79-483: This is a list of characters appearing in the television series That '70s Show and That '90s Show . Portrayed by Topher Grace : The protagonist; Eric is a nice guy , generally nerdy , clumsy, and accident-prone. He does, however, have a deadpan sense of humor that rivals that of his father, Red, and is far from afraid of asserting himself should he be pushed too far. Eric convinces his parents to let his best friend Steven Hyde move in with them, making Hyde like
158-471: A brother. Red is always hard on him (as a way to toughen him to be a man). He is in a relationship with his longtime love and neighbor Donna Pinciotti. He decides to become a teacher after high school, and he leaves the series at the end of the seventh season to teach in Africa. Eric returns for the series finale, reuniting with Donna. In That '90s Show , it is revealed that Eric eventually married Donna and they had
237-651: A complete series set on May 14, 2013. On March 6, 2012, Mill Creek released the first season on Blu-ray and season two on October 16, 2012. On November 3, 2015, Mill Creek Entertainment released That '70s Show The Complete Series on Blu-ray 1080p, featuring all 200 episodes from the series, presented digitally remastered in High Definition from the original film negatives for optimum sound and video quality and for superior home entertainment Blu-ray presentation with remastered 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio surround sound and 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio. Several prominent songs from
316-502: A daughter named Leia, after the Star Wars character Princess Leia . She became a professional author. Portrayed by Danny Masterson : Eric's best friend and the anti-establishment member of the group. By the end of season one, Kitty Forman prevails on her husband to allow Hyde to move in after he was abandoned by his mother (played by Katey Sagal ) and living in squalor. Hyde is promoted to brother to Eric as soon as he moves in. Hyde has
395-446: A daughter named Leia, named after Princess Leia . They moved to Chicago and he became an adjunct professor at an unnamed university, teaching "the religion of Star Wars ". Eric is based on the adolescence of show creator Mark Brazill . Portrayed by Laura Prepon : Eric's longtime girlfriend (and briefly fiancée). Donna is intelligent, good-looking, and a feminist tomboy . Although she does not agree with what Jackie represents in
474-590: A degree of jealousy towards Red and Kitty for having the ability to spend more time with their granddaughter Leia. Bob attempts to one up them by giving Leia more expensive gifts. In season 2, Bob is a recurring character, leaving his retirement home in Florida to live across the street from the Formans. Portrayed by Tanya Roberts : Bob's wife and Donna's mother. Midge is the woman that Eric and his male friends fantasize about when coming of age. Although often dim-witted, she
553-450: A foreigner, sometimes he gives him offensive nicknames like " Tonto " and " Ali Baba ". In That '90s Show , Red plays a central role, as his granddaughter (and series protagonist) Leia spends the summer with him and Kitty. Much to Red's chagrin, Leia and her friends spend most of their time hanging out in his basement and, as such, acts curmudgeonly towards them. Portrayed by Debra Jo Rupp : Eric's and Laurie's mother and Red's wife, Kitty
632-502: A guest appearance where it is revealed he and Jackie were on their "second re-marriage" and that he had become a father for (at least) a second time with a son named Jay. Kelso was portrayed once again by Kutcher in a Robot Chicken sketch entitled "That '00s Show". Critics have noted striking similarities to the portrayal of Kutcher's character Walden Schmidt on Two and a Half Men to that of Kelso. Walden's personality, however, drastically changed since his initial appearances and by
711-488: A lot of pregnancy tests left over from when Laurie was in high school, referring to her daughter as "social". In the thirteenth episode of this season, she is mentioned to have been arrested shoplifting with her youth pastor. Portrayed by Tommy Chong : A hippie, and the owner of a Foto Hut at which Hyde once worked. Leo is an Army veteran who served in World War II, where he was awarded a Purple Heart . He would have had
790-572: A masked scientist, revealed to be a descendant of the Mad Scientist who first reanimated the Robot Chicken. The descendant mad scientist then proceeds to force the Robot Chicken to watch a wall of projected images with different shows. In an extended version (seen in the season 8 episode "Garbage Sushi" and the season 9 episode "3 2 1 2 333, 222, 3...66?"), the sequence begins with a destroyed Statue of Liberty buried in snow (a reference to Planet of
