Trivia: William Daniels, who played Mr. Feeny, is sitting at the window and says "Ahhh, St. Eligius..." St. Eligius was the name of the hospital in the TV series St. Elsewhere, in which Daniels played Dr. Craig.
The Thrilla' in Phila' - S2-E21
Trivia: Guest star Vader coached Will Friedle on the eye-poke and headbutt he performed on Frankie during the wrestling match.
Wrong Side of the Tracks - S2-E19
Trivia: While filming the ice-skating scene, Nancy Kerrigan mentioned to Will Friedle that afterwards she would be going to rehab. Not realizing she was talking about her recent infamous leg injury, he responded to her by saying "Really, for what?" When she said it was for her leg, he responded with "How is that going?" The crew then informed the two that it was time to resume filming, which Friedle was thankful for, as the situation was quickly becoming very awkward for him.
Wrong Side of the Tracks - S2-E19
Trivia: Nancy Kerrigan's appearance in this episode came about because she had recently signed a deal with Disney to appear in various productions, and Disney reached out to the producers of this show to suggest coming up with a storyline that she could appear in.
Trivia: Despite being a veteran of the medium, this episode marked Danielle Harris' last appearance in a sitcom for 27 years until she appeared on The Conners in 2021.
Danger Boy - S2-E16
Trivia: The Last Ride roller coaster is supposedly inspired by Action Park, a closed theme park in New Jersey that was infamous for having rides built without regard for safety regulations, which resulted in numerous injuries and even a few deaths to guests. The owner reportedly had employees test rides and stubbornly refused to settle lawsuits.
Danger Boy - S2-E16
Trivia: When Cory is despondently leaving Chubby's, he passes by a rack of comic books. According to Rider Strong, producer Michael Jacobs is a huge fan of comics and freaked out on the props department that the comics were outdated and not restocked with more current issues on episode to episode basis. (00:08:50)
Wrong Side of the Tracks - S2-E19
Trivia: The reason why Harley is played by a different actor for this episode, and then subsequently written out of the show and replaced by Griff, is because Danny McNulty, in his own words, suffered a bipolar meltdown during the table read and ended up checking into a mental health facility for around a month. He said it ended up largely derailing his acting career until he returned to play Harley again in Girl Meets World.
The Thrilla' in Phila' - S2-E21
Trivia: Guest star Adam Scott said his kiss with fellow guest star Yasmine Bleeth was actually his first onscreen kiss.
The Thrilla' in Phila' - S2-E21
Trivia: Despite all evidence to the contrary, guest star Yasmine Bleeth allegedly denies having appeared on this show. It was suggested on the Pod Meets World podcast recap of this episode that she agreed to appear on the show without ever knowing what it was called.
Trivia: After the introduction of Harley Keiner, and his role in this episode in particular, Will Friedle's father was afraid that the character was being positioned to be an updated version of the Fonz who would have frequent interactions with Cory, and as a result, Eric would either be scaled back or dropped from the show entirely. He even said that his father, who is a lawyer, was so livid over the idea that he contacted his agent to make sure it wouldn't happen.
Danger Boy - S2-E16
Trivia: Ben Savage injured his crotch rehearsing the roller coaster scene and had to be taken to the hospital.
Trivia: Darlene Vogel, who played Mr. Turner's brief love interest, Kat Tompkins, made her film debut in Back to the Future Part II. Will Friedle, being a big fan of that film, actually recognized her from it. He said it took him a day to work up the courage to finally approach her to talk to her about it.
Trivia: This episode sees Cory running for Class President. Ben Savage pursued politics later in real life in 2023, as he ran for Congress in California's 30th Congressional District.
Trivia: Danny McNulty has said that he felt like he abandoned Ethan Suplee and Blake Soper after he had to leave the show to focus on his mental health.
Chosen answer: In the present day, with the United States abiding by more stricter school health laws, for the most part this wouldn't be in school cafeterias as many cannot even have carbonated beverage machines now. However, in the 90s when the show takes place, it wasn't unheard of for there to be coffee machines in the cafeteria of small schools where the teachers eat with the students as we see them do often in the show. The idea being that the cafeteria was small enough so a teacher or hall monitor could catch a student before they could drink the coffee.