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These Photos From the 2002 Kids Choice Awards Will Totally Take You Back
The 2014 Kids Choice Awards were filled with celebrities from popular tween-centric properties, from Ariana Grande to Bella Thorne. But back in the early '00s, these kid-friendly award shows looked a whole lot different — even though the slime never went away. Check out these great photos from the 2002 Kids' Choice Awards that prove we're definitely not in the early '00s anymore.
2002 Kids' Choice Awards
Janet Jackson posed with newly-minted action star Matt Damon, who had just wrapped Bourne Identity.
2002 Kids' Choice Awards
Bow Wow really owned the (now dropped) “lil’ in his name.
2002 Kids' Choice Awards
Mike Meyers was still better known as Austin Powers than as Shrek.
2002 Kids' Choice Awards
3LW was a thing, before two thirds became half of the Cheetah Girls. (SO much math.)
2002 Kids' Choice Awards
Dana Carvey kept trying to make The Master of Disguise happen.
2002 Kids' Choice Awards
Jessica Alba looked… well, basically how she still looks.
2002 Kids' Choice Awards
Adam Sandler got slimed. It still seems horrible.
2002 Kids' Choice Awards
Pink got slimed in her signature color.
2002 Kids' Choice Awards
Hilary Duff wore chopsticks in her hair and a geisha-inspired outfit.
2002 Kids' Choice Awards
Buffy the Vampire Slayer was in its final season.
2002 Kids' Choice Awards
Frankie Muniz thought these shades were the appropriate size to cover his eyes.
2002 Kids' Choice Awards
Usher decided that mustard yellow was the sexiest color of all time.
2002 Kids' Choice Awards
Steve Irwin wraps Antonio Banderas in a hug.
2002 Kids' Choice Awards
Jennifer Love Hewitt — best known for Party of Five and I Know What You Did Last Summer — wore flare jeans like a true '00s girl.
2002 Kids' Choice Awards
Mandy Moore showed off this super popular flipped-out cut.
2002 Kids' Choice Awards
Our favorite little brother, Lizzie McGuire star Jake Thomas gave us the thumbs up.