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Boy Meets World

Sixteen Candles and 400-lb. Men

Season 4, Episode 9, Aired Nov 15, 1996

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Cory agrees to help Frankie win the love of his father, but when plans conflict with Topanga's sweet sixteen party, Cory must be in two places at once.

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Aurelian Jake Smith

Jake 'The Snake' Roberts
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Brother Love

Brother Love
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Earl Hebner

Referee (aka Earl Hebner)

Will Friedle

Eric Randall Matthews
Anthony Tyler Quinn

Jonathan Turner (Season 2 - Season 4)
Danielle Fishel

Topanga Lawrence-Matthews (Seasons 2+)
Ben Savage

Cornelius A. 'Cory' Matthews
Rider Strong

Shawn Patrick Hunter
William Russ

Alan Matthews

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possibly my least favorite of the series

5.5

"Mediocre"

By futuramarama, Dec 12, 2010

frankie wants his dad to talk to him and love him the way he does his brother, herman. cory tries to help him do this by giving him wrestling tips. frankie needs cory's help on the sidelines of an important match, but cory promised to go to topanga's sweet 16 party. what will cory do?

this episode bores me. a lot of the jokes/references to wrestling are lost on me, because i don't like wrestling. so it bores me. all the wrestling scenes, while maybe fun to watch, bore me a little. and the episode as a whole isn't very funny. Grade- a C-ishmoreless
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Two adventures at once.

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By sh811a, Aug 23, 2006

This episode is one of my favorate ones of them all, I'd say probably no. 5 in my book. It's funny how Shawn made allusions to Hanna Barbara cartoons to the situation their in, you can say what he's proposing is TV phylosophy in action. Shawn warns Cory what he must do to avoid Fred Fintstone's fate, and the backup plan is of course in Johnny Quest.

But in general this episode was funny and sweet, just seeing both Cory and Shawn do the best they can to help both Franke and Topanga at the same time without hurting them. Of course the plan didn't turn out the way they wanted it too, one time Cory had a close call when he still had a Vader mask on while in Topanga's party. However it all worked out for the best in the end.

And for WWF fans both characters Vader and Jake the Snake guest stared, both who are one of my favorate characters in WWF.moreless
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amazing episode

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By fullhouse346, Aug 14, 2006

this episode is so amazing because the flinstone thing with the wrestling match and the party is hilarious and laugh-out-loud funny. but there are also some nice, memorable moments in this episode too (like the dance on the wrestling ring). everytime i watch this episode, cory and shawn make me laugh. its definitely worth watching when you can...
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One of the best half-hours in TV history

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By SitcomFan, Jul 26, 2005

I don't know what it is about this episode, but it always seems somewhat magical to me.

This episode is very funny. It is by far the best of the Frankie episodes. The references to the Flintstones are hilarious and fit the episode perfectly.

But it's not the humor alone that makes this episode so great. The romance of this episode is so sweet. The final dance is a great scene.

This is also a special episode for wrestling fans. Several famous wrestlers make appearances including Jake the Snake and Vader.

I highly recommend that you watch this episode if you get a chance.moreless
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- Frankie: It is when my father fights Jake "The Snake" Roberts. The winner is in line for a shot at the belt, against Shawn Michaels, at Madison Square Garden. This episode aired two days before the WWF pay-per-view event, Survivor Series, held at Madison Square Garden. Shawn Michaels lost the title match to Sycho Sid.
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- Cory (to Shawn): Sit, darling. Have a nap.
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- Shawn: Fred never spent more than 75 seconds at either location. Cory: Yeah, but you see Shawn, that was a cartoon. Time was compressed. We're real; we're in real time. Shawn: Trust me, it's the same thing.
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- Shawn (asleep in the back of class): I don't wanna go to school, Daddy; Cory's reading poetry.
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- Cory: Now I assume you have a backup plan. Shawn: "Jonny Quest", but then we'd need Hadji and a hovercraft.
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