Who had this Trapper Keeper?
Posted by z00r0pa@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 117 comments
Did you choose it or was it chosen for you? LOL.
Posted by z00r0pa@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 117 comments
Did you choose it or was it chosen for you? LOL.
wmaphoto@reddit
This photo was on THE Trapper Keeper to have in my class.
AstaCanasta@reddit
I think I had the same exact one.
freerangeXkid@reddit
Plain royal blue one, but I put in Star Wars folders that I had to three-hole punch to put them into the Keeper
ONROSREPUS@reddit
Not I, but I remember seeing a lot of them. Mine was dark blue and had a night sky seen on it.
Horror_Zone_1327@reddit
I had one with a blue background with white horses that my mom took over.
sits_with_cats@reddit
Great fir school, or all your D & D stuff!
Fire_Mission@reddit
No, I had this one.
Funke-munke@reddit
Always a romantic
Hotcakes420@reddit
Oooo pretty sure this was mine!!
BreathClassic5211@reddit
I did,I miss when we were growing up in the 80s,it was the best time of our lives and we didn't even know. I wanna go back so bad,I sit in my bedroom and think about how special Christmas was and on Christmas Eve night my mama would be in the kitchen cooking and baking for Christmas. My m also let me and my sister open up I gift on Christmas Eve. I think about the Christmas parties we had in school, going to nursing homes and singing Christmas Carol's to the residents,Halloween parties as well. Being in elementary school in the early 80s will always be a favorite memory of mine.
AlfalfaUnable1629@reddit
I too miss it đ˘
I love the internet but it ruined everything đ
BreathClassic5211@reddit
I agree, nothing is the same anymore. I wanna go back to a place that doesn't exist, the memories I have is good enough for me.
PortlandiaCrone@reddit
That photo brings up allll kinds of memories. Kind of like acid reflux.
hippiechick725@reddit
Thanks, you just reminded me I forgot to take my Pepcid.
hippiechick725@reddit
Guilty! đ
drumgod1969@reddit
Not that particular design but I had a few different Trapper Keepers over the years
LordChauncyDeschamps@reddit
I had this one
MinervasOwlAtDusk@reddit
I had that exact one! Loved it.
Electronic-Lunch7735@reddit
I had a Lisa Frank one, with matching folders.
baileya71@reddit
She sure turned out to be a thundercant!
MuttsandHuskies@reddit
I didnât get a trapper keeper till sixth grade and by then they were already out of style. Story of my life, lol now I donât care. I just be me.!
baileya71@reddit
I wouldnât go back to the bulk of the 80s (before I turned 18, in 1989) for all the money in the world.
piesRsquare@reddit
I did--6th grade. I chose it
baileya71@reddit
Same. A nice daydream escape.
85OhLife@reddit
Mine was royal blue but I canât remember the picture, maybe hot air balloons?
Nazz1968@reddit
I picked a red one. It was the best-ever school supply purchase.
jouleheist@reddit
I had the rainbow one
Moody_Immortal_1@reddit
California girl, I had this one
BeebsMuhQueen@reddit
I had this one, too. And this one the longest
Moody_Immortal_1@reddit
I can hear the Velcro now! LOL. Aww kittens. Always a good choice.
BeebsMuhQueen@reddit
Around that time I also had a cardboard box with my moms âgood towelsâ I got in trouble for taking because I put them in the box for the stray kittens to be my cats lol
Moody_Immortal_1@reddit
Aww! You were doing your best to take care of them. LOL, I remember the "good towels" LOL!
queenofcaffeine76@reddit
Florida girl and I had this one too!
Moody_Immortal_1@reddit
We loved our sunsets and palm trees!
queenofcaffeine76@reddit
Lol honestly I don't but it was the only one they had at Kmart
Moody_Immortal_1@reddit
Yes, there was the tragedy of realising all the other great stuff was already picked over lol
xczechr@reddit
You can still get this at Mead's webstore.
medusa63@reddit
Why is it I can look at that picture and smell it. Thatâs fresh bran new before school starts again, plastic trapper keeper smell.
cabin-porch-rocker@reddit
Bought a replica of the one I had in 3rd grade! Mead still sells them last I checked
androidguy50@reddit
Yes, apparently they still do. You can order them on Amazon. I just checked, and trying to figure out what theme to get.
androidguy50@reddit
I had one.
nowwhatdoidowiththis@reddit
Meeeeeee!!
noseleaptilbklyn@reddit
Omg I did
Ok_Industry3016@reddit
Nostalgia bomb.
User013579@reddit
!! I had forgotten.
Agitated-Canary9840@reddit
I think mine had horses
Sea_Brush4156@reddit
I had a Trapper Keeper with, I believe, a lone kitten on it. I looked up ones with kittens on them, but I haven't been able to find the one I think I had.
666ForMySorrow@reddit
I had kittens on mine as well.
beezeebeehazcatz@reddit
I also had one with kittens. My mom let me get it from an end of year clearance rack for .86.
They werenât cool anymore and I was homeschooled. I treasured it for at least 10 years.
CrankyDoo@reddit
I only ever had one. Â They were junk. Â Flimsy as hell. Â They didnât even last a single school year before falling apart. Â I went back to a quality 3-ring binder with folders.
goodsocks@reddit
Name checks out!
808Soultrain@reddit
I found out that they were re-making these and I bought five of them. Have no idea what to do with them now.
