History EverybodyLovesRaymond / TropesAToG

* FictionalCounterpart: Hackidu is the InUniverse spoof of [[Franchise/Pokemon]].

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: [[ManChild Ray]] and [[HotBlooded Debra]] (sanguine), [[DeadpanSnarker Frank]] (choleric), [[TheWoobie Robert]] (melancholic), Geofrey and Michael (phlegmatic), and [[EvilMatriarch Marie]] and Ally (eclectic).

** [=McDougall=] family: Hank (choleric), Pat (melancholic), Amy (phlegmatic), and Peter (sanguine).

* BigFancyHouse: The Barones' (rather infrequently-seen) rival neighbors, the Parkers, live in a big fancy house. In one episode, Ray has to ring their doorbell and is stuck listening to a long rendition of the WestminsterChimes after he pushes the button, after which he growls "Parkers."

** This also happens with long-lost relative Sarena, who, while unable to speak English, utters Frank's "Holy crap!" when [[spoiler: the Barones realize she's from the wrong family.]]

* CarMeetsHouse: Marie/Frank crash into Ray/Debra's house once.

* CatchPhrase: Frank: "Holy Crap!" and less frequently, "Jeez-a-loo!" and "Stupid stinkin' hump!" Also asking for food by simply yelling, "[Food item], Marie!" or less frequently, "[Food item], Debra!"

* ComicalOverreacting: All the characters do this quite often.

* {{Expy}}: The Stipes; as Ray himself puts it, "You put a lot of make-up on one and thirty pounds on the other, that's mom and dad." Robert denies it: "They're nothing like mom and dad.... they're ''Jewish''!"

* FictionalCounterpart: Hackidu is the ''Pokemon'' of the ELR 'verse.

* FormerChildStar; The very worst outcome happened to Sawyer Sweeten, who between the ages of sixteen months and ten years old played Geoffrey Barone. [[http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/apr/24/everybody-loves-raymond-actor-sawyer-sweeten-dies-aged-19 The reason is not yet clear]], but on Friday 24th April 2015, aged nineteen, Sawyer Sweeten shot himself. His twin brother and older sister, who played his siblings on the show, are traumatised at his death, as are the adult cast members.

** Mcdougal family: Hank (choleric), Pat (melancholic), Amy (phlegmatic), and Peter (sanguine).

* ADateWithRosiePalms:
** There's a subtle one in "Misery Loves Company," after Debra refuses to go along with Ray's idea to act lovey-dovey towards him so he can look good to Marie in front of Robert and Amy. After she leaves the room, Ray talks to his hand:
--> '''Ray''': It feels perfectly fine. (whispers) We don't need her.
** Another subtle one from "Dancing with Debra," which is actually something of a BrickJoke; earlier in the episode, Ray is bored out of his skull watching a cheesy romance movie with Debra, and begins conversing with his belly button (Senor Navel). During TheTag, Debra is angry at Ray for his jealousy towards her swing dancing with Robert:
-->'''Debra:''' Ray, just drop it, okay? I don't want to discuss this with you anymore!
-->'''Ray:''' (Spanish accent) "How about me, senorita, will you talk to me?"
-->'''Debra:''' No, I do not want to talk to Senor Navel.
-->'''Ray:''' Oh, ''that'' wasn't Senor Navel.
-->'''Debra:''' Well, for the next few days, you're gonna be talking to ''that'' guy by yourself.

* AchievmentsInIgnorance: The entire premise of "Frank Goes Downstairs". Ray injures himself falling out of bed while having sex with Debra. To cover up the rather embarrassing nature of his injury, he tells everyone (except Robert and a few of his friends) that they injured themselves falling down the stairs. Frank begins to wonder if there is indeed something wrong with the stairs, so he comes over to look at the stairs... [[GoneHorriblyRight and falls through the stairs, all the way down to the basement]]. Oops.

