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''But I don't know what to do''

''With those tossed salads and scrambled eggs''

In addition to Frasier and Martin, the rest of the main cast includes Roz Doyle (Peri Gilpin), Frasier's sharp-tongued, upbeat producer, who is notorious for her healthy sex life and who soon becomes [[Like Brother and Sister|his best friend]]; Frasier's brother Niles (David Hyde Pierce), also a psychiatrist with a personality and line of interests very similar to those of his brother, with whom he shares a [[Heterosexual Life Partners|close-knit]] but [[Sibling Rivalry|intensely competitive]] relationship, who was a frequent visitor to the apartment and a companion in most of Frasier's complicated escapades; and Martin's physical therapist and housekeeper, [[The Cutie|cheerful, eccentric]] [[The Heart|young Englishwoman]] Daphne Moon (Jane Leeves). Martin's deceptively intelligent Jack Russell terrier Eddie, Frasier's coworkers at KACL, and Niles' [[The Ghost|unseen but outlandish]] wife Maris were the final touches to the core cast, which remained intact and unchanged throughout all eleven seasons of the show's run. Dan Butler, who played sports show host Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe, was listed in the opening credits for Seasons 4 through 6, but was billed as a guest star for all other appearances.

The show ran on [[Irony]] in all its forms, especially in the premise of a brilliant psychiatrist who can analyze and solve anyone's problems, but cannot for the life of him deal with his familial relationships, the bizarre situations he always gets himself into, or his own personal neuroses. For obvious reasons, psychological issues, mind games, and behavioral patterns was a major theme throughout the show and a source of much humor, as was the presence of family and the dynamics of parental and sibling relationships. The plots of the episodes usually revolved around Frasier or the other main characters accidentally over-complicating their own or each others' crises, powered by a sitcom-standard mix-and-match of [[Snowball Lie]], [[Fawlty Towers Plot]], [[Contrived Coincidence]], and the entire gamut of [[Comedy of Errors]]; but usually developed in a far more intricate, subtle, and sophisticated manner than most sitcoms, frequently subverting the very tropes they made heavy use of.

'''Frasier:''' Well, this simple apartment of yours is going to bankrupt you! You must admit it's a bit large for one person?

'''Niles:''' Oh, don't forget I have a pet.

** A little later:

'''Niles''': It's practically a crawl space. ''(into intercom)'' Go out the door to the left. ''(to Frasier)'' Don't look at me like that! I have to have a roof over my head!

* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: If the viewer happens to speak French, they can catch the deliberately uppity yet nonsensical names of the restaurants that Frasier and Niles frequent, such as ''Le Cigare Volant'' (The Flying Cigar), ''Le Petit Oiseau'' (The Little Bird) and, arguably the best example, ''Quelquechose'' meaning literally "Something".

** In the episode "An Affair To Forget", a viewer who understands German or especially Spanish will get the episode's major punchline several minutes before it's revealed in English.

'''Frasier:''' You will rue the day- !

'''Niles:''' ''(interrupting)'' I don’t care! Niles gotta have it!}}

** Frasier generally has no problems endorsing as long as he's tested the product himself and isn't asked to make a false claim; he endorsed a Chinese restaurant after enjoying the food, and a hot tub, saying that not only he liked it but his friends and family did as well (he, Martin, and Daphne took a soak in one). He drew the line at endorsing a brand of nut that was too unhealthy, and also at claiming that "Happy Dreams Tea" would give people happy dreams, because he felt it sounded like psychiatric advice.

* [[Celebrity Paradox]]: Brent Spiner guest stars in an episode as a new love interest for Lilith, where [[Lampshade Hanging|several comments are made about how pale he is]]. This despite numerous references to Star Trek throughout the series.

* [[Character Development]]: Over the course of the series, previously [[Flat Character|defining]] quirks and personality traits are played down or deconstructed leading to more subtle characterization (e.g. Frasier and Niles' snobbery, Martin's crankiness, Roz's promiscuity, Niles' cleanliness).

