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| caption = George Feeny (William Daniels) talks with Cory Matthews (Ben Savage) in a screenshot from the Pilot<br>([[September 24]] [[1993 in television|1993]]).

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| WF₆

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| 297.83 g/mol

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| last_aired = [[May 5]], [[2000 in television|2000]]

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| Colorless gas.

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| 13.1 g/L, gas.

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| [[Chromium(V) fluoride]],<br />[[Molybdenum(VI) fluoride]]

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| Related compounds

| [[Tungsten(IV) fluoride]],<br />[[Tungsten(V) fluoride]],<br /> [[Uranium hexafluoride]]

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'''Tungsten(VI) fluoride''', also known as '''tungsten hexafluoride''', is a colorless gas. It is nonflammable, but highly corrosive and very toxic.

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The molecule itself is octahedral with the symmetry point group of O_h.

'''''Boy Meets World''''' is an [[United States of America|American]] [[television]] [[Situation comedy|sitcom]] that chronicles the events and everyday life lessons of Cory Matthews, who grows up from a pre-pubescent boy to a married man. The show aired for seven seasons from [[1993 in television|1993]] to [[2000 in television|2000]] on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], where it was one of the headliners of ABC's [[TGIF (ABC)|TGIF]] lineup. The show joined [[Disney Channel]] in 2000 and [[ABC Family]] in 2004.

The gas is most commonly used in the production of [[semiconductor]] [[circuits]] and [[circuit boards]], through the process of [[chemical vapor deposition]].<ref name="chemvap">Kirss, Rein U., Lamartine Meda. "Chemical Vapor Deposition of Tungsten Oxide." ''Applied Organometallic Chemistry'' 12 (1998): 155–160.</ref>

--[[User:208.189.200.2|208.189.200.2]] 00:28, 22 July 2007 (UTC)==Industrial Synthesis==

==Characters==

{{main|Characters of Boy Meets World}}

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* '''[[Cory Matthews|Cornelius A. "Cory" Matthews]]''' ([[Ben Savage]]) - The main character of the series.

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* '''[[Eric Matthews (Boy Meets World)|Eric Randall Matthews]]''' ([[Will Friedle]]) - Brother of Cory, Morgan, and Joshua Matthews.

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* '''[[Shawn Hunter]]''' ([[Rider Strong]]) - Best friend of Cory Matthews.

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* '''[[Characters of Boy Meets World#Topanga Lawrence (Danielle Fishel)|Topanga Lawrence-Matthews]]''' ([[Danielle Fishel]]) - Cory's main love interest.

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* '''[[Characters of Boy Meets World#George Feeny .28William Daniels.29|George Hamilton Feeny]]''' ([[William Daniels]]) - Teacher who guides Cory, Eric, and their friends.

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* '''[[Characters of Boy Meets World#Alan Matthews .28William Russ.29|Alan Matthews]]''' ([[William Russ]]) - Father of the Matthews.

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* '''[[Characters of Boy Meets World#Amy Matthews .28Betsy Randle.29|Amy Matthews]]''' ([[Betsy Randle]]) - Mother of the Matthews.

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* '''[[Characters of Boy Meets World#Morgan Matthews .28Lily Nicksay.2FLindsay Ridgeway.29|Morgan Matthews]]''' ([[Lily Nicksay]]/[[Lindsay Ridgeway]]) - Sister of Eric, Cory and Joshua.

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* '''[[Characters of Boy Meets World#Stuart Minkus .28Lee Norris.29|Stuart Minkus]]''' ([[Lee Norris]]) - Resident genius and nerd in Cory's sixth grade class.

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* '''[[Characters of Boy Meets World#Jonathan Turner .28Anthony Tyler Quinn.29|Jonathan Turner]]''' ([[Anthony Tyler Quinn]]) - Cory's English teacher in high school.

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* '''[[Characters of Boy Meets World#Eli Williams .28Alex D.C3.A9sert.29|Eli Williams]]''' ([[Alex Désert]]) - Cory's [[New media art|media arts]] teacher, and Mr. Turner's best friend.

