Sometimes Phoebe Buffay can feel a little superfluous on Friends,

觀看六人行，你有時會覺得 Phoebe Buffay 有點格格不入，

sort of like the odd friend out.

有點像奇怪的朋友。

I've always felt kind of like an outsider.

我常常總覺得自己像個局外人。

You know, the rest of you have these connections that go way back.

你們幾個人都認識特別久、有很多共同的回憶。

Major storylines don't usually revolve around her,

主要故事情節通常不圍繞著她，

because she never dates anyone in the group,

因為她沒和團體中的人約會過，

and we only see her live with other friends briefly.

我們只看到她和其他朋友一起短暫生活。

So on one level, it's easy to see Rachel's point

所以就某方面來說，很容易認同 Rachel 的觀點

that if anyone were to be phased out of the group, it would be Phoebe.

如果有人退出小組，那個人會是 Phoebe。

You live far away, you're not related.

你住那麼遠、也不是誰的親戚

You lift right out.

你很快就被淡忘。

But if you were to take Phoebe out of the show, the mix just wouldn't work.

但如果你把 Phoebe 角色拿掉，會少掉很多戲劇效果。

Because she's the mystery ingredient that spices things up,

因為是她讓這齣戲錦上添花。

I am pretty cool.

我超酷的。

the salt, if you will.

鹽，如果你願意的話。

Phoebe's edgy, layered personality adds complexity to a series that,

Pheobe 前衛、有層次的性格給這部戲增添了複雜性，

in her absence, might border on bland.

如果沒有她，這部戲可能會平淡無奇。

We have it all. We have crushed, cubed, and dry -- watch -- ah.

各式各樣的都有。我們有碎冰、冰塊和乾冰。看著！

So what is it about Phoebe that the whole group together and adds that extra special magic?

那 Pheobe 是怎麼貫穿整齣戲並增添她那特殊的魔力？

P as in Phoebe, H as in hoebie,

Phoebe 的 P，hoebe 的 H，

O as in oebe, E as in ebe,

oebe 的 O，ebe 的 E

B as in beebee, and E as in...

beebee 的 B， E 是...

ello there, mate!

ello there 的 E！

"PHOEBE BUFFAY: THE MISTERY INGREDIENT OF FRIENDS"

「Phoebe Buffay：六人行中最謎樣的元素。」

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我們繼續討論之前，我們想說下此影片的贊助商 Skillshare。

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臭臭貓，臭臭貓，他們餵了你什麼？大家！

"PHOEBE: THE PUPPET MASTER"

「Pheobe：操弄大師」

Phoebe is the secret mastermind of the group.

Pheobe 是六人行中的隱藏智多星、軍師。

She uses her insights about other characters to pull invisible strings.

她依據她對其他角色的了解來操控他們。

I like to think of myself as the puppet master of the group.

我常常自詡是團體的操控大師。

Phoebe, the puppet master, can be a bit of a troublemaker.

Phoebe，這位操控大師有時也是個麻煩製造者。

Tell him who you originally wanted to hook up with that night.

告訴他，你原本是想搭訕誰。

She has a habit of being loose-lipped.

她還是個超級大嘴巴。

Oh my God! Monica, he's the stripper from your bachelorette party!

天哪！Monica，他是你單身派對上的牛郎！

and even straight up meddling in her friends' personal lives.

甚至直接參一咖朋友的私生活。

We could set Ross and Rachel up on horrible dates, so they'll realize how good they are together.

我們可以設計 Ross 和 Rachel，給他們介紹糟糕的約會對象，讓他們意識到彼此才是歸宿。

Phoebe's interference can have a good or bad immediate effect.

Phoebe 的干涉都會立刻產生好或壞的效果。

Oh, no.

噢，不。

Yet Phoebe's friends need her straight-talking and boldness

然而，Phoebe 的朋友需要她直言不諱和大膽作風，

because she pushes them to confront their true feelings about things.

因為她能促使他們誠實面對自己的感受。

It's-it's not negative, it's positive.

不是陰性，是陽性反應。(Rachel 當時驗孕)

Are you sure?

你確定？

Well, yeah, I lied before.

對，我之前是騙你的。

Now you know how you really feel about it.

