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| 3 | [[AC:Season 1]] |
| 4 | * The EstablishingCharacterMoment for Feeny and Cory. |
| 5 | -->'''Mr. Feeny''': A candy bar? Doesn't your mother feed you a proper breakfast? |
| 6 | -->'''Cory''': Oh yeah, she does. Now I gotta get the taste of this shredded wheat out of my mouth. |
| 7 | -->'''Mr. Feeny''': You know, you're not doing your body any favors loading up on junk like that. |
| 8 | -->'''[[MouthyKid Cory]]''': Oh thanks, Mr. Feeny. And please enjoy that high-vitamin astronaut drink ''you're'' sucking down. |
| 9 | -->'''[[DeadpanSnarker Mr. Feeny]]''': There's no gravity in space, Mr. Matthews, therefore astronauts suck ''up''. '''Learn from them.''' |
| 10 | |
| 11 | * Cory's dad keeps having to bail on planned father-son bonding because of emergencies at the store - a flood of broken Perrier bottles meeting a hundred thousand Alka-seltzer tablets, a grease fire because someone put lighter fluid next to the rotisserie cookers...but it's his ''reaction'' to these that sells it. |
| 12 | -->'''Alan''': ''[shrugs]'' Just a small grease fire. Tomorrow we'll have a sale on blackened chicken. |
| 13 | * In "Cory's Alternative Friends," when Mr. Feeny assigns [[SitcomArchNemesis Shawn and Minkus]] as partners, both {{facepalm}} in unison. |
| 14 | * In "Killer Bees" when Cory gripes about his C grade geography test and how geography keeps changing when other subjects don't: |
| 15 | -->'''Cory''': Math, 2 + 2 is always 4. Science[[note]]forgetting ScienceMarchesOn[[/note]], the Earth always rotates around the sun. History, Lincoln always gets shot in the head.\ |
| 16 | '''Feeny''': Lincoln got off easy. |
| 17 | * In "Teacher's Bet", Cory seriously calls himself Mr. "Hey Dude" as a teacher name. |
| 18 | ** Cory apparently didn't grasp Mr. Feeny's sarcasm about the Ferrari in his driveway... |
| 19 | ---> '''Cory''': Thirty-five hours a week in here with you? Major homework every night? It never stops, Mr. Feeny. And you want to know what I get for all that? Five measly bucks a week. You probably make that in an hour.\ |
| 20 | '''Mr. Feeny''': Yes, I do. [[SarcasmMode That's why I can afford that Ferrari in my driveway.]]\ |
| 21 | '''Cory''': [[CaptainObvious You don't drive a Ferrari]].\ |
| 22 | '''Mr. Feeny''': Oh, right. It's a Gremlin. |
| 23 | ** The next day of Mr. Hey Dude's (Cory's) class, we see Mr. Feeny dressing exactly like Cory would. [[ItMakesSenseInContext That is to be expected since he is playing the part of Cory]], but it looks hilarious nonetheless. |
| 24 | ** Cory worriedly asking if Topanga was going to show up to the next class naked just because he removed the baseball cap restriction for dress code. |
| 25 | * In "Class Pre-Union," Topanga states that in her future, she will be the president of the US, which will now be a matriarchy, with all the men being moved underground solely to be used for breeding. |
| 26 | ** In the last scene, Alan and Amy start kissing, only to find Cory filming them. |
| 27 | * In "Santa's Little Helper," Cory's explanation of what Dickens was trying to say through ''A Christmas Carol'': |
| 28 | -->'''Cory:''' If you're a real butthead, the neat ghost will take you to cool places. |
| 29 | ** The mall Santa had a heart attack when it was Morgan's turn. By the time they get home Eric asks why Morgan locked herself in the bathroom singing, "On the first day of Christmas, I murdered Santa Claus..." |
| 30 | * Minkus's freak-out about getting a question wrong in "Once in Love with Amy." |
| 31 | -->'''Mr. Feeny:''' Mr. Minkus... you’re wrong.\ |
| 32 | '''Minkus:''' “Wrong”? As in, ''not right''?\ |
| 33 | '''Mr. Feeny:''' You know the law of averages better than I do. It was bound to catch up with you.\ |
| 34 | '''Minkus:''' (''sits at his desk stunned for a few seconds, then gets up and leaves the classroom'')\ |
| 35 | '''Mr. Feeny:''' Where are you going?\ |
| 36 | '''Minkus:''' Nurse. (''leaves'')\ |
| 37 | '''Shawn:''' “Minkus, you’re ''wrong''”!\ |
| 38 | '''Cory:''' I’ve been waiting to hear those words since ''preschool''! |
| 39 | * "Hey great, a water gun in December. I'll be the little boy spreading pneumonia!" |
| 40 | ** From the same episode, Cory taping a water gun under his dad's side of the table so the two of them can have some fun hosing down the rest of the family. His mom complains that it's unfair since the rest of them are unarmed, and Cory invites her to check under ''her'' side of the table. There isn't anything there. |
| 41 | --->'''Cory''': What, you think I'm made of money? |
| 42 | *** By the end credits, Amy has taken up the kitchen faucet extension, the hose is involved, Feeney tries to interfere and is sprayed for his efforts, and Morgan (who is around seven-ish, mind you) calls the police. |
| 43 | --->'''Morgan''': They just shot the neighbor! |
| 44 | * From "Model Family" |
| 45 | -->'''Eric''': ''[lounging on the kitchen island]'' Don't hate me because I'm beautiful. |
| 46 | ** Later in the episode, Amy and Alan have refrained from interfering, at Amy's request, letting Eric decide on his own to get his money back from what appears to be a modeling scam. Eric comes back having signed up for it as a career. |
| 47 | --->'''Amy''': Alan, I'm letting you out of your cage. |
