# Most Attractive Friends Character(s) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 26, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-friends-character-s/597695 "2011-09-26T20:17:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-friends-character-s/597695/1 "2011-09-26T20:17:55Z")
I’m without a laptop at the moment, so I have more down time and have been filling it with reruns. Friends seems to be on about a hundred times a day, so I’ve wound up watching it a lot, after having not watched it since it went off the air about ten years ago. When it was still on the air, the character I was most attracted to was Rachel, while the one I was least attracted to was Phoebe. Now, though, that’s completely reversed itself. I love Phoebe in all her scenes and though I couldn’t see it as a teenager, Lisa Kudrow is actually a very beautiful woman. Rachel, on the other hand, is pretty bland, and when she’s more active or integral to a scene, she seems like a bit of a harpy. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-friends-character-s/597695/2 "2011-09-26T20:44:47Z")
In early episodes, I thought Monica was beautiful, but she did not age well. ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-friends-character-s/597695/3 "2011-09-26T20:57:13Z")
Rachel was far and away the hottest of the women in the early seasons but dropped back to the pack when Jennifer Aniston started obsessing over her weight and got so gaunt and scrawny. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-friends-character-s/597695/4 "2011-09-27T00:38:56Z")
You didn’t specify; skinny, drugged-out Chandler or fat, drug-free Chandler? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-friends-character-s/597695/5 "2011-09-27T01:23:13Z")
Jennifer Aniston is still hauntingly beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Raskolnikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac8455/32.png) [@Raskolnikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raskolnikov)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-friends-character-s/597695/6 "2011-09-27T03:06:42Z")
Monica by a mile (or at least 7.9 furlongs) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-friends-character-s/597695/7 "2011-09-27T03:11:07Z")
Phoebe. Would have done her then; would do her now. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-friends-character-s/597695/8 "2011-09-27T03:43:57Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > Jennifer Aniston is still hauntingly beautiful. Hmm, I always thought I knew what that meant, but with regard to Jennifer Aniston I have no idea, lol. IMO, Francis Bean Cobain is “hauntingly” beautiful, but Jen, eh, I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-friends-character-s/597695/9 "2011-09-27T04:12:58Z")
Wow. I’m surprised Monica is running so far behind in this poll so far. It’s not even a fair race for me. Monica was straight-up smokin’ on that show. Rachel was more girl-next-doory. Phoebe just looked goofy. ---
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-friends-character-s/597695/10 "2011-09-27T04:23:26Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Phoebe just looked goofy. [huh.](http://thenewlyengaged.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/phoebe-mike_friends2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Rala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Rala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rala)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-friends-character-s/597695/11 "2011-09-27T06:11:39Z")
I always thought Phoebe was beautiful, and definitely the most attractive female character. Joey was very good-looking in the early seasons, though not so much later on. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-friends-character-s/597695/12 "2011-09-27T06:15:34Z")
Originally it was Rachel for me, in the first - one? two? - seasons she dressed to impress. Then she got a little more conservative and it was Phoebe from then on. So I voted for both. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-friends-character-s/597695/13 "2011-09-27T07:38:35Z")
Phoebe. She’s all… bendy. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-friends-character-s/597695/14 "2011-09-27T08:54:06Z")
Definitely Ross. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-friends-character-s/597695/15 "2011-09-27T13:26:04Z")
Among the six main characters only (well, three, really, since I’m a heterosexual male), Rachel gets my vote. Yeah, she’s the “obvious” choice, but come on. Jennifer Aniston! Not that I would have turned down either of the other two ladies in whatever fantasy world in which I would have a chance with any of them. BUT… Since the poll has an “Other” option: Charlie. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-friends-character-s/597695/16 "2011-09-27T15:02:18Z")
I liked Courtney Cox at her best (i.e. least scrawny) better than Jennifer Aniston during the “Friends” era, but nowadays Jennifer Aniston is way better than Courtney Cox. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-friends-character-s/597695/17 "2011-09-27T15:07:26Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Among the six main characters only (well, three, really, since I’m a heterosexual male), Rachel gets my vote. Yeah, she’s the “obvious” choice, but come on. Jennifer Aniston! Not that I would have turned down either of the other two ladies in whatever fantasy world in which I would have a chance with any of them. > > BUT… Since the poll has an “Other” option: Charlie. Yum. I like the way you think.😃 ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-friends-character-s/597695/18 "2011-09-27T15:11:52Z")
Never cared a thing for any of them, really. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-friends-character-s/597695/19 "2011-09-27T15:18:56Z")
My favorite Friends character is not the same as who I think was the most attractive. I think Phoebe was a statuesque classic beauty but my favorite character was Chandler. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-friends-character-s/597695/20 "2011-09-27T17:13:26Z")
> [@expectopatronum](#): > > [huh.](http://thenewlyengaged.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/phoebe-mike_friends2.jpg) Sorry, I don’t want to get all “she has sharp knees” on you, but I just don’t find her face attractive for whatever reason. I’m honestly surprised that she is considered more attractive than Courtney Cox. I always thought she was meant to be the least attractive of the bunch, but I guess it’s my tastes that are skewed. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-friends-character-s/597695.md?page=2)