S1.E21

The One with the Fake Monica

Name: The One with the Fake Monica
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 1995-04-27
Duration: 22 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow

Episode aired Apr 27, 1995
TV-PG
22m

IMDb RATING

7.6/10

6.6K

YOUR RATING

David Schwimmer and Harry Shearer in Friends (1994)

Comedy Romance

Monica befriends the woman who stole her credit card. Ross is forced to give away Marcel. Joey tries to come up with a less ethnic-sounding stage name.Monica befriends the woman who stole her credit card. Ross is forced to give away Marcel. Joey tries to come up with a less ethnic-sounding stage name.Monica befriends the woman who stole her credit card. Ross is forced to give away Marcel. Joey tries to come up with a less ethnic-sounding stage name.

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IMDb RATING

7.6/10

6.6K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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2studioAT

A dud episode

There were a few dud episodes as the first series of 'Friends' wound down, and this is one of them.

I didn't really like any of the three stories, and would skip it next time.

10bevo-13678

Funny funny funny

19 minutes of laugh track in a 22 minute episode good average

5slightlymad22

Dull

A really dull episode, as the first season heads towards it's close there have been a few

Plot In A Paragraph: Monica's credit card is stolen and she is horrified to find "fake Monica" is living a better life than her, so see sets about tracking her down. When she does, complications arise when she starts to enjoy "fake Monica's" company. Ross is told has to give up his pet monkey Marcel, while Joey contemplates getting a new stage name.

The only part of this episode I liked was when the episode returns from when Ross has just told Joey and Chandler that he has to give away Marcel. The 3 guys are shown on the couch mimicking the infamous "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" statue often portrayed by 3 monkeys.

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Trivia
In the uncut DVD version of the episode, the opening scene is different. Monica is having lunch with her mother and asks her not to talk about her career, love life and that she is doing fine. Monica insists on paying for lunch and hands the waiter her credit card, who returns to say that it's been declined. Judy then gleefully pulls out her credit card to pay.

Goofs
Fake Monica says that the guy at the end of Dead Poets Society kills himself because he can't be in the play. This is wrong. He kills himself because his father has completely planned out his life, and he has no choices about anything. He feels totally trapped.

Quotes
Chandler: [Chandler is helping Joey to come up with a new, more professional stage name] Joe... Joe... Joe... Stalin?
Joey: Stalin... Do I know that name? That sounds familiar.
Chandler: Well, it doesn't ring a bell with me...
Joey: Joe Stalin... you know, that's pretty good.
Chandler: You might want to try Joseph.
Joey: Joseph Stalin. I think you'd remember that!
Chandler: Oh yes! "Bye Bye Birdie" starring Joseph Stalin! Joseph Stalin is "Fiddler on the Roof"!
Joey: [Later] You know, there already IS a Joseph Stalin?
Chandler: You're kidding!
Joey: Apparently he was this Russian dictator who slaughtered all these people! You'd think *you* would have known that!
Chandler: You know, you'd think I would have.