History Series / SavedByTheBell

* FMinusMinus: Zack ends up with this grade in "The Gift", which Slater proudly displays to the class, for trying to scam his classmates, Mr. Belding and Mr. Testaverde with phony questions to their history test, imitating the latter two and [[EpicFail not bothering to even study for the test in the long run]].

* MotorMouth: History teacher George "Terrible" Testaverde is played by John Moschitta, Jr., and accordingly speaks at several hundred words per minute during his lectures - which is a bit of a problem when his exams involve essay questions on those lectures. In "The Gift", we see him give a class on the American Revolution from the Boston Tea Party to the Battle of Yorktown, but he speaks so quickly that by the end, the students have given up trying to take notes and thrown down their pencils in despair - except Jessie, who is writing so quickly her pencil is giving off smoke.

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-->'''Slater''': Don't you see, Zack? I ''have'' to cheat! To save the college!
-->'''Zack''': That was pretty good. All I had was, my dad would yell at me.

''Saved by the Bell'' is a sitcom that aired on Creator/{{NBC}} from August 1989 to May 1993. Heavily inspired by the films of Creator/JohnHughes, the show centered around the spokespersons from each of the archetypal cliques: [[BigManOnCampus The Beefcake]], [[AllGuysWantCheerleaders The Cheerleader]], TheFashionista, [[SoapboxSadie The Revolutionary]], [[ExtravertedNerd The Nerd]]--and most importantly, [[HighSchoolHustler The Hustler]], as embodied by the [[FourthWallObserver fourth-wall breaking, time-freezing]] Zack Morris. In spite of its achingly outdated ([[TotallyRadical even for the time]]) '80s fashions and lingo, it remains the [[TropeCodifier archetype]] of the TV HighSchool, to the point where it is widely [[http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/486.html theorized]] that the entire ''Saved by the Bell'' universe is contained within Bayside High, and that Zack is, in fact, [[MemeticBadass God.]]

* HollywoodDateless: Mostly averted, as all the lead actors are gorgeous, and their characters are popular in the school. There is one odd example, though. The boys participate in a date auction, and not one girl bids on Slater, until Kelly does out of pity. This despite him being a star wrestler, good friends with [[BigManOnCampus Zack]], and played by ''[[MrFanservice Mario Lopez]]''. That was justified as Jessie threatened every girl in school not to bid on Slater because she was opposed to the idea of a date auction for some reason. Kelly was the only one willing to to stand up to Jessie about it. Jessie initially played it off as feminist disapproval, but it was quickly made clear she was being jealously possessive of Slater.

In September 2019, it was announced that a ''Saved by the Bell'' {{revival}} would be produced for NBC's then-upcoming streaming platform Creator/{{Peacock}}. [[Series/SavedByTheBell2020 The revival]] returned to the halls of Bayside High, facing an influx of new students from lower-income schools after Zack, now the governor of California, scandalously closes too many schools, forcing them to merge into Bayside. Lopez and Berkeley reprised their roles as Slater and Jessie, while Gosselaar returned as Zack in a recurring capacity and Thiessen is also expected to re-appear as Kelly. As for new characters, Josie Totah was cast as mean girl cheerleader Lexi, Haskiri Velazquez as the intelligent Daisy, Alycia Pascual-Pena as tomboy Aisha, Belmont Cameli as Jessie's athletic son Jamie, and Mitchell Hoog as Zack's privileged son Mac, while John Michael Higgins played Mr. Belding replacement as principal. Tracey Wigfield (''Series/ThirtyRock'', ''Series/GreatNews'') served as showrunner and executive producer, alongside Lopez, Berkeley, Gosselaar, returning producer Franco Bario, and original series executive producer Peter Engel. After two seasons, the revival was [[https://deadline.com/2022/05/saved-by-the-bell-canceled-peacock-1235016465/ cancelled]] on May 4, 2022.

## Woo any girl he has his sights on, especially his [[RelationshipRevolvingDoor on-again off-again]] girlfriend Kelly Kapowski (Creator/TiffaniTheissen).

## Woo any girl he has his sights on, especially his [[RelationshipRevolvingDoor on-again off-again]] girlfriend Kelly Kapowski (Tiffani Theissen).

His nemesis A.C. Slater (Mario Lopez) also had his eye on Kelly, leading to a tug-of-war between them as "Preppy" tried and failed to discover Slater's [[TheAce nonexistent weakness]] and break his seduction spell on the school. Slater would repeatedly win Kelly with [[TheCasanova little to no effort]], but would later hook up with the armchair activist Jessie Spano (Elizabeth Berkley) once Zac and Kelly officially became an item. Lisa (Lark Voorhies) rounded out the cast as the TokenMinority and debutante who acquired an [[LoveMartyr unwanted admirer]] in poor Screech. Dennis Haskins, as Principal Richard Belding, ended up playing his role longer than anyone else associated with the franchise: he and Vice Principal Screech would form a double-act in ''The New Class''.

* Retool: When the show moved from Disney Channel to NBC, the writers wanted to add two new female characters. One of them was Kelly Kapowski. The other was going to be a white, rich, Jewish girl. However, when the producers decided to keep Lark Voorhies, they rewrote Lisa Turtle as a rich girl without the Jewish beliefs. The character of Jesse Spano was a last minute addition after Elizabeth Berkley's successful audition for the Kelly Kapowski role.

*** The ''Miss Bliss'' pilot had Brian Austin Green as Adam Montcrief in the Zack Morris role (complete with a full-on suit and tie) and Jaleel White as Bobby Wilson. These two would find much bigger TV success soon afterwards.
*** Miss Bliss is also a newlywed in the pilot, while on the full series, she is single.

->''When I wake up in the morning, and the 'larm gives out a warnin'\\

->''"When I wake up in the morning, and the 'larm gives out a warnin'\\

->"When I wake up in the morning, and the 'larm gives out a warnin'\\

-> (''school bell rings'')\\
''"When I wake up in the morning, and the 'larm gives out a warnin'\\

->''"Iiiiits alllll right....\\

'Cause I'm saved by the bell!"''

* IronicInversion: Zack achieves a 1500 SAT score - despite being a lazy student. Jessie - the straight A student - gets only a 1205.

->''Iiiiits alllll right....\\

'Cause I'm saved by the bell!''\\\
''Iiiiits alllll right....\\
'Cause I'm saved by the...\\
Iiiiits alllll right....\\
'Cause I'm saved by the...!\\
Iiiiits alllll right....\\
'Cause I'm saved by the bell!"''

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* SlapSlapKiss: Jessie and Slater have this dynamic. Depending on the moment, they will go from getting on each other's nerves to being openly affectionate.