Worst Things About Riley from Girl Meets World

I'm not trying to offend Rowan Blanchard or anything... This is just a list about her character.
The Top Ten
1 Her voice sounds awful

@rowanblanchard- Guys this hate seriously needs to stop! You need to realize that this hate is affecting me in various bad ways! I know that may sound good to some of you but really it's not good. I don't understand why all of this hate is occurring anyways. I also don't understand why you all hate my character so much. I realize that most of you aren't meaning to hate on me but hating on my character feels like your hating on me as well. I recently just scrolled through all of this and it's horrible! These comments are so inconsiderate and cruel and there all about me! Does hating on me honestly make you all feel good about yourselves?! Does it make you feel powerful and better than me? Just stop hating okay?! Please stop hating!

+rowanblanchard don't listen to anything any of these people say. You are so amazing and Girl meets World is the best show ever. I wish that I had friends like Riley, Maya, Farkle and Lucas. I wish that I knew you, because you seem like such an amazing person. I'm 13 and I wish that there was some way to have you see this. If you respond to this, I would love to talk to you more! I love you and you are so amazing!

It sounds like she's blocking the hair from her nose, it's so weird, I don't know if she's doing it on purpose (like Sabrina makes her voice WAAAYY lower when she sings, because she's trying to sound older, that sucks so bad, don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of hers but her real voice is already good enough like, I don't understand those people -.-) so yeah, it's terrrible.

Her voice is just so ANNOYING! I can't stand it! It sounds like she has a cold. Riley acts like everything is all about her, it's the Riley show...well, it's NOT! She is just so annoying and snobby.

2 She is a spoiled brat

I am not trying to offend anyone who made girl meets world, or anyone who likes it, but the show makes me insane! I HATE IT its way to overdramatic, Riley is so annoying, Maya acts like her life is so terrible when some ( a lot ) have it way worse! Her mom didn't even forget her birthday, and if she had, at least she has probably had ONE party al least before, well I haven't! There are two shows I hate on Disney, Girl meets world, and jessie. They both suck in my opinion! My parents agree and think Disney will end up having to either take over or cancel it! Boy meets world was was way better. Auggie is so annoying and its annoying to see that little spoiled rotten brat AVA! She drives me insane and is a big BRAT BRAT BRAT! I hate girls meets world! It sucks no offense to Disney but it does

She is an unrealistic character and some of the lesson we're suppose to learn from her are very convoluted. Like in the cheerleading episode, she sucks and cheerleading, I get that she's "trying" and it's something she really wants but the sad, real truth is she sucks. If she really wanted it that badly she would actually practice and TRY to get better, but she doesn't, she just expects because she REALLY wants it, she should get it. It's not fair if there are only 12 spots and 13 girls and 12 of them have a clue what they are doing and yet one of them is expected to give up her spot to this girl because she weally, weally wants to be a cheerweadewr (sorry, just to convey how freakishly annoyed I am by this episode) Like what is the lesson here? That if you want something, even if you don't deserve it or work for it, you should get it just cause you really want it? That not a lesson! It's just so stupid to me

To be honest riley doesn't seem like a good girl. She's not rebellious and bad but is kind of dumb and her father doesn't care! Like remember when her father asked about the Great Depression she thought it was the Grand Canyon. She should have learned about the Great Depression like there years ago.

Riley's dad is supposed to do the thing were it goes with Riley and Maya's drama. Riley is the main character so she can't just shut up and honestly she doesn't really ever make it all about her self, I just think you people don't like her because of how cheery she is. Y'all are negative people so I see why you don't like Riley.

3 She tries to fix everything

I know it's in her best interested that her friends problems are solved. But I think she needs to learn that there are some problems that she can't fix. Like a divorce (Cory had to learn that too), or a friend's parent's death, or a change in personality. But I just tolerate that part and enjoy the rest of the show.

I understand its in her best interest to help. But she never knows her limits. I would like to see what would happen if someone ended up in the hospital or heck, even died. She can't fix that. Disney never put her in a problem that couldn't be fixed. Because there are things that can't be fixed.

I know right! I hate Riley! She's so annoying stupid a brat a loser and a weirdo! She thinks the world revolves around her and it's dumb! She wants to make everything perfect but it doesn't work like that okay!

I agree. It's really annoying because of how unrealistic it is and I hate how people get so defensive about it. There is a problem with trying to fix EVERY single thing because nothing's perfect, that's where the show gets unrealistic. I think of it this way, if Riley was your child, would u want her giving u life lessons all the time? I wouldn't b proud of that, I'd think she's trying to be an adult WAY too soon. You have the rest of your life to be an adult, why start now at barely 15 years old? Kids just don't act like that and that's why I've never been a big fan of the show.

