With Disney+ holding hundreds of Disney titles, including many Disney Channel originals, fans everywhere are getting to binge-watch old favorites and find new ones. In our case, we decided to revisit John Quincy Adams High and binge Girl Meets World.
As a quick refresh, Girl Meets World is a continuation of Boy Meets World, following Cory and Topanga’s daughter Riley Matthews as she navigates the highs and lows of growing up, with each episode serving as an important life lesson (lessons that are valuable not only for the children it’s targeted toward but adults who may watch it, too) that Riley and oftentimes her best friend, Maya Hart, must learn and master.
With a cast of unique characters, there’s a wide berth of who could be sorted into which house and the surprising amount of layers can make it surprisingly difficult to land on a house for each character — but it’s a challenge we’re taking on. Get ready, world: we’re sorting Girl Meets World.
Topanga Lawrence-Matthews: Slytherin
Topanga is a successful lawyer at the beginning of Girl Meets World, described by her daughter as a “shark” much to Topanga’s amusement (and pride). Topanga is shown to be the backbone of her family, often making full meals and asking for very little in return (although one episode has Riley realize she’s overlooked Topanga’s contributions to their lives, everything she does for them even while working immense workloads).
For us, Topanga is a Slytherin due to her loyal nature toward her family (and Riley’s friends), how protective she is of them, and how ambitious she can be. She worked through law school, became a lawyer, and finds out of the box solutions to problems — like saving the local bakery. Not to mention, she has a long-standing rivalry with Farkle’s father, often competing over whose kid has had better grades.
Cory Matthews: Hufflepuff
Slytherin-Hufflepuff relationships are often the best, so it’s little surprise that Cory and Topanga happen to be one. Cory is the OG Hufflepuff, he loves having family traditions (such as game night) and is resistant towards change, but provides support to his family where they need it.
Although he spends his days trying to help Maya and Riley as they grow up by tailoring his history lessons to include necessary life lessons for the girls (which could be argument grounds for a Ravenclaw sorting, but Cory is more than his lessons), Cory himself is still learning as well what it means to be a husband and father but takes it all in stride with a lot of patience and loyalty. So, it’s little surprise to us that Cory is the resident Hufflepuff of the grown-up cast
Farkle Minkus: Slytherin
Farkle is pretty much a boy genius, and usually is the one with all the answers in class, and makes all his own gadgets — and, like Cory, it would be easy to sort Farkle into Ravenclaw on the first glimpse, but once you dig deeper it’s pretty obvious that his colors are green as opposed to blue.
After being bullied by another classmate, Farkle hides away from everyone pretending to be sick (while taking measures to ensure he doesn’t miss a class) and initially only reveals he was teased for his turtlenecks, then later admits that he was told he didn’t deserve his friends. He also is a competent leader who knows how to reel people into his plans, such as when he ran for class president — using free merchandise to bring in voters. Between his dedication and love for his friends, his ambition at making a difference in the world, it’s no surprise to us the Farkle is a Slytherin.
Lucas Friar: Gryffindor
Known as Mister Perfect in school, Lucas has a sense of justice and fairness — so much so that he’s voted in as class president. When Farkle is bullied, Lucas initially tries to hold back a furious Maya so they won’t sink to the bully’s level, but later corners them himself (things eventually turned out things).
Lucas is a bonafide Gryffindor, with his chivalry and protectiveness of the people around him, and often enough serves as a moral compass for those around him. He dreams of becoming a vet, which is proof enough of how much he enjoys caring for others, and his dedication to doing the right thing.
Maya Hart: Ravenclaw
Outwardly brash and impulsive, Maya is possibly the most complex character on the show — which makes sorting her difficult. She’s more cynical than Riley and admits that she often feels broken. She has abandonment issues, and eventually takes the thing that makes her feel broken or alienated from the rest of the class, and uses it as a shell to protect herself.
She’s incredibly smart, even if she doesn’t believe she is and tries to hide it, and is exceptionally talented at art and finds a passion for it, often supported by the people around her to keep going with it. Her individuality (or “coolness” as the show prefers to call it) inspires Riley to try and mimic her, though by the end of the episode Riley realizes it’s best to just be her.
Maya sometimes serves as the comic relief, due to being the wittiest of the group. She always has a joke on hand about Lucas’ Texan upbringing or a quip at the ready during class at Cory’s expense. It’s all these traits rolled together that make up the Maya we know and love, the same Maya she herself discovers over the course of the show, and that’s why we’re sorting her into Ravenclaw.
Riley Matthews: Hufflepuff
Riley is insecure and wants her friends’ approval more than anything, and often wants to try and fix anything wrong in their lives — usually meddling where they don’t want her to, sometimes putting her at odds with the rest of her friends.
Riley believes in the best of people, and can’t believe when they disappoint her by revealing their true colors. She often tries to repair Maya’s relationship with her mother, and eventually goes about to set up Maya’s mom with Shawn so that Maya has a loving and understanding family. Riley, just like her dad, is a Hufflepuff through and through.
Isaiah “Zay” Babineaux: Gryffindor
Introduced in the season two episode “Girl Meets The Secret of Life," Zay was one of Lucas’ best friends from Texas, who Lucas always had to protect because his wit tended to find him into lots of trouble.
It was one of the times that Lucas threatened a bully to mess with Zay, that led to Lucas being expelled and transferred to John Quincy Adams High. Zay’s brash attitude and comic relief remind us of more than a few Gryffindors and his loyalty to Lucas — that drove him to also transfer from Texas — seals it: he’s a Gryffindor.
Auggie Matthews: Hufflepuff
The youngest of the Matthews family, Auggie has already seemed to take more after his father. Despite his young age, it appears Auggie’s ultimate dream is to settle down with a girl he loves — which happens to be in the form of the spoiled Ava Morgenstern from across the hall.
Auggie is really sensitive and has an appreciation for traditions, and tends to be fair-minded. Auggie’s heart ultimately lands him in Hufflepuff.
Katy Hart: Gryffindor
It takes a lot of selflessness and bravery to let your own child hate you so their perception of their other parent never sours, but that’s exactly what Katy did with Maya and her father.
Katy forced herself to stay out of Maya’s personal life while working to provide for her, unfortunately giving Maya the perception that Katy didn’t care. Luckily, with some meddling, the truth came out and Katy and Maya’s relationship was salvaged.
Shawn Hunter: Slytherin
When Shawn is first introduced, Riley believes he doesn’t like her, because of his apparent indifference.
It’s revealed that Shawn struggles being around them since it reminds him of what he doesn’t have: a family but he quickly fixes where he went wrong. Shawn is protective of the people he takes under his wing and closely guards his heart, which is why he’s a Slytherin.