869-428: A new member of their group, Fez does not. Randy dates Donna for the majority of season eight, causing Kitty to be infuriated with both of them. Donna eventually breaks up with him, and reconciles with Eric when he returns in the last episode of the series. Portrayed by Callie Haverda. She's the teenage daughter of Eric and Donna Forman and granddaughter of Red and Kitty Forman and Bob Pinciotti, who moves in with them for
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#1732851558870948-826: A productive member of society. Laurie leaves the series during the third season but returns in a recurring role during the fifth, somewhat chastened. At one point, she genuinely seeks out a loving relationship (rather than merely physical) with Kelso, who is dumbfounded. She also becomes attached to a baby for whom she is babysitting and feels quasi-maternal pangs, which soon disappear. In season five, she and Fez marry to prevent him from getting deported. In season six she regresses to her previous self, and at one point, Red and Kitty genuinely ponder whether she may have children they don't know about. She and Fez are shown to be unhappy in their marriage, with her constantly cheating, and eventually, with pressure from Red, divorce off-screen after Fez gets his green card. Due to Kelly's health issues, Laurie
1027-458: A promising medical career ahead of him after the war ended, but he became the stoner he is today after accepting a ride home with some jazz musicians that were smoking marijuana. Leo often puts play before work and maintains an easy-going attitude in most things, business included. Due to Chong's real-life legal issues at the time , he disappears from the series after season four but is later referenced in season five's " The Battle of Evermore ", when
1106-616: A short time in October 2014. Robot Chicken has partnered with various brands to produce television advertisements, including KFC in 2015, Burger King in 2017, and most recently, Kellogg's Pop-Tarts in 2023. Revolver Entertainment have released the first four seasons and all three Star Wars specials on DVD in the United Kingdom. A box set including the first 3 seasons and a box set including all three Star Wars specials have also been released. Madman Entertainment has released
1185-511: A sixth season of Robot Chicken , which began airing in September 2012. The seventh season premiered on April 13, 2014. Season eight premiered on October 25, 2015. Season nine premiered on December 10, 2017. Season 10 premiered on September 29, 2019, containing the 200th episode. Season 11 premiered on September 6, 2021. Following the 2020 cancellation of The Venture Bros. , Robot Chicken became Adult Swim's longest running series, until it
1264-536: A witty, blunt, and sarcastic sense of humor, and a rebellious personality. He is also the smartest and most practical friend in the group, and the other members often ask for his advice. Although Hyde dates Jackie for three seasons, they eventually part and in the final season he marries an exotic dancer/stripper named Samantha, who (unknown to Hyde) was still wed to her first husband, Larry ( Sam McMurray ), when she married him. As Donna points out in " My Fairy King ", that means Hyde and Samantha are not legally married . In
1343-516: Is a Navy combat veteran, having served in World War II and the Korean War. Impatient, short-tempered, often grouchy and constantly threatening to "put my foot in your ass", he occasionally displays a soft side. His hobbies include working with his power tools, watching television (especially Green Bay Packers games), reading the newspaper, hunting, and fishing. He shows no respect for Fez because he's
1422-425: Is a cheerful, doting, often oversolicitous mother, who can turn cold and assertive when pushed too far. A nurse and former alcoholic (though she begins again occasionally), her major mood swings are usually attributed to menopause . She is also an overly nurturing mother figure to Eric's friends, especially Fez and Hyde. In That '90s Show , Kitty continues her overbearing actions towards her granddaughter Leia and
1501-470: Is also a kind-hearted woman who develops feminist ideals. She and Bob divorce when she is written out of the series after the third season. She later returns during the sixth and seventh seasons, in a recurring role where she and Bob almost reunite, but they then decide that they are better off apart. Portrayed by Lisa Robin Kelly / Christina Moore : Eric's beautiful but mean and promiscuous older sister. She
