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** There apparently was a "Pictionary incident":

* McLeaned: InUniverse, Dr. Drake Ramore gets [[DroppedABridgeOnHim dropped down an elevator shaft]] after Joey claims that he writes his own lines on ''Series/DaysOfOurLives''.

* NiceHat: In "The One in Vegas", a costume gladiator helmet gets some play, some made-up history, and by the end of Part One, it finds its way into Phoebe's hands, where she tries it on in the mirror and decides "I should start wearing hats..."

---> '''Rachel:''' Hang on, now. I've been single before, how come you didn't offer to get me a date then?
---> '''Chandler:''' Well, I have a girlfriend now, so I'm happy. I no longer need to deprive others from being happy.

-->'''Chandler:''' "Okay! Okay! Okay! You win! I can't have sex with you!"
-->'''Phoebe:''' "Hah! And why not?!"
-->'''Chandler:''' "Because I'm in love with Monica!" [Reacting to everyone's shock] "Love her! That's right! I love her! I love her! I love you, Monica."
-->'''Monica:''' "I love you, too, Chandler."

** Ross is the worst one of the group. He usually resorts to petty revenge to get back at Rachel whenever they break up from their on-again off-again relationship (dating women just to make Rachel jealous) and gets into childish fights with his sister, Monica, such as hogging the TV or calling her childish names. For the latter, Ross thought his squabbles with Monica as they grew up together was harmless fun and that is why he kept doing it well into adulthood until Monica confessed that she hated Ross when they were kids because of his bullying.

* MarsAndVenusGenderContrast: A major plot-driving force.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Monica and Chandler.

-->'''Joey''': Hey Phoebes, do you think it would be okay if I asked out your sister?
-->'''Phoebe''': Why? Why would you want to do that?
-->'''Joey''': So that if we went out on a date, she'd be there.

* McLeaned: In universe, Dr. Drake Ramore gets [[DroppedABridgeOnHim dropped down an elevator shaft]] after Joey claims that he writes his own lines on ''Series/DaysOfOurLives''.

* NotImportantToThisEpisodeCamp: Happens to Ben and later Emma a lot. Justified with Ben, since Carol and Susan are his primary caregivers. However, Emma was always explained as being at somebody else's house. This also happens to the Chick and the Duck, who are still implied to be alive and staying in Joey's apartment during seasons 6 and 7, but barely make any appearances.

* KilledOffForReal: Joey angers the writers of the soap opera he is working on, and they kill off his character by throwing him down an elevator shaft. The gang is watching the show when Phoebe says "Well, maybe they can find a way to bring you back" only to be told by Joey "[[ChunkySalsaRule They said that when they found my body, my brain was so smashed in that the only doctor that could have saved me was me. Supposed to be some kind of irony or somethin']]." He did eventually come back in the end, with a different -- female -- brain in his body. Though the female brain thing only lasted one episode and then Drake was actually back.

* MeaningfulGift: [[Recap/FriendsS4E6TheOneWithTheDirtyGirl The One With The Dirty Girl]]", Chandler has a crush on Joey's girlfriend Kathy. Chandler knows that her favorite book is ''Literature/TheVelveteenRabbit'', so he goes to extreme lengths to get her a first edition. However, Ross points out it will seem weird if Chandler gives the book when her boyfriend Joey will go ConvenienceStoreGiftShopping. In the end, Chandler gives the book in Joey's name, but Kathy knows who really sent it, mainly because Joey thought it was called ''The Velveeta Rabbit''.

** "The One Where Phoebe Runs" features this trope again, when Chandler moves Monica's things to clean their apartment and can't remember where they all go. After an episode of his agonising over what she will think, she returns home and seems ready to blow up at him, though in the end she just thanks him for trying to be nice and do her a good thing by cleaning up for her.

* MoodWhiplash: The show occasionally does this, and never more than in the episode "The One With the Morning After" which deals with the fall out of Ross sleeping with another woman behind Rachel's back after believing she's left him. Even though it's a fairly serious episode, the majority of it still has a few hilarious moments such as Ross and Rachel taking a brief break from their fight to order pizza and Rachel intentionally ordering anchovies mixed in with the toppings and sauce because she knows Ross hates them. However, the very last scene completely abandons the humorous aspect and goes completely serious. Even the brief moment where we see the remaining four other characters still trapped in Monica's bedroom is suddenly [[PlayedforDrama much more serious]] as they're all somberly listening in to the conversation, with Monica and Phoebe even breaking down into tears as they all realize that their two friends' relationship is over.

** Rachel tries to make Ross take full responsibility for their break-up, even though, as Ross puts it, "It took two people to break up this relationship." In response to that, Rachel said, "Yeah, you and that girl from the copy place." She was claiming that Ross's cheating on her (which Ross vociferously insisted wasn't really cheating because they were "on a break") was the ''sole'' reason for their breakup, even though there were numerous problems in their relationship well before that. Also, as Ross pointed out, she backed out the moment things got tough in their relationship. Or that she had the guy Ross was jealous of come over to comfort her not an hour after their big fight (and when Ross calls to try and patch things up he can hear the guy in the background).

** Monica also does quite often with her brother Ross for some reason; at the end of "TOW The Triplets" and of "The One Hundredth", she actually sits on his lap.

