The response to my Peggy Bundy costume makes me wonder: which characters on TV during your, uh, formative years did you fantasize about?

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Key_Street1637@reddit

https://i.redd.it/7wa1e3uys4ne1.gif I had a massive crush on Lilith Sternin-Crane when I was a kid. As an adult, I have an attraction to cold, emotionally unavailable women, so this makes perfect sense.

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Typical_Breakfast215@reddit

As soon as I saw the picture I thought to myself, this guy loves to be stepped on

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Key_Street1637@reddit

Don't you judge me.

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TheJustBleedGod@reddit

The ice queen. What a hottie

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Animator-These@reddit

Oh lord where to start. Nicole Eggert (Charles in Charge) Kelly Bundy Peggy Bundy The leggy chick on Hermans Head Marisa Tomei on A Different World Hillary Banks Ms Musso (Parker Lewis Can't Lose...I'm a leg guy, if you wore skirts and were on tv from 90-2000, seed was spilled) Markie Post Marilu Henner... I mean I could go for 10 pages. I was horny kid.

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squarebodynewb@reddit

Markie Post?

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atrich@reddit

Ain't nothing wrong with peak Night Court Markie Post

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graveybrains@reddit

This makes me suspect you didn’t see enough Buck Rogers reruns as a kid.

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atrich@reddit

I watched a lot of The Fall Guy in syndication, though I was rather young, and hadn't really developed an interest in women. Except for Penny from Inspector Gadget.

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SomeDudeNamedRik@reddit

Hot number from Nigh Court

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squarebodynewb@reddit

I onow who she is, i just cant see it. Maybe because she looks like my aunt.

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The_OtherGuy_99@reddit

Your aunt single?

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eggs_erroneous@reddit

Markie Post was hot as a motherfucker. Go check out her stuff before Night Court. That'll fix you up.

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trav1829@reddit

Yes Markie Post - her and the k mart flyer with the women’s bras - my 9 year old dumbass thought if I used an eraser on the Kmart flyer I could erase away they bra so could see a boobie - it didn’t work

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GonzoThompson@reddit

>I was horny kid. Me too, and it has NEVER tapered off.

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Animator-These@reddit

Mines tapered off but I'm probably still in the top 10% of 45 year olds. All my similar aged friends bitch about their drives disappearing, I'm forced to make jokes about micro plastics in their balls instead of saying "I get laid 5 times a week, minimum". And that's with kids in the house. Romantic getaway weekends are a mess, figuratively and literally

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eggs_erroneous@reddit

I, too, am a leg man. I like those long legs like on a cross-country runner. I very much enjoy tennis skirt hotness.

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Vehlin@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/khq2zh4he5ne1.jpeg?width=713&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4be9acf1e7aaab60fbc04546f814791df6d5d084

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MardelMare@reddit

Ashley Judd was on TNG?!!??

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Vehlin@reddit

Ensign Robin Leffler.

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EcstaticTraffic7@reddit

![gif](giphy|LT2qB0ReO45CU|downsized) Tommy the Green Ranger

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MardelMare@reddit

One of MANY martial arts movie/tv crushes for me!

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No_Feedback_6334@reddit

Definitely Tommy

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mitochondrionolympus@reddit

Jonathan Brandis ![gif](giphy|6Mz11qHrTUmYg)

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MardelMare@reddit

SEA QUEST!!!! 🐬

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Important_silence@reddit

YES! 🤩

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mitochondrionolympus@reddit

Or Ryan Gosling ![gif](giphy|3o7TKKj3QUwnllocxy)

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CalligrapherActive11@reddit

![gif](giphy|r7ZtqpSM8GMta) Formative years? The Terminator and the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. I was a weird kid. My entire life I have found men in their 40’s and 50’s attractive. At least now it’s age appropriate.

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MardelMare@reddit

But what about the Sheriff of Rottingham in Men in Tights?