| 48 | --->'''Alan''': ''[tosses his paper over his head]'' '''''Thank you!''''' ''[runs after Eric]'' |
| 49 | ** Alan then gives Eric a surprisingly reasonable talking-to about how he should really think it through before trying to be a model. Eric's reaction? |
| 50 | --->'''Eric''': ''[after a three-second pause]'' I want to be a supermodel. |
| 51 | --->'''Alan''': ''[double {{Facepalm}}]'' ''Okay.'' |
| 52 | --->'''Amy''': Really? |
| 53 | --->'''Alan''': Yes really. I am not the type of father who dismisses his son's well-considered aspirations with some quickly tossed-off parental negativity. |
| 54 | --->'''Cory''': That's it? |
| 55 | --->'''Alan''': '''''Shut up!''''' |
| 56 | ** The other plot in the episode focuses around a family project Cory is working on, and Feeny's point that [[ParentsAsPeople there are no]] ''[[ParentsAsPeople perfect]]'' [[ParentsAsPeople parents]], and life doesn't come with a script. |
| 57 | --->'''Cory''': I guess it's easy to sound smart when you have the best writers in Hollywood writing everything you say. |
| 58 | --->'''Mr. Feeny''': [[SelfDeprecation I wouldn't know.]] |
| 59 | * From "It's a Wonderful Night": |
| 60 | ** When Mr. Feeny fills-in as a last-minute babysitter and brings Eric home from the impound lot... |
| 61 | --->'''Mr. Feeny:''' And as for you, young man, I want you to [[GoToYourRoom go to your room,]] and wait till your parents return.\ |
| 62 | '''Eric:''' Just because you were once my sixth grade teacher does not give you the right to tell me what to do.\ |
| 63 | '''Mr. Feeny:''' [[SuddenlyShouting GO TO YOUR ROOM!]]\ |
| 64 | '''Eric:''' Apparently, it does! ''(goes up to his room)'' |
| 65 | ** Cory and Shawn are watching [[KidsShouldntWatchHorrorFilms a violent R-rated movie]] they smuggled into the house, and while they're enjoying it, they have to hide it from Mr. Feeny. Inevitably, Mr. Feeny catches a glimpse of the movie and attempts to eject the VHS tape from the VCR, but he breaks the tape in the process... |
| 66 | --->'''Mr. Feeny''': This is rated "R!" |
| 67 | --->'''Shawn''': Yeah, R for "wRecked!" |
| 68 | * In the episode tag of the first season finale, Cory and Shawn focus all their energy to make Minkus disappear. Made funnier by the fact that they don't see him again until graduation. Or possibly FridgeHorror. |
| 69 | |
| 70 | [[AC:Season 2]] |
| 71 | * The second season episode "Me and Mr. Joad," where Cory attempts to start a seventh grade student union and lead a school walkout. His singing to the tune of an old Garment Workers Union jingle sells it even more. And to go along with that--what does Shawn want with his steak? MACARONI! |
| 72 | ** From the same episode, Mr. Turner learning that Feeny lives next door to the Matthews: |
| 73 | ---> '''Turner''': Face it guys: Feeny's not going to go away. He's going to be all over your case. You turn around, he's going to be there. ''(looks out Matthews' back door window; sees Feeny tending his garden)'' Now ''that's'' scary. You guys live next door to a principal? |
| 74 | ---> '''Amy''': It's not something we brag about. |
| 75 | ---> '''Turner''': ''(heading outside)'' George? You live next door to Matthews? |
| 76 | ---> '''Feeny''': [[GagEcho It's not something I brag about]]. |
| 77 | * Several of the interviews in "Wake Up Little Cory" when Cory and Topanga are working on their project for Literature/TheScarletLetter |
| 78 | ** The failed attempt to interview Feeny: |
| 79 | --->'''Cory:''' What's your opinion on love and sex?\ |
| 80 | '''Feeny:''' My opinion is, not on school property? |
| 81 | ** After Mr. Turner say sex can't exist without love: |
| 82 | --->'''Cory:''' Have you ever been in love? |
| 83 | --->'''Mr. Turner:''' Not yet |
| 84 | --->'''Cory:''' So have you ever had, you know? |
| 85 | --->'''Mr. Turner:''' What? |
| 86 | --->'''Cory:''' You said ''you know what'' can't exist without love and if you've had ''you know what'' and you weren't in love then ''you know what'' must've not been good. |
| 87 | --->'''Mr. Turner:''' Hey, who are you? Mike Wallace? |
| 88 | ** And after Amy compares sex to voting |
| 89 | --->'''Alan:''' Sex is just like voting, you go behind the curtain, do your thing, and do it again, in 4 years. |
| 90 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Csjr5Jz8l4 The Roller Coaster scene]]. |
| 91 | * Mister Feeny has yanked Cory and Shawn off the school radio for having tossed aside the approved script and instead turning their program into a hook-up show. Later, in his class, he announces what the next day's lesson will be: The Bill of Rights. |
| 92 | --> '''Feeny:''' [[OhCrap Oh boy.]] |
| 93 | * In "By Hook or By Crook," Shawn standing up to his giant [[HonestJohnsDealership Uncle John]] to get Mr. Turner a fair price on repairs for his bike. |
| 94 | -->'''Shawn''': You treat him right, okay? |
| 95 | -->'''Uncle John''': Like family. |
| 96 | -->'''Shawn''': '''''No!''''' |
| 97 | ** And after the guy hands Turner a $1500 bill after an estimate of $300, Shawn intervenes again. |
| 98 | --->'''Shawn''': This is my teacher. And if you hurt him, I hurt you. |
| 99 | --->'''Uncle John''': Is that a threat? |
| 100 | --->'''Shawn''': ''[{{beat}}]'' Yes. |
| 101 | --->'''Uncle John''': ''[{{beat}}]'' [[SoProudOfYou My brother's son!]] |