1580-493: Is also known for walking around his house with his robe wide open wearing no underwear. He eats constantly, even in bed. Bob is almost always in a good mood and is a ladies' man. His best friend is Red, even though Red sees him as a nuisance. He usually takes the brunt of Red's abuse in a jolly manner. Bob makes a guest appearance in Season 1 of That '90s Show . In this appearance, Bob remains cheerful, jolly, and silly. However, he shows
1659-512: Is also the foster sister of Steven Hyde. Laurie enjoys tormenting Eric and manipulating her father. She is often seen with various men, mainly Eric's friend Kelso (who cheats on his girlfriend Jackie). Eric, Hyde, and Donna often mock her promiscuity, including calling her "The Village Whore". Laurie has a strained relationship with her mother who, unlike her father, sees Laurie for what she really is. Red finally sees her real self in "Laurie Moves Out", but afterward, still doesn't try to help her become
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#17328515588701738-487: Is an American television teen sitcom that aired on Fox from August 23, 1998, to May 18, 2006. The series focuses on the lives of a group of six teenage friends living in the fictional town of Point Place, Wisconsin from 1976 to 1979. The ensemble cast features Topher Grace , Mila Kunis , Ashton Kutcher , Danny Masterson , Laura Prepon , Wilmer Valderrama , Lisa Robin Kelly , Debra Jo Rupp , Kurtwood Smith , Don Stark , Tommy Chong , and Tanya Roberts . In 1999,
1817-446: Is one of the longest-running gags on the show. He is sweet, friendly, perverted, gullible, and rather odd. He enjoys eating candy, drinking beer, and looking at pornography. His best friend is Michael Kelso, and he shares a "younger brother" type relationship with Hyde and Eric. He constantly flirts with Jackie and Donna and often makes romantic advances toward them. Initially, he has a lot of trouble getting attention from girls, but during
1896-472: Is overjoyed with happiness with the prospect of Leia and her friends spending time at their house. Kitty also reveals a semi-progressive side of herself, as she accepts Ozzie when he comes out as gay to her. In flashbacks, she was played by Ashley Peldon . Portrayed by Don Stark : Midge's husband, Donna's father. Bob often brags about his service in the National Guard, which invariably irritates Red. Bob
1975-528: Is revealed he has remained a stoner and has unsuccessfully auditioned for The Real World . He also returns in the second season finale, celebrating his "retirement party" at the Forman house. Portrayed by Josh Meyers : The newest member of the group, Randy is introduced in the final season. Tall and handsome, he is laid back, polite, and forms a friendship with Red who is impressed at Randy's skill at fixing things. While Hyde, Jackie, Donna, and Kelso accept him as
2054-466: Is sleepwalking and Red says, "And I'm about to be sleep-kicking your ass", and, in " Prank Day ", when Red gets covered in oatmeal, Eric tries to explain that it was just a prank that had gone "horribly, horribly wrong" Red says, "Well, I have a prank, too. One where my foot doesn't plow through your ass. Let's hope it doesn't go horribly, horribly wrong!" In the eighth season, Hyde asks Red, "did you ever actually do that?" To which Red replies "Once, during
2133-403: Is the only one of Eric’s friends to have maintained a close relationship with the Formans - aside from Donna, who is now married into the family. The series' official web site explains the spelling "Fez", as opposed to "Fes" (short for F oreign E xchange S tudent), as "poetic license". Portrayed by Kurtwood Smith : Kitty's husband, Eric's and Laurie's father, and Hyde's surrogate father. Red
2212-468: The cassette tape and Disco ; MAD magazine ; and Eric's obsession with Star Wars , which came out in 1977. The show has been compared to Happy Days , which was similarly set 20 years before the time in which it aired. Beginning with season 5, each episode in the series is named after a song by a rock band that was famous in the 1970s: Led Zeppelin (season 5), The Who (Season 6), The Rolling Stones (season 7), and Queen (season 8, except for
2291-434: The first season .). Some television networks and sketch shows rejected the series, including Comedy Central , MADtv , Saturday Night Live , and even Cartoon Network . However, someone at that network passed the pitch along to its nighttime programming block, Adult Swim , around the same time that Seth MacFarlane (various voices, 2005–2022) told Green and Senreich to pitch the show to the channel. On February 20, 2005,
2370-500: The "drug-induced" feel, although the audience never saw anyone actually smoking the drug. Also, no visible drug-related paraphernalia were seen, such as bongs or joint papers. Characters never spoke the word "marijuana" while in The Circle (except in one episode " Reefer Madness "), often referring to it as "stuff" or a "stash". In the episode " Bye-Bye Basement ", Theo (Leo's cousin) refers to "weed"; in " The Relapse ", Kelso tells Fez that
