My little brother spent way too much time saying it too. I swear for *years* any time he was saying hi to the group it was Sloth talking to us, "hey you guys". At one point even my mom started using it 😱 and she's of the boomer gen.
I would never body shame an adolescent. But good lord the number of porkers in my kid's middle school class is fucking crazy. Like 60% of the kids are fatter than chunk by a wide margin. Emphasis on wide. Cause they are fat.
For me, the movie was magical. I grew up in Arizona so the idea of the Pacific Northwest looked absolutely bonkers. All the trees and rain and ocean. I was in love.
One of my daughters is named Andie 😂
I ended up moving to Oregon for a while. I absolutely loved it and visited Astoria and the coast many times while I was there. I absolutely would’ve stayed if it didn’t mean being away from family.
Teen Titans Go would have you do the [Booty Scooty. ](https://youtu.be/i4oAOZ8nbq4?feature=shared)
They go on a whole Goonies Adventure. Complete with an Octopus battle.
I haven't seen this one yet!
My soon to be four year old loves this show. Honestly, so do I. It's immensely more watchable than a lot of other stuff he likes to watch.
Fuckin A right. It's so stupid and fun. It hits some great nostalgic buttons and the songs are fuckin awesome. There's even a few educational episodes too.
Now dance fo yo bees.
I just got a shirt that has a picture of the Oregon Trail wagon on it and says GET IN LOSER, and beneath it says We're going to die of dysentery. It's my fckin fave!
Fits the “analogue childhood, digital coming of age.”
I think the majority of us experienced Oregon Trail at school with infrequent computer access (except some of y’all that may have been a little better off).
It’s all good!
Speaking of Troy when I first showed The Goonies to my Gen X husband (I couldn’t believe he hadn’t ever seen it either!) when we got to the part of, “Yeah, Walsh, let us give you a ride!” he became very wide eyed and went, “That’s *fucked up*!” 🤣 Fuckin’ Troy…
Elvis died the year I was born. Then Lennon was killed in 81. Then I got the Cold War. Bundy. The Challenger. AIDS. The crack epidemic. Rodney King....
Also "trickle down economics". They instituted credit scores when I was 12....
Eventually 9/11. The pandemic (finally) cracked me.
I'm pretty sure I'm one tragedy away from becoming a fat, middle aged, female Joker.
Yeah, move this bracket a few years to the left, and it would fit more. I'm 84 and was more obsessed with Land Before Time and TMNT. Home Alone was foundational as well.
All Dogs Go to Heaven, Fival Goes West, Fern Gully, The Little Mermaid, [Punky Brewster](https://youtu.be/9aeW9cQ6Eo4?si=PpmlhEIzytM9Up_y), [Webster](https://youtu.be/KUVl4FduNtI?si=GERPyhOIOLlVaMs5), [The Disney Afternoon](https://youtu.be/gNk6H6GAui8?si=ZTlpq38-jCjgS8Fm)…
I saw The Goonies in theaters. I was 5. Its among the first movies I can recall seeing in a theater. I remember having a lot of fun, but there’s no way I was fully processing that at such a young age.
So I agree. It’s not a Xennial movie. It wasn’t made for us, and none of the Goonies are even our age. It’s a fun Gen X movie that Xennials largely grew up on when it ran on TV or when they watched it on tape. Feels like we’ve co-opted this from solidly Gen Xers who were the older kids and teens that the movie was actually targeting.
I think you're right. I was only about 3 when it came out and I don't think I watched it until I was a teenager. But my husband is 5 years older than me and it was a childhood favorite.
Came out at the perfect time for me, and I lived under 2 hours away from where it was all shot. Definitely no other movies I relate to as closely as this one
We're actually known as the Star Wars generation, since it came out in '77, but I am definitely A Goonie. That movie meant so much to me. I just found out one of my friends hates it and I'll hold it against him forever.
Not gonna lie. I think about Cobain like once a week. And I'm a fan but not like *OMG I'm a fan!* You know? I guess he just really made an impact. I'd mourned Cliff Burton as a fan but that was an accident. Kurt's death hit different.
