Our childhood was built by a number of things. We always talk about what we used to wear and the things we used to say, but most importantly, we will always remember running to the TV every time we heard the words, “Let’s watch a Disney Channel Movie."
Our childhood wouldn’t be the same without these unforgettable Disney Channel Original Movies, and we should all make an effort to bring them back.
Pixel Perfect
Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century
Smart House
Motocrossed
Stuck in the Suburbs
Get A Clue
Brink
Johnny Tsunami
Phantom of the Megaplex
Don’t Look Under The Bed
Model Behavior
Gotta Kick It Up
My Date With A President’s Daughter
Thirteenth Year
Quints
Eddy’s Million-Dollar Cook-off
Cheetah Girls
Cadet Kelly
Double Teamed
Ultimate Christmas Present
When Disney Channel counted down the days until the premiere of the "DCOM," we counted down with them.
But what made us so excited for these movies?
We were always jealous of Loretta in "Pixel Perfect" for her ability to do anything at the press of a button. We definitely started saying “Zetus Lapetus” after we saw "Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century." We all wanted to date Protozoa, even with his frosted-tipped hair. We wanted to have our own walls that doubled as screens for S-Club's seven music videos after we watched "Smart House."
"Motocrossed" taught our entire generation that girls could do things just as well as boys could. After watching "Stuck In The Suburbs," we all wanted Jordan Cahill to perform an impromptu concert to save our town landmark. "Get A Clue" fueled all of our hopes and dreams of becoming a spy ... and we all wanted Brenda Song’s outfits.
"Brink" and "Johnny Tsunami" were our first crushes as tweens. "Phantom of the Megaplex" and "Don’t Look Under The Bed" were the scariest movies we had seen in our lives. We all wanted to find our long-lost model twin and switch lives with her after we saw "Model Behavior."
"Gotta Kick It Up" made us want to shout “Si se puede” every five minutes. We all wanted to have that pink velvet dress in our closet after we saw "My Date With the President’s Daughter." As if we didn’t already, "Thirteenth Year" made us want to be Mermaids. Even though we fought every day with our own siblings, "Quints" made us want to have MORE siblings … five baby brothers and sisters, to be exact.
We re-created the fried chicken with cereal after we watched "Eddy’s Million-Dollar Cook-off." "Cheetah Girls" caused a spike in the sale of cheetah-print jump suits, and we all wanted to start our own singing group after it came out. Hillary Duff in "Cadet Kelly" made all of us want to be enrolled in a really cool military school. "Double Teamed" showed us that staying true to who you are is more important than trying to be cool at a new school … and we all wanted to have our own weather machine to make it snow after we watched "Ultimate Christmas Present."
No matter what you liked about it, or why you watched it, there will always be a Disney Channel Movie that changed your life.
