History Fridge / That90sShow

** ''Series/That70sShow'' ended in 1979, when the first ''Franchise/StarTrek'' revival started with the release of ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture''. ''That '90s Show'' starts in 1995, when ''Star Trek'' was at its peak, particularly with ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and its subsequent films, along with ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' and ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. Creator/KurtwoodSmith (Red) appeared in 1991's ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'', as well as the latter two series (although his appearances in those series were in 1996 and 1997, respectively).

* Leia’s name. Her ''Film/StarWars'' obsessed father’s influence is obvious, but it also makes sense that feminist Donna would agree to name their daughter after the badass Rebel Alliance leader.

** The time between Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi's death in 1970 to the Packers trading for quarterback Brett Favre in 1992 was an AudienceAlienatingEra for Packers fans, and 1995 was during the Packers' renaissance, culminating with winning Super Bowl XXXI after the 1996-97 season.

* The Forman house is still a little out of date with the times in 1995 (the built-ins are unchanged, some of the kitchen appliances look more like late 80's models, it still has wallpaper in the kitchen, they still have the old living room couch, just moved to the basement) especially when compared to Gwen's bedroom, which makes sense as Red and Kitty were never concerned with keeping up with the times and only replaced things as they needed to. And now that they're retired, they would be less likely to replace what isn't broken with the ultra-modern due to the costs.

* So Leia comes to visit her grandparents for a 4th of July weekend, and it's agreed she will stay for the rest of summer break, which would end between early August or early September. She also celebrates her birthday during this time, meaning she was born in either July or August. Eric only came back from Africa for New Year's Eve in 1979, with the show being unclear about how long he was actually gone, which makes it possible that she isn't his kid.

* The Forman house is still a little out of date with the times in 1995 (the built-ins are unchanged, some of the kitchen appliances look more like late 80's models, it still has wallpaper in the kitchen, they still have the old living room couch, just moved to the basement) especially when compared to Gwen's bedroom, which makes sense as Red and Kitty were never concerned with keeping up with the times and only replaced things as they needed to. And now that they're retired they would be less likely to replace what isn't broken with the ultra-modern due to the costs.
** This also sets up gags as TheNineties were the golden age of "as seen on TV" products that never seemed to work as advertised.
* People aged quicker in the past, even the relatively recent. So while Kurtwood Smith and Debra Jo Rupp look pretty good for 79 and 71, respectively, they look about average for a mid-sixties couple in the 90’s. And while Laura Prepon looks every one of her 42 years, she also looks appropriately aged for a 38-year old in that era.

** Jay has a similar issue, since he's implied to already be sixteen and therefore older than Leia meaning that Jackie must have been pregnant during the ending of the show and found out while dating Fez.

** Jay has a similar issue, since he's implied to already be fifteen and therefore older than Leia meaning that Jackie must have been pregnant during the ending of the show and found out while dating Fez.

* One can only imagine how much damage Nate did while imprersonating a doctor in "Rave".

** This also sets up gags as TheNineties were the golden age of "as seen on TV" products that never seemed to work as advertised.

* The Forman house is still a little out of date with the times in 1995 (the built-ins are unchanged, some of the kitchen appliances look more like late 80's models, it still has wallpaper in the kitchen, they still have the old living room couch, just moved to the basement) especially when compared to Gwen's bedroom, which makes sense as Red and Kitty were never concerned with keeping up with the times and only replaced things as they needed to. And now that they're retired they would be less likely to replace what isn't broken with the ultra-modern due to the costs.

* The Forman house is still a little out of date with the times (the built-ins are unchanged, some of the kitchen appliances look more like late 80's models, it still has wallpaper in the kitchen, etc) in 1995 especially when compared to Gwen's bedroom, which makes sense as Red and Kitty were never concerned with keeping up with the times and only replaced things as they needed to. And now that they're retired they would be less likely to replace what isn't broken with the ultra-modern due to the costs.

* Leia’s name. Her ''Film/StarWars'' obsessed father’s influence is obvious, but it also makes sense that feminist Donna would agree to name their daughter after the badass Rebel Alliance leader.

* Leia’s name. Her ''Film/StarWars'' obsessed father’s influence is obvious, but it also makes sense that feminist Donna would agree to name their daughter after the badass Rebel Alliance general.

** The time between Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi's death in 1970 to the Packers trading for quarterback Brett Favre in 1992 were an AudienceAlienatingEra for Packers fans, and 1995 was during the Packers' renaissance, culminating with winning Super Bowl XXXI after the 1996-97 season.

** The time between Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi's death in 1970 to the Packers trading for quarterback Brett Favre in 1992 were an AudienceAlienatingEra for Packers fans, and 1995 was during the Packers' reconnaissance, culminating with winning Super Bowl XXXI after the 1996-97 season.

* FridgeBrilliance: 1995 is the perfect year to start the show in.

** ''Series/That70sShow'' ended in 1979, when the first ''Franchise/StarTrek'' revival started with the release of ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture''. ''That '90s Show'' starts in 1995, when ''Star Trek'' was at its peak, particularly with ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and its subsequent films, along with ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' and ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. Creator/KurtwoodSmith (Red) appeared in 1991's ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'', as well as the latter two series (although his appearances in those series were in 1996 and 1997, respectively).

** ''Series/That70sShow'' ended in 1979, when the first ''Franchise/StarTrek'' revival started with the release of ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture''. ''That '90s Show'' starts in 1995, when ''Star Trek'' was at its peak, particularly with ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and its subsequent films, along with ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' and ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. Creator/KurtwoodSmith guest-starred in the latter two series, which were airing at that time (although Smith's appearances in those shows aired in 1996 and 1997, respectively, thereby downplaying the potential CelebrityParadox).

** ''That70sShow'' ended in 1979, when the first ''Franchise/StarTrek'' revival started with the release of ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture''. ''That '90s Show'' starts in 1995, when ''Star Trek'' was at its peak, particularly with ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and its subsequent films, along with ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' and ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. Creator/KurtwoodSmith guest-starred in the latter two series, which were airing at that time (although Smith's appearances in those shows aired in 1996 and 1997, respectively, thereby downplaying the potential CelebrityParadox).