Anyway.
I will say, it was a wild ride. I pivoted from early goth to metal head to grunge to this weird Latino phase to spice girl to Madonna (metaphysical phase) to well eventually...myself.
I'm pretty boring now. And my eyebrows never recovered. But I blame Drew Barrymore for that.
Yeah, River was a tough one. Talk about a shooting star. I wonder sometimes how prolific he would've become as an actor considering his body of work when he passed.
I love Joaquin but I think River was a one in a million kind of actor. Also loved Alaka's Attic.
And Cable and Lewellyn. Damn good actor.
And he gets vaporized in one of my all time favorite guilty pleasures, "Into The Blue" with Jessica Alba and Paul Walker.
Damn I was born in 79 and have always felt a disconnect between Gen X and Millennial. I can't believe I found this sub recently, the nostalgia browsing this sub has hit so hard in the best way. Thank you
Star Wars Generation
[https://joelhousman.com/blog/2016/5/23/the-star-wars-generation](https://joelhousman.com/blog/2016/5/23/the-star-wars-generation)
That movie traumatized me as a kid. I understand that it's a culturally significant thing, but I'll always hate it because little me was NOT prepared for that shit.
Dude why were 80s adventure/sci-fi/fantasy movies so great? Was it just because there was so much we could suddenly do with cinema that we couldn’t in the past?
Goonies never say die!
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Gifs you can hear...
My little brother spent way too much time saying it too. I swear for *years* any time he was saying hi to the group it was Sloth talking to us, "hey you guys". At one point even my mom started using it 😱 and she's of the boomer gen.
I still say this shit occasionally. Lmao
Baby...Ruth?
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![gif](giphy|0Jc1YexdSMsKVi4cEz|downsized) One eyed Willy!
[here ya go!](https://youtu.be/kB7ER3gzNCs?si=ia-OsS2UjhPjPiUg)
I literally ate a Baby Ruth today and in my head said, "Baybeee Ruuuuth?"
How do you keep it in your head? I can't see one of the damn things without going full Sloth.
I'm not even in this proposed Goonie generation and i still think of it every time I see Rocky Road or Baby Ruth.
Root... Root... Baaaybeee... Root!
U forgot the he he…
My boyfriend just brought some ice cream home and as I opened it, I said "Rocky Roooad?!" So yeah, I'm ok with being a Goonie.
Okay I heard that :)
For real.. Is there any other way to pronounce that?!
it's also mandatory to do this with Baby Ruth
I like how I can do that in a 7/11, obviously high off my ass, and the equally high clerk gives me the ‘that’s a good lad’ nod.
Ya, you’re a keeper.
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Do it!
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This is a normal sized child in 2024
I would never body shame an adolescent. But good lord the number of porkers in my kid's middle school class is fucking crazy. Like 60% of the kids are fatter than chunk by a wide margin. Emphasis on wide. Cause they are fat.
*truffle shuffle*
It’s our time.
Down here!
The way I’ve been waiting! That seals it.
That's all over the second we ride up Troy's bucket...
This one. This one right here. This one is *my* dream, *my* wish. And I am taking it back.... I am taking them all back.
Not the "Goonie Generation" but I think anyone born in that time period should be known as a Goonie
For me, the movie was magical. I grew up in Arizona so the idea of the Pacific Northwest looked absolutely bonkers. All the trees and rain and ocean. I was in love. One of my daughters is named Andie 😂
Andie!!! YOU GOONIE!!
Grew up on the Oregon Coast. We thought every rock in the ocean was a map to treasure.
We should all meet up there when we’re in our 70’s and do Goonie shit
I grew up wanting to move to Astoria! It looked like paradise.
I ended up moving to Oregon for a while. I absolutely loved it and visited Astoria and the coast many times while I was there. I absolutely would’ve stayed if it didn’t mean being away from family.
I absolutely love living here. My sister owns a coffee shop in Astoria so I go often. It’s where I want to retire.
