Friends

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Friends (1994-2004) was a comedy television show. It was about 6 friends who live in New York City. They were in their 20s or 30s. The names of the "friends" were: Monica, Chandler, Rachel, Ross, Pheobe, and Joey.

[edit] The Friends

Monica Geller (Courteney Cox) - She used to be fat, is a control freak, and is compulsively organized. She is Ross' sister and later marries Chandler and adopts 2 babies at the end in the last episode.
Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry) - Married to Monica, he is very sarcastic, often known as "the funny one". His father is a transexual, and works in Las Vegas.
Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc) - He's the 'stupid' one, and is a struggling actor. He had a lot of partners/flings throughout the show. He now appears in the spin-off, Joey.
Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow) - She's really earthy, hyper and fun loving, and she got married to Mike 6 episodes from the last episode. She also plays guitar and is a masseuse.
Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston) - She first moved to New York in the first episode after running off from the alter, and had a famous on-off relationship with Ross who she had a baby with called Emma.
Ross Geller (David Schwimmer) - A paleontologist, and dated Rachel quite often. He has been married 3 times, once to Carol(a lesbian)who he had a son with called Ben, once to Emily and once to his on-off girlfriend, Rachel. At the end of the show he had no wife but has had rachel's baby called Emma. Ross is Monica's older brother.

[edit] Other key characters

Janice - An on-off girlfriend of Chandler's who has a shrieking nasal voice and is most famous for her 'oh - my - god' catchphrase.
Gunther - The bleached blonde haired guy who works in 'Central Perk'. He has appeared in the majority of episodes. Gunther is madly in love who does not find out until the very last episode.
Trieger - The superintendent for the apartment building most of the friends live in. His most active role was in the episode where Joey practiced dancing with him because he was too afraid to dance with girls.