History Recap / FriendsS3E9TheOneWithTheFootball

* UnsportsmanlikeGloating: Chandler does this after the Dutch woman picks him, which immediately makes her change her mind about him. Monica gets a jab in when her team has scored twice as many points as Ross' ("Forty-two to twenty-one! Like the turkey, Ross is done!"). Once Ross' team evens the score, the guys celebrate with a slow-motion high five as the girls huddle.

* CockFight: Joey and Chandler compete for the attention of an attractive girl who they meet in the park. When their attempts to embarrass each other start to disrupt the football game Ross decides he's had enough and asks her which one of them she wants to go out with. She opts for Chandler but is immediately put off by [[UnsportsmanlikeGloating his gloating]] and leaves. Chandler is disappointed for a moment but rebounds by pointing out that "the Dutch girl picked me!"

* DudeNotFunny: During an argument Ross replies to Monica with "Cheater, cheater, compulsive eater!" Everyone, including Rachel and Chandler who are on Ross' team, gasps in shock at the comment.
* EskimosArentReal: Chandler gets Joey to humiliate himself in front of the Dutch girl by asking him where Dutch people come from.

* TheLoad: Rachel is the worst player by far. She isn't able to catch a ball and runs away when she's attacked. DoubleSubverted when she scores the most important point -- but then Chandler reveals that she didn't cross the line.

* UnsportsmanlikeGloating: Chandler does this after the Dutch woman picks him, which immediately makes her change her mind about him. Monica gets a jab in when her team has scored twice as many points as Ross' ("Forty-two to twenty-one! Like the turkey, Ross is done!"). Once Ross' team evens the score the guys celebrate with a slow-motion high five as the girls huddle.
* YankTheDogsChain: On the last play of the game, Rachel finally manages to catch a pass and spikes the ball in celebration. Then Chandler points out she was actually standing just short of the goal line. So instead of scoring a game winning touchdown, she just fumbled the ball.

* SeriousBusiness: What was meant to be a simple touch football game before Thanksgiving dinner becomes an all-out match between Ross and Monica for the "Gellar Bowl".

* CompetitionFreak: Monica and Ross. Their competitiveness was why Judy banned them from playing football as kids and it doesn't take long for them to fall back into old habits when they start playing again. by the end of the episode they're still wrestling over the ball long after everyone else has gone home for dinner.

* CompetitionFreak: Monica and Ross. Their competitiveness was why Judy banned them from playing football as kids and it doesn't take long for them to fall back into old habits when they start playing again.

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* YankTheDogsChain: On the last play of the game, Rachel finally manages to catch a pass and spikes the ball in celebration. Then Chandler points out she was actually standing just short of the goal line. So instead of scoring a game winning touchdown, she just fumbled the ball.

* CockFight: Joey and Chandler compete for the attention of an attractive girl who they meet in the park. When their attempts to embarrass each other start to disrupt the football game Ross decides he's had enough and asks her which one of them she wants to go out with. She opts for Chandler but is immediately put off by his gloating and leaves. Chandler is disappointed for a moment but rebounds by pointing out that "the Dutch girl picked me!"

* ThanksgivingEpisode: Although the focus isn't on the dinner so much as the impromptu football game before it.

-->'''Ross:''' See sweetie, now I pick you!\\
'''Rachel:''' You don't ''pick'' me, you're ''stuck'' with me!

* CockFight: Joey and Chandler compete for the attention of an attractive girl who they meet in the park. When their attempts to embarrass each other start to disrupt the football game Ross decides he's had enough and asks her which one of them she wants to go out with. She's opts for Chandler but is immediately put off by his gloating and leaves. Chandler is disappointed for a moment but rebounds by pointing out that "the Dutch girl picked me!"

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