most random scenarios from the Descendants movies. And of course, how can I forget the usual moment we had to redo the Liv&Maddie opening theme with the unforgettable moments in front of the mirror (of course, I was impersonating Maddie and that says it all about my sister and my personality ahah) and there was no better show to express our sisterhood in our games. We’ve grown up with a very deep love for shows that were related to adventures so it is needless to say that even the K.C. Undercover show was a regular appointment every afternoon.
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And YES, of course there was The Disney Channel Original Movies! We’ve grown up with these movies, watching values, friendships and school life in a whole different way but it makes me feel so nostalgic and so happy at the same time knowing that we actually had this kind of childhood. I would never swap mine with any other (out of context but all those games and things we had back then? I mean, who remembers the plastic glow bracelets? Those things… I used to go to school wearing hundreds just so I could swap the duplicates with my friends… What memories!). And as for the shows mentioned above, those movies were also our chance to learn choreographies and try them out whenever we had the chance. From High School Musical with the great performance of Troy Bolton on the golf course, or the famous Camp Rock song with both Shane and Mitchie and their not so expected love story, to the dreamy Lemonade Mouth that made us believe school could be fun and an endless musical. Together with Teen Beach Movie, Cloud 9, Radio Rebel and Zapped they literally fueled our childhood dreams and filled our room with songs we still listen to and sing at the top of our lungs.
Looking back, my childhood was really beautiful, a whole scenario where both my real world and the imaginary one used to be one and blended together so perfectly. I feel a little emotional writing all this because I won’t lie if I say that whenever a word flows on my fingers on the keyboard, a memory pops in front of my eyes. Moments that will never be forgotten and that I had the chance and blessing to spend with my sister.
From laughing at the absurd yellow energy of SpongeBob or to the endless fight between Tom&Jerry to admiring the rebellious independence of the iconic Pippi Longstocking (I don’t know if it was a worldwide show but we literally loved her. Our favorite was the “candy” episode where Pippi bought all those candies with Annika and Tommy. My mum probably laughed watching us jumping on the couch while trying to reach the imaginary shelves with all the candy jars. My sister and I still remember that moment so clearly we always mention it).
Everything felt so magical. And no, they were definitely not just shows on TV they were our imaginary world, our inspiration for our games and our moments of craziness, our moments as kids living their lives outside in the garden and with the biggest imagination even out of the smallest things. Not to mention the way those programs gave us the freedom to believe and hope for everything we wanted, nothing is impossible and they gave us the chance to believe that all dreams can come true. We were just kids living that magic to the core, navigating through fantasy worlds, music, friendships and dreams, totally unaware of how quickly time would fly.
Whenever those playlists start playing in my music player, I feel a sort of fullness in my heart and soul, knowing I was that kid jumping and dancing in the most funny way on those rhythms and lyrics. It is so precious to know what brought you to the point you're at right now, because even though we might have lost that side of our personality while growing up, that world shaped us in ways that will never leave us even if we forget about who we were.
And after sharing my personal experience, I would like to hear about yours too. What were the shows and programs that made your childhood and you grew up with?
Thanks for reading this far, see you next time! :)
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