r/OldSchoolCool • u/TheListenerCanon • 1d ago

Colleen Haskell and Avril Lavigne (1999)

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u/tommytraddles 1d ago

When your friend just got home from their family vacation in Jamaica and won't shut the fuck up about it.

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u/roscoelee 1d ago

Feeeelin hot hot hot

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u/moon__lander 1d ago

In Sandals Jamaica when someone says Hey, mon

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u/cashew1992 1d ago

Tan almost everywhere

Jan almost everywhere

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u/dudeitsmeee 1d ago

"OW!! ALALALALAAAAAAAHHHH!" "shut up Tammy those were mocktails!!"

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u/Punk_Says_Fuck_You 1d ago

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u/iantruesnacks 1d ago

Photos you can hear

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u/RianJohnsonIsAFool 1d ago

It's a treat for the eyes and the ears.

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u/Training_Actuator_59 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/TwTXTmoA7PgyI

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u/No-Abrocoma7687 1d ago

Just got back from Jamaica. Tan all over me, Jan all over me

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u/Ennui_Go 23h ago

*Tan everywhere, Jan everywhere.

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u/Biguitarnerd 1d ago

And… they totally hyped it up. Going to Jamaica was a huge disappointment for me. Not because it wasn’t a cool place to go but friends of mine had overhyped it so much! Or… maybe it’s just not for me idk.

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u/No-Abrocoma7687 1d ago

The Caribbean has so much more to offer. Still like it though

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u/Biguitarnerd 1d ago

I personally enjoyed many other islands in the carribean more. It’s possible I was just too old to enjoy Jamaica’s charms when I finally got to go in my mid 30s. Idk.

My favorites might be a common choice but I really really enjoyed Puerto Rico. I did fly to some other islands from there and also took a ferry to Isla Culebra which is technically part of Puerto Rico so all of that is part of it. It’s the only place other than Mexico on the Carribean I’ve been to multiple times. Mexico is pretty awesome too.

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u/SunMyungMoonMoon 1d ago

She kept singing every "Boy" in Skater Boy like Eddy Grant in Electric Avenue for months afterwards.

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u/ThepalehorseRiderr 1d ago

Or they just liked The Offspring.

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u/OpheliaLives7 1d ago

Probably spent $200 min on some braids

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u/culb77 1d ago

In this case, Colleen thought, "Huh, maybe I should to to the islands."

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u/RaptorBadgerPOWPOW 1d ago

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u/david_growie 1d ago

And, knock off that damn beatboxing

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u/AngryKeyLimePie 1d ago

Transform.

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u/WeWantMOAR 1d ago

The Animal came up when I shuffling trying to find a movie to watch a week ago, and totally forgot she was lead actress in it. That's how loved she was, she was given the lead role in a movie.

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u/HalfSoul30 1d ago

I forgot all about this movie, and what thinking of that other one which i think is called the hot chick this whole time until I realized again they were different. Probably the waxing also sounding like some kind of animal.

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u/secondbestman11 23h ago

“She looks familiar.” You say The Animal.

“Ahhhhhhh!!!”

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u/Straight-Bet1 1d ago

She was also in that awful Rob Schneider movie The Animal.

She was the best part of that movie.

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u/patchyj 1d ago

Rob Schnieder is...A CARROT

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u/sandoz25 1d ago

Rob Schneider is ..A STAPLER

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u/KennyLog1n 1d ago

De derp dee derp, de derpy derpy derp!

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u/Derp_a_deep 20h ago

Rated PG-13

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u/PuzzleheadedPen4675 1d ago

Schneider had the hots for her. Not sure if they dated.

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u/wador78 1d ago

I love that movie!

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u/try2bcool69 1d ago

That was the only good season. When nobody knew how to play.

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u/NimusNix 1d ago

Hatch was born for it. He knew out of the box.

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u/legalbeagle66 22h ago

Uh, hello?!? Mohair!!

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u/Gecko17 23h ago

😮‍💨 deep inhale 🤌 here.