4 She is obsessed with Lucas

THIS! I'm over her and lucas, NO chemistry whatsoever yet they thought it'd be a good idea for them to be together. And what's the rush for them to be together, I swear the show is only about dating and relationships, even DWAB has more going on than that, avery only really had wes as a guy she REALLY wanted to be with, but overall her life is about her dog, family, and friends. Gmw is just the dating show, even the writers all about "shipping" characters, specifically riley and lucas. First of all peyten meier is going to be 17 this year, why is he playing a young boy dating a young girl whose young on and off screen. This isn't cute or romantic it makes peyten, Michael jacobs, and rowan's parents deserving of oa slap to the face.

I hate how the romance fits in with the characters of Girl Meets World, it pisses me off like mad and I hate it from the bottom of my heart! Stop going mad over him for God's sake, it really ruins the show.

Actually, if uou people watched every episode you would see that Riley isn't just all about Lucas. Yeah she'll talk about him at lest once in a episode but that's what a lot of the viewers want

She has a life besides Lucas! She always says stuff like "what are we gonna do about the triangle" or "I just had a moment with Lucas".

5 No girl in real life would act like her

This is very very WRONG. I act like Riley, and I'm 12. You are absolutely wrong so stop saying things you don't know. You don't know everyone in the world stop acting like you do. Maybe you don't personally know someone who acts like Riley, but there are people who do act like her. I don't personally know anyone who acts like Ariana Grande, but does this mean there aren't people that act like her? No, it doesn't. So think before you type my friends, think before you type

This is very true. The show is very unrealistic entirely, while what made boy meets world so great, was that it dealt with real, difficult ups and downs of life. Riley isn't taking on the world, she's taking on a baby princess version of it. Though I suspect this was Disney's fault.

Honestly, if some people claim to act like her than that is fine because now we know that we should stay on the look out. Be your Riley-like selves. I'll just make sure not to bother you and you promise to not get near me. That way we can live in peace.

That one is not completely true but I understand your point. I have a friend who acts as immature as Riley and I just want to punch her sometimes.

6 She is too reliant in things such as "besties" and "dad"

This show annoys me so much. All she cares about is her dad and her besties. All her dad cares about is her. Every class is revolved around Riley and maya. Like when darkly wanted to learn about Belgium but of course the dad only cares about what Riley's problems are. She doesn't know anything about life. She is a spoiled brat and needs to learn the real ways of the world. This show is dumb and makes Riley seem like am entitled brat.

All her dad cares about is her! A teacher isn't supposed to show favoritism to their favorites. The reason why Riley gets A's in Cory's class is because her father is the teacher. I mean, she is so dumb! She never even knew the difference between the Grand Canyon and the Great Depression. I mean, how does she even get A's in History? Favoritism is why!

I have to disagree, he shows how much he cares about Maya through the first few episodes and in the episode where Farkle gets bullied about his turtle-necks, Mr. Matthews shows a wide concern about Farkle. And for Lucas, Mr. Matthews keeps it a secret about him getting into trouble in Texas, because that was the way Lucas wanted it.

She may sometimes be reliant on her besties and dad but remember in 'Girl meets rileytown' she was trying to go past her bullying by herself and not with her friends or parents.

7 She will end up dating Lucas

I wanted Lucaya, but I knew from the beginning that it most likely wouldn't happen since unfortunately Riley is supposedly the main character as Corey's daughter. Usually in shows and movies, the main character gets exactly what they want all of the time, which explains Lucas, all of the classes revolving around her, and why she was inconsiderate enough to guilt everyone into looking for her stupid bear when they all wanted tacos.
No offense to those who like Miss OVERDRAMATIC Riley Mathews, but she's a complete BRAT.

I agree. But they make a good couple. I don't want to sound any mean to any Lucaya fans.. But, we all know that Riley is the main character. And rarely, the main character gets the boy and not her two friends. I just don't think Disney is going to put them together..don't get me wrong, they could be a great couple. But you know this is Disney we're talking about.

Although I really wanted Riley and Lucas together, Lucas and Maya might be nice. I think Lucas has been only going for Riley because of how he was in his past and didn't want to be the same way.. Which makes me sad now that I realize this crap. Charlie is pretty cute though, just saying.

According to my friends (who are HUGE fans of GMW by the way), on the wiki it says that there will be an episode called "Girl Meets First Date".

8 She dresses in clothes that nobody would actually wear

Like in the episode when they needed money to buy clothes: I don't understand how they have such weird outfits that look like they cost a ton and they still need more clothes. And where do they get the money to buy her first outfits?

She wers clothes that no one in middle/ high school would wear to GO TO SCHOOL. They made her character look much older than she really is.

I dress way better than her. Its like she gets her clothes in their trash can.

No, she dresses in clothes that Nicki or Lady Gaga would wear.

