- Of all the Fox sitcoms that appeared during the 98-99 season, this was the only survivor.
- Mila Kunis (Jackie) was only 14 when she auditioned for the show. Everyone who auditioned had to be at least 17 years old. When producers asked her age, she misled them by saying, "Well, I'll be 17" and neglected to say when.
- Mila Kunis (Jackie) has two different eye colors: one blue, one green. Laura Prepon (Donna), called her a husky, since she has two different eye colors.
- Danny Masterson's (Hyde) younger brother, Christopher Masterson, was on a few episodes of That '70s Show as Todd the cheese guy who kissed Jackie.
- Laura Prepon (Donna) and Christopher Masterson (Danny Masterson's younger brother) began dating after he was on That '70s Show. They started dating in 2000 and moved in together in 2001. The pair unfortunately split in late 2007.
- An early idea during the show's development phase had Eric and Hyde fighting a bitter rivalry over Donna, but the idea was tossed out as the show and its characters developed.
- After the cast finished filming the pilot episode, they had a standing ovation from the studio audience. For a pilot and unknown actors and a new series, a standing ovation on a new series is rare.
- In the first season in episode "Eric's Burger Job" we meet Donna's little sister, Tina Pinciotti, but will never hear or see of her again. In a Halloween episode the narrator actually says "what happened to Donna's little sister?"
- In the first episode of the first season, Donna's mom Midge mentions something about how a book of poetry got her through a tough time when "Valerie" left for college. Whoever this "Valerie" character is, we can assume that this is Donna's older sister, but like Donna's little sister, Tina, we never hear of her again. Interestingly enough we actually get to see what Tina looks like, as with Valerie she never makes an appearance other then being mentioned in the first episode and then never heard of again.
- Point Place, Wisconsin is fictional suburb made up by the writers of the show.
- In the first season in episode "Grandma's Dead" we meet Red's brother, Marty Forman, but, like Donna's little sister Tina, we never hear or see of him again throughout the rest of the series.
- Lisa Robin Kelly, who played Laurie Forman when the show debuted, abruptly vanished following the second season and was cut from the opening credits half-way through season 3. Her agent released a statement saying, "Lisa has had problems, but she has been healthy for 2 years. It was a mutual decision for her to leave." She returned back to the show for one episode at the beginning of the fifth season and appeared in a few episodes toward the end of the fifth season, only to disappear again at the beginning of the sixth season. She filmed the first few episodes of the sixth season, but her scenes were never aired, since Christina Moore was brought in to replace her. To keep consistency in the sixth season, Kelly's scenes were re-taped with Moore replacing her character for the entire sixth season. Her character then disappeared for good after the end of the sixth season due to negative response of Moore. Other then being mentioned a couple of times, Laurie's character, physically, never comes back for the rest of the series.
- The fifth season episode titles are all Led Zeppelin song titles, the sixth season are all The Who songs, the seventh season are all Rolling Stones songs and the 8th season's titles are all Queen songs.
- The show was initially titled "Teenage Wasteland" and later "The Kids Are Alright." The names did not catch. Noticing that audience members, in focus groups, would say, "I like that show about the '70s", or "I like that '70s show" it was eventually decided to simply call the series "That '70s Show."
- Ashton Kutcher, Danny Masterson, and Wilmer Valderrama are all best friends.
- Topher Grace and Laura Prepon are best friends.
- The rock group poster often seen on the wall in Eric's Basement is of Paul McCartney & Wings.
- Chuck Norris was the initial choice for Red Foreman, but was still filming Walker, Texas Ranger, so Kurtwood Smith was cast instead.
- Topher Grace (Eric) was off the show after the 7th season and did not comeback for the 8th and final season. He did come back for a small part in the last episode of the series. He left the show to work on Spider-Man 3. According to the "E! True Hollywood Story: That '70s Show," it was rumored that the cast was a little bitter toward Topher, since he was the central character on the show, but this was never confirmed.
- 'Josh Meyers' was originally hired to take on over the role of Eric Foreman, who had been played for seven seasons by Topher Grace. A now long-haired Eric would have returned unexpectedly from Africa "a changed man", thus explaining his different appearance. This idea was nixed when the producers decided it might offend Grace's fans. So, a new role, that of "Randy" was created for Meyers, who was already contracted for the 8th season. Though due to negative response, his character storyline was quickly minimized.
