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Red Forman

Reginald "Red" Forman

"You morons just hung vacancy signs on your asses, and my foot is looking for a room!"

Played By: Kurtwood Smith

Appearances: That '70s Show | That '90s Show

The patriarch of the Forman family. A hard-nosed veteran who always seems to be annoyed at something. Worked at a car parts factory until it shut down, at which point he became a supervisor at a discount store (and Eric's superior). Eventually has a heart attack, which prompts Eric to stay home from college. When he recovers, he purchases a troubled muffler store. Eric and Red are often at odds but there is an understanding between them when there has to be.

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• Abusive Parents: His mother loved and doted on him, but his father was a real bastard. Red's parenting is positively lax in comparison.
• Actually Pretty Funny: Red has a few moments like this throughout the series.
  • When Eric confesses the last words to Red's mother were "It wouldn't kill you to be nice for once in your life", before she dropped dead, Red can't help but laugh at the fact and tells him it's okay.
  • When Kelso is "canoeing" in the street, which involves a canoe being dragged by rope attached to a car, Red can't help but enjoy the spectacle of misplaced bravery and childlike glee.
  Red: "Look at that crazy bastard. He may not be smart but he has more fun than all of us combined."
• Anger Born of Worry: When Hyde takes the fall for Jackie having pot, Red is ready to kick him out. Once the truth comes out and Hyde comes home, Red explodes at him for his stupidity. Red ends his tirade by threatening to kick Hyde's ass so hard his nose will bleed if he ever does something this stupid again. When Red confirms Hyde isn't kicked out, it's clear he's relieved Hyde is alright and his yelling was to just blow off steam from being worried about Hyde.
• Ass Shove: While he's always threatening to put his foot in someone's ass, he's only ever done it once and that was on Iwo Jima. It's not stated whether it was an enemy or an incompetent comrade (or even superior officer).
• Being Good Sucks: He initially refused to take Hyde in after his mom split, as money was already pretty tight. Then he sees the squalid living conditions, and Kitty points out Hyde would fall through the cracks of social services. Red sees he has no choice and tells Hyde to pack up... amid a massive Cluster F-Bomb for the ages.
• Berserk Button:
  • Ignorance and stupidity. For his sins he runs into both on a regular basis.
  • He also hates it whenever someone mocks America in any way.
  • He doesn't take kindly to anyone putting the moves on Kitty.
  • For all he yells at and snarks at Eric, he will get very mad if anyone else mistreats, demeans or threatens him.
• Big Good: The one character that most others- children and adults- rely on the most. Much to his chagrin, unfortunately.
• Boyfriend-Blocking Dad: The number one reason everyone told Kelso not to talk about dating Laurie. Red rather effortlessly scares him into line.
• Cannot Spit It Out: He really, really hates expressing his feelings, especially to other men. He usually only openly praises Eric or tells him he loves him when he's drunk or high on novocaine. When he's not, Red only says things in a really roundabout way, such as ordering Eric to go out and mow the lawn before adding that "the...lawn" thanks him for staying home to help the family after Red suffered a heart attack and Kitty was depressed over her menopause.
• Catchphrase:
  • "Dumbass!"
  • "I'll put my foot up your ass" and all variations thereof.
• Characterization Marches On: Two notable instances:
  • While still calling his son a dumbass and threatening to insert his foot into anyone's ass, Red was less of a jerkass and more accepting of Eric in the first season. He even hugged him after spending an entire episode bonding. As the series goes on, Red becomes more accustomed to his jerkass personality trait and can't even bring himself to hug anyone.
  • While Red would later be characterized as a Nixon supporter, even going as far as to believe that Nixon was set up for Watergate, in the Season 1 episode "Streaking", he publicly condemned Ford to his face about pardoning Nixon.
• Closer to Earth: A rare Gender Flip in that Kitty is the one to usually have neurotic reactions while he's the one who keeps her grounded.
• The Comically Serious: Red often inadvertently slips into this given his reluctance to avoid outward affection. Kitty will actually prey on this to snap him out of being so serious or simply just for her own amusement.
• Cool Old Guy:
  • A badass veteran of two wars, unfailingly faithful to his wife, loves his family immensely and beneath that grim exterior: He's pretty funny too. He also takes in Hyde, even though Red's struggling financially, just so Hyde will avoid becoming another statistic.
  • Played straight in That ‘90s Show. While caring for Leia over the summer, he’s the more laid-back grandparent compared to Kitty. The new kids even seem to enjoy being around him for the most part.
• Crash-Into Hello: How he met Kitty at a USO dance. Red had dropped his pants as part of a prank he played with a friend, while Kitty became as "loose as a goose" and drunkenly tripped over Red. It was love at first sight.
• Crazy Jealous Guy: Downplayed. When Red and Kitty were dating, he punched out another beachgoer who was giving Kitty the eye. He also yelled at Leo when the latter seemed to be hitting on Kitty. Though in the former case the guy had pinched her on the ass, and in the latter case he was more amused about Leo's crush on Kitty, not taking it seriously as a threat, more annoyed that Leo was showing him up in the romance department, getting him in trouble, so he poorly acts the part of one.
  • Red actually poked fun at himself for this particular aspect. When Bob told Red that he saw Hyde hitting on Kitty, Red's immediate response was to make a death threat on Hyde. For context, Red was the one who referred Hyde to Kitty for dance lessons, so it was pretty obvious he knew Kitty was just teaching Hyde how to dance. His crazy response was just a hint to Bob to consider the more logical possibility that it was just a misunderstanding.
• Dad the Veteran: Veteran of two wars, and quite proud of it.
• Deadpan Snarker: A quality shared with his son. Especially around the other adults who annoy him. Amusingly he claims Eric's "smartmouth" comes from his mother Kitty, though the evidence might just be against him on that one.
• Doting Grandparent: He has a great camaraderie with his granddaughter, Leia, and is not afraid to be affectionate towards her unlike with his son. He also isn't as strict with her as he was with Eric; when he caught Leia at a rave party instead of the movies like she claimed to be, it was Kitty who grounded her while Red was simply happy that she was safe and sound. Of course, he has his limits like with Laurie and wasn't happy with her dating a Kelso.
• The Dreaded: The teenagers of Point Place generally feared Red to the extent of running away when he approached. He liked that, and wasn't thrilled when an upset Jackie hugged him. He makes a lot adults nervous too, as a labor board mediator told Red he scared the hell out of him, and Red wasn't at all offended. Even the police felt sorry for Eric when they learned he was Red's son.
  • Subverted in the sequel. Though Jay Kelso is mildly intimidated by Red, he’s otherwise adored by the new generation of kids.
• Drill Sergeant Nasty: More implied than anything else, but as he was a chief petty officer during his days in the Navy, he was probably this trope.
• Drugs Are Good: Despite his usual gruff demeanor, he once accidentally ate Hyde’s special brownies and got toasted- hilariously so. He is basically a different person while high, which only adds to the comedy.
  Red: [regarding his selling Eric’s car] “I sold it to a guy named Peter. Peter...cottontail. Hoppin’ down the bunny trail-“
• Emotionally Tongue-Tied: He struggles with expressing his positive emotions. Especially with Eric. An incident involving him being drugged by the dentist involved him telling a visibly stunned Eric that he loved him. In the awkward aftermath, Red states under rare circumstances men can say "that phrase" (ie. drunk, dying or to get out of trouble) and at all other times "It's just a given." Eric picks up on the obvious implication of that statement, much to Red's horror.
  Red: Other than that. It's just a given.
  Eric: Oh. Hey, you just kinda told me...
  Red: No I didn't.
• Enraged by Idiocy: When he blows his top, he often has a good reason for doing so.
• Expy: Red is very similar to Archie Bunker of All in the Family in many ways; they're both irritable, conservative veterans and hardass fathers, although Red lacks the prejudices that were at the core of Archie's character and he is also notably more intelligent.
