History Trivia / GirlMeetsWorld

* TheWikiRule: [[http://girlmeetsworld.wikia.com/wiki/Girl_Meets_World_Wiki Naturally.]] Of course, there's a wiki for [[http://boymeetsworld.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Boy Meets World]], too, if you're so inclined.

* AdoredByTheNetwork: Granted, not only is it one of Disney Channel's most popular shows, but its ''Boy Meets World'' heritage gives it a higher profile than what a Disney Channel show might've gotten otherwise barring a sudden breakout superstardom ala ''Series/HannahMontana'' or ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace''. On the other hand, a lot of fans (particularly from other shows) feel it's at the expense of the rest of the network. For example, the '''''series finales''''' of both ''{{Series/Jessie}}'', a show that's been running a full four years and had gained the network's highest ratings until ''GMW'' arrived on scene (and consequently itself a previously adored darling of the network) and ''Series/IDidntDoIt'', a show that had been struggling but had a sizable fandom nonetheless, ended up being buried in the middle of "Girl Meets Texas."

* ChannelHop: In a way - while ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'' aired on ABC, ''Girl Meets World'' is airing on Disney Channel.[[note]]Duly noted, when ''Boy Meets World'' debuted, ABC was part of the independently owned Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. The Walt Disney Company, owners of ''BMW''[='=]s producing studio Touchstone Television (now ABC Studios), did not acquire ABC until 1996, with the sale being finalized between production of the third and fourth seasons. Disney Channel and ABC Family have aired reruns of ''BMW'' in the past.[[/note]]

* CreatorBacklash: Trina [=McGee=] has stated some of [[https://twitter.com/realtrinamcgee/status/612109722288664576 her]] [[https://twitter.com/realtrinamcgee/status/612109858515521536 negative]] [[https://twitter.com/realtrinamcgee/status/612116359258882049 opinions]] [[https://twitter.com/realtrinamcgee/status/612117038899724288 on]] "Girl Meets Hurricane," the episode where her character (Angela) made a guest appearance - Particularly how she was portrayed and her serving to [[ShipSinking sink one ship]] in order to [[ShipperOnDeck promote another]].
** Creator/RiderStrong [[http://www.eonline.com/news/821257/girl-meets-world-couldn-t-get-as-dramatic-as-the-original-because-of-disney-channel-according-to-rider-strong is critical]] of the executives at Creator/DisneyChannel forcing the LighterAndSofter tone compared to the original series, feeling that it held the show back.

** Sabrina Carpenter, was almost 14 when the pilot was filmed, playing 12 year old Maya. She turned 15 before season 1 wrapped, with Maya being barely 13. Averted with Rowan Blanchard as Riley who was 12 playing 12 year old Riley in the pilot, and she's always the same age as her character. This is actually a case of OlderThanTheyLook as Maya doesn't look any older than Riley.

** Sabrina Carpenter's older sister Sarah, who plays a background student in some episodes, which as of this writing, is 18, yet blends well as a fellow middle schooler.
** Played straight with Creator/PeytonMeyer and Corey Fogelmanis. Though Meyer's the only one whose age difference between actor and character is physically noticeable. Meyer looks so much older than the other three that Lucas was revealed to have been held back a year in the season 2 episode "Girl Meets the Secret of Life" to justify it.
** Invoked with "Girl Meets 1961" - Rowan Blanchard, Sabrina Carpenter, Peyton Meyer and Corey Fogelmanis all play one of their characters' Great-Grandparents. However, if the Great-Grandparents were the same ages as their respective actors, that would mean they should have been playing the kids' Grandparents, as they would have been in their 40s during the 1990s, when Cory & Topanga were themselves teenagers.

