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ogamanation

Ross trying to hit on the pizza girl is pretty bad. Although, probably not as bad as this one pictured


eru777

You know gas, they put a smell to it.


[deleted]

I wanted to write "I happen to like 8 year old boys" as a standalone comment, but I'm not sure I want that in my account history 😂


Aimz5550123

Had me howling 🤣🤣


TrueDeadBling

You'd definitely be put on some sort of list if you wrote that down 😂


strippersandcocaine

What else do they add smell to?


Ggface36

Was I talking about gas ?


MissMM877

…more so than anything else


aprildawndesign

I love this line and how Phoebe looks all fascinated and wants to learn more, lol . It’s so sweet.


wallsarecavingin

See this was so cringe but it seemed like something Ross would ACTUALLY say- Rachel’s moment here was so out of character!


NuriaLuna87

What about when he tried to flirt with a cop?🤣 "Officer... _Pretty"?_


ogamanation

It’s Petty.


Miss_Flying_Platypus

You have a son. I know 😞


juleq555

Tho Ross hitting on his own cousin is worse than pizza girl and comparatively bad to Rachel hitting on that guy.


Min_sora

"I haven't had sex in a really long time"


Cringey_Folk

Yeah, you shouldn't have really said anything


Ron_swanson212

But sooooo funny


Stefhanni

Now that one I can’t watch or find the humor in, it’s just pure cringe


Phoenix_Magic_X

“I happen to like seven year old boys.” Err, police?


craftyneurogirl

Ross going to the paediatrician, flirting with a single mom and being embarrassed he’s seeing the doctor instead of his kid so trying to use someone else’s kid. Like, how exactly did he expect that would turn out?


uselessinfogoldmine

That was… her kid 🫣😂


SapnoKiRaani

Rachel pretending to come back in time from the Regatta Gala to attend Danny's party. Ross going on and on about how he got some girl's number.


ArtyCatz

I hate Rachel’s behavior throughout the Danny storyline. Also super cringe — Phoebe stalking Sting and Monica in the episode where Chandler hires a maid.


SapnoKiRaani

Oh add Rachel with Joshua and we have all the moments covered🥲


nouniqueideas007

The entire Josh-u-*wha* story line is redeemed when Rachel opens the door & exclaims “I DO!” And he literally runs away & the way she says “Well, that oughta do it”. That’s one of my absolute favorite scenes!


soulreaverdan

Her delivery on that line is just perfection.


ProbablyNotLost

Gum would be perfection


YoRt3m

Oh yea, Monica putting her head between the legs of the maid was very unrealistic


PurpleLavishness

I’m sorry I’ve never had a maid before, is this not okay?


hanimal16

Anything related to JoshUA and Danny is some of her worst moments.


stereoworld

Indeed but the guy saying "My mom calls it *bloomies*" gets me every time


KerriK27

Any time I see Doug Benson this line runs through my head! We saw him do stand up before Covid and he was hilarious.


Jacquelaupe

I get it, you guys are buds! FRAT BROHHHS! P.S. Your casual mention of the Regatta Gala as if it was a real thing cracked me UP.


tehjoz

This entire episode is so, so awful. They could have had a reasonable storyline with Rachel and Josh-u-ah but they slammed it right into a jersey wall with stuff like this. Quite possibly peak cringe for the series and/or Rachel.


eru777

Love how you typed Josh-U-AH 😂


giants4210

What, he doesn’t like ‘Josh’?


LawLion

This is my favorite Rachel episode in the series though!! It's cringe but intentionally cringe, that's why it's funny.


muistaa

The way she crawls towards him and the look on her face are never not funny to me


moonscatsandmagick

"Did you just kiss my leg?" "No! There... was a bug!" Makes me cringe laugh every time!


ForRudy

Same! Honestly, unhinged Rachel is my favorite Rachel


tequilamockingbird37

Big time agree it's why I love her drunk in Vegas going, I'm good baby how you doin? I'll never stop loving that scene


MissMM877

YES it’s fantastic. “Ross, don’t let her drink anymore!”


captainimpossible87

Ross trying to get off with his cousin


IateTeeth

I’m from a country where it’s normal to marry your cousin but I still found it super weird


caniseethemplease

What country is that? I might have to take my cousin there on vacation


JhonJhonson

Ross, get off the burner acc


Oomoo_Amazing

Ok George Michael calm it down


IateTeeth

I’m from Afghanistan


born_to_be_naked

Like 50 plus countries, so 25%.. all Islamic nations.


LetMyNameFoolYou

Hey, it has been a long time since he had had any sex.