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* '''[[Characters of Boy Meets World#Frankie "The Enforcer" Stechino .28Maitland Ward.29|Frankie "The Enforcer" Stechino]]''' ([[Ethan Suplee]]) - Bully at John Adams High. Later Shawn and Cory's new best friend.

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* '''[[Characters of Boy Meets World#Joey "The Rat" Epstein .28Maitland Ward.29|Joey "The Rat" Epstein]]''' ([[Blake Sennett]]) - Bully at John Adams High. One of Harley Kiener's lackeys.

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* '''[[Characters of Boy Meets World#Angela Shinaynay Moore .28Trina McGee.29|Angela Shinaynay Moore]]''' ([[Trina McGee]]) - The sweetheart of Shawn Hunter.

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* '''[[Characters of Boy Meets World#Jack Hunter .28Matthew Lawrence.29|Jack Hunter]]''' ([[Matthew Lawrence]]) - Shawn's half-brother and Eric's roommate.

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* '''[[Characters of Boy Meets World#Rachel Kimberly McGuire .28Maitland Ward.29|Rachel Kimberly McGuire]]''' ([[Maitland Ward]]) - Jack and Eric's roommate.

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|} [[tungsten]] metal. The metal is placed in a heated reactor, slightly pressurized to 1.2 to 2.0 psi, with a constant flow of WF₆ infused with a small amount of [[fluorine]] gas.<ref name="synth1">[http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6544889.html Patent Storm]</ref>

==PlotReactions==

WF₆(''g'') + H₂(''g'') + Al(''s'') → W(''s'') + HF(''g'') + AlF₃(''s'')

The show revolves around Cory Matthews; the other characters often serve to help him cope with his difficulties in achievement in school, his moral conflicts with Shawn Hunter, and his trouble understanding his girlfriend Topanga Lawrence.<ref>http://abcfamily.go.com/daytime/boymeetsworld/about.html</ref> Cory's best friend, Shawn Patrick Hunter, is dissimilar to Cory; he is a social rebel, he has an unsupportive family, and he has success with women, something which Cory envies at times. Cory's mother and father (Amy and Alan Matthews) are hard-working people trying to make a decent living in order to raise their three children (by the end of the series, a fourth child, Joshua Matthews, is born). Their other two children are Eric Matthews, the funny, handsome, sometimes [[borderline]]-[[psychotic]] older brother who tries to distance himself from Cory at all possible times; and Morgan Matthews, the younger sister, who sometimes uses her position as means of getting what she wants. Cory, with his stubbornness and laziness, struggles with his friend to get through school. To help them, there is Mr. George Feeny, Cory's teacher and neighbor. He tries as hard as possible to get them through school and he eventually does. Finally, there is Topanga Lawrence, Cory's first love, and in the later seasons, his fiancée, then wife. Topanga and Cory's relationship is the main focus of the later part of the series, and at the end of the series, Topanga, Cory, Shawn, and Eric leave suburban [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] for [[New York City]] while later new-comers to the cast, Jack and Rachel join the [[Peace Corps]] and Angela goes to Europe with her father.

This reaction occurs when [[tungsten]] is deposited on an [[aluminum]].

==Comedic and Narrative style==

One application of this would be in the production of studs for semiconductor circuits.<ref name="use">[http://www.priorartdatabase.com/IPCOM/000038388/ Ip.com]</ref>

''Boy Meets World'' contained a mix of [[dramedy]] and smart humor, deadpan humor, and non-stop straight-out [[farce]], with the latter beginning to increasingly dominate the show as time went on.

Tungsten can also be deposited on a [[silicon]] wafer or other semiconducting material via [[chemical vapor deposition]], or CVD, as follows:<ref name="react">[http://www.mne.umd.edu/grad/courses/old_courses_stuff_saved/659s_mats_&_proc_for_microelectronics/659s_spring_1998/enma659S_spr98_final_project_results/wcvd/sih4.html James Clark School of Engineering]</ref>

===Playfulness===

[[Fourth wall]] jokes abound, there is never-ending deadpan humor, and multiple episodes openly [[parody]] then-current popular movies, including ''[[Scream (movie)|Scream]]'', ''[[Rounders (movie)|Rounders]]'', and ''[[The Truman Show]]''. Wrestler [[Leon White|Vader]] appears as a recurring character playing his own wrestling persona, and characters repeatedly mention the show's format, [[plot formulas]], and continuity errors.

