# Who is your favorite 'Friends' character? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 3, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-friends-character/549001 "2010-08-03T13:25:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-friends-character/549001/1 "2010-08-03T13:25:30Z")
No particular reason for this poll, I’m just a bit bored. (Note: _None of the above_, _I can’t stand ‘Friends’_, etc. are deliberately omitted as options; if such answers apply to you, please move along, return to your homes, there’s nothing to see here) mmm ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-friends-character/549001/2 "2010-08-03T13:30:20Z")
I really liked most all of them in their own way, but Phoebe gets the edge just on the strength of “Smelly Cat.” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-friends-character/549001/3 "2010-08-03T13:34:08Z")
Chandler and Phoebe are the only two I would befriend. Joey’s an idiot, Rache’s a whiner, and Ross and Monica are idiot whining losers. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-friends-character/549001/4 "2010-08-03T15:13:28Z")
Of them all, Chandler made me laugh the most, and he is my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-friends-character/549001/5 "2010-08-03T15:16:38Z")
Chandler’s my favorite. I guess I identify with him the most. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-friends-character/549001/6 "2010-08-03T15:19:32Z")
Chandler was the funniest of all the characters and the cutest of the three guys. I liked all of them in general, but the rest of them really got on my nerves at one time or another and his character never did. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-friends-character/549001/7 "2010-08-03T15:22:44Z")
IMO, early on they were all much more likable. Pheobe had a quirky innocence to her. Joey was kind of dumb, but not the raging moron that he became. But in most long-lived shows, as they age, the characters almost become caricatures of their early selves. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-friends-character/549001/8 "2010-08-03T15:33:09Z")
I know Ross was annoying, but still I identified with him the most, so that’s who I picked. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-friends-character/549001/9 "2010-08-03T15:35:35Z")
Easily Phoebe. Lisa Kudrow was hotter than her female co-stars, she was by far the funnest performer of the six, her character was relatively underused, and her character never became as unlikeable as Ross, Monica, Joey, and Rachel often were. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-friends-character/549001/10 "2010-08-03T15:40:20Z")
Chandler. But I’d like to boink Rachel. ---
**Author:** ![History\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b19c9b/32.png) [@History\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/History_Geek)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-friends-character/549001/11 "2010-08-03T15:41:33Z")
Chandler and Phoebe were my choices; went with Chandler simply on the basis of identification with the character. And I think I’m part of the consensus that the other four each had their turns at being annoying. Despite that, I still love this show and watch re-runs constantly. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-friends-character/549001/12 "2010-08-03T15:45:14Z")
Chandler’s the most broken, and I kind of go for that, so yeah, Chandler. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-friends-character/549001/13 "2010-08-03T16:41:57Z")
Chanandeler Bong ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-friends-character/549001/14 "2010-08-03T16:59:11Z")
I like both Chandler and Phoebe, but Phoebe’s quirkiness was sometimes too much and I liked Chandler’s sense of humor more. Although, the falling inove with and marrying Monica almost cancels that out. You didn’t ask but I find Monica to be the most annoying. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-friends-character/549001/15 "2010-08-03T17:08:09Z")
Rachel because she was the hottest. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-friends-character/549001/16 "2010-08-03T20:21:07Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Chanandeler Bong That’s MS. Chanandler Bong to you. 😃 Phoebe did indeed have a lot of quirkiness, but yeah, it could get to be too much, and she had a mean streak, too, that was not well-hidden. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-friends-character/549001/17 "2010-08-03T20:36:52Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Chandler. > > But I’d like to boink Rachel. I’d like to think I have more to contribute than “This!”… but “This!” ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-friends-character/549001/18 "2010-08-03T20:55:22Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > > [@ZipperJJ](#): > > > > Chanandeler Bong > > That’s MS. Chanandler Bong to you. 😃 > > Phoebe did indeed have a lot of quirkiness, but yeah, it could get to be too much, and she had a mean streak, too, that was not well-hidden. I saw no evidence that she was trying to hide it. I rather enjoyed it when, irritated by a squabbling Rachel & Monica, she overpowered them both simultaneously, pinching an ear on each so hard they were forced to their knees, and not letting go till they apologized. And then, stroking their heads lovingly, said, “You know, if this were prison, you’d both be my bitches.” ---
**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:** [August 3, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-friends-character/549001/19 "2010-08-03T20:59:16Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > > [@jjimm](#): > > > > Chandler. > > > > But I’d like to boink Rachel. > > I’d like to think I have more to contribute than “This!”… > > but “This!” This. ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-friends-character/549001/20 "2010-08-03T21:09:18Z")
Phoebe was the only one who never annoyed me. In general I liked the female characters better than the male, which is probably because Joey went from being a bit dim to a bit braindead, and Ross became one of the most annoying characters in big-sitcom history. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-friends-character/549001.md?page=2)