Riley and Farkle Wikia Page

"Farkle and Riley" is the friendship/romantic pairing of Riley Matthews and Farkle Minkus. They are considered best friends.

Other names

• Farkley (Farkle and Rile/y)
• Rarkle (R/iley and F/arkle)
• Farley (Far/kle and Ri/ley)
• Friley (F/arkle and Riley)

Moments

Season 1

Girl Meets World

• Farkle says that he loves Riley.
• Farkle describes Riley as the sun, saying that "she lights up his day".
• Farkle flirts with Riley throughout the episode.
• When Cory wants to speak to Maya alone, Riley took Farkle for a walk.

Girl Meets Boy

This episode did not have many Farley moments due to the episode focusing on Riley and Lucas.

• Farkle states that he wants to make a clone of Riley (and Maya).

Girl Meets Sneak Attack

• Riley states that she loves her friends, meaning Maya, Lucas, and Farkle.
• Farkle comes to Riley's house (presumably to walk with her to school).
• Farkle and Riley sit next to each other while eating breakfast.
• Farkle is the only one to notice Riley watching Lucas and Missy through the window. He smiles at her and continues to stare until she walks in.
• Farkle says "We should have some faith in our Riley", showing that he trusts her. He also uses a possessive pronoun when referring to her.
• Farkle stared at Riley when she sticks her finger up Lucas' nose.
• When Riley accidentally sticks her finger up Lucas' nose, she asks Farkle what she should do next.
• Farkle does the same thing Riley just to Lucas, except to Maya.
• Farkle offers to bring Riley lunch.
• Farkle is sitting outside of Riley's window and crawls in to help her learn to flirt.
• Farkle says that he is always sitting outside of Riley's window.
• Riley says that Farkle is the biggest flirt in seventh grade.
• Farkle agrees to help Riley flirt with Lucas even though he loves her because he wants her to be happy.
• Riley lets Farkle sit with her at lunch.
• Farkle calls Riley his "protege".
• Even though he (apparently) despises Missy, Farkle flirts with her in order to steal her from Lucas for Riley.
• When he sees Riley (and Maya and Lucas) in detention, he joins them, telling Cory that if his friends are here, he belongs here too.
• After detention is over, Farkle is smiling at Riley significantly more than Lucas and Maya  

Girl Meets Father

• When Farkle asks Riley and Maya to give him at least one dance each, Riley is the only one to agree.

Girl Meets the Truth

• During the school play where Lucas was going to kiss Riley, Farkle comes in and says "No one kisses my girl" and stops the play.
• Riley calls Farkle one of the best actors working in middle school today, even if it wasn't true.

  

  Farkle and Riley after their kiss.

• Riley didn't want to tell Farkle the truth because she was afraid of hurting his feelings.
• Riley made Farkle think that he is a great actor.
• Farkle kisses Riley on the chin for giving him confidence.
• Farkle throws his hands into the air as a sign of triumphant after kissing Riley
• Farkle is Riley's first kiss.

Girl Meets Popular

• Farkle only invites Riley to the party with his friends.
• Farkle has always thought of Riley being intellectual like them.

Girl Meets Smackle

• Riley and Farkle hugged each other.
• Riley comforts Farkle when he lost to Smackle.

Similarities and differences

Similarities

• They are both students at the same school.
• They are both friends with Maya Hart and, eventually, Lucas Friar.
• They are both the same age.
• They both have Cory Matthews as their seventh grade history teacher.

Differences

• Farkle is male, but Riley is female.
• Farkle likes Riley, but she doesn't appear to like him back.
• Farkle has light-brown hair, while Riley has dark-brown hair.
• Farkle has blue eyes, while Riley has brown.

Trivia

• Farkle and Riley are both straight A students.
• Riley's dad and Farkle's dad went to school together.
• Farkle's father had a crush on Riley's mom when they were kids.
• Farkle and Riley share several similarities with Cory and Topanga:
  • They were friends throughout childhood.
  • They share a more special relationship with their teacher than the rest of the class. 
  • They display unwavering loyalty to their friends.
  • They will do everything they can to help their friends.
  • They sit in the exact same places in their classes together, as Cory and Topanga did, the girl in the front row and the boy directly behind her.
  • Farkle tends to enter Riley's room through a window, just as Cory did with Topanga.
  • In their Shakespeare plays the boy played a spear carrier, while the girl played the female lead. 
  • They shared first kisses.