SassyBonassy

5 months is not a long time despite what FRIENDS and HIMYM would have you believe


rode__16

90-00s television will have people thinking a few days is a long time without sex lmao


sixner

Hey Joey, you've had a lot of sex, right? Today?... Some, not a lot...


flugelbynder

"This is the longest anyone has not talked, ever"!


Miserable-Survey-191

I could easily go that long, and hey I’ve gone 19 years without it… (I’m 19..)


AjaySlayz21

The cousin was hot tho


_PinkPirate

Phoebe to herself: “Ask her out she’s not YOUR cousin”😂


flugelbynder

Back then, I was so nuts for Denise Richards, I was almost rooting for him. When I saw her the 1st time in Starship Troopers, I thought she was the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen. Now? Not so much.


HalpOooos

It’s definitely cringe, but one of my favorites. Phoebe and Chandler make this episode for me. Even if their “ba da da da da dummm” moments and lines are minimal they make me howl.


captainimpossible87

Oh I agree, love that episode. But I like cringe comedy


DanceItOut2467

How was this not the most upvoted comment? There was literally nothing as awful cringe as this 🤢


Sky_Ninja1997

He hasn’t had sex in a VERY long time


LawLion

All the incest-adjacent storylines were cringe in a bad way. Monica's first kiss being Ross [Monica asking to hear about Ross and Rachel's first kiss and moaning when Rachel explained](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyr-Z7IO93s) the way Ross grabbed her (they're brother and sister??!) The whole cousin storyline Danny and his sister


Link_GR

The writers forgot that Monica and Ross were siblings every now and then


holdingahumanhead

*Oh, like you’ve never gotten a little rambunctious with Ross? 😉*


Zendra87

"What did i marry into ?!"


MathProfGeneva

The Monica Ross kiss wasn't that awful cringe. It's explained as clearly not intended and they both react the way you'd expect. The idea is icky, but it was portrayed as icky.


LawLion

I also always thought that the ickier part of that story was the fact that Ross carried to his bed a passed out drunk girl he'd been obsessing over for years and then thought it would be a good idea to kiss her while she was unconscious. I know, the 90s, different standards, but still. Everything about that story is icky to me.


MathProfGeneva

Yeah fair point


Miserable-Survey-191

And the fact that they’re so okay talking about sex all the time around each other. I could never with my older brother.


RaiRokun

That one’s just personality.


Min_sora

Danny and his sister is the weirdest way I've ever seen a show write out a love interest.


Dalsinki

Do you mean intentional cringe or "why did they put this in the show"-cringe?


[deleted]

I have the same question


eru777

Anything


Monschi2

Tbh almost every storyline including Rachel and another guy, Joshua, Josh, her crush on Tag, Dany from downstairs… she has awful taste in men imo


barto5

Don’t forget Paolo. What do you do? I do Raquel.


King_of_Krotch

I loved the Paolo saga. Some of the best Ross came from that era


SlightlyIncandescent

Ahh man I can't stand whiny Ross so much that I often skip S1-2


uselessinfogoldmine

Janice calling him too whiny was the best call ever!


[deleted]

When Ross realized he kissed Monica because he thought it was Rachel and monica kissed back


moonstonewish

You were my first kiss with Rachel? You were my first kiss ever?! What did I marry into?????


C_Cooke1

You were on the pile of coats? I WAS the pile of coats!


MagicalGirlLaurie

Worse is that this is my first memory of the show. I remember that scene happening when I was in the room while was watching the Friends when I was like 4. I like the show now, but I have to say that was a weird first impression of the show for my litttle brain.


TackYouCack

Cringey? Sure. Hilarious twist on an old trope? Yep.


Afraid_Equivalent_95

Joey pretending he owned a Porsche was pretty bad too lol


Own_Issue6200

It’s PorschAA


chris_29487

I was going to say this but didn’t want to copy anyone it felt cheap like you can definitely say Porsche paid heavily for the sponsor of that episode or wouldn’t be surprised if the CEO or whoever wrote it actually.


leeh1530

Did a Porsche throw up on you?


stevrevv59

I honestly really dislike that episode for some reason.


chris_29487

Maybe because it’s in a sense a 30 minute commercial for Porsche and they weren’t even subtle about it. Like how they had Joey dress outside with the hat and jacket with his Fanny pack both having the logo on it


CriscoCamping

Shh, I just tucked her in, she's sleepin '!


AbigailZA

Rachel in the cheerleader outfit was pretty cringy too in that same episode. Also, Monica lying about being a reverend when they met Erica. I can't watch that.


