50 Fun Facts About Girl Meets World

On which network did the series premiere on June 27, 2014?

It ran for three seasons and 72 episodes, ending on January 20, 2017.

The series is a spin-off of which 1990s sitcom?

Co-creator Michael Jacobs reached out to the entire original cast, and several reprised their roles.

Who plays Riley Matthews?

She and Sabrina Carpenter were cast by the end of January 2013, and the pilot was shot that March.

Which future pop star plays Riley's best friend Maya Hart?

Maya was written as a witty friend with a troubled past, raised by her waitress mother Katy after her father left.

What subject does Cory Matthews teach to Riley's class?

His lessons at John Quincy Adams Middle School, and later Abigail Adams High, always double as life lessons for the group.

Who plays Riley's father, Cory Matthews?

Savage and Danielle Fishel confirmed their return as Cory and Topanga in November 2012, before the show was even greenlit.

What is the name of Riley's younger brother?

Played by August Maturo. An older brother named Elliot was in the pilot but was written out before the series.

Which character is the son of Cory and Topanga's old classmate Stuart, Topanga's rival?

Corey Fogelmanis plays him. Lee Norris returned as Stuart, whose rivalry with Topanga carries over from the original show.

Where does Riley first meet Lucas Friar in the pilot?

Her parents let the girls ride the subway on the condition that they 'make the world theirs'.

Lucas originally moved to New York from which state?

His old friend Zay later transfers in from Texas too, and the season 2 Texas trilogy visits his hometown.

In 'Girl Meets Boy', why can Maya cope when Cory confiscates everyone's phones?

The class is sent to the library to research whether technology has made people better.

Which annual tradition does Riley skip for her first school dance in 'Girl Meets Father'?

In the same episode Cory gives Maya an F and she briefly quits school.

What is the name of Riley's brother's older girlfriend from down the hall?

Ava Morgenstern, played by Ava Kolker, bosses Auggie around; Topanga initially cannot stand her.

What job does Maya's mother Katy have while she dreams of being an actress?

She reveals it on Career Day, the same episode in which Stuart Minkus and Topanga resume their rivalry.

Isadora Smackle is introduced as a debate champion from a rival school and whose nemesis?

Played by Cecilia Balagot, she eventually becomes Farkle's girlfriend and joins the group at high school.

In 'Girl Meets 1961', Riley learns about which ancestor who kept a journal?

Cory assigns the project after his lessons on the 1960s fail to land with the class.

Which Boy Meets World character is Maya trying to set up with her mother in 'Girl Meets Master Plan'?

The plan hatches on Maya's 14th birthday. Shawn and Katy eventually marry in season 3's 'Girl Meets I Do'.

Who plays Cory's best friend, reprising his Boy Meets World role as Maya's future stepfather?

He first appears in 'Girl Meets Home for the Holidays', having spent the years since the original show as a writer and photographer.

Maya has a long-running crush on which member of the Matthews family?

Cory's teenage brother, played by Uriah Shelton, is three years older than her and keeps pointing out the age gap.

Cory calls on which brother to mediate Riley and Maya's feud in 'Girl Meets Mr. Squirrels'?

Will Friedle's goofball character later gets nominated to run for New York senator in a sequel episode.

What political office does Eric run for in 'Girl Meets Mr. Squirrels Goes to Washington'?

By 'Girl Meets Semi-Formal' he is the newly elected senator.

Which astronomical news shocks Riley at the start of a season 2 episode?

Cory then digs up the time capsule he, Topanga and Shawn buried fifteen years earlier.

In 'Girl Meets Rules', what does Maya call Riley's orderly half of the detention classroom?

Maya's group represents chaos. The word later becomes a flashpoint in the bullying episode named after it.

New English teacher Harper Burgess gets in trouble for teaching which graphic novel?

Principal Yancy objects to the Frank Miller book, but her unconventional style inspires Maya in particular.

In 'Girl Meets Yearbook', who reinvents himself as a regular guy named Donnie?

He and Riley both try to change after disliking what the yearbook says about them; he is unique enough to have his own yearbook category.