* FollowTheLeader: The show's initial success may have led to greenlight to a revival of [[Series/FullHouse another TGIF sitcom]], ''Series/FullerHouse'', which was announced shortly after ''GMW'' premiered.[[note]]However whereas ''GMW'' is more of a SpinOffspring show, ''Fuller'' is a straight continuation of its original series, and indirectly led to an influx of classic sitcoms such as ''{{Series/Roseanne}}'', ''Series/WillAndGrace'', and even Disney Channel's own ''[[Series/RavensHome That's So Raven]]'' being revived in the same manner, many years after their original series ended.[[/note]]

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Compared to when the series first premiered (see Adored By The Network above), the series has significantly fallen off the network radar after ratings started to decline and the Periphery Demographic started to slowly abandon the show when many of them saw it as less a proper sequel or even Spiritual Successor and just another Disney Channel KidCom with Boy Meets World characters in it. Spreading out the episodes with long breaks in between, and grouping (sometimes randomly) episodes tightly together to spill across non-prime nights (such as across an entire week) hasn't helped out either and may have contributed significantly to the audience drop-off.
** To further build on this, the show was doing solid ratings of around 2.20 million viewers but fell dramatically to the 1.6/1.7 range after the holiday hiatus in Season 2, finally returning in January with episodes that were noticeably aired out of order (including Girl Meets STEM, the 19th produced that season but the 26th aired and Girl Meets Commonism, the 6th produced that season but 28th aired) due to differing hair styles, characterizations, and relationship moments. The final season was hampered by multiple week hiatuses in October, November, and December, making it hard as a viewer to know when episodes were even airing. By the time the series was announced as canceled, the show changed the final episodes to air at 6:30 PM ET/3:30 PM PT from its traditional 8:30 PM ET/5:30 PM PT time slot.

* SendingStuffToSaveTheShow: Since the show got canceled by Disney Channel, fans have been endlessly requesting that Creator/{{Netflix}} would pick up the rights to the show to continue it (complete with it's own hashtag for the campaign, [=#GirlMeetsNetflix=]), asking Disney Channel to release the rights so it can be continued there, and some even ask Creator/{{Hulu}} to pick it up.[[note]]Except the show is a hit worldwide for its life lessons, so sending it on Hulu is not a good choice as the service is only available in the US and Japan.[[/note]] As of now it's on the Fate Undetermined level as Netflix is planning to do talks with the channel to continue it. Even some internet sites [[http://www.justjaredjr.com/2017/01/10/girl-meets-world-fans-rally-netflix-to-pick-up-the-show-girlmeetsnetflix/ noticed the big]] [[http://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/girl-meets-world-fans-ask-netflix-to-revive-disney-show/ efforts the fandom]] [[http://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/movies-tv/news/a44333/girl-meets-world-fans-think-netflix-is-the-last-hope-to-save-the-show/ is doing]] just to have the show continue. Sadly, the ploy failed as creator Michael Jacobs took to Twitter to [[https://twitter.com/GMWWriters/status/859787187537141760 proclaim]] that he wasn't able to get another company, Netflix included presumably, to pick up the show.

* NamesTheSame: Maya shares the same last name as Eric's tutor Torie Hart from the prequel, though both characters are unrelated.

** August Maturo as August "Auggie" Matthews.
** Ava, Auggie's "friend" that likes to tell him what to do, is played by Ava Kolker.

** Rider Strong [[http://www.eonline.com/news/821257/girl-meets-world-couldn-t-get-as-dramatic-as-the-original-because-of-disney-channel-according-to-rider-strong is critical]] of the executives at Creator/DisneyChannel forcing the LighterAndSofter tone compared to the original series, feeling that it held the show back.

** Rider Strong (along with his brother Shiloh) have directed a large number of episodes (increasingly the series' bulk) including "Girl Meets 1961" and most of the first half of Season 2.
** William Russ (Alan Matthews) directed "Girl Meets Hurricane".

** Played straight with Peyton Meyer and Corey Fogelmanis. Though Meyer's the only one whose age difference between actor and character is physically noticeable. Meyer looks so much older than the other three that Lucas was revealed to have been held back a year in the season 2 episode "Girl Meets the Secret of Life" to justify it.