A small wooden figure with a braid stands in front of a row of plain grey wooden figures.

Original artwork, not a still

Phoebe

We can be guys! Come on, let us be guys!

— Friends · 1994

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker pleads for themselves and others to be included among the guys. The repeated appeal moves from insisting that they can belong to asking permission to join in. Its eager, coaxing tone makes group membership sound like something that can be won through determination.

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