The former model always looked on point during his seven seasons as a main cast member - and as a special guest in the eighth and final season - though he sported a variety of hairstyles and fashion choices. After achieving success in feature films, Kutcher made a return to sitcoms with Two and a Half Men and The Ranch present. He also works as a venture capitalist and has invested in notable companies like Skype and Foursquare.
Laura Prepon took on the role of Donna Pinciotti - AKA the girl next door - on That '70s Show when she was 18 years old and stuck with the show for all eight seasons. In , Prepon traded her bell bottoms for a prison jumpsuit as Alex Vause on Orange Is the New Black , and has been a fixture on the show ever since. Mila Kunis was just 14 when she first portrayed Jackie Burkhart, the girly girl of the That '70s Show gang. Her look matured along with her character during the show's eight-season run.
In , she married her former co-star Ashton Kutcher, much to the delight of That '70s Show fans everywhere. She reunited with some of her former castmates on several episodes of The Ranch in She also appeared in the second and third seasons and was a guest star in Season 5 before Christina Moore took over the role in Season 6. Kelly struggled with addiction and was arrested for multiple DUIs.
She passed in her sleep while attending rehab in at the age of She was a regular cast member through Season 3 and returned as a guest star in Seasons 6 and 7. Topher Grace was 20 years old when he first appeared as Eric Forman in the pilot episode of That '70s Show. Grace left the show in its seventh season but returned for the series finale in , which aired just before his 28th birthday. While his character, Eric, pursued a career in teaching, Grace focused on films after That '70s Show, and has appeared in movies such as Truth , Interstellar , and Spider-Man 3.
Hyde is abandoned by his mother, Edna Katey Sagal , who only appears in three episodes, two of which feature only her screaming voice calling from inside Hyde's house. His stepfather, Bud Robert Hays , had left some years earlier when he got back together with Edna but they didn't tell Hyde of their whereabouts. A half brother was mentioned once in a Season 8 episode, though not much is known about him.
Hyde's best friend, and later foster-brother, is the nice, geeky Eric Forman. The two share probably the closest friendship out of the group, shown by how they care and rely on one another and one another's advice. He first met Forman in when he walked to Forman's home with him to protect him from Donna.
When Hyde's mother leaves town at the end of the first season, Eric tries to persuade his parents to do something about his best friend's living conditions and thus Hyde is invited to live with the Formans, which Hyde does from season one until the series' end.
He is adopted into the Forman family, and lives in the basement of their house. Since there are no extra bedrooms, he sleeps in a small storage room on a cot. Hyde and Leo become good friends until Leo leaves town. During his tenure in the Foto Hut, he is the more responsible worker between himself and Leo, even telling his own boss off for not doing his job.
Hyde and Leo's friendship resumes when Leo returns near the end of Season 7. He gives the money he makes to Red and Kitty to help them pay the bills.
It is evident that Hyde has a sense of propriety and responsibility to rival that of Eric's, yet is not proud of it as he is more accustomed to his stoner lifestyle. Hyde develops a fairly close relationship with Red, who admires his toughness, stoicism, and traditional masculinity, qualities that Eric lacks. Red becomes the closest Hyde has to a real father after he moves in with the Formans.
Red does occasionally feel that Hyde can be a bad influence on Eric, particularly due to his frequent marijuana use, and briefly kicks him out when Hyde is arrested. However, he is often shown to have a deeper respect for Hyde over his own son and occasionally prefers Hyde over him such as when he offers Hyde a job at his new muffler shop instead of Eric.
In the season 6 finale, Kitty discovers that Bud is not Hyde's real father. He later meets his half-sister, Angie Barnett Megalyn Echikunwoke , who ends up working alongside Hyde in their father's store. Hyde is highly critical of organized religion. He tells an Episcopalian girl that she believes in "the exact opposite of what he believes in".
