History YMMV / SavedByTheBellTheCollegeYears

* DesignatedVillain: Zack in "Dr. Kelly". In the episode, he comes off as unsupportive of Kelly's decision to go to medical school, but in reality he was far more logical than Kelly for a number of reasons. Firstly, even if it is a joke, he remarks how badly she was at giving [=CPR=] to her class dummy (something that one is ''required'' to be competent at in order to be a doctor), who subsequently died. Also, Kelly was seen both here and in the original series to be an average student who cared more about sports and other extracurricular activities than maintaining high grades and her decision to be a doctor seems like more of a whim than a passion. Lastly, given all of the above and her lack of finances otherwise (to the point of admitting that working at the student health clinic doesn't pay well and working at the Hooters-esque restaurant, while it pays somewhat better, is demeaning work with a sexist environment), even if she were somehow successful in her goal, it's not unheard-of for Med students to withdraw from their courses due to ''massive'' debt. While Zack may have hurt her with his remark to be more realistic in pursuing a career in medicine, it was little more than a pipe dream anyhow.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Slater learning his dad was Mexican and changed his last name to avoid facing bigotry in the Army had a lot of potential to explore his family history, instead it's just relegated to a plot point in a poorly done VerySpecialEpisode.

* VindicatedByHistory: When the series first premiered, many wrote it off as a gratuitous and less funny extension of ''Series/SavedByTheBell''. Over time and through repeated airings on Creator/{{TBS}}, fans have warmed up to the show to the point that they consider it the best thing to come out of the franchise after the original series (unless you count ''WebVideo/ZackMorrisIsTrash'', then it's considered third).

** Second was her relationship with Dr. Lasky. While Lasky committed a gross ethical violation, Kelly comes off as even stupider than she did in the Jeff arc. She expected Lasky to put his career on the line to commit to a relationship that wasn't guaranteed to go anywhere. The only reason Lasky got away with it was a huge ContinuitySnarl when Lasky almost got in trouble when Zack pretended to be him to date a student. Also she was incredibly short-sighted dropping his class thinking that would make their relationship okay and she never considered the fact she would have to be the stepmom to his child even if it went anywhere as she thought it was like being her babysitter. Kelly telling Lasky off for not wanting to commit to her after all she did for him was supposed to be a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome but came off as entitled since he told her he didn't feel anything serious towards her episodes prior and was not leading her on, but she thought he still liked her because he got her out of trouble as a favor to Zack.

* DesignatedVillain: Zack in "Dr. Kelly". In the episode, he comes off as unsupportive of Kelly's decision to go to to medical school, but in reality, he was far more logical than Kelly for a number of reasons. First, even if it is a joke, he remarks how badly she was at giving [=CPR=] to her class dummy (something that is ''required'' to be competent at in order to be a doctor), who subsequently died. Also, Kelly was seen both here and in the original series to be an average student who cared more about sports and other extracurricular activities than maintaining high grades and her decision to be a doctor seems like more of a whim than a passion. Lastly, given all of the above and her lack of finances otherwise (to the point of admitting that working at the student health clinic doesn't pay well and working at the Hooters-esque restaurant, while it pays somewhat better, is demeaning work with a sexist environment), even if she were somehow successful in her goal, it's not unheard-of for med students to withdraw from their courses due to ''massive'' debt. Zack may have hurt her with his remark to be more realistic in pursuing a career in medicine, it was little more than a pipe dream.

** First was her attitude in "Dr. Kelly" when she decides to set a high goal for herself and become a doctor. Zack warns her that she might be in over her head. Medical school is extremely challenging and Kelly was just an average student in high school so Zack came off as just trying to stop her from setting herself up for failure. Kelly overreacts and decides to ditch class and be a waitress at a hostile sports bar. The show comes off as shortsighted as Kelly didn't have to be a doctor to be in the medical field. In the end, it's Zack who has to learn to respect her goals and Kelly never even admits she took Zack's comments too personally.

* ValuesDissonance: In the ThanksgivingEpisode, Zack at one point imitates an East-Indian convenience store clerk's mannerisms, complete with accent. It's...uncomfortable to view to say the least, then or now.

** First was her attitude in "Dr. Kelly" when she decides to set a high goal for herself and become a doctor. Zack warns her that she might be in over her head. Medical school is extremely challenging and Kelly was just an average student in high school so Zack came off as just trying to stop her from setting herself up for failure. Kelly overreacts and decides to ditch class and be a waitress and a hostile sports bar. The show comes off as shortsighted as Kelly didn't have to be a doctor to be in the medical field. In the end, it's Zack who has to learn to respect her goals and Kelly never even admits she took Zack's comments too personally.

* CharacterRerailment: Subverted with Screech. He was a bit of a fusion of his season 1-2 and season 3-4 self from the original. While he had a tendency to screw up like the latter they were less disastrous and less frequent, he showed the academic intelligence that defined his character in the early seasons.

* WhatAnIdiot: In the Thanksgiving episode, Alex lies about having a gun and threatens to shoot a driver who is trying to save the gang after they get lost in the woods all because she believed a Twilight Zone episode she watched. For added idiot points, her description of the episode didn't even match any episode of The Twilight Zone.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Kelly in two instances

* Second was her relationship with Dr. Lasky. While Lasky committed a gross ethical violation, Kelly comes off as even stupider than she did in the Jeff arc. She expected Lasky to put his career on the line to commit to a relationship that wasn't guaranteed to go anywhere. The only reason Lasky got away with it was a huge ContinuitySnarl when Lasky almost got in trouble when Zack pretended to be him to date a student. Also she was incredibly short-sighted dropping his class thinking that would make their relationship okay and she never considered the fact she would have to be the stepmom to his child even if it went anywhere as she thought it was like being her babysitter. Kelly telling Lasky off for not wanting to commit to her after all she did for him was supposed to be a CrowningMomentOfAwesome but came off as entitled since he told her he didn't feel anything serious towards her episodes prior and was not leading her on, but she thought he still liked her because he got her out of trouble as a favor to Zack.

* CharacterRerailment: Subverted with Screech. He was a bit of a fusion of his season 1-2 and season 3-4 self from the original. While he had a tendency to screw up like the latter, he showed the academic intelligence that defined his character in the early seasons.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Dean Susan [=McMann=]. She didn't show up until the last few episodes of the series, but fans liked her no-nonsense attitude and her interactions with Zack. Holland Taylor's performance as her also helped a great deal.