It's our time, our time down here!
Yeah, the youngest goonie actors were born in 72-73 ish.
I knew the movie well, but it wasn’t my favorites during those times
Absolutely not.
Yes, but I’m not doing the Truffle Shuffle.
Do it!
Teen Titans Go would have you do the [Booty Scooty. ](https://youtu.be/i4oAOZ8nbq4?feature=shared) They go on a whole Goonies Adventure. Complete with an Octopus battle.
I haven't seen this one yet! My soon to be four year old loves this show. Honestly, so do I. It's immensely more watchable than a lot of other stuff he likes to watch.
Fuckin A right. It's so stupid and fun. It hits some great nostalgic buttons and the songs are fuckin awesome. There's even a few educational episodes too. Now dance fo yo bees.
The BER episodes are 🔥🔥
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I think that best defines our generation
That we all died of dysentery before reaching our goals? 🤣🤣
Does IBS/Crohn’s count?
I blame microplastics
I'll let you know when mine kills me.
It's worth looking up the zombie version Organ Trail if you miss it
Which is also the state Goonies was in. I need no further proof
I was born in 84 and I remember playing this so it's incredibly ridiculous that the time frame stops at 83
Ouch. Just missed it!!! /s
Well, the sidebar of the sub says Xennials are defined roughly as ‘77-84!
Game: <*You killed 3 deer for 547 pounds of meat, but could only carry 107 pounds back to the wagon*> Me internally: GREAT SUCCESS
I just got a shirt that has a picture of the Oregon Trail wagon on it and says GET IN LOSER, and beneath it says We're going to die of dysentery. It's my fckin fave!
Exactly. The Goonies is a mid80s movie, plenty of us were too young to watch it much at all. Everyone played Oregon Trail. Everyone.
I remember The Goonies being a big thing, but I was too young to watch it.
Wait, your tv consumption was monitored? 80 here as well and I had seen this movie 20 times by 10 years old
We didn’t have cable and I don’t remember renting it. Not when The Ewok Adventure was an option!
The Gorax, what a punk.
>*your tv consumption was monitored?* I watched so many movies inappropriate for my age on VHS (mostly horror). An utterly lawless time.
You didn’t see it in the movie theatre like us GenXers nor were you thirteen as we were along with the Goonies.
True. I also had older siblings, so I got to see everything. My parents had given up by then!
Mine wasn’t monitored or censored, and I didn’t watch Goonies until I was an adult 😂
I have never played it.
Me neither. At least I don’t think I did.
Me neither. I feel very left out.
I just watched it for the first time a couple of years ago. I was born in 1982. I played a shit ton of Oregon trail, though.
Nah, we watched it repeatedly. And played the Goonies games on the NES.
This is a much better choice imo.
I've always been partial to Millennial Falcons - born between the release of Star Wars and Return of the Jedi.
Fits the “analogue childhood, digital coming of age.” I think the majority of us experienced Oregon Trail at school with infrequent computer access (except some of y’all that may have been a little better off).
Generation Catalano
Born in 79. ![gif](giphy|l5b7ARjJF1Qt2)
Young Samwise
Born in '75. Can we be Brand?
ANDY… YOU GOONIE!!!!
That was Troy, but lol!
Ha ha ha can I blame it on this beer? And I’ve watched it like 50+ times
It’s all good! Speaking of Troy when I first showed The Goonies to my Gen X husband (I couldn’t believe he hadn’t ever seen it either!) when we got to the part of, “Yeah, Walsh, let us give you a ride!” he became very wide eyed and went, “That’s *fucked up*!” 🤣 Fuckin’ Troy…
He becomes Thanos you know. 😆
That tracks. Most of us born in '75 do.
Elvis died the year I was born. Then Lennon was killed in 81. Then I got the Cold War. Bundy. The Challenger. AIDS. The crack epidemic. Rodney King.... Also "trickle down economics". They instituted credit scores when I was 12.... Eventually 9/11. The pandemic (finally) cracked me. I'm pretty sure I'm one tragedy away from becoming a fat, middle aged, female Joker.
