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* OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBusiness: The last time Duncan left town, Phoebe was so depressed that she ate a cheeseburger despite being a strict vegetarian.

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* OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBusiness: OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The last time Duncan left town, Phoebe was so depressed that she ate a cheeseburger despite being a strict vegetarian.



* TruthTellingSession: The reveal that Phoebe is married prompts the others to start blurting out secrets about each other out of spite.

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* TruthTellingSession: The reveal that Phoebe is married prompts the others to start blurting out secrets about each other out of spite.spite.
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* DoesHeHaveABrother: When Duncan mentions that he has a brother who's also straight Phoebe immediately asks if the brother is single.
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* NotHelpingYourCase: The episode opens with Rachel talking to her mom over the phone, telling her how the neighborhood she lives in is safe. So it must not have been very reassuring when a pigeon flies through the window and startles Rachel so much she screams.
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* ComingStraightStory: Duncan revealing that he's not gay like everyone thought, complete with mentions of how he "experimented" with women in college but assumed it was a phase.

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* ComingStraightStory: Duncan revealing that he's not gay like everyone thought, complete with mentions of how he [[ExperimentedInCollege "experimented" with women in college college]] but assumed it was a phase.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything?: Played for laughs. [[ComingStraightStory The way Duncan reveals he's realized that he's straight is exactly how you'd expect a gay guy to come out.]]

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* ShoutOut: When Ross asks Chandler if his third nipple does anything special, he sarcastically says that it opens "the delivery entrance to [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia the magical land of Narnia]]."

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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When Ross asks Chandler if his third nipple does anything special, he sarcastically says that it opens "the delivery entrance to [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia the magical land of Narnia]].""
** After having sex with Julie, Ross joyfully walks down the street to ''Film/SinginInTheRain''.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything?: Played for laughs. The way Duncan reveals he's realized that he's straight is exactly how you'd expect a gay guy to come out.
* IncompatibleOrientation: Phoebe was in love with Duncan despite everyone including Duncan himself thinking he was gay. Eventually averted as Duncan has since realized he's actually straight but is now engaged to another woman.

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything?: Played for laughs. [[ComingStraightStory The way Duncan reveals he's realized that he's straight is exactly how you'd expect a gay guy to come out.
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* IncompatibleOrientation: Phoebe was in love with Duncan despite everyone including Duncan himself thinking he was gay. Eventually averted subverted as Duncan has since realized he's actually straight but is now engaged to another woman.
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* IncompatibleOrientation: Phoebe was in love with Duncan despite everyone including Duncan himself thinking he was gay. Eventually averted as Duncan has since realized he's actually straight.

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* IncompatibleOrientation: Phoebe was in love with Duncan despite everyone including Duncan himself thinking he was gay. Eventually averted as Duncan has since realized he's actually straight.straight but is now engaged to another woman.
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* ComingStraightStory: Duncan revealing that he's not gay like everyone thought, complete with mentions of how he "experimented" with women in college but assumed it was a phase.
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* IWasYoungAndNeededTheMoney: Joey's explanation for why he was in a porn movie.


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* SpearCarrier: Joey's role in the porn was an in-universe one of these. When he couldn't go through with actually participating in the er....acts he was given the role of [[CoitusUninterruptus "Guy Who Walks In On Couple And Stays to Watch"]].
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* OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBusiness: The last time Duncan left town, Phoebe was so depressed that she ate a cheeseburger despite being a strict vegetarian.

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* OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBusiness: The last time Duncan left town, Phoebe was so depressed that she ate a cheeseburger despite being a strict vegetarian.vegetarian.
* ShoutOut: When Ross asks Chandler if his third nipple does anything special, he sarcastically says that it opens "the delivery entrance to [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia the magical land of Narnia]]."
* TakeOurWordForIt: The audience doesn't see any of Joey's porn movie; we only have the character's reactions to go by.
* TripleNipple: Chandler is revealed to have a "nubbin".
* TruthTellingSession: The reveal that Phoebe is married prompts the others to start blurting out secrets about each other out of spite.
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Meanwhile, a jealous Rachel continues to try to sabotage Ross's relationship with Julie by convincing him to postpone sleeping with her.

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Meanwhile, a jealous Rachel continues to try to sabotage Ross's relationship with Julie by convincing him to postpone sleeping with her.her.

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* CitizenshipMarriage: The reason Phoebe married Duncan, who's Canadian.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything?: Played for laughs. The way Duncan reveals he's realized that he's straight is exactly how you'd expect a gay guy to come out.
* IncompatibleOrientation: Phoebe was in love with Duncan despite everyone including Duncan himself thinking he was gay. Eventually averted as Duncan has since realized he's actually straight.
* OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBusiness: The last time Duncan left town, Phoebe was so depressed that she ate a cheeseburger despite being a strict vegetarian.
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When Phoebe is forced to reveal that she married a gay Canadian friend of hers to help him stay in the country, it prompts the secrets of the other friends to come to light. Monica had sex with Fun Bobby out on the terrace and flung her underwear on the telephone wire, Chandler has a third nipple, and Joey was an extra in a porno movie.

Meanwhile, a jealous Rachel continues to try to sabotage Ross's relationship with Julie by convincing him to postpone sleeping with her.

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