Freud Was Right/Live-Action TV: Difference between revisions

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** And followed up with a cautionary "Don't tell your mother".

* In a similar vein, Wolf's tail in ''[[The Tenth Kingdom]].'' The scene in the beanstalk forest, where he practically dares Virginia to touch it, she asks why he keeps it hidden, and especially the positively orgasmic look on his face when she brushes against the fur rather than with it, is extremely Freudian in nature. In a bizarre twist, however, the size of his tail apparently changes due to the time of the month, suggesting a connection to the female menstrual cycle. (Werewolves, after all, are tied to the typically feminine moon...) The fact it is hanging out of his pants following his 'hide-and-seek' in the forest with Virginia near Wendell's castle, and that this lets Tony disapprovingly know what they were up to, doesn't help.

* In ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'' [[The Movie]], it is mentioned that the Russo children are not allowed to have the family wand, although Justin takes it without permission. Then, Alex finds out and all she wants to do is convince Justin ''to give her the wand''. [[Double Entendre|He gives it to her, she messes things and she blames him for the damage caused, because he's the one who gave her the wand]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxEPOEIav1c This guy] gets to the point, when he says "I'm worried Selena is busy back at camp playing Kumbaya with her brother's magic stick!"

*** Then there's the Master claiming his screwdriver is much better than the Doctor's. "Who'd have ''sonic''?" Not to mention the fact that the prop department intentionally made the Master's laser screwdriver longer than the Doctor' sonic.

*** Resulting in a gloriously outraged text message from David Tennant to Russell T. Davies: "His is bigger than mine!" and a very smug John Simm...

**** And when Amy points out that the Doctor "sonicked" River, the Freudian [[Subtext]] was starting to rapidly become text.

** Speaking of phallic devices on this show, the most [[Buffy-Speak|phallic-y]] of them all is [[media:Master_detector_better.jpg|this one.]] What did the Doctor build it to do? Why, [[Foe Yay|detect the Master of course!]]

** According to the same episode, he "[[Ho Yay|like[s] bananas]]. Bananas are good." And they're a "good source of potassium". Yeah, and potassium is one of the main ingredients in a number of ''fertilizers'' ...

** And then there are the Freudian monsters. Alpha Centauri, Vervoids... and ''Erato''.

** The [[Freud Was Right]] moment the writers cite is in "Reptile Boy" where frat boys feed teenage girls to their giant snake demon that they worship. It gives them money!

** In "Seeing Red" [[Straw Misogynist]] Warren gets his hands on two demon orbs which give him great power. Buffy defeats him by busting his balls...err, orbs.

* ''[[Frasier]]'' has an erotic dream about a male co-worker ("In this dream of yours, were there any cigars, bananas, or short, blunt swords?") and tries desperately and implausibly to interpret it any way but sexually. Eventually he comes to the conclusion that his subconscious created a dream that defied interpretation just to give him a challenge. The following night Sigmund Freud appears in his sleep to congratulate him for figuring this out. Frasier is pleased until Siggy sprays breath freshener in his mouth and climbs into bed with him, arms held out expectantly.

* On ''[[Samantha Who]]'', in the episode where she realizes that she can't remember what sex feels like, everything has sexual connotations. Like pencil sharpening.

* Second season finale of ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]:'' John, after being told that he needs to "understand this body", is lying on top of a shirtless Cameron, their faces centimetres apart while he's panting and exploring the inside of her with his hand. He is, of course, checking her power supply for leaks.

* One episode of ''[[Top Gear]]'' featured a discussion on the relationship between the flashness of one's car and the size of it's engine and the "endowment" of its owner. When James May, who drives a modest Fiat Panda, called Jeremy Clarkson out on the fact that he has a Mercedes SL Black (huge engine, swollen wheel-arches, the lot), Richard Hammond says May has a point. Clarkson simply countered by pointing out that Hammond dives a Ford Mustang, causing an extremely abrupt insistence that the subject be changed.

* Don't tell me no one noticed ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'''s ring transporters. More specifically, how they descend sequentially indoors to scoop up the target then ascend back into the ceiling. Also, Ha'taks use pyramids as landing sites; as such, they have a hollow underside. Or the fact that the snakelike Tok'ra take hosts through the mouth -- usually via kissing...

** Heck, the gates themselves. You have to fiddle with a roundish device located nearby so that the gate opens into a waterish surface enabling travel; if it's not available, you can dial the gate by manually rotating it by hand. Also, fighters designed to go through a gate are either pointy (Wraith darts) or rounded (Puddlejumpers and Goa'uld gatefighters).

** Overhead view of a Daedalus-class battlecruiser. There, I said it.

* ''[[Mad Men]]'' does this on purpose, with two men lighting each other's cigarettes. The symbolism goes over the heads over everyone present, but viewers can hardly miss it.

* From ''[[Babylon 5]],'' we have the Minbari Fighting Pike, a metal [[Simple Staff]] that collapses into a small cylinder about the size of your hand and grows rapidly when firmly shaken. It is most prominently used by a [[A Man Is Not a Virgin|virgin]] who says that playing with it helps him relax.

* Hmm...Does the intro to ''[[The Rifleman]]'' count? It shows the eponymous character repeatedly firing his gun, which is right at his hip in such a way that it crosses his crotch. [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|How did they do that in the black and white days?]]

 

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