• The Fatalist: Red becomes more fatalistic over the series and becomes more predictive of the zany antics of those around him. Best exemplified in his pessimistic advice to Eric while dealing with a menopause-ridden Kitty.
• For Your Own Good: His approach to raising Eric. It has little to no effect, as Eric simply tries to sneak around his father.
• Good Is Not Nice: His belief with parenting. Sometimes, it's fitting. Other times, not so much.
• Graceful Loser: He spends the latter part of Season 5 doing everything he can to break up Eric and Donna's engagement: fires Eric from his job, won't pay for college, and whatever else he can think of to make the boy's life difficult. Eric refuses to back down—even saying he and Donna will just move to Madison after graduation. Red thinks this over and completely relents, congratulating Eric for standing up to him.
• Green Thumb: In between series, Red had taken up gardening and set up a vegetable garden in the yard. He's only half good at it however as his crops tend to be very small.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: It doesn't take much to get Red angry.
• Happily Married: Despite his comical sitcom grumblings about the hardship of marriage, he is very much this with Kitty. To the point where he is visibly disgusted with the idea of cheating on her, such as when he finds out his old war buddy had invited him to a swingers party, and that a young saleswoman at Price Mart had a crush on him. The thought of straying doesn't even enter his mind.
  Red (Caught Eric fooling around with Donna in a hotel room): What the hell are you doing here?
  Eric: Wait, what are YOU doing here? Oh my god, who are you with?
  Red: Your mother, you dumbass!
• Hey, You!: Red calling Eric and co "dumbasses".
• Hidden Depths: For all his conservative leanings, he seems to have no issue with homosexuality and gets along extremely well with a gay couple, at least until finding out they were fans of an opposing sports team.
• Horrible Judge of Character: Especially when it comes to Laurie. Eventually, he does come round to seeing her for what she is and taking more pride in how well Eric turned out.
• Iconic Outfit: Usually wears button-up shirts, most of which are usually flannels, either trousers or jeans and dress shoes.
• Informed Attribute: Everyone treats him like a strict hardass, but he's really rather lenient, especially for the time the show is set. This is likely because from what little we hear, Red's own father was borderline abusive. Red does go too far sometimes but is generally tough but fair. However part of this reputation seems to stem from his zero tolerance for stupidity and the frequency he seems to encounter idiotic behaviour. Anyone who has seen him vent his anger at a dumbass, which isn't rare, would probably believe that he's always a hardass. His abusive "kicking your ass" threats are almost always played for laughs and never materialized.
• I Resemble That Remark!: When Red asks his son for an honest opinion about him, he not only offers no objection but is actually visibly impressed by the accuracy of the answer.
  Eric: "I think you're angry because life didn't turn out exactly the way you wanted it to. And, uh, maybe you think if you yell at me, I won't let life push me around too."
  Red: "You came up with that answer awful fast. Hell Eric, maybe you'll be okay."
• I Was Quite the Looker: Like his wife, Red isn't ugly now (and in fact attracts a much younger woman at one point, much to his horror) but he was a real stud in his youth, as shown in flashbacks to his teenage years.
• Jerkass Has a Point: While sometimes he can go a bit too far with his hard-ass parenting antics, Eric and his friends really are as irresponsible and immature as he thinks they are. One particular point of note took more than an entire season to materialize - He obstructed Eric and Donna's engagement in the 2nd half of Season 5, sensibly pointing out they were too young to be thinking of marriage. While Red backed off by the end of Season 5, he was eventually vindicated by the next season's ending, when Eric admitted he's not actually ready for marriage.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: The biggest and most prominent example in this show. He was turned into a stubborn, prideful and short-tempered hardass by both his upbringing by his even sterner father and his experience in the war, but underneath the harsh exterior is a good, honest, hardworking family man. And while the kids tend to view him as an antagonistic killjoy whom they try not to cross paths with, almost just as often he shows moments of kindness and generosity.
  • Eric thinks he's The Unfavorite son to Red, but Red's own perspective is quite different. As revealed in a conversation with Bud, Red thinks that teenagers are stupid, need a parent figure to push them in the right direction, and a tough approach works just fine. And Red expects more from Eric than he does from either Laurie or his foster son Hyde. In fact, in Red's own world view, Eric is arguably the true favourite.
  • When Eric fell into a depression from the first breakup in his relationship with Donna, Red took Eric to a bar for a beer and empathized with his situation, which was one of the show's more heartwarming family moments.
  • Or how about the fact that he took Hyde in as his foster son for several seasons after learning that Hyde's parents abandoned him, though not without cursing and grumbling at the increased expense.
  • When Hyde was arrested and put on probation for drug possession, Red wanted to throw him out of the house. So when Red found out that Hyde was only taking the fall for Jackie, he still lost his temper and strongly berated Hyde for risking his own future over a misguided moment of chivalry... And then forgave him and allowed him to stay on.
  • Red had been livid with Fez for marrying his daughter, and when Immigration Services came in to check on Fez, Red was inclined to tell them the truth. At the last moment however, he relented, and the marriage was officially deemed as legitimate. He even (inadvertently) admits that Fez is family.
• Jock Dad, Nerd Son: Insofar as Red can be considered less of a jock and more of a man's man, he loves hunting, sports, and is generally masculine, whereas Eric is nerdy and laid-back.
• Know When to Fold 'Em: Red might like being the man of the house, and getting his own way most of the time, but he instantly falls into line whenever Kitty puts her foot down or makes it clear that a subject is off-limits.
• Lethal Chef: When he tries to cook, the results are not very good.
• Like a Son to Me: He treats Hyde much better than his actual son as the former is a much more independent man.
• Like Father, Unlike Son: The masculine, traditional hardass Red is nothing like the nerdy and laid-back Eric.
• Mad Libs Catchphrase: Replacing the words in well-known phrases and/or whatever was just said to him with "my foot" and "your ass", typically implying the kicking thereof.
• Mean Boss: To be fair, the people that work for him do tend to be really stupid. When he gets the manager's job at Price Mart, Hyde congratulates him by saying "God help the poor bastards who work for you!" Red only smiles and laughs, taking it as a compliment.
• Misery Builds Character: Red rides Eric pretty hard when he screws up or gets lazy. He sincerely believes that making him miserable now will make him a well-adjusted, happy adult. The results are mixed to say the least, as Eric gets increasingly frustrated and feels stifled by Red's strictness, and starts getting rebellious, but he did grow up with a strong moral center.
• Never My Fault: Tends to blame Eric for things that are his own fault, or that both of them together are responsible, such as when they both forgot Kitty's birthday. He was especially low enough to blame Eric for wrecking Bob's barbecue, not knowing that Bob was losing his store, when it was all of Red's fault as he started the barbecue war first due to jealousy and couldn't admit he was wrong... at least, until he went over to repair the damage he'd done to Bob and helped him get Bob's barbecue back into full swing, as well as apologize for it.
• Noble Bigot: Parodied in one episode when he found out his two new male neighbors were actually a homosexual couple. While initially very uncomfortable with it, he seemed to be getting past it... until he found out they were VIKINGS FANS and threw them out on their ear.
• Not So Above It All: For all his talk, Red is usually willing to be immature too. Examples include feeding the boys dead moths as revenge for a prank gone wrong, openly refusing to go to church, bluntly refusing to help people move, being unable to keep a straight face when talking about Eric killing Donna's cat, stealing Bob's annoying Christmas decorations, and buying a motorcycle with his first paycheck instead of investing it in the family.
• Noodle Incident: Hyde had this conversation with him after yet another "foot in ass" threat:

