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| image=[[Image:Vlcsnap-9782385.png|200px]] <br> Lisa Robin Kelly as Laurie Forman |
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| name = Laurie Forman |
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| first = ''[[Eric's Birthday]]'' |
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| last = ''Going Mobile'' |
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| species = [[Human]] |
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| gender = Female |
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| age = 17-21 |
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| born = {{birth date and age|1958|7|11}} |
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| occupation = [[Student]] |
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| family = [[Red Forman]] (father)<br> [[Kitty Forman]] (mother)<br> [[Eric Forman]] (brother)<br> |
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| spouse = [[Fez (That '70s Show)|Fez]] (husband) |
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| portrayer = [[Lisa Robin Kelly]] (Seasons 1-3, 5) <br> [[Christina Moore]] (Season 6) |
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| creator = [[Mark Brazill]] |
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'''Laurie Anne Forman''' (born [[July 11]], [[1958]]) is a [[fictional character]] on the FOX [[sitcom]] [[That '70s Show]]. Laurie is [[Eric Forman]]'s manipulative older sister and despite having only a minor role on the show, she has a big impact on the family whenever she is present, as Eric's father [[Red Forman|Red]] spoils her and obviously favors her over Eric, often giving her money. |
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== Character == |
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Laurie is extremely [[promiscuous]] and is seen with different men, getting involved with her college psychology professor and then beginning a relationship with [[Michael Kelso|Kelso]]. During his relationship with [[Jackie Burkhart|Jackie]], Kelso cheats with Laurie, and she is an object of fantasy for [[Fez (That '70s Show)|Fez]], who she marries so he can get a green card, in the final episode of season 5. Sharp-tongued around Eric and sweet with her parents, her raunchiness often gives Kitty cause for concern, such as when she tried to seduce the local youth minister [[Recurring characters of That '70s Show#Pastor Dave|Pastor Dave]] ([[Kevin McDonald]]) after Kitty invites him over to try and get the kids interested in attending church services. |
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Despite her disagreeable personality, she also showed off a maternal instinct. Laurie babysat for her mother's friend and got so attached to the baby that she refused to give it back; she only relented after Kitty threatened to submerge her beloved [[hair dryer]] in water. She also showed sympathy towards Eric when he was traumatized after seeing his parents "doing it". |
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Laurie's most noticeable attribute is her distinctly [[Farrah Fawcett]]-style wavy blonde hair, which along with her innocent face belie her "[[vixen]]" status. Eric, [[Steven Hyde|Hyde]] and [[Donna Pinciotti|Donna]] often mock her promiscuity, and Eric several times refer to her as a "witch". Jackie hates her and usually refers to her as "slut," at one point getting into a cat-fight with her over Kelso. |
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=== Season 1 === |
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Laurie had brief appearances during the first season, mainly Kelso flirting with her in attempts to seduce her, despite being in a relationship with Jackie. |
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=== Season 2 === |
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In the second season, Laurie tricked Kelso into cheating on Jackie and soon everyone but Jackie knew. Kelso attempted to end what he had with Laurie multiple times, only to be threatened that if he ended it, she would tell Jackie everything. Then when he tried to end it again, Laurie agreed, as long as he gave her one last kiss, which he did, little did he know Jackie was standing right behind him causing Kelso and Jackie to break up. |
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=== Season 3 === |
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During the third season, she was dating Kelso, although they were only seen together making out or leaving the room to "do it". After talking with Red, she discovered what she wanted to do in life and soon enrolled in a beauty school. Later, on Valentine's Day, Kelso caught another man leaving Laurie's room. Crushed, Kelso ended the relationship. |
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=== Season 5 === |
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During the fifth season, Laurie returned for [[Thanksgiving]] and was mentioned to be now living in [[Chicago]] and after accidentally letting it slip she hadn't changed her promiscuous ways, she lost her spot as the favorite child. Later in the season, she returned with a supposed new outlook on life, wanting to correct all the mistakes she had made in the past but it was only an attempt to win back her spot as the favorite. She goes with the gang on the camping trip they take to celebrate graduation and there sleeps with Fez. Fez, threatened with deportation due to his visa expiring, marries her so he can stay in the country and when she shares this with her parents, it causes Red to have a heart attack. She married him "...because she was bored." |
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[[Image:New_laurie.png|200px|thumb|left|Christina Moore as Laurie Forman]] |
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=== Season 6 === |
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In the sixth season, Fez tries to trick Laurie into "doing it" as he is the only person to date that she has turned down. Meanwhile, Red and Kitty force the two into a divorce but when they start to receive wedding presents (such as a circular saw and a microwave) that they do not want, they decide to give them to her parents and they quickly decide for them that they should stay married so they can keep getting the unwanted presents. |
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=== Seasons 7 and 8 === |
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After season six, Laurie was never seen on-screen again but was mentioned in passing many times over the next two seasons. These ranged from explaining what she was doing at that point in time (such as moving to [[Canada]]), to her past in Point Place (such as who her godparents are). |
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It was never mentioned whether she was still married to Fez. |
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==Trivia== |
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{{Trivia|date=December 2007}} |
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*Laurie was born with a tail (a reference to the running gag that she is the devil). |
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*It was revealed in one episode that she had a one night stand with a [[White Sox]] [[List of Chicago White Sox All-Time Roster|Player]] but then it turned out he was just a frat guy in a White Sox [[hat]]. |
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*In the sixth season episode [[I'm Free (That 70's Show Episode)|I'm Free]], Eric jokes that Laurie has probably been in jail before asking where she has been the last two years (though in the story, it's 1978 which is one year after season three was set in. Also, Laurie was missing for three years, not two by this point). |
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==Notes== |
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*After Lisa Robin Kelly was fired in [[2001]], Laurie was removed entirely from the show and didn't appear for 47 episodes and wasn't mentioned once for 43 episodes. Kelso and Laurie broke up off-screen because of Lisa no longer being involved in the show. |
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*Laurie has only appeared in two scene transitions throughout the show, in the first season episode [[The Best Christmas Ever (That '70s Show|The Best Christmas Ever]], and in the fifth season episode [[Nobody's Fault But Mine (2) (That '70s Show|Nobody's Fault But Mine (2)]]. |
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*Laurie was originally meant to appear in 13 episodes of the sixth season and be re-inserted into the opening credits<ref>http://www.that70scentral.com/faq.php#ca4</ref>, but once the role was recast, the number was reduced to 6 and she was not added into the credits. |
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==References== |
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{{That '70s Show}} |
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[[Category:Fictional characters from Wisconsin|Forman, Laurie]] |
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[[Category:Fictional Irish-Americans|Forman, Laurie]] |
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[[Category:Fictional Swedish-Americans|Forman, Laurie]] |
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