Rachel is going to break the news of her pregnancy to her irascible father and brings along Phoebe as emotional support. As Rachel can't bear telling him the whole truth, Ross becomes the main target of her father's fury, compromising his romance with Mona. Chandler finds out Monica had a bachelorette party despite both previously agreeing not to have such parties, so Monica lets him (and Joey) have one as compensation, even hiring a stripper, but she turns out to be a prostitute.
Tropes:
- All Men Are Perverts: Joey is all in on the fake bachelor party, due to Monica already hiring a stripper.
- Bait-and-Switch: As Monica starts stripping for him, Chandler tells her to stop, as if he didn't want her to debase herself for him. But he just wanted to put on his bachelor party crown so she could procede.
- Big "YES!": Joey when Chandler agrees to the party.
- Everyone Has Standards: Phoebe certainly enjoys trolling others, but she gasps in shock when Rachel scapegoats Ross to save face with her father.
- Friendship Moment: With the prostitute waiting in the bedroom, Chandler and Joey start arguing over who has to tell her to leave, but the latter starts smiling and says he misses this. While he's happy that Chandler got married, he admits he misses the days when they were inseparable. Chandler says he misses that, too, and suggests that they make more time to hang out with just each other.
- From Bad to Worse: As Ross is confronted by Rachel's father, who makes all sort of damning accusations in Mona's presence, Joey comes on Ross' answering machine to tell him about the hooker, which he assumes Ross set up as a prank, making Ross look even worse in Rachel's father and Mona's eyes.
- Immediate Self-Contradiction: Ross struggles with this, as he gets yelled at by Dr. Green for knocking up Rachel and tries to explain himself to Mona at the same time. Of particular note is when he says he loves Rachel (but not that way) and when he did offer to marry Rachel (but secretly didn't want to). Unsurprisingly, neither side is happy with his answers.
- Instantly Proven Wrong: Ross can't attend the bachelor party because he has a date with Mona. Chandler understands, fully believing that no one would cancel such a thing for a fake party. They then see Joey doing exactly that.
- Man Hug: Joey and Chandler after resolving to make more time for each other.
- Mistaken for Gay:
- Rachel's father thinks Phoebe is a lesbian for some reason, and also that she's the "father" of Rachel's child.
- The prostitute walks in on Joey and Chandler's Man Hug and lets out an annoyed, "Oh, God!"
- Not Helping Your Case: When trying to make things right with Mona, Rachel insists she would never get back together with Ross, due to how possessive and jealous he got during their relationship. When Ross points out that's not helping, Rachel talks him up by describing how sweet and gentle he can be (to which Ross adds that she should stop stroking his arm while saying that stuff).
- Papa Wolf: Dr. Green threatens to outright kill Ross for knocking up Rachel and refusing to marry her.
- Pass the Popcorn: Phoebe's role in Rachel's plotline mainly consists of her enjoying the drama between Rachel, her father and Ross. At the end, she eagerly watches when Rachel and Ross seem like they're about to have a big fight and when it's not the case, she laments that they have mellowed out.
- Rapid-Fire "No!": Ross after Joey's message about the hooker makes him look even worse to Mona and Dr. Green.
- Rock–Paper–Scissors: Unable to simply agree to who should do it, Chandler declares, "All right, rock-paper-scissor for who has to tell the whore to leave."
- The Scapegoat: To save face with her father, Rachel blames not getting married on Ross.
- Scylla and Charybdis: Ross is quite literally trapped between Rachel's father and Mona as he struggles to explain his present relationship with Rachel and their baby while trying to assure Mona that he is serious about her. He doesn't do well on either front.
- Stag Party: Chandler and Joey have one at Monica's behest, since she hid from them that she had a bachelorette party. Things go pear-shaped when what they thought was the stripper they hired turns out to be a hooker.
- Stating the Simple Solution: For all their fretting about the hooker, Joey ultimately points out that they could just tell her to leave. Of course, neither one wants to deal with that awkwardness, so they proceed to argue over who should have to do it.
- Verbal Backspace: Ross tries to reassure Mona that knocking up Rachel was just a one-time thing that meant nothing. He says that right in front of Dr. Green, so he of course has to immediately walk that back.
- "Well Done, Daughter!" Gal: Rachel is so worried about disappointing her father that she claims she and Ross are getting married. When she has to come clean on that, she claims Ross won't marry "damage goods" just so that she won't get yelled at.
- What the Hell, Hero?:
- Ross gets chewed out by Dr. Green for knocking up Rachel. As she's just learning about the situation, Mona also yells at Ross and demands to know why he kept this from her.
- First chance he gets, Ross heads over to Joey's to confront Rachel about this and how it may've damaged his relationship with Mona. Phoebe, though, is disappointed that it wasn't a bigger argument.
- Worst. Whatever. Ever!: Chandler's description of the bachelor party, which Joey clearly gets offended by.
- You Can Leave Your Hat On: As Chandler's bachelor party is a total bust, Monica decides to do a strip dance for him. Her jacket gets caught on her hand and when she kicks off a shoe it flies into the kitchen and knocks something over. Luckily the episode ends before she can do any more damage.