* BlandNameProduct: Episode "Home from School". While one of Raymond's sons is eating breakfast, Raymond pours him a heaping bowl of Fiber 100 cereal. This is a reference to RealLife Fiber One cereal, made by General Mills.

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* BreakupBreakout: Averted, as Romano, Heaton, Garrett and Roberts have all had continued success since the show ended - a very rare (and perhaps unique) event for a sitcom cast. The only exception is Peter Boyle, who died shortly after the show ended. But even then, he was already an established actor going into the show, so in his case the show is seen as the culmination of his career.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Spencer in "The Annoying Kid". As Robert said: "Kid's weird."

* TheCutie: Amy

** There's a subtle one in "Misery Loves Company," after Debra refuses to go along with Ray's idea to act lovey-dubby towards him so he can look good to Marie in front of Robert and Amy. After she leaves the room, Ray talks to his hand:

** Another Robert example occurs in "Pat's Secret" when, after saying that Hank and Pat will be sleeping in his and Amy's room, to enjoy their bed. When he thinks that sounds like sex, he backpedals: "Not that you'll be "enjoying" it." But then he realizes that's also insulting in its own way, so he adds: "Not that you couldn't enjoy it, because you ''can''."

'''Michael (or Geofrey?)''': It's funny, 'cause you're always so late.

** In "Tissues," Debra complains that the hose Ray bought her is way too short; Ray defends his purchase by saying you just have to hold your thumb over the hole to make it spray farther. At the end of the episode, the kitchen catches on fire so Ray runs to gets said hose. But it's woefully short, and Ray can't even make it halfway through the living room.
** In "No Roll!", Marie gives Frank a bad food to eat that Debra made. Frank observes: "There's a crunch, but I don't think that's on purpose." He announces that he's eaten the whole thing; Robert says, "And now, we wait." Later in the scene, mid-sentence, Frank says, [[PottyEmergency "To be continued." and quickly exits the house.]]

** "Win, Lose or Draw." Throw your money away on something stupid, and then just go to your parents and ask them to replace the money.
** "Lateness." Debra makes a deal with Ray, breaks it, and then gets mad at him when he holds up his end. Great lesson for married couples to follow...[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything even if both partners agree on a promise, it's perfectly acceptable for one partner to break that promise, and the other partner should be okay with that.]]

** In "Big Shots," Ray is pulled over by one for speeding. He's about to get a ticket, but Robert tells the cop that he's a cop too, and that he's going to keep a closer eye on Ray's speed. The cop doesn't budge, and while Robert protests ("Look, I don't know how you do things in the ''sticks'', but in the city, cops look out for one another."), the cop looks at Ray's license plate:

** "The Finale" referenced "Ally's Birth," specifically, Ray and Debra's song, "You Are the Sunshine of My Life": On the way home from the hospital (where Ray almost died), Robert had to pull over when the song began playing on the radio.

** At the end of "Golf," Debra suggests that she and Ray play golf together. Ray is less than thrilled and tries to weasel his way out of it by saying it's going to rain. Much later, in the season 8 premiere "Fun With Debra," Ray and Debra finally go golfing together.
** in ''Working Girl'', Ray intercedes with the boss who has just sacked Debra. He uses the words "Hi, I'm Ray. I live in Long Island with my wife Debra..." and gets as far as "My parents live just across the street," managing to incorporate most of his exposition during the opening credits of Series One and Two.

* CaptainObvious: In "The Canister," after Debra realizes she forgot to return the canister to Marie and got an apology from Marie after Debra felt insulted that Marie kept pestering her about it:

** Robert has an infrequent catchprase: When someone pushes him too far to do something (usually Ray or Frank), he'll shout, "....All ''RIGHT''!!!!" and go do whatever they want.

* ChewbaccaDefense: In "A Vote For Debra," when it's revealed that Ray didn't vote for Debra for school board:

* ChristmasEpisode: "The Ball," "All I Want For Christmas," "The Toaster," "The Christmas Picture," "Christmas Present," "Season's Greetings," "The Thought That Counts," "Jazz Records."