2449-495: The 1970s such as sexual attitudes of the era, generational conflict, the economic hardships of the 1970s recession , mistrust of the American government by blue-collar workers , and underage drinking / drug use . The series also highlighted developments in fashion trends, the entertainment industry, including the television remote ("the clicker"), reruns , VCRs , and cable TV ; the video games Pong and Space Invaders ;
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2528-518: The Apes ) when two drones are flying together until one scans the frozen Robot Chicken. In the ninth-season finale, the Nerd dies from a cliff-jump stunt in an attempt to get the show renewed. Beginning in the tenth season, a new opening sequence features the Nerd being turned into a cyborg by both the Robot Chicken and the Mad Scientist and being forced to watch the skits while they high five . The letters "TEN" in
2607-407: The Mad Scientist's henchmen) in the process. Beginning in the sixth season (after the events of the show's 100th episode), the opening sequence features a role reversal. The Robot Chicken comes upon the body of the Mad Scientist, which has been decapitated. He turns him into a cyborg with a laser eye (this time blue instead of red, reflected by a title background color change). The chicken then straps
2686-473: The US, featuring the voices of Star Wars notables George Lucas , Mark Hamill (from a previous episode ), Billy Dee Williams , and Ahmed Best . The Star Wars episode was nominated for a 2008 Emmy Award as Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour). The series was renewed for a 20-episode third season, which ran from August 12, 2007, to October 5, 2008. After an eight-month hiatus during
2765-552: The Vampire Slayer and asked to photograph them. Months later, Green asked Senreich to collaborate on an animated short for Late Night with Conan O'Brien , featuring toy versions of himself and O'Brien. This led to the 12-episode stop-motion series Sweet J Presents on the Sony website Screenblast.com in 2001. Conan O'Brien is voiced by Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane in the first episode ("Conan's Big Fun"). Continuing
2844-441: The beginning of the series, they become friends. Donna is in a relationship with Eric for seven seasons (despite their break-up during season 4). She has brief romances with Michael's brother Casey and with Randy during the final season before rekindling her relationship with Eric at the end of the show's finale. In the time in between the finale of That '70s Show and That '90s Show , Donna and Eric married, moved to Chicago, and had
2923-422: The characters reach "one" during a countdown to January 1, 1980. After the credits roll, the license plate from Eric's Vista Cruiser is shown with the year "80", indicating that the 1980s have begun. Eric Forman was written out of the series at the end of the seventh season , as Topher Grace wanted to move on with his career. Ashton Kutcher switched to a recurring guest role when he also chose to depart following
3002-495: The concept of the web series, the show creators pitched Robot Chicken as a television series, the name being inspired by a dish on the menu at a West Hollywood Chinese restaurant, Kung Pao Bistro, where Green and Senreich had dined (other ideas for the series' name included Junk in the Trunk , The Deep End , and Toyz in the Attic ; some of these would be reworked into episode titles for
3081-411: The concrete wall behind the gym is used mostly for "smoking weed and beating up freshmen;" in " Ski Trip " Kitty asks Eric why he is taking so much oregano to Jackie's ski lodge; in " Eric's Burger Job ", Kelso blames his " roach clip " when the water bed on which he is sitting at a party deflates; in two episodes (" That Wrestling Show " and " Hyde Moves In "), Eric and Hyde can be seen wearing shirts with
3160-1040: The decade can be heard on the series, and two soundtracks were released in 1999. The first is a collection of funk , soul , and disco , called That '70s Album (Jammin') . The second is a collection of album-oriented rock songs, called That '70s Album (Rockin') . AllMusic gave both albums 3 out of 5 stars in their reviews. Netflix produced a spin-off of the series, titled That '90s Show , with Kurtwood Smith and Debra Jo Rupp reprising their roles as Red and Kitty Forman, respectively. As of July 2024, it had two seasons, again produced by The Carsey-Werner Company, with Gregg Mettler serving as showrunner and Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, their daughter Lindsay Turner, Marcy Carsey, Tom Werner, Smith and Rupp as executive producers. Topher Grace (Eric Forman), Mila Kunis (Jackie Burkhart), Ashton Kutcher (Michael Kelso), Laura Prepon (Donna Pinciotti), Wilmer Valderrama (Fez), Tommy Chong (Leo), Don Stark (Bob Pinciotti), Jim Rash (Fenton) and Seth Green (Mitch Miller), reprised their roles as guest stars in
