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* BitchInSheepsClothing: She's mostly portrayed as a nice love interest in season 4 (before she TookALevelInJerkass), but she had jerkass foreshadowing from the start. Her first appearance had her being completely judgemental about strangers who didn't have a chance to explain themselves. Ross later handwaved it as her being soaking wet at the time. It was also revealed that, despite being with Ross for a couple of weeks, she also had a long-term beau back home which she ended up dumping abruptly in favour of Ross, but only after Ross learned about it and decided to "fight" for her. And in the rugby episode she gave out weak points of the other players for Ross to exploit to inflict as much pain as possible, even his own teammates.
** And her final "appearance" has her calling Ross ''the night before her wedding''. No matter how you twist it, even at best, it's disrespectful to her fiance.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: She's mostly portrayed as a nice love interest in season 4 (before she TookALevelInJerkass), but she had jerkass foreshadowing from the start. start.
** Her first appearance had her being completely judgemental about strangers who didn't have a chance to explain themselves. Ross later handwaved it as her being soaking wet at the time.
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* RecurringCharacter: Appeared in 131 episodes. Only the Friends themselves appeared in more (238).
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* PairTheSpares: After Ross breaks up with her because "She's not Rachem," Rachel still doesn't date him. She instead hooks up with a guy named "Russ" (played by [[ActingForTwo "Snaro"]]) who is virtually identical to Ross. In TheStinger of that episode, he sees Julie, and she him, and it appears to be LoveAtFirstSight.
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* PairTheSpares: After Ross breaks up with her because "She's not Rachem," Rachel," Rachel still doesn't date him. She instead hooks up with a guy named "Russ" (played by [[ActingForTwo "Snaro"]]) "Snaro" [[note]][[ActingForTwo David Schwimmer]][[/note]]) who is virtually identical to Ross. In TheStinger of that episode, he sees Julie, and she him, and it appears to be LoveAtFirstSight.
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* AmbiguouslyJewish: Aside from her last name, she is a parody of [[Series/TheNanny Fran Drescher]] after all.
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* TakeThat: Supposed to be a parody of [[Series/TheNanny Fran Drescher]]. Some local stations, when doing promos for episodes that feature Janice, actually announce, "Fran Drescher guest stars on the next ''Friends''!"
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* TakeThat: Supposed to be a parody of [[Series/TheNanny Fran Drescher]].Creator/FranDrescher. Some local stations, when doing promos for episodes that feature Janice, actually announce, "Fran Drescher guest stars on the next ''Friends''!"
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* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler: Loses Phoebe to Mike at the end of Season 9]]
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* DerailingLoveInterests: Initially he was a nice, but boring guy who she left at the altar because she didn't love him. Later its revealed he was a SmugSnake who cheated on with her best friend throughout their engagement.
* DisposableFiance: He and Rachel consider getting back together in the first season but he evenutually decides to stay with Mindy.
* DisposableFiance: He and Rachel consider getting back together in the first season but he evenutually decides to stay with Mindy.
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* PairTheSpares: after After Ross breaks up with her because "She's not Rachem," Rachel still doesn't date him. She instead hooks up with a guy named "Russ" (played by [[ActingForTwo "Snaro"]]) who is virtually identical to Ross. In TheStinger of that episode, he sees Julie, and she him, and it appears to be LoveAtFirstSight.
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* DerailingLoveInterests: In a non-romantic sense. Starts out as a perfectly decent, only slightly odd roommate whom Chandler gets along with fairly well. Gets Within '''''one''''' episode, he gets turned into a raving psycho whom Chandler has to throw out so as to facilitate the Chandler/Joey reunion.
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[[WMG: Mike Hannigan (Creator/PaulRudd)]]
* BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to David's Veronica for Phoebe's Archie.
* TheBusCameBack: He breaks up with Phoebe midway through Season 9 but then returns during the season finale.
* DeadpanSnarker: It's Paul Rudd, after all.
* HappilyMarried: Eventually to Phoebe.
* TheGenericGuy: More interesting than usual, but for the most part he's just a generic boyfriend (later husband) to give Phoebe a stable love interest at the end of the series.
* LoveInterest: To Phoebe in the last two seasons and the most important one.
* NiceGuy: He loves Phoebe and patiently puts up with her eccentricities.
* OnlySaneMan: He's much saner than Phoebe, although sometimes he humors her when she's being a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}.
--> '''Phoebe (doing a crossword puzzle)''': Hey, Mike, what's the capital of Peru?
--> '''Mike''': Lima.
--> '''Phoebe''': No, it starts with a V and ends in an X. And hopefully with a T-O in the middle.
--> '''Mike''': You know, you're right. The capital of Peru is Vtox.
* OppositesAttract: With Phoebe.
* PursueTheDreamJob: He becomes a pro pianist quite late in his life.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Savvy Guy to Phoebe's Energetic Girl.
* SecondLove: To Phoebe (David was her first serious love interest).
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: At the end of the eighth season Phoebe meets a man named Cliff, who similarly to Mike was also formerly married and is a NiceGuy who can put up with her odd behaviorisms. Come season nine and he is never mentioned despite it picking up directly where the previous season left off while Mike is almost immediately introduced, suggesting that he was going to have the role Mike ultimately wound up with in the series.
* UptownGirl: Gender inverted. He's a former lawyer and comes from a very wealthy family who are not thrilled at him falling for former StreetUrchin Phoebe.
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[[WMG: Mike Hannigan (Creator/PaulRudd)]]
* BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to David's Veronica for Phoebe's Archie.
* TheBusCameBack: He breaks up with Phoebe midway through Season 9 but then returns during the season finale.
* DeadpanSnarker: It's Paul Rudd, after all.
* HappilyMarried: Eventually to Phoebe.
* TheGenericGuy: More interesting than usual, but for the most part he's just a generic boyfriend (later husband) to give Phoebe a stable love interest at the end of the series.
* LoveInterest: To Phoebe in the last two seasons and the most important one.
* NiceGuy: He loves Phoebe and patiently puts up with her eccentricities.
* OnlySaneMan: He's much saner than Phoebe, although sometimes he humors her when she's being a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}.
--> '''Phoebe (doing a crossword puzzle)''': Hey, Mike, what's the capital of Peru?
--> '''Mike''': Lima.
--> '''Phoebe''': No, it starts with a V and ends in an X. And hopefully with a T-O in the middle.
--> '''Mike''': You know, you're right. The capital of Peru is Vtox.
* OppositesAttract: With Phoebe.
* PursueTheDreamJob: He becomes a pro pianist quite late in his life.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Savvy Guy to Phoebe's Energetic Girl.
* SecondLove: To Phoebe (David was her first serious love interest).
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: At the end of the eighth season Phoebe meets a man named Cliff, who similarly to Mike was also formerly married and is a NiceGuy who can put up with her odd behaviorisms. Come season nine and he is never mentioned despite it picking up directly where the previous season left off while Mike is almost immediately introduced, suggesting that he was going to have the role Mike ultimately wound up with in the series.
* UptownGirl: Gender inverted. He's a former lawyer and comes from a very wealthy family who are not thrilled at him falling for former StreetUrchin Phoebe.
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* BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to David's Veronica for Phoebe's Archie.
* TheBusCameBack: He breaks up with Phoebe midway through Season 9 but then returns during the season finale.
* DeadpanSnarker: It's Paul Rudd, after all.
* HappilyMarried: Eventually to Phoebe.
* TheGenericGuy: More interesting than usual, but for the most part he's just a generic boyfriend (later husband) to give Phoebe a stable love interest at the end of the series.
* LoveInterest: To Phoebe in the last two seasons and the most important one.
* NiceGuy: He loves Phoebe and patiently puts up with her eccentricities.
* OnlySaneMan: He's much saner than Phoebe, although sometimes he humors her when she's being a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}.
--> '''Phoebe (doing a crossword puzzle)''': Hey, Mike, what's the capital of Peru?
--> '''Mike''': Lima.
--> '''Phoebe''': No, it starts with a V and ends in an X. And hopefully with a T-O in the middle.
--> '''Mike''': You know, you're right. The capital of Peru is Vtox.
* OppositesAttract: With Phoebe.
* PursueTheDreamJob: He becomes a pro pianist quite late in his life.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Savvy Guy to Phoebe's Energetic Girl.
* SecondLove: To Phoebe (David was her first serious love interest).
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: At the end of the eighth season Phoebe meets a man named Cliff, who similarly to Mike was also formerly married and is a NiceGuy who can put up with her odd behaviorisms. Come season nine and he is never mentioned despite it picking up directly where the previous season left off while Mike is almost immediately introduced, suggesting that he was going to have the role Mike ultimately wound up with in the series.
* UptownGirl: Gender inverted. He's a former lawyer and comes from a very wealthy family who are not thrilled at him falling for former StreetUrchin Phoebe.
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[[WMG: Mike Hannigan (Creator/PaulRudd)]]
* BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to David's Veronica for Phoebe's Archie.
* TheBusCameBack: He breaks up with Phoebe midway through Season 9 but then returns during the season finale.
* DeadpanSnarker: It's Paul Rudd, after all.
* HappilyMarried: Eventually to Phoebe.
* TheGenericGuy: More interesting than usual, but for the most part he's just a generic boyfriend (later husband) to give Phoebe a stable love interest at the end of the series.
* LoveInterest: To Phoebe in the last two seasons and the most important one.
* NiceGuy: He loves Phoebe and patiently puts up with her eccentricities.
* OnlySaneMan: He's much saner than Phoebe, although sometimes he humors her when she's being a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}.
--> '''Phoebe (doing a crossword puzzle)''': Hey, Mike, what's the capital of Peru?
--> '''Mike''': Lima.
--> '''Phoebe''': No, it starts with a V and ends in an X. And hopefully with a T-O in the middle.
--> '''Mike''': You know, you're right. The capital of Peru is Vtox.
