Boy Meets World

Season 4

22 episodes 7 seasons

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Boy Meets World Season 4 released on September 20, 1996.

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S04E01 Aired September 20, 1996

You Can Go Home Again

Due to his fear of facing life again, Eric decides to stay at a small town, where he can live easy for the rest of his life. Meanwhile, Alan has doubts about having done something worthwhile with his life after he wins a company award.

S04E02 Aired September 27, 1996

Hair Today, Goon Tomorrow

As Cory is feeling insecure about his hair, Topanga shows him that appearance is meaningless, and she proves so by cutting off some of her own locks, a decision she quickly regrets.

S04E03 Aired October 04, 1996

I Ain't Gonna Spray Lettuce No More

Alan decides he needs a raise at work, however he decides to quit, sending the whole family swirling into chaos.

S04E04 Aired October 11, 1996

Fishing for Virna

When Shawn's mother arrives back in town, Cory decides to re-unite his friend's family, while at the same time honor the memory of Brenda, the devoted cafeteria lady of the school lunchroom.

S04E05 Aired October 18, 1996

Shallow Boy

When Eric offends Corinna, a strange, nerdy girl who writes her own songs, she writes a song downgrading him, and she becomes famous. Meanwhile, Cory and Topanga fear that their differing views on children could affect their future together.

S04E06 Aired October 25, 1996

Janitor Dad

Verna presents Chet with an ultimatum to find work, or she will take off once again. This causes Chet to land the job of school janitor, utterly humiliating Shawn.

S04E07 Aired November 01, 1996

Singled Out

Eric says he attends Harvard in order to be on MTV's Singled Out. Meanwhile, Cory is afraid of "disappearing" while getting his tonsils taken out.

S04E08 Aired November 08, 1996

Dangerous Secret

Shawn insists things aren't what they seem when Cory catches him with a girl, but Cory won't buy it.

S04E09 Aired November 15, 1996

Sixteen Candles and 400-lb. Men

Cory agrees to go to a wrestling match with a buddy on the same night as Topanga's Sweet 16 party.

S04E10 Aired November 22, 1996

Turkey Day

Assigned a Thanksgiving weekend assignment to consider how class divisions between the haves and have-nots are at the heart of the conflict in Rwanda, Cory and Shawn hope the Thanksgiving spirit will encourage their families to be better friends, but having the holiday feast at the Hunters' trailer park home is not what the reluctant Matthews family had in mind. Nor, it turns out, does the situation sit well with the other trailer park residents. Meanwhile, Frankie's little brother Herman asks permission to court Morgan; and everyone winds up eating dinner at Frankie's table which "always has room for more."

S04E11 Aired November 29, 1996

An Affair to Forget

Shawn is in a state of shock when his very beautiful, very haughty girlfriend, Jennifer, dumps him. She agrees to get back together on one condition: that Shawn has nothing to do with Cory ever again. This doesn't set well with either of them and the two friends begin seeing each other covertly to avoid Jennifer's wrath. Only the levelheaded Topanga has the insight to solve Cory and Shawn's dilemma. Meanwhile, Eric thinks he's onto a get-rich-quick scheme when he rents a theater for a one-man show he's written called Look at Me, Look at Me, and charges $30 a ticket. (Touchstone press release)

S04E12 Aired December 13, 1996

Easy Street

Comedy veterans Buddy Hackett and Soupy Sales play two businessmen of a shady sort who hire Cory and, subsequently, Shawn to run "errands" for them. Since it is just before Christmas, Cory decides he can use the money for his holiday shopping. However, Cory quits once he figures out that the two gents are not on the up-and-up. Shawn takes over, but Cory soon persuades his pal to quit as well, before he gets in over his head - or hit over the head. (Touchstone press release.)

S04E13 Aired January 10, 1997

B & B's B 'n' B

Shawn, bent on proving to Feeny that he can make it in the business world, convinces Cory to turn Feeny's quaint home into a Bed & Breakfast Inn economics-class project while their unsuspecting teacher is out of town. Meanwhile, Eric and Feeny surprise each other when they end up better friends while on vacation at the same hotel - especially when Eric passes up a date with a female bartender to console Feeny over the failure of his long-term long distance romance.

S04E14 Aired January 17, 1997

Wheels

Alan finds himself at a crossroads when Cory, armed with a new driver's license on his 16th birthday, would rather celebrate with Shawn and Topanga than with him.

S04E15 Aired January 31, 1997

Chick Like Me

The war between the sexes starts heating up at John Adams High when the boys realize that girls expect different things when out on a date. When it is suggested to Cory that his school newspaper column is a tad boring, Shawn gives him a story idea on dating and sexual harassment based on the book they're reading in Mr. Feeny's class: Black Like Me. After Cory emerges from the bathroom in full regalia, it is decided that Shawn would make a better girl: he's studied them much more carefully. Making his debut at school, Shawn, now Veronica Wasboyski, immediately gets asked out by Gary, one of the school's more well-known Lotharios. Shawn soon finds out what it's like to push off a teen boy's advances. Meanwhile, Eric tries to teach mountain-reared Lonnie how to get along with city men.

S04E16 Aired February 07, 1997

A Long Walk to Pittsburgh (1)

When Cory discovers the reason why his girlfriend, Topanga, and Shawn are acting like more than just friends - in fact, kissing - he must come to grips with an important change in his life. What's worse than the peck is the reason behind it: Topanga's moving away to Pittsburgh.

S04E17 Aired February 14, 1997

A Long Walk to Pittsburgh (2)

A couple of surprise visitors may hold the cure for a lovesick Cory, who is trying to put his life back together now that his sweetheart, Topanga, has moved away. When she runs away to see him again, Cory must persuade his parents-and Topanga's prudish Aunt Prudence-that theirs is a true love.

S04E18 Aired February 28, 1997

Uncle Daddy

When Eric learns his new girlfriend Kelly has a son, he's confident he's mature enough to handle the responsibility - but too scared to tell his parents about it. Meanwhile, Cory and his friends prepare for the dreaded SAT's.

S04E19 Aired March 21, 1997

Quiz Show

The producers of a dull but prestigious academic bowl sense a hit after Cory, Shawn and Topanga become star contestants by enlivening the show with their humor and pop culture knowledge. But the price of success is changing the questions from brainy to brainless in order to allow Cory and Shawn to win.

S04E20 Aired April 04, 1997

Security Guy

Eric blames Amy, not Alan, for getting fired; and when they pressure him to go to college, he gets a job as a security guard.

S04E21 Aired April 25, 1997

Cult Fiction

When a lonely Shawn starts hanging around with a new group of people he describes as "not a cult," Jonathan tries to stop him before it's too late.

S04E22 Aired May 02, 1997

Learning to Fly

Cory's in a jam when a coed makes a pass at him while he's visiting a college.