  Hyde: You ever actually do that with your foot?

  Red: Once, at Iwo Jima. I can't talk about that.

• Once an Episode: Red threatening to put his foot up someone's ass and/or calling someone a dumbass.
• Only Known by Their Nickname: His mother was the first person to call him Red and everyone else does so. A casual viewer could be forgiven for not even knowing what his full name is.
• Only Sane Man: The sanest of the adults and the only one who's on the ball when it comes to the kids' antics.
• Open Mouth, Insert Foot: Red sometimes has this problem with Kitty, especially after she hits menopause.
• Papa Wolf: No one gives his son crap except him and this sentiment extends to Hyde as well, who becomes an adopted son.
• Parents as People: Red wants to help Eric become a good man but his bad temper, old-fashioned ideas of what constitutes manhood and the fact that he's had to make do without a positive male role model from his own life to emulate means he often comes up short. For all his flaws and often misplaced harshness, Red does care very much about Eric and is proud of the fact that his son is an intelligent, honest and good-natured young man.
• Parental Favoritism: He favors Laurie over Eric, as he's oblivious to the fact that she's the town slut. Though this stops in season 5 when he finally realizes her true character. He also seems to favor Hyde, his pseudo-adopted son, over Eric. In Red's own perspective however, it is strongly hinted that Eric is his true favorite.
  • In addition, while Red dotes on Laurie, it's revealed he doesn't think she's capable of much and really just sees her as a good wife to a husband who will take care of her. Meanwhile, Red is hard on Eric because he expects more from him.
• Parental Substitute: For all Eric's friends but especially Hyde. He complains about this at one point when Jackie runs and hugs him at one point, and says he liked it better when everyone was afraid of him.
• Real Men Eat Meat: In one episode Red's doctor tells him to watch his cholesterol. Kitty prepares him a healthy breakfast of fruits and vegetables, and Red is horrified at the prospect of not being able to eat meat.
  Red: This isn't food! This is what food eats!
• Real Men Hate Affection: Is incredibly uncomfortable with showing affection in public, especially to Eric, making his few displays of affection particularly poignant.
• A Real Man Is a Killer:
  • Red enjoys killing things, ranging from the deer and fish he kills during his hunting and fishing trips to the squirrels that he shoots with a pellet gun. He occasionally goes on solo hunting and fishing trips when he's very angry and needs to cool down, and Eric noted that Red found gutting worms on a hook to be very therapeutic.
  • That said, on a hunting trip, when Eric missed an easy shot on a deer, Red initially berated him for it, but relented when Eric made a much more difficult shot on a tin can. When Eric explains he had missed on purpose because he didn't want to kill the deer, rather than just being a lousy shot, Red can't help but respect Eric's conviction.
  • Overall he seems to zig-zag whether he applies this to other people based on what would be funnier.
  Red: I killed people, never said that I didn't enjoy it.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: He really is underneath it all. It's especially notable because it was implied several times that Red's father was much worse. The only time he really overstepped into it was the appropriately titled "Red Sees Red."
  • Red has also let Eric off easy when he did things that pissed Red off for reasons Red would approve of, like winning a prank war with Kelso or getting a date with a hot cheerleader.
  • He was even this to Kelso when the latter started messing with his tools and video game system to try and make Pong more exciting. Red not only agreed with Kelso's thinking Pong was boring, they actually teamed up to improve the game and even faced off on it.
• Red Hot Masculinity: Played with. Red is gruff, no-nonsense and enjoys stereotypical masculine pastimes like sports, hunting, and fishing. While he doesn't exclusively wear the color red, his nickname does invoke this trope.
• The Reliable One: One of the most level-headed members of the cast, he's the one everyone turns to the most to solve their problems.
• Resigned to the Call: Red really didn't want to care about the problems caused by Donna and Casey's relationship. Despite pleas for his help, he refused on the grounds that Donna's not his kid and that he has enough on his plate with Eric and Hyde. However, after seeing how completely hapless Bob was at dealing with the situation, Red decided enough was enough and took charge.
• Retired Badass: He's a veteran of World War 2 and Korea.
• Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: Red and Kitty are the grown-up versions of this.
• Shell-Shocked Veteran: In one episode Kitty claimed that she'd had to throw away a pellet gun Red bought to shoot chipmunks that were stealing their tomatoes, because it was giving him "war nightmares" (which is odd, since he was already well-established as enjoying hunting).
• Shipper on Deck: Lowkey, but he does encourage Eric to be with Donna and enjoy the time together while they have it. Infact, it's him and Kitty calling Eric out for rejecting her when she was dumped by Casey that inspires Eric to take her back for real.
• Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: On many occasions he is this to Eric, and most of the other kids generally try to steer clear of him when planning their activities, viewing him as an antagonistic killjoy. Notably, in the 2nd half of Season 5, he and even Kitty herself took a more proactive role in obstructing and derailing Eric and Donna's engagement plans. However, it’s downplayed overall as compared to that of Laurie, in the sense that while Red does exhibits all traits of this trope, he's just as much a principal character as the kids are, and often he has his own subplots going on in the same episode.
• So Proud of You: It becomes clear he is very proud of how Eric turned out after all. He even tells Eric this on a number of occasions, especially when he strikes out on his own. Though the most touching instance is when Eric is leaving for Africa.
  • And in That 90s Show, when Eric tries the 'foot in your ass' line on his own daughter, he could not be prouder.
• Surrounded by Idiots: For the most part he finds himself dealing with a dumbass on a fairly regular basis.
• Team Dad: Much to his chagrin, of course. He could've had a Corvette! And his house is filled with kids, it's like he and Kitty are... MORMONS!
• Tin Man: Despite believing that he lacks feelings and encourages the idea of bottling them up, he's shown to be very sensitive to the point of breaking down into a blubbering wreck when he was dumped by his first-ever girlfriend in his teenage years.
• Took a Level in Kindness:
  • Debatable in which season it began, however Red is a little more supportive towards Eric from Season 6 onwards, partly due to having to worry about his own heart instead and partly due to coming down from the earlier Season 5 where Red was at his peak antagonism. By season 8, Red is considerably less hardnosed than he was in the past.
  • This carries over into That ‘90s Show, where from the start, he’s mellowed out and much nicer towards his granddaughter Leia than he ever was to Eric.
• Where Did We Go Wrong?: With Eric. Despite Red's best efforts, Eric simply has no interest or ability in the things Red considers important such as sports or mechanics. Although he is actually very proud of him, partly because he's been brave enough to go his own way.