* OppositesAttract: With Phoebe.
* PursueTheDreamJob: He becomes a pro pianist quite late in his life.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Savvy Guy to Phoebe's Energetic Girl.
* SecondLove: To Phoebe (David was her first serious love interest).
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: At the end of the eighth season Phoebe meets a man named Cliff, who similarly to Mike was also formerly married and is a NiceGuy who can put up with her odd behaviorisms. Come season nine and he is never mentioned despite it picking up directly where the previous season left off while Mike is almost immediately introduced, suggesting that he was going to have the role Mike ultimately wound up with in the series.
* UptownGirl: Gender inverted. He's a former lawyer and comes from a very wealthy family who are not thrilled at him falling for former StreetUrchin Phoebe.
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* {{Adorkable}}: David the science guy who Phoebe was absolutely crazy about. She couldn't stand Ross's obsession with science, but she loved David's lab and thought he was extremely clever and extremely cute.
* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Mike's Betty for Phoebe's Archie.
* TheBusCameBack: First in season 7 (for just one episode) and then in the second half of season 9.
* ButtMonkey: His scientific career, his romance with Phoebe, all goes south easily.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler: Loses Phoebe to Mike at the end of Season 9]]
* ExtremeDoormat: More than Chandler and Ross combined. Specially in the Barbados episodes, where he just wants to please Phoebe.
* GibberingGenius: Smart scientist, constantly stammering and such.
* LoveInterest: He likes Phoebe a lot. He's her first serious boyfriend, though only for one episode. He comes back now and then.
* NiceGuy: He's a cute geeky guy who is crazy about Phoebe and would do anything for her.
* OnlyOneName: His last name is unknown. He's just known as David "the Scientist Guy".
* PutOnABus: He went to Minsk to work on a science project.
* PutOnABusToHell: To say his final farewell in the Season 9 finale was cold and unceremonious would be a ''massive'' understatement. Fans almost unanimously cite this as one of the lowest points in the whole series.
* VerbalTic: His lines are often punctuated by stutters and 'um's.
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[[WMG: David (Creator/HankAzaria)]]
* {{Adorkable}}: David the science guy who Phoebe was absolutely crazy about. She couldn't stand Ross's obsession with science, but she loved David's lab and thought he was extremely clever and extremely cute.
* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Mike's Betty for Phoebe's Archie.
* TheBusCameBack: First in season 7 (for just one episode) and then in the second half of season 9.
* ButtMonkey: His scientific career, his romance with Phoebe, all goes south easily.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler: Loses Phoebe to Mike at the end of Season 9]]
* ExtremeDoormat: More than Chandler and Ross combined. Specially in the Barbados episodes, where he just wants to please Phoebe.
* GibberingGenius: Smart scientist, constantly stammering and such.
* LoveInterest: He likes Phoebe a lot. He's her first serious boyfriend, though only for one episode. He comes back now and then.
* NiceGuy: He's a cute geeky guy who is crazy about Phoebe and would do anything for her.
* OnlyOneName: His last name is unknown. He's just known as David "the Scientist Guy".
* PutOnABus: He went to Minsk to work on a science project.
* PutOnABusToHell: To say his final farewell in the Season 9 finale was cold and unceremonious would be a ''massive'' understatement. Fans almost unanimously cite this as one of the lowest points in the whole series.
* VerbalTic: His lines are often punctuated by stutters and 'um's.
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[[WMG: David (Creator/HankAzaria)]]
* {{Adorkable}}: David the science guy who Phoebe was absolutely crazy about. She couldn't stand Ross's obsession with science, but she loved David's lab and thought he was extremely clever and extremely cute.
* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Mike's Betty for Phoebe's Archie.
* TheBusCameBack: First in season 7 (for just one episode) and then in the second half of season 9.
* ButtMonkey: His scientific career, his romance with Phoebe, all goes south easily.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler: Loses Phoebe to Mike at the end of Season 9]]
* ExtremeDoormat: More than Chandler and Ross combined. Specially in the Barbados episodes, where he just wants to please Phoebe.
* GibberingGenius: Smart scientist, constantly stammering and such.
* LoveInterest: He likes Phoebe a lot. He's her first serious boyfriend, though only for one episode. He comes back now and then.
* NiceGuy: He's a cute geeky guy who is crazy about Phoebe and would do anything for her.
* OnlyOneName: His last name is unknown. He's just known as David "the Scientist Guy".
* PutOnABus: He went to Minsk to work on a science project.
* PutOnABusToHell: To say his final farewell in the Season 9 finale was cold and unceremonious would be a ''massive'' understatement. Fans almost unanimously cite this as one of the lowest points in the whole series.
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* TookALevelInDumbass: When we first meet her she's a perfectly normal, intelligent girl. Then she seemed to get progressively dumber in every appearance she made, which is saying something given that she was only a one-season character. By the end of the show she's so stupid that Chandler makes a crack about her having a similar level of intelligence to Joey. [[spoiler: Of course by the finale, you realize this was done to justify the surprise of her having twins and not realizing it.]]]]
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RomanticFalseLead: She begins a relationship with Ross just as Ross learns that Rachel is pregnant with his child.
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* TheGadfly
* DeadpanSnarker
* TheGadfly
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome
ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Disappears after a few episodes without explanation.
*DeadpanSnarker
* TheGadflyDeadpanSnarker: His first interactions with Rachel are SnarkToSnarkCombat.
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* TheGadfly
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Starts out as a jerk to Rachel, but is eventually revealed to be a nice person.
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* DerailingLoveInterests: She seemed pleasant, intellectual and well-matched with Ross. Out of the blue she cheated on Ross with her ex-boyfriend right ''in front of him''. And yep, this was to accomodate another Ross/Rachel hook up for the end of the series.
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* DerailingLoveInterests: She seemed pleasant, intellectual and well-matched with Ross. Out of the blue she cheated on Ross with her ex-boyfriend right ''in in front of him''. him. And yep, this was to accomodate another Ross/Rachel hook up for the end of the series.series.
* HasAType: She likes intellectual and successful guys. The only exception was Joey who has nothing to assert in the way of intelligence or academic achievements. They break up very soon because they were too different.
* HasAType: She likes intellectual and successful guys. The only exception was Joey who has nothing to assert in the way of intelligence or academic achievements. They break up very soon because they were too different.
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* YourCheatingHeart
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* YourCheatingHeart
YourCheatingHeart: She was in a happy relationship with Ross. After her ex-boyfriend tells her he still has feelings for her, she ends up making out with him, ''in front of Ross.'' Never seen again after that episode.
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* TheGenericGuy
* LoveInterest
* LoveInterest
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* TheGenericGuy
TheGenericGuy: More interesting than usual, but for the most part he's just a generic boyfriend (later husband) to give Phoebe a stable love interest at the end of the series.
*LoveInterestLoveInterest: To Phoebe in the last two seasons and the most important one.
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* OnlySaneManOnlySaneMan: He's much saner than Phoebe, although sometimes he humors her when she's being a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}.
--> '''Phoebe (doing a crossword puzzle)''': Hey, Mike, what's the capital of Peru?
--> '''Mike''': Lima.
--> '''Phoebe''': No, it starts with a V and ends in an X. And hopefully with a T-O in the middle.
--> '''Mike''': You know, you're right. The capital of Peru is Vtox.
--> '''Phoebe (doing a crossword puzzle)''': Hey, Mike, what's the capital of Peru?
--> '''Mike''': Lima.
--> '''Phoebe''': No, it starts with a V and ends in an X. And hopefully with a T-O in the middle.
--> '''Mike''': You know, you're right. The capital of Peru is Vtox.
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* NiceGirlNiceGirl: She was initially mad at Chandler and Monica for lying to her, but when Chandler talks privately to Erica and tells her about how much Monica really wanted a child, Erica understands his reasons and gives them another chance.
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* AscendedExtra: Appeared in 131 episodes. Only the Friends themselves appeared in more (238).
* RecurringCharacter: Appeared in 131 episodes. Only the Friends themselves appeared in more (238).
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: She's mostly portrayed as nice love interest in season 4 (before she TookALevelInJerkass), but she had jerkass foreshadowing from the start. Her first appearance had her being completely judgemental about strangers who didn't have a chance to explain themselves. Ross later handwaved it as her being soaking wet at the time. It was also revealed that, despite being with Ross for a couple of weeks, she also had a long-term beau back home which she ended up dumping abruptly in favour of Ross, but only after Ross learned about it and decided to "fight" for her. And in the rugby episode she gave out weak points of the other players for Ross to exploit to inflict as much pain as possible, even his own teammates.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: She's mostly portrayed as a nice love interest in season 4 (before she TookALevelInJerkass), but she had jerkass foreshadowing from the start. Her first appearance had her being completely judgemental about strangers who didn't have a chance to explain themselves. Ross later handwaved it as her being soaking wet at the time. It was also revealed that, despite being with Ross for a couple of weeks, she also had a long-term beau back home which she ended up dumping abruptly in favour of Ross, but only after Ross learned about it and decided to "fight" for her. And in the rugby episode she gave out weak points of the other players for Ross to exploit to inflict as much pain as possible, even his own teammates.
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* NiceGuy: Untile he becomes obsessed with wrestling, causing his break-up with Monica.
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* NiceGuy: Untile Until he becomes obsessed with wrestling, causing his break-up with Monica.
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* DerailingLoveInterests: Initially he was a nice, but boring guy who she left at the altar because she didn't love him. Later its revealed he was a SmugSnake who cheated on with her best friend throughout their engagement.
* DerailingLoveInterests: Introduced as a dumb, but harmless guy who enjoyed being with Rachel... Then he randomly became a Jerkass who tried to cheat on her. This was to make way for the Ross/Rachel relationship.