WF₆(''g'') + W* → WF₆*

==Continuity errors==

2 SiH₄(''g'') + WF₆* → W(''s'') + 2 SiHF₃ (g) + 3 H₂(''g'')

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The [[silane]] (SiH₄ reduces the tungsten from (VI) to its elemental state of zero.

* Shawn mentioned having sisters early in the series run, then mentioned having a troubled brother, then became an only child. Then he became the troubled half-brother.

==Safety==

* Topanga mentioned having sisters, then became an only child. Her sister "Nebula" was even shown in an episode of Season 1 but wasn't seen or mentioned after that.

On contact with water '''tungsten(VI) fluoride''' forms [[hydrofluoric acid]] (HF), which can penetrate the skin and cause damage to the subdermal tissues and bone. Inhalation burns the respiratory tract and can be toxic. WF₆ is a [[lachrymator]] which causes tearing and irritation of the eyes. Contact causes burns to the eyes, skin and mucous membranes.<ref name="msds">[https://www.mathesongas.com/msds/index.aspx Matheson Gas]</ref>

In ''[[Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood|Uncle Tungsten]]'', Oliver Sacks comments on how he wanted WF₆-filled balloons for his 65^th birthday, but the gas was too reactive. Had one of the balloons popped, the tungsten(VI) fluoride would have reacted with moisture in the air to form [[hydrogen fluoride]].

* Topanga going from oddball child of hippies to daughter of button-downed suburbanites. Topanga's hippie phase was mentioned in about 2 episodes of the later seasons.

* The young actor who played Cory's little brother made his debut with the show as the "baby in the hallway" of Cory and Topanga's first apartment together, only to become his brother who was born after the episode aired.

* In the latter episodes of the series, the characters refer to Cory and Topanga having a romance "from the sandbox", but they don't actually get together until high school and then their relationship is rocky at times. This error was fixed by the writers in an episode where Cory states "that Eric told him Topanga had cooties and for seven years he threw dirt at her and thought she was weird".

* The layout of the high school set changed not only from season-to-season but week-to-week.

* Shawn's family situation was never consistent. Although throughout most of the run, his father was presented as a lovable lug; during the "college years," it was revealed that he was a drunken bum.

* In the episode where Cory has to wrestle Joey the Rat Mr. Feeny calls Vader's character Leslie. In the episode where Joey the Rat gets suspended and Frankie becomes friends with Cory and Shawn Amy Mathews calls Vader's character Francis

* Cory and Topangas first kiss is changed throught the series. In season one's episode ''Cory's Alternative Friends'', Topenda pushes him against a locker and kisses him she asked beforehand if this was his first kiss, when Cory was only 11. However, they later say that this kiss happened when Cory was 13 which was impossible since it had been shown in season 1. It is later said, in season five, that when they were kids, Cory Kissed Topenga in the sand box.

* Eric's Character changes severely after season four, he becomes a goof ball and Mr. Feeny is his smart sidekick. This is strange since Eric in seasons 1-3 is a semi-serious boy who is constantly dating. He loses this part of his character in season four.

====Self-deprecation====

The series is particularly notable for its ability to make fun of itself. In the episode "Eric Hollywood", the cast parody themselves and the show on the set of '''''Kid Gets Acquainted With Universe''''', and reveal that the actors are nothing like the characters they play onstage. The show even goes to the lengths of bringing back the character of Stuart Minkus from the first season as a cameo for the high school graduation episode, who explains his absence by having been in ''"that part of the school over there (pointing off-camera),"'' to which Cory replies ''"We don't go over there."'' Minkus then calls out, ''"Oh, hey, Mr. Turner!"'' The character of Mr. Turner is a teacher who plays an important role in several seasons of the show, and then disappears after he suffered a motorcycle accident. Similarly, Cory's sister Morgan unexpectedly returns after an entire season's absence, played by a different actress, with the wisecracking comment, "That was the longest time-out I've ever had." Another example is the pig, Little Cory: while still in high school, Shawn obtains a piglet and names him Little Cory. The pink pig disappears after one episode, only to reappear for a single cameo during the show's college years as a full-grown pig.

