S01E21 · SCENE 10/16 · 13:31
The One With the Fake Monica · Monica and Rachel's apartment
Joey learns about Joseph Stalin

Joey discovers Joseph Stalin was a Russian dictator and seeks a new stage name.

13:31→14:09
in the episode · 0m 38s · S01E21

What happens

13:31–14:09

Joey learns from Chandler that Joseph Stalin was a Russian dictator who killed many people. He then asks Phoebe for a new stage name, and she suggests Flame Boy.

WhereMonica and Rachel's apartment
DriverJoey
Positionact2 · reveal
ThreadJoey's stage name

Key lines

from this scene
13:32 · ★ iconic

You know there already is a Joseph Stalin?

13:42 · ★ iconic

Apparently, he was this Russian dictator who slaughtered all these people!

13:48 · ★ iconic

You'd think you would've known that! You'd think I would've.

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Scene DNA

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misunderstanding0.8
awkward0.6
absurd0.4
comeuppance0.2
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Beats

13:40Joey learns about Stalin.
13:59Phoebe suggests Flame Boy.

Scene in the episode

13:31–14:09
A · Monica's credit card thief
B · Marcel's sexual maturity
C · Joey's stage name

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