Random Wild Fan Theories About '90s Sitcoms (11 items)

(#5) 'That '70s Show' Is A Sequel To 'Happy Days'

This theory suggests that Richie from Happy Days is Red from That '70s Show. At the end of Happy Days, Richie and Ralph head off for the Korean War, but Fonzie stays behind. Fonz was the person who always kept Richie calm, but since he wasn’t around, you flash forward 20 years and Richie is Red, embittered by his experiences. Without Fonz around, Red's relationship with his silly neighbor, Bob (Ralph) has gone kaput. The theory also makes note of the fact that Happy Days was made in the '70s and set in the '50s, while That '70s Show was made in the '90s and set in the '70s. Though not mentioned in the original theory, it’s worth pointing out that both series take place in Wisconsin, as well.
(#1) 'Friends,' 'Seinfeld,' And 'Mad About You' All Took Place In The Same Universe

On an episode of Mad About You, Phoebe’s twin sister, Ursula, is a waitress at a restaurant named Riff’s. Also, Jamie from Mad About You was on Friends, and she spoke to Phoebe at Central Perk, mistaking her for Ursula. That links Mad About You to Friends.
Meanwhile, Kramer was once on Mad About You, taking over Paul’s apartment, and he mentions a comedian living across the hall – an obvious reference to Jerry, linking Mad About You to Seinfeld. This would mean they’re all closely connected.
(#2) 'Boy Meets World' Is Shown As Cory Sees It

One thing fans of this series question is the evolution of Eric’s character, from cool older brother to comically dumb dummy. The theory says that we’re being shown things as Cory sees them, so as a kid his older brother was cool, but once he’s grown and matured, he sees how stupid he is. This could also explain the disappearance of his little sister for a couple seasons, because he was a teenager who wants nothing to do with their younger sibling.
(#10) 'Sabrina the Teenage Witch' Was About Being Gay
This theory states that Sabrina’s secret (being a witch) and the fact that she can’t tell her friends out of fear of persecution, is actually a gay allegory. The creator of the theory also points out that Sabrina is her “true self” when she’s in a world called the Other Realm, which she accesses through a closet.
(#3) Bender From 'Futurama' Isn’t A Criminal Until He Meets Fry

When the series begins, Bender is on the brink of ending his life because he found out he was making suicide booths, yet throughout the series his character is completely different. When Fry and Bender are trying to escape Leela in the head museum, Bender gets shocked by a light fitting. The theory is that this rebooted him, and since it happened in the hall of criminals, it turns him “into the lovable but highly-illegal rogue.”
(#7) The Children Of 'Full House' Were Actually Fathered By Joey Gladstone

This is a heck of a concept that doesn’t have the backing of a Maury show paternity test to confirm it, but is interesting nonetheless. The Tanner girls are blond, blue-eyed children while their father, Danny, has brown hair and brown eyes. In a flashback we see that their late mother, Pamela Tanner was blond, but even her brother Jesse has dark hair and eyes. So, someone crunched the numbers and came to the conclusion that Danny and Pam would only have a 1 in 16 chance of creating one blond, blue-eyed child, much less three of them, which would have a 1 in 4,096 chance of occurring.
What would make this very possible is a very blond-haired, blue-eyed Joey Gladstone, who technically isn’t even an uncle, but lingers around as a close, family friend. Perhaps he was secretly hooking up with Danny’s wife? The theory extends beyond Danny, noting that Jesse and Rebecca had blond-haired, blue-eyed twin sons, which is super, incredibly unlikely based on their appearance, meaning Joey could’ve been their father as well.