Momma Mia

The fictional boy who never grows up, created by J.M. Barrie, featured in the play and novel Peter Pan.

“Then it shows them playing "Peter Pan," fighting with toy swords.”— Frasier

Wendy Darling, a character from J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan who accompanies Peter to Neverland.

“Then Hester Crane appears on the television, playing Wendy with the boys.”— Frasier

A legendary author of fairy tales and nursery rhymes, often used as a general term for collections of children's stories and rhymes.

“It sounds worthy of MOTHER Goose!”— Niles

A fictional children's book by the character Mia Preston about an adventurous panda.

“"Panda in the Parlor." Oh, wow! I love that book, I've read it a hundred times.”— Frasier

A figure from Greek mythology who unknowingly killed his father and married his mother, as told in Sophocles' tragedy Oedipus Rex.

“It's modeled on the Greek tragedy of Oedipus, who actually did sleep with his mother and kill his father, and when he realized what he'd done he gouged out both his eyes.”— Niles

A humorous Latin phrase meaning 'Always Where Under Where,' a bilingual pun on 'Always Wear Underwear' using correct Latin words for 'where.'

“That's not graffiti, Dad, that's a Latin pun. "Semper Ubi Sub Ubi" - "Always Where Under Where"”— Niles

A brand-name motion sickness medication (dimenhydrinate) commonly used to prevent nausea during travel.

“I dropped them over the side while you two were still arguing about the last Dramamine.”— Martin

French imperative phrase meaning 'hurry up,' used here by Frasier as an example of his habit of inserting French words into conversation.

“Yes, well, we're taking off in a few hours so depeché-toi!”— Frasier

Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory that children have unconscious sexual desires for the parent of the opposite sex and rivalrous feelings toward the same-se…

“I'm talking about Freud's theory of the "Oedipus Complex." He believed that every man subconsciously wants to sleep with his mother and kill his father.”— Niles

Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis, who developed theories including the Oedipus Complex.

“I'm talking about Freud's theory of the "Oedipus Complex."”— Niles

In Freudian psychoanalysis, the unconscious desire of a child for the parent of the opposite sex, part of the Oedipus Complex theory.

“Now Frasier, you didn't do anything wrong, your feelings for Mia stem from perfectly natural Oedipal desires.”— Niles

A spirit produced by distilling wine, often consumed as an after-dinner drink.

“Niles, why don't you get us all a nice big brandy?”— Martin