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sweet_pickles12@reddit

Not me crushing on Jeff Goldblum 20 years before it was cool. It’s fine, I’m sure it’s not daddy issue related or anything. Also, as a youth I didn’t have a thing for Arnold, but as an adult, I have grown to appreciate him. https://preview.redd.it/pi7jwieow4ne1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4b8fb5e1795142bc65e5ecd66a79fcee6febd611

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No_Amoeba_9272@reddit

Elvira

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Winter-Ad-9051@reddit

Michael J Fox 💕

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Outrageouslyyc@reddit

Cindy Crawfords Pepsi advert ![gif](giphy|5dyJ8y5F76o12|downsized)

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Kaleidoscope_Moose84@reddit

I remember crushing on David Duchovny, and Speed-era Keanu Reeves. I had a Leo phase during middle school. I wanted to be Dana Scully so bad. I wanted her job and red hair and to be able to spend my time with Fox Mulder.

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Wendy-Windbag@reddit

I died my shaggy bob a light red my senior year, one day at my grocery cashier job, this couple said I looked just like Agent Scully. I'm still riding that high almost 25 years later.

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Kaleidoscope_Moose84@reddit

Omg, I would be holding on to that moment 25 years later too!

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CPolland12@reddit

I started reading this and thought your first sentence was gonna reference speedo David Xfiles episode ![gif](giphy|JdAQQIYg1Yu1q)

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GarminTamzarian@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/2xwdcmsi07ne1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d7f858d22ac4ef770b3f2ee5f24ea19fad9ed28c

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penni_cent@reddit

Same. I was disappointed but the red speedo gif has saved me.

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Spamberguesa@reddit

I had a red bob throughout my teens and into my early 20s because of Scully. I too wanted to be her so badly.

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om11011shanti11011om@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/wv3ka2ppf9ne1.png?width=500&format=png&auto=webp&s=a8ce4e9711a29d02fe1580cf25debe29bde952db

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om11011shanti11011om@reddit

but also https://preview.redd.it/03zpaaxwf9ne1.png?width=736&format=png&auto=webp&s=df96f598080d46b1e9dc8d294346f652255c0e0d

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darkwingdefender@reddit

![gif](giphy|wtn4d7kcnV5PRt2hcl|downsized)

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actualelainebenes@reddit

Definitely Fox Mulder

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andyrocks@reddit

Jet from Gladiators

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OnoALT@reddit

Peggy was up there

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GetrIndia@reddit

Elvira, Xena, Scully in that order. No wonder I'm super gay. Thanks ladies.

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jeffrotull2000@reddit

Elvira didn't age. She looks great now at 70 something.

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bittersweetjesus@reddit

Yes!!!!

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ginger__snappzzz@reddit

This is the hottest thing she's ever done: https://preview.redd.it/4jz3e1xk37ne1.jpeg?width=812&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4fe89483b5cbbd64c3a5a68534bb252ae5ed7fb9

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TheLoneliestGhost@reddit

I was def obsessed with those 3 growing up, too. Took me a while to reconcile whether I wanted to be *with* them, or just *be* them. Lol.

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Wyden_long@reddit

Same, just not gay.

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rosievee@reddit

Them, and all of the Fly Girls. That's my coming out story.

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QualityParticular739@reddit

Xena and Elvira definitely confirmed my sexuality for me. 😅

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illinoishokie@reddit

Like gay with tights and a cape?

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GetrIndia@reddit

Yep.

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illinoishokie@reddit

With great gayness comes great responsibility.

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GetrIndia@reddit

That's what my wife says.

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TheThrivingest@reddit (OP)

Elvira is for the girls 💯

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zombie_overlord@reddit

We're firmly in made up fantasy land here. No inconvenient truths allowed.

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RealSinnSage@reddit

the girls and the gays

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TheThrivingest@reddit (OP)

I stand rightfully corrected.

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aloe_veracity@reddit

![gif](giphy|Qr5QSwJFBUnF6)

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GetrIndia@reddit

Damn right she is.

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HereWeFuckingGooo@reddit

![gif](giphy|IQaJsCMeXYlUc)

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RoxyLA95@reddit

![gif](giphy|jJocvsiJakMus) I had a huge crush on Mark Paul Gosselaar.

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Skore_Smogon@reddit

This is how I found out I was gay as a kid.