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* DerailingLoveInterestsDerailingLoveInterests: He started as a sweet, smart DoggedNiceGuy who went to great lengths to win over Monica. Then he turns into a pig-headed CompetitionFreak who picks wrestling over her. Could be explained, by his DoggedNiceGuy, Determinator personality extending to all areas of his life, and once he'd 'won' Monica, he got bored and moved onto a new challenge.
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* NiceGuy
* NonIdleRichNiceGuy: Untile he becomes obsessed with wrestling, causing his break-up with Monica.
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* RichPeople
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* SelfMadeManSelfMadeMan: A millionaire manager of a huge computer corporation.
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* OnlyOneName: Her last name is never revealed.
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* OnlyOneName: Her last name is never revealed.
* OnlyOneName: Her last name is never revealed.
* DerailingLoveInterests: While she did kiss Chandler, while she was with Joey, it was portrayed sympathetically as they'd genuinley fallen in love, while she and Joey were very casual. She eventually breaks up with Joey on good terms and enters into a proper relationship with Chandler, until eventually ''Chandler himself'' is the one who gets derailed. He sees her acting out a simulated sex scene with another guy in a play, and immidiately assumes she much be having an affair with him. She denies this, but Chandler accuses her in such an immature and harsh way that she DOES end up having an affair with the guy.
* OnlyOneName: Her last name is never revealed.
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* BreakTheCutie: Before the season 4 finale after which she became a...
* ClingyJealousGirl
* ClingyJealousGirl
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: She's mostly portrayed as nice love interest in season 4 (before she TookALevelInJerkass), but she had jerkass foreshadowing from the start. Her first appearance had her being completely judgemental about strangers who didn't have a chance to explain themselves. Ross later handwaved it as her being soaking wet at the time. It was also revealed that, despite being with Ross for a couple of weeks, she also had a long-term beau back home which she ended up dumping abruptly in favour of Ross, but only after Ross learned about it and decided to "fight" for her. And in the rugby episode she gave out weak points of the other players for Ross to exploit to inflict as much pain as possible, even his own teammates.
* BreakTheCutie:Before In the season 4 finale after which she became a...
is humiliated by Ross at their wedding, the main reason why Emily turns into an obsessive ControlFreak and ClingyJealousGirl afterwards.
*ClingyJealousGirlClingyJealousGirl: Emily's darker and jealous side to her personality is revealed in season 5. Due to her paranoia she forces Ross to cut all ties with Rachel whatsoever, in order to make their marriage work.
* BreakTheCutie:
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* EnglishRoseEnglishRose: A beautiful young woman with fair skin and dark hair and dark eyes. Initially she was sweet, caring and she and Ross seemed like a perfect match. She and Ross wanted to get married, but both wanted to stay in their homeland because they had strong ties with their family and friends.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Having your future husband saying ''the name of his ex-girlfriend's'' at the altar would enrage anyone.
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* RomanticFalseLead
* TookALevelInJerkass: After Ross said his ex-girlfriend's name at the altar and then tried to get on the honeymoon flight with said ex, Emily went into a paranoia overdrive but she had jerkass foreshadowing from the start. Her first appearance had her being completely judgemental about strangers who didn't have a chance to explain themselves. Ross later handwaved it as her being soaking wet at the time. It was also revealed that, despite being with Ross for a couple of weeks, she also had a long-term beau back home which she ended up dumping abruptly in favour of Ross, but only after Ross learned about it and decided to "fight" for her. And in the rugby episode she gave out weak points of the other players for Ross to exploit to inflict as much pain as possible, even his own teammates.
* TookALevelInJerkass: After Ross said his ex-girlfriend's name at the altar and then tried to get on the honeymoon flight with said ex, Emily went into a paranoia overdrive but she had jerkass foreshadowing from the start. Her first appearance had her being completely judgemental about strangers who didn't have a chance to explain themselves. Ross later handwaved it as her being soaking wet at the time. It was also revealed that, despite being with Ross for a couple of weeks, she also had a long-term beau back home which she ended up dumping abruptly in favour of Ross, but only after Ross learned about it and decided to "fight" for her. And in the rugby episode she gave out weak points of the other players for Ross to exploit to inflict as much pain as possible, even his own teammates.
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* RomanticFalseLead
RomanticFalseLead: Emily is introduced as a sympathetic character, and you can't blame her for getting mad at Ross after the wedding disaster but when Ross tries to reconcile with her, she is turned into a selfish, petty shrew by forcing Ross to never see Rachel again and, when she can't have her way, turning her back on him.
* TookALevelInJerkass: After Ross said hisex-girlfriend's Rachel's name at the altar and then tried to get on the honeymoon flight with said ex, Emily went into a paranoia overdrive but she had jerkass foreshadowing from the start. Her first appearance had her being completely judgemental about strangers who didn't have a chance to explain themselves. Ross later handwaved it as her being soaking wet at the time. It was also revealed that, despite being with Ross for a couple of weeks, she also had a long-term beau back home which she ended up dumping abruptly in favour of Ross, but only after Ross learned about it and decided to "fight" for her. And in the rugby episode she gave out weak points of the other players for Ross to exploit to inflict as much pain as possible, even his own teammates.
overdrive.
* WomanScorned: Although this ''is'' partially Ross' fault.
* TookALevelInJerkass: After Ross said his
* WomanScorned: Although this ''is'' partially Ross' fault.
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* EveryoneLovesBlondes
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* BitchInSheepsClothing
BitchInSheepsClothing: After she and Joey become a couple, she starts badmouthing his friends (Chandler and Monica) because she hates hanging out with them, putting Joey into a FriendVersusLover situation.
*EveryoneLovesBlondesDerailingLoveInterests: She was Joey's new roommate to whom he was attracted and eventually got together with. Then, she inexplicably turned out to be unable to stand Chandler and Monica, causing Joey to break up with her and her moving out.
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Besides Joey, even Ross and Chandler showed attraction to her good looks.
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* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Besides Joey, even Ross and Chandler showed attraction to her good looks.
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* LoveInterest: To Joey.Joey in season 6.
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* DerailingLoveInterests
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* DerailingLoveInterestsDerailingLoveInterests: She seemed pleasant, intellectual and well-matched with Ross. Out of the blue she cheated on Ross with her ex-boyfriend right ''in front of him''. And yep, this was to accomodate another Ross/Rachel hook up for the end of the series.
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* {{Jerkass}}
* NewOldFlame
* RomanticFalseLead
* {{Jerkass}}
* NewOldFlame
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* DisposableFiance
DisposableFiance: He and Rachel consider getting back together in the first season but he evenutually decides to stay with Mindy.
*{{Jerkass}}
{{Jerkass}}: Barry is portrayed as a horrible, selfish little man who cheats, lies, and belittles other people.
*NewOldFlame
NewOldFlame: He's the guy Rachel left at the altar in the first episode.
*RomanticFalseLeadRomanticFalseLead: According to the nature of the Ross-Rachel relationship, pretty much every person either one of them dated for more than an episode after that point had elements of the false lead.
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* AllMenArePerverts
* BeautyIsBad
* BeautyIsBad
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* AllMenArePerverts
* BeautyIsBadBeautyIsBad: He's introduced as a handsome love interest, but he turns out to be bad for Rachel.
* BeautyIsBad
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* LatinLoverLatinLover: He's Italian. Also applies to the Italian dub, where due to AdaptationalNationality he becomes a Spanish guy named Pablo.
* OnlyOneName: His last name is never revealed.
* OnlyOneName: His last name is never revealed.
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* TheAlcoholicTheAlcoholic: He has a drinking problem, and in season 2 Monica successfully helps him give up drinking.
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* AsianAndNerdyAsianAndNerdy: She's a Paleontologist.
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* NiceGirlNiceGirl: Julie is a very sweet and lovely person.
* OnlyOneName: Her last name is never revealed.
* OnlyOneName: Her last name is never revealed.
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* RomanticFalseLead
RomanticFalseLead: In the second season, Ross dated academic Julie while Rachel looked on jealously.
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* BadassMustacheBadassMustache: It's Tom Selleck.
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* TheMentallyDisturbedTheMentallyDisturbed: He watches Chandler sleep, loves shrinking fruit, and keeps a goldfish cracker as a pet. The only way Chandler is able to get him to leave is by pretend Eddie never lived there and Joey was there all along.
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* TheGhostTheGhost: He is seen twice, though not completely: his rear end and his hand in "The One With the Giant Poking Device", and also from behind in the episode where Ross is trying to get his apartment.
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* NoNameGiven
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NakedPeopleAreFunny: He's a nudist. An interesting example as he is almost never actually seen but only described by whichever friend is spying on him at that moment.
*NoNameGiven
NoNameGiven: Always referred to as "Ugly Naked Guy".
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PutOnABus: In one episode it was announced that Ugly Naked Guy was moving out and subletting the apartment. Ross ends up acquiring the apartment.
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TwoFirstNames: "Estelle" and "Leonard".
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* TheBartenderTheBartender: The manager of Central Perk.
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* UnknownRival: To Ross.
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* UnknownRival: To Ross.
Ross. He hates him for being Rachel's boyfriend.
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* GenkiGirl
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* CeilingBangerCeilingBanger: Mr. Heckles would routinely bang on the floor of Monica and Rachel's apartment and complain about the noise. When he passed away, Chandler noticed that due to the building's weird acoustics, the noise from other apartments actually was heavily amplified and started to bang on the ceiling himself until he realised in horror what he was doing. The running gag throughout that episode was that Chandler had found Mr. Heckles old school year-book and was freaking out at their similarities.
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* SitcomArchnemesis
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* YourCheatingHeart: He cheats on Rachel with her (former) best friend Mindy while engaged to her. And ''then'' he cheats on Mindy with Rachel when they are engaged. It is later mentioned that Mindy eventually divorces him after she discovers him being unfaithful again.
