History WebVideo / ZackMorrisIsTrash

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Thanks in no small part to ValuesDissonance, Zack is racist and misogynist, and even when he [[AnAesop learns better]], he'll usually just forget it by the end of the episode.

* LousyLoversAreLosers: One of the many faults attributed to Zack by the narrator is that he is also incredibly poor in bed; at one point in "The Time Zack Morris Dumped His Girlfriend For The School Nurse", the narrator states that even if Zack's convoluted scheme to [[AThreesomeIsHot date both the nurse and Kelly at the same time worked out]], it still wouldn't change the fact he can't even satisfy ''one'' woman in bed, nevermind two.

* {{Catchphrase}}: The narrator has a few.

** In the actual series, "Cream of the Day" is one of Zack's most moral episodes. An accident in his chemistry class creates a fast acting pimple cream. He actually tested the product before selling it. While the pimple cream did have a bad side effect, he found this out long after he had sold everyone their cream so telling them wouldn't have helped anything. The episode was adapted into ZMIT as "The Time Zack Morris Sold Chemical Burns To His Classmates."

** "The Time Zack Morris Sucker Punched Slater Over A Girl He Just Met" (based on the episode "The Fight) completely ignores the B-plot of Lisa dumping her crush just for being a freshman.

"The Time Zack Morris Sucker Punched Slater Over A Girl He Just Met" (based on the episode "The Fight) completely ignores the B-plot of Lisa dumping her crush just for being a freshman.

** In the actual series, "Cream of the Day" is one of Zack's most moral episodes. An accident in his chemistry class creates a fast acting pimple cream. He actually tested the product before selling it and even gave his test subject a reasonable cut of the profits. While the pimple cream did have a bad side effect, he found this out long after he had sold everyone their cream so telling them wouldn't have helped anything. The episode was adapted into ZMIT as "The Time Zack Morris Sold Chemical Burns To His Classmates."

Web series produced by Funny or Die, in which an unseen narrator [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructs]] actions made by ''Series/SavedByTheBell''[='s=] lead character Zack Morris in order to expose his character flaws and show fans that he is, indeed, trash. Like ''WebVideo/AVerySpecialEpisode'', it is written and narrated by Dashiell Driscoll.

** Neil, the first hall monitor from "Screech's Birthday" was a verbally abusive asshole who forced his authority on his peers. Everyone, not just Zack, was all too happy to be rid of him. When it was adapted into "The Time Zack Morris Gave Screech An Unpaid Law Enforcement Job For the Birthday He Forgot", the narrator paints Neil as an upstanding student upholding order in a school that buckles to the whims of a serial sociopath. Also, Mr. Dewey in the original is a very dull teacher, which goes almost unmentioned here.

** Neil, the first hall monitor from "Screech's Birthday" was a verbally abusive asshole who forced his authority around at his peers. Everyone, not just Zack, was all too happy to be rid of him. When it was adapted into "The Time Zack Morris Gave Screech An Unpaid Law Enforcement Job For the Birthday He Forgot", the narrator paints Neil as an upstanding student upholding order in a school that buckles to the whims of a serial sociopath. Also, Mr. Dewey in the original is a very dull teacher, which goes almost unmentioned here.

** Neil, the first hall monitor from "Screech's Birthday" was a total jerkass who threw his weight around at his peers. Everyone, not just Zack, was all too happy to be rid of him. When it was adapted into "The Time Zack Morris Gave Screech An Unpaid Law Enforcement Job For the Birthday He Forgot", the narrator paints Neil as an upstanding student upholding order in a school that buckles to the whims of a serial sociopath. Also, Mr. Dewey in the original isn't a very pleasant teacher, which goes almost unmentioned here.

* ButtMonkey: Screech, no discussion.
** If the episode being discussed is one of the handful in the early seasons that features Max the waiter, the narrator will invariably single him out to discuss what a failure he must've been to get stuck entertaining teenagers with comedy magic at a thankless, low-paying job.

** The ultimate take away the Narrator gives at the end of "The Time Zack Morris Stole $5,000 From The Mafia To Scalp Music/{{U2}} Tickets"? Zack is trash ''purely because'' [[TakeThat he bought U2 tickets]]. Note that this is one of the episodes where Zack actually committed felonies (grand theft, trespass, and breaking and entering among them).

