Phoebe has always been the odd one out of the Friends group. Having previously been in prison, stabbed a cop, reportedly chased by Satan, and lived in the back of a burnt Buick for a long period of time, it's safe to say that she has had a slightly different life than the other Friends.
One of the characteristics the friends all share is their ability to say what's on the audience's minds, and Phoebe Buffay had a very particular way of doing just that.
When She Met Precious
In season 10 episode 1, 'The One After Joey And Rachel Kiss', Phoebe meets Precious, Mike's current girlfriend. Mike hopes to break up with Precious but Precious ends up meeting Phoebe at his apartment. There are numerous times where Phoebe says exactly what fans are thinking.
One time is when Mike reveals her name to be Precious and Phoebe replies with "Is she a pure breed or did you pick her up at the pound?" Another is when Precious starts having a breakdown and Phoebe shouts and urges her to "Pull yourself together! Have some pride for the love of God!"
I Went Too Far Didn't I
In season 7 episode 8, 'The One Where Chandler Doesn't Like Dogs', Phoebe reveals that she has been keeping a dog named Clunkers in Monica and Chandler's apartment for some time without telling them. Chandler its that he hates dogs to everyone's judgment.
Chandler mistakenly thinks that he lost Clunkers by leaving the door open but when Phoebe makes up a story of how he returned she goes a bit too far past 'believable' by saying that she climbed up the fire escape and chapped on the window with her paw. As fans are watching Phoebe's story get more far-fetched with every word, Phoebe stops and says "I went too far didn't I?"
No. I Think We Killed it.
In season 9 episode 14, 'The One With The Blind Dates', Phoebe and Joey deliberately set Ross and Rachel up on terrible dates so that they realize how good they are for each other and get back together. As part of their evil plan, they use Phoebe's evil laugh throughout the episode.
As it gets to the fourth time the laugh features in the episode, it ends up being less funny than the first couple of times, but Phoebe acknowledges this by saying "I think we killed it."
Oh No.
One of Phoebe's signature catchphrases used throughout the show on many occasions. And they all have one thing in common, she uses the phrase exactly when everyone else is thinking it.
From many great moments such as accidentally telling Chandler that Monica went to lunch with Richard, and forgetting to put fuel in the taxi when the friends went on a ski trip, to when she was wrong about Tag being the father of Rachel's baby, Phoebe's "Oh no" moments were all times when fans were thinking the same thing.
You're Not Speaking French!
In one of the most iconic friends episodes from season 10, ironically titled 'The One Where Joey Speaks French', Phoebe takes it upon herself to teach Joey French for an audition but not only does he struggle to pick it up, the words he uses sound nothing like what Phoebe is telling him to say.
When Phoebe is at her breaking point, Joey pushes her over the edge and she shouts "right but you're not...again...you...you're not SPEAKING FRENCH!!!" One of the many mysteries of Joey leaves fans wondering how he could possibly think he was speaking French.
Why Are You Defending Him?!
In season 5 episode 3, 'The One Hundredth' Phoebe is delivering Frank Jr's twins and is stuck with a doctor who is obsessed with The Fonz from Happy Days and quotes him regularly throughout the procedure.
As Phoebe mentions she essentially doesn't want The Fonz to deliver her babies, to which Ross replies "Well it's not that he IS the Fonz..." to which Phoebe in her current mental state, about to give birth to children, exclaims "Why are you defending him?!" That's definitely the last thing Phoebe needs.
Pick Up The Sock!
In season 9 episode 5, 'The One With Phoebe's Birthday Dinner', after the rest of the gang turn up late, Rachel reveals that she brought along Ross's mother to look after Emma while they had dinner.
As Emma drops her sock and Judy doesn't notice Ross tries to signal to her to pick up the sock. Phoebe, annoyed that no one seems to care it's her birthday shouts over at Judy "PICK UP THE SOCK!" after Ross's obvious attempts fail.
To Ross...
In season 7 episode 20, 'The One With Rachel's Big Kiss" Phoebe tells Rachel that she is very "vanilla" after hearing that Rachel made out with one of her female friends before. Rachel tries to defend herself by saying that she isn't 'vanilla' and uses the fact that she got drunk and married in Vegas as an example of her wild behavior.
Both Phoebe and the audience are on the same page here as Phoebe clarifies that getting drunk and married "To Ross..." isn't exactly the best example of how 'wild' Rachel has been.
They don’t know that we know they know we know
In season 5 episode 14, 'The One Where Everybody Finds Out", the gang finds out that Monica and Chandler are dating and there is a maze of secrecy amongst the friends regarding who knows what. Once Phoebe and Rachel find out, they state that Monica and Chandler don't know that they know.
Once Monica and Chandler find out that Phoebe and Rachel know, Monica states that Phoebe and Rachel don't know that they know that they know. When Phoebe and Rachel then find out this information, everybody knew what was coming and Phoebe says "They don't know that we knew they know we know."
Eye ? I hope you were using protection.
In season 9 episode 9, 'The One With Rachel's Phone Number', Rachel and Phoebe go out to drinks, but before they go, Ross and Rachel have a brief moment where Ross compliments Rachel and, then according to Rachel, "there was definitely eye ."
As Phoebe was expecting a bit more than just eye , it made sense when Phoebe sarcastically follows up with "Eye ? I hope you were using protection!"