History Recap / FriendsS3E16TheOneWithTheMorningAfter

* KarmaHoudini: Aside from being on the receiving end of a DopeSlap by Monica and Phoebe, Ross bears the full brunt of what was largely their fault. He was actually against moving onto another girl and Chandler and Joey egged him on telling him that's what he's supposed to do (which learning Mark was at Rachel's apartment was the final nail in the coffin of) then telling him to cover his tracks when Ross wanted to be honest.

* {{Infomercial}}: How Monica says she bought the Waxine kit as well as the mop she uses to clean smoothie off her ceiling.

* PreviouslyOn: The episode opens with a recap of what happened between Ross and Rachel in [[Recap/FriendsS3E15TheOneWhereRossAndRachelTakeABreak the prior episode.]] Unlike other versions of this trope on Friends, however, we simply hear a wistful sounding "Previously on Friends..." and then watch scenes from the prior episode with no accompanying monologue from one of the characters[[note]]although the "Previously On..." line was very obviously delivered by Matt [=LeBlanc=][[/note]].

** Rachel takes the wind out of Ross's "we were on a break" argument when she asks if he would have forgiven her if the situation were reversed. [[HesitationEqualsDishonesty His answer is not convincing]]. After Rachel presses the issue, he does at least give the more convincing argument he would've been devastated but would've forgiven her. This point is ignored for the rest of the series as "we were on a break" becomes Ross's {{catchphrase}}.

* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Or "the Trail," as Joey and Chandler call it. They work out how Ross sleeping with Chloe can be traced back to Rachel, as her coworker Isaac has a sister who works with Phoebe. However, as it turns out, Jasmine is also roommates with Gunther, which means he is the closest to Rachel. Joey asks Gunther to keep quiet, but is already too late. Worse, [[RightBehindMe she appears right behind him and within earshot]]. [[OhCrap Uh-oh!]]

* DownerEnding: Ross fails to keep his unintended affair secret from Rachel and despite his attempts to try and work things out, or ''because'' of them, Rachel decides that their break from each other from last episode should become an official break-up.

* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Or "the Trail," as Joey and Chandler call it. They work out how Ross sleeping with Chloe can be traced back to Rachel, as her coworker Isaac has a sister who works with Phoebe. However, as it turns out, Jasmine is also roommates with Gunther, which is what brings it back to Rachel. [[OhCrap Uh-oh!]]

* DownerEnding: Ross and Rachel break up.

* TrappedWithTheTherapySession: Monica, Phoebe, Joey and Chandler all end up trapped in Monica's bedroom while Ross and Rachel have a long fight in the living room, since none of them want to reveal that they're there.

** Rachel takes the wind out of Ross's "we were on a break" argument when she asks if he would have forgiven her if the situation were reversed. [[HesitationEqualsDishonesty His answer is not convincing]]. This point is ignored for the rest of the series as "we were on a break" become's Ross's {{catchphrase}}. Though he does at least give the more convincing argument he would've been devastated, but would've forgiven her.

** Rachel takes the wind out of Ross's "we were on a break" argument when she asks if he would have forgiven her if the situation were reversed. [[HesitationEqualsDishonesty His answer is not convincing]]. This point is ignored for the rest of the series as "we were on a break" become's Ross's {{catchphrase}}.

** Rachel takes the wind out of Ross's "we were on a break" argument when she asks if he would have forgiven her if the situation were reversed. [[HesitationEqualsDishonesty His answer is not convincing]].

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Joey states that Phoebe and Monica pulling the wax off hurts them more because women have less resistance to pain than men (this is before the girls make him and Chandler do the same, and the boys get equally as hurt as the girls were). It's actually the other way around: women have ''more'', not less, resistance to pain than men do. Then again, this is ''Joey'' we're talking about.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The darkest and most serious Friends episode by a longshot! Even the show's creators have admitted that they took the darkness/seriousness a bit too far with the episode.

-->'''Rachel''': [on phone] Hi, yes, I'd like to order a large pizza.\\

** They eventually resort to eating the wax after all and [[BigEater Joey]] nods happily after tasting it.

* LoopholeAbuse: Rachel explicitly refers to all this "We were on a break" talk as trying to hide behind a technicality.

::: They eventually resort to eating the wax after all and [[BigEater Joey]] nods happily after tasting it.

!!Tropes

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Rachel takes the wind out of Ross's "we were on a break" argument when she asks if he would have forgiven her if the situation were reversed. [[HesitationEqualsDishonesty His answer is not convincing]].

* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Ross repeatedly tries to salvage things when Rachel confronts him about sleeping with Chloe, but most of the things he says, most notably bringing up trying to hide it from her, just make Rachel more angry.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The darkest and most serious Friends episode by a longshot!

** They eventually resort to eating the wax after all and [[BigEater Joey]] nods happily after tasting it.