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Trivia: Rider Strong revealed that his hair had to be straightened for Shawn's signature hairstyle, as his hair is more wavy in real life. He also stated that he got the look when, ahead of auditioning for the Boy Meets World pilot, Marla Sokoloff, Larisa Oleynik and a couple other girls that lived in the same complex as him decided to "take over his hair," which he believes was to make him look similar to Christian Slater.

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Trivia: According to the Pod Meets World podcast, it was thought that one of the reasons that Minkus was dropped from the show after season 1 was because ABC already had a hugely popular nerd character in their TGIF lineup with Steve Urkel, and they didn't want to have an Urkel 2.0. Minkus actor Lee Norris revealed he was in the room when the decision was made, and it was because they were going to age up the child characters closer to their actual ages, and his short stature was problematic.

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Teacher's Bet - S1-E8

Trivia: According to the Pod Meets World podcast, the ethnic slur that Linda is called was originally in the episode's script. Ben Savage had never heard the word before and mispronounced it at the table read. The slur was ultimately removed from the script, likely at the request of the studio, though the different ethnic slur directed towards Shawn strangely made into the episode. Cory later mispronounces "antisemitism" later in the episode, and Will Friedle pondered that Ben's mispronounciation of the Asian slur at the table read was the reason for that.

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Killer Bees - S1-E5

Trivia: Eric ranting about his parents' behavior at the Aerosmith concert was actually Will Friedle's audition scene.

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Cory's Alternative Friends - S1-E4

Trivia: Marla Sokoloff, who has brief appearance in this episode, originally auditioned for the role of Topanga.

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Killer Bees - S1-E5

Trivia: The audience reaction to Minkus name-dropping Beavis and Butt-head was so strong that they decided to name-drop them again when filming Cory's Alternative Friends.

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Killer Bees - S1-E5

Trivia: This was the first episode that the permanent cast filmed together.

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Cory's Alternative Friends - S1-E4

Trivia: Cory trying to straighten his curly hair is based on producer Michael Jacobs' trying to do the same thing in his childhood.

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Killer Bees - S1-E5

Trivia: The B-plot of this episode sees Eric taking his girlfriend to an Aerosmith concert. The cast of the show ended up seeing Aerosmith in concert together about a year after this episode aired.

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Cory's Alternative Friends - S1-E4

Trivia: After kissing Cory, Topanga reveals it's her first kiss. This was also true for Danielle Fishel. They did not rehearse the kiss, and she admits to having been extremely nervous to film it. She also revealed Ben Savage was extremely nervous about filming the kiss to the point that he didn't want their lips to touch, which is why his lips are tucked in afterwards.

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Cory's Alternative Friends - S1-E4

Trivia: According to director David Trainer, the reason why Shawn doesn't appear in the hallway scene near the end of the episode is because, as Cory's friend, he would have stuck around after the rest of the group of students went to the library to sign the petition, and for the kiss between Cory and Topanga to work better, they needed to be alone.

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Cory's Alternative Friends - S1-E4

Trivia: Shawn's never-to-be-mentioned-again sister Stacey was originally supposed to be the sister of one of Corey's other friends. The actor playing the friend was fired, so the part was transitioned to Shawn. The sister's name was originally Rochelle. Ben Savage suggested to the actor to make a long pause when saying he will consult with Rochelle when Cory asks for help, thinking it would get a big laugh. The actor paused for 30 seconds before delivering the line, getting no laughs in response.

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Trivia: Boy Meets World shared a filming studio with Home Improvement. During filming breaks, the child actors of each show would play basketball together.

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Trivia: Rider Strong and Will Friedle rarely had any scenes together in the show's early seasons. Rider said this was because he was constantly trying not to laugh when doing a scene with Will, and he would over-compensate by making a very serious face, which in turn would cause Will to lose it.

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Trivia: Ben Savage had a nervous tic that would frequently be on screen, which would see him walk into a scene and pull up his pants with his right hand. While rewatching the series for the Pod Meets World podcast, Will Friedle kept a running tally and said he observed the act 10 times in one episode.

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Trivia: The real-life house used for establishing shots of the Matthews' home is actually located across the street from the studio where the show was filmed in Studio City, Los Angeles.

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Trivia: Rider Strong has said that Ben Savage would imitate him every morning for his performance in the film Benefit of the Doubt after seeing it on TV. Strong freely admits that his performance in the film is bad.

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Trivia: William Russ once asked his at-the-time 3 or 4 year-old daughter Georgia if she wanted to be involved in a Christmas episode. She responded by asking him if she was going to direct it.

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Trivia: William Russ revealed on the Pod Meets World podcast that he was initially hesitant about joining the show, as he had never done a sitcom before and wasn't comfortable with the format. The show also ended up being his first experience directing.

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Season 1 generally

Trivia: When Betsy Randle is identified in the opening credits of season 1, she sees Cory off while smiling for the camera. She refers to this as being her "Please watch our show" look.

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