In the episode of Friends called "the one with princess consuella"?

Question

This is the episode when Joey sees Chandler and Monica's new house for the first time and Dakota Fanning is a guest star. When Joey first tells Chandler and Monica that he'll be supportive and see the house, he yells "shotgun!" and Chandler replies "dammit!" What does "shotgun" mean?

Answer 1

it means he wants to sit in the front passenger seat of the car... because they were going to go drive Monica's car to go see the house....

"To ride shotgun is to sit in the front passenger seat when riding a car or other vehicle in the United States, Canada and Australia. It is also refered to in several countries in Europe such as Germany, Iceland and the United Kingdom, and other English speaking countries such as South Africa and Australia. In contemporary tradition, in order to claim that seat, one must "call shotgun" according to some set of informal rules. To call shotgun is, at minimum, to yell out "shotgun" while approaching the vehicle. Today, many automobile passengers consider the front passenger seat preferable to riding in rear seats due largely to greater control over leg room, an unobstructed view of the road in front, and better access to the vehicle's audio and air conditioning systems, not to mention easier entry and exit from the vehicle. In addition, some passengers find that riding in the front seat will reduce car sickness. There is also a tradition in family life that the adults sit in front, the kids in the back; hence sitting shotgun includes you with the adults. The first known reference to "riding shotgun" in print occurred on 27 March 1921, when it was used to refer to riding as an armed guard in the front of a stagecoach. The first use of the phrase in print to refer to automobiles occurred in 1954 when the TV series Gunsmoke became extremely popular, and used the terminology of riding shotgun nearly weekly."

Answer 2

Shotgun means he gets to sit in the front seat. In traditional shotgun rules, whoever calls shotgun first gets to sit in it... There are many variations, but those are the basics...

Answer 3

Usually someone calls shot gun to get something, example, I call shot gun for the front seat in the car, so everyone else knows i want front seat, so theres not fights, they were probably calling shot gun for a leather seat or a room.