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* Hilariously, one {{stinger}} in Season 1 gives a perfectly cromulent pseudoscientific explanation for the show's NegativeContinuity -- in trying to discover the secret of TimeTravel Minkus proves that time is "not a continuum" but a "random repetition of moments", i.e. the Boy Meets World continuity is actually a {{multiverse}} composed of loosely related AlternateTimelines.

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* Hilariously, one {{stinger}} in Season 1 gives a perfectly cromulent pseudoscientific explanation for the show's NegativeContinuity -- in trying to discover the secret of TimeTravel Minkus proves that time is "not a continuum" but a "random repetition of moments", i.e. the Boy Meets World continuity is actually a {{multiverse}} composed of loosely related AlternateTimelines.
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* Season 5's "The First Girlfriend's Club": Jennifer, Dana and Libby committed a felony kidnapping and got away with it scot-free! Handcuffing someone to a pipe and putting tape over their act is considered a violent act.

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* Season 5's "The First Girlfriend's Club": Jennifer, Dana and Libby committed a felony kidnapping and got away with it scot-free! Handcuffing someone to a pipe and putting tape over their act mouth is considered a violent act.
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* Season 5's "The First Girlfriend's Club": Jennifer, Dana and Libby committed a felony kidnapping and got away with it scot-free! Handcuffing someone to a pipe and putting tape over their act is considered a violent act.

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** Also, when one thinks about the episodes first three victims, one can find some logic to who gets killed once you realize that [[spoiler: Shawn]] is the killer. The first to die, Kenny, had "started" the whole thing by asking if he could borrow Topanga's big pencil. Next to die was Mr. Feeny, who had intentionally separated Cory and Topanga AND put the group into detention. The janitor also got killed because him suddenly coming into the room and acting strangely threatening was the thing that caused Feeny to PUT the kids into detention to begin with. Each of their deaths are even foreshadowed, as Shawn had commented on stabbing Kenny in the head with Topanga's big pencil, Feeny waves around a pair of scissors as his frustration builds as well as Shawn sarcastically asking him if he'd ever been stabbed in the back, and the janitor's entire reason for coming in was to collect trash in his garbage bin.

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** Also, when one thinks about the episodes first three victims, one can find some logic to who gets killed once you realize that [[spoiler: Shawn]] Shawn is the killer. The first to die, Kenny, had "started" the whole thing by asking if he could borrow Topanga's big pencil. Next to die was Mr. Feeny, who had intentionally separated Cory and Topanga AND put the group into detention. The janitor also got killed because him suddenly coming into the room and acting strangely threatening was the thing that caused Feeny to PUT the kids into detention to begin with. Each of their deaths are even foreshadowed, as Shawn had commented on stabbing Kenny in the head with Topanga's big pencil, Feeny waves around a pair of scissors as his frustration builds as well as Shawn sarcastically asking him if he'd ever been stabbed in the back, and the janitor's entire reason for coming in was to collect trash in his garbage bin.



* While Cory is the star of the show, the show takes on a new meaning if you apply the title to Shawn. Shawn goes from a kid from the wrong side of the tracks to a confident young man. He goes through more hardships than Cory from being in foster care, to dealing with alcoholism and real life issues, discovering he had a long lost half brother, as well as [[spoiler: losing his father who was a deadbeat.]] The title can apply to any of the main male characters who are students during the series.

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* While Cory is the star of the show, the show takes on a new meaning if you apply the title to Shawn. Shawn goes from a kid from the wrong side of the tracks to a confident young man. He goes through more hardships than Cory from being in foster care, to dealing with alcoholism and real life issues, discovering he had a long lost half brother, as well as [[spoiler: losing his father who was a deadbeat.]] deadbeat. The title can apply to any of the main male characters who are students during the series.



* Hilariously, one {{stinger}} in Season 1 gives a perfectly cromulent pseudoscientific explanation for the show's LooseContinuity -- in trying to discover the secret of TimeTravel Minkus proves that time is "not a continuum" but a "random repetition of moments", i.e. the Boy Meets World continuity is actually a {{multiverse}} composed of loosely related AlternateTimelines.

