Few shows in history has ever come close to matching the success of Friends, and even though it has been in syndication for a long time now, people still continue to watch the show on a daily basis. Jennifer Aniston and the rest of the famed cast did an incredible job in their roles, and the casting of the show could not have been better.
One of the incredible things about Friends is that it still generates a unique amount of fan theories each year, and recently, a theory has surfaced about Phoebe’s legs and the fact that they are rarely seen on the show. Some people have an interesting take on it, while others are a bit more practical.
So, why doesn’t Phoebe show her legs on Friends that often? Let’s dive in and take a look.
The Leg Theory
Because Friends is such a celebrated series that has been watched an unfathomable amount of times, it makes sense the fans have begun to pick and pull at all of the little things that went into making the show. One fan noticed something exceptionally unique about Phoebe’s legs in the series.
Earlier this year, a fan and poster on the site Quora asked why it is that Phoebe rarely shows her legs on the show and if it had something to do with the producers trying to keep them hidden. It was noted that the other women on the show were prone to showing their legs far more often than Phoebe was, which clearly stuck out to this particular person.
Not unlike other questions that you see posed on the Internet, there were a lot of different answers and a lot of different takes on this particular subject.
Most people probably wouldn’t notice something like this on any other show, but because Friends has been watched so many times, fans have started to notice the quirkiest things about the show's lead characters.
Fortunately, it seems as though cooler heads have prevailed in this particular dissection of Phoebe’s character, as most people were quick to point out that her style itself had a lot to do with why she rarely showed her legs.
The Truth About Phoebe’s Style
When taking a closer look at Phoebe Buffay, we wind up seeing that her style is a perfect fit for her character, not unlike the other character’s styles being a perfect fit for them.
Compared to the rest of the primary group, Phoebe is a lot more chill than the others, meaning that she should be a little looser and carefree as opposed to being super rigid and uptight like Monica.
As fans got to see on the show, each character had a style that was pretty similar to their personality, and most of the characters still maintained the same unique charm that helped fans fall in love with them back when they debuted in the 90s.
One of the users on the site that was answering the question would dive in a little bit deeper saying, “Rachel got stylish dresses and a sensational hairdo, complimenting her fashionable and spoilt nature.”
Another user would echo something similar saying, “Long dresses happened to be what best suited Phoebe and Phoebe’s sense of style. Phoebe was the quirky, off-beat, mysterious-and-very-probably-bizarre-past, 'hippie-dippy' Friend in the group.”
It’s pretty amazing to see how well a lot of people can understand characters from a popular television series. Phoebe was certainly one of the most popular characters on Friends, so it makes sense that people have done a pretty deep dive on her over time.
One of the more remarkable things about Phoebe’s particular style is that it wound up being an iconic and seminal part of the 90s.
Her Style Made Her Iconic
Just like the other members of the series, Phoebe has gone down as an iconic character, but one thing that has helped set her apart from some of the others is that her unique style choice has also gone down as an iconic look.
Nostalgia is always in, and over the last few years, people have been completely obsessed with everything about the 1990s. This means that there have been a ton of people employing very similar styles to what people got accustomed to on Friends, but with a modern twist on things.
It has to be cool for Lisa Kudrow, the actress who brought Phoebe to life, to see people dressing like her at festivals and even in day-to-day life. While a lot of people hopped on the Rachel train as far as getting their haircut back in the day, there were a lot of people who preferred to dress a little more carefree like Phoebe did. This is something that has once again found itself back in fashion.
As interesting as this question was to answer, the truth is that the producers of the series were never trying to hold Phoebe back from showing off her legs. In truth, they were simply employing a style that was the best fit for the character.