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* InformedJudaism: One of the few hints that Rachel is from a Jewish family is that her only objection to Phoebe's lyric "Spin the dreidel, Rachel" is that it doesn't rhyme.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Monuca is too meek and ''nice'' to fire any of her employees at Alessandro's. ''She'' gets bullied by them instead. That would be a far cry from the bitchier, bossy Monica of later seasons.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Monuca Monica is too meek and ''nice'' to fire any of her employees at Alessandro's. ''She'' gets bullied by them instead. That would be a far cry from the bitchier, bossy Monica of later seasons. Justified as she had a tumultuous past two years so it's likely she was having self-confidence issues.
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* StupidEvil: It never occurred to the staff Monica could fire any one of them for how they treated her until she fires Joey.
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*CharacterizationMarchesOn: Monuca is too meek and ''nice'' to fire any of her employees at Alessandro's. ''She'' gets bullied by them instead. That would be a far cry from the bitchier, bossy Monica of later seasons.
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* LeastRhymableWord: Phoebe writes a Christmas song for the gang but struggles to find words to rhyme with "Rachel" and "Chandler". She eventually resorts to ending their line by mumbling vaguely for a few seconds.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Monica and Joey's bluff relies on the fact that the Alessandro staff supposedly never considered that when they antagonised Monica past breaking point, rather than just quit herself, she might ''fire them'' instead. When they realise this is a possibility, they ''instantly'' cower from her and behave themselves.
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* ThinSkinnedBully: The Alessandro staff bully and rebel against Monica, until they see her "fire" Joey. Their hate campaign seemingly relied on Monica being an ExtremeDoormat and quitting first, when they see it puts ''their'' job at risk, they snivel pathetically before her.
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* ThinSkinnedBully: The Alessandro staff bully and rebel against Monica, until they see her "fire" Joey. Their hate campaign seemingly relied on Monica being an ExtremeDoormat and quitting first, when they see it puts ''their'' job at risk, she might fire ''them'' in response instead, they snivel pathetically before her.
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* VillainousBreakdown: After Monica "fires" Joey, most of the staff are left in shock.
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* VillainousBreakdown: After Monica "fires" Joey, most of the staff are left in shock. Stu the waiter, the most vindictive of the staff, outright grovels before Monica.
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* ReplacementScrappy: InUniverse. Alessandro's staff ''hate'' Monica because her employment got their old beloved chef fired. They also still hold a grudge against a harsh review she gave them in the past. While this doesn't really change by the end, Joey's staged firing leaves them ''terrified'' of Monica and keeping their opinions to themselves.
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** Subverted with the staff themselves. Despite their dislike for Monica as their employer, they ''immediately'' become subvervient when they realise it puts their job at risk.
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** Subverted with the staff themselves. Despite their dislike for personal vendetta against Monica as their employer, (having replaced a favoured chef and also previously given them a bad review), they ''immediately'' become subvervient subservient when they realise it puts their job at risk.
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* ThinSkinnedBully: The Alessandro staff are relentlessly antipathetic towards Monica, until they see her "fire" Joey. Their tirade seemingly relied on Monica being an ExtremeDoormat, when they see it puts their job at risk, they snivel pathetically before her.
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* ThinSkinnedBully: The Alessandro staff are relentlessly antipathetic towards bully and rebel against Monica, until they see her "fire" Joey. Their tirade hate campaign seemingly relied on Monica being an ExtremeDoormat, ExtremeDoormat and quitting first, when they see it puts their ''their'' job at risk, they snivel pathetically before her.
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* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Joey becomes reluctant to go with the original plan of Monica "firing" him after learning the pay is pretty good, but after seeing the rest of the staff treat Monica so horribly to the point that she's almost in tears, he quickly abandons it and goes back to the original plan so they can be kept in line.
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** Joey becomes reluctant to go with the original plan of Monica "firing" him after learning the pay is pretty good, but after seeing the rest of the staff treat Monica so horribly to the point that she's almost in tears, he quickly abandons it and goes back to the original plan so they can be kept inline.line.
** Subverted with the staff themselves. Despite their dislike for Monica as their employer, they ''immediately'' become subvervient when they realise it puts their job at risk.
** Joey becomes reluctant to go with the original plan of Monica "firing" him after learning the pay is pretty good, but after seeing the rest of the staff treat Monica so horribly to the point that she's almost in tears, he quickly abandons it and goes back to the original plan so they can be kept in
** Subverted with the staff themselves. Despite their dislike for Monica as their employer, they ''immediately'' become subvervient when they realise it puts their job at risk.
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* ThinSkinnedBully: The Alessandro staff are relentlessly antipathetic towards Monica, until they see her "fire" Joey. Their tirade seemingly relied on Monica being an ExtremeDoormat, when they see it puts their job at risk, they snivel pathetically before her.