BertaRocks@reddit
Wait, I can get one right now?
808Soultrain@reddit
Yes you can.
-LeoKnowz-@reddit
That was mine.
BertaRocks@reddit
I had a purple one. I wish I had one now as my family binder. I could have a folder for each person and one for house paperwork!
Educational_Fox2212@reddit
OMG I did!
SirHairyBear@reddit
Me
Harley_Mom@reddit
I had a trapper keeper not that one.
Munneh@reddit
I had hot air balloons
im_a_sleepy_human@reddit
Me too!!!
Glitterbomb4274@reddit
Omg I absolutely had that exact one. đđđ
ticktockyoudontstop@reddit
I did! 4th grade/84
grayjay18@reddit
I did đ
EmpireCityRay@reddit
Didnât have that one but man I can still hear the Velcro. đ
SnuggleMoose44@reddit
Not I. My mother thought they were pretty worthless.
Fearless_Street5231@reddit
Me
BOHICAbeast@reddit
A girl classmate--- on whom I had a crush--- had one. I even helped her cover it in stickers of her favorite boy band like the poor simp I was.
dr01d3tte@reddit
I can hear the Velcro in that picture!
gojiro0@reddit
And the vinyl smell
seekayeff@reddit
Ooh I did.
TheVioletEmpire@reddit
I had the plain red one.
verstohlen@reddit
Those were after my time, man. I mean, the photographs. Alls we had were like solid red, green, blue and yellow. That's it. It was, take it or leave it, chump. Then came the fancy-pants pictures and patterns.
Independent-Dog5311@reddit
No, but I went through lots of Pee-Chee folders.
Longjumping-Flow-983@reddit
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drinkslinger1974@reddit
My dad had an ad agency with some really huge cameras. I use to take far side comics and blow them up to the size of the trapper keeper and replaced the pic it came with. I also used to peel the covers off my textbooks and use packaging tape for pics of the three stooges.
Tight_Comparison_557@reddit
Every year in grade school
Molly_Deconstructing@reddit
Oh. You were one of the rich kids.
Moveyourbloominass@reddit
Right. I'm the youngest of 6, no way these were in the budget.
Global-Ad9080@reddit
And a good fight weapon to.
Natural_King2704@reddit
saltseasand@reddit
Those corners wear sharp when they started to wear halfway through the school year!
this_kitty68@reddit
OMG!!!! I didnât, but my bestie did!
Duran518@reddit
I did
snausagemclinx@reddit
ME!
Nerdbaba@reddit
Oh damn! I had no memory of which one I had until I saw this. I had this one!!
LizzieKay289@reddit
I can smell the plastic
ER_Support_Plant17@reddit
I can hear the Velcro
Userdmcm@reddit
I used to live in the same subdivision as the inventor of the trapper keeper. He passed away a few years ago.
moltenwater@reddit
Yearly rite of passage
SweaterSteve1966@reddit
Had? I still have one. Itâs a family heirloom.
DDD_LA@reddit
Best way to hide a boner while walking down the hall in middle school... Carry that trapper keeper in front of your crotch.
SassyCatLady442@reddit
I had one until my older brother emptied it out to trade it to one of his friends
Comedywriter1@reddit
Didnât have it, but itâs a lovely image. Iâm flashing back to that Incredible Hulk episode where David gets married in Hawaii.
ManyProfessional3324@reddit
Omfg I did!!
Flight_to_nowhere_26@reddit
I had this exact one too! Trapper Keepers were the most brilliant thing invented for an undiagnosed ADHD child (as a lot of us were and didnât even realize it until adulthood). I still keep my office at work meticulously organized with lists and notes and folders, pouches for pens and other supplies.
I remember zoning out and staring at that waterfall at least half of every school day.
SnarkFest2026@reddit
I did! I chose it. Itâs so pretty!
kirday@reddit
Mine had Morris The Cat.
Taekwonmoe@reddit
I still have mine! It's beaten to hell, I should take a pic sometime.
itgoesineasy@reddit
Mine was red
BadAssWitchyMomma@reddit
This exact one!
z00r0pa@reddit (OP)
did you choose it? it just seems so adult. like literally a romance novel cover.
BadAssWitchyMomma@reddit
I did! I thought it looked so cool, a place I wanted to see.
z00r0pa@reddit (OP)
that is very sweet. thank you. đđ˝
FuturamaRama7@reddit
I had that one!!!
sweetsourpus@reddit
Me! I remember wondering how they took the picture to make the water look like that. 6th grade maybe.
Anxiouslycalm12@reddit
I had a purple one had a hot rod car something
Ldghead@reddit
Too high-end for me. I had one peechee for all classes, whole semester.
TallStarsMuse@reddit
lol thatâs what I was going to say. No way we could afford a Trapper KeeperTM! I was so envious.
Wayward4ever@reddit
Yup! That was mine!! đ
Human_Exit7657@reddit
Kittens.
rumbletown@reddit
Literally everyone haha. I always got to pick mine. :)
Personal_Secret_234@reddit
I loved it and so did Cartman.
Personal_Secret_234@reddit
GoodDoctorZ@reddit
You can find some on Amazon. Biggest difference is no Velcro.
phred_666@reddit
I had a red one. I chose it myself.
StandByTheJAMs@reddit
Not that one, but I owned several over the years, and have one now that has all my petsâ paperwork in it. The people at the vet giggle every time I bring it in.