** The events of "Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind" were either not his fault or just an accident. The event occurred by Zack accidentally broke the camera when he thought the cast deviated from the script of his movie. They manage to make the money back by selling an article to a tabloid requesting fake stories to publish. A boneheaded government employee buys it and lies about being a part of the newspaper to capture Screech believing he's an actual alien. Zack went along with the whole thing because he was under the impression it would just be an article about the alien and no one would get hurt. Once the official reveals his identity he helped hide Screech until he came up with a plan to reveal that the whole thing was never real. The episode was adapted into ZMIT as "The Time Zack Morris Got His Best Friend Scheduled For Dissection By the Government."

** "We never see [X] again, who knows what happened? They probably fucking killed themselves"

* ButtMonkey: Screech, no discussion.

** In the episode "The Time Zack Morris Worshipped Belding's Scumbag Brother", the narrator says that a teacher quit and had a mental breakdown because Zack was unteachable. In the actual episode however, the teacher is shown to be very rude and condescending to his students to the point that the gang hallucinates him calling them failures while they try to study. He's even elated at the prospect of his students failing

* AdaptationalVillainy: Going hand in hand with the above, every one of Zack's actions is read in the least sympathetic light the narrator can manage. Even when Zack ends up doing the right thing in the end, the narrator either sees selfish motives behind it or chastises him for not seeing the error of his ways a lot sooner. Some prime examples
** "Cream Of The Day" is one of Zack's most moral episodes. An accident in his chemistry class creates a fast acting pimple cream. He actually tested the product before selling it and even gave his test subject a reasonable cut of the profits. While the pimple cream did have a bad side effect, he found this out long after he had sold everyone their cream so telling them wouldn't have helped anything.
** The events of "Close Encounters Of The Nerd Kind" were either not his fault or just an accident. The event occurred by Zack accidentally broke the camera when he thought the cast deviated from the script of his movie. They manage to make the money back by selling an article to a tabloid requesting fake stories to publish. A boneheaded government employee buys it and lies about being a part of the newspaper to capture Screech believing he's an actual alien. Zack went along with the whole thing because he was under the impression it would just be an article about the alien and no one would get hurt. Once the official reveals his identity he helped hide Screech until he came up with a plan to reveal that the whole thing was never real.

** [[TitleDrop "Zack Morris is trash!"]]

** "....[[AesopAmnesia and didn't learn anything from any of it.]]

--->'''Narrator''': Let's review: Zack Morris attempted to buy tickets to a Music/{{U2}} concert. ''Zack Morris is trash.''

** In the episode "The Time Zack Morris Worshipped Belding's Scumbag Brother", the narrator says that a teacher quit and had a mental breakdown because Zack was unteachable. In the actual episode however, the teacher is shown to be very rude and condescending to his students to the point that the gang hallucinates him calling them failures while they try to study.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Going hand in hand with the above, every one of Zack's actions is read in the least sympathetic light the narrator can manage. Even when Zack ends up doing the right thing in the end, the narrator either sees selfish motives behind it or chastises him for not seeing the error of his ways a lot sooner.

* AesopAmnesia: Whenever Zack seems to learn better, he'll either misinterpret the lesson or forget it entirely by episode's end, going back to the same scumbag behavior in the episode.

** The ultimate take away the Narrator gives at the end of "The Time Zack Morris Stole $5,000 From The Mafia To Scalp Music/{{U2}} Tickets"? Zack is trash ''purely because'' [[TakeThat he bought U2 tickets]].

The series has completed four seasons, premiering episodes weekly on Website/YouTube which can be seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRcB4n4CGcy84UjaisLpJ2cyU6BQzzT1X this playlist]]. Season 1 ran from October 8 to December 8, 2017, with Season 2 premiering on April 6, 2018. Season 3 premiered in September 2018. Season 4 premiered in April 2019. Season 5 premiered in September 2019 and went on hiatus after four episodes when Driscoll [[PromotedFanboy was hired as a writer]] for the 2019 ''Saved by the Bell'' reboot. It returned March 13, 2020.

* OnceASeason: Each season features exactly one episode from the ''Good Morning, Miss Bliss'' days.

* FelonyMisdemeanor: Everything Zack does is interpreted as this. Pouring ants down someone's back? Genocide (of the ants) and attempted murder. Locking an exchange student in the closet? Violent anarchy that nearly reignited the Cold War. Hanging an Australian flag in his room? [[InsaneTrollLogic Clear sign that Zack reveres criminals]].

** Slater in particular benefits from this, as even events where he canonically behaves every bit as badly as Zack are given a favorable slant. Slater's no angel, either!

* OnceASeason: Each season features exactly one episode from the ''Good Morning, Miss Bliss'' days.

* TeensAreMonsters: In the eyes of the narrator, Zack is a selfish and irredeemable scumbag who looks out for number one and drives many people to suicide without a second thought.