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

(#8) Homer Simpson Has Been In A Coma for 20+ Years

In short, there’s a 1992 episode of The Simpsons that ends with God telling Homer he’s going to pass in six months. Six months later, in a 1993 episode, Homer is put in the hospital after Bart’s April Fools' prank goes wrong. After that he’s crushed by a vending machine and goes into a coma. He wakes up at the end of the episode, but this theory proposes that Homer didn’t wake up, and imagined all the episodes from that point on. The creator of this theory points out more details to back his claim, though they can’t necessarily be proven.
(#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.
(#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.
(#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.