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Eric's slide into Flanderization

posted 9 years ago by ksdixon
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I recently read a reddit theory that Eric suffered brain damage when he hit his head in the snow storm with Lonnie. It's a nice idea, but in re-watching BMW it doesn't hold up.

After being the cool big brother to Corey in S1-3, and having grown-up story archs like dating the single mum, not getting into college the first time, the weatherman internship; he hits his head during the snow storm with Lonnie. But after that he is still acting like "Smart Eric" throughout S4 and S5 when he studies and gets into college, and even departs wisdom to Cory, Feeny and Jack.

I've no idea what made the writers take a nose dive into lake stupid with Eric's character somewhere in the later seasons, but I always find it to be a big shame whenever I go and re-watch the series.

[–] soulsk8ter225 8 years ago

Eric certainly got dumb, but it didn't worsen until the couple of episodes he showed up in GMW where it seems like the writers just watched the one scene when he played Plays With Squirrels, and built his entire idiocracy around that. Really just makes things worse.

** Rest in peace, Timothy Volkert (1988 - 2003) **

[–] StrongRex (1300) 4 years ago

Season 7 was the worst for Eric. The writers for that season either did not seem to understand Eric or they stopped caring about him.

[–] TMC-4 (19484) 2 years ago

Boy Meets World Already Secretly Explained Why Eric Became So Dumb

https://screenrant.com/boy-meets-world-already-eric-stupid-theory-explanation/

While Eric's personality change was striking, one theory could help explain how and why the dramatic transformation was able to take place.

[–] Faridah (1343) a year ago

I watched this show from start to finish when it first aired. Plus many rewatches over the years. I’ve always hated how stupid they made Eric.