The One with the Fake Monica
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"The One With the Fake Monica" is the twenty-first episode of season one of the television situation comedy Friends.
[edit] Plot
Monica finds out that someone has stolen her credit card and has been using it. When she receives the credit card statement she realises that the thief is doing all the things in life that she wishes she could do (for example, take tap dancing lessons). She decides to find the thief at the tap dance class and ends up becoming her friend. In order to prevent suspicion, she introduces herself as "Monana". The two become good friends and Monica lives her life as recklessly as she wished she did. However, Fake Monica eventually gets caught and the real Monica visits her in jail and tells her that it was her credit card that was stolen. Monica decides to use this experience as a lesson to not just wish she did things, but actually do them.
Ross's White-headed Capuchin monkey, Marcel, reaches his sexual maturation and will not stop trying to mate with objects. Ross decides that he can no longer take care of Marcel and so he looks for a zoo for him. After some frustrating attempts (including an offer where Marcel would be pitted against other animals in combat), Marcel is eventually accepted into the San Diego Zoo (at one point, Ross feared that the Scranton, Pennsylvania zoo was his "last hope".)
Joey's agent, Estelle, suggests that he create a stage name because 'Joey Tribbiani' is too ethnic. Chandler tricks him into using the name 'Joseph Stalin'. Later, at the audience, Joey tries to use the name 'Holden McGroin'.
[edit] Trivia
- Fake Monica actually says a Dutch phrase during dance class: "Mag ik deze dans van u?" which translates as "May I have this dance?".
- Harry Shearer is one of three The Simpsons voice actors to have cameo roles in Friends - the other two are Hank Azaria and Dan Castellaneta.
- During the casting call scene when Joey says his name is "Holden McGroin", the three casting directors are actually the real producers of Friends: Kevin Bright, Marta Kauffman, and David Crane.
[edit] Additional cast
- Claudia Shear as Fake Monica
- Harry Shearer as the zoo keeper
| Preceded by "The One With the Evil Orthodontist" |
List of Friends episodes | Followed by "The One With the Ick Factor" |