- When Donna and Randy started dating in the 8th season, it is reported that thats when fans stopped watching the show, and as a result ratings started to drop (though they were dropping at the start of the season). Fans were upset with the new character Randy and were upset that Eric had broken up with Donna and that Donna had and started dating Randy. Many fans were not expecting Donna and Eric to officially break up.
- Season 8 is the shortest season out of the 8 seasons, only being 22 episodes.
- The cars are:
--Eric's: 1969 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser.
--Red and Kitty's: 1976 Toyota Corolla.
--Hyde's 1967 Chevy El Camino.
--Kelso has had three cars on the series, so far. A Dodge van, and a Volkswagen Samba Bus, both mid-'60s models. He currently (2005) seen driving an MG convertible.
--Bob and Midge's 1970 Cadillac El Dorado (1998-2001)
- Tanya Roberts (Midge) unfortunately left the show after the end of the third season so she could focus on taking care of her husband who was suffering from encephalitis. He unfortunately past away June of 2006. She then later returned for 1 episode in season 6 and 4 episodes in season 7, only just to leave again. It is explained by Midge's daughter, Donna, that her parents figured out "they were better apart then together." Other then being a mentioned a couple of times throught the last year of the show, Miss Roberts character, Midge, doesn't return for the rest of the series.
- Red and Kitty also had a motorcycle and 1959 Corvette.
- In the "Water Tower" episode (1.21), Donna mocks Jackie for believing that Kelso could be a model. This is how Ashton Kutcher was discovered and asked to audition for the role of Kelso.
- Fez reveals his first name once and we don't hear it because of a sound. He is actually saying all the actor's first names.
- Red is a veteran of both WWII and Korea.
- At the beginning of the series, Debra Jo Rupp (Kitty) used her real hair for the Mrs. Forman hair cut, but after a while her hair started to fry. Her hairstylist then decided that so she wear a wig for the rest of the series.
- Kitty's real name is Katherine, but is referred to most of the time on the show as Kitty Forman.
- Red's real name is Reginald, but, like Kitty, is referred to most of the time on the show as Red Forman.
- The name Fez was suppose to be an acronym for
Foreign
Exchange
Student (although it ends with a letter z to reflect how it is pronounced).
- In the second season, we find out that Jackie's middle name is Beulah. But in the first season we see Jackie wearing a shirt with her initials of JSB on it.
- When Jackie gets a job at the cheese house, there is a reference made to Sophie's Choice (1982). The movie did not come out until 1982 and the book was not published until '79.
- In "The Water Tower", when Eric and his family are eating dinner, and he starts imagining Red and Kitty naked, you can see that Kitty is wearing a tube top, and is not actually naked.
- Whenever Eric's last name is shown on a transition in the beginning of a show, his last name is Spelled "Forman". In episode 7-10, on the calendars Red has printed for his muffler shop, Forman is spelled "Foreman".
- In the episode, Grandma's Dead, when the grandma died on Eric's shoulder while taking her home, you can see her blink.
- In one of the episodes, Eric has a Spider-man pillow cover. But the image is that of the newer Spider-man series (Fox Kids series) and not the Spider-man cartoon series in the '60s and '70s.
- In one of the Christmas episodes, when it snows, the snow doesn't fall on the cast at all. And it appears it snow in one spot, less in the other spots.
- Several times in the series when donuts are present, they are in a Krispy Kreme box, but Krispy Kreme donuts did not come to Wisconsin until the 2000's.
- The poster showing world flags in Eric's room has some flags of countries that didn't exist in the 70s (e.g. Estonia and Georgia).
- In the opening scene of the premiere episode, the boys are looking at a Playboy centerfold, circa 1976. However, the magazine is perfect bound, not saddle stitched (stapled) as Playboys were at that time.
- Tommy Chong (Leo) was absent from the show while serving a 9-month jail sentence for selling "drug paraphernalia" (water pipes or bongs). He expressed surprise later that this wasn't written into the show's storyline. He then appeared numerous times on the show as a guest star, but then re-joined the show again in it's 8th and final season to help replace Topher Grace and Ashton Kuther, since they had both left the show.
