History Series / That70sShow

** In "Gimme Shelter" has this happen with Kelso and Fez. They're looking for an apartment and find a great one only to discover the landlord is Fenton, an enemy of Fez, who refuses them a lease. As they're leaving Kelso comments that they'll have to find some place to live with the baby, [[spoiler:referring to his with Brooke]], however, Fenton misinterprets this and lets them move in since he can't turn away [[HasTwoMommies two men raising a baby]].

* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: Played straight for all of "Happy Jack" with Eric...until:

* ADateWithRosiePalms:
** Fez, very frequently talks or alludes to masturbating, to illustrate his sexual frustration over being a virgin.
** Also the focus of "Happy Jack" when Donna walks in on Eric doing it at her house, after seeing a photo of [[StacysMom Jackie's mom]].

* CrazyInTheHeadCrazyInTheBed: When Kelso and Fez fall for the same woman it ended with her choosing Fez, and revealing that she has some issues. Kelso concedes defeat telling Fez "She's clearly a lunatic. Which means she's going to be really great in bed. Congratulations."

** Wrestling/DwayneJohnson was [[CastingGag cast as]] his father, Wrestling/RockyJohnson, in a wrestling-themed episode. His last line, to Red, was that one day he hopes his son will become "the most electrifying man in sports entertainment." Red answers, "[[ItWillNeverCatchOn Yeah, good luck with that]]."

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: After Red throws away Midge's chocolates in the episode, ''The Relapse'', Red gives one of these to Bob in regards to Midge [[spoiler:because Bob was in serious need of a wake-up call; Bob refused to accept that Midge left and she would never come back.]]

** Eric and Laurie constantly jump at the chance to deliver a low blow to one another, but when Red overreacts to the point that it makes Laurie cry, Eric stands steadily by her, additionally in one episode when Eric walks in on Red and Kitty having sex and is traumatized, Laurie finds out and comforts him.

* BedTrick: Fez tries multiple times in one episode to arrange for himself to be switched with Hyde or Kelso in a dark room so he can sleep with Jackie or Angie, respectively. Which is, you know, rape.

** In another episode, Eric reveals that his mom buys "Twonkies." Which is more of a BrandX product, since he does mention Twinkies several times in that episode.

* BucketBoobyTrap: Horribly subverted in one episode when the target of said booby trap is ''not'' the one intended ([[spoiler:Red, instead of Kelso.]])

** A half-successful one in Season 7. Eric says, about Hyde and Kelso respectively, "No heart, no brain", then points to himself and says "No courage." This partly calls back the Season 4 episode "Tornado Prom", wherein Jackie has a dream that she goes to Oz. Kelso and Hyde play the Scarecrow and Tin Man. However, Fez is the Cowardly Lion and Eric plays a Flying Monkey.

** Eric is typically intimidated by his father Red, but in one episode he finally has enough and bluntly tells Red to stop feeling sorry for himself and support Kitty, who's extremely distraught - first by believing she's pregnant and feeling not supported by Red, later by going through menopause and not being able to have any more children.
** Subverted in one episode where Eric called Red out when he thought he cost him a good job at a bank, only to learn Kitty did it. Then Eric tries to buddy up to Red when it looks like he's going to kick his ass.

** In the "Young Man Blues" episode, only the audience witnesses Eric successfully fix the lawnmower.

* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: Played straight for an entire episode with Eric...until:

** In an early episode, Red, who supported Nixon, was shown to have criticized Ford for pardoning Nixon. Then again, some Nixon supporters criticized Ford because they wanted to see Nixon exonerated and a innocent man shouldn't need a pardon.

* IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: Kitty actually pulls this on herself, as she tries to criticize Red for teaching Eric to fight, and recalling the time Red beat up a guy who tried to put the moves on Kitty when they were first dating, only to describe how good Red looked doing it. She and Red then race each other to their bedroom.

-->-- '''Music/BigStar''', [[RealSongThemeTune "In The Street"]], covered for the show by '''Todd Griffin''' (Season 1) and '''Music/CheapTrick''' (Season 2-8)

* FanserviceModel: In the season 4, Kelso was called to be a [[MrFanservice male underwear model]], who appeared in diverse magazines, was mocked by his friends, and caused a new split with his then-girlfriend Jackie, who always wanted to be a FashionModel.

** The episode "A New Hope" featured plot points that were apparently meant to continue into a subsequent episode, most glaringly David Milbank and his attempts to court Donna. But for whatever reason, the writers didn't follow up on it, and David was never seen or mentioned again.