* ClassReunion: "High School," where Ray realizes Debra was a popular girl back in high school, as opposed to himself, who was a socially awkward geek.

* ClipShow: The hour-long "Everybody Loves Raymond: The First Six Years," split into two parts for syndication.
* ClosetKey: Robert tells Ray about a fellow police officer who had no idea he was gay until he went on vacation in Hawaii, where he met his Closet Key on the beach. Ray then considers the possibility that [[EveryoneIsBi everyone]] has a Closet Key, and that neither of them have met "Mr. Right." Reinforced by Ray's run-in with a handsome mailman in the episode's tag.

** Debra's mother Lois seems to be this too, although she seems to fit more with the "rich airhead" stereotype. Although she certainly fit the bill in "Surprise Party" when he acted out how she wanted Robert and Frank to move around in the dragon costume, dipping and swaying in Debra's honor.

** Amy's entire family actually counts, as the show successfully avoided getting tired in it's last couple seasons with the addition of Hank, Patricia & Peter to the recurring cast.

'''Frank:''' ''*pauses* You creepeth me out.''

** The episode where Ally asked about the meaning of life. Marie exclaims "Oh I know! It's all in the Bible!" and begins thumbing through the family's copy of the Bible and reads Proverbs 14:4

''[ Ray, Debra, Frank, and Robert all stare blankly at Marie] ''\\

'''Marie:''' ''[ looking triumphant] Oh no?''\\

''Marie thinks for a second, then goes back to searching...''

-->'''Marie:''' ''Ah, here we go. * reads* "Where there are no oxen, the crib remains empty; but large crops come through the strength of the bull."''\\
''* Ray, Debra, Frank, and Robert all stare blankly at Marie* ''\\

'''Marie:''' ''* looking triumphant* Oh no?''\\
'''Ray:''' ''* pauses* No!''\\

** Robert's date with Erica in "The Young Girl" ends abruptly when she reveals she's nineteen and Debra reveals to Erica that Robert is forty-three.

* AbsentAnimalCompanion: Robert's pet bulldog Chamsky has a whole episode devoted to him explaining how he arrived and how he cost Ray nearly two thousand dollars. After this big build-up Chamsky the bulldog appears in maybe two more episodes and then nothing more is seen or heard.

* ContinuityPorn: [[spoiler: Robert and Amy's]] wedding was [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters filled to the brim with characters we'd seen throughout the series]]. Most of them didn't have speaking parts in this episode, but almost everyone attending the wedding was recognizable as a previous guest star.

* AbsenteeActor: Only Ray Romano and Doris Roberts appear in every single episode. There's also just one episode not to feature Robert - Season 8's "Fun With Debra".

* AdultFear: Frank and Marie deeply fear for Robert's safety despite rarely openly showing it. When Ray joined Robert on a ride and they came across a burglary happening at a coffee shop, neither Frank nor Marie want to hear anything of Robert's heroics or his work that night. Both get loud at Raymond, asking him to stop talking.

* CrossOver: Doug Heffernan from ''Series/TheKingOfQueens'' made a couple of guest appearances. The entire Barone family (before Amy was added) guest-starred on The ''King of Queens''. And Ray himself appeared on ''Series/TheNanny'' at Fran Fine and Val Toriello's high school reunion ({{Truth in Television}}, as actors Ray Romano and Creator/FranDrescher really did attend Hillcrest High School in Queens, NYC in the same class).

* DefiniteArticleTitle: Several episodes feature this.

* TheCon: [[TheMark Robert]] falls for one in "The Model": He is approached by a man who supposedly represents a modeling agency. At the interview, the man says Robert will need head shots and gives him the names of some photographers, "or you can use our in-house guy". Robert, predictably, goes for the in-house guy, paying $2,000 up front for the pictures. A day later, when Robert brings Ray to the office where he was photographed, he's shocked to find it's abandoned. The employees, the furniture, all gone.