Another example of self-reference occurs in the final episode, when Cory is talking to his little brother Joshua. He tells him that he is one day going out into the real world and he will make mistakes, but he will learn from them and eventually become a good person; he then stops and says, "Boy meets world. ''Now'' I get it." Also in the last episode when Cory, Shawn, Eric, & Topanga say their goodbyes, Mr. Feeny says "I loved all my students equally," Cory replies "Come on, Mr. Feeny, you haven't spoken to any other student in like seven years." They also joked several times about the fact that Mr Feeny has taught them every grade they've ever been, even following them to college.

====American Broadcasting Company references====

Similarly, it was one of the only shows in [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC's]] TGIF programming block to openly acknowledge its placement there and have characters poke fun at it; when the show was rescheduled from 8:30 to 9:30 because of its increasingly adult subject matter, a boy who Cory is babysitting complains that his "favorite show" has been rescheduled past his bedtime for no good reason, exclaiming, "They're trying to kill it!" Cory enthusiastically agrees. Cory also refers to himself when the kid mentions the "curly-haired kid." When ABC began advertising its airing of ''[[The Beatles Anthology]]'' by replacing its shows' [[theme song]]s with [[Beatles]] songs, a move ignored in the scripts of most of its shows, the writers of ''Boy Meets World'' twisted the concept around by instead using a [[Monkees]] song and having that week's episode feature The Monkees as guest stars.

===Life Lessons===

Unlike many family shows (especially those in the TGIF lineup), ''Boy Meets World'' often concluded episodes with characters learning to deal with existing circumstances rather than showing the characters successfully changing those circumstances. An example is the episode "How To Succeed In Business" (Ep. 5.9) in which Cory and Shawn both work as interns in a large corporation. Shawn exhibits savvy in customer relations and quickly climbs the corporate ladder, while Cory is demoted to janitor and consequently questions his future. Rather than showing Cory overcome his circumstance through ambition or hard-work, the episode ends with him learning to take pride in his current position. In "Eric Hollywood", these lessons are satirized when the actor "Ben Sandwich" lements about Corey Matthews: "How could I learn so much each week, and still be so stupid?"

==Episodes==

{{Main|List of Boy Meets World episodes}}

===Serious episodes===

{{see also|Very special episode}}

*In the first season finale, Mr. Feeny gets ill after Cory wishes Feeny could be sick for one day. However it turns out to be more serious when he finds out Feeny is in the hospital, and Cory is haunted by Mr. Feeny's "ghost." (1994)

*In the second season finale, Shawn can't handle living in a different home after his father runs away to find his mother again. (1995)

*Shawn learns that his friend gets abused by her dad, but doesn't tell anyone. (1996)

*Shawn joins a cult and the rest of the cast try to get him out of it. Only a motorcycle accident involving Jonathan causes Shawn to rethink his actions. (1997)

*Cory and Shawn get drunk after Cory breaks up with Topanga. (1997)

*One of Cory's professors ([[Ben Savage]]'s brother, [[Fred Savage]]) sexually harasses Topanga. Cory shoves him and is then threatened with [[expulsion]]. The script called for Ben to punch Fred, however Ben refused. {{Fact|date=May 2007}} (1998)

*Shawn's father suffers a heart attack and is taken to the hospital. While there, Shawn is still mad at his father but when the two finally reconcile, Chet suffers another heart attack and dies at the end of the episode. Chet's death was so serious the issue continued on until the episode "Road Trip." (1998)

*In the final season of the show, Cory, Shawn and Topanga come together and get into a war with Rachel, Jack, and Angela (and Eric is a spy on both teams). Rachel is emotionally hurt when Cory and Shawn show a poster sized picture of Rachel half-naked with red hair all over and soon all of them stop talking to each other. Eric is upset when he finds out nobody wanted him on their team. In the next episode, both Eric and Mr. Feeny try to bring them back together but fail after they fight some more of his body. We then see them seven years later and they all have changed because of their broken friendship. In the end it was an alternate future because the next scene shows the scene where Rachel has left the classroom they were in but Eric takes her back and they eventually are friends again.