Also, in "Holy Crap", he claims he doesn't go to church because it would make him a hypocrite, him believing that organized religion has corrupted the teachings of the likes of others like Jesus , Buddha and Muhammad. Despite the fact that Hyde mentions God such as stating his hair is a gift from God in "Eric's Hot Cousin", he does not express any sort of organized religious affiliation.
However, he is shown on several occasions to be reverent and somewhat religious when times call for it. In contrast to the sensitive New-Age men prevalent in the s, Hyde is very traditionally masculine, much like Red.
He does not voice or show his emotions often, and does not worry about romantic relationships and women the way Eric, Michael Kelso Ashton Kutcher , and Fez Wilmer Valderrama do; he considers himself too "tough" and strong for that type of behavior. He generally acts as though he does not care for anyone, perhaps as a defensive mechanism; however, it is shown during the course of the series that he does care deeply about his friends and the Formans. Hyde seems to be against extracurricular activities, although he does mention that he plays baseball in school and is a fan of the Green Bay Packers.
Hyde's other hobbies include music, hunting, and working on cars. After Eric's departure to Africa, Hyde's conflicts were front and center in the series, mostly due to his relationship with Eric's parents his foster parents and his short marriage to an exotic dancer named Samantha Jud Tylor.
Hyde receives a letter from his father, William Barnett, telling him that he is selling his chain of record stores. Hyde, angry at the vague letter, fears that he won't be able to continue the career he loves. This drives him to actually quit "the circle" although he returns to it by episode's end Later, Barnett shows up to Hyde's record store to tell him that he sold every store except for the one in Point Place and has granted him sole ownership of the last remaining Grooves.
Hyde ends the series as the owner and manager of his Grooves record store. Early on in the series, he is rarely interested in getting into a serious relationship, and is very cynical about the idea as portrayed in some of his quips such as "Dating is prostitution, only you don't always get what you pay for".
However, as the series progresses, he enjoys a number of relationships. It was mentioned that his only girlfriend ended up leaving him for his uncle. Hyde's first love interest of the series was a proto-punk girl named Crissy Jade Gordon , who wanted him to move to New York City with her, but he ultimately decides to stay in Point Place, and she leaves for New York.
The relationship lasted only one episode. While Hyde enjoys his reputation as "the bad influence", there is some evidence throughout the show that some of Hyde's behavior had been influenced by his environment. His mother's own drug and police record is referenced throughout the course of the show. In one of the later episodes, Hyde is seen trying to give up pot and takes up exercising and cooking to get away from the habit, but it was his friends who actually pulled him back in, refusing to let him "ruin his life".
Hyde despises authority. His displays of rebellion include smoking marijuana and cigarettes, drinking beer, and a devout interest in conspiracy theories. Though he may seem sarcastic and careless, as well as manipulative at times, over the course of the series a more mellow side of Hyde reveals itself through his show of gratitude towards the Formans for taking him in after his mother abandoned him, and his treatment of his significant others in his few relationships.
Hyde almost always refers to and addresses his parents by their first names Edna, Bud or their initials William Barnett. This practice of naming parents and other adults was frequently considered taboo in the s, especially when addressing one directly. Eric Forman seems to have picked up a little from this practice, naming his parents when talking to others but not usually when addressing them directly. In contrast to this practice, Hyde usually refers to Kitty as "Mrs.
Forman", but usually calls Red by his name, probably since it is a nickname his real name is Reginald. Hyde holds a great deal of respect for Red and Kitty. His gratitude for them adopting him is very evident, and he tries his best to make them proud.
One example of his respect for them is when he was arrested for possession of marijuana, Red was completely ready to throw him out of the house. While Kitty and Eric tried to persuade him not to, Hyde did not because he did not question Red's judgment. Though visibly disgusted with this decision, he simply replied that if Red does not believe that he is good enough to live in his house, or if they do not believe that he is positively influencing the group, then he will leave immediately without question.
He was even about to leave peacefully until Red agreed to allow him to stay. Another example is when he is the only one to remember Kitty's birthday. Hyde is highly critical of organized religion.
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