現在你知道你真正的感受了。

She helps Rachel see that she's still in love with Ross,

她幫 Rachel 意識到她仍然愛著 Ross，

If someone I was still in love with was getting married--

如果我依然深愛著的人要結婚的話...

Still in love with?

依然深愛著？

and at another point, she confronts Ross about his love for Rachel.

而另一方面，她跟 Ross 對質關於他對 Rachel 的愛。

Now he's using this three divorces reason because he wants to stay married to her because he loves her.

他現在用離婚三次的藉口來說他不想離婚，因為他還愛她。

She pretends to seduce Chandler to get him to openly admit he's dating Monica.

她假裝色誘 Chandler，讓他承認和 Monica 約會中。

I can't have sex with you.

我不能和你做。

And why not?

為什麼不行？

Because I'm in love with Monica!

因為我愛著 Monica。

And in the series finale, her phone call to Rachel --

結局中，她打給 Rachel 來...

Something is wrong with the left Phalange.

左邊的 Phalange 有問題。

creates a frenzy on the plane and delays Rachel's flight,

製造飛機慌亂、延誤 Rachel 的班機，

which gives Ross the opportunity to confess his love just in time.

讓 Ross 及時表白他對 Rachel 的愛戀。

Phoebe seems to take some pleasure in stirring up drama and then sitting back and watching it play out.

Phoebe 似乎很喜歡戲劇化，並坐下來看戲。

I don't want to miss the fight.

我不想錯過這場架。

Like when she uses her friends' lives as material for her book.

她寫書的內容取材自朋友的生活。

Monic...Marsha and Chester are planning on seeing a movie Sunday night.

Monic... Marsha 和 Chester 計畫於周日晚上看電影。

Marsha thinks they're supposed to meet at 6. Chester thinks it's at 7.

Marsha 覺得他們應該 6 點見。 Chester 以為是 7 點。

So you knew we were gonna miss the movie?

所以你知道我們會錯過這場電影？

That's right.

沒錯。

We get the sense that Phoebe is studying these people

我們感覺 Pheobe 在研究這些人

and manipulating them far more than we realize.

超乎我們所能了解的，更多地操縱他們。

You know what the best part of it is?

你知道最棒的是什麼嗎？

I get to do my plan laugh.

我終於可以用到我的計畫笑聲了。

But even if she creates surface trouble,

儘管她看起來製造了很多麻煩，

in the long run, she's helping her friends move closer toward what they truly want.

但從長遠來看，她其實是幫她朋友更近一步得到他們想要的。

We can understand Phoebe's role in the friend group by looking at the Triple Goddess archetype.

透過三相女神的哲理概念，我們更能理解 Phoebe 在六人行中扮演的角色。

The idea is that there are three female figures: the maiden, the mother, and the crone.

這個論點有三個女性人物：少女、婦女和老婦人。

So on Friends, Rachel would be the naive and beautiful maiden of the group.

因此，對六人行來說，Rachel 就是天真、美麗的少女。

Monica is the practical, mature mother figure.

Monica 是實踐派、成熟的婦女形象。

And Phoebe is the wise crone.

Phoebe 則是富有智慧的老婦人。

Yeah, I'm very wise, I know.

我知道我很聰明。

That's not to say that Phoebe's an old woman,

並不是說 Phoebe 是個老太婆，

but that she has world experience, perspective and insight beyond her years.

但她有很豐富的經驗、不同的眼界和超齡的洞察力。

There are children coming into the world in this very building, and your negative fighting noises are not the first thing they should be hearing.

有孩子初來乍到這棟樓，你們這些負面的吵架聲不該是他們聽到的第一個聲音。

She sees the big picture more clearly than her friends do.

她比朋友更清楚地看到大局。

You love her, you always have, you have a child together.

你一直都愛著她，你們生了個孩子。

There's no right answer.

這事情是沒有正確答案的。

And for the audience, Phoebe serves the function of commenting on the other characters.

對觀眾來說，Pheobe 這角色就是負責評論其他角色，

She points out what's going on with them even when they can't see it themselves.

她幫朋友指點迷津 ，儘管他們都當局者迷。

You ate meat!