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u/tallbutshy 1d ago

Blob Marley

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u/GuyanaFlavorAid 1d ago

"You're one to talk, Pill-bo Baggins." - Pam

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u/colinisthereason 1d ago

Oooooh, cocaine puddin'!

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u/Cancyrus 19h ago

This... this is why I still come to reddit

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u/theespn 1d ago

Racist

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u/Vic_Hedges 1d ago

I upvoted for the record : )

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u/smollwonder 22h ago

Bruh, I ugly laughed at this

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u/GlengoolieGreen 20h ago

Also my first thought.

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u/doomedroadtrips 1d ago

I had to google Colleen, I was like "Why is she so familiar?!" Then I remembered the only season of Survivor I ever finished.

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u/rnavstar 20h ago

She was also in the really bad Rob Schneider movie…..guess that doesn’t narrow it down. It was called Animal.

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u/originalfilmscoring 16h ago

“Rob Schneider is…a goldfish”

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u/captain_flak 17h ago

She was pretty cute in that, but definitely not a great actress.

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u/BilderbergerMeister 9h ago

Rob Schneider is…a stapler.

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u/GMPollock24 1d ago

You saved me a google. I thought she was familiar also but couldn't place it.

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u/FirstChurchOfBrutus 1d ago

Same on it being the only season. I was so naive about the manipulation that goes into reality shows, and was big mad when Richard won that one. Left a terrible taste.

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u/Kevin_Uxbridge 1d ago

Seem to recall one contestant at least saying that the Mark Burnett himself spent time haranguing him about 'don't you think Richard played a great game? Don't you think he deserves to win?'

They were probably right that this was the more interesting result, I mean here we are talking about it decades later. But the show was not what it pretended to be, right from the start.

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u/captain_flak 17h ago

Thank you!

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u/kjyfqr 19h ago

Hahahaha I thought it was her I didn’t hit google yet

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u/cowardanon 1d ago

Colleen had a girl next door appeal and I thought she might stay in the public eye since she was cast in a movie so quickly. Rob Schneider’s “The Animal” which made a $50 million profit.

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u/Virtual_Ad_8712 1d ago

I never knew if The Animal was a box office hit but it was a huge favorite of mine on dvd back in the day. Colleen was charming in the movie.

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u/TheGrandExquisitor 1d ago

Wait...that movie MADE money?

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u/Li0nsFTW 1d ago

Schneider was big for a bit.

South Park summed up his career quite well.

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u/Flurb4 1d ago

Deuce Bigalow was a big hit.

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u/TildaTinker 1d ago

Taking the woman with tourette's to the game was hilarious though.

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u/444porfavor 22h ago

Amy Pohler

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u/Number174631503 18h ago

Fart! Dildo!

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u/Ask_if_im_an_alien 23h ago

1st DVD I ever bought was Deuce Bigelow, Male Giggilo. Well that and The Cell. Pretty much explains my personality.

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u/Supermite 3h ago

If only Rob was as capable of personal growth as Deuce was.

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u/land-URCHIN 1d ago

Like a turd hitting the water

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u/zigaliciousone 1d ago

From about 1994 to 1998

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u/SupremeMonsterVomit 1d ago

But now he's...a stapler!

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u/TheGrandExquisitor 1d ago

I mean, I know, but even when the film came out, it was obvious it was trashier than his usual trash. 

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u/Ieathummus 1d ago

Just caught this episode again….”Rob Schneider as a stapler and he's about to find out that being a stapler is harder than it looks. Rob Schneider is... The Stapler.” 😂

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u/AtlantikSender 1d ago

Rob Schneider was, for a moment, almost Adam Sandler tier. Especially due to the fact Sandler let him ride his coattails.

I'll always remember him for what he was.

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u/PhthaloVonLangborste 1d ago

Where is he now?

Lol jk

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u/Magnavoxx 23h ago

On chud podcasts being a very bitter and whiny chud.

