Changes

In season 2, Riley's character attracted a hatedom of fans who found her cheerful, loopy personality annoying and felt she was "in the way" of the Lucas/Maya pairing. The Riley-bashing became so intense that the episode "Girl Meets Rileytown" was made in response. The story sees Riley being bullied via text, but with a twist: the bully is never shown, and neither are any of the texts. The focus is instead on Riley's sudden dark mood after being harassed for weeks, with her lashing out at Maya before finally breaking down in tears.

In season 2, Riley's character attracted a hatedom of fans who found her cheerful, loopy personality annoying and felt she was "in the way" of the Lucas/Maya pairing. The Riley-bashing became so intense that the episode "Girl Meets Rileytown" was made in response. The story sees Riley being bullied via text, but with a twist: the bully is never shown, and neither are any of the texts. The focus is instead on Riley's sudden dark mood after being harassed for weeks, with her lashing out at Maya before finally breaking down in tears.

While the episode was well-received overall, some of the fans it was calling out naturally took offense and hated it.

While the episode was well-received overall, some of the fans it was calling out naturally took offense and hated it. Some Maya fans in particular hyper-focused on how Riley had lashed out at their favorite character, rather than on the episode itself and the reason ''why'' she did.

Farkle was disliked heavily for his constant chasing of Riley and Maya in season 1, but once he started to move on from them and mature as a person, fans warmed up to him.

Farkle was disliked heavily for his constant chasing of Riley and Maya in season 1, but once he started to move on from them and mature as a person, fans warmed up to him.