| 102 | * In "Notorious," Shawn changes the letter in Feeny's last name so that it reads "Weeny." |
| 103 | ** This is taken even further when another school paper identifies his full name as Weeny-weeny Weeny Weeny Weeny Weeny Weeny Weeny Weeny Weeny (cont. on pg. 3 col. 1) Weeny |
| 104 | ** When Cory talks to the folks about this and how he's been threatened with being suspended for protecting Shawn, Alan insists he not rat on a friend, while Amy is concerned about Cory's record and how this could hurt his changes of getting into college. |
| 105 | --->'''Alan''': Any college will let you in as long as you have enough money.\ |
| 106 | '''Amy''': Do we have enough money?\ |
| 107 | '''Alan''': No. ''[to Cory]'' You have to rat out your friend 'cause we're poor. |
| 108 | ** Ultimately, Cory won't rat on Shawn, saying the perpetrator just wanted to be special and meant no harm. Feeny just gives Cory five days detention and even congratulates him for putting a friend ahead of himself. However, Feeny makes it clear that he knows Shawn did it, so he tricks him into admitting it and then tweaks him by saying not confessing when he had the chance means having the principal he antagonized on his case for the remainder of high school. Shawn's attempts to confess ''now'' don't get him anywhere. |
| 109 | --->'''Mr. Feeny''': Too late, Mr. Hunter! You are my new ''[[IronicEcho special]]'' friend. ''[leaves]''\ |
| 110 | '''Shawn''': ''[to Cory]'' Why didn't you turn me in? |
| 111 | |
| 112 | [[AC:Season 3]] |
| 113 | * [[https://youtu.be/9PzprzoQF1A Life's tough, get a helmet]]. |
| 114 | * In one episode, Shawn gets a pig and names it Little Cory. Topanga, in a well-meaning but pushy gesture, calls Animal Control because she feels the pig shouldn't live in Mr. Turner's apartment with Shawn, forcing Cory and Shawn to hide the pig at the Matthews house: |
| 115 | -->'''Animal Control Man:''' Let's save ourselves a lot time, a lot of unpleasantries. You've got a pig. I want him. |
| 116 | -->'''Shawn:''' This pig you speak of, could you describe him? |
| 117 | -->'''Animal Control Man:''' It looks like... [[SarcasmMode A GREAT BIG LION]]! |
| 118 | -->'''Shawn:''' Oh, well, that's not [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial our pig]]! |
| 119 | -->'''Cory:''' 'Cause, uh, we don't have one! So, Mr. Animal Control Man, kindly vacate my home at once or else I will be forced to call the Animal Control Control People. Yes, sir. Isn't that right, my dear Shawn? |
| 120 | -->'''Shawn:''' It sure is, my little Cory. [the pig comes down the stairs] [[ImplausibleDeniability Okay, who shaved the dog]]? |
| 121 | * Topanga's first meeting with the adorable piglet as well as her reaction to his name: |
| 122 | -->'''Topanga:''' [[CutenessProximity Oh, he's so adorable!]] What's your name, cute fella? |
| 123 | -->'''Shawn:''' [[WeNamedTheMonkeyJack His name's Little Cory.]] |
| 124 | -->''Topanga looks back and forth between Cory and the piglet'' |
| 125 | -->'''Topanga:''' I can see that. |
| 126 | * In "City Slackers", Eric claims to be a grandmaster at pool, citing a supposed scar he has as coming from an 8-ball tournament in Mexico City, ''[[OlderThanTheyLook 1964]]''. |
| 127 | ** Frankie and Eric are constantly the victim of strange happenings while they play pool: balls jump out of holes, balls dance around, they get stacked on top of each other, they ''burst into dust'' when hit... Ultimately, 15 hours pass, and ''none of the balls'' are sunk. |
| 128 | --->'''Mr. Williams''': (after the exploding ball incident) Saw that coming. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer No. Really. I did.]] |
| 129 | ** And then you get the kicker in the {{Stinger}}: after being left alone at the pool table, Eric takes one shot, [[spoiler:and ''all of the balls'' go into the holes]]. |
| 130 | --->'''Eric''': (defeated; accepting) Just like Mexico... (drops the cue; leaves) |
| 131 | * Mr. Turner & Mr. Williams pulling apart a fight in the hallway, only to realize ''who'' was fighting. |
| 132 | --> '''Mr. Turner''': ''[Stunned]'' Hunter? Matthews?\ |
| 133 | '''Mr. Williams''': [[HeterosexualLifePartners Did you two know you were fighting each other]]? |
| 134 | * During the arc where Cory and Topanga break up, Cory decides to throw away all of the items that remind him of her, including a teddy bear she got him that when squeezed, says, [[{{Pun}} "I love you beary much!"]] He ends up stuffing it the trash compactor and turing it on. We then hear the teddy bear saying "I love you beary... '''''AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!'''''" |
| 135 | * Mr. Turner introduces Mr. Williams to the students and gives him the floor to explain what he'll be teaching in media arts class. |
| 136 | -->'''Mr. Williams:''' Well, I guess if nothing else, I'm here to teach you to find the truth in the media. Because there is a difference between what they say and what is real.\ |
| 137 | '''Mr. Turner:''' Very nice. Watch this. Hunter, what did he just say?\ |
| 138 | '''Shawn:''' Something about Israel?\ |
| 139 | '''Mr. Turner:''' ''[to Mr. Williams, smiling the entire time]'' Is that great? |
| 140 | |
| 141 | [[AC:Season 4]] |
| 142 | * Shawn hitting on Topanga in "Hair Today, Goon Tomorrow" |