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* YourCheatingHeart: He cheats on Rachel with her (former) best friend Mindy while engaged to her. And ''then'' he cheats on Mindy with Rachel when they are engaged. It is later mentioned that Mindy eventually divorces him after she discovers him being unfaithful again.
again. In the AlternateReality episode where Rachel went through with marrying him, he indeed cheats on her there as well.
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* TookALevelInDumbass: When we first meet her she's a perfectly normal, intelligent girl. Then she seemed to get progressively dumber in every appearance she made, which is saying something given that she was only a one-season character. By the end of the show she's so stupid that her IQ is merely half of Forrest Gump's. [[spoiler: Of course by the finale, you realize this was done to justify the surprise of her having twins and not realizing it.]]
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* TookALevelInDumbass: When we first meet her she's a perfectly normal, intelligent girl. Then she seemed to get progressively dumber in every appearance she made, which is saying something given that she was only a one-season character. By the end of the show she's so stupid that Chandler makes a crack about her IQ is merely half having a similar level of Forrest Gump's.intelligence to Joey. [[spoiler: Of course by the finale, you realize this was done to justify the surprise of her having twins and not realizing it.]]
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* BeautyIsBad
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* HotGuysAreBastards
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* [[ObliviouslyEvil Oblivious Jinx]]: She's never actively malevolent and generally has a good heart. However, whenever she appears, she couldn't [[SpannerInTheWorks screw up Chandler's day]] any more if she tried.
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* TakeThat: Supposed to be a parody of [[Series/TheNanny Fran Drescher]].
** Some local stations, when doing promos for episodes that feature Janice, actually announce, "Fran Drescher guest stars on the next ''Friends''!"
** Some local stations, when doing promos for episodes that feature Janice, actually announce, "Fran Drescher guest stars on the next ''Friends''!"
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* SpannerInTheWorks: She's never actively malevolent and generally has a good heart. However, whenever she appears, she couldn't screw up Chandler's day any more if she tried.
* TakeThat: Supposed to be a parody of [[Series/TheNanny FranDrescher]].
**Drescher]]. Some local stations, when doing promos for episodes that feature Janice, actually announce, "Fran Drescher guest stars on the next ''Friends''!"
* TakeThat: Supposed to be a parody of [[Series/TheNanny Fran
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** FunnySchizophrenia: His bizarre behavior is PlayedForLaughs.
* FunnySchizophrenia: His bizarre behavior is PlayedForLaughs.
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* ReplacementGoldfish: To Joey, as Chandler's roommate.
** A literal example when Eddie buys a goldfish after irrationally believing that Chandler killed his previous fish. After temporarily replacing it with a goldfish cracker from Pepperidge Farm, anyway.
** A literal example when Eddie buys a goldfish after irrationally believing that Chandler killed his previous fish. After temporarily replacing it with a goldfish cracker from Pepperidge Farm, anyway.
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* ReplacementGoldfish: To Joey, as Chandler's roommate.
**roommate. A literal example when Eddie buys a goldfish after irrationally believing that Chandler killed his previous fish. After temporarily replacing it with a goldfish cracker from Pepperidge Farm, anyway.
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** BenevolentBoss: She's ''slightly'' nicer to Rachel, as despite all the crap she puts her through, eventually admits that she's a good assistant.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Not only she treats Sophie like crap, but also tries to sabotage Rachel's interview for a higher position because she loves Rachel as her assistant.
** And when Chandler doesn't call her back after their date, she blames Rachel (who introduced them) for it and rather ominously hints to her that she'll fire her because of this--this is flat-out illegal workplace behavior.
** And when Chandler doesn't call her back after their date, she blames Rachel (who introduced them) for it and rather ominously hints to her that she'll fire her because of this--this is flat-out illegal workplace behavior.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Not only she treats Sophie like crap, but also tries to sabotage Rachel's interview for a higher position because she loves Rachel as her assistant.
**assistant. And when Chandler doesn't call her back after their date, she blames Rachel (who introduced them) for it and rather ominously hints to her that she'll fire her because of this--this is flat-out illegal workplace behavior.
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* FairCopDerailingLoveInterests: And how! He was a NiceGuy who genuinely loved Phoebe and she even agreed to move in with him happily...until he shot a bird just because it was chirping too loudly. Phoebe broke up with him and he was never seen again.
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[[WMG: Gunther (James Michael Tyler)]]
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Poor Gunther never had a chance with Rachel.
* AscendedExtra: Appeared in 131 episodes. Only the Friends themselves appeared in more (238).
* TheBartender
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Has a tendency to be this, most notably when he intentionally spills to Rachel that Ross slept with the copy girl.
* FormerChildStar: Claims to have played Bryce from ''Series/AllMyChildren'' (in case you were wondering, he wasn't: there was no such character on that show). Bryce was likely a part of a fictionalized All My Children as was Dr. Drake Romoray on Days of our Lives.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: He has some of the character traits, such as being kind, and a ChasteHero who never had a chance with Rachel. His blond hair is noted frequently, to the point that Rachel states she will remember him whenever she sees a man with hair "brighter than the Sun".
* HiddenDepths:
** Has a smoking habit, speaks fluent Dutch and may have been a child actor.
** Tyler had a real-life example in the form of working the coffee machine. It got him cast as Gunther because none of the other extras knew how to do it. Note that this one little trait ensured him 10 years of employment on one of the most successful television comedies of all time, and is one of the major candidates for [[SixthRanger Seventh Friend]] (the other being Mike).
* OnlyOneName: Lampshaded. He asks Chandler if he can remember his last name. Chandler's answer is "Centralperk."
* SingleTargetSexuality: He's very much Rachel-sexual. When Phoebe kisses him to get her cold back, he apologizes to Rachel for not stopping the kiss.
* SixthRanger: Seventh.
* UnknownRival: To Ross.
[[WMG: Janice Litman (Maggie Wheeler)]]
* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Chandler. However, in the third season, Chandler actually falls for her and dates her for a while.
* AnnoyingLaugh: A signifying character trait, to which Chandler cringes every time he hears Janice laugh.
* BigOMG: Will always say her catchphrase as such and nothing lower.
* CatchPhrase: [[PunctuatedForEmphasis OH. MY. GOD!]]
* FirstLove: To Chandler. When he was actually serious about her she was the first girl he got through the 'relationship tunnel' with. (Kathy was his second and Monica was his third.)
* {{Flanderization}}: She gets louder, more melodramatic and more irritating to the other characters as seasons go on.
* GenkiGirl
* HiddenDepths: Has a couple of scenes in the later seasons that help air out some of the characters' situations (for instance, making Rachel re-consider her situation with Ross post-Emma).
* IncomingHam: Her catchphrase is, more than once, the first thing she says when she encounters the friends after a long absence in the series.
* LargeHam: Eccentric, loud, and enjoys every minute of it.
* MostAnnoyingSound: In-universe, the above line can apparently [[BrownNote cause Chandler's testicles to retract back into his body.]]
* [[ObliviouslyEvil Oblivious Jinx]]: She's never actively malevolent and generally has a good heart. However, whenever she appears, she couldn't [[SpannerInTheWorks screw up Chandler's day]] any more if she tried.
* OnceASeason: She is involved in at least one episode in each of the show's ten seasons (though in the sixth we only hear her voice).
* OverlyLongName: Janice Litman Goralnik (née Hosenstein).
* QuirkyCurls: Her hair is always in curls.
* RecurringCharacter: Was Chandler's on again off again girlfriend, thus she would always appear when the plot called for it.
* TakeThat: Supposed to be a parody of [[Series/TheNanny Fran Drescher]].
** Some local stations, when doing promos for episodes that feature Janice, actually announce, "Fran Drescher guest stars on the next ''Friends''!"
* YourCheatingHeart: A turning point in her relationship with Chandler. When the two meet again after some time passed, she is married and has a child, yet she still opts to make out with Chandler. After confronting her over who she should choose and after some thinking, Chandler decides that he doesn't want to be the person who destroys a family, so he breaks up with her so that she can have a happy family.
[[WMG: Mr. Heckles (Larry Hankin)]]
* CeilingBanger
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Often bugged the gang about strange things.
-->'''Heckles''': You're disturbing my birds.
-->'''Monica''': You don't have birds.
-->'''Heckles''' I could have birds.
* CharacterDeath: He was an older guy, but not that old. Chandler is particularly shattered by his death because he thinks their lives share the same path.
* HiddenDepths: He was part of a tight knit group before becoming a shut-in. He was the funny one.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Constantly complained about noise, but everyone thought he was just trying to annoy them. After he died, Chandler, Joey and Phoebe found that the apartment's acoustics ''did'' amplify the noise from upstairs.
* LimitedWardrobe: Always in a bathrobe.
* ShadowArchetype: He is what Chandler would have become if he remained scared of relationships.
* SitcomArchnemesis
* SmallRoleBigImpact: According to one flashback, Joey wouldn't have been Chandler's roommate--and therefore, wouldn't have been part of the main cast--if it weren't for him.
[[WMG: Dr. Barry Farber (Mitchell Whitfield)]]
* DisposableFiance
* {{Jerkass}}
* NewOldFlame
* RomanticFalseLead
* TookALevelInJerkass: Is a reasonable enough person in his first appearance, but becomes more and more of a jerk with each successive appearance.
* UpperClassTwit
* YourCheatingHeart: He cheats on Rachel with her (former) best friend Mindy while engaged to her. And ''then'' he cheats on Mindy with Rachel when they are engaged. It is later mentioned that Mindy eventually divorces him after she discovers him being unfaithful again.
[[WMG: Paolo (Cosimo Fusco)]]
* AllMenArePerverts
* TheBusCameBack: Briefly in Season 2, when Rachel has a one night stand with him on an impulse after being depressed with Ross' new relationship with Julie.
-->'''Ross''': Hey Paulo...? What are you doing here?
-->'''Paolo''': I DO RAQUEL!