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* Hilariously, one {{stinger}} in Season 1 gives a perfectly cromulent pseudoscientific explanation for the show's LooseContinuity NegativeContinuity -- in trying to discover the secret of TimeTravel Minkus proves that time is "not a continuum" but a "random repetition of moments", i.e. the Boy Meets World continuity is actually a {{multiverse}} composed of loosely related AlternateTimelines.

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** Shawn claims he will get "as sick as you can possibly get without actually dying." Killing everyone, including your brother and girlfriend, to make sure your best friends' relationship works out is [[IncrediblyLamePun pretty sick.]]

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** Shawn claims he will get "as sick as you can possibly get without actually dying." Killing everyone, including your brother and girlfriend, to make sure your best friends' relationship works out is [[IncrediblyLamePun pretty sick.]]



* In "And Then There Was Shawn," the DeathBySex trope is invoked when Shawn states that virgins never die, then Jack & Eric (who both accept they're going to die) are both killed. Angela doesn't comment either way in that scene, so why does she die? [[BlackDudeDiesFirst What skin color is she, again?]]

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* In "And Then There Was Shawn," the DeathBySex SexSignalsDeath trope is invoked when Shawn states that virgins never die, then Jack & Eric (who both accept they're going to die) are both killed. Angela doesn't comment either way in that scene, so why does she die? [[BlackDudeDiesFirst What skin color is she, again?]]
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* Hilariously, one {{stinger}} in Season 1 gives a perfectly cromulent pseudoscientific explanation for the show's LooseContinuity -- in trying to discover the secret of TimeTravel Minkus proves that time is "not a continuum" but a "random repetition of moments", i.e. the Boy Meets World continuity is actually a {{multiverse}} composed of loosely related AlternateTimeline|s.

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* Hilariously, one {{stinger}} in Season 1 gives a perfectly cromulent pseudoscientific explanation for the show's LooseContinuity -- in trying to discover the secret of TimeTravel Minkus proves that time is "not a continuum" but a "random repetition of moments", i.e. the Boy Meets World continuity is actually a {{multiverse}} composed of loosely related AlternateTimeline|s.
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* Hilariously, one {{stinger}} in Season 1 gives a perfectly cromulent pseudoscientific explanation for the show's LooseContinuity -- in trying to discover the secret of TimeTravel Minkus proves that time is "not a continuum" but a "random repetition of moments", i.e. the Boy Meets World continuity is actually a {{multiverse}} composed of loosely related AlternateTimeline|s.
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* Speaking of Rachel, it's revealed in her first appearance "His Answer", that she gave up a scholarship to Yale in order to follow her then boyfriend to college at Pennbrook. This is a parallel to Topanga, who in the previous episode also decided to give up Yale in order to attend college with Cory at Pennbrook. Rachel's nasty break-up at the beginning of the episode is meant to show what could potentially happen between Cory & Topanga(thankfully it doesn't).
* In "And Then There Was Shawn," the DeathBySex trope is invoked when Shawn states that virgins never die, then Jack & Eric (Who both accept they're going die) are both killed. Angela doesn't comment either way in that scene, so why does she die? [[BlackGuyDiesFirst What skin color is she, again]]?

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* Speaking of Rachel, it's revealed in her first appearance "His Answer", that she gave up a scholarship to Yale in order to follow her then boyfriend to college at Pennbrook. This is a parallel to Topanga, who in the previous episode also decided to give up Yale in order to attend college with Cory at Pennbrook. Rachel's nasty break-up at the beginning of the episode is meant to show what could potentially happen between Cory & Topanga(thankfully Topanga (thankfully it doesn't).
* In "And Then There Was Shawn," the DeathBySex trope is invoked when Shawn states that virgins never die, then Jack & Eric (Who (who both accept they're going to die) are both killed. Angela doesn't comment either way in that scene, so why does she die? [[BlackGuyDiesFirst [[BlackDudeDiesFirst What skin color is she, again]]?again?]]
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** Also, when one thinks about the episodes victims, one can find some logic to who gets killed once you realize that [[spoiler: Shawn]] is the killer. The first to die, Kenny, had "started" the whole thing by asking if he could borrow Topanga's big pencil. Next to die was Mr. Feeny, who had intentionally separated Cory and Topanga AND put the group into detention. The janitor also got killed because him suddenly coming into the room and acting strangely threatening was the thing that caused Feeny to PUT the kids into detention to begin with.