| 143 | -->'''Shawn''': She's my best friend's girl, she's my best friend's girl. Oh, to heck with it. Marry me! I live in a trailer park and have no education, but my hair does this! (runs hands through hair as audience cheers) |
| 144 | -->'''Cory''': Shawn! |
| 145 | -->'''Shawn''': Shut up, man! I'm going for it!(Cory sprays Shawn with a water bottle) Thanks,thanks. I'm back. |
| 146 | -->'''Cory''': Good. (turns to talk to Topanga as Shawn does a "call me" sign over his shoulder) |
| 147 | ** From the same episode, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYihf3zrcp4 Eric's dream job]]. ''When a crime breaks out / All the cute girls shout / Get the Good Looking Guy!'' |
| 148 | ** Also, when Topanga screams bloody murder when she looks in the mirror in her locker, after cutting off half of her hair to show Cory that looks don't matter. |
| 149 | --->'''Shawn''': She's gonna scream now.\ |
| 150 | '''Topanga''': AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!! |
| 151 | * When Cory thinks Shawn is having sex before he and Topanga are and asks Eric for advice: |
| 152 | -->'''Cory''': Tell me about your first time. |
| 153 | -->'''Eric''': Remember Mitchell Davis? |
| 154 | -->'''Cory''': Now there's an unexpected twist. Tell me about your second time. |
| 155 | * "Shallow Boy" - the whole episode's funny but there's one scene where Eric's trying to let GranolaGirl songwriter Corinna down easy but she's [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} off in her own world]]. |
| 156 | -->'''Corinna:''' I had a goldfish who died.\ |
| 157 | '''Eric:''' Suicide, was it? |
| 158 | ** Eric's [[SarcasmMode oh-so tactful]] way of saying he wants to break up. |
| 159 | --->'''Eric:''' Okay, Corinna, um... I don't know how to say this, so I'm gonna choose my words very carefully... I think you’re a ''psycho''. I wanna get as far away from you as I possibly can. |
| 160 | *** “'''''[[CheckPlease CHECK!!!]]''' [[CheckPlease FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WILL SOMEONE PLEASE BRING ME A CHECK!?]]''” |
| 161 | ** Oh it gets better, after he in no uncertain terms dumps her she ends up going {{Goth}} and writing angry and humiliating songs about him. He has to end up going ''back'' out with her again (which she agrees to because she was running out of material) and he forces her into a HeelFaceTurn by singing "Tomorrow" with her. And to top it off, there's the credits, where Eric is listening to the radio & Corinna's new LighterAndSofter song is played, only to cut the song off within seconds. |
| 162 | ---> '''DJ:''' Wow, that's bad! She's over!\ |
| 163 | ''Eric smirks & laughs evilly.'' |
| 164 | ** Let's not forget the awesome song Morgan comes out singing: |
| 165 | ---> He's a loser freak, loser freak. He's a maladjusted loser freak. He's a woman-hating, maladjusted loser freak!...And he doesn't like girls 'cause he's afraid of them, afraid of them! I think he likes boys if you know what I'm saying. |
| 166 | ** After Eric dismisses the possibility that Corinna's new darker sound is down to him after the name of one of the songs on her album is read to him, the ''next'' song title in track listing is read out & makes it perfectly clear that the songs ''are'' about Eric. |
| 167 | ---> '''Shawn''': ''(Reading)'' Track number 2: "Eric Matthews - [[ShoutOut You're So Vain]] You Probably Didn't Know The Song Before This Was About You |
| 168 | * Mr. Feeny reading Eric's one-man play: "'The hot wind howled, like a howling... hot... windy thing.'" |
| 169 | * Feeny goes out of town for a weekend and Shawn opens up a bed and breakfast in his house. The entire plot is hilarious with Cory wondering what is wrong with the universe that Shawn appears to be getting away with it before Feeny reveals the cab driver gave them away ("The cab driver! I forgot to deport the cab driver!")... but then during the end credits, Feeny is trying to get the couple who missed check-out out of his bedroom (the honeymoon suite) and Topanga, who was dressed up as the maid through it all walks into frame, sees Feeny, her eyes go wide, and she turns right around, completely unseen by him. |
| 170 | * The looks on Shawn and Topanga's faces when the judge offers Cory a balloon dog or hat. |
| 171 | * Cory disguised as a crusty waitress in "Chick Like Me". "My hosiery is bunching!" |
| 172 | ** "Please pay at the register honey, and ''tipping'' is not a city in China!". Ben Savage's delivery of that line was ''perfect''. |
| 173 | ** Earlier in that episode when Cory first dresses up as a girl when he says "I knew it, I look fat". It's a simple line but Ben Savage's delivery makes it hilarious. |
| 174 | * Cory being told that he will die if anything happens to Topanga on their trip. By ''his own father''. Cory's response is an indignant "You like her better than me!" and Alan smiling & nodding. |
| 175 | * In the episode ''A Affair To Forget'', Shawn dates a girl who doesn't want him to see Cory anymore. The scene where he talks to Cory secretly on the phone, only to have them argue over who will hang up first, than long for each other silently on both ends of the phone is laugh out loud funny. |
| 176 | * While the majority of the episode ''Dangerous Secret'' is serious, due to it dealing with child abuse, the last scene offers a bit of levity when Cory and Topanga dance along to Morgan's "Delightful Little Kiddy" CD. |