* ForeignPeopleAreSexy: More InformedAttractiveness than anything though.
* HotGuysAreBastards
* LatinLover
* RomanticFalseLead: Former TropeNamer.
* YourCheatingHeart: He makes multiple passes at Phoebe while still dating Rachel.
[[WMG: Fun Bobby (Vincent Ventresca)]]
* TheAlcoholic
* IronicName: He's not only boring (it's the alcohol that puts the "fun" into Fun Bobby), but downright depressing when sober.
* TheEeyore: Due to his grandfather's death, he suffers from depression without alcohol.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His full name is never revealed.
[[WMG: Julie (Creator/LaurenTom)]]
* AsianAndNerdy
* BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to Rachel's Veronica for Ross' Archie.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Ross.
* NiceGirl
* PairTheSpares: after Ross breaks up with her because "She's not Rachem," Rachel still doesn't date him. She instead hooks up with a guy named "Russ" (played by [[ActingForTwo "Snaro"]]) who is virtually identical to Ross. In TheStinger of that episode, he sees Julie, and she him, and it appears to be LoveAtFirstSight.
* RomanticFalseLead
[[WMG: Dr. Richard Burke (Creator/TomSelleck)]]
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: How Chandler feels. In reality though Chandler is actually ''Richard's'' AlwaysSomeoneBetter, as Monica chose him over Richard several times. Interestingly, the show ''Series/DreamOn'' from the same creators had also sort-of featured an AlwaysSomeoneBetter romantic rival named Richard, but in that case the character was never seen.
* BadassGrandpa: He never actually demonstrates this, but Joey (generally considered the group's most scrappy member) is absolutely certain Richard could kick his and Chandler's butts at the same time.
* BadassMustache
* BettyAndVeronica: In Season 6, the Veronica to Chandler's Betty for Monica's Archie.
* TheBusCameBack: In season 3 and in season 6. However he's still frequently mentioned even later.
* CoolOldGuy: "I'm an entire person who can drink older than you."
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Steps down when he realizes Monica is meant to be with Chandler.
* FirstLove: To Monica. (Pete was her second and Chandler was her third).
* LoveInterest: To Monica in season 2.
* MayDecemberRomance: With Monica.
* NiceGuy: Lampshaded by Chandler.
--> '''Chandler''': You know, Richard... you are a good guy.
--> '''Richard''': I know. I hate that.
* RomanticFalseLead: In his final appearance.
* TeamDad: To his dismay, Chandler and Joey only think of him as this rather than as an equal.
[[WMG: Eddie Menuek (Adam Goldberg)]]
* AmbiguousDisorder: He most likely suffers from schizophrenia.
** FunnySchizophrenia: His bizarre behavior is PlayedForLaughs.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: ''Big time''.
* TheMentallyDisturbed
* ReplacementGoldfish: To Joey, as Chandler's roommate.
** A literal example when Eddie buys a goldfish after irrationally believing that Chandler killed his previous fish. After temporarily replacing it with a goldfish cracker from Pepperidge Farm, anyway.
[[WMG: "Ugly Naked Guy"]]
* CharacterDeath: {{Subverted}}. In one episode the gang think he is dead, but he's actually just sleeping.
* TheFaceless: We see brief glimpses of him in "The One with the Poking Device" and "The One Where Everybody Finds Out," but never see his face directly.
* TheGhost
* IWasQuiteALooker
-->'''Phoebe''': (''in flashback'') Cute Naked Guy is really starting to put on weight.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny
* NoNameGiven
* PutOnABus
[[WMG: Estelle Leonard (June Gable)]]
* CharacterDeath: She died in the last season.
* TheDitz: Which barely helps Joey's fledging career.
* SmokingIsCool: When she appears, she is always on the phone or talking with Joey while smoking cigarettes.
* TwoFirstNames
[[WMG: Mark Robinson (Steven Eckholdt)]]
* TheBusCameBack: In the season 10 episode "The One With Princess Consuela".
* HappilyMarried: It's revealed in season 10 that Mark is married with twins.
* RomanticFalseLead: Definitely. While Mark never asked Rachel out until she ended her relationship with Ross, he was always considered as an obstacle to Ross and Rachel's relationship and was one of the reason for their break-up (although it's mostly because Ross was a ''massive'' CrazyJealousGuy).
[[WMG: Pete Becker (Creator/JonFavreau)]]
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Monica. Both of them are super-competitive, hard-working determinators who are too stubborn for their own good.
* CompetitionFreak: Why he and Monica eventually break up.
* DerailingLoveInterests
* TheDeterminator: Like Monica.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Towards Monica.
* NiceGuy
* NonIdleRich
* NotWithThemForTheMoney: Despite Rachel's encouragement Monica refuses to date him unless she develops genuine feelings. (She does.) She also refuses to let him give her her own restaurant.
* RichPeople
* SecondLove: To Monica. (Richard being the first and Chandler being the third).
* SelfMadeMan
* TooMuchAlike: Despite sharing his stubborn, competitive nature, Monica can't deal with it and they break up, [[{{Foreshadowing}} hinting she needs someone more relaxed than her]]. Her next, and last, boyfriend is the easy-going Chandler.
[[WMG: Joanna (Alison La Placa)]]
* AssholeVictim: Sophie is genuinely happy when she dies.
* BadBoss: To Sophie, so much.
** BenevolentBoss: She's ''slightly'' nicer to Rachel, as despite all the crap she puts her through, eventually admits that she's a good assistant.
* CharacterDeath: She is one of the few recurring characters to have been killed on the show.
* {{Jerkass}}: Not only she treats Sophie like crap, but also tries to sabotage Rachel's interview for a higher position because she loves Rachel as her assistant.
** And when Chandler doesn't call her back after their date, she blames Rachel (who introduced them) for it and rather ominously hints to her that she'll fire her because of this--this is flat-out illegal workplace behavior.
[[WMG: Sophie (Laura Dean)]]
* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: She takes Joanna's death very well.
* ButtMonkey: She's constantly picked on by her boss Joanna.
[[WMG: Bonnie (Christine Taylor)]]
* BaldWomen: She used to be this, but when Rachel meets her she is horrified to see that her hair has actually grown back and she is actually a very attractive woman. Until Rachel convinces her to shave her hair off again in "The One at the Beach".
* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Rachel's Betty for Ross' Archie.
* TheGenericGirl: Aside from being formerly bald, there's nothing particularly noteworthy or interesting about her character.
* ReallyGetsAround: This is revealed at the beginning of "The One At The Beach," which makes it all the more strange that Ross of all people would be dating her.
* RomanticFalseLead: Of course.
[[WMG: Chip Matthews (Dan Gauthier)]]
* BigManOnCampus: In high school, where he was dating the equally popular Rachel.
* TheFaceless: In "The One with the Prom Video", he's played by an unknown, uncredited actor and his face is not seen on screen.
* FutureLoser: He was the most popular guy in high school, now he's an immature ManChild with no job who still lives with his parents.
* ManChild: Monica dates him in "The One With The Cat" and learns that he hasn't matured at all since high school.
* YourCheatingHeart: He wasn't very faithful to Rachel, and at the prom he abandoned her to go have sex with a girl named Amy Welsh.
[[WMG: Kathy (Paget Brewster)]]
* BirdsOfAFeather: Chandler falls in love with her after they bond over their favorite television show.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Sadly comes off as this, when she sleeps with Nick. Cheating once was sympathetic because she claimed to have fallen in love with Chandler, but cheating again tips her into this territory.
* {{Hypocrite}}: When Chandler says it should be understandable that he believes she could be cheating on him with co-star Nick, considering how they got together, she gets upset and leaves... and promptly cheats on Chandler with Nick.
* LoveInterest: To Chandler and Joey in season 4.
* SecondLove: To Chandler, with Janice being first. (Monica was his third).
* YourCheatingHeart: She cheated on Joey with Chandler. Later she cheats on Chandler with Nick, leading to the end of their relationship.
[[WMG: Joshua Burgin (Tate Donovan)]]
* TheGenericGuy: It's not clear why Rachel was so attracted to him.
* LoveInterest: To Rachel in season 4, although he's obviously just a RomanticFalseLead.
* ObliviousToLove: He was clueless about Rachel's crush on him in the beginning.
[[WMG: Emily Waltham (Helen Baxendale)]]
* BreakTheCutie: Before the season 4 finale after which she became a...
* ClingyJealousGirl
* ControlFreak: Again, only after the season 4 finale.
* EnglishRose
* HideYourPregnancy: Emily's last two appearances have her in bed, under the blankets.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: She had shades of this trope and similar effect on Ross. They spontaneously went to Vermont and enthusiastically watched animals and enjoyed the autumn there, he played rugby because of her, she made him pierce his ear and enroll in helicopter lessons. Though he says she won't be around for long enough for him to actually frequent the lessons.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Her arc was supposed to be longer, but because of Baxendale's pregnancy and desire to work back in England, she was written off quicker than intended.
* RomanticFalseLead
* TookALevelInJerkass: After Ross said his ex-girlfriend's name at the altar and then tried to get on the honeymoon flight with said ex, Emily went into a paranoia overdrive but she had jerkass foreshadowing from the start. Her first appearance had her being completely judgemental about strangers who didn't have a chance to explain themselves. Ross later handwaved it as her being soaking wet at the time. It was also revealed that, despite being with Ross for a couple of weeks, she also had a long-term beau back home which she ended up dumping abruptly in favour of Ross, but only after Ross learned about it and decided to "fight" for her. And in the rugby episode she gave out weak points of the other players for Ross to exploit to inflict as much pain as possible, even his own teammates.
[[WMG: Gary (Creator/MichaelRapaport)]]
* FairCop
* LoveInterest: To Phoebe in season 5.
