Boy Meets World

Season 3

My Best Friend's Girl

1. The title comes from the 1978 song "My Best Friend's Girl" written by Ric Ocasek and recorded by The Cars peaking at number 35 on the U.S. Hot 100 chart.
2. When Cory is saluting people in the lunchroom, he calls one of them Steve, which is the name stitched on the student's jacket.
3. First episode to not feature William Russ as Alan Matthews.

The Double Lie

1. This is Anthony Tyler Quinn's favorite episode.
2. Topanga is mentioned but not featured in this episode.
3. Alex Desert appears but isn't credited.

What I Meant to Say

1. In Girl Meets World Season 2 Episode 4: Girl Meets Pluto, Cory opens a time capsule buried in Mr. Feeny's backyard and reveals that he put the jacket he gives to Topanga in this episode.
2. The house used for the exterior shots as Topanga's house is the same house used in the Disney series The Torkelsons.

He Said, She Said

1. The door to the guidance counselor's office used to be the door to the bathrooms.
2. Harley Kiner comes back to school.
3. Last appearance of Danny McNulty as Harvey

Hometown Hero

1. When the fire starts, Cory and Shawn yell, "Backdraft!", Which is the name of the 90s movie about firefighting brothers.

This Little Piggy

1. The eraser board in the Matthews kitchen read: 1) Erik goes to Opera 2) 3) Cory, Shawn called 4) Allen needs a ride
2. The title references a line from the children's nursery rhyme "This Little Piggy Went to Market".
3. Animal Control states Shawn is 5'5, despite the fact he is 5'8, and closer to the same height as the man talking, who is 5'10.

Truth and Consequences

1. Despite Janitor Bud being fired, he still shows up in the next episode (Production No. B652), "Hometown Hero" as the janitor.
2. Shawn's hand goes through a "closed" window.
3. The background during the live news report features a logo for 'Now TV', which matches that of the online streaming service founded in 2012.

Rave On

1. The guys who played live music for the anniversary party are actually The Monkees, and the man who offered to be their manager during the end credits was the band manager on The Partridge Family.
2. In this episode, Mickey Dolenz, Peter Tork, and Davey Jones appear on stage together and sing "My Girl" for Cory's mom and dad during their anniversary/rave party.
3. Topanga calls Frankie (Ethan Suplee) a "mallrat". Ethan Suplee was in the movie Mallrats (1995).
4. While Peter Tork, Davy Jones, and Micky Dolenz agreed to guest spots, Michael Nesmith did not. Nesmith, however, was actually on the set during the episode's filming to discuss reunion and touring plans with the other members and for a photo shoot to promote Monkees trading cards and a VHS boxed set of the series. Despite the producers' best efforts to entice Nesmith to appear on the show, he declined. Consequently, ABC refused to promote Tork, Jones, and Dolenz's guest appearances in their on-air advertising unless all four Monkees appeared.
5. Three of the four Monkees appear in this this episode, including Peter Tork, who makes his second of two appearances as Topanga's father. The character will later be played by two different actors.
6. Said to be attendance during taping included Steve Winwood's wife and Pattie Boyd, the ex-wife of both George Harrison and Eric Clapton.
7. In this episode Micky Dolenz plays Gordy. Previously in Boy Meets World: Band on the Run (1994), Dolenz played Norm while Rick Nielsen played Gordy.
8. The poster for the rave reads, "illegal rave this Friday."

The Last Temptation of Cory

1. Elisabeth Harnois (Missy Robinson) and Will Friedle (Eric Matthews) both starred in the Wonderful World of Disney TV film The Wonderful World of Disney: My Date with the President's Daughter (1998).
2. This was Lindsey McKeon's first acting role.
3. Guest stars Elisabeth Harnois (Missy Robinson) and Lindsey McKeon (Libby Harper) both later appeared on One Tree Hill (2003), though not at the same time.
4. When Missy hits on Cory in her basement, Cory makes a reference to The Graduate (1967). William Daniels (Mr. Feeny) played in that film.
5. Eric mistakenly believes his middle name is Neil.
6. Topanga is vegetarian but ingests fish oil

Train of Fools

1. An advertisement like those featuring Uncle Sam saying "I Want You" from the World War I era was on the train, but with Mr. Feeny's picture saying, "I want you to stay in school."
2. This episode takes place from December 31, 1995 to January 1, 1996.
3. Buffy The Vampire Slayer's Charisma Carpenter is the girl in the French maid costume that Eric kisses at the end.