| 177 | * In "B & B's B n' B," Cory makes pancakes to feed the elderly couples who are staying at Feeny's home by making his parents pray. While they do, Cory tosses the pancakes away for Shawn to catch. |
| 178 | --> '''Cory:''' (while tossing the pancakes for Shawn to catch) "We say thanks for this wonderful meal we have in front of us. Amen." |
| 179 | |
| 180 | [[AC:Season 5]] |
| 181 | * In Season 5, after Topanga makes a surprising entrance. |
| 182 | --> "*Gasp* Topanga!" |
| 183 | * Cory and Shawn flashback to their first meeting, which ends with their younger selves hugging, with young Topanga saying 'Stop it. You're boys.' Cut back to the present, and they're hugging again, and Topanga says it again. |
| 184 | ** Also Young!Cory introduces Topanga to Shawn by calling her, "The Wife." |
| 185 | * World War II Eric in "No Guts, No Cory". Oh boy... |
| 186 | * The entire "Eric" part of the episode "Eric Hollywood". |
| 187 | ** Some Hollywood people think Eric has acting talent after viewing his acting in a Shakespeare play, so they let him come to Hollywood to play a part in a T.V. show. The show happens to be the counterpart of Boy Meets World, with the characters behind the sets acting very different, with different (but similar) names.[[note]]"This is our star, Ben Sandwich. Hey, maybe you’ve heard of his brother? Bread Sandwich?"[[/note]] |
| 188 | *** Eric bumps into the Creator/MatthewLawrence expy, who is just frustrated that Eric was brought aboard, since "they got [him], why do they need [Eric]", before shifting gears to complaining about the banana boy (since it's 2:15, and he has no banana). |
| 189 | ---->'''Matt''': Alright, mango boy, you’re promoted, baby. |
| 190 | *** Mr. Feeny inquires [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall why there's only nine desks in the classroom set, with the director explaining that camera angles make it look like there's more.]] |
| 191 | ---->'''Mr. Feeny''': (impressed) That's diabolical. |
| 192 | *** Rehearsal falls apart due to Ben yelling at the director over the fact that [[SelfDeprecation they're doing yet another "Rory is part of a stupid scheme" story]]. |
| 193 | ---->'''Schneider''': (near panic attack) He's yelling again. Stop the yelling. |
| 194 | ---->'''Ben''': How can I learn so much ''every week'', and still be so stupid?! |
| 195 | ---->'''Schneider''': (curls into the fetal position; covers ears in agony) Oh... make him stop, make him stop... |
| 196 | *** Ben then decides to take his ire out on the "young, hip, and fun" screenwriters... and they're '''''children'''''. |
| 197 | ---->'''Ben''': ''Do your jobs!'' (one kids is about to cry) Oh, what's wrong? Did I hurt your feelings? ''Good!'' Because you know what this script is? '''''Poopy!''''' |
| 198 | ---->'''Kid #1''': (snaps) [[NoYou It's not poopy! You're poopy!]] |
| 199 | *** Then comes time for Eric to rehearse a scene with Ben where Rory had accidentially shrunk his tube socks. After trying to do the scene like it's Shakespere, Eric is informed to "[[TemptingFate be honest]]". Cue a retake of the scene... [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome where Eric breaks character and reads Ben the riot act over being a dickbag to the writers, culminating in]] [[YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe "Methinks you shrunk my socks on purpose!"]] |
| 200 | *** And then you get to the punchline: TheStinger sees [[BrickJoke Eric trying to look for his tube socks, only for Cory to sheepishly admit that he shrunk them in the wash...]] [[BreakingTheFourthWall only for Will Friedle to break character,]] [[NiceCharacterMeanActor chastise Ben Savage for getting the line wrong,]] [[DisproportionateRetribution then lose his]] '''[[DisproportionateRetribution absolute shit]]'''[[DisproportionateRetribution .]] |
| 201 | ---->'''Eric''': Where are my lucky tube socks? |
| 202 | ---->'''Cory''': Well, (takes out miniature socks from his pocket) I don't think they're so lucky anymore. |
| 203 | ---->'''Will''': (breaks character; [[TranquilFury barely disguised resentment]]) That's not the line. |
| 204 | ---->'''Ben''': (genuine confusion) What? |
| 205 | ---->'''Will''': The line was, "[[Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids Honey, I shrunk the tube socks.]]" |
| 206 | ---->'''Ben''': (nervous) Oh, I know, I'm sorry Will, I was trying something new. |
| 207 | ---->'''Will''': (extremely sarcastic) Oh, you were just trying something new, huh? Yeah. Well, why don't you try this (throws laundry), huh? Is this new?! (throws basket) Does this look new to ya?! (throws bowl onto floor, tosses silverware; yells) ''NEW!'' (tries to tears a towel, throws it instead) '''''YEEAAHH!''''' (leaves the set in a huff while knocking over a chair) I quit! I'm outta here! |
| 208 | *** After Rider Strong walks onto set (unaware of what happened, delivering his part of the scene where [[RecycledScript Shawn blew up the mailbox again]]), he and Ben wonder what to do... and decide to have [[ChekhovsGunman the banana boy]] replace Will. |
| 209 | * The ''entire'' male cast dancing to "Hot Stuff," And Eric's explanation for it: |