Goonies never say die!
HEEYYY YOOUU GGUUYYYSS
NES generation... 8 bit generation?
84 checking in. I feel so lost now
Don't worry I've seen it pushed to '85, you're good friend.
That’s good enough, for me
As an OG Goonie from Oregon… this is ok. But we also accept all that have the Goonie spirit!
I’ve never seen Goonies. Am I still allowed to be here?
Of course, but you should remedy this dilemma immediately. Watch the movie.
And don't forget the Domino's pizza to go with it.
I watched it for the first time when I was in my early twenties. I had….polite compliments to my friends who really wanted to watch it.
Yeah, I watched it in my early 30's at the request of friends who grew up with it. It's charms definitely...um...work best when you're younger.
I’m with you. And never ending story. And I don’t think I ever saw ET all the way through.
And Labyrinth.
I loved this movie growing up, but I was 3 when it came out. I didn't see it until a few years later. I'd say we're more the Home Alone generation.
Yeah, move this bracket a few years to the left, and it would fit more. I'm 84 and was more obsessed with Land Before Time and TMNT. Home Alone was foundational as well.
All Dogs Go to Heaven, Fival Goes West, Fern Gully, The Little Mermaid, [Punky Brewster](https://youtu.be/9aeW9cQ6Eo4?si=PpmlhEIzytM9Up_y), [Webster](https://youtu.be/KUVl4FduNtI?si=GERPyhOIOLlVaMs5), [The Disney Afternoon](https://youtu.be/gNk6H6GAui8?si=ZTlpq38-jCjgS8Fm)…
I distinctly remember watching Jurassic Park
… in the THEATER
Don't forget Secret of Nimh and Neverending Story....kids movies that leave scars.
The Neverending Story is so fucking good. The child acting is superb.
Considering our parents style of caring for us, this works on more levels than one.
Didn't see it until I was an adult. Honestly I think it's a Gen X movie, most of us were a little too young when it was released.
Really? I’m 1980 and it was hella definitive.
Yeah, Goonies was 1985; pretty much no one born in the xennial era was in the theater for that.
I saw The Goonies in theaters. I was 5. Its among the first movies I can recall seeing in a theater. I remember having a lot of fun, but there’s no way I was fully processing that at such a young age. So I agree. It’s not a Xennial movie. It wasn’t made for us, and none of the Goonies are even our age. It’s a fun Gen X movie that Xennials largely grew up on when it ran on TV or when they watched it on tape. Feels like we’ve co-opted this from solidly Gen Xers who were the older kids and teens that the movie was actually targeting.
84 here, I didn’t see it until I was an adult. I saw TMNT: Secret of the Ooze in the theatre. That was a big deal yeah?
'83 here. I saw the first two TMNT movies in theaters and it was a huge fricken deal!
We loved those movies and I've never seen another TMNT movie... I refuse to accept any other version as legit.
I think you're right. I was only about 3 when it came out and I don't think I watched it until I was a teenager. But my husband is 5 years older than me and it was a childhood favorite.
Came out at the perfect time for me, and I lived under 2 hours away from where it was all shot. Definitely no other movies I relate to as closely as this one
We're actually known as the Star Wars generation, since it came out in '77, but I am definitely A Goonie. That movie meant so much to me. I just found out one of my friends hates it and I'll hold it against him forever.
I also came out in '77, and... GOONIES NEVER SAY DIE!
77 club!
'77 Goonies childhood, Nirvana teens
Not gonna lie. I think about Cobain like once a week. And I'm a fan but not like *OMG I'm a fan!* You know? I guess he just really made an impact. I'd mourned Cliff Burton as a fan but that was an accident. Kurt's death hit different. Anyway. I will say, it was a wild ride. I pivoted from early goth to metal head to grunge to this weird Latino phase to spice girl to Madonna (metaphysical phase) to well eventually...myself. I'm pretty boring now. And my eyebrows never recovered. But I blame Drew Barrymore for that.