你吃了肉！

You had sex!

你們做了！

It's clear that she's always a whole lot of steps ahead of everyone else.

很明顯，她想法非常前衛、非常奇特。

Rachel's pregnant.

Rachel 懷孕了。

- Oh my god, I can't believe it! - Holy mother of God!

- 我的天，我不敢相信！ - 我的老天爺啊！

With my child.

懷了我的孩子。

That is brand new information!

這完全是新的資訊！

"PHEOBE THE SUBSTANCE"

「Pheobe 的內涵」

Phoebe's world-wisdom and savvy come from the extreme trauma and tragedy she experienced in her past.

Phoebe 廣大的智慧和悟性，都來自於她過去經歷的重度創傷和悲劇。

My mom had killed herself and my dad had run off.

我的媽媽自殺了，我爸爸跑了。

And I was living in a gremlin with a guy named Cindy who talked to his hand.

我跟一個叫 Cindy 的人住在一起，他會跟他的手說話。

The show makes a joke of how terrible Phoebe's childhood was.

這齣戲一直拿 Phoebe 悲慘的童年當作笑點。

I lost my mom to suicide.

我媽自殺了。

Okay, no way, you cannot use that to get the cute guy and the last blueberry muffin.

不行，你不能用那理由搶走帥哥和最後一個藍莓瑪芬蛋糕。

Did I use that already today? I'm sorry.

我今天已經用過這個藉口了嗎？抱歉。

But ultimately her edge adds a little more substance to Friends,

但就結果來看，她的故事讓六人行這部戲更有內容、內涵，

she makes this more than just a show about sheltered people without any exposure to harsh reality.

她讓這部戲不只是單單圍繞著沒有接觸到社會現實面、被保護好好的主角群們轉。

I wasn't rich like you guys, okay?

我不像你們那麼有錢，好嗎？

I didn't eat gold and have a flying pony.

我沒有含著金湯匙出生，也沒有飛天小馬。

How Phoebe has responded to her past is also really important.

Phoebe 怎麼回應她的過去也很重要。

Chandler, the other friend with a painful childhood experience,

Chandler 同樣擁有不好的童年回憶，

is still completely emotionally scarred by his parents' divorce.

直到現在依然有父母離婚的心靈創傷。

When my parents got divorced, I started using humor as a defense mechanism.

當我的父母離婚時，我開始用幽默作為我的防禦機制。

So it's amazing that even though Phoebe's been through much, much worse,

所以令人敬佩的是，儘管 Phoebe 的遭遇更嚴重、更糟糕，

she's made a conscious choice to be open and kind and optimistic.

她依然選擇用開放、善良和樂觀的心態去面對全部的一切。

She still has some hardness to her...

當然她還是有她殘酷的一面...

Someday I'll tell you about the time I stabbed a cop.

總有一天，我會告訴你們我拿刀刺警察的故事。

Phoebe!

Phoebe！

HE STABBED ME FIRST!

欸！是他先捅我的！

And she's clear about her boundaries.

她很清楚自己的底線。

If you touch my guitar again, I'm gonna have to pound on you a little bit.

如果你再碰我的吉他一次，我就不得不揍你一回了。

But she keeps these parts of herself in check.

但她保留了自己這些的部分特質。

In the alternative episode, Phoebe's a Wall Street workaholic driven by anger

反轉另類劇那集，Pheobe 是很容易發飆的華爾街工作狂。

No, no.I said sell when it hits fifty! Five-O!

不是、不是。我是說一到 50 點就賣，5！0！

It's a number that comes after four-nine!

49 後面的數字！

So the symbolism is that the Phoebe we know is defined by her choice,

我們現在所熟知的 Pheobe ，是她的選擇造就了她這個人，

not to harden herself by giving in to bitterness,

就是不讓自己因為那苦澀的過去，而變得冷酷無情，

which would have been very easy given all that she's been through.

儘管面對她所經歷的事是很容易屈服成這副模樣。

You see that was an actual problem.

你看，那才是真正的問題。

And yours is just like, you know, a bunch of, you know, high-school crap that nobody really gives...

你這只是高中女生無病呻吟，沒人會在乎。

Phoebe knows what it's like to lose people, so she really understands the value of relationships.