* [[Characterization Marches On]]: Frasier was originally introduced in ''[[Cheers]]'' as a [[Romantic False Lead]] to Diane Chambers. When Diane dumped him, [[Woman Scorned|this made him almost psychotic]]; for example, he threatened Diane's [[One True Love]] Sam with a gun, considered strangling Diane, etc. In his own series, it would be hard to imagine Frasier doing anything so extreme. Of course, [[Love Makes You Crazy]]: Frasier has admitted his relationship with Diane post-dump was... volatile, and a glimpse of his old self rears its ugly head when he gives a [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] to Diane in "The Show Where Diane Comes Back". He became more stable in his relationship with Lilith (before going berserk when ''she'' left him).

** Frasier briefly becomes this for none other than [[Patrick Stewart]], who gives him expensive watches and introduces him to celebrities. In turn, Frasier lets the guy kiss him and treat him like a boyfriend, constantly [[Cringe Comedy|"forgetting"]] to tell Stewart's character he's straight.

** During a two part episode, Frasier dates famous lawyer Samantha Pierce. In the first episode, he's worried about being in the ''female role'', but in the second "Desperately Seeking Closure", he realizes he's only in love with Pierce for her celebrity friends. She's dumbstruck when Frasier admits this to her as the reason of his breaking up with her. Then Lesley Stahl walks in.

'''Sam:''' ''(disbelief)'' What kind of sick bastard ''are'' you?!}}

** Niles gets asked if he married Maris for her money. He denies it, but adds that it's just "a delightful bonus."

** Then there's Bebe and her engagement to Big Willy, an octogenarian rich Texan, in "Where There's Smoke, There's Fired".

'''Niles:''' Ah. ''(jealous)'' Mazel tov.}}

*** Of course, [[Status Quo Is God|Big Willy dies before they get married]], but Frasier still cheers Bebe up:

'''Frasier:''' If mine's a substitute for masculinity, then what is yours? ''

'''Cam:''' [[Bigger Is Better|Bigger!]]}}

{{quote|'''Frasier:''' ''(after testing the caviar as one would test cocaine)'' Oh, yeah. That's the stuff.}}

::Bonus points for the Russian mafia controlling the beluga caviar trade, much as Columbian drug lords would control the price of cocaine.

'''Frasier:''' ''(from the booth)'' Thank you, Roz, now that Seattle knows how we do things around here, perhaps you could let Noel know to keep his elbow off the mic button!}}

** A more minor one occurs when Frasier introduces one of the show's bloopers which involves Roz swearing violently at someone else while her mic was left on. Heavy on the "bleeps".

* [[I Take Offense to That Last One]]: Partially in the episode "Oops":

'''Frasier''': That is indefensible! Your wife is not overweight! ''(Realizes what he's said}''}}

* [[It's Been Done]]: Roz sells an idea for a children's book based on a bedstory that her mother used to tell her — which turns out to be Heidi. Furthermore, not only had she not heard of it, but the publisher to whom she sold the idea hadn't heard of it either.

* [[The Jeeves]]: Ferguson. See [[British Stuffiness]].

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Both Frasier and Niles are hideously snobby, elitist milquetoasts who are deep down rather caring, kind and (for most of the series) lonely men.

* [[Kill'Em All]]: How Frasier's live radio drama ends in "Ham Radio" when an annoyed Niles [[Wag the Director|highjacks the proceedings and kills off the entire cast in about 30 seconds.]]

* [[Kwyjibo]]: In "Goodnight, Seattle".

'''Frasier:''' "And why is she lying there? Because she's feeling all 'befevered' again?"}}

* [[Ladykiller in Love]]: Bulldog falls in love in the episode ''Love Bites Dog'' only to end up heartbroken when the woman dumps him on the phone like he himself does with many of his one-night stands.

