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That 70's Show (sometimes shortened to Lucky Magic Heroes or commonly That 70's Show: Tales of Darren and Daniel) is an American computer-animated television series based on the 2001 film That 70's Movie created by John A. Davis, Craig McCracken and Keith Alcorn. It originally aired on GoAnimate for eighteen seasons beginning July 20, 2002. The show follows a genius 16-year-old and his 17-year-old brother from Santa Clara, the eponymous duo characters, as they go on adventures with their best friends George Maciel, Alex Mendez, Jonathan Nyguen and Kevin Reynolds. Throughout the show, various mishaps and conflicts occur on these adventures, as Darren and Daniel's various inventions go awry. The series features voices of Tara Strong (Darren), Cathy Weseluck (Daniel), Joe Askeley (Jonathan), Richard Cox (Kevin), Jeffrey Garcia (Alex), and Rob Paulsen (George) for the six main characters.

The series has been the recipient of various nominations such as Kid's Choice "Favorite Cartoon" in 2006 and 2007, and has won an Annie award for "outstanding achievement in animated television production produced for children" as well as a Motion Picture Sound Editors "Golden Reel award". A spin-off, Planet Alex, aired from 2010 to 2013.

Summary
The show follows an 16-year-old boy named Darren Ewert and his 17-year-old brother named Daniel Ewert from Santa Clara, California who are a scientific genius wtins. They frequently goes on adventures with his four best friends Kevin, Alex, Jonathan and George, usually involving their inventions going awry.

The Drago & Friends crossover episodes
There have also been three tie-ins with special episode crossovers involving the GoAnimate hand-drawn style series Drago & Friends under the title "The Darren-Dan Power Hour" (the first alone, the second and third with the subtitles "When Nerds Collide!" and "The Jerkinators!," respectively); the five main characters from Jimmy Neutron meet with the main characters from Drago & Friends, Dan, his dragon, his friends Runo, Marucho, Julie, Shun, Alice and his two best friends Kim, and Max, and often cross between each of their worlds of 2D and 3D animation.

Pilot (1996-1997)
The pilot, named "Runaway Rocketboys," involves Darren and Daniel testing a rocket ship that he has invented, and later uses it when they inadvertently stumbles upon Sky Pirates plot to conquer Earth. The pilot was aired in short mini episodes on GoAnimate before the film's release, and its plot was used for the film. It was later included as an extra on the "Confusion Fusion" DVD. It was originally supposed to air as a short on KaBlam!, but the show got cancelled before the episode aired.

The pilot had a few differences from the main series. In it, Darren did not wear his signature recyclable arrows shirt, his brother Daniel did not wear his signature Nuclear shirt, Vida's hair was darker, the Sky Pirates guards all wore grey suits and Orangusnake's crown was a different color, the theme song was longer with a few lines that were cut later, Pikachu was voiced by Dee Bradley Baker, in lieu of Ikue Otani, George Maciel resembled his father, Alex Mendez was absent and the title card had a picture in the scene, not dissimilar to all the other CBS Kids or GoAnimate XD.

Development
Keith Alcorn, Craig McCracken and John A. Davis created Darren and Daniel (then named Watch and Glove) sometime during the 1980s and wrote a script titled Runaway Rocketboys (later the name of the pilot), which was abandoned. He later stumbled upon the idea while moving into a new house in the early 1990s. Davis re-worked it as a short film titled Darren and Daniel's Epic Adventures and presented it at SIGGRAPH, where he met Steve Oedekerk and worked on a television series of the short as well as the movie. Darren and Daniel was still called Watch and Glove before it was decided to name him Jimmy Neutron because the name sounded eerily identical to Pinky & The Brain.

Writing
Victor Wilson was hired as the Story Editor. The main writers when the show was greenlit were Steven Banks and Jed Spingarn.

Animation
DNA Productions retooled their pipeline when moving from the film to the TV series, so they could reuse assets for the episodes. Some of the programming team at the studio programmed a special code that allowed the animators to animate scenes in Maya, which can then be rendered in Lightwave. This helped the team keep up with the deadline and avoid going over budget.