* AbsurdlyIneffectiveBarricade: In one episode, after it looks like Laurie is moving out and Hyde's getting her room, she ends up staying. The end of the episode shows him standing there with the dresser up against the door telling her that she'll never get in. Cue Red opening the door outward.

** Creator/BillyDeeWilliams, known for playing Lando Calrissian in the original ''Franchise/StarWars'' Trilogy, guest starred in an episode as a preacher offering marriage advice to Donna and Eric. His character is just as obsessed with ''Star Wars'' as Eric.

** Subverted even further in the episode where Red attempts to set up Eric with a co-worker only for her to fall for him instead. Eric decides to call out Red for having been too tough on him and therefore ruining his self-esteem. Red then rather vehemently recounts what [[AbusiveParents his father]] had in store for him right around Eric's age: the Navy. Red ''then'' tells Eric to be thankful that ''he'' has a father who is trying to hook him up because if he wants, he can unleash hell from depths hitherto uncombed. Not surprisingly, this shuts Eric up.

** Exploited by Eric in one of the episodes in the first season. Eric and the rest of the boys were mistakenly accused of grand theft auto and were briefly locked up. When Eric returned home late, Red questioned him where he went and just laughed it off when Eric matter-of-factly replied "prison". Red clearly mistaken Eric's "confession" with his regular snarkiness.

** Also the focus of an episode when Donna walks in on Eric doing it at her house, after seeing a photo of [[StacysMom Jackie's mom]].

* DebatingNames: Serves as a RunningGag in the episode "You Can't Always Get What You Want." The main characters repeatedly try to come up with a name for Hyde's new record store while high, eventually settling on "The Head" until they forget it in their inebriated state. It turns out that the store already had a name, as it was part of a chain.

* DiscoSucks: The show traced disco's fall from grace. An episode in the first season taking place in 1976 is about going to a disco and everyone is into it. In a season five episode, a minister tries to connect with Eric and Donna by saying he likes disco and Eric says that disco is kind of lame. Finally in the last season, which took place in 1979, Hyde stages a disco record burning and Fez tries to defend disco.

* IntimateMarks: Eric's cousin comes to stay with them and constantly wears tight t-shirts with large logos over her breasts. She catches Eric looking at her breasts, and "innocently" mistakes it for him reading her t-shirt logo. This becomes a running gag throughout the episode. At the end of the episode, it turns out all the flirty behavior and sexy clothing was calculated to attract Eric as payback for a prank he'd played on her years ago.

** Red, as revealed in the episode where his mother dies. As he says, "She was the first one to call me 'Red.'" His real name is Reginald.

** Whenever Eric's ''Star Wars'' toys were shown, they were rarely the original ones from the Seventies, but rather the contemporary ones from TheNineties and the TurnOfTheMillennium. Oddly enough, Boba Fett is mentioned in an episode which would appear to be an example of this, but he was actually introduced in 1978 in the infamous ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial''.

** Red pulls one on Eric during the episode where he thinks his son's taken up smoking.

* FiveManBand: The Teens
** TheHero: Eric
** TheLancer: Hyde
** TheSmartGuy: Donna
** TheBigGuy: Kelso
** GirlyGirl: Jackie
** TagalongKid: Fez

On October 8, 2021, it was announced that Creator/{{Netflix}} had [[https://deadline.com/2021/10/that-70s-show-spinoff-that-90s-show-kurtwood-smith-debra-jo-rupp-netflix-1234852870/ ordered a new spin-off]] for the series, ''Series/That90sShow''. The series will focus on Eric Forman’s and Donna Pinciotti's daughter. Creator/KurtwoodSmith and Creator/DebraJoRupp are set to reprise their roles as series regulars, while other former cast members will return in guest appearances. The series premiered on January 19, 2023.

** In "Class Picture", one {{flashback}} reveals Hyde and Fez walked in on Donna while she was changing clothes, (and it was [[NakedFirstImpression the first time Fez met Donna]]). A jealous Kelson has then attempted to invoke this by "accidentally" trying to walk in on her while she gets dressed, but failing every time. But his persistence caused Donna to ThrowTheDogABone and flash him on purpose so he'd leave her alone (which seems weird if you remember that the gang went SkinnyDipping in season 1).

