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* DerailingLoveInterests: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] unlike most love interests in the show. He remains the same basically decent and affectionate person throughout, he's just not in the same place in his life as Rachel and their break up is almost completely lacking in drama.
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-->'''Phoebe:''' ''I'' am a positive person. ''You'' are like Santa Claus on Prozac, at Disneyland, getting laid!
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* NoSympathyForGrudgeholders: While being bullied in highschool makes his resentment understandable, forming an "I Hate Rachel Club", [[HeWhoFightsMonsters spreading rumors of Rachel being a hermaphrodite]] that even ''Chandler''(who didn't grow up on Long Island with them) heard about back then, and clinging onto that grudge for years makes it hard to sympathize with him.
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* 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.
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-->'''Ross:''' Well, this is ironic. Of your last two boyfriends, Richard didn't want to have kids, and from the looks of it, now Pete can't.
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* NiceGuy: He's a cute nerdy guy who is crazy about Phoebe and would do anything for her.
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* OddFriendship: He and Ross go to yoga lessons together.
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Chandler's on-again, off-again girlfriend during the first four seasons. One of the show's primary recurring characters, appearing at least once in all but the seventh season (and even then she had a voiceover role).
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Chandler's on-again, off-again girlfriend during the first four seasons. One of the show's primary recurring characters, appearing at least once in all but the seventh sixth season (and even then she had a voiceover role).
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* BookEnds: His friendship with Rachel and setting her up the job at Bloomingdale's was the reason due to which Ross and Rachel had their infamous breakup. Come the final season, his reappearance and his subsequent offering Rachel a job in Louis Vuitton is also the reason [[spoiler: Ross and Rachel eventually get back together for good.]]
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A regular at the diner where Monica works in season three. He also happens to work in fashion and offers Rachel a job, triggering the storyline that ends her relationship with Ross.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: He doesn't appear in many episodes, but has a huge impact on Ross and Rachel's relationship. [[spoiler: Both times.]]
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A young woman who works in a local xerox store. Chandler, Joey and Ross all find her incredibly attractive.
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* BadBoss: She constantly mistreats and belittles Sophie, for some unexplained reason. She clearly likes Rachel much more than her.
* CasualKink: She leaves Chandler locked in her office and handcuffed to her desk chair wearing nothing but his underwear while she goes to a meeting.
* MeanBoss: She constantly mistreats and belittles Sophie, for some unexplained reason. She clearly likes Rachel much more than her.
Mark's replacement as Joanna's assistant. She ends up taking the brunt of Joanna's cruelty.
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The director of ''Boxing Day'', a play starring Joey Tribbiani and Kate Miller. He's far more dramatic than his actors.
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One of Phoebe's friends who she sets up with Ross towards the end of the third season. She's outgoing and adventurous and used to shave her head.
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Rachel's high school boyfriend and Prom Date. Monica eventually goes on a date with him in season four and quickly learns that he hasn't changed at all since high scool.
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* CommitmentIssues: While she's nowhere near as bad about this as Chandler, it's clear she has her own struggles with it. Her relationship with Joey ends because she develops feelings for Chandler, and their relationship ends when she sleeps with Nick.
* TooMuchAlike: She and Chandler bond over their similar interests and sense of humor. Their relationship ends up failing because they both struggle with commitment.
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The niece of Rachel's boss at Bloomingdale's. After a whirlwind romance she and Ross get married in the fourth season finale, making her his second wife.
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A student in Ross' paleontology class at NYU. Once the semester ends she reveals she has a crush on him and they start dating.
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Rachel's assistant at Ralph Lauren who she's immediately attracted to.
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* 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.
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* 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, next boyfriend, and last, boyfriend eventual husband, is the easy-going Chandler.
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* OneOfTheBoys: As seen in "The One With All The Rugby", she has male friends who are rugby enthusiasts, and she knows ebough about rugby to know all the weaknesses of the rugby players of their teams.
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* SmallNameBigEgo: She believes herself to be superior to "soap actor" Joey, but she used to play in a soap opera too. In the review of their play, Kate's acting is critized even more than Joey's acting.
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* {{Unperson}}: Joey genuinely falls in love with her during Kate's story arc in season 3, but she's never mentioned again after she leaves for Los Angeles. In season 8, he even claims that Rachel is the first woman he has ever loved.
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* AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: At the rehearsal dinner she introduces Ross to her father and ''step''mother. The closest anyone comes to mentioning her mother is when Ross tells the gang that they're planning to get married in the same venue where Emily's parents were married.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Kate insists that he's brilliant, but nearly every time he appears he's extremely rude and belittling to everyone around him. He ends up dumping Kate after the play's opening night is poorly reviewed.
* PrimaDonnaDirector: Spends most of the rehearsals yelling at Joey and Kate for not performing the way he wants. Joey calls him "a cartoon" after one particularly hammy session.
* SmallNameBigEgo: His outlandish directing style becomes even more ridiculous after {{the reveal}} that the seemingly gritty drama is actually a goofy, cliched sci-fi tale that gets absolutely trashed by reviewers.
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[[WMG: Marshall Townend (Reg Rogers)]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Kate insists that he's brilliant, but nearly every time he appears he's extremely rude and belittling to everyone around him. He ends up dumping Kate after the play's opening night is poorly reviewed.
* PrimaDonnaDirector: Spends most of the rehearsals yelling at Joey and Kate for not performing the way he wants. Joey calls him "a cartoon" after one particularly hammy session.
* SmallNameBigEgo: His outlandish directing style becomes even more ridiculous after {{the reveal}} that the seemingly gritty drama is actually a goofy, cliched sci-fi tale that gets absolutely trashed by reviewers.
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* PornStache: Usually sports Tom Selleck's trademark mustache. The only time he doesn't is during his appearance in the third season. When he next appears with it grown back he jokes that "my nose got cold". Monica later accuses Chandler of being jealous that he can't grow a mustache like Richard's.
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* NeverMyFault: She repeatedly holds Ross nearly going on his honeymoon with Rachel over his head. While it admittedly looked bad, it was only done because she was not talking to him and didn't even show up at the airport until ''right as the flight was boarding''. Ross might've started the whole thing by accidentally saying Rachel's name at the altar, but he had every reason to believe Emily had no intention of coming and simply didn't want the extra ticket to go to waste.
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* HypocriteHasAPoint: Ross was Elizabeth's professor when they met (and continued to be a professor at the same university even if not teaching her directly while they were dating) which some people would find inappropriate regardless of the age difference. Further, while Paul may seem like a hypocrite for dating the much younger Rachel, Rachel is at least a decade older than Elizabeth and Paul has never been ''her'' teacher.
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* HypocriteHasAPoint: Ross was Elizabeth's professor when they met (and continued to be a professor at the same university even if not teaching her directly while they were dating) which some people would find inappropriate inappropriate--and at most schools, is forbidden, regardless of the age difference. difference, Further, while Paul may seem like a hypocrite for dating the much younger Rachel, Rachel is at least a decade older than Elizabeth and Paul has never been ''her'' teacher.
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