History Series / GirlMeetsWorld

A SequelSeries to ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'', produced by {{Creator/Disney}} and original creator Michael Jacobs, which premiered on June 27, 2014. Ben Savage and Danielle Fishel reprise their roles as Cory and Topanga, with 13-year-old Creator/RowanBlanchard playing their daughter Riley--who will, presumably, meet the world. Completing the family is August Maturo as Riley's younger brother, Auggie.

** Harley has come a long way since high school bully. He's now a humble school janitor who takes his job very seriously and looks out for the
students at his school, especially those who get bullied. Cory was the one who got him the job and he holds Cory in much higher esteem than he did in high school.

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: In "Girl Meets Sneak Attack", Auggie (who's 5) makes friends with a girl (who's 6) who makes it clear she only wants to be friends with him solely so she can tell him what to do. Claiming "This many (holds up 6 fingers) Gets to tell this many (holds up 5 fingers) what to do."

* [[NostalgiaLevel Nostalgia Episode]]: "Girl Meets Home For The Holidays," which was a reunion of the damn near all of Matthews family (save Morgan and Eric), Shawn and Maya included.

Riley is accompanied by her best friend Maya Hart (Music/SabrinaCarpenter), the LoveInterest PrettyBoy Lucas Friar (Creator/PeytonMeyer), as well as the quirky and nerdy Farkle (Creator/CoreyFogelmanis) who has an open crush on both Riley and Maya.

The show's second season premiered on May 11, 2015, while the third season premiered on June 3, 2016. Is connected to the rest of the Franchise/DisneyChannelLiveActionUniverse through the 2015 "Monstober" Mega-Crossover Event, specifically in the episode "Girl Meets World of Terror 2" featuring the title characters of ''Series/AustinAndAlly'' (much to the chagrin of original ''Boy Meets World'' and ''TGIF'' fans).

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[[caption-width-right:350:''Take on the world''.]]

** The show also made a sport out of bringing back several characters from the original series who infamously underwent the ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Minkus, Mr. Turner, Harley, [[spoiler: and the aforementioned Tommy and Jennifer]]. Even Corey's little sister returned for the series finale; [[TheOtherDarrin both of them]].

* EmbarrassingRelativeTeacher: Corey is both Riley's history teacher and father. He goes out of his way to be an OverProtectiveDad and ward off the budding romantic relationship between Riley and her crush, among other things Riley finds embarrassing.

-->'''Zay:''' So what? You guys just come through the window and that's okay? I don't like it. Impolite. [[HypocriticalHumor Oh, and I took some cereal. You're out of milk... now.]]

* {{Recurrer}}: Shawn Hunter appears in two of the first season's 21 episodes and at least three in season 2. Reports indicate that Cory's youngest brother (and Riley's uncle) Josh will appear in several episodes. Harley Keiner is also confirmed to appear in two episodes with an unspecified number of episodes in season 2. Writers have also confirmed Cory's older brother Eric will be a recurring character starting in season 2.

* TrueArtIsAngsty: Maya notably is very artistic and also has a difficult life living borderline poverty with her single mother and a dad that left when she was 6 years old. In contrast, Riley has a fairly sheltered life in comparison with a nuclear middle-class family and her art skills consist of purple cats painted in a style one might get from a kindergarten student, no matter what the assignment. Lampshaded by Riley when the art teacher still encourages her to not stop doing art because she enjoys it.

** It is impossible for someone to spend a weekend in NYC for under $100 unless they find someplace to stay for free, like Shawn does in "Girl Meets Master Plan".

** FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Sometimes priorities change when someone becomes a parent.

* BettyAndVeronica: After being given a copy of Franchise/ArchieComics, Auggie starts [[ConversationalTroping talking about this trope]] with Riley and Maya without explicitly naming the characters (though he did mention their [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience hair color]] and character dynamic). This show has a few sets, actually:

* {{Adorkable}}: Riley exploits this trope in "Girl Meets Popular" (with Farkle and his friends) but also mocks her father for it (in a stealthy ShoutOut to his youth on ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'').
-->'''Riley''': ''(slams down party invitation on top of Cory's desk)'' "BOOM!"
-->'''Cory''': ''(Looks the invitation over)'' "You got invited to something?"
-->'''Riley''': "So much for genetics, baby."
** Farkle also gets great mileage out of this trope.

* CoolTeacher: Cory is well liked but seen as more of an {{adorkable}} teacher instead of a cool one. But a new English teacher Harper Burgess is the {{Expy}} to Mr. Turner of the original series, motorcycle riding, leather jacket wearing and hip with the times. The first book she offers the kids to read is ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'', mirroring Mr. Turner's own way of teaching the kids with ''ComicBook/XMen'' stories. It's no surprise her introductory episode came with TheReveal that Mr. Turner is the School District Superintendent and was the one to hire Cory.

