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* PopCultureUrbanLegends: It's a commonly circulated bit of trivia that the final role of Creator/JoeTurkel, known for ''Film/PathsOfGlory'', ''Film/TheShining'', and ''Film/BladeRunner'', played the creepy janitor in "And Then There Was Shawn". The director of the episode [[https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/boy-meets-world-halloween-episode-and-then-there-was-shawn-130029292.html says this isn't true]] and the part was played by a random unknown found by the casting agency.

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* PopCultureUrbanLegends: It's a commonly circulated bit of trivia that the final role of Creator/JoeTurkel, known for ''Film/PathsOfGlory'', ''Film/TheShining'', and ''Film/BladeRunner'', played the creepy janitor in "And Then There Was Shawn".Shawn" in an uncredited final role. The director of the episode [[https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/boy-meets-world-halloween-episode-and-then-there-was-shawn-130029292.html says this isn't true]] and the part was played by a random unknown found by the casting agency.
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* PopCultureUrbanLegends: It's a commonly circulated bit of trivia that the final role of Creator/JoeTurkel, known for ''Film/PathsOfGlory'', ''Film/TheShining'', and ''Film/BladeRunner'', was playing the creepy janitor in "And Then There Was Shawn". The director of the episode [[https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/boy-meets-world-halloween-episode-and-then-there-was-shawn-130029292.html says this isn't true]] and the part was played by a random unknown found by the casting agency.

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* PopCultureUrbanLegends: It's a commonly circulated bit of trivia that the final role of Creator/JoeTurkel, known for ''Film/PathsOfGlory'', ''Film/TheShining'', and ''Film/BladeRunner'', was playing played the creepy janitor in "And Then There Was Shawn". The director of the episode [[https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/boy-meets-world-halloween-episode-and-then-there-was-shawn-130029292.html says this isn't true]] and the part was played by a random unknown found by the casting agency.

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Old Shame is In-Universe only


* CreatorBacklash: A minor example, but all participants in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOpgKz9y9fA opening credits for season 4]] speak poorly of it, probably because there's not much to it (it's the four of them just driving in a car with a green-screened background and lots of close-ups and reaction shots). Ironically, it's fondly remembered by viewers, both because of the SurfRock melody and its omnipresence in syndication.

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A minor example, but all participants in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOpgKz9y9fA opening credits for season 4]] speak poorly of it, probably because there's not much to it (it's the four of them just driving in a car with a green-screened background and lots of close-ups and reaction shots). Ironically, it's fondly remembered by viewers, both because of the SurfRock melody and its omnipresence in syndication.syndication.
** Not for the show itself, but Rider Strong is not proud of the [[NinetiesHair 90s-style]] [[http://emgn.com/entertainment/the-top-25-curtained-hair-in-the-90s-will-grow-on-you/ curtained hair]] he wore for most of the show's run. [[SelfDeprecation He's very quick to make fun of it]] though, referring to it as "[[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppet]] hair".



* OldShame: Not for the show itself, but Rider Strong is not proud of the [[NinetiesHair 90s-style]] [[http://emgn.com/entertainment/the-top-25-curtained-hair-in-the-90s-will-grow-on-you/ curtained hair]] he wore for most of the show's run. [[SelfDeprecation He's very quick to make fun of it]] though, referring to it as "[[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppet]] hair".

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dewick cameo, some of these tropes aren't Trivia tropes according to the trope pages. Line Of Sight Name isn't one either, but I don't know a trope that it could fit neatly under.


* {{Bowdlerize}}: Disney Channel made several edits to the show, with some more mature episodes being skipped entirely, to keep the show more family friendly. They even went as far as cutting words like "kill". The following dialogue in "Boys II Mensa" (when Cory angrily shoots Shawn with a Nerf gun)...
-->Shawn: Hey! What are you trying to do, kill me?
-->Cory: Kill you? I'll tell you about killed. How about what you did to me?
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-->Shawn: Hey! What are you trying to do?
-->Cory: How about what you did to me?
The words "kill me?" were still intact on the UsefulNotes/ClosedCaptioning, however.
* TheCameo:
** [[Series/TheLoveBoat Ted Lange and Bernie Kopell]] as themselves as celebrities Jack hired to make the frat he and Eric started seem more credible in "Fraternity Row".
** [[Wrestling/{{WWF}} Mankind and Mr. Socko]] show up with ''no'' explanation to referee the match between the girls and the guys over the apartment in "For Love and Apartments".

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* {{Bowdlerize}}: Disney Channel made several edits to the show, with some more mature episodes being skipped entirely, to keep the show more family friendly. They even went as far as cutting words like "kill". The following dialogue in "Boys II Mensa" (when Cory angrily shoots Shawn with a Nerf gun)...
-->Shawn: Hey! What are you trying to do, kill me?
-->Cory: Kill you? I'll tell you about killed. How about what you did to me?
...is edited to...
-->Shawn: Hey! What are you trying to do?
-->Cory: How about what you did to me?
The words "kill me?" were still intact on the UsefulNotes/ClosedCaptioning, however.
* TheCameo:
** [[Series/TheLoveBoat Ted Lange and Bernie Kopell]] as themselves as celebrities Jack hired to make the frat he and Eric started seem more credible in "Fraternity Row".
** [[Wrestling/{{WWF}} Mankind and Mr. Socko]] show up with ''no'' explanation to referee the match between the girls and the guys over the apartment in "For Love and Apartments".