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Scrotchety@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/slntb2gvr7ne1.jpeg?width=1391&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=422641e616b111f78ba493ba644a8d74fee7e74b I fantasized about winning Halloween costume contests all throughout the 90s as E.D.-209

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Bella_LaGhostly@reddit

![gif](giphy|6ui4mmtmep59C) Ms. Lisa Bonet

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iwannaddr2afi@reddit

How many of the upvotes here are girls? I must know if this was a common first TV crush for the young non-straights!!

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rosievee@reddit

Hi, yes, it me.

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Bella_LaGhostly@reddit

![gif](giphy|P9AcFvOP8zByE)

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Bella_LaGhostly@reddit

I am saying! There's got to be a lot of us. I loved her *especially*, even before I knew why! 💃

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The_OtherGuy_99@reddit

Even as a kid I thought she just looked stinky.

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Si_Titran@reddit

She has the aura of patchouli and weed for sure.

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Bella_LaGhostly@reddit

https://i.redd.it/vwq94sbcp7ne1.gif

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GarminTamzarian@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/hnig20qiz6ne1.jpeg?width=680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=16aff82c42dfa00ce00730e041d99a0cded8094f

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Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit

🙋🏾‍♂️

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rguzman2003@reddit

![gif](giphy|48oHwYhDI8VpK)

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DOCMarylandMD@reddit

Vanessa Angel when she played Lisa on Weird Science

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Lopsided_Impact1444@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/c06npbcob4ne1.png?width=900&format=png&auto=webp&s=ace7e35235e6ce39ab398fdaf70d413df5c4d1c8

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liplander@reddit

With special guest star, nipples. Felt like its own character. I’m sure the producers saw an increase in ratings for those episodes and ran with it.

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Dicky_Penisburg@reddit

That woman......was always cold.

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Si_Titran@reddit

My boomer mother always commented on this too. "Why can't she just wear a bra!"

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Routine_Priority_304@reddit

Jesus Christ, I nearly ripped my dick off to those nipples about 25 to 20 years ago.

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Actual-C0nsiderati0n@reddit

Bud Bundy was my “awakening” 🤣

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forprojectsetc@reddit

When I was in HS I would watch Sabrina the Teenage Witch for Melissa Joan Hart. I rewatched it recently and I’m way more into the aunts. Never realized how milftastic those two were.

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Traditional_Entry183@reddit

Yes on both counts. Melissa was my first big crush in general, starting from Clarissa. Then Caroline Rhea was one of my first Milf crushes on Sabrina.

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Trendwrecker@reddit

I definitely noticed the milf aspect there! Was into Melissa but the one aunt… blanking on her name but I was into her for sure.

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Pulp_Ficti0n@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/37orxrw754ne1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=72f48a55f29d36efe52e1d17640d5eb7b178693f

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Prossdog@reddit

It’s funny, it could take her or leave her when I was a teenager. It wasn’t until I watched her in White Collar when I was in my 30s that I was like “God, she’s a knockout.”

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TheLoneliestGhost@reddit

Same! I was a bigger fan of Jessie when SbtB was on but, Tiffani on White Collar was a 10. I think she really peaked on that show.

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GarminTamzarian@reddit

If you were a Jessie fan, your teenage self must have loved *Showgirls*.

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John_TheBlackestBurn@reddit

Same. I personally thought she was the third hottest girl on saved by the bell.

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The_OtherGuy_99@reddit

Same. She wasn't even my favorite on SBtB. I don't know which one of us grew up in the interim, but when I saw her on White Collar I literally said God Damn! out loud.

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DinnerSilver@reddit

Man...she was🔥🔥🔥!!!

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Svenderhof@reddit

Kapowski, indeed.

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RealSinnSage@reddit

possibly my first ever girl crush

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kimness1982@reddit

![gif](giphy|NCzhota4GsrKM) Also…

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Positively_Eric@reddit

Miss Elizabeth ❤️ https://preview.redd.it/0uonm7mi54ne1.jpeg?width=350&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b97c61456e8bf51a8e096527fd88db4481584b07

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djsynrgy@reddit

^"ELIZIBETT.. WILL YOU MARRY ME!"