Pheobe 很清楚失去人的感覺，所以，她真的了解人與人感情上的價值。

My friends are the most important thing in my life.

我的朋友是我生命中最重要的東西。

And while the six friends are all good to each other,

而六個朋友對彼此都很好，

Phoebe also helps people outside of their circle.

Phoebe 還幫助他們圈子外的人。

These jerks might not care about you, but the universe does.

那些混蛋可能不在乎你，但這個宇宙會。

Maybe it's because she grew up far less privileged than her friends

也許是因為她的成長環境遠沒有她的朋友那麼好，

that she's a generous do-gooder in the world at large.

所以她盡她所能讓世界更美好。

I mean last year I spread a little joy, but not really enough.

去年，我散播給大家的歡樂不夠多。

So this year I'm gonna do the whole city.

所以，今年一定要讓整個城市都感受到。

The other five friends are private citizens,

其他五個朋友都是比較利己主義，

but Phoebe's a world citizen

但 Pheobe 是利他主義

who's driven by her social conscience and desire to be a good humanitarian.

她因為受社會良知驅使，希望能成為一個良好的社會主義者。

Okay, let's start with the free massages at the U.N.

先說你為什麼要在聯合國大樓外做免費按摩。

Oh, it's my new thing.

這是我的新目標

I figure, Bodies at peace make peace.

我認為，平和、放鬆的身體可以締造和平。

A lot of her storylines are about her determination to make the world better.

她很多故事情節都是圍繞著她想讓世界變得更美好的決心。

I'm gonna find a selfless good deed.

我一定會找到一件完全無私的善事。

I'm gonna beat you, you evil genius.

打敗你這個邪惡的壞蛋。

And Phoebe does really hard selfless things,

而 Pheobe 真的很無私

like being the surrogate for her half brother's babies.

例如：當她同父異母弟弟的代理孕母。

I know it's gonna be like a million times harder to give up a baby,

我知道要送走自己生出來的孩子很困難，難上百萬倍，

but oh my God, it's gonna feel a million times better, right?

但是，如果生了的話，感覺到的快樂也是百萬倍，對吧？

When she can't bring herself to keep the money that shows up in her bank account accidentally,

當她看到銀行帳戶忽然多了一筆錢，她沒有辦法把錢留著，

what she says tells us a lot about her value system.

她所說的每一句話都告訴了我們她的價值觀。

I'd never be able to enjoy it.

我不可能就這樣安然享受。

It'd be this giant karmic debt.

因為這就像是造了大的惡業。

For Phoebe, good karma and what she puts out into the universe

對 Phoebe 來說，善人有善報、努力付出回饋社會

is far more important than the earthly money or success she receives.

遠遠比她得到的錢、獲得的成功來得更重要。

Phoebe is the exception to the rule of upper-middle class ascension that we see in Friends.

六人行中，只有 Pheobe 不在乎中上階級的職業升遷規則。

She doesn't really have much career ambition. She floats between different jobs,

她並沒有太多的職業抱負。她在不同的工作間周旋，

and doesn't have that drive to be the head of her team, the star in a big TV show, or the well-paid executive.

沒有想要當團隊負責人或電視戲劇大明星，或是高薪主管的慾望。

So she's a refreshing alternative to the assumption that you need a prestigious, high-powered career in order to see yourself successful.

所以她別具一格、另類地顛覆「有高聲望、高權力工作才是成功」的思維。

To "Years of hard work finally paying off."

敬「多年的艱辛工作終於得到了回報。」

And to "Knowing that your career doesn't mean everything."

也為「了解到你的工作不代表所有的事情」乾杯。

The fact that the more mainstream five friends like Phoebe so much

事實上，五位主流角色越喜歡 Pheobe

proves that they're more complex and interesting than they might first appear.

越能展現他們比初登場時，更有層次、更有趣的樣子。

And Phoebe leads her more sheltered friends by example.

Pheobe 以身作則、舉例來指導其他五位角色

She helps them be more empathetic, open-minded people.

幫助他們變得更有同情心、想法更開明。

I believe this is my mother.

我相信這隻貓是我的母親。

Even if I'm wrong, who cares?

