@Rebelofnj,
Merchandising kids' TV shows and movies is still a thing.
If I have been influenced by anything in the 21st century, I would say:
Internet culture to an extent. I know what memes are. I know web videos are popular. I know about video sharing sites like YouTube, Metacafe and Dailymotion. I know about social media and online community sites like DeviantArt. You could say I have influenced by some cartoon, comics and video game fan art and fan-made cartoons and comics and video games I have seen online. I have learned certain slang terms by being online.
Current video games. I know a lot more about Mario franchise games now, for example, than I did before the advent of commercialized Internet access. I have played a few current video games online.
Some current TV shows. I used to watch G4TV before it became defunct. They did a lot of video game reviews, had discussions on current tech, and Comicon coverage. I don't care for shows like TMZ and Wendy Williams' talk show. I don't like celebrity gossip.
Some current tech. I was reluctant to want to learn how to use it because I was still using old-school tech. I am still teaching myself how to perform certain functions on my smartphone.
Some current music. I think a lot of current music is crap, or is worse than music in previous generations. I like the song "House Work" by Jax Jones.
Some current movies. There have been a few movies that came out the past two decades that piqued my interest.