==Production notes==

===Theme music and introductions===

''Boy Meets World'' had five theme songs and six visual images over seven years. The final theme, written and performed by Phil Rosenthal <ref>http://www.rescuerecords.net/artistinfo.asp?ArtistID=%7BA51B0085-DEB7-4FAB-A1B2-00AE248772D7%7D</ref>, remained for the fifth through seventh seasons, though the visuals changed from Seasons 5 to 6 to include Trina McGee as Angela Moore's main part (who moved from guest star to regular cast in Season 5) and Maitland Ward as Rachel McGuire (who was added as a regular cast member in Season 6).

[[ABC Family]] was the first network since [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] to show all the accurate introductions for all seven seasons. For the [[Television syndication|syndicated]] and [[Disney Channel]] broadcasts, a slightly modified version of the Season 4 theme, the opening credits for Season 1 were the same style, the ones for Seasons 2-7 are eqivalent to the Season 2/4's Logo

===Stage settings===

''Boy Meets World'' was filmed almost exclusively on-stage. There were occasionally scenes filmed in outdoor settings, but these were few and far between. At least one set of John Adams High School was the same as the set of the high school in ''[[Saved by the Bell]]''.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}

*The House - full run

The House was primarily a four-room setup consisting of the Matthews' living room, kitchen, Cory and Eric's bedroom, and the backyard that adjoined that of George Feeny. There were also occasional scenes in Cory and Eric's bathroom and their parents' bedroom. The house was the main setting for the show, as most of the episodes spent at least some time here. Seasons 6-7 had many episodes without the house and also without Alan, Amy, or Morgan.

*Mr. Feeny's Classroom - full run

While the classroom and school changed between seasons one and two and seasons five and six, a classroom was always present in the show. Jonathan Turner also has a classroom from season two to four, but this changes when his character is written off the show and the setting of John Adams High is changed significantly.

Mr. Feeny also had an office from Seasons 2 to 5, with one scene in season four using it as Dean Bolander's office. Dean Bolander also teaches a class in what would become Mr. Feeny's Pennbrook classroom.

*John Adams Main Floor - Seasons 2/3/4

This was another multiple-room setting, containing Mr. Turner's classroom and the main hall. The door on the right that led offstage has been used as the entrance to Mr. Feeny's office, both boys' and girls' bathrooms, the janitor's closet, or the counselor's office.

*John Adams Senior Floor - Seasons 5/6

This set began the trend of many expensive, short use sets. This was the set adapted from the Main Floor set, and appeared to be almost the same as that set except for the reversal of many items. Mr. Feeny's classroom was connected to the stage right side of the main hall.The Senior floor was seen in the opening scenes in the season 6 premiere episode "His Answer" because the episode starts where the Season 5 finale "Graduation" left off, after the "His Answer" episode, it was never shown or mentioned again.

*The First Apartment - Seasons 2/3/4

Jonathan Turner's apartment was introduced in Season 2, but became a main setting for the show in Season 3 after Shawn moves in with Jonathan, and was seen up until Shawn moved out of it in late Season 3. It would eventually be adapted into the college apartment Eric, Jack, and Shawn used.

*The Second Apartment - Seasons 5/6/7

In the beginning of Season 5, Eric leaves home to attend Pennbrook University and rents an apartment with Jack Hunter, who recently moved to town also to attend Pennbrook. At Chet Hunter's insistence, Shawn moves in with them, but the Apartment would see a number of different occupants over the years.

*'''First lineup''': Jack, Eric, and Shawn.

*'''Second lineup''': Jack, Eric, and Rachel. At the beginning of Season 6, a few months before Shawn plans to move out of the apartment and into a dorm with Cory, Eric and Jack kicked him out to make room for Rachel. Shawn, upon seeing Rachel, takes this in stride.

*'''Third lineup''': Jack and Rachel. After Chet Hunter's death, Jack and Rachel begin dating, and Eric moves out a few episodes later.

*'''Fourth lineup''': Topanga, Angela, and Rachel. Eventually, Eric decides to return to the apartment, but at the same time Rachel invites Angela and Topanga to move in. His chivalrous nature winning out over logic, Jack begrudgingly leaves. He and Eric return to fight the girls for the apartment a few episodes later, but lose.