Who asks Riley to the dance in 'Girl Meets Semi-Formal', beating Lucas to it?

Tanner Buchanan plays him. He later shares his theory that a relationship needs both sense and sensibility.

Which rival school does Smackle invite her nemesis to transfer to?

The invitation comes at the party the Minkuses throw at Topanga's after his IQ results.

Which historical feud frames the conflict-resolution lesson in the season 2 bullying episode?

Riley calls Maya a bully after the mere mention of 'Rileytown', and the episode deals with her being harassed.

In 'Girl Meets Texas', what contest do Riley and Maya mistakenly enter Lucas into?

They had heard he failed a sheep-riding contest as a kid. The three-part trip ends the love triangle's first phase.

Zay reunites with which old flame during the Texas trip?

Riley and Maya engineer the reunion on the group's first night out in Texas.

What is the name of Maya's absent father, who appears in 'Girl Meets the Forgiveness Project'?

He left Maya and Katy before Maya turned five. She chooses to write her forgiveness letter to him.

Which Jane Austen novel mirrors Riley and Maya in 'Girl Meets the New Year'?

Harper teaches it in English class, and the episode ends with the triangle exposed at midnight.

In 'Girl Meets STEM', what does Riley notice about who drops the marble in the science experiment?

The episode tackles girls being steered away from the calculations in science classes.

Why does Riley want to redo her bedroom in 'Girl Meets the Bay Window'?

Maya objects because of what the window has meant to them, and the girls reflect on their friendship's history.

Where does the group start ninth grade in season 3?

Three seniors, Thor, Francesca and Nikki, confine the freshmen to a section of the school called 'the hole'.

What alter ego does Riley create on the school social network in season 3?

The profile shares all of Riley's interests and becomes massively popular before the truth comes out.

In 'Girl Meets Permanent Record', Riley gets a D on her first high school test in which subject?

Maya, unusually, earns an A on the same test.

Where do Riley and Maya visit Shawn in a season 3 episode about Maya losing her edge?

Shawn explains how Cory once changed him the way Riley has changed Maya, who has lost her edge.

Where does Cory take the class on the two-part season 3 field trip to experience nature?

Cory has history there from the original series, and Riley stays up all night talking to an employee named Evan.

What does Evan, the lodge employee Riley talks to all night, say he wants to become?

His appearance makes Lucas insecure enough to finally sort out his feelings.

Whose wedding makes Maya anxious in 'Girl Meets I Do'?

Her worry stems from her father leaving; by Christmas she is adjusting to Shawn as a stepfather.

In 'Girl Meets Bear', who removed the face from Riley's teddy bear three years earlier?

Maya would rather be at a special offer at Paco's Tacos, but the bear still matters to Riley.

What is the name of Riley and Maya's favourite TV show, binged in 'Girl Meets Her Monster'?

They try to watch every episode before the finale and Riley ends up skipping her shift at the bakery.

In 'Girl Meets Hollyworld', why has Maya 'kidnapped' actress Anastasia Boulangerie?

Katy is up for a part in which she would play herself, and Anastasia is auditioning for the same role.

Which Dickens story does Riley adapt into a play to cheer up Maya during the holidays?

It is Maya's first Christmas since her mother married Shawn.

What is unusual about the episode 'World Meets Girl'?

The cast tour the studio, costume and prop departments and their on-set school, then take audience questions.

Which country's 1831 independence is the lesson Cory finally teaches in the series finale?

He had held the lesson back for years. It lands as the family awaits Topanga's decision on leaving New York.

After the network declined a fourth season, fans campaigned for which service to pick the show up?

Creator Michael Jacobs spent four months seeking a new home before confirming in May 2017 that no deal could be reached.

How many episodes of Girl Meets World were made?

Season 1 was expanded from 13 to 20 episodes before it aired; the show ended after three seasons.

Who plays Riley's mother, Topanga?

In 2025 she said on the Pod Meets World podcast that she felt 'ostracized' on the spin-off compared with the original.