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Boy Meets World was one of the most popular sitcoms of ABC's famed TGIF Lineup. It aired from September 1993 until September 2000 on ABC.

Life through the eyes of an 11 year old starring Ben Savage, younger brother of Fred Savage of The Wonder Years, and loosly modeled on that hit series. Cory ( Ben Savage), was an inquisitive, brash junior high student be-set with the problems of the tween years. Where to turn for advice? His mom Amy ( Betsy Randall), and blue-collar Dad Alan( william Russ) were solicitious, but they were grown ups. Super-cool older brother Eric ( Will Friedel), ignored him. Cute little sis Morgan ( Lily Nicksay, and later Lindsay Ridgeway), had plenty of opinions but was to young to know anything. So Cory and his best pal Shawn( Rider Strong), explored life's mysteries on their own. The number 1 mystery was demanding acerbic teacher Mr. Feeny ( William Daniels), who either hated Cory or liked him-it was hard to tell. Feeny lived next door to The Mathews, so Cory got to see a lot of him. Topanga ( Danielle Fishel) was the girl of Cory's dreams and Stuart, A.K.A. Mincus ( Lee Norris) a bookish friend.

In 1994 Cory and Shawn entered John Adams High School , and there to greet them was Mr. Feeny, the new acting principal. Their new homeroom English teacher was cool Mr. Turner ( Anthony Tyler Quinn), who read poetry in class but wore a leather jacket and rode a motorcycle outside. Harley ( Danny McNulty), was Cory's new nemisis, and Joey and Frankie ( Blake Soper, Ethan Suplee), were his lackeys,along with a host of others, who were occasionally seen in the school corriders and hanging out at Chubbie's Malte Shop.

The relationship between Cory and Topanga grew over time from puppy love to hesitant dating, breakups, and reconciliations. Finally on their graduation day in 1998, Topanga proposed! Cory wavered, but by the fall they had become engaged. Meanwhile Cory's best friend, Shawn, the product of a failed marriage, faced some pretty heavy concerns of his own. For a time he lived with Mr. Turner, who was appointed his legal guardian. Then his irresponsible father Chet ( Blake Clark), showed up and Shawn lived with him for a season.

In the fall of 1998, Cory and Topanga enrolled in Pennbrooke College, the same college that Cory's older brother Eric, had enterd ( with great difficulty) the preceding year. For Topanga, it was a choice of the heart; she turned down Yale to be with Cory; Party-guy Eric was rooming with a studious young man named Jack ( Matthew Lawrence),who turned out to be Shawn's long-lost half brother. Chet had left town again, so Shawn had moved in with them for awhile. He moved out when he entered College in the fall of 1998, moving into the dorm with his pal Cory. Topanga, meanwhile roomed with Shawn's new girlfriend, an African-American girl named Angela ( Trina McGee-Davis). The series was widely complimented for never mentioning the interracial aspect of Shawn and Angela's relationship.

The 1998-1999 season also brought other changes. With Shawn gone, Eric and Jack needed another roommate: enter Rachel ( Maitland Ward), a red-haired beauty who kept them both in their places. Feeny retired and moved to Wyoming but not for long. Returning, he met a pretty Dean named Bolander ( played by William Daniels's real-life wife Bonnie Bartlett) and began a relationship of his own. Back at the nearly empty Matthewses nest, Mom Amy was pregnant with her 4th child.

During the last season Amy gave birth to a boy Joshua,and Cory and Topanga were married. In the finale the newlyweds moved to NY where Topanga had been offered an internship ( Eric for some unknown reason decided to move to NY too), while Shawn and Jack joined the Peace Corps. Before they all left, however, Mr. Feeny had one last peace of advice: " Believe in yourselves. Dream. Try. Do Good. I love you all. Class Dismissed."

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