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Phoebe attempts to spare Joey from humiliation by introducing herself as \obscure regional dialect from her \of \ée Lauder\Her attempts to convince the casting director fail and she eventually admits that Joey is her younger brother who is \retardé\humour Joey's French-speaking abilities. The last reference is in the series finale when Phoebe successfully stalls Rachel's plane to Paris by saying there is a problem with the \phalange\causing everyone on the plane to evacuate, including Rachel. A woman on the plane asks a flight attendant, \fixed the phalange?\to which he replied, \of extra phalanges on board just in case.\
Phoebe’s marriage
In Season 9, Joey introduces Phoebe to Mike Hannigan by randomly selecting him for a date with Phoebe. Phoebe and Mike begin a long relationship, which temporarily ends after Phoebe learns that Mike, having already been through one failed marriage,
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never wants to marry again. Mike then learns that Phoebe's first boyfriend, David, is planning to propose to her; he changes his mind about marriage and proposes to Phoebe before David can. Phoebe rejects the proposal because she only wanted to know that marriage was a possibility; she and Mike become a couple again. They become officially engaged in \Baby-Sits\season, they are married in the street outside Central Perk, with Monica as matron of honor, Rachel as a bridesmaid, Joey officiating, Chandler giving Phoebe away, and Ross holding Mike's childhood dog as a groomsman.
When she changes her name after the wedding, Phoebe learns she can change it to anything. She briefly becomes \Bananahammock\To show her how ridiculous it sounds, Mike suggests changing his name to \\changes her name to Phoebe Buffay-Hannigan.
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Despite her first marriage to Duncan Sullivan, it was once indicated that Phoebe was previously married in Las Vegas at some point in the past. She indicates her belief that people married in Las Vegas are only married within the city limits, and is surprised when Monica informs her such a union is legal all over the world. After a moment of mild distress, she shrugs off the revelation.