* [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]]: In one episode, Frasier [[At the Opera Tonight|drags Martin to see]] ''[[Rigoletto]]'', and he spends most of his time lampshading the sillier tropes of [[Opera|the genre]], such as [[GASP]], [[Fawlty Towers Plot]], [[The Beard]] and [[Love Dodecahedron]]. Frasier's [[Gilligan Cut|well-timed]] [[GASP]] is the cue for [[Who Writes This Crap?|an entire episode full of exactly that kind]] of [[Farce]].

* [[Lecherous Licking]]: Implied.

'''Frasier:''' Niles!}}

* [[Lethal Chef]]: Daphne.

* [[Loophole Abuse]]: Frasier and Niles sometimes find themselves trapped by their professional codes of ethics, and bend over backwards to find ways around them.

** In one episode, they discover that Roz's newest boyfriend is one of Niles's patients, a compulsive womanizer who loves 'em and leaves 'em, and will surely break Roz's heart; but they can't tell her, as that would violate doctor-patient confidentiality. They spend the entire episode looking for a way out, and finally find it:

'''Frasier''': It's amazing they even let the woman drive!}}

* [[Lysistrata Gambit]]: Maris was an expert at withholding sex from Niles, and used it to work to her advantage, ''always''. He tried to turn the tables once, but didn't get very far.

'''Niles:''' Are you ''serious''? One hour of passion can sustain her for months. She stores it up like some sexual camel.}}

* [[Mad Artist]]: Caitlin in "Frasier Gotta Have It". She makes collages out of dead mice and stuffs pillows with human hair.

* [[Mediation Backfire]]: Played with; Frasier sits Roz and Julia down in the cafe to try to get them to make nice, and when they find common ground insulting him, he graciously leaves them to it. The moment he's gone, though, they both get up to leave, and are bickering again before they reach the door.

* [[Memetic Badass]]: Invoked with Frasier's aunt Zora, a violent person with a hair-trigger temper that the entire family fears.

'''Niles''': That's why the legend says they were strangled with jump-ropes.}}

* [[Men Are Uncultured]]: Averted -- Frasier and Niles are very cultured, loving Opera and fine wines. Their father doesn't understand this at all, but he's not stupid, he just has more traditionally "manly" tastes.

** Martin's pretending to be homosexual backfires on him in "Out With Dad".

** Niles is consistently mistaken for being homosexual. This culminates in "The Doctor Is Out" where he's [[Mistaken for Gay]] by ''[[Patrick Stewart]]'':

'''Alistair''': Can't say I was!}}

** Bulldog was also accused of being homosexual by a lady who thought he was overcompensating by being so testosterone-driven.

*** However, he comes out in Season 10. First he's sneaking into Bad Billy's, then reveals he's gay in Season 11.

** One episode opens with Frasier, Niles, and Martin shopping for Daphne's engagement ring. A series of accidents and coincidences culminates in the entire store thinking that Frasier is proposing to Niles.

'''Niles''' and '''Frasier''': Latent.}}

* [[Mistaken Identity]]: An interesting twist in "Secret Admirer"; Frasier mistakes himself for the object of {{spoiler|Maris'}} affections when it is actually Niles who is supposed to {{spoiler|receive the gifts}}.

* [[Noodle Implements]]

** "The Show Where Sam Shows Up".

'''Niles:''' Exactly where am I supposed to find whipped cream and a car battery at this hour?}}

** "Liar! Liar!"

'''Bulldog:''' What? Nobody went to camp?}}

* [[Noodle Incident]]: The failed party at the beginning of "Daphne Does Dinner". All we know is it involved Martin impersonating an Italian count, a flaming kebab igniting a man's toupee, Frasier pretending to have Tourette's Syndrome, and goats in the kitchen.

'''Marta (Maris' housekeeper):''' "Missy Crane say, no you Dr. Crane, no other Dr. Crane, and no Crane with a cane!"}}

** After Daphne finds out from Frasier that Niles loves her:

'''Roz:''' "Yeah, why confuse things?"}}

* [[Oop North]]: Daphne. All of her family members had different accents.