- Ashton Kutcher (Kelso) left after the 7th season and guest starred on 4 episodes of the 8th season. He left to work on his movie The Guardian, but does return for the series finale.
- Laura Prepon (Donna) had to dye her naturally red hair blonde for the 2006 film Karla, in which she played the title role. As a result her character Donna Pinciotti changed hair colors for the show's final two seasons.
- In many scenes, Mila Kunis (Jackie) had to wear platform heels or sit down just to appear in the same frame as Laura Prepon (Donna) due to the height difference.
- Even though the show lasted for eight Years in real life, storyline wise, the time line only went from 1976 to 1980.
- Some may notice that on the DVD covers, seasons 1-6 all have characters on the side of the box art. For some reason the last 2 seasons don't have any characters on them. Mila Kunis' character Jackie was not featured on any of the sides of the box art.
- Actor Bret Harris, who plays Charlie Richardson, the son of a fellow war vet that Red knew, was suppose to be a new character to help replace Eric's character in the 8th season. But, Mr. Harris was offered a lead role on new television series called "The Loop" right before the 8th season of production started (the show "The Loop" has since been canceled). Since Mr. Harris took the job for the lead role, he guest starred on the first episode of the 8th and final season to help explain what happened to his character. It is explained, and shown, that his character had fallen off of the water tower and died and as a result, the water tower was renamed "The Charlie Richardson Memorial Water Tower."
- Eric's
first words on the show:
"Why don't you do it?"
- Eric's
last words on the show:
"Hey guys, last one up the stars...has to call Red a dumbass!"
- Donna's
first words on the show:
"and above all, don't get sucked into my dads hair."
- Donna's
last words on the show:
"You guys, it's almost midnight. Mrs. Forman is pouring the champagne."
- Hyde's
first words on the show:
"Eric it is time!"
- Hyde's
last words on the show:
"Hey, did you guys hear about that car that runs on water? It's got a fiber-glass air cooled engine and it runs on water MAN!
- Kelso's
first words on the show:
"your house!"
- Kelso's
last words on the show:
"Oh man!"
- Jackie's
first words on the show:
"WHY are we watching this without the sound? I am TOTALLY confused?!"
- Jackie's
last words on the show:
"I knew you burn-outs would be down here!"
- Fez's
first words on the show:
"I may not say this right, since I am new to english. But, she has tremendous breast's, yes?
- Fez's
last words on the show:
"Die brain cells, die! (pops open a can of beer) and your next liver!"
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He is also very bad at sports and afraid of spiders. He admits to having no courage, and the gang makes several jokes to him as being a girl, Jackie in particular called him "a really masculine girl." Eric is also plagued by zits and klutziness, but there have been rare instances where he actually stands up for himself, actually beating up bullies who insult his friends and family. His father Red proudly calls this the “Forman Rage”. He is a little bit of smart-ass or as his mother, Kitty, calls him a "porky mouth." His smart-mouth often gets on his fathers nerves, which has earned him and the rest of his friends the title of "dumbass"
feminist. While she’s normally easygoing, she also has an occasional tendency for self-righteous arrogance, and has uncomfortable issues with her own femininity. Donna is known for her red hair and is often times called "Big Red" or "Big D." When she changed her hair from red to blonde the guys started calling her "Jugs-a-popping" which they use to call her when her body started to change in fifth grade. She’s taller than the other girls and dislikes wearing makeup or skirts, preferring jeans instead, which has earned her the nicknames “Amazon” and “giant” from her friend Jackie.
and marijuana, or his "stash," he's considered Eric Forman's best friend and adopted brother, though he tends to criticize Eric quite a bit. Steven was taken in by the Formans when his mother abandoned him, and he actually shows gratitude and a softer side towards them. It's also hinted that he is one of the smarter kids in the group and could actually do well in school and personal relationships, but he simply claims that it's not worth his time and effort.
also surprised his friends several times – such as when he scored the highest on the SATs and showed off rapid skill with math, though beer and money was involved in the latter. Kelso’s other interests include playing Atari, smoking marijuana, Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, and watching Christmas cartoons. He frequently gets punched in the arm by Hyde, which usually leads to a fight between him and Hyde which then leads to Kelso getting hurt in the eye. Kelso eventually decides to become a cop for the Point Place Police Department when he realizes that his looks are eventually going to fade, but the uniform will keep him sexy forever.
