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(#10) He Is Repeatedly Left Homeless
With Shawn's dad, Chet, always taking off, Shawn ends up homeless several times. During Season 2, he stays with Cory and the Matthews but doesn't take well to following their rules. As time goes on with no word from his dad, Shawn begins to think that he'll never have a home and compares himself to a stray dog.
When his dad finally does call, it's only to say that he's not coming back any time soon. Cory's dad gets upset and, not realizing Shawn is listening, tries to explain to Chet that they can't keep Shawn forever. Feeling unwanted, Shawn attempts to run away but finally ends up staying with his English teacher, Mr. Turner.
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(#15) He Has A History Of Vandalism
Shawn may be a pretty good guy at heart, but he develops quite the history of accidental vandalism. In Season 1, he becomes a "fugitive" after accidentally blowing a mailbox up. Okay, so he was really just trying to hide the item from onlookers, but he assumes that the law may or may not understand his destruction of property and goes on the run. Then, there's the incident in Season 3 when he and Cory accidentally set the chemistry lab on fire at school when they break into it at night to try to turn in their late papers.
Season 5 sees Shawn and Cory's encounter with alcohol go terribly wrong when the vehicle they urinate on turns out to be a cop car. Last but not least, Season 2 showcases Shawn being brought to Mr. Turner's house by a cop after he's caught attempting to vandalize the school with a group of older kids. This makes you wonder whether Shawn maybe did enjoy his attempts at public redecoration just a bit, whether they were intentional or not.
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(#13) He Has Issues With Cory And Topanga's Kids
In Girl Meets World, we discover that Shawn has even managed to develop issues when it comes to Cory and Topanga's kids, Auggie and Riley. Though he was the first to hold the newborn Riley, he leaves for NYC the same day to become a travel writer. Throughout the years, his contact with Riley and Auggie remains incredibly limited, even when he visits.
Though the kids understandably take this to mean that "Uncle Shawn" doesn't care for them much, it turns out that seeing the happy family simply reminds Shawn of how lonely he is. After Riley finally confronts him about his inability to even look at her, he realizes that he's being a tad selfish and resolves to do better about developing a relationship with the kids in the future.
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(#5) He Almost Loses His Guardian, Mr. Turner
By Season 4, episode 21, Shawn has bounced around to several temporary homes, including a stay with his teacher, Mr. Turner. Though he's doing the whole rebellion thing, Shawn is shocked when he discovers that Turner has been in a horrible motorcycle accident and rushes to the hospital to pray over his body.
Fortunately, Shawn's prayers seem to be answered and Turner lives, even though this episode is the last we ever see of him in Boy Meets World. References to his recovery are dropped later in the series, but it's not until years later in Girl Meets World that Turner finally shows back up and explains that he took a principal job at another school.
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(#1) He Moved Schools A Lot When He Was Super Young
Though Shawn may spend his teen years in the desk directly behind Cory, it takes him a while to get settled into a long term school. In an episode called "City Slackers," Mr. Feeny drops a random bit of trivia when he reveals that Shawn bounced around between five different schools before he was 12 years old.
Who knows what that whole story is, but given Shawn's family life, it's probably not surprising that his parents went through a vagabond stage.
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(#7) He Can't Afford College - But A Secret Changes That
After Chet's passing, Shawn discovers another horrible truth when cleaning out his dad's old trailer. As it turns out, Chet had asked Jack's dad for help with money so he could send Shawn to college. This outrages Shawn, who has always been horrified at the prospect of taking charity from anyone, no matter how bad things got.
This once more throws his plans for the future into disarray and it's only after a tantrum that Shawn comes to realize that Jack's dad was only trying to help. Ultimately, he pulls it together and ends up going to college at Pennbrook with Cory and Topanga.
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Boy Meets World is a comedy TV series starring Ben Savage and William Daniels, that aired on the ABC network from 1993 to 2000, lasting seven seasons. The series tells the story of the protagonist, Shawn, growing up with his siblings and close friends. If you have watched Boy Meets World, you must also think that Shawn Patrick Hunter is just a supporting role, as Cory's best friend. His lively personality and popularity are often used to set off Corey's clumsiness and neuroticism.
Although this famous teen TV show has been over for a long time, and even its derivative dramas are outdated, however, many fans never forget these cute boys. The random tool explained 15 depressing stories that Shawn faced in Boy Meets World.
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