Top 20 Friends Mistakes That Were Kept in the Show

Rewatch it enough times and you'll catch these "Friends" mistakes too. For this list, we’ll be looking at some of the biggest continuity errors and script inconsistencies from the iconic sitcom. Our countdown includes Joey's shirt cleans itself, Magna Doodle writing, Monica Geller sock, and more! Which "Friends" mistake did YOU catch? Let us know in the comments!

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[bradamato]

#19-Joey obviously ate all the bits of food off his shirt. That is completely in character.

[sr]

The Phoebe French one is pretty easily explained away. Even if you know another language you might not recognise a word from it plonked down in the middle of an English sentence. Plus she’s flirting with the dude … so there’s that too.

[Mrskerryv]

In the early seasons, Ross, Monica & their parents talk about how Ross was a "medical marvel" because they thought that Judy could never have kids "they thought she was barren", hence why Ross was the favourite child. However, in season 7 episode 2, Jack & Judy talk about how they got engaged because he'd got Judy pregnant, because his dog had chewed Judy's diaphram. If she was barren, why was she using birth control?

[crazyshitlikethizz]

Phoebe also didn’t know she spoke Italian until she asked Joey’s Grandma if she wanted something to drink. So the french could also just be like that 😂

[batgurrl]

❤️ how you continue to come up with new ideas for Friends lists. I never even noticed most of these, especially Joey’s ‘self cleaning’ shirt. Whoever was in charge of ‘continuity’ made plenty of errors. Didn’t matter, still loved the show.💕

[cduni]

Number two was explained in the reunion. The episode The One Where No One's Ready was one of the longest to shoot because the actor for Joey was injured. That's why in the episode after, Joey was wearing a sling. Production was delayed due to Matt Leblanc's injury even though they were trying to cut costs by filming in one setting.

[charliejoson]

The part of the Geller - Bing wedding announcement: "We wouldn't want anything to ruin the big day now would we" is so Judy Geller!
She has been pessimistic and unenthusiastic about Monica's opinions, ideas and decisions since, as a mother, her favorite was Ross.

[kimwhiting]

There’s one mistake in Friends I NEVER see on these lists. In the first season episode “The One where Nana Dies Twice” Chandler’s co-worker tries setting him up on a date with a fellow male co-worker. When he talks to the friends abt this he asks them if anyone thought he was gay when they first met him and Rachel says that she thought he was but that he spent the whole of Phoebe’s birthday party talking to her breasts yet Phoebe’s birthday party isn’t until a few episodes later on in the season. I’ve always assumed that the first season we see Rachel settling in to her new life and making new friends. So how can she have been to Phoebe’s birthday party when said party hasn’t even happened yet? Can Rachel see into the future? Or does Phoebe have 2 birthdays a year?

[trinaq]

I've seen each episode countless times, and only NOW I've noticed the obvious stand ins for Monica and Rachel. It helps if you have wide-screen too, I suppose.

[RockRockLover]

Im a baker and Ive always noticed how Monica’s stand mixer keeps changing color from black to light green and yellow😂

[emmavic]

I’ve recently noticed a couple of others… when Joey says he can drink a gallon of milk in 10 seconds, I’ve timed it, that’s a loooong 10 seconds… and of course he spills most of it.
And, when Monica and Chandler are trying for a baby and Monica says they’ve been trying for “over a year” however they only started trying when Emma was born, and she didn’t have her 1st birthday until the next season, quite a few episodes later.
I watch it too much. Haha

[DanBen]

Number 12 It explained when she learnt French in
The One With The Rumor. Phoebe: "I’m sorry. I never got to be in a club. I didn’t go to high school, but three of us would meet behind a dumpster to learn French. Bonjour."

[payalghosh]

About the stain on Phoebe's dress, the makers said in the reunion that they had to shoot some parts of that episode later because Joey got a fracture during that scene, and they shot the rest of the episode after he fully recovered.

[PersephonePlasmids]

The one with Rachel's necklace, you can actually see the necklace hanging off of the tray. It must have fallen off.

[hoofhearted]

In another episode it is revealed that Phoebe used to meet up with other homeless friends behind a dumpster to learn french together.

[havi.]

I remember one when Monica writes a lot of possible uses for Phoebe to use for a van they get to start a catering business or something like that, and you can clearly see a lot of same sentences written on the pad over and over and over, that always takes me out of it lol.

[jenmichelle]

There's also the early episode where Phoebe is telling Rachel about Pablo hitting on her - Rachel grabs the paper towel in the kitchen. In the scene the paper towels go with her to the table, as the scene goes back and forth, sometimes you can see the trail of paper towel and sometimes she is holding one paper towel and there is no trail.

[mauriciocantu]

Its amazing how the shows catch your full attention that you miss these things, i just noticed the fake Monica one

[glennmcmurray]

The one that always got me was when they had the Ms Pacman machine. Chandler plays so much his hand is clawed and he keeps referring to it. Yet in between the times he references it and they're all talking normally both of his hands are perfectly normal.

[shinbangbboongbang]

i just remember when chandler said that he can't smile when he took a pricture. BUT he can smile when the early season when he and janice celebrate chrisas in monica's apartment and ross the one who took a picture of them😮