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* NoodleIncident: Joey was once in a production of ''Franchise/{{Pinocchio}}'' as the eponymous character. Chandler happily pokes fun at him for it.
-->'''Chandler:''' "Look, Geppetto, I'm a real, live boy!"
* NoSympathy: Joey is incredulous that Monica fell for TheLoinsSleepTonight lie, saying it was so obviously a line.
-->'''Chandler:''' "Look, Geppetto, I'm a real, live boy!"
* NoSympathy: Joey is incredulous that Monica fell for TheLoinsSleepTonight lie, saying it was so obviously a line.
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* NoSympathy: Joey is incredulous that Monica fell for TheLoinsSleepTonight lie, saying it was so obviously a line.
* NoodleIncident: Joey was once in a production of ''Franchise/{{Pinocchio}}'' as the eponymous character. Chandler happily pokes fun at him for it.
-->'''Chandler:''' "Look, Geppetto, I'm a real, live boy!"
* NoodleIncident: Joey was once in a production of ''Franchise/{{Pinocchio}}'' as the eponymous character. Chandler happily pokes fun at him for it.
-->'''Chandler:''' "Look, Geppetto, I'm a real, live boy!"
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** Joey is characterised as less of the charming KindheartedSimpleton he'll later be and more of a frat boy type.
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** Joey is characterised as less of the charming KindheartedSimpleton he'll later be and more of a frat boy type.type, recommending strip clubs to get over a divorce and hitting on a clearly distraught Rachel.
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** Joey is characterised as less of the charming KindheartedSimpleton he'll later be and more of a frat boy type.
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* {{Recut}}: A longer version of this episode exists with several extra jokes and a few scenes added back in (including one of Phoebe busking on the subway after the declines to help put Ross' furniture together). While extended cuts of other episodes exist, this one is particularly notable as it's often included on home media releases that otherwise use the aired cuts. It's also popped up in syndication a few times.
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* ThatPoorPlant: The plant that Chandler and Joey dump Rachel's badly-made coffee into is visibly dead for the rest of the episode. In the extended cut, when Ross tells Rachel that she made coffee so she can do anything she wants, Chandler quietly grabs the dead plant and hides it under his arms.
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** This, the first episode, is also the only one that is not titled with some variation of "JustForFun/TheOneWith"... at least until the ''last'' episode (titled "The Last One").
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** This, the first episode, is also the only one that is not titled with some variation of "JustForFun/TheOneWith"... "JustForFun/TheOneWith" at least until the ''last'' episode (titled "The Last One").
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This, the first episode, is also the only one that is not titled with some variation of "JustForFun/TheOneWith".
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** This, the first episode, is also the only one that is not titled with some variation of"JustForFun/TheOneWith"."JustForFun/TheOneWith"... at least until the ''last'' episode (titled "The Last One").
** This is the only episode without a ColdOpen, starting with the ThemeTune.
** This is the only time the montage in the ThemeTune consists ''only'' of scenes featuring the main characters playing and posing in the fountain.
** This, the first episode, is also the only one that is not titled with some variation of
** This is the only episode without a ColdOpen, starting with the ThemeTune.
** This is the only time the montage in the ThemeTune consists ''only'' of scenes featuring the main characters playing and posing in the fountain.
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* FurnitureAssemblyGag: Joey and Chandler spend and evening helping Ross put together a bunch of new furniture for his apartment because Carol apparently got ''everything'' in the divorce. All three of them struggle with the instructions for what they're supposed to be doing.
-->'''Ross:''' (''squatting with the instruction sheet in hand'') I'm supposed to attach a [[BuffySpeak bracket-y thing]] to these side things with a bunch of these little worm guys. (''looks around'') I have no bracket-y thing, I see no worm-guys whatsoever...and I cannot feel my legs.
-->'''Ross:''' (''squatting with the instruction sheet in hand'') I'm supposed to attach a [[BuffySpeak bracket-y thing]] to these side things with a bunch of these little worm guys. (''looks around'') I have no bracket-y thing, I see no worm-guys whatsoever...and I cannot feel my legs.
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* RetroactiveWish: Since a woman in a wedding dress (Rachel) walked into the coffee shop right when Ross said "I just want to be married", Chandler rushes to the same door and shouts, "And ''I'' just want a million dollars!"
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* RetroactiveWish: Since a woman in a wedding dress (Rachel) walked into the coffee shop right when Ross said "I just want to be married", Chandler rushes to the same door and shouts, "And ''I'' just want a million dollars!"
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* BreakUpBonfire: No actual fire but Paul's story about breaking his ex-wife's watch after they broke up is very similar. When Monica finds out Paul lied to get her into bed she pays it forward by stomping on the watch he left in her apartment.
