On "Friends", what is the name of Rachel's chiropractor?

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On “Friends,” Rachel’s chiropractor is Dr. Robert Bobby, also jokingly remembered as “Bobby Bobby.”

The name comes from Season 3, Episode 7, “The One with the Race Car Bed.” During a tense brunch, Rachel’s father, Dr. Leonard Green, questions why she visits a chiropractor. Rachel explains that she was told one of her legs is shorter than the other, prompting her father and Ross to mock her medical decisions. When Rachel identifies the chiropractor as “Dr. Robert Bobby,” the overly repetitive name becomes the joke.

“Bobby Bobby” is not a separate character or a different official name; it is a comic variation that fans often use when recalling the scene. The canonical name spoken by Rachel is Robert Bobby. The chiropractor is only mentioned in dialogue and never becomes a significant on-screen character, which is why the name is easy to misremember.

This scene is part of the episode’s storyline involving Rachel trying to make her father and Ross get along. Their shared criticism of Rachel briefly gives them common ground, producing one of the episode’s memorable parent-and-boyfriend moments.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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