History YMMV / FoxTrot

** It's easy to tell which strips are from TheEighties, as Peter listens to Music/BruceSpringsteen, and only Bruce Springsteen, the San Francisco 49ers are the most dominant football team in the NFL, with Roger and Peter frequently namedropping players on their roster (e.g. Joe Montana and Jerry Rice), Paige dresses like Diane Chambers did in the very first episode of ''Series/{{Cheers}}'', Paige and Nicole consider Creator/NeilPatrickHarris a teenage heartthrob back when he was known as [[Series/DoogieHowserMD Doogie Howser]], Peter training to be a contestant on ''Series/AmericanGladiators'', Jason is constantly playing the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]], and typewriters were still in wide use.

** A 1990 StoryArc featured the family getting a compact UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh, which looks to be based on the Macintosh Classic.

** One strip from 1998 had Peter and Paige arguing about whether the "Swing Craze" is passe or still has legs, with Roger showing how out-of-touch he is by thinking it ended for good in the '40s. Younger modern viewers may not even remember the Swing music revival that took place from the late '80s to the early '90s, and think Roger is very much in the right.

** One 2004 strip had Jason dressing up as the ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie'' version of Mickey Mouse, due to his mistaken belief that the copyright had expired, only for Andy to tell him that the court actually upheld copyright extensions. Come 2024 and the actual end of the copyright extensions, and the internet exploded with Steamboat Willie references, games, and comics of varying quality.

* ValuesResonance: One arc centered around Jason mocking Eileen for dressing up for the new ''Film/HarryPotter'' film, constantly dismissing it and unfavorably comparing it to ''Lord of the Rings''. Eventually, Eileen hits him with a KirkSummation: ''Harry Potter'' and ''Lord of the Rings'' can coexist, because they are both fantasy stories that people enjoy. It's not the subject or age group that matters, but rather what you get out of it; if you have two different pies, you'll enjoy having more pie rather than complain about the flavors. [[spoiler:Eileen also gets the last laugh when she finds out from Andy that Jason has cosplayed as Harry and gone to see the movie several times]]. With many a FandomRivalry (and even [[BrokenBase rivalries within the same fandoms]]) getting more and more heated thanks to the internet, the arc is just as relevant today as it was then.

** The iFruit gives Jason a "virus alert" because his data packets are traveling through servers in mainland China. Jason decides to don a face mask (bear in mind, this was 16 years before UsefulNotes/COVID19).
--->'''Peter''': I'm pretty sure SARS isn't spread that way, Jason.\\
'''Jason''': Can't be too careful.

** When [[http://www.foxtrot.com/2012/03/11/beyond-mars/ this strip was released]], fans already knew it was [[AcclaimedFlop very unlikely]] that ''Film/JohnCarterOfMars'' would ever beget a sequel.

** Roger is less actively jerkish than his wife and children, but often comes off as thoughtless and insensitive. However, he's stuck in a dead-end job with a MeanBoss who take advantage of him, and yet, his home life is so difficult that he feels the desire to go back to work the instant he gets home. Like his eldest son, he's passionate about his hobbies but is terrible at them.

** Jason tries to cash in on dot.coms by making his own, Jasonzonbayhoo, but investors want an actual product. He sends them a "dinky program" called Darth Jason. It ends up killing the Internet ''entirely''.

* ToyShip: Jason and Eileen.
* UglyCute: Quincy's pretty adorable.

** One series of strips in TheEighties has Jason trying to buy Valentine's cards but the only brands available are ''{{ComicStrip/Garfield}}'', ''{{ComicStrip/Peanuts}}'', and ''[[WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984 Muppet Babies]]''. He later calls them "queer" to Peter, an off-color and archaic term for the LGBTQ+ community around that time that would probably see the strip in hot water if used now (it's similar to calling something "gay" in the present day).[[note]]The term "queer" has since been reclaimed by the community, but it should absolutely not be used to refer to all LBTQ+ people in general nowadays like it was back then.[[/note]]

** It's easy to tell which strips are from TheEighties, as Peter listens to Music/BruceSpringsteen, and only Bruce Springsteen, the San Francisco 49ers are the most dominant football team in the NFL, with Roger and Peter frequently namedropping players on their roster (e.g. Joe Montana and Jerry Rice), Paige dresses like Diane Chambers did in the very first episode of ''Series/{{Cheers}}'', Jason is constantly playing the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]], and typewriters were still in wide use.