History Recap / FriendsS6E1TheOneAfterVegas

* AnAesop: Let your relationship move at the pace you feel comfortable with instead of relying on superstition.

* WhatDidIDoLastNight: Rachel and Ross have trouble recalling what they did the night before on account of their being drunk at the time. They have to be reminded by the rest of the gang that they got married.

* CreditsGag: This is the first episode after Creator/CourteneyCox married Creator/DavidArquette and changed her name to Courteney Cox Arquette. To commemorate this, all the other leads have Arquette appended to their names in the title sequence. Courteney and Jennifer also switch places in the credits to make the joke work.

* HostileHitchhiker: Subverted. Joey picks up a hitchhiker while Phoebe sleeps and even gets him to drive so he can get some shut-eye. When Phoebe wakes up, she not-so-subtly wonders whether he could be a serial killer or rapist, but he's benign. By the time they drop him off Phoebe has taken such a liking to the guy that she gives him her phone number.

* AnAesop: Let your relationship move at the pace you feel comfortable not relying on signs you're trying to look for.
* BouquetToss: Chandler and Monica decide not to get married but keep getting signs that they should. When Rachel is about to put a boquet of flowers into a vase, she finds a bug and throws the boquet away, and Monica accidentally cathches it.
* BridalCarry: Monica hurts her leg on the way home so Chandler scoops her up this way so she won't have to walk. As they start to walk into her apartment they suddenly realize what they've stumbled into another "sign" and back into the hallway. They settle for having Monica cling to Chandler's neck without him holding her up until she can drop onto the couch.

* ContinuitySnarl: When Ross and Rachel wake up after the night they get married, they both still have the marker doodles on their faces. Later, at breakfast, both have no sign of the doodles, even though Ross confirmed with the pen manufacturer the day before (last episode) that the marker is permanent.
* CreditsGag: This is the first episode after Creator/CourteneyCox married Creator/DavidArquette and went by Courteney Cox Arquette. To commemorate this, all the other leads have Arquette appended to their names in the title sequence. Courteney and Jennifer also switch places in the credits to make the joke work.
-->''For Courteney and David who did get married''

* LampshadeHanging: Monica gives Chandler a key to the apartment that he can test out. He quips the door hasn't been locked in five years, referencing the numerous times characters have entered with no difficulty. In this episode alone, they returned from Vegas without having to unlock the door first.
* NoodleIncident: When Monica tells Phoebe that getting married in Vegas counts everywhere Phoebe reacts with a stunned "Oh my ''God''" before shrugging and walking away.

** A sleepy Joey upon realizing he's driving while his eyes are closed.

* SustainedMisunderstanding: Chandler drops hints to Monica about moving in together, such as unpacking his stuff in her apartment. She responds by asking why he'd leave his stuff there and would want to keep going back-and-forth across the hallway. After a few moments of this, he flat-out says they should move in.
-->'''Chandler:''' What if we lived together and you understand what I'm saying?

* BoquetToss: Chandler and Monica decide not to get married but keep getting signs that they should. When Rachel is about to put a boquet of flowers into a vase, she finds a bug and throws the boquet away, and Monica accidentally cathches it.

* CreditsGag: This is the first episode after Creator/CourteneyCox married Creator/DavidArquette and went by Courteney Cox Arquette. To commemorate this, all the other leads have Arquette appended to their names in the title sequence.

* HostileHitchhiker: Subverted. Joey picks up a hitchhiker while Phoebe sleeps and even gets him to drive so he can get some shut-eye. When Phoebe wakes up, she not-so-subtly wonders whether he could be a serial killer or rapist, but he's benign.

* CreditsGag: This is the first episode after Creator/CourtneyCox married Creator/DavidArquette and went by Courtney Cox Arquette. To commemorate this, all the other leads have Arquette appended to their names in the title sequence.

* CreditGag: This is the first episode after Creator/CourtneyCox married Creator/DavidArquette and went by Courtney Cox Arquette. To commemorate this, all the other leads have Arquette appended to their names in the title sequence.