Updated 05-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about JOEY TRIBBIANI!
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Joey Tribbiani Jr. is a fictional character from the NBC sitcom Friends and its spin-off Joey . he is an italian-American struggling actor who lives in new york with his roommate and best Joseph Tribbiani, Sr. (Robert Costanzo) is a pipefitter and his mother’s name is Gloria . he has seven sisters: Mary Therese (Mimi Lieber) Joey is a food-loving womanizer who has had more luck with dates than any of the other group members . he enjoys playing video games and foosball, loves sandwiches and pizza . as a he was ordained as a minister in “the One with the Truth About London” he officiated at both Monica and Chandler’s and Phoebe and Mike’s weddings . in sports, he Joey became an “actor-slash-model” when he appeared on print ads for the NYC Free Clinic . he played a man who had extreme difficulty opening milk cartons without the use of the device . in season two, Joey appeared as “the King” in a poorly reviewed play . reviews claimed he was “disturbingly unskilled” and achieved “brilliant new levels of sucking” he plays a cab driver in the film outbreak 2: the Virus takes Manhattan . he also appears in a bit role as a dead man in the movie starring Jean-Claude van Damme . in Season 4, he lands a small one-scene movie role as a cop . in Season 5, he is cast in the independent film Shutter Speed, but it is shut down before filming began . in seasons 6 and 7, he lands a starring role as Detective ‘Mac’ Machiavelli . he had high hopes for the series, however it was canceled halfway through its first season . later the film is a world war I period film entitled over there . Joey is also briefly employed at Central Perk as a waiter . he uses his position to meet and ingratiate himself to attractive women Eventually he is fired for closing the coffeehouse in the middle of the day to go to an audition . Rachel later persuades Gunther to give Joey back his job, but eventually just stops showing up Joey’s other jobs include selling christmas trees, dressing as Santa Claus and as a Christmas elf . he also works at the restaurant “Alessandro’s” where Monica is head chef, nicknaming himself Joey is characterized as a simple-minded but good-natured womanizer who loves food . he has apparently retained this role until Season Ten, when he performed the ceremony for Phoebe’s wedding he loves meatball sub sandwiches and the “Joey Special” – two pizzas . his greed is also shown in the episode “the One with the Birth Mother” where he refuses to call Sarah the next Phoebe makes Joey go out with Sarah again, making him order extra fries . Joey does so, but Sarah really wants to dig in his seafood platter . he exclaims, “Joey doesn Joey is an idiot savant, but capable of good ideas when the situation arises . he made up an anecdote referred to as the “europe story” or the “magic story” Joey is shown throughout the series to have the uncanny ability to eat enormous quantities of food . as he prides the Tribbiani family for their eating prowess, he takes on Monica’s Joey is extremely promiscuous, often relying on his catchphrase pickup line “How you doin’?” he regularly sleeps with attractive women, but can never seem to get into a committed relationship . he he sleeps with many of the interns and extras on shows on which he works . he has apparently been sexually active for a very long time . his promiscuous nature towards many women throughout the series Joey is a caring and kindhearted person . he lets Rachel live with him when she is fighting with Ross, financially supports Monica and Chandler, and helps Phoebe find work . Joey can easily push Ross over a couch with only one hand . he also offers to go to the coffee house to intimidate two bullies . Joey briefly mentions to the gang that Al Pacino is his Joey, Ross and Chandler are huge fans of Die Hard. Joey dates several women in the series, but very few of these relationships are serious . his romantic partners rarely appear for more than one episode . Joey’s latest relationship, Janine (Elle Macpherson), stated that she dislikes Monica and Chandler . he breaks it off with Janine despite the fact that he had been trying to win her over a long-running gag depicted Joey and Chandler occasionally fighting like an old married couple . Joey moved out temporarily when he found success playing Dr. Drake Ramoray on a soap opera . Chandler and Monica Ross has been referred to as his best friend several times . Joey and Chandler have remained best friends ever since . they fall asleep on Ross’ couch after watching Die Hard all night . after much persuading by Joey, Ross kisses him to help him practice kissing men . when asked if his “friend” (Ross) is a good guy, Joey honestly Joey and Monica are close friends often joking around with each other . Joey allowed Monica to hire and fire him to prove she was not a pushover . Ross sees Joey truly in love with Rachel and gives he agreed to keep it secret until the two were ready to reveal it to the rest of their group . in an episode where he sees how close Chandler and Monica are, he dreams of himself and Monica in the same way the tension between Monica and Joey is at times fairly obvious . the two have a very close, almost intimate, relationship . it is never consummated on the show . in episode 1.07 “the one with the blackout”, Phoebe blurted to Joey that Monica has a crush on him . this idea was revisited in Season 7 when it is revealed Monica originally meant to hit Joey and Phoebe have dinner together once a month to talk about the rest of the group . both characters show a softness for each other, even when joking or when they are upset with the others in “the one with the Ride Along”, she explains that “when the revolution comes, I will have to destroy you all…not you, Joey” in the episode “the One in Vegas”, Joey says “except you Joey dates briefly Phoebe’s twin sister Ursula, which upsets phoebe . when Monica finds out that Joey “sees a friend in a different way”, she assumes it Phoebe’s loyalty proves again when she says she could live in a mansion he expected to own . when Joey believes she is pregnant, he proposes, claiming the world is too scary for Phoebe proposes to Rachel, but Monica tells Joey that it is Rachel who is pregnant . Joey sets her up with a stranger, Mike (Paul Rudd), whom she eventually marries . after per halfway through season 8, Joey and Rachel go out on a date . Joey develops feelings for Rachel, and Ross encourages his friend to talk to her . things are awkward between them for a while, but they in season 9, Rachel starts developing feelings for Joey, but fears he does not feel the same way anymore . after Chandler mentions how natural it was for Chandler and Monica to make the transition from friends to lovers, Joey and Rachel the pets remain in Joey’s apartment but were presumably given away to a shelter when Joey moved to LA . soon after Chandler and Monica move out, Joey moves to LA to focus on his acting career . his Joey turns down a role in a sitcom called Nurses to star in another series pilot . his pilot does not get picked up, while Nurses becomes a huge hit . but, his acting career has had some in later Joey episodes, Joey lands a starring role on the prime time soap Deep Powder . when he gets fired from that job, he bounces back by snagging a leading role in the in season two she becomes romantically interested in Joey and has a crush on him for a long period . after Gina starts dating Joey’s friend Dean, Joey soon realizes that he is also in love Alex gives Joey back the piece of broccoli, implying that she may be changing her mind about marrying again . at the end of the episode, Alex implys that Joey may be re-marrying again