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    17 Messy AF TV Moments Where Everyone Was Dragged, Roasted, Hoodwinked, And Bamboozled

    So hard to watch, but harder to look away.

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    Andria Moore
    by Andria Moore

    BuzzFeed Staff

    ,
    Kelly Martinez
    by Kelly Martinez

    BuzzFeed Staff

    When it comes to memorable TV moments, there are heartwarming scenes, there are heartbreaking scenes, and then there are scenes that are just pure and utter chaos.

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    Those scenes where all hell breaks loose — those are the ones that will truly go down in history. Here are 17 absolutely chaotic TV moments we'll never forget:

    🚨 Warning: Spoilers ahead!!! 🚨

    1. First, when Michael and Jan hosted a disastrous dinner party that was wildly uncomfortable for all of their guests, and it ended with this glorious fight on The Office.

    Michael: "Snip snap snip snap you have no idea the physical toll that three vasectomies have on a person"
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    2. When Drew and Amber got majorly stoned at their baby cousin's baptism dinner while everyone around them argued on Parenthood.

    Adam says he's just happy he's second place since Sarah told him and Kristina they don't know how to say no to Max, Kristina points out that Drew and Amber are stoned, Adam says maybe Sarah isn't anyone's godparent because her kids are stoners
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    The scene isn't available on YouTube, but you can watch Episode 17 of Season 5 on Hulu.

    3. When Lily said she was gay instead of Vietnamese because her dads were gay, and it led to this hilarious misunderstanding at a restaurant on Modern Family.

    Cam Mitchell and Gloria keep saying things that sound offensive out of context "honey you are not gay, you're just confused!" lesbian couple walks by
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    ABC / Via YouTube

    4. When Lola and Shay had it out with each other during a heated game of never have I ever on Degrassi: Next Class.

    Lola: "Never have I ever ditched my best friend for my boyfriend who I stole from her anyways, drink up Shay," Shay: "Fine, never have I ever dated someone even though I knew my friend liked him first"
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    The scene isn't available on YouTube, but it's in Episode 5 of Season 3 on Netflix.

    5. When Dean broke up with Rory after realizing how into Jess she was during the 24-hour dance marathon on Gilmore Girls.

    Rory tells Jess to go home, he says he's going to keep sitting there and she should ignore him and pay attention to her boyfriend, Dean says she can't because he's not her boyfriend anymore
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    The WB / Via YouTube

    6. When all the Gilmores had the most chaotic family dinner of all time on Gilmore Girls.

    Rory fights with Emily about the D.A.R., Lorelai tells Richard Luke has a kid, Lorelai and Emily fight about her not marrying Christopher when she got pregnant with Rory
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    The CW / Via YouTube

    7. When Lu exposed Cayetana as a fraud at her fake charity event on Elite.

    Lu calls Cayetana a "generous and very special friend" and tells everyone to give her a round of applause then adds "and a fucking liar"
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    Netflix / Via YouTube

    8. When Annie and Liam teamed up to finally get everyone to realize Emily was a fake friend on 90210.

    When Naomi and Liam set up Emily and expose her at her surprise party. Emily walks in and says, "You bitch! You set me up!"
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    9. When everyone found out Ginny slept with Marcus and they all had the most dramatic hallway confrontation about it during Max's play on Ginny & Georgia.

    Max yells at Ginny for lying about sleeping with Marcus, Max finds out Abby knew and pretended not to, Hunter shows up and Abby blurts out that Ginny cheated on him
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    Netflix / Via YouTube

    10. When Elmo lost it over Rocko taking the last cookie on Sesame Street, thus beginning his Rocko beef.

    Rocko has already claimed the last oatmeal raising cookie, so Elmo asks Zoe if he can have it, but she says it's Rocko's. And then Elmo loses it and says, "Rocko is just a rock!!"
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    Sesame Workshop / Via YouTube

    11. When Logan got a UTI moments before he was supposed to announce his decision on a merger in front of hundreds of stakeholders on Succession, and Shiv, Tom, Roman, Connor, and Gerri all tried to figure out what he would do.

    Logan has a severe UTI and so Tom asks Shiv what they should do about the merger decision, and then everyone panics because they want to decide in a way Logan would approve of but don't know how
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    12. When Josie came back to town years later and rightfully dragged the hell out of everyone on Riverdale.

    Josie says she and Veronica are more acquaintances than friends, that last time she saw Jughead he was robbing Pop's, that she and Betty only spoke once in high school, and Cheryl sent her a pig's heart
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    The CW / Via YouTube

    13. When Phoebe, Chandler, and Monica found out Joey and Rachel liked each other and that Ross and Charlie were hooking up by listening through the hotel walls on Friends.

    Charlie and Ross are kissing in one room and Rachel and Joey in another, and Pheobe, Monica and Chandler can hear them all through the walls so they freak out because they didn't know any of these people were together
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    14. When Jess and Nick were thrown in a closet until they kissed and Cece was forced to lie about Schmidt in front of Shivrang, all while Daisy and Winston watched, on New Girl.

    Cece is trying to convince this girl to sleep with him so he lies about Cece being in love with him, meanwhile, Jess and Nick are trapped in the closet until they kiss. Cece comes in to save Jess and Schmidt asks her to lie for him.
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    Fox / Via YouTube

    15. When Meredith just casually exposed Penny's role in Derek's death at a dinner party on Grey's Anatomy.

    "Dillard? Isn't that where...?" "That's where Derek died," "That's right, perfect Penny killed my husband," Everyone stares, "The food is getting cold, let's pass those peas"
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    ABC / Via YouTube

    16. When Rue's mom tried to have an intervention on Euphoria, but Rue decided to air out Cassie's shit instead.

    Rue's mom wants to have an intervention for Rue, but Rue decides to take down Cassie instead by asking her in front of Maddie and everyone, "How long have you been fucking Nate Jacobs?"
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    17. And finally, this list wouldn't be complete without the most infamously chaotic scene in the history of television: the Gossip Girl (original) Thanksgiving scene where everyone got their shit exposed at the dinner table.

    Eric and Jenny are fighting about their sabotage attempts on each other Dan and Vanessa are fighting about Vanessa's mom and Maureen exposes Serena for sleeping with Nate's cousin
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    Now it's your turn! What are some of your favorite chaotic TV moments? Tell us in the comments!