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Baby_Button_Eyes@reddit

This phrase could be the secret password to open the underground Xennial club door.

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Positively_Eric@reddit

Ooooooh yeah - Elizabett

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kimness1982@reddit

![gif](giphy|3o7TKqiUTQEoewY6eA)

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truNinjaChop@reddit

Dana mutha fukkin skully!!!!! She is why I married Red head.

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edemberly41@reddit

![gif](giphy|l1adwi79gVdIdWz3CB|downsized) Mario Lopez more than Mark Paul. But you get the idea.

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aloe_veracity@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/8gn74tk974ne1.png?width=1400&format=png&auto=webp&s=0e9d4d587eae84db5f8a62c3b96d8456ac97f898 Jonathan Frakes (but only after he grew the beard 🥵)

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ThePicassoGiraffe@reddit

I understand why other people like him but he looks too much like my dad’s brothers. LaForge on the other hand…or Julian on DS9…totally different story

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Justinterestingenouf@reddit

This is literally my type.

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MintTealGecko@reddit

Wesley Crusher and Deanna Troi were my first crushes before I really knew what to do with TV crushes, I wanted to simultaneously be them and be with them

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Zero_Digital@reddit

Dr. Crusher was my TNG crush. Actually, I have one for every Star Trek now that I think about it.

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sweet_pickles12@reddit

He’s such a slut Agreed on the beard

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Trick_Second1657@reddit

Phoebe

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Farahild@reddit

First Angel and then Spike 😇👹

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Seven22am@reddit

I can't believe I haven't come across Buffy, yet. I'll add her below for sure.

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The_Lapsed_Pacifist@reddit

I sure would have liked to come across Buffy although I had a strong preference for Alison Hannigan (pretty sure I spelled that wrong) American Pie lost something on me, the whole time I’m thinking “Alison is right there mate, wtf?”

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CauliflowerBoomerang@reddit

Me too. Embarrassingly I still crush on Spike.

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Farahild@reddit

I mean who wouldn't.

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Defiant-Fix2870@reddit

Jared Leto from My So Called Life and Christian Bale.

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Tony_Tanna78@reddit

![gif](giphy|xxPvCae2I8MQJvwDFV)

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nayrlladnar@reddit

To this day I would run through flames for Gillian Anderson.

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TheThrivingest@reddit (OP)

100% same. She’s even hotter now.

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Si_Titran@reddit

Agreed. 🥵

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Si_Titran@reddit

Bam nailed my formative Bi panic in one image. I was OBESSED with X-Files from day one of the Pilot.

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punknothing@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/5rph365m36ne1.jpeg?width=1436&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a2b529257c8766467c108983427fd7e79264bb71 If I was Worf, I would've.

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HelloFellowKidlings@reddit

![gif](giphy|4r5wVrBJ27kvC|downsized)

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Evening-Teacher-4100@reddit

you just posted them. LOL also Jadzia Dax and Worf on Deep Space Nine

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BackgroundPrompt3111@reddit

Same. Also, Gabrielle on Xena. Lucy Lawless is very attractive, but Renee O'Connor is perfection.

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Zero_Digital@reddit

I see a ton of mentions of Xena and Gabrielle, but no one mentions Callisto.

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BackgroundPrompt3111@reddit

Little bit too much crazy for me.

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Zero_Digital@reddit

It's been a long time since I watched it. All I remembered was she was hot and she was like an evil Xena. It would most likely result in death.

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Yitram@reddit

Seven of Nine. And at 57, Jeri Ryan is still fine AF.

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Vegskipxx@reddit

Amy Jo Johnson, the pink ranger

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Moxie_Stardust@reddit

Lydia Deetz was captivating. The Craft was too. Why yes, I am a queer goth, how did you know? Not like super-goth, and not all the time, but I've definitely been described as goth by a few people in the recent past. (Oh yeah, I see someone else mentioned Elvira, also great)

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TheThrivingest@reddit (OP)

Fairuza Balk for me 😮‍💨

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highline9@reddit

ALL DAY!!!