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* BreakUpBonfire: No actual fire but Paul's story about breaking his ex-wife's watch after they broke up is very similar. When Monica finds out Paul lied to get her into bed bed, she pays it forward by stomping on the watch he left in her apartment.
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* SpitTake: Monica when Paul tells her he hasn't been able to perform sexually since he
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* SpitTake: Monica when Paul tells her he hasn't been able to perform sexually since he for two years.
-->'''Monica:''' I'm sorry. I'm sure getting spit on is not what you need right now.
-->'''Monica:''' I'm sorry. I'm sure getting spit on is not what you need right now.
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* BrutalHonesty: When Ross asks Phoebe to help him move, she responds with "Oh, I wish I could, but I don't want to."
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* RetailTherapy: Rachel tries to find a job but was rejected for having no skills. But she's happy anyway because she found a pair of boots at 50% off.
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* SomethingSomethingLeonardBernstein: Phoebe tries to cheer up Rachel by singing "My Favorite Things" from ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'', but she clearly doesn't remember all the lyrics.
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* SpitTake: Monica when Paul tells her he hasn't been able to perform sexually since he
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Leonard asks why it should matter if Rachel loves Barry or not when confronting her for leaving him at the altar which is the first hint to the fact Leonard and Sandra were never happy in their marriage.
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* NotADate: Monica repeatedly insists that her going for dinner with Paul isn't a date but none of the gang buy it.
-->'''Monica:''' It's just two people going out for dinner and not having sex!\\
'''Chandler:''' Sounds like a date to me.
-->'''Monica:''' It's just two people going out for dinner and not having sex!\\
'''Chandler:''' Sounds like a date to me.
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* RetroactiveWish: Since a woman in a wedding dress walked into the coffee shop right when Ross said "I just want to be married", Chandler adds "And ''I'' just want a million dollars!"
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* RetroactiveWish: Since a woman in a wedding dress (Rachel) walked into the coffee shop right when Ross said "I just want to be married", Chandler adds rushes to the same door and shouts, "And ''I'' just want a million dollars!"
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* ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject: When Phoebe's attempts to reassure Rachel about being on her own don't work (see NotSoDifferentRemark), Ross responds, "I believe the word you're looking for is, 'Anyway...'."
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* {{Irony}}: Monica lampshades how Rachel has opted to crash at the home of the person who didn't get invited to the wedding.
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* NoSympathy: Joey is incredulous that Monica fell for TheLoinsSleepTonight lie, saying it was so obviously a line.
* NoodleIncident: Joey was once in a production of ''Franchise/{{Pinocchio}}'' as the eponymous character. Chandler happily pokes fun at him for it.
-->'''Chandler:''' "Look, Geppetto, I'm a real, live boy!"
* NotSoDifferentRemark: Phoebe attempts this to reassure Rachel that she understands how hard it can be to be on one's own for the first time. However, Phoebe then talks about far more intense items (her mother committing suicide, her stepfather going to prison, and an albino guy she was living with also committing suicide) that leave Rachel speechless. Ross suggests just changing the subject.
* NoodleIncident: Joey was once in a production of ''Franchise/{{Pinocchio}}'' as the eponymous character. Chandler happily pokes fun at him for it.
-->'''Chandler:''' "Look, Geppetto, I'm a real, live boy!"
* NotSoDifferentRemark: Phoebe attempts this to reassure Rachel that she understands how hard it can be to be on one's own for the first time. However, Phoebe then talks about far more intense items (her mother committing suicide, her stepfather going to prison, and an albino guy she was living with also committing suicide) that leave Rachel speechless. Ross suggests just changing the subject.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This, the first episode, is also the only one that is not titled with some variation of "TheOneWith".
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This, the first episode, is also the only one that is not titled with some variation of "TheOneWith"."JustForFun/TheOneWith".
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This, the first episode, is also the only one that is not titled with some variation of "TheOneWith".
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* StreetMusician: The extended cut of the episode has an extra scene of Phoebe performing for tips on a subway platform after she declines the invitation to help put Ross' furniture together.
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* PetTheDog: Joey was a bit of a {{Jerkass}} due to EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, but he assures Ross he can still find love even if it didn't work out with Carol he just has to be willing to find it.
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* BreakUpBonfire: No actual fire but Paul's story about breaking his ex-wife's watch after they broke up is very similar. When Monica finds out Paul lied to get her into bed she pays it forward by stomping on the watch he left in her apartment.
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* DidYouJustHaveSex: Monica's co-worker knows within seconds of seeing her that Monica recently had sex with someone.
