Eric Forman and his friends are typical teens on the verge of adulthood in the 1970s, the era of bell-bottoms, smile buttons and 8-tracks. Too groovy for the Wisconsin suburbs where he lives under the authority of his parents, Red and Kitty, 17-year-old Eric yearns for his independence. Eric's friends include: next door neighbor Donna, who has a crush on him; Kelso, a good-looking but dim-witted guy; Jackie, Kelso's spoiled girlfriend; Hyde, a paranoid conspiracy theorist; and Fez, a confused foreign-exchange student.