* [[Pensieve Flashback]]: Within "Daphne Returns", Frasier and Niles discuss how Niles puts Daphne on a pedestal.

* [[Poor Man's Porn]]: Frasier talks about sharing a room with Niles and being kept up all night by him looking at National Geographics under the bedcovers - Niles asserts [[I Read It for the Articles|he was looking at the maps]], but Frasier insists that this is what made it so weird. This trope is used ''a lot''.

'''Martin:''' I ''know''! Six burners and a griddle. Don't you guys ever talk about ''cars''?}}

** A '''''lot'''''.

'''Martin:''' ''(sighing)'' That's what I'm talking about.}}

*** Kenny Daly suffers from lowered expectations. When he asks Roz to buy "man and wife stuff" for him.

'''Kenny:''' Victoria's Secret? Whoa, whoa, Rockefeller, I'm talking Kmart!}}

*** Later:

* [[Rashomon Style]]: "Perspectives On Christmas". In this example, the characters' perspectives differed mainly in what they were able to see and how they interpreted certain lines of dialogue (as is the norm for misunderstandings on this show), rather than blatantly skewing things in their favor as in most comedic examples.

** "Shrink Rap", in which both brothers undergo 'couples' counseling and outline the events which have led to their most recent relationship collapse. In general, they have a tendency to present themselves as being a bit more wise, thoughtful and put-upon than they probably would be in the real situation -- and the other immediately calls them on it. There's also a rather amusing bit where Niles recounts a story Daphne told about a couple who would frequently experience [[The Immodest Orgasm]] right next to her bedroom wall at night, and her over-the-top efforts to show them up, culminating in this exchange:

'''Niles''': ''(genuinely confused)'' ... [[Covert Pervert|Didn't she]]?}}

** In ''Coots and Ladders'':

'''Martin:''' ''(taunting Frasier with Ronee)'' We really are ''lucky''!}}

* [[Ready for Lovemaking]]

** This comes from an incident when [[Eddie Murphy]] was caught picking up a transsexual hooker, and insisted that he was just giving her a ride home.

* [[Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies]]. In "Ham Radio", Niles got so upset at Frasier's over-directing a radio play, he decided to take action.

'''Niles:''' Thank you. Oh, and also Mr. Wing. ''(fake gunshot, and sound of muted bell on Mr. Wing's hat)'' And, of course, one final bullet for myself, so the mystery will die with me. ''(fake gunshot. Niles taunts Frasier)'' HA.}}

* [[Romantic False Lead]]: A recurring scenario is Frasier having a romantic misadventure, so there are plenty of these. Donny and Mel, who were actually developed characters; plus numerous other minor characters such as Julia Wilcox.

* [[Rouge Angles of Satin]]: This ends up happening to an ad Niles places in the paper. Great [[Hilarity Ensues]]. Because of one simple typo resulting in one word being a different word than was intended ("hung" instead of "Jung"), the ad reads: "Niles Crane. Hung specialist. Servicing individuals, couples, groups. Satisfaction guaranteed. 'Tell me where it hurts.'"

'''Niles:''' It's a telethon.}}

** It's played especially straight in the last episode.

* [[Rule of Funny]]: There is no "Daphne Lane" in Seattle where Niles could find a street sign to steal (nor Maple Street, the intersection where he tries), but obviously you'd lose this plot if it were realistic.

* [[Running Gag]]: Numerous.

** When Niles wants to leave a scene, he'll mention a seminar or group that he's got to visit, usually one that pertains to the very awkward situation he wants to leave, and wrapped up with some ironic remark. He's invariably lying, and starts running out of ideas after several seasons.

