History Headscratchers / GirlMeetsWorld

* Maya has an obvious crush on Josh, and the feeling might be mutual. Yet, she's supposed to be 12, and he's supposed to be 17. Um...

*** Of course I have. A lot of my celebrity crushes are older actresses. It's just that, he tells Maya, "You grew up gorgeous" (playing with the back of his head for a second before saying it), and then the audience (who were obviously live for this episode) goes "WHOOOO!" And then, at the end, when Shawn invites them along for his next business venture, Maya points at Josh and says, "You're invited, too", prompting a "Cool" from him, and an "Oh, boy" from Riley. It just seems sort of an awkward thing. If a girl five years younger than me had a thing for me (at least, at the ages Maya and Josh are supposed to be), I wouldn't say, "You grew up gorgeous" to her, even in amusement.
**** Maybe they reconned his age to being closer with Riley and Maya?

*** When did they say they hadn't seen each other for 13 years? Riley even said that Shawn had come over for a few Christmases.

** It could be they just fell out of touch. I mean, at the start of the series, Cory and Shawn hadn't seen each other in 13 years, and they were all but joined at the hip during ''Boy Meets World.''

* Consider how close they grew through out the original series it seems slight odd that neither Cory or Topanga seemed to know that Angela was married.

* If Lucas helped out during Hurricane Katrina, wouldn't he have only been like, 4 or 5 years old?

*** He may NOT have gotten detention. Riley was there. Maya was there. You'd have to pretty much pull a gun on Farkle to keep him from being where his "ladies" are.

*** Hey may NOT have gotten detention. Riley was there. Maya was there. You'd have to pretty much pull a gun on Farkle to keep him from being where his "ladies" are.

** In ''Girl Meets Rules'', why did Farkle get detention? He didn't do anything. He fainted twice, got hit with a Frisbee, got shot with ping pong balls and that's about it. Much like Lucas, he was pretty much respecting the rules. Was it just because he was out of his seat and on the floor when Cory came in? Was it seen as him helping enable Maya?

*** Auggie asks why Eric is dressed the way he is in "Girl Meets Mr. Squirrels". He only dresses up as Plays With Squirrels when talking with his townspeople, of whom he was elected mayor only recently. It's very likely nobody's ever seen the Plays With Squirrels getup before.

** It's possible that when Riley first met Eric, the stars were in the proper alignment for him to be "Smart Eric", and this is the first time she's seen "Plays With Squirrels."

* So, how in touch are the girls with the extended cast of the original show? Shawn was very, very distant from Riley until the events of the series play out because his emotional baggage kept him away -- that much is concrete -- but what about the others? Riley knows Eric, and she even knows Eric's Feeny call, but she somehow doesn't know that Eric's been elected mayor of a small town? Cory and Topanga know, and they're not even surprised to see him sporting the "Mr. Squirrels" beard and robe, but Riley is so confused, she literally blows a rape whistle on him at first. How is she so out of the loop? Hell, she recognizes *Feeny* on sight one episode later, despite dialogue indicating that they've never even met before.

*** Which is its own headscratcher, as the girls are in 7th grade and should thus be 12-13. I suppose it's entirely likely that Maya might have been left back a grade at some point.

** In "Girl Meets Master Plan," Maya turns 14, so the age gap isn't quite as drastic (three years compared to five as we were speculating).

** In "Girl Meets Game Night", Josh is clearly disturbed by Maya's obsession with him and spends the entire night trying to let her down easy, implying that his calling her gorgeous was just him being a nice guy.

** In "Girl Meets Family Game Night", Josh is clearly disturbed by Maya's obsession with him and spends the entire night trying to let her down easy, implying that his calling her gorgeous was just him being a nice guy.

** Five years seems like a big deal when their ages are 12 and 17, but when they're 22 and 27 it becomes less of an issue. Josh might just be looking ahead.

**** Maybe they reconned his age to being closer with Riley and Maya?

*** Of course I have. A lot of my celebrity crushes are older actresses. It's just that, he tells Maya, "You grew up gorgeous" (playing with the back of his head for a second before saying it), and then the audience (who were obviously live for this episode) goes "WHOOOO!" And then, at the end, when Shawn invites them along for his next business venture, Maya points at Josh and says, "You're invited, too", prompting a "Cool" from him, and an "Oh, boy" from Riley. It just seems sort of an awkward thing. If a girl five years younger than me had a thing for me (at least, at the ages Maya and Josh are supposed to be), I wouldn't say, "You grew up gorgeous" to her, even in amusement.

** Maybe the school has a really low budget, or more then likely, the to save on the costs of hiring extras. The same reason why we rarely see any other staff unless they are plot relevant.

*** Of course I have. A lot of my celebrity crushes are older actresses. It's just that, he tells Maya, "You grew up gorgeous" (playing with the back of his head for a second before saying it), and then the audience (who were obviously live for this episode) goes "WHOOOO!" And then, at the end, when Shawn invites them along for his next business venture, Maya points at Josh and says, "You're invited, too", prompting a "Cool" from him, and an "Oh, boy" from Riley. It just seems sort of an awkward thing. If a girl five years younger than me had a thing for me (at least, at the ages Maya and Josh are), I wouldn't say, "You grew up gorgeous" to her, even in amusement.

*** Of course I have. A lot of my celebrity crushes are older actresses. It's just that, he tells Maya, "You grew up gorgeous" (playing with the back of his head for a second before saying it), and then the audience (who were obviously live for this episode) goes "WHOOOO!" And then, at the end, when Shawn invites them along for his next business venture, Maya points at Josh and says, "You're invited, too", prompting a "Cool" from him, and an "Oh, boy" from Riley. It just seems sort of an awkward thing. If a girl five years younger than me had a thing for me, I wouldn't say, "You grew up gorgeous" to her, even in amusement.

** What? You never had a crush on someone older than you were? On Josh's end, he seems more amused by it than anything else.

* Maya has an obvious crush on Josh, and the feeling might be mutual. Yet, she's supposed to be 12, and he's supposed to be 17. Um...

** To be fair, there ''is'' an extra cafeteria worker in the background. It can be safe to assume that there are more.

** Maybe the school has a really low budget, or more then likely, the to save on the costs of hiring extras. The same reason why we rarely see any other staff unless they are plot relevant.

* Why does a school with 1000 children (verbatim from “Girl Meets the Forgotten”) only have one lunch lady on staff? This troper had a school of *maybe* 500 students and remembers having at least 6 or 7 regular cafeteria workers.

* Why does a school with 1000 children (verbatim from “Girl Meets the Forgotten”) only have one lunch lady on staff? This troper had a school of *maybe* 500 students and remembers having at least 8 or 9 regular cafeteria workers.