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25th Anniversary of The Pretender

It has been 25 years since we first saw little Jarod say, “I’m finished!”

I loved this show so much from day one. Back then you could go onto the NBC website which had a section of “offices” for Miss Parker, Broots, Sydney, etc and profiles for Jarod, Kyle and Angelo. It was fantastic. To top it off they encouraged fans to join the “Centre Exchange” and become a Centre Operative or Pretender.

I loved the Centre Exchange and made many a Pretender friend there. I’ve lost touch with most of them but it also inspired me to create Pretender Headquarters way back when Geocities was a thing. It took me some time and it went live in 1999.

Share your love of The Pretender and tell us your Pretender origin story. How did you discover The Pretender?

Mac

I have been a Pretender fan from the beginning. Jarod's story hooked me immediately and I started my PHQ journey on the then NBC message board for "The Centre" where fans could chat or roll play. My friend and I developed a whole story with friends online and eventually I started building a site mainly for the show but with a section with RP information for all those involved. As our online RPG faded that section eventually did too but my passion for The Pretender has not and I have revamp and moved this site 4 times: Geocities, ThePretenderCentre, Weebly and now my own hosting.