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617. The One with Unagi
Aired February 24, 2000
After Rachel and Phoebe take a self-defense class, Ross tries to teach them the art of "unagi". When Chandler and Monica's rescheduled Valentine's Day comes around, they have both forgotten to make each other gifts as promised. Elsewhere, Joey tries to earn some more money by joining a clinical research study on twins.
Quote from Ross
Ross: Danger! Danger!
Rachel: What the hell was that?
Ross: A lesson in the importance of unagi.
Phoebe: You're a freak!
Ross: Perhaps. Now, I'm curious. At what point during those girlish screams would you have begun to kick my ass?
Rachel: All right, so we weren't prepared.
Ross: I'm sorry I had to take such drastic measures to make my point, but I just want you guys to be safe.
[Monica opens the apartment door to take out the trash]
Ross: Danger! [Monica walks by unfazed] Ah, huh? Unagi.
Quote from Rachel
Ross: All I'm saying is, it's one thing being prepared for an attack against, like, each other. It's a whole other story being prepared for an attack, like, I don't know- A surprise! All right, you knew that was coming, but that doesn't mean you have unagi.
Rachel: Ooh, you know what, if we made reservations, we could have unagi in about a half-hour.
Quote from Joey
Carl: Hey, Mon. Hey, Chan. Just getting a soda.
Monica: Who the hell are you?
Carl: I'm Joey. "How are you doing?"
Joey: No, no, no, no, no, no! How you doin'? Right? How you doin'? Damn it, Carl. Go wait in the hall.
Quote from Ross
Phoebe: Yeah, now we can kick anybody's ass.
Ross: After one class? I don't think so.
Rachel: You want to see me self-defend myself? Go over there and pretend you're a sexual predator. Go on, I dare you.
Ross: Of course you can defend yourself from an attack you know is coming. That's not enough. Look, I studied karate for a long time. And there's a concept you should really be familiar with. It's what the Japanese call unagi.
Rachel: Isn't that a kind of sushi?
Ross: No, it's a concept.
Phoebe: Yeah, it is. It's freshwater eel.
Ross: All right, maybe it means that too.
Rachel: Oh, I would kill for a salmon skin roll right now.
Ross: Fine, get attacked. I don't even care.
Quote from Ross
Chandler: Hey.
Ross: Chandler. I sensed it was you.
Chandler: What?
Ross: Unagi. I'm always aware.
Chandler: Okay. Are you aware that unagi is an eel?
Quote from Phoebe
Phoebe: Come on, Ross, we're sorry. Please tell us what it is.
Ross: Unagi is a state of total awareness. Only by achieving true unagi can you be prepared for any danger that may befall you.
Phoebe: You mean, in case someone's trying to steal your bamboo sleeping mat or your kettle of fish?
Quote from Joey
Joey: Look, I've got to apologize on behalf of Carl.
Chandler: Who the hell is Carl?
Joey: Oh, did I not mention? Carl is a guy I hired to be my identical twin for a medical research project.
Chandler: You know, sometimes the good ideas are just right in front of you. Aren't they?
Joey: I know it sounds crazy, but I think it might work. The only problem is Carl's acting.
Monica: The only problem?
Quote from Joey
Carl: Hey, can I get a little piece of that cake?
Joey: Pizza. We like pizza. Get out!
Quote from Ross
Phoebe: Why is Ross doing that?
Ross: Danger!
Rachel: Oh, my God. Why is he jumping on those women?
Phoebe: We should help them.
Rachel: Well, I don't think they need any help.
[Ross screams]
Quote from Rachel
Phoebe and Rachel: Danger!
Ross: [high-pitched scream]
Rachel: Ah. Salmon-skin roll.
Quote from Joey
Joey: Hey, so, what's with the 20 percent tip? Did I do something wrong?
Chandler: Twenty percent tip is pretty generous, Joe.
Joey: You know what's more generous than that? Fifty percent. You know what's even more generous than that?
Chandler: I see where you're going.
Quote from Chandler
Chandler: I'm going crazy. Do you have anything around here that looks homemade?
Ross: Oh, you know what? She'd love this. It's an exact replica of Apollo 8. I made it in the sixth grade.
Chandler: Yeah, I guess I could use that. I could say, "Your love sends me to the moon."
Ross: Except Apollo 8 didn't actually land on the moon. But you could write, "Your love lets me orbit the moon twice and return safely."
Chandler: Wait a minute. I can't give this to her.
Ross: Why not?
Chandler: Because it says "Captain Ross" on the side. And it says, "I hate Monica" on the bottom.
Quote from Ross
Ross: Hey, remember when I had a monkey? Yeah, what was I thinking?
Quote from Joey
Ross: What's up with the greed, Joe?
Joey: Right, I'm sorry, you guys. It's just, I have to get new head shots made, and they're really expensive, you know. I'm down to, like, three. Actually, two, because on one of them I kind of blackened some teeth. Why'd I do that?
Quote from Chandler
Ross: Wait, don't you have an audition today? Maybe you'll get that job.
Joey: Oh, ha-ha-ha. Oh, wait a minute. I used to get medical experiments done on me.
Chandler: Ah, finally, an explanation.
Quote from Joey
Joey: No, I used to get paid for all kinds of medical stuff, remember? Let's see. Uh, well, I don't want to donate sperm again. I really prefer doing that at the home office, you know. Maybe they want some of my blood or spit or something, huh?
Gunther: Joey?
Joey: Yeah.
Gunther: What did I tell you about talking to your friends while you're working?
Joey: Do it?
Gunther: That guy's been waiting for his coffee for 10 minutes. He's complained about you three times.
Joey: [takes a sip of the coffee] Now, where was l?
Quote from Rachel
Chandler: Is Monica here?
Phoebe: No.
Chandler: I need help. I don't know what to get her for Valentine's Day.
Rachel: Well, Valentine's Day was two weeks ago, so I wouldn't get her a calendar.
Quote from Chandler
Rachel: Oh, making things sounds so much fun.
Chandler: I thought so, until I papier-mached one of my eyes shut.
Phoebe: I love papier-mache. What did you make?
Chandler: I made a flar-lar-lar.
Phoebe: What is that?
Chandler: Nothing.
Quote from Joey
Joey: You sure there's no studies I could participate in?
Receptionist: Well, here's a schedule of what's coming up.
Joey: Thanks. Ooh, but this one starts now.
Receptionist: Oh, that one is available now, but only identical twins are eligible. It's a twin study.
Joey: But it's $2000!
Receptionist: Sorry.
Quote from Joey
Joey: How about this one? "Testing the Effects of Joey Tribbiani on Attractive Nurse Receptionists."
Receptionist: We already got the results back on that one and they're not good.