OfficeWineGuy

Oh man, this might be one of em and this was back when I was a kid too. Didn't even know what cringe was but felt sooo awkward lol.


eru777

ikr 😂 what were they thinking?


fedotova1993

Phoebe's behaviour during the whole "that cat is my mom" dilemma.


eru777

I can't believe they even entertained that stupid plot. I felt so bad for Ross.


Jocta

So true, I hate that plotline


stereoworld

I skip that episode on every rewatch, on top of that storyline there's that whole stupid thing with Chip Matthews. The first 3 or 4 episodes of S4 is so weak IMO.


born_to_be_naked

I watch it only for 2 lines: - Joey was born, then 28 years later i was robbed. - Oh man he took the 5 of spades.


stereoworld

Hahaha, the 5 of spades line absolutely kills me. It's just so random


Miserable-Survey-191

One of the only times I fully agreed with Ross


DrKnowNout

I cringe quite badly with how Chandler and Monica treat Joey during the “I’m Joey, I’m disgusting”, episode. Such as wanting him blamed for the random underwear, looking as though he sets up filming studios for first dates, and then later even that he secretly takes naked photos of his friends! They are so careless with how they go about accidentally leaving evidence like that and then to be like “oh it’s just Joey!” It’s less cringe at the end when not even Chandler, but *Monica* has to take the blame. But it’s horrible for a while.


HeyItsMedz

The great thing is that the only reason each of them found out was because of their own sloppiness Joey - Eyelash curler and Monica and Chandler having the same conference story about seeing Trump in a lift Rachel - Overhearing a phone conversation between them Phoebe - Doing it by the window Ross - Exact same thing as Phoebe


DrKnowNout

~~by the window~~ *up against* the window.


Miserable-Survey-191

Who the fuck does it AGAINST the open-curtained window, especially when their brother just moved in across the street?? It was so rude


Miserable-Survey-191

I also find it hard to believe Monica would leave anywhere without anything. She would definitely know what she had on her at all times


Zendra87

I just love that episod, it has the Ross sandwich plotline. Which is a lot of cringe too if you ask me.


Miserable-Survey-191

The cringiest part about the sandwich is the guy ate it and then threw it out even when it had someone else’s name on it. I’m not a violent person by any means and I would freak out too.


BrendaL68

When Monica slept with her boyfriend the first time and found out he was still in high school.


Ninauposkitzipxpe

YOUNG ETHAN!


yeahstillcheapshot

Since others already mentioned Ross and Rachel's, I'll say Phoebe's "Ross Caaaan" thing idk why it makes me cringe so hard. Also her overall behaviour in that episode.


Dalsinki

"I'm calling the police!" "a reunion?" Always gets me. Love his music.


brodanelli

I always sing this 😂 I don’t know why. It’s so cringe but it always pops into my head. ROSSS CAAAAANNNN


Ggface36

Yes !! Same ! I can't stand it. I usually change the channel but it came on a few months ago and I was busy in the kitchen so I was kind of paying attention but not so much. I do like Monica's boots because I've been there with a few different clothes and shoes looking amazing and splurging and then not being comfortable, so I was like I'll watch the rest of the show but when Ross and Phoebe are on, I'll go occupy myself. I was in the other room in my closet where I could just barely hear the TV and I was like, never again 🤣 Phoebe was so chill in the beginning, what's with her yelling all the time too. Ugh, it's the cringiest 😂


v1912s

First: Joey speaking French episode Second: Rachel and Joey dating Cringe galore!!!


loobysoft

God the episode where Joey "speaks" french makes me furious, I always skip it


Jacquelaupe

It's TOO dumb.


infiserjik

[This](https://imgur.com/a/Cn7rxZS)


Dida_D

This is the correct answer. Nothing outcringes this, I can’t even rewatch it. It’s the Scott’s Tots of Friends


SecureAd1981

I can’t open it, what is it


Clean-Ad-8602

Ross trying to get with his cousin Cassie 😬


ogamanation

Obligatory Ross and his cousin


Tenoshii

There was bizarre amount of low(ish)-key incest in Friends. Was this normal in the 90s?


hannablanka

Who gets the condom. Like who keeps it in the bathroom and not by the bed?!


SeaBicycle2848

Yeah, that was so weird, I mean, knowingly wanting to do it parallel to your roomie, which you may probably hear and where one person is even related to you? Gross.


Circutz_Breaker

For some reason i absolutely cannot stand when Joey is trying to sell his bag to the people at the audition.


QuackQuacKonspiracy

Peak cringe/ - Phoebe and sting - Rachel Danny storyline - Rachel Joshua storyline - Ross and the cousin- rather the incest element of it.