** DerailingLoveInterests: And how! He was a NiceGuy who genuinely loved Phoebe and she even agreed to move in with him happily...until he shot a bird just because it was chirping too loudly. Phoebe broke up with him and he was never seen again.
[[WMG: Janine Lecroix (Creator/{{Elle MacPherson}})]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing
* EveryoneLovesBlondes
* GirlyGirl: She likes pictures of babies, vases with flowers, bowls with petals, pretty little boxes or colorful pillows.
* LoveInterest: To Joey.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Briefly with Monica, with Janine complaining she's 'too loud' and running away when Monica challenges her to fight it out.
[[WMG: Elizabeth Stevens (Alexandra Holden)]]
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: She dates Ross, her professor from college. Her dad is not pleased.
* TeacherStudentRomance: She dates Ross who was her paleontology teacher.
[[WMG: Paul Stevens (Creator/BruceWillis)]]
* BeneathTheMask
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Especially in the episode "The One Where Paul's the Man" when he starts talking and singing exaggeratedly to himself in the mirror.
-->'''Paul''': Just relax. Just relax, Paul, you're doing great. She likes you. She... maybe, she likes you. She likes you. You know why? Because you're a... neat guy. You are the man. You are... The Man! I still got it! Nice and sexy. You're just a love machine.
* FreudianExcuse: He had a horrible childhood that made him a very insecure person. Curiously PlayedForLaughs, especially when he begins crying for hours and Rachel dumps him for this reason.
* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood
* {{Hypocrite}}: He doesn't like Ross' relationship with his daughter because Ross is much older than she is. Then Paul starts dating Rachel, who is considerably younger than him.
* {{Jerkass}}: To Ross, especially.
* JerkassFacade: As revealed in "The One With The Ring".
* OverprotectiveDad: He still sees his college-aged daughter Elizabeth as his little girl.
[[WMG: Tag Jones (Eddie Cahill)]]
* BrainlessBeauty
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Even Chandler gushes about how good-looking he is.
* HiredForTheirLooks: As Rachel's assistant.
* LoveInterest: To Rachel.
* NiceGuy
* PrettyBoy: He's quite young and has pretty, almost feminine features.
* RomanticFalseLead: He dates Rachel but they are not meant to be.
* SleepingWithTheBoss: He becomes Rachel's lover even though she's his boss.
[[WMG: Mona (Bonnie Somerville)]]
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Ross. She is the only person to understand the reference to his "Spudnik" Halloween costume.
* [[TheGenericGuy The Generic Girl]]
* LoveInterest: To Ross.
* NiceGirl
* OnlyOneName: Her last name is not revealed.
* RomanticFalseLead
[[WMG: Gavin Mitchell (Dermot Mulroney)]]
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Rachel.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome
* DeadpanSnarker
* TheGadfly
* HiddenDepths: He apparently was a rodeo clown, which intrigued Rachel.
-->"One of the best, ma'am, one of the best."
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
[[WMG: Charlie Wheeler (Aisha Tyler)]]
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Ross. They're both paleontologists who work at the same university. They begin dating after Charlie breaks up with Joey.
* DerailingLoveInterests
* HotScientist: She's a stunningly good-looking paleontologist.
* LoveInterest: To Joey and Ross.
* OppositesAttract: With Joey.
* StatuesqueStunner: She's a tall and imposing beauty. She's taller than most female characters and looms over some men as well.
* TomboyishName: Charlie is usually a male name.
* YourCheatingHeart
[[WMG: Mike Hannigan (Creator/PaulRudd)]]
* BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to David's Veronica for Phoebe's Archie.
* TheBusCameBack: He breaks up with Phoebe midway through Season 9 but then returns during the season finale.
* DeadpanSnarker: It's Paul Rudd, after all.
* HappilyMarried: Eventually to Phoebe.
* TheGenericGuy
* LoveInterest
* NiceGuy: He loves Phoebe and patiently puts up with her eccentricities.
* OnlySaneMan
* OppositesAttract: With Phoebe.
* PursueTheDreamJob: He becomes a pro pianist quite late in his life.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Savvy Guy to Phoebe's Energetic Girl.
* SecondLove: To Phoebe (David was her first serious love interest).
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: At the end of the eighth season Phoebe meets a man named Cliff, who similarly to Mike was also formerly married and is a NiceGuy who can put up with her odd behaviorisms. Come season nine and he is never mentioned despite it picking up directly where the previous season left off while Mike is almost immediately introduced, suggesting that he was going to have the role Mike ultimately wound up with in the series.
* UptownGirl: Gender inverted. He's a former lawyer and comes from a very wealthy family who are not thrilled at him falling for former StreetUrchin Phoebe.
[[WMG: David (Creator/HankAzaria)]]
* {{Adorkable}}: David the science guy who Phoebe was absolutely crazy about. She couldn't stand Ross's obsession with science, but she loved David's lab and thought he was extremely clever and extremely cute.
* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Mike's Betty for Phoebe's Archie.
%% * BunnyEarsLawyer
* ButtMonkey: His scientific career, his romance with Phoebe, all goes south easily.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler: Loses Phoebe to Mike at the end of Season 9]]
* ExtremeDoormat: More than Chandler and Ross combined. Specially in the Barbados episodes, where he just wants to please Phoebe.
* GibberingGenius: Smart scientist, constantly stammering and such.
* LoveInterest: He likes Phoebe a lot. He's her first serious boyfriend, though only for one episode. He comes back now and then.
%%* NiceGuy
* OnlyOneName: His last name is unknown. He's just known as David "the Scientist Guy".
* PutOnABus: He went to Minsk to work on a science project. TheBusCameBack: First in season 7 (for just one episode) and then in the second half of season 9.
* PutOnABusToHell: To say his final farewell in the Season 9 finale was cold and unceremonious would be a ''massive'' understatement. Fans almost unanimously cite this as one of the lowest points in the whole series.
* VerbalTic: His lines are often punctuated by stutters and 'um's.
[[WMG: Erica (Creator/AnnaFaris)]]
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: When talking about the potential fathers of her baby, she mentioned one of the possibilities was a guy in prison who murdered his parents with a shovel.
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: As Monica said, she didn't really pay attention in Sex Ed, otherwise she'd have known that whatever it was she did with "Shovelly Joe" cannot possibly result in pregnancy.
* BrainlessBeauty: She's pretty but not very bright.
--> '''Monica''': There's something that we wanna tell you. We decided to name the girl-baby Erica.
--> '''Erica''': Oh my God, that's just like my name!
* DumbBlonde: She didn't even realize she was pregnant [[spoiler:with twins and thought she would have one baby.]]
* NiceGirl
* OnlyOneName: Her last name is not revealed.
* SurprisePregnancy: [[spoiler:Played with, Erica knew she was pregnant... she just didn't know it was ''twins''.]]
* TookALevelInDumbass: When we first meet her she's a perfectly normal, intelligent girl. Then she seemed to get progressively dumber in every appearance she made, which is saying something given that she was only a one-season character. By the end of the show she's so stupid that her IQ is merely half of Forrest Gump's. [[spoiler: Of course by the finale, you realize this was done to justify the surprise of her having twins and not realizing it.]]
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Poor Gunther never had a chance with Rachel.
* AscendedExtra: Appeared in 131 episodes. Only the Friends themselves appeared in more (238).
* TheBartender
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Has a tendency to be this, most notably when he intentionally spills to Rachel that Ross slept with the copy girl.
* FormerChildStar: Claims to have played Bryce from ''Series/AllMyChildren'' (in case you were wondering, he wasn't: there was no such character on that show). Bryce was likely a part of a fictionalized All My Children as was Dr. Drake Romoray on Days of our Lives.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: He has some of the character traits, such as being kind, and a ChasteHero who never had a chance with Rachel. His blond hair is noted frequently, to the point that Rachel states she will remember him whenever she sees a man with hair "brighter than the Sun".
* HiddenDepths:
** Has a smoking habit, speaks fluent Dutch and may have been a child actor.
** Tyler had a real-life example in the form of working the coffee machine. It got him cast as Gunther because none of the other extras knew how to do it. Note that this one little trait ensured him 10 years of employment on one of the most successful television comedies of all time, and is one of the major candidates for [[SixthRanger Seventh Friend]] (the other being Mike).
* OnlyOneName: Lampshaded. He asks Chandler if he can remember his last name. Chandler's answer is "Centralperk."
* SingleTargetSexuality: He's very much Rachel-sexual. When Phoebe kisses him to get her cold back, he apologizes to Rachel for not stopping the kiss.
* SixthRanger: Seventh.
* UnknownRival: To Ross.
[[WMG: Janice Litman (Maggie Wheeler)]]
* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Chandler. However, in the third season, Chandler actually falls for her and dates her for a while.
* AnnoyingLaugh: A signifying character trait, to which Chandler cringes every time he hears Janice laugh.
* BigOMG: Will always say her catchphrase as such and nothing lower.
* CatchPhrase: [[PunctuatedForEmphasis OH. MY. GOD!]]
* FirstLove: To Chandler. When he was actually serious about her she was the first girl he got through the 'relationship tunnel' with. (Kathy was his second and Monica was his third.)
* {{Flanderization}}: She gets louder, more melodramatic and more irritating to the other characters as seasons go on.
* GenkiGirl
* HiddenDepths: Has a couple of scenes in the later seasons that help air out some of the characters' situations (for instance, making Rachel re-consider her situation with Ross post-Emma).
* IncomingHam: Her catchphrase is, more than once, the first thing she says when she encounters the friends after a long absence in the series.
* LargeHam: Eccentric, loud, and enjoys every minute of it.
* MostAnnoyingSound: In-universe, the above line can apparently [[BrownNote cause Chandler's testicles to retract back into his body.]]
* [[ObliviouslyEvil Oblivious Jinx]]: She's never actively malevolent and generally has a good heart. However, whenever she appears, she couldn't [[SpannerInTheWorks screw up Chandler's day]] any more if she tried.