*'''Fifth lineup''': Jack, Eric, and Shawn (again). After Cory and Topanga get married in season seven, Topanga moves out, and Shawn moves in with Angela and Rachel. Rachel later moves out to assume the title as a Resident Aid for one of Pennbrook's dorms, leaving Angela and Shawn. After the episode "Pickett Fences", Cory calls Shawn and Angela's living arrangement "playing house" compared to his and Topanga's dorm. Towards the end of the episode, Shawn decides that Cory is right and they agree that Angela will move out and live with Rachel in the dorm, and the three original occupants move back to the apartment. They remain there until the end of the series.

*The Trailer - Seasons 2/3/4/5/6

Shawn and Chet Hunter lived in the trailer, Virna moved in the trailer in Season 4, but wasn't seen after Season 4, Shawn moves into "The Second Apartment" in Season 5, After Chet's death in Season 6, the setting was last seen in the episode "Road Trip", This set was used seldomly.

*Chubbie's Diner - Seasons 2/3/4/5

Chubbie's became a mainstay for the ''Boy Meets World'' cast, and was used often for scenes. It was another multi-room set, with a game room on stage left, and restaurant and bar on stage right, although the game room was used infrequently. Eventually the diner becomes a pirate-themed restaurant towards the end of season five and is never seen again.

*The Dorm - Seasons 6/7

The dorm room that Shawn and Cory live in during Season 6 connects to the dorm hall. The room was used throughout the series, housing some occupants that do not live in the apartment. The dorm hall is seen very rarely, only in a few episodes in season six, and is also connected to the co-ed bathroom which is seen in only two scenes in episode #6.4.

*The Student Union - Seasons 6/7

This replaced the John Adams hallway as the main school setting. It was the largest main set in the show by far, with a café on stage left, couches and a coffee table stage center, a pool table behind it, miscellaneous items in back stage left, and a patio stage right. All of these areas were used at least once during the show's run.

*The Married Couples' Dorm - Season 7

This set was where Cory and Topanga live after returning from their honeymoon. It is initially dirty and run-down, but Cory does a lot of work to renovate it (fresh paint, furniture, etc.). The set has three sections: the dorm hallway, a living room/kitchen area, and a bedroom. It was a central focus of three episodes in Season 7, and was used consistently throughout the remainder of the show.

*WIXB Newsstation - Season 3; two episodes

The WIXB Newsstation was seen in two episodes, "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" because Eric wanted to apply for a job so he can get into College, he got the job, but he was fired in the episode "Stormy Weather" because he dropped out and they only wanted High School colleagues.

*The Elementary School - Season 1

The name of the Elementary School that Cory, Shawn, Topanga, and Minkus attended in the first season was never mentioned, but they were in the 6th grade during season 1, the elementary school setting contained Mr.Feeny's Classroom, The Hallway, and The Cafeteria, this setting was adapted for the John Adams High Main Floor for Seasons 2-4.

*Pennbrook Hallway and Classroom - Season 5

The Pennbrook Hallway was seen in the episode "It's Not You...It's Me", and The Classroom was seen in the episode "How to Suceed in Business", The Pennbrook Classroom would become Mr. Feeny's Classroom in Seasons 6-7.

===Season 2===

After Season 1 of Boy Meets World ended, the production team made some changes to the show which would effect the show until the end, Here are changes they made for the 1994-1995 season.

*The Opening. Seasons 2 and 3 had pretty short openings so more episode time is made.

*The Logo. The BMW logo looks different than the one in Season 1, The Season 2 logo is not seen in Season 3, but is seen in Season 4.

*The Credits. The Season 2 style of the credits were equivalent to the style of the logo, the Season 2 style of credits is used until the end of the series.

*The Background Music. Instead of using Season 1's Irish reggae music for Season 2, they used guitar rock for season 2's opening and episode music and used it until the end of the series

===Trivia===

*The series contains several references to the musical and movie ''[[1776 (musical)|1776]]'', in which Daniels played future [[President of the United States|American President]] [[John Adams]]:

** Much of the series was set at John Adams High School, named after the president.

** Both ''Boy Meets World'' and ''1776'' are set in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]].

** In episode #5.17, "I Love You, Donna Karan", it is revealed that Feeny comes from [[Boston, Massachusetts]].<ref>http://www.lanceandeskimo.com/bmw/index.php?episode=12</ref> Adams' home was in the nearby town of [[Braintree, Massachusetts]], and he spent considerable time in Boston.

