12 Small Details You Only Notice Rewatching Friends

3. Ross Wears A Banana Lapel Pin When Taking Marcel To The Airport

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Ross' pet capuchin monkey Marcel appeared prominently in Friends' first season before, in the late-season episode "The One with the Ball," Ross reluctantly agrees to give him a better life at San Diego Zoo.

During his farewell with Marcel at the airport, however, observant viewers might notice that Ross is wearing a banana lapel pin, surely in tribute to his departing primate pal.

According to a recent interview with Matt LeBlanc, though, David Schwimmer himself wasn't much of a fan of working opposite the monkey and dreaded shooting scenes with him (or her, actually, as the monkey performer was really a female named Katie).

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