3239-418: The dimwit of the group. Eric was supposed to be replaced by his new friend Charlie, played by Bret Harrison , as an "innocent character", who proved fairly popular with audiences, but the character was killed off after Harrison was offered a lead role in the series The Loop . Another new character named Randy Pearson, played by Josh Meyers (brother of Late Night host Seth Meyers ), was introduced to take
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3318-504: The eighth season, he becomes a ladies' man . He is in love with Jackie throughout the series, but his love is not reciprocated until the eighth season when they become a couple. However, by the time That '90s Show begins, Fez and Jackie had broken up (a result of Jackie cheating on him with Kelso) and has begun a relationship with Sherri Runck. It is also revealed that Fez had opened up a successful chain of beauty salons in Point Place, and
3397-458: The finale, titled "That '70s Finale"). In The Circle, a group of characters, usually the teenagers, sit in a circle (generally in Eric's basement, though occasionally elsewhere), as the camera pans, stopping at each character as they speak. It was usually apparent that the characters are under the influence of marijuana . Thick clouds of smoke, frequent coughing and an extreme wide-angle lens added to
3476-1157: The first 9 seasons of Robot Chicken and specials on DVD in Australia and New Zealand. Adult Swim released Robot Chicken: The Complete Series for digital purchase on iTunes and Vudu in July 2023. The series airs in the United Kingdom and Ireland as part of E4 's Adult Swim block, in Canada on Adult Swim (previously Teletoon 's Teletoon at Night block from 2006 to 2019) and also in Quebec on Télétoon 's Télétoon la nuit block, in Australia on The Comedy Channel 's Adult Swim block, in Russia on 2x2 's Adult Swim block, in Germany on WarnerTV Comedy 's Adult Swim block (previously TNT Serie 's Adult Swim block from 2009 to 2017), and in Latin America on
3555-472: The first few seasons, the opening credits show a mad scientist reviving a roadkill chicken as a cyborg , then strapping it to a chair to watch an array of televisions. Later seasons iterate on this premise, such as having the Chicken and Scientist roles reversed. The original theme music is composed by Les Claypool . In the episode "1987", Michael Ian Black claims in the "Best Robot Chicken Ever" sketch that
3634-499: The four men of the original group: Kelso, Hyde, and Fez. Jackie lives with Donna after her dad is put in jail and her mom runs away to Mexico. It is revealed in That 90s Show that she continued an on and off relationship with Michael Kelso, marrying him at least twice, and had a son with him named Jay. Portrayed by Wilmer Valderrama : The foreign exchange student of the group, whose hormones seem to be out of control. His country of origin
3713-407: The gang goes on an unsuccessful mission to find him, finding only a letter from him explaining that he remembered he has a wife and should probably go back to her. Following Chong's release from prison, he returns in season seven and remains on the series until the show's end. In season 8, he gets a new job working for Hyde at Grooves. Leo makes two appearances in Season 1 of That '90s Show , where it
3792-429: The group who wants to coast through life on his good looks. He spends the first half of the series in a relationship with the equally vapid Jackie but their relationship comes to an end when Jackie finds out he's been cheating on her with Laurie. In the season 4 finale, Jackie wants to marry Michael but he isn't ready, so he runs away to California with Donna. His best friend is Fez. He fathers a baby girl named Betsy during
3871-496: The house show a baby Robot Chicken floating through space. Starting with the episode "May Cause a Whole Lotta Scabs", an extended version (set in a 2.39:1 aspect ratio) begins with a tribe of hominids watching the skits on the TVs while a hominid version of the Nerd bites a remote control to turn on the TV monitors. Suddenly, a hominid tries to take the remote, but the hominid Nerd kills it and gets
3950-444: The likeness of celebrities are used to portray them. Each episode is composed of short unrelated sketches varying from a few seconds to a few minutes long. Between each sketch is a moment of static , resembling the act of channel surfing on an analog TV . The show mocks popular culture , referencing toys, movies, television, games, popular fads, and more obscure references like anime cartoons and older television programs, much in
