No TV show does Thanksgiving episodes like "Friends." And I have no doubt that the majority of us will be spending the morning leading up to Thanksgiving dinner re-watching every single one. There is some controversy over which "Friends" Thanksgiving moment is actually the best. But this is to settle that argument once and for all, a definitive ranking of the best "Friends" Thanksgiving moments:
16. When Joey forgets that he has to be on a float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
The cast of "Days of Our Lives" makes an appearance on a float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade but Joey forgets to join the rest of his cast — and doesn't realize until he sees them all on TV without him
15. When Phoebe remembers Thanksgiving from a past life.
As everyone shares pasts Thanksgiving stories, Phoebe flashes back to her time as a nurse in the Civil War in a past life.
14. When Phoebe and Rachel enter Emma in a baby beauty pageant.
To make a little extra money, Rachel and Phoebe enter Emma in a baby beauty pageant on Thanksgiving day and end up being late to dinner, making Monica and Chandler extra mad.
13. The fact that Chandler hates Thanksgiving.
In every episode, there is some mention of how Chandler refuses to partake in typical Thanksgiving day activities because that was the day that his parents told him they were getting divorced, resulting in a side dish of Funyons and Mac-N-Cheese for him every year.
12. When Monica burns dinner and Rachel can't "shoop" because Underdog gets loose.
The group goes to the roof to try and spot a balloon that got loose from the Thanksgiving day parade and lock themselves out of the apartment, causing the dinner Monica worked on all day to burn and Rachel to miss her flight to ski with her family.
11. When Chandler breaks all of the good china.
Chandler convinces Monica to use their wedding china for dinner, and ends up dropping the entire box on the floor, breaking everything.
10. When Monica invites Richard's son to dinner.
After just breaking up with Richard, Monica runs into his son and invites him to dinner and gets made fun of by the group the entire time.
9. When the gang sees ugly naked guy and ugly naked gal having Thanksgiving dinner.
After months of seeing ugly naked guy doing ugly naked tasks on his own, they spot him having dinner with an ugly naked gal.
8. When Monica has to wear an eye patch.
Monica hits herself in the eye and has to wear an eye patch from the entire Thanksgiving dinner.
7. When Chandler is a Grade-A jerk to fat Monica, and she gets back at him a year later by getting hot and ends up slicing off his toe.
In a flashback, while Monica is trying to show off her newly hot bod, she ends up dropping a knife on Chandler's toe and severing it off.
6. When Joey makes Chandler stay in a box.
Chandler kisses Joey's girlfriend and the only punishment he sees fit is making him spend all of Thanksgiving day in a wooden box.
5. When Brad Pitt comes to dinner.
Brad Pitt plays a formally geeky band guy that Rachel teased in high school. He comes to dinner at Monica's and holds nothing back when expressing how much he hated Rachel in high school.
4. When Joey unwittingly models for an STD campaign.
Joey gets a modeling gig for a health service campaign and little does he know it is promoting sexual health and paints him as someone living with an STD. His parents think that it's real and shun him from their family dinner.
3. When Rachel makes her English Trifle.
The pages in her cookbook get stuck together and Rachel ends up making a half English Trifle half Shepard's pie for Thanksgiving dinner, including a layer of custard, a layer of jam, a layer of lady fingers and a layer of beef sauteed with peas and onions. The group pretends to like it to spare her feelings.
2. When Monica apologizes to Chandler with a turkey on her head.
After a fight, Monica tries to make Chandler laugh by putting a turkey on her head and dancing around his apartment. He likes it so much that he tells her he loves her for the first time.
1. When they all try to win the Geller Cup.
Nothing is more iconic than when the group turns a friendly two hand touch football game into an Olympic sport.
