On the TV show "Friends", what is the tattoo that Rachael gets on her hip?

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On "Friends," Rachel gets a heart tattoo on her hip. The tattoo appears in season 2’s episode "The One Where Joey Moves Out," when Rachel and Phoebe decide to visit a tattoo parlor together.

Rachel hesitates because Ross disapproves of tattoos and worries that she is making a permanent decision under pressure. Phoebe encourages her by arguing that Rachel should make her own choices. Rachel ultimately goes through with it and gets a small heart tattooed on her hip.

Phoebe plans to get a lily in memory of her mother, whose name is Lily, but panics when she realizes that tattooing involves needles. She backs out and ends up with only a tiny blue dot, which she jokingly describes as the Earth seen from far away—or as her mother sees it from heaven.

The heart is sometimes confused with a tattoo Jennifer Aniston got in real life, but Rachel’s tattoo is a fictional character detail. It is also rarely mentioned again in the series, making it an easy detail for viewers to forget.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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