The WORST episodes of Boy Meets World

Every episode of Boy Meets World ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Boy Meets World!

Boy Meets World chronicles the events and everyday life lessons of Cory Matthews who grows up from a young boy to a married man.

Last Updated: 11/25/2025Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
Grandma Was a Rolling Stone
star
7.23
255 votes

#1 - Grandma Was a Rolling Stone

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/1993

Cory gives up fishing with his dad when his grandma comes to town and makes him some great promises. But he's disappointed when she doesn't come through for him and Alan goes fishing with Shawn instead. Meanwhile, Eric uses Morgan to get the attention of Feeny's attractive niece.

Directors: David Trainer
Angela's Ashes
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7.34
106 votes

#2 - Angela's Ashes

Season 7 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/28/2000

When Angela's father says he wants to take her to Europe for a year, Cory thinks Shawn isn't being honest with himself if he lets the girl that he loves go away. Meanwhile, graduating seniors Eric, Jack and Rachel figure out their plans after college.

Directors: Fred Savage
As Time Goes By
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7.40
48 votes

#3 - As Time Goes By

Season 7 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/7/2000

A stressed-out Topanga is sucked back in time into a black and white 1940s world where she cannot remember her past. She hopes the suave owner of the Shangri-La cafe and its eccentric patrons (portrayed by the show's cast) can provide clues to her identity.

Directors: Steve Hoefer
Killer Bees
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7.40
312 votes

#4 - Killer Bees

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1993

Cory is determined to be in the geography bee when he finds out that the winner gets to be bat-boy at the opening game of the world series. But, when he and Minkus trade places in the academic world, they end up trading places in the social world, too. Meanwhile, Eric is embarrassed when his parents show up at the same concert as he and a date.

Directors: David Trainer
Class Pre-Union
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7.45
222 votes

#5 - Class Pre-Union

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/1993

Mr. Feeny has his class predict what their lives will be like by their class reunion. When he gives Cory an incomplete, Cory gives up on his dream of being a center fielder, until his dad realizes just what he needs. Meanwhile, Morgan trades her mother's gold necklace for a plastic one and has to get it back.

Directors: David Trainer
He Said, She Said
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7.48
164 votes

#6 - He Said, She Said

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/1995

Shawn decides to take a new guidance counselor's advice seriously, and begins planning to run away to Paris.

Directors: Jeff McCracken
Writer: Jeff Menell
Boys II Mensa
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7.48
303 votes

#7 - Boys II Mensa

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1993

Cory cheats on an I.Q. test, and is labeled the smartest kid in class. However, the consequences for getting away with it are worse than getting caught; Cory may be transferred into a new school for smart kids. Meanwhile, Eric takes Morgan to pick out a Halloween costume, and she ends up being a zombie.

Directors: David Trainer
For Love and Apartments
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7.49
96 votes

#8 - For Love and Apartments

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1999

Since both couples-Cory and Topanga, Shawn and Angela-have split up, the girls decide to challenge the boys to a wresting match which will decide who gets to keep the apartment. Pro wrestler Mankind refs the match, which the girls win handily-and Eric vows revenge on Topanga for beating him up so easily.

Directors: David Kendall
On the Fence
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7.49
408 votes

#9 - On the Fence

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1993

Cory is worried about the class water gun war, as he has no heavy-duty water gun to compete with. However, he soon strikes up a deal with Mr. Feeny, who makes Cory a deal: if he paints Mr. Feeny's shutters, he will give Cory the money to buy a new water gun. However, Cory rushes in haste to buy the water gun, and he gets green paint all over the fence.

Directors: David Trainer
Writer: Jeff Sherman
The B-Team of Life
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7.50
208 votes

#10 - The B-Team of Life

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/28/1994

Cory and Minkus are put on the Basketball B-Team for their school, which, subsequently, never gets to play.

Directors: David Trainer
Writer: Jeff Menell
The Play's the Thing
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7.51
210 votes

#11 - The Play's the Thing

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/29/1994

Cory is cast to play Hamlet in the school production, but he quickly drops the role and it goes to Minkus, who, quite frankly, cannot act to save his life.

Directors: David Trainer
Rave On
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7.54
168 votes

#12 - Rave On

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1995

Eric decides to throw a rave on the same day as Amy and Alan's anniversary, unknowingly placing it at the same time as the anniversary party.

