TEXT: [Scene: Monica and Rachel's, it's 0-Dark:30, in other words it's really, really early. Everyone's asleep, and all through the apartments not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. That is except for the chick, who turns out to be a rooster and is crowing in the sun. Needless to say, this awakens Monica and Rachel who rush into their living room, searching for the cause of the sound.] Rachel: What the hell is that?!! (to Monica) What the hell is that? Is that you? (Monica nods her head no, and Rachel realizes what is making that sound.) Ohhhhhhh! (storms over to Chandler and Joey's with Monica in trail.) Monica: Boy, you are really not a morning person. Rachel: (angrily) BACK OFF!!! (She starts banging on their door.) Get up! Get up! Get up! God damn it! Get up, get up, get up, get up, get up!! (Chandler opens the door, finally.) Rachel: What is that noise? Chandler: You! Joey: It's the chick! She's...going through some changes. Monica: What kind of changes? Chandler: Well the vet seems to think that's she's becoming a rooster. (The rooster crows.) We're getting a second opinion. OPENING CREDITS [Scene: Monica and Rachel's, it's later that morning, everybody has gotten up and Ross and Phoebe has joined them for breakfast. Rachel is returning from shopping.] Phoebe: Hey! Ross: Hey, what are you doing shopping at eight in the morning? Rachel: Well, I've been up since six. Thanks to somebody's dumb-ass rooster. Phoebe: You guys you really should get rid of those animals. They shouldn't be living in an apartment. Rachel: Yeah! Especially not with all of these knives and cookbooks around... Phoebe: All right. I'm gonna go to the fertility doctor and um, see
SUMMARY:
Rachel and Monica demand that Chandler and Joey get rid of the birds when the rooster starts crowing every morning. Joey and Chandler argue with Monica and Rachel over who knows whom better, so Ross designs a trivia quiz with high stakes: if the men lose, they give up the chick and duck, but if the women lose, they switch apartments with the men. The result comes down to a tie breaker, which the girls lose, forcing them to move. Frank and Alice's embryos are implanted into Phoebe's uterus, leading to a tense wait that results in her pregnancy. In 2009, TV Guide ranked this episode #21 on its list of the 100 Greatest Episodes. [3]