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

(#6) 'Modern Family' Is A Sequel To 'Married… With Children'
Ed O’Neill is on both shows which initiated the link, but the theory points out that on both shows he had a blonde daughter and a son. They were kids on Married… With Children, but they’re fully grown adults on Modern Family. It adds up even more when you realize that O’Neill’s character on Modern Family is in his second marriage, and he admits the first didn’t go well because he wasn’t very nice.
(#11) All 10 Seasons Of 'Friends' Were Imagined By Phoebe

A Twitter user, @strnks, pitched the concept of Friends being a “fantasy of a homeless Phoebe as she stared through the window of Central Perk." It suggests that Phoebe was projecting herself into the other characters’ lives because all she really wanted was friends.
(#9) 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' Takes Place In Heaven

This theory states that the “one little fight” Will got into on the basketball court in West Philadelphia was a fatal one. That’s right, Will passed on the court, and the taxi driver with the “rare” cab is God, transporting Will to heaven. The times Will sees his mom and dad on the show are instances in which they’re visiting his grave.
(#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.
(#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.