* It is never clear at what point Cory and Topanga first met. The show often discusses or features their first meeting at different points and settings within their lives.

*The episodes "Prom-ises, Prom-ises", "If You Can't Be With the One You Love...", and "The Truth About Honesty" are banned from airing on The Disney Channel due to their frank discussion about pre-marital sex and teen drinking.

*Early in the show when Topanga reveals her crush on Eric, she introduces her sister Nebula. Later on throughout the show, Nebula is never mentioned again.

*In one of the earlier episodes (6th grade) Cory tries to straighten his hair. Shawn then says "I'll ask my sister Stacy what she uses to straighten her hair." It is later said in the series that Shawn has no siblings except his half brother Jack. Although in a Season 3 episode, reveals Shawn's half brother on his mother's side. Though this wasn't really his blood half brother after discovering that Verna wasn't his real mother.

*It is implied that the shows takes place in the same universe as ''[[Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV series)|Sabrina, the Teenage Witch]]'' as Sabrina is seen on the show on two different occasions, and the episode where she features prominently from the "Time Ball" crossover night is featured as heavily in circulation as the other episodes of the show.

*In Ned's Declassified School Survival guide, Ned has a mean teacher, Mr. Sweeny, which is a parody of Mr. Feeny.

====Ties to ''The Wonder Years''====

The following actors appeared on both ''Boy Meets World'' (which starred [[Ben Savage]]) and ''[[The Wonder Years]]'' (which starred his brother [[Fred Savage]]):

*Fred Savage (Kevin Arnold) guest starred as Stuart in the season six episode "Everybody Loves Stuart" and directed two season seven episodes.

*[[Dan Lauria]] (Jack Arnold) guest starred as a County Judge in the season four episode "Wheels."

*[[Steven Gilborn]] (Mr. Collins) guest starred as a quiz show host in the season four episode "Quiz Show."

*Ben Savage guest starred in episode #3.14 of ''The Wonder Years'', as a seventh grader who acts as [[Cupid]].

*Blake Soper (Joseph 'Joey The Rat' Epstein) guest starred as a shop kid in episodes "Ninth Grade Man" & "The Candidate".

====Philadelphia references====

It is one of the few television shows to take place primarily in the [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] area, and makes multiple local references. These include Cory's love for the [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]] and his brother Eric's attempts to get into [[Swarthmore College]]—finally ending with Cory and most of the cast attending Pennbrook, an institution that appears to be a [[pastiche]] of Swarthmore, [[University of Pennsylvania|Penn]], and other Philly-area colleges. Pennbrook is also the name of a train station in suburban Lansdale on Philadelphia's R5 line, as well as the name of nearby middle school.

===Running gags===

* Starting in Season 6, if Eric spots Mr. Feeny in a crowd, he will most likely say "Feenay! Fee-hee-hee-hee-nay!", otherwise known as the Feeny call. In the final episode, Feeny reprimands Eric, saying "You are not calling a duck!". And shortly afterwards, admits he likes the Feeny call. Eric also gives him a small doll version of Eric which contains a recorded version of the Feeny call.

* Cory sometimes calls Topanga "the wife".

* Angela always says she needs to "find some black friends" or "my very white friends".

* Topanga is usually thriving for A's and will chase teachers down if they give her an A- or a B, actually going as far as demand Feeny gives her an A for a final assignment with no grades, just so that she'd have the most A's in the school.

* Shawn is usually referred to as "trailer trash" or "trailer boy".

* Rachel often says her boyfriend is "scum" or "trash".

* Morgan is known for her sassy mouth and talking back nonsense.

* Cory has a fondness for chocolate pudding that is often referenced in later seasons.

* Characters sometimes mention Cory's beloved Nana Boo Boo, who only appears in the episode "She's Having My Baby Back Ribs".

* Long awkward pauses.

* No one trusts Eric's strange ideas.