* CreatorBreakdown: InUniverse. "Shallow Boy" involves Eric dating the aspiring singer/songwriter Corinna, whose songs are saccharine and completely unappealing. When he dumps her, she immediately starts writing dark and angry songs clearly directed at him; ''these'' sell, and she becomes a huge success. After a while she meets with Eric, ostensibly to apologize, but he quickly realizes she's just run out of material. Refusing to give her any, he acts nice to Corinna and manages to revert her to mindless schlock mode, by singing the song "Tomorrow" from ''Theatre/{{Annie}}'' with her. At the end of the episode, Eric gives an evil snicker once her cheerful album bombs. The character was a parody of Music/AlanisMorissette, who had a similar transformation. The episode even openly references Alanis.



* RomanceOnTheSet: ''Pod Meets World'' has revealed that Will Friedle did briefly date Creator/NikkiCox after she played his girlfriend as a recurring actress for the first few episodes of Season 1. In a reverse example (of ActorAllusion casting because they were already dating), Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt has a {{cameo}} in the episode "And Then There Was Shawn" as Eric's (dream) LoveInterest because she and Will were dating in RealLife.

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* RomanceOnTheSet: ''Pod Meets World'' has revealed that Will Friedle did briefly date Creator/NikkiCox after she played his girlfriend as a recurring actress for the first few episodes of Season 1. In a reverse example (of ActorAllusion casting because they were already dating), Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt has a {{cameo}} cameo in the episode "And Then There Was Shawn" as Eric's (dream) LoveInterest because she and Will were dating in RealLife.
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* TheWikiRule: [[http://boymeetsworld.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page The Boy Meets World Wiki]].
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** Actually, The Honeymooners aired on the Disney Channel alongside the other syndicated episodes. The third missing episode was "The Truth About Honesty", an episode that discussed premarital sex and even involved Shawn and Angela nearly going through with having it.
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** According to Will Friedle after season 4 ended a spin-off starring Eric living in Los Angeles was very close to happening at [=ABC=] but fell apart with Eric returning from his road trip at start of season five instead.

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** According to Will Friedle Friedle, after season 4 ended a spin-off starring Eric living in Los Angeles was very close to happening at [=ABC=] but fell apart with Eric returning from his road trip at start of season five instead.
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** According to Will Friedle after season 4 ended a spin-off starring Eric living in Los Angeles was very close to happening at [=ABC=] but fell apart with Eric returning from his road trip at the end of season 4 instead.

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** According to Will Friedle after season 4 ended a spin-off starring Eric living in Los Angeles was very close to happening at [=ABC=] but fell apart with Eric returning from his road trip at the end start of season 4 instead. five instead.
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** According to Will Friedle after season 4 ended a spin-off starring Eric living in Los Angeles was very close to happening at [=ABC=] but fell apart with Eric returning from his road trip at the end of season 4 instead.
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** Husband-and-wife team Creator/WilliamDaniels (Mr. Feeny) and Bonnie Bartlett (Lila Bolander, the Dean of Pennbrook who ends up marrying him).

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** Husband-and-wife team Creator/WilliamDaniels (Mr. Feeny) and Bonnie Bartlett Creator/BonnieBartlett (Lila Bolander, the Dean of Pennbrook who ends up marrying him).
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* PopCultureUrbanLegends: It's a commonly circulated bit of trivia that the final role of Creator/JoeTurkel, known for ''Film/PathsOfGlory'', ''Film/TheShining'', and ''Film/BladeRunner'', was playing the creepy janitor in "And Then There was Shawn". The director of the episode [[https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/boy-meets-world-halloween-episode-and-then-there-was-shawn-130029292.html says this isn't true]] and the part was played by a random unknown found by the casting agency.

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* PopCultureUrbanLegends: It's a commonly circulated bit of trivia that the final role of Creator/JoeTurkel, known for ''Film/PathsOfGlory'', ''Film/TheShining'', and ''Film/BladeRunner'', was playing the creepy janitor in "And Then There was Was Shawn". The director of the episode [[https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/boy-meets-world-halloween-episode-and-then-there-was-shawn-130029292.html says this isn't true]] and the part was played by a random unknown found by the casting agency.
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* PopCultureUrbanLegends: It's a commonly circulated bit of trivia that the final role of Creator/JoeTurkel, known for ''Film/PathsOfGlory'', ''Film/TheShining'', and ''Film/BladeRunner'', was playing the creepy janitor in "And Then There was Shawn". The director of the episode [[https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/boy-meets-world-halloween-episode-and-then-there-was-shawn-130029292.html says this isn't true]] and the part was played by a random unknown found by the casting agency.

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