Talk:Boy Meets World/Archive 1

message: While i'm not sure of the episode's name, in the one where they plan a rave/anniversary topanga refers to frankie as a "mallrat" referencing Ethan suplee's role as willam black in mallrats--Aaronpark 21:32, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mallrats reference 

message: A lot of the episodes have very bad examples, i.e. getting drunk, and does not seem very fit for young viewers. Though edited for sex jokes and harassment, it still poses a bad example. channelsufer08 11:03, 15 August 2007
:Yes, but in all episodes, it is made clear by the end that those are bad things to do. And even some end with one of those 'real-life' comments by the cast making it clear that they are bad things. It's all about growing up and facing these problems. I think there are A LOT worse things on television. --Pilotboi / talk / contribs 04:50, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bad influences 

message: To whoever made the 'some fans consider season one non-canon' comment - if you do not have a source for that statement, it will be removed for being POV.  In general, I will be making several POV cleanups over the next week or so. Rscibett 19:02, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Lets also keep the continuity errors to specific things, not generalizations about character personalities. Rscibett 19:03, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some recent updates 

message: There is no source provided for the claim that Disney will be remaking the show.
:I was wondering about that myself.  I searched everywhere I could think and have found nothing on this.  Also, the person who updated this is not a registered user and never left a source, so I am removing it.  If anyone has valid information on this that can be referenced, feel free to put it back and include a link to your source. Rscibett 16:59, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disney Remake 

message: Did anyone notice that the High School is called John Adams High School (with the appropriate mascot Patriots) and William Daniels, who played Mr. Feeny played John Adams in 1776 on Broadway, and the movie that came from it?
: No I didn't, but I guess that's interesting. sharpdust 21:44 Sept 7, 2005 (UTC)
: Looks like someone added a whole section about 1776. --Jaardon 07:15, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  High school name trivia 

message: They have nothing to do with each other, other than the fact that Savages starred in both of them.
That is true... Although to say that it "never" was compared to The Wonder Years is a bit presumptuous, isn't it? However, it shouldn't be in the article unless it can be backed up... (And sign your stuff with four tildes (~) guys! Emily 21:21, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Unless someone can provide some sources that openly compared these shows, I will remove most of this (it is very POV if we do not have any sources).Rscibett 20:34, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The show was never compared to Wonder Years 

message: I'm adding the fact that Mr. Feeny taught Cory, Topanga, and Shawn every year of the show, and it is mentioned MANY times that Mr. Feeny has taught the three of them every single year of their lives, all through elementary school. However, Eric is still somehow a former student of Feeny's! This is another continuity problem... Emily 21:24, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Could someone familiar with the show maybe add the name of the actor who played them to each characters bio? And why bother having a link to "Topanga Lawrence" that redirects to this article in the article?Optimus Sledge 22:51, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Things to add (or remove) 

message: I like the look of the Characters section, but it seems to have a few problems. The section on Cory does not talk about him at all, just his relationships to the other characters. Also the section on Topanga is much longer than any other section. Finally, there is no listing for Joshua Matthews, but he does have a separate article devoted to him. Sarahjane10784 22:46, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Characters 

message: * Removing people from the recurring characters list that have already been described in detail earlier in the characters section (J. Turner and C. Hunter)
* Removing some POV items (e.g. - "She has an amazing talent for singing.")
* Lengthening the section or Cory and shortening the section on Topenga.  Doesn't anyone find it odd that the section on the main character is 1 paragraph and the section on Topenga is 8?  I'll probably remove the section about her parents' actors changing as it doesn't have much to do with her and its mentioned again later on under the continuity section.
* Changing the order on the characters section a bit (moving up Eric, Feeny, Alan, and Amy - I'll probably use the order in which they joined the show)
* Updating info on the "The House" setting to including the boys' bedroom/bathroom.
* Clean up the redundancy in the DVD releases section.
I'd also like to change up the synopsis a bit to focus less on similarities to other shows (Happy Days and Wonder Years) and more on what the show was actually about (common plotlines, etc).  Please leave your thoughts here!  Rscibett 16:42, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, when did the show parody Rounders?  I think that's an error that should be removed unless someone can tell me otherwise.  Thanks. Rscibett 20:33, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Summary of upcoming and suggested edits 

message: Does anyone notice the title of the schools? John Adams? William Daniels played John Adams in 1776. 71.111.232.40 18:12, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  1776 link 

message: This fact is mentioned in the trivia section dedicated to links between Boy Meets World and 1776.  Personally I think the entire section should be removed because aside from this coincidence of name, the other "references" don't really directly reference 1776 and are just similarities. --Jaardon 07:12, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove the Entire Section 

message: Chet Hunter makes an appearance as a ghost in the series finale.  He is upset when Jack Hunter has made the decision to give up his money and go off with Rachel.  He accepts it when he realizes that they are going to the peace corps, to help people. He says goodbye to Jack and Shawn.  Before he leaves, he pinches Rachel.  I made a minor change to the Chet Hunter bio to reflect this. Rev. Uncle Adam 22:50, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chet Hunter as a spirit 

message: I know where the other characters' full names are stated, but does anyone have a source for Amy's maiden name being Jones?  I just don't recall that specifically. -Shannernanner 09:08, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jones? 

