WARNING! This article contains SPOILERS for That '90s Show season 1!One of Red and Hyde's most memorable arguments in That '70s Show is revived in That '90s Show, but Red's perspective has now changed. Red and Hyde had one of the greatest dynamics in That '70s Show, as they often switched between exhibiting a caring father-and-son-type relationship to trying to purposefully anger each other and get under their skin.
Hyde's ability to anger Red by bringing up certain subjects also became useful at times, such as how he criticizes the U.S. government in order to distract Red from Eric and Donna's California trip in That '70s Show season 5.
Much like Hyde being skeptical of the U.S. government's influence in That '70s Show, Eric's father Red is now distrustful of the government after being convinced by conspiracy theories related to computers in That '90s Show. When Ozzie shows Kitty and Red how to use their home computer in That '90s Show season 1, episode 5, Red says he'll stick to reading newspapers because they have "no wires connected to the U.
S. government." Back in That '70s Show, Red would have been furious with one of the teens for doubting the government's integrity, but in That '90s Show's post-Cold War timeline, he's just as distrustful of the system.
Red's fear of the government watching him through computers in That '90s Show is also directly related to his fight with Hyde due to the relationship between the government, tracking devices, and invasions of privacy. While Hyde is one of That '70s Show's characters not returning in That '90s Show, he likely would have agreed with Red about being distrustful of the machines. Kitty doesn't share this skepticism, as she makes sure to say "Hi" to President Bill Clinton just in case he is listening through their technology.