--- title: Friends Fake Movie Trailer Goes Viral: Internet Reactions description: A fake movie trailer for Friends has gone viral and it's freaking out fans who don't know what to do. canonical: https://time.com/5114175/friends-movie-reunion-fake-trailer/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-23T14:12:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:57.471Z og:title: The Internet Is Reeling From a Fake Friends Movie Trailer og:description: So they're reacting with Ross Geller memes og:url: https://time.com/5114175/friends-movie-reunion-fake-trailer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8057d4c3d546f3a6/6988f89c096a949c286a124a/friends-cast.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Friends - Season 6 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Is Reeling From a Fake Friends Movie Trailer twitter:description: So they're reacting with Ross Geller memes twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8057d4c3d546f3a6/6988f89c096a949c286a124a/friends-cast.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Is Reeling From This Fake _Friends_ Movie Trailer > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jan 23, 2018 2:12 PM UTC  FRIENDS -- Season 6 -- Pictured: (l-r) David Schwimmer as Ross Geller, Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green, Courteney Cox as Monica Geller, Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing, Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay, Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani -- (Photo by: NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) FRIENDS -- Season 6 -- Pictured: (l-r) David Schwimmer as Ross Geller, Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green, Courteney Cox as Monica Geller, Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing, Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay, Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani -- (Photo by: NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jan 23, 2018 2:12 PM UTC A parody movie trailer for [_Friends_](http://time.com/3403782/friends-1994/) is taking fans for an emotional ride. [Fans of the NBC megahit](http://time.com/4850058/friends-fan-theory-rachel-dream/) said goodbye to the Central Perk crew when the show ended in 2004, and the show’s co-creator Marta Kauffman has repeatedly insisted the [reunion](http://time.com/3635722/friends-viewing-guide-for-newbies/) that fans want is never going to happen. Enter the YouTube channel Smasher that cut together clips from the actors’ more recent projects for a spoof trailer titled “The One With The Reunion.” It picks up the totally satirical action “a few years where the final season left off.” And it’s been picking up steam since it surfaced earlier this month, garnering more than 4.7 million views as of Tuesday morning. The plot: Ross and Rachel are still trying to figure out if they’re on a break. Phoebe and Mike have marriage troubles, and Chandler and Monica are getting a divorce. Joey’s still being Joey. Some are convinced it’s legitimate. Some are just emotional. Suffice it to say, it’s a stressful time for [people who miss their old fictional friends on Friends](http://time.com/4943179/friends-friendsfest-review/). Fire up this video for a fun existential tailspin when the rain starts to pour. > [](https://twitter.com/camilas%5Faussie/status/953911531720253441) > [](https://twitter.com/LifeIsBellarke/status/954840093612826624) > [](https://twitter.com/KaayGraand/status/955797121130749953) > [](https://twitter.com/daithaigilbert/status/955799892529737728) > [](https://twitter.com/paytonmerrill/status/954954436287152128) > [](https://twitter.com/Moviepassfan/status/954858026212757504) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5114175/friends-movie-reunion-fake-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5114175/friends-movie-reunion-fake-trailer/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Reeling From This Fake Friends Movie Trailer","datePublished":"2018-01-23T14:12:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:57.471Z","description":"A fake movie trailer for Friends has gone viral and it's freaking out fans who don't know what to do.","url":"https://time.com/5114175/friends-movie-reunion-fake-trailer/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Netflix","movies","viral","Friends","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8057d4c3d546f3a6/6988f89c096a949c286a124a/friends-cast.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8057d4c3d546f3a6/6988f89c096a949c286a124a/friends-cast.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Friends - Season 6","caption":"Friends - Season 6","creditText":"NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5114175/friends-movie-reunion-fake-trailer/","name":"The Internet Is Reeling From This Fake Friends Movie Trailer"}}]}] ```