Kitty Forman

Katherine "Kitty" Forman

"Oh, Red... you do care."

Played By: Debra Jo Rupp

Appearances: That '70s Show | That '90s Show

Eric's mother and Red's wife. Attempts to be as cheery as possible, despite her son's constant snarking, her daughter's obvious sluttiness and disdain, and her husband's unending grumpiness. Works as a nurse at a hospital. Seems to suppress a lot of unpleasant thoughts in order to keep her bright personality.

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• Abusive Parents: Kitty's parents are quite a doozy...
  Hyde: What's wrong with Mrs. Forman's parents?
  Kitty: Nothing. They're just...they're very complicated people who can't be summed up in a couple of words.
  Eric: Grandma yells, Grandpa drinks.
  Red: That pretty much summed it up.
  Kitty: Now, that is not true. My father is a wonderful man who just...gets a little sleepy. And my mother, well...fine, is a little remote. Which I have learned through many helpful books makes it impossible for her to say "I love you." Even if it's the only thing in the world a sad little girl needs to hear.
• Berserk Button: Don't call her "old" or say anything to imply that she's old. On the other hand, when Kelso and Fez groped her at the supermarket without realizing it was her, she was very happy and thanked them for making her day.
• Beware the Nice Ones: Red is usually on the receiving end of this.
• Borrowed Catchphrase: When she was really angry at Red, she's threatened to put her foot in his ass or called him a dumbass.
• Cluster F-Bomb: Unleashes a magnificent one on Red when Eric appears to be moving out culminating in her calling him a dumbass.
• Cock Fight: Discussed. Kitty reacts with disapproval when Red admits Eric is off to fight another man interested in Donna, stating men are such "Neanderthals" fighting over a woman. Though her point is quickly lost when she recounts an instance when Red fought a lifeguard a little too fondly.
  Kitty: It's like that time at that beach when that lifeguard pinched my fanny. You just had to lay him out, didn't ya?
  Red: Well... yeah.
  Kitty: Well how do you think I felt, Red? Watching you stand over that poor man, your eyes burning with intensity, your sun-tanned muscles gleaming like a bronze god.
  (Both slowly look at each other, then quickly rush upstairs.)
• Comically Missing the Point: Dirty jokes and humor seem to go over her head quite often.
  Bob: I think I got Red's note. The only words I can repeat are "Eric" and a word that starts with "mother..."
  Kitty: "Mother"? That's nice!
• Covert Pervert: Her and Red's sex life is much more active than it first seems, most of which is enforced by her.
• Crash-Into Hello: How she met Red at a USO dance. Red had dropped his pants as part of a prank he played with a friend, while Kitty became as "loose as a goose" and drunkenly tripped over Red. It was love at first sight.
• Deadpan Snarker: Just as much as her husband and son, though not as obvious. Red comments that Eric gets his smart-mouth from her.
• Disproportionate Retribution: After hitting menopause in season 5 until the end of the series, she becomes much more stubborn towards everyone. Most notably in season 8, she becomes angry with Donna after she caught her making out with Randy in Eric's bedroom. It's later revealed that Kitty was really angry with Eric while he was in Africa and was venting all her anger at Donna.
• Genki Girl: She seems to hate acting her age. She's even more energetic and a bit more crazy than the kids.
• Happily Married: To Red. Their relationship is the clearest evidence that beneath Red's exterior is a loving husband and father. Though she does have to work at bringing out his softer side, she's one of the few people who actually can do so with minimum effort.
• Hard-Drinking Party Girl: She was this in her youth. At a USO dance, she got "as loose as a goose" and ended up drunkenly tripping and crashing into Red, who'd dropped his pants as part of a prank. It was love at first sight.
• Hidden Depths:
  • She doesn't buy Laurie's good girl act for a second and unlike Red seems to have been wise to her antics for many years. She calls Laurie out on this on more than one occasion.
  • Seems to be more aware of the kids' drug use than Red. When Eric confesses to using marijuana, she's more worried about him admitting this to Red than the fact he uses it. In a later episode, she even tries it herself.
  • After a really bad day trying to quit smoking with Red's mother hanging around, she walked into the basement asking for a cigarette from the gang. When Eric played dumb she stated that as a nurse she knew statistically that at least one of them smoked and they'd best hand one over when she closed her eyes.
• Hypercompetent Sidekick: As a nurse, she has saved the life of at least one patient - from a doctor who wished to prescribe penicillin to someone allergic to it.
• Hypocrite:
  • A sympathetic example; she detests the idea of Eric smoking cigarettes even though she smokes herself (and admits that as a nurse she knows all about the adverse effects of it). Rather than laying into her, Eric accepts his Mom just has trouble quitting the habit, as seen when he's sympathetic to her failed attempts to give it up.
  • Despite giving Hyde a party for his 18th birthday and being very upset when Red and Eric forget her own birthday, she didn't even bother doing anything for Eric (a.k.a. her favorite child) turning 18. She cared more about resuming her sex life with Red. Although it's probably justified since Eric hates when his mom does stuff for his birthday. ^note  Kitty got Eric a very tiny horse to sit on when he turned 16.
• I Was Quite the Looker: While by no means ugly (she's even refered to as a hot mom by Fez and Kelso, especially after Midge left), she's no longer in her prime, being middle aged and menopausal with two children. In her youth, she was homecoming queen and considered one of the prettiest girls in town.
• Lady Drunk: Kitty is revealed to have a somewhat dependent relationship with alcohol, mostly after she hits menopause.
• Morality Pet: She's this to Red and Hyde, bringing out the best in them much to their frustration.
• My Beloved Smother: Certainly has her moments to Eric and sometimes Hyde. And also to Fez.
• Nice Girl: She is the nicest person on the show despite some justified slips in the latter season for being unappreciated or succumbing to menopause moods.
• Only Known by Their Nickname: She's known as "Kitty".
• Parents as People: She loves her kids and tries to be a good parent, but she is deeply traumatized by a rough childhood and her job as a nurse, and often drinks to cope. As a result of this, she sometimes ends up neglecting (Laurie) or smothering her children (Eric) and her surrogate children and being a little too controlling.
• Parental Favoritism: For Eric since, unlike Red, she has no illusions about Laurie.
• Parental Sexuality Squick: Despite hitting middle age, she and Red are still very attracted to each other, and have an active sex life, much to Eric's horror when he once walked in on them.
• Parental Substitute: Kitty mothers the teenagers as if they were her own children, and tries to help them with their problems, even going so far as to adopt Hyde after his mother abandons him. Red also ends up getting involved on more than one occasion, much to his displeasure.
• Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: Kitty and Red are the grown-up versions of this.
• Shipper on Deck: She encourages Eric and Donna to be together during the early stages of their relationship. This takes a hit when she learns Eric and Donna have had sex, but comes back in full force at the end of Season 4 when Eric rejects Donna and convinces him to get back together with Donna.
• Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: Only in the 2nd of Season 5, when she and Red objected to Eric and Donna's engagement plans and took measures to obstruct the pair. Outside of that, she still remains the Team Mom for the kids.
• Stepford Smiler: Very, very heavily implied to be one. When she takes Eric to the hospital for career day, he sees her handle corpses, talk to dying people, and treat the already dead like numbers. When he asks her how she copes with it all, combined with the added stress of her family, she turns the radio up to maximum volume and starts singing over him.
• Supreme Chef: Several characters note that she's a good cook. This apparently has her showing emotions through cooking, such as when her hated mother-in-law died, and Kitty, full of grief and having no idea how to express it, spent days cooking instead.
• Team Mom: She mothers everyone in the gang, to Red's constant irritation.
• Took a Level in Jerkass: When she hits menopause in Season 5 onward, Kitty becomes a lot more of a neurotic, dramatic and erratic Control Freak. Remember when Kitty was just a regular housewife and occasional Straight Man to the others, instead of an alcoholic nag who was obsessed with her son to a creepy degree?
• Where Did We Go Wrong?: With Laurie.

