Robert Barone

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Robert Charles Barone is a fictional character from the American TV sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. He is played by actor Brad Garrett. Though Robert is four years older than Ray, he constantly feels as if he's stuck in Ray's shadow, and lets his feelings be known. (Unfortunately, nobody ever listens.) However, he's a kind and loving brother just as equally as Raymond, and will support him when need be. He feels neglected by his parents, especially his mother, and is constantly negative and pessimistic. A recurring theme is that his mother Marie greatly favors Raymond over him. His main source of love, affection, support and encouragement is his long time girlfriend - and later wife - Amy (Monica Horan).

Robert also serves as the moral conscience in the family. He is the most virtuous of the characters, and pleads with others when they are considering doing something questionable. But, as previously mentioned, he is usually never taken seriously.

Robert's height, appearance and demeanor are the source of much humor. In the show's pilot, the character consistently elicited laughter from the audience simply by entering or leaving a scene. Despite his huge size, Robert is a very skilled dancer.

Robert's first marriage, with a stripper called Joanne, was a failure. After his divorce, Robert went to live with his parents for several years, which only added to his bad mood. Debra introduced him to her best friend Amy MacDougal, who was still a virgin when she met Robert. They broke up several times until they got married. Following that, they were inseparable.

In one episode, it is implied that Robert tried to kill Raymond when they were kids. In that episode, Robert told Ray that he had sabotaged his bike, causing Ray to crash while he was riding, causing him to break his arm. When Ray found this out, he asked Robert if certain bad things that happened to him (Ray) during their childhood was his fault, or Robert's. The conversation included: Ray:"The time I almost drowned?" Robert:"Lake or Ocean?" Ray:(pause)"Lake." Robert:"You"

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"Is this about me?"
(When his parents are showing interest in him) "Am I dying?"
"Oh my God"
"Anyone have a noose?"
"Everybody loves Raymond!"
"I'm a police officer and I live with my parents. I'm on a constant diet of human suffering."
"I remember when we were kids, we'd go up to our treehouse and read our comic books and... other periodicals."
"Did you see the way she looked at me when she found out I was forty-three? Like I just sat up out of a coffin."
"Dad put the remote in his pants and fell asleep. Then the TV changed channels, and we got the hell out of there."
"I had left a carton of milk out the day I got gored by the bull. Apparently if you leave a carton of milk out for twelve weeks it goes bad and then explodes."
"Read my book, "You're In The Way -The Robert Barone Story"."
"You're a sick man!"
(To Ray)"You are a teeny weenie man"
(When something good happens to Ray) "It never ends for Raymond!"
(To Ray) "Well whoop dee doo for you."
(To Marie)"Ma!"
(About wedding invitations he wrote with Ray and Frank) "It wasn't supposed to go out!"
"Raymond, Raymond, Raymond, Raymond."
"What has happened to my life?"
"Dad's stomach is making a noise I heard in the woods once."
"You're a lucky man, Raymond, lucky man!"
(With a cramp in his leg) "Guess I can scratch dream number two off my list."
"Ma, I really need my pants."
(To Frank, through his ventriloquist dummy, Traffic Cop Timmy) "Remind me never to drive with you ya crazy old bastard!"
(To Raymond after he says he doesn't have a dream) "Nothin', you got nothin'. House, wife, little daughter, twin boys. That's nothin' to you? That was my dream!"
(About siding with Raymond on a ping pong match with Frank) "Relax. It's more of an anti Dad thing than pro you."
"It's liver week again!"
"You know that shampoo that says no more tears? There's tears."
(To Peter) "Get out of my underwear!"
"Lay it on me Mama Cita!"
(About eating a box of Sucrets) "My tongue was numb for a month."
(Seeing Raymond holding a wreath in front of his groin area) "Nice. We usually hang ours on the door."
"There it is. The missing color in the Raymond rainbow."
(To Ray) "Hey, ya know what? Get out!"
(Helping Ray decide on a Christmas gift for Debra) "Raymond, have you ever even MET your wife?"
(To Amy after Ray leaves their apartment) "Now where were we before the monkey came in?"
"Sweet bastard, I'm gettin' happy!"
(About Lois) "That woman gives me the willies."