Cory Matthews

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Cornelius A. "Cory" Matthews is a fictional character played by Ben Savage on the television sitcom Boy Meets World. The titular "Boy", the series follows the lives of Cory from prepubescence until marriage.

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Cory Matthews is the main character of the series; his best friend is Shawn Hunter, his mother and father are Amy and Alan Matthews, and by the end of the series he has three siblings, Eric, Morgan, and Joshua. George Feeny is Cory's teacher, mentor, and neighbor. Cory struggled in high school, where he often had trouble with bullies. Cory married Topanga Lawrence, his first love, late in the series. Sometimes Cory and Topanga do not get along when Cory is not doing the right thing or not doing things the right way (humorously), complete with deadpan humor and puns. Topanga, Cory, and many of his friends left Philadelphia for an internship that Topanga got for a law firm in New York City. In the last episode, it is revealed that Cory is actually short for Cornelius. It was also revealed in an episode of Family Matters that Cory is friends with (or has been annoyed by) Steve Urkel. This was discovered when Steve received a chain letter and said he would send it to Cory Matthews in Philadelphia, but neither of them ever met on Boy Meets World or Family Matters.

Cory's personality changes somewhat as he gets older. For the first few years he's a slacker and is just barely a better student than Shawn. One major difference between the two is that Cory seems to get more worked up or neurotic about random things whereas Shawn is more laid back. If Cory does not want to do something school-related he will make a big production about the fact that he does not want to do it and how unnecessary he finds it, whereas Shawn will just not do it, preferring to fall asleep or make paper airplanes. As time goes on, Cory's slacker tendencies diminish as his neuroses increase, and by the end of the series his pessimism and paranoia, mixed along with a fairly strong work ethic and sense of right and wrong, become who he is.

Boy Meets World
Episode List
Primary Characters	Cory Matthews | Eric Matthews | Shawn Hunter | Topanga Lawrence George Feeny | Alan Matthews | Amy Matthews
Secondary Characters	Morgan Matthews | Stuart Minkus | Jonathan Turner | Eli Williams Jack Hunter | Angela Moore | Rachel McGuire
Recurring Characters	Harley Keiner | Joey Epstein | Frankie Stecchino | Jason Marsden Chet Hunter | Griff Hawkins | Dean Lila Bolander