** Kelso immediately displays a WhatAnIdiot moment by somehow thinking that it makes him (not Fez) gay.

* IdiotBall: An example comes from Eric kissing another girl (Laurie's college roommate) while he and Donna were starting to form a relationship. Red came down on him for this gloriously.

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: While convincing Red to take Hyde back in the season 3 premiere, Leo (played by Canadian actor Creator/TommyChong) pronounces "out" in a decidedly Canadian manner.

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: While convincing Red to take Hyde back in the season 3 premiere, Leo (played by Canadian actor TommyChong) pronounces "out" in a decidedly Canadian manner.

* PrecisionFStrike:
** From Fez.
--->'''Fez''': Where am I gonna go? France? Fuck France!
** Utilized to great effect by Kitty and Red.

* SpinOff: An indirect one with ''Series/That80sShow'', set in 1984 San Diego. It didn't include anyone from this show (though [[RetroactiveRecognition it did have the actors who would later play Dennis Reynolds, Charlie Kelly, and Carmen the male-to-female transsexual]][[note]]Glenn Howerton, Charlie Day, and Brittany Daniel[[/note]] on ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' and Jack, the [[Series/MarriedWithChildren Al Bundy]] expy, from the WB's ''Unhappily Ever After'') and was heavily criticized for being a wannabe ''That 70s Show'', leading to its cancellation after only a season.

** Midge Pinciotti. The boys have fantasized and made lewd comments about her, and even spied on her. Fez and Kelso fell prostrate and worshipped Eric when they mistakenly believed he'd shagged her.

** Fez's country of origin is played with on several occasions.
** Also Fez constantly hiding in Donna's closet.

** As well as Laurie being extremely easy and sleeping with, oh, ''[[ReallyGetsAround every guy in town]]''.

* WannabeLine: Subverted. After Brian takes over Babylon, a rival club opens that steals business. He ends up getting renewed interest in the club by establishing a line and only letting attractive young men in. The club is actually completely empty and the ones let in are models Brian hired.

* AboveTheInfluence: Fez with Jackie when she gets drunk and hits on him.

*** In turn Eric, despite constantly complaining to his close friends about Red, will always stand up for and defend his father against outsiders.

* beat*\\
Eric punches David Millbank in the face.

* BackForTheFinale: Eric and Kelso.

** The Pinciotti family.
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine:
** Jackie and Donna respectively.
** Kelso and Eric.
** To a lesser extent Bob and Red could count.

--> '''Kelso''': ''(introducing his prom date)'' You guys know Pam?\\

* BumblingDad: Bob and [[spoiler:Kelso]].

* ButIWouldReallyEnjoyIt: Jackie towards Kelso when he grows a beard.
* ButtMonkey: Fez

* CallBack: The Thanksgiving episode in Season 5 used the "Baby, baby, baby, baby, oooo!" wipe, not used since Season 1.

-->(After displaying some jewelry for Eric by wearing it)\\
'''Fenton''': I used to work in a lingerie boutique... ({{Beat}}) They fired me...
* CampStraight: Fez

* CitizenshipMarriage: A reoccurring plot point in Season 6 that got aborted with Laurie [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome being written out of the show]]. At the end of season 5, Laurie married Fez only so that he doesn't get deported. The events of season 6 clearly demonstrated that its a marriage in name only.

-->'''Eric''': Dad, you yelled at him for fifteen minutes!
-->'''Red''': What kind of man cries after only fifteen minutes of yelling?

* CultureClash: From wherever Fez is.

** Fez, very frequently.
** Also the focus of an episode when Donna walks in on Eric doing it at her house, after seeing a photo of Jackie's mom.

* DriveInTheater: The focus of "Drive-In".
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Charlie, Eric's grandfather Burt]]

* DumbBlonde: Laurie, Samantha Hyde, Annette, Midge, Pam Macy

** Jackie's parents, Fez's host parents, and Kelso's father all appeared at least once during the earlier episodes before disappearing while the rest of the series focuses on the Forman's and the Pinciotti's. Also, Donna had two sisters; an older one who was in college and was never seen, and a younger sister for a single episode who was never seen again.

* [[ElNinoIsSpanishForTheNino El Camino is Spanish for "The Camino"]]:

* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Jackie's middle name is Beulah.

* EnterStageWindow

* EscalatingWar[=/=]UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: In Season 4's "Prank Day", the guys try to get back at Kelso for pranking them, but [[DidntThinkThisThrough the results are disastrous]], even with an unexpected ally, Red, on their side.

* EvenTheGuysWantHim: See above.