9 Every class revolves around Riley

I HATE this so much. In one episode a classmate, wow the first black one ever, pretends to leave the classroom. Now apparently she does this all the time as a joke, but cory told her to get back in class. However maya and riley leave whenever the heck they want to and over the dumbest crap. Was I supposed to feel bad for maya getting an F? Was her big rant about cory thinking she's a failure supposed to make me feel for her? I pretty much yelled at my screen for her to stop whining and shut up, you don't do the work right you get the bad grade. Grow up and stop acting like your entitled because your dad is gone. So what, deal with that personal crap outside of the classroom. They always bring their baby drama in the classroom and cory just goes along with it.

That does bother me that when the kids are supposed to be learning about some war or famous person or whatever it is, the lesson somehow gets turned into the Riley and Maya show featuring Lucas, Farkle, Zay, and even Smackle. I get that Cory wants to teach them life lessons but first of all, they are not the only students in the class or the school for that matter, and second, it's history class, not "how Riley and her friends can conquer the world" class. I think Cory is a great teacher, but if he's going to be teaching history then I think he needs to actually teach about things that don't revolve around Riley and her friends.

This is a huge problem in the show. In Boy Meets World, the actual class lessons just happened to relate to the what was going on in Cory's life at the time, and yes, he could just hop over to Mr. Feeny's and get advice. But in Girl Meets World, Riley doesn't seem to be able to function in a normal classroom, we see it at the beginning of 8th grade, they get assigned a different teacher, nothing revolves around them, and they get all huffy and go crawling back to Cory. Also, just Cory never seems to be able to turn teacher mode off and go into actual dad mode, everything he says is just so robotic to me. Another thing, they claim Farkle(whose name is just awful) has only 1 more A than Riley, how is this possible when she is sooo dumb, like I get that she's 12 but like she is just such a dumb baby.

Every time they are in class, Riley's dad will start to teach and Riley or maya always interrupt because of problems they are having. And of course, the dad always disregards the rest of the class and only focuses on Riley and Maya's problems. This show makes those girls seem like entitled spoiled brats, honestly I don't even get the point of the life lessons. I'm a junior in high school and all I see is a bunch of spoiled, entitled middle schoolers who rely on daddy to get whatever they want. All I see is am over dramatic and unrealistic depiction of preteens...anybody wanna argue with me, go ahead but you better have a good argument. I was never allowed to act anything like those girls. They have no idea what life is or what life is like. And the show tries to act like everything turns out good in the end...in reality...it doesn't. The world doesn't revolve around Riley Matthews, so why doesn't she just shut up for one class period and let her father educate the other children ...more

10 She lied and made Farkle quit all of his clubs

In Riley's defense, she only lied about Farkle's performance because she didn't want to hurt his feelings. Farkle' chose to quit all of his clubs

Farkle quit all the clubs on his own knowing. She just didn't want to hurt his feelings, but Farkle became modest.

I hated that episode because she was pointing out Maya's mistakes when she had made a simple problem into a bigger one.I just don't understand why she taught she was doing something dumb.What Maya was doing wasn't as bad as what she did

Riley was telling Maya that she(Maya) was wrong about everything when she caused a bigger problem herself!

The Contenders
11 She abandoned her family tradition just to go to dance with Lucas

I don't agree... so what, she didn't ride a ride with her dad ONCE, like honestly calm down. if it was something more important I'd agree but it's not so

No boy or girl is more important than your family.

12 She makes fun of Maya's home life.

Maya doesn't have a perfect life, as the show has ALREADY made pretty painfully clear, and she says things like, "Whatever happens, at least you're doing better than Maya." If Maya's your best friend, why would you say something like that? That's actually really rude and disrespectful. You don't purposely point out how awful someone's life is, because news flash! They probably already know. They're living it.

In Girl Meets Creativity. Riley said the only reason Maya is good was because she has a terrible life. Like how could you talk to your 'best friend' like that.

Yes! Who Knows, Maya might have depression and Tiley might just be making it worse!

Yeah she is a terrible friend.

13 She's over dramatic

That episode about Pluto when Riley found out it wasn't a planet, she acted like a child and people treated her like a child. she acted as if the world ended because a tiny planet was no longer a planet

I agree and seriously her new room looked awful am I the only one that thinks that? I personally think her old room was much better.

Oh my god yes! A whole episode dedicated to Riley CHANGING HER ROOM! Like do they think I care? At least make her new room look relevent! Not from the eighties. Do they think that bay window is gonna be a thing? Ridiculous.

That is a little bit true.

14 She thinks her problems are more important than anything

She got one D and she almost started to cry. Maya allways takes bad grades but she is trying her best and Riley with only ONE bad grade she started to act like a 5 years she act so selfish

I don't watch the show but I don't like how you guys are treating riley.

