

In the episode, however, Monica convinces her not to cheat on him with Joey, but Rachel changes her mind after catching Barry in bed with the neighbor's dog walker. In " The One that Could Have Been," Rachel is shown to have a desire to cheat on her husband, Barry. Although described as a spoiled daughter, she becomes a pushover (in episode " The One With The Joke"). In season 7, it is revealed that Rachel can sail and tried to teach Joey, who is quite unresponsive. Another memorable time was when Rachel also thought a breast pump was a "beer bong for a baby". In one episode, for example, she accidentally used beef when making a trifle for Thanksgiving dessert after misreading the recipe (the pages were glued together). Her focus on this and image came at the expense of domestic skills or common knowledge, of which she was mocked for having little.

She can be arrogant - her involvement with her neighbor, Danny, shows Rachel with some inability to comprehend that a man may not be interested in her, although she does end up winning him over, and the two go on several dates before she leaves him due to his inappropriate relationship with his sister.Īfter working as a waitress, she was encouraged to use her interest in fashion to get a job in the world of high fashion. Flashback episodes show her with a much larger nose and the insinuation is that the operation was for image, a fact confirmed by a flippant comment from her sister Amy, regarding Emma – "Do you ever worry that Emma's going to get your real nose?" (which does worry her). She mentioned this in the " The One With the Prom Video" but she had the nose job in 1988. Image-conscious Rachel had a nose job when she was a teenager, which, she claimed, was due to a deviated septum. She was often described as one of the most popular but also one of the snobbiest girls in school, and Brad Pitt even guest-starred as a formerly obese boy from high school, still angry at her nastiness toward him. It was revealed one Thanksgiving (season 4 in 1998) that Rachel is prone to return gifts for other items or store credit. However, she is still the most focused on image and can be selfish. Early on, she is a spoiled "daddy's girl" but later, especially after having Emma, she becomes less self-absorbed. Rachel's personality evolves during the series.

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Her famous hairstyle in earlier series was copied by many women and became known as " The Rachel". Rachel is a beautiful young woman with bright blue eyes, a dazzling smile and a slender figure. This is hinted at by Joey in the premiere of the spin-off, Joey, where he stated all his friends are married, settled and have started a family. It is rumored that they may have married after the series finished. The series ends with Rachel and Ross getting back together after Rachel decided not to move to Paris to work for Louis Vuitton. Rachel's on/off relationship with Ross produced a daughter, Emma. Amy (played by Christina Applegate) is rude and tactless, while Jill (played by Reese Witherspoon) is spoiled and vain. Throughout the series, the character's sisters are mentioned and appear in several episodes.

Her mother, played by Marlo Thomas, is comically snobbish and her father, played by Ron Leibman, is stern and intimidating, although it is revealed in "The One with Rachel's Sister" that he is in fact proud of Rachel's success at independent living. Rachel's parents are rich and generally cynical of her attempt at an independent life in the city. It is also revealed throughout the series that Rachel had owned several pets, including a squirrel, a cow, a pony, a turtle, a haster, and a tarantula when growing up. She had stated that Barry looked more like Mr. Rachel had run away from her wedding to Barry Farber, after realizing that she didn't really love him and was more attracted to a gravy boat they had been given as a wedding present than him. Rachel first appears in the Pilot episode, running into Central Perk in a rain-soaked wedding dress.
