History Series / That90sShow

*** Jay, despite being Michael's son, is ''not'' the Kelso of his group, instead acting as the cool love interest, much like Donna. However, he clearly inherits his father's looks, {{Casanova}} tendencies, and love of a good burn, and whilst he's clearly more intelligent than his father, is still somewhat dim-witted.

* ArtisticLicensePharmacology: In the pilot, the gang finds an old stash of Eric's weed in one of his game boxes and it's shown as being just as potent as when Eric stashed it. In reality, harvested marijuana loses 16% of its aroma and THC content after one year, even if stored correctly. After that it keeps going down, usually having lost just over a quarter of its original potency within two years so after 15 years of storage, that Devil's lettuce would have had as much THC as actual lettuce.

* {{Catchphrase}}:
** Red's trademark variations of "foot in ass" make a triumphant return.
** Jay and Nate's exchanges of "Bro!".
** Averted with Fez and his former catchphrase "I said good day" which he no longer uses. He does say it in the ad for his hair salon, but giving it a completely different meaning.

As the title suggests, the show moves forward two decades into the 1990s, as Red and Kitty play host to their granddaughter, Leia Forman, for the summer. Along the way, there are new friends, new shenanigans, and new opportunities to get stoned in the basement.

** Neither Leia nor Jay should be the ages they are in 1995. Leia should be a few months younger unless she was born premature and Jay is supposed to older than her despite the fact that his parents got together later than Leia's.

** The shelves at the video store have movies that, in July 1995, were either yet to be released on video, such as ''Film/BatmanForever'' and ''Film/{{Hackers}}'', or to come out at all, such as ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'' & ''Film/ConAir'', both from ''1997''.

* ArtisticLicensePharmacology: In the pilot, the gang finds an old stash of Eric's weed in one of his game boxes and it's shown as being just as potent as when Eric stashed it. In reality, harvested marijuana loses 16% of it's aroma and THC content after one year, even if stored correctly. After that it keeps going down, usually having lost just over a quarter of it's original potency within two years so after 15 years of storage, that Devil's lettuce would have had as much THC as actual lettuce.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: There's no mention, even in passing, of Donna's mother Midge or Kelso's daughter and Jay's half-sister Betsy. Eric’s sister (and Leia’s aunt) Laurie gets a nameless passing mention when Red refers to Eric as their second kid, but that’s as close as the show gets to acknowledging Laurie’s existence. In the case of Midge and Laurie, their actors have passed away so it's probably for the best to not mention them. There is also no mention of Hyde or what he's been up to, likely due to actor Danny Masterson’s criminal trial.

** Thanks to Eric's love of the original trilogy, ''Franchise/StarWars'' receives more than it's fair share.

** Leo has developed a fondness for Creator/{{MTV}}’s ''Series/TheRealWorld''.

*** At the very least, Fez is Eric’s only friend to have remained in regular contact with Red and Kitty, and he and Donna are still very close when they interact on screen (with Fez even proclaiming Eric to be his best friend), so it's not like the group has entirely fractured.
*** It’s strongly implied that Michael and Jackie are not on speaking terms with Fez, due to Jackie suddenly dumping him to get back with Michael.
*** The Forman family also seem to not be in touch with the Kelso’s, given they had no idea that Michael and Jackie reunited let alone have a son together.
*** Leo doesn’t come around anymore either. When he encounters Kitty, it’s implied that she hasn’t seen him in ages. And also, when he meets Leia and Jay, he’s completely in the dark about them being the offspring of old friends.

** As the kids watch ''Film/FreeWilly'', Ozzie keeps complaining that it’s just ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' with a whale.

* WalkingShirtlessScene: Invoked by Jay when he purposely stands shirtless in front of the Forman's garage with his guitar to draw Leia's attention. He's also slathered himself in body oil, which makes it difficult for him to hold on to his guitar or lean against his car.

* TheCameo: While Red and Kitty are main characters, Fez, Donna and Leo remain in a recurring capacity for the series, Bob appears for Leia's birthday and Eric, Jackie and Kelso appear in the pilot. Though in the season finale Topher, Ashton and Mila appear in archive footage from ''That '70s'', as Fez remembers previous "Circles".

* TheUnreveal: When Kitty tells Sherri where Fez is from, her line is drowned out by a whistling kettle, keeping up the RunningGag from the original series.

** The shelves at the video store have movies that, in July 1995, were either yet to be released on video, such as ''Film/BatmanForever'', or to come out at all, such as ''1997'' movie ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark''.

** Thanks to Eric's love of the original trilogy, ''Film/StarWars'' receives more than it's fair share.

** Eric's age is also inconsistent. In ''That '70s Show'' he celebrated his 17th birthday in 1976 (season 1, "Eric's Birthday") and his 18th birthday in 1978 (season 6, "The Magic Bus"), but in "That '90s Pilot" Donna says he is 38. Meaning, his birth year shifted from 1959 to 1960, and then to 1957.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: There's no mention, even in passing, of Donna's mother Midge or Kelso's daughter and Jay's half-sister Betsy. Eric’s sister (and Leia’s aunt) Laurie gets a nameless passing mention when Red refers to Eric as their second kid, but that’s as close as the show gets to acknowledging Laurie’s existence. In the case of Midge and Laurie, their actors have passed away so it's probably for the best to not mention them. There is also no mention of Hyde or what he's been up to, likely due to actor Danny Masterson’s criminal trial.

* KinderAndCleaner: Granted, [[Series/That70sShow the original series]] wasn't particularly family unfriendly in the either, but this sequel overall has way fewer adult-oriented jokes (the younger cast probably being part of the reason). More noticeably, the 90s teens are not as mean-spirited and toxic compared to their 70s counterparts - Gwen doesn't go around committing crimes and throwing her friends under the bus like Hyde; Nate and Jay have very little of Kelso's negative qualities other than being somewhat [[TheDitz idiotic]] and in fact, so far, Nate is mostly a NiceGuy while TheCasanova Jay is shown to be more respectful towards girls than his father was; Nikki isn't nearly as mean and condescending as Jackie was; and finally, Ozzie isn't as pervy as Fez was.

* SpinOffspring: A SequelSeries focusing on a the kids of the original cast members. There's Leia Foreman, the daughter of Eric and Donna, and Jay Kelso, the son of Kelso and Jackie.

* WalkingShirtlessScene: Invoked by Jay when he purposely stands shirtless in front of his garage with his guitar to draw Leia's attention. He's also slathered himself in body oil, which makes it difficult for him to hold on to his guitar or lean against his car.

* SinsOfOurFathers: Red is not at all thrilled that Leia is dating a Kelso because of all of the crap Michael did as a teenager. This is despite the facts that Jay is both a much more polite and kind boy than his father was, and the fact that he's also Jackie's son, and Jackie was one of the "dumbasses" that Red actually liked having around. Kitty, Jay, Leia, and Sherri all call him out on it and he eventually lightens up (with some reasonable ground rules).

** The shelves at the video store have movies that, in July 1995, were either yet to be released on video, such as ''Film/BatmanForever'' or to come out at all, such as ''1997'' movie ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark''.