Ray Barone

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Ray Barone, in a typical moment from the show.

Raymond Albert "Ray" Barone is a fictional character from the American sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. He is played by Ray Romano, whose standup comedy provides the comedic themes and general style of the show.

Ray Barone lives on Long Island, just outside New York City. He is a sportswriter for Newsday. He lives with his wife Debra (Patricia Heaton) and their children Geoffrey, Michael and Ally (played by Sawyer Sweeten, Sullivan Sweeten and Madylin Sweeten).

Other members of Ray's family live across the street from him, including his brother Robert (Brad Garrett), his mother Marie (Doris Roberts) and father Frank (Peter Boyle).

The fictional Ray Barone is based loosely on the real-life Romano. For example, Barone is a father of twins on the show, and Romano also has a pair of twins of his own. (However, Romano and his actual wife, Anna Scarpula, have a total of four children, while the fictional Ray and Debra have only three.) And Robert Barone is based on Romano's real-life brother, who is a sergeant with the NYPD.

Ray Romano has also appeared in the role of Ray Barone in some other TV shows, The King of Queens and The Nanny. In fact, while Everybody Loves Raymond has ended, the Ray Barone character has recently appeared in episode 810 of The King of Queens. This episode reveals that very little has changed for Ray since Everybody Loves Raymond went off the air.

Ray has a whiny, nasal voice and is incapable of asserting himself, once even getting beat up by a woman. He and his brother Robert have many psychological problems stemming from their childhood—Ray is unable to say "I love you" to Debra and in general is emotionally uncommunicative because of the utter lack of affection from his father in his childhood. The legacy from Marie's overprotective upbringing is the codependent relationship the brothers share with her and their sibling rivalry that has persisted into adulthood.

Ray is also somewhat of a prude, often cringing upon mention of the word 'sex'. On the other hand, he does not attend church, not being as religious as the rest of his family. His main activity outside of work and home is golf.

A common theme of the show is Ray's frustration in trying to get Debra to have sex.

Quotes

• "Men don't like to cuddle. We only like it if it leads to... you know... lower cuddling."
• "Whatever my wife touches falls off, so you can imagine how worried I am."
• (After his twins have knocked his golf clubs down the stairs) "Yeah... you won't be smiling when we send you a postcard from Disneyland."
• (To Robert, regarding Ray and Robert's fictional synthesized persona Raybert) "You know, we make a pretty good team together, your availability and my attractiveness."
• (About his father Frank) "He's still mad society makes him wear pants."
• "You're not angry? Tell that to the vein in your head."
• "There are certain things a man says to his wife to, I don't know... fill the silence."
• "You kicked meee! Right in the Garden of Good and Evil!"
• (When his wife want's to sleep elsewhere for the night) "I can't sleep without you. I've grown accustomed to your nose whistle."
• "These jeans are relaxed fit, if they were regular my ass would come alive!"
• (about his father Frank) "He's one of those guys, you know... an idiot."
• "Honesty...don't believe the hype."
• Debra: (angry at Robert for cheating on Amy) "Why would you be messing around with Stephania?" Ray: "Have you seen Stephania?"
• (After Robert got anti-wrinkle injections.) "Need some oil Tin Man?"
• (When Robert smoked a cigarette.) "Looks like Frankenstein blew a fuse."
• "Dad thinks that the moral of the Adam and Eve story is, 'Don't eat when you're naked.' "
• (Singing in Robert's apartment) "Jacuzzi, Jacuzzi, bubbles up my heinie."
• (To Robert after Amy slaps him twice) "When she got up on the couch a second time, what did you think she was gonna do?"
• (When Debra asks him when they can move) "Five seconds after we can afford it."
• (To Robert) "You are an idiot wrapped in a moron."
• (To Debra) "Holding back sex. How original. I'm a sex camel."
• "Pants, Dad, pants!"
• (To Robert) "You are a little too free with the body."
• (When asking Marie how she makes her meatballs) "I know there's meat and there's balling."
• (In Italy) "I'm taking a bath like Columbus."
• (Commenting on riding a bus) "That's a smelly foot contest."
• (When Frank turns on a flood light) "I think I just saw my own retina."
• (On staying with his parents) "Damn termite bastards."
• "Ah, no habla talkie talkie!"
• (After seeing Debra's sonogram) "You're damn right it's not an arm!"
• "I'm gonna be a lonely, deaf sex beggar."
• (To Debra) "If lovin' you is wrong, then baby I don't want to be right."
• (To Robert about living with Frank and Marie) "If I were you I'd be dusting off my fingerprints and rehearsing my 911 calls."

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