就算我錯了，那又怎麼樣？

Just be a friend, okay? Be supportive.

就當好朋友，好嗎？支持著。

She shows them the power of having strong values...

她也展現給他們核心價值觀的重要性...

Honey, you have principles, and I so admire that.

親愛的，你有你的做事準則，我非常敬佩你這點。

and not caring what anyone thinks of you.

Pheobe 也不在乎別人的想法評論。

People were looking at us like we were crazy.

別人看我們的眼光就像在說我們是瘋子。

Why do you care?

你為什麼在意他們的想法？

Because they're people!

因為他們是人啊！

People that you don't know and will never see again.

可是你不認識那些人、也不會再遇到他們啊！

She teaches her friends to be more stable and emotionally mature in the face of personal challenges.

她教她朋友面對個人挑戰時，如何更穩重、成熟的處事態度。

Alright, you don't have to love each other, okay?

你們可以不必彼此相愛，好嗎？

You don't even have to like each other much right now.

你們現在甚至不需要彼此喜歡。

But please, you have to figure out a way to be around each other.

但是，拜託，你們必須找到你們能和平共處的方式。

PHEOBE: THE WILD CARD

Pheobe：難以預測的人物

It can be easy to underestimate Phoebe because she comes across as an oddball...

因為 Pheobe 是個超級怪咖，所以我們很容易低估她的才能...

No, no. Stop cleansing my aura.

不、不要。不要淨化我的靈氣了。

and a true innocent with her head in the clouds.

以及她思維獨特的天真爛漫。

When you said 'the deal with Santa Claus,' you meant?

你說聖誕老人那套把戲，你是什麼意思？

- That he doesn't exist. - Right.

- 聖誕老人，他根本不存在。 - 這樣啊。

But it's a mistake to confuse her kookiness for a lack of depth.

因為她怪異的個性，而認為她是個沒內涵的角色是錯誤的。

She's a layered, nuanced person full of contradictions.

她是個充滿矛盾，複雜極具層次的人物。

She's tough yet flaky.

她很堅強但很脆弱。

That's true, I am flaky.

沒錯，我很脆弱。

weird yet wholesome, free-spirited yet firm.

自由奔放但堅定。

Phoebe's a kind of wildcard.

Pheobe 難以預測。

On the moment-to-moment level, you never know what exactly is going to come out of her mouth.

你永遠不知道下一秒她會說什麼。

Oh, wait, my grandmother's dead.

等等，我外婆掛掉了。

and on the deeper level, too, she's ever surprising both others and herself.

有時候，她的行為舉止不只給其他人驚喜，甚至連她自己都很驚訝。

Yeah, I'm a big surprise.

沒錯，我就像是驚喜包。

Due to Phoebe's complexity and surface weirdness,

由於 Phoebe 的複雜性和表面怪異，

her friends and maybe viewers sometimes miss the fact that she has normal human needs.

她的朋友和觀眾有時會忽略掉她也是普通人，她也有正常需求的時候。

All I wanted to do was... have dinner with my friends on my birthday.

我只是想要這樣過生日...跟朋友一起單純吃晚餐而已。

Phoebe may take pride in being different,

Pheobe 可能因為和大家與眾不同而感到自豪，

but she comes to see that in many ways she's also the same as everyone else,

但從很多方面來觀察，她也和其他人一樣，

and she has to assert that to get her needs taken seriously.

她必須維護並認真對待她的需求。

When we make plans, I expect you to show up. Okay?

當我們制定計劃時，我希望你能出現。好嗎？

I can't just be a way to kill time till you meet someone better.

我不是在你遇到更好的人之前，讓你殺時間的消遣。

When she gets into her first long-term relationship with Mike,

當她與 Mike 建立第一個長期關係時，

she's surprised to realize that she's really drawn to traditional family life.

她很驚訝地意識到她其實是想要傳統的家庭生活。

I had no idea you were so conventional.

我不知道你這麼傳統。

I know. I guess I am.

我知道，我想我是。

Oh my God, load up the Volvo, I want to be a soccer mom.

天啊! 我可能需要一台 Volvo，因為我可能是生了一打小孩的母親。

So when Mike rules out the possibility of marriage,