10 Most Insane Friends Fan Theories

6. Rachel Dated Ben From Parks & Recreation

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Though there's already an intensely popular fan theory that Seinfeld and Mad About You exist within the same NBC sitcom universe as Friends, in recent years that's been expanded to include another hit NBC sitcom: Parks and Recreation.

In the season seven episode "The One With All The Candy," Monica starts listing all the men who Rachel has slept with on a first date, and one of the names? Ben Wyatt.

Parks and Rec fans will of course appreciate that Ben Wyatt was also the name of a major character in that show, as played by Adam Scott, who eventually becomes protagonist Leslie Knope's (Amy Poehler) husband.

Some quick maths would make Rachel roughly 29 years old in season seven, while Ben would've been 26, which totally checks out.

It's not at all inconceivable that Ben stopped off in New York and had a quick fling with Rachel before arriving in Pawnee, Indiana.

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