Grandma Forman

Bernice "Grandma" Foreman

Played By: Marion Ross

Appearances: That '70s Show

Red's mother, a former dancer and currently a nagging, spiteful shrew of a woman who shows open contempt for her daughter-in-law. Dies of old age in season 1, but returns in a few flashbacks later in the series.

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• Doting Parent: For all her flaws, she was a deeply loving and affectionate mother to Red, especially considering how horrible Red's dad was.
• Obnoxious In-Laws: You'd think Kitty was guilty of killing Red rather than marrying him, considering how poorly Bernice treats her. According to Kitty, it's because Red was originally dating a girl Bernice approved of, and never forgave Kitty when Red fell in love with her instead.
• Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!: Milks this trope for all it's worth.
• Pet the Dog: Genuinely does love Red and her grandkids, and Red talks fondly about how she used to make a special blueberry pie for him as a child.

Bea and Burt Sigurdson

Bea and Burt Sigurdson

Played By: Betty White and Tom Poston

Appearances: That '70s Show

Kitty's mother and father.

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• Abusive Parents: Kitty's parents are quite a doozy...
  Hyde: What's wrong with Mrs. Forman's parents?
  Kitty: Nothing. They're just...they're very complicated people who can't be summed up in a couple of words.
  Eric: Grandma yells, Grandpa drinks.
  Red: That pretty much summed it up.
  Kitty: Now, that is not true. My father is a wonderful man who just...gets a little sleepy. And my mother, well...fine, is a little remote. Which I have learned through many helpful books makes it impossible for her to say "I love you." Even if it's the only thing in the world a sad little girl needs to hear.
• The Alcoholic: Burt spends the majority of his scenes drinking alcohol,
• Awful Wedded Life: Bea screams at Burt regularly and Burt drinks to cope or fakes being asleep. Right before he dies, Burt fakes going out for a smoke just for a break from Bea.
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Bea pretends to be a sweet woman, but in reality she's an extremely rude person to everyone.
• The Character Died with Him:
  • Averted in Burt's case, since the episode where he died aired in 2003, four years before Tom Poston's death.
  • In That '90s Show, Kitty revealed Bea had passed away, due to Betty White's passing in 2021.
• Obnoxious In-Laws: They are horrible guests and Red despises when they come to visit.
• Stepford Smiler: After Burt dies, Bea pretends that she's ok and handling things, but when she's alone and Kitty walks in on her, she is clearly distraught.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: After Burt dies, Bea hangs around for an episode and then disappears for the rest of the series with no explaination and it's later revealed in the sequel series that she passed away after the original series and prior to the sequel series.

Donna's Family

Bob Pinciotti

Bob Pinciotti

"Sparkler dogs! God bless America!"

Played By: Don Stark

Appearances: That '70s Show | That '90s Show

Donna's father. Works at an electronics store.