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VashMM@reddit

Mmmm... Vicky Vallencourt.

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TheThrivingest@reddit (OP)

![gif](giphy|11CNLlmNAQXIli|downsized)

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VashMM@reddit

Yeah, definitely Fairuza.

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Seven22am@reddit

Robin Tunney, from The Craft to the Mentalist.

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InRealityNah@reddit

This lil’ store brand Sean Connery right here… https://preview.redd.it/4lz7ofger5ne1.jpeg?width=1268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=027636721f0bb8468b281529a11cfacbdcd4f9c1

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Routine_Priority_304@reddit

Noxzema girl Rebecca Gayheart

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Kulban@reddit

Only one worthy to grace my walls as a poster was Alyssa Milano. I even bought Bop! magazines. Even though they were for girls, they had full page size pictures of Alyssa and others in them. So a boy like me could also appreciate it.

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JAF7715@reddit

![gif](giphy|R7uCBwfTOZWZW)

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Risikio@reddit

Jadiza Dax from DS9

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TheJustBleedGod@reddit

Still can't believe they killed her off in season 6

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eggs_erroneous@reddit

Oh yes. Jadzia > Ezri

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Zero_Digital@reddit

Ezri was cute but couldn't compare to Jadzia.

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trav1829@reddit

Topanga off boy meets world-always been after the smart hot chick

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RobotCaptainEngage@reddit

Betty White.

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Woodworkingwino@reddit

Not to down play Betty but Bea Arthur.

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RobotCaptainEngage@reddit

Stone cold foxes all the way down.

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TheJustBleedGod@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/ozz204ilh5ne1.jpeg?width=1351&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e45427d2cb8861c2fb0c3d4aad7e13f2d0b168e7

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WilliamMcCarty@reddit

Nicole Eggert, Erika Eleniak, Denise Crosby (Yar on TNG), Gillian Anderson, Lucy Lawless and Renne O'Connor (Xena and Gabrielle) were all tv crushses. But my 90's true loves were and remain Winona Ryder and Amber Benson. (The latter you may remember as Tara on Buffy.)

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TheThrivingest@reddit (OP)

How could I forget Pacey from Dawson’s Creek ![gif](giphy|xUOrwowkZIZQkextMk|downsized)

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No_Feedback_6334@reddit

Mmmm Joshua Jackson

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undertherye@reddit

Rachel Green, Dana Scully, and Jaime Buchman 😍

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mmoonbelly@reddit

Lynda Day from Press Gang (Julia Sawalha - who went on to play Saffy in AbFab). https://preview.redd.it/jh0jgcaqb5ne1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=63db82cb7690defe35647b6f103589b1d54412c6

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morroia_gorri@reddit

Ginger (my sister and I watched a lot of Gilligan’s Island reruns).

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Trendwrecker@reddit

Same, but was into Mary Anne as well!

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Zero_Digital@reddit

Mary Anne beats Ginger any day.

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BCircle907@reddit

Anna Friel, Louise from Eternal, Kelly Kapowski

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BritOnTheRocks@reddit

Yes on the first two. As a Liverpool fan I definitely shipped Louise and Jamie before “shipping” was a thing.

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BCircle907@reddit

In a world of wags before that was a thing, she was always the most attractive. I’m a spurs fan, and in those days we only had Teddy Sheringham shagging page 3 models.

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Life-Finding5331@reddit

I gotta go with Lisa over Kelly

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BCircle907@reddit

Each to their own! Lisa was very cute

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GladosPrime@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/cq89b4jl14ne1.jpeg?width=464&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=78be44b83a5506f070ebe10737845a201e373df7

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cosp85classic@reddit

Blown Away, the movie she did with the two Cory's, had my attention for a summer.

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Dude-Lebowski@reddit

I'm Blown Away!

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Life-Finding5331@reddit

She can be in charge anytime.

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BritOnTheRocks@reddit

Vanessa Paradis. Her performance of Joe Le Taxi on Top of the Pops awakened something in me. Then I was pleased to find her in my Year 7 French Textbook (Arc-en-ciel 1)

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todayIsinlgehandedly@reddit

Rachel Bilson - Summer on The O.C.