* FlashForward

* KavorkaMan: Bob. [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yjlXWzFo4o8/TMzUekZTA5I/AAAAAAAAAxk/g5jDZHOdYvw/s400/bob+and+midge.jpg As]][[http://images2.fanpop.com/images/polls/248000/248307_1244328713337_full.jpg seen]][[http://68.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8xbr5iBur1qc1ev7o1_1280.jpg here]].

* MsFanservice: Once Creator/MilaKunis turned eighteen the show went all out, putting her and Creator/LauraPrepon in various sexy outfits. Samantha Hyde's entire purpose was to be this. Laurie and several female guest stars also filled this trope.

* MushroomSamba: Managed to do it OnceAnEpisode and still keep it funny.

** Fez saw Donna for the first time when he and Hyde walked in on her changing her clothes.
** Prompting Kelso to repeatedly try to catch her in the buff. He never did, but his persistence caused Donna to ThrowTheDogABone and flash him on purpose so he'd leave her alone (which seems weird if you remember that the gang went skinny-dipping in season 1).

* OhWaitThisIsMyGroceryList

-->'''Kitty''': Oh, Red!
-->'''Red''': Oh, Kitty!
-->'''Eric''': ... (staring, horrified)

** Don't forget Midge Pinciotti.

* QueerPeopleAreFunny: Fez's mortal enemy, Fenton.

[''silence'']\\

'''Eric (off screen)''': Donna, I'm stuck in a thorn bush.

** Eric became a Star Wars geek, despite having shown only casual interest in it in previous seasons.

** The [[RelationshipRevolvingDoor on-again, off-again relationship]] between Kelso and Jackie has been broken up for good, Jackie started dating Hyde, which jump started her CharacterDevelopment and, to a lesser extent, his.

%% * RidiculouslyAverageGuy: Eric. Eric ''also'' has a [[GeekPhysiques stringbean physique]] which is referenced multiple times.

* SeventiesHair: Naturally. Especially Kelso's feathered 'do and Hyde's and Bob's frizzy afros.

* SheIsAllGrownUp: [[GenderFlip Gender flipped]]--the one who's all grown up is Kelso's brother Casey, and Donna goes ga-ga for him for no reason apparent to the viewer.
--> '''Donna''': (Upon seeing Casey enter a diner.) Oh my God, it's Casey Kelso and he's so ''dreamy''!

* ShipSinking:
** Jackie/Kelso after season 5.
** Jackie actually referred to this trope at one point in time: Seeing Kelso's van sink into the frozen pond/river, she remarked that its a sign from God that she and Kelso are not meant to be together.

* TheSixties: Inevitable, since the action is set in a somewhat backward Midwestern town that's a little behind the times. In particular, the rampant marijuana use and fascination with psychedelia (which were clearly being eclipsed by cocaine and the disco aesthetic in hipper parts of America by 1976). Red Forman's "working-class suburbanite" attitude is also a lot more '60s than it is '70s.
* SlowClap: After Bob (rightfully) calls out Donna & Jackie for breaking him & Pam up because they were uncomfortable with their parents dating, he finishes off by declaring that "the old Bob" who dated women ''far'' more attractive than him is back. Cue slow clap by the guys.

** Most of the jokes that are made about Laurie is that she sleeps with numerous men, including Kelso and one of her college professors, but those jokes are considered okay because of how bitchy she acts to everyone, including her frequent snarking against Eric, his friends, and Kitty, the way she sucks up to Red, and how she actively tried to destroy Kelso's relationship with Jackie.
*** The only time Laurie doesn't seem to enjoy being called a slut is in Season 2's "Laurie Moves Out." Red finds out she's living with a guy and is furious. He says no one will buy the cow if they get the milk for free, and she's visibly wounded, which was the one time Eric felt like it wasn't funny anymore.

* SmugSnake: Laurie
* SocialServicesDoesNotExist : Edna's gone for weeks before the Formans step in, and although Hyde makes jokes about it, his home life is pretty abusive.

** There are also a few instances where people known more for their voice acting have guest starred. Nick Bakay ([[WesternAnimation/AngryBeavers Norbert]] and [[Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch Salem]]) was a truck driver who helped Kelso reach Jackie's ski cabin, Creator/GreyDeLisle ([[WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Mandy]] and [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Sam]]) played an English teacher that Fez lusted for at the prom, and Creator/TomKenny shows up as a constantly put-down dog mascot at the theme park the gang goes to. The legendary Creator/DanCastellaneta ([[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]]) as well did a turn as the INS agent tasked with checking up on the legitimacy of Fez and Laurie's marriage.