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• Abusive Parents: Though he never was outwardly malicious to Donna and in fact loves her deeply, his tendency to experiment with drugs and throw nudist parties at their house often frustrated Donna, much to Bob's ignorance or apathy towards how it made his daughter feel. Not to mention he decided to date Jackie's mother, despite how unpleasant it was for his daughter and Jackie who were close friends.
• Berserk Button: Bob is usually a Nice Guy, but he becomes extremely angry and upset at matters that involve Eric and Donna being intimate.
• Beware the Silly Ones: Despite his bumbling and odd antics, he has even shown Red that he can be pretty intimidating, notably after he finds out that Donna has been taking birth control pills.
• Big Fun: He's a chubby guy who's always cracking jokes or being jolly.
• Boyfriend-Blocking Dad: Can be like this at times with Donna as it relates to Eric. He actually thought their relationship was adorable at the start of the show, but reacted very badly when they started having sex.
• Bumbling Dad: Bob tries his best, but is simply unsuited for the role of fatherhood, possibly as a result of having Donna so early in life.
• Butt-Monkey: Oh, Bob. First, he ends up going out of business due to Price Mart coming in. Then his wife leaves him and his daughter to go to California which puts him in a deep depression. And then another girlfriend he really got along well with leaves him so upset that he wouldn't even leave his bed.
• Catchphrase:
  • His usual greeting: "Hey, there! Hi, there! Ho, there!"
  • When something goes bad: "Aw/oh, geez..."
• Cloudcuckoolander: Bob has a strange obsession with the banjo. He once advised Eric to deal with a rival for Donna's affections by hitting him with a banjo, and also advised Red to get Kitty a banjo to cheer her up when she was upset about her menopause.
  Red:...A banjo, Bob?
  Bob: I can't hold a banjo and not smile.
  Red: You can't hold a potato chip and not smile.
• The Dog Bites Back: When it came to dating Pam, Donna and Jackie were very much against this. Bob, however, finally stands up for himself and says that he doesn't need his daughter telling him how he should be happy. Also in the final episodes, Bob has had enough of Red's insults and curses him out. Though, he quickly apologizes for it.
• Extreme Doormat: Especially after his wife leaves. Even to his own daughter.
• Girly Run: We don't see it, but according to Red he runs like a girl.
• Hidden Depths: During Career Day, Donna is embarrassed by the way Bob behaves at work and all the goofy promotions. He justifies the craziness, however, by saying it's all to pay for Donna's college and ensure a good future. (Except the presence of a monkey, which was for his own amusement.)
• Honest John's Dealership: It is eventually driven out of business by Price Mart, leaving Bob destitute until he invents a car accessory that brings him plenty of patent royalties.
• Jerkass to One: As the show goes on, he becomes increasingly hostile to Eric and constantly badmouths him to the Formans whenever he gets into trouble, due to being a Boyfriend-Blocking Dad to Donna. It gets worse after Eric leaves Donna at the altar on their wedding day.
• Kavorka Man: Though visibly muscular, Bob has a real bulldog face, a hilariously ridiculous white guy afro, and insists on rather clashing clothing, even for the 70s. He still manages to hook up with hotties like Midge and Pam.
• Minnesota Nice: Has the thickest midwestern accent of the main cast, and is the most consistently nice adult on the show.
• Nice Guy: Wouldn't he have to be to hang out with Red all the time? Kelso also reasoned that this trope was how Bob hooks up with attractive women. As old-fashioned as Bob can be, he has put his family ahead of himself so many times that a lot of the bad things that happen to him feel almost undeserved.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: On rare occasions, he will put his foot down and assert his authority. Sending Donna to Catholic school for running away and rebuking attempts to break up him and Pam are two such examples.
• Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: He's a chubby and unattractive guy, but ends up marrying and dating gorgeous women like Midge and Pam. This gets Discussed in one episode, where Hyde assumes he just has a huge penis much to Donna's horror.

Midge Pinciotti

Midge Pinciotti

Played By: Tanya Roberts

Appearances: That '70s Show

Donna's mother. Is amazingly hot.

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• Abusive Parents: Downplayed example towards Donna. She had no problem up and leaving Donna without a warning to her family of where she would go because she often felt unhappy and stole Bob's car. She also had no problem doing sexual acts with Bob around Donna much to her disgust and often belittled Donna's more feminist beliefs while using them as an excuse to be neglectful. This appears to be out of ignorance and honest stupidity, as it's made clear on several occasions and tender interactions that she does care about her daughter.
• Brainless Beauty: She is seen as the sexy neighborhood mom, but she's also dimwitted.
• Buxom Beauty Standard: She's a Lust Object among the boys because of her huge breasts. So much that once she leaves the show the boys imagine a montage for her "sweet uptown rack".
• The Ditz: Extremely spacey and simple-minded, much to the exasperation of Donna and her neighbors Red and Kitty.
• Dumb Blonde: At one point, she locks herself in a bathroom. Two separate characters tell her the lock is on the doorknob. The first time, she responds that she's staying locked in on purpose, but "I see it now, thanks."
• Foreshadowing: Bob and Midge were shown experiencing (rather hilarious) marriage difficulties in multiple episodes before their divorce in season 4. In fact, her very last line before leaving was "I'm unhappy, Bob."
• Hidden Depths:
  • Despite her chipper attitude, sexy exterior, and low intelligence, anyone who pays attention can see Midge is deeply unsatisfied and unhappy with being a housewife to Bob. Deeper than that, Midge has a pessimistic view on the world around her, and her advice to Donna is often very cynical and pragmatic. When Donna is conflicted if she should forgive Eric for a recent fight, Midge simply explains that it doesn't matter; they're a high school romance that will probably break up when they go to college. This advice leaves Donna rather stunned, but she takes it to heart and chooses to appreciate the time she has with Eric.
  • An early example of this is when Jackie has a pregnancy scare and Donna, anxious about her relationship with Eric, goes to Midge for emotional support. Midge cuts to the heart of the issue, Donna being worried she might wind up pregnant as well, then not only gives her advice about the subject but arranges for her to get birth control. In a later scene with Bob, Midge says she's proud to have a daughter handled the situation as intelligently as she did.
• Put on a Bus: She leaves Bob in season 4 and moves to California. A distraught Donna runs off there as well at the end of the season (with Kelso in tow), returning at the beginning of season 5. She leaves again in season 7. With Tanya Roberts's death in 2021 and Midge not (yet) receiving a mention in the sequel series, it remains to be seen of Midge's current in-universe status.
• Sexy Sweater Girl: When Midge left Bob in "The Relapse," the boys lament over losing "her sweet uptown rack".
  Fez: Oh, good God, man, what a marvelous set of kittens. Remember that sweater?
  Kelso: Oh. Remember the other sweater?
  Eric: Yeah. Remember that time she ran up to us in a sweater?
  Hyde: Remember the week she took up jump rope? In a sweater?
• Simple-Minded Wisdom: Despite being a prime example of The Ditz, Midge is often able to cut to the heart of problems by Stating the Simple Solution (even if the simple solution is painful), and Donna regularly comes to her when she needs advice. One of the biggest examples is when Donna is upset about Eric missing their wedding, and Midge tells her the honest facts; she can try to forgive Eric and keep their relationship going, or cut him out of her life and move on. Either option would be painful, but she has to pick the one that will ultimately make her happy.
• Stacy's Mom: The boys have fantasized and made lewd comments about her, and even spied on her. Fez and Kelso fell prostrate and worshipped Eric when they mistakenly believed he'd shagged her. The fanboys also love her because of her looks.
• Straw Feminist: Played for Laughs, Midge has no actual understanding of feminism and was just swept up in the early feminism fad of the 70s.

• Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Until she leaves Bob.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Her abrupt departure in Season 4 causes Donna a world of emotional turmoil that culminates in dating Casey Kelso. Eric reasons that it's why Donna couldn't see what others could.
  • She's also indirectly responsible for Eric and Donna's breakup as her observation that Donna and Eric would likely break up after high school anyway caused Donna to treat their relationship less seriously than Eric did.

Hyde's Family

Edna Hyde

Edna Hyde

Played By: Katey Sagal

Appearances: That '70s Show

The cafeteria lunch lady of Point Place High School, and Hyde's mother. She runs off with a trucker in Season 1, abandoning her son.