| 210 | -->'''Eric:''' Ladies and Gentlemen, since the dawn of time men have been idiots. This will make up for it. |
| 211 | * Little Cory gets another crowning moment of funny in a shout out much later on when Shawn is living at university with his brother. Decrying the state of Shawn's bedroom, his brother shouts how even a pig couldn't live in this mess!. Shawn just gives him a knowing look and shifts aside a curtain, revealing said pig happily wallowing in his dirty clothes. |
| 212 | -->'''Shawn''': [[ItIsDehumanizing And his name's not "pig"]]. He's Little Cory.\ |
| 213 | '''Jack''': Fine. (to Little Cory) Good night Little Cory! (to Shawn) Good night pig. |
| 214 | * In "Raging Cory" after Cory tells Shawn he knocked down his dad, Shawn's response is "Does he have to leave the house in shame? Do you get his woman?" |
| 215 | * When Jack records Shawn sleep-talking: "I'm going to the market to pick up some eggs." "If you rub two eggs together, you get a spark." "My head's on fire. Somebody please put me out." |
| 216 | ** Even better, Jack argues that Shawn was sleep-talking AND snoring at the same time (to which Shawn argues one could only do one or the other). His tape included snores between pauses of dialogue. |
| 217 | * Every part of "And Then There Was Shawn", a spoof on horror film genre. |
| 218 | * Eric's word-a-day calendar: "This is the last time I buy anything from [=http://www.howdysucker.com!=]" |
| 219 | * "Prom-ises, Prom-ises" |
| 220 | ** The back-and-forth bedroom shuffle that happens at the climax of the episode, where Alan and Amy and Cory and Topanga just manage to get adjacent hotel rooms. Alan walks in on Topanga and Cory walks in on Amy. HilarityEnsues. And ''then'' Eric - having overheard his father and completely misunderstanding - shows up, thinking Alan is cheating on Amy. |
| 221 | --->'''Eric''': Dad? Topanga? Cory? Mom? ''[{{beat}}]'' '''Man''' I am out of the loop. |
| 222 | * Eric prattling on and on about duckies in "Things Change". "Duckies are the horsies of the ocean!" |
| 223 | ** "'''DUCKIES RULE!!!'''" |
| 224 | * After the entire gang helps Cory get deal with everything changing in his life Cory starts listing all the things changing and how he's okay with them, before he gets to the last one Eric says it doesn't matter that things change, just how you react to them, queue this: |
| 225 | -->'''Cory''': "...and I even accept Mr. Feeny retiring." |
| 226 | -->'''Eric''': "'''''[[BigWhat WHAAAAAAAAT!?!]]'''''" |
| 227 | * In "The Eskimo," there is a radio jingle for the Bahamas. |
| 228 | --> "We are warm and you are cold." |
| 229 | ** Made funnier by the fact that an Eskimo is sitting on the billboard with a big smile on his face and enjoying an ice cream cone. |
| 230 | |
| 231 | [[AC:Season 6]] |
| 232 | * In the sixth season premiere, while Cory and Topanga take off to elope, Feeny relays the story of the time he tried to separate Cory and Topanga's desks in first grade: |
| 233 | -->'''Feeny''': "She kicked me, he bit me, and some little punk kept saying 'Leave them alone. They should get married.'" |
| 234 | -->'''Shawn''': "I was cute then, huh?" |
| 235 | -->'''Feeny''': "Precious." |
| 236 | * "Only creeps and weirdos are awake now." ''[Door opens]'' "How're you doin'?" Turns out the creeps and weirdos are Shawn, Eric, and Feeny." |
| 237 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7QM1ECiNGw "You brought pudding to college!"]] |
| 238 | * Cory gets a lot of these later on when he becomes crazier and more neurotic. Most notably his complete breakdown after Shawn kisses Topanga for a college video: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXFLpND4Q_g UNDAHPANTS!!!]] |
| 239 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ1biddSdos Eric singing "Little Cabin in the Woods" to cheer Rachel up.]] |
| 240 | * Cory's dorktastic love poems to Topanga in "Poetic License: An Ode to Holden Caulfield". |
| 241 | -->"COME ON, TOPANGA!" |
| 242 | * While Everybody Loves Stuart is overall a more serious episode, Eric, per usual, provides quite a few moments of levity, especially when it comes to him embracing his lawyer alter-ego "Jonathan Cumberland" to defend Cory. |
| 243 | ** The best part is when Eric strolls in ''right after'' the Dean says that the hearing isn't a trial and [[TemptingFate "not to make a whole courtroom drama out of it"]]. Right on cue, Eric marches in, suit, tie, and briefcase all with the People's Court theme playing in the background, only to reveal that the music was actually coming from a tape recorder he stored inside said briefcase, which he opens and turns off. He then completely seriously introduces himself as "Jonathan Cumberland for the Defense", to which the Dean can only say [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe "Unbelievable."]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBs9JLnSNho&t=22s It has to be seen to be believed (Eric's entrance is at the beginning.]] It's a wonder that the cast was able to get through that part of the scene without cracking up. |
| 244 | ** If you look closely when the Dean says "Unbelievable", you'll notice [[FunnyBackgroundEvent Jack mouthing the same thing along with her]] |
| 245 | ** Also worth noting is that the double doors actually opened INWARD for Eric, implying that either two people specifically got the door for him, or that his sheer awesome presence caused the doors to magically open for him. |