** Eddie staring at Frasier, especially when he's depressed or something in his life has gone horribly wrong.

** Daphne and Niles being [[Not What It Looks Like|caught in compromising positions]].

{{quote| '''Frasier:''' "She has no scruples, no ethics, and ''[[Broken Masquerade|no reflection!]]''"}}

*** Then:

'''Frasier''': Still 666, is it?}}

**** In "The Devil And Dr Phil", Bebe's room number is 666.

***** In the final episode "Goodbye, Seattle":

'''Bebe:''' ''(cheerful)'' Don't you love this weather or what?}}

**** In "Roz's Turn", when Roz considers taking Bebe on as an agent:

'''Frasier''': She doesn't have to! ''He'' worships ''her''!}}

** Lilith's being cold and unemotional; even by Frasier.

{{quote| '''Niles:''' I learned that if you kiss her too quickly, you get an [[Brain Freeze|ice cream headache]].}}

** References to how thin and delicate Maris is.

'''Roz:''' '''''Oh my GOD!'''''}}

** Cheap shots at how [[Really Gets Around|"easy"]] Roz is, usually by Niles.

'''Niles''': Well, where do you think I came up with the imagery?}}

** Martin's (often unexpected) references to his time in the Korean War.

* [[Screams Like a Little Girl]]: Both Frasier and Niles scream like a girl.

** In the episode "Boo!":

'''Niles:''' Frasier, you may want to call security. As I got off the elevator, I heard a woman screaming hysterically.}}

** In the episode "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", after a womanly high pitched scream was heard.

'''Niles:''' That wasn't her.}}

* [[Sdrawkcab Name]]: Tobor, Jackson Headley's science-fiction character in "The Show Must Go Off".

** When Fredrick goes to the national spelling bee, they train him on posture, endurance and breathing, there are accusations of cheating, and it spills out into the streets.

* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: A lot of humor comes from Niles and ''especially'' Frasier speaking very formally:

'''Martin''': Who moved the mustard?}}

* [[Seven Minute Lull]]: Used whenever there was a party, or other gathering of some sort.

{{quote| '''Frasier:''' You just kept talking and talking and talking, and I guess that mouth of yours just ticked me off so much I just had to have it!}}

** [[Lampshaded]] by Frasier in "Analyzed Kiss", when kissed by Julia.

'''Frasier:''' Oh, no. I've been kissed to shut me up before. [[Genre Savvy|This was not that.]]}}

** Later in the episode:

'''Frasier:''' Oh, I recognize that one. ''That'' was to shut me up.}}

*** [[Mythology Gag]]: Frasier had a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGDq7bchbEU famous "Shut Up" Kiss] on ''[[Cheers]]''.

* [[Sibling Team]]: Especially common in the earlier seasons, Frasier and Niles would often pool their knowledge and resources in a joint venture such as a restaurant or investment opportunity, that would then backfire [[Hilarity Ensues|with farcical results]]. They even wrote a series of crime novels as children, in the style of ''[[Nancy Drew]]'' or ''[[The Hardy Boys]]''.

{{quote| '''Roz:''' "... The Nancy Boys?"}}

* [[Small Reference Pools]]: Inverted with gusto.

* [[Smite Me, O Mighty Smiter!]]: At points of great despair both Frasier and Niles have resorted to cursing the heavens.

'''Martin:''' ''(muttering)'' That prayer doesn't get answered around here.}}

* [[Somebody Doesn't Love Raymond]]: The newsvendor in "The Focus Group". Frasier just has to know why.

** "Doctor Crane! Your glockenspiel has sprung to life!"

* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]: Niles, often.

'''Niles:''' If you could work the phrase "rat's ass" into there, you'd have it.}}

** Frasier gets in on this as well.

* [[Such a Phony]]: Roz in "Shut Out In Seattle", Frasier in "Hot Ticket", many, many others.

* [[Suddenly Shouting]]: Frasier does this a lot.

'''Frasier''': ''THIS MORNING YOU SAID NOTHING!!!''}}

* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: A mainstay throughout the series's run.