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• Abusive Parents: She's emotionally abusive to Hyde, with 90% of her dialogue towards him filled with contempt and blaming him for ruining her chances at being successful. Then she abandons him twice.
• Embarrassing Nickname: According to Jackie, her nickname at school is "Gross Edna".
• Impossibly Tacky Clothes: In Jackie's opinion anyway, to the point that she'd rather wear only a towel than put on any of Edna's clothes after the nude swimming snafu in "Hyde Moves In". Judging by the godawful neglige Donna wears, she has a point.
• Lethal Chef: She doesn't exactly take pride in her job.
• Parental Abandonment: Coldly abandons her son and leaves town during the first season. Then she returns offscreen and abandons him a second time.
• Small Role, Big Impact: Only appears in person once in "Career Day", and is otherwise only mentioned by the other characters, but her shitty parenting is the catalyst for Hyde's Character Development.
• Yank the Dog's Chain: Is mentioned to have returned to the town later in the series and reunited with Bud, Hyde's presumed father, only for both of them to abandon Hyde again, disappearing for good.

Bud Hyde

Bud Hyde

Played By: Robert Hays

Appearances: That '70s Show

The man who Hyde thought was his father for most of his life.

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• The Alcoholic: Was a notorious town drunk before he got clean, not that he really became a better person for it.
• Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe: While Edna knew Bud wasn't Hyde's real father, since William Barnett's name is on Hyde's birth certificate, it's unknown if Bud knew or even suspected.
• Parental Abandonment: Abandoned Hyde for years and didn't return until Edna had also left him and he had been taken in by the Foremans. He and Edna eventually abandon Hyde again and run off together.
• Yank the Dog's Chain: For all his talk of reconnecting with his son and mending fences, he soon reverts to form and leaves again.

William Barnett

William Barnett

Played By: Tim Reid

Appearances: That '70s Show

A self-made African-American businessman and Hyde's biological father.

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• Bad Boss: Played for Laughs, but he dumps most of his sales work on Dennis, a depressed guy who works for his company. He's also happy for Hyde to get away with slacking off on the job.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He accepts Hyde as his son after a few early bumps, tolerates Jackie's antics and is generally affable. On the other hand, he can be noticeably bigoted and arrogant.
• Like Father, Like Son: Hairstyle aside, Hyde immediately comes to like William as they share a dislike for cops and love for conspiracy theories. They also both love weed.
• Self-Made Man: A rich record store owner who started from virtually nothing.

Kelso's Family

Casey Kelso

Casey Kelso

Played By: Luke Wilson

Appearances: That '70s Show

Michael Kelso's other brother and Donna's love interest in Season 4.

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• Big Brother Bully: He regularly bullies Michael and makes his life hell by locking him in closets and beating him up.
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: He pretends to be a charming nice guy and fools Donna and Kitty, but in reality he's a manipulative sleaze.
• Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: At his core he's a bully who uses people and then tosses them aside.
• Karma Houdini: He faces no real comeuppance for bullying Michael, treating Donna like crap and encouraging her to skip school and day drink. The worst he gets is Eric calling Casey Smellso.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: The second that he faces some resistance to dating Donna, he immediately dumps her and leaves.
• Toxic Friend Influence: He brings out the worst in Donna and encourages a lot of bad habits like skipping school and day drinking.

Jackie's Family

Jack Burkhart

Jack Burkhart

Played By: Paul Kreppel

Appearances: That '70s Show

Jackie's father, a rich and successful lawyer and politician. He only appears in season 1 and is rarely mentioned, but he ends up arrested in season 5 for bribery and embezzling and spends the rest of the series in jail.

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• Amoral Attorney: He's a corrupt lawyer who gets arrested for bribery and embezzling in season 5.
• Aristocrats Are Evil: He's an upper class Jerkass who looks down on working-class people, referring to them as "losers".
• Invisible Parents: He's seen for only a few episodes in season 1, and then is just mentioned sometimes by Jackie. Even when he gets arrested he doesn't appear.
• Jerkass: He has little appearances, but it's clear that Jackie got her entitled Rich Bitch attitude from him, as he butters up to powerful and rich people while being dismissive of anyone who's working class.
• Love-Obstructing Parents: He disapproves of Jackie dating a poor dumbass like Kelso, and cuts off her allowance.
• Professional Butt-Kisser: He arranges for President Ford to show up at school for his re-election campaign so he can butter up to him, and forces Red to ask a safe question for the president, as is absolutely furious when Red asks something politically controversial instead.

Pamela Burkhart

Pamela Burkhart

Played By: Eve Plumb (season 1) Brooke Shields (season 6 and 7)

Appearances: That '70s Show

Jackie's mother, a partying gold digger who spends most of the series travelling abroad and doesn't even bother coming home when her husband is imprisoned and leaves her daughter alone. She appears unexpectedly in season 6, and begins dating Bob, much to the horror of Jackie and Donna.