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u/AtlantikSender 22h ago

Which is SO unfortunate. A lot of those actors from that time period cashed in and then lived life in obscurity or would appear in cameos/callbacks. And then Schneider just... Not even Pauly Shore went off the deep end like that. And he laments losing his fame.

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u/SquirrelMemoryFail 1d ago

The first Tomb Raider was out at that time to. I had to tell Rob Schnieder himself I saw Tomb Raider over his movie. But what teenage boy wouldn't go for boobs over a guy who was acting like an animal?

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u/SupremeMonsterVomit 1d ago

How did it come around that you got to tell him yourself? How did he react?

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u/SquirrelMemoryFail 1d ago

He came walking out of a theater about the same time I did after watching the movies. He went and saw his movie with the groupies he had around him. He asked what movie I saw and understood why we chose Tomb Raider and wasnt upset or disappointed. He was pretty chill about the whole thing and even signed an autograph for me. Honestly he was pretty nice dude and im glad to have met him.

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u/newaccount721 1d ago

Sounds like it was mainly her choice not the lack of opportunities. She didn’t like being in the public eye.

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u/chainsawx72 1d ago

I was trying to figure out how I recognized her. She was good in that.

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u/Ranier_Wolfnight 1d ago edited 1d ago

Before he let the world know how much of a dedicated tool he was and is, Schneider did have a little run going as a bankable “actor” and actually racked up a few hits.

Bet that feels like a million years ago for his stupid ass now though.

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u/DeadpoolLuvsDeath 1d ago

His last big movie Big Stan was a decent watch. After all I've heard recently I'll pass on future projects.

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u/AtlantikSender 1d ago

It was good when it was good.

I can't tell you how many times I've used the line "It's me, Jessica"

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u/Youasking 1d ago

I listened to an interview with him many years ago and he claimed that she was either fighting with her bf or was drunk on set and chainsmoking Marlboro Reds. He claimed that her drinking ruined her career. In reality, she was probably drinking to forget that she had to make out with Schneider in the movie.

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u/ParticularBed6338 1d ago

I remember how much influence The Offspring had once.

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u/jonnohb 1d ago

Still love Americana

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u/ichoosewaffles 15h ago

They came out with an album this year and I think they still have it going on. 

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u/444porfavor 22h ago

You gotta keep’em separated

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u/Open__Face 1d ago

Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated?

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u/GovernorHarryLogan 1d ago

This is pre replacement. Not so complicated until then

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u/TasteCicles 1d ago

What was replaced?

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u/Braakman 1d ago

There's a weird conspiracy theory about Avril not actually being Avril. The 'proof' is all things that tend to change about people as they get older.

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u/TheBabySealsRevenge 1d ago

she has very distinctive features though where would this even come from is this like the Beatles old "paul is dead" theory?

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u/Spicy_Jim 1d ago

If you look carefully at the reflection in John's glasses on the Sgt. Pepper cover, you can see 2 Avril Lavignes looking at each other.

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u/Braakman 1d ago

Fairly sure it was started by some blog around 2010 specifically to show how easy fake news spreads.

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u/avantgardengnome 1d ago

Yeah it’s absolutely a bit, whereas the McCartney people were fairly serious afaik, at least in the beginning.

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u/Kimantha_Allerdings 11h ago

It’s a fun theory with things like different ways she sings live after a certain point, the different more poppy direction she took after her first album, and a photograph of her with “Melissa” written on her hand

The idea is that she had a body double called Melissa for some public appearances. Then she died, and the record company paid Melissa to take over from her. Melissa agreed but was more into pop pop than pop punk and has a different singing voice

As others have mentioned, it was actually created by a blogger as proof of how easily conspiracy theories can spread. He even labelled it as fake, right from the first paragraph he wrote. And even without that, it’s obviously nonsense

But it’s fun

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u/I-seddit 20h ago

Her and Andrew WK switched bodies.

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u/GovernorHarryLogan 1d ago

Avril. Its a whole theory.

The Avril replacement theory.

