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** And to add to it all: episode 200, The One with Phoebe's Birthday Dinner, takes place on Halloween (stated in the show), which is ''not'' Phoebe's birthday (also stated), but apparently very close to it (Phoebe couldn't get reservations on the day of the birthday itself), implying that her birthday is in late October/early December.

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** And to add to it all: episode 200, The One with Phoebe's Birthday Dinner, takes place on Halloween (stated in the show), which is ''not'' Phoebe's birthday (also stated), but apparently very close to it (Phoebe couldn't get reservations on the day of the birthday itself), implying that her birthday is in late October/early December.
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** And to add to it all: episode 200, The One with Phoebe's Birthday Dinner, takes place on Halloween (stated in the show), which is ''not'' Phoebe's birthday (also stated), but apparently very close to it (Phoebe couldn't get reservations on the day of the birthday itself), implying that her birthday is in late October/early December.
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** There's also one episode (The One with Unagi, I think), in which Phoebe and Rachel are sitting at the table by the window, and Rachel is upset that someone else is sitting on the couch.
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** Ross makes a big deal about being a father and having a son (his reason for buying a red convertible? "I have a son") in the earlier seasons, but by the time Rachel gets pregnant (season 8), he seems to have forgotten about Ben altogether. Is Ben even mentioned at any point in the last couple of seasons?

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* Why didn't Joey go back and buy the rest of that encyclopedia after he started making money again?
** He probably lost the first one he bought.
** And it's not like Penn is going around the apartment building every week trying to sell these things.



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* Why didn't Joey go back and buy the rest of that encyclopedia after he started making money again?
** He probably lost the first one he bought.
** And it's not like Penn is going around the apartment building every week trying to sell these things.

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** It should be noted that the abbreviated 10th season also had to segue into Joey's spinoff series. This troper suspects that the Joey/Rachel romance was intended to last, but when Joey's spinoff was greenlighted, the writers had to scramble and backpedal their way to a satisfying conclusion

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** It should be noted that the abbreviated 10th season also had to segue into Joey's spinoff series. This troper suspects that the Joey/Rachel romance was intended to last, but when Joey's spinoff was greenlighted, the writers had to scramble and backpedal their way to a satisfying conclusion conclusion.

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* Listening to the commentaries on the dvds, it bugs me as to how much the writers fawn over Ross and Rachel the entire time, and talk about how "everyone" wanted them together etc.. Newsflash, not everyone cared for this, some found it pretty "meh" to begin wth, which just got more and more contrived and boring every time they went back to the well and revisted this, long after it's creative life had ended.

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* Listening to the commentaries on the dvds, it bugs me as to how much the writers fawn over Ross and Rachel the entire time, and talk about how "everyone" wanted them together etc.. Newsflash, not everyone cared for this, some found it pretty "meh" to begin wth, with, which just got more and more contrived and boring every time they went back to the well and revisted revisited this, long after it's creative life had ended.


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*** Ever seen LastActionHero? Maybe in the Friends universe, Die Hard starred Sylvester Stallone.
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*** Yes, Rachel is an inept waitress, but many waitresses and waiters work very hard to make sure their customers are fully satisfied. This troper worked her ass off as a waitress, putting herself through college making $2.15 an hour, and despite being fully acknowledged by customers and staff as the best server in the restaurant, still sometimes made less than minimum wage thanks to this attitude that tipping is unnecessary. Incidentally, paying the servers next to nothing allows the restaurant to reduce overhead, thus helping to keep down the price of your meal, thank you very much, Mr. Pink.
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*** TruthInTelevision. There are a lot of women out there who'll fuck a guy just because he has a nice car, or what have you. Of course, men will jump on women just because they have tits, so what can you really expect?

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*** TruthInTelevision. There are a lot of women out there who'll fuck a guy just because he has a nice car, or what have you. Of course, men will jump on women just because they [[strike: have tits, tits]] are breathing, so what can you really expect?
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***I thought she was Richard's +1? Richard being a friend of one (or both?) of the families and was invited.
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** Maybe because Monica took the review personally since it was about her cooking, whereas the one she wrote was about an entirely different person from herself?
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** How about the staggering impossibility of construction workers ever getting started on a project ''early''?
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** I think it's more that Chandler's contribution to the problem is more easily bypassed. The reason they can't have kids seems to be that ''both'' sides have issues, meaning that if either side didn't, it'd be possible. Hence the looking for a sperm donor (inexpensive and easy) instead of a surrogate (expensive and difficult).
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*** She was drunk when she told Phoebe about it some time later but she wasn't when she actually 'made' the dish. It would have been better if she was......

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*** She was drunk when she told Phoebe about it some time later but she wasn't when she actually 'made' ''made'' the dish. It would have been better if she was......
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*** She was druk when she told Phoebe about it some time later but she wasn't when she actually 'made' the dish. It would have been better if she was......

