What does Regina Phalange mean?

– Matt. Apr 5, 2016 at 15:00. @Matt Regina is Latin for queen and phalange is an English word for a finger or toe bone, ultimately also coming from Latin, in this case phalanx.
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Why does Phoebe call herself Regina Phalange?

The first reference to Regina Phalange is during season 5 following Ross saying "Rachel" instead of "Emily" at his wedding. She pretends to be "Doctor Phalange", Ross's brain doctor, claiming that names are interchangeable in his mind.
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What is a phalange from Friends?

Phoebe has used the word 'phalange' as her surname. She once also called it a part of an aeroplane and convinced a passenger that the plane was not fit to fly. Even though an aeroplane has no such thing as a 'phalange'. The literal meaning of this word is 'another term for phalanx'.
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What is Phoebe's made up name?

Phoebe goes to get her name changed, following her marriage to Mike. At the department, she learns that she can change it to anything she likes. Her new name becomes Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock.
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Did Monica change her last name to Bing?

On a couple of occasions since the wedding Phoebe calls Monica by her married name Monica Geller-Bing, though it is later revealed in season 10 that Monica never followed through with changing her married surname from Geller to Geller-Bing.
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What fake name does Joey use in Friends?

Joey says that he is the guy, and Rachel says that it was a guy named Ken Adams, and Joey says he is Ken Adams, much to the gang's amusement.
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Does Phoebe really have a twin?

Lisa Kudrow's double was her older sister, Helene, who was similar enough in height and build to be a believable double. In an interview with EW in 2019, Friends director Kevin S. Bright revealed that Lisa Kudrow did not enjoy filming scenes with Phoebe's twin because she did not like acting with a double.
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Who does Joey marry in Joey?

Alex Garrett

She later becomes his girlfriend, and she is the first girl Joey has thought about marrying (discounting when he proposed to Phoebe and Rachel after hearing they were pregnant). They get engaged in Season 2 of Joey.
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Where does Regina Phalange come from?

It comes from the translation of those two words into English: "Finger Queen." In the third episode of Friends, Phoebe finds a thumb in a can of pop, making her the "finger queen" for the rest of the show.
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Where does the name Regina come from?

Regina is a Late Latin feminine name meaning "queen" from the Latin, Italian and Romanian word meaning the same. Regina was the name of an early Christian saint.
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What does Filangee mean?

A flange turns out to be a protective or strengthening attachment that is used on the wing of a plane. So, if you are in a situation where there's something wrong with the left Phalange, GET OFF THE PLANE.
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Is Regina Phalange a real person?

Regina Phalange is an alias used by the character Phoebe in several friends episodes. The first reference is during season 5 after Ross famously saiid "Rachel" instead of "Emily" at his wedding.
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Does Phoebe really speak French?

Both Lisa Kudrow and Matt LeBlanc are actually fluent in French.
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What is Chandler's middle name?

Chandler Muriel Bing is a fictional character from the NBC sitcom Friends, portrayed by actor Matthew Perry.
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Why did Phoebe wear a wig in Friends?

Producers thought her real-life hair was too short for the character of Phoebe.
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Why was Emma not in the last episode of Friends?

Emma was supposed to move to Paris with Rachel

In the last episode, Rachel boarded her plane while Emma stayed with Rachel's mother Sandra, ready to follow a while later.
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Why does Phoebe name the baby Chandler?

Chandler Buffay is the youngest daughter and last child of Frank Buffay Jr. and Alice Knight, named after Chandler Bing when she was thought to be a boy and her parents allowed Phoebe the chance to name one of the triplets.
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Who is the oldest Tribbiani?

Joey once mentioned being 13 in 1981. He is from Queens, New York and is Catholic. Joey comes from a working-class Italian-American family of eight children, of which he is the only boy. His father Joseph Tribbiani, Sr.
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What did Ross say unagi means?

Ross claims to have years of karate lessons to master the true essence of self-defense: "unagi", which Ross claims is "a state of total awareness." (Rachel, Chandler, and even the vegetarian Phoebe correctly point out that "unagi" is actually a form of sushi. In karate, the concept of this state is zanshin.)
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What does Monica tell Fake Monica her name is?

When Monica tells Fake Monica her name is Dutch, Fake Monica says: "Mag ik deze dans van u?" It is one of the few instances in which Dutch is used correctly in an American motion picture (as it is commonly substituted with German).
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