15 She doesn't listen
16 She's annoying

I hate how perky she is. She's so stupid and she knows it and everyone thinks she's so lovable because she is air headed. In real life a girl like Maya would laugh at her and drop her on her ass then and there. Shed be bullied and nobody would give a crap. But its Disney so her idiocy is celebrated. "Oh don't mind her she stupid but shes lovabblee! " Like really?

She always gets what she wants. She wanted to be with Lucas, she got that. She wanted to get Shawn and Katy together, she got it. She wanted Maya's dad to apologize, she got it. She needs to stay out of everything.

What got me annoyed was that in Girl Meets The New World, Riley and Lucas tell the classmates that they get to decide what to do about their lives, yet Riley only controls everyone else's life. Does that make sense?

That is True. Every time Lucas Hangs with a girl or Maya she gets real jealous and stands up to them. Like when Lucas Said "Deep Down Maya's Beautiful" She tells him "Ok Calm Down" in Girl Meets Maya. It annoys me. But I'm not her hater.

17 She is actually a good character

I completely agree. I mean sure, her voice and character can be slightly irritating, but I think Riley is adorable and her immaturity, happy-go-lucky personality is actually trying to tell people you don't have to be what the world wants you to be and that you also don't need to grow up too fast.
I admit the show could've done better with a slight change in the casting, but the show is technically supposed to be the "Riley" show.
It's basically Riley Meets World.

Wow. Apparently you people hate a character that is happy, cares about others so much she wants to fix their lives, and would do anything to keep her friends happy, such as put her friends first. Obviously you people for some sick reason do not see the good in a character that is willing to risk her own happiness for others who don't deserve it. I am disgusted that there is actually a list of things you hate about a fiction character.

It's right. Love it!

18 She's played by Rowan Blanchard

It's not the actress, it's just the character. Nothing wrong with Rowan at all

19 She's extremely naïve and boy crazy

Native isn't the word. Stupid is. I don't want her and Lucas to be together. Maya deserves someone to love but nooo Riley has to have him because she's little Miss Perfect.

I totally agree. I want Maya to have one guy like her. Riley gets Lucas, Charlie and practically every boy on this show. Nobody (except for Lucas recently and Farkle) has ever really liked Maya a lot. I just donʻt think itʻs fair that she gets to have a perfect life and Maya is expected to just be okay.

She's too naive. I think she needs to learn that there are some events that she can't fix. Like a divorce (Cory had to learn that too), or a friend's parent's death, or a change in personality. But I just tolerate that part and enjoy the rest of the show. Reasons I love reading and writing Fan-fictions

I think you guys are being mean because Riley is actually a good person.It teaches you if you have problems like these one day.

20 Too scared to stand up to Maya

I agree. She sacrifices waaay to much for their friendship. I love Maya but she should be be considerate of her friend.

21 She pushes people to do stuff they don't wanna do

I think she needs to learn that there are some problems that she can't fix. I feel like she wants to force the people around her to be just like her. For example, she completely is forcing Smackle to be friend. She does things that Smackle uncomfortable, like hugging. Like when she said, "You love us Smackle, you just don't know it yet." It's like peer pressuring someone into a friendship. Like a divorce (Cory had to learn that too), or a friend's parent's death, or a change in personality. But I just tolerate that part and enjoy the rest of the show.

I understand she is trying to be a good friend but she needs to stop telling people what to do and how to feel. Like in GM Texas, she blurted out Maya likes Lucas. That is rude. If Maya felt that way then leave it to Maya to reveal.

22 She is so stuck up and she doesn't have any sympathy for Maya whatsoever

Like duh. They are both obviously letting other peoples problems revolve around them. Riley is a selfish little spoiled brat
I can't even.

23 She thinks she's the center of everyone's attention

UGH! Everything is about her all the time! Sorry but that's not how the real world works! You aren't the center of the Universe.

24 Her face is ugly
25 She puts her nose in other people's business

In the episode of Girl Meets Maya's Mother, Riley invited Maya's mother to come to the Art Show, the mom didn't show up of course. And, Riley went straight to the Nighthawk Diner and blamed Katy for not coming. Like, it's none of you business just leave it OK? And also, the paint fight was so stupid! Riley was so irrational! It's none of your business Riley so why not leave it alone?!?!

Also, in the episode of Girl Meets the Forgiveness Project that aired yesterday (November 6), when Kermit came in the Topanga's cafe thing, Maya came up to Kermit after Katy threw stuff at him and said "Hi dad." And then, Riley came up to him and HAS to interrupt saying something like "I'm her best friend." I mean, if you're her best friend, why not leave her alone and let her talk to her dad?! It's not your dad! And when Maya was reminding Kermit of the time they were in Alaska, Riley interrupted some more asking Maya about why she knows something about Alaska. She did it twice.

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Umm remember her in Maya's business with her dad and even Lucas. Come on that's not your problem

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