| 246 | ** It doesn't even end there, as when Feeny tells him to leave, he claims that they're partners and for Feeny to "play the love card" if it starts to look like they're losing... completely within earshot of everyone, once again prompting Feeny to tell him to shut up. Once again, the Dean remarks "unbelievable." |
| 247 | ** He gets another one too, first when he claims that he knows people, only to forget that he lives with Rachel and Jack when he sees her and wonders what it must be like to "come home to that every day", prompting Jack to remind him that he does. |
| 248 | * Cory's attempt at writing his own wedding vows in "We'll Have A Good Time Then". "Sometimes, two people who love each other are in love, and because of that love, they love each other." |
| 249 | * "Bee True" from Season 6 is filled with them, thanks to it following a series of sombre episodes. |
| 250 | ** Eric beckoning Feeny in the Student Union. |
| 251 | --->'''Eric''': Feeny! You here, sit now!\ |
| 252 | '''Mr. Feeny''': Eric, don't use that ton--\ |
| 253 | '''Eric''': Dean Bolander.\ |
| 254 | '''Mr. Feeny''': ''[Sits down]'' Okay, what've you got? |
| 255 | ** Cory, Shawn & Eric's extended ''Film/TheGodfather'' parody. |
| 256 | ** "You could get any girl with the world's first brain!" |
| 257 | ** Eric asking who knows who Feeny loves, and ''the entire class'' responding with "The Dean!" |
| 258 | -->'''Mr. Feeny''': (annoyed) All right, everybody out! |
| 259 | -->*Cue everyone but Mr. Feeny and Eric leaving the classroom |
| 260 | ** "You're in a triangle, Feeny! ''[[[TheDitz Makes a square as he says triangle]]]'' And take it from someone who has been in a triangle before, he who hesitates is lost. RACHEL!" |
| 261 | ** Cory & Shawn's master plan taking effect. |
| 262 | --->'''Cory & Shawn''': ''[Absolutely deadpan]'' Oh no. It's Feeny.\ |
| 263 | '''Mr. Feeny''': What's going on in here?\ |
| 264 | '''Cory''': Nothing.\ |
| 265 | '''Shawn''': We didn't break this stuff.\ |
| 266 | '''Mr. Feeny''': Then who did?\ |
| 267 | '''Cory''': YOU DID!\ |
| 268 | '''Shawn''': And we're telling! |
| 269 | ** Dean Bolander, on Topanga and Angela's suggestion that perhaps she needs to make her interest in Feeny more obvious: |
| 270 | --->'''Bolander''': I hiked up my skirt at the seminar! |
| 271 | * In "The Truth About Honesty", Shawn and Angela attempt to have no strings attached sex but before they can get anywhere Shawn tells her he loves her, which leads to this exchange: |
| 272 | -->'''Shawn:''' Aw man, I [[PersonAsVerb Cory'd]] this up didn't I? |
| 273 | -->'''Angela:''' You had to go and get heavy, Shawn - didn't you? |
| 274 | -->'''Shawn:''' [[ExplainExplainOhCrap No, I'm not getting heavy, Angela, I just think that an emotional commitment is the proper foundation for OH MY GOD I'M BOTH OF THEM!]] |
| 275 | * Also in "The Truth About Honesty", Eric tries to impress a girl by saying "I'm Batman." That January, his actor, Will Friedle, actually got the title role of the cartoon show, ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''. |
| 276 | |
| 277 | [[AC:Season 7]] |
| 278 | * After Cory and Topanga and Shawn and Angela have broken up: |
| 279 | --> '''Cory''': I believe in love like I believe in God. You can't see it. You can't touch it, but you know it's there because you can feel its wrath." |
| 280 | -->'''Shawn''': And goodness. You can feel love's goodness. |
| 281 | -->'''Cory''': I wouldn't know. |
| 282 | * Eric and Jack versus Rachel, Topanga and Angela in a wrestling competition for the apartment. With [[Wrestling/MickFoley Mankind]] as the referee. |
| 283 | * Eric and Jack being unnerved by the Music/BackstreetBoys poster in the girls' dorm room when they're exiled to it after a rigged wrestling match. Not only do we get Eric and Jack arguing over who "the cute one" is, [[Wrestling/MickFoley Mankind]] adds his two cents in later when he, too, seems rather bothered by the poster. |
| 284 | --> [[Wrestling/MickFoley Mankind]]: I think the cute one's looking at me. |
| 285 | * Every scene with Eric in the episode where Shawn tries to impress Angela's father is hilarious. |
| 286 | -->'''Eric''': [+++YAKSAI!+++] |
| 287 | -->(Eric misses in his attempt at attacking Topanga and lands on the floor) |
| 288 | -->'''Eric''': (feebly) Help. |
| 289 | -->'''Mr. Feeny''': I quit. I just do. |
| 290 | ** Don't forget Sgt. Moore giving Eric a harsh TheReasonYouSuckSpeech that ends up turning around on him. |
| 291 | --->'''Sgt. Moore:''' Matthews!\ |
| 292 | '''Eric:''' Yes, sir!\ |
| 293 | '''Sgt. Moore:''' You are a disgrace to this university, this country, and humanity in general!\ |
| 294 | '''Eric:''' [giggles] Wow...\ |
| 295 | '''Sgt. Moore:''' Now drop and give me twenty!\ |
| 296 | [Eric drops to the floor and all we see of him is his arm holding a bill]\ |
| 297 | '''Eric:''' Okay, but you better pay me back. |
| 298 | * When Cory gets unusually excited for his and Topanga's honeymoon: |
| 299 | -->'''Topanga:''' So you're just marrying me so you can consummate our relationship? |
| 300 | -->'''Cory:''' Me and 900 million other guys! |
| 301 | -->'''Topanga:''' Cory, I'm beginning to think you'd be fine if we spent our honeymoon in any old hotel. |
