19 tattoos that'll leave you nostalgic for your childhood

"That's all there is, there isn't any more."
 By 
Johnny Lieu
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Nostalgia might be cheap. But hell, it's a feeling we'll be happy to relive over and over again in our adulthood.

We're sure these peeps with tattoos honouring their favourite childhood TV shows, books and movies are riding that good time wave constantly. And we're jealous about it too.

We've found tattoos that'll make those salad days vivid again, reminiscing a time where you'd wake up early to watch Dragon Ball Z, became entranced with Roald Dahl's Matilda and race home so you'd never miss Madeline. Ow, my childhood.

1. 'Dumb babies!'

2. Now we understand the whole hating Mondays thing.

3. Gir from Invader Zim: It's genius!

4. Who's the baby? Fans of Dinosaurs will know.

5. A nice slice of Vegeta pizza.

6. This is perfect if Luna from Sailor Moon is your spirit animal...

7. ...or maybe it's Eeyore from Winnie The Pooh.

8. Perhaps you were too busy playing your NES to watch TV.

9. Or had your head deep into Roald Dahl books.

10. There's some of us wishing we went to a Parisian boarding school.

11. Others dreamed of growing up to be like Daria.

12. The 'bare necessities' song from The Jungle Book might've become your life mantra.

13. You still love Pokémon, even as that Pokémon Go fad faded away.

14. Growing up meant watching so many movies with Marvin the Martian in it.

15. Or 'hyuk hyuk!' With lots of Goofy in it.

16. Gremlins likely scared you as a little kid.

17. As did Scar from The Lion King.

18. Big ups if you're one of the cool kids that liked Moomin.

19. Or felt like Lisa Simpson from The Simpsons sometimes.

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Johnny Lieu

Mashable Australia's Web Culture Reporter.Reach out to me on Twitter at @Johnny_Lieu or via email at jlieu [at] mashable.com

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