That '70s Show/Awesome
- Eric gets one when Red's boss's son (who has been hitting on Donna all episode) says that his father is only opening the power plant to burn the rest of the inventory then it will be shut down, which will leave Red jobless again. He starts to walk away when Eric taps him on the shoulder then breaks his nose with a punch.
- After failing to remain aloof from Laurie's verbal taunts, Jackie just does what everyone else has been wanting to do, and tackles her. As Hyde puts it, that is where Zen ends and ass-kicking begins. Eric happily declares that Jackie's his new hero.
- Eric confronts Red on Kitty's supposed pregnancy. Eric wins.
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Eric: You always tell me to be a man. SO, BE A MAN! |
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- Kitty, who for the entire show has been relatively sweet (with a few setbacks) and the constant motherly figure snaps and gives us this beauty of dialogue...
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Kitty: What about my last summer with my youngest child? I bet you weren't thinking about that when you went fishing. I bought sparklers for the 4th of July. He loves sparklers, and now he's leaving... WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO, FOR THE 4th OF JULY?! |
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- In an early episode, a couple of bullies break Kelso's beer tap and give it back to him broken, leaving the party Eric was throwing without any beer. When they demand their money back because they were promised beer, Kelso tears into them & lets everyone know that they are the reason there's no beer, but Eric gives the money back to them, but not before tearing up the bills. Considering this was one of the first moments that Eric showed any spine in the show, it's all the more impressive.
- This was perhaps topped by Eric, whose lack of physical strength was a Running Gag in the show, kicking the shit out of a football fan who had been harassing him throughout the game & continued afterwards. Red had been harassing Eric during the game, but stopped after the final whistle, merely seeing it as banter between football fans, but the other fan continued. When Red tried to intervene, the fan asked if Red was going to kick his ass.
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Eric: No, he's not. I am. |
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- Heck, the start of the episode should count since Eric made his dad cry happily by giving him one of the Packers tickets Donna won.
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Kitty: Honey... are you crying? |
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- Inspired by his son's streaking, Red finds the courage to publicly criticize President Gerald Ford for pardoning Nixon.
- When Kelso finally tells Jackie off for being demeaning to him in "Everybody Loves Casey" . It also shows that he's not just a pig, that he had reasons for his actions - and the whole thing is dead serious.
- "This Bob is back!" (Slow Clap starts)
- Hyde gets his in the third season when Jackie dates a guy in the attempt of making Hyde jealous. Said guy reveals to Hyde, who was completely nonplussed by the tactic, that he's only in it to sleep with Jackie and then dump her, and when he's undeterred by Hyde pointing out what a dick move that is, Hyde's only response is to mutter "... aw, no" before taking him down with one punch.
- Red finally letting Hyde live in his house...all the while cursing his ass off!
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Red: I am tired of being f##king Santa Claus!! Steven, you get your s##t together, and you get your ass in the Goddamned car!!! We're going! F##ker! Now, Goddamn it!! MOVE IT!! |
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- When Red announces that he's kicking Hyde out in "Reefer Madness" at the breakfast table, Eric, after attempting to say something along the line of "bullsh*t", screams "I'M VERY MAD AT YOU!", and leaves. And unlike when Eric called out Red when Kitty was supposedly pregnant, the audience cheered.
- Heck, Kitty gets one in the next episode. After Red refuses to ease up on rules in the house when he learns that Hyde (and Eric) have done pot, Kitty openly announces that she's quitting her job to be a stay-at-home mom to regain her home. Really, you should see the scene in full.
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