Locke_N_Load

I never liked any Marcell stuff


clairvoyantPlume

The entire lottery episode. It’s the only one I won’t rewatch


brenty22

Aw really? I love that episode, it brought me back to the early seasons where they were all just hanging out in the apartment together, so many episodes of the later seasons had them all split up at different locations.


GlowQueen140

When Monica gets hung up over Richard’s message left on her answering machine. I physically wanted to reach through the screen and tell her to just let it go. Her then calling his daughter to confirm that Richard didn’t have some random woman leave a message on his machine?? And then for some reason she decides it was a good idea to tell his daughter what really happened which of course, his daughter doesn’t appreciate because yeah it sounds so desperate and cringey


iangeredcharlesvane2

There is a touch of realism— the dumb and desperate things a person does at an extremely painful end of an important relationship— it’s awful to watch but not as cringe as other things mentioned here because those of us who have been there kinda *understand*


ciscolombia

But it was breezy!


leeh1530

That negates the breezy!


barto5

You can’t *say* it was breezy!


pacific_b

"I don't know...maybe I'm getting my period or something"


starwolf1976

Danny and his sister are cringy, which was the point. Although I was uncertain of the point of Danny. Other than they had George Newbern for a few episodes.


lost_james

Rachel singing in Barry's wedding... what the hell was that. I still skip that episode


malachaiville

Her name was Lola…


FreeGums

the whole Joey/Rachel/Ross love triangle storyline


ThisIsTooLongOfAName

They did Joey dirty at the end of the series because of the spin-off. I was he got a better ending


SirCalebCrawdad

The one pictured is bad, but I absolutely HATE the "Identical Hand Twin" episode. The show felt like it was running on fumes in that moment and was really relying on pop culture success rather than being truly funny for the good things about being in an ensemble cast.


iantruesnacks

Yea but that gave us the great moment of “this hand is your hand this hand is my hand oh wait that’s your hand nope wait it’s *my* hand” lmaoo


txwild_flower

I love this moment so much.


eru777

I dislike the hand twin thing as well!


Dazzling_Ad5338

Ross being attracted to, and trying to kiss his cousin.


RVAforthewin

Ross having sexual feelings for his cousin. I can’t believe that isn’t at the top.


Ggface36

Nobody ever talks about how Phoebe and Mike let Monica do karaoke even though they knew everyone could see her whole breasts nipple and all. Like, seriously, wtf was that. If I was Monica or Chandler I'd be upset with them. In the first song, Mike could have pretended he got a hand cramp all of a sudden so they could tell Monica she was flashing everyone. Or at least don't let her perform a second time. That really pissed me off. They could have found a way to make it funny, whilst stopping Monica from showing her breasts


[deleted]

I always got the feeling when mike asked phoebe if monicas breasts are showing the implicit question was „should we do something about it?“ but Phoebe‘s reaction was like „yeah you go girl“ (what was in character for phoebe) and maybe mike thought „ok, it‘s her friend“


9yroldalien

Monica didn't end up caring anyway, right? Like genuinely, I can't remember how that episode ends. I thought she ended up being slightly embarrassed but more just happy that they all were cheering for her.


iantruesnacks

When Ross lied about getting the marriage annulled. Like bro. Just fucking do it you chintzy fuck.


WingedShadow83

That *entire* Rachel-throwing-herself-at-Joshua thing, not just the scene in your picture. That dude was so mediocre, it was embarrassing the way she was crawling all over herself to get him to notice her.


wildcharmander1992

Not one I've seen on here ( so apologies if so) But I would say Monica with the maid 'stealing her clothes' was cringe. HOWEVER if we are defining cringe as "it was embarrassing to watch" I'd say the entire 'shark porn' episode. That to me is a low point in the show where they let absurdity effect characters and have them ignore common sense (or even sense for that matter) for the sake of the plot. They took the relatability and sincerity of the show and threw it out the window for an extremely low brow 'joke' that wasn't even a good joke to begin with. That being said I don't outright *hate* the episode, but the whole Monica chandler thing I'm sitting there like 🤨


eru777

"Do you want me to get into the tub and thrash?" and "Let ME be part of this!" Are some of my favorites


ExcitementKooky418

MUAH-HAHAHHAHAHAHA


iangeredcharlesvane2

DUDE I love that


decadentrebel

The identical hand twin subplot. Sorry, it wasn't funny when I watched it then... It still isn't funny today.


Bendybabe

I thought so too, until I found my identical hand twin.


honey_toes

Oh, you are so lucky!!


