Fez (That '70s Show)

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{{Infobox character

| series = That 70's Show

| name = Fez

| image = Fez (That '70s Show).jpg

| first = "That '70s Pilot"
(episode 1.01)

| last = "That '70s Finale"
(episode 8.22)
That '90s Show:
"Kids in America"
(episode 1.10)

| creator = Mark Brazill

| portrayer = Wilmer Valderrama

| nickname = The Foreign Kid, The Foreigner

| gender = Male

| occupation = Foto Hut clerk (formerly)
DMV clerk (formerly)
Shampoo boy

| family = {{ubl|Rebecca Erdman (host mother)|Matthew Erdman (host father)|Red Forman (ex-father-in-law)|Kitty Forman (ex-mother-in-law)|Eric Forman (ex-brother-in-law)}}

| spouse = Laurie Forman (ex-wife)

| significant_other = Sherri Runck (girlfriend)
Caroline Dupree (ex-girlfriend)
Nina Bartell (ex-girlfriend)
Danielle (ex-girlfriend)
Patty (ex-girlfriend)
Big Rhonda (ex-girlfriend)
Hillary (ex-girlfriend)
Jackie Burkhart (ex-girlfriend)

| nationality = Unknown

}}

Fez is a fictional character and one of the male leads on the Fox Network's That '70s Show, also appearing in a recurring guest role in the Netflix sequel That '90s Show portrayed by Wilmer Valderrama.{{cite web |title=Wilmer Valderrama |url=http://www.that70sshow.com/wilmer.html |work=That70sShow.com |publisher=Carsey-Werner LLC |access-date=2009-04-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429175634/http://www.that70sshow.com/wilmer.html |archive-date=2009-04-29 }} He was the foreign exchange student in a group of six local teenagers.

Origins

Fez was born on August 4, 1960. His real name is deemed unpronounceable by his friends, so they call him "Fez" (a homophone of "FES", an acronym for foreign exchange student). The series' official web site explains the spelling "Fez", as opposed to "Fes", as "poetic license".{{cite web |title=Frequently Asked Questions |url=http://www.that70sshow.com/index_faq.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206041554/http://www.that70sshow.com/index_faq.htm |work=That70sShow.com |publisher=Carsey-Werner LLC |year=2004 |archive-date=2008-02-06 |access-date=2009-04-16}}{{cite news |last1=Logan |first1=Arthur |title=Manscipated |url=https://manscipated.com/ |access-date=8 October 2023 |publisher=Man Beauty}}{{cite news |first=Helen |last=Barlow |title=Charmer out of the '70s |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/television/charmer-out-of-the-70s/story-e6frf9ho-1111112764733 |work=Herald Sun |location=Melbourne |date=2007-01-03 |access-date=17 April 2009 }}

Fez's country of origin being undeclared on screen is one of the longest running gags on the show.{{Cite web|url=http://www.overthinkingit.com/2012/05/04/that-70s-show-ghost-fez/|title=That 70s Show and the Imaginary Fez|website=Overthinking It|date=May 4, 2012|access-date=August 15, 2014}}

References

External links

Mastro, Dana. and Morawitz, Elizabeth. [http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/behm-morawitz/Latinos_on_TV.pdf Latino Representation on Primetime Television: A Content Analysis], Section Stereotypes of Latinos, pp. 7.
Thanu Yakupitiyage [https://web.archive.org/web/20081127113657/http://www.racewire.org/archives/2007/10/battling_or_creating_stereotyp_1.html Battling or Creating Stereotypes in ‘Aliens in America’?], October 19, 2007, Racewire.
Ben Megargel [http://www.michigandaily.com/content/reality-spin-falls-familiar-traps Reality spin-off falls into familiar traps], The Michigan Daily, February 6, 2007.

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