Directors: David Trainer
On the Air
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7.55
165 votes

#13 - On the Air

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/10/1995

Shawn and Cory's radio show is cancelled by Mr. Feeny when they move to an inappropriate broadcasting format.

Directors: David Trainer
Picket Fences
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7.55
92 votes

#14 - Picket Fences

Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1999

Cory and Topanga realize that a house is not for them after Shawn sells them on working together to fix up their apartment. Meanwhile, Angela and Rachel play the roommate shuffle once again; and Jack and Eric get a new boss at the student union.

Directors: Jerry Levine
Father Knows Less
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7.57
320 votes

#15 - Father Knows Less

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1993

While Alan and Cory stay up late to watch a baseball game, Cory fails a test the next day at school, and Mr. Feeny refuses to let him make it up.

No Guts, No Cory
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7.58
92 votes

#16 - No Guts, No Cory

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/1997

The time ball swallowed by Salem the Cat from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch takes everyone back to the 1940s: Cory becomes a soldier fighting on the dangerous front lines in Europe, who wants his best buddy Shawn to marry his girl Topanga if he doesn't return.

Directors: Alan Myerson
Truth and Consequences
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7.58
134 votes

#17 - Truth and Consequences

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/1995

Cory and Shawn get Janitor Bud fired when they produce a videotape for Media Arts class showing him leaving school early to bet on horses at the racetrack.

Directors: Jeff McCracken
This Little Piggy
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7.58
137 votes

#18 - This Little Piggy

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/1995

Cory feels caught in the middle when Shawn adopts a pig, names it Little Cory, and soon begins to fight with Topanga, who insists that Shawn cannot raise the pig properly with his lifestyle.

Directors: Jeff McCracken
Who's Afraid of Cory Wolf?
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7.59
150 votes

#19 - Who's Afraid of Cory Wolf?

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/1994

In this Halloween episode, Cory gets bitten by a runaway "wolf." Unfortunately, he starts getting symptoms which a fortune teller says may be signs that he is turning into a werewolf.

Directors: David Trainer
And in Case I Don't See Ya
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7.60
102 votes

#20 - And in Case I Don't See Ya

Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/1998

In an effort to become more popular, Eric creates a TV show similar to The Truman Show featuring his roommates, but it's Rachel who becomes the campus darling. Meanwhile, Cory and Shawn expect special treatment from Mr. Feeny.

Directors: David Kendall
The Witches of Pennbrook
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7.60
96 votes

#21 - The Witches of Pennbrook

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/1997

Jack is excited about his new girlfriend, but things take a bad turn when it's revealed that she's a witch, needing to sacrifice a Hunter to ensure her immortality during a Halloween party. An unsuspecting Eric goes on a date with a teenaged witch named Sabrina. Guest Hart crosses over in her role from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. Meanwhile, Cory takes Topanga on her first airplane ride, flown by a not-so-bright pilot.

Directors: Alan Myerson
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The War (1)
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7.61
90 votes

#22 - The War (1)

Season 7 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/11/2000

A fierce war of pranks ensues after Cory and Shawn diss Rachel (Shawn parks in her parking spot). Cory, Shawn and Topanga takes on Rachel, Angela and Jack, with Eric acting as a neutral spy in both camps.

Directors: William Russ
By Hook or By Crook
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7.61
166 votes

#23 - By Hook or By Crook

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/17/1995

Eric is uncertain what to do when an attractive history tutor offers to help him cheat on a test, which would raise his grade enough to take the class trip to Europe.

Directors: David Trainer
Writer: Jeff Menell
Model Family
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7.62
219 votes

#24 - Model Family

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/4/1994

Eric decides to quit his job at his father's store when he gets a modeling job at the mall. Alan wants to stop him, but Amy wants him to learn on his own. Meanwhile, Cory, Topanga, Shawn, and Minkus have to pretend to be a family for a school project.

Directors: David Trainer
Breaking Up Is Really, Really Hard to Do
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7.62
169 votes

#25 - Breaking Up Is Really, Really Hard to Do

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/27/1995

Cory's over-sensitive new girlfriend, Wendy, is planning their whole future together. But when Cory tries to break up with her, she ends up crying, and he takes her back.

Directors: Jeff McCracken