* OnceASeason: She is involved in at least one episode in each of the show's ten seasons (though in the sixth we only hear her voice).
* OverlyLongName: Janice Litman Goralnik (née Hosenstein).
* QuirkyCurls: Her hair is always in curls.
* RecurringCharacter: Was Chandler's on again off again girlfriend, thus she would always appear when the plot called for it.
* TakeThat: Supposed to be a parody of [[Series/TheNanny Fran Drescher]].
** Some local stations, when doing promos for episodes that feature Janice, actually announce, "Fran Drescher guest stars on the next ''Friends''!"
* YourCheatingHeart: A turning point in her relationship with Chandler. When the two meet again after some time passed, she is married and has a child, yet she still opts to make out with Chandler. After confronting her over who she should choose and after some thinking, Chandler decides that he doesn't want to be the person who destroys a family, so he breaks up with her so that she can have a happy family.
[[WMG: Mr. Heckles (Larry Hankin)]]
* CeilingBanger
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Often bugged the gang about strange things.
-->'''Heckles''': You're disturbing my birds.
-->'''Monica''': You don't have birds.
-->'''Heckles''' I could have birds.
* CharacterDeath: He was an older guy, but not that old. Chandler is particularly shattered by his death because he thinks their lives share the same path.
* HiddenDepths: He was part of a tight knit group before becoming a shut-in. He was the funny one.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Constantly complained about noise, but everyone thought he was just trying to annoy them. After he died, Chandler, Joey and Phoebe found that the apartment's acoustics ''did'' amplify the noise from upstairs.
* LimitedWardrobe: Always in a bathrobe.
* ShadowArchetype: He is what Chandler would have become if he remained scared of relationships.
* SitcomArchnemesis
* SmallRoleBigImpact: According to one flashback, Joey wouldn't have been Chandler's roommate--and therefore, wouldn't have been part of the main cast--if it weren't for him.
[[WMG: Dr. Barry Farber (Mitchell Whitfield)]]
* DisposableFiance
* {{Jerkass}}
* NewOldFlame
* RomanticFalseLead
* TookALevelInJerkass: Is a reasonable enough person in his first appearance, but becomes more and more of a jerk with each successive appearance.
* UpperClassTwit
* YourCheatingHeart: He cheats on Rachel with her (former) best friend Mindy while engaged to her. And ''then'' he cheats on Mindy with Rachel when they are engaged. It is later mentioned that Mindy eventually divorces him after she discovers him being unfaithful again.
[[WMG: Paolo (Cosimo Fusco)]]
* AllMenArePerverts
* TheBusCameBack: Briefly in Season 2, when Rachel has a one night stand with him on an impulse after being depressed with Ross' new relationship with Julie.
-->'''Ross''': Hey Paulo...? What are you doing here?
-->'''Paolo''': I DO RAQUEL!
* ForeignPeopleAreSexy: More InformedAttractiveness than anything though.
* HotGuysAreBastards
* LatinLover
* RomanticFalseLead: Former TropeNamer.
* YourCheatingHeart: He makes multiple passes at Phoebe while still dating Rachel.
[[WMG: Fun Bobby (Vincent Ventresca)]]
* TheAlcoholic
* IronicName: He's not only boring (it's the alcohol that puts the "fun" into Fun Bobby), but downright depressing when sober.
* TheEeyore: Due to his grandfather's death, he suffers from depression without alcohol.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His full name is never revealed.
[[WMG: Julie (Creator/LaurenTom)]]
* AsianAndNerdy
* BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to Rachel's Veronica for Ross' Archie.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Ross.
* NiceGirl
* PairTheSpares: after Ross breaks up with her because "She's not Rachem," Rachel still doesn't date him. She instead hooks up with a guy named "Russ" (played by [[ActingForTwo "Snaro"]]) who is virtually identical to Ross. In TheStinger of that episode, he sees Julie, and she him, and it appears to be LoveAtFirstSight.
* RomanticFalseLead
[[WMG: Dr. Richard Burke (Creator/TomSelleck)]]
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: How Chandler feels. In reality though Chandler is actually ''Richard's'' AlwaysSomeoneBetter, as Monica chose him over Richard several times. Interestingly, the show ''Series/DreamOn'' from the same creators had also sort-of featured an AlwaysSomeoneBetter romantic rival named Richard, but in that case the character was never seen.
* BadassGrandpa: He never actually demonstrates this, but Joey (generally considered the group's most scrappy member) is absolutely certain Richard could kick his and Chandler's butts at the same time.
* BadassMustache
* BettyAndVeronica: In Season 6, the Veronica to Chandler's Betty for Monica's Archie.
* TheBusCameBack: In season 3 and in season 6. However he's still frequently mentioned even later.
* CoolOldGuy: "I'm an entire person who can drink older than you."
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Steps down when he realizes Monica is meant to be with Chandler.
* FirstLove: To Monica. (Pete was her second and Chandler was her third).
* LoveInterest: To Monica in season 2.
* MayDecemberRomance: With Monica.
* NiceGuy: Lampshaded by Chandler.
--> '''Chandler''': You know, Richard... you are a good guy.
--> '''Richard''': I know. I hate that.
* RomanticFalseLead: In his final appearance.
* TeamDad: To his dismay, Chandler and Joey only think of him as this rather than as an equal.
[[WMG: Eddie Menuek (Adam Goldberg)]]
* AmbiguousDisorder: He most likely suffers from schizophrenia.
** FunnySchizophrenia: His bizarre behavior is PlayedForLaughs.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: ''Big time''.
* TheMentallyDisturbed
* ReplacementGoldfish: To Joey, as Chandler's roommate.
** A literal example when Eddie buys a goldfish after irrationally believing that Chandler killed his previous fish. After temporarily replacing it with a goldfish cracker from Pepperidge Farm, anyway.
[[WMG: "Ugly Naked Guy"]]
* CharacterDeath: {{Subverted}}. In one episode the gang think he is dead, but he's actually just sleeping.
* TheFaceless: We see brief glimpses of him in "The One with the Poking Device" and "The One Where Everybody Finds Out," but never see his face directly.
* TheGhost
* IWasQuiteALooker
-->'''Phoebe''': (''in flashback'') Cute Naked Guy is really starting to put on weight.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny
* NoNameGiven
* PutOnABus
[[WMG: Estelle Leonard (June Gable)]]
* CharacterDeath: She died in the last season.
* TheDitz: Which barely helps Joey's fledging career.
* SmokingIsCool: When she appears, she is always on the phone or talking with Joey while smoking cigarettes.
* TwoFirstNames
[[WMG: Mark Robinson (Steven Eckholdt)]]
* TheBusCameBack: In the season 10 episode "The One With Princess Consuela".
* HappilyMarried: It's revealed in season 10 that Mark is married with twins.
* RomanticFalseLead: Definitely. While Mark never asked Rachel out until she ended her relationship with Ross, he was always considered as an obstacle to Ross and Rachel's relationship and was one of the reason for their break-up (although it's mostly because Ross was a ''massive'' CrazyJealousGuy).
[[WMG: Pete Becker (Creator/JonFavreau)]]
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Monica. Both of them are super-competitive, hard-working determinators who are too stubborn for their own good.
* CompetitionFreak: Why he and Monica eventually break up.
* DerailingLoveInterests
* TheDeterminator: Like Monica.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Towards Monica.
* NiceGuy
* NonIdleRich
* NotWithThemForTheMoney: Despite Rachel's encouragement Monica refuses to date him unless she develops genuine feelings. (She does.) She also refuses to let him give her her own restaurant.
* RichPeople
* SecondLove: To Monica. (Richard being the first and Chandler being the third).
* SelfMadeMan
* TooMuchAlike: Despite sharing his stubborn, competitive nature, Monica can't deal with it and they break up, [[{{Foreshadowing}} hinting she needs someone more relaxed than her]]. Her next, and last, boyfriend is the easy-going Chandler.
[[WMG: Joanna (Alison La Placa)]]
* AssholeVictim: Sophie is genuinely happy when she dies.
* BadBoss: To Sophie, so much.
** BenevolentBoss: She's ''slightly'' nicer to Rachel, as despite all the crap she puts her through, eventually admits that she's a good assistant.
* CharacterDeath: She is one of the few recurring characters to have been killed on the show.
* {{Jerkass}}: Not only she treats Sophie like crap, but also tries to sabotage Rachel's interview for a higher position because she loves Rachel as her assistant.
** And when Chandler doesn't call her back after their date, she blames Rachel (who introduced them) for it and rather ominously hints to her that she'll fire her because of this--this is flat-out illegal workplace behavior.
[[WMG: Sophie (Laura Dean)]]
* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: She takes Joanna's death very well.
* ButtMonkey: She's constantly picked on by her boss Joanna.
[[WMG: Bonnie (Christine Taylor)]]
* BaldWomen: She used to be this, but when Rachel meets her she is horrified to see that her hair has actually grown back and she is actually a very attractive woman. Until Rachel convinces her to shave her hair off again in "The One at the Beach".
* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Rachel's Betty for Ross' Archie.
* TheGenericGirl: Aside from being formerly bald, there's nothing particularly noteworthy or interesting about her character.
* ReallyGetsAround: This is revealed at the beginning of "The One At The Beach," which makes it all the more strange that Ross of all people would be dating her.
* RomanticFalseLead: Of course.
[[WMG: Chip Matthews (Dan Gauthier)]]
* BigManOnCampus: In high school, where he was dating the equally popular Rachel.
* TheFaceless: In "The One with the Prom Video", he's played by an unknown, uncredited actor and his face is not seen on screen.
* FutureLoser: He was the most popular guy in high school, now he's an immature ManChild with no job who still lives with his parents.
* ManChild: Monica dates him in "The One With The Cat" and learns that he hasn't matured at all since high school.