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u/Rndysasqatch 19h ago

My friend started blabbing about Lady Gaga being replaced and I couldn't fucking believe how stupid he was lol

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u/Crowley131 1d ago

TART 🤣

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u/avantgardengnome 1d ago

Avril Lavigne was replaced soon after she invented punk rock. She was a threat to the status quo and had to be silenced.

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u/tulilatum 1d ago

Yes, Status Quo are not to be threatened. They can just draft you to the army.

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u/avantgardengnome 1d ago

Indeed. And once that happens, it’s C U L8R Boi…

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u/unassumingdink 1d ago

Americans don't know Status Quo. Maybe "Pictures of Matchstick Men," but even that is a stretch for the ones under 70.

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u/JohnCenaJunior 1d ago

Wa mek yuh haffi goh an mek tings suh complicated maan?

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u/blamberr 1d ago

I did the same thing as Avril around the same time and looked about as dumb

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u/ApprehensiveTry5660 1d ago

I’m pretty sure this look has only worked for like a dozen people, and all of us thought it was so cool we needed to make sure we weren’t number 13.

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u/autumniam 17h ago

Growing up in Arizona, there was a time in middle school where any classmate that went to Mexico over break returned with braids. Bonus points if there were beads!

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u/Strange-Finish-2179 1d ago

In this moment, Avril was simply a regular teenager stopping a popular reality TV star for a standard fan photo. The image has since become an internet fascination because it accidentally documented a future global music icon crossing paths with a pioneer of reality television before their fame reversed roles.

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u/FinalF137 1d ago

If really '99, then it was before Survivor.

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u/fattysmite 1d ago

Finally! I get to be the “I went to school with them” person. I was in the same grade as Colleen throughout high school (maybe jr high, too) and we hung out a decent amount. I probably still saw her from time to time in our early 20s. We didn’t really stay in touch after that though.

She was very nice and I hope she’s doing well.

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u/Viva_La_Revolucion66 1d ago

Colleen Haskell 😍

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u/barker2495 1d ago

Colleen Haskell kind of looks like Jim from The Office

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u/Eredd19 1d ago

I forgot about colleen. I think every dude in America had a crush on her at that time.

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u/VioletLeagueDapper 1d ago

“So I braid it ina zillion braids and it always takes all fricken day, there’s nothing else better to do, anyway” 🎶

REAL FANS KNOW

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u/holly___morgan 1d ago

Yess! I was scrolling looking for this.

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u/JustOneMoreMile 1d ago

Who DIDN’T have a crush on Colleen???

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u/BradyPhoenix 1d ago

Avril in the old school sub, oh god i’m ancient 👵

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u/MixedMediaModok 1d ago

Wait her two credits are The Animal and another movie called Animal?

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u/PopeBruce 1d ago

This picture screams Y2K energy so loud I can hear a dial-up modem connecting in the background

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u/Tommy_Roboto 1d ago

Avril Lavigne looks very young here also.

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u/spaceninj 1d ago

Survivor premiered in 2000.

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u/RecklesslyNegligent 1d ago

kinda looks like Jim and Pam in an alternate universe

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u/dudeitsmeee 1d ago

Avril looks like she should be wearing birks at a stop on the lilith fair.

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u/minun73 22h ago

Didn’t expect to see Colleen mentioned outside of my survivor subreddits, that’s neat!

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u/Medialunch 19h ago

I wonder what she has been up to the last 20 years. Not Avril

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u/voivoivoi183 1d ago

Just come back from holiday in Majorca I see.

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u/TheKrakenLord 1d ago

Cancún more likely

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u/voivoivoi183 1d ago

Thank you sir, but I'm from the UK and we're legally only allowed to go on holiday to Majorca.

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u/Lordnoallah 1d ago

Bahama mama

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u/Mahaloth 1d ago

Ah, Colleen. Hope all is well with her. Haven't heard anything from or about her in 20+ years.

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u/GreatGreenGobbo 23h ago

Eddie's granddaughter?

