Teen TV Friendships You Idolized Growing Up

Who didn't want the friend who came over whenever they damn well felt like it?

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When you're a kid, everything you expect from life comes from what you've seen on television.  From what middle school's going to be like, to the inevitable first love, television teaches you what life checkpoints to look out for. One of the most important: establishing a lifelong friendship.

You'd scour the playground looking for the Skeeter to your Doug, the Cory to your Shawn.

Even if you weren't a Doug fan, or a Boy Meets World fan, it's guaranteed that you idolized at least one of these 25 teen TV friendships growing up.

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Kenan and Kel on Kenan and Kel

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Little Pete and Artie, the Strongest Man in the World, on The Adventures of Pete & Pete

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Jackie Burkhart and Donna Pinciotti on That '70s Show

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Budnick and Donkeylips on Salute Your Shorts

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Jamal Grant and Chris Anderson on City Guys

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Reggie, Otto, Twister and Squid on Rocket Power

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Cher Horowitz and Dionne Davenport on Clueless

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Lizzie Maguire and Gordo on Lizzie Mcguire

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Louis Stevens and Twitty on Even Stevens

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Alfie and Goo on My Brother and Me

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The Band on California Dreams

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Zack Morris and A.C. Slater on Saved by the Bell

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Dieter Schmitz and Stephen Colletti on Laguna Beach

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Daria Morgendorffer and Jane Lane on Daria

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Veronica and Wallace in Veronica Mars

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Doug Funny and Skeeter Valentine on Doug

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Sam Weir and Neil Schweiber on Freaks and Geeks

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Jimmy Brooks and Spinner Mason on Degrassi

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Kevin Arnold and Paul Pfeiffer on The Wonder Years

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Will Smith and Jazzy Jeff on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air

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Dawson Leery and Joey Potter on Dawson's Creek

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Clarissa Darling and Sam Anders on Clarissa Explains It All

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Arnold and Gerald on Hey Arnold

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Ryan Atwood and Seth Cohen on The OC

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Cory Matthews and Shawn Hunter on Boy Meets World

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