Top 10 Friend Zones From The '90s

The Friend Zone was just as painful in the 90s as it is today. Here's a few of our most beloved 90s TV characters who were trapped in that heart-breaking space. For more on the Friend Zone, check out our book: amzn.to/121yctG

1. Minkus from "Boy Meets World"

Poor Minkus never stood a chance with Corey around. Oh well, he probably has a super model wife now and a share in Apple.

2. Sam and Clarissa from "Clarissa Explains it All"

Sam, stop throwing that ladder up into Clarissa’s bedroom unless you’re gonna do something about it!

3. Urkel from "Family Matters"

“Did I do that?” Yes, Urkel, you did. You actually created an alter ego named Stefan to get out of the Friend Zone. Good thinkin’.

4. Kevin Arnold from “The Wonder Years”

We always knew Kevin and Winnie were meant to be, yet we had to cringe-watch as Kevin carried Winnie’s books while she dated the most popular guy in 8th grade. Good thing Kevin eventually grew a pair and started dating Becky Slater. That was when Winnie decided to let him out of her Friend Zone.

5. Ross from “Friends”

For years this fool kept making the wrong move, when it came to his sister’s BFF, Rachel. Finally we got to see it all go down, and it was oh-so-satisfying.

6. Brian from “My So Called Life”

With the gorgeous, cool as ice Jordan Catalano hanging around, who would have time to notice smart, dependable, albeit incredibly uptight Brian Krakow? Not Angela Chase.

7. Andrea Zuckerman from “90210”

The rest of us nerds were waiting with baited breath to see if Andrea would ever ditch the glasses and the bad perm to finally land the guy of our dreams Brandon Walsh? No, instead she opted for getting knocked up by some random. Come on, Girl, at least try to get out!

8. Joey from “Dawson’s Creek”

How many angsty nights did this girl spend in Dawson’s bedroom while he talked her ear off about his Hollywood ambitions? Come on, Joey, you’re better than that! You are Katie Effin Holmes, bitch!!!!

9. Xander from “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”

Xander spent all of high school trying to win Buffy’s heart. When she rejected his invitation to Prom, we thought he would never recover. But he did, and went on to have many more years of bitter disappointments as he watched Buffy date other guys-- guys with superpowers and supernatural origins. The Friend Zone is bad enough, but being put in a Vampire Slayer’s Friend Zone is just brutal.

10. Screech from “Saved by The Bell”

We’ll give him this, he did reach for the stars with this one, Lisa Turtle was the hottest piece at Bayside High.