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*** She was druk drunk when she told Phoebe about it some time later but she wasn't when she actually 'made' the dish. It would have been better if she was......
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** She is Rachel's +1? What about the end of Season 2 though, why is MONICA at Barry and Mindy's wedding?
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** She was drunk. Tiki Death Punch, remember?
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* Phoebe's vegetarianism is well-known among her friends, and while a couple of times she has admitted to eating meat (she craves meat during pregnancy, and it is revealed that she was so upset after her husband left her that she ate a cheeseburger), this has been her own decision to do so. In the first season, Monica tells Phoebe that the "vegetarian pâté" she made for her was actually made from goose meat. This troper is not a vegetarian, but I would never force a vegetarian friend to unknowingly eat meat. I acknowledge that vegetarian cooking can be more challenging to please both vegetarians and meat-eaters, but friends are normally considerate of one another in these cases. How could Monica do this and laugh about it?!
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* Rachel borrows Joey's stuffed penguin Hugsy for Emma to play with. She guiltily asks him later if that's okay. Joey pretends that it is, then HijinksEnsue as he tries to get Hugsy back. SoYeah, why didn't he just admit that he doesn't want to give up his stuffed animal? Rachel would've been disappointed, but not angry at him. Adults with teddy bears are not exactly the most eccentric or irrational people around, okay?

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* Rachel borrows Joey's stuffed penguin Hugsy for Emma to play with. She guiltily asks him later if that's okay. Joey pretends that it is, then HijinksEnsue as he tries to get Hugsy back. SoYeah, why Why didn't he just admit that he doesn't want to give up his stuffed animal? Rachel would've been disappointed, but not angry at him. Adults with teddy bears are not exactly the most eccentric or irrational people around, okay?

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*** That's a cop out if I ever heard one. Being the ButtMonkey has always been Chandler's schtick, but it wasn't until the later seasons that it went from being a role that his friends helped him with to something they contributed to. Seriously, go watch some episodes from the first and last seasons; the disparity between how the cast treats Chandler is incredible. It's almost understandable why he became more immature and emotionally crippled the longer the show went on.




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*** [[SupermanReturns WRONG.]] Clearly there was a verbal agreement between the four where the outcome of the "silly game" determined whether or not a) M&R kept their apartment or b) C&J kept their pets, a point of contention between the friends that led to the game to begin with. The game was [[SeriousBusiness serious enough that either side was willing to risk an important aspect of their lives to win.]] This is actually pointed out in the episode when Rachel insists the whole thing was a gag as the guys are moving their stuff in. Joey counters by asking her if she'd have expected him and Chandler to keep up their end of the bet if ''they'd'' lost and it leaves her speechless.
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****** Well, yeah that's a fair enough point, but what I'm saying is that, Die Hard has been mentioned several times in Friends. Bruce Willis starred in Die Hard. Therefore, it would stand to reason that ''someone'' noticed that Paul bore a strong resemblance to Bruce Willis. I dunno, it just seems like a bit of a Missed Moment of Funny to me.
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*** The whole "his father raised him that way" thing actually bothered me. Specifically, the story. Jack doesn't strike me as the type of father who would do that, particularly when we have seen on multiple occassions how Ross and Monica's parents dote over Ross.
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*** Yes, but with the night out where Joey, Phoebe and Rachel all order really cheap food, you would think that the others would pick up on it. I'd like to think I would. Especially after they hint that it's not fair for them to split the charge equally between them. But Ross' reaction? "Oh, no, Monica shouldn't have to pay 'cause it's her birthday, so we all have to pay ''more'', despite the fact that you guys are clearly trying to watch your money tonight."
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*** Yeah, you would hope that, and that would make sense, with Ross and Rachel seeming less like horrible human beings. However, having rewatched the episode recently, there is a moment where it's confirmed that, if Ross and Rachel die, they want Monica to have Emma, but if Monica then dies, then Emma gets ''taken away'' from Chandler. Chandler asks "Okay, if you guys die, then I die, Monica would have to give Emma up, right?", and then Ross humours Chandler by agreeing, when it's clear that he doesn't mean it (Joey rightfully asserts "''I'' lie better than ''that''!"). Ross and Rachel, you two are officially horrible, horrible people. Congratulations.
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* Why is Rachel's mother going to her daughter's friend's ex-wife's wedding?
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** Uhmm maybe because taking someone's apartment OVER SOME SILLY GAME isn't fair whatsoever. A silly game isn't legally binding and it wasn't morally justified to take the girl's apartment. I wouldn't find it very moral to just take someone's home because they lost it in a silly bet. Nobody ever signed any papers, it was obviously a silly game, the guys should have said "Of couse I won't take the apartment that you OWN, just like a 10-year old would say "Of course you don't have to give me your new phone, we're FRIENDS.
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**** I think Ross' explanation of what happened is actually perfectly accurate: "Third divorce: they shouldn't let you get married when you're that drunk and have writing on your face. ''Nevada's'' fault."

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