There is an episode in the sixth season of Friends where Phoebe and Rachel's apartment catches fire. But we're never really told what caused the blaze. Was it Phoebe's candles? Was it an effigy some noble intruder burned to forever curse Jennifer Aniston's box office appeal? Was it Matthew Perry's smoldering crack pipe?

In truth, none of the above. We submit that the fire was actually caused by vengeful porn barons.

OK, stay with us here: We know from a previous episode that Phoebe's sister Ursula does porn using Phoebe's name instead of her own. At the end of that episode, Phoebe goes to the porn company (sort of like The Electric Company, if every word they spelled was "Knuckle") and picks up all of the checks Ursula earned in Phoebe's name, which we learn from this bit of dialogue with Lost in Space's Matt LeBlanc:

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Phoebe: I just went to pick up Phoebe Buffay's checks. There were a lot of them.

Joey: Nice!

Phoebe: Um-mmm, and I won't have to go there anymore because I gave them my "correct address."

So, Phoebe has just stolen from pornographers. And assuming "a lot" of checks is 10 or more, we're talking about thousands of dollars. She also made sure to tell them where she lives.