The One Where the Monkey Gets Away - S1-E19
Continuity mistake: When Ross comes back to Monica and Rachel's apartment and Rachel tells him she has lost Marcel, he takes off his overcoat and lays it over the back of the sofa and then sits by it. As the scene continues, the sofa is still visible in some shots and the black coat is crumpled up on the sofa cushion. (00:11:25)
The One Where the Monkey Gets Away - S1-E19
Continuity mistake: When Phoebe gets hit with the tranquilizer she falls on the couch with no dart in her leg. When she stands up it appears out of nowhere. (00:15:50)
The One Where the Monkey Gets Away - S1-E19
Continuity mistake: After Marcel has escaped from the basement, he is eating a banana as a pair of arms reach out to grab him. These arms are supposed to belong to Mr Heckles, their weird neighbour, however the arms belong to someone young, large and hair free. (00:16:10)
The One Where the Monkey Gets Away - S1-E19
Continuity mistake: At the end of the episode when Monica say high school wasn't her favourite time, Joey is stood behind the sofa next to Chandler. In the next shot, he has moved to the other side of Phoebe. (00:21:15)
The One Where the Monkey Gets Away - S1-E19
Continuity mistake: While Rachel's babysitting Marcel she's watching the soap opera on TV, and when she points out Dr. Francis there's a closeup of the TV and when she points out Raven there's another closeup, but the TVs in both closeups are different, as well as the items that are near the TVs.
The One Where the Monkey Gets Away - S1-E19
Continuity mistake: When Rachel and Ross are in the apartment with Marcel, who's still wearing the pink tutu, the bottle of wine can be seen on the side table beside the teapot, but when Ross remembers the wine it's now between the teapot and the couch.
The One Where the Monkey Gets Away - S1-E19
Continuity mistake: When Monica takes the newsletter from Rachel it's open to the pages with engagement news, and we can see the left page has pictures as Monica reads Mindy and Barry's notice on the right page, but when Monica wiggles out of her comment about Mindy being pretty that left page is now only words at the bottom, even though she's still open to the same page with Mindy and Barry's notice.
The One with the Evil Orthodontist - S1-E20
Continuity mistake: When Rachel's in Barry's office her black handbag is hanging over the counter, but after Billy walks in on them and Barry pretends to look in Rachel's mouth, the bag's lying on the counter.
The One with the Evil Orthodontist - S1-E20
Continuity mistake: When Rachel walks into Central Perk she puts her black handbag down behind the couch and proceeds to talk about Barry, but after Ross smacks Chandler's arm to prompt him to speak up, the handbag's strap appears on Rachel's wrist.
The One with the Fake Monica - S1-E21
Continuity mistake: When the girls are at the dance club Rachel has a watch on, and it appears and disappears throughout the scene. (00:05:15 - 00:06:15)
The One with the Fake Monica - S1-E21
Continuity mistake: When Monica, the fake Monica and Rachel are in the girls' apartment talking about the two Monicas auditioning for CATS, Monica (real) has a baguette and a bowl of sandwich filler on the table. In one shot of all three of them, she opens the baguette and starts filling it, then the camera goes in for a close-up of the real Monica and she opens the same baguette and starts filling it again. (00:10:50)
The One with the Fake Monica - S1-E21
Continuity mistake: In the scene when Joey and Chandler come into the cafe to say that Marcel got into San Diego zoo, the man who wants him for animal fighting turns and says that Ross is making a big mistake. At this point the monkey starts to go down Ross's arm and almost drops off but in the next shot he is far up on his shoulder again. (00:14:40)
The One with the Ick Factor - S1-E22
Continuity mistake: When Monica takes off her belt and throws it onto the couch, it lands on Rachel's arm. Throughout the scene, between shots of Rachel and Monica talking, the belt constantly disappears, reappears and changes position without Rachel ever touching it. (00:05:25)
The One with the Ick Factor - S1-E22
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Chandler and Phoebe come into the coffee house from Phoebe's first day as his secretary, Phoebe makes no discernible effort to order - but after Chandler says it pays to know the man who wears his shoes the shot cuts to her holding a large latte cup which was not visible earlier in the scene. (00:07:00)
The One with the Ick Factor - S1-E22
Continuity mistake: Monica is in her apartment with her boyfriend and they are kissing, and she invites him to stay the night. Watch the glass of wine she has poured herself: the amount of wine in the glass keeps changing. (00:08:45)
The One with the Birth - S1-E23
Continuity mistake: In the scene when Carol is giving birth, there is a shot when Carol shouts "Where were you?" Her trousers are visible under the sheet. (00:16:25)
The One Where Rachel Finds Out - S1-E24
Continuity mistake: When Rachel and Monica are discussing whether or not Rachel should meet Ross at the airport she's taking a bottle of red wine out of the refrigerator, but when she places it on the table in the next camera shot the bottle of wine is suddenly a bottle of white wine. (00:16:25)
Answer: Usually by the seventh night of Hanukkah you don't know what to get the other person, and you will probably resort to getting the other person something insignificant. Chandler is basically saying that the pen is a stupid gift.