4029-433: The now-reformed Mad Scientist team up to rescue the presidents, after which, the Mad Scientist punishes his son by forcing him to watch the TV monitors and the Robot Chicken flies away, free. Beginning in the eighth season, a new opening sequence features the Robot Chicken frozen in a block of ice under snow, being uncovered by robots. Taken to a futuristic laboratory, the Robot Chicken is taken out of suspended animation by
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#17328515588704108-473: The opening sequence tells the viewers that they are the chicken, being forced to watch the skits. The frame story of the Robot Chicken and the Mad Scientist would not continue beyond the opening sequence until the 100th episode, entitled "Fight Club Paradise", when the chicken finally makes his escape and later kills the Mad Scientist when he takes his hen wife in response, fighting and killing several characters from previous skits (most of them being implied to be
4187-421: The original series. Portrayed by Maxwell Acee Donovan, Nate is Gwen's easygoing and fun-loving half-brother (as they have the same mother). Portrayed by Reyn Doi , Ozzie is an insightful and perceptive teen who is openly gay. However, his parents are not aware of his sexual orientation. Portrayed by Sam Morelos, Nikki is Nate's ambitious and intelligent girlfriend. That %2770s Show That '70s Show
4266-488: The pilot episode (after Red begrudgingly buys a 1976 Toyota Corolla , a more economical car). For the first seven seasons of the show, the show's introduction showed the cast inside the Vista Cruiser. The particular station wagon was bought by Wilmer Valderrama at the show's conclusion from Carsey-Werner for "no more than" $ 500 . The Vista Cruiser makes a brief appearance, in its original "That 70's Show" configuration, in
4345-485: The place of both Eric and, to a lesser extent, Charlie. Another new character, Samantha, a stripper played by Jud Tylor , was added as Hyde's wife for nine episodes. The location of the show's introductory theme song was changed from the Vista Cruiser to the circle. The eighth season was announced as the final season of the show on January 17, 2006, and "That '70s Finale" was filmed a month later on February 17, 2006, first airing on May 18, 2006. The working titles for
4424-634: The players, animated via stop motion and supplemented by claymation . The voice cast changes every episode, and features many celebrity cameos . The writers, most prominently Green, also provide many of the voices. Robot Chicken has won two Annie Awards and six Emmy Awards . Robot Chicken was conceptually preceded by Twisted ToyFare Theatre , a humorous photo comic strip appearing in ToyFare . Matthew Senreich , an editor for ToyFare , got in touch with actor Seth Green when Senreich learned that Green had made action figures of castmates from Buffy
4503-411: The remote back, segueing into the opening sequence. While Robot Chicken primarily features satirical versions of celebrities and existing popular characters in its sketches, it has also debuted some original characters created for the show. All Robot Chicken episodes from seasons 1-11 are available on Max . The show is streamed censored on the service until Season 5 . The show aired on TBS for
4582-625: The same vein as comedy sketch shows like Saturday Night Live . A recurring motif involves fantastical characters being placed in mundane or adult situations (such as Stretch Armstrong requiring a corn syrup transplant after losing his abilities due to age, Optimus Prime performing a prostate cancer PSA , and Godzilla experiencing sexual dysfunction ). Robot Chicken features a rotating ensemble cast of recurring performers and cameos. Its most frequent performers include Seth Green, Matthew Senreich, Breckin Meyer , Tom Root , and Dan Milano . For
4661-587: The scientist to the same chair he was strapped to and forces him to watch the same TV monitors while the chicken and his wife share a kiss. In the seventh-season episode "Chipotle Miserables", the Mad Scientist's son rips out his father's remaining eye to open a door controlled by an optical biometric reader, then creates a posse of reanimated cyborg animals, as well as a cyborg homeless person . The posse then proceeds to kidnap all five then-living US presidents: Jimmy Carter , George H. W. Bush , Bill Clinton , George W. Bush , and Barack Obama . The Robot Chicken and
