Joey Tribbiani

Joseph Francis Tribbiani, aka Joey Tribbiani is the fictional character played by Matt LeBlanc in the popular sitcom TV series Friends which ran from 1994 to 2004. Joey is also the main character in a spin-off sitcom of Friends called Joey which debuted in 2004.

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Fictional character - Matt LeBlanc - Sitcom - TV series - Friends - 1994 - 2004 - Spin-off - Joey

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Joey comes from an Italian family of 8 children, of which he is the only male. He is one of the few "Friends" that made relatively few moves, having only changed apartments once in the series (he moved back a few episodes later). Joey is a stereotypical actor, oversexed, looking for work and not the brightest crayon in the box. He and the other Friends live in New York City.

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Italian - Male - Apartments - New York City

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In the show, the character has a career in acting. He also pursues modeling at one point. His character is known for his simple-mindedness, his trouble with understanding negative criticism of his acting, his love of food (particularly sandwiches), and his success with women, which generated the popular catchphrase "How you doin'?". However, he is something of an idiot savant in matters of romance. For example, he made up a anecdote that Ross referred to as the magic story; anyone who wants to hear it immediately wants to have sex with the hearer.

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Career - Acting - Modeling - Sandwich - Idiot savant - Magic

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His roles varied from doctor to a headshot in a public health poster for VD. Joey's most famous acting role (and longest lasting) was as Dr. Drake Ramoray on the serial drama Days of our Lives. He initially got the part after sleeping with the producer. However, when Joey claimed in an interview that he wrote many of his own lines, the writers of the show became annoyed and killed him off a few episodes later (he fell down an elevator shaft). The character later returned after a bizarre plot line resurrected him. Joey's agent was Estelle Leonard.

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Doctor - VD - Role - Drama - Days of our Lives - Producer - Elevator - Estelle Leonard

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Joey famously shared an apartment with his best friend Chandler Bing. The two formed perhaps one of the most likeable and enduring television friendships in sitcom history. Their adventures included losing Ross' baby son on a bus, building an entertainment unit which was so big it covered both of their bedroom doors, buying a chick and a duck (affectionately named 'The Chick and The Duck'), replacing their dining table with a foosball table and spending hours watching Baywatch. In the final episode the two destroyed the foosball table before Chandler moved to the New York suburbs; however, despite the loss of Chandler and Joey's apartment, and the fact that they no longer live in the same apartment block, Chandler and Monica made it clear that their new home would have a specially designated 'Joey room'.

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Chandler Bing - Sitcom - Ross - Bus - The Chick and The Duck - Foosball - Baywatch - Suburb - Chandler and Joey's apartment

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When Chandler moved out to pursue a relationship with Monica, Joey was joined by Janine (Elle MacPherson).

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Monica - Elle MacPherson

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He formed a stronger bond with Rachel Green during her pregnancy with Ross Geller. He eventually fell in love with Rachel and dated Rachel for a time; however, nothing came of it and the two returned to being just good friends, and she ended up finally with Ross.

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Rachel Green - Ross Geller

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Joey was the only Friend who ended the series without a lover. (Rachel with Ross, Monica with Chandler and Pheobe with Mike Hannigan). It emerged that Phoebe had a secret crush on Joey. However, this was rather playful and was never acted upon.

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Mike Hannigan - Crush

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Joey was ordained over the Internet and officiated at Chandler's wedding to Monica and Phoebe's wedding to Mike Hannigan.

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Internet - Officiated - Wedding

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Joey is perhaps the most loyal of the friends. In one episode, when Joey believed Phoebe to be pregnant, he proposed marriage, claiming the world is too scary for a single mother alone. However, when it emerged that it was in fact Rachel who was pregnant, Joey proposed to Rachel, making the exact same speech and demanding the ring back from Phoebe. He also offered to stand up for Ross and Chandler when they were being bullied at Central Perk, and he allowed Monica to hire and fire him so as to prove to her employees that she was not a pushover.

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Loyal - Phoebe - Pregnant - Marriage - Bullied - Central Perk

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Joey's relationships with the other Friends have always been very friendly. He is best friends with Chandler and Ross is a close second, if not tied. Rachel and the other women on the show have been the object of many sexist comments on Joey's behalf, especially Monica. Chandler once put it, "Your long-standing offer to have sex with my wife is much appreciated". That statement pretty much sums up his behaviour around most women.

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When he was a child, Joey had an imaginary friend called Maurice, who was a space cowboy. It was also revealed in one episode that he slept with his "Bedtime Penguin Pal", Huggsy, a plush doll.

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Child - Imaginary friend - Space - Cowboy

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After the 2003/2004 final season of Friends, Joey Tribbiani became the main character of Joey, a spin-off TV series.

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2003 - 2004 - Joey - Spin-off

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