In "8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter", Meg Griffin interrupts an episode of the show to tell Neil Goldman how much she hates him. Romano and Patricia Heaton appear in the interrupted scene as their characters. Ray stands up for himself, which angers Debra, so she shatters a wine bottle and threatens him with it. Brad Garrett appears in a fictional spinoff titled Robert in "Saving Private Brian", which was created after Raymond has been canceled.