message: The infobox is so long it's messing up the formatting.  I'm not Bold enough to do it myself but we should list just a few producers and maybe the top 5-7 actors.  It would be great if we could make it end at the same place the table of contents does. - Peregrinefisher 18:25, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't have a problem with it, personally.  It was a long-running series, and those were all main cast and producers.  I assume what you mean are the [edit] links not being at the top of the first two sections. -Shannernanner 05:43, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The edit links but also I was making the character entries one line long but they're wrapping because of the infobox. - Peregrinefisher 15:56, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Giant infobox 

message: when did eric go from a pretty boy older brother, to a "unnatractive"  comic relief character? User:blades2121
:Wikipedia is not a forum, but if you must know, I believe it was between the third and fourth seasons.--Atomic-Super-SuitWhat Have I Done?!  05:10, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  when did this happen? 

message: Eric's middle name keeps going back and forth between Randall and Allison. Is the latter really vandalism, as suggested, or is this merely one of the many continuity gaffes on the show?  After all, if Shawn can have a sister for only one episode, then Eric can have two different middle names. Rather that just reverting, it would be good to know whether the alternate middle name is being entered here for a legitimate reason. Karen | Talk | contribs 20:58, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's Randal. Though, he does mistakenly believe his name is Neil in a third season episode, but is corrected by his parents. --OGoncho 23:30, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Correct.  It was never Allison.  Shannernanner 15:47, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair enough.  Thanks. Karen | Talk | contribs 20:21, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: He claims it's Allison in "The Witches of Pennbrook" actually, so it's not *vandalism*, but I'm fairly sure he wasn't being serious. It's Randall. --Harlequin212121 05:31, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eric's middle name 

message: If the latest edit is correct about Feeny marrying Bolander before he mentions his wife heard a rumor about Cory and Topanga (and it may not be for all I know; I'm no expert), then there is no inconsistency in the reference, and it doesn't need to be mentioned in the section. Can anyone confirm a sequence of events here?  Are there any inconsistencies at all in Feeny's family relationships? Karen | Talk | contribs 21:40, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Feeny's marital status 

message: For some reason, I remember an episode in which Eric Matthews signs up as a psychology "lab rat". The researcher finds out that Eric does not show brain activity, and she invites several scientists around the world to look at this. Later on, part of Eric's brain was removed. Now, I'm not exactly sure if this happened. If this episode exists, please reply with which episode it is from.
I think it was that Eric's brain didn't show any activity while he was asleep. 'Not no brain activity at all. I remember they made some jokes about how restful his sleep was because nothing was happening in his brain. Also, I don't remember them removing part of his brain. But, uh... Maybe. Aaron A. Brown 10:32, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eric's Brain 

message: Has anybody noticed that only the first 3 seasons are available to buy? Hopefully in the near future, they will sell the other seasons. This is seriously my favorite show of all freakin time.
Sorry we dont own the rights to produce the DVDs Firesun 00:27, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Continue selling DVD's please 

message: I think that it should be noted that many elementary schools (especially in North American Catholic Boards) go to grade 6, so the tone of the elementry school section should be changed from one that is pointing out an error, to one that is more explanatory99.241.140.96 (talk) 19:05, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Elementary School 

message: Remember, Wikipedia talk pages are not general discussion forums, but places where improvements to articles can be discussed. Please do not post comments and/or opinions about the show in general. Also, please follow Wikipedia policy by signing your posts.
Currently, this article reads more like a positive review of the show than an encyclopedia article. This needs to be fixed. Does anyone have any objection if I make some changes? Citadel18080 02:36, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Revamps for this article 

message: This article is written almost entirely with run on sentences.  It needs badly to be revised to improve readibility.
:It seems fine to me.
:Puh! It's a huge messy wall of text! This article requires cleanup BAD.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.162.38.100 (talk) 16:14, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Run-on sentences 

message: Could someone add some explanations to this section, or trim it back? For example, I don't see how Cory's choice of underwear is a running gag. I wear briefs, but have never found anyone finds this funny. I don't want to go wild and cut all the stuff that strikes me as guff, because I don't remember the show well enough. There may well have been recurring gags and Cory's undercrackers, but I don't recall them. Optimus Sledge 04:47, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed and tag.  Many items in the list are not running gags, just trivia in disguise. I've made several tags for suggest clean ups with notes in the edit summary. AnmaFinotera 03:08, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

