MistyMountainHop

Ah, yet another example of a wasted S6 episode. Could've taken place before "Christmas," as a foreshadowing for Jackie being kicked off the squad then declining reinstatement. I just scanned the transcript of "Christmas," and Jackie never says why she got kicked off the squad. Maybe one of the reasons is that she defended Donna, adding to Julie's (head cheerleader) sense of Jackie's uncoolness.

Maybe I'll put this into the comics. *opens file* Oh, I already have some backstory to Jackie getting kicked off the squad. Well, I'll just add this bit to it. *does*

jessec12

That would have been an interesting backstory about why Jackie was kicked off.

The only time I remember really seeing Jackie with other friends was the S1 Christmas episode when she was with her cheerleading friends at the party. After that she probably spent less time with them and more with Donna and the guys, eventually leading to the other cheerleaders thinking she's 'uncool'.

MistyMountainHop

That's right! It's so weird -- one would think we would've seen Jackie with her cheerleaders more than once. In "Eric's Corvette Caper," she introduces (or re-introduces) a fellow cheerleader to the group.

But Jackie clearly spent most of her time in the basement ... making out with Hyde.

I wonder if Donna had any other friends in school.

alyak0807

I wouldn't be shocked if Jackie kind of (unintentionally) sabotaged Donna's chances of making any new friends. I remember when Donna and Kelso went to California, and Jackie said she told everyone Donna went away to have a baby.

msstock87

That's true! She might have accidentally done that.

Maybe one of the reasons Jackie got kicked off, was she could have defended Donna, or maybe she wasn't hanging out with the cheerleaders much anymore because she was hanging out with the basement gang.

hanselnext

It was time well spent. I'm sure once they became official and people found out about them dating that some of her cheerleader friends didn't approve of Hyde as her choice for a boyfriend.

But Donna didn't go back to the same school as them after she returned from California. She started going to Catholic school, Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow That sounds like a fun place.

MistyMountainHop

That's right! Jackie's ridiculous!

But maybe she takes after Kitty, who explained Eric and Donna's wedding being off by saying Eric was gay.

Yeah, I bet when Jackie was with Kelso, she hung out more with the cheerleaders -- while Kelso leered at them. But with Hyde, she withdrew from them more and more to spend quality time with him. He taught her how to play chess, for Pete's sake!

That's the weird thing about "Christmas". None of her fellow cheerleaders know she's dating Hyde until that dance. Can we say plot hole? Jackie wanted Hyde to go with her specifically so she could show off her "cool" boyfriend, and head cheerleader Julie is impressed. After a year of dating him, the cheerleaders would've known who Jackie's boyfriend was.

Doesn't it? S5 should've had an episode where Eric and the guys try to break Donna out, and we could've seen what she had to experience there -- and what new friends she might've made.

alyak0807

Oh, yeah. I forgot about that. And Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow... I wouldn't go there. And I actually went to a Catholic school for a while and we wore similar uniforms as Donna had to but the name wasn't that bad.

And Lisa, Donna got smacked with rulers at her school just like I did at mine. I was a child but still.

msstock87

The cheerleaders should have known who Jackie's boyfriend was by the Christmas dance. I know most of the gang graduated in season 5, but they the cheerleaders still should have known!

MistyMountainHop

You and Donna could share war stories!

I feel sorry for the nun (I don't really) who tries to smack Donna with a ruler. Donna wouldn't allow it.

Point Place High couldn't have been so large that Hyde was an unknown quantity. Eric was voted Most Eligible Viking, so I'm sure the cheerleaders all knew he was -- and knew who his friends were. Plus, Hyde slept with Kat Peterson a few times, the most popular girl in school. Yeah, she kept it on the d.l., but I have a feeling nosy, gossipy cheerleaders might've found out. Kat would've shared her dalliance with someone she trusted.

hanselnext

I went to catholic school too but I never got hit with a ruler. Our uniforms were similar to Donna's.

That would've been a great episode getting to see the guys break into Catholic school and then we get to see the kind of girls that went to Donna's school.

That's probably a plot hole or something. I have a hard time believing that they didn't know who Hyde was. He slept with Kat Peterson and I'm sure that gossip was spread around school. He also slept with Pam Macy.

msstock87

I would have loved to see the guys break into school and rescue Donna. So many things could have gone wrong!

MistyMountainHop

The T7S guys would've waited for you to visit so they could applaud you.

You just know Fez would've ended up in one of the girl's uniform's, and Eric, Kelso, and Hyde would've dressed up as nuns.

That's right! Hyde did sleep with Pam Macy. But he did it for a noble reason? Sorta? Or maybe that was his payment for helping out Jackie. ANYWAY ... *coughs*

I wonder if Hyde ever wanted Jackie to borrow Donna's Catholic-school uniform. Jackie would've refused for many reasons, one being that Donna's giant uniform would swallow her up.

jessec12

That could have been a funny exchange! Jackie would say that!

msstock87

You know, I think I once read a fanfic where Jackie borrowed her uniform and Jackie and Hyde dressed up as Donna and Eric, I could be imagining that though.