Mr. Heckles was a fictional character featured in the popular sitcom, Friends. During the earlier series' he lived in the apartment below Monica Geller and Rachel Green and often complained about the apparent noise that the two made, though seemingly they were not making any at all, by rapping on the ceiling of his apartment with a broom.

During one episode Mr. Heckles dies while banging the ceiling, and leaves all his worldly possesions to "the two noisy girls upstairs". During this episode, Chandler Bing, while looking through Mr. Heckles' possessions, draws parallels between his own life and Mr. Heckles'. It also emerges that the slightest noises could be heard from Mr. Heckles' apartment.