The show's 2nd season premiered on May 11, 2015, while the third season premiered on June 3, 2016. Is connected to the rest of the Franchise/DisneyChannelLiveActionUniverse through the 2015 "Monstober" Mega-Crossover Event, specifically in the episode "Girl Meets World of Terror 2" featuring the title characters of ''Series/AustinAndAlly'' (much to the chagrin of original ''Boy Meets World'' and ''TGIF'' fans).

** The show also made a sport out of bringing back several characters from the original series who infamously underwent the ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Minkus, Mr. Turner, Harley, [[spoiler: and the aforementioned Tommy and Jennifer]].

** The show also made a sport out of bringing back several characters from the original series who infamously underwent the ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Minkus, Mr. Turner, Harley, even Shawn's one-time girlfriend Jennifer.

* ContinuityPorn: Save for the two Shawn Hunter-focused episodes, Season 1 mostly limited the ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'' references to a few {{Continuity Nod}}s and a few [[TheCameo cameos]]. Season 2, on the other hand, falls under this trope. It features a revolving door of guest stars from the original series, several of them specifically included to tie up loose ends plotwise, and blatant references to several of the original's most famous lines[=/=]gags. Even viewers who are familiar with the original series might have had trouble remembering who [[spoiler: Tommy]] or [[spoiler: Jennifer Bassett]] were.
* ContinuityPorn: The show almost made it a sport in bringing back several characters from the original series who infamously underwent the ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Minkus, Mr. Turner, Harley, even Shawn's one-time girlfriend Jennifer.

** Rowan Blanchard also enjoys doing this, as well - [[TropesAreNotBad which makes her performances even funnier]].

* RoleReprisal: Ben Savage and Danielle Fishel in particular, but most of the original cast have some sort of a presence.
** In several cases, this has involved bringing back the original actors from retirement: Creator/WillFriedle (despite a successful career as a voice actor) hadn't had an on-camera credit since 2005; Danny [=McNulty=] (Harley) literally had no credits whatsoever between his last appearance on ''Boy Meets World'' in 1995 and his return to the role of Harley nineteen years later, and [[spoiler: JB Gaynor, who played T.J. "Tommy" Murphy, left acting in 2005 at the age of fifteen before coming back to reprise his role, his first [[note]]and probably only, as he's studying to become an accountant[[/note]] credit as an adult actor]].

*** What ''' ''really'' ''' makes the joke even more of a running gag is that [[Creator/KristannaLoken Jennifer Minkus]] - Farkle's ''mother'' - ''[[Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines was also a T-X model Terminator!]]''

* AmoralAttorney / GoodLawyersGoodClients: The B plot for "Girl Meets Popular" involves Topanga struggling with the question of which side of this line she's going to be on, when the law firm she works for is trying to force the local neighborhod Ukranian bakery out so a soulless froyo franchise can move in.

* AnnoyingLaugh:
** Whenever Maya does this, DontAskJustRun, [[BerserkButton she is about to go ballistic]].
** Farkle has a short, high-pitched "HA!" used in much the same vein [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Nelson laughs at his victims]].

* AllInClassOne: Each year (7th, 8th, and 9th grade), the main four characters are always together in Riley’s dad’s history class, where each lesson connects to their real lives (though Corey does this on purpose). The class also seems to be the location of many of the character’s antics (including the running gag of “Farkle Time”).
** This trope was briefly subverted in the season 2 premiere, Girl Meets Gravity, where Riley and Maya choose to transfer out of Corey’s class into a different history class. However, this class has a strict teacher who tells them to sit nearer to the back, where they are no longer the center of attention (they notice that the cameras no longer center on them). They instead find unusual, parallel versions of themselves, Lucas, and Farkle, to be the focus of this new class; it is even revealed that this new teacher is Parallel Riley’s mom. Later in this episode, however, Riley and Maya eventually return to Corey’s history class, thus returning to the original Always in Class One trope of the series.

** This trope was briefly subverted in the season 2 premiere, Girl Meets Gravity, where Riley and Maya choose to transfer out of Corey’s class into a different history class. However, this class has a strict teacher who tells them to sit nearer to the back, where they are no longer the center of attention (they notice that the cameras no longer center on them). They instead find unusual, parallel versions of themselves, Lucas, and Farkle, to be the focus of this new class; it is even revealed that this new teacher is Parallel Riley’s mom.
Later in this episode, however, Riley and Maya eventually return to Corey’s history class, thus returning to the original Always in Class One trope of the series.