* StacysMom: Midge Pinciotti. The boys have fantasized and made lewd comments about her, and even spied on her. Fez and Kelso fell prostrate and worshipped Eric when they mistakenly believed he'd shagged her. Kitty also gets her fair share of attention. The boys similarly have the hots for Jackie's mom Pam, played by Brooke Shields.

* StatuesqueStunner: Donna is a really tall girl, to the point of TinyGuyHugeGirl proportions with Eric.

** Laurie became a (relatively) better person by the end of season 5, but reverted back to her JerkAss manners in season 6 before disappearing. This was possibly due to writers hastily writing the character out of the show when it became clear that the original actress will no longer return and the replacement actress simply couldn't pull off the same role as effectively.

* SunglassesAtNight: Hyde is very rarely seen without his.

--->'''Red''': Who the hell gave those people a whole hour?!?
--->'''Kitty''': Oh my God, this ''is'' crap.

--->'''Ricky:''' Why do you want to work for Fatso Burger?
--->'''Eric:''' I feel it would be a wonderful experience.
--->'''Kelso:''' My girlfriend's dad owns it.
--->'''Fez:''' I love the uniforms.
--->'''Hyde:''' To unionize the workers, man.
--->'''Ricky:''' Tell me, what do you consider your best quality?
--->'''Eric:''' I'm a real people person.
--->'''Hyde:''' I don't answer stupid questions.
--->'''Fez:''' I speak Dutch.
--->'''Kelso:''' My eyes... and I guess my butt too.
--->'''Ricky:''' Name something about yourself that you consider to be a weakness.
--->'''Eric:''' I allow people to boss me around.
--->'''Fez:''' I love chocolate.
--->'''Hyde:''' I'm brutally honest... Pinhead.
--->'''Kelso:''' * tilts back in his char in thought and falls over *
--->'''Ricky:''' Where do you see yourself in five years?
--->'''Eric:''' Fatso Burger.
--->'''Fez:''' Covered in gold chains.
--->'''Kelso:''' Rock star... no, movie star... no, rock star.
--->'''Hyde:''' Prison.

* ThinkUnsexyThoughts: In the episode "Thanksgiving", Eric makes out with Kate, his sister's attractive friend, and wants to get rid of his erection before getting up. His inner monologue goes: "Okay, baseball, Vietnam, UsefulNotes/RichardNixon, Pat Nixon, Pat Boone, the girl that gives the weather, no, no! Okay, jellyfish, really big spiders, come on, dig deep, dig deep, okay, the day we backed over Skipper in the driveway, instead of going to the county fair, I had to bury him in the backyard."
** Subverted at the end of the same episode with Donna thinking of sexy things to make her hornier after kissing Eric. Her inner monologue goes: "Silk sheets, Joe Namath's butt, strawberries, slow dancing, ...the washing machine with an unbalanced load!"

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Donna and Jackie.

* TruthTellingSession: Eric and Laurie get into this at one point. The show stopper is when Eric reveals that Laurie was born with a tail, which causes her to run away in tears.
* {{Tsundere}}:
** Jackie's a Type A, specifically in the first few seasons.
** Also Fez's girlfriend and co-worker Nina.

* TrialBalloonQuestion: Eric (secretly) asks Donna to marry him at one point, and Eric asks Bob what he would do if they were engaged. Bob's answer was [[IllKillYou less than favourable]], so they decide to keep the secret.

* UnusualEuphemism: "Dillhole".
** After listening to George Carlin's [[SevenDirtyWords Seven Dirty Words]] album, Eric decides to create a system for using the words in public by numbering them. Unfortunately, only about half of what he says makes sense when taking the original order of Carlin’s list into account.

* WorkInfoTitle

'''Eric''': I didn't! *laughs*

On October 8, 2021, it was announced that Creator/{{Netflix}} had [[https://deadline.com/2021/10/that-70s-show-spinoff-that-90s-show-kurtwood-smith-debra-jo-rupp-netflix-1234852870/ ordered a new spin-off]] for the series, ''Series/That90sShow''. The series will focus on Eric Forman’s and Donna Pinciotti's daughter. Creator/KurtwoodSmith and Creator/DebraJoRupp are set to reprise their roles as series regulars, while other former cast members will return in guest appearances.