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starchildmadness83@reddit

![gif](giphy|6qt69qcDApRU4)

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AntisocialFlutterby3@reddit

Disappointed I had to scroll so far to find him!

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ADMotti@reddit

Stephanie Tanner and both Conner sisters

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North_Hawk958@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/3ybunikl45ne1.jpeg?width=349&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5a113b2137400f14decd4c0ff5d95c7ae4a7f5d9 And Scully of course!

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CharlieTrees916@reddit

Mama from Mama’s Family.

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Dicky_Penisburg@reddit

The woman knew what she wanted, and she was gonna get it.

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grandpa5000@reddit

![gif](giphy|wmuqpmtGeVv1K|downsized) lol

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Gloomy_Use@reddit

You win lmao

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nayrlladnar@reddit

A person of refined culture, I see.

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djsynrgy@reddit

I hazily recall that my activation occurred somewhere between Christine Taylor (Melody; Hey Dude,) Lisa Bonet (Denise; Cosby Show,) and the dynamic duo of Lark Vorhees and Tiffani Thiessen (Lisa Turtle and Kelly Kapowski; Saved By The Bell.) There were earlier objects of affection, but they're hazier; typically requiring a trigger to jog the memory. My teens drew me away from TV and into film; virtually all my crushes since have been film actresses. Some started on TV (looking at you, Party of Five,) but I didn't watch those shows.

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TipsyRussell@reddit

Every dude on Roundhouse.

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joehoward67@reddit

I love scully

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Bakingsquared80@reddit

Jordan Catalano (not so much Jared Leto as the character Jordan) https://preview.redd.it/naan4cf524ne1.jpeg?width=225&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bfbfab5669f57d4da62a12bcbf0dc2accbb36833

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Serialkillingyou@reddit

I was a Brian Krakow girl.

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TyrionReynolds@reddit

I dressed exactly like that in the 90s but somehow didn’t look the same 😞

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sweet_pickles12@reddit

I also dressed like that… as a straight girl

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strexpet-b@reddit

And he couldn't read 😭😭😭

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Blackbird136@reddit

100%. Jordan was hot. Jared is kinda creepy.

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thisisallme@reddit

This was going to be my answer too. “Why are you like this? Like, how you are?” Ugh

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Bakingsquared80@reddit

I watched the boiler room episode over and over and over again

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Disastrous-Car7262@reddit

![gif](giphy|TvT072i6n2z5u)

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Seven22am@reddit

This will be buried way down here BUT Vanessa Angel from Weird Science and Buffy from... Buffy.

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Wonderful-Elephant11@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/rf0n4kacc4ne1.jpeg?width=180&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b7df64a8c5a660656f2d4b7e978b99832346af07 Don’t judge me.

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EcstaticTraffic7@reddit

Relatable. If it was the fox man, I would've been concerned.

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heybuditsok@reddit

Same. I wrote so much x files fanfiction I had no business writing at the age of 13.

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fromthedarqwaves@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/tv9frhf1y4ne1.jpeg?width=1915&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d906ab5b576a5795610c72d12cd461f464755777 When I was 10 it was Clarissa.

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Scrambled_Creature@reddit

The Nanny

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eggs_erroneous@reddit

She is ridiculously hot on that show.

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GonzoThompson@reddit

* Alyssa Milano (Who’s the Boss) * Shannon Doherty (90210) *Danica McKellar (The Wonder Years) * All the women on American Gladiators

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eggs_erroneous@reddit

Lilith from Cheers activated my Ice Queen fetish, I think.

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cd_R_Burke@reddit

Peggy Bundy was a huge influence in my early CD/Trans fashion 😜.

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eggs_erroneous@reddit

Baroness from GI Joe. Even though the live action movies were terrible, Sienna Miller as the Baroness was very fetching.

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CaptainWavyBones@reddit

SOleil Moon Frye and Ariel Winter before the reductions.

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luxtabula@reddit

not many, most aged pretty poorly back then. probably because of all of the cocaine.