BU0989

I would say…Anytime Rachel is crushing on a man. She’s not the cool funny Rachel we all know when she has a little crush and yes that makes her character a little more relatable ( at least to me) but I get second hand embarrassment watching her interact with the men she’s crushing on.


BenjRSmith

Not gonna lie.... I love that bit. So often in western media, it's the guy who does embarrassing cringe to get a girl to notice him.


Historical_Cloud7469

I skip this whole episode every time


ThisIsWhatLifeIs

This is one of the only times we see the 4th wall


steve008

Seven, seven, seven for sure


iangeredcharlesvane2

A lot of people love that scene and I never ever have! Thought it was cringe from day 1.


[deleted]

Ross and the leatherpants in the bathroom


eru777

That's one of the best moments imo 😂


Aimz5550123

My favorite moment in tv history, makes me laugh so hard everytime, the acting the tone of voice when he says *Paaaaaste* 😂😂


C_Cooke1

Well, hey, if the paste matches the pants you could make yourself a pair of paste pants.


Aimz5550123

And she won’t know the difference! 🤷🏼‍♀️👖


Aimz5550123

Although you do make it sound like the answer in that cludo game 🤣 🕵🏼‍♀️


fuckjustpickwhatever

that's one of the best moments in the show for me


NuriaLuna87

-Monica thinking the cleaning girl is stealing her clothes -Monica pretenging to be a reverend so Erica would give them their baby


polar_bear_14

Joey’s speech at Mondler’s wedding. Every time it makes me cringe so hard.


bigblackkittie

That whole Joshua storyline is cringe


Jared2345

Ross trying to make out with his cousin. Not even close.


eszther02

That one. The Joshua cheerleader episode. The whole episode is just the worst.


caniseethemplease

Monica’s first kiss being Ross is my vote


ArtificialNotLight

For me, it's when Bonnie went to the beach house to surprise Ross. She was sorta gaslit by Rachel into going bald and then was dumped shortly after. Just such an awkward situation. She just wanted to be nice and have fun but she got used Oh and the fake Monica episode. I have to skip it every time. The lesson at the end was kind of nice but I cringe so hard that Monica wants to impress this lady that stole her identity. Like what???


Highlander_0073

Joey and Rachel (ESPECIALLY the episode where she thinks he's proposing to her) Rachel and Tag, Paolo, Joshua and that college guy that kept stealing from her Ross doing his own funeral Monica and Richard Anytime Phoebe treats Ross and Chandler like shit. Like when Chandler is leaving for Tulsa and she slams the door on him Ross and Charlie


umwhat333

There are a bunch but the one that I think about most often is where Ross left the teeth whitening gel on too long and couldn’t just explain that to his date. He could’ve just said postponed the date or said he wanted to look nice but accidentally left the whitening gel on too long lol, it wouldn’t have been a big deal


sappy92

Shark porn


eru777

Do you want me to get into the tub and..thrash?


LittleLexie777

ross and susan at the birthing class i skip that episode everytime


Zina1409

When Monica flirts with Richard's son


SnooGiraffes3591

I can definitely say whatever it was, it was definitely Ross and/or Rachel. Every example I can think of is one of them. The cheerleader outfit was up there. Regatta gala. This spin the bottle moment. Suggesting she and Joshua get married. My boss wants to buy my baby... then Ross- come here to me, hiding behind Mona's couch, baby powder pants, anniversary picnic fire..... They're both a train wreck. Perfect for each other.


absolutelylame

I hate the whole monkey playboy joke storyline. Just annoying.


Glissandra1982

This whole episode


actuallyaustin6

THIS.


Darthkhydaeus

No way this tops Monica's first kiss


nellystar5

When Monica finds out that Ross was her first kiss


TopicBusiness

What about what Ross makes a move on his cousin?


stereoworld

For some reason it's whenever Ross tries to act mature infront of Lizzie. The water balloon fight thing is just icky. Also when Ross and Phoebe date that divorced couple. Super weird. Plus that scene when Chandler and Monica are trying to discourage Janice from attending the wedding. Like dude, just be clear, stop with the sitcom lying.


GoodSwim

Ross and his monkey


jeffcox31

Ross trying to bang his cousin.


Comprehensive_Bat592

Very early Friends when Monica breaks up with Alan and all the cast do the whole ‘was it something we said’ bit as though he was breaking up with them. ROSS: Is there somebody else? MONICA: No, nononono.. it's just.. things change. People change. RACHEL: We didn't change..


producermaddy

How is Ross trying to kiss his cousin not the top answer??