4740-534: The sequel series, That 90's Show . In August 2009, the show's Vista Cruiser was named third-greatest television car ever by MSN Autos. In one of the show's major running gags , Red often threatens to punish Eric with many variations of the catchphrase , "my foot in your ass" or more generally "kicking your ass." For example, in " Kitty and Eric's Night Out ", Red mistakenly thinks Eric offended Kitty, so Red says, "I swear I'll kick his ass!" In " Eric's Hot Cousin ", Eric tries to get out of something by claiming he
4819-726: The series at this event came in 1999, when Melina Root was awarded the Emmy for Outstanding Costume Design for a Series for "That Disco Episode". Additionally, the show was nominated for a large number of Teen Choice Awards , with both Ashton Kutcher and Wilmer Valderrama winning on three occasions. Robot Chicken Robot Chicken is an American adult stop motion-animated sketch comedy television series created by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich for Cartoon Network 's nighttime programming block Adult Swim . The twelve-minute show consists of short unrelated sketches usually satirizing pop culture characters or celebrities. Toys are employed as
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#17328515588704898-426: The series premiered on Adult Swim. The show was created, written, and produced by Green and Senreich and produced by ShadowMachine Films (Seasons 1–5) and Stoopid Buddy Stoodios in association with Stoop!d Monkey , Williams Street , Sony Pictures Digital (Seasons 1–5) and Sony Pictures Television (Seasons 6–10). The program aired a 30-minute episode dedicated to Star Wars that premiered June 17, 2007, in
4977-414: The series progresses, her wealthy father is jailed and her mother (first played by Eve Plumb in an early episode, and later, permanently, by Brooke Shields ) abandons Point Place. Jackie is forced to take a job and becomes less self-centered and needful of genuine love and affection. Partly as a result of these changes, she and Donna become better friends. By the end of the series, Jackie has dated three of
5056-414: The series transitioned to 1977. The 23rd episode, "Grandma's Dead", was also set in 1976, because it was supposed to be the season finale of season 1. The show remained in 1977 for the next two seasons. Near the end of the third season, the series transitioned to 1978 until early in the sixth season. The remaining episodes took place in 1979, and the series finale abruptly ends during a New Year's Eve party as
5135-450: The series' end he was a completely changed man. Other similarities drawn are between that of his role as Jesse Montgomery III in the stoner film Dude, Where's My Car? (2000). Portrayed by Mila Kunis : The youngest member of the group, Jackie starts the series as being pretty, rich, stylish, spoiled, selfish, conceited, annoying, and immature. She makes thoughtless and superficial comments, which occasionally turn out to be correct. As
5214-454: The series. It premiered on Netflix on January 19, 2023. That '70s Show 's eight seasons, consisting of 200 episodes, made it Fox's second-longest-running live-action sitcom ever behind Married... with Children , though it did not have the same ratings success, despite surviving cancellation. Over the course of its run, the series was nominated for a substantial number of awards, including 16 Primetime Emmy Awards . The only win for
5293-470: The seventh season after getting a girl named Brooke pregnant. He becomes a police officer but gets kicked off the force because he does just about everything wrong. He gets a job as a security guard at a Playboy Club in Chicago , and leaves the series during the eighth and final season. He only appears in five episodes during season eight, including the series finale . In season 1 of That '90s Show , Kelso makes
5372-489: The seventh season, Hyde meets his biological father (William Barnett, played by Tim Reid ), a wealthy African-American businessman. Hyde also has a strait-laced half-sister named Angie from this newfound relationship. Barnett, who owns a chain of record stores, makes Hyde the manager (and later the owner) of the Point Place store called Grooves. Hyde does not appear nor is he mentioned in That '90s Show . Portrayed by Ashton Kutcher : The dim-witted, sex-obsessed pretty boy of
5451-429: The seventh season. However, Kelso had not been written out yet, so to give better closure to the character, Kutcher appeared in the first four episodes of the eighth season (credited as a special guest star). Both Grace and Kutcher returned for the series finale, although the former was uncredited. Tommy Chong (who began reappearing by late season 7 after a long absence) became a regular again to help fill Kelso's role as
