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1. The fifth season finale, which primarily took place in Las Vegas, was aptly titled "The One in Vegas: Parts 1 and 2". Which of these other titles might have been appropriate?

Answer: TOW Ross and Rachel Get Married

Ross and Rachel got extremely drunk while in Vegas, and ended up getting getting married at the same chapel that Monica and Chandler were about to get married in. The other choices would not make appropriate titles for this episode because Monica and Chandler first hooked up in London at the end of season four. Joey also "got in" his map while in London, and he and Rachel first made out in the season nine episode "The One in Barbados".

2. In "TOW Ross Got High", Jack and Judy Geller joined the six "Friends" for Thanksgiving at Monica's place. Based on what was served at the meal, what else could this episode have been titled?

Answer: TOW the Meaty Trifle

In this season six episode, Rachel was in charge of making the dessert for Thanksgiving dinner, and Monica wasn't making a "back-up" dessert. Poor Rachel mixed up two recipes, and made half an English trifle and half a shepherd's pie. Some of the ingredients included custard, jam, whipped cream, ground beef, peas and onions.

The others pretended to like it at first, but eventually told her the truth. Joey, however, actually did like it. The episode's real title comes from the part of the plot where Monica made Ross come clean to their parents about the fact that he smoked pot while in college. Back in the day, he had told them it was Chandler who smoked pot, but since Monica and Chandler were now living together as a couple, they needed to know the truth so that they would no longer dislike him.

3. In "TOW the Stripper Cries", the girls hired a weird stripper for Phoebe's bachelorette party. If the title of the episode was based on what the guys were doing, what might it have been called?

Answer: TOW Chandler and Ross' Reunion

While the girls were busy at the bachelorette party, Chandler and Ross attended their college reunion in this season ten episode. This gave the episode a couple of funny flashbacks, where Chandler and Ross remembered how each of them broke pacts that they'd made about not going after certain girls.

They also figured out that when they were in college, Chandler kissed Rachel and Ross accidentally kissed Monica! In this episode, Joey was kept busy by being a celebrity competitor on the game show "Pyramid".

4. In one of the series' most classic episodes, Phoebe had her brother and sister-in-law's embryos implanted in her uterus in hopes of becoming their surrogate in "TOW the Embryos". Based on what the other five "Friends" were doing, what else could this episode have been called?

Answer: TOW the Lightning Round

This occurred in season four. Monica and Rachel disagreed with Chandler and Joey when they claimed that they knew the girls better than the girls knew them. To prove who knew who better, Ross devised a question-and-answer game about their childhoods, idiosyncrasies and personal preferences, and put them to the test.

The game ended in a tie, but Ross was prepared for that - he'd also made a tiebreaker lightning round! Monica claimed to be awesome at lightning rounds, but she and Rachel lost and had to give their apartment to the boys.

5. In season six's "TOW Chandler Can't Cry", the "Friends" watched some sad movies, trying to make Chandler cry. They watched something else, too; if the episode were based on the 'something else', what might it have been titled?

Answer: TOW Phoebe Does Porn

When a guy in the coffee shop 'recognized' Phoebe and told Joey that she was "Phoebe Buffay, the porn star", Joey went down to the adult video store to find out for himself. He picked up a video that claimed to be starring Phoebe Buffay. After the "Friends" watched the video and saw a tattoo on the actress' ankle, they realized that it was really her twin sister Ursula, using Phoebe's name. To get back at her, Phoebe went to the porn office and picked up Phoebe Buffay's outstanding cheques.

6. In season eight, a special guest came to Thanksgiving dinner at Monica's place in "TOW the Rumor". Based on who played this guest, what could have the episode have been called?

Answer: TOW Brad Pitt

Many fans do refer to this episode as "the one where Brad Pitt guest starred"! Brad Pitt played Will, an old friend of Monica and Ross' from high school. During the Thanksgiving celebration, it was revealed that Ross and Will were in an "I Hate Rachel Green" club in high school, and the rumor alluded to in the episode's true title was the rumor they started that Rachel was a hermaphrodite.

7. In season one's "TOW the Boobies", Chandler accidentally saw Rachel's breasts when she walked into the living room after a shower, leading to a bunch of 'accidental' nude viewings among the "Friends". If this episode was titled after a family member who was visiting, what could it have been called?

Answer: TOW Joey's Dad

Joey's father was staying with Joey and Chandler for a couple of days, and things got awkward when it was revealed that the senior Tribbiani had been cheating on his wife for years. The awkwardness increased when Ronnie, the mistress, showed up to stay with Joey and Chandler as well. Joey wouldn't let them share a bedroom. "TOW Ross and Monica's Cousin" is a real episode title, from season seven, when their cousin Cassie (played by Denise Richards) visited. "TOW Rachel's Sister" is also a real title, but from season six, when her sister Jill (Reese Witherspoon) stayed with her for a few days. "TOW Phoebe's Aunt Mona" is a made up title.

8. In "TOW the Metaphorical Tunnel" from season three, Chandler tried to overcome his fear of commitment by barreling through the 'commitment tunnel' while dating Janice. In another storyline, a certain "Friend" was upset about a certain toy. What could the episode's title have been, if it were about this toy?

Answer: TOW Ben's Barbie

In this episode, Carol and Susan dropped off Ben so he could spend some time with Ross. Ben brought a Barbie doll with him. Ross was at first upset that Ben's mothers would get him a Barbie, but Carol said that Ben picked it out himself. Ross was then upset that his son chose a girly toy, and spent a lot of the episode trying to get Ben to lose interest in the Barbie, including by trying to show him how awesome G.I. Joe was.

9. Two people tried to get to know each other better in season nine's "TOW Rachel's Phone Number". What could the episode have been called if its title was based on that awkward get-together?

Answer: TOW Ross and Mike Hang Out

In this episode Rachel and Phoebe went out for a girls' night, the first time Rachel went out to have some real fun since Emma was born. While out, they chatted with two guys, who invited them to a party. Phoebe said that she had a boyfriend, and Rachel first said that her situation (with Ross) was complicated, but she ended up giving one of the guys her phone number.

When Phoebe pointed out that the guy was going to call the number and Ross would pick up, Rachel freaked out and wanted to get her number back. Meanwhile, Ross had invited Phoebe's boyfriend, Mike, over to his place to hang out.

It turned out they had very little in common, apart from being divorced (which Mike didn't want to talk about) and playing piano (but Ross didn't have his keyboards in the apartment).

10. In the season ten episode "TOW the Birth Mother", Erica, the pregnant woman who selected Chandler and Monica for adopting her baby, came to New York for the first time. In a smaller storyline, Joey went out with one of Phoebe's friends. Based on what happened on their date, what could the episode have been called?

Answer: TOW Joey Doesn't Share Food

Joey went out Phoebe's friend, Sarah. Phoebe had been reluctant to give Joey Sarah's number, because it had never gone well in the past when she let Joey date her friends. Joey promised it would be different with Sarah. However, he quickly changed his mind about wanting to go out with her again, because at dinner she'd helped herself to a few fries from his plate. Joey really didn't like it when people take his food - Rachel said that a few days earlier, he wouldn't let Emma have a grape from his plate. Phoebe convinced Joey to give Sarah another chance and, this time, just order a spare plate of fries for the table.

However, things went wrong again when Sarah tried to help herself to some of the items on Joey's seafood plate. Joey finally explained that he doesn't like it when people take his food, and Sarah thought it was a bit strange, but accepted it. Later, when she went to make a phone call, he ate her dessert off of her plate and that was the last he ever saw of her.

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TOW the Alternate Titles Trivia Quiz

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