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* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Paul claims that ever since he broke up with his ex he hasn't been able to "perform sexually". Monica eventually finds out he was lying when her co-worker Frannie claims he told her the same thing.
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* CheerUpEpisode: Both plotlines. Joey and Chandler try to cheer up Ross after finding out his wife is gay, while Monica takes in Rachel after leaving her wedding and getting cut off financially by her parents.
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* CheerUpEpisode: Both plotlines. Joey and Chandler try to cheer up Ross after finding out his wife is gay, marriage ends, while Monica takes in Rachel after leaving her wedding and getting cut off financially by her parents.
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* DiscreetDrinkDiposal: Rachel's first attempt at making coffee is so bad Chandler and Joey take one sip and dump the rest in a nearby [[ThatPoorPlant plant]] to spare her feelings.
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* DiscreetDrinkDiposal: DiscreetDrinkDisposal: Rachel's first attempt at making coffee is so bad Chandler and Joey take one sip and dump the rest in a nearby [[ThatPoorPlant plant]] to spare her feelings.
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* DiscreetDrinkDiposal: Rachel's first attempt at making coffee is so bad Chandler and Joey take one sip and dump the rest in a nearby [[ThatPoorPlant plant]] to spare her feelings.
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* RetroactiveWish: Since a woman in a wedding dress walked into the coffee shop right when Ross said "I just want to be married", Chandler adds "And ''I'' just want a million dollars!"
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* SpeakOfTheDevil: {{Invoked}} by Chandler. Since a woman in a wedding dress walked into the coffee shop right when Ross said "I just want to be married", Chandler adds "And I just want a million dollars!"
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* SpeakOfTheDevil: {{Invoked}} by Chandler. Since a woman in a wedding dress walked into the coffee shop right when Ross said "I just want to be married", Chandler adds "And I just want a million dollars!"during the RetroactiveWish scene mentioned above.
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* RealWorldEpisode: The episode ends with the gang convincing the unemployed Rachel to cut up her credit cards.
-->'''Monica''': "Welcome to the real world. It sucks. You're going to love it."
-->'''Monica''': "Welcome to the real world. It sucks. You're going to love it."
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* CheerUpEpisode: Both plotlines. Joey and Chandler try to cheer up Ross after finding out his wife is gay, while Monica takes in Rachel after leaving her wedding and getting cut off financially by her parents.
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* RunawayBride: When we first see Rachel, she's still in her wedding dress after having run out on Barry at the altar.
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* WelcomeEpisode: For Rachel, who is new to the core group of friends.
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"The Pilot" (also called "The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate", "The One Where It All Began", and "The First One") is the first episode of the sitcom ''Series/{{Friends}}''. It originally aired on September 22, 1994.
Monica's old friend Rachel shows up at the coffee house, having run out on her wedding. Rachel decides to try to make it on her own, and she moves in with Monica.
Monica's brother Ross has just found out that his wife is a lesbian. While Ross is upset over the ending of his marriage, he has had a long-time crush on Rachel and suggests to her the possibility of them going out some time.
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* LastHetRomance: Ross turns out to have been this for Carol.
* RealWorldEpisode: The episode ends with the gang convincing the unemployed Rachel to cut up her credit cards.
-->'''Monica''': "Welcome to the real world. It sucks. You're going to love it."
* SomethingElseAlsoRises: When Ross gets re-introduced to Rachel, they go in for a handshake and Ross's umbrella accidentally opens up between them at crotch level.
* SpeakOfTheDevil: {{Invoked}} by Chandler. Since a woman in a wedding dress walked into the coffee shop right when Ross said "I just want to be married", Chandler adds "And I just want a million dollars!"
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Monica's old friend Rachel shows up at the coffee house, having run out on her wedding. Rachel decides to try to make it on her own, and she moves in with Monica.
Monica's brother Ross has just found out that his wife is a lesbian. While Ross is upset over the ending of his marriage, he has had a long-time crush on Rachel and suggests to her the possibility of them going out some time.
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!!Tropes
* LastHetRomance: Ross turns out to have been this for Carol.
* RealWorldEpisode: The episode ends with the gang convincing the unemployed Rachel to cut up her credit cards.
-->'''Monica''': "Welcome to the real world. It sucks. You're going to love it."
* SomethingElseAlsoRises: When Ross gets re-introduced to Rachel, they go in for a handshake and Ross's umbrella accidentally opens up between them at crotch level.
* SpeakOfTheDevil: {{Invoked}} by Chandler. Since a woman in a wedding dress walked into the coffee shop right when Ross said "I just want to be married", Chandler adds "And I just want a million dollars!"
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