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u/elbigbuf 16h ago

Before becoming a true Punk poser, Avril had to harvest every facet of the culture

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u/Chemistry11 10h ago

More like 01-02. Both were unknowns in 1999

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u/OldenPolynice 1d ago

JAAAAAAAAHHHH!

RASTAFARIANISM!!!

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u/djdiphenhydramine 1d ago

Puff from de chalice I be make from a Sprite can

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u/uponaladder 1d ago

Me dun toil part time at de Cold Stone Creamery

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u/fish500 1d ago

Have you ever noticed
How ball-heads suck?
Ba-da-da ding-ding-ding-ding Dong-dang ding-dong duck!

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u/Gemini-King 1d ago

Left looks like John Krasinski + Jennifer Lawrence

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u/TheLiberalTexan 1d ago

That’s Krayshawn

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u/nufsenuf 1d ago

Knew I recognized her

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u/SaraAB87 1d ago

I guess this is proof that her stage look was manufactured

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u/Dont_Sass_Squatch 1d ago

Pre-nose job

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u/wasabinski 1d ago

Colleen looks like Jim Halpert

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u/XaoticOrder 22h ago

I remember when this happened. Turns out she is a distant cousin from the Haskell clan in the Massachusetts bay Colony. Small world

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u/DW496 21h ago

Was this the original?

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u/imdevilone 1d ago

Oh no! Avril had white girl dreads.

https://giphy.com/gifs/XHeLeuirRbwptHhSWd

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u/SheriffBartholomew 1d ago

This picture smells like patchouli.

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u/FrontArmadillo7209 23h ago

And BO, because no amount of patchouli covers that stank.

(Patchouli ain’t a substitute for bathing, dummies!)

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u/AnEvenNicerGuy 1d ago

Before she was replaced 

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u/thedeanorama 1d ago

Has to be, Melissa's hair could never withstand this treatment.

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u/Sonikclaw2 20h ago

Avril Lavigne looks like white Whoopi Goldberg in this picture.

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u/Djglamrock 19h ago

Isn’t this the girl that created punk rock?

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u/MrSyaoranLi 1d ago

This picture is a little too 90s for me

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u/Avenheit 19h ago

I'm just here to read triggered Reddit morons cry about the hairstyle

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u/chuxinator 1d ago

Fun fact, Avril Lavigne, had just come back from a Bali holiday.

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u/Sparrow1989 1d ago

Didn’t she win survivor or something and quit acting all together.

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u/Odins_fury 1d ago

There is this crazy, obsessed Avril fan on Instagram who posts fake marriage stories about him and her every day for like a year. It's scary to look at. I wonder how long he's been obsessed and if he's lurking here somewhere lol

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u/ImpressionFeisty8359 1d ago

I just remember her from The Animal. Didn't know she wasn't an actress until I read the comments.

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u/Xrsyz 23h ago

Boffum

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u/bigmike2k3 23h ago

RIP a real one…

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u/Virtual-Bee7411 23h ago

Avril just came back from the senior winter break trip to Turks & Caicos

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u/jimmyslaughter 23h ago

This was only a few years before that mysterious car accident.

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u/gingerflakes 22h ago

I just saw someone say they wanted avril to headline warped tour next year…

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u/WutzTehPoint 22h ago

The Original Avril.

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u/latexfistmassacre 22h ago

Avril looks like every female GameStop employee ever

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u/JFCNotAgainWTF 21h ago

Wrong sub? r/blunderyears material

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u/seatonism 21h ago

Jim Halpert and Rasta Pam

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u/OskeyBug 18h ago

Colleen from Rob Schneider's The Animal?!

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u/fishcado 8h ago

From the first season of Survivor.

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u/MleemMeme 15h ago

Jim Halpert? Is that you?

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u/salty_selkie_seer 15h ago

I was there too in 1999. I actually have the same shirt Avril has on under my Korn (birthday present) shirt.

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u/Grizzly_Berry 7h ago

Avril looks like Cosima from Orphan Black here.

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u/LostBurgher412 6h ago

That's Jim from The Office