Easy Street - S4-E12
Trivia: Some scenes from this episode couldn't be filmed in front of a live audience because guest stars Soupy Sales and Buddy Hackett would frequently tell dirty jokes.
Easy Street - S4-E12
Trivia: Buddy Hackett was reportedly upset with producer Michael Jacobs over fellow episode guest star Soupy Sales having more lines than him.
The Witches of Pennbrook - S5-E5
Trivia: Melissa Joan Hart has a cameo at the end of this episode as Eric's date, Sabrina Spellman from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. Hart and Will Friedle actually briefly dated in real life.
Trivia: Betsy Randle revealed on the Pod Meets World podcast that her recurring role on Home Improvement is what secured her getting the role of Amy Matthews for this show.
Trivia: Danielle Fishel and Matthew Lawrence dated around the filming of season six. Fishel said they both kept the relationship quiet, as they didn't want it to be a big deal on the set.
Trivia: Danielle Fishel revealed in 2022 to an incredulous Rider Strong that she had a crush on him through the show's first two seasons.
Trivia: The friendship handshake between Cory and Shawn was created by Ben Savage and Rider Strong themselves. Strong said they created it as a handshake for their real-life friendship and didn't intend for it to end up on the show as well.
Janitor Dad - S4-E6
Trivia: Will Friedle's brother, Gary, attended the taping of this episode. Will looked over at his brother during the run-through of the scene, where Alan mentioned having a dream of a customer falling off a cliff to his death. He described his brother's face as "ashen." This was because one of Gary's best friends died in a climbing accident only weeks before.
Janitor Dad - S4-E6
Trivia: At the end of the episode, when Lonnie is punching Eric, Will Friedle had to ask Jennifer Campbell to pull her punches because he wasn't wearing any padding and ended up being covered in bruises by the third day of filming.
Trivia: Larisa Oleynik, who had three guest appearances on this show, originally auditioned for the role of Topanga. When she didn't receive it, she said she sat in her mom's car, shoveling ice cream into her mouth and exclaiming that her career was over.
Trivia: This episode's B-plot sees Eric dating an older woman. Will Friedle believes this was the writers deliberately writing for his life, as he similarly dated older women.
Trivia: During a panel at the 2021 FanX event in Salt Lake City, Will Friedle revealed that due to his unusual accent, several cast members mistakenly believed that William Daniels was English for the first few years they knew him. At the same panel, Daniels said he developed the accent from being around other stage performers when he was around 15 years old.
Trivia: Eric Matthews is often viewed as an example of Flanderization, when a character's becomes dominated by a single personality trait over time. As the series progresses, Eric becomes more and more "wacky" and does stupider things.
Shallow Boy - S4-E5
Trivia: TV producer Phil Rosenthal offered Will Friedle his own show after Boy Meets World ended. He admitted he had never seen this show, save for the scene in this episode where Eric dumps Corina at Chubby's.
Hair Today, Goon Tomorrow - S4-E2
Trivia: Will Friedle says he gets asked by fans to sing the "Good Looking Detective" theme song every time he is at a convention.
The Happiest Show On Earth - S3-E21
Trivia: Danielle Fishel and guest star Andrew Keegan were best friends at the time of filming this episode.
The Happiest Show On Earth - S3-E21
Trivia: This episode sees Eric advising Cory to follow Topanga to Disney World in order to win her back. Will Friedle gave similar advice to Rider Strong in real life, advising him to follow his ex-girlfriend to Amsterdam to try and win her back. Unfortunately for Strong, the advice did not work.
I Never Sang For My Legal Guardian - S3-E20
Trivia: Mr. Feeny makes a reference to Eric going for a ride inside a clothes dryer when he was in 5th grade. Will Friedle said this actually happened to him when he was 4 or 5 years old. He was playing hide-and-seek with his brother and hid in a dryer that he said automatically turned on when the door was fully closed.
Trivia: The shoes Danielle Fishel wore in this episode used to belong to Lucille Ball. She said they were a half-size too small for her.
Answer: Topanga's middle name is never specified. Considering her sister's name is Nebula Stop-the-war Lawrence, Topanga's is probably something equally unusual.