Theme
The theme song was originally written by Moxy for the pilot episode. Rock band Rush later revamped and extended Moxy's theme for the film version theme. Ultimately, the original theme was kept for the TV series intro and outro.

Critical reception
Joly Herman of Common Sense Media gave the series 3 out of 5 stars; saying that, "Darren and Daniel has all the trappings of a GoAnimate Network show: the preteen peer pressure, the gadgets, the spacey parents. But it's clever enough and funny enough to have earned a devoted following. The script is generally well written and well executed -- the adults behind this show approach the project with apparent zeal. [...] Kids will enjoy this program, while parents might get a kick out of some of the gags as well. And though the computer animation may seem a bit freaky for old-school animation fans, it does allow for quality special effects."

Spin-off
Main article: Planet Alex

A spin-off series, Planet Alex, aired from 2010 to 2013. The show focuses on Alex Mendez and Jonathan Nyguen, who both accidentally crash-lands on the planet Zeenu in the pilot episode.

Main article: Baby Bridget and the Vivid Crew

A spin-off series, Baby Bridget and the Vivid Crew, aired from 2009 to 2014. The show focuses on Baby Bridget, who ends up being trapped in space, but Tab and Zipper rescued him and he joins the Vivid Crew in the pilot episode.

Broadcast
Vyond Network (original run July 20, 2002-present)

Vyond XD (July 20, 2002-September 8, 2021)

CBS Kids (September 9, 2002-July 26, 2016)

Trivia

 * Since the series takes place a year after the film, the characters received several design changes for the show:
 * Darren now wears blue jeans and red sneakers.
 * Vida no longer wears an apron.
 * Miranda now wears a green halter top, beige khakis, a single ponytail, with a blue cap and her eyelids are now grayish purple. This became more well-known by fans.
 * George doesn't wear suspenders anymore. However in season one, his pants look like they're still pulled up. This goof was corrected in Make Room for Greeny Daddy.
 * The ends of Jonathan's sleeves and collar become lighter.
 * Neha kept her old outfit until the last episode of season one Surfing Egypt, where she received a new hairstyle (Egyptian dreads, to be exact). In the season two premiere episode A Beautiful Mine, she changed her former outfit to a blue-green striped shirt, blue flared trousers, pink shoes and her eyelids became darkish pink. However in the US, the last episode of season one aired after the first two episodes of season two.
 * Luis kept his blue jacket officially up to Operation: Rescue Jet Fusion, starting in Jimmy for President, he started wearing a black leather jacket. However, his blue one made a special appearance in two later episodes Holly Jolly Jimmy and Love Potion 976/J, because it was so much more remembered by fans than his new one.
 * Hannah wears various shirts.
 * Ivan Torio now wars a Blue Shirt.
 * It should be noted that despite Javier, Santiago and Neha's design changes, they still have their original designs in storybooks.
 * The series was actually supposed to be released before the movie and that the movie was going to be based on the series, but there wasn't enough time, so the shorts were created and the film spun the series a year later.
 * Had the series continued, it would've become the third longest running Nicktoon (along with Drago & Friends and Mercy's Meeting) in terms of years.
 * Darren, Daniel, George, Alex, Jonathan, Kevin, Millie, Miranda, Alix, Hannah, Riva, Neha, Bridget, August, Tyler, Allie and Gina are the only characters who appear in all the episodes.
 * Keith Alcorn has said in a few tweets that a possible revival film is being written.
 * Tara Strong, Kath Soucie, and Frank Welker all previously appeared in the main cast of 101 Dalmatians: The Series.
 * Although the show finished its original airings in 2006, all episodes (excluding the Darren Dan Power Hour trilogy) were completed by 2003.
 * When Pants Attack, Party at Ewert's, Spider-Alex, and Holly Jolly Darren were not included on any digital platforms, until the full series was released on CBS All Access.