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{{Character
 
| character name = Mr. Heckles
 
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| image = [[Image:Heckles.jpg|250px]]
|character name = Mr. Heckles
 
|image = [[Image:Heckles.jpg|250px]]
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| first = [[The One With The Blackout]]
|first = [[The One With The Blackout]]
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| last = [[The One Where Heckles Dies]] (physical) <br> [[The One With The Flashback]] (flashback)
 
| number = 5
|last = [[The One With The Flashback]]
 
 
| actor = [[Larry Hankin]]
|number = 5
 
 
| name = Heckles (Surname)
|actor = [[Larry Hankin]]
 
 
| nickname = Old Man Heckles, Mr. Heckles, 'The Weird Man'
|name = Heckles (Surname)
 
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| gender = Male
|nickname = Old Man Heckles, Mr. Heckles, 'The Weird Man'
 
|gender = Male
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| occ = Retired
|occ = Retired
 
 
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{{CharQuote
 
{{CharQuote
 
|I could have...
 
|I could have...
|4=When complaing about noise||You owe me a...
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|4=When complaining about the noise||You owe me a...
 
Old catchphrase
 
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'''Mr. Heckles''' lived in the apartment below [[Monica Geller|Monica]] and [[Rachel Greene|Rachel]] and was portrayed by [[Larry Hankin]].
   
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In his first appearance, he was credited simply as "The Weird Man". He often complained about the apparent noise that the two made, either in person or by tapping on his apartment ceiling with a broom. His complaints were always dismissed as non-genuine as the friends have no recollection of making any noise at all and the fact that Mr. Heckles always tells far-fetched lies. However, while cleaning out his apartment after his death, they discover that in fact any amount of noise, particularly walking, inside Monica and Rachel's apartment is very loud inside his, meaning his complaints were valid the whole time.
Old catchphrase}}
 
   
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==Behavior==
'''Mr. Heckles''' lived in the apartment below [[Monica]] and [[Rachel]]. In his first appearance, he was credited simply as "The Weird Man". He often complained about the apparent noise that the two made (though seemingly they were not making any noise at all) by rapping on his apartment ceiling with a broom.
 
 
When Mr. Heckles complains to Monica and Rachel (and before that, Monica and [[Phoebe Buffay|Phoebe]]), he usually starts his lines with "You're doing it again! You're disturbing my..." followed up with a far-fetched claim such as oboe practice, birds or dinner party. When the girls unsympathetically dismiss his far-fetched allegation, Heckles replies "I could" have it, e.g. "I could play the oboe". The conversation usually ends at this point, with the women dismissing him, politely or otherwise. In case of the latter, Phoebe responded by saying "In that case, I'm going to have to ask ''you'' to keep it down!" and slammed the door in his face.
   
 
Heckles told a number of other far-fetched lies as well. When Rachel and Phoebe asked him if [[Paolo's cat]] belonged to him, he lied and claimed that it did. Later in "[[The One Where The Monkey Gets Away]]", he claims to have put a waffle outside his apartment door and proclaims "you owe me a waffle". In the same episode, he dress the runaway [[Marcel]] like a ballerina, though later insisted that he hadn't seen him. He also once lied about being [[Chandler Bing|Chandler's]] new roommate and even wandered into Chandler's kitchen, both shocking and scaring Chandler in the process. The reason behind his behavior is never revealed, though Rachel theorizes that being a lonely old man, making up those stories was his way of attracting attention.
==Character==
 
When Mr. Heckles complains to Monica and Rachel, he usually starts his lines with "You're disturbing my..." Both of them reply "You don't have a..." but Heckles replies "I could have a..." or even "You owe me a..." [[Phoebe]] once responded by saying "In that case, I'm going to have to ask YOU to keep it down!" and slammed the door in his face.
 
   
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==Impact==
Heckles did a number of strange and unusual things throughout the series. When Rachel and Phoebe asked him if [[Paolo's cat ]]belonged to him, he lied and claimed that it did. He once stole [[ Marcel |Marcel and]] dressed him as a ballerina, though later insisted that he hadn't seen him. He also once lied about being [[Chandler|Chandler's]] new roommate and even wandered into Chandler's room, both shocking and scaring Chandler in the process. It is never revealed why he did those things, if he was mentally ill and delusional or a lonely old man making up stories to get company.
 
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Despite being a grumpy old man, Mr. Heckles has majorly impacted the friends, particularly Chandler. During "[[The One Where Heckles Dies]]", Mr. Heckles dies while banging on the ceiling after complaining to the six friends about the noise for the last time. Shortly after his death, the friends meet [[Buddy Doyle|his lawyer]], who reveals that since he didn't have any surviving family members, he has left all his worldly possessions to "the two noisy girls upstairs." Exploring his legacy, Chandler looks through Mr. Heckles' diary and is able to draw parallels between his life and Mr. Heckles'. As Chandler discovers, Heckles had refused to commit himself to other people when he was Chandler's age, thus becoming a crabby, grumpy hermit. The similarity in the past and the anticipation of a similar future frightens Chandler, though his friends eventually manage to sooth his phobia by proving that he is not like Mr. Heckles. The episode ends with Chandler bidding "Goodbye Mr. Heckles...we'll try to keep it down."
   
