1. Cory was originally supposed to have more than one best friend. The show's creator Michael Jacobs wanted Cory to be part of a group of friends, not a duo, so the producers tried rotating in different friends but none of the characters stuck around. The cast began calling the third cafeteria seat the "death seat" because once a character sat there, they never came back.

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2. Topanga was named after Topanga Canyon. Many fans have always thought Topanga's name was super strange, and Danielle Fishel, who played Topanga, revealed to Entertainment Weekly just how her character got her name: "[Creator] Michael Jacobs says he was driving down the highway when production called and said, 'We need a name for this character!' He happened to be driving past Topanga Canyon, so he said, 'Topanga.' He says that if they had called him two miles later, I would've been named Canoga, which is the next exit."

3. Rider Strong hated his famous Shawn locks. Fans may have swooned over Shawn's glorious hair, but actor Rider Strong hated it. He revealed to Cosmopolitan.com that a group of girls convinced him to wear his hair like that, and once he got the role, Michael wouldn't let him change it. "I hated my hair. I came to the audition with that hairstyle, got the part, and the director never let me cut it from there on out. But my hair is wavy and they would straighten it on the show and it would take forever."

4. Topanga was Cory's first kiss on screen and IRL. Aw! Ben Savage had his first kiss with Danielle in front of a live studio audience... no pressure.

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5. Shawn and Eric rarely had scenes together for a reason. On screen they barely spoke, but in real life, Rider Strong and Will Friedle were actually best friends. They were such good friends, in fact, it was almost impossible for them to film any scenes without laughing.

6. Rider Strong attended college while filming and even had a dorm room. At the end of season 5, Rider thought about quitting the show so he could pursue his college degree, but Michael convinced him he could do both. So Rider attended classes in the mornings and came to film in the afternoons. He even had his own dorm room that he lived in part-time.

7. Cory and Shawn are the only two actors to appear in all 158 episodes.

8. ABC let fans decide whether Cory and Topanga should get married. Michael wanted the couple to be married before the show ended, but ABC executives were skeptical because they felt Cory and Topanga were too young. He suggested the network post a poll online asking fans whether they wanted the couple to wed. They did, fans voted, and the rest is history.

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9. Mr. Feeny's on-screen wife Dean Bolander is also his wife off-screen! Actors William Daniels and Bonnie Bartlett have been married since 1951.

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10. Topanga was never meant to be a main character. Actress Marla Sokoloff was originally cast to play Topanga, and they only scheduled her to appear in a few episodes. But producers didn't think it was working with Marla and recast Danielle Fishel as Topanga. Once Danielle took over the role, the character became so popular that producers decided to make her a series regular.

11. Three episodes have been banned from airing on the Disney Channel. The episodes "Prom-ises Prom-ises," "If You Can't Be With The One You Love...," and "The Truth About Honesty," have been banned from the Disney Channel because they discuss teen drinking and premarital sex.

12. The cast cried real tears when they filmed the final scene. The iconic final scene of the series could only be filmed once because the cast was so upset the show was coming to an end, they couldn't handle another take.

Same, guys, same.

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