** Roz swears that she did not use Frasier's opera glasses to peep on a muscular neighbor, which leads to this hilarious pun from Frasier:

{{quote| '''Frasier:''' I refuse to squint through ''Pagliacci'' while you're trying to watch ''The Magic Flute''!}}

** Often, while the Cranes are talking about something in the apartment, Daphne tosses out her own opinions, speculations and stories while going about her duty... a lot of which give the impression that this happened in her childhood. Sometimes she even [[Lampshade Hanging|finishes with a line]] like [[Subverted Trope|"Oh, I miss <insert family member>."]]

* [[Sweater Girl]]: One of Frasier's girlfriends was said to really fill out a mohair sweater in high school.

* [[That One Case]]: The Weeping Lotus Case. Solved by Martin, with "help" from Frasier and Daphne, during Season 2.

* [[That Was Not a Dream]]. "Frasier Crane's Day Off". Daphne inverts, subverts ''and'' [[lampshade]]s the Trope after Frasier raced to the studio in a fever and drug induced mania and made an utter fool of himself on the air (Roz: "Captain Kirk's got control of the bridge and he's gone insane.") When Frasier wakes up, Daphne reassures him it didn't happen and it was all a dream.

* [[Thing-O-Meter]]

* [[This Is Sparta]]: In the episode "And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon", after being insulted by Niles, Frasier declares, "I. AM. WOUNDED!"

* [[The Un-Reveal]]: A Season 4 episode has Frasier worrying about whether he should advise Niles to reconcile with Maris. He decides that if he wants to know what Maris thinks he's going to have to "go to the source". Cut to him in Cafe Nervosa, apparently waving hello to a thin, well-dressed blonde woman... who walks straight past him. He's actually there to meet Maris's housekeeper, Marta.

* [[Uncle Sam Wants You|Uncle Frasier Wants You]]: Frasier was dressed as Uncle Sam in "Crock Tales".

'''Frasier: I WANT YOU'''... to wear those headphones!}}

* [[Underdressed for the Occasion]]: Martin is rejected from a restaurant for failing to wear a tie. He gets even.

* [[Unrequited Love Switcheroo]]: Niles, Daphne, and Mel.

* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: Done straight on occasion, usually with Frasier and Niles' expansive vocabulary and literary wit. Sometimes played with, as seen in with the Gagino reference in [[Poor Man's Porn]] above.

'''Roz:''' Next time you say something like that, cover ''my'' ears.}}

* [[Viewers Are Geniuses]]: Frasier often does this on his show.

* [[Volleying Insults]]: Tying in with the above, both pairings aren't afraid to have polite slinging matches with each other when sufficiently riled. Then there's Niles and Roz, who do it sincerely at first, then make a sport of it long after they've warmed up to each other.

** Roz and Julia during the tenth season, including one [[Crowning Moment of Funny|hysterical scene]] in which they try complimenting each other and end up hurling insults - and loving it.

'''Roz:''' Hey, wait up!}}

* [[Weapon for Intimidation]]: In one episode, Niles needs to get Maris a gun for protection. After not being able to procure one, he buys a ''starter's pistol'' since having any kind of gun would make her feel safe.

* [[Wham! Line]]: Frasier is high on painkillers as Daphne gives him a massage in "Back Talk". The following lines even shocked the studio audience, who gave out a loud [[GASP]]

''([[Heroic BSOD|Cue Daphne BSOD]])''}}

** What makes Frasier's line particularly whammy is that it comes in the middle of a [[Comedy of Errors|comedy of misunderstandings]] plot (Daphne overhears Frasier saying he loves her, not realizing he didn't mean it in a romantic sense), which were very typical of ''Frasier'', and which were usually resolved by the end of the episode so that [[Status Quo Is God|status quo could return]]. The viewers most likely didn't predict that a simple line in a seemingly throwaway scene in a seemingly generic episode would finally lead to resolving the UST between Niles and Daphne that had been going on for over six seasons.

