Joey Tribbiani
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Joseph "Joey" Francis Tribbiani is a fictional character on the popular US television sitcom Friends (1994–2004), played by Matt LeBlanc. Joey is also the title character on Joey (2004-), a spin-off.
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 twice in the series; once to move into what is usually Monica's apartment and once to move into an apartment of his own. 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.
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'?" (his pickup line). However, he is something of an idiot savant in matters of romance. For example, he made up an anecdote that Chandler and Monica referred to as the Europe story; anyone who hears it immediately wants to have sex with the teller. (The One With the Videotape, Season 8 on Friends)
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. 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.
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's baby son on a bus, Chandler's dismay at Joey building an entertainment center which was so big it covered both of their 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, stupid fighting all the time, Chandler living in a box to prove how much their friendship means to him - the list would grow a lot. A long-running gag depicted Joey and Chandler occasionally fighting with each other like an old married couple, with Chandler often assuming the wife role while Joey assumed the husband role, suggesting homosexual undertones in their friendship (this eventually ended when Chandler became permanently paired with Monica). The two "broke up" temporarily after Joey found success as Dr. Drake Ramoray, but soon moved back in together (after fooling replacement roommate Eddie into believing he'd never lived with Chandler). In the final episode Monica destroyed the foosball table when the two couldn't bring themselves to do it (to release the trapped Chick Jr. and Duck Jr.) 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".
When Chandler moved out to pursue a relationship with Monica, Joey was joined by Janine (Elle MacPherson). He formed a stronger bond with Rachel Green during her pregnancy with Ross Geller. He eventually fell in love with Rachel and dated her for a time; however, nothing came of it and the two returned to being just good friends, and she ended up finally with Ross.
It is a running gag that Joey has always wanted to have sex with Monica.
There was some confusion over when Joey joined the "Friends" group. We see in The One with the Flashback that he joined the group exactly one year Rachel's failed wedding to Barry. This would be September 21, 1993. However, as we in "The One with all the Thanksgivings," we see him with Pheobe and Monica in a 1992 Thanksgiving flashback.
Joey was the only Friend who ended the series without a lover. (Rachel with Ross, Monica with Chandler and Phoebe with Mike Hannigan). It emerged that Phoebe had a secret crush on Joey. However, this was rather playful and was never acted upon.
Joey was ordained over the Internet and officiated at Chandler's wedding to Monica and Phoebe's wedding to Mike Hannigan.
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 was revealed 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.
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 behavior around most women; However, Monica, Rachel and Phoebe were always special to him and he cares about them very much.
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 and the penguin is shown every time you see Joey's bed.
After the 2003/2004 final season of Friends, Joey Tribbiani became the main character of Joey, a spin-off TV series, where he moved to L.A. to polish his acting career. His sister Gina and her son Michael were two other central characters of the sitcom "Joey". Template:Friendses:Joey Tribbiani fr:Joey Tribbiani pt:Joey Tribbiani