# Most Attractive Friends Character(s)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-friends-character-s/597695>\
**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:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Tanbarkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-friends-character-s/597695/21 "2011-09-27T17:31:52Z")

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The actors are all physically attractive human beings, but their characters’ personalities were all so horrid that I couldn’t force myself to be attracted to them if I tried.

Aniston was pretty cute in “Office Space,” though.

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**Author:** ![SirRay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-friends-character-s/597695/22 "2011-09-27T17:46:28Z")

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> [@pulykamell](#):
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> 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.

This kinda of changed over the series - consider an scene from an early episode, where Monica was dressed and coiffured quite elegantly, and was waiting at a bar in a posh club (IIRC talking to Joey before her date showed up) - Courtney looked absolutely smashing in this scene (which they used in the opening credit montage for awhile).

Then, for maximum contrast effect, compare with the episode years later, toward the end, when Monica was playing an all night ping-pong game - Courtney has already adapted her Skeletor look, and on top of that he make-up artists gave her messed up greasy hair and a bed-raggled look (I think Chandler backed away in horror at the sight of her, not endearing him to his hyper-competative, pissed-off wife).

OK, total opposite ends of the spectrum I know, but at least gives an idea of the magnitude of the negative slope of the Monica attractiveness line as series-time progressed.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-friends-character-s/597695/23 "2014-12-05T21:05:10Z")

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Bumping… here’s a nice short film on 13 things you might not know about _Friends_: [http://www.mandatory.com/2014/11/13/13-friends-facts-you-probably-didnt-know?ncid=webmail1](http://www.mandatory.com/2014/11/13/13-friends-facts-you-probably-didnt-know?ncid=webmail1)

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**Author:** ![Stringbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-friends-character-s/597695/24 "2014-12-06T00:17:57Z")

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Early-_Friends_ Courtney Cox is among the all-time greats.

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**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:** [December 6, 2014, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-friends-character-s/597695/25 "2014-12-06T01:03:16Z")

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Jennifer Aniston seems to be improving with age.

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