** Later, after Frasier tells Niles that Daphne is in love with him in the second part of "Something Borrowed, Someone Blue", another wham line caused the studio audience to GASP! again, even more shocked. After Daphne told Niles how upset she was that Frasier told him how she felt about him, Niles responded, "No, Daphne, I'm glad he told me - '''''[[Anguished Declaration of Love|because I love you]]'''''."

** In "Halloween", when everyone is speculating on who Roz's father is, after Frasier blows the secret that Roz might be pregnant.

'''Roz:''' ''(appearing)'' We do now.}}

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: In one episode, Roz says she accidentally ran her car into a limousine that happened to have four high-powered lawyers in it, and that she'll be paying for the damages for a ''very'' long time. It never gets brought up again after that.

** In another episode, it's revealed that Martin regularly goes to {{spoiler|to the parole hearings of the man who shot him.}} The episode ends on an unusually somber note, when Martin {{spoiler|is asked if he wants to make a statement, he stands up and says, "I've got nothing to say", then leaves. He does this even though both the man and his mother had told Martin he's changed his ways and now repents his criminal actions.}} This subplot is never followed in later episodes, and Martin is never shown going to {{spoiler|the parole hearing}} again.

* [[Where Everybody Knows Your Flame]]: The wonderfully named Bad Billy's in "The Doctor Is Out".

''[Niles mouths "I know that".]''}}

* [[Where There's a Will, There's a Sticky Note]]: In one episode, Frasier asks Niles and Martin to label any possessions of his they'd like to inherit in the event of his death.

* [[Wine Is Classy]]: Shows up often. Frasier and Niles are even part of a wine club.

* [[Word Salad Lyrics]]: The [[Ending Theme]], and some of its variations make it even more so. Amusingly, said [[Word Salad Lyrics]] involve an ''actual'' salad.

** [[Word of God]], by the way, is that the "tossed salad and scrambled eggs" really is meant to be a relatively nice way of referring to some of his patients.

* [[Worthless Foreign Degree]]: After Dr. Schachter gives the Crane brothers a virulent [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] regarding their [[Sibling Rivalry]] ("That is it! That is it! In thirty years as a couples therapist, I've never said what I'm about to say: Give up! It's hopeless! You are pathologically mistrustful of each another, competitive to the point of madness! So, trust me, just meet each other at weddings and funerals, and the rest of the time, stay the hell away from each other!"), they seize upon the fact that he went to the Universities of Grenada and Aruba ("An all-Caribbean schooling...well tally me banana!") as an excuse to ignore his advice, since they don't want to admit they love each other too much to stay apart.

{{quote| '''Roz:''' For as long as I've known you, you've been complaining about your lack of a sex life. Suddenly, you have one. So why are you still complaining?}}

** Niles in "Look Before You Leap" is tantalized by Maris' rare offer of sex that he starts hitting on ''every female he sees'', including ''Roz''.

** Roz in "Crock Tales" bemoans her lack of a sex life.

'''Roz:''' Oh, that used to come with sex, too.}}

** Daphne has a ton of dry spells; once it was the plot to "The Matchmaker", in which Frasier connives to introduce her to the new KACL station owner, who, unbeknownst to Frasier or Daphne, is gay.

* [[Your Approval Fills Me with Shame]]. Every time Bulldog [[So Proud of You|expresses pride]] in any one of Frasier's embarrassing public sex scandals.

** In "The Adventures of Bad Boy and Dirty Girl", Frasier has just had sex live on the air, making the papers ("I Won't Fink Says Kinky Shrink").

'''Frasier:''' ''(dripping with sarcasm)'' Well, doesn't that just put the cherry on the parfait.}}

** In "The Harrassed":

''(Frasier has a priceless look of despair on his face.)''}}

*** When Niles covered for Frasier:

'''Niles:''' Ah. "[[Sarcasm Mode|Dear diary...]]"}}

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