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** Also, when one thinks about the episodes first three victims, one can find some logic to who gets killed once you realize that [[spoiler: Shawn]] is the killer. The first to die, Kenny, had "started" the whole thing by asking if he could borrow Topanga's big pencil. Next to die was Mr. Feeny, who had intentionally separated Cory and Topanga AND put the group into detention. The janitor also got killed because him suddenly coming into the room and acting strangely threatening was the thing that caused Feeny to PUT the kids into detention to begin with. Each of their deaths are even foreshadowed, as Shawn had commented on stabbing Kenny in the head with Topanga's big pencil, Feeny waves around a pair of scissors as his frustration builds as well as Shawn sarcastically asking him if he'd ever been stabbed in the back, and the janitor's entire reason for coming in was to collect trash in his garbage bin.
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** Also, when one thinks about the episodes victims, one can find some logic to who gets killed once you realize that [[spoiler: Shawn]] is the killer. The first to die, Kenny, had "started" the whole thing by asking if he could borrow Topanga's big pencil. Next to die was Mr. Feeny, who had intentionally separated Cory and Topanga AND put the group into detention. The janitor also got killed because him suddenly coming into the room and acting strangely threatening was the thing that caused Feeny to PUT the kids into detention to begin with.

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* Topanga going from a GranolaGirl to a normal girl with a weird name is just her going through phases as she gets older, and a justified CharacterizationMarchesOn. [[TruthInTelevision Kids may be goth or hippies at one age, then grow out of it. Even some of the most conservative, hardworking adults were rebels in their youth.]]
** Even more so when you remember that her parents were hippies as well, and so pre-pubescent little Topanga is probably just mimicking them. As she gets older she establishes her own identity.
* The reason Shawn [[RummageSaleReject wears hippies clothes and 1970s fashion]] is because his family's poor. His clothes are hand me downs and from charities.
** Likewise, why does the same thing apply to Cory in early seasons? His clothes are ''Eric'''s hand-me-downs, hence why he undergoes such a change in his style by the time he's in his senior year.
** Shawn gets nicer clothes later on - as he can range farther on his own, he can find out where the good used-clothing stores are, isn't growing as fast as in middle school, and finally gets a job.

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* Topanga going from a GranolaGirl to a normal girl with a weird name is just her going through phases as she gets older, and a justified CharacterizationMarchesOn. [[TruthInTelevision Kids may be goth or hippies at one age, then grow out of it. Even some of the most conservative, hardworking adults were rebels in their youth.]]
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]] Even more so when you remember that her parents were hippies as well, and so pre-pubescent little Topanga is probably just mimicking them. As she gets older she establishes her own identity.
* The reason Shawn [[RummageSaleReject wears hippies clothes and 1970s fashion]] is because his family's poor. His clothes are hand me downs and from charities.
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charities. Likewise, why does the same thing apply to Cory in early seasons? His clothes are ''Eric'''s hand-me-downs, hence why he undergoes such a change in his style by the time he's in his senior year.
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year. Shawn gets nicer clothes later on - as he can range farther on his own, he can find out where the good used-clothing stores are, isn't growing as fast as in middle school, and finally gets a job.



** Maybe Shawn really knew what he was doing - he does say "It has everything to do with Lou, trust me." Then again, it's not really Shawn who does or doesn't make this connection - it's Cory's subconscious, as it's his nightmare.

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** Maybe Shawn really knew what he was doing - he does say "It has everything to do with Lou, trust me." Then again, it's not really Shawn who does or doesn't make this connection - it's Cory's subconscious, as it's his nightmare.



