Friends (1994)

4 continuity mistakes in The One With Phoebe's Birthday Dinner

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Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc

Genres: Comedy, Romance

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The One With Phoebe's Birthday Dinner - S9-E5

Continuity mistake: Phoebe implies that her birthday is round about Halloween - October 31st. However, in The One With Frank Jr in series three, she tells Frank that her birthday is February 16th. (00:00:05)

The One With Phoebe's Birthday Dinner - S9-E5

Continuity mistake: Rachel is telling Ross why she doesn't want to go to the dinner, and she says "the first sign is I don't want to, and...I'm not going'. While she says this, her left hand is completely empty, but then in the next shot the camera goes back to Ross and she is now holding the baby monitor in that hand. It then moves around in different shots afterwards. (00:06:10)

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Suggested correction: She comes in with that baby monitor and it never leaves the sight of camera.

The One With Phoebe's Birthday Dinner - S9-E5

Continuity mistake: When Pheobe says "One really does have a stick up one's ass," the waiter's hands move from in front of him to behind his back. (00:08:05)

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The One With Phoebe's Birthday Dinner - S9-E5

Continuity mistake: Near the start, when Chandler asks if anyone else smokes, a woman with a brown jacket is seen getting a pack of cigarettes out her pocket. The camera cuts and now she has one in her mouth and is lighting it. (00:02:35)

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The One With Ross's Teeth - S6-E8

Monica: What happened to your teeth?
Ross: I whitened them.
Chandler: Really?
Ross: Yeah, what... What do you think?
Monica: Well, uh, I think I shouldn't look directly at them.
Ross: Come on, seriously.
Monica: Ross, they're really, really, really white!
Chandler: Yeah, what was wrong with your old... Human teeth?
Ross: Well, I did leave the gel on a little longer than it said to.
Monica: How much longer?
Ross: Uh, uh... A day.
Monica: Ross, you know that tonight is your date with Hillary?
Ross: I know! That's why I did it! Come on, are they really that bad?
Chandler: No. No, no, no, you'll be fine. Hilary's blind, right?
Monica: She will be after tonight.

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Trivia

Trivia: Matthew Perry's wit is so legendary that the scriptwriters have often incorporated his gags into the show.

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Questions

The One With the Sharks - S9-E4

Question: What's the name of the "scary painting" that Joey saw in the apartment of the girl he thought he'd slept with before? The strange and creepy painting (black and white, with an amorphous body and a chair). I really, really want to know who is the artist. Not Gladys - that's Phoebe's painting that comes out of the frame.

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Answer: The painting doesn't have a name, and if it does it is never mentioned in this episode.

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