* YourCheatingHeart: He wasn't very faithful to Rachel, and at the prom he abandoned her to go have sex with a girl named Amy Welsh.
[[WMG: Kathy (Paget Brewster)]]
* BirdsOfAFeather: Chandler falls in love with her after they bond over their favorite television show.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Sadly comes off as this, when she sleeps with Nick. Cheating once was sympathetic because she claimed to have fallen in love with Chandler, but cheating again tips her into this territory.
* {{Hypocrite}}: When Chandler says it should be understandable that he believes she could be cheating on him with co-star Nick, considering how they got together, she gets upset and leaves... and promptly cheats on Chandler with Nick.
* LoveInterest: To Chandler and Joey in season 4.
* SecondLove: To Chandler, with Janice being first. (Monica was his third).
* YourCheatingHeart: She cheated on Joey with Chandler. Later she cheats on Chandler with Nick, leading to the end of their relationship.
[[WMG: Joshua Burgin (Tate Donovan)]]
* TheGenericGuy: It's not clear why Rachel was so attracted to him.
* LoveInterest: To Rachel in season 4, although he's obviously just a RomanticFalseLead.
* ObliviousToLove: He was clueless about Rachel's crush on him in the beginning.
[[WMG: Emily Waltham (Helen Baxendale)]]
* BreakTheCutie: Before the season 4 finale after which she became a...
* ClingyJealousGirl
* ControlFreak: Again, only after the season 4 finale.
* EnglishRose
* HideYourPregnancy: Emily's last two appearances have her in bed, under the blankets.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: She had shades of this trope and similar effect on Ross. They spontaneously went to Vermont and enthusiastically watched animals and enjoyed the autumn there, he played rugby because of her, she made him pierce his ear and enroll in helicopter lessons. Though he says she won't be around for long enough for him to actually frequent the lessons.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Her arc was supposed to be longer, but because of Baxendale's pregnancy and desire to work back in England, she was written off quicker than intended.
* RomanticFalseLead
* TookALevelInJerkass: After Ross said his ex-girlfriend's name at the altar and then tried to get on the honeymoon flight with said ex, Emily went into a paranoia overdrive but she had jerkass foreshadowing from the start. Her first appearance had her being completely judgemental about strangers who didn't have a chance to explain themselves. Ross later handwaved it as her being soaking wet at the time. It was also revealed that, despite being with Ross for a couple of weeks, she also had a long-term beau back home which she ended up dumping abruptly in favour of Ross, but only after Ross learned about it and decided to "fight" for her. And in the rugby episode she gave out weak points of the other players for Ross to exploit to inflict as much pain as possible, even his own teammates.
[[WMG: Gary (Creator/MichaelRapaport)]]
* FairCop
* LoveInterest: To Phoebe in season 5.
** DerailingLoveInterests: And how! He was a NiceGuy who genuinely loved Phoebe and she even agreed to move in with him happily...until he shot a bird just because it was chirping too loudly. Phoebe broke up with him and he was never seen again.
[[WMG: Janine Lecroix (Creator/{{Elle MacPherson}})]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing
* EveryoneLovesBlondes
* GirlyGirl: She likes pictures of babies, vases with flowers, bowls with petals, pretty little boxes or colorful pillows.
* LoveInterest: To Joey.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Briefly with Monica, with Janine complaining she's 'too loud' and running away when Monica challenges her to fight it out.
[[WMG: Elizabeth Stevens (Alexandra Holden)]]
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: She dates Ross, her professor from college. Her dad is not pleased.
* TeacherStudentRomance: She dates Ross who was her paleontology teacher.
[[WMG: Paul Stevens (Creator/BruceWillis)]]
* BeneathTheMask
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Especially in the episode "The One Where Paul's the Man" when he starts talking and singing exaggeratedly to himself in the mirror.
-->'''Paul''': Just relax. Just relax, Paul, you're doing great. She likes you. She... maybe, she likes you. She likes you. You know why? Because you're a... neat guy. You are the man. You are... The Man! I still got it! Nice and sexy. You're just a love machine.
* FreudianExcuse: He had a horrible childhood that made him a very insecure person. Curiously PlayedForLaughs, especially when he begins crying for hours and Rachel dumps him for this reason.
* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood
* {{Hypocrite}}: He doesn't like Ross' relationship with his daughter because Ross is much older than she is. Then Paul starts dating Rachel, who is considerably younger than him.
* {{Jerkass}}: To Ross, especially.
* JerkassFacade: As revealed in "The One With The Ring".
* OverprotectiveDad: He still sees his college-aged daughter Elizabeth as his little girl.
[[WMG: Tag Jones (Eddie Cahill)]]
* BrainlessBeauty
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Even Chandler gushes about how good-looking he is.
* HiredForTheirLooks: As Rachel's assistant.
* LoveInterest: To Rachel.
* NiceGuy
* PrettyBoy: He's quite young and has pretty, almost feminine features.
* RomanticFalseLead: He dates Rachel but they are not meant to be.
* SleepingWithTheBoss: He becomes Rachel's lover even though she's his boss.
[[WMG: Mona (Bonnie Somerville)]]
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Ross. She is the only person to understand the reference to his "Spudnik" Halloween costume.
* [[TheGenericGuy The Generic Girl]]
* LoveInterest: To Ross.
* NiceGirl
* OnlyOneName: Her last name is not revealed.
* RomanticFalseLead
[[WMG: Gavin Mitchell (Dermot Mulroney)]]
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Rachel.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome
* DeadpanSnarker
* TheGadfly
* HiddenDepths: He apparently was a rodeo clown, which intrigued Rachel.
-->"One of the best, ma'am, one of the best."
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
[[WMG: Charlie Wheeler (Aisha Tyler)]]
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Ross. They're both paleontologists who work at the same university. They begin dating after Charlie breaks up with Joey.
* DerailingLoveInterests
* HotScientist: She's a stunningly good-looking paleontologist.
* LoveInterest: To Joey and Ross.
* OppositesAttract: With Joey.
* StatuesqueStunner: She's a tall and imposing beauty. She's taller than most female characters and looms over some men as well.
* TomboyishName: Charlie is usually a male name.
* YourCheatingHeart
[[WMG: Mike Hannigan (Creator/PaulRudd)]]
* BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to David's Veronica for Phoebe's Archie.
* TheBusCameBack: He breaks up with Phoebe midway through Season 9 but then returns during the season finale.
* DeadpanSnarker: It's Paul Rudd, after all.
* HappilyMarried: Eventually to Phoebe.
* TheGenericGuy
* LoveInterest
* NiceGuy: He loves Phoebe and patiently puts up with her eccentricities.
* OnlySaneMan
* OppositesAttract: With Phoebe.
* PursueTheDreamJob: He becomes a pro pianist quite late in his life.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Savvy Guy to Phoebe's Energetic Girl.
* SecondLove: To Phoebe (David was her first serious love interest).
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: At the end of the eighth season Phoebe meets a man named Cliff, who similarly to Mike was also formerly married and is a NiceGuy who can put up with her odd behaviorisms. Come season nine and he is never mentioned despite it picking up directly where the previous season left off while Mike is almost immediately introduced, suggesting that he was going to have the role Mike ultimately wound up with in the series.
* UptownGirl: Gender inverted. He's a former lawyer and comes from a very wealthy family who are not thrilled at him falling for former StreetUrchin Phoebe.
[[WMG: David (Creator/HankAzaria)]]
* {{Adorkable}}: David the science guy who Phoebe was absolutely crazy about. She couldn't stand Ross's obsession with science, but she loved David's lab and thought he was extremely clever and extremely cute.
* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Mike's Betty for Phoebe's Archie.
%% * BunnyEarsLawyer
* ButtMonkey: His scientific career, his romance with Phoebe, all goes south easily.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler: Loses Phoebe to Mike at the end of Season 9]]
* ExtremeDoormat: More than Chandler and Ross combined. Specially in the Barbados episodes, where he just wants to please Phoebe.
* GibberingGenius: Smart scientist, constantly stammering and such.
* LoveInterest: He likes Phoebe a lot. He's her first serious boyfriend, though only for one episode. He comes back now and then.
%%* NiceGuy
* OnlyOneName: His last name is unknown. He's just known as David "the Scientist Guy".
* PutOnABus: He went to Minsk to work on a science project. TheBusCameBack: First in season 7 (for just one episode) and then in the second half of season 9.
* PutOnABusToHell: To say his final farewell in the Season 9 finale was cold and unceremonious would be a ''massive'' understatement. Fans almost unanimously cite this as one of the lowest points in the whole series.
* VerbalTic: His lines are often punctuated by stutters and 'um's.
[[WMG: Erica (Creator/AnnaFaris)]]
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: When talking about the potential fathers of her baby, she mentioned one of the possibilities was a guy in prison who murdered his parents with a shovel.
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: As Monica said, she didn't really pay attention in Sex Ed, otherwise she'd have known that whatever it was she did with "Shovelly Joe" cannot possibly result in pregnancy.
* BrainlessBeauty: She's pretty but not very bright.
--> '''Monica''': There's something that we wanna tell you. We decided to name the girl-baby Erica.
--> '''Erica''': Oh my God, that's just like my name!
* DumbBlonde: She didn't even realize she was pregnant [[spoiler:with twins and thought she would have one baby.]]
* NiceGirl
* OnlyOneName: Her last name is not revealed.
* SurprisePregnancy: [[spoiler:Played with, Erica knew she was pregnant... she just didn't know it was ''twins''.]]
* TookALevelInDumbass: When we first meet her she's a perfectly normal, intelligent girl. Then she seemed to get progressively dumber in every appearance she made, which is saying something given that she was only a one-season character. By the end of the show she's so stupid that her IQ is merely half of Forrest Gump's. [[spoiler: Of course by the finale, you realize this was done to justify the surprise of her having twins and not realizing it.]]
