Here Are 19 Times "Friends" Actually Crossed Over Into Other TV Shows

    Friends was referenced on Lizzie McGuire and we missed it!

    1. First, the girl Mike dumps on her birthday in Friends also appears in How I Met Your Mother as Ted's girlfriend, who he repeatedly dumps on her birthday:

    2. Also in How I Met Your Mother, Lily references the iconic Friends idea that Rachel and Ross are each other's lobsters:

    3. In The Handmaid's Tale, June finds a Friends DVD box set and watches an episode while hiding:

    4. In Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Jake tries to name the characters in Friends, but forgets Ross:

    5. In Mr. Robot, Elliot hacks into the Wi-Fi of a Friends fan:

    6. In The Good Place, Michael makes a joke about Season 8 of Friends while he's upset:

    7. Also in The Good Place, Michael pokes fun at the constant conversation surrounding Monica and Rachel's apartment:

    8. In Lizzie McGuire, Gordo makes a Friends reference when talking on the phone with Lizzie and Miranda:

    9. In Parks and Recreation, Amy gets excited when she receives a poster of the Supreme Court justices sipping the Friends milkshakes:

    10. In Skins UK, "you are my lobster" is written on the blackboard in a scene:

    11. In the episode of Cougar Town where Matthew Perry guest-stars, the opening title card features a nod to the Friends reunion between him and Courteney Cox:

    12. In The Office, Michael tries to compare everyone at Dunder Mifflin to the cast of Friends:

    13. In The Simpsons, when Homer's looking for a job, he thinks about working on Friends:

    14. Also in The Simpsons, Bart and Lisa are also forced to watch a primetime sitcom that features a coffee shop like Central Perk:

    15. In Mom, Christy says she's finally watching Friends — Anna Faris also guest-starred in Season 10 of Friends:

    16. In Supernatural, Dean hits on a girl in a diner by using Joey's iconic phrase, "How you doin'?"

    17. In Community, Abed tells Annie that he never thought they were real friends, like Chandler and Phoebe:

    18. In The Flash, Cisco pokes fun at Caitlin and Ronnie's relationship by comparing them to Ross and Rachel:

    19. Finally, there's an episode of 30 Rock entitled "The One With the Cast of 'Night Court'," which is a reference to all of the Friends episode titles. Jennifer Aniston also guest-starred in the episode: