Boy Meets World (TV Series)

His Answer: Part 1 (1998)

William Russ: Alan Matthews

Quotes 

• Alan Matthews : [to Cory]  I think you and Shawn will be very happy together as roommates.

  Topanga Lawrence : You and Shawn? What about us?

  Amy Matthews : Topanga, I don't think the school would allow you and Cory to be roommates unless you were married.

  [laughs] 

  Cory Matthews : [to Shawn]  Here's where I'm dead.

• Alan Matthews : Whose idiot idea was this?

  Cory Matthews : Mine. It was my idiot idea. It's my idiot life and I have the right to decide if I want to be a married idiot.

  Topanga Lawrence : I asked Cory to marry me.

  Cory Matthews : Please don't yell at my fiancee.

• Amy Matthews : [to Cory]  We have paid for your food, for your clothes, for your phone, for your car insurance...

  Alan Matthews : You think you can handle all that?

  Cory Matthews : You know what? You two got married when you were my age, right?

  Alan Matthews : I was a dope.

  [Amy glares at him] 

  Alan Matthews : I take that back. What I mean, what I'm trying to say is think of all the things in life you'll be missing out on.

  Cory Matthews : Dad, Topanga and I...

  Alan Matthews : No, no, you think you know what you want from your life, huh? You think you've got it all figured out. Well, things don't always turn out the way you plan. So, if you're going to do this, you better prepare to make sacrifices.

  Amy Matthews : What sacrifices did you make, Alan?

• Mr. George Feeny : The point is, your advice came from a good place, but Cory and Topanga aren't in the first grade anymore. They made their own decision and I think they'll be fine because they've been well brought up.

  Alan Matthews : And well taught.

  Shawn Hunter : Well, I've done the best I can.

• Topanga Lawrence : Cory and I are getting married.

  Alan Matthews : Are you out of your minds?

  Amy Matthews : Why?

  Shawn Hunter : 'Cause they love each other.

  Angela Moore : No, that's not a reason. They are too young.

  Alan Matthews : [to Cory]  You can't even clean up your room.

  Cory Matthews : I'm going to get to it.

• Eric Matthews : All right, listen. The chances that Cory could find a woman like Topanga are, like, one in a million.

  Shawn Hunter : There's nobody better.

  Shawn Hunter : Well, it's true.

  Amy Matthews : Oh, we all love Topanga. That's not the issue.

  Eric Matthews : Yes, but, see, in a few years, she's going to dry up. She's going to get all wrinkly. Might as well just grab her while she's still smooth. Am I right there, Dad?

  Alan Matthews : You're an imbecile.

• Amy Matthews : [to Alan]  Remember when we told your father we were going to get married? What did we do?

  Alan Matthews : Well, that was different. I mean, he was stubborn, totally set against it, wouldn't listen to anything we had to...

  [comes to a realization] 

  Alan Matthews : Oh, boy! Oh, boy.

• Eric Matthews : We have to support Cory and Topanga and accept this marriage. We can't push them out of our lives like we pushed them to elope. They love each other, and they belong together, just like me and Rachel.

  Alan Matthews : Who's Rachel?

  Eric Matthews : She's my beautiful new roommate angel.

• Amy Matthews : [about Cory and Topanga eloping]  Oh, it's all my fault. I came down way too hard on them. I... I made them do it.

  Alan Matthews : I'm the one that jumped all over them. Cory stood up to me like a man and I just shot him down.

  Shawn Hunter : No, no. Cory came to me for advice. He wanted me to tell him to wait. I told him to go ahead and get married.

  Angela Moore : Well, hey, don't look at me. I said all the right things, but it didn't matter.