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Anderas1@reddit

Buffy démon hunter. Don't know her real name, though. Internet wasn't a thing

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GrandBet4177@reddit

The whole damn cast of Now & Then

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OutInTheBlack@reddit

![gif](giphy|7ubB5sfFvKWsM)

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RocksandClouds@reddit

Secret World of Alex Mac was WILD

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IchibanChef@reddit

Nicole Eggert and Kelly Bundy top my list. But a couple that few talk about would be Brad (Kelly Brown) and Melody (Christine Taylor) from Hey Dude.

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IchibanChef@reddit

Nicole Eggert and Kelly Bundy top my list. But a couple that few talk about would be Brad (Kelly Brown) and Melody (Christine Taylor) from Hey Dude.

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authorHughMann@reddit

![gif](giphy|jbRCnKoG1VTxu) Xena and her sub Gabrielle

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starchildmadness83@reddit

![gif](giphy|26uflkSpLxBKvJbdC)

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starchildmadness83@reddit

I mean ... ![gif](giphy|vlG4JgFWk6kzC)

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VioletVenable@reddit

I wasn’t much of one for crushes on celebrities/characters, but… https://i.redd.it/irq9b50x84ne1.gif

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kermit-t-frogster@reddit

bold choice!

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VVrayth@reddit

Janine Melnitz (both the Ghostbusters 1 and 2 versions of her), Jessica Rabbit (yeah I said it), Elvira, and Scully basically exhibited all the attractive traits that young me picked up on during my formative years.

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Side_Honest@reddit

I still fantasize about Scully. I occasionally ask my wife to dress up in a pant suit

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ImpossibleLeek7908@reddit

Hmmm I'm going as gritty this year. I love the culture around my formative years but I don't really care to relive that.

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QSlade@reddit

Already posted her, good LORD Scully… Smart, gorgeous, funny, what’s not to love

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pienofilling@reddit

* Omri Katz. Also Christian Slater.

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penni_cent@reddit

Bold of you to assume I'm not still fantasizing about Mulder and Scully.

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3kidsnomoney---@reddit

Ha, ha! Me too! Mulder and Scully... both of them together! And it still took me way too long to figure out I was bi!

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Background_Title_922@reddit

\- Fox Mulder \- Doug Ross (ER) - to be honest, this is the main reason I'm going to see George Clooney in a play next month....I mean I like the theatre, but also... \- Tim Baylis (Homicide: Life on the Street) also Frank Pembleton (RIP Andre Braugher) \- Jared (My So Called Life)

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Outrageous_Lettuce44@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/oxhji1qa24ne1.jpeg?width=250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ab441bc10c8337d4ab0bcd4c431ede80d336f625

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BillyGoat_TTB@reddit

and she could have helped you get into college

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Outrageous_Lettuce44@reddit

That scandal *really* hurt, because I'm an educator and I have strong feelings about that sort of thing, so it meant I had to break up with my girlfriend.

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BillyGoat_TTB@reddit

oh no!! but she served her time and learned her lesson.

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atrich@reddit

Hell yeah brother

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Lmf2359@reddit

Fox Mulder for sure

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Plasma_Ass@reddit

Not a character from a show, but Shirley Manson of Garbage awakened something in me.

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Msbartokomous@reddit

Friends came out when I was in high school and I had the most vivid (still remember it) sex dream about Matthew Perry when I was 16-17 or so. I had a huge crush on him and “funny” guys, in general. Humor does/did it for me. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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TrevorsPirateGun@reddit

I still remember teabing off to Scully in her Maine t-shirt in the Chinga episode. I found out years later my brother did too lol

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stataryus@reddit

ALL the girls-next-door! 😍🥰

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illinoishokie@reddit

Then: Xena and Gabrielle, Kelly Kapowski, all the Baywatch girls, Kristi Swanson as Buffy (nothing against SMG, just never got into the show), Cassandra from the Wayne's World movies. Modern Day Nostalgia Boner: Watched Fuller House and holy shit has Jodie Sweetin turned into a goddam smoke show. Curves for fucking days.