** Whenever the friends do try to become friends with other people, it usually never lasts because the friends or the new friends don't like each other. An example of this is when Joey gets a female roommate and leaves after a few episodes because she couldn't stand Monica and Chandler and Joey refused to ditch them.

** In an inversion, Chandler spends an episode desperately trying to lend Joey money, but Joey doesn't want to owe him anything - presumably because of this trope. [[HilarityEnsues And thus was born]] [[CalvinBall the Game of Cups]].

* {{Mondegreen}}: Apparently Phoebe misheard the lyrics to Music/EltonJohn's "Tiny Dancer" and thinks the words are actually "hold me close young Creator/TonyDanza".

* OneLastFling: Ross and Rachel have multiple last flings, they try and fail to have a 'bonus' night when Chandler and Monica get engaged, they succeed later on and conceive their daughter Emma, and they have one in the final episode as a way to 'say goodbye'. Well, Rachel thought it was one last fling - Ross thought they were getting back together.

* KarmaHoudini: Chandler and Joey were behind some of the biggest fractures in Ross and Rachel's courtship: the pro-and-con list with Julie, fueling Ross's paranoia about Mark, and then encouraging Ross to cover up sleeping with someone else during the "break", but only Ross shoulders all the blame and guilt.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In "TOW All the Cheesecakes," it's revealed that PlatonicLifePartners Joey and Phoebe have a regular dinner outing each month, just the two of them, but Joey bails on her once to go on a date. Phoebe is legitimately upset at this, causing Joey to profusely apologize for not realizing the importance of their get-togethers and gives her a CooldownHug.

* LoveInformant: On a first-season episode ("[[TheOneWith The One Where]] [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming Rachel Finds Out]]"), Chandler accidentally blurts out to ObliviousToLove Rachel that Ross is head over heels for her.

* TheOneWith: TropeNamer. The show referenced this by starting [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming all but a handful of episode titles]] with the words "The One (With/Where)...", the exceptions being the pilot and the finale, along with a few shows called "The One After...". Additionally, the pilot has an alternate title; it is now listed on Website/IMDb as "The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate" and the Season 1 DVD set also uses that title. Wiki/TheOtherWiki still calls it "The Pilot." The series finale is titled, logically enough, "The Last One." The reason for this is exactly the one seen above in the trope description: so the episode can be discussed in informal conversation without the need to remember the title.
** This can result in odd situations where the title won't always correspond to the logical "The One With" name. For example, "The One With The Embryos" is more well-known as the one with the trivia contest that leads to the guys and girls switching apartments and "The One With The Kips" is more well-know as the one where Joey is the first of the friends to find out about Monica and Chandler's relationship. {{Justified}} in that both these plot points were major for the narrative of the episodes. It would have been a spoiler to call them "The One Where They Switch Apartments" or "The One Where Joey Finds Out".

** Rachel tries to make Ross take full responsibility for their break-up, even though, as Ross puts it, "It took two people to break up this relationship." In response to that, Rachel said, "Yeah, you and that girl from the copy place." She was claiming that Ross's cheating on her (which Ross vociferously insisted wasn't really cheating because they were "on a break") was the ''sole'' reason for their breakup, even though there were numerous problems in their relationship well before that. Or that she had the guy Ross was jealous of come over to comfort her not an hour after their big fight (and when Ross calls to try and patch things up he can hear the guy in the background).

* NiceGuy: All three of the guys qualify in different terms. Ross is dorky and romantic. Joey is [[UndyingLoyalty incredibly loyal]] and a great friend. And Chandler, despite his [[StepfordSnarker sarcastic defense]] is a total sweetie, constantly puts his friends, and later girlfriend ahead of himself, and comes out with some of the most thoughtful moments in the series. Check the heartwarming page for (numerous) examples.

* NotSoDifferent: In "The One With the Morning After", in an effort to cover up his trail from Chloe (with whom he'd had an affair) to Rachel, Ross speaks with Chloe's co-worker, Isaac, who is more than eager to help Ross.

* NotSoDifferent: While enjoying their new recliners, Chandler and Joey watch ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead''; most of the scene involves the boys laughing just like the duo on TV.
** Janice is grating on all of the friends and they all dread seeing her and even hearing her voice. In short, she annoys them. However, in the short time that Ross dated Janice, Ross' constant whining and complaining managed to get the annoying Janice to be annoyed with Ross' negativity. This completely shocks Ross and he lampshades it:
--> '''Ross''': I annoy YOU? Janice?
** Chandler realizes this about him and Mr. Heckles in TOW Heckles Dies.
** In "The One With the Morning After", in an effort to cover up his trail from Chloe (with whom he'd had an affair) to Rachel, Ross speaks with Chloe's co-worker, Isaac, who is more than eager to help Ross.

** Ross uses Paul's insecurity as blackmail fuel.

** Oh god, Ross and Rachel. Their relationship drama lasted from the ''first'' five minutes of the pilot to the ''last'' five minutes of the finale, so even the characters themselves were sick of it.

*** In one episode, all six characters are sitting in Monica's apartment, when there's a knock on the door. Everyone looks utterly confused; no one says anything, but you can tell they're thinking, "if we're all already here, who the heck is it?" Phoebe is even shown pointing at each of the characters, ''counting them'', just to make sure.