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* SureLetsGoWithThat: Joey at one point wonders if Orson Welles was the one who recently fired him for a Burger King commercial. After pausing for several moments, Chandler tells him yes.
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* SureLetsGoWithThat: Joey at one point wonders if Orson Welles Creator/OrsonWelles was the one who recently fired him for a Burger King commercial. After pausing for several moments, Chandler tells him yes.
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* MortonsFork:
** Ross can either keep dating a nearby girl who he's not clicking with because she's potentially racist, or date a girl who lives so far away that he's exhausted trying to maintain the relationship; he's eventually convinced to give up on both.
** Whether Chandler tells his co-workers that Rachel's looking for a serious relationship or a fling, the answer is going to be wrong.
** Ross can either keep dating a nearby girl who he's not clicking with because she's potentially racist, or date a girl who lives so far away that he's exhausted trying to maintain the relationship; he's eventually convinced to give up on both.
** Whether Chandler tells his co-workers that Rachel's looking for a serious relationship or a fling, the answer is going to be wrong.
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* ChristmasEpisode: The episode takes place around Christmas. Joey becomes hesitant to get fired as a waiter because of how generous people tip during the holidays, and Phoebe tries to write a Christmas song for her friends.
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* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Ross falls asleep on the train and ends up in Montreal. He then meets an attractive woman who says she takes the ferry to Nova Scotia. Montreal is nowhere near any port with a ferry connection to Nova Scotia, which has Quebec, Maine, and New Brunswick in between. Just driving has a distance of nearly 800 miles.
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* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Ross falls asleep on the train and ends up in Montreal. He then meets an attractive woman who says she takes the ferry to Nova Scotia. Montreal is on the Saint Lawrence River, nowhere near any port with a ferry connection to Nova Scotia, which has Quebec, Maine, and New Brunswick in between. Just driving has a distance of nearly 800 miles.Scotia.
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* HollywoodLaw: Ross should have been awakened by a conductor to check his passport before entering Canada.
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* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Ross falls asleep on the train and ends up in Montreal. He then meets an attractive woman who says she takes the ferry to Nova Scotia. Montreal is nowhere near any port with a ferry connection.connection to Nova Scotia, which has Quebec, Maine, and New Brunswick in between. Just driving has a distance of nearly 800 miles.
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* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Ross falls asleep on the train and ends up in Montreal. He then meets an attractive woman who says she takes the ferry to Nova Scotia. Montreal is nowhere near any port with a ferry connection. Just driving has a distance of nearly 800 miles.
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* JustOneExtraTicket: When he tells the guys at his office that his "hot friend" Rachel is looking for a fling, everyone begins sucking up to Chandler by offering sports tickets, cigars, and whiskey.
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* SureLetsGoWithThat: Joey at one point wonders if Alfred Hitchcock was the whole who recently fired him for a Burger King commercial. After pausing for several moments, Chandler tells him yes.
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* SureLetsGoWithThat: Joey at one point wonders if Alfred Hitchcock Orson Welles was the whole one who recently fired him for a Burger King commercial. After pausing for several moments, Chandler tells him yes.
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Ross meets a woman who lives far away. Monica hires Joey as a waiter to help her with her new staff. Chandler checks around at his office to see if any of his co-workers are interested in dating Rachel. Phoebe attempts to write an original Christmas song about her friends, but has trouble getting their names to rhyme.
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* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Joey becomes initially reluctant to go with the original plan of Monica "firing" him after learning the pay is pretty good, but after seeing the rest of the staff treat Monica so horribly to the point that she's almost in tears, he quickly abandons it and goes back to the original plan so they can be kept in line.
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* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Joey becomes initially reluctant to go with the original plan of Monica "firing" him after learning the pay is pretty good, but after seeing the rest of the staff treat Monica so horribly to the point that she's almost in tears, he quickly abandons it and goes back to the original plan so they can be kept in line.
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* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Joey becomes initially reluctant to go with the original plan of Monica "firing" him after learning the pay is pretty good, but after seeing the rest of the staff treat Monica so horribly to the point that she's almost in tears, he quickly abandons it and goes back to the original plan so they can be kept in line.
* SureLetsGoWithThat: Joey at one point wonders if Alfred Hitchcock was the whole who recently fired him for a Burger King commercial. After pausing for several moments, Chandler tells him yes.
* SureLetsGoWithThat: Joey at one point wonders if Alfred Hitchcock was the whole who recently fired him for a Burger King commercial. After pausing for several moments, Chandler tells him yes.
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* {{Sadist}}: Monica's new staff in Alessandro's could be this. Since they torture Monica ruthlessly and mercilessly.
* VillainousBreakdown: After Monica "fires" Joey, most of the staff are left in shock.
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