 Rachel is the youngest of Friends six main characters . The term " spoiled " is often used to describe the character 's personality during her early appearances . <unk> Britannica describes Rachel as a spoiled and funny character . According to Rachel 's original character description , written by Crane and Kauffman themselves for the show 's pilot , the character is a spoiled yet courageous young woman who " has worked for none of what she has " , unlike best friend Monica , and is initially " equipped to do nothing " . James <unk> of the Hartford Courant identified her as " a spoiled rich kid " , while the Daily News dubbed Rachel an " endearingly spoiled Daddy 's girl . " Author Kim Etingoff wrote about Rachel in her book Jennifer Aniston : From Friends to Films that the character is " <unk> and sometimes spoiled " , while TV Land called her " naive . " Citing the differences between Rachel and her two female friends , The Guardian 's Ryan Gilbey observed that the character " wasn 't <unk> by self @-@ regard , like Monica , or <unk> in <unk> , like Phoebe . " <unk> identified as fitting the " girl next door " <unk> , Anne <unk> of The Telegraph described Rachel as " funny but not too funny , pretty but not too pretty , sexy but not too sexy , <unk> but not too <unk> . " <unk> 's Dominic Wills described the character as " smart but <unk> , determined but <unk> . " Meanwhile , <unk> <unk> , writing for The Huffington Post , <unk> that Rachel is a " beautiful , <unk> , slightly neurotic , borderline <unk> " character . 