City Slackers

1. The second episode in a row featuring an actress from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The previous episode had Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia) at the very end. This episode has Julie Benz (Darla).
2. George and Lillian Feeny were married on February 14, 1960.
3. Shawn's full name is reveal;ed as 'Shawn Patrick Hunter'
4. After 15 hours, Eric sinks a hole-in-one at the pool table.
5. The episode title is a riff from the movie "City Slickers."
6. The episode states that Shawn had been to five different schools before he was 12, but in later episodes, Shawn and Corey have known each other since daycare.

The Grass Is Always Greener

1. The second and last episode to feature actress Mena Suvari.

New Friends and Old

1. The first episode with the Mustang intro.

A Kiss Is More Than a Kiss

1. The first episode with Lindsay Ridgeway as Morgan Matthews, taking over from Lily Gibson.

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

1. Danny Strong is the third cast member of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) to appear on Boy Meets World (1993). Charisma Carpenter and Julie Benz appeared in Boy Meets World: Train of Fools (1995) and Boy Meets World: City Slackers (1996) respectively.
2. Rider Strong and Larisa Oleynik appeared together as child actors in a San Francisco production of Les Miserables before either one of them appeared on television.

Stormy Weather

1. Along with Boy Meets World: By Hook or by Crook (1995) and Boy Meets World: The Witches of Pennbrook (1997), this is one of only three episodes in which Ben Savage (Cory Matthews) and Rider Strong (Shawn Hunter) do not share a scene.
2. Eric Matthews was born on February 11, 1978.
3. The title comes from the 1933 song "Stormy Weather" written by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler most famously sung by Lena Horne.
4. Eric sarcastically wishes Mr. Feeny a 100th birthday. Willard Scott, a weatherman on the "Today Show", had a habit of sending birthday wishes to viewers who were 100.

The Pink Flamingo Kid

1. First episode of the series to feature the trailer park where Shawn lived for much of his childhood.
2. The title of this episode is in reference to the 1984 Gary Marshall movie called the "The Flamingo Kid," starring Matt Dillon.
3. During Shawn and Cory's fight, as in reversal, Shawn slammed into the lockers; however, they missed their mark, and Rider Strong was hurt when his back was stabbed by the lock and handle of the locker. His surprised and slightly pained face can be seen in the final cut.
4. First episode to not feature Lindsay Ridgeway as Morgan since taking over the role.
5. This is the first on-screen fight for both Shawn and Cory.
6. Eric gives Shawn back the flamingo he bought from him, as it is later seen inside Shawn's trailer park house in Boy Meets World: Fishing for Virna (1996)
7. This is the first of two times Shawn gets into a fight in school. The next one he starts in Boy Meets World: Janitor Dad (1996)
8. The episode reveals that Shawn has a half-brother named Eddie, who he protects Cory from when Cory videotapes Eddie with stolen goods. No mention is made of Eddie or any other brother of Shawn's till Jack enters the show in season 5 as Shawn's half-brother. As Eddie's last name is never mentioned, it's not known if he was related to Shawn on his father's (Chet) side or his mother's (Verna) side and thus whether Eddie would be associated with Jack or not. Later it is revealed that Verna was not Shawn's biological mother, so Eddie may not have been related to Shawn either.

Life Lessons

1. When Brenda Marsh is at the house and looks at the family portrait over the fireplace, you can see that Lily Nicksay is still in the photo as Morgan.
2. Patrick Renna (Kyle/Ham) becomes the 3rd cast member of The Sandlot to appear on the show.

