History YMMV / EverybodyLovesRaymond

* FunnyAneurysm: In one episode, there is a rather unpleasant scene where Ray tells Debra that he found out that their daughter Ally has been bullying another girl on the school bus. Debra shrugs it off, saying she doesn't think it's a big deal and that it's just kids being kids. When Ray asserts that bullying is indeed a big deal and notes that he and Robert are still scarred from their own experiences, Debra smirks and calls him a wuss, and then starts calling Ray names while the studio audience laughs, this scene is considerably less funny today due to the rash of bullying-related suicides and murders over the past few years.

** Robert. He might of gotten a raw deal of being the unfavorite to Ray, but some of his resentment towards him can be unnecessarily mean. At one point he admits that he sometimes prays to God for Ray to fail. And was actually happy when he does.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: In the later seasons especially, Ray, Robert, Debra, Marie and Frank are at constant odds with one another (whose on which side varies between episodes) -- each an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist in their own right.

** Frank's sexism and homophobia were generally PlayedForLaughs and shrugged off as the musings of an ignorant old man. These scenes can be somewhat cringe-inducing 15-20 years later, notably the episode where he implied that he would disown Robert if Robert turned out to be gay. However, Frank could also be a case of FairForItsDay, given that he was from the same generation as [[series:AllInTheFamily Archie Bunker]] but was nowhere near as nasty and intolerant.

* ValuesDissonance: The show made a big deal out of Robert living with his parents into his forties. Thanks to the 2008 recession, which we're still feeling to an extent today, the idea of someone living with their parents to save money doesn't seem so odd.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Frank, whose snarky behavior brought forth many FunnyMoments.

** Also, when Robert and Amy are about to have sex for the first time in "Robert Moves Back," Robert tells his pet dog Shamsky to "beat it." The dog is then [[ActorExistenceFailure never seen again after this scene]].

* HilariousInHindsight: When Robert and Amy are about to have sex for the first time in "Robert Moves Back," Robert tells his pet dog Shamsky to "beat it." The dog is then [[ActorExistenceFailure never seen again after this scene]].

** Debra. Marie's criticisms of her can be incredibly venomous and nasty at times, to the point where we ''should'' be able to sympathise with Debra -- but her own {{Jerkass}}ery towards Ray often mitigates that.
** Robert. He might of gotten a raw deal of being the unfavorite to Ray, but some of his resentment towards him can be unneccesary mean. At one point he admits that he sometimes pray to God for Ray to fail. And was actually happy when he does.

** Robert. He might of gotten a raw deal of being the unfavorite to Ray, but some of his resentment towards him can be unneccesary mean. At one point he admits that he sometimes prays to God for Ray to fail. And was actually happy when he does.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Debra. Marie's criticisms of her can be incredibly venomous and nasty at times, to the point where we ''should'' be able to sympathise with Debra -- but her own {{Jerkass}}ery towards Ray often mitigates that.

** Is Ray a hardworking, basically good guy whose bitch of a wife won't give him a break, or a lazy Jerkass who won't lift a finger to help at home?

** Is Debra a bitch {{hypocrite}} who doesn't appreciate the nice life Ray has built for her, or a put-upon housewife who gets no help from anybody?

** Is Debra a bitch hypocrite who doesn't appreciate the nice life Ray has built for her, or a put-upon housewife who gets no help from anybody?

** However, even though Musso does have a right to not like Ray, and despite the fact that he was polite to Ray before admitting the truth, it should be noted that he also told Ray that he should be the co-host of his show, despite not being a fan of his, while completely denying that he wasn't to Ray. With that said, Robert may not have been justified in standing up to Musso so much because he hated Ray as because of his insincerity about the whole matter, as while Musso did try to be nice, it may as well have been a setup to humiliate Ray in the future, which, judging by Musso's attitude, may not have been very beneath him.

* DesignatedVillain: Jerry Musso in "Somebody Hates Raymond". While definitely arrogant, he nonetheless doesn't even dislike Ray personally; the former just doesn't find the latter's work entertaining, something which falls under freedom of opinion instead of anything actually evil, and though he comes across as rather harsh towards Ray when forced to tell the truth, it's mostly because he loses patience with Ray nagging him about the reason for his disliking. Furthermore, Musso has every right to decide who's allowed to guest-host ''his'' show and who's not. Nevertheless, the episode seemingly vilifies him as someone so bad that even Robert, himself at odds with Ray throughout most of the episode, is ultimately appalled enough to give him a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech for Ray's sake (granted, it ''is'' awesome and heartwarming at the same time, though).

* DesignatedVillain: Jerry Musso in "Somebody Hates Raymond". While definitely arrogant, he nonetheless doesn't even dislike Ray personally; the former just doesn't find the latter's work entertaining, something which falls under freedom of opinion instead of anything actually evil, and though he comes across as rather harsh towards Ray when forced to tell the truth, it's more because he loses patience with Ray nagging him about the reason for his disliking. Furthermore, Musso has every right to decide who's allowed to guest-host ''his'' show and who's not. Nevertheless, the episode seemingly vilifies him as someone so bad that even Robert, himself at odds with Ray throughout most of the episode, is ultimately appalled enough to give him a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech for Ray's sake (granted, it ''is'' awesome and heartwarming at the same time, though).

* DesignatedVillain: Jerry Musso in "Somebody Hates Raymond". While definitely arrogant, he nonetheless doesn't even dislike Ray personally; the former just doesn't find the latter's work entertaining, something which falls under freedom of opinion instead of anything actually evil, and he simply loses patience with Ray nagging him about the reason for his disliking. Furthermore, Musso has every right to decide who's allowed to guest-host ''his'' show and who's not. Nevertheless, the episode seemingly vilifies him as someone so bad that even Robert, himself at odds with Ray throughout most of the episode, is ultimately appalled enough to give him a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech for Ray's sake (granted, it ''is'' awesome and heartwarming at the same time, though).

* FreudWasRight: Used in "Marie's Sculpture" with Marie's...rather "feminine" abstract statue.
-->'''Marie:''' ''Oh my God, I'm a lesbian.''

* GrowingTheBeard: The early episodes of the show weren't bad, but the characters hadn't been fully realized yet, which meant the show was originally kind of generic, and even kind of slowly paced. However, once the show and characters found it's footing (around the end of season 1, beginning of season 2) the show became memorable, relatable and pretty consistently well written.

* {{Wangst}}: Debra, especially in the later seasons.

* BaseBreaker: Debra. To people who can identify with her, she's a beleaguered, long-suffering heroine with the patience of a saint. But to her detractors, she's a hypocritical SmugSnake and KarmaHoudini. To most, she's somewhere in between.