5530-553: The show was remade for the ITV network in the United Kingdom as Days Like These using almost verbatim scripts with minor changes to cultural references. A spin-off series, That '90s Show , set in 1995 and focusing on the children of the main characters of the original show, was released on Netflix from 2023 to 2024. The show was set in May 1976 in the August 23, 1998 premiere. After 12 episodes,
5609-409: The show were: Requests to use the titles of songs by The Who were rejected, and though Feelin' All Right was used as the title of the show during its upfront presentation, Fox later decided it would not be memorable enough. Bonnie Turner proposed simply calling it That '70s Show , predicting that audiences would merely refer to it by its setting anyway. The show addressed many social issues of
5688-454: The summer. She is named after Princess Leia , and while Eric wanted to add another Star Wars reference making her middle name Tatooine , Donna overrode him and made it Anne. Portrayed by Ashley Aufderheide, Gwen is a rebellious Riot Grrrl with a loyal heart. Jay is portrayed by Mace Coronel. He's a charming, flirty young videographer, Leia's love interest, and the son of Michael Kelso (Ashton Kutcher) and Jackie Burkhart (Mila Kunis) from
5767-511: The third season, the show returned on September 7, 2008, to air the remaining 5 episodes. The series was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on December 7, 2008, and ended on December 6, 2009. In early 2010, the show was renewed for a fifth and sixth season (40 more episodes total). Season five premiered on December 12, 2010. The second group of episodes began broadcasting on October 23, 2011. The 100th episode aired on January 15, 2012. In May 2012, Adult Swim announced they were picking up
5846-497: The title are highlighted to mark the show reaching ten seasons. In the 200th episode, as the title is shown, David Lynch shouts "Robot Chicken!" in an off-screen voice. In the eleventh season, a new opening sequence features the Mad Scientist launching the Robot Chicken off a space station in a capsule. The capsule then crashes on the ground where the Robot Chicken meets another cyborg chicken, only in an elderly state (alluding to 2001: A Space Odyssey ). The monolith -shaped TVs in
5925-524: The war... I can't talk about it." Several of the running gags were shown in edited clips for the series finale. Some other notable running gags and catchphrases are: That '70s Show was released on DVD in Regions 1, 2 and 4 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment at an increment of two seasons per year between 2004 and 2008 and a complete series release on October 14, 2008. Mill Creek Entertainment released all eight seasons between 2011–2013 and released
6004-415: The whole gang is in The Circle are " Class Picture ", " I'm A Boy ", " Substitute ", and in the series finale. During the eighth and final season, The Circle (sans the smoke) replaced the Formans' Vista Cruiser as the setting of the opening credits. Many of the show's episodes featured Eric and the rest of the kids in or around Eric's "Aztec Gold" 1969 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser , handed down to Eric by Red in
6083-435: The words " Cannabis sativa " written on a Campbell's soup can; and in " The Pill ", Red, referring to Kelso, exclaims, "That kid's on dope!" A gimmick related to the circle and the marijuana smoking was Eric watching the kitchen wall moving erratically, although this technique was also used to show that Eric was drunk. As the series progressed, The Circle became one of the series' recurring features. The only four episodes where
6162-412: Was portrayed by Moore in season six. She does not appear after the sixth season. In the seventh season, she is briefly mentioned to have moved to Canada. In the series finale, Kitty asks if anyone has seen her recently. In the first season of That 90s Show she is indirectly referenced when Red mentions that Eric is their second child. In the seventh episode of the second season, Kitty mentions that she has
6241-718: Was surpassed by Aqua Teen Hunger Force after its renewal in 2023. After not having released new episodes since April of 2022, Seth Green announced in a live-streamed interview that, while a new full season of Robot Chicken would likely not be ready in time for the following year, a new half-hour Robot Chicken special is slated to release sometime in 2025. In a later interview, Green announced that Robot Chicken will be moving away from 20-episode seasons and towards doing specials. Robot Chicken employs stop-motion animation of toys, primarily action figures , as well as claymation and sometimes other objects, such as socks, paper bags, and popsicle sticks. Custom action figures made in
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