text: I agree, I'm very familiar with the show and dont believe that Cory's underwear was a running gag. I believe the person who wrote that was referencing the time Shawn and Topanga were sitting on a couch in the Pennbrook Student Union and Cory came by (being suspicious that they might be cheating on him) and pulled off a blanket that was draped over them, to which he noticed Shawn wearing only his briefs and shouted "Underpants!"  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.151.11.118 (talk) 21:42, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Running gags 

message: I am writing an article about all of the series which are in the same shared reality as this one through spin-offs and crossovers. I could use a little help expanding the article since it is currently extremely dense and a bit jumbled with some sentence structures being extremely repetitive. I would like to be able to put this article into article space soon. Any and all help in writing the article would be appreciated, even a comment or two on the talk page would help. Please give it a read through, also please do not comment here since I do not have all of the series on my watch list. - LA @ 16:14, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Looking for help writing an article about the spin-offs and crossovers of this series 

message: I've been trying to include this in this article for some months now, but it keeps getting removed I must not be doing it right.  But, in the Season 1 DVD collection on the commentary Michael Jacobs said himself ABC approached him and asked him to do an 8th season, he declined because they did not have anymore ideas.  How can this be included?  ( 98.220.16.130 (talk) 05:28, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Season 8 

message: There's no article stating that seasons 4-7 will be released on DVD. The links in the article only state that the license has been purchased, not that there were any plans to do anything with it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.188.40.36 (talk) 17:28, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I wonder if Lionsgate or Anchor Bay have actually purchased "the rights" to the series, or just obtained and paid for a home video license for a particular region. I have all the seasons on DVD already when I traveled to various Asian nations two years ago and obtained it in either Hong Kong or Tokyo, as I don't really remember. Using the term "the rights" makes it believed that Disney ditched the series and sold it all to Lionsgate or Anchor Bay. Clarifying this would be nice. And I'm mentioned Anchor Bay because the last time I read this article late last year, Anchor Bay was the company mentioned. Why not throw in Mill Creek and Echo Bridge as well, huh? Coffee5binky (talk) 17:03, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  DVD Release Seasons 4-7 

message: Angela's middle name was NOT Sheneanea. Seriously. I'm pretty sure it was just a joke to set up "I have got to get some black friends." Her father was a decorated officer in the military. You think he'd name his daughter Sheneanea? I didn't want to edit it out before i made that point.
fonz469  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fonz469 (talk • contribs) 21:07, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Angela's middle name 

message: I have this series set to record on DVR.  It seems that on this run on ABC Family they have played all 3 previously unaired episodes.  I am not aware of how to source items on wikipedia, but surely someone out there could get this included!  (67.173.147.70 (talk) 12:34, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  2nd run on ABC family 

message: I removed the synopsis as a copyright violation of http://boymeetsworldfans.com/.  The blog has that text dated 1/10/08, and the text was not present in the article on that date.  69.137.130.101 (talk) 18:56, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Synopsis copyvio 

message: This is the 2nd funniest show ive ever seen.--Fox Sion (talk) 01:50, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wow! 

message: This page is in serious need of correction. For example, the summary of the character 'Angela Moore' didn't even make any sense, misleading and confusing. I fixed a few of those things up by the best of my ability.
--p4 (talk) 20:19, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I did a brief skim of the content authored and corrected many incorrect words and terms. I surmise that if this is an encyclopaedia, then the articles must be authored in a formal, instructive tone (in a like manner to the 1957 edition of Encylcopaedia Americana as an example), and should be written in a way that, overall, a person from any century that speaks the language we know as English can have the ability to know what is and isn't from the words contained, used, authored, and structured within the article thereof. Coffee5binky (talk) 15:55, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tone and Corrections 

message: The synopsis is terrible. There is only one sentence about the first season. Someone needs to fix this.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kaytiebobaytie (talk • contribs) 23:43, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Synopsis 

message: Substituted at 14:25, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

message: I don't think this statement about Minkus is correct: "He is never seen again after season one until their high school graduation...." I'm pretty sure he appeared in one or two early episodes of the second season before being written out completely. (Otherwise why even have him at the graduation as a student? Just say he went to a different high school and he's there as a guest.) Can someone with access to the DVDs please verify?  --72.34.180.53 (talk) 14:19, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Lee Norris moved on. You're thinking of the nerdy character of Alvin. Fictional Science Sextuple Feature! 19:22, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Minkus 

message: At what point does this get its own article? It's starting to become a very lengthy part of this one.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.58.15.97 (talk) 19:33, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I will be working on this soon, I did copy it and put it on my project page to do, So hopefuly I will beable to get it done. WP Editor 2012 (talk) 13:38, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Any objections yet to GMW having its own article?? Georgia guy (talk) 18:25, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I am not aware of any specific guidelines for television series, but the current section seems to pass Wikipedia:Notability (films) and WP:CRYSTAL so I don't see any problem with creating a separate article based on what's here now. Elizium23 (talk) 00:59, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Girl Meets World