S06E12 · SCENE 7/14 · 07:54
The One With the Joke · Monica and Rachel's apartment
Phoebe calls Monica high maintenance

Phoebe explains she picked Rachel because Monica is high maintenance, then calls Rachel a pushover.

07:54→09:50
in the episode · 1m 56s · S06E12
Phoebe calls Monica high maintenance

What happens

07:54–09:50

Phoebe visits Monica and Rachel. Monica confronts her about picking Rachel. Phoebe admits it's because Monica is high maintenance. Rachel defends herself when Phoebe calls her a pushover. Monica demands a list of her flaws.

WhereMonica and Rachel's apartment
DriverMonica
Positionact1 · complication
ThreadPhoebe insults Monica and Rachel

Key lines

from this scene
08:17

It was kind of funny. It wasn't funny at all!

08:42

You write out a list, and we'll go through it point by point.

08:51

You're just not as easygoing as Rachel. She's just more flexible and mellow. That's all.

09:43

Wherever you want to go is cool. All right.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
social rule violation0.8
awkward0.7
humiliating0.3
argument

Beats

08:34Phoebe calls Monica high maintenance.
09:10Phoebe calls Rachel a pushover.

Scene in the episode

07:54–09:50
A · Joke authorship dispute
B · Joey's secret waiter job
C · Phoebe insults Monica and Rachel

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Includes this scene · Friends: Monica Is Jealous Phoebe Picks Rachel To Date (Season 6 Clip) | TBS · TBS
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Friends It's my joke Ross & Chandler & Monica · Sofia
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Monica Geller232 episodes · drives 572 scenes
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Rachel Greene232 episodes · drives 552 scenes
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Phoebe Buffay232 episodes · drives 425 scenes

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