History Friends / TropesFToJ

** Ross and Rachel are having a fight in front of everyone. In an effort to attack Ross, Rachel refers to [[TheLoinsSleepTonight a previously raised issue]] by saying, "And just so you know, it's ''not'' that common, it ''doesn't'' happen to every guy and it ''is'' a big deal!", at which point Chandler jumps forward and says, "I ''knew'' it!"
*** A few lines before, she tells Ross that his grammar tips he gave for her letter will come in handy when he's spending Saturday nights playing Scrabble with Monica, who responds with a wounded "Hey!" in return.

*** [[RuleOfThree And again]] when Ross is looking for a new place to live and it is suggested he gets a roommate. In a room full of people who live with someone else he refers to having a roommate as 'Pathet...' DeathGlare '[[VerbalBackspace That's pathet which is Sanskrit for really cool way to live]].'

* HideYourPregnancy: Creator/CourteneyCox's pregnancy in the last few episodes, Monica's [[spoiler: sterility]] being an important plot thread at that point.
** Helen Baxendale's pregnancy, along with her country of residence being England, meant that Emily was written out earlier than the writers had originally intended and mostly appeared in voiceover and under bedsheets.

* HireTheCritic: In one episode, Monica writes a scathing review of an Italian restaurant. The owner comes by and demands a retraction, whereupon Monica defends her review and demonstrates how the dish in question ought to have been made. He promptly offers her the job as head chef.

* HollywoodBoardGames: Monica is a CompetitionFreak from head to toe. She's so obsessed with winning that she threw a plate during a past ''Pictionary'' game because she was losing. She excuses herself by saying it was an accident, but she does regret having lost control and accidentally caused harm to Chandler. Everyone refers to it as the ''TabletopGame/{{Pictionary}}'' NoodleIncident. It doesn't stop her from doing it again (with a glass this time) in TheTag, though, when her friends don't understand her drawing of a bird but get Rachel's bean reference to ''Literature/TheUnbearableLightnessOfBeing''. This happens in [[Recap/FriendsS1E18TheOneWithAllThePoker "The One With All The Poker"]] and mentioned again in [[Recap/FriendsS9E24TheOneInBarbadosPartTwo "The One In Barbados, Part 2"]].

** Also notably averted with Monica and Joey—Chandler and Monica are asked to explain exactly how they got together, and Monica admits that it was actually Joey she had been looking for with the intention of sleeping with him, precisely ''because'' she wanted something "stupid and meaningless". She found Chandler first and, [[HappilyMarried well...]]

** Chandler and Monica leave for Las Vegas before Rachel, leaving her alone in the apartment the day before she leaves. She uses the opportunity to drop her robe and walk around the apartment undressed. Unfortunately, Ross, who lives in the apartment across the street, sees her and incorrectly assumes she is trying to seduce him.

** In one episode, a conversation between Rachel and Monica about the fact that Monica has been shopping with Julie (Ross' girlfriend at the time) sounds exactly as if Monica has cheated on Rachel. Of course, FromACertainPointOfView, it is true. She's done something meaningful with Rachel's rival.

* {{Japandering}}: Joey from is at one point a mid-level daytime SoapOpera star and ends up doing this from an advert for Ichiban Lipstick for Men, wearing bright blue lipstick while bright blue animation and dancing schoolgirls interject a number of flash cuts. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2CQTnYcFGg You watch it, you can't un-watch it]].

** Him being 'bad with women' is even worse. Fair enough in early seasons when he struggles both chatting up girls and managing a relationship. (In contrast to Joey's one night stands and Ross's steady girlfriends). But its weird that everyone acts like he's ''still'' the one whose bad with women, when he's the only guy who is married, in the most stable, functional relationship on the entire show and blissfully happy with a beautiful woman, while Joey and Ross are single, divorced or pining for someone they can't have.