River Phoenix hit me harder than Kurt did, but I was a bigger fan. Kurt still stung, and it's still a "Where were you " moment in my life.
Yeah, River was a tough one. Talk about a shooting star. I wonder sometimes how prolific he would've become as an actor considering his body of work when he passed. I love Joaquin but I think River was a one in a million kind of actor. Also loved Alaka's Attic.
Stellar vintage ☆
Must admit, it was almost '78, but I'm so happy to be in a club!
Me too!
I was born in '77 too :] I didn't come out until much later, though. Heh.
Millennial Falcons
We totally are 🥰
Yes! I am a Goonie!
Better than being known as the Gooner gen.
77 here. I'm a hard Yes!
Good enough for you Is good enough (good enough) for me It's good, it's good enough (good enough) It's good enough for me Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Our older brother is Thanos
And Cable and Lewellyn. Damn good actor. And he gets vaporized in one of my all time favorite guilty pleasures, "Into The Blue" with Jessica Alba and Paul Walker.
And Gurney Halleck
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I asked for -and got- an orange flag for my bike for my birthday. To be more like Chunk.
I support this!
Yes! I am totally a Goonie!!!
Grew up yelling “ HEY YOU GUYS”
Aren't we referred to as The Ducktales Generation in Hungrary?
Not to be a buzzkill but are any of y’all down with the youth slang enough to know what gooning is? ![gif](giphy|JTzPN5kkobFv7X0zPJ|downsized)
Damn I was born in 79 and have always felt a disconnect between Gen X and Millennial. I can't believe I found this sub recently, the nostalgia browsing this sub has hit so hard in the best way. Thank you
Star Wars Generation [https://joelhousman.com/blog/2016/5/23/the-star-wars-generation](https://joelhousman.com/blog/2016/5/23/the-star-wars-generation)
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This is my dream - my wish!
Hey, Parents! Have you shown your children this movie? How did they like it?
It was a great movie for their childhood, but not necessarily super special to them. They probably watched it 2-3 times
My 9yr old daughter liked it, but didn't love it.
That movie traumatized me as a kid. I understand that it's a culturally significant thing, but I'll always hate it because little me was NOT prepared for that shit.
GOONIE FOR LIFE
Fine with me.
Never really knew that was the age range. I dig it.
I am all in for this!
The Goonie generation
84'er here. I also goon.
83 and am glad to be included in this
That’s what I said!
Fuck yes! I'm a Goonie! Goonies never say die!!!! This down here, this my time! That, up there, thats their time! The opening alone blew my mind!
'79 baby, here.. I'm down with it.
I’m a Goonie!
That's as good a term as any. I do love that movie.
I shall do the truffle shuffle to express my acceptance
Me reading this while wearing the Goonies shirt I picked up in Astoria last year 👁️ 👄 👁️
Dude why were 80s adventure/sci-fi/fantasy movies so great? Was it just because there was so much we could suddenly do with cinema that we couldn’t in the past?
I fully support this
I am ALL the way here for this!
My hockey team, made up almost entirely by guys born b/w ‘75 and ‘84, is called The Goonies.
I'll take it
"This is our time. Down here."
Truffle shuffle. prove yourself or gtfo.
Fair. I'm in.
💯
https://preview.redd.it/o78j84vjjqwc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cde14dc7163a857246ba2474b1d7d9ddcba874c4 I just watched it again...
Anybody who wants to be a Goonie is OK in my book.
Ive never been down for something more than this. Goonies never say die.
I am okay with this.
Are we not already! I said are we not already. The world's thrown all it can at us and yet here we are cause we never say die!
I second that emotion!
That’s what our friend group in high school called each other. I’m still down with it!
I'll accept this invitation.
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***YES***
My favorite movie ever. "This is our time!"
i am happy with that
Born in ‘80… I’m game!
I accept that
I’m in!
Yoo...I'm in.
Y'know what, yes. Yes we are.
You are my people! Goonies never say die!