to give advice that sounds stupid, but actually turns out right in certain ways. The gang only tolerates her at first since she’s Michael Kelso’s girlfriend, though she slowly fits in eventually. Jackie declares herself Donna’s best friend and experiences a number of changes herself, such as being forced to get a job and going through a series of love troubles with Kelso and then with Steven Hyde. She also likes to read Nancy Drew mysteries. Since she's the shortest member of the group, she often times gets made fun of for her height and and is often called "midget." Jackie's dream is to become a model, or an actress, or even a host of a T.V. show, preferably her own.
him Fez, short for Foreign Exchange Student, although it ends with a letter z to reflect how it is pronounced. His real name and his country of origin are running gags throughout the show, with neither of them ever being revealed and always getting drowned out by some random background noise each time he mentions them. He speaks with a weird accent, and claims to have Latin pride, Swiss frugality, and Jamaican fire (which turned out to be the brand of his cologne). He considered to be the unluckiest guy of the group because he has a hard time picking up women. He gets really nervous and can't talk straight and usually says something inappropriate which usually drives the women away from him.
the Navy and likes to boast about “driving a gunboat around Okinawa.” He treats his son Eric harshly for being a soft and skinny wimp, favoring his older daughter Laurie instead and often calling Eric and his friends “dumbasses.” Red likes to threaten that he’ll literally kick someone’s ass, especially those who offend him. Red also has a talent for turning anything into "Foot-in-ass" remark or joke. Later on, though, it’s shown that he genuinely cares about Eric and just wants to toughen him up and prepare him for the world. While he generally has bad attitude toward everyone he meets and doesn't have many friends, he loves his wife Kitty more then anything and often shows his softer side toward her more then anyone else in his family.
fondness for square dancing, she tends to be overprotective towards her son Eric and enjoys motherly activities, such as baking cookies and looking after children. Kitty fears that if Eric moves out she’ll have no one to take care of, and convinced her husband Red to take in the orphaned Steven Hyde. Despite her cheery demeanor, Kitty is an intensive smoker and some-what of an alcoholic, with mood swings that she blames on menopause. Although Kitty enjoys doing her day-to-day activities around the house, every once and a while Kitty likes a night out on the town.
drops or flunks out of college and she once slept with her psychology professor (and still couldn't pass the college course). Hyde and Laurie constantly bicker at each other and it often gets on Red and Kitty's nerves. She was even married to Fez to keep him in the country because she was "bored" and it gave Red a heart attack. Even though she is a daddy's girl and can often fool Red, Kitty can see right through her and very often spoils Laurie's plans. Kitty also forgets about Laurie and one time said to Donna, "Your like the daughter I never had" with Red replying "but, you already have a daughter" and Kitty's response was "a better daughter!"
is easily influenced by fads such as hair perms and polyester suits, which constantly embarrasses Donna. Bob even laughs off grumpy neighbor Red Forman’s insults, thinking that he’s just kidding all the time. His passions include his banjo, irritating Red with his happy dimness, and having sex just about anywhere with his wife Midge, even to the point of horrifying Donna. He and Midge eventually divorced, though Bob still tried to retain the same cheery outlook. Similar to how Red was in the Navy, Bob served with the United States National Guard.
neighborhood mom that the boys often fantasized about having sex with. She’s dim-witted like her husband, and enjoys having sex with him in random places. At one point, however, she starts feeling discontent with being just as housewife, leading to a number of arguments with Bob and passionate make-up sex after. However, they eventually divorce and Midge moves to California, where she says she can “pursue a career on Broadway.”
worked and owned a place called the Foto Hut, which he eventually forgot about thus putting the Foto Hut out of buisness. Apparently Leo was in the Navy around the same Red was in the Navy while fighting World War II and his plans after he got out were to go to medical school. He once had a crush on Kitty and even tried, in his words, "woo" her. It is also assumed that Leo once had family, but his wife and son left him, which is why he considers Hyde to be the son he never had. While not the brightest bulb on the tree, Leo means well and is a fun loving guy who will do anything for anybody (thats if he remembers).