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• Acting Your Intellectual Age: Despite being middle-aged, she still acts like a teenager. Hell, her daughter is more mature than her by the time she reappears.
• Big-Breast Pride: She's pretty happy about her buxom figure, and is not even offended when she learns Red and Hyde had been obsessing over her breasts after accidentally seeing her naked, as she thinks it's perfectly normal for people to admire them.
  Pam: Don't feel bad, you guys. This isn't the first time my body has caused a fight. One time I caused a riot on a topless beach in Venezuela. Imagine what you saw, only all tanned and oiled.
• Brainless Beauty: She's not very smart, and has mostly gotten by life by dating rich guys.
• Buxom Beauty Standard: She has a well-endowed figure which is often pointed out. In one episode even Red got Distracted by the Sexy upon accidentaly seeing her naked, which Bob teases him for.
  Bob: Yeah, first time I saw 'em, I was speechless, too.
• Dumb Blonde: Much like Midge, she's a blonde Brainless Beauty.
• Early-Installment Weirdness: Her single appearance in season 1 has her being a realtor, and she sounds much more intelligent and normal than the Brainless Beauty she is in later seasons. She's also played by a different actress.
• The Friend Nobody Likes: She acts much like her daughter was at the start of the show, and gets much the same reception from the cast as Jackie did. The men only really like her for her sex appeal and the women (especially Donna and Kitty) seem to especially dislike her, not only for her shallowness and sluttiness but for the Parental Abandonment of Jackie.
• Going Commando: When she first moves in with Bob, Donna's afraid of finding her panties lying around her house, but Kitty points out that the reason she doesn't is because Pam never wears any.
• Gold Digger: She has mostly dated men for their money for most of her life, so when she starts dating Bob, Donna assumes she's only dating her dad because of his money, which turns out to be true when it's revealed she plans to ditch him for a richer suitor. But then this gets subverted when Jackie talks up Bob being a funny and kindhearted man, and Pam decides to stick with him for him.
• Head-Turning Beauty: She tends to leave guys Distracted by the Sexy whenever she walks into a room. It even works on Red.
• It's All About Me: She abandoned Jackie when Jack got arrested so she could party in Mexico. When she comes back, she almost immediately starts dating Bob and refuses all of Jackie's requests to break up with him, since she values her happiness far more than Jackie's.
• I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: In season 7, she actually backs off from Bob in order to give him and Midge a chance to reconcile.
• Lady Drunk: Despite her drinking habits, she's still refined and beautiful.
• Ms. Fanservice: Almost her entire character revolves around her attractiveness, and she dresses in a way to illustrate it. The plot even has Bob buy a hot tub just as an excuse for her to wear a bikini.
• One-Steve Limit: Subverted, as a girl at school Kelson and Hyde obsesses over is called Pamela "Pam" Macy
• Parental Abandonment: Couldn't be bothered to break off her Mexico tequila festival visit to come home and, you know, make sure her daughter is okay.
• Proud Beauty: She's extremely confident about her appearance, and often dresses in revealing clothes that shows off her body.
  Kitty: Pamela, I noticed that your skirt was torn all the way up to your thigh.
  Pam: No, I actually bought it this way. See, most skirts are only slit up to the knee, but I think people want to see more than that.
• Shameless Fanservice Girl: She doesn't care much for modesty, only finding it amusing when Red and Hyde walk in on her naked and says she's been to topless beaches several times.
• Shared Family Quirks: Jackie seems to have inherited her shallowness and vanity from Pam. But when Pam returns Jackie has actually been through Character Development while Pam still acts the same.
• So Beautiful, It's a Curse: A Running Gag is her mentioned Noodle Incidents where her beauty caused some sort of fight or accident, often to Kitty who is unamused.
• Stacy's Mom: She's a Lust Object for the boys, much to Jackie and Donna’s annoyance.
  Kelso: One time back when I was dating Jackie, Pam was trying to wash her car and she leaned over and, like, squeezed out the sponge... and that's all I remember, cause I rode my bike straight into a tree.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute: She's a gorgeous, busty, ditzy and blonde woman who becomes Bob's new Love Interest after he and Midge divorced and becomes the new Hot Wife to his Ugly Guy and she plays the role of Stacy's Mom to the boys. Tellingly, she leaves the show soon after Midge comes back.
• Statuesque Stunner: She's an attractive woman who stands at 5ft 10 tall. Bob even comments on it.
  Bob: Look how tall she is! It's like I'm dating the Statue of Liberty.
• Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Begins dating Bob, and even moves in with him. Donna and Jackie are both distressed about this, Donna because she thinks Pam is a Gold Digger, and Jackie because she thinks Bob is too ugly for her.
  Donna: My dad dating your mom goes against all the laws of nature. I mean, you don't see a giraffe with a panda bear. You know, my dad being the cute, fuzzy panda bear, and your mom being the evil, money-hungry unnaturally tan giraffe.
• Unseen No More: She makes a single short appearance in season 1 (played by Eve Plumb) but then is never seen again (but mentioned several times) until Season 6 (now played by Brooke Shields).
• What Happened to the Mouse?: Her last appearance in Season 7 had her going back to live with Jackie, but she simply never shows up again.
• Womanchild: She's very immature and acts more like a teenager than an adult and a mother, which is why she's a terrible parent for Jackie.

Other Adults

Leo Chingkwake

Leo Chingkwake

Played By: Tommy Chong

Appearances: That '70s Show | That '90s Show

A hippie that maintains a very easy-going attitude with everything he does. Also the owner of a local photography store where Hyde works in once in a while.

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• Ascended Extra: Was originally just Hyde's goofy boss at the Photo Hut.
• Cloudcuckoolander: Justified by the fact that he smokes weed and very likely other harder drugs that couldn't be shown on network TV.
• Commonality Connection: He took a liking to Hyde pretty quickly, but it was learning that they both have family members that ran out on them that solidified their bond.
• Cool Old Guy: Significantly, the only adult universally allowed into the basement circle.
• Dark and Troubled Past: He admits this is why he'd rather keep playing the Life board game. In the game, he has a happy family life; in real life, his kids want nothing to do with him. In the last season, it's revealed he served in World War II, and it's suggested his stoner behavior was a way to cope with his experiences.
• The Ditz: See Cloudcuckoolander above.
• Expy: Of Chong's main character from Cheech & Chong.
• Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: In his first appearance, he mentions having a big brother that's always hitting him up for money. Hyde is surprised that Leo is the responsible brother.
  Leo: It's a curse, man.
• Hidden Depths:
  • He was revealed to be a WWII vet, who drove his supply truck into a German tank formation to rescue his platoon. This gives Red a newfound respect for Leo.
  • When denouncing the group's antics towards Pastor Dave, he says he considers himself a man of God.
• Iconic Sequel Character: Didn't make his debut until Season 2, episode 8.
• Mysterious Past: "There are a lot of things about me you don't know about. For instance... I'm a veteran."
• Nice Guy: He's definitely got a few screws loose but he's a kind and friendly guy with a good moral compass.
• Parental Substitute: To Hyde, the son he never had.
• Pointy-Haired Boss: He once threatened to fire Hyde if he helped a customer.
• Put on a Bus: When Tommy Chong was arrested by the end of Season 4, Leo obviously disappeared from view. Sometime into Season 5, it was revealed that he had left town (leaving Hyde a goodbye letter) to go back to his family. The Bus Came Back towards the end of Season 7, though, mainly to fulfill the "idiot" role originally held by Kelso before Ashton Kutcher's departure.
• Real Life Writes the Plot: His departure from the show only happened because Chong, being in prison, was no longer available to play the role.
• Shell-Shocked Veteran: It's implied that one reason Leo does so many drugs is to cope with the mental trauma of his military service. When Red tells Leo the story of the shrapnel scars he suffered in World War II, Leo replies by telling Red about his mental scars.
• Stoners Are Funny: 90% of his scenes are about how he's every stereotype about stoners Played for Laughs.
• Verbal Tic: He ends most of his sentences with the word "man", man.
• What the Hell, Hero?: He rips the group minus Eric a new one for tying up Pastor Dave in Christmas Lights in the church.

Roy Keene

Roy Keene

Played By: Jim Gaffigan

Appearances: That '70s Show

A manager at a hotel where Hyde, Kelso, and Eric work for a time during seasons five and six. He appeared on the show while Tommy Chong was in prison.

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• The Eeyore: He's got really low self-esteem and is extremely depressed.
• Parental Substitute: Met Hyde through the Big Brother program after Bud abandoned him.
• Reckless Gun Usage: He was once a police cadet, but he got kicked out of the academy after shooting a police horse.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Although not a stoner like Chong's character, he's still very laid back.

Fenton

Fenton

Played By: Jim Rash

Appearances: That '70s Show | That '90s Show

A former jewelry store clerk turned property manager who becomes a reoccurring nemesis of Fez's.

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• Ambiguously Gay: Never stated outright but heavily implied, through both his camp mannerisms and his sympathetic groan of "Men..." when Eric and Donna were fighting about a ring.
• Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: To Fez, often disturbing the other characters with just how intense their feud is given the mundanity of what they seem to be arguing about at any given time.
  • This continues into That 90s Show, where him and Fez immediately begin hurling insults back and forth once more.

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