Nobody can forget the boy-band craze that took America by storm. A wave of bubbly love songs and cheesy merchandise washed over teenage girls everywhere, beginning in the early '90s and stretching to the end of the decade.

In 2000, MTV released a response to the madness -- 2gether, a movie that followed the creation, tribulations and ultimate success of a fictional boy band. The end result is a perfect parody complete with an extremely driven manager, screaming girl fans and five boys who fit five distinct typecasts.

There's Jerry, the heartthrob.

Q.T., the adorable youngster with a terminal illness.

Chad, the shy one.

Doug, Chad's off-beat older brother.

And finally Mickey, the rebel.

Early in the film, Bob Buss constructs the group one member at a time. He then books them an ambitious gig opening for Whoa!, a rival and already successful boy band. This is where the movie starts to really shine.

For example, 2gether's first performance is at a spelling bee competition. The five boys take the stage in fat suits, just one of a long series of crazy costumes. As the song begins, the guys are supposed to pull off the suits and reveal different outfits underneath. Four of the five are able to do this, but poor Chad has a bit of a problem and is stuck in the suit for the remainder of the show. Minor mishap, right?

The band goes on with the song, but suddenly Q.T. passes out in the middle of his solo and is dragged into the audience by girls crowding the stage.

In a similar move, Chad loses his balance and falls off the corner of the stage, fat suit and all. He spends the next couple of minutes rolling around on the ground making laser noises.

Mickey almost gets in a fight with a booing audience member but loses consciousness when he's punched.

Jerry storms off in bitterness, leaving Doug alone on the stage. He dances and sings by himself in a horribly embarrassing display before he's finally dragged away by the spelling bee moderator.

Needless to say, 2gether's first performance as a group is a disaster. Oh well -- every band has a bad gig.

The movie capitalizes on something we all love doing -- cheering for the underdog. Sure, 2gether's first experience in front of a real audience was disappointing; their downtrodden spirits even caused the band to break up for a while. The story doesn't end there, though. You have to rent the movie to see the uplifting ending.

The people at MTV definitely knew what they were doing when they released the movie 2gether.

They recreated the 90s pop music scene in a parody that is both hilarious and strikingly similar to real life. It's the perfect depiction of pop culture in the era of cookie-cutter human beings.