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GimmeFalcor@reddit

I somehow wanted Kelly Bundy and I also wanted to be Kelly Bundy.

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j_s_p_@reddit

Crystal Bernard from the NBC sitcom “Wings”

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kalitarios@reddit

Scully AND Mulder. Not sorry. https://preview.redd.it/zppybcha84ne1.png?width=1342&format=png&auto=webp&s=caf6952d10e7cebd59f76ad6e0b2ad07740c6edc

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TheThrivingest@reddit (OP)

Simultaneously 😮‍💨

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kalitarios@reddit

![gif](giphy|iSKFtpF2HzneE)

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TheThrivingest@reddit (OP)

David Duchovny was also super hot in Californication

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MintTealGecko@reddit

And Gillian can still get in in Sex Education. A couple of attractive people just continuing to be attractive.

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RealSinnSage@reddit

too hot in that show. like, it hurt me physically and emotionally. i got 3rd degree burns.

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medicatedRage@reddit

Santantico Pandemonium!.......and Janet from three's company.

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SJSsarah@reddit

Sarah Connor, the Terminator. She was so bad ass! The chick from Flashdance (but not the one in Dirty Dancing, she was too girly). And I wished my family was more like Roseanne/The Conner’s/Shameless, that kind of dynamic seemed so happy and loving.

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RealSinnSage@reddit

nailed it with the OP. i’m obsessed w the x files to this day. turns out i always have and always will love watching two absolute babes solve spooky mysteries.

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Important-Ear-9096@reddit

Kelly and Peggy Bundy. Scully. Xena.

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Baked_Potato_732@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/3t1dx2fk94ne1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9f378122fa67012caeab8db14c8b31179056dd6c

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Rhiannon-Michelle@reddit

I mean I wanted more than anything to be Scully.

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TheThrivingest@reddit (OP)

Hope you’re living the euphoric ginger life of your dreams 🩷

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Rhiannon-Michelle@reddit

My worst days now are better than all but a handful of my best days before. 😊

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TheThrivingest@reddit (OP)

I’m happy to hear that 🥰

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TheLakeWitch@reddit

The X Files taught me that I am bisexual.

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TheThrivingest@reddit (OP)

I think it taught many of us that 😁

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pantalonesdesmartee@reddit

Designing Women had something for everybody! https://preview.redd.it/fly6r6yd14ne1.jpeg?width=400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=64bd8d2e35f9bfed293fc7cc26e0c2dbf015f84e

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Famous-Somewhere-@reddit

Yeah I had a thing for Annie Potts big time as a pubescent boy. Especially her in Ghostbusters 2 for some reason.

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Life-Finding5331@reddit

Annie Potts has some kinda sexual voodoo. I don't know why she's so attractive, but she is.

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jericho74@reddit

the glass sphere bit

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emozolik@reddit

underrated. she was smokin hot in Corvette Summer.

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Careful-Use-4913@reddit

This guy was also on my wall as a kid Will Horneff from The Yearling https://preview.redd.it/xzgxktse74ne1.jpeg?width=335&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20dd3c0ed7540beb9fc859bdc3b086a086ba872d

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Stevey1001@reddit

Jet from Gladiators (UK version)

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Careful-Use-4913@reddit

Johnny Depp for me. ![gif](giphy|ilDCZYIKe0vTi)

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PawsbeforePeople1313@reddit

I was and am obsessed with Xfiles, it sparked my love of science and the bizarre. That show definitely shaped me as a person. I want to believe.

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on_fleekwoodmac@reddit

Mulder and Scully!

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C0BRA_V1P3R@reddit

Off the top of my head… Batgirl and Catwoman (Julie Newmar and Eartha Kitt both) from the 60s Batman show Elvira Peg Bundy Morticia Addams

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ElsaGunDough@reddit

I did keep hoping that before he made the leap home, he'd leap into my life.

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MintTealGecko@reddit

so yeah that pic. I had friends so obsessed with David Duchovny they'd tape the episodes and count how many times he blinked. Not Peggy for me but definitely that Kelly Bundy fever dance.

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