* Eric calls Morgan "Weasel" constantly in seasons 1 and 2

== Ratings ==

The show was a mild hit at its peak on the Nielsen Ratings chart. Ratings drastically fell during season seven and the network pulled the plug in early 2000.

==Syndication==

''Boy Meets World'' was picked up by the [[Disney Channel]] in [[2000 in television|2000]] after the show's cancellation. The show still airs on the [[Disney Channel]] today after seven years; it is currently shown at 2:00 a.m. ET. Additionally, in mid [[2004 in television|2004]], the show was added to the [[ABC Family Channel]] line-up at 5:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. ET. The show currently airs on [[ABC Family]] at 8:00 and 8:30 a.m. EST on weekdays, 10:00 and 10:30 a.m. weekends. The show also airs on a few local stations across the U.S.

===Disney Channel "banned" episodes===

The [[Disney Channel]] has banned three episodes from ever being aired on their network. These episodes include "If You Can't Be With the One You Love" (after losing Topanga, Cory resorts to drinking to solve his problems and Shawn becomes an alcoholic), "PROMises, PROMises" (Cory and Topanga want to have sex after the prom but don't), and "The Truth About Honesty" (an honesty game causes trouble at Rachel and Jack's dinner party). These episodes have not aired on [[Disney Channel]] because they are thought to be inappropriate for their target audience (children) to be viewing. These episodes were not shown in syndication at all and were not seen since the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] original airings until [[2004 in television|2004]], when the [[ABC Family Channel]] aired all three episodes (Although "PROMises, PROMises" and "The Truth About Honesty" have aired on Disney Channel UK). In addition, [[Disney Channel]] makes many edits for content when airing the show, especially in the later seasons, when sexual jokes became more frequent. These edits and banned episodes, however, only occur in the United States; in Canada there are no edits and all episodes are shown on the [[Family Channel]]. Coincidentally, the banned episodes have been seen on ABC post-2004. ABC Family airs all episodes with the exception of the holiday episodes ''Santa's Little Helper'', ''A Very Topanga Christmas'', ''And Then There was Shawn'' and any other holiday themes episodes.

==DVD releases==

*The first three seasons of ''Boy Meets World'' are currently available on DVD from [[Buena Vista Distribution|Buena Vista Home Entertainment]]<ref>http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5868</ref>

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!DVD name!! Cover Art!!Ep #!!Release date!!Additional information

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|The Complete First Season||[[Image:Boy meets world s1.jpg|80px]]||align="center" |22||[[August 24]] [[2004]]|| Audio Commentary with cast and crew on 4 episodes, bonus episode from Season 4.

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|The Complete Second Season||[[Image:BoyMeetsWorld S2 final.jpg|80px]] ||align="center" |23||[[November 23]] [[2004]]|| Audio Commentary with cast and picture video commentary with cast and crew.

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|The Complete Third Season||[[Image:BoyMeetsWorld S3.jpg|80px]]||align="center" |22||[[August 23]] [[2005]]|| "World According to Boy" Trivia Game.

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|The Complete Fourth Season||[[Image:BoyMeetsWorld S4.jpg|80px]] ||align="center" |22||originally scheduled to be released on [[January 10]] [[2006]], Off schedule now. ||

[http://www.petitiononline.com/bmwset/ Boy Meets World: DVD Boxset Petition]

|}

==References==

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==External links==

*[http://www.npi.gov.au/database/substance-info/profiles/44.html National Pollutant Inventory - Flouride and compounds fact sheet]

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*[http://abcfamily.go.com/daytime/boymeetsworld/index.html ABC Family: Boy Meets World]

*[http://216.146.194.228/boymeetsworld.html ''Theme Song Lyrics'']

*[http://www.ultimatedisney.com/boymeetsworld-season1.html Boy Meets World: Season 1 DVD Review]

*[http://www.ultimatedisney.com/boymeetsworld-season2.html Boy Meets World: Season 2 DVD Review]

*[http://www.ultimatedisney.com/boymeetsworld-season3.html Boy Meets World: Season 3 DVD Review]

*[http://boymeetsworld.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Boy Meets Wiki] - A ''Boy Meets World'' wiki.

*[http://www.petitiononline.com/bmwset/ Boy Meets World: DVD Boxset Petition]

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