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Mr. Heckles appears again in a flashback, where it is revealed that he was the reason [[Joey Tribbiani|Joey]] became Chandler's roommate instead of [[Eric (photographer)|Eric]], a model photographer with a porn star sister. Although Eric made a far better impression than Joey, he encountered Heckles in the hallway, who falsely claimed that he was moving in with Chandler. This effectively left Chandler with no options but living with Joey, though the friendship proved successful in the long run. In addition, had Joey not moved in with Chandler, he never would have been with the friends in London, and Monica never would have gone up to his room to sleep with him, thus Chandler and Monica would have never gotten together.
During "[[The One Where Heckles Dies]]", Mr. Heckles dies while banging on the ceiling, and leaves all his worldly possessions to "the two noisy girls upstairs." During this episode, Chandler looks through Mr. Heckles' possessions and draws parallels between his life and Mr. Heckles'. Chandler also becomes irritated when he hears the sound of banging coming from the above room and grabs hold of a broom before banging on the ceiling with it...and then realizing, to his horror, that he's becoming like Heckles. At the end of the episode, the friends seem to have sympathy for Heckles in spite of his grumpy nature. The episode ends with a sympathetic Chandler saying to his empty room, after his possessions had been cleared out by the friends "Goodbye Mr Heckles...we'll try to keep it down."
 
   
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==Appearances==
Mr. Heckles appears again in a flashback, where it is revealed that he was the main reason [[Joey]] became Chandler's roommate instead of a model photographer with a porn star sister. It turns out that after putting out an ad for a new roommate, Chandler, upon meeting Joey for the first time, took a dislike to him at first due to being irritated by Joey's stupidity, so when he met fashion photographer [[Eric (photographer)|Eric ]], who had a porn star sister, he invited Eric to be his new roommate instead of Joey. But just as Eric was about to move in, he encountered Heckles in the hallway, and when he informed Heckles that he was moving in with Chandler, Heckles told Eric that ''HE ''was Chandler's new roommate, and he sent Eric away before wandering into Chandler's room, much to Chandler's shock. When Eric didn't turn up, Chandler assumed he simply hadn't bothered to, failing to realize that Heckles had sent Eric away prior to wandering into Chandler's room. As a result, Chandler reluctantly accepted Joey as his new roommate instead...and started to rethink his negative opinion of Joey when the latter introduced him to ''Baywatch. ''Although the friends never discovered it, they therefore never would have gotten to know Joey if it hadn't been for Heckles.
 
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* "[[The One With The Blackout]]"
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* "[[The One With Two Parts, Part 1]]"
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* "[[The One Where The Monkey Gets Away]]"
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* "[[The One Where Heckles Dies]]"
 
* "[[The One With The Flashback]]" (flashback)
 
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Revision as of 05:17, 6 March 2021

I could have...

—When complaining about the noise

Mr. Heckles lived in the apartment below Monica and Rachel and was portrayed by Larry Hankin.

In his first appearance, he was credited simply as "The Weird Man". He often complained about the apparent noise that the two made, either in person or by tapping on his apartment ceiling with a broom. His complaints were always dismissed as non-genuine as the friends have no recollection of making any noise at all and the fact that Mr. Heckles always tells far-fetched lies. However, while cleaning out his apartment after his death, they discover that in fact any amount of noise, particularly walking, inside Monica and Rachel's apartment is very loud inside his, meaning his complaints were valid the whole time.

Behavior

When Mr. Heckles complains to Monica and Rachel (and before that, Monica and Phoebe), he usually starts his lines with "You're doing it again! You're disturbing my..." followed up with a far-fetched claim such as oboe practice, birds or dinner party. When the girls unsympathetically dismiss his far-fetched allegation, Heckles replies "I could" have it, e.g. "I could play the oboe". The conversation usually ends at this point, with the women dismissing him, politely or otherwise. In case of the latter, Phoebe responded by saying "In that case, I'm going to have to ask you to keep it down!" and slammed the door in his face.

Heckles told a number of other far-fetched lies as well. When Rachel and Phoebe asked him if Paolo's cat belonged to him, he lied and claimed that it did. Later in "The One Where The Monkey Gets Away", he claims to have put a waffle outside his apartment door and proclaims "you owe me a waffle". In the same episode, he dress the runaway Marcel like a ballerina, though later insisted that he hadn't seen him. He also once lied about being Chandler's new roommate and even wandered into Chandler's kitchen, both shocking and scaring Chandler in the process. The reason behind his behavior is never revealed, though Rachel theorizes that being a lonely old man, making up those stories was his way of attracting attention.

Impact

Despite being a grumpy old man, Mr. Heckles has majorly impacted the friends, particularly Chandler. During "The One Where Heckles Dies", Mr. Heckles dies while banging on the ceiling after complaining to the six friends about the noise for the last time. Shortly after his death, the friends meet his lawyer, who reveals that since he didn't have any surviving family members, he has left all his worldly possessions to "the two noisy girls upstairs." Exploring his legacy, Chandler looks through Mr. Heckles' diary and is able to draw parallels between his life and Mr. Heckles'. As Chandler discovers, Heckles had refused to commit himself to other people when he was Chandler's age, thus becoming a crabby, grumpy hermit. The similarity in the past and the anticipation of a similar future frightens Chandler, though his friends eventually manage to sooth his phobia by proving that he is not like Mr. Heckles. The episode ends with Chandler bidding "Goodbye Mr. Heckles...we'll try to keep it down."

Mr. Heckles appears again in a flashback, where it is revealed that he was the reason Joey became Chandler's roommate instead of Eric, a model photographer with a porn star sister. Although Eric made a far better impression than Joey, he encountered Heckles in the hallway, who falsely claimed that he was moving in with Chandler. This effectively left Chandler with no options but living with Joey, though the friendship proved successful in the long run. In addition, had Joey not moved in with Chandler, he never would have been with the friends in London, and Monica never would have gone up to his room to sleep with him, thus Chandler and Monica would have never gotten together.

Appearances