** I thought that Jack was older than Eric? Eric mentions something in that same episode about being the lookout because he is the oldest. Jack then responds with "I'm the oldest" to which Eric replies, "Yeah, but I've lived the longest."
** Eric claims to be eight months older than Jack in "Boy Meets Real World", which makes sense since he started college a year late. Eric said that to the camera when Jack wasn't around, so maybe Jack just thinks he's the oldest and Eric's "I've lived the longest" is [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight actually correct.]]
*** Plus, bear in mind that the events of 'And Then There Was Shawn' was all Shawn's dream and doesn't have to be taken as gospel. It's entirely possible Shawn doesn't even know who's older between Jack and Eric. Either way, it's not, like, outside the realm of possibility that a 20-year-old college student ''may'' have some beer in his fridge. Jack probably doesn't drink given his history and his reaction to it, but Eric likely does.
*** If it is Eric's beer, that explains why he [[{{Flanderization}} gets dumber]] in the later episodes.
** There is one more possibility: The beer actually belongs to Alan, as he is in the habit of dropping by to hang out with Eric.
** Also from the same episode, the cops let Cory and Shawn go due to being minors and having no prior arrests. Didn't Shawn get in trouble for blowing up a mailbox?
*** Depends. Is Shawn over 18 at the point he was let go, and did the mailbox thing happen prior to his 18th birthday?Because if so, his juvenile records had been sealed, and officially did not count.

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** I thought that Jack was older than Eric? Eric mentions something in that same episode about being the lookout because he is the oldest. Jack then responds with "I'm the oldest" to which Eric replies, "Yeah, but I've lived the longest."
** Eric claims to be eight months older than Jack in "Boy Meets Real World", which makes sense since he started college a year late. Eric said that to the camera when Jack wasn't around, so maybe Jack just thinks he's the oldest and Eric's "I've lived the longest" is [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight actually correct.]]
*** Plus, bear in mind that the events of 'And Then There Was Shawn' was all Shawn's dream and doesn't have to be taken as gospel. It's entirely possible Shawn doesn't even know who's older between Jack and Eric. Either way, it's not, like, outside the realm of possibility that a 20-year-old college student ''may'' have some beer in his fridge. Jack probably doesn't drink given his history and his reaction to it, but Eric likely does.
*** If it is Eric's beer, that explains why he [[{{Flanderization}} gets dumber]] in the later episodes.
** There is one more possibility: The beer actually belongs to Alan, as he is in the habit of dropping by to hang out with Eric.
** Also from the same episode, the cops let Cory and Shawn go due to being minors and having no prior arrests. Didn't Shawn get in trouble for blowing up a mailbox?
*** Depends. Is Shawn over 18 at the point he was let go, and did the mailbox thing happen prior to his 18th birthday?Because if so, his juvenile records had been sealed, and officially did not count.



* Mr. Turner is in a vehicle accident in the season four episode "Cult Fiction" and is [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome Brother Chucked]] but appears in an off screen ContinuityNod in the fifth season finale. Since he survived and we know little of his fate, it's possible he was paralyzed.
** Jossed. He appears in the ''Series/GirlMeetsWorld'' episode "Girl Meets the New Teacher" and he's just fine. In-Universe, everyone already knew that.



** Either that or Minkus was telling the truth. John Adams High seems like a big school and it's not uncommon for people in schools with thousands of students to not know everyone in their grade, or see them on a regular basis. It's also possible Minkus moved away and came back later on.

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** Either that or Minkus was telling the truth. John Adams High seems like a big school school, and it's not uncommon for people in schools with thousands of students to not know everyone in their grade, or see them on a regular basis. It's also possible Minkus moved away and came back later on.

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* In "The Psychotic Episode", in Cory's second nightmare, Shawn is supposed to make a speech on Louis Pasteur, but he's doing magic tricks instead - specifically one where he tries to make milk disappear. What is Pasteur most famous for? Discovering pasteurisation, a technique used most commonly on milk.
** Maybe Shawn really knew what he was doing - he does say "It has everything to do with Lou, trust me." Then again, it's not really Shawn who does or doesn't make this connection - it's Cory's subconscious, as it's his nightmare.
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* After rewatching the pilot, where Feeny makes Cory understand the values taken from RomeoAndJuliet, as well as Cory's dislike of girls, made me realize it's a set up for the rest of the series. Cory himself learns true love as the series goes on.

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* After rewatching the pilot, where Feeny makes Cory understand the values taken from RomeoAndJuliet, ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', as well as Cory's dislike of girls, made me realize it's a set up for the rest of the series. Cory himself learns true love as the series goes on.
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** Jossed. He appears in the GirlMeetsWorld episode "Girl Meets The New Teacher" and he's just fine. In-Universe, everyone already knew that.

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** Jossed. He appears in the GirlMeetsWorld ''Series/GirlMeetsWorld'' episode "Girl Meets The the New Teacher" and he's just fine. In-Universe, everyone already knew that.

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