| 302 | -->'''Cory:''' Or in the road... |
| 303 | -->'''Topanga:''' Cory, that's sick! |
| 304 | -->'''Cory:''' "That's sick"? ''I'm'' sick?! You know what's "sick", everyone?! We have been in a relationship for ''seventeen years'', and DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE GOTTEN IN ALL THAT TIME?! ''LET ME '''TOUCH SOMETHING!!!''''' |
| 305 | * As Cory prepares for his wedding with Topanga, Shawn might not end up as the best man, so Eric tries to win Cory over. Watch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P93GT2Oow_8 here]]: |
| 306 | ** The second part is arguably funnier - Cory's parents try to make Cory have Eric as his best man. Cory just sits there, [[ThisIsGonnaSuck knowing what's coming.]] |
| 307 | --->'''Alan:''' Eric's out, Shawn's in!\ |
| 308 | '''Amy:''' The baby! Someone save the baby!\ |
| 309 | '''Eric:''' Sparklers are fun. |
| 310 | * Eric declaring that if he can't be the best man at Cory's wedding, ''he's going to be the groom'' & proceeding to propose to Topanga. Once Eric's finished, an exasperated Cory simply says "Get him" & a screaming Topanga lunges at him. |
| 311 | ** Jack begging Eric to stop only gets him a "Quiet, half-breed!" |
| 312 | ** What he says in his "proposal" to her though: "Topanga, marry me and let's make nick-nick!" |
| 313 | ** There are some people who shall remain nameless...CORY, MOMMY AND DADDY! Who believe I'm not Best Man material." |
| 314 | * "HA HA, SHAWN'S POOR!" |
| 315 | * Cory grabbing the key to the honeymoon suite out of Eric's hand, grabbing Topanga, and all but sprinting out of the ballroom as she whoops. |
| 316 | * Jack mentioning that being a hero ''would'' look good on his resume. |
| 317 | -->'''Jack''': Get a new job, buy a beautiful house, and [[BreadMilkEggsSquick hire a security guard to shoot you on sight if you ever come near my property.]] |
| 318 | -->'''Eric''': That sounds a little hostile, but I wish you well! |
| 319 | -->'''Jack''': Aw, now I feel bad...''[the two hug]'' |
| 320 | * In "What A Drag," Eric looks in a mirror to try and find his "inner woman." You can clearly see Rider Strong not even trying to hide a big smile in the background when Will Friedle is making faces in the mirror...and then the French accent comes out... |
| 321 | * In "The War," the prank war divides the group - and Eric objects. To Feeny. Who responds completely deadpan. |
| 322 | -->'''Mr. Feeny''': Mr. Matthews, I have no idea what you're talking about. [[WaxingLyrical And that's the way, uh-huh, uh-huh, I like it.]] |
| 323 | * In "Seven the Hard Way," Eric imagines what will happen to the group if they don't settle their current, very bitter disagreements. Eric himself is portrayed as a nutty recluse, having changed his name to "Plays with Squirrels." |
| 324 | -->'''Eric''': I married a moose. ''[To Cory & Topanga, smugly]'' We don't need counseling. |
| 325 | --> ---- |
| 326 | -->'''Mr. Feeny:''' Mr. Matthews? |
| 327 | -->'''Eric:''' Mr. Squirrels. |
| 328 | -->'''Cory:''' Eric? |
| 329 | -->'''Eric:''' Plays With. |
| 330 | ** And followed up by Feeny's reaction: "All right, everyone. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere I'll see you at my funeral]]." |
| 331 | ** Topanga gets some good moments when she gets so fed up with Cory and Shawn still getting along despite everyone else fighting and starts calling Shawn "His lovah!" |
| 332 | * Chet, Shawn and Jack's dad, gets some great lines in the series, especially in ghost form. |
| 333 | --> I got two stupid boys! Y'all embarrass me in front of my dead friends! |
| 334 | * In the finale, Eric does one last "Feeny call" before a montage plays of his best "Feeny calls" from over the years: [[http://youtu.be/m-BB-Xk9xYY FEE-HEE-HEE-HEEEENAY!]] |
| 335 | ** "FEEEE-NEEEEE!! OOOH! That's a new one!" |
| 336 | * As big a combined TearJerker and SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}} the whole episode was, this little exchange between Cory and Mr. Feeny in the GrandFinale never ceases to amuse. |
| 337 | -->'''Mr. Feeny:''' So, Mr. Matthews... |
| 338 | -->'''Cory:''' Think we've known each other long enough for you to call me "Cory"? |
| 339 | -->'''Mr. Feeny:''' (''smirking'') I think we've known each other long enough for me to call you "''[[EmbarrassingFirstName Cornelius]]''". |
| 340 | -->'''Cory:''' SHHH! Mr. Feeny, not even ''Topanga'' knows that! |
| 341 | |
| 342 | [[AC: Meta]] |
| 343 | * When you consider the [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond numerous]] [[WesternAnimation/KimPossible other]] [[WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise roles]] that [[Creator/WillFriedle Will Friedle]] has voiced throughout his expansive VA career post BMW, it's hilarious to imagine some of his other roles saying almost ANY of Eric Matthews lines (especially [[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 Dead]][[ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} pool]]). Hell for that matter, just imagine [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond Terry McGuiness]] alone, aka a version of the GODDAMN BATMAN referring to himself as Mr. Squirrels or saying or doing any other things Eric gets up to. |
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