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== Rachel Karen Green ([[Jennifer Aniston]]) ==

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*** Then again, Ross's real reason for sleeping with that waitress wasn't because they were "on a break" and he was therefore free to play the field--it was because he wanted to get revenge on Rachel for something she hadn't even done.

 

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* [[Control Freak]]

* [[Eighties Hair]]: In the earlier seasons.

** Wouldn't she be more of a subversion? Monica -- especially post-[[Flanderization]] -- is feisty, loud, competitive and downright domineering, especially with Chandler. By the last seasons she was probably the ''least'' feminine of the girls.

*** Not to mention in ''The One With Rachel's Sister'' Monica bought a different set of wedding china then the ones Chandler picked out, because in her words, the ones Chandler picked out were "too feminine"

* [[The Unfavorite]]: Often criticised by her mother, Judy, the same way Judy had been criticized by her own mother. Also, both parents favored Ross, which their dad tries to rectify (seemingly successfully, judging by the reaction) by giving Monica his Porsche.

 

 

Phoebe is the group's [[Cloudcuckoolander]] who, after her mother{{spoiler|'s girlfriend}} killed herself and she lived on the street for some time, found a job as a masseuse. She plays the guitar (badly) and sings (badly) at Central Perk.

** Which is somewhat egregious because as she ends up reconciling with her father, her birth mother, finds her half brother and was the surrogate mother for her nieces and nephews... she was more upbeat ''before'' this when all she had in the way of family was a mother [[Moral Dissonance|who killed herself.]]

*** Makes perfect sense when you realize that she {{spoiler|found out she had a brother her father didn't bother telling her about, her grandmother didn't tell her how to get in touch with her father, she lost a year when she found out she's a year older than she thought, doesn't even know her full name because her sister sold her birth certificate, and found out her mom isn't her mom, but her mom's girlfriend.}} She probably started being such a bitch when she realized her entire family lied to her almost all of her life.

* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Oh ''no''."

** "Ew, ew, ew!"

* [[Hair of Gold]]: Played with. She has both a wide-eyed look on the world similar to a child's, but certainly isn't innocent.

* [[Head-Tiltingly Kinky]]: Some of her humor derives from the fact her sexual practices have no boundaries.

* [[Hidden Depths]]: She spoke to Joey's grandmother in Italian. Even Phoebe was unaware of her skill.

** She also knows French... from learning it in a street corner with some other people, presumably.

* [[Weirdness Magnet]]: Having the ghost of an old woman posses her, being chased around a junkyard by a psychotic, being stalked by men who mistake her for her twin sister, Ursula, and having her apartment haunted by her grandmother.

 

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* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: One of the flashback episodes had a whole montage of these moments with Chandler.

{{quote|It might fall a little into [[Squick]] since he wears all of Chandler's clothes without any underwear, then he stretches so the clothes will rise up into his butt, and nut sack.}}

 

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* [[Gag Penis]]

* [[Happily Married]]: To Monica in the last three seasons.

** Of course, Turner is playing Chandler's transgender father.

* [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?]]: Oh, so many times. [[Lampshaded]] when he does this when he and Monica go to the drag club his father performs at. One of the workers tells him, "We get it. You're straight."

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Joey.

* [[Hidden Depths]]: He plays a mean game of ping pong much to Monica's surprise. (Note he was well-aware of this skill. He just didn't tell Monica because he didn't want to do couples tournaments and the like.)

* [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood]]: His parents were never intentionally abusive per se, but his past does come close.

* [[Ho Yay]]: To a small degree with Joey. In the episode where Chandler wears panties, Joey seemed to thoroughly enjoy seeing him wearing panties, but it could also be that Joey enjoyed Chandler's humiliation more.

'''Ross''': Ten seconds. You need this, or you lose the game.

'''Monica''': It's, um, it has something to do with transponding.

'''Monica''': '''[[Big No|NOOOO!!!]]''' }}

* [[Reality Subtext]]: His Season 9 storyline about working in Tulsa was to give Matthew Perry time to go through rehab.

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Blue to both Ross and Joey.

* [[Sad Clown]]

* [[Sex God]]: After some coaching from Monica and Rachel when he dates one of Joey's exes. Later, while secretly sleeping with Monica, she tells Rachel her new secret boyfriend is the best she ever had

* [[Smoking Is Cool]]: Why he took up in the first place.

** This trope was also how he and Joey won Rachel and Monica's apartment. Ross asked the question, and they froze up.

 

 

The nerd of the group, Ross is a [[Hollywood Dateless]] paleontologist whose wife left him when she realized she was gay. She also turned out to be pregnant, and Ross tries his best to be a good dad to his son Ben. He loves Rachel, but you knew that already, right?

* [[Put on a Bus]]

 

* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]: Poor Gunther never had a chance with Rachel.

* [[Ascended Extra]]: Appeared in 131 episodes.

* [[No Last Name Given]]

 

* [[Annoying Laugh]]: A signifying character trait, to which Chandler cringes every time he hears Janice laugh.

* [[Big OMG]]

* [[Take That]]: Supposed to be a parody of [[The Nanny|Fran Drescher]].

** Some local stations, when doing promos for episodes that feature Janice, actually announce, [[Did Not Do the Research|"Fran Drescher guest stars on the next ''Friends''!"]]

* [[Badass Grandpa]]: He never actually demonstrates this, but Joey (generally considered the group's strongest member) is absolutely certain Richard could kick his and Chandler's butts at the same time.

* [[Badass Mustache]]

* [[Parental Favoritism]]: Towards Ross.