History Trivia / SavedByTheBell

* CreatorBacklash: Elizabeth Berkeley has said that she didn't like that Jessie wasn't able to dress as girly as Kelly and Lisa in one interview.

* OldShame: Mark-Paul Gosselaar originally considered "Running Zack" to be his personal favorite episode of the series. However, in November 2016, he changed his opinion of it. He apologized, stating that the episode was insensitive to Native Americans.

* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: Several episodes from seasons 1 and 2 were held back for years in the U.S. with some not airing until as late as season 4, which is especially jarring if you're watching them in broadcast order(which is how some DVD and streaming releases present them).

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: In the U.S. many episodes have not been seen uncut since their original NBC airings(though a handful were released uncut on VHS in the 90s)every single DVD/streaming release(except for the individual season DVD sets by Elephant Films in France, they are also uncut on Amazon Prime France though those versions lack an English audio option like the DVD sets have)and all reruns have always featured the EditedForSyndication versions of the episodes(even the dedicated Saved by the Bell FAST channel has the edited versions of at least half of the episodes like the DVD and streaming releases). This is in stark contrast to the rest of the world where the episodes have always been aired uncut(with some countries like The Netherlands even airing them as late as 2010), this is most noticeable with the original pilot "King of the Hill" as the overseas version is lacking the expository voice-over by Zack at the beginning (since it actually aired in it's proper place in the beginning of the season overseas).

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: In the U.S. many episodes have not been seen uncut since their original NBC airings(though a handful were released uncut on VHS in the 90s)every single DVD/streaming release(except for the individual season DVD sets by Elephant Films in France, they are also uncut on Amazon Prime France though those versions lack an English audio option like the DVDs have)and all reruns have always featured the EditedForSyndication versions of the episodes(even the dedicated Saved by the Bell FAST channel has the edited versions of at least half of the episodes like the DVD and streaming releases). This is in stark contrast to the rest of the world where the episodes have always been aired uncut(with some countries like The Netherlands even airing them as late as 2010), this is most noticeable with the original pilot "King of the Hill" as the overseas version is lacking the expository voice-over by Zack at the beginning (since it actually aired in it's proper place in the beginning of the season overseas).

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: In the U.S. many episodes have not been seen uncut since their original NBC airings(though a handful were released uncut on VHS in the 90s)every single DVD/streaming release(except for the season DVDs by Elephant Films in France, they are also uncut on Amazon Prime France though those versions lack an English audio option like the DVDs have)and all reruns have always featured the EditedForSyndication versions of the episodes(even the dedicated Saved by the Bell FAST channel has the edited versions of at least half of the episodes like the DVDs and streaming sites). This is in stark contrast to the rest of the world where the episodes have always been aired uncut(with some countries like The Netherlands even airing them as late as 2010), this is most noticeable with the original pilot "King of the Hill" as the overseas version is lacking the expository voice-over by Zack at the beginning (since it actually aired in it's proper place in the beginning of the season overseas).

** The only way to see all of the episodes uncut in English is on the individual season DVDs released in France by Elephant Films.

* FollowTheLeader: ''Saved by the Bell'' was the leader, and spawned multiple clones, many of them done by producer Peter Engel (including ''Series/CaliforniaDreams'' and ''Series/USAHigh''), leading NBC to cancel all its cartoons, give half of Saturday Morning to a new version of the ''Today'' show, and the other half to the ''Saved by the Bell'' clones.

** The main series also suffered from this for all of it's reruns with each episodes having at least 1 minute or more trimmed from the run-time which sometimes resulted in plot holes and in worst cases the actual ending being cut. Worse yet many of those edited versions are the ones on all of the show's official DVD and streaming releases(with the exception of the PAL box set mentioned bellow).
** Both of the TV movies were trimmed for syndicated airings and those trimmed down versions are the ones on streaming services(thankfully both are uncut on DVD).

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: In the U.S. many episodes have not been seen uncut since their original NBC airings(though a handful were released uncut on VHS in the 90s)every single DVD/streaming release(except for the 2012 PAL complete series box-set by Fabulous Films)and all reruns(including the Saved By the Bell FAST channel on Freevee)have always featured the EditedForSyndication versions of at least half of the episodes. This is in stark contrast to the rest of the world where the episodes have always been aired uncut(with some countries like The Netherlands even airing them as late as 2010), this is most noticeable with the original pilot "King of the Hill" as the overseas version is lacking the expository voice-over by Zack at the beginning (since it actually aired in it's proper place in the season overseas)
* NoExportForYou: The complete TV series and two movies are available as a box set in Canada. The movies are sold separately in the U.S.
** The only way to see all of the episodes uncut is on the 2012 complete series PAL box-set by Fabulous Films.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: In the U.S. many episodes have not been seen uncut since their original NBC airings(though a handful were released uncut on VHS in the 90s)every single DVD/streaming release(except for the 2012 PAL complete series box-set by Fabulous Films)has always featured the EditedForSyndication versions of at least half of the episodes. This in stark contrast to the rest of the world where the episodes have always been aired uncut(with some countries like The Netherlands even airing them as late as 2010), this is most noticeable with the original pilot "King of the Hill" as the overseas version is lacking the expository voice-over by Zack at the beginning (since it actually aired in it's proper place in the season overseas)

** The only way to see all of the episodes is on the complete series PAL box-set by Fabulous Films.

** This was averted in the spin-off. All the teen characters were played by actual teens although a couple did push into the twenties towards the end and only Creator/LindseyMcKeon graduated the same year as her character.

* FollowTheLeader: ''Saved by the Bell'' was the leader, and spawned multiple clones (including ''Series/CaliforniaDreams'' and ''Series/USAHigh''), leading NBC to cancel all its cartoons, give half of Saturday Morning to a new version of the ''Today'' show, and the other half to the ''Saved by the Bell'' clones.

* NoExportForYou: The complete TV series and two movies are available as a box set in Canada. The movies are sold separately in the U.S.

* TheWikiRule: The [[http://savedbythebell.wikia.com/wiki/Saved_by_the_Bell_Wiki Saved by the Bell Wiki]].

* TheWikiRule: The [[http://savedbythebell.wikia.com/wiki/Saved_by_the_Bell_Wiki Saved By The Bell Wiki]].
* WorkingTitle: Producers were keen on ''Saved by the Bell'' as a title, but weren't sure that it was already copyrighted. Until it could be verified, the working title was ''As the Bell Rings''. A five minute Disney Channel series would later use that title.

* FunnyCharacterBoringActor: Mark-Paul Gosselaar has gone on record of saying that he is the total opposite of Zack, being a much more staid and mature person.

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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: As it started in 1989 and ended in 1993, it is chronologically the latest example of an identifiably [[TheEighties '80s]] program, showing how '80s fashion and culture hung on into the '90s.