I Was a Teenage Spy

1. This is the first of the "alternate reality" or dream episodes, something that the show became famous for later on.
2. Pat Morita who guest starred in this episode also starred in Happy Days with Tom Bosley and Amain Williams. Pat was the original owner of Arnold's.
3. In this episode, Alex Désert, playing a beat poet, says the line, "Clearly, I am the hep cat." Désert is the singer/songwriter for the band Hepcat.
4. Towards the end, Cory says, "It's 1957. There is no microwave." The Microwave, however, was invented in 1946, but it wasn't until 1967 that microwaves were available for home use.
5. Tom Bosley played Mel McFadden the grandfather of Marvin McFadden on One Tree Hill. Lee Norris who played Marvin McFadden also played Stuart Minkus on Boy Meets World.
6. When Cory says, "Great Caesar's Ghost! I've gone back in time!", it references Doc Brown's catchphrase from Back to the Future (1985).
7. "I Was a Spy" is the title of the 1933 British film thriller based on the 1932 memoir, of the same name, by Marthe Cnockaert. The film is about a Belgian woman who nurses injured German soldiers during World War I while passing intelligence to the British.

I Never Sang for My Legal Guardian

1. Cory's mispronouncing puberty as "poo-berty" was not originally in the script. Ben Savage hates saying the word puberty, so he pronounced it differently during filming. Anthony Tyler Quinn's reaction is real.
2. This episode is the first episode Cory, Shawn, and Topanga are in 10th grade. Life Lessons (Production No. B664) took place during finals the previous year and this episode (Production No. B665) takes place during midterms a year later. Although it is never stated as a time jump, the creators wanted to age up the actors who were now 16-17 years old.
3. Shawn moves back in with his dad after living with Mr. Turner for a year.
4. The title of this episode is based on the play and film called "I Never Sang For My Father." The term is "legal guardian" used instead because Johnathan Turner would become Shawn's legal guardian before his father came back into town.

The Happiest Show on Earth

1. This episode features a crossover from another ABC sitcom, Step by Step (1991). At the time, both shows had episodes where the characters went to Disney World. Step by Step (1991)'s was the two-part episode Step by Step: We're Going to Disney World: Part 1 (1996) and Step by Step: We're Going to Disney World: Part 2 (1996). The latter aired on May 10, 1996, the same day as this episode. Staci Keanan makes a cameo appearance as her Step by Step (1991) character Dana Foster, whom Cory meets while she is feeding the dolphins. Coincidentally, Jason Marsden - who played Eric's best friend, who was also named Jason Marsden in the first two seasons - played the character Rich Halke in Step by Step (1991) at that time as well.
2. This episode is now the third episode Cory, Shawn, and Topanga are in 10th grade. The show jumped forward to the next school year in "I Never Sang For My Legal Guardian" with them 15 years old. Eric, however, has still remained the same age.
3. Just like in Full House (1987), Cory dressed up as Aladdin for his love interest, Topanga. While D.J. thought she saw Steve dressed up as Aladdin. (Scott Weinger did indeed dress up for the appearance).
4. The title of this episode is based on the Disneyland slogan "The Happiest Place On Earth," even though it takes place at Walt Disney World, the official slogan is actually "The Most Magical Place on Earth."
5. Cory and Eric are now 3 years apart instead of 4.
6. Eric and Cory have switched beds at some point.
7. Cory, Shawn and Topanga go to Disney World in Florida, as part of ABC's line up. Full House (1987) was on the same network, and had done the same thing a year earlier.

Brother Brother

1. The final appearance of Eli Williams; however, a brief shot of him is seen in the clips from previous episodes in the series finale.
2. Morgan Matthews, who was stated as ten years old two episodes earlier, is now eight.
3. Eric and Cory swapped beds earlier in the season
4. This is the fourth episode since Cory, Shawn and Topanga have been in 10th grade.
5. This is the fourth episode where Cory and Eric are now 3 years apart instead of 4.
6. This is the fourth episode since Cory, Shawn and Topanga have been in 10th grade. Although it is never stated as a time jump, the creators wanted to age up the actors who were now 16-17 years old.
7. The audience finds out for the first time that Shawn is finally bonding with his father, something he has been wishing for all season long, completing his character arc.
8. This is only the second episode where the new Morgan is not portrayed as a sniveling brat.
9. During the scene in which Eric is saying goodbye to Amy, Alan, and Morgan for the last time, Betsy Randle (Amy) and Lindsay Ridgeway (Morgan) were